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INTIMATION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28re, 1906,
The Colonial Ofles has issued a Blue-book TELEGRAMS.
| opportunities of acquiring the peculiar St.1
ness with which he is credited. Elo was [Cd. 3249] containing “Correspondence Respect- one of the Counesl cagaged in the Alabama ing the Expropriation of the Tanjong Pagar Arbitration, a member of the Royal Comterns of the award delivered by Lord St. Dock Company (Limited)," which includes the mission for Unseaworthy Ships and of the Aldwyn as arbitrator between the comp ny and
A. S. WATSON & CO., Royal Commission on Trade Unions, and the Government of the Straits Settlements.
LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG
FOR
has figured at the Hague international court. of Arbitration. Judicial im. partiality and competent opinion may therefore be confidently counted o so far as the Chairman's share in this
awkward enquiry goes. We may awkward, because the matter bristles with opposing points of view, and in every cavo the leasties ROBERT FORTER & CO.'S and interests are large. British trade and colonial trade are affected, and trade GF course means both shipping and shippers, BULL DOG BRAND cargo-carnitas and consignors and consignees The practice of giving rebates to special classis of customer is not the only serious matter for debate. Though so far the
OF
GUINNESS' STOUT agitation has originated in other colonies
(IN 'INTS AND SPLITS.)
Scarborough's oldest inbabitant, Mr. James Cooke, who had almost attained his vinty-ninth birthday, died last month at the home of his daughter, Mra Box, of Lougwestgate. The old man was an invetorate emoker, and used to
[* BALLY. PREG4" BIOLUITYS BREVIGE.]
SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHERN EUROPE.
Lesbos, December 27th. For the past two days heavy snow Igalow have been experienced in Britain, say ho would as soon go without food as tobacen. France and Belgiam. Only the day before he died ku enjoyed his pips.
LONDON, December 27th,
and have surrendered,
A number of the rebels in Daumin
POLICE COURT- ..
Thursday, December 27th.
BEFORE M. F. A. HAZELAND (FIRST
POLICE MAGISTRATE).
A REFRACTORY "AMBRICAN.
John Holland, a coal passer on the ISS. Colorado, was charged with the laresay of 24 photos, with behaving in a disorderly manner and with assaulting Indian constable Juggart Siegh
The complainant, who is the master of a photograph shop at Wauchni, told the Court the defendant called at his shop at 5 p.m. and
it was too dark, whereupon defendant created a disturbance; and, when he left the shop, took with him a number of pictures. Aa Indian constabio was then called; and, whon he attempted to arrost the defendant, the lutter Araullod him.
In the case of the British steamer Oldhorain, THE DAMARALAND, TROUBLE. wanted his photo taken. Complainant told him before the Libnu Priża Court, the experts, after provodinga bating two days, decided that the ting of the Prize Court to decide the case has Oldke a carried no explosives, The dias! ait- been adjourned till the middle of Foursary. M. Austalo Borlin, a well-known barrister.rrprc gated the British and American interests in the care.
will ha made witla 超
THE CUBAN DISTURBANCES.
The Chinese Government, the Melbourne Age sunið ín other parts of the world, #longrangannouuens, has sent a special delegate to
LONDON, December 27th. aud the Far East generally are keenly Australia to make an investigation respecting
United States troops are suppress- interested, and will look forward to possible the legislation relating to Chinese in Australia,ing the disturbances in Cuba. results very anxiously. We have already Itinaaid that particularly strong representations
view to ferar- ANOTHER AMERICAN RACIAL CO.Sggested where the real difficulty live, in
ing e modification of both the immigration the multiplicity of points of view. The sad the industrial laws as for as they are Time lancies the greatest diffienity will bo particularly directed against Chinese. BULL DOG BRAND to couse at an agreement on material facts, but the Commission would have a com-
AMAND
ROBERT PORTER
B
OF
LIGHT ALE
IN QUARTS, PINTS AND SPLITS.)
ARE
OUR
"THESE
STOUT
SUPPORTERS IN OUR BITTER
AILMENTS."
