, 1909-06-30

nounccd the death, at ST. Vincent, where ne
held a government appointment, OF Or
Christian Branch, son of Dr.. William Branch
of st. kits. The death took place on
Saturday the 18th instant, after an illress OF
ONLY four DAYS. Nine years ago Dr. Branch
married here 8 daughter y &r. H. Skeoch,
Miss Jcs5iel, whom he leaves with
two little children The sympathy felt Tor
the afflicted families is intensified by tbs
fact that this heavy blow fell Oh the same
Day as the o.her sod bereavement here IN
St, Crojx.
We have been informed That the Cen
dar1ue band win plny on the wharf tins
evening from 8 TO 8 o'clock.
At Freaerikstad II lines Of ram were
measured on Saturday morning and p on
Monday morning. At Estuto SalIy'8 Fancy
line was measured on Monday morning.
II lines were measured here on Monday
morning and / Of a line yesterday morning.
The long period average rainfall for June
is 336 lines, while for the month closing
today the fall has been in Christiansted 6p8
lines, const quently nearly double the
average. This compensutes IN q great de
grea for the alarming shortage IN May,
which gave a total of only Il Zines against
a long period average Of S78 Taking
the two months together we get for tins
year 668 lines against a long period aver
age Of 7l4 ines. For the first half Of the
present year the total fall has been l24 hines
against q long period average OF 1895.
Here, however, we are only dealing with
Christiansted for the present years
fall, while the long average is taken from
the three stations,namely atChristiansted Fire
deriksted and KingshiIl, We hope later to
got particulars from the stations and shall
then be able to make "a more reliable COM
parison.
The rainfall during the month, except on
one occasion, has been from clouds Of com
puratively small area, so that the amounts
of rain measured have been very different
for the various estates. The exception re-
ferred to was on Sunday the goth inst when
after "a day of strong and dry easterly
winds, the wind, soon after b p. M, went
round to southeast and brought up a cloud
that appears 10 have extended the whole
length of the south coast and TO have had
considerable breadth. This gave as the fine
fall Of from Is 10 % lines, the good effects
Of which are now everywhere visible. giving
us O handsome promise for the future.
MIR. Soren Ringer, Secretary Of the
'Nordisk Motor Union, " has sent us q circu-
lar containing some statistics in regard to
the Motor industry in Denmark, and has
asked us to notice it. The Union embraces
Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and IL
appears that similar statistics will later be
published for the other two countries.
The different manufacturers who cOnsti-
tute the Union have given their attention to
the building of motors for use in boats, par
~ticularly in fishing boats, and in this they
appear TO have been remarkably successful.
In 1865 the Danish firms made only As
motors, in 1899, IS, after which the number
steadily rose, till in 1908 the total number Of
motors manufactured in Denmark was 1343.
Some of the motors were used at home, but
many were exported some to the immediately
surrounding countries, others to the south
ern countries Of Europe and others again to
parts of the world so distant as China Japan,
South America and Australia.
The increase in the total horsepower Of
the engines was still more remarkable than
the increase in their number; it rose from
1876 in 1896 .98 to 252 III 1899 and to 11,707
last wear, the annual output increasing sixty
fold in ten years.
This is certniulv a remarkable record. of