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Br rn WILL REDUCE YOUB UAS BILL li an'" j-iff; a BUILLI A:. R LIGHT ") 1 or »j PAl.Ai'E or COTTAGE. S A k Yin' GAS FITTI it. RUDEST 0RADE CYCLES FOR IOTHINII AUbNts WAANTKD. EXCELLENT TEaMS. LISTS frbb. THa CUCA CrOXiB COMPANY, CQVBNTilY. ¡r: ;'r)) ¡ .8 feaVPOLE FRESH I Í!Ií ¡¡ÿ fresh Butted I THE BEST. Packed in Ub. ROLLS or lib. CARDBOARD BOXES. MAYPOLE DAIRY CO. roxDON OFFICE: I CREAMERIES: 18, Lwoll SxBETtT, MABKBT iOll, SBBOP- LONDON. E.O. KNOCKLONG, CO. XJMXBICE 'ar Liverpool St. Station). EsR«7E-;at DSNMARK. I>ltG.E LIST on application. AGENTS APPOINTED. L Unlimited Winter Supplies. \C> Y0U WiL3j BA y°a stuck oua boots, MQJ O 8 ■ beat selection intlie district. Orders executed BY rt- t-nj- T^OURKEMOUTHThe Hotel M6tar<q?cJ» a USTY PENSIONERS AND RESERVISTS Seryioe^^esu^Ji^at^bort wnttat*recommended. g^PLr to the OQMMA3TO> wp, ftranHABCW P»POT. 6K)SfOBT. A OLiiitM SCHOOL, West Worthing.-High- 1&aiJ Boys' Boarding School. Refined Home, 8 minutes from S*> thorough Teaching, careful Training, Liberal Table. Large 2J0[Ki'Ouncls, Gymnaaium.Carpentei-'s Shop, Sports, Swimming, moderate. For vieir. Papers, Ao., apply to Principal. "RALEIGHS" LEAD A Jvv Largest Bingle Cycle Factory in THROUGH SHEER SUPERIORITY ^mmi\ the World. Latest up-to-date Jtrffr £ s\I\?>i\ labour-saving machinery. Skilled Iff^vKr^Vi Mechanics. Day-labour only. W Hnequalled Des^M^Inoompar- PERFECTION. p A i Tf.iflH CYCLB CO., LTD., KOTTINQHAM. Evpry Houaehold should have one of "SNOW'S HANDY BOOT LASTS," for making ard repairing boots. Die Mr afivant-ge I claim over other Lasts is f\the HtEL 18 the KfREQ NtlteJl/ if Public ran fix a Hobbin^ Foot in its PS i |jl piac if they require to repair a smaller 01 bl.rger 1M'Ot. I Price 2s., Carriage paid. T. F. SNOW, n,Acul.Ãn,BJUXTON,LolmO. B.W. Ti F8T and CHEAPEST IT ANURE for FARM 4) %naii urden, NATIVE GUJ A NO, £ 3 lOs.per ton, to bags. ^n lob. <-»rria«e paid ^iimonf^s Sin all jnarts^*address NATIVE GUaNO cOMP-^y- ;ld- jtJfew Bridge Street. London. U.C.— AgAnto Waniea. TO AMAT^XR PHOTOGRAPHERS- »9.1o r XB.OOK- 1 O; a 'i- d t.j Caust » Nuii; Asbteid,Sarvey, fea a -mref 'oiiiu-w. Mined C iuli! 1'i.ATB. Price List.pgg/gj- OIL H1TIKG 8T0VF8. AK■* T)><; u y makes which burn absolutely BpESSSSv. ■ WITH NT IY STIIHII whatever, and giv# ix F''L,Er "'laAMMOTH, fw u.is, Mission Sohoolrvom &C.» .J' from 15! TIIS lor tJj eeuhou?ps, Conservatoriw &0., lA,'•/• jii<UHAnn h*isrlips.>n^ JimtFLY." 43. MKES ST^LOITO' Saftortf I They Wam..pnn«j Boon.. j&k. fi ceJ*J> £ ■ ° t dir«c{ioiis, and d^r« ^be^uHfal Holbonv, L*»- last » yean or %,• •' '• ■>< U" ,^02" Bold S^TMt. t»nde now in aw. LiraaroOL. rCLT> ev^rv description purchaaeAtW V/uikah. -H. B BA.»aad &3QOT,WslV.Tond«» FOR THE SKI. AP (for Delioate Skina),^«*• 118 per .let. CREAH (for Itohing, Pace Spota, Ac.), lIlt, 1/9. gQWDER tfot BedneIa, BoughD. &0.), 1/ 1/9. K i i,j ^SV hg PAIN Of ANY KINO. h J. i J.1S !V-rmn CHLORODYNE, Ulí t'j¡' 1 ¡r, o. W; -&l NEvj U AX.GIA. -A few dojM "1' quit.»j nllootuaL Caution. Tkfl Sjf. extraor.^iarymedicalrepomon "• •» the ottU:of C«il^.Ta«mider vital Importance th»t the pubUcsh-mklobtamthe '•mMM, tamp><av.il.,thewoi?Js 1 ).J>oIta Wowue'-ChlnroiU ,.<■ *Ctdecision ].•.•-(jhanoel.oi hi Wo, Tim'jt,JuIN Testimonialsuomeminent) ^ttih each bottle. Solil buttles. 1/li, 2/9. ft 4/0. by jj^L^eixajitft. OUGLA S,HUNQERFORD,& WILLIAMS. SJ PROFITS PAID DURJNO 1805. jkn. '< £ B r<*r ciiit.; Feb. I, £ 8; March 1, fS; A" o 55' Jay i, £ 7- Jru>^ 2, £ 10; .Tulyl. £ 9; Aug.l, £ 8: St- 1 £ 8 Nov. 1. £ 7 Dec. 2, £ 7. Total for 18 months, jggfl 'W Cent.1 avenge of nearly £8 Per Cent. PER IIOlfTB. t PROFITS PAID DURING 1888. n. 8 £ 0 *'• If ay 1 £ 6% Sept. 1 b. j £ 7 „ June 1 £ 6 Oct. 1 ^5" ir. a July 1 •• ^8 Not. ft *6 „ ». 1 i,6 „ Auer.i £ 5 „ DM. 1 S9 „ Jan. 1. 1897 JE6 per ocnt. OUR NEW ILLUSTRATED MANUAL, frHo rfqnfst. showinsr how theM pro tits may be JMe WITHOUT SPECULATION. Cheques for profits **iled prompth Is i*ach month, and for withdrawals of 3fc.]'irnl on 2nd v IC b each month. Trial investments oi £ 6 (•wo ni.waivln niay >« jna.le. We have not a dissatisfied OlieDt. ^°tJ«LAS, HUNGERfORD, & WILLIAMS, 6, Copthall « Avdnua, London. E.U.. and 11. Place de la Bourse, Paris. TO INVALIDS FREE. Jf'tnULARS 0* A* OTVALUABM *1W nrVBTTIOV, oi wnioti much jMio in avoided and oomfort obtainod. Apta* !"«m to II. waarv -"nfre «r. The Medical Press unatiitnoui in in < -¡, nv [wrson, iDvalidt4, may be placeclln a rebUn- I. 't xiv. i tion ern a <' III .rtable lleat "ltla foot-rest, at a table for 'I; H rl \¡.p .J.. 01" lif'ed iD an eaøy hammovk to air mattreas or ""»■ i;„ .,i by mplv turning a Wbeel." The great sensation at the f 'T IUP h'bltion. Used by tho principal Hospitals, SnrtttoM, J Writ" for Illustrated Catalotrua. OOvSAX PATENT iiSDSTEAD C0KPAVT, LTD. a. South Place. Moorgate Street, LmadOll I LADIES TKdispewsable TO LADIES f :q:: Jutafe and reliable remedyfor all obstructions and irregu- larities, a medicine which cores (usually in a few hours) eases which have baffled the skill of the best medical men. No lady need despair as the moet obstinate A hopeless have beeD immediately relined by &hI8 remedy. Mrs. Wilson of Honor Oak Park, Forest Hill, says: "Your Invaluable remedy took Immediate effect; In leas tban 12 hours I was all right, after 14 weeks of misery and hopeless- ness." A properly certified guarantee is enclosed with all testl* monials and medicine. One package at <s. 6d.'is usually sufficient for any case. Ladies send at once fully directed en* velopoforpartloularsand proofs. I will forfeit £ 1000 for every ¡;tinloniA1 that iø not genuine. Thousands of testimonials have beeo received. EBblished over 100 years. Do not be misled by showy advertisements and other so-called remedies which are utterly worthless. Write privately, at onoe, to— MABAME FRAIN, MEDICAL INSTITUTE. HACKNEY HOAD (Op1I081ie Shoredltoh Churoh), London. HJfc IBMfll D0N'T G0 BALD. IsM'iS 17810 CLARKSON'S UVO. Unrivalled Hair Bus B Syr X*i'oduoer. Price 2s. & 3/0 per bottle^ Sample Is., postage 3d.