A5 9.25 lust evening the Electric light failed, and for about as hour and a half the big blooks
paratively easy task of it were its duty of buildings in the central district which depend merely to decide which it believes, certain on the Coupony's supply were left in duckness, statements Correctin.contradictions. TheIt was-guest sight at the King Edward Hotel real trouble is that two or more conflicting and the contretempe securred in the midst of sicos may be simultaneously in the right, the dinner; the baud suddenly ceased to play, The man in the street nowadays readily but with the aid of a supply of rushlights they condemus all "trusts from the first
were able to complete the programine and the
nests their dinner.
wention of the word, and certainly the ruthlew operations of raighty organizations. have done much to make the world cling to the old-fashioned ways of fair competition. Every now and again we hear murmurs from patriotic alarmists that the British mercantile dag is losing the pre-eminence it once enjoyed; a combine of British shipping could con
But the a immediately there would be a cry that British trade was being choked by high rates, and the shipping people would retort that they could not expected to keep the
A. S. WATSON & CO., [ceivably soon settle that fear.
LIMITED,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
Bougkong, 13th December, 1906.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTA,
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Mr. Morley has informed Mr. Harmood. Banner that his propose, as soon as the Merchant Shipping Bill-become-tawton consult-the- Government of India as to the amendments
which it may be desirable to make in the Indian law and regulations. In this satis connection, Mr. Churchill states that as soon as the Bill in passed the Secretary of State will communicate with the Governuwents of responsible governing
RIOT.
Holland fold bia Worship he had been drinking beavily and remembered aeither the larceny per
assolt.
A fine of $0 was imposed, the alternative being 21 days' imprisonment.
ORIGIN OF THE MODERN RATIO. [WRITTEN FOR THE DAILY FRESS.")
BY HON. STEPHEN W. NICKERSON.
3.
In the times of the early Roman emperors the intic may be said to have averaged about 1 gold to 12 silver; and perhaps it may be correct. to say that there was no great change for some twelve, centuries following. But about the | seventh or sigüith century of our ors, we find the Arabian empire, which ultimately stretched from Indiaever Asia Minor and across North-
eru
Africa and iato Spain and up to the ainage in which the ratio was 1 gold to about
Southern border of France establishing
silvor; and this ragao shows the Arabians. clearly anderstood the conditions of trade in the Oriental world, and also bow cloas evon remised, for this ratio was probably an saat then their connection with the East Mill reflex of the Indiau ratio at that period; for the Arabs seized a favourable opportunity to establish a ratio in sympathy with that of the Orion, which must have seemed a great innovation The hearing of the obarges againa! Chingat
disorganised condition that Sing, MaChuk-chang, Wong Sui and Leung of sufficient importance to maintain its owa time, containing BO country Wong-shi of conspiring to d-frand the China | relation between the two metale without regard tothe Eat. Yotthe Arabs were obliged to widen thuir ratio as time went on; for at the cless of the Arabian empire's influencein Europe, and
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.
Mutual Life Insurance Co.. Id. at $2,909 was
continued.
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Mr. P. W. Goldring (of Messra. Goldring and Barlow) prosecutor and Mr. Olto Kongjast before the Mours were driven out of Spain,
Lam Sutaan was farther examined. He said
Sing appeared for the second defendant, Losnos, December 27th. In a racial conflict between whites the fourth defendant told him she left Tai-lung and negroes in Mississippi, fifteen were
for Hongkong on October 10th, sometime after the morning ceremony which she stated took place there. On October 13th, in the afternoon, the third defendunt called at his bough in Canton and said- If you can offer assistance in th's matter, after obtaining the money I will
killed.
PEACE AT PORTSMOUTH.
London, December 27th. Portsmouth is quiet.
THE VICEROY'S CUP.
SINGAPORE, December 27th. The result of the race for the
the tutoreating fact records itself that while, as was about gold to il silver at the discovery of we have said above, the average ratio in Europe America, yatin Christiao Spain the ratio differed from that in Moorish (ur Arabiou) Spain being thus 1 to 10 or 1 to 11 in the northern part of the Iberisa Península, and I to 7 or 8 in the southern part at the same time.
