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Eric Lease Morgan May 27, 2019 Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 88 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 110756 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 77 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 New South Wales 25 South Australia 22 United States 22 New York 14 New Zealand 14 East India Company 13 Western Australia 13 United Kingdom 13 Great Britain 12 Victoria 12 New Plymouth 12 Mr. 12 Government House 11 british Government 11 New Zealand Company 10 Europe 9 british India 9 Upper Canada 9 New England 9 England 8 Government 8 Dutch East India 8 British North America 8 British Government 8 British Columbia 7 year 7 miles long 7 good 7 european 7 St. John 7 South Island 7 South Africa 7 Quebec 7 New Orleans 7 New Brunswick 7 Mr. John 7 London 7 Lake Ontario 7 J. W. 6 miles wide 6 great 6 good land 6 english 6 country 6 Western India 6 W. H. 6 Sydney 6 St. George 6 River St. Lawrence 6 R. J. Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 19255 year 18422 mile 14133 land 13160 time 12695 country 12477 part 12227 water 10959 place 10887 foot 8949 day 8448 river 8334 town 7679 acre 7549 road 7526 district 7346 number 7231 man 6658 side 6155 island 6084 work 6013 duty 5909 house 5894 vessel 5847 line 5844 colony 5825 person 5489 city 5316 name 5173 case 5110 building 5057 soil 5005 tree 4953 sea 4927 ship 4866 month 4764 port 4675 ground 4492 way 4376 good 4372 order 4371 cent 4354 ft 4330 hill 4287 value 4195 population 4029 purpose 4026 village 3859 mountain 3823 ton 3743 coast Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 9017 W. 8699 J. 8204 . 7726 New 7719 St. 6498 Mr. 6272 S. 6046 E. 6016 H. 5984 C. 5911 Government 5896 c. 5309 South 5013 M. 4985 India 4799 Bay 4699 River 4352 R. 3987 N. 3970 United 3961 G. 3909 Port 3838 Cape 3832 General 3787 England 3776 Company 3743 Island 3738 Sir 3697 June 3463 Governor 3407 F. 3351 John 3172 Australia 3149 | 3148 May 3125 Town 3102 July 3000 London 2920 Victoria 2907 A. 2760 B. 2756 Zealand 2692 T. 2672 Great 2602 North 2595 Jamaica 2544 P. 2530 West 2530 Council 2528 Colony Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 60159 it 22350 they 15505 he 12799 them 10272 i 8953 we 4437 him 3526 you 2362 themselves 1752 himself 1743 itself 1653 us 1328 she 898 me 606 her 593 one 168 myself 139 ourselves 117 herself 89 yourself 61 mine 57 ex- 36 em 35 theirs 29 hereinbefore 25 thither 23 thee 22 s 21 pos- 20 his 16 ours 14 yours 13 him- 12 ther 11 be- 10 thereof 10 oneself 9 ofi 8 yon 8 its 8 can- 7 ye 7 withal 6 thyself 6 i- 6 herewith 6 eng- 6 as- 5 u 5 mg Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 359433 be 66000 have 17475 make 12302 do 11565 take 9676 find 9186 give 8587 see 7287 say 6383 call 6010 pass 5472 follow 5347 form 5319 use 5119 leave 5081 pay 4994 know 4921 contain 4847 come 4599 become 4506 carry 4446 grow 4114 build 4111 require 4088 obtain 3953 keep 3953 bring 3822 receive 3755 go 3720 run 3555 produce 3417 hold 3389 include 3218 reach 3214 cover 3106 enter 3078 situate 3064 stand 3035 appear 2986 lie 2978 work 2977 extend 2903 provide 2899 show 2872 send 2805 import 2789 consist 2738 lead 2731 bear 2701 rise Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 30134 not 18398 other 15449 such 14615 great 14264 very 13571 more 12881 good 12623 large 12021 well 11507 most 11440 so 10644 also 10473 only 9519 about 9303 small 9014 same 9003 now 8971 many 8406 up 8315 first 8133 much 8099 as 7332 high 7261 long 6806 out 6382 then 6284 here 5901 few 5888 little 5869 british 5332 several 5086 old 4825 however 4773 less 4580 new 4510 far 4498 fine 4243 low 3962 even 3955 free 3906 present 3837 generally 3799 still 3768 nearly 3725 last 3634 down 3492 general 3357 almost 3329 whole 3326 public Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3596 good 2543 most 1266 least 1253 first 1246 large 1054 high 1041 great 854 fine 396 low 393 Most 346 near 334 old 323 rich 321 early 221 late 174 small 153 bad 125 hot 113 slight 105 eld 91 strong 87 grand 85 cheap 84 long 76 short 73 poor 69 deep 68 cold 67 dry 65 heavy 63 common 62 fin 62 choice 59 safe 59 pure 55 healthy 53 warm 47 noble 46 pleasant 45 lofty 44 full 43 southernmost 42 farth 39 pretty 37 wide 36 narrow 36 handsome 36 fair 36 easy 35 broad Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8964 most 478 well 408 least 89 first 14 long 14 highest 11 early 7 farthest 4 worst 4 oldest 3 near 3 lowest 3 hard 3 greatest 2 lowermost 2 eldest 1 youngest 1 thu- 1 show,—that 1 salted'—that 1 poorest 1 northernmost 1 lightest 1 kully 1 hamshire 1 furthest 1 finest 1 fewest 1 cibly.--ure 1 chose—"that 1 brightest 1 ablest 1 .very 1 -not Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 land is not 24 country is very 24 river is navigable 23 land is very 23 town is well 22 country is not 18 road is good 18 time is not 18 water is very 17 country is well 16 district is well 14 river is about 14 water is not 13 country is now 13 road is very 12 country is generally 12 district is not 12 land is generally 12 land is now 12 land is so 11 country is open 11 island is about 11 land is good 11 land is well 11 place is now 11 river is fordable 11 water is available 10 country is so 10 country is undulating 10 district is about 10 land taken up 10 part made up 9 land is cheap 9 place is very 9 road is now 9 water is brackish 9 water is plentiful 8 country becomes more 8 country is more 8 country is much 8 land does not 8 land is still 8 land is suitable 8 lands are open 8 river is here 8 river is very 8 road runs n. 8 roads are good 8 town is very 8 water is abundant Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 time is not far 4 land is not too 3 day is not far 3 land does not quickly 3 water is not so 2 country forms no inconsiderable 2 country is no longer 2 country is no place 2 country is not so 2 day was not far 2 district is not more 2 district is not well 2 island have not much 2 land is not wide 2 lands are not extensively 2 place is not much 2 places is not always 2 river is not navigable 2 time is not exactly 2 water is not always 2 waters having no outlet 2 waters is no longer 1 acre are not uncommon 1 countries are not at 1 countries are not likely 1 country are not exaggerated 1 country had no love 1 country has not yet 1 country have not yet 1 country having no external 1 country is not able 1 country is not always 1 country is not difficult 1 country is not particularly 1 country is not successful 1 country is not suffi 1 country is not well 1 country is not yet 1 country were not as 1 country were not equal 1 day is not clearly 1 days is not more 1 district are not so 1 district does not necessarily 1 district had no less 1 district is not dissimilar 1 district is not free 1 district is not much 1 district is not very 1 district was not uniform Sizes of items; "Measures in words, how big is each item?" ---------------------------------------------------------- 479400 hvd.32044082527573 476879 uc1.b000201657 427585 yale.39002053464823 379010 wu.89009046426 347457 hvd.32044127709723 344667 hvd.32044082373374 296272 nyp.33433082065552 294289 uiug.30112039625899 286328 hvd.32044092822741 262265 mdp.39015002985698 255751 hvd.32044107258584 239648 coo.31924007293263 224744 nyp.33433066423405 194255 chi.42860291 192687 hvd.32044020305827 189251 nyp.33433082329644 175599 hvd.hwwjd7 175582 mdp.39015004781079 171388 mdp.39015033661508 168749 coo.31924022982940 157140 hvd.32044058141789 155433 uc1.31822038214292 155128 nyp.33433082451711 147094 mdp.39015058526180 143874 nyp.33433082444062 140351 coo.31924071157618 139584 nyp.33433082458567 135618 hvd.hn3tdf 132534 coo.31924003328030 130013 coo.31924071157600 127031 uc1.31175009505507 121407 uc1.31175014144359 117397 njp.32101041292838 117160 uc1.31822004430641 110167 hvd.32044050803881 107247 mdp.39015028735036 103079 uva.x030788775 90685 hvd.hnud57 89243 mdp.39015089370582 88699 msu.31293029239674 87119 uva.x000515370 78544 nnc1.cu54375126 73563 umn.31951p001569028 71292 nnc1.0043099645 70076 hvd.hw2myi 66759 njp.32101074862838 63411 chi.21058302 62677 hvd.hnt52g 61067 njp.32101051602512 57042 hvd.32044082365735 55485 nyp.33433082451976 55122 wu.89047193594 51579 umn.319510020228031 50655 hvd.hxjgd2 49599 nyp.33433082451828 44300 hvd.hni3rm 41233 hvd.hxp4lv 39974 hvd.hni3ny 37634 hvd.hnp2g2 35407 mdp.39015013760569 34468 hvd.32044106423460 33238 uiuc.7282910 31398 hvd.hni45z 31053 osu.32435016118473 30609 nyp.33433082445861 28345 uc1.aa0008734022 26993 yale.39002088373296 26766 uc1.31158000099035 24854 hvd.hn71qp 24398 njp.32101031885880 20869 mdp.39015021558112 20301 hvd.hnur2n 19777 nyp.33433008621389 18532 chi.78698401 18279 uc1.a0010279396 17541 nyp.33433082447404 15710 uc1.a0010273647 15370 txu.059173017898918 14138 hvd.32044072252026 12952 nyp.33433082442702 10847 umn.31951d01028898s 8091 hvd.32044081328395 7141 hvd.hni3mm 3462 uiug.30112082607620 3329 hvd.32044072260029 2664 uc1.a0010287902 1542 njp.32101072319658 659 hvd.hx5zy6 Readability of items; "How difficult is each item to read?" ----------------------------------------------------------- 90.0 hvd.32044106423460 89.0 uc1.b000201657 88.0 hvd.32044082365735 86.0 hvd.hnur2n 85.0 uiug.30112039625899 85.0 wu.89009046426 84.0 coo.31924003328030 84.0 coo.31924022982940 83.0 hvd.32044050803881 83.0 njp.32101074862838 83.0 nyp.33433066423405 83.0 uc1.31175014144359 82.0 hvd.32044072260029 82.0 mdp.39015021558112 82.0 yale.39002053464823 81.0 coo.31924007293263 81.0 hvd.32044058141789 81.0 hvd.32044082373374 81.0 hvd.hni3rm 81.0 hvd.hx5zy6 81.0 msu.31293029239674 80.0 chi.21058302 80.0 chi.78698401 80.0 hvd.32044082527573 80.0 hvd.hnp2g2 80.0 nyp.33433082451711 80.0 uc1.a0010287902 80.0 umn.319510020228031 80.0 umn.31951d01028898s 79.0 hvd.32044020305827 79.0 hvd.32044092822741 79.0 mdp.39015028735036 79.0 nnc1.0043099645 79.0 nnc1.cu54375126 79.0 nyp.33433082065552 79.0 uc1.31822038214292 79.0 uva.x030788775 78.0 hvd.32044072252026 78.0 hvd.hn71qp 78.0 hvd.hnud57 78.0 njp.32101051602512 78.0 nyp.33433008621389 78.0 osu.32435016118473 78.0 uva.x000515370 77.0 hvd.32044127709723 77.0 mdp.39015013760569 77.0 nyp.33433082445861 77.0 uc1.a0010279396 77.0 umn.31951p001569028 76.0 hvd.hw2myi 76.0 mdp.39015058526180 76.0 mdp.39015089370582 76.0 txu.059173017898918 76.0 uc1.aa0008734022 76.0 uiuc.7282910 75.0 hvd.hni3ny 75.0 hvd.hxjgd2 75.0 mdp.39015002985698 75.0 njp.32101031885880 75.0 uc1.31175009505507 75.0 uc1.31822004430641 74.0 mdp.39015033661508 74.0 nyp.33433082447404 74.0 wu.89047193594 73.0 hvd.hwwjd7 73.0 hvd.hxp4lv 73.0 nyp.33433082444062 72.0 chi.42860291 72.0 nyp.33433082458567 72.0 uc1.a0010273647 71.0 hvd.32044107258584 71.0 hvd.hn3tdf 71.0 njp.32101041292838 71.0 nyp.33433082451828 71.0 nyp.33433082451976 71.0 uiug.30112082607620 70.0 hvd.hnt52g 70.0 nyp.33433082442702 70.0 uc1.31158000099035 70.0 yale.39002088373296 69.0 hvd.32044081328395 69.0 hvd.hni3mm 69.0 njp.32101072319658 67.0 nyp.33433082329644 66.0 coo.31924071157618 66.0 hvd.hni45z 64.0 coo.31924071157600 64.0 mdp.39015004781079 Item summaries; "In a narrative form, how can each item be abstracted?