—Of all Chemists, Stores, 4co., or of W. CLAKKSON. <5, Wellington Street. Strand, London. Tf ADIES *™ "y* PERFECT FIGURE TJ a SELLENA ■" moderate price, by wearing the H Ij From 2/1L Of aU D!FBJ.L SUBET, Londc)t\. E.C. COltSETS. GIVE YOUR INVALIDS Boma k KOtJPJ' IUNG fluid Beef, proparea from PRIME SCOTCH MEAT, and guaranteed I'EEE FEOM SPICES. 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London, W.O. fcoVTARICOSE VEINS: their cause and T cure; by a SCTBOBO», post free 7d.—THE VEIN 00., Broadway. Walham Green, London. TO LOVERS OF ANIMALS.—The Dean of JL Durham writes; '"THE ANHKAL8' FRIEND' ia & charming Journal." Twenty pages, beautifully illustrated. 111, monthly.' Post free, la months 1/6, direct from the Offices, 20. Victoria Street. London, S.W. Trade: ALLEN, Ave Maria Lane, or SIMPKIN, MARSHALL. ARMITAGE BROS., NOTTINGHAM: For Reliable Garden Seeds,-Sundries, CILrn&tions. Í)ahl.i.as, Herbaceous Plants, &c. Superior. Prices Manual Free. Mlpr GRAND HOTEL DU M0NT-B0R0N IMIUl-s (MONT-BORON PALACE). C. T>VhVOV,proprietor. IS minutes from Place Massena. First-class Hotel Table d'Hote Restaurant; Winter Garden Hall, Conversation and Billiard Saloons; Telephone, &c. Lift. Daily Service (every hour) by Four-in-Hand Mail Coach. Drainage and Sanitary arrangements executed by Mr. Smith, the Lóndon Engineea Special arrange;],eiits for Families. L. CASBNAVB. Manaatr. A PERMANENT PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGEMENT, Artistically Mounted (20 by 15j), and finished by Patent Proces in Monochrome, equal to Steel Engraving, packed and carriage paid for 6. 24 bv 9 for 8 Send Photo and P.O. to ACME ENLARGEMENT CO., Ingleton Street, LEEDS. Barbican Court, LONDON. 3B.C. CO., unun Trrrii ^se FOR THEM TOUR TEETH HENRY'S LURLINE It is a MARVELLOUS DENTIFRICE, INSTANTANEOUS JJ1 It, I'uKsiiitvtNG and EFFECT. 11- per Box, all i hemists, Stores, &c., or 1/3 (free) direct from— HENRY'S LURTiTNE CO., 329. HOLBORN. LONDON. -t^sooo »' 3ft. bj Ci't., lo.S "V '| „ whclbsavh 11 House l-ariiisfis; | CAHRV HAlTATwj 0 | BecldinK S \f Manufacturer. j £ j 2i 3"7, 228, 289. & 330, qlp STREET. LONDON, E C. A A- AGENCY.—Something: new.— A corpora- • tion has been formed to supply goods on the weekly payment system;lowestprioes; clothing,machinery,furniture, Ire It I ou are in a large factory or works of any kind, where a lartre II umber of men are employed, write to the BKIliSU. 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RECOMME>DLD by the AiKDKJAL PROFESSION. 16/- per doz. bottles; 84/- per } flasks; 27.- per 2 don. flasks. <arL1m??Js2.iJlr0Uf-'no',t the Kintrilom. MONEY RETURNED II NO; SATIS1AOTOBT. P.O.'s or Cheques with order to k. i >OHLIANl & CO., St. Peter's House, m. Chu-kenwell Road. London, E.G. nOUGLAS.HUNGERFO^D.ft WTTJJAMS. JLr PROFITS PAID DURING 18')o Jan. 2, <68 peroent.; Feb. 1 £ e; May 1, June 2. £ 10 :J«ly 1.4,0 Aiis. 1, £ » 68: Oct. 1, £ 8; Nov. 1. ^7 Dec. 2, 4J7 T»ia. for 18 MI «98 per cent., aa average of nearh Per Cont. Pi MTH, PROFITS PAID i»rKING 1 I- Juri. 2 1 far cent J.eb. 1 £ p 1, » Ai 1 dS.'j Mar. 8 £ 9 m Sept. 1 irj „ „ Apr. 1 £ 6 n m Oct. 1 m „ ffiay 1 £ 0 Nov 8 M June 1 £ 5 »• — 11 Dec. 1 OUR NEW ILLU8TRA T T» MAN At,, mailed liiie nvvm snoWIM; these >».r be made \VITaOUT SPECULA TION. • i-ofitg n^ailod t>romo.tiv 1st of mouth, and for l >.<. u of Xrvital on$n?l -v of each month. Ttia) iir.v r.r r. an<1 ni £ .v mfirtt*. We hft?e rjof ?i il^saTiis DOUGLAS, Ht^GSRtfOKD, jk WILIJJlMS, 5. ImOI A v«; Loxidon^ fc.C.» a»ttu li# Place de la teOULj'tiP, iwU. OCUNCHER TYRES W% TOB CYCLES, OARRIAGi-S. ft MOTOR CARS ARE THE Bi! T. I J QOXTTHPO^T—PALACE HOTEL, Bit'dale KH3' Pari Wtter SeasMe rosor;u own .Is. lij-ht Turkish b.f. !'• ,;•« ^"oU)« couti.yno s. Ten nip a :d Uoii K Ar_L.r .■• ABERDEEN GRANITE MONUTtTFNTS, from £ 5. Qfinriw pftkL liitoriptious wcuraii Ur ttfuL Plan.&'Jri^g ■oasJ. W. LEGGEjScuiploj ;«an. 3000 STAMPS IV ON* HOUR MO b«»»x«l*ttb avptinM FixArrABAWs. A boon for every wrWnff A n ee present. Mo ttsking of st JBPB. Price i/ft. A. "srk-av.. l'i»lfi>st. "CONSTIPATION I A gentleman who has long <nffered from chronio constipa- tion, has diroovered by the mer st aooident a c eap, timple, and natural remedy, hioh absolutely prevefts the rrcurrenss of this troublesome derang m^nt of the intestines. It n not a but a 8im.ple, wholesome article of food, for a few ooppen anywhe The quantity may be regulated to every age and kind of constitution.—Address LAX. 31, Stirling Bead, HbrmintdtuMa. Thirteen pottage ttampt to be emt to about øUrlU. ENGLISH-THE BE ST BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES. Guaranteed for Accuracy, Durability, Strength, and Value. Thousands of Testimonials have been received. BENSON S BENSON'S £ t English Lever Keyless English Lever "LUDGATEIP WATCH "BANK" WATCH, In Silver Cases. In 18-ct. w Gold Cases. In In OLD WATCHES AND JEWEL- Selections L ER Y of Watches or EX- Jcwellery CHANGE. sent/ree on All Goods =C of Not e. Approved will be Ex- changed. Oheapest, -StrongeBt and most Durable London ,A gQod Knockabout "Watch for rouph wear at a made THREE-QUAftTER PLATE ever sold low price. Best London made, Three-Quarter Plate An English Lever, Jewelled with 13 Rabies, Chrono- Enalhli Lever, Laree, Chronometer Balance, Jewelled meter Bald-nce, Parent Large Barr el, and Damp and m Rubies, Strong Keyless Action. Dust Proof Ring Band. Price ZS 6s. An Exact Timekeeper, and better value than anv Keeps better time than, and is double the Strength Keyless Watch sold for;CIO. S?1 ver Cases0 wfto Stron/c^tal'Ghf^0' In Sterling Price 25, in Extra Strength, Sterling Silver, Crystal SlIver Cases, WIth StronL, Crystal G Glass Cases. Made in Four Sizes at one Price, £ 5 5s -No. I Gentlemen & Youths No. 2. Working Men; No.3, BENSON S ENGAGEMENT RINGS, in Half- fiailway Men and Miners (as illustrated); No. 4, Ladies. Hoop, Marquise, Gipsev and all o her designs In massive 18-ct. Gold Cases, with Crystal Glass, set with Brilliants, Rabies, Emeralds Pearls, Sap- Gentlemen's size. P,12 125 Ladv's size.;EIO 10s. phires, Opals, Turquoise, &L- or in plain gold. 