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MACAO NOTES
King Manuel's Library
of 1495 to 1539; the second, with those published from 1540 to 1589' and the third one from 1870 to 1600. " "
remarked
Dr. Etting-Hansen that "such a valuable work is a monument erected to the glory of the Portuguese Nation." He also suggested that.
the collection
Dr. Maurice Leon Etting-Hansen, dealing with books of the period one of the Directors of Messrs. Maggs Bros. of London and a per- sonal friend of the late King Manuel of Portugal, arrived in Lisbon recently with 5 cases con- taining the most precious books of the late king to be delivered to the representatives the House of Braganza and eventually hand- ed to the Portuguese Government. These books constitute the bulk of the exhibition of rare biblio- graphical spécimens belonging to the late king which were exhibited at Messrs, Maggs Bros. Offices at London and subsequently at Paris, was considered by the Press as one of the rarest. opportunities avail- able in the French Capital
President Lebrum inaugurated the exhibition which was visited by the most selected and exclusive Society of Paris at the personal Invitation of the organizers. Messrs Maggs Bros. and the repre- sentatives of the House of Bra ganza, after obtaining the previous authorization of the widow and mother of the King, ex-Queen Augusta Victoria and Queen Amelle d'Orleans
Another 20 cases have recently
arrived at Lisbon containing the remaining books of the late King. which are also to be handed to the Portuguese Government by the re- presentatlys of the House of Bra- ganza.
Dr. Etting-Hansen in reply to a reporter of the "Diario de Noticias"
should not be sent to the old Royal Palace at Villa-Vicosa but should be kept at the Lisbon Archeologi- cal Museum (Janelas Verdes) in order to be more accessible and easily admired by all interested people from other nations.
It is worth noting that King Manuel has donated to the Portu- guese Government and charitable institutions maintained by the Government important buildings belonging to the estate of the House
of Braganza and these buildings are now being taken over by the Government in compliance with the will of the late King.
Manuel
The remains of King who died in his home in the out- skirts of London where he lived since he left Portugal in October 1910, are now lying at National
Pantheon in Lisbon, where they were taken immediately after his death with the ready consent of the Portugus Government.
PORTUGUESE FINANCES
Dr. F. Emidio da Silva who so sucessfully delivered a lecture in Par's recently, about the present state of Portuguese finances has just been invited to Brussells by the Belgian Government to speak on the same" subject at the Economical and Political Society of Belgium. The invitation states that the work done in Portugal during the last six years should be
(Daily News) sald that he had been working with the late King since 1913 and he travelled a lot in Portugal and Spain in quest of rare editions for the King's library. During this long association he developed a great admiration for this splendid personal qualities and recognized authority on bibllo-known by the public of all coun- graphy and he possesed to a re- markable degree the pre-occupa- lan of making the Portuguese his- tory well-known through authen- tical documents and the rare editions stored in his magnificent library.
"Old Portuguese Books Dr. Etting-Hansen further, stated that the King's library was "the most important private brary in the world and its value may be estimated at over £500,000. In Parts only 120 volumes were ex- hibited as they are the most pre- cious of the whole collection and represent the material dealt with In the two first volumes of King Manuel's famous bok "Old Portu- guese Books."
The third volume of the late King's work is now being carefully prepared and shall be edited by Messrs. Maggs Bros, and released early in October.
The third volume does not con- tain the, complete commentaries on the works mentioned as the King died before having time to
conclude them. Queen Augusta
Victoria, has written a Preface to this volume explaining why this one differs from the other two volumes, and Mr. Aubrey Bell, well-known Portuguese scholar and historian and Dr. Richardo Jorge have written two lengthy studies on these works which shall also ac- "company this third volume.
