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THE TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1877. STOCKS and RAILWA Tand OTHER SHARES, TjtOTIXa UOHtE SQCAXI, Tuaadav Kvenlns Tito rut monthly scttbment in Consols is fixed lor tth I JiftUf and the next fortnight! settle ment in ataiiway mocks, oreign liondt, itc. cegms on Apru iu ana ends on April 1 securities a arc subject la freaaent fluctuations i In the iMtlft for Cncusu atrrjtmia. vvaewsoiarnea at jaot yoj. nnj roes cloeiog at VljJ WJ r.edueed and Kew Three per Cents.

aUo improtrd ItoU la Ooumat BoXDS, New Zealand (Consolidated) fsll to 101 103. Bumwi ILiilw A rlaa tj (. T.i, ii in CaledonUn to 11 12CJ North British to sthj, tS, each In Great Weatrrn to 1031 1031, London end 1 ri.kton (OrJioujI lo la) 1, ditto IJL) to iorj, end South lias tern lA to ll.V Uti and 4 each la lireet Ulra to 51 Mf, London, Chatham, and LVrver tUvdmery, to 20 20 J. Louden and North astern toI7J 148. A alt at in Midland to lSSf.

CstrtD Sttm, Coioxiat, axo roaiics Railways lVicnL A fall of 2 in Illiaoia ii 1 Pf a trl tOrdmsry) 5 Cgaad ditto (IWervocc) to nee or in DUirt aad Hudson Canal Bond to 89 5L 1 fiil of 1 Hhh "mim iiuason luvtr INiuti lo VS TH aad I each In iHtto tilnrt. I (Shares) to 40, 41 j. and Philadelphia and Leading Improvement Mortgage) to 74 75. TlIurat A dm of lo AngUAmerican (B) to SG ii Tv. vurcunarj to ij, ditto I A) to i la Direct veiled fctetes tol li A fall of la fcaetera Lxtcn aiooto7 7i.

10RK1QN GoTXMtXEXT SECC1UTII3. Aa adraoeaof 1) each In Austrian Kentee (Silver) to hi 67 and Turkish lb oath In Atutriaa Ream ifapcr) to 1 ISaeoo Arret (1S70) to 6C ditto US73) to CI TurU.h (18711 to 30 1 UangarUa (Six per 2S73) to 8S SUtto (1874) to oi. numae u.f wweo, aaa UIM (191 jr to 84 Hi; each in ditto (1871) to 83 ditto (1K3) to 85, UnnsarUs (1873) to C1J, Lcrptla Rantee (Ttrea tr Cent) to TSJ ft, ditto (Rt per Coat) wxui wia iiauaa to ana iurnun (lot,) to IZt eadj la aiUJ HUtrn (Fiuided) to 1071 101. A fall of 11 CroiuTtoS4 2S. 1 Paku IxJCKSZ.

To dij 3 13 p.m. price are compared with thoM at 3 13 p.ia. yafterday Rente. Threa per Coat, for moojr.72f. a ri of 5c; ditto, for the account.

72f. 82c. a riae of like: ditto. Fire per for mooer. 107L 00c a riae of 10c ditto, or the ao cousv vmu ixc a ruo oi lzc taliaa Mr per Cent, 72L 'it afaUof 1721.

60c a nae of It Sic; Aattrian Ranway. 403f. 79c. riae of If. SSc; ouea uanai.

vji. ve. iau of IL Ottoman Hank. S78f. 75c a fall of If.

