National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-13

Marine fisheries on the coast Of France aud
its African provinces are declining. The
Algerian coral fishery Is also steadily losing.
GERMANY.-Berlin, +. Raine, consul gem
eral-Tobacco growing is declining in Ger
many generally.
Steady decline In business activity OF many
OF the industries attributed to almost com
plete cessation Of export to North and
South America
Chemnitz, George c. Tanner, consul
The United States hold their own In Ger
many In the petroleum trade. Great in
crease In the number of engines and loco
motives used. Our country should compete
for contracts now secured by Germans
Mayence, James Henry Smith, CONNER
cial agent-Vintage here rather a failure
Average yield In the Rhinegau, one-fifth or
one-siXth vintage; quality moderate. Bet
ter vlntages In RhineHesse, on Upper
tation to Rhinegau. In Rhine-lIesse, guam
tity one.half or one-third that Of 1884; vim
tage season wet, raw, and nasty.
GREECE.-Athens, w, ii. Moffett, con-
sul-Magnesa found In several places In
Greece, but sufficient for working only In
EubTa and around Achmitga. Mines not
worked to their capacity.
HOLLAND. - Amsterdam, d. Eckstein,
consul-Commerce, navigation, aud indus.
try depressed.
1NDiA.-Bombay, b. f. Farnham, consul
.,Kerosene oil from the United States takes
the lead.
IrALY.-Rome, William L. Alden, consul
general-Beer was introduced by Austrian
soldiers when they garrisoned the chief
towns OF central Italy. Italian beer is
nearly all consumed in Italy; II is inferior
to Vienna beer; retail price, to cents per
glass.
MEXICO. 49, Nuevo Laredo, Bedford
Mackey, cOnsul-lXtle is the principal ex-
port. II is used for brushes, sacks mats,
ropes, ladies' corsets, carpets, and coarse
cloths.
NoRwAY.-Christiana Gerh Gade con-
sul-Whale fishing aud guano factories,
owing to bad times and overproduction,
have become Improbable. Sealskins have
improved on last year.
PERU.-H. NJ. Brent, consul-The aboli-
ton Of heavy health dues on foreign YES
sells entering Peruvian ports has produced
a rebate by steamship companies.
PoRTo RIoo.-St. Juan, Edward Conroy,
consul-The prohibition Of the introduce
tion of Mexican silver coin hereafter is
causing much opposition here, as embar-
easements are feared to planters aud the
commerce Of the island.
SIERRA LEONE -Judson A. Lewis, con-
sul-The gold fields of Boure are exceed
ingly rich. Method Of obtaining the metal
rude and primitive. Civilization would
make this whole country wonderfully inn
portant.
SWITZERLAND = Basic, George Clifford,
consul--A peculiar law grants free burial to
all residents dying within this canton, in
GLIDING those merely temporary. The es-
tmated cost per annum will be about S.
eco. A similar burial law has existed for
some years In the canton Of st. GILL
TURKEY. -Constantinople, $. s. Cox,
minister, and G.. II. Heap consul general
| Trade in American petroleum with other
countries is estimated as the fourth in
amount upon the list of our expectations.
Petroleum merchants Of the United States
have favorable and equal conditions OF
| traffic.
VENEzUELA.--La Guayra, Winfield 8.
Bird, consul-The economic situation is
very bad, the crops having failed, and nu-
merous embarrassments existing. No re-
| lief is yet indicated, but 1t is believed that
the government will resort to loan.