The influence of the German silver minus give you a present." Wilnosu-answered I was very great from about the tenth century the matter be true the company will certainly onwards to the discovery of America,
"It was coropensate, but I believe it is false and I then
this conalry that, during the interregnum be- not promise, as I am afraid my name would be tween the decline of the Sureconic power in the damaged." Several days after this conversation Levant and its
its subversion in Spain, mad-tageco “withers saw” The second defendant, in Mr. MITIVAL of the first important supplies of the Edwards office. He also saw the man, previous metais from America, soutrolled cir Ling-chau, on July 28th. That was the man ratio of value in Europe, bsscatles it was ti ortao question. He again saw him abeat the middle quantity of these metale. The Arabiaa Eun- of Beptember, but did not speak to him.
pire in shannk once more jute the silent desert Cross-examined-Witness
of Kusa, the Vetistian ampire was in its de
Viceroy's Cup was Fitzgrufton first who passed the examination for the policy in that the profanet and coined tan greatest.
Mallard second, and Mastor third.
BELT
the second
The betting on this famous Caloutta fixtura, colonies on the question of applying some of its i ne late as the 10th ine.. was two to one against defendant only ouco at the Company's office, cline aud that of Spain in Americs had ret Fitzgrafiou and fire to one squivat Mallued. and heard Mr. Edwards way to him. I will go Master was then among the outsiders, at twelve to Hongkong with you." He could not say
provisious in those colonies.
KEUTER'S SERVICE.]
MORE INSUBORDINATION AT
PORTSMOUTH.
Lonnos, December 25th, There has been a recrudescence of trouble
| how many policies were taken out in the Canton office from June 25th to July 20th, but he knew of one or two applications which were made through a broker. Most of the policien were taken out through such agont. Witness never saw Le Loug-chan before July 25th when be called at the office.
formed Mr. Bellairs that he is aware that
Sir Hoary Campbell-Baunermost · has into one.] considerably increased accommodation has been and is being made in British dockyards abroad, Uniou Jack showing everywhere at a loss to under various Works Bills, while the feet themselves. The patriot looks impartially relying on them have been largely reduced. on the despatcher and on the carrier of The Governmet do not intend to utilize the cargo as complementary to his nation's dooks and plant in dockyards abroad by cop. tracting for the repairs of British merobant trale, without thinking how the question ships; nor will they, in cases where the coal at the Portsmouth Naval barracks. As the about? of low or high rates affects either separately, accommodation is in excess of peace require new commander was going round, a seaman, The newly appointed commissionora have to mente, prevent deterioration by undertaking coughing obtrusirely, was arrested, put in look to the parts and to the whole, and to to supply British mohant vessely at traders, and sentenced to forty-two days'
prices. | bring that dispassionateness to the finding
imprisonment. This inciting disorder, all From the Colecce Danner of North urus were locked up, and 100 Marines held there? he expected from the separate interests Carolina Miss Jennis Jones and Bob in readiness. The Commander said he was
OnLTcommunisations relating to the news column adanid be addressed to Tam Euston,
prepondents mass forward their names and ad- desses with communications addressed to the Editor, of a compromise that cannot reasonably wat jer publication) but as evidence of good faith,
All litters for pubiication should be written on ens side of the paper only,
Mr. Kong Sing-What did you talk to him
Witness-Abeat business..
Mr. Kong Sing--When you saw him outside the yamoo what was he doing there?
Witness-Standing there.
His Worship-Bat why was to standing
Witness-I don't know. Plenty of people
No anonymously expredļcommusications that Avolved. The Times, like ourselves, does Bepsy were married at the Jones mansion last armed with exceptional powers to cafores stand in the streets in Canton.
ready appeared in other papere still be inserted.
P.O. Box, 38. Telephone No. 18
DEATR.
night.. The bride is the daughter of ourfiscipline. constable, Jones, who made a good officer and will undoubtedly be re elected ax: spring.