15c Tnrkiih Kt per Cant, 12f Sc a fall of Cc; IVruTian Six per 18L 25c a fall or 12jc: Spuxiah Three Cent, Uf. 0c a fall of Cc; Ecjrptui. 7fc a fail of If. 21c ditto, Umaed, 180C fall of It 25c Market firm. The foUowuc ara other chanrea recorded in the Official Liit up to 3 jxta, la Bassa London aad San Fransiaoo roaoi to 111 121 bat Midland fell 4 to 6 6 tirem.

la mscxXLASIOC, an adranos ot la Clucaro Sflrer lo aad ia Extheqner Gold and bilw toll 2i. A decline of 1 in Cenoral Minlsc to 3 4 and i each la Arranuaa so 440. an tuciiauMMt Coneoudated to 6j oj. Ia IXSTRASCX Companiea' aharea. Commercial Union improved to 14 14 pram, la as, ara receded itoSft.

la tVATIiWoaKS. at lmAn ArA It imra Grand action 1 to 7 St, and South wars and Tauhall 1 uc 11a. In UucELIAXZors, an Improremeat of 2 in Thanii Salphnr and Copper to 2Z 24; leach in City of Qoabeo r. aauomo (senp) to lot i each Indiarabber, Cstta Percha, and Talecraph Works to Z3J, and rreriDcaal TraiDwtyi to 10 lOl and i in 17 18. AMI oT lln SpaniahKa tional Laoda llortate to C5 C7 and la Telijrapa Con Stocks aad aharea marked thui () hare paid' so uiiiutuu iuc io uaii jean ana upwara.

BEIT18H TTTSD3. nntaidadta. Oook PriaM. BaabMnaone. JasAJmlri S6HW 14 1 ApUOS tpt Cent.

lUteeol 0 fcT. 4 indiax ooTEtsmnrr BEctnunxa. JaaAJalrt Iadia tttwk, Jair. uu lawitoiOTii leett aS.Oocj wi UT4Tnttvmrt Oot.1 Basket Kax. Mt, a TiA lua.

beef Wat3V er eaab Stoat lal lCnUolSl 101 BaieeBaUeCUOctooet rtnilf rimlmul la the OOtOSlAL OOVZKXUSXT MCCEITIXS. to.4p.e. tHeo WRSOOSw booth WiH ItOlSM jy.iii iu 10S.X Braised. Hone. Ml UT J.SS1.W Id 102 8n nliU lSU li.

T.000.SN Tlowrta. laSJiV UJ 114 hCilO 111 ..6 tW.0M iwu 1H4m roEraox STOCKS, laocta. IsCteklVu. aJTmBiw. isst tperent.

SS lM.rBh.WorU71,t.a, 17 BoimctMrorai. 1 Jl Jbaakias.UU,4eaiit. CT lJa.lAarcaav to lJ. 1871. Swmt.

BaaMArna.lSHtB.et. tS Da.llot.lMreKit. ii JJ, inn ar Mat. MIX ills. Anormnt.

IS', i CfcUUa, iSt Ip east. le, 1M, ir eaaa Iolt71.pwon. 42 fi lul 104 1(8 II eS 41 I7V4 5kM(a KJca. 1(11. 4 pn east.

11 Do, U74 MA I.aK.a, mA.Ip 71 Wo, 11,1 per esot. Ii nil or. OaoK aTXtsa, last. 7 ear eatM 9 51 tl 7fstio(. ...14 Ji Xta, 13,7 per eaib SI tl lxiltTA Jjworm.

ta saji Ko, Vaia4Ieet.art..: ST l.Ua.i.a.prs.ea. 40 41 Qaaa.U24HcXM,tBwa. 14 tM.Uui0Ba 4 Boodsisa Uert. San. Loan, IhYI, 14 per earn.

4 Ho.lt5.lfirBBt. 2 4 41 (3 IksinilMaal. i II lta. U71.Ttuut. I IT uu T.

aa. at 102 1M JaMa.ljlD.1 parasua, lul 104 Do. UR 7 peroral. 103 105 la.lTAIparet. (per east.

IS Uv 5i la, JacUKi alS Timiia. lta, Imt etarl. 13 fo.lKu4Mtrat. TS 11 jjq, iKa, i par omv 41 twaait. IS Ixx.Aaa.

lj 99 a. 14 8S tWdiataa. It 40 apsshmJka7l34.7M2 7 lli liy la.uakatrnr MUJ VI PS awoiaa uotv. lMtuM. 4 189 1U6 lj 1ML.U74.

