The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

in our harbor, we understand there is more on it
journey across the ocean. The collection of statu
ary already arranged in the Palace, SURPRISES any
other, perhaps, ever displayed in this country; and
no one interested in the fine arts should neglect
seeing it. To view the sculpture alone, is well
worth trip from any distance between the furthest
boundary of Maine and the Rio del Norte. The
greatest number Of pieces is contributed by Italy,
the mother of the fine arts and the home Of the
greatest masters. Most Of the statuary on exhibit
ton is for SALE and Italy is deserving the liberal
patronage Of citizens for the great interest she
has manifested in our industrial exhibition.
ADMISSION TO THE PALACE.
Aggregate number Of visiters ........ 1872
AUSTRIAN DEPARTMENT..
Before entering upon series of articles descrip.
tive Of the industrial sections Of this department. it
may not be uninteresting or uninstructive to our
readers to take rapid review of the agricultural
and commercial resources of the Austrian empire,
and of their immediate bearing upon our own COM
MERGE So little is known by the public generally
respecting the sources from whence the wants of q
large and rapidly increasing population like ours
are supplied or Of the exact degree of importance
which our relations with other countries assume in
proportion to the extent to which we are dependent
upon them for the raw materials or manufactured
articles which we do not produce ourselves, that
some such introduction becomes absolutely neces
sary. Besides serving as compilation Of facts that
will prove always useful it will facilitate the in.
quiries of the vister to this department. and spare
him the trouble of seeking for information in
variety of channels, which he may not find easily
accessible.
The Austrian dominions may be said to comprise
nearly 400, 900, 900 Of acres of productive land,
from which, owing to the varied character Of the
soil and climate, almost every species of produce can
be obtained. In average years the aggregate
yield of grain amounts to about Ai, 800 900
bushels. The other agricultural products are
pr0portionably considerable. The last returns
of stock exhibited 10000 horses, 1000, 900
steers and oxen, 7,746,000 COWS and 27,O00,0OO
sheep; SO that, if we add their value to tina
of the cereal and other farm produce, it will
show total Of 81 225 OOOO 900. In the same year in
which this return was taken, the imports Of grain
amounted to 1858 00O 600 cwt. and the exports to
2169 900 900 cwt OF the cattle about 223 200 head
were exported.
Travellers speak highly Of the system Of agrcul.
ture pursued in the L0mbardo-Venetian provinces.
The horned cattle are inferior to none in Europe;
and owing to the extraordinary fertility OF their SOIL
the Lombards are enabled not only to supply the
wants Of dense population but to export corn and
other agricultural produce to other parts of Europe
In the valley of the Pc, for instance, extensive
meadows, irrigated by the streams that descend
from the Alps, yield less than six crops of hay in
the year; so that favored by nature as well as by
their own industry and Skill the peasantry Of this
part of Italy present striking contrast to those Of
the Papal and Neapolitan States. The other pro-
vinces Of the empire have been making successful
efforts to improve not only the character of their
stock, but the whole system of their agriculture;
and Upper Austria and Bohemia now present as
satisfactory evidences Of careful farming as
are to be met with in almost any part Of
Europe. As an illustration Of the benefits which
have resulted from the labors Of the agr-
cultural societies formed with this view, W.
may mention that at the London exhibition the
specimens Of Austrian, Silesian, and Hungarian
woods excited good deal of attention for the
neness, equality, and elasticity of their fibre. The
jury in awarding the prize medalto the best exhibit
ors, to the conclusion Of testifyng their
of the peculiar value and excellence of the eting
carding woods adapted to the manufacture of the
finest kinds Of cloth which were exhibited in the
Austrian department, by recommending the trans
mission of council medal to the government of that
empire.
In the variety and extent Of its mineral produc-
tons, Austria may be said to surpass every county
with the exception Of Russia. There is no species o.
ore in metal but that Of platinum which cannot be
obtained in abundance from the mountainous ridges
which intersect her territories, Her produce of
SY,;cES 10 - kat
Besides gold and silver, large supplies of tin, lead
copper, and ron are drawn from her provinces, and
enrich her by the amount of their exports In the
quantity and quality of the latter ore extracted from
her mines, Syria may be said to rank first in i'm
pOrtance of all the mining districts. Its iron and
Steel are considered the best in Europe; and in the
manufacture of arms, which gives Bresca and Pael
such celebrity, they are found to be unequalled
from their superior temper and compactness. OF
fossil and brown coal, the Austrian dominions pos
sess an inexhaustible supply; but owing to local
causes this branch Of mining operations has not ex
hibited that development which might have been
expected. Within the last five and thirty years, how
ever the rate Of production hasncreased enfod and
with the extension of other branches of industry
and the multiplication of railroads, there is no doubt
that it will assume a still greater importance.
The products Of iron exhibited in the Crystal Pa
lace are principally from Syria, and have been
brought to their present degree of perfection by the
application of science. This province Ia, however,
not the only one in which the manufacture Of iron
work has been prosecuted with success 1.-THE Lon
don Exhibition, the Iron paper contributed from
Neudeck, in Bohemia, was adjudged to be superior
to anything Of the kind produced either by the Eng
lish or foreign manufacturers. Il soon attracted the
attention of the trnde as thin rolled iron Is largely
employed in button making. An enterprsing party
connected with the iron trade took immediate steps
to initiate it, and although the result was not quite
equal to the original, before the exhibition closed
thin rolled iron Of quality superior to any thing of
the kind that had been previously produced in Eng
land was to be had in abundance in the market This
fact affords another striking illustration Of the ad
vantagss to be derived from the opportunities OF
comparison and deduction Afforded BY industrial ex.
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