The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-04
Answers to Queries

ENGLISH voTERS-H. H.. City. What are
the property qualifications for voters in Eng
land! What are the other qualifications for vot
ers?
Property qualifications are restricted
to counties and to such .boroughs as
have county rights. They are the hold
ings of an estae ID in freehold of the
annual value of 40 shillings, GU of
lands life tenure of the annual value
of f5 sterling; CD hold on lease of at
least so years of the annual value of
f5 sterling, or of at least 20 years of
the annual value of EGO sterling.
Throughout the United Kingdom, in
counties, occupation which is rated for
the support of the poor, and for which
the rates have been paid for the pre-
scribed time, constitutes qualification,
but in English boroughs the occupation
franchise is associated with six months
residence. Every inhabitant occupier
who has for IL months inhabited a
rated dwelling house for which the
rates have been paid is entitled TO
registration, and dodgers occupying for
IL months the same lodging which
have a rental value of FLO sterling a
year may have a vote.
NITNo GLYCERINE-T. R. o. c., City
What is the explosive force of nitro glycerine?
Eissler in Modern High Explosives"
says: THE liquid nitro gycerine is very
little used In blasting operations, but
it serves as a base in the manufacture
of the high explosives which come into
the market under the generic name of
dynamite. In Tysklorg, Sweden, in
hard granite in a bore hole IL feet
inches deep a charge of IA pounds of
dynamite brought down 100000 pounds
Of rock, or one pound of dynamite pro-
duced 10000 pounds of rock. In
bore hole II feet deep and inches in
diameter. Az pounds brought down
500, 900 pounds of rock, or 1 pound of
dynamite produced 100000 pounds of
rock
Having had my discharge from the United
States navy destroyed by the fire of 1906, to
which department of the navy shall l apply for
duplicate?
Address your request to the navy
department., Washington, D. c., and it
will be transmitted to the proper
officer.
RANK OF NAvIEs- s., City. Give the names
order of rank
Great Britain ranks first; United
States second; Germany third; Japan
fourth; France fifth, and Russia, which
for a time was the third, is now the
eighth.
Where / obtain, in alphabetical order. the
names of all who were enlisted from Ireland
into the British navy from 1916 to 1860? Also
the number of British vessels in the navy during
those years?
Communicate with the lord commits
sioners of the admiralty, London.
cHANTECLER- Subscriber City What made
the "chantecier'' popular of late and
what does it mean:
1t became popular because of the
interest in Rostand's play "Chantecler"
1t is from the French "chanter," to sing
and clair clear.
| WRITTEN Subscriber, Ala
media Has the law of California been changed
as to the Limitation in which action on
written instrument may be commenced, or Is il
the same it was five years ago?
There has been no change in that
law.
DIscHARGE-E s., City. My discharge from
recent FIRE To whom shall apply for &C COPY ~
Of the same?
Write to the war department, Wash
ington. D. c.
ind the treaties between the United States and
other nations?
In the reference room of the free
library in Hayes street. near Frank
lin
ALOHA-New Arrival, Oakland What is the
meaning of the Hawaiian word aloha?
1t is a salutation and means love,
affection. gratitude. Kindness and
pretty.
APASS-C. E. B., Presidio. Is pass" pro-
nounced with the sound of as In at or that of
in far?
The best pronunciation is midway
between the two.
LEGISLATURES. R. S.. City. How many
state senators and how many assemblymen are
there In the legislature OF California;
Forty senators and so assemblymen.