The groom roux a grocery store on Main Street
He offers a fine horse for sale in another columu.
not eavy them their task, nor does it pretend Ceders for anira coves of DLP touto ha able to help with any suggestion. It quê bajure 13 a.m, on day of publication.] After thai kemr the supply is limited, "Only supplied for Cash concludes that "if they [the Commission) Patagraphic Addres: Paksa, Cod44: A.B.U... ~.N¡¦ ME
con suggest, for example, methods by which freights to and from oar Colonies and our and is a
good patron of our advertising chief markets can be lowered er steadied-aplumas, not has a good line of bargains thig their report would be invaluable, I weak. All the summer he paid two cents mors will do good to look closely into there for butter than any other store in town. The happy couple left on the ten o'clock train for matters and others of a like nature. An Milwaukee, to visit the bride's uncle, who is inquiry has been long demanded, and, for reported to have lots of money and Bright's reasons which are not apparent, has year disease. Bob cortainly has យប after year he en postponed. It is satisfactory huaines.” to know that there is every likelihood time the issues in dispute, which are of national magnitate, will be impartially examined ".
Da Dhsember 27th, at Viet gia Hospital, Harker...... Kart, Path, Min 131.650st, youngest daughter of Mr. Sombjes Bunjeably Sotta (of Messrs. Pinitorska B. Putit a Co.), aged 9 years. Deeply
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Capt. F. Stanley, ..., has, it is understood, Inin selected by the War Office for a course of study of the Japades-lzognega.
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The Band of the Lusitous Football Club Eleven a sida compatition resulted in a win for Mr. Ribeiro's team (A) by 1 goal to mil. The teams are as follows: Mr. Ribeiro's taum (A), Goal, F. X. Franco; backs, L. G. Cordeiro, F. da Silca; Halves, J., C. V. Ribeiro, R. C. da Silva, II. C. Campos: Forwards, F. A. kúrradas, H. Hyndman, A. 'J. 7. Ribeiro (Capt.), J. A. Yvanovich, C. M. C. V. Ribeiro, Mr. Roza's tran (1)), Goal, P. M. des Remedios; backs, P. L. da Roza, F. M. Hyndman: Halves. V. T. Azavedo, F. da Roza (Capt.), A. C. Botelho; Forwards, A. A. Baptista, T. Remedios, L. A. Ozorio, D. Soares, J. A. dos Remedies. The medals were presented in the field to the winning team by Mrs. J. A. S. Alves, who was the recipient of a bouquet and three lasty chewer.
MACAO.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
December 27th.
RUSSIA.
LONDON, December 25th. A Court Martini has been held on Admiral Niebogatoff and 77 officers who surrendered at the battle of Tauskion Admural Niebegatoff and the Commuters of the battleships, Apraxise, Sraiwin and Nicholas were condemned to death, but in view of the extenuating cireamstances and long and
blameless service, the Court asked the Teur ço comroute the acutence to ten years in a
Case adjourned.
CORRESPONDENCE. CALCULATING GODOWN SPACE. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS."
S--Your correspondents have one and all made a miscalculation. They fure luft out of consideration the space they have taken’up in your valuable paper.
The only correct method is as follows. Let us presume that +24; this being so, it follows that in the case of a godown of 4 cubic feet capacity, if 2 feet are taken up by passages.
fortress. Four of the officers were sentenced tally sticks, ate, there must of necesity be 10 two and four mouths in a fortress, and the rest acquitted.
THE SKE ABROAD.
| some spaos available for storing gin or other
goods.
Yours faithfully. YU KLID.
We are obliged to Me. “Yu Klid" and the other contrihaters to this correspondence, and have decided that it has now reached a stage at which it may be dropped.-Ed.)
"RINGS,"
arlien.
After the discovery of America, however, Spain was the leading mining and coining nation, gold for half a century after that event being the principal metal coining from the Naw World, its legal valas boing rapidly advanced by that power to 134 timma that of silver. But the discovery and working of the great silver mines of Potesi in Peru in A.D. 1545 changed the intersate of Spain to silver for a few years, Conly to be changed back again to gold in A.D. 1491 when the Spanish King Philip IT inherited Portugal, and thus the gold plaoars of Brazil which had just beam opened. legislation, being put st 16 times that of The value of gold was then again anbauced by
silver, which is the present legal ratio in the United States of America and practically throughout the Western hemisphere.
