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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

PROFITS OF ORANGE- GROWING.

Mr. Seth French, of Jacksonville, Florida, an old and.
exPerienced orange-grower, gives the following as an esti-
mate of the cost of an orange-grove, according to locality:—
Cost of ten acres of land for a grove, 50 dols. to 100
dols. ; clearing, 100 dols. to 150 dols. ; fencing, 20 dols.
to 75 dols. • breaking, 20 dols. to 25 dole.; setting out
500 trees, 200 dole. to 300 dole.; care and fertihsing,
five Years, 500 dole, to 1,000 dols. ; total cost, 920 dols.
to 1,540 dols. In addition to this the young trees cost,
ready for setting out, from 35c. to 50c. each. At the
age ef nine or ten years from the seed the trees begini
to produce, the average being about 500 oranges to the
tree. For the next two years the increase in produc-
tion is rapid, being about 1,000
,g.tree each year.
There are many trees in FlorM that produce 10,000
Oranges, but these are aged, having been planted before
the Was, Oranges, like apples, have their " off " years,
but at fifteen years from the seed it is safe to say that
that the trees will produce on an average 3,000 oranges
Mr. There are fifty trees to one acre, according to
air. French's figures given above, though it is usual to
out sixty, which at 3,000 oranges per tree, would
kin," 1,300,000 oranges as the yield of the ten acres.
nese, at one and a half cents, a piece as they hang
e'ri the tree, the average price this season, would give
dols, off the ten acres. This estimate, let it be
borne in mind, is a low one, for some Floridans are
this Year getting 25,000 dole, for six acres.
thanil e Florida orange crop this year is much larger
ever before. I rom such counties as are easily
accessible the figures point to a crop of about 440,000
b°les• In Putnam county alone the 1879 yield was
nearl
Y 5.500,000 oranges, and next year, with the large
trihuember of blooming trees that will come into hearing,
el'op will amount to 25,000,000 oranges. It will re-
"ire a train of ten cars once a day for 90 days to
transport the crop of this county.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

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AN EFFICIENI: BAND Is LNGAGED.

ADMISSION SIX-PE.NCE.

BRIEELEI LULL AND STuIJE,BRIDGE

BUILDING SOCIEIY.

I,btablished 1851.

THIS SOCIETY (now in the thirtieth year
of its existence) has a consideraolo stun of
IiONE,Y at its Bahkers, ready to be ADVANCED as
assistance to persons shout to buiLt. purchase laud or
building ,or pay tiff existing mortgages
The rcpaymeht for £l2O share is Ten Nhi.lings a
fortnight, aud pr,portiouateiy for other tallOLlDift.

The interest charged and p tid is 5 per c,..ut. per
AUL UIII.

Prewiums vry li.
PL:OF11-6 DIM) LI.) • MON; A. 4,1, THE
MEMBERS.

For further partieu!are, apply to the Feertt.ry.
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CONSIGNMENT OF
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

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jo, ni„„, ihrminghl;se, (Private Rend rice)'
iffices, 3, Priory Street, Dudley, and 6, Enviile Street,
Stourbridae.

RE-OPEN.

THE ROYAL 0 AK,
HOLLOWAY END, STOU_RBRIDGE.

THIS OLD ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS
IS NOW RE•OPENED BY

MR' EDMUND LOWNDES
(Lite Sergeant lit Battalion Royal Sects)
Who hopes by strict personal attention to business to
merits share of the public patronage
The house whishhas recently been thoroughly renovated
consists of Bar, Smoke Room, Tap Room, with large
Club Room attect•ed,
Spirits, Ales, Cigars. and Tobacco of the best quali'y
and at town pines.

T 1: ROYAL OAK,
HOLLOWAY MA STOUBREDGB.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

ITALIAN OPINION ON THE ENGLISH
ELECTIONS.

The Ministerial Diritto of Monday evening publishes
an article on the English elections (says the Corre-
spondent of The Times) in which it says that the
triumph of the English Liberals may be regarded as
the victory of the Liberal principles of the whole of
Europe. So far as Italy is concerned, her foreign
policy will not be changed by the result of the electorar
struggle in Great Britain. Her policy, far from
becoming one almost of aggression, as some believe
who misapprehend her views and her necessities, will
rather assume a more peaceful character. The article
adds that the improved condition in which the action
of Italy can now be exercised in favour of general
peace will insure her influence greater effect. In con-
clusion, the Diritto recalls the interest shown by the
English Liberals in the struggle for Italian independ-
ance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

THE BENEDICTINE CENTENARY.