King Manuel's work shall com- prise three volumes, the first one
tries this being the reason of the invitation
NEW ADMINISTRATIVE DİVi-
SION OF ANGOLA Owing to the new administrative division of Angola (Portuguese West Africa) some prominent Co- lonial Office officials have been appointed to the Colony. Dr. M. Figueira who
has
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The Royal Agricutural Show
It is satisfactory to be able to record that the ninety-third annual show of the Royal Agri- cultural Society of England, which opened at Ipswich recently was held in a much more hope- fut atmosphere than its immedi- ate predecessors. The Show at Derby last year, for example, fol- lowed a year-of unexampled de- pression in the farming industry, with the result that the imple- ment and farm machinery trades were placed in a very critical position. To-day, however, thanks largely to the activities of the National Government in rest- ricting foreign competition and in improving marketing arrange- ments, the industry appears to be decidedly on the up grade, and this has been reflected in an in-. creased demand for new imple- ments and appliances. A fur- ther favourite, factor in the situa- tion has been the exceptional summer of 1933, which was very favourable to the growth of crops. On the other side of the account must be placed the long continu- ed drought. which has placed many farmers in serious dimesity In obtaining water for their live stock. This difficulty, has been so severe on some farms that ser- lous doubts have arisen as to whether local wells should be re- lied upon as the only source of supply. While the provision of supplies from public sources might offer prohibitive difficult- les on isolated farms. it would be quite practicable in many cases where it has not hitherto been adopted.. A second alter- native, applicable to the most re- mote farms, would be the resus- citation of the dew pond. At one time such ponds were common, and gave supplies by no means to be despised, and we believe that it would be well worth while
THE COLONIAL EXHIBITION
The Home press and private cor- respondence that has recently reached the colon yare unanimous in their praise of the Colonial Ex- hibition at Oporto.
The number of visitors now exi
been doing Secretarial Work at the Colonial ceeds the million mark and many Office was appointed Colonial commercial letters have been re- Secretary: Lieut. Col. Garcez de celyd by some of the colony's ex- Lencastre, the Agent for the Co-porters who are represented in the lonies has been appointed Gov- exhibition from home traders en- .ernor of the District of Luanda quiring about oriental products, and Lleut. Com, Lopes Alves, Gov- and offering their services for the ernor of the District of Malange,
home manufactured goods.
Angola is the biggest Portuguese colony its area being of over 700.- 000 square miles and is extremely rich in natural products.
The exports are increasing year by year and imports from foreign counties diminishing in proportion to the increase of imports from, Portugal. There is however much raw material and'machinery which has to be imported from abroad.
CARDINAL-PATRIARCH OF
LISBON
It is expected that a revival of
Portuguese trade with the colonies will be further enhanced as a con- sequence of the exhibition:
PRINCE HENRY
Five projects have been selected by the Committee appolated by. the Government to study and re- port on the works submitted, for the construction of a monumental statue to be erected at Bayres in In memory of Prince Henry the
Navigator.
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PORTUGAL AND HOLLAND
Dr. Veiga Simoes has been in- vited to Holland where he will de- liver' a few lectures on subjects concerning Portugal and the co-
The Brazilian Government has also invited the Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon to visit Rio de Janeiro on h's voyage to Buenos-Ayres at the invitation of the Argentinean Gov-lonies. ernment for the Eucharistic Con- gress which will take place there during the month of October...
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DR. PAUL TSCHOFEN " Dr. Paul Tschofen the Belgian Colonial Secretary who has been on a visit to Belgian Congo and to Portuguese West Africa (Angola) paid a visit to Lisbon to return the visit to Belgian Congo and "Brussels by the Colonial Secretary of Portugal last year.
The existing friendship between the two colonial nations and the mutual cooperation in Africa in the administration of the vast ter- ritories in the dark continent be- longing to Portugal and Belgium was highly stressed in the speeches delivered on the occasion at Lis- bon. After a stay of three days at Lisbon the Belgian Minister, left for Oporto to visit the Colonial Exhibition where a huge banquet took place in the precincts of the Colonial Palace at the Exhibition.
A NEW CRUISER After the launching of the new Destroyer "Dao", the building of a new Cruiser has just started at the Naval Arsenal of Lisbon,
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for some such body as the Royal Agricultural Society to institute an fiquiry into their history with a view to determining the correct form of construction to ensure a regular water supply from this
source.
