The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-12-28

and watering places. some Of which have gained
a name far beyond the boundaries Of the country
Cs-iHls.-The criminals bear proportion of l
to 240l inhabitants.
Trade Commerce. and bdusb'v--If he con
sequences of the war of 1866 hive fallen more
into the background and confidence improved
upon last year. yet the general feeling is that
idea in politics, which is '' German Unity" and
will try TO prevent it even at the risk of war.
and therefore full confidence has not yet been
restored
A. RdiboaiS.-The total length of railroads
opened to the public amounts to ll2l7 geo.
graphical miles, of which lO743 miles belong to
the Government, and the rest to private compa-
nies. The total cost Of the present lines is
All0.523OOO. aud they Melted a5,4OGOOO. or
a50.SSS per mile, or sos per cent, interest upon
the capital. They forwarded during 1868 547O.-
66O persons, with 2l2, 100 cwts of luggage !;
2l,3lT929 cwts. received into the country, and
SS5,053 head Of cattle.
! B. Tiu1ie by ITater.-The transportation by
water amounted, at the port of Eshl to 275,37O
cwts.; Maxau, $50 235 do. Leopoldshafen. 1865
do; Mannheim. s35S.9gS do, and Constance,
62s427 do, making total of 9,727s9s cwts.,
besides 2,6ll head of cattle. The number of
persons forwarded by steamers ON the Lake of
Constance and on the Rhine is not ascertaiued.
! c. Post 01ite.-The different postoffices for
warded l9,796O0O letters. or 1873 per head of the
population; l2,672OOO newspapers; 2l3O0OO
registered letters aud parcels of declared value
. of dl9s,5S6.OOO; 5175,OOO post-ofiice orders,
that is. payments received and made by the
post-offce, amounting to fill 2s6O00, and
5S9,I63 persons were forwarded by post-csrriages.
The rate of postage for single letter of = ounce
weight throughout Germany and the Empire of
Austria is 3k.. or cents U. 5. gold
|. ID. Tslegraphs. = The length of telegraphs
amounts to 2O9.S geographical miles, with 5l48
geographical miles of wire, and they forwarded
63O959 dispatches. Both the last establishments
belong to the Government, and gave the follow
ing net proceeds From the post-ofice h.3s6,3l5;
telegraphs, f.7642l-total, h462 1856.
E. Hs,0ancs.-The tables for FIRE insurance
show for buildings of every description insured
by the Government, 4 A5O3, 1903, 100; do by pri-
vate companies, A.5957s sSs; also by the latter,
for furniture, 64l2,595 ,OS4-total, h975.4766O2.
f. SaviHgs BaHks-The capital in the 80
savings banks amounts to A.25 ,923. .292; in the
q do. for laborers in the different industrial es
tablishments. fl47,569 The 46 mutual loan
banks, with 1875 members, (Schultze- Delitschs
principle.) did business amounting to Hl9OI7 372,
with profit of h-43,532, and loss of h.44, leav-
ing net profit of f.434ss
g. Newspapers and PeriodicaIs-Of news
papers aud periodicals, there exist in this country
g. POLITICAL Z, church and school 5, medical;
g. agricultural and commeryial g. law ;.6, art
and science and IA purely advertising sheets
104 altogether.
H. Commercial Hadushy.aThe lO9 jewelry
manufactures at Pforgheim used, during the
year, lO-54O pounds of pure gold, at f.slO per
pound, f6,537 400; 1860 pounds of pure silver,
at f52Js per pound, q 26O 4OO-total, As, ,797, 800
Ths articles manufactured from the above sold
for fill 100000, whilst the labor paid for the
same amounted to f.l,sI9 600 for 4763 hands.
The 80 fouadres produced $4,000 cwts pig
iron; 10000 do. cast iron $1,000 do. bar iron
5.4OO do. sheet iron 1872 do. litharge, $4,000 do
iron wire; and 3-93 do gold and silver.
OF the different manufactures Of this country,
the spinning aud weaving establishments are the
most important. as they employ $4,000 hands at
3ol-36O spindes and q ,49l weaving frames,
which industry comprises wool cotton hemp and
A. D. IL.
farmhouse several common spinning wheels used
by the females during The long winter evenings,
and by which means the country people spin all
the linen goods for their own use.
The silk manufacture Is carried on in %
establishments with 1890 looms, and gives en-
ployment to 1920 hands
The manufacture Of wooden clocks employs
1862 hands, and that of plated straw, 1903.
The hardware and general iron industry is
represented by 40 establishments, with l.2OO
hands for tools, rails. &c. q engineering works.
with LOO hands. and establishments. with 300
hands, for railroad carriages and wagons, and
every other description Of carriages.
Porcelain, stone and earthengare employ 724
hands in establishments paper. paper-hanging.
6e.. l.200 hands in &c establishments glass,
grinding &c. &c..) $50 hands, 3 establishments
furniture, wood-carving. DC. 800 hands, 20 estsb-
lishments chemicals and colors, $50 hands, 81
establishments leather, coIored and japanned
525 hands, ; establishments leather fancy work,
3Sl hands, 6 establishments beetroot sugar,
2lOO hands. establishments tobacco and ci-
gars, 1000 hands, I72 establishments; bleach I
greens, dyeiug aud finishing works. l.4OO hands, /
50 establishments; chicory chocolate. &C., 400 /
hands. and II establishments.
There are 1922 -four mills and $40 saw mills, 4
all driven by water power The COMMITTEES on
taxes valued the buildings and machinery at
f2220000OO. The Jealousy Of the different
parties engaged in this industry will not permit
even an approximative estimate OF the value Of
goods produced per annam to be made, aud it
would only lead 70 error il an estimate we're at
tempted.
Army.-The Badish army forms one division
Of the German army Of which the Commander
IN Chief Is HIs Majesty the King Of Prussia. II
consists u the general staff; regiments Of
infantry. of 3 battsIions each the battaiOns
comprise companies Of 240 meo each, the whole
a.