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Cashmere And Nepauii. It Was A Matter Of...
proceeding from the Punjab were harassed . A regular customs line has been established , so that travellers and merchants will only have to pay toll at one place on the roads , and there is a considerable redaction of rates . This regulation applies to Jummoo and the other territories besides Cashmere . Although the papers are fall of the loyal correspondence between Jung Bahadoor and the Oude rebels , and his Royal Highness has just received the G . C . B ., matters are not going on smoothly between the Nepaul durbar and our Government . The oia leaven is showing itself , now that the Ghoorkas have got home , after the foray we were unwise enough to allow them to
carry on in our territories . - Jung Bahadoor , for some reason onasrigned , made complaints to the Government against Colonel Ramsay , the resident at the Court of Nepanl , and th « Governor-General , to oblige Jung Bahadoor , withdrew Colonel Ramsay , without asking for any explanation from the latter . The Englishman states that on the Colonel ' s arrival at Allahabad he completely refuted all the charges , proving them to be frivolous and untrue , and the Governor-General , to the great mortification of Jung Bahadoor , ordered Colonel Ramsay back . It is affirmed that Jung Babadoor dislikes the colonel because he is more than a match for his cunning .
The Superintendent of Darjeeling , a very eminent officer , who governs our territory in the east of Nepaul , has no better opinion of the ruling influence at Katmandoo than Colonel Rarosay has , and though he has a garrison of European invalids , and the population of that rising English settlement available for defence , he has made an application that when the arrangements of Che army permit , at least two English battalions shall be quartered in his district , besides an increased force of sappers and miners . We think the station should likewise be supported by a detachment of artillery , because the settlement has made sufficient progress to attract the hostility of the Nepaulese in case of hostilities , and its maintenance is of growing importance as one of the keys of our dortiinion in the Bengal Presidency , as Cashmere and the adjoining districts , under proper arrangement , are the keys of English dominion for the territories of the norfh-west-
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TRADE OF SEVEN MONTHSThe trade tables for the seventh month of the year - follow these remarks in the same abridged form that we presented them in to Out readers oil the 31 st ult . C They show that the imports ia July , 1858 , were generally in excess of the imports in July , 1857 . 1 The important exceptions are cotton—4000 cwfc . i less in the month , but ia the seven months , r 1 , 300 , 000 cwt . more—copper ore , and palm oil , j which in like manner are more in the seven months , g while flax , hair , wet hides , raw and thrown silk , molasses , timber , tobacco , and wine are deficient alike ia the month and in the seven months . Cocoa , \ coffee , corn , hemp , jute , flax-seed , sugar—though a ^ mere trifle—talW , tea , wool , are all in excess in ^ July , and in the seven months , except tea , which is ^ more in the month and less in the seven . The tonnage entered inwards in Xuly was 5 C 0 O in excess in 1858 . . r We must add that the computed value of the * imports in six months of the principal articles , * ^ vhicli is now given , "was in 1 1856 . 1857 . 1858 . t £ 54 , 907 , 660 JE 69 , 35 O , 383 £ 58 , 068 , 399 > This will give our readers an idea of the relative t yalue of the imports in these years . It is , however , r necessary to notice that there is another account of the computed real , value of-the merchandise imported in the six mouths of 1858 , "which seems to include > the whole . According to it , the value of our imports in six months in 1 S 58 was 69 , 077 , 151 / ., exceeding the account in the other table just quoted by 11 , 608 , 752 / . ; We could not suppose rthat the principal articles included in the detailed table of imports fell so far short of the total , and we mark the difference to make our readers aware of this ¦'; imperfection of the table of imports , and put them . on their guard against supposing that two such similar accounts concern exactly the same things . The exports in July of the present year show ; a falling off ifievcrv article except beer and ale , lace and patent net , leather imwrought , linen , thread , and yarn , steam-engines , wire , cast iron , seed oil , soap , stationery , and refined sugar . The declared value of .