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- chi.21058302 bond ſide settlers; cheap farms in New, Zealand; colonial had been induced by my lecture on New Zealand, delivered at Swindon five years ago, to come to the colony. Years ago a large New Zealand landowner told me in London that his 8,000-acre estate in will soon be largely increased, as new land is being opened of flour from the colony of New Zealand for each year from in New Zealand is that all the good land of the colony has the colony of New Zealand during the financial year The value of the various kinds of woollen goods, including blankets, imported into New Zealand during the colony of New Zealand for each year from 1873 to 1883 A New Zealand land company with a very attractive PUBLIC LANDS IN OTAGO, NEw ZEALAND. immigrants that land in New Zealand; and no one who New Zealand is divided into eleven land districts, and chi.42860291 these men a good climate, a fertile soil, high wages, cheap living, a demand for labour, and good land for the tilling, what justice, sense or So long as it shall continue an essential feature of our constitutional policy to foster, by artificial enactments, an hereditary territorial aristocracy, the laws of primogeniture and entail will rapidly diminish the proportion of our population dependent on the possession or cultivation of the soil for their Every new country where land is cheap, the soil fertile, and the climate agreeable, offers to the poor man this obvious advantage. the unsettlement of Europe gives such an impetus to the transfer of capital to the new world, and a young country such as Canada, must so certainly progress for many years, that we conceive the security better As a general rule, however, employment is in New England constant, wages fair, and the cost of living a good deal less than in Great chi.78698401 Description of the Colony of New South Wales, Australia. General Description of New South Wales, Harbours and Bays, Mountains, Rivers, from Sydney to the various towns, Bathurst, Maitland, Gold Districts, 45; Harbours, Moreton Bay, Fitzroy River, 46; Enumeration of Country Districts and General Description of South Australia, Mountains and Rivers, Lakes, Productions, Mining Statistics, the Burra Burra Mine, 57; Kapunda Mines, Various Political Institutions, 74; Division of the Colony, Population, Agricultural Statistics, 75; Wild Lands, 76; Grazing Lands, Farming Operations, 77; the Seven General Description of the Cape Colony, Productions, Exports of Wool, Minerals, General Description, Climate, Population, St. John''s River Colony, 105. General description of Natal, Harbours, Rivers, and streams, 105; Soil, Productions, Climate, 106; Fishes and Birds, Population, Exports, Revenue; Durban, Description of Canada, liz; Population, Rivers, iakes, Towns, schools, Railways, New South 1856 the numbers were : land in cultivation, 185,000 acres; coo.31924003328030 Cost of clearing 10 acres of heavy timbered land, in the usual Canadian fashion, with an estimate of the crops to be produced therefrom Use the best kind of Liverpool sack salt; the quantity varies according to the state Stir a little fine salt into a pound of dry flour, and mix cloth, and the liquid boiled another half hour, after adding salt and spices, but without any admixture of water. is two or three months old, the first dose should be a quarter of a pound of salts in a gallon of warm water. Some people use half a pint of lime-water every morning, followed by a table spoonful of salt, the same afternoon. are to be given three times a day, the powder being previously dissolved in a pint of lukewarm water; this is Boiling water, one pint; sweeten, and add a little milk; coo.31924007293263 of the Island received great attention also during this period, and many plantations and other works remained at his departure, which took place in June, March 10.——Sir William Grey having relinquished the government its administration devolved on Lieutenant Governor Rushworth, C.M.G. May 2e.—The City of Kingston first lighted with gas, the Lieutenant was for some time the residence of Gosse the Naturalist, The " Spanish road from Bluefield''s Bay to Martha Brae, by the head of the Great River," as Long wrote, is still in generally so over the whole island, though they are much altered in their time and violence of late years, which arises from the clearing the country of much wood." The twenty shillings a year on each Cooly paid from the general revenue for the purpose of immigration was by the new enactment repealed, Sir John Grant being of coo.31924022982940 AT THE " BOMBAY GAZETTE" STEAM PRESS, MEADOW STREET, FORT. In the second war with Tippoo, when Lord Cornwallis allied himself with the Mahrattas, the Bombay Government sent two bat. have given your personal services for the military protection of Bombay, I have contemplated with pleasure the same character of public spirit, resolution, and activity, which has marked the splendid native State of Baroda in Guzerat has been taken from the Government of Bombay and entrusted to an agent of the Viceroy. London to Bombay, the English in India at an early period turned 1 The feud between the Company''s servants and the representatives of English law in Bombay was of ancient standing. of the new public buildings in Bombay to any that the English The new road to Colaba by Back Bay over the Baroda Railway constructed at the cost of that company and completed last year. coo.31924071157600 COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY UNDER HINDOO, MAHOMEDAN, AND BRITISH RULE place in Indian rivers are so great, that but little importance can be attached to the fact that the Calini presents About that time, in the year 1662, a new and extraordinary power in Southern India began to attract attention. government into one great Dutch East India Company. East India Companies of both into military powers, provided with munitions of war, and burthened with the people, even the assignment of their trades and professions, may all be said to have been a portion of the religion of the Hindoos; but the national literature is connected with it in so special a manner that the one subject the frightful Affghan war; the excitement and expectations of the disaffected states in India had not yet subsided; the British troops at hand numbered little more coo.31924071157618 paltry number of troops he was able to raise in so imminent a peril, shows that real power and theoretical despotism are very different things in such eastern governments. The beans of the water-lily are also eaten in great quantities ; but rice is the general food of the people. In this country the Buddhist faith appears to be somewhat different both from its Burmese and Thibetan modifications; the king having a sacerdotal character, although birds'' nests and other articles for the Chinese gourmands; and their imports chiefly British piece goods and goods so stringently that they have contrived to annihilate a trade which existed with Cochin China and Western Asia, to reduce the annual number of Chinese junks among the feudal princes for the general throne, terminated in favour of the chief of a petty town, subsequently king of Han, and now the founder of an imperial dynasty, by the name of which the Chinese still hvd.32044020305827 Phipps''s New-England fleet had recently captured and destroyed its fortifications, so he ascended the St. John River and soon fixed his capital at Nashwaak, where he remained for several years, organizing Indian forays on islands and peninsulas enclose the water in every direction Cottages and cultivated land break the masses of forest, and the masts of small fishing-vessels peeplug up from every little cove attest the multiplied resources which Nature has provided for the supply of the inhabitants." (Oapt. Near the end of Long Island another ferry-boat is taken, and the traveller crosses the Grand Passage to West Port (Denton''s Hotel), a village N. of St. John''s Island (on the r.) is seen the deep inlet of Pubnico Harbor, on whose shores is the great fishing-village of Pubnico (Carland''s passing near the sea-shore hamlets of Caribacou and Lower River Inhabitants, and approaching the Scottish village of Grand Anse. hvd.32044050803881 when ripe, a valuable fruit: skinned, it makes good pies, and puddings, and, boiled down in sugar, a capital preserve. yeast, then stir the yeast up, adding a little warm water, and a tablespoonful of flour, mixing it well ; let it stand a short time, till it begins to rise in bubbles. to stir easily, thin with a little boiling water : add a large tea-spoonful of salt. into a quart of fine flour, about an ounce of butter or lard, and a little salt: mix with cold water into a stiff, smooth paste ; roll it out, Dissolve half a pound of butter or lard (the latter will do), in boiling water, with a little salt: mix with a spoon as much flour as you be added in place of the water, with a little salt, and the rice simmered for an hour or more, till every grain has burst, and the milk is hvd.32044058141789 It commences at Valley station, and runs in a southwestern direction crossing the Platte river within a few miles. It commences at Valley station, and runs in a southwestern direction crossing the Platte river within a few miles. miles; Cheyenne, 73 miles; elevation, 4,663 feet],—Is situated at the junction of the "Short Line" and Denver Pacific branch, which runs Denver, 166 miles; elevation, 4,561 feet].—Here, if the sky be clear, passengers from the east obtain their first view of the Rocky mountains, 184 miles distant from their base, and those from the west width from east to west, and 400 miles in length, watered by numerous rivers, small streams and springs. Union Pacific railroad is building up Pole creek." This was leaving Denver over 100 miles south of the trans-continental line, and MeCJeeg—[From Hill Top, seven miles; elevation, 8,648 feet].—Sometimes called "Trout City," is situated in a romantic little park of hvd.32044072252026 Burns, Phip & Company''s, Limited, ISLAND LINE OF STEAMERS, delivery of mails at all points from Lord Howe Island to Santa Cruz, Aneityum is the most southerly island cf the New Hebrides group. great volcano and for its fierce tribes of natives, whom the work of years Sailing due north, we are soon in sight of the striking three-hilled island Cronstedt, one of the oldest settlers in the islands, is now living Mr. Cronstedt has carried on trading on a large scale for some years, and he by the natives of adjoining islands, and it takes a very large offer in another of the Pacific gems-a small island station belonging to Captain A few hundred miles to the south-east lies Santa Cruz Island. Reef Island Natives and Canoe. Reef Island Natives and Canoe. sailed along the north coast of the island. island, situated on the extreme west of British New Guinea, has been hvd.32044072260029 eight transparent waterfalls are beheld at the same moment;" and speaking of the Southside-"when I first approached this side of the island by sea, and beheld, from is supplied with water generally, in some parts of St. Ann''s the pen-keepers are obliged to rely on their ponds many magnificent caves in the island; one near Dry Harbour, is very extensive, containing sundry specimens of • The line of the parish is the Great River, in the interior, to St. Ann''s, 30 miles of sea-side road, (rather good) by There is also a beautiful cascade up the White River, near of the number to be found in this island ; not a river, and In the more seasonable parts of the lowlands, particularly after rains, we find the ground covered with the beautiful yellow blossoms of the Pumps; Cases_Cupping Instruments; Spare Cupping Glasses ; Urinometers with Thermometers and hvd.32044081328395 ADDRESS:--Skidegate Oil Co., Victoria, British