, 1888-02-16
AGRICULTURAL srArrsucs.

the February statistical report Of the
department or agriculture relative to the
number and values of farm animals show
ul"re Is hf innrcase In horses, mules and
cn'tle, aud decrease In sheen and swine
Tie largest rate Of Increase vas In horses.
i've per cent, and Is general throughout
ne country, though largest west of the
Mississippi. The aggregate exceeds thirteen
nillion,s
The increase In mules AVERAGES three ard
one'third per cent. increrse In cattle. two
ana one'halE lt makes an aggregate Of
iour hundred million. The iucreuse Ia
nearly ~ large In milcb COWS az in other
cattle. In sheep the decline appears to be
net"er'i 'Wo ana three per cent, the aggre.
gate ni Hooks being about fDrty.three and
nne'hali millions There Is n smaller ue-
CINE IN the number of swine. less than one
yer cent, leaving an aggregate of over forty-
Four million. The aggregate value of ali
larm ANIMALS Is eight milions more than a
year ago.
IS THE NEGATIVE.
Lone Chew, a Chinese merchant reai,lin>
III Portland, Oregon, recently inuuired al
the treasury department whether the re-
quirements OF section q OF the Chinese re-
striction net might not hc waived in the
case OF his nephew, u young Chinanau now
at Hong Kong. whom he intended to bring
over. He was informed that inasmucb ns
by the express terms of the statute tho Ger
uhcate therein specified shall be sole cyi.
den"e permissible to establish on the mart
of any Chinese person not u laborer, the
right Of entry into the United States, ths
inquiry admits cf no other than u negative
answer.
NEW coSTRAcr.
The postmaster general has entered into
a new contract with the Chicago, Burlng
ton & Quincy railway for fast mail service
between Chicago aud Council Bluff,. 10
take effect March 18th. The present con-
tract calls for "a fast mail service on "A sched-
nle ot sixteen hours westerly, six times n
week, The new contract is for daily ser
vices ooth east and west upon schedule Of
fourteen and one.bnlf hours. The leaving
time Mt either end t, be controlled by the
postoihce department. By this arrange
ment the California mail leaving san
francisco in the evening after business
hours ard arriving mt Council Bluffs in the
afternoon OF the third day, will be taken
mp 10y fast train and will reach Chicago in
time Tor the first morning delivery on the
fourth day fron the Pacific coast. II IL the
purpose OF the department to secure, if pos
sible, fast mail from Chicago east, to leave
Chicago on arrival of the Pacific co,,st train
ana to make New York In about twenty-five
hours from Chicago, and about II2 hours
from San Francisco.
INQUIRY ANSWERED.
In response to the mates resoiutioS of
inquiry, the secretary of the treasury to day
transmitted To congress a communication
relative to the passage OF bonded goods into
Cenada. AS to the branch inquiry asking
Information as to what has been done to
enforce the second clause to section ofths
interstate commerce act the secretary says
that under the section collectors of ms
on the front whO are not satisfied that es.
tablished through rates are posted ut ports
from which goods are shipped for transit
through Canada are required to treat the
freight as OF foreign production aud subject
to customs duty.
CONSUL DEAD.
ID. T. Bunker, United States consul at
Demerara has died there of yellow fever.