Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-07
IN DUBLIN
One to BE Established on
American Lines.
Special cablegram to The star.

Special Cahlegram to The Star.
DUBLIN June AT the last meeting or
the Council OF the Dublin Industrial De-
veiopment Association, Mr.. W. ]. Branagan
the secretary, informed the council that he
had communication from Mr.. William
Hayden. who has been commissioned by
Mr.. Hegarty OF Boston to form company
for the establishment of a boot factory on
American lines in Dublin. Mr. Hayden In
formed him that he had already secured
substantial support from army people. and
he had not the least doubt that 1t would be
| successful. The council expressed the opin-
ion and the hope that the industry, when
started. would be successful.
In return just issued by the Department
Of Agriculture and Technical Instruction
for Ireland some interesting statistics con-
corning banking and railways In Ireland
are given.
According to this the deposits and cash
balances in the joint stock banks at the
close of December 1905. stood at $227, 100000
as compared with $50 0,OO0 correspond
Ing period in the year 1904. The amount or
deposits and cash balances, which are COM
pared by half years. show an increase In
December over the figures In June.
Post Office Savings Bank.
On December 81 last the estimated ball
dDCeS III the 1OStOfllS0 SAVINGS Dam
Ireland amounted to $4,000 900 as COM
pared with s49O00,0O0 in 1904. The accu-
mutation of deposits in the Postoffice Saw
ings Bank show a steady increase in each
half year.
In each year since 1884 there has been
an increase, and the balance in savings
banks on December 81. 1885, was nearly
treble the amount to the cred1t of de-
pcsitors at the close of the year 1SS5-the
first year for which statistics are given.
The total of the balances In the savings
banks is the highest amount of which there
is record. The number of depositors has
more than trebled in the course of twenty
years.
The statistics of the agricultural credit
societies in Ireland for the year 1904 show
that these societies then numbered zoo. of
which 100 were returned working, as
compared with 142 returned as working
In 1908. The membership of the credit So
cieties In 1904 reached the number of II, 257,
az compared with 1917 In December, 1903.
The weekly railway traffic returns show
that the total receipts for the ffty-two
weeks OF 1905 amounted to $40, 750, Coo a
decrease OF 0.6 per cent, as compared with
tho amount received in the preceding year.
Special Fisheries Department.
At a meeting recently held at the Cork
county council an important resolution was
passed on the motion of Mr.. O'Neill, and
y.
The resolution demanded a special fisheries
department. and for Irish fish the same
right to distinctive government brand
that had been already accorded to Scot
land. Mr.. Timothy Sheehy in very able
speech. seconded the resolution, and point
ed to the very special advantages offered
to Scotland, and the consequent enormous
development of the deep sea fisheries
They would find out" he said 'sthat for
the space of twenty-one years after the
establishment of the Scotch fishery board.
the government subsidized the fisheries of
mat country to the extent of nearly So
OOo,0O0, with the result that while the
scotch fisheries employed at the present
time about 10000 people. the Irish fisheries
INDUSTRY gave employment to only 26OOo
Many deserted district along the Irish
seaboard would be alive with an indus
trlous population of fishermen If the same
fair play and assistance was meted out by
the government to their fisheries"
A very curious question came up at the
Merionethshire education committee at the
County Hall, Bala, recently. 1t concerned
a case of alleged infection through the
use of lead pencils in the Festiniog dis
trict. 1t appeared that communication
had been received from the clerk of the
Festiniog urban district council inclosing
copy of their medical officers report in
which 1t was recommended in order to
check the prevalence of diphtheria In the
district, that the use of metal handled