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AGRICULTURE.I
AGRICULTURE. Winter has come at last, with plenty of snow over the country generally, although the frost I hitherto has not been very severe. It could not have come more seasonably, as its delay has been sufficiently prolonged to enable the late wheats to get a fair start, while it is desirable now to have a check put upon vegetation for a brief period, with open weather to follow by the middle of February, to allow of the early sowing of Spring corn. It is satisfactory to notice that reports on the wheat crop from most parts of the country are now reassuring, the plant having thickened in many cases where it was thin on first appearance, while the exceptions are chiefly those in which damage by birds is serious. Evidence as to the extent of wheat sown varies a gQod deal. While in the south and east of England the acreage is reported to be greater than that of last year, in some parts of the north the wet state of the land in the Autumn almost entirely prevented sowing. If the weather of February should be suitable, the area of the crop will probably be extended considerably. LAMBING. The first set of reports on the lambing flocks for the present season appears in. the current number of the Live Stock Journal, relating chiefly to the Dorset and Somerset sheep, which have nearly finished lambing. Results vary a good deal, but are fairly satisfactory on the whole, in spite of the wetness of the weather, which has been trying to the ewes. In some flocks more losses than usual have occurred, while in others they have been extremely few. Keep appears to be generally short on the farms, and has to be supplemented by purchased food to a considerable extent, while the prospects of Spring feed are bad in many cases, owing to the destruction of young clovers and similar forage crops by the drought of last Summer. WHEAT. The wheat markets have been disappointing lately, which is all the more remarkable in the face of the extremely unfavourable reports recently received from the Argentine Republic, representing the wheat supplies'at only about half last year's quantity. Something must he allowed, no doubt, for the diminished consummation of wheat, owing to the mildness of the first half of the winter, and more, perhaps, to the use of maize instead of wheat in the United States. In 1895 special machinery for making fine flour from maize was put up in some American mills, and it is said that the adulter- ation of wheat flonr with 10 per cent. of the other variety cannot easily be detected. As maize is sell. ing at about one-third the price of wheat in the United States, this form of adulteration is very profitable, and, if nothing is done to check it, the results may ultimately be serious to growers of wheat. But for the present season no probable reductions of consumption will cover the great deficiency of wheat in the world, especially as India will need large quantities of grain, including some wheat, in the latter part of the cereal year, if not before the Indian spring harvest has been gathered. The official averages of the prices of the three principal cereals for 1896, as given in the Annual Supplemeutto Willich'sTithe Commutation Tables," just issued by Messrs Longmans, Green, & Co., are 26s 2d per quarter for wheat, 22s lid for barley, and 14s 9d for oats. Compared with the averages for 1895, they show increases of 3s Id per quarter for wheat, Is for barley, and 3d for o&ts. The average for wheat only twice before during the century, in 1895 and 1894, has been as low as in 1896; that of barley was lower only in 1895 and 1822; and that of oats only in 1895. PLEURa-PNEUMONIA. An outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia was discovered a few days ago in a cowshed in the East-end of London, containing fifty cows, which have all been slaughtered. Four of them were found affected with the disease, two showing that the malady was of long standing, while the other two had probably been infected recently. All four belonged to a lot of five bought last November in Romford Market. Such occasional outbreaks are to be expected until all old cows which may have contracted the disease many years ago, have ceased to exist. When the malady has assumed an encysted form, it is not easily detected, but as soon as it spreads to fresh animals the symptoms are obvious. Provided that every such case of extensiou is promptly dealt with, there is no fear of a widespread revival of the disease in the country. Only two outbreaks were discovered last year, one in 1895, and two in 1894, making five in three years. IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. It is an important question to consider whether anything can be done to stay the continuous in- crease in the national bill for foreign agricultural produce. The figures