-ill exports in July . 1858 , was 10 , Q 93 , 997 £ , against 12 , 201 , 532 / . in July , 1857—a decline of 1 , 207 , 535 / . In July , 1857 , however , the exports were unusually large , 2 , 000 , 000 / . above the average monthly exports of the whole year . Accordingly , the value of the exports in July , 1858 , exceeds the value of the exports in July , 1 S 5 G , by 1 , 025 , 771 / . It is also 1 , 700 , 000 / . in excess of the average monthly value of the exports in the present year . The tonnage entered outwards in July , 1858 , was upwards ot 4000 more than in July , 1857 , and 16 , 000 more than ia July , 1850 . Our export trade is rapidly extending from its restricted condition in the early part of this year , and our traders are proBting by the experience of the past , and are not again too eagerly pressing forward in the career of speculation . The total value of the exports in the seven months compares as follows :- — 1856 . 1857 . 1858 . £ 63 , 936 , 642 £ 73 , 027 , 918 £ 64 , 461 , 801 We subjoin a tabular view of a few articles of which the difference in the imports and the decrease in the exhortations in the month are most remarkable : — IMPORTS IN JULY . ' __ Articles in Excess is 1858 . 1857 . 1858 . £ ¦ £ Animals—Oxen .... No . 5 , 661 9 , 184 41 Sueep „ 20 , 698 81 , 772 Co « oa ... lb 564 , 025 2 , 189 , 229 Coffee „ 6 , 575 , 082 7 , 495 , 679 Corn , Wheat qrs . 299 , 848 478 , 074 " Flour cwt . 107 , 110 468 , 781 Hemp „ 41 , 960 105 , 917 Jute „ 72 , 256 97 , 406 Tallow „ 69 , 667 93 , 458 Wool lb . 10 , 741 , 042 22 , 305 , 988 Articles Dkficient in 1858 . Cotton cwt . 752 , 282 748 , 257 Copper ore torn 14 , 210 10 , 856 Flax cwt . 270 , 296 169 , 061 Palm oil „ 101 , 874 86 , 248 HWea , vet cwt . 67 , 812 61 , 248 Silk , raw lb . 898 , 826 270 , 208 Timber—Deals loads 187 , 695 128 , 842 " Not split „ 178 , 696 160 , 650 Tobacco , stemmed nrtd unstemmed lb . 8 , 166 , 807 1 , 875 , 078 Wine ¦»• gl » 985 , 642 748 , 629 .
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EXPORTS IN JULY-Declar ^ Value . — — i Ahticleb , 1857 . 1858 . Cottons , Calicoes , etc . 2 . 77 L . 528 2 , 71 * 9 550 Yarn 878 , 497 817 ' 4 qi Earthenware 139 324 i * fi ' i ! £ Haberdashery , & c . 442 986 380 * 39 Cutlery , & c 400 831 29 ?' ^ Linens CClotbs ) ........ 400 059 sis' ^ e Iron , bar 6 l 8 5 l 7 J "» Jj « Silk stuff * , & c ..... flll 68 T 7 f Other articles 69 , 275 VrIH w Thrown . M £ J JJ ; Jg JJ } . ' - 260 , 923 198748 Woollens 482 , 499 458 580 Worsted stuffe 3 » 9 , 307 356 ! l 89 Woollen yarn 362 , 656 349 , 888 TUe table already referred to of the computed real -value of the merchandise imported into the kingdom ia the first six months of 1858 , and a table of the declared value of the exports of British produce and manufacture in the same period , with the countries from -which , the imports came and to which the exports went , indicate the course of our trade during this period . Tho total computed value « f our imports for six months was , in 1858 j 6 G 9 , 677 151 . There cam < 9 from foreign couutries ......... 56 , 446 , 885 British possessions ..... ; ....,....... 13 , 230 , 2 ( 16 In tlie same year the value of our exports was ................ . . ........................ . . . 53 , 4 € 7 , 804 Went to foreign countries ..................... 33 , 888 , ( i 84 British possessions .........,.....,,. 19 , 579 , 150 In the first six months of 1857 , the value of our exports was ........................... 60 , 826 , 381 Went to foreign countries ............. 42 , 670 , 603 British possessions ..... w ........... 18 , 155 , 778 From which it is plain that the decline in our exports is almost exclusively t <> foreigii countries and not to our own colonies , taking them en masse . To "Victoria , indeed , there is a dccliiie in -the six months from 3 , 159 , 290 A , in 1 S 57 , to 2 , 290 , 465 / . in 18555 . There is ia nlao a decline to some other of our Australian possessions , but to Western and Southeru Australia there is an increase . The decline in the exports is the greatest in the following countries : — - DECLARED VALUE OF EXPORTS IX SIX MONTHS . Countries . 1857 . 1858 . . " : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . £ £ Sweden 230 . 9 GO 131 , 737 Norway 184 ,. > 22 80 , 317 Denmark 370 , 041 211 , 427 Hanse Towns I 4 , 881 , 149 3 , 773 , 762 France 3 , 1 73 , 233 ' 2 , 113 , 542 Syria and Palestine .. 