Columbia. along the shores of the then unknown, unnamed land of British Columbia. of the City of Victoria, followed six years later by the formation of the Vancouver Colony. There is a large tract of open arable land on the Queen Charlotte Islands without a white settler. Creek, Kamloops, Spallumcheen, Salmon River, Okanagan, Grand Prairie sections there are large amounts of excellent farming lands; and in the Lake La Hache, upper Fraser, Chilicotin, exports for the most distant ports, numerous manufacturing industries, well graded streets, and good public and private buildings, would scarcely believe that all these things are the creation of a little more than twenty years, and that only a generation has passed since the Hudson Bay Company first planted Crossing the Cascades its Western slopes, river valleys, embrace the greatest variety of climates and range of productions, varying according to altitude and local surface configurations. hvd.32044082365735 Fremantle and Singapore, calling at all ports on the North-West Coast of Western Australia, to the end of 1895 the subscribed capital of Western Australian mining companies had approached the large total of of Perth are the handsome pile of the West Australian Newspaper Company, Limited, and the Freemasons'' Hotel in St. George''s Terrace, the Hotel Metropole in Hay Street, and the To Mackay, Rickhampton, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and West Australian ports, every Monday (inidnight). (Keppel Bay), Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Albany, Fremantle, Geraldton, and other West Australian South Australia-Free ; mincing machines, 20 per cent. Clothes lines : New Zealand-Cordage, 20 per cent; galvanised wire rope, free, South AustraliaIIS cwt; iron wire and galvanised, 35 per cwt. South Australia-Garden, free; Messages to any stations in Queensland and South Australia (Port Darwin line To any post town in the colony, or to New South Wales, Western Australia, To Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland : ld. hvd.32044082373374 It is their rule never to keep an acre of wholly unimproved land, the improvements ranging from fencing and ringbarking on grazing areas, up to the sowing of wheat in fertilised area of well-watered and superior land is only used as sheep runs, notwithstanding that it has a better rainfall than that which belongs to largely employed to cut out dams wherever there is a good catchment area, stock having been the chief sufferers in the dry years. There is a very large orchard and vineyard area throughout the district, that is of land suitable for planting with vines and fruit trees. the land changes first to grey sand and then to good red soil of considerable depth, timbered with peach, sandalwood, and in places 31st, 1895, land .£200 ; the value of live stock, crop, working plant, hvd.32044082527573 coastwise, in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, it shall be necessary to determine the precise time at which an importation or exportation of any goods made and East India Company and of all goods called " piece goods, being articles manufactured of silk, hair, or cotton, or any mixture thereof, imported by any person into the port of London, from places within the the produce of some British possession in America, or the island of Mau. ritius, the master of the ship importing the same shall deliver to the collector or controller a certificate, and make oath, that the goods are the or flour, made from any of the respective sorts of foreign corn hereinbefore enumerated, shall be allowed to be imported into the United Kingdom, for the purpose of home consumption, or taken out of warehouse hvd.32044092822741 The Rev. John Radcliffe, for 48 years Minister of the Scotch Church in Kingston, died this day, at his residence in the St. Andrew''s Hills. the time being in Command of Her Majesty''s Regular Troops in Jamaica, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General and the Director of Public Works; not more Each Collector of Taxes is stationed at the principal town of the parish and (except in Kingston and St. Andrew) besides the duties devolving on him in connection with the collection of revenue, he has to discharge the duties of Parochial Troasurer, and as such has charge of the local treasure chest, into which all local payments pass and from which all local claims against the Government are met. No person not registered can hold any office or appointment in Jamaica as a Physician, Surgeon, Apothecary or other Medical or Surgical Practitioner in the Government Service, or of any Public or Parochial Board or Friendly Society; and unless hvd.32044106423460 Mail Carriage leaviug Post Office, Hamilton, on closing of 1 Mail Carriages leaving Post Office, St. George''s, on closing Mail Carriage leaves Post Office, Mangrove Bay, on closing Post Office Boxes are provided at Hamilton and St. Georges The Post Offices at Hamilton and St. George''s are open daily Stonehaven under Mrs. Green''s management, east of the Post Office on Reid Street; The Middle Road may be traversed on an excursion to Spanish Rock and Knapton Hill passing St. Mark''s, Smith''s Parish Church. the Hamilton Parish Church Road from end of Wilkinson Church, then by the road opposite to Clarence Hill (if time admits drive near to Spanish Point, and see the shore and the Post Office, Hamilton, to Tucker''s Town, South Road 6 5 182 Post Office, Hamilton, to Salt Kettle, North Road 2 From the Port of Hamilton, Bermuda, to New York as per hvd.32044107258584 Following upon the creation of this gold-mining industry, attention wasfurther directed to South Africa by the spirited enterprise which the Chartered of the tribes mentioned the British South Africa Company will have administration and control, but the chiefs will continue to have the hunting rights they The difficulty aud cost of transport in a new territory devoid of waterways and railways, and distant many hundreds of miles from the seaboard, has been up to the present time a great drawback to development and south 870 miles of railway are open and working between Cape Town and taken place, not only in the Cape Colony, but in South Africa. parts of the Cape Colony, the Free State, the South African it inhabits the wooded districts of the south-east of Cape Colony. are extensive plantations of Blue Gum trees, formed by the Government, in Cape Colony, and by private owners in Natal. hvd.32044127709723 thereof: Provided always, that the several sorts of goods cºmunerated or described in the table following shall not be re-imported into the United Kingdom for home use, upon the ground that the same had been legally exported settlements or colonies, of trading with any kingdom or state within the limits of the said Company''s charter; and His Majesty doth declare that no foreign country is entitled to the privileges so granted as aforesaid by the law of navigation, other than and except the foreign countries hereinbefore particularly mentioned; and that no foreign ships can or may lawfully import ship importing the same, shall deliver to the collector or controller a certificate, under the hand of the proper officer of the Cape of Good Hope, testifying that proof had been made, in manner required by law, that such wine is hvd.hn3tdf Cape Town-Government Gardens-Parliament Houses-Standard Bank Working-Profit and Loss Accounts-DE BEER''S MINE-BULTFONTEIN MINE-Du Tort''s Pan MINE-Largest Diamond FoundGross Production-Capital, Labour, and Machinery-THE RIVER the Eastern Districts-Tobacco Cultivation--Water Finding-Graingrowing in the Karroo--Sundays River Irrigation-Pastoral Resources—Horses and Cattle-Angora Goats and Merino Sheop-Old An effort for the recapture of the Cape was made in the following year, but the Dutch squadron, which was fitted out for the purpose, numbering nine vessels of war, with 342 guns and 2,000 sustained losses by the change of sovereignty of the country; retaining in office many of the former functionaries, and largely employing colonial-born persons in places of trust in the administration. Colony, which greatly determine its climate and natural productions, are the several ranges of mountains that cross the country Bay to Heidelberg; and the Tertiary clays, limestones, and sandstones found in the Zwartkops River Valley, on the old race-courseat Graham''s Town, and on the Cape Flats, and elsewhere. hvd.hn71qp British possession of Simla lies, are called Cis-Sutlej, and The old road leads into Simla, through the Boileaugunge Division, in which there is a of rupees allowed for the improvements in the Simla roads. take two days to reach Simla by the old road, or by bullock Simla, though situated so far in the interior of the hills more barren hills, beyond what is called Chota Simla to the describing Simla in the year 1830, wrote thus:—"this place In 1839 for the first time, the Hill Chiefs of the CisSutlej States, were received by the Governor General, who issued in 1851 called the "Simla Advertiser," which continued for many years. but finally Simla was chosen as being the best hill station Lady Mayo with the Viceroy visited Simla in 1871, Government took it over, and since then it has been called passengers by the Cart road, from Kalka to Simla. hvd.hni3mm the Lower Province of Canada, without recommending it to the notice of the emigrant, any plan of "General Emigration" to Canada: Canada to a land where so many ignorant men having some forty acres well cleared with a comfortable dwelling house, barn, stables, and outoffices, for an annual rent of from sixteen to twenty good state of cultivation, with all the stumps removed, to produce a yearly rental of 8s, per acre, very indifferent ; on heavy timbered lands, generally good. business on their own account in a new settlement generally realize a comparative independence in a few years, the exceptions being men Although a vast portion of the landed property of Canada has passed into the hands of successful speculators, so that there is not by any advantage in making a purchase of a small quantity of land to have too much of it cleared. Sixty acres of well cleared land will be hvd.hni3ny Coupled with these important commercial conditions, there is the fact that the Canada Pacific Railway crosses the continent on the Columbia, with the exception of a tract in the last named Province, ceded to the Dominion for the purpose of the Pacific Railway, the lands are held by the several Provincial In comparing Canada''s present standing as a stock-breeding country with her standing twenty years ago, we find that her progress in this direction has been most remarkable. on the prairie region of the great North-West of the Dominion of Canada. commanding importance, not only in relation to the Province of Ontario and the NorthWest of Canada, but also to a large portion of the adjoining United States. It is said that New Brunswick has the greatest number of miles of railway in proportion to population of any country in the world. 