Tmrnh. 1454. cant. 44 ia IB, (per east. 11 14 1C 14.

4 cent. UV4 1M Ia.tMaXMs US US Uo, IXi. m.i wu 14 laiaiaaialaA4pLa Id 104 2 Jsi rH ueUo haCiltka. XIK 1 awa ia I a74 14 Da. Uba, Ilia a.

Maiaa 1UU.4 lka, U7 tpareaatk. pUji per earn. ua, U.A tjvrreaat. ..3 i ia J4 24 Vaan.ria.UitViaA I a i 14 11 14 arraaX UantUdUara. (as, 4i 41 AaatU SS tWu rapaT.

41 lunaa. ax 2 I il! 44 lerKr. AUUUCAS iroCXJL 4a 04. C.Rta. U4 4ollIw JAM.

Do. 4i0 rra. radlisS ilA Uk'i 4A44. Jaiaia7U4.3H 4.i4in iot4i9 iAsp.e..ioi io JaJA. Ie.reaaCiaatt9attl 104)4 4aOClaaiaa Lama, 117.

IS 4S Jaa. tio, par east, la 4a KWt MaaaacbaZttTl a. at! ..101 131 VTri. Ia. raa, ..104 104 fTO let HU.

ri. 107 JJJ. .,104 1ST "trru. Wtlala awe. 4 as a.

ueejrsa44jlca 41 44 tt Wfaatx eeepoaa. Jaaaaq. WX. to sly. 1P4.

aataalaatra. titBCTURX crocra. uc; I TMaaa. kf lUZTll 10 1070 147H 0 Uf 1)1 lijj iS iSS v. Vtrf IS7V MS t4Wa4.4par ease 104 wWT 7.1044 JS iftSa3aMa4iLal l8I osontAXT tHAaxa uro arocr BaOvara I eXSeok Tit.

Baataaei (oaa, 1M Beilfnrd Kerthamn. ton. rie'rmt toll" 1 Cal4ueaa Urn. l2S ia4 100 Do.UrtarraJ.Kal 11 14 Att Ooraa all I'A VH IM aaat tooiloa rUs 1 11 1M larwM 1H 14 130 lUw i Waat 114 112 lit! Oraaltaatara S0i il 1 1414 100 H.Nan. at Bootlasd II 41 100 ttnet 2urUaara 17 la im Kami ia ia 100 Do.K 141 14 iw Gt.

a i itni la in 100 tl.Wfct. Ona.OrU. IWA 1M Laa aad Yorkahlr 1J7S 1MC IM Uiariac(LlrLor. 144 141 ltt Lna.Unikt.aa.Cki. tmtiaaiT 1J04 1J0U 100 Its, Prataml 1M 1JS Loa.Cbat.a l.

Kn. aoI aoft atoaer. VSKti K4 12714 iao ian4 7a IIut'TI us4t; 55 W. 8 Wart.ln lu ieA.TUo.!loata. ill 44 109 Maaobsaur.

HaaC a Uaowtaabm TJ T4'( 100 lot. 4 ina liki Do. iMrrred tN 4041 I06tt lJ4 1J0 lu.rnml ..111 1J4 JOB Datariwl (.. Tl II IX MunipoUlat, Duv ct 44 1U9 att4WL CwiM. rrwurtrr IM 12S54 100 uuilkAua LiO lij K10O 'rtk HMMl, i ff.

L.at, Oasaala1 lMt4 13 Kartk Looauu 141 141 Nurth SlaSurvlaalra. 1141 Knjnuwr 17 SO aiUouilura Vnkm 7JS4 Uft BVaaanat aad Donat 7 Kouta (4 4a bduta Eaatara 177 tt ..117 lJ Do. IMarrad IIS UI D. 1 lanaa ..14 11 EUlan WoklDaaam. asdWsklac 77 TaB VaU Jtl 304 IS 24 Wbitbr.

