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MARKETS •; ILVW. CORN. t Saturday (from Messrs. Lnoy -I V | rftport).—At our market to-day there ■•'$4 supply of English wheat, ■which v,J>e»l^1'sr less money. Foreign quiet and %( quarter cheaper. Grinding barley, vSyJiii oa,te aH 3d cheaper, Tuesday.—Here has been a poor trade generally id under Friday's rates. SV^lifomiaTi. 6s fid; American red, hard i3&5d to 6e 4d; Manitoba., 6s 8d per cental. *ke *° °1<5ar ex-quay, de- 2s 7^ pgr cental, a moderate business re- c £ t* '• Flour vras in retail demand at, late rates. ^jM ^Qred buyers. Peaa, oats, and barley un- ViSWw CATTLE. V'i3» Tuesday.—The supply of fat cattle waa iJJ. 0* equal to the demand. Prices as for last 2* j^ptatione Prime beef. 6Ad per lb. in- Honey; cows and calves in demand, and V? ir01 £ 12 to £ 15. Sheep: A good supply, and vj fo'fchtly against tellers. Nice weight) wethers, V "tori? 80 per 1 inferior and heavy stock J Jess money. Pigs: Again a very limited J Jteji ^onwf].tpntly, selling dearer. Bacon pigs '• 5? still cheap, from 7s to 8s the score. •• lt^'e Tr^i'^)' Tuesday.—There was a fair supply S- k»JM> offer at our market to-dav, which met S! «\j» "^de at about late rates. Sheep were a > V an<* there was a good bTIOW of pigs, IrHo which had an upward tendency, liiere *kS ^Ivee on offer. Mr. Gottwaltz and Mr. J. R. V?1 various lots of sheep end a few cattle, S V%T&^aed fair prices. Quotations:— Cattle: 56B to 58s per cwt.; secondary iota, 54s 'i O; ji rough cows and bulls. 42s to 50s per cwt. J!™ yearlings, 7id to 8d per lb. for prime LJlL,8ut«; ewes and heavy sheen 6d to 6Jd per j, Baconers, 7s 6d to 7s 9d; middles. 8s; 2d to 8s 9d per score for small weight*. lof if l?00^ attendance and a steady trade all Svf Wrs qualities middling lots hard to pell. l r-f business a few lots remained unsold. Tuesday.—The supply of cattle was large*, Iutxu0* BO 8,8 week. There were the *Sl' the °' sheep, with a good demand, and Cj (j; same number of calves. Top quotations KjjU|* to ret. Quotations:—Cattle, 5d to 6id; m <o 8id; calves, 5Jd to 7id. i; same number of calves. Top quotations KjjU|* to ret. Quotations:—Cattle, M to 6id; m to 8id; calves, 5¥1 to 7id. BUTTER, gw Saturday.—There was only a v" B, PPIT of butter in the market, which A 'Allows:—Cask butter, Is to Is OJrd M basket butter in pounds. Is to V^> TL cheese. 28s to 30s per cwt. WO-Y.Iccond& 102s per cwt. Thirds, Fine. 18%: Mild, 96s. Kegs; In market: 33 firkins, and 20 mild. HOPS. w £ on?r- Saturday (from Messrs. Piercy C to °0+toin's report).—There :s no altera- 40te in the hop trade since our lset V^bjvj^ort. Bunnera is very restricted, •bi ee*P firm for all but the lowest sorts. JP? have been weighed at the publio week. J^on POTATOES. ^Mday.—There were moderate supplies, o was steadv. Quotations:—Imperators. 4Es V'W^ona, 50s "to 60s Essex Maincrops, 50s to Ca>v,v 60s to 70s; Snowdrops, 65s to Cy E?il rjd^ Magnums, 40s to 45s; Wisbecb V^*r Jur 55s; Siitton's Abumlanec, 40a to 50a, x ^mcrops, 70s to 80s; Bruce, 55s to 70s pur ^Mf0M ,r WOOL. X **» iiA i Mo>iday.—There is no change in this that users are making a good In iries. Offers, 1 owever, are very « to JiS S London are so firm that it is im- f*h>* is Mohair is nominally steady, Vl? *° sliow weakness before long. .L^M] that merchante have a for outside things. .V Buxton. Ronald, and Oo. V and Nata.1 rv^. 68" including 5S9 bales of £ °°d woola at^tP6^011 waB brisk for medium Weaker ^tea, but inferior sorts are jKlon, Tuesday^L^? STRAW. i\i>. demand was i*were moderate supplies, ,'j?' 70s to 96s; iaferior^Sl' Quotations:—Best te! "^or 46s to 658'- 70s best hay, 50s • "traw> *o 38s p4r j^^ure and sanfoin, 50s r lo". Th™M,v™f ^XI?'EMA8 PAH!. QUtneroua. fair, Sy«, and good heaA-y namper to gold d«"-i tf 5 5 pats, £ 30 to ±<35 nage varied from oobs, £ 20 to £ 25. in pork was 6li?htly better; beef dow t 'H former prices. A big supply of stores demand, but prices generally ruled v^s. proportion, however, changed V* lb Quotatione r—Priroe 6^d to 6^d 8?O0d^ quality, 5d to 5 £ d; veal, 7d; v lb- v^ton, 7|d to 7^d; ewe ditto, 6d to 6^d jJ1.. 'rp 6s 6d to 7e; pork, 8s 6d to 9s Vi SM re" ,^e following prices were ^under the hammers of Messrs. °f 30 J Poole. of Monmouth and c^ss Pa.m pi er and Wigmore, t H t0 J!??, Monmouth: -Fat- beasts, £ 14 X,i 24" Ws; store cattle, £ 13 10s to £ 19 30¡; to 70s; oows and calves, JB15 <ers Xo_ 3J.g to 40s; ewes, 29s to 338 6d

to 42a. HS5^F°rdwest FAIR. lie, 8 f3.ir at Haverfordwest) was not a. very ^although there were numbers of dealers ^as demand for yearlings and two-year-old Win' ^cwhat slack, a laTge number of cattle V ha A few, comjiaratively, however. igh There were not many sheep in the \h Bolri Prices were asked for cows with calves, o* it was a much better fair than the v _■ good stock generally selling well.

^H'NTeer INTELLIGENCE. OF COLONEL PIKE. C(J* Pike, who has for thirty-eight years I-eted with the 3rd Glamorgan Rifle Of Swansea, has sent in his resigna- position of commandant. Atij. >S^S^1EN IN" THE VOLUNTEERS. on the musketry training of the Tv?. *he Home District (muoh the v of whom belong to the Metro- T just been issued from the Horse states that at the close of the last JO0*0^1" 31, 1896) the total number volunteers in the district, i-?ludtrig Vu^l Urable Artillery Company, was 31,974, l.Qi?6 than 1895, 30,959 being efficient »on-efl5.°ient. Thirty corps had J^eir strength during the year, vnd 'o^i" decreased. Of "trained Volun- 0O>6(j .distinct from recruits, 25,150 per- SL •) sJ,fteir. class firing, of whom 4,450 (18 per Vt f^iit Cjassified as marksmen 2,437 (10 \i') Sft^ first-cla^s shots; 18,181 (72 per V and 84 (less than 1 per 8^ot 'a88. Lord Methu-en observes tnat gv^^tagg of marksmen and first-class jS a slight increase, and that of ^.third'-class shots a corresponding \r« sy., out the percentage of second-class fcj fir6s r(arnains too high. A man who ijly tfa; ^'fd-class cannot be regarded as pro- in the use of his weapon. The Mt £ 6ra* trusts that in the coming year, «t>t i 11 an easier rifle, results will in this &G better."

