The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-30
COMMERCIAL MATTERS, Etc.
Resources of Australia.

ZION, At NlelDOuIue, september y. lne Occa-
sion was naturally improved to show what the
growth of that colony had been. The exhibit
selecting a few recent comparisons, shows
that the population has increased So 900; that
the export and import trade has increased
S27, GOO 900, and the revenue 81 900, 900; that
the f'rea of cultivated land has increased
75 COG, 900 acres; and finally, and most i'm
portant in some applications, that the manu-
factories have increased 304 in number, and
$40, 500, 900 in their capital. and employ 1892
more operatives than in 1872.
stoppage of the Green Tea Trade of
England.
In view OF the going into effect on the first
of January of the act of the British Parlia-
ment contemplating the prevention of sale Of
articles OF food and drugs which have been
adulterated, Messrs Forwood Brothers & Co.
OF London, large importers of tea, have tele-
graphed to their correspondents in China to
cease shipments of all kinds of green tea,
which are known to the trade to be mixed
with other substances in the form of coloring
matter. Effort has been made to ascertain in
advance what amount of coloring matter
would in the opinion of the analyst render
tea unfit for human food, or whether the very
fact of any coloring matter will be considered
to render it unfit for food, but no determine
ton Of this matter is assured until the act re-
ferred to shall come into operation.
Fish Flour.
A novel and remarkable article of food, pre-.
pared from the products of the ocean, has
lately been brought prominently forward
this is fish flour. 1t is not as yet manufactured
in any great quantity, as the article is still
new in the market, and consequently there is
no great demand for it. The -four is pre-
pared in Norway, from dried Goldfish of the
first quality; it is thoroughly dessicated and
then ground in mill. There are two
qualities, the coarse and the fine ground. 1t
is especially the former which has found
favor with the public; from it an excellent
dish OF preserved fish can in short time be
prepared. while the finest ground is used for
fish buildings, a dish highly appreciated in
Norway and Sweden. In Catholic countries,
in localities where there is no regular supply
of fresh fish, it is presumed this article will
be more particularly Important LaJora
tory.
American CaIicoes at Manchester.
The WdrehOusemen and Diapers JOurnd
(London) says it has received intelligence thai
Manchester is importing calicoes and long
cloths of American manufacture, and adds:
"For some time past it has been known that
American ladies travelling in Europe uniformly
refuse to purchase cotton goods made on this
side.of the Atlantic, and send to their own
couHy for supplies. Messrs. Wanklyn,
O'Ha8!on & Co., of Manchester, thought it
important to inquire the reason; they found
the American fabrics much better in quality
and appearance than the European manufac-
ture, and the first shipment that has ever been
made in the ordinary course of business to
this country has just reached them. Is pro-
tectionist America really to distance free trade
England in an industry peculiarly her own,
and in which she has hitherto considered her
self beyond rivalry If the warning needs to
be intensified, we can add another fact scarcely
less signifcant-tha one of the largest houses
in the city has been for some time past i'm
porting calicoes from Belgium"
Liabilities of Common Carriers.
The Supreme Court OF Illinois has rendered
an important decision regarding the liability
OF common carriers for goods lost by fire
while in their care. In the case at issue it
seems the Merchants Dispatch Company
shipped goods by the way of Chicago to a
fam in Mattoon, ILL.,, and while the goods
were in warehouse in the former city await
ing reshlpment, they were destroyed by fire
during the great confagration. The court
decided as follows Held, l. That the COM
pany is common carrier, and therefore an in
surer of all goods received by it for transporta-
ton against all accidents, except those arising
from the act of God or public enemies. z
In the absence of a special contract lit seems)
common carrier must transport goods by
the most useful, safe, direct and expeditions
route. Failing in any of these particulars,
unless prevented by inevitable accident, he
must be held liable for loss. 3. The insurance
continues to the end of the route, notwith-
standing the goods may be stored in ware
house by the way for reshipment. 4. 1t was
claimed that the great Chicago fire was the
act of God; but the court did not decide this
point, since the quickest and usual way OF
shipment to Nation was not through CHI
cago but Indianapolis; so the matter turned
on No. supra.
California and Southern Emigration
California has received the largest share OF
the home emigration of the past year. 1t has
gained at least IS 600 population, drawn from
all parts of the East and the Mississippi Val
ley. The movement still continues. Late
California papers speak of nine car loads of
emigranfs as arriving each day for the pre-
yious four days, and the railroad company is
obliged to send extra vacant cars to the
east TO bring them on. This emigration is ex-
pected to go on steadily for some time to
come. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican,
however, thinks that the Southern States are
to come in as rivals to the Pacific coast tor
those Of the Northern States. and Europe as
well, who seek new fortunes in milder climates
and on more fertile soils. The Western move
ment. that is the west of the Mississippi VAL
lev, is checked for the time by the cold win
tiers of the North and the arid plains of West
ern Nebraska and Kansas There is just now
disposition to be be away from cold North
ern winters, and California and the South are
to be profted greatly in population and devel-
opment from it.
Pork in Georgia.
An exchange saws:
The mountain counties will produce large
quantities OF pork this season. The mast IS
good, and corn in abundance has been raised,
which can be put in meat and made ready for
market by the middle of January. The hogs
in the mountains always get fat on the mast,
and it takes but little grain to harden their
flesh and make them ready to slaughter.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 49, 1875.
Observer, New Orleans:
Cautionary signals are ordered up at New