Kadcar. aaj MWOMbro' Union. 2a 30 (at A rooairaa no dindsod aaU par cant, par annoa (vlth If anil ka aaaa bald B. (M DelrneJ reorlrlaf no dlrldenJ utn I pa nae baaa paid Frafad. PRETEJCCXCE KUAKE3 AXD STOCKS.

KaUwara. 1 o'clock frtaaa mum dona. Acooaat. i Paid. Vac.

libeff. It Line. 4a a i rlcranoo lto I 133 K.lirit.Ooa.4B.a Sal 102 104 151 104 2. K.andQ. ..141 13 1W Do.WsaIIartiepool 102 104 ..10 Wrra DiriDcxse Oovtmuciit okthi Paorm or Xaob hxta 130 O.tultdjia'Otl 104 1U4 luO Gr4.

Waatara Ooaa. 100 Ian. and VurUalia, 1174 12J 125 130 Loo. Brtfhtoa. aa, Ooa.

e. 121 123 109 Loadou, Chav. Ac. i ttZJ2.n i par ewL IS 127 ISO Man. 8hr.

and lis, IU 115 I Do. I p. a. 1174 iu paa. 109 KKiland, p.

a Coo. IVpatealftef. 124 12S PaM. 1 o'UVx ITloaL Aa Atlanta a St Las. 100 tolOl UoocaJ ..102 104 130 tto4Mt.Dh.lS3l lai 100 Boasbar, W.

aod a a a. Ill tr All BaBalo A L. Uoroa 4)4 Vil 107 12414 1 1M54 12; 1K fi? 124X14 130 Da.Jp. pt 6 4S PC ttoodJ 44 Boutbern. lit MorVl parcaok 45 SO tue lia Indian, a I a a.

IK ltt 103 Uraa4 Trunk Uaoada 1)4 All Da. Kqaie Mort. bda.leaarrtlp.cl01 132 AB Do. 24 do. 42 All Do.

lt n. atoc Jbjt 27 ptn. atoca zjs 24) 139 Do.4p.ap. 70 100 120 AJi; UL Wast. Canada 47 7)4 All Iatarnat.tirlda.4aa Mart.

CeadslaUier. 101 1CJ All Do. I P.O. Id ttanaa 101 131 109 Do. 4 par eeab.

1IU 106 139 MadraarrACanal.f.SlC lJ5)4 am Jtnaantaiirwiru, aa All Jlid.of Canada. I pa. BMrunc iai Man 7 a Kgrln. eC Oauada. 4 aa lai Prat.

Bonds j(n 109 bo. 2d )f at.Ext.a4 p.a.rsaay N. OI Cajaada ..8840 Da SaalnaattM. 111 eudariinlilfca i u.i U4 US UK 1U54K54 Do. 5 a ec.

nkaraa 1 4 Boots Winced p.c 114 114 1U 100 000 Do. 4 ...131 All Bt Laeraac. 4 Otta.l pLaovrautkaatai at la AH TaWlaala Lwe vti map.a 41 AS Toronto, (Sier. and Jlraee KaU. of Csa tM.IW.&k TO All ITalllnafain.

tirar and avaoaa.efvaa.a 73 71 taj 1 lo 1,480. ZIM 1,171 to 2.U9, SO. U4SJ U4" Paid. Rail wan. AU AatoaroaKoUardam ao to 11 a nanniB, rraa aia a ii Zlii All Kalglan aaat.

1 All 110 aosoee Ajras uraat Boat barn ILJ 12V 111 Da.4p.aDab.Stk.lU 111 Dn Azol xtrall.l trU All Boaoos Arraa A aada ran ILL 7 per sal Beat aharaa TU TU AH Oaatral AiskUtm 0 1 isaraaiaw I n. as. 13 1334 All OaaUat Unwuaj of 15)4 174 An CodUm i. ti JS All DaaaO'c Wlt.a)acp 1V AU Do. Katniaraq 14 14, M.JfS iAa.aa.