published last week show that last year's gross imports of commodities similar to those which are produced on farms or in orchards and gardens in this country cost 5,224,2451. more than in 1895, and 9,404,9271. more than in 1894: while the net imports cost 8,449,1541. and 10,193,9331. more. In spite of falling prices for most of the commodities, the account has been growing heavier and heavier for a great number of years, with a few fluctuations, and it follows that the growth of these imports has been greater in quantity than in value. With some exceptions, the movements of values of gross and net imports correspond pretty closely, the most striking divergences being taoso of 1890 and 1891 and the last two years. The year 1885 was one of heavy urain imports, while there was a great deorease in 1886, which accounts mainly for the fall in the value of imports and it was a recovery of that decrease in 1887 which ohiefly helped towards a recovery in the value of imports as a whole, though the fall in prices prevented it from being complete. In 1888 the quantity of grain was considerably increased, but the great augmentation in the receipt s of cattle, meat, and dairy produce bad more effect upon the value of imports, which was the case again in 1889, when there was also a heavy increase in wool. In 1890 there was a remarkabie addition to our imports of live and dead metit, and fruit also came in extraor- dinary quantity, while wool fell off considerably. Imports of-wheat and flour together reached the maximum up to that, time in 1891, and as the price of wheat was 5s. 1d. a quarter higher than in the preceding year, and oats were also dearer and heavy in quantity, the uraiu and flour imports ac- counted for all 1 ut about half a million sterling of the great increase in the total value of gross agri- cultural imports, while rhe additional wool met the heavy decline in can P. It. will be seen that the total has never b en us high since 1891, though that of net impost* was higher last yenr. There was again a great, increase in wheat and flour, together in 1892, HMI in m.at, dairy produce, and w la so; but the iall < f 6.<. 9d a quarter in the price of wit-tt. a,.d f ui 'ller dr"ps in the rates for "her kinds of m ain. kept. ti(.- total value of im- ports lower than in 1891. The year 1893 was one of declining imports to a great extent, even meat, as well as live stock and breadstuffs, having fallen off, while corn prices fell also. Since that year there has been a large annual increase in the quantity of agricultural imports, and a considerable, though proportionately smaller, augmentation of their value. The value of corn and flour has declined since 1892, although, taking all kinds together in mil- lions of quarters, the quantities stand from that year to 1896 inclusive in the following order 42, 43, 46, 46, and 49. For live meat there has been great fluctuation in value and quantity alike, In the values of dead meat there has been a steady pro- gress after 1893, though no approach to the advance in quantities, which in millions of hundredweights, after falling from over 1.0t. in 1892 to less than 9 in 1893, rose in the following years to 10J, 12, and 13. DAIRY IMPORTS. The values of dairy imports had been compara- tively steady since 1892 until the considerable ad- vance of last year took place, and so much has been said about the beating,of our dairy farmers by their foreign competitors, that it is curious to notice that the increase in the quantity of all kinds together was comparatively small up to and including 1895. The totals for the five years ending with 1896 were 6,202,550cwt., 6,205,911cwt., 6,479,620cwt. 6,445,034cwt., and 6,820,101cwt. The average value of these dairy imports last year was barely one shilling per cwt. less than in 1892. There is a remarkable approach to uniformity in the values of the miscellaneous group of agricultural imports; and it appears that the most striking movements have been in the quantities and values of corn and live and dead meat. Now, it is certain that, with- out a rise in prices, British farmers will not recover their lost ground in corn-growing. In the pro- duction of prime meat, however, they have some encouragement, as its fall in price is much below the average fall in commoditie's generally, though this cannot be said of inferior meat. In respect of the best cheese, again, they can hold their own, if not in that of good fresh butter also. Lastly, home growers of fruit, vegetables, and flowers are already gaining ground upon their foreign competitors, especially those of them who have gone in for glass houses extensively. STOCK IN ARGENTAINA. From the Census Report on the numbers of the several classes of live stock in Argentina, just issued for 1895, we take the following figures Cattle 21,701,526 Horses. 4,447,000 Sheep.74,379,000 Asses and Mules 483,000 Goats 2,749,000 Pigs 653,000 Of the cattle, 1,800,799 are returned as milch cows, and it s astonishing to see only 72,216 classed as pure-bred. The total for 1888 is put at 21,961,657, thus representing a small decrease in the seven years up to 1895; and in the earlier year 37,858 are supposed to have been pure-bred. The number of sheep put down for 1888 is 66,706,000, indicating an increase of nearly eight millions in the seven years. Only 335,000 are represented as pure-bred in 1895, against 381,000 in 1888. Considering the extent to which pure-bred cattle and sheep have been imported from Europe, and particularly from Great Britain, it is doubtful whether the classifica- tiou can be regarded as even approximately accurate so far as these animals are concerned. ;—» —
NORTH WALES HORSE SALES.
