The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-11-04

A MONSTER BIRD.-James Henry of
Mound City, Illinois, on Sunday week
shot new and comparatively unknown
bird, on the Kentuckey shore, opposite
that city, which is thus described by the
Cairo Democrat:
1t is larger than the ostrich, and
weighs one hundred and four pounds.
The body of this wonderful bird is covered
with snow-white down, and its head is of
fiery red The wings, of deep black,
measured fifteen feet from tip to tip, and
the bill. of yellow color, twenty-four
inches. Its legs are slender and sinewy,
pea green in color, and measure forty-eight
inches in length. One Of the feet resem-
bles that of duck, and the other that OF
turkey. Mr. Henry shot it at distance
of one hundred yards, from the topmost
branch Of dead tree, where it had perched
preying upon fullsizd sheep that it had
carried from the ground This strange
species of bird, which is said to have exist
ed extensively during the days of the
mastodon, is almost entirely extinct-the
last one having been seen in the state of
New York during the year 1872. Potter
has it on exhibition in his Office at Mound
City. Its fight across the town and river
was witnessed by hundreds of citizens"
BRITISH IsDrA.-This country is fully de-
scribed in blue book, or parliamentary pub
neation OF some 90 pages, recently published.
This official statistical abstract Of the census
furnishes a Complete summary of the condi-
ton Of India in 1866, and its progress since
1857.
The area of British india is 647, 2ee square
miles, and the population las, 5S5, 769; Of the
the native States the area is 500, 40 square
miles, and the population 1909, 1879; of the
native or Indian States under French govern
ment, lSS square miles, with population of
2O2, So7; under Portuguese government, 1066
square miles, with 3l3, 262 people; making
grand total Of 4 ,545, S36 square miles, with a
population Of l92, 012, 1877. The population Of
Calcutta, according to the census of 1866, was
81, 924 ; Of Bombay, 1854, SIG, $50; of Madras,
in 1868, 427, III. The gross amount of the
public expenditure Of British India has in
creased from sl53, ,375, in the financial
year 1867, to s236, Geo, $40 1866. In seven
of the ten years there was deficiency; and
the public debt advanced from $297, 300, S45
to s491, 905, 255. All the principal sources
of public revenue have increased largely in
produetiveuess. Land revenue, from SSS.-
go, $50 in 1857, to $l02 800 485 in 1866 opium
from s25, O12, 600 TO 81, SOL $40 salt, from
sl3i 4SI.67O to 81, 7lO, 745; excise, from ST.
4S4, 80 TO s13, 062, $50; stamps, from s., no.
SO to %, 973, 100: tribute, from g SO, $50 to
50, 54S, 160. A table Of the principal items Of
expenditure Is not furnished, but the expend-
itures on the public works are stated to have
increased from 81 ,007, $40 in 1856 81, to 500
sos, rs in 1866. The vessels Qncluding
native craft entered and cleared at the ports
OF British India, advanced, In the ten years,
from Al ,235, Of 4,549, 276 tons, TO As, 401. Of
7,621, 3S4 tons, the last number Comprising
3, 491 native vessels Of ], $50, 49, tons, and
l0,5Sl British, of 5,S46, $40 tons, the British
tonnage having more than doubled In the ten
years The imports Of merchandise advanced
from $40, 972 935 in 1857 to s147, 9o6, 40 in
1866 and Of treasure from S72 O68, 4s5 to