Bat is recur to the influence of the eastern and western ratios upon one another. When wo reflect that the tendency of the westera ratio of itself, because of the great accumulation of the stock of silver from the mines of Grosss aud Spain, was constantly to widen that is silver in Europe tended to fall as compared with gold- we-are-led-to conclude that there muist hafə hoen 50120
constant
Cause at
work of an extraneous nature all through the twenty gentaries preceding Columbus' great voyage. to bring about the narrowing of that ratio: lo enbanco silver relatively to gold. This cause, extraneous from a European point of view, was the influence of the eastern ratio, which slowly widened during these twenty centuries from 1 gold to 5 silver, to l gold to 6 or 7, and in Moorish Spain aven 8 silver, that country being in both religion and commerce under the influence of the Arabians. Meantime, as we have seen, the western ratio was narrowing front 1 gold to 14 silver down to 1 gold to 11 sils, which lattor the reader will remember
was the average European-ratio-in-Columbun” time.
It seems very probable that, as mercial intercourea between Europe and Asia became more intimate 88 the Gentaries
DOM-
In view of the increasing disally of obtain ing an adequate supply of genuine Sikhs for the rative Army in ludia, it may be just s well that this warrior so does not babavo as well its foreign simply as at bonus. The recent brought this tendency Pmoute at Shang) in the Bikh police force ROYAL COMMISSION ON SHIPPING but European jourors in the East have been iate public prominence, aware of it for a considerable period. Confident in his own pink and physical strength, holding inquire into the operation of shipping" ringa" rolled by, each ratio modified the other, until A Royal Commission has been appointed to ceptionally masterful by natural equipment, the or conferences generally, and more especially they finaly melted into one another. which Southern Asiatics in utter scorn, and ex- Sikhabr ad is apt to play the bally, unless kept into the system of deferred rebates; and to | in Biam and Lodo-China This is the case both report whether such operations have caused or
Mader
Jerry rigid
where Sikh
coalescence occurred early in the vineteenth
are much in demand as water and emigrate are likely to cause injury to British or colonial sontury-except in Japan, which had beson so, what remedial notion, if any, almost closed to commerce since the Portuguese caretakers trade, and, if of valuable premises. Native thieves hell these should be taken by legislation or otherwise
were expelled in 1833. One of the results og The Commissioners are:-The Right Hou guardians of life and property in such dread that the sugagement of even ese is tautemonst Arthur Cohen, 'K.C.
Bateman,
eastern ratio; and thenceforth the former,
Honorowa, DzesиBar 28ru, 1906..
Those who study the list of the names of
Dr. Atkinson has received information from the members of the Royal Commission
Singapore that His Excellency Bir atthew which has been appointed to investigate the Nathan-is progressing slowly-bai-favourably complicated sabject of shipping "rings",
'The War Office supounes that authority has as it appears elsewhere in this issue, will granted for Doctors To Hsa and A. H. admit to begin with that it is fairly strong Chow, military surgeons of the Chinese army, and representative. it seeds to be so, for to visit the depet of the R.A.M.C. at Aldershot. the involved nature of the enquiry these
An Order in Council was gazetted last month gentlemen have to make becomes at once empowering the Admiralty to pay Greenwich apparent when we come to reckon up the Hospital pensions to persons residing in his wide and varied interest that will come | Majesty's dominicos abroad in ordinary cireņm under their purview. To the disinterested stangas in the same way as if they resided in
the United Kingdom render the composition of the Commission
to insurance of esfety. Thay kava the additional Barbour. K.C.M.G., K.C.87ie David this interconrye was that the tendency of the will seem fairly balanced, the shipping Sir Claude MacDonald, the British Ambas-
disake of being awolately trustworthy in the Indis: Mr. John Barry, Sir Alfred Esenting western ratio to widen was counteractal by the disaharge of daly there is not ou record s K.C.M., Sir Hugh Rell, Mr. Henty Birch-instead of continuing to widen slowly narrowad interests concerned having efficient repre-sador in Tokyo, arrived in Roms, and spent a few
single fastings of a squaring" arrangement enough, C.M.G, representing South African sentatives.in. Lord Inverclyde, of the Cunard (days ibere. The Italian Government took the
with burglars. On the other hand, the Sikh Colonies; Captain R. Mairbend Collins, C.M.G., until the sixteenth century of our era. abroad is not nearly such a sober person as at representing Australia; Professor Edward Bat bad the Western ratio been left to Lime, Mr. PatlLIPS, of the Royal Mail chance to show its appreciation of Sir Classide's
home, and this change of practice bar, ao Car
Carter Gontor, Sir Francis J. S. Stenin Packet Company, and others, also
Hopwood, doubt, some effect in brutalising his demesnour K.C.B. K.C.M.G., &c., Lord Inverclyde, Earl itself, ita tendency to widen would have beau well known to the shipping world, traders
towards timid Southerners. If the result of of Jersey, G.C.B. G.C.M G. &c.. the Hes. offectual, and this cannot be doubted if we bear The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, socom-~
this growing anpopularity be to cat him from Charles Napier Lawrence, Sir William T. in mind that during the period we are discuss- including Sir Hron BELL and Sir WILLIAM
foreign employment, all the better for recruiting Lowis. Sir John Maedenell, C.B. Mr. Fred ing. e. from 500 B.C. down to A.D, 1499, Lewis, and the inevitable official element. Victoria to Marseilles, and there embark in the pauied by Princess Patricis, will travel from
the Indian Army-Glote,
Maddison, M.P., Mr. William Henry Mitchell, the Western world produced ahiedy silter: Mr. Owen Cosby Philipps, M.P., the Hop. But even assuming there be room for some P. and O. steamship Marmora for Hongkong.
