New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-11
TRIDE IND FINANCE ABROAD.

The first steamer of the new Franco-Canadian
lin. NAV be expected any day to arrive in the st.
lawrence River This vessel called the Obia,
,arted from Rouen and touched at La Rochelle,
,,bere feast given board to the munich
M, authorities. who themselves had rendered
ord reception TO the officers Of the Olbia and
the representatives of the new steamship company,
hitch had established this direct service between
france and Canada. The steamer completed her
arso at La Rochelle and sailed with eighty-seven
passengers and immigrants She brings also the
t-rench mail for st. "'erre and Miqueon, where
che will call on her way to Quebec and Montreal.
The Olba is 10 metres long and of 100 tons bur-
dsn The service between Rouen La Rochelle and
Canada will be monthly.
The Constantinope International Exhibition will
omen two years hence. according to the intentions
NJ the Turkish Government The site is already
chosen upon the heights of Chichli above Pera,
the European quarter of the capital; and the gen
oral plan which has been adopted is somewhat
similar. though on a smaller scale to that of the
Paris Exposition of 1889.
Another international and colonial exhibition will
he opened on May l. 1894. at Lyons. France in the
well-known Park of the Tete dOr. The organza-
,ion is nearly perfected and the Chamber of Com
merce of Lyons has addressed the proper commun-
,catons 10 the chambers of commerce OF France
and of foreign countries
The production of gold in the Siberian and Trial
mines has been exceptionally rich during the last
wear The total which represents 2.6Ol pools of
cold is 16 per cent superior to the produc-
ton Of the last ten years. This increase is eX-
nlaned by many reasons: The reopenng of work
in mines formerly abandone !; the bad crops OF
latter years; the increase of miners wages. and
the technical progress made in the work. These
facts and figures contradict the theory formerly
advanced to the impending ruin Of Russian gold
mines At the same time pamphlet published
nv a German specialist and explorer, Mr.. Georg
Helm under the title OF as Decrease In Gold
Production to be Feared?' shows that such pro-
duction least in the aurfereous region Of South
ern Africa. is far from diminishing. That conclu
sion has been approved by the Society of Polti-
cal Economy, of Berlin.
Spain seems TO wake up and to intend to dis
mite the Cuban market with its American purvey
ors for certain articles. A few days ago the
steamer Sommorostro sailed from Bilbao for Ma
tanzas with cargo of 2100 tons of steel rails
This is the first shipment of that kind made from
the Biscay foundries for the Antilles 1t is the
outcome of the decree of April %. 1882, which
granted privileges and protectionist tariff to
some Spanish indus, res. The steel rails for Ma
tanzas were made by the high furnaces of Des-
ierto and their shipment to America was the oc-
casion of grand festival at Bilbao
The Republic of Uruguay. which has just ar
ranged peacefully its quarrel with Brazil. was not
in good cGndGn to make Tar co w1f fS sTc
on eytent that her trade with a single European
nation. France. for instance, decreased III 1917, as
compared with 1884, by $4,000 for imports ana
81 5o)O 900 for exports
According to an imperial decree. published In the
oNicial Law Bulletin of St Petersburg, on Aug
Ust IS 1893 Russian mint will cease henceforth
10 receive for coinage in exchange silver bars
and old silver coins. The importation OF foreign
silver coins is prohibited excepting Chinese money.
One more competitor of Americans exporters OF
fresh meat looms up in Bulgaria. Some large cat
lie breeders there have chartered steamer OF the
C,unard Company, provided with improved refrig-
Grating arrangements. to transport 10 fhsiahu
cargo of fresh meat. The steamer is expected soon
al Rourgas. a port the Black Sea. If the eX-
periment is successful this new branch or bull
earan industry will be exploited on a larger scale
inasmuch the price of cattle Is very low III 'ha'
country.
After October | the custom house duties In Qua
temala be paid in gold In the proportion OF ~
per cent on the total duties during the first three
months and of an additional 10 per cent every sue,
Cessive three months until the payment in gold
reaches 50 per cent of the total duties. Some ar
fcles of Importation are exempted from that meas
ure and the decree of the Guatemalan Govern
ynent mentions many other conditions interesting