24 miles on each side of the Canadian Pacific Railway, may be generally stated to be hvd.hni3rm United Kingdom, with a little capital, to acquire a farm on which he is fitted by his previous habits to live, while the older settler of the country, with more special adaptation land in the older parts of a new country like Canada must necessarily, to a great extent, The metalliferous regions of the province to the north and west, including the iron and gold producing districts of Marmora and Madoc, the great deposits of copper ore of Sudbury, now Beyond the Province of Manitoba, stretching to the very base of the Rocky Mountains on the west, and from the southern border of Canada nearly to the Arctic Ocean, commanding importance, not only in relation to the Province of Ontario and the NorthWest of Canada, but also to a large portion of the adjoining United States. LIST OF DOMINION LAND AND CROWN TIMBER AGENTS IN MANITOBA AND NORTH-WEST LIST OF DOMINION LAND AND CROWN TIMBER AGENTS IN MANITOBA AND NORTH-WEST hvd.hni45z miles of lake, or fresh water shore, and also numerous rivers flowing from various parts of the country Upper Canada is generally a level country, and the rivers have much dead York, which is the seat of government for the province: it is about 170 miles west of Kingston, situated on a convenient harbour of lake Ontario, and Canal, to Upper Canada; the line between the provinces being about 50 or 60 miles above Montreal: and of this great canal many emigrants take advantage, who by way of New York wish for a more expeditious voyage to Upper Canada. leading from the south east bank of the river St. Laurence to the Townships and United States : large roads and canals, lakes and rivers, the system of government, and of the various means of obtaining land west of Montreal, with which it enjoys an easy communication by good roads and the Ottawa River. hvd.hnp2g2 foundation of the colony in 1839, in which year the first number of the New papers, both of the Provincial and General Governments, and the " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute," abound in valuable reports and memoirs The Colony of New Zealand consists of two islands called the The North Island is now supposed to contain a Native population of about 42,000, divided into many tribes; but their number the land like that at present obtaining in the New Zealand area, except The most valuable coal deposits of New Zealand occur in the the north than'' in the south of New Zealand, the beds overlying the The less metamorphosed areas of Lower Palæozoic rocks in the South of New Zealand have yielded no fossils. 4° colder than the South Island of New Zealand. TABLE showing the POPULATION and OCCUPATIONS of the FEMALE SEX of the COLONY and PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND, by hvd.hnt52g appearance is decent and becoming, exhibiting in their persons comfort and cleanliness, instead of disgusting filthiness, disease and aversion to their proper occupations; if the cattle is preserved by good estate ; converts the cane and grass pieces with indifference or neglect, neither allowing him good stabling or feeding, the overseer should humanely direct his attention cattle and mules in good order, and likewise make them perform their duty well. mules are to be worked, in carrying canes works or cane-pieces; the strong, large, science of planting the sugar-cane in Jamaica, rearing it to maturity, and manufacturing its essential juices, into the staple may easily be turned up, is the best to produce good, strong, long-jointed sugar-canes, weather, the young plant-canes require almost constant weeding, so quick and excessive is the growth of sour grass and banks; that require a strong gang of negroes to clean them, before the cane-holes hvd.hnud57 most important in the south, and the chief waterways of the English plain reach the sea by them. closely interwoven on the plains, while in the mountainous districts all the great valleys form railway When population and manufactures were concentrated in the south-east of Great Britain, the greater The North American Atlantic trade is of great importance to Britain. Karachi, the port of the Indus, exports wheat, oilseeds, wool, cotton, and hides; and imports large the long journey round the south of the Malay Peninsula by cutting a canal across the isthmus of Kra. The Pacific trade may be divided into the East trade at present, but a great importing centre for railway plant, machinery, and metal manufactures of all South-west of Western Australia)—The Eastern Region of Summer Rains (New South Wales and Southern Queensland) — The Northern Hot, Moist, Tropical Regions rivers are not of great importance as trade-routes. from south-east to north-west, with grass-land to hvd.hnur2n Marsh there is a large quantity of good hay lands. west is the Big Grass Marsh, along the edge of which is a large quantity of excellent hay land. found hay of good quality, the townships to the north being almost The soil in the valley of White Mud River, which crosses the township diagonally, from west to east, is very rich and timber can be The land, excepting two small gravel ridges which run in a north-westerly direction across it, is level. Taking the township as a whole, the soil is good, well watered, well 22, Silver Creek school house on N.W. 4 of section 34 and a good good water, flows across the township from east to west; over most Most of the upland is very good farm land, and the township being broken by the river and creeks, is in many parts very hvd.hw2myi Pizey, Esq. The Royal Commissioners for South Australia at the Adelaide position and best qualified to supply reliable statements concerning "South Australia as it is," after a life of fifty years. the 1,042 acre blocks contained by both North and South Adelaide Rainfall.—The records at the Adelaide Observatory (the Observatory is situated on the south park lands of the city 140ft. the two reservoirs and head works are placed, Kensington Pumping Station, and the superintendent at the Port Adelaide office. extend across Australia from south to north, from Adelaide to At the present date, there are three first class dredgers constantly at work improving the Port Adelaide river and harbor. Adelaide, but passed on to Melbourne direct, and South Australia Goodwood, facing the Adelaide south park lands, has been purchased for the purpose. 76 " Colonial Sketches; or, Five Years in South Australia,'' by Robert hvd.hwwjd7 The climate of the entire archipelago is tropical, with extremes in temperature (as on high mountains and humid sea-coast) of 55° and 100°; with an average mean of 72º for the cool months, and of 80° for the Scenes identified with the famous buccaneers who committed such havoc with the Spanish treasure-ships in the seventeenth century are to be found in St. Kitts, Haiti, and especially on the island of Tortuga, where they made their headquarters, and in Port Royal, Jamaica, once the "wickedest The Hamburg-American Line, West Indian special, the Atlas Service, with frequent sailings for Jamaica, Haiti, St. Thomas, Cuba, Colon, and Spanish Main. monthly trip as far as Santiago de Cuba and return, touching at southern ports of Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, Haiti, Besides the settlement of Harbour Island, Eleuthera contains Spanish Wells, about 5 miles distant, at the northwest point, on St. George''s Cay; the Bluff, 5 miles south of hvd.hx5zy6 prisoners of war, on Prospect Hill and Winter Hill, 2,300 A tablet bears the following inscription: ON THIS HILL THE UNION FLAG, WITH ITS THIRTEEN Prospect Hill is situated a short distance from Union oN ENTERING THE UNITED STATES SERVICE FOR Somerville''s loyalty to the Union was characterized by military companies, hundreds of citizens enlisted for service in aid of the Union cause. street to Davis Square. Street watering was tried for the April 14, 1871 an act establishing the City of Somerville passed the Legislature, and was accepted by the people at a town meeting held April 27, the vote being 336 in favor and Poor; Ward 4, John G. Councilmen : Ward 1, E. W. Wyatt; Ward 3, W. Ward 4, W. Hall, Sycamore street, Jan. 1, 1872. commenced in April 1871, and completed in the following In 1873 Somerville avenue was widened, making it the hvd.hxjgd2 By FRANCIS HALL, Esq. late Military Secretary to General Wilson, Governor in Canada, and Author of The object of this work is to enable young persons to acquire a knowledge of the vegetable productions of their native country; for this purpose the arrangement of Linnæus.is briefly explained, Comparative Advantages between Upper Canada and the United States of America • 248 British side, as the road along the northern shore of Lake Erie, is, in great measure, impassable for carriages, nor are any From the eastern boundary of the province to Kingston, and between the St. Lawrence and Ottawas rivers, its proportion of warmth is least ; from Kingston to the head (or north-western border) Human nature, a rebellious and ungrateful thing, generally depreciates present Every man''s own heart, generally speaking, when placed in those circumstances, and arrived at that stage, hvd.hxp4lv King William Street, which passes immediately in a line with the Sydney College. their sites substantial brick and freestone buildings have been erected; and it is highly probable that in a few years Clarence Street will become one of the most handsome streets in From the Barrack wall to the southern termination of this street, it has a more animated appearance, there being a great number of respectable buildings on either side of it, and there is no well-formed streets in Sydney, and in a few years and Market Street, about the middle of the section on the west side, is the site of the New Theatre, at present erecting, and which will evidently one erected was that in Macquarie Street, opposite the General Hospital; it is a plain but commodious place of worship, and was opened as erected in George Street, Sydney, called the mdp.39015002985698 During the early days of trade on the part of the East India Company at Canton, Hongkong was known as affording a safe and commodious anchorage for vessels at the mouth of the Canton river, and the Medical Missionary Society, the Seamen''s Hospital, and the residence of the Chief Justice of the Colony with a new guard house, appear prominent on high ground this side of the valley. March an objection was raised by the Chinese to the river steamers carrying cargo between Hongkong and Canton; the matter was however soon cleanest of all the cities in China, as well as of possessing in its natural surroundings, temples, pagodas, and other public buildings so large heretofore been placed upon the building of houses, churches, or vessels, save with the special license of the Chinese authorities, were abrogated, and the Portuguese received authority, in addition, to trade in mdp.39015004781079 Act which gives a new form and character to the Government of India, it is hoped that the "Hand Book," Calcutta to the coal districts of Rajmahal, with the intention of carrying it to Upper India; but this will be the work of many years. These local governments are five in number :—the Governor-General of India; the Governor of Madras (or Fort principally natives of India, commanded by European officers, It will be obvious, from this concentration of the government of so vast an empire, that the members of the administration must be men of very considerable and varied attainments; for though they may not originate the multitudinous measures carried into effect almost daily for the good Strictly speaking, the General Hospital is a military establishment, it having been transferred to the military department in the year 1786, when the medical board was instituted; but besides the sick of the European corps in mdp.39015013760569 for visiting Senchal Mountain (6 miles from Darjeeling, part of Sikkim also being annexed, between the Great Rungeet river and