Striking Development There have been no very strik- ing developments in implement designs and application during the past year," with the possible exception of the wide application of the pneumatic tyre. There has, however, been a marked in- crease in the use of the combine harvester, forty-eight such mac- hines having been employed in the 1933 season, as against twen- ty-dve the previous year, ten in 1931, and four in 1930. A spe- cial low-loading trailer on pneu- matic tyres was designed and tried out by the Institute for Res search in Agricultural Engineer- ing of the University of Oxford as an alternative to the combine, and this proved "very successful in practice. The chief drawback to the use of the combine is its large size, as hitherto construct ed, and it is therefore specially Interesting to note that a new smaller type has now been pro- puced in the United States, and may be introduced into this coun- try.
IN BRAZIL
Electrification Of Railway
A short time ago a report was issued by the Minister of the Ex- chequer of Brazil, in which it was pointed out that the Central Railway of that country was in- sufficiently equipped for its work and especially for dealing with the heavy and increasing sübur- ban traffic of Rio de Janeiro. To meet the deficiencies, a large ex- penditure of capital would ob- viously be necessary either for providing new steam locomotives and rolling stock and for re-mo- delling the workshops and the sighalling system, or for electri- fication.
An examination of the position. having shown that the cost of electrification would be little more than what was neces- sary to improve the rolling stock and to meet the rallway's respon- sibility to the public by reducing overcrowding. it was decided to adopt the former course and a decree was signed by the Presid- ent on Monday, May 14, authoris-. ing the electrification of certain lines by Messrs, Metroplitan-Vi:- kers Electrical Company, Limited. Trafford Park, Manchester.
Technical Detalls
The scheme, one which a con- siderable amount of preliminary work will have to be done before. the technical details can be set- tied and conversion begun, com- prises the electrification of 150 route kilometres of line, includ. ing 325 km. of mäin single track and, 50 km. of siding. · It is, how- "ever, proposed that the urban and suburban" section between the Dom Pedro station in the City of Rio and Deodoro, a distance of 221 km, where, the line bifur- cates, shall be served by trains consisting of one motor and two trailer coaches. Between Deo- doro and Barra do Pirahy, be- tween Diodoro and Santa Cruz and on the spur line to Paracam- by both passenger and goods tra- ffic will be dealt with by electric locomotives hauling ordinary:
steam rolling-stock coaches and wagons. At Barra do Pirahy' the main line from Bao Paulo to Fa- rahyba do Sal is joined and here steam will be substituted for eléstric locomotives. A similar change-over will take place at": Santa Gruz on trains running from that point to Itaguahy and beyond. The electrification will also include the Maritima dock s'dings in Rio de Janeiro, ́ ́-
The energy for operating the Ilnes will be drawn from the gen- eral system at a main transfor- mer station where the pressure will be stepped down from 80 KV to 40 kV. It will be transunit- ted at this pressure to dive trac- tion substations placed at differ- ent points on the line where It will be transformed and convert- ed to direct-current at 3,000 volts The total capacity of these sub stations will be about 25,500 KW In turn, the direct-current will be applied to an overhead catenary system from which it will be col- lected by pantographs. The lo~ comotives and motor cars will be controlled by: Metropolitan-
THE VALUE OF PREFERENCE
Colonial Secretary On Results
(Special Air Mail Survion)
London: Aug, 19.
Bir Philip Cunliffe-Lister. Secre- tary of State for the Colonies, ad- dressing the Royal Empire Society's Summer School, at Rhodes House. Oxford, yesterday, asked what pre- ference had done. It had given a sense of security at a time when security of marketing was every- thing. It had given security of market for our crops,
In addition it had given en- couragement to the establishment of alternative crops or to develop them. It was something of "a nightmare to be dependent in any colony almost entirely upon a ̈sin- gle crop. As the result of the ex- tra sugar preference. Sir
Philip! said that the suger colonies had benefited to the tune of something 11ke £1,080,000 per year.
Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Under- Secretary for Dominion Affairs, said that one of the most remark- able features of the recent years of depression was that our distribu tion of population between the United Kingdom and the Domin- ions had practically ceased, and he suggested that the Government might. when the time was favour- able, encourage migration by infl- tration into industries and occu pations in already established com- munities in the Dominionis..
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