4 i 6 , 3 CO 270 , 136 United States 11 , 591 , 536 5 , 752 , 920 Venezuela 214 , 271 116 , 280 Brazil 2 , 650 , 834 1 , 792 , 071 Spain , Uie Ituliim States , the Austrian territories , Turkey , Persia and Cliina , on the cont raij , show an increase ; the last , from 594 , 487 / - in 1 S 57 to 906 , 983 A in 1858 . This increase , it should be remembered , took jphec before the arrangement oi our diffefences witli China , am } while the war with Canton was in progress . It is probably due to the previous large imports of the precious metals into China , which showed an increase of wealth there , and greater means of purchasing in the people . In the growing power of tUe countries which taike a diminished quantity of our articles in the present year to consume more hereafter there can ho no doubl , though it may be some time before our exports to them again , reach tlie height of 1 S 57 . "VTo must further notice that the excise , returns for six months arc published by the Board ot Trade . According to them the quantities of excisable articles returned for home consump tion in tho past six inontlia were ma follows : — 185 C . 1857 . 1858 . Malt , bflh . ... 24 , « 14 , 847 26 , 675 , 770 27 , 188 , 119 Splrlta , gls . ... 11 , 265 , 205 11 , 742 , 258 ll , 6 C 0 , 01 » Paper , lb . ... 86 , 940 , 070 92 , 05 fl , 488 8 G , 09 i ) , <> 53
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. . , b , , r i I , f il - SGINDE COAL . Wa regret to learn by the last advices that tlie coal from HLotree , in Scinde , does not turn out so valuable as was expected . It is a common brown coal found in the mimmulite formation of nearly the same age as th . « chalk , formation , and there is therefore no hope of its improvement by going deeper , as in the case of true coal found ia the carboniferous formations as . A steam coal , although , - it can be placed in Kurrachee at half the price of Welsh it is not an economical coal in reference to the quantity of steam produced . On the 10 th of June an experiment was made on board the Hugh Lindsay steamer , by a committee of gentlemrn , consisting of Mr . Frere , Major Goldsmid , Messrs . Stewart , Gibbs , Wood , and Juimm . Tlie Scintfian reports that steam was got up about 9 o ' clock in the morning , and the steamer proceeded towards Munera point , having a pressure of eight pounds on the boilers , and giving twenty-four evolutions in the minute . Owing , Ijowever , to the coal having been deteriorated by partial spontaneous combustion whilst lying in a shed at Keamaree , the power of the coal was still further rednced . It was likewise splintered or shivered , and ran through the furnace bars . It is further to be observed that the coal is unfit for shipment , as it contains large portions of sulphur , and all such coals are liable to fire aboard ship , as this coal has already proved . It likewise arrives at Kurrachee in very bad condition , as it is brought on camelback from the mines . , It must not , however , be supposed that the coal ia tueless . This ia jumping too hastily- to conclusions . It has failed for steam purposes in a marine boiler , in comparison * with Welsh coal . So , too , BuTdwan coal will not for such purposes compete with English coal ; at Calcutta , the Chilian coal mines have not stopped the " $$ »•»•• 0 * Newcastle and Welsh ) -, Belgian coal , in a f " r ark «* **» France , has to give way to ours ; and ao , Uj various parts qf England , one coal has to give way to others fo * some purposes . In its own neighbourhood Kotreffcoal will i > e better able to bear comparison with English , aod will be turned to account , for local consumption , gas , steam-engines , and river boats ; in Kurrachee itself it will bo found useful for sea and river steamers when English qnallttes run short , and it is Ukel y to eome-into use for stationary engines , and many other purposes . The Kotree coal will burn , and wherever it can be brought In good condition , and at a fair price it will come into use , as many inferior coals do . The Ea » t Indian line is now bringing down considerable quantities of inferior , but cheap , coal from Raneegunge , for although Welsh coal will be found best for marine engines , binding coals for smelting , Cannel and torbane for gas , yet in the absence of these special coala , the coal of a district Is worked up for all kinds of purposes . A few years ago the ven < l of Burdwan coal was inconsiderable , and now , by the progress of en torprise , it has become of importance .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1858, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28081858/page/24/
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