The Correspondent of The Times, writing from Rome on
the 4th inst. says :

"This being the 14th centenary of the birth of St.
Benedict, the founder of the monks of the West, a
high festival is being kept at Monte Cassino,
Subiaco, and tike Benedictine churches of Rome.
The Abbey of Monte Cassino and the village of
San Germano beneath have been crammed for days,

and not a bed is to be got for love or money.
Hundreds of new ones have been bought to accom-
modate the visitors, and the monks have crowded
together two and three in each cell to afford addi-
tional hospitality to their guests. A telegram to
the Fanfulta says that the concourse of visitors is
immense. The inhabitants of all the neighbouring
villages are arriving in. most varied costumes; entire
caravans of pilgrims with their staves, and preceded
by cross-bearers, are, climbing the mount chanting
litanies. They ascend the great staircase on their
knees to enter the church. Ta-st night numbers of
pilgrims slept in the corridors in the monastry. This
morning the procession, led by the Bishop of Veroli,
was so extended that it was impossible for all to enter
the church. Monsignor Capecelatro read a discourse
developing the theory that St. Benedict had tranfused
into monachism the ideal of social perfection. At
three vespers were sung, and the crowd had increased
to such an extent that circulation was almost im-
possible."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

THE 'TOUIIIIRIDGE OBSERVER.

the eternal azure of its sunny sea. The labour
of the ascent began at the point where horses
must be abandoned, but those who struggled up
the mound of ashes had their reward. The view ex-
tends from the Apennines to the Pontine Marshes,
from the Bay of Gaeta to that of Bake. And the crater
itself, if one was lucky in the season, showed a mar-
vellous wealth of colour. All beautiful shades of
yellow, green, and red mottled its steaming sides.
Then came the luncheon and a welcome draught of
" Vesuvio," that wine of the volcano so delicately
suspicious of sulphur. Seldom were two parties on the
crest together, and the tourist enjoyed his meditations
all alone. It will be different in future. The railway is
almost completed, and it undertakes to convey any
number of travellers from the bottom to the top of
the volcano in ten minutes; this means, of course,
the actual peak, which rises at an angle varying
from 40 deg. to 63 deg. We learn that a beautiful
station has been built, with a café restaurant described
as " elegant," where 100 people can be accommodated.
The railway is of the latest American system, with a
double iron rope, and every modern improvement. One
carriage going down draws another up, and every pre-
caution possible has been taken to avoid accidents. And
excellent people will picnic on Vesuvius at a much
more moderate expense than formerly, which is a re-
sult highly desirable. One by one the famous sights
of the world are popularised by cheapness. You may
take your ticket for Thebes in a penny steamer, or a
vessel equivalent. An omnibus drives to Paleneque
once a week. There is a daily service to the Mael-
strom in summer time, and a ‘" yacht " visits the Caves
of Elephanta every afternoon. Vesuvius has been
spared longer than might be expected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS.

The Melbourne Argus says :—The improvement in
mining which has taken place during the past few
months in the Ballarat district, consequent on the
finding of new auriferous quartz reefs on what is
known as the Sebastopol plateau at Ballarat has been
accelerated by the discovery in the claim of the
Washington Company of a new reef, which so far as
it has been tested has proved of great value. Quite
a number of companies had for some time been work-
ing in that portion of the Sebastopol plateau, which
extends north of the Band and Albion Consols and
along the western boundary of the New Koh-i-noor,
hugging the western edge of the plateau, where there
is a steep descent to the Yarrowee Creek flat. These
companies, north of the Band and Albion and south
of the Washington, have been mining on a -well
defined vertical lode, from which more less moderately
payable quartz has been obtained, and *ley are still
working with good prospects. The Washington, which
is the furthest claim north in which auriferous quartz
has been worked at present, has proved an exception
to all the others. The reef is different, being almost
flat instead of vertical, and its quality is much bettter,
while the progress of the company has been more rapid,
and its success more decided. The claim extends for
about 290 ft. on the line of reef starting from the
northern boundary of Wagon's. The gold has proved
on assay to be of extremely fine quality, and will yield
the company considerably over the price of standard.
On the other goldfields of the colony mining is being
steadily pursued with generally favourable results.