The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-07
foafIGH MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The exports from Great Britain have multiplied
three-iod during the last twenty years. The amount
exported In ls4s was f5 $40 AS in 1S49 f53 OPS;
IN 1850 f7l,as7ss5; in 1881, ga 44S, 1927 in 1852,
&7so7es4 in 1852 SOS $685. ISL; In 1854 Eo7 1884, 726;
IN 1852 f9t6Ss,0s5; in 1856, Gll5s2s,e4s in 1857,
in 1880 sl35,sel 227 in 1884, fl25 1902, sl4 in 1884,
IN i isss in ls
sisssl7636; and in 1857. fisi,isss1i. In is4s the
value Of the exports of British and Irish produce to
loreign countries was $50 a4o7; in 1861 the total
exports OF British and Irish produce 10 British colo
MES was fl36s6,oSs; In 1857 the total had risen to
f49, POI.
Letters from sydney state that efforts are being
made to make sugar take an important position
among native produce. On the 10th OF April l2o
bags or yellow winter sugar were sold at prices
varying from 1913 10 GA per ton, while the highest
prices OF imported sugar OF finest counters on the
same day were about e3s per ton. More than fifty
persons arc growing cane in various directions and
beet growing is being seriously considered.
The Chinese employ the oil of the tree called Tong
chow Digit tree to render manufactured tissues aud
fabrics perfectly water proof and inodorous. From
experiments made in France this tree Is fornd TO
grow there equally as well as in CHINA and may
become an important auxiliary TO manufacturers.
The accounts OF the small arms factory at Enfield
England, show that in the financial years 1S66-6T
there were manufactured and sent into store II, 996
cavalry carbincs, Richards patent breecn-oadng;
$3.50 muskets, smooth bore, with bayonetS; 2,480
fusls do; S5033 musket rifles pattern 3d. converted
to eech-loaaers on Snider's SYSTEM TO- Ol2 short
rifles, also converted and 499S naval RIFLES, do. The
total value Is estimated according TO various modes
OF computation, Of which the lowest is GIS7,8 and
the highest f206,440.
The statistics collected for the purpose OF levying
the mill tax in Italy shows that in the 1902 com.
munes Of that Kingdom inhabited by ~ 263, 42S per-
sons, there arc 1865 mills, having 1888 grinding
apparatus. The quantity of wheat annually ground
is estimated at 52O372 qulntals and OF rice 1885,,
ACT quintas. Other articles ground amount together
TO IT, 192 sol QuinaS The total Of alimentary sub
stances annually ground Is, therefore. LIS quintal
per head, being 0l Of wheat, IL Of rice and 66 of
other substances.
The Paris Moiter of the Goth June states that the
prospects OF the harvest continue to progress admir-
ably under the influence OF the now prevailing heat.
The wheat Is nling out so to say, visibly; In the
south the rpening WELL and In all parts the
towering and forming of the in the best
dtions The rye, barley and winter oats present the
finest appearance. The spring cereals are growing
fields. The Journal dAOrtcMture PratiQue states
that with very few exceptions the wheat crop will
be good and perhaps more than sufficient for the
necessities OF the population.
Apropos OF the newly discovered letter OF GOethe's
mother Prof. DunZer OF Vienna closes the controversy
thereupon by admitting the genuneness OF the letter
and the correctness Of the hypothesis Of Professor
Grimm-namely, that Goethe wrote to his mother to
keep the knowledge OF his whereabouts a secret
until he had himself announced his arrival in Rome
to his patron, the Duke of SaXe-Wemar, which he
did fortnight later "Andn remarks the Professor
she observed this instruction 80 conscientiOusly
that full month after the receipt OF that letter Il.
the letter In question: she wrote to Fritz Stein In
Weimar, In such manner as to make believe she
had received no news OF her In this way is the
seeming contradiction solved.
The Brussels journals mention that in the COM
mune OF Zee, Belgium, there lives u man named
Van Block, who has reached his one hundred and
third year. He has the OF all his faculties and
Is not afflicted with any OF tae ndrmties OF old age
and intends going to Brussels In September to COM
pete for u prize to be shot for there.