, 1875-06-26


at Durano. It is estimated that the manufacture
ol metre "a little over yaId) or this lAco OF
tho fsi'est duality, not surpassed by the best Of
| ahcioht hno8 requires thre0 months labor OF
one person Oh tho ct-worki one month'a labor
Of ono person On tho flowers; and ono months
Or. Fambri. tho Deputy to tho Italian Parlia-
mont, suggcsta tlat "Ih's industry Ahonld bo
dosolonod; were y on!y 20 savs tho secret OF the
ns.a 20 ~ ~ iwine - .u,a,,.,.cn t ~,
more moro nominal capitai' ''e'
MORTALITY ~ FIJI. ..
it1s blnsniae iac' snas tne folynedlan races
d"ihalo ana a'e ONT a. soon a. shey como IN
CONTACT WIN eislnzaton. NOE only 10 she dis
eases ahtfoauced among thotn oJ iofoign peo-
p'os p1o'a'4 VILE astonishing sifu'once anu 10
tality, but strange sterillty, ncldent upon tho
now conditions imposed upon them, gradually
reduces their numbers until thoy fade away from
| IN. ,an1 y, fbo,r nativity r,hts ;,v.r.hio r,tn
y. NV . - .,.s'. M -. ..s ~ ~, ruI'
OF decay Is auoaay nein6 eatf'oa oos IN ti1t.
Tho mcaalea, brought from sydney, arc raging
With grcnt violence among tho nAtiyos,
md nIroadv have laid two nf thu orc.t
| rhIofa s.von.tt. md ptov. IN ths ,r.s.
saTonataa wan ono Of sl!o tiaeet specimens OF
s r9ce' e!,a liz ioes WILL DC seriously tolt " the
'.ngornncnt MT" 1o .hiv ,sa{sc.i niInxIs ~ 1uas tha
otLer hand. Was an irrcciaimablo saIsca. and
will find no lnourners among TIE white oolonlsts
| in Lis tou,air Tho prospect that in = fov ynara
the naslro population OF Fiii will DO greatly do
creased IL creating consdsrable apprehpuaion.
coloniuts canuot take thoir raco Ia tho labofa OF
tho fold mud in work Of any sort out Of doora.
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STATISTICS oF BELGIUM;
| Tbs An'sndlre de Stdtistque OF Befgiutn foT
| 1873 sets tho population Of tho Kingdom at
5ols9f. Tim ,oaln IL diyldsj into nina rrov.
meas of which r1ainanft has Aha 1,roo,t non,,1,.
lion nrabant th. SECOND Fs,t FI,nlsr. ~ t',rd
and I,iuhurg t,,o amo,,oat ~ ~. fonr ,1a..
.tioa IN noio;rn, nrT,ao,. h.. ian IN ;,,,.h,
t.nta and a. sro. - q ora .crs., An...-r, h..
"a, o,n sa,,.si,or,. sra .,,,on 80 ~ p.,,~
sais; ;1' Chant % Las u" 1as,saI inlsbIsapts ut D md
al area nearly three Hmca that Of Drussels aud
| Liogo 1l3,774 inhabitaDtB and an area about
oqualing that OF Antwerp. Education has at-
yancod during tho laat tNeuty-throe Josrs, and
| In tho Kingdom. In 1878, OF al tho young men
in belgium, 1878 per cont wato ablo 10 1eld and
writo. Tho number OF letters and .papors pass-
ing through tho post has doubled Ia the Inst fif-
toan years, while tho Inc1case Of tolegraphic cor
ts0'0"''A's nA' ''eu ~ .1oA' ''A''1'' "''S'
| THE suK c9np oF 1874
Tho report on tue silh harvest Of 1871 an-
nouuces that In franco and Italy the Weld v,a
abuudant ia quantity. but Inferior Ia quality to
that Of the previous yoar. Tho amount of raw
silk PRODUCED In Franco was 731, 600 xii, and in
Tt,,v .r., n.,,tv sorr lima. ~ n,nch Tho rro.
1'ay ""a 1oNty W. '. s. ." A1a nru ~ ~
aaollon N epaaa w. ABOUT ono.atth aaa OF thas o1
Franco; In uEeece 1t Vhs only lU,U0o Kill, or ons-
tenth Of tho Yield In spain Ia Turkey Ia
Europe II mas one-half that Of france, and ia
| tho who1o Turkish Empire It was over
two.tAlrda thst Of France. It viii b. seem from
ills that ee1en-elgathB Of tho entire crop tn
| Europo was PRODUCED by Franco and italy alono.
Iu Asia, Qeorgis aud Persia combiuod ralsod