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880 THE LEADER, [No. 440, At oub* 2«-|«,...
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SCINDE COAL. "We regret to leara by the ...
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TRADE OF SEVEN MONTHS. The trade tables ...
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AnncxKS in Excess m 1858. 1857. 1858.
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£ £ Animals—Oxen .....No. 5,661 9,134 44...
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EXPORTS IN JULY~DkclaRed VaLue. ——¦—¦—r-...
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AtmcLES' 1857. i858.
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Cottons, Calicoes, etc. 2,771,528 2, 7^9...
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The table already referred to of the com...
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Countries. 1857. 1858. £ £ Sweden „ 230,...
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Spain, the Italian States, the Austrian ...
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We must further notice that the excise r...
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Cashmere And Nepattl. 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 Jumtnoo and the other territories besides Cashmere . Although the papers are full of the loyal correspondence between Jung Bah adoor 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 old 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 Baliadoor , for some reason unassigned , made complaints to the Government against Colonel Ramsay , the resident at the Court of Nepaul , and the Governor-General , to oblige Jung Bahadoor , withdrew Colonel Hamsay , 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 Bahadoor 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 Katinandoothan Colonel Ramsay has , and though he has a garrison oT European invalids , and the population of that rising English settlement available for defence , he has made an application that when the arrangements of the army permit , at least two English battalions shall be quartered in bis 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 dominion in the Bengal Presidency , as Cashmere and the adjoining districts , Under proper arrangement , axe the keys of English dominion for the territories of the north-west .
880 The Leader, [No. 440, At Oub* 2«-|«,...
880 THE LEADER , [ No . 440 , At oub * 2 « - |« , « I
Scinde Coal. "We Regret To Leara By The ...
SCINDE COAL . "We regret to leara by the last advices that the coal from ILotree , in Scinde , does not turn put so valuable as was expected . It is a common brown coal found in the mimmuUte formation of nearly the same age as the chalk formation , and there is therefore no hope of its improvement by going deeper , as in the case of true coal found in the carboniferous formations as . A steam coal , although , it can be placed in Kurrachee i . t 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 . Frero , Major Goldsmid , Messrs . Stewart , Gibbs , Wood , and Juman . Tlie £ cindian reports that steam was got up about 9 o ' clock in the morning , and the steamer proceeded towards Muncra point , having a pressure of eight pounds on the boilers , and giving twenty-four evolutions in the minute . Owing , however , to the coal having been deteriorated by partial spontaneous combustion whilst lying in a Bbed at Keamaree , the power of the coal " was still further reduced . It was likewise splintered or shivered , and ran through the furnace bars .
It i 3 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 mot , however , be supposed that the coal is useless . This is jumping too hastily to conclusions . It has failed for steam purposes in a marine boiler , in comparison with Welsh coal . So , too , Burdwm coal will " ° fc for meil PurP 08 « fi compete with English coal ; at Calcutta , the Chilian coal mines have not stopped the shipments of Newcastle and Welsh "; Belgian coalin a
, fai * market in France , has to give way to ours ; nnd so , in various parts of England , one coal has to give way to otters for some purposes . In its own neighbourhood £ « ^\ " ,. wll } , b * better able to bear comparison with ii-ngllBh , and w > ll be turned to account for local con-JJXK' u «\ *™ - . en « ln « . « " ><» river boats ; tn Kurrachee itself it will be found ueeful for sea and river steamers when English qualities run short , and it is likely to come into use for stationary encinea , androanv other purposes . The Kotree conl will burn , and wherever it be
can brought in good condition , and at a fair price ft will come into use , as many inferior coals do . Tbo East Indian line is now bringing down considerable quantities of inferior , but cheap , coal from Rancegungo for although Welsh coal will bo found beat for marine engines , binding coals for smelting , Cannel and torbane for gas , yet iti the absence of these special coals , the coal of a district is worked up for all kinds of purposes . A few years ago the vend of Burdwan coal was inconsiderable , and now , by the progress of onterptUe , it bos become of importance .
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Trade Of Seven Months. The Trade Tables ...
TRADE OF SEVEN MONTHS . The trade tables for the seventh month of the year follow these remarks in the same abridged form that we presented them in to our readers oathe 31 st ult . They show that the imports in July , 1858 , were generally in excess of the imports in July , 1857 . The important exceptions are cotton—4-000 cwt . less in the month , but in the seven months , 1 , 300 , 000 cwt . more—copper ore , and palm oil , which in like manner are more in the seven months , while flax , hair , vret hides , raw and thrown silk , molasses , timber , tobacco , and wine are deficient aLike in tlie month and in the seven months . Cocoa , coffee , corn , hemp , jute , flax-seed , sugar—though a mere trine—tallow , 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 July was 5600 iu excess in 1858 . We must add that the computed value of the imports in six months of the principal articles , which is now given , was in 1856 . 1857 . 1858 . . £ 54 , 907 , 660 * £ 69 , 350 , 383 £ 58 , 068 , 399 Tins will give our readers an idea of tlie relative value of the imports in these years . It is , however , necessary to notice that there is another account of the computed real value of the merchandise imported in the sue months of 1858 , which seems to include the whole . According ; to it , the value of our imports in six months in 1 S 5 S was 09 ^ 77 , 1517 ., exceeding the account in the other table just quoted by 11 , GOS , 752 / . We could not suppose that 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 in even ? article except beer and ale , lace and patent net , leather unvrroughf , linen , thread , and yarn , steam-engines , wire , cast iron , seed oil , soap , stationery , and refined sugar . Tlie declared value of all exports in July , ISdS , was 10 , 903 , 997 / ., aganist 12 , 201 , 532 / . in July , lS 5 r—a decline of 1 , 207 , 535 / . In-July , 1857 , however , the exports were unusually large , 9 ,, 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 , 1856 , 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 , 1 S 58 , was upwards of 4000 more than in July , 1 S 57 , " . and 1 ( 5 , 000 more than in July , 1 S 50 . Our export trade is rapidly" extending from its restricted condition in the early part of this year , and our traders arc profiting by the experience of tlie 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 cxportations in the month arc most remarkable : — ^_ IMPORTS INT JULY .