William Pember Hooves, representing New had that Europe's existing stock of the two discontent on one or other of these heads, Their Royal Highnesses, with Princess Patricia, at Lapps, bus had his hands and face severely The exceptionally heavy rains have caused
The Straits Timer of Decembar 17th says: Zealand: Mr. Oswald Sanderson, Mr. Austin metals, though it declined after the Romse
Taylor, M.P., Mr. John Torenpoo.
had exhausted the Spanish mines which had `we take it for gmstel that the Chairinas | have been staying st-Rufford Abbey on a visit burned by the explosion of su acetylene lamp.
previously been worked by the Phoenicians nominated will be welcomeil by all concern- to Lord and Lady Savile.
e land slide at Sampau which has completely The postmaster here does not believe in blocked the water fume loading from the
and the Carthagenfans, became more argenti- ed. Mr. ARTHUR Cours 18 a King's There are indications that the Commission to deposited in a Chinese shop, and left till the
ferous and less auriferous. Within this two Sandor work. Mails arriving on Sundays are
thousand year period the Greek silver mises Coungal and Judge of the Cinque Ports, and inquire into irregularities fa ochner.
Chinaman takes them to the post office next
Let no one piquo himself on originality, for the Spanisis silver mines, the German silver his judgment ought to be mature, in view tipu with the Public Health and Buildings morning! This is admittedly usete, int Advices received on Saturday morning, however,
in truth there is no such thing, save of the wrong sort, which perhaps abounds overmuch in mines, and the Hungarian silver `minos wore of his years and experience. Born seventy-Ordinance will soon bring its labours to a
instead of opening the post office on Sundays state that the work of clearing the fundslip had these novelty-demanding days, but rather, most productive; while what little gold wax Bit years ago, aud standing Counsel for close. Mr. Hooper sunounced at the meeting to receive the mails, I hear that our postmaster progressed very favourably, and it was hoped ( humbly reader thanks if he bave been able to
services in representing Italy in the Far East during the recall of the Italian representative.
New years do not bring many change to this ancient cily, but we begin 1907 with the new Senado.; and H.E. Pedro Coutinho, the new Caverner is expected to leave Lisbon about the end of February.
No reply has been made yet to the merchants' journals, ledgers, cash and stock books. petition against the compulsory sealing of their
Mr. Branun, the Commissioner of Customs
of the Sanitary Board yesterday that the Cambridge University for the last twenty-report might be in the hands of H.E. the forward any mail on Sundays!
has asked the Hongkong post office not to eight years, Mr. Cours hos bad great Governor next month.
Dam to the Pipe Line, thus entirely depriving the Rand Australian Gold Mine of all power.
The secretary of the Commission is Mr. James A. Wubster, of the Board of Trade.
lost,
that the mine would start again to-day; thus make a slight contribution towards the Eresent some seven or eight days' work will have been and the Future, in return for all he has inherited from the Past. The National Review I herein practised what is proached.
oblained by Europe cams chiefly from com- merce with the distant Ear since the grast gold production of Egypt was mainly anterior to the beginning of the period under review.