The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-01 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

The Magnet of Monday, in a review of the British
corn trade duting last week, says :—Oon.iderable pro-
gress has been made with harvest work during the
week. The weather has been exceptionally brilliant,
and quite as seasonable as could be desired. The grain
is being secured in excellent condition, and damaged
samples promise to be scarce. In the southern coon.
ties the harvest is almost completed. The yield, so
far as can he at present ascertained, is better than was
expected a few weeks ago, but is still below the
average. Some of the samples weighed from Vibe. I
651bs. per bushel. The yield per acre is said to have
been as high as sqrs. in some cases, and as low as Sqrs.
in others.

The Mark Lafte Espreas of Monday in an article on
the Yield of Crops in England says
The splendid weather of the past week has been all
CT? ofserf fare grailhaVa fire'ileh2llsgrl
mum of loss where they have been secured. The
official agricultural returns tell us that the are of the
wheat crop this year in Great Britain is 2,613,147
acres, At 26 bushels per acre—and as Scctland and
Wales about balance each other the average yield of
Great Britain may be taken to be the same as that for
England—the wheat supply from Great Britain would
be a little under 8,500,000 quarters. The contributions
of Ireland and the Channel Islands is less than half a mil -
lion quarters, and it &urinal to deduct a rnillion quarters
for seed and wheat consumed by stock. According to our
estimates, then, the home supply of wheat fcr human
consumption will be under eight million quarters. As
we helieve that the deficiency in the wheat ears had
not been sufficiently noticed until the crop 1 ad been
actually cut, we are disposed t ) put the crop available
for consumption at not over 7,500,000 quarters. Sup.
posing 25 millions to be our annual consumption of
wheat, we shall thus require 7,500,000 quarters of
foreign wheat to supplement the home supply. Not
nearly all this quaLtity will have to be imported, as
the stozk of wheat in the country is very heavy, pro.
bably heavier than it has ever been before.

AN INTERVIEW WITH CETEWAYO.
The Durban correspondent of the Standard, tele-
graphing on Sunday, says :
Commissioner Osborn had been up to see Cetewayo,
and has returned to Ekowe. His report of the state
of affairs is not promising. _ _ .

Hearing that Cetewayo was In the Inkr.ndhla Bush
he went thither. Large numbers of Kaffirs were
seen by him on the bilk around the bush, and it was
evident that a considerable gathering was taking
place.
'On arriving at the bush he sent in word to Cetewayo
that he was there, and requested him to come olt to
see him. The King reftp•ed to lame his hiding•place,
but raid that the Commitsioner could come in to see
him if he would come unattended.
Mr. Osborn refused to do this, but sent in his deputy
who found Cetawayo well attended and provisioned
The King took a very independent tone, and loudly
blamed the Commissioner and other authlrities for
his troubles. England claimed all the reserve; but
the Qoeen had given him back all his country. He
said that he no longer wanted advice from the Colonial
authorities, but should in future act as he thought fit.
There appears to be no prospect of peace in Zulu-
land until Cetewayo has completely overcome all the
other chiefs or these have destroyed him, unless,
Indeed, England interferes with a strong hand and
iusisti upon all parties remaining in peace on the
ground allotted to them.