the plains of India, and from Nepaul on the from Calcutta to Darjeeling, from the sea-level to cloudland, the total distance traversed being 369 miles, and the forest-trees, amongst which the Săl, the most valuable of Indian timber, is conspicuous in most parts, though not in British Sikkim (through which the railway runs), where it has great Sea as far as the eye can reach, with spurs of lofty mountains forming a serrated edge, and the innumerable rivulets Four miles from Darjeeling is Ghoom, 7,372 feet high, the most elevated railway Within recent years Nepaulese have come into Darjeeling in great numbers, their services being eagerly sought bold peak in the district, of conical form, situated southeast of Darjeeling station. the spur of hills, at Senchal, over 8, ooo feet high ; but the mdp.39015021558112 THE "SINGAPORE AND STRAITS PRINTING OFFICE." Aerated Water Co. Singapore and Straits The island of Singapore lies about eighty miles north established the port of Rhio there to command the Archipelago, he fixed on the island of Singapore, owing to the of the Singapore river towards Beach Road, thereby reclaiming many acres of valuable land, and adding to the and Island of Singapore there are 36 Police Stations; the number of small islands stands the Raffles Light-house" 12 miles west of Singapore Town, in Lat. 1" 9'' 50" N., and Long This hill, the highest point in Singapore Island, Singapore Strait, and the southern part of the Malay Two miles from town, on the Bukit Timah Road, is Day, the Singapore Cricket Club has a great festival of This large and palatial building is the Singapore residence of H. ROBINSON STREET, SINGAPORE. HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE, mdp.39015028735036 20th June 1837, on the death of her uncle, King William IV.; crowned 2Sth June 1838 ; and married, 10th February 1840, to his late Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Prince Consort, Duke service, and was appointed colonial secretary, British Honduras, October 20, 1887. No. 11 of 1887.—An Ordinance to appropriate certain sums of money for the use of the public service of the Colony for the year 1888, . each year every depositor shall forward his deposit-book to the Public Treasury in order that pilot neglecting to attend such board when required, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $25, or to the suspension of his licence for "Persons in charge to give all facilities for inspection to revenue officers, and shall provide the General Post-Office, Belize, at 1 p.m. on the day the steamer leaves for New mdp.39015033661508 temples are the houses of the resident Brahman priests, and Dharmsalas, lodging places for pilgrims, owned by rich and pious Hindus, gateways of the old walls, a step-well in the town, the Dhundia reservoir, and two beautiful tombs built by Mahmud in 1484, are worth city, with a fine old mosque built by Muhammad Shah in 1325 a.d. It is celebrated for the manufacture of agate, carnelian and onyx ornaments, the stones being found in the neighbourhood. mosque, sixty feet square, the daintiest little building in all India, a great Anglo Indian event of the year, the whole of the Government departments transferring their offices to this beautiful hill On the other side of the temple square are the two lofty and imposing towers, called the Ram Garhuja Minars, 130 feet high, built province justly called "the Garden of India," the suburbs are extremely beautiful; viewed from any vantage point, the city is wonderfully picturesque, the debased and degraded architecture being toned mdp.39015058526180 the two colonies, so that in a few months New Zealand will be in telegraphic communication with Great Britain and the rest of the world. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions—Friendly Institutions—a great demand for Cottages suitable for a single family—in a very short time a labourer has a good prospect of'' of the Provincial Councils on the matter—division of the Province into educational districts—no fees charged in the Public Schools, which are partly supported by rates on little capital, not required for industrial uses, that''millions of acres of land are open t:successful with the pig, which rapidly Wales began to establish agencies for comincreased, till, at the time of arrival of the mercial purposes ; and individual Eurocolonists, nearly the whole Islands were peans, who were employed by Sydney Thames district of the Province of AuckAlluvial gold is chiefly found in the land, in the North Island, where gold in the Province for the general colonial purposes of New Zealand. mdp.39015089370582 resources, mining, farming, and general industries, educational provision, railway systems, trade and commerce, at a point near the Shangani River, 84 miles northnorth-west of Shiloh, the pursuers came close up on his All the various sides of Rhodesian farming are represented in the district : Maize, tobacco, dairying, stock Commencing immediately outside the town of Bulawayo is the native district of Umzingwani, which includes the north-eastern edge of the Matopos and the of the present town and one mile south-east of Government House. The Church of Christ has a mission on Douglasvale Farm six miles south-east of Bulawayo. Belingwe (Native) District is 110 miles south-east of Bulawayo ; bounded on the north by Selukwe District, on the north to south, and 100 miles from east to west. north to south, and 100 miles from east to west. points from east to west, and 65 miles from north to south. msu.31293029239674 journey Ascension Island, 2395 miles from Cape Town, is occasionally Cape Town is the only harbour in British South Africa to Vrijburg, 774 miles, with short branch lines to Malmsbury, Stellenbosch, Simons Town and Sir Lowry''s Pass. There is also a small railway running between Cape Town At mid-day, Cape Town, the local time at the following by Cape carts, a high, two wheeled spring vehicle in universal use throughout South Africa. and most extensive of the Cape Colony plateaus, stretching as far north as the Orange River at an elevation of Cape Town, 405 feet above the sea (pop. and, at 60 miles from Cape Town, reaches HERMON, a little railway station which it reaches in time for the 1140 P.M. down train to Cape Town The road passes over 28 miles of Rivers at points several miles from town. Distance from Cape Town, 1013 miles; time occupied, 61 hours; njp.32101031885880 by the then secretary of the colony, Laurens Storm van''s Gravesando, to open the river to all nations, with free grants of land five years afterwards the best lands on the Essequebo river had this time the banks of the rivers and a large portion of the coast to the colony to have had a tract of her territory, which is accessible only from her rivers, in the possession of thousands of lawless persons of all nationalities, after waiting over forty years for The water-supply for general purposes is brought from savannahs and creeks about twenty miles bateaux coming to market with the produce of the grounds belonging to negroes, in the canals and on the banks of the Demerara years, but formerly large and important sections of Water street Sugar cultivation in British Guiana is carried on almost entirely by manual labour. Demerara river such settlements are not rare, but every year they njp.32101041292838 these men a good climate, a fertile soil, high wages, cheap living, a demand for labour, and good land for the tilling, what justice, sense or Every new country where land is cheap, the soil fertile, and the climate agreeable, offers to the poor man this obvious advantage. The climate of the Cape of Good Hope partakes much of the character of New South Wales, or of Southern or Western Australia. the unsettlement of Europe gives such an impetus to the transfer of capital to the new world, and a young country such as Canada, must so certainly progress for many years, that we conceive the security better As a general rule, however, employment is in New England constant, wages fair, and the cost of living a good deal less than in Great any likely to purchase a good stock farm, mine is 285 acres, 40 under cultivation, a good frame house 30 feet by 40, a large garden and barn, and njp.32101051602512 Assam and Burmah, and the Manipur Rajah determine the marches of British India on the land side. Great Desert, and the high tract of Central India ; Forest* conservancy has now been carried on by Forest conthe Government of India for some sixteen years. General of Forests to the Government of India in east of India, just as Bombay was on the west and the breaking-up of the Moghal empire, numerous mints were established by the subadars; so in 1773 the East India Company determined In India* the term "public works" has always been The Deapplied to every kind of building operation undertaken partment of The time of year to fish in India is when the In the south of India and Bombay, Very little is known of the island of Bombay Early bisprior to its invasion by the Portuguese. India Company or the island of Bombay. njp.32101072319658 British Columbia is divided into the following districts :— large extent of agricultural land, much of which requires irrigation, but There are considerable areas of fertile land in West Kootenay and Columbia mining has reached its highest development in Kootenay and, as a The valleys of the Kootenay District contain large areas of arable land The Columbia-Kootenay Valley Kootenay River passes within a few hundred yards of the Columbia, flowing Lying west of the Kootenays is the splendid Yale district, rich in minerals of construction, which will serve to open up a very large mining and agricultural area. country, well adapted to dairying, cattle raising and fruit growing, Placer The country is lightly timbered and promises in time to become an important cattle raising and agricultural district, as there are many fertile valleys, which even now. with eggs or poultry, large quantities being imported from Manitoba, njp.32101074862838 Bird''s Eye View of the Plains, from the crossing of Loup Fork River, 94 miles west of Omaha. red hand of war, of rebellion, pointed for over 700 miles the road follows very homes by the Indians, suffering fearfully once a great point with the old Overin loss of life and property, but they as land Stage Company, and at that time river, about 65 miles below Denver City, the long line of the Spanish peaks can which stretches away to the waters of the country was in a healthy and flourthe Missouri river, 600 miles to the east ishing condition. and over a rough mountain road, a dísbeautiful little valley, watered by Yeltance of over 87 miles further into Bear low and Porter''s creeks for 12 miles, to this point the old road runs north 20 Two miles farther west we arrive at nnc1.0043099645 land and receive mails, after which she proceeds to Jamaica, where she lands the mails for that island, and despatches those for St. Jago de Cuba by the Company''s In the event of the steamer not arriving from St. Thomas with the windward island mails at the estimated steamer bound to Mexico all the mails for Honduras, proceeds to Belize, remains two clear days there to receive ever the out mails do not arrive at Havana by the outwardbound Mexican steamer within the estimated time, this 1783, and the English Government was fully reestablished in 1787, under General Mathew as GoSince that time this island, with its dependencies, has been governed (according to the usual lake, called the Grand Etang, is situated in the interior of the island, about seven miles from St. George''s. mile of the town, and passengers are generally landed nnc1.cu54375126 CANADA ; INCLUDING ONTARIO, NORTH-WEST TERRITORY, MANITOBA, QUEBEC, NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, BRITISH of British Power since Confederation—Geography_PopulationClimate-Land Laws-Agriculture-Mines and MineralsNatural History-Fisheries-Government-Social StatisticsRailways and Public Works . The Prairie Province''-Area-Government-Soil-Climate--Geography-Production Population Education, &c.