NORTH WALES HORSE SALES. Mr Frank Lloyd held his opening sales for the year in his Repository at Wresbam on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The catalogue contained over 650 entries, and there was a good attendance of buyers throughout, and consequently a good clearance at satisfactory prices. Thursday's sale was confined to heavy horses; of which there was a grand display. The following are a few of the best prices :—Mr Henry Jones, Chester, sold 16, making from 47gs to 84gs each, or an average of over 67gs; a bay gelding, from Mr Vaughan, Llysun, Laner- fyl, realised 84gs; bay gelding, Mr J. E. Davies, Nerquis, 64gs; bay gelding, Mr John Broad, Wall- ington, 50gs chestnut mare, Mr Edward Jones, The Bank, Pool Quay, 62gs chestnut gelding, Mr Robert Jones, Llanfechan, 70; brown gelding, Mr Jeffrey Poole, Chilton, 60gs j bay gelding, Mr Hy. Lea, The Ditches, Wem,53gs; black gelding, Mr T. Jones, Bryn Melyn, 52gs; three from Mr John Walley, Ringway, 160gs; bay gelding, Mr John Smith, Sudlow Farm, 66gii bay gelding, Mr Roger Walker, West Houghton, 58gs; pair from Mr E. Pritchard, Croesymal, 128ga a pair from Mr A. Jones, Trehelig, Welshpool, 103gs; many active Welsh waggon hordes were sold at prices from 35gs to 50gs each.—Friday's sale was for harness horses and hunters of which over 200 were submitted to auction. The highest price at this day's sale was llOgs, paid for a bay mare, 15 hands, the property of Mr W. E. Greenwood, Hebden Bridge, Yorks a brown mare, from Mr George" ardIe, Old Tenn's Hall, 40gs; bay mare, Mr P. J. Ndwatds, Haughton, 40gs; chestnut mare, Captain Wilson, Stamford Bridge, 44gs; a pair, from the same gentleman, 90gs i bay gelding, Mr G. Airey, Louton, 40gs brown gelding, Mr A. E. Evans, Bronwylfa, 60gs bay gelding, Mr J. Pratt, Liokill, Stourport, 50gs roan mare, Mr S. Raimgill, Altrincham, 50gs a large number of useful working horses made from 28gs to 40gs each.—Saturday, the last day of sale, comprised nearly 200 eobs and ponies. A bay mare sent by Mr W. E. Greenwood, Bebden Bridge, made 63gs; bay gelding, Mr R. Whitfield, Liverpool, 61gs Mr William Young, Carlisle, gave 65gs ior a grand Welsh stepping cob, belonging to Mr Henry Jones, Chester a pair of brown geldings, from Mr Edwin Jones, Colwyn Bay, realised 80gs grey pony, Mr J. P. Jones, Trelydan, Welshpool, 35gs spotted pony, Mr Mainwaring, Underdale, 30gs other small ponies made up to 27gs, and cobs 26gs to 35gs. «. —. From the particulars supplied by the Accident
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"GOD'S ENGLISHMEN,"
"GOD'S ENGLISHMEN," fBY THE REV. IDRISYN JONES ] The following article appearad in Banner of Issael for this month :— Such was the complimentary title bv which'John Milton described his conntrvuien some two centuries ago. He was himself a fine specimen of the race, if renins and patriotism and nobility of character arc worthy of admiration. By giving u this title, he did not mean that the British people had God for their Creator, for that was equally true of Germans, Russians, French, and Hottentots, and all other nations but by it he meant to convey the facts, that Englishmen were not an ordinary type of men, but that in some qualities of heart and mind, they were superior, and occupied a higher level: a special section of mankind, fitted by God for some important work in relation to the destinies of our earthy God as the Potter with the clay, exercised His right to make one vessel of more honour and distinction than another. God's Englishmen" may thns be viewed as the emanation of a great and original plan, and not merely the product of some fixed law which leads to the survival of the fittest;" much less as a result of caprice or chance. It is gratifying to find such a notion so far back in the history pf our countrymen; for this idea of the supremacy of Englishmen, is considered by many to have been hatched in the brain of some infatuated "Anglo-Israelite." But now we claim, that one of our greatest national poets was of the same opiniou, even in the days when or nation was a small one—and a mere child in comparison to what it has now become. In Milton's day we had not won our mightiest victories —nor founded our Colonial Empire; nor amassed our great wealth nor embarked upon our world- wide philanthropies. Although England was then little—yet there were no Little Englanders," but men who saw the potentialities of their country, and loudly sang its praises, believing that Enp"Hld was, even then, morally and physically at the I., .id of the world, and a match for all other nations. If Shakespeare and Milton did not think so, why their proud and boastful language ? What else did Shakespeare mean when he wrote these following lines:— This England never did, nor never shall Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true." —King John. Act v. But what would these fine patriots thinK, if they saw England as we see her, after having made leaps and bounds towards universal dominion, with a large measure of her task accomplished ? We may understand this phrase of Milton's as intended to imply two great feats, cherished in the creed of every member of our British-Israel Societies. (1) That there exists one superior nation still on the earth. Every reader of his Bible and of secular history, will admit, that, beginning with Abraham, there arose a people to whom such a supremacy was assigned. By the will of Jehovah, Abraham's posterity were to occupy a higher plane among the nationalities of the earth. Such a plan is found in such passages of Scripture as the following:- For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord OUL* God is in all thing" that we call upon Him for" (Deut. iv. 7). And ic shall come to pass if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above a'1 the nations of the earth (Deut. xxviii. 