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£ £ Animals—Oxen .....No. 5,661 9,134 44...
£ £ Animals—Oxen ..... No . 5 , 661 9 , 134 44 Sheep „ 20 , 698 31 , 772 Cocoa lb 054 , 025 2 , 189 , 229 Coffee „ 5 , 575 , 032 7 , 495 , 679 Corn , Wheat ..... qrs . 299 , 848 478 , 074 " Flour « wt . 107 , 110 468 , 731 Hemp „ 41 , 960 105 , 917 Jute „ 72 , 25 Ci 97 , 400 Tallow „ 69 , 567 93 , 458 Wool lb . 1 G , 741 , O 42 22 , 305 , 938 Articles Dkficient in 1858 . Cotton cwt . 752 , 282 748 , 257 Copper ore tons 11 , 210 10 , 350 Flax cwt . 270 , 295 159 , 001 Pftlrn oil „ 101 , 874 86 , 248 Hides , wet cwt . 67 , 812 61 , 248 SUk , raw lb . 898 , 826 270 , 268 Timber—Denis loads 187 , 605 123 , 812 " Not split „ 178 , 695 160 , ( 550 Tobacco , stemmed and unstommed lb . 8 , 156 , 807 1 , 875 , 078 w gig . 985 , 642 743 , 629
Exports In July~Dkclared Value. ——¦—¦—R-...
EXPORTS IN JULY ~ DkclaRed VaLue . ——¦—¦—r- : ~ — -
Atmcles' 1857. I858.
AtmcLES' 1857 . i 858 .
Cottons, Calicoes, Etc. 2,771,528 2, 7^9...
Cottons , Calicoes , etc . 2 , 771 , 528 2 , 7 ^ 9 , 550 g . ^"" ..::::::::::::::::::::: g « S | Haberdashery , & c . 4 « 8 SI 3 ^ 39 »^ r .: r .:: r .::::: r : JJK 2 K « ^ e :::::.:::::::::::: ° 5 S 5 ; ; & .:::::::::::: -fta jg : ™> ° ; ••••>• ¦ - 2 C 0 . 923 198 ^ 8 Woollens 482 , 499 458 580 Worsted stuffs tfsolso ? -JSSS Woollen yarn 302 , 656 S ^ SSS
The Table Already Referred To Of The Com...
The table already referred to of the computed ' real value of the merchandise imported into the kingdom in the first six months of 185 S , 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 . The total computed , value of our imports for six months was , in 1858 .... ; £ 09 , 677 151 There came from foreign countries ......... 56 , 44 <] , 885 British possessions 13 , 230 , 206 In the same year the value of our exports was .. ; ..,...................................... 53 , 407 , 804 Went to foreign countries 33 , 888 , 084 British possessions .................. 19 , 579 , 150 In tlie first six months of 1837 , the value of our exports was ..... .......... 60 , 826 , 381 Went to foreign countries 42 , ( 170 , 603 British . ]> ossessions .................. 18 , 155 , 778 From which it is plain that the decline in our exports is almost exclusively to foreign countries and not to our own colonies , taking them en" masse . To Victoria , indeed , there is a decline in the six months from 3 , 15 !> , 29 O / .,-in 1 S 57 , to 2 , 21 ) 0 , 405 / . in 1 S 58 . There is is also a decline to some other of ' our Australian possessions , but to . " Western and Southern Australia there is an increase . The decline in the exports is the greatest in the following countries : — DECLARED VALUE OF EXPORTS INT SIX MONTHS .
Countries. 1857. 1858. £ £ Sweden „ 230,...
Countries . 1857 . 1858 . £ £ Sweden „ 230 , 960 131 , 737 Norway 184 , 522 89 , 317 Denmark , | 370 , 04 1 ; 211 , 127 Hanse Towns ' 4 , 881 , 149 8 , 773 , 702 France ... 3 , 173 , 233 2 , 113 , 512 Syria and Palestine 4 l 6 , 300 J 270 , 136 United States ..... 11 , 591 , 536 5 , 752 , 920 Venezuela 214 , 271 116 , 280 Brazil 2 , <> 50 , 834 ; l , 792 , 071
Spain, The Italian States, The Austrian ...
Spain , the Italian States , the Austrian territories , Turkey , Persia and China , on the contrary , show an increase ; the last , from 594 , 487 / . in 1 ^ 57 to 006 , 983 / . in 1858 . This increase , it should be remembered , took place before the arrangement ot our differences with China , and while the war with Canton was in progress . It is probably due to the previous largo imports of the precious metals into China , wliicn showed an increase of wealth there , and greater means of purchasing in Mie people . In the crowing power of the countries which take a diminished quantity of our articles in the present , year to consume more hereafter there can be no doubt , though it may be sonic time before our exports to them , uguin reach the height of 1 S 57 .
We Must Further Notice That The Excise R...
We must further notice that the excise returns for six months are published by the Hounl ol Trade . According to them the quantities of excisable articles returned for home consumption in the past six months were as follows : — 185 G . 1657 . 1858 . Malt , bsli . ... 24 , 514 , 847 26 , 075 , 770 27 , , M & SpiritB , gin . ... U , 2 G £ , 265 11 , 742 , 258 11 , 500 , 913 Paper , lb . ... 80 , 940 , 070 92 , 063 , 488 80 , , « fi »
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1858, page 880, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_28081858/page/24/
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