The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1879-03-19

ESEllsE SHIP BUrLDISe.-Tbe increase of iron
bli1 saPs In the English merchant navy during the
las srreulssn ysars has been remarkable. In 1860
Is iruu Fsrser were buIlt-a number which 10
sus lu ls5s when q cheek was experienced. For
Eiut gssrs rhe uUuoer huetuAted between 800 and
80 ~ rhs last three years 1t has passed
- p-esa1f uEIimun, and last year sos iron gesses
uulIt- Inc increase IN size Is, however, most
-uaaa-k-bis for. while the number Of vessels built
IA becu zauli5pied three-fold. tonnage is six
sllss a. great. IL lsse the tonnage Of irUu vessels
h1f g. .fsg n 1865 2S3. .l69; in 1870 the
- vessels b1Ilt OF 272-320 tonnage and last
yea tanuags Il SIS vessels $3.50, 1858. To put
i shartlr Erst half Of the years under review
Z ll1 rer-els built, and IN the second, ,264
=aI Whie the numerical increase in the second half
the trst 3 per cent, the increase in ton
nae Eua psr cert With the increase Of the num-
te az Fesst aaaSg there large increase in the
ruuher Il tease Annually lost. In 1860 there were
uay l-1u vessels lost, and the tonnage OF ,23S
sssrue- thulz shows that they comparatively
l1slEulfrEst s5Is Catil 1863 the number Of iron
lusl yearly under 100 but in that year
1nz lost and the tonnage Of 5S,4sS shows that
-ls ErsEss sss ~as greatly increased. In 1874 the
klEt-sE uguber was recorded as lost, l59-the ton
nsFe brinE los.sss. II the figures that have been
Furns-rG fsr the past year from some of the chief
rziF7iiag and shIp-bliding centres prove applicable
Wr1is cluutry, the iron vessels built and lost
SIS vii he found both 10 numbers aud tonnage in
.z-es- az Ek5-s Tor predecessor. There are now
iudlu-i1us lha1 the Of iron an chip building may
b. SeEree supereeoed by steel. At several
EEr hulaEg centres vessels have been built Of steel.
Ersr1-s or EAsT DIv0RcE IL SUTHERLAND
~ usatle u Switzerland, Who possess 20 great
rz-l-sy .. political institutions, and have tried
zE1y sIps-izeuis in social economy, sanctioned
sos wears zgo inf:oduetion Of what is virtually
uullzl,r5 faeliEy q 4IrOree. Dissolution Of matri-
z0zs = oes1ssi for the most trivial Of The
rsEuE tnH siEte Of things. disclosed in II return
brr- isrDri by the FEDERAL Statistical Bureau, is
eurEs than satisfactory, ami does not speak
Tor rtt efest q the experiment the domestic
kaTrnest a tbs swiss people. The figures forth
d rrpa-t question refer 70 ls77 Ia that year
Of the Confederation decreed 036
5issau-iats q natrm0uy, and iq4 temporary separ-
sa1-z bt5rr a. the Of z.74 for every loo mar
-lz--a stls The rate per cent. the Grand Duchy
q B13er = o1ly 9 81 10 wurtenburg LII. and in
szzauy s-lf- TIE proportion varies greatly in the
cEer-ut csatouE- sBd. might be expected. s lower
- zruan cs.hoiir thAu 10 Protestant districts. In
Lri 0uerHal4en. Eud UnterwAlden, divorces seem
q hs uuEuoEn. tie rate per cent in these eantons
haiaT ezFrt-ssd oF cipher. In ValGis it is 0-53,
6rH~iiH lss. Lussrne l-5e, Freiburg l.64, and Tag
: 81 WhiE IL 9 Hris II rises TO 7S7, in Zurich 10
rns * Barns TO 20 81, and in Geneva $50 per
r-uL- II a rurisus fact, and one that may be
s. future Baekie that divorced people marry
Er-r ru1ciiF tban esbates, the case being IN the
-upo-lu- q abost Two Of the former TO one Of the
1-z1Ers It-s sEo Eidost EidoWers married for
nns liEorsst pers0n. aud foGr for celibAis. OF
, go uaisatsE q the aEe OF 50. 99 marry of O0G
c1surcsd Ese1. 30 marry and Of 600 widows, $50
zE--F a sscond tine This is the experience of
Es-lslE16 and iron il Is drawn the conclusion that,
.dasrs1s tss great nuuber Of divorce IN this
ruartrr. 1Arri-re is happier state than single
kiuuusSnsua inn-D1eh a. those who have tried il
1zss. rssu thuagh they may have undergone the un-
iuuur rEurrieuce Of suit for dissolution Of matri
EuHy- arr HEzioEs 70 uF At agAin.-Londsn Times
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