1). And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom Gjd went to redeem for a people to Himself (2 Sam. vii. 23). Milton believed that- some such special eminence was given to the English, though he knew not, as we do, why this was; yet to him God's Englishmen resembled God's Israel of the ancient days. But this opinion, thus com- mon to the poet, and to ourselves as British- Israelites, is viewed as being wide of the truth for we are confidently told, that God has withdrawn this scheme of an elective and specially favoured nation and that the Messiah was sent to bring it to an end; that this He accomplished, when He took away the middle wall of partition between Jew and Gentile; and pronounced the funeral oration at Israel's grave-side. And in order to correct our mistake, we are frequently reminded of the scripture; In Christ Jesus there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free." But we all are tolerably familiar with the passage, and to our simple minds it meang; that now under the Gospel, all nationalities merge into one Christian family of believers; but this cannot and does not alter the fact, that in the affairs of the world, Faenchmen and Russians are still French and Russian and so Israel may still be Israel, in all that relates to the outward condition of things, and also possess some spiritual privileges. The spiritual unity of all saints does not clash with God's plan of national life, still continued under even the Christian Dispen- sation. Our belief then is, that the national Israel of former ages has travelled down into this nineteenth century, and has reappeared as God's English- men the same people under another name we believe that this continuity of the Israel nation was always intended, and was clearly understood by the great leaders of that nation, as well as by some other peoples. Abraham must have understood it so, when his name was changed and the promise given with it, that he was to be the father of many nations; Jacob must have understood it so, when told that he was to be progenitor of a nation and a company of nations;" Balaam must have under- stood it to be so, when in vision he saw Israel in the "latter days" flourishing in his goodly tents and tabernacles; his seed in many waters, his king higher than Agag, and his kingdom exalted; Paul must have understood it to be so, when he told Agrippa that the Twelve Tribes were day and night expeoting the fulfilment of the ancient promises and James and Peter must have understood it to be so, when, in these Christian times, they addressed their Epistles to these Israelites; and John, in the Isle of Patmos, must have understood it to be so, when he foretells the future sealing of chosen Israelites out of each tribe; and Christ corroborates them each and all, when He told His Apostles that in the time of His coming reign, they should sit upon thrones, judging the Twelve Tribes of Israel. These then are the people whom Milton recognized as Englishmen," though he may not have known that they were the ancient kingdom of Israel, re-gathered to resume the sceptre in these British Isles; the same whom Herodotus saw as the renowned Soythians; whom other historians have traoed spreading out as the Cimbri or Cimmerii or Cymru, spreading forch from Samaria to Assyria —then from Soythia and the shores of the Black Sea, emerging into Europe, via Scandinavia; travers- ing the Continent by different routes, and in sepa- rate companies, and at separate times, landing on the shores of the British Islands to be God's Englishmen," as distinct from other nations, and as mach above other nations as their ancestors in the Land of Promise were. It is not to be won- dered that poets have along the ages sung their praises, for they recognized their supremacy. The nations not so great as thee Shall in their turn to tyrants fall: Whilst thou shalt flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them ail." Rule Britannia, Britannia rulea the wares; Britons never, never shall be slaves." (2) That this superior nation is a Divine Plan The title, God's Englishmen," points us DO the author of this splendid heritage: "Not unto us, 0 Lord, not unto us, but an to Thy name give glory." Milton shuts out the very idea of self-laudation. But he did not mean to imply that England was then one great camp of saints, for, like Israel of old, they may be God's peculiar pecple, and yet sadly defi- cient in matters of morality and religion. But, although the English in Milton'a day, and in ours, are characterised by national crises and follies, yet we think it perfectly true that among no other nations are there to be found so many bright examples of Christian life as in England. But in the secular affairs of the world they stand forth pre-eminent; and this pre-eminence is given them by God. It is he who has endowed them genius; with moral heroism and physical prowess; with their cunning hand, and that indomitable pluck whereby they have won the mastery over other races, and climbed up to the highest rung of the ladder. The Romana may have given them laws and advanced their civilisation, still they would not be what they are to-day if merely the pupils of their Roman schoolmasters they are not Rome's Englishmen — but God's Englishmen." To heaven's design John Milton traced their great- ness, and to heaven we' give the praise. Our victories; our teeming Empire; our vast riches; our immense merchandise; our aplendid civilisa- tion; our abounding beneficence; our illustrious throne; our Christian Church, with ita missionary enterprises—these all we owe to heaven, and they make us, in the language of Milton, God'a Eng- liahmen." We are prond of our bleaaingf, and as the years march on this pride ahall grow stronger. But we are not proud in the sense in which the Romans and Greeks were of old, nor Fraace and other nations are to-day, which is only self-pride; onrs is in the God who has dealt with us as with no other ^people. "e are God's ■ngliahmen." Yes, we are the same people who came out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses who passed throne) the Red Sea on dry land; who marched through that great, terrible wilderness; who conquered Palestine as our land of promise; wh" flourished amid the spleodours of Solomon's reign who suk into those abominable idolatries; who became the captives of the land of Assyria; and the wanderers among the nations. Can we now be silent about our God-piven destiny? then will the very stones. cry out. Is it not right that we should boast of those great things which Jehovah hath done for us ? So long as we do this to exalt; His goodness, we may continue to raise the boastful shout—" God's Englishmen arc we. Go home to thy friends," said Christ to one of old, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee." Shall we be dumb ? Rather let us shout oftener and louder about this great pre-eminence, saying, The Lord hath done great things for us." Then let our mouth be filled with laughter and our tongue with singing till other nations shall be heard to say, The Lord hath done great things for them; they are, indeed, Englishmen.' We have, probably, some stGllg-gles and trials before up, but nothing can thwart the great plan of our wide-world dominion. This meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return."
ITEMS FOR LADIES.
