New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13
TRADE And FINANCE ABRO1D.

The brazilian Lloyd organized last December
with the approval of the Government at Rio de Jan
Giro. has been very successful shown by the
report of the meeting held at the end Of May 10y
the shareholders of the "Empreza de Obras Pub
lcas." interested in the operations of the Lloyd
The latter enjoys a concession for forty years
granted by the Government, and is controlled by
a board of four directors. The affairs OF the com
pany have gone with regularity, and the in
terest of the three issues OF bonds has been paid
time. Great savings have been effected. and
receipts have increased in consequence OF the es
Establishment OF lines Of navigation. which
were not included in the contract between the com
pany and the Brazilian Government. but which
the Lloyd was left free to operate.
Some notifications OF the Custom House ordi-
nance prevailing in the Island of cuba will
soon be dccreed by Senior Maura. the Spanish
Minister of Ultramar. the colonies These
notifications do not refer to tho schedule OF tariff
duties already arranged by treaties. but to the
manner OF collecting and estimating these duties
They will be welcome If they put end to the
frequent difficulties occurring with ships mani
tests
new line Of steamships running monthly be
tween Sagua, in Cuba, and Barcelona. calling
Valencia Torrevieja, Malaga Cadz and Los
Pamas. in Spain, will be established The
merchants and planters of the Sagua district
have already contributed the necessary funds.
The system Of letterboxes kept outside the
regular postofiice service. stores other pri-
places has been prohibited in France A NJ
de Veye de Civry had established on the Boule-
ward des Italiens in Paris a bureau OF private
''pOste restante." to which people could have
their letters forwarded and delivered. The French
Postofiice, without placing itself moral grounds
relative TO candestne correspondence indicted
NJ de Civry before the tribunal of correc-
tional police infringing upon the monopoly en-
nv no J.e.
was based upon the Ordinance of 1859, which left
to private persons the right to forward their let
tiers or packages in the city and faubourgs OF
Paris by any person they might choose" The
tribunal held that It not his own letters but
those Of other people. that NJ. de Civry undertook
to receive and forward the ordinance did not
apply TO his enterprise. and sentenced him to pay
fine and to close his private postofce
While the cheese manufacturers in Lombardy,
Italy. about to hold a cheese exposition at
Milan. and to form association in order TO pre-
vent adulteraton in cheese making, the bakers Of
Turin also organizing for the protection OF the
interests Of their trade Their society held a meet
ing on July 81. at which it resolved to invite
into the association all the bakers of the Piedmont
Some of the latter were already present at the
meeting and it decided that Congress Of the
Piedmont Bakers should be held soon at Torino
The questions to be discussed there will be those
relative to the national and foreign grains the
transportation of -four by railroads. and especially
the protection of the bakers against co-operatiye
bakeries. as well as the condition and status Of
apprentices.
During the first six months Of this year and
despite the application in France Of the Meline
high protective tarir, the commercial transactions
with Spain showed balance Of trade In favor OF
the latter The statistics published by the French
Custom House authorities indicate that France
has exported to Spain m rchandse to the value of
572OO,0OO francs; while Spanish products imported
into France amounted to l3O,8sO 900 francs In the
single month of June, 1893. Spain sent IN France
253 1853 hectolitres of her wines against only 81 7sG
in the month of 1892 During the first hair
of the year the total importation OF foreign wines
into France was 2.j57s72 hectolitres from Snain
1859 from Italy, and 1.l596Ss from Algeria I'M
IL must be borne In mind that If Algeria which
promises to become q splendid wine-producing
region, is not in France proper, II has belonged
TO it since 1880.