, 1879-01-30

merely proposed but decided 10 start lottery
of EGUG0, ,0ou, half tho sum to bc gfren to the
liqufdatprs uf the bsnk and half tn he dfstttbnt.
cd in prtzcs-sotne Ut them very 1arRc-to The
holders Of lucky Tickets.
| The httefy scheme ID thus described hT tile
schla.nl has for the moment gone mad. The
rrrbostcrous a.sl immoral acic,nc Of taying the
tlebls of sharclt,s1ers In the City OF t}lnsEoM
bank through Gtgantfc lott"ry has taken hold
on I hnr.day ~ larCe a,ni Influential ioectInc,"
with Sir H. n. Napier. of sElliken. IN tlu: shalr,
unanimously resolved, ON tflc notun of Strjanrs
thc " Hank AitiL'qrltlation sctcmc," and its
! managers. twrnty gentlemen, a'c to Issue @'r
N atoa 81 ticxe!s, whtel' are III II but name
lottery Tickets. Half the six tnll!lons 's io nc
| among tl4r sclte1ns shatehu.1ers III tonu*:s
| varying from. e. to ~, ,O)U." The schrnc Is
utterly absurd from fInsnciat point ri View. as
cs m , a u",ca q knrdo assssss sxffy w rss a"s IT
for atol,t tie tenth Ut chance Ut getting I'll;
", II II nllon is devoted to heavy prizes. thu
1IU, U,0o0tti Of chance Of fortune: but ~ I'm
morality Is cScn v"rsr The good folk OF Scot.
| lund have. apparently. uaslcr ilIc pressure of
suffering, laisi aside not only their righteous
ne<s, but thrir arithmetic.
nohsE-HAnkoAns ~ oRxAr nR|rstr.
FtH Nth Gt.ttfr Iur, u.
The Boarf1 nf Trade bare recently trsued
weli.toHpiie,l statement about the street ntNl
flnyv been authorized ty Parliament. In att
there apnesr to he t'fty-eiaht tramway lincs,-
that is, counting an original l,ne With It's subsc-
quent extensions undcr spe,ial acts as nnr. The
capital nNttorzcd to be raiscA was II, ,5Ni Ill: /:
t.c capital paid up mas Iesa than twu.thif.,s Ut
That sum, nameIy, 81, or, ~ 10 millions Of dol
IarB1. but the companies apparently have
spent more tNpital than they acrount fot: the
Item capital expenlAi ms gwen as E+,20',-
a,a. Collectively, the companies were autAnr-
izc1 to cs,lstruc: J!G>9 miles; the length open
ior pu!'Iir tra!Ilc was a}s7{ miles at midsummer
lass,-l4o miles bs!nE uous,ls sragks, % tl!s r., =,
cr''ss"ver roa'i'., ass'EE-p'ueea, an'l sid
rt'nveyrd during thc yrar ended Ju"e. 1878,
pa,rle year were Elise +ts rrc*umiug Tin. The
receipts werc }1oIn passenger tTatlfc along. this
4.lves a average fare slightly Under Cd Il ccnts)
carn Hcetc'' Thy M"rI;lag expenses we're
snasinE allowance: tor ElG, lA ar.s;ue from IL Dr.
fect III tte Salfor retltrn. The net rcreipts. a
stated above, ate ~ per cent on tue capital *.
per.ic'. o. the Stl' of Inur last tie co;nns, q,
nles had l,t2' tras''"ay ears III nse mud o. ~
hortes. or ~ horsrs per car. Eng1Ainl mn!
Wucs l!a1, of course. by very nllclt the largest
share Of tie business s-tnncly. forty four lines.
atlon, alsl carrying -. III, ,0l pashrngrrs Scnt-
lan,i lad cfYht lncs lasi sFcnt s.yi;. of cnp
| 1kb
~, aI h.;r,,.r tratfir n"r r nan Ennianl mn
Watcs ob,uiurd jre,almt j,ul six lucs OF train.
way, with 3.!l lnI'cs opeu: tae c4uft4l expended
was EEsAlH tue lasse'Gcrs couseFcl wcrc
s,etn ntIieu @ " 1l,9 II, ~, - 'ens:
~ INN mr. ",ti"" Natl md, 1n1Ys, mr. 1u,t,. ",ui
ireland, aIj,uUY pcr tnIls,-ustng round mum
hers,
nvsvp7,,xs paov TIE un,r,s,t Amy r. 1874,
n..A'..",'. ,a..I'". f.',... ,n'. T.,..,t,.
luz nuln'~f ~ oeheEtons at".' '"' H"Ensn
army III 1873 amounted to ooJU betflg aeuut 'RU
more than took p!avc during the preceding ycar,
w.,cr :. an 1p.rrtiun. wcrc rcpartml lii tK75
~ ,..x.t,.,. ,r,. ,',,,, f,k,, h.. H.,
ny h't"'"es %. "s1.ta'oa' 'to-s' out ~
1874 It Wn* 1,1N', while III ls'a tue ho1rbcf was
even higher. 1t must be remembered, 1uw.
cycr. ll,at t,c number pf descflerk reported III
49,. an, v.ar ,.r .rvcedu lin ,,,,,nher ri ,,,
."' 49, ~. IT, 49, ..'.nr ,',x.. ..,r;,., .... ,...t.t
ua1 Tue asu's 4e@"a'f '''es ""t''s ""'t Pe'f"
Us many ocaettcss ase ahi'ls''eAuea hm' ot"u3A'
| Dackt WHNc olhcF6 EctuEu Fp'uHlAfH! III ttGIl
H1tirr dessert frn