ITEMS FOR LADIES. Starched linen should be placed next to only those skins that have the firmness and perfect texture of youth. White, starched linen is fatal to almost any woman's charms. If elderly women would have their sleeves finished at the wrist with a narrow frill instead of that stylish cuff, and allow a ruffle of yellow lace to fall over the hand, what a difference it would make. The fulness would veil and shadow the hands, and the yellow hue would make the skin seem white by comparison. Cuffs, in the sense of linen folds, are generally to be tabooed. Any straight, sharp, abrupt sleeve ending shf uld be avoided by women whose arms are prettily rounded and tapering. Frills are the salvation of all who have defects to conceal. Women with long hands should wear the tab style of cuff that falls well over the hand, concealing half its blemishes. Not one woman in a hundred should wear sleeves which reveal the elbow, for it is generally ugly. Not one woman in a thousand should go about with really bare arms—at any rate not until she has cultivated a state of absolute smoothness and marble-like firmness by scrubbing and massage. Until then she should indulge in chiffon undersleves, which the arms beneath them seem beautiful. And no one whose wrist is not tapering and smooth should ever wear bracelets. In New York, grey fur by la mode is a recognised accompaniment to blue costumes, especially with girls who don large grey boas and enormous muffs en suite. They, however, do not select chinchilla, which is reserved for their elders, but smoked fox or moumon. A hat of white felt, trimmed with white feathers and spangled and jewelled laces, would b^effective, provided the brim were softened with velvet, and a bunch cf violets found a place behind. Another, which I will call a dull-weather hat, is smart and most becoming, though it is featherless, and is eminently fitted to make the wearer look her best even on a dull day. As green is a favourite colour this winter, and as the latest fad is to combine it with brown or blue, I am suggesting a brown felt with full green velvet crown and speckled black quills, and having an artistic coquille of creamy lace in the foreground, with bunches of violets on and underneath the brim as a finish. A second suggestion for this hat would be fawn felt, com- bined with that rich shade of violine velvet; this violine velvet made such a lovely picture hat I saw, which had an under border'of chrysanthemums in all shades of violet to mauve. Two drooping violine plumes bent gracefully over the crown, and were attached with a jet oraament, while at the left to the back was a :panache of the same feathers, held down by a similar ornament. Single tips for toques are the fashion, and they must stand very ereoteitberalone or with a foliage or Paradise mount. Among felt hats, I picked out a particularly smart one for description—a green felt, the edge of the brim bound with black velvet, and tilted forward by reason of a knot of white satin set at the back underneath the brim. Green moire ribbon was quilled round the crown, held at the base by a band of white satin simply knotted at the side, the long bow being fastened by a steel buckle with gilt prongs. A full coque mount a I'ltalienne—its ends falling to the back and on to the hair—completed this very unique specimen of headgear. A daipty crimson velvet hood for a wee maiden with a full brim against the plump little face, and a lining of crimson silk interlined with a thin layer of cotton wool. A band of ermine separates brim from crown, but this may be replaced with white fox or satin ribbon, provided the latter has a bow as a finish on the top. Mothers will find this a useful little article, and which can be made in any coloured cloth or velvet, or in white lambswool. A cosy Turban hat can be made of blue grey cloth, with an astrachan brim and just a white satin rosette and two wings. It should accompany a pelisse of the same colour and material, with astrachan collar and cuffs. These bats are very fashionable, and sensible too, for the little folks. I have seen several in scarlet, also in white serge trimmed with white quills and white thibet, and very nice they looked, too, with scarlet or white" coats. For school girls, grey, brown, or green felts, trimmed with ribbon ruchings and quills are becoming, so are the round French sailors with their ribbon and quill trimmings for everyday wear. One of the prettiest hats worn by smart women at present is a felt in light mauve shade, with a brim of pleated velvet of a darker shade in miroir make. This is of moderate proportions, and turned up at one side to show a cluster of violets and roses, with a waving of black feathers at one side of the crown. Another mauve hat to be admired was trimmed with a crown ruche of white chiffon, beaded with black velvet, with a bow of purple velvet and violets at side and a bunch of quills at the other. Some of the prettiest and warmest evening oloaks are made short, fitting closely to the figure back and front, copying exactly the newest form of out-door mantles, only in chai ming brocade with many frill- ings of chiffon and spangles. A very smart costume I saw the other day and noted for your benefit was in silver-grey corduroy velvet, trimmed with chinchilla, the alleviating touch of colour appearing in the red cloth waist- coat, under the double-breasted coat, with its neat collar and black satin stock. With this a toque of chinchilla was worn, trimmed about with violets delicately perfumed; Violet is the scent of the moment, only please not too much violet, but just violet enough. For by nothing is a well-bred woman better known than by her perfumes. No strong, blatAnt, self- assertive scent, which leaves a trail wherever it goes, but just a delicate soupgon—a suggestion rather than an assertion. Some scents are enough to take away a woman's reputation, therefore use them carefully—only not in your note-paper. There is nothing I dislike to get more than a scented billet, unless it be an unpaid bill. Bah! it suggests unpleasantness and condemns itself unread. A delicate sachet, however, sewn into your ball- dress is useful, even neoesaary, And be sure your dress preservers are a good kind and in proper order, for dancing m.,ans getting hot, and the per- fume of violets in your sachet is not then to be despised 1 assure you. These are the days of eating up. Parties one day means odds and ends the next. Of course no careful housewife wants to waste the fragments her guests have left in bowl and dish, only see that these remains are served up appetisingly. A good custard, or a whip of cream, hides a multitude of fragments under a harmonious appearance, while the skeletons of fowls or turkeys should never be sent to table. They don't look pleasant, so take the meat off the bones and make it up into some pleasing dish — croquettes, Btews, what you will, and allow me on these occasionl3 to remind you of the advantages of preserved mushrooms or toma- toes. With care for the after days your feast should not cost you so much. only see that this resurrection of viands is made appetising for your family—don't let them starve because your friends have feasted.
LLANERFYL.
LLANERFYL. EMTKRTAINKCMT. — One of the series of the popular winter entertainments was held at the Hafod Board Sohool on Thursday week, when Mr T. H. Yaughan, Syobtyn, presided. Prizes were awarded for essays, poetry, mnsio, and recitations. The following adjudicated in the literary oom- petitions: Mr and Mrs Yaughan, Sychtyn; Miss Vaughan, Hafod; Mist Myfanwy Roberts, Dola. J Miss M. Morgans, Gosen Miss Vaughan, Tymawr j Mr B. Daviea, schoolmaster; Mr Abner Roberta, Dolan and Mr G. Roberts, Ceunant, while Messrs D. and E. Roberta, Tynrhos Terrace, adjadicated in the music. Mr Evan Davies, Tymawr, acted &8 secretary. CRICKET FIXTURE CARDS executed in the best style, and on the shortest notice, at the CeuuTT Tuiaa Office, Welshpool.
