The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-21
G. NOBLE.

OF the tOtsl ship tonnage entering CoreAn ports
I. 1901 about 40 per cent. were japanese.
AZ the end OF August, 1907, JApan's merchant
marine was l 800 steamers Of HAZE aggregate
tonnage, and t,iSe sailing vessels OF $50 800 ton.
mage; In ell 5.7S vessels OF ,I7OyA a. total tonnage.
Corea Imports cotton yarns kerosene, calico.
rails and railway materials, coal and coke, timber,
cotton cloth tWhltel sheetlnEs, tobacco, sugar.
machinery. cement provisions, building materials,
Iron rods, slabs and plates, silk stuns. jute bags,
drugs, clothing, fancy goods, paper. malt liquors
and wines and alcohol. Her principal exports are
rice. animals. NSh fertilizer, beans, OK hides, malt
llauors. wine and alcohol, paper and seaWeeds.
MAnchurla already receives l 900 cable metsaEes
a day from japan. The doubling Of the cables Ia
probable.
Deposits In the postal savInTs banks Of Japan
nov exceed ~ 900, 900.
Foreigners attending the German universities
during the fall term Of 1907 numbered S,@p, or IS
pe7 cent. OF the total attendance. European coun.
tries sent 3,S7S; America tnearly ell from the United
stAtesl, Si: Asia almost all Japaness, III: Africa,
IL. and Australia, 4, says Consul. General Guenther
OF Frankfort 10 DAILY JOnSuldt and rdds Report.
In the largest electrical apparatus mSnufactur.
ing shops OF Germany only American and German
tools are used In the machine tool branches. The
American tools are from Providence, X. l.; Clsve-
land, Cincinnati, WaynesborO, Pa; Hyde Park,
Mass: New York city, Hartford. Conn: Chicago,
Hamilton. Ohio, and Newark, M. The tool hard.
enlng ovens arc from Elizabeth, N. J.
An American engineer has discovered a deposit
OF wolframite In British India.
The Government Of British India Is securing the
Views Of chAmben OF commerce and other public
bodies In that country relative 10 lts railways along
the line OF extensions and general improvements,
Belgium Is now importing yearly about q 5000
worth Of automobiles, motor cycles and bicycles.
These imports have QuAdrupled In four years.
According 70 the report Of the Geological Survey
OF British india the production OF coal In that eoun.
ty In 1901 was PISS $50 tons.
On January II, 1908 Dahv Consular ana Trads
RsporS, one OF the German steamship lines owned
and operated 100 ocean steamships, OF siS, 900 total
ErOss register Tonnage. employing II 900 persons.
This company Is now building seven steamthips
OF 1900 aggregate gross register tomato. Ia
total tonnage exceeds that Of the entire seAFolnF
merchant marine Of each OF the following countries:
spain, Holland, Italy, Russia and Sweden. The
German export trade has been largely promoted
By the great neet Of this one company.
Emigration 10 Canada from the United States in
January and February increased Of per cent.
while foreign emigrants arriving at Canadian
ports decreased 80 per cent Over 900 American
settlers reached Saskatchewan on March 10.
foriVO7 over 1900 the New South Wales uustrallA)
Savings Bank had an increase Of Oia c.S1 per cent?
and Of 1,so0OO deposits, the total
deposits At credit December 81. 1907, being Sai!O0O,-
900. The bank earned q profit for the year Of d..
10000.
The British India budget for iS0-os atmG.es
an outlsypf -. 7b0.o 900, including 300 900 for lTi-
ration Sh $50, 900 900 Tot State and other nllWaSS
Tue surplus for iOOtW was AosriE oppo0a