.OCAL COMMISSIONS. ^°MQg?a Gazette" of Tuesday night contains g:- j.^ War Offi've, February 9. Sti^ Whu UXE n.vrrM.oKS. j?\l to j).les Borderers— Lieutenant Wilfrid E. p. X:;> th^ptain-. vice T. S. Marquis, seconded for VrtT Army Ordnance Deiiiirtment; dated the »Ah mber last. VQllj ,f> VOLU.XTFK>< RIFLES. IT n ^a^a^i0n Bovnl Welsh Fupiliers.— ria* V, of Uxbridve, reeigtis his com- th,: 10th i»*t Battalion Welsh Regiment.—TJeu- 'J to vJleR resisn!« hi^ commitwiou. The Rev. *tta.i;: aetinR chaplain dated the 10th inst. l>uke of Wellington's West Riding Wto k^'J Sydney S. Bradford, South Wales tu^Rirn ^J.i'itant, vice Captain Harris, West l8th^' ^10as Pcr^ °i service expires;

LIOCAL PATENTS. telit0ion is supplied by Mr. W. 1.V £ !»s FOR PATENTS. taSt** f.ir Abercyncn: Improved driving gear N K^^c^le8; 1,916; January 25. ">ifea i nn(* J°hn Thomas. Penarth: Im- ^«°24 '• January "5. ^K^^y^'ary J7 Improved draught apparatus; 1. Improved system of assurance; ^ka J c9. VlS,l2*AI< PROTECTION FOB a' JC Shall MONTHS. 4 Improved muffle furnace; T? REGISTER A TRADE MARK 13, ig^0- Sw^jjea; 199,477 Class 1;

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— 11 TRADE EEtPORTS. CARDIFF. The recurrence of the o^lliers' monthly holi- day this week, coupled w.vth the unpropitious weather which has generaftly prevailed, will fully account for the fatthng off im coal ex- ports. which for the six da''r8 ending last Wed- nesday barely reached 2901,000 torn. In other respects the steam coal maorket has undergone no material change. Theije are numerous in- quiries for best quality, and neither for prompt nor forwaird shipment have many sales been made under lIs. In fact, oellera are not over anxious to book largely ahead, as a strong feel- ing obtains that any further decline in outward frmprhts will certainly evetatuate in a. largely lucivaeed demand particjilarly for the Mediterran«an, which would possibly be fol- lowed by a sharp advance in prices. Seconds are in steady request a.t 100 38 to 10s 6d, while drys range from 9s 9d to 10s 3d per ton. The small ooai trade has fluctuated considerably, and prices are easier than they were a wede ago. Best qualities range from 5s 6d to 5t; 9d, eeoonda 4s 9d to 5s, and dryf^ 6d per ton f.o.b. Owing to the detention of engaged tonnage by advert winds ^lonmouth.^hire semi-bituminous coals have been more plentiful tfuis week, and for shipment atj Cardiff orices are 3d a ton lower, to-day'f. quofeiitions being— Western Valleys coals 9s 6d and Eastern Valleys 9s to 98 3d per ton f.o^b. The house coal trade maintains a healthy aspect, but, as the season is passing, no further advaree in prices is probable this year. Current quota- tions:—Best households 10s 9d to lIs; No. 3 Rhondda larjye lie. brush 9g 9d to 10s, and small 8s 3d to 8s 6d; No. 2 Rhondda large 8s 9d to 9s, through and through. 68 9d to 7s, and small 5o to Sf; 3d per ton f.o./b As indi- cated by the heavy shipments, thet demand for patent fuel continues brisk, but prices are un- changed. Best brands are from 10s 3d to 10s 6d. and seconds range from 106 to iOs 1M per ton f.o.b. There is no ch&ng^tin the posi-, tion of the coke trade; special foundry is quoted ait 22s, beet washed foundry 19s to 20s. good foundry 176 3d to 17s 9d, and furnace coke 14s 6d to 16s 6d per ton f.o.b. Pitwrod stocks, owing to the recent floods a.b Bordeaux, are not excessive, but a large quantity of timber is ejected to arrive shortlya and, con- eequontly, fÓ8 per ton is the highest figure obtainable for good ordinary sized pitprop?. The iron ore market continues steady; best Rubio is 14s 6d and Tafna 14s per ton o.i.f. The finished iron and steel trade continues brisk. Rails, sleepers, and billets ctmtinue in good demand, and. although a large* quantity of steel bar has been imported recently from the United States, the competition has had no effect on local manufacturers' prions. In the! outward freight market to-day very iittfle steam c-hart-ering was done. but an average demand for the Mediterranean was reported, ud rates for tihis direction ruled steady. Coasting freights are firm, and Eastern arid South American rates are also firm, and is seme casaa show an upward tendency. BRITON FERRY. The output) of steel bar at the Briton.: Ferry Steel Works, and likewise at the Albion Steelworks was again considerably belew con- sumers' requirements, and it is rumouired on good authority that in order to meet the grow. ing demand the directors of the Albion Works axe about to erect additional furnace at these wtrks. There was an average produetfon of hematite at the Briton Ferry Works, and de- i mand for Cambrian coke continues satisfactory. Full time has been worked at the Briton Herry II Chemical Works, and the same may be said of the Oape Copper Works. SWANSEA VALLEY. Acting under the instructions of their general secretary, the men employed at the Cyffiyn steel departments handed in a month's notice on Monday last- This action has been taken owing to the men refusing to abide by the award of the arbitrator, Mr. W. Abraham,M.P., which had been given previous to the last pay. day. The men are of opinion that they are entitled to 10 per cent. above the award given. The whole of the Morriston and Midland Works are once more in full swing. The Foxhole Tin-plate Works dispute was amicably settled late on Saturday night by the men accepting 5 per cent. off the standard rate for another two months. It is contemplated by the Llansamlet Smelting Company to erect several large furnaces, and large quantities of foreign ore are now being stored in anticipa- tion of the requirements that will ensue. No further weeding out has been found necessary at the Mannesmann Works. and matters have now settled themselves, with a view to an impetus of trade in tMsmall tube line in about a month's time. At Cwmbwrla. employer and employed are working on most amicable terras, and the whole of the various departments are going well. Cwmfelin will soon be in working order, and the deplorable distress there, which has extended over such a long period, will soon be a matter of history, never, we hope, to be repeated. The Swansea Vale and its adjacent spelter works are only fairly employed. At Dillwyn's. however, things are improving, the whole of the recently-erected furnaces having had fire. The Middle Bank and other copper works are going regularly, and the silver ore establishment at Foxhole is doing full time. No tangible increase in the output can be recorded at any of the pits in the lower part of the valley. Pont-ardawe Old Works, Glan- tawe. and Yniemeudwy Tinworks are going fairly well. The n Iterations at the former will soon be complete, when the whole of the miMs wiUbe 11M going onoe more. At the time. largest tin-plato concern in Wa.les- YKtAilyfera.two mills only have been kept going for (tome time. but the re-opening of the Gfwnos will give a fillip to the staple trade of the valley here. Matters are going on smoothly at the Clvdach and Glanyravon tin-plate" con- cerns. The collieries at Clvdaeh are also going well, especially the Graigola Merthyr. SWANSEA. As regards the shipment) of coal and patent fuel, the export trade of the past week has been exceptionally dull, owing to scarcity of tonnage, but an increase in the arrivals has been shown within the past few days. On the other hand, the tin-plate export trade was active, and the import trade very brisk, giving an increase of 6,000 tons over the corresponding week of last year. The iron ore receipts are upwards of 11.000 tons. The shipments of tin- plates exceed those c the correspond- ing week of last year by 31,000 boxes. The following vessels are loading: — Mohican and Llandaff City for New York, Tancarville for Singapore, and steamers for Goiioa, Hamburg, Leghorn, and Lisbon, whilst those to load next week include Maryland for Philadelphia, Exeter City for New York. Ophelia. for Batoum, Saragossa and Cher- bourg for the Mediterranean ports, City of Dortmund for Hamburg, and Ranee for Bor- deaux. The shipments of tin-platee at this port last month, compared with January last year, were :—Russia 5,994 tons, as against 1,71)0 tons Sweden, 20 tons—nil; Germany, 1.551 tons— 493 tons; Holland, nil—273 tons; France, 707 tons—1.100 tons; Portugal, 721 tons--406 tons; Italy, 773 tons—571 tens; Austria, 169 tons- nil; Strait# Settlements, ni1--655 tons; Sumatra, 267 tonll-nil; United States, 3,568 tom-6.283 tons-total, 13,770 tons, compared with 11,482 tons, or nearly 20 per cent. increase. Imports 21,769 tons, exports 39,943 tons, and total trade 61,712 tons, compared with 48,559 tons the previous week, and 60.803 tons the corresponding week last year. Ship- ments of coal 31.870 tons, patent fuel 1,952 tons. and tin-platee and general merchandise 5,671 I tins, the latter inoluding 544 tons for France, 400 tons for Germany, 133 tons for Sumatra, 1,700 tons for New York, and 2,894 tons for home ports. Shipments of tin-plate 58.711 boxes, and receipts from works 50.400 boxes; stocks in the dook warehouses and vans 182,639 boxes, compared with 190,950 boxes this day week and 159.405 boxes at this date last yenr. Imports.—Steel scrap 180 tons, tm-plate bars 520 iron ore 11,290, sulphide ore 2.000, copper precipitate 608, lead ore 1,080. tin slag 87, b ende 139, solder 9, building material 135, arsenic 98, nitre cake 170, gypsum 78. grain 3,322, flour 173, potatoes ID3 sundries 1,777. Exports.—Coal 31,870 tons, patent fuel 1.952 tons, tin-plates and general merchandise 5,671 tons. DOWLAIS. Since our last report some important exten- sions have been in progress at the Dowlais Works. About a. dozen Evince Conner coke ovens are in course of construction on a site in the unper part of the old works, and a number of Belgian workmen are employed in the erection of 40 ovens at the Upper or Ivor Works. Considerable importance is nttaohed to the development of meohanioal appliances in the manufacture of iron and steel on the Con- tinent, and within the past few days an official of the Powlais Company has gone over to Belgium for the purpose, it is stated, of making observations. The most important item, how- ever, is the completion, so far as the masonry is concerned. Of the largest blapt furnace in this country, if not, indeed, in the world. The furnace under notice is No. 11. and is built on a site previously ooeupied by three of the old furnaces, which in their day were regarded amongst the best in the country. The new furnace is 80ft. high—that is to say. 5ft. higher than the furnaces at the Cardiff-Dowlais Works. It will be sunplied with threo Oowptr stoves, each 68ft. high. The masons having completed their work. the furnace is now in the hands of Mr. Parfitt, of Ebbw Vale, the contractor for the tubes. Alongs;de the furnace a new blast engine is being erected to take the place of the old No. 1. or Ivor Guest engine, and it is eypected the whole of the gigantic mechanism will be ready for work a couple of months hence. Throughout the week all branches of the iron steel trade has been <^rripd on with [full vicrour. and the output of steel rails, mer- chant bars, and small goods was fully up to the average. The utmost activity has also pre- vailed at the collieries. NEWPORT COAL TRADE. The following is the amount of coal shipped at Newport for thf week ended February 5:- Foreign, 40.385 tons; coastwise, 20,635 tens.

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TRADE OF SWANSEA HARBOUR IN 1896. THE BEST YEAR ON RECORD. The annual statement- of the trade of Swan- sea. Harbour for the past year has just been issued, and from it we gather that the aggre- g-ate transactions and the revenue resulting therefrom are the largest yet recorded. The figures we deal with below prove that the port has bad a. fair sbkje of the general increase in the trade of the ftmgdotn. But for this face the serious losst# j» the American tin-plate trade and the exports of anthracite coal for San Francisco could not have been neutralised. The shipping which entered and cleared during the year, compared with the previous year, was: — u 1805. 1896. Net Net Vessels. Reg. Tons Vessels. Reg. Tons Entered 4,482 :,596,193 4,481 1,632,791 Cleared 4,422 1, 89,. 72 4,426 1,638,393 8,CG4 ^185,370 8,907 3,271,184 The average size of vessels cleared for ports I in Europe was 482 tons, and those beyond I Europe 1,489 tone, compared with 468 tons and 1,557 tons respectively in 1895. The tonnage of vessels of the following nationalities dis- played an inorease as against the previous year—British, French, Norwegian, Swedish, Austrian. Dutch, and American. The tonnage of British steamers was 1,192,066 tons and foreign 196.122 tons, compared with 1,147,856 tons and 163,258 tons the previous year. The proportion of steamers registering 750 tons and upwards to the total net tonnage oleared in- creased from 44'ol in 1895 to 46'90 per cent., vhilst ten years ago it stood at 31'21 per cent. only. The concessions which have been made from time to time to steam vessels using the decks for tho purpose of bunkemig only, and the only facilities which now exist for loading with the utmost rapidity has had a favourable influence on this branch of trade, the number and tonnage thus dealt with during the y-;ar exceediing any year previously. The total imports amount to 715.018 tons, being the highest ever reached, and compared with 1895 gives an increase of 91,835 tons, or nearly 15 Eer cent. The faob that in almost every ranch of the trade improvement is displayed is a most satisfactory feature. In the oepper trade the increase amounts to 27,600 tons, iron ore 44,000 tons, iron and eteel 24,000 tons, timber and deals 10,000 loads, grain, flour, &c., 7,000 tons. Adding together the iron ore and pig iron gives an increase of no less than 75,9.55 tons, or 62 per cent. a conclusive proof of the greatly i improved condition of the local iron and 6teel trades. The increased export of black-plate and sheets and the augmented development of the Manuesmann Tube Works, bicycle tubes, tele- graph posts, &o., now beiing exported in large quantities to the Continent, Africa, and America, may be cfitod as having tended to pro- duce this satisfactory rebuilt. The operations of tbe new company at Llansamlet for the treat- ment of South Australian sulphide ores by a new process have, it is understood, realised expecta- tions. The company's receipts of ore from Port Pirie in the year were 24,297 tons. Swansea as a grain centre is eteadlly improving her posi- tion. In 1892 the imports of grain from foreign ports were but 2.481 tons, whilst last year they amounted to 50,030 tons, the increase over 1895 being 17 per cent. The new grain warehouse is already int«uftioient to give tto accon-unodation required to cope with the rapid development of the trade, and the provision of further facilities to meet requirements is under consideration. In the export trade losses to a very considerable degree were sustained in tihe shipments or tin- plate to America and anthracite coal for San Francisco, the former to the extant of £ >0,167 tons and the Hatter 83,125 tons, or together Francisco, the former to the extent of 80,137 tons and the Hatter 83,125 tons, or together 163,262 ton$. As a set-off. however, to this serious decline in the (ftw-pments of tm-plates to the United States there was a most satisfactory increase in the trade with other countries, The increases were as follow:—At St. iretersiburg, from 3,590 tons to 6,164- tons, or 71 per cent.; Germany, 7,284 tons to 19,921 tons, or 173 per mnt. Italy, 4,820 tons to 7,303 tons, or 51 per ■<-ent; Austria, 1,279 tons to 1,726 tons; France, 9,745 tons to 12,153 tons, or 24 per cent.; iStraits Settlements, 231 tons to 5,493 tons, or tmOre than 2,000_per cent. p?ere is every pros- pect of the trade with the last-named country wshowing a much larger increase in the current .showing a much larger increase in the current pect of the trade with the last-named country wshowing a much larger increase in the current .vear, as a steamer is now loading for Singapore .a cargo of from 2,000 to 3,000 tons. There was •iaai increase of 35,000 tons in the shipment? of .coal, notwithstanding the decrease in th» anthra- ite coal exports for San Francdsco. The <an increase of 35,000 tons in the shipments of .coal, notwithstanding the decrease in th» anthra- ite coal exports for San Francdsco. The (Great Western Company increased their ehip- -mente by 28.302 tons and the Midland Coin- i-pany by 32,025 tons. The London and North i Western Company's shipments, however, I .decreased 21 per cent. Exports of patent fuel declined 52,000 tons. There were increases in iron and steel exports 12,000 tone and the ebemioali trades 6,000 tone. The following tables show the imports and exports in each trade oompared with the previous year: — IMPORTS. "J,_ r~ lc95. 1896. Tons. Tons. Gas c*>al, tar, and pitch 28,414 24,293 Copper, silver, lead, tin, &c., with, their ores and alloys 120,r61 147,699 Zinc ore a-nd alloys 41,C60 25.930 Ironore. 100,821 144,063 Iron, steel, pig iron cast ngs, Ac. 61,301 85,042 Timbex-.aud pitwood 66,779 76,496 Bricks, slates, limestones, cliiy, 32,777 32,170 Sulphur .ore, pyritps, phosphate, Ac ..f. 36,240 35,354 Grain, flour, potatoes. Ac. 104,368 111,704 Esparti>>ils, bark, wool, 4c 7,394 8,152 General merchandise, not other- wise classified 23,968 24,116 623,183 715,018 EXPORTS. 1 1896. Tims. Tons. Coal and coke 1,720,079 1,756,490 Patent fuel. 306,645 255,869 Copper, zinctlllickel, &c. 17,551 17,050 Iron, steel. itails, castings, &c. 13,181 25,441 Tin, terne, and black plates 257,596 199,942 Timber 922 2,195 Bricks and firechy 8,971 10,152 Alkali, arsenic, sulphate of copper, superphosphate, &c. 27,240 33,310 Flour, grain, &df. 7 659 5,347 Bark, wool. &c 2,142 2,750 General merchandise, not other- wise classified 23,469 20,733 2,388,465 j 2,329,279 Total imports and wrports 3,011,648 3,044,297 The following shows, in a summarised form, the countries traded with: — Total I Total Irapts. Exports. Trade Trade 1896. 1895" Tans. Tons. Tons. Tons. Russia 32,387 63,255 96,142 97,161 Sweden, I- orwav, and Denmark 21,830 57.405 79,235 73,567 Germany, Hol- land & Belgium 9.864 153,558 163j412 125,455 Channel Islands 1,365 31,411 32{776 25,162 France 38,816 730,008 769,814 773,181 Portugal 1,211 15,401 16|612 17,924 Gibraltar, Malta, and Madeira. —■ 700 700 2,400 Spain 149,089 36,331 185,470 151.805 Italy 9,139 281,710 290,849 291,089 Austria, Greece. and Botunania 5,650 16,069 21J719 38,235 Algeria, '1 urhey, Egypt & Mo- rocco 5,985 86,523 92,508. 93,607 Cape of Good Hore and E aTd W. Africa 24,023 37,702 61,725 43,912 India, Straits Settlements & Japan 2,COO 11,89! 13,891 3,411 North America.. 79,187 287,244 366,431 513,713 West, Indies. — 1,250 1,250 2,801 South America.. 33,235 53,276 86,5'i.l 60,361 Australia 24,033 3,100 27,488 3,106 Foreign 438,659 1,867,574 2,306,233 2,316,887 Coa.stwise 276,359 461,705 733,064 694,761 715,018 2,3^,9,279 3,034,297 3,011,643 The copper trade has been in a flouriehing con- dition during the year. The European demand increased very largely, and prices advanced £8 per ton. The beet authorities are qf opinion that prices will be maintained, if not increased, in the current year, and that a still further business will be done owing to the iriavease in shipbuilders' orders and the extended operations of electric light companies. The importance cf this to Swansea, when it is stated that the esti- mated values of its imports and exports of copper produce last vear was upwards of £ 3,000,000, need not 'be enlarged upon.

SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST. The monthly meeting of the Swansea Har- bour Trust was held on Monday afternoon, Mr. Grift Thomas presio ir —rMr. Albert Mason, m moving the adoption of thei report of the finance committee for the mont&i, said some satisfactory increases were sSiown in the tonnage of iron ore, grain, coal,, and patent fuel, and there was an increase in the gross revenue of JB817, as compared with last. year, the loss bein-r less by nearly ;Pl OOOt-Tbe Chairman moved the adoption of the report of the executive committee, which recommended a lease of 260ft. front-age at the Prince of Wales Dock extension to the Great Western Railwav Company at £ 4 per foot rent; also the following increases in salaries :—»Mr. (t). E. Schenk, engineer's assistant, jB218 to £ 250; Mr. D. R- Morgan, wharfinger, from £ 206 to £ 225; Mr. George Jones, assistant collector, from £ 206 to £ 225: Mr. J. II. Nottf*, superin. tendent's chief assistant, £ 20J to £ J225; and Mr. H. T. Rinrltil superintendent warehouses, JB200 to £ 220.—The reports were adopted. atmmamrnmmampmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmm

Frederick Wheeler, an engine-driver at Light- moor Collierv, Cinderford, on Sunday afternoon discovered floating in the water contained in Moor Green Pit (an old disused ahaifb netar Yew Tree Brake) the dead bodv of a man who-proved to be Mr. John Whitehouse. of Cincfcrford, baker, who mysteriously disappeared on the I5rh of October last. Decease. who was 40 yean of age, was a single man, and resided wih his mother at Somerset-place, CinderfoTd. Pre- vious to his disa-ppearance deceased's health had completely brokan down. he was despon- dent and stra.nge in his manner, and frequently complained of oains in his he^d

SOUTH WALES AND MON- MOUTHSHIRE COAL AND IRON TRADE. IRON TRADE. STATISTICS FOR JANUARY. j During the month of January the tctal exports of coal (foreign and coastwi-e) from the porta of South Wales and Mo amouthshire amounted to 1,789,047 tons, as against 1.771,633 tons exported in January, 1896, wh:Je compared with the pre- ceding month the- shipments in January show an increase of 151,037 tons. The follow- ing table shows the quantity of coal (foreign and coastwise), iron and steel, coke. and patent flel sen; away from the ports of -ardiff, New- port, Swansea, and Llajiclly during the month ended January 31, 1897 — Coal. Iron Patent and Coke. ™ IForeignjC'wise. Steel. iforeig C'wise. Steel. Cardiff Jl, 101,0041 203,906| 11,447 4,972 31,634 Newport. 235,56l| 83,063! 13,861 2.056 — Swansea. 106.3:2 51,030j 76 151 25,244 Llanelly .) 12,076 6,085 — — — Ag.TotaIsJl,454,963j 334,034! 25,384 8,179 56,878 The following table shows the quantity of coal exported from the undermentioned ports of Great Britain during the month of January in 1896 and 1897 respectively. I Foreign. Coastwise. 1897. 1896. 1C97. 1896. Cardiff 1,101,004 1,082,853 203.906 192,849 Swansea 106,322 92,479 51,030 49,747 Newport 235,561 237,341 83,06-3 99,640 Llauelly 12,076 10,616 6,085 6,108 Newcastle 222,319 309,150 445,517 480,245 Blyth 147,995 127,253 16,895 16,501 Goole 41,108 35,353 30.500 40,057 West Hartlepool 12,857 20,781 52,703 70,110 Sunderland 91.605 113,038 202.315 249,596 Alloa 3,635 8,970 4.543 3,501 Amble. 10,310 14,810 19,155 23,533 Middlesborough. 1,457 3 9^2 40 — North Shields 54,320 41,845 — — Ayr 900 510 27,518 33,727 Glasgow 43,988 49,616 — — Port Glasgow — — — — Grimsby 27,171 29,792 3,665 8,828 Greenock. 5,742 3,827 — Irvine 687 1,301 14,574 16,919 Kirkcaldy F4.007 31,890 — — Hull 53,228 44,742 16,552 20,308 Methil 55.529 36,415 5,400 4,080 Grangemouth bO,674 62,425 — — Liverpool 30,483 23,267 79,124 88,743 South Shields 112,294 20,389 24,140 23,255 Whiteha-ven 120 — 22,970 22,974 Stockton — — — — Seaham — — 15,869 48,735 Borrowstouess 15,537 30,040 3,158 4,084 Troon 24,440 28,230 20,511 24,155 Gr&nton 4,346 5,305 — — Dundee 500 Ardrossan 13,062 3,727 9,217 8,817 •Not received. "N ot received. ■——p—a—————

GAZETTE NEWS. BANKRUPTCY AcrS, 1883 AND 1890—RECEIVING ORDERS John Ormerod, trading as Geaussent and Co., Broad- street, Leominster, and Temple-street, Llandrindod Wells, liadnorehire, music, and fancy goods dealer. Robert Da vice, of Pontlottyn, "Glamorganshire, bt-ilder. David Thomas, Neath-road, Llansamlet, butcher's fl6r.Lst.ajlt. William J. Roseer, Water-street, Xarberth, Pem- brokeshire. licensed victualler and grocer- Percy S. Hudson, Birchdale-road, Waterloo. ljaucashire, lately of Llanfwrog and Llanynys, near Ruthin, limestone nieich:uit. Daniel Harwood, of Porthcawl, la-tely Woodville- road, Cardiff, publican. Samuel Davies, formerly Trebannog, Cyromer, aiter- wards of Llandebie. and now Bankyrinii, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, ieweller. Wm. H Cot well, Blanche-street, Cardiff, builder and contractor. Elizabeth Baldwin, of Presteign, licensed victualler. Mary A Ormerod, trading as (Jeaussect and Co.. Bioad-street. Leominster, and Temple-street, Llan- drindod Well3, Radnorshire, music and fancy goods dealer. Thomas Kinley, of Bay View-terrace and PCntve- guinea-road, St. Thomas, Swansea, builder. Thomas Morgan, lately trading as Thomas Morgan I and Son, Commercial-road, Newport. Mion., slup chandlers, water clerk, late greengrocer and meat ealesman. FIRST MEETINGS AND DATES OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS i James Macpherson, of Vaenor-street. Abervetwitn, draper; first meeting February 18, at 2.30 pro., at the Town-hall, Aberystwith; public examination February 18, at 12.30 p.m., at the Town-hall, Aber- ystwith. Thomas P. Jones, of Mina-street, lately Station' road, contractor, builder, and builders' merchant; first meeting February 17, at two p.m., at the Royal Hotel, Swansea; public, examination Ma.rch 3, at eleven a.m., at the Guild-hall, Carmarthen. Henry M. Bennett, of Richard street. Cilfynydd, Glamorganshire, boot and shoe m'mer; first meeting February 16. at noon, at 65, High-street, Merthyr Tydfil; public examination February 23, at eleven a.m., at the Court-house, Pontypridd. John Stephens, of Oefu, Bonytnaen, Llansamlet, insurance agent; first mating February 19 at noon, at the Orticial Receiver's, Swansea; public examina- tion February 16, at 11.30 o..m., at the Town-hall, Neath. David Thomas, of Neath-road. Llansamlet, butchers' ftf-sistanfc; first meeting February 19, at 2.15 p.m-, 1-t the Offiaial Receiver's, Swansea, public examination February 16, at 11 30 a.m., at the Town-hall, Neath. NOTICES OF DIVIDENDS George Ley, trading as G. Ley and Co., Belle Vue- street and Strand, Swansea, fruit and potato mer- chant supplemental dividend, Id. in the B. payable at the Official Receiver's, Swansea. Elon Payne, of King-street, Blaenavofi, Mon., grcccr, lecoad and final dividend. Is. 4 l-3d. in the B. payable at the Official Receiver's, Merthyr Tydfil. NO OF INTENDED DIVIDENDS AND LAST DAYS FOR RECEIVING PROOFS. Florence Edwards, of liannah-street, Purth, out- fitter and gentlemen's B eroer; February 28. David Thomas, of Edmnnd-street, Tylorstown, lately High-street, Hirwain, Glamorganshire, tailor and diaper; February 24. „ ADJUDICATIONS. kt.11,1 ,c°ttrell, of Blanche-street, Cardiff, builder and contractor. draper* Maopheraan- of Vaenor-street, Aberystwith, Thomas Morga,1J. (lately trading as Tbomss Morgan iiirv Y°tMnercial~r<>a(1 Newport, ship chandler's "w;n!im T n STeengrocer and meat salesman, xr -n' of the Dragon, Water-street >arbej-th, Pem., licensed victualler and grocer rbomas KmJey. of Bay View-terrace and Pentre- giur.ea-road, St. Thomas, Swansea, builder and con tractor.

BRISTOlTcHANNEL TIMBER IMPORTERS. The annual meting of the Bristol Channel Timber Importers' Association was held at the Bell Hotel, Gloucester, last week, and amonsr theso elected on the executive committee Mr. William Riley. J.P., of Cardiff. At the dinner Mr. G. H. Perrm, in giving- the toast of "The Visitors, speaking of the waterways and canal communication of thi country, said that a great effort was made by some of the Bristol Channel ports, particularly Cardiff and Newport, to get a water transit to the hearc of the country. But one great hindrance rested with the port of Gloucester in tbe matter of Westgate Bridge. He was sorry their friends at Gloucester should prove an impediment to commerce in this way, and he hoped they would see their way to take an unselfish view of the question and have the obstacle referred to re- moved, so as to allow larger vessels to proceed to the Midlands than could pass under the. bridge as at present oonstruoted.

SHIPMENTS OF COAL AT CARDIFF. On February 2 we gave t.he approximate increase of coal, coke, and patent fuel of the three docks within the port of Cardiff. It was stated that it was impossible to be certain with the figures, as the returns for the Penarth and the Bute Docks were not to hand, though we stated it was near the mark. We estimated the Bute Docks shipments at 8,000,000 and Penarth at 2,939,958, and the increase at the different docks as being 430,000 at Penarth, 227,401 at Barry, and 150,000 at Cardiff. For the information of those interested in the coal trade we give the actual dock returns, just to h.:md :-Bute Docks: 8,027,120 tons-an increase of 167,491 tons over 1895. Barry: 5,279.232 tons—an increase of 227,401 tons over 1895. Penarth: 2,818,368 tons—an increase of 308,606 tons over 1895. It will thus be seen that although we estimated the coal shipped for ships' use coastwise on an estimated quantity, still the forecast was. a good one and fairly portrayed the situation. The percentage of increase over the year 1895 works out as follows:—Bute, 2'13 per cent.; Barry, 4'50 per cent.; Penarth, 12'59 per cent.; combined, 4'56 per cent.

SHIPPING AT LLANELLY. During the month of January f.2 vessels paid dues at Llanellv. This is a decrease of ten compared with the previous moath. The imports amounted to 8,687 tons, shwing an increase cf (.80 tons. The imports included iron and steel bars. coppc-r and copper ore. timber, manure, slates, cement, coal, corn, fnd ge-ieral goods. A large decrease is to lie noted in the exports, Whilk in December 11,705 tons were exported, in January the total only reached 8,368 tons. The Llanelly deliveries were:- Imports. Experts. I Carmarthenshire Dock 133 3,127 Copper Works Dock 3,190 3,908 Llanelly Dock 5,359 1,^3 8,687 8,368

LLANELLY HARBOUR COMMISSION. < The monthly meeting of the Llanelly Har- bour Commissioners was held on Monday after- noon, Mr. D. Williams-Rees presiding.—It I was unanimously decided to support the oppo- sition Against the proposals of the North Pem- broke and Fishguard Railway. The Commic- [sioners believed that the result of the carrying 'out of the proposal would be to divert traffic to Swansea and other places of which Llanelly is the natural outle-t.-It was afiso deoided to oppose the Bill to amend the Llanelly Har- bour Act of last year. This Bill is promoted by Burry Port traders, who, under the provi- sions of the Act of 1896, are oompelled to pay dues to Llanelly.—The resident engineer, Mr. Fowler, reported that he had consulted Sir Alexander Rendel on the plans of the new dock. He hoped to have them completed during the present month.—The Engineer also presented a comparative statement of towage and pilotage charges at Llanelly and Swansea. The pilots' committee were instructed to deal with this matter.

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CARDIGANSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. A quarterly meeting of the Cardiganshire County Council was held at Lampeter on Tuesday, Mr. C. M. Williams, Aberystwith, presiding.—It was decided to give all possible support to the Bill for the construction of the Vale of Rheidol Railway from Aberystwith to Devil's Bridge.—A letter was read from the committee of visitors of the Joint Counties Asylum, Carmarthen, asking the council not to accept the resignation of Mr. W. 0. Brig- stocke, Parkygors, as their representative on the asylum committee, but no action was taken in the matter.—The estimates of JE576 and JB440 for expenditure on the main roads in tbe southern and northern divisions respectively during the coming quarter were passed.—It was decided to contribute one-third of the cost of additional groynes to prevent the sea from making further inroads at Upper Borth, provided the rural district council undertook the work.—The ClerK presented the report of the county ass<3ssment committee, and the basis recommended for county contributions, as amended in accordance with the provisions of the Agricultural Rating Act, was adopted. Having explained what had to be done to meet the Treasury grant in lieu of agricultural rates, the Clerk said the county rate bMis was £283,236; net annual value of agricultural land in the county, £157,445; net annual value of buildings and hereditaments..S125.703; assess- able value of the county, £204.505. Under the new Act the assessable value of the county was reduced by J378,721, and the agricultural inte- rest in the county would save the rates on thait amount, as the Treasury had undertaken to pay them. It would mean a saving to the farmers of something like £2,600 a year in re- spect to the county rate. Thursday, March 18. was fixed a.s the day for the holding of pariah meetings for the election of parish councillors in Cardiganshire, and Saturday. April 3, for holding contested elections.—Mr. H. Bonsall (Cwm) presented two schemes for providing old-age ipenrions for road labourers in the employ of the council, but it was agreed to defer the matter, owing to the introduction of a Bill into Parliament dealing more fully with the subject in question.—The Chairman said that since the annual report of the asylum com- mittee had been sent to the council he had read in the papers that the Carmarthenshire County Council had accepted JB5,170 from the Carmarthen Town Council in order to enable the borough to be placed on the same footing as other portions of the county which had con- tributed towards the cost of erecting the asylum buildings. Personally, he would contend very strongly that the sum was wholly inadequate, and the three counties would suffer serious injustice if tJhe. asylum authorities accepted this sum from the Carmarthenshire County Council. —Mr. J. M. Howell (Aberayron) was instru- mental in getting the council to instruct the fii«aiice and light railways committees to jointly consider the most effective steps to be taken to facilitate the construction of light railways in the county, and especially to make an effort to obtain a. special grant for the purpose from the Treasury under Section 5 of the Light Rail- ways Act, 1896. ■■■■MiHIHHBMWBHMI

CARDIFF LIBERAL ASSOCIA- TION. The ordinary monthly meeting of the execu- tive committee of the Cardiff Liberal Asso. ciation was held on Tuesday night at the central offices, Market-buildings, St. Mary. street. Air. Robert Bird presided over a numerous attendance, including Councillors Dr. Buist, S. Robinson, W. H. Allen, and S. Mildon, and Messrs. Lewis Williams, Morgm Thomas, T. Taylor, — Webber, J. Grant, T. L. Powell, John Ings, and others.—The first business was to discuss the new Education Bill, and, on the motion of. the Rev. Principal Edwards, seconded by Councillor Allen, tfhe following resolution was carried unanimously:-—"That this executive expresses its indignant condem- nation of the iniquitous Bill just introduced by the Government, which has been conceived altogether in the interest of sectarian edura- tion, and mainly in favour of one Churoli, which is already in receipt of nearly three millions towards the education of the children in its so-called voluntary schools, and to which it is now proposed to give the additional large sum of upwards of £600,000. It further places on reo?'fd that ■■ there are at present 6,559 children in the voluntary schools of Car- diff and 14,111 in its board schools. Towards the former, according to the provisions of the Bill, the sum of £1,639 15s. will be given, whereas the board schools, if similarly dealt with, would receive annually £3,527 15s., of which, under the Bill, Cardiff is now defrauded; and this executive trusts that all Liberals and all other lovers of true national education will do their utmost to expose and defeat a Bill so partisan in spirit, mischievous in character, sectarian in aim, and unjust to the community at large. Further, this execu- tive rejoices that the country, in those districts where it has already had an opportunity of expressing its opinion at the poll, such as Romford and Walthamstow, has emphatically condemned the reactionary measure."—The next business was the adoption of the list of subscribers to the association, to be published to-day (Wednesday) for the perusal of the mem- bers, which during the last nine months have increased from 455 to 838.—Mr. Allgood (Liberal agent) reported the results of the late municipal elections in Roa.th and Park Wards, and the same were received with loud applause. —This concluded the public business.

P WORKS AT BARRY. The Eury District Council Publio Works Committee held a meeting on Tussday evening at Bany Docks, Mr. W. Thorns presiding. Mr. J. Bell, C.E., wrote, stating that it was intended by the Bairv Railway Company to form a lCft. footway along one side of the new road across Barry Harbour to the :sland, and Mr. MeggitA, suggested that several bays be formed along the line of roadway for the recep- tion of seats.—Plans were submitted by the surveyor (Mr. J. C. Pardoe) for ihe widening and improvement of the highway from the Royal-square, Cadorion, to Colebrook Bridge, and working plans were ordered to be prepared for the Church-road improvements.—A sub- committee was appointed to wait upon Mr. R. Forrest with the view of securing some land belonging to the Romilly Estate opposite The Parade, Barry, for laying out as publio gardens. —In view of the alleged inefficient manner m which certain public works had beeD carried out in the district, Alderman J. C. Meggitt moved (1) that it be an instruction to the council to exerci-se greater discretion in future as to the tende's of contractors which they accepted, especially to beware of accepting thp lowest tender; and (2) that the surveyor be allowed another clerk of works, there being at present onlv one clerk of works, quite inadequate to exercise due supervision over all the works in progress in the district.-—Eventually it was resolved that the matter be deferred pending a systematic visit of inspection of the district works at present in course of execution.

BISHOP LEWIS AND WORKING MEN'S CLUBS. The annual meeting of the members of the LlandaS Working Men's Club was held on Monday. The Lord Bishop of Llandaff pre- sided, and there was a good attendance of honorary and ordinary members. The report of the committee for the year 1896, which was read by the hon. secretary, Mr. W. E. Beavan, shewed that there were 26 honorary end 70 ordinary members, a decrease of eighteen on the preceding year. The income amounted to JE42 5s. 2d., and the balance in favour of the club at the end of the year was £1 8s. 8d.—The Vicar moved the adoption of the report, urging that an effort should be made to increase the number of members. He suggested the con- version of the adjoining buildinr into a gymnasium.—Mr. W. Evans, vice-chairman of the parish council, seconded the proposition, which was carried.—A vote of thanks to the retiring committee having been passed, and the new committee elected, Mr. Jonas Watson pro- posed, and Mr. T. D'Aeth seconded, a. vote of thanks to his lordship for presiding.—-rhe Bithop, in reply. said he regarded such mstitu. tions as most useful, for young men especially^ Ha thought that married men had duties which they owed to their homes, but for the younger men he recommended the advantages which a club of that kind offered. His lordship added that he would have pleasure in giving four more volumes to the library.-—A musical entertain- ment followed.

UNJUST WEIGHTS. At Cardiff Police-oourt on Tuesday (before the stipendiary, Mr. T. W. Lewis) Thomas Samuel Bomash, a. pawnbroker, jeweller, and silversmith, of 19, Queen-street, Cardiff was summoned upon information laid by Chief- inspector Major for having in his possession a scale for trade purposes that was unjust. He was also charged with having in his possession several weights that were not stamped. Mr. Beynon Harris appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Percy Clode dtrfended.—Mr. Beyinon Harris, in opening, said that Inspector Owen had visited defendant's premises on February 1. He was shown a silversmith's sea es and weights by the defendant. He tested the scales and found that it waa not sufficiently sensitive to answer the test provided by Section 29 of the Weights and Measures Act of 1878, which provides tha.t the scales used by silversmiths, Ac., were required to weigh two grains. The weight required to move this scales was ten grains. Eleven weights were shown him. and he found that three of them-a. 6dwt., a. 4dwt., and a 2dwt.—were not stamped.—Inspector Owen supported the state- ment.—Mr. Clode admitted the offence, but contended that the scales were not used for trade purposes.—The defendant made a further statement, in the course of which he said that the scales were seldom "sed.-The Stipendiary inflicted a fine of £5 a.nd costs, or a month's im- prisonment for each of the offences.

Moie than 42,000 dogs were seized in London during the period the muzzling regulations were in force. The number of cases of rabies up to January 2Q ur"s 123.

WALES'S NATIONAL DICTIONARY- A LIFE WORK BY CHANCELLOR Esl I ,\i J±bi Mj V-tt-N'o. Welshmen have always shown a fondness for dictionaries, a laot, it is supposed, which must be attributed partly to the oiiingual conditions axuler which they nave lived and partly to their Keen appreciation of Engiifih. One 01 t-ne Inst Weiiih books ever printed was a Welsh- hingysh dictionaay, that of VViliiam balesbury, tile lounuer oi Weish printed literature, exactly tilree hundred and ulty years agu. Since I ibaies'bury's time, we have had a numerous succession of dictionaries, some of them works of great erudition and merit, the befit known being those oi Pughe, Walters, Richards, iSpurrell, and the English-Welsh dictionary of Silvan Evans. Bui. it remained for the last decade of the nineteenth cenúury to produce the greatest oi all Welsh dictionaries, a work in Welsh what Murray's monumental work purports to be in English, and having for its author the prince of Weisn lexicograpners, the distinguished Rector of Lianwrin. Chan- cellor Silvan Evans has made Welsh and its cognate languages tne study of his lifetime, and a pretty long and active life it has been, for, uniortnnately, the most versatile of living Welshmen is nearly an octogenarian. So far as Weiah literature is concerned, whether pub- lished or unpublished, irom the time of Aneurin to the latest issue of the "Geninen," he is simply omniscient. He knows everything atbout Welch authors and Welsh words, knows by whom, and where, and when, and how the meanest little sprite of a word is employed. Would that the gods spared him a.s long as Welsh is spoken and written, if only "for example of life and instruction of manners" as a critic, an author, and a stylist! Long, long ago, before most of our present- day roasters and teachers had been initiated into the mysteries of their hornbooks, Silvan Evans was an author of distinction, and his "Telynegion," the finst-fruits of his strength, which drew forth the blessing and encomium of the late Dr. Lewis Edwards, are, we verily 'believe, the best lyrics we still possess. Alas for Welsh poetry the flame which should have been a burning and a shining light was but scantily fed at Llandeg-wning and Llangian and Llanymawddwy, though such treatment, that would otherwise have been simply an unpardonable neglect, proved immensely serviceable to Welsh authorship and Welch scholarship. It gave us the "Llythyraeth and the two 8vo. volumes of the dictionary of 1858, and a library of carefully edited works — Gweithiau Gwallter Mechain, "Bardd Cwsg," "Hanesy Ffydd," Rowlands's "Biblio- graphy, "Ysten Sioned," and a host of occasional articles on all sorts of topics in the "Archæologia Cambrensis," the most -learned of Welsh magazines, to the editing of which Silvan gave some of the best years of his life. All his past efforts, however, are cast to the shade by this present work of his —his "Dictionary of the Welsh Language"—a work on which he has for his oollaborateur Air. Henry Silvan Evans, a chip of the old block. The "dictionary" is published by the well-known fLm of Spurrell and Son, Car- marthen, and appears in parte, of whioh four have already been issued, the total number of pages being 1,828. This notwithstanding, the last page only brings the work over the fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet-D-a fact which will give some idea of its ency- clopcedic character. It is evidently the slow accumulation of years—forty, or perhaps more—of painstaking and well-directed labour. How muoh reading, how much hunting up of manuscripts, how much consulting and com- paring of authors, how much observation and how much application to pen and paper those years represent can only be known to the industrious author himself. Welsh lexicographers hitherto have almost entirely confined their atten- tion to the written or literary language of Wales, ignoring Welsh dialects, and excluding from their pages hundreds of words which they deemed unworthy of inser- tion owing to those words having a local or provincial stamp and accent. It remained for Silvan Evans to see their linguistic value and rescue them from oblivion. His dictionary teams with these forms, for which it is useless to look in any other similar work. Like Murray s and the "Century Dictionary," Silvan Evans's proceeds on the historical method, and thus his pages at every step acquire fresh interest to the student of Welsh literature, for they largely supply him with a key to a greait. number of Welsh authors from the earliest times to the present. The student is able to see at a glance how a certain word is used by different writers at different periods. This at some future time may serve a very good purpose. Whenever a competent scholar will apply himself to the task of writing a historical grammar of the language he will find for use and reference in Silvan Evanss Dictionary" a copious and varied store of materials ready to hand. Like its predecessors, the fourth part shows the same comprehensiveness, the same un- eiring accuracy to the smallest detail, and the same sound scholarship and able treat- ment that have elicited the praise of Celtic students both in these islands and on the Continent. Here we have far and away the largest collection of Welsh words ever brought together in one work. Twelve centuries, so to speak, are made to pass in procession before us, with a master standing at our side, telling us nearly everything that is worth knowing about every member as it is mar- shalled past. To give an example of the method em- ployed, we shall take the word "dwfr" or "dwr," as typical of the rest. Having given its congeners in Cornish, Breton, Irish, Gaelic, and Manx, the author proceeds to show what forms it has assumed in Welsh literature. Leaving out the quotations, of which there is a long list, most invaluable to the student, the following are the authorities cited: The earliest four—the "Mabinogion." "Cyfreithiau Cymru" (Leges Wallias)," "St. Greal," and Taliesin—each give "d wfyr." "Llyfr yr Ancr" has a plural "dyfredh," a form, slightly modified, used also by Llywarch ab Llewelyn. Gwalchmai, another mediaeval bard, writes "dyfyr," and in the Red Book of Hergest occurs "dyfwr." Turning again to "Llyfr yr Ancr," we find "dwfyr': and "dwfuyr." Dafydd ab Gwilym, anticipating the usage of posterity, has "dwfr," which he writes in the plural "dyfr" and "deifr." "Dwr," also, though not quite so ancient, is in very good company. Meredydd ab Rhys, quoted in the "Iolo" MSS., uses it; so do Lewys Glvn Cothi, Edmund Prvs "Meddygon Myddfai," "Barddas," William Wyn, and Goronwy Owen. Edmund Prvs employs the plural "dyfredd," a form found also in the 1567 edition of the Welsh Prayer Book, but which has been long superseded "by "dyfroedd." In an appended note under this word the author states :—" 'Dwr' (though old. as may be seen in the dialects and in several of the quotations), has no plural, all the derivations being formed from 'dwfr.' Deifr,' 'dyfr,' 'dyfredd,' are archaic or poetical foims. In some parts of Wales, we may state the forms d\\ rach. "dwroedd," and "dwrfcvdd'' are occasionally heard. The historical method serves a number of useful purposes. It enables us to some extent to determine the geographical area of certain words at a given period. Thus, the word "diwedydd" seems to have been much more widely used formerly than at present. It is met with in Cornish, under the form "de- wedhes," and also in Taliesin, Mvrddin. Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug. and Lewys Glyn Cothi. At present, if one is rightly informed, it is never used by natives of Dyfed, except, per- haps. in East Carmarthenshire, where Glamor- gan influence is felt. This method helps us also to fix the date of a great many words, and to discover what forms have survived both m dialect and in literature. In the matter of etymology the author (or, shall we say, authors?} has largely used the comparative method, bringing within ranige the Celtic branches. Greek, and Latin, and having an occasional snap at some of the modern lansrua-2es of Europe. It is not often that "Silvan" fails. Over one word, however, he comes very near owning that he has been beaten. It is the word "deongl," wbich is variously written "deongl" and "dehongl." "deongli" and "dehongli." The orthography of this word, he says, "is somewhat un- settled. Bishop Parry always spells it with- out the *h.' and Bishop Morgan generally. The derivation is obscure. Tolo Morganwg' pro- poses the following explanation: 'DeonsL to define the anglt-s of a. figure (a mathematical figure); to lay down or delinente the angles: to interpret; to illustrate. We believe that a little more rational etymology has been sug- gested, which, jf correct, shows "deongli" to be an exceedinrlv interesting fugitive. Ion? naturaHse-t in Welsh. It is suggested thflt it is the same word as the French "jongler," to Jugsle, to perform acts which make a show of extraordinary powers. The original is sun- posed to be the Latin "joculator." in whid- language, also, there is an infinitive, "jocr lari." It is a long ory from "joculator" tr "Y Deonerlydd Beirniadol," but time and dis- tance work wonders.

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