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MARKETS FARMING AND THE CORN TRADE. Messrs \V. L. Brown aud Co., report from Shrews- bury on Saturday, January 16th, as follows:— After several fluctuations the wfiei,, closes to- I day, no the full prices obtainable a w,(,k- ago. Oats have been more freely offered, but best sorts are firm. Flour has remained. Offals luve sold more freely. ———— SUSKWSBURY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Quo- tations: New white wheat 4s 9d to 5s 01, per 75 lbs; new red wheat 43 6j to 4s lOd per 75Ibs new oats 12s Od to 13s 6d par 2251bs; barley 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 701bs; new peas, 11s 6d to 12s Od per 2251 bs new beans, 13s Od to 14s Dd, per 2401bs. WELSHPOOL CORN, MONDAY.—Wheat, 14s 6d to 15s Od per 240lbs; Barley, 14s Od to 17s Od per 2801bs; oats, lis 6d to 12s 6d per 2951bs. WELSHPOOL CATTLE, Monday.—There was an im- proved tone in this market on Monday. There were more dealers and a better demand for best beef, and prices were better than in recent fairs. Mntton and pigs also sold better. WELSHPOOL, Monday.—Butter Is 2d tols4d per lb; eggs 12 to 13 for ls fowls Os Od to Os Od per con fle chickens, 3s Od to 5s Od ducks, 5s Od to 6s Od per couple; geese, 5s 6<1 to 6s Od each turkeys, 4s 6d to 8s Od each; rabbits ls 3d to Is 8d per couple; potatoes, Os Od per cwt; apples, Od per lb. KEWTOWN GENERAL, TUESDAY. Eggs, 11 to 12 for Is; butter, Is 2d to Is 4d per lb; fowls, Os Od to Os Od per couple; ducks, 4s Od to 5s Od per couple; chickens 2s 6d to 4s 6d per couple; geese 4s Od to 6s 6d each; turkeys 4s Od 9s Od each; rabbits Is 3d to Is 7d per couple. LONDON HAY AND STRAW, TUESDAY.—Moderate supplies and a fairly active trade, at the following prices:—Good to prime hay, 60s. to 88s Od; inferior to fair, 36s to 55s; good to prime clover, 70s to 96s Od new ditto, Os to Os inferior to fair ditto, 40s Od to 65s mixture and sainfoin, 50s Od to 85s Od; new ditto, 00s to 00s; straw, 20s to 38s per load. BIRMINGHAM CATTLE, TUESDAY.—Short supply of cattle, sheep, and pigs. The trade was slow for cattle and sheep, while that for pigs was fair at the following pricesBeef, 4 £ d to 6^d; mutton, 6d to 8d per lb; lamb, Od to Od per lb; bacon pigs 7s Od to 7s 3d per score; porkets 8s Od to 8s 6df; sows 58 Od to 5s 3d per score. SALFORD CATTLE, TUESDAY.—At market, 3,166 cattle, 9,254 sheep, and 138 calves. Quotations: Cattle, 6d to 6Jd sheep, 5d to 8d; and calves, 5d to 7d per lb. The trade for cattle, was gener- ally slow, while there was only a quiet demand or sheep, and there was a dull trade in calves. LIVERPOOL, CATTLE, MONDAY.—The supply stock was larger than last week, showing an in- crease of 470 beasts, and an increase of 748 sheep, slow demand for alleelasses at about late rates. Prices —Best beasts bid, second 6d, third 5d per lb best Scotch sheep, 8d to 6Jd other sorts, Od to Od per lb; lamb, Od to Od per lb. Numbers Beasts, 1,834; Sheep 4,089. LIVERPOOL CORN, TUESDAY. Wheat, a fair trade, at Friday's rates 1, Californian, 7s ljd to 7s 2td; Northern Duluth, Os Od to Os Od. Spring, 6s lid to 7s 2d. Beans firm-Saidi 26s 9d to 27s Od; Peas, unchanged-As 61d. Oats, white, 2s 6d to 2s 8d.; yellow and black 2s Od to 2s 2d. Maize, steady demand, full prices old mixed, 2s lOd to 2s 10id; new, 2s 9 to 2s 9id. Flour upihanged. ELLESMERE, TUESDAY.—White Wheat 4s lOd to 5s Od; red 4s 8d to 4s lOd per 75 lbs; new oats, Os Od to Os Od; old oats, 3s Od to 3s Od, per 50 lbs; malting barley 4s Od to 4s 6d per 70 lbs; eggs 12 to 13 for Is; butter Is 2d to Is 3d per 16 oz fowls 3s 6d to 4s 6d per couple ducks 4s 6d to 5s 6d per couple geese Os Od to Os Od per lb; turkeys Os 8d to Os Od per lb; rabbits, Is lOd to2s Od per couple; apples, 4s Od to Os per 90 lbs beef 6d to 8d per Ib mutton 8d to 9d per lb veal 7d to Od per lb.; bacon pigs, 7s 6d to 8s. Od per score; porkets, Os Od to Os Od per score. CORK BUTTER, Thursday.—Ordinary, seconds, 105s; thirds, 87s; fourths, 00s; fine mild, 110s: mild, 100s; mild kegs, 97s. In market, 42 firkins, classified thus-seconds 7; thirds, 16 fourths, 1 fine mild, 3; mild. 1; unbranded, 14; kegs, 2. WHITCHURCH, FRIDAY. Wheat, 4s 8d to 4s 9d per 75 lbs; barley 3s Od to 4s Od per 701bs; oats, 2s 6d to 3s 3d per 50 lbs eggs, 11 to 13 for Is; butter, Is 2d to ls4d per 16 ozs; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s Od per couple; ducks, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per couple geese, Os Od to Os Od per lb; turkeys, Os Od to Os Od per lb; potatoes, Os 6d to Os 8d per score; beef, 6d to 8d per lb; mutton, 7d to 8Jd; lamb, Od to Od per lb. veal 7d to 8d per lb. pork, 6d to 6 per lb; rabbits Is 6d to Is 8d per couple; apples Od to Od per lb. +— CAMBJUAS RATLWATS.-Apfwoxim&Ae rcbvtrn --of--
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traffic receipts, for the week ending January 17, 1897. Miles open, 250. Passengers, parcels, horses, carriages, dogs, and mails, £ 1,696; mer- chandise, minerals, and live stock, £ 2,496; total for the week,,E4,192; aggregate from commence- ment of half-year, £ 9,544. Actual traffio receipts for the corresponding week last year: Miles open, 250. Passengers, parcels, &c., £ 1,773; merchandise, minerals, Ac., 22,188; total for the week, £ 3,961; aggregate from commencement of half-year, 99,013. Decrease for the week, passengers, parcels, &c., £ 77; increase, merchandise, minerals, &c., £ 308; total increase for the week, X231 aggregate increase, passengers, parcels, Ac., £ 35; aggre- gate increase, merchandise, minerals, Ac., £496; aggregate increase from the commencement of half- year, E531.
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