—Winnipeg and October 7, 1876.—Hon. David Laird appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, henceforth distinct from the province of Manitoba. and Winnipeg, all flowing in the vast North-West territory; the Columbia, Fraser, and Thompson in British Columbia ; the Ottawa, which forms the boundary between Ontario and Quebec provinces, and its chief the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward · are situated at North Mountain on the West Bay of the NOVA SCOTIA. Speaking of its physical aspect and general advantages, he says :-The province of Quebec is principally rolling land, or hills and valleys. found on the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, at Okanagan, at Shuswap Lakes, and in the country lying generally between the Rocky and Cascade mountain ranges. nyp.33433008621389 counties and struck Lake Ontario at Kingston, a place of importance and once the seat of Government. in farm stock in the county of late years. several years—create a large local demand for all classes of produce, and a good trade is done in vegetables and all the smaller The county of Oxford is one of the finest agricultural districts in Ontario. the coarse grains, as well as roots and hay, are largely cultivated, and in the western part of the county fruit, especially the chief products, and there is a good deal of cheese, factorymade, and butter, dairy-made, in the county, which should be Lake Ontario with a large and nearly land locked harbour There is a good deal of improved stock in the county. worked as a farm labourer in the county of Durham for three of the county for farm labourers, and everywhere for domestic nyp.33433066423405 New Zealand is mountainous in many parts, but has, nevertheless, large plains in both North and Middle Islands. good grazing-land has made the colony a great wooland meatproducing country; and its agricultural capabilities are, speaking tobacco in different countries that in New Zealand it is, proportionately to population, less than in the chief colonies of Australia, AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES IN EACH PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF NEW ZEALAND DURING THE YEAR 1894. AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES IN EACH PROVINCIAL DISTRICT or New ZEALAND DURING THE YEAR 1894-continuod. AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES IN EACH PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF NEW ZEALAND DURING THE YEAR 1894-continued. The most important table then made shows the number of freeholders outside boroughs and town districts, classified according tosize of holding, with the values, improved and unimproved, of the Of the New-Zealand-born population, however, a large number are under 15 years of age, a period nyp.33433082065552 laws as could be expected from such young statesmen." Sir Charles Lyttleton having obtained permission to return to England on account of ill-health, LieutenantColonel Thomas Lynch assumed the Government as President of the Council. The Attorney General moved to substitute the following resolution : " That in the opinion of this Council it is expedient to levy a direct tax on land based on the value thereof, which shall be sufficient in amount to enable the Government to make the reductions proposed in the Each Collector of Taxes is stationed at the principal town of the parish and (except in Kingston and St. Andrew) besides the duties devolving on him in connection with the collection of revenue, he has to discharge the duties of Parochial Treasurer, and as such has charge of the local treasure chest, intu which all local payments pass and from which all local claims against the Government are met. nyp.33433082329644 Great heats, modes of refrigeration, general plan of building, various kinds of lime and cement, tarras floors, GREAT numbers of respectable persons annually proceed to India utterly unacquainted with the customs, A regulation founded on such principles would subject the Company to little or no expense; and so far from being injurious to the future prospects of any patron''s individual protegé it must infallibly promote them, by seasonably stimulating a boy have little or no fresh water allowed for the above purposes; but their beverage at table is rarely limited, except under the pressure of actual necessity. the hour, and many difficulties present themselves, rendering it by no means easy to track along the shore, especially where the mud-banks shelve out a great way. Many have been taken to India, but generally, after saving a little money, or making a few friends, especially by nyp.33433082442702 an emigrant arrives in Australia, for the country is Still, however, it is better, if it can be so arranged, for an emigrant to arrive in that country in the present moment; viz.: New South Wales and Port Phillip, the two great gold fields of that land of promise: and to enable the intending emigrant to judge engaging in business, but who will emigrate exclusively to settle on land, and to engage as agricultural such emigrants, New South Wales presents a much colony of New South Wales, (and especially the cotton means proposing to settle on land than Port Phillip. Clarence River, would land either at Sydney or Newcastle, in New South Wales, and proceed thence by or associated in small partnerships, could not do, by promoting the emigration of a large body of industrious individuals, and settling them in the cotton-growing region, there nyp.33433082444062 Charles Joseph LaTrobe, Esq., from the office of Superintendent of the District of Port Phillip, on account of his systematic mismanagement of the money voted for the service of HobsonSs Bay. On the south the Emerald Hill: on the southwest, the landing port, Sandridge; and on the west and northwest, the rising districts of Flemington and Footscray, near Commerce established; and its public buildings, the banks of Australasia, New South Wales, and Victoria; the court-house, town-hall, along the main post road through Gipps Land from Sale (the principal town of the upper district) to Bruthen, a township within 60 miles Omeo, and eastward to the great grazing district of Maneroo, N.S.W. The distance from Port Albert, Gipps Land, is 175 miles; from Melbourne by the post road (via Danaenong, the Moe, and Sale) 305 of New South Wales and Victoria, irrespective of the quantities of goods landed in either colony. nyp.33433082445861 brought to England with me a series of newspapers, published in Hobart Town for four years previous to my Carpenters, builders, smiths, masons, boatbuilders, tailors, shoe-makers, curriers, stone-cutters, and Blacksnake to the Huon river, by the Hobart Town district, by the Huon, and by a line drawn from the sourceld value of agricultural produce in the Hobart Town district, during the year 1830, was as follows: Mrs. Robertson, Captain Fenton, Mr. Bethune, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Macpherson ; on the western bank, immediately above the town, are the small farms of the original settlers from Norfolk island, and those of Messrs. The farms in this district are much larger in comparison, than those round Hobart Town, amounting often House (connected with which is the residence of Mr. Gordon, the Police Magistrate of the district) is a handsome building, and with the goal, two large and commodious inns, a neat stone bridge of several arches, and the nyp.33433082447404 The Discovery of Australia, 1.-The progress of New South Wales from the inception of the colony to the west of the Table-land, 92.The North Coast, The Macpherson Ranges, and the Richmond River, 93. miles, first through rugged pastoral country and large areas of fertile soil, some of which About eighty miles to the south of Sydney the coast is broken by an important inlet Botany Bay, a few miles south of Sydney, was the first Australian port entered by Broken Bay, fifteen miles north of Port Jackson, forms the mouth of the River great natural resources of the State forestry is as yet only in its initial stages in New South The population of New South Wales in the year 1899 numbered 1,356,650 The first railway in New South Wales was that from Sydney to Parramatta, that year, however, New South Wales has taken its place amongst the countries wbich export nyp.33433082451711 swarmed to the newer colonies of South Australia, Victoria, New Zealand, and Queensland, all of which are The improvement in the pastoral fortunes of the Colony is undoubtedly due to Mr. Macarthur, John Macarthur, once Captain of the New South Wales The publication of Mr. Wentworth''s work on New South Wales in 1823, inMr. Wentduced a good number of British farmers to go out to the New South Wales has not perhaps the same proportion of fertile land to be found in England, New Zealand, or Victoria, owing to want of rain westward. years, the yield of gold in New South Wales had been NEW SOUTH the land during the first three years. The land laws of New South Wales are favourable to Farms Diemen''s Land, between which colony and New South New South Wales, all the colony north of the Clarence land may be divided into several colonies, as New South nyp.33433082451828 The following are the quoted prices of the principal articles of consumption, also of live stock, in Melbourne during the year 1885. contain land of the same kind, and all over the colony a large proportion of the The fine-woolled merino sheep, the horse stock, the fattening cattle, and the dairy cows, all thrive throughout the year without shelter Government Land.