The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-18 00:00:00

Australian Meat.

The Australian correspondent of the Times con-
siders that the practicability of preserving
Australian meat and making it pay has
been satisfactorily proved by the balance-sheet
of the Melbourne Meat Preserving Company for the
past half year. Within that period the Company have
worked off 160,752 sheep and 590 head of cattle,
the former costing £58,313, and the latter £3,298.
The expenditure in wages during the half year was
£84,213, and the profit as far as computable at pre-
sent, is set down at £11,265 14s. 3d. The result
of this has been a division of 10 per cent., and
the directors express a hope that they will be able
to announce a still more satisfactory result next year.
The Times correspondent adds that several other
companies have recently commenced operations, and
.that one with a very respectable number of names
to its prospectus, is about to place a portion
of its shares in the London market. These
facts, he thinks, shew that the demand for
such meats is increasing rapidly, and that the pro-
ducts of the company are regarded by a numerous
class rather as a luxury thkui as a mere substitute for
ordinary butchers' meat.
Engineering in Holland.

Our Dutch friends are determined to rival the
Viceroy, and to have a canal which shall produce
another revolution in the commercial world.
The Amsterdam Ship Canal, which has
been five years in progress, is expected to
be completed in about two years' time. It is a work
of considerable extent, as a survey of the Dutch
capital very plainly shews. The Sand Hills,
which separate the \Vykermeer from the North
Sea, rise to a considerable height, and form
a barrier between Holland and the sea.
Amsterdam itself is situated on Lake Y, where it
enters the Zuyder Zee. A. dam across Lake Y is being
formed near Amsterdam to shut out the waters of

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the Zuyder Zee, and the canal is now being
formed through the lakes to the North
Sea through the sandhills. Piers of concrete
are to extend a mile into the sea, and are to enclose
an area of 200 acres, dredged to a depth of 24 feet
below low water. The canal will have three locks
at the North Sea entrance. So soon as
the main canal is completed, the lakes will
be pumped dry, and 12,500 acres reclaimed.
The surface of the canal is to be kept below low
water mark, and large pumping engines are being
erected to lift 2,000 tons of water per minute. The
canal will have a width at the bottom of 88 feet, or
I 0 feet more than the Suez Canal. The width at top
will be 105 feet, and the depth 23. The locks will be
wide enough to admit the largest ships. The works
are going on steadily and receive every encourage-
ment from the Government, which has •guaranteed a
portion of the two and a half millions required. The
King of Holland, who is honorary president,
has inspected the progress of the undertaking, which
it is thought will enable Amsterdam to become the
chief port for the North German trade.

The War in New Zealand.
The news from thq...troikilcume colony "ie ve'
gratifying. The notorious 3Ttioii
been routed by the friendly natives, who killed
and made 300 prisoners. The war is supposed td9.!
over. Most people would have greater confidence
in this last supposition, if Te Kooti were killed or a
prisoner. He is a desperate villain, the author of
most of the massacres, and a man of great influence
over the hostile natives. He has been " killed"
many times, but invariably comes to life and activity
again.

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