PURXIQA. OUoct mean, atana. Aaeoui, 1 1 1 4)4 4 'wK II 17 Ad nVAran.ai.ua7pa All LubaraHkacaJaaar, cna. Tp. a (L AH Um tluuitad) All MaUoan L) nwnur and Uara.

a. MLparaoaaa 10)4 11 all Xltam aHratahaU ill H.taal.l pcj.alp 132)4103)4 All S.ot b. Ajtm raar. 7p.c.. I 10 AH lo Drf arrad IU Hi 100 Do.

I p.c Dab.Slk. 47 100 All UUO. IHaurraa Aldta) 2S4 3 AU rrr Urt ituk Sm. ILii lil 100 Bacit. a B.

rrauaiaso lllm.Lru.Iaa S7U. tM All Korai aardiulaa Ad Do. Irafataooa AU EojraX awWMUl All DO. 7 P. A Beaters sou Do.SSr.a Dabst.

IU IU Btarrna a I aaaa ha OJ Ita.a,aaaf.. IT YS AH S.Aaaulaa All 2120 All Varna 1)4 1A All Wauriaadan a 7 1. ji do. name i i AMIBIOAir. TVum boa us ajrp gaaaia.

BaOevra lo'Uock Jtlraa Basil ktonal lUortjnaaoitoLiOUln, un Auan. a Ort. Waatrn. In ,5 Do, 2d Meet, JJ.0OO I I fwa. 3d Morv 3)4 4)4 Do.lAMrt.flialO.rU.

Ii II Da. 24. ciuo ..4 1 Da. 3d. ditto IZ alt AUantic tttauav.

Ohio Do Ooaa. BnbJ rvA aa i BaL a Potoaua Jatala tlna as a H.O. aa VI lie fTtiBn.il In ar.wa aa Oesnmlet atsvJerstf Ooa. nloruaie (l tt Oaot. I'acalta ot CaATra.

Ia4 orV rii4booua.p.a 42 44 Do Land Orant Haavda aa Detroit a MilwaukaalMMt, 30 43 7. iovorv ao 40 IMaarsre a Undson Canal Hoatla, 7 par 84 Ji ttU 41U0 aoaras aio. rreieraooe Eaersa II II Do.OooTarut4aUotd Bds. 3437 Da asoa.Truac.U.Taa 11 Caiwaton a ttamsbare 72 74 imaoH uentral, aiw snares 43 4 LetuibVal.tocMan.,tna. II 13 ManattaaUiLkj.

ltd aAnaaa, a lazaa. lat Mora. Oaa OoM Bda. 4141 Xrw York Oautral A Had eon tursr Mort. ttoaoi U2K im ..1244 Orrfoo a Capiat ULTp.c 2421 vewa nnoian oataatasla, aaaona.

2527 Peaatrlraala. SaO 40 41V4 aaa, ua auarsfaaa, auv Ml lo. Coo. Btnklaf fund 12 44 Pan. a KaaJlnr 4S0 Sasrsa 1114 rldaa TJnion Pentne land OraoL S4' 134)4 4 W)4H 41)40 1st MarUara 1 eiar aant.T IT aa TJ.

PaOtSlaaUMa4t.ln.c 101)4 182)4 1S2)4 dOrsat We Bixaujia BoaMV aas. SS toll Laasad Llaaa nanaalTraaa It 42 Da, 1173 II II ua aeesesn rTTaosion. a as lo. rma or Krta KaJUva 36 40 ilataaoea and Ohla 4 lOtti atmi Do, I par eeat, 1902 1C4H 107), ..13714 Da. taw Cairo and Villain saa 7 B.

a 3432 alaago and Alton LOena. Ctcaeo kj adaoak. 1 IforV CUr.Oolnatit 'iadlaa; aasllaOaav karklal tk B9 T2 aw av.Maet..T an wtUooctntsOia Da. I 5t S8 Da. Id Ooajlort.

W4 74 daft Mi II Traa, OaniL 3414 111)4 W4.aU waaiA aterJSaf Iat laaa eartareaT. AMtCAXa rxjuojia Boiraa IOoatmaa.1) KaQean. ka oClaak Priaaa. Honar. MtUoM