—The colony of Victoria is about 56,250,000 acres colonies, New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria, have given much near the South Australian border, where the range slopes down to the lowlying, nearly level, country of which the western margin of Victoria, from Australian colonies to demonstrate to the world that merino wool of exceptional fineness, length of staple, softness, and lustre, could be grown in large sheep bred in Victoria grew wool of quite a different character to that produced by Tasmanian or New South Wales flocks. nyp.33433082451976 The value of last year''s production, principally gold, amounted to £3,500,000. the new " Colony of Victoria." "Responsible Government" has produced £763,316 worth of gold, should yield profitable returns as deep as that now worked at Ballarat. The wine industry, which promises to be of great importance to the colony, has made rapid progress during such localities the yield of the crops is generally comparatively light, but the soil is rich, a fact that is proved from The colony of Victoria is 56,245,760 acres in extent. In the colony of Victoria, land has districts of the colony flax grows well, producing a good of the fact that large areas of land in Victoria are as well colony, and exceptionally well in the warmer northern districts, where it grows with great luxuriance, the trees attaining a large size, and fruiting heavily every year, the fruit nyp.33433082458567 abated, they tried to reach the land by shaping their course eastwards, thinking the coast line still extended north and south. An effort for the recapture of the Cape was made in the following year, but the Dutch squadron, which was fitted out for the purpose, numbering nine vessels of war, with 342 guns and 2,000 sustained losses by the change of sovereignty of the country; retaining in office many of the former functionaries, and largely employing colonial-born persons in places of trust in the administration. Meanwhile, an intimation of the probable early restoration of theCape to the Dutch Government reached the Colony; and theGovernor, General Francis Dundas, made arrangements for the 600 miles, in six days after news of the rising reached Cape Town. Colony, which greatly determine its climate and natural productions, are the several ranges of mountains that cross the country Cape Town are white with snow; and up-country the mountain osu.32435016118473 with the Southdown; and the Cotswold with the LeicesterThe Leicester with the Black-face-The Cheviot and the Blackface-Complications of Crossing-Management of Breeding Ewes Shed-feeding in winter, on inferior food, seems to be the kind of treatment indicated by the habits of these sheep. This kind of sheep is small, and covered with long hairy wool, but Sheep producing both Wool and Mutton. The Teeswater is a very old breed of sheep, and has for a very long period presently resolve all the favourite mutton-producing breeds of sheep), The usual weight is fourteen to eighteen pounds per quarter ; but Mr. Stephens mentions the case of an animal of this breed, shorn at the course, those which are house-fed have by far the best chance of successful breeding, as the second time of producing the grass-fed lamb much fat, for the food consumed, as any other kind of sheep, if not txu.059173017898918 on-shore excursions, and then continue by water to Jamaica and the neighboring islands by any of the numerous routes offered every winter to the traveling in the Blue Mountains, Hope Garden (King''s House), six miles from Kingston, Kingston, Port Antonio, Mandeville, Brownstown, and the leading towns of each Folly Point at Port Antonio, Negril light on the west coast, and the lighthouse on Morant Point on the extreme east end of the Island, which was In addition to furnishing Spanish Town with its water supply and providing the Kingston Street Railway with electric power, the Rio Cobre waters fruit vessels running between the Company''s American headquarters in Baltimore and Port Antonio. The Jamaica Telephone Company, Limited, with offices in Kingston, KINGSTON is the capital of the Island of Jamaica, and the largest The Montego Bay Hotel is finely situated on a hill overlooking town Winter Resort, Hotel Titchfield, Port Antonio, Jamaica, B. uc1.31158000099035 Flora and Fauna of Melbourne and the Colony of Victoria what is now known to us as the Colony of Victoria, sea to form beds of that age. the Broken River, and, probably, as far as Wangaratta ; south-westward to a little beyond Geelong; that north and south Victoria show greater differences in their assemblages of species than are met form from the Bass River, South Gippsland, which Species remarkable for their form, colour, or upon the Victorian Coast" is by far the most extensive, and comprises 264 species of Gasteropoda and very beautiful species, presenting great variation in rare and very beautiful little species found by Mr. Bracebridge Wilson outside the Heads; Terebratulina cancellata ; Waldheimia flarescens ; Kraussina Both species are common in Port Phillip, lower forms, we have a species of the curious genus In all, fourteen species represent this genus in Victoria, the few species occur in Victoria. uc1.31175009505507 Elements which are in an unavailable condition for assimilation by one plant may be available for another, and deeprooting crops can search for nutriment in soil which cannot insufficient quantities for the growth of crops, or in maintaining in fertile soils a sufficient supply of those constituents fertile soil are generally large in proportion to the requirements of crops, the addition of small quantities of manure are quantity of manure required depends upon a variety of circumstances; but the general principle is, that root and fodder crops plant nutriment, but it improves land by acting upon substances which are present in the soil in an unavailable form. results, the constituents of the soil are set free and made available to the growing plants, and when the green crop consists green-manuring root crops in moist climates many of the plants GREEN CROPS.--The preparation of fodder for winter dairying, and as a help to the cattle and sheep generally through what uc1.31175014144359 London at reduced rates are issued to Passengers by the Great Western Railway Company, or of sight of land, but the great steamer is perpetually entering new ports daily as the many advantages the sea voyage has over similar expenditure on shore travel come to be known. There are the air and sky, the great playground of that important force—the weather ; a force that can be studied at sea in its natural sea-weed may be seen, more vessels may be passed, and the water may change For example, if the observer''s eye on the deck of a steamer be twentyfive feet above the sea, the visible horizon will be over five nautical miles off. THE land to which the Orient Company''s steamers are bound, the destination of the great majority of their passengers, is that new home of the British Australian colonies, about three times larger than New South Wales, and more uc1.31822004430641 "Anytime of the year is suitable for arriving; September to November for preference in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, and Tasmania; September to not to be in any portion of the mainland of Australia, except perhaps the mountains of New South Wales and Victoria, and the sea-side resorts of the latter colony, during Cape Town is the capital and the seat of government for all the British South African colonies and territories except Natal. colonies, to found a penal settlement in the south-east portion of what was then known as New Holland. instituted in South Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, the parent colony had a population of 187,243; the the western slopes of the New South Wales and Queensland mountains, and on the west coast of Western Australia communication was established between Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Tasmania in 185$, and in the following year the Moreton Bay district separated from New uc1.31822038214292 swarmed to the newer coloni.es of South Australia, Victoria, New Zealand, and Queensland, all of which are The improvement in the pastoral fortunes of the Colony is undoubtedly due to Mr. John Macarthur, once Captain of the New South Wales The publication of Mr. Wentworth''s work on New South Wales in 1823, induced a good number of British farmers to go out to the Tin, during the past and present years, has been produced in New England, near the Queensland border. The growth of the province became so considerable, that Port Phillip was acknowledged as a district of New South Wales, and Mr. Tatrobe, on October 1, 1839, was appointed Superintendent. Diemen''s Land, between which colony and New South It is not improbable that, in a few years'' time, Queensland may be divided into several colonies, as New South uc1.a0010273647 The total area of the State is a little short of one million square miles. These brief and somewhat disjointed notes apply to the South-Western portion of the State, forming an irregular triangle, the two sides of which are the west The oldest known rocks of Western Australia comprise a great group of crystalline In the South-Western portion of the State the endemic species is especially remarkable in the South-Western districts, where Western Australia possesses more than half the known species of Drosera. South-West Australia is for the greater part a dry region, for although Perth The Western Australian species do not appear to differ from their eastern a species found also in the Indian waters and on the Eastern coast of Australia, South-West Australia, of which 37 are at present only recorded from that region. This order is extremely rich in species in South-West Australia, and the great uc1.a0010279396 years been a source of great profit to the province; to which I shall further allude when speaking PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND, EASTERN COAST, HARBOURS the east coast of the Northern Island of New Zealand. same bay, about 16 miles from Auckland, offer a harbour at the entrance for ships of 400 or 500 tons, and available sheep district to the province of Auckland, natives for the purchase or use of land, the fine districts I have described islands, are the only lands in the province offering TOWN OF AUCKLAND AND PROVINCIAL LAND The following Digest of the Provincial Land Regulations now in force in Auckland, will give a sufficient The province of New Plymouth returns three members for the General Assembly, viz. as far as the funds of the province will admit, Government provides excellent boats with which to land passengers and goods. being nearly all grass-land, and the province has a good uc1.a0010287902 eighteen years 29.93 inches ; the average number of wet days 9. The legislative authority in Victoria is vested in two Legislature. Council, consisting of 42 members returned in fourteen provinces, both electors and members ; and the Lower House or Legislative Assembly, which consists of 86 members, elected for three years, Victoria is doubtless destined to be a great wine-producing wine industry received a temporary check some years since in Olive trees grow rapidly and bear largely in Victoria, and the so-called "native companion," a large species of crane ; black to the rights and privileges of the institution ; also for the election, by the senate, of a council consisting of twenty members, to hold office for five years, of whom not more than three may be consideration in the United Kingdom, and in British colonies and granted by any university in the United Kingdom. uc1.aa0008734022 CHIPPEwA is very advantageously situated for ship-building, and many vessels of large tonnage for the Upper Lakes have "Whilst travelling over the few intervening miles before reaching the Falls, you can, by looking upwards, see the calm waters in the thirty-six miles; although there is an opportunity of visiting the western extremity of the Lake, called Burlington Bay, afforded by a daily affords the means of erecting handsome buildings, of which the merchants now generally avail themselves; and considerable quantities a distance of seventy-two miles, the villages or towns of Pickering, Windsor Harbour, Darlington and Port Hope, are passed the House of Assembly.—Five miles east lies the small village of Maitland, built on the site of an old French fortification. either hand the lively village of Pointe Levy and that of Beauport, whilst the Great River and the St. Charles unite in forming the magnificent basin, on whose bosom vessels of every size uc1.b000201657 Country partially cultivated; road narrow and for the last 3 miles very heavy; pass the villages of dulating and partially cultivated ; road pretty good ; pass the Hill Fort and large town of 4.-A small village, supplies from Marera 3 miles to the northward, and from surrounding villages, water from Wells; road good, over a partially cultivated plain, pass Rampoor from wells and the Soot river; road good, and the country partially cultivated and interspersed with patches of bush jungle ; pass Manickpoor at I, Roulee at 2, Bursoor at 31 Bee Cross the Paturea, close to Joolmee; becomes dry in April; its bed stons and banks Tow. At 5 miles cross rocky, bediled nullah with perennial stream of good water. Road good, passing at some distance on the west of the fort of Gwalior, and for the last two miles it winds round the north-east side of the new city between uiuc.7282910 was engaged by the British South Africa Company to report on Rhodesia, and he writes : " I when the British South Africa Company established a creamery at Gwelo at a cost of �3,000. of whom is the Secretary for Mines-the Bulawayo, Gwelo, Hartley, Lomagundi, Mazoe, Working in conjunction with Associated Mines of Rhodesia. Rhodesia: London and Rhodesian Mining and Land Co. Rhodesia : Gold Fields Rhodesian Development Co. Accounts, 1913: Profit, �120,112; dividend, 30 per cent; F. Wilson, 2 London Wall Buildings, E.C. Manager in Northern Rhodesia : H. Major Frank Johnson, 8 Old Jewry, E.C. Agents in Rhodesia: Gold Fields Rhodesian Development Co. Major Frank Johnson, 8 Old Jewry, E.C. Agents in Rhodesia: Gold Fields Rhodesian Development Co. The Rhodesia Chamber of Mines, Bulawayo. Farming and mining district, 40 miles north of Farming and mining district, 40 miles north of Mining, farming and native district, 105 miles uiug.30112039625899 Such sport could often be got at very small cost by spending a night or two at some wayside railway station not near a cantonment Port Said town is modern, and most uninviting, and consists mainly of wooden houses, chiefly low cafés and of the English in India, and to the rest-houses for travellers built by coin=3§ rupees, called by the natives Mn, but deriving its a pellation of pagoda from its showing a temple on one face ; and in a railed enclosure near the Collector''s Court-house are some interesting monuments and tombs of those covered with monolith figures of gigantic size which appear to have been prepared for some great temple never A cantonment of British troops containing the usual barracks and subsidiary buildings, also a small fort. of the great palace, is a lofty and striking building, seven stories high, looking uiug.30112082607620 ROUTES, CAPABILITIES AND PRICE OF LAND, FARMING OFFRATIONs, PRICE OF LABOUR, AND ALL OTHER MATTERS WITH FULL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE PREPARATIONS NECEsSARY FOR THE voyage, INSTRUCTIONs on LANDING, TRAVELLING WITH FULL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE PREPARATIONS NECEsSARY FOR THE voyage, INSTRUCTIONs on LANDING, TRAVELLING ROUTES, CAPABILITIES AND PRICE OF LAND, FARMING OPERATIONS, PRICE OF LABOUR, AND ALL OTHER MATTERS have a better chance of profitable and constant employment, as he will have the choice of both town and country. This town, too, has risen most rapidly in buildings and trade; and the land surrounding is generally good. Hamilton there are as good, if not the best roads in Canada. west towards New London, by land, about 80 miles distant, through Brandtford and other towns, or proceed more against, in the purchase of land from individual proprietors. In Government or Land Company transactions this precaution is not necessary. umn.319510020228031 industry of Canada, the first great and steady demand is for men who work on land. in the last named Province, ceded to the Dominion for the purpose of the Pacific Railway, the lands are held by the several Provincial The lands in the Province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are held by land in the older parts of a new country like Canada must necessarily, to a great extent, In comparing Canada''s present standing as a stock-breeding country with her standing twenty years ago, we find that her progress in this direction has been most remarkable. on the prairie region of the great North-West of the Dominion of Canada. It is said that New Brunswick has the greatest number of miles of railway in proportion to population of any country in the world. On the other hand, a settler may take with him to Manitoba or the North-West Territories considerable capital, and invest it in large farming operations, either in wheat umn.31951d01028898s Kantirava Narasa Raja''s Palace The spot where Tippu fell In 1793, Tippu greatly added to the fortifications of Seringapatam built an inner line of works and strengthened the fortress This temple is near the sally port wbere Tippu house near the Ganjam gate, facing a Hindu temple dedicated The water gateway known as Holé-diddi-bagala is pointed by local tradition as the place where Tippu fell after stands is said to have been the place where Tippu, in order to who were in the service of Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan, Originally, the hills were known as Chikka Mallana Betta. prisoners) to Lord Cornwallis, sigued by Tippu Sultan. The general terms of the treaty were that Tippu Sultan Tippu Sultan, the son of Hyder, suffered death in the in the death of Tippu Sultan. of Tippu, built by Hindu Rajas, and which formed the outer Tippu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore. umn.31951p001569028 is a large area of fertile land at once available for cultivation in the Dominion, but in the United States, there reckless and exhausting system of farming so long pursued, leaving vast areas of once fruitful lands in a state altitude, there are, in places, small areas of good land. approach of winter in the north-western states, considering the cost of feeding more than the value of the returns, and thereby seriously impairing the milk-producrich land on this river; oats yield 100 bushels to the acre grown on land that had raised 25 crops ; and this without any assistance to the soil beyond five years'' summer stream rising in the Siskiyon Mountains near the California line, flows into the Rogue River about 50 miles Company," it is stated, that the "average" value of cultivated fruit land in this valley is 1000 dollars per acre, uva.x000515370 At New Castle, a steamboat is again taken, which proceeds up the Delaware 35 miles, passing the city of Wil. mington, which is seen at a distance on the left, and the of slack water in the river, 108 miles ; the Lehigh canal, east side of the river, 7 miles from West Point. Eight miles and a half north of Newburgh, in an elevated position on the east side of the river, is the mansion POUGHKEEPSIE, 15 miles north of Newburgh, is beautifully situated on elevated ground, and is seen for a considerable distance on the river both above and below the The RENSSELAER AND SARATOGA RAIL ROAD commences in River street near the Troy House, and passes GLEN''s Falls, a village more populous, is 3 miles further up the Hudson river, on the direct route to Lake Seneca Falls, four miles west of Cayuga, is a flourishing village, loca -d on the banks of the Seneca river, uva.x030788775 the New Zealand Land Company, with a view to establishing a colony of worshippers of the Free Church of its waters join those of other lakes, and form the Waitaki, a fine swiftflowing river, about five times the size of Old Father Thames. AUCKLAND (DEVONPORT) TO WAIWERA.—Arrived at Devonport by the ferry steamer, the new route lies vid Lake Takapuna, bar-harbour twenty miles south of Auckland City on the west coast. M-o; S-b.—The chief town of the Kawarau district, 140 miles northwest of Dunedin, with which it is connected by coach and rail vid miles north-east of Auckland, and in constant and close communication with that city by fine swift ferry steamers, belonging to the south end of Lake Wakatipu, in Lake County, Otago Province, eightyseven miles north of Invercargill, and 254 from Dunedin, with which district, sixty-six miles to the south-east of New Plymouth by railway. wu.89009046426 line of route is without any towns or villages, station-houses have and of no use except as a half-way house to India etd the Red Sea. Within 200 yards of the landing-place there is an hotel, kept by a. of the English in India, and to the houses for travellers built by Government on the public roads. also a coin = 33 rupees, called by the natives hun, but deriving its appellation of pagoda from its showing a temple on one face. Munsils are placed at various towns or large villages in a Bengal district. native vessel may be hired for from £10 to £15 a month, and the chief places conveniently visited. only places of any size are Duvar, Kalligadi and Tarlapadu, all very large villages, and the second the residence of a road by the following places:-Dodichintla, 8 miles; Yéma''d, 8; pass build 8 fort and town called Farragudbdd, " Fortunate City." The next year, wu.89047193594 persons who pay their own passages in-full direct to Queensland and settle on grazing or agricultural farms, receive what is Queensland formed part of the colony of New South are true; and that I have carefully read or have heard read the directions contained in the paper attached to this form, and that in applying for a Passage to the colony I am truly acting in accordance The fruit-growing capacities of the Queensland "soil Total area under crop in Queensland in 1886, 54,010 acres. during the last three or four years, owing to the production in other lands of beet-root sugar, and the bounty coming years will bring about great changes in Queensland as a stock-raising country. planting the trees great care should be taken in no way to recommend anyone coming to Queensland with the intention of taking up land for fruit-growing purposes not to be yale.39002053464823 travellers visiting the Monuments, Temples, and Tombs in Upper Egypt, cultivated fields, we see a great flood lying between two banks of desertcliffs or slopes, studded with innumerable islands, on which are palmshadowed villages and towns, connected with each other by causeways. a small square building containing, the tomb of the shekh, and support place in an open space on the left hand of the road leading to Old the Sun, and King of Upper and Lower Egypt, as in the old days of emperor built a city near the spot, called Antinoe or Antinoopolis, some ruins of which exist opposite Roda. The temple or tomb near the Sphinx contains blocks of granite 18 ft. probable from there having been an ancient Egyptian town called brick walls, and the ruins of an ancient village, with a few uninteresting tombs one time one of the most important cities of Egypt, and the capital of the kings yale.39002088373296 Coast Line.— The strip of Peru on which Callao Peru forms a country that is especially favored Peru alone, the richest copper and silver mines in United States and Peru, when my own country the foreign trade of Peru, in late years special All the other countries exported to Peru over coast of Peru, and with foreign countries, by the The lands lying along the coast of Peru, on ac Principal street cf Lima, Peru A View of the Market Place, Lima, Peru in the valleys situated along the coast in Peru. In fact in Peru there are mines of gold, silver, mineral resources of Peru, the mining industry are at present mined in Peru, it is an established The exploitation of mines in Peru in accordance of the future importance of mining in Peru by the General View of a Progressive Mining District in Peru Peru has imported lard from the United States