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GREATER IUUTAIN. r «• ALTHOUGH the epidemic of enteric fever at Subathu from which the Black Watch suffered so severely, has entirely ceased, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry at Lucknow have had a large number of cases, some fatal. It is noteworthy that, as in the case of the Black Watch at Subathu, the regiment attacked is quartered in barracks rendered notorious by previous outbreaks of the disease. Inquiry should be made (as the Morning Post wisely advises) into the eauses irhich render BO many cantonments in the plains 'j ss well is the hills so insanitary. The plague -seizures at Bombay continued to drop with satisfactory steadiness until the middle of May, only about 15 new cases and the same number of deaths Occurring daily. At the end of an epidemic the ratio of deaths to new cases is always high, occurring chiefly among patients who have lingered for some time in the bospitalp, Among the deaths were those of Sister Elizabeth, one of the Sisters who volun- leered for hospital duty from the Bandora Convent; and Miss Home, who was sent to join the nursing gtaff at Cutch Mandrie when the plague was exL f bemely bad, and where Dr., Herein has gone from 93oinbay to-carry aut iinoculatiane with his curative Serum. IT would seem that in parts of Northern India the people were not in such a distressed condition froni famine as was thought. On the Agra-Delhi Railway, flow being constructed as a famine relief work, the workers on one section have gone out on strike for fcigher wages. It is true that on a relief work the Government only pays a bare subsistence wage; but that men can afford to go on strike rather than accept it is fair proof that they are not at any rate Starving.. At. the same time. J) toyed on relief worts throughout India in- creased during the week by 183,000, reach- ing a total of more than 3,500,000. As the failure of the monsoon would entail a recrudescence Of the famine, it was proposed that the Central Com- mittee of .the Famine Relief Fund should bold over a sum of 30 lakhs for eventualities. A majority of fy. the Committee, however, held that as the money had been subscribed for present sufferers from the famine, it should be distributed accordingly. If a fresh famine occurs India will have to make a new appeal for, help. On some parts of the North-West Frontier the spring crops, which promised well, have 6een utterly ruined by hailstorms, which did a great deal of other damage, the hailstones being described as of the size of large ducks' eggg. THE contretemps which occurred in Ceylon, where the King of Siam left the island in indignation Ijecause the priest in charge of the Temple where Buddha's "tooth is kept would not allow his Majesty to touch the sacred relic, has left the Buddhists in Ceylon more hopelessly divided than ever. It was laopedthat the visit of the only Buddhist monarch in the world might have led to the reunion of the rival Bnddhint factions under his headship, but the con- trary has been the case. A mass meeting of Bud- dhists denounced the conduct of the priest as dig ) courteous, uncalled-for, and wholly unwarranted." THE principal question of Imperial interest in the Contemporary interest of Canada (Says a writer in the Times) is whether the development of the channels of eommunication with the world, which as a relatively new country she is bound to extend tapidly beyond her borders, is to take place along lines of easterly and westerly or along lines of northerly and southerly direction. In other words, is the inevitable expansion of this great federal group of British colonies to be within the Empirb Mst and west or within the American continent north and south ? The fiscal policy adopted in its own interests by the United States throws the alternative into sharp relief. Much .-p aa we may regret that it should be so, we V are obliged to recognise that under present Circumstances development in one direction isincom- Eitiblp with equal and easy development in the other, he choice, therefore, llefr before Canada of ettengtheningthe bonds of union and multiplying the, channels of intercourse with either the Empire Or the United jStateB, but not with both. Upon the choice which is-mnde between the two the ftttura of I the Dominion depends. Far more than a local in. terest attaches to the direction given by successive I Canadian Governments to the developments over •rbich they are called to preside, and each sta^e in the construction of the framework upon which the history of .the Dominion is to be built has the importance of its prospective as well as its actual history of the Dominion is to be built has the importance of its prospective as well as its actual Value in determining the current of colonial life. XHK returns tor May show that the revenue West Australia last month Amounted to £ 221,501, as Compared with 4:171,217 in May, 1896. The amount .received from Customs was E86,518, against £ 77,636; from postages, commission on money orders, tele- phone receipts, and telegrams, JE18,847, against £ 15,183; from railways, E87,323, against £ 56,119; from land, £ 7724; and from mining, 97626. A WRITER in the Scotsman gives some interesting Particulars of the making of Adelaide, the capital of outh Australia. There is little that is new- fashioDed about Adelaide he says. It is laid out like a draught-board. Half of the streets run north and Bouth half of them run east and west. Mostly they are wide, AH of thenx bear evidence of careful thinking out on the part of the designer—a certain Colonel Light, whofrom all accounts was a masterful, as-assuredly-be was an able, man. The nature of the ground chpsen for the «ity lent itself to a generail design that could scarcely fail to produce a handsome and healthy town. High hills all but encompass Adelaide.From their base the land elopes "gently flown to the sea, which, as the Gulf of St. Vincent, forhis the western boundary of the plain. In some patis of this plain there were slight depressions, whioh in heavy rain-and, strange as it may seem, there is at tim^s heavy rain in Adelaide-^became swampy. Cotonel Light used these depressions for the formation of open placeo-B"ares, in fact. There is a great centre square—Victoria-square—bisected by splendid wide Avenues. • A> statue of the Queen adorlis VLtb tenu* of the square, where the bisecting avenues cross it. Beyond Victoria-square there is a quadrilateral Of squares formed some distance away -goe-on, tiae north-eamt and one on the sooth-east; one oo the south-west and one on the north-west. It would not have been good to have built housbs upon these spaces; art has made them most excellent breathing spaces and: recreation grounds. The original design contemplated the grouping of busi- ness premises in one direction and of' residences in another. Business premises and residences have re- fused as a rule to go to the spots indicated for them. They have grouped themselves as they have found dmost convenient, One result is that vou have busi- ness places where residences were to have been, and residences where business places should have been found if the original ideas of the designer had been 1 Carried out. It is not a matter of much importance I •—the convenience of the public has been suited. The visitor findB all for the best. He also finds Adelaide healthy. It is stlid to be the best-drained oity in Auttralis, And It ihas a plentiful supply of water from the Torrens river and the Okoporinga. In moit cities the tide of fashion runs to Lhe frest. In Adelaide it runs to the north. The Torrens divides North Adelaide from South Adelaide. The latter has most of the tuainess; the former is .mainly com- posed of the houses of the well-to-do. North Adelaide resembles a beautiful country town with an air of cathedral quiet about ft. Professional men live in it. The unfinished cathedral of the Episcopal. Church stands in it. Perhaps some day that cathedral will be finished. Several charitable institutions grace North Adelaide. In- the hills obotit,Aclelaide there ark many lovely spots. iMoet of the gullies have springs, and: in most places the Boll will grow anything. It was for my good that I was dtiven out to the country house of the first itkirytsr in Soxtth Australia. He-was not in forensic Costunre when I eaw hita there he was the country featleartn rejoicing In his' gardens and .orchards; fe showed; with^worthy, pride how apples; pears, •quifcceV$hlths, Oranges, lemons, chestnutsj walonts, and-- many other trees flourished. Tomatoes wefe weeds. Pumpkins were ahao* ag large as barrels Of beer. Vegetables of all kmda yielded three or four Crops a year. It-, was wonderful,, volumes j of the fertility of one part Australia. 1 In tange of hilla of wbich Moimt Xofty is thfe Chief is the summer house of THE GOVERNOR of thb J colony- Marble Hill. IT STANDS nearly 3000ft. aboyij J the level of the, plain below. Adelaide may bk I scorched with a, hot sun while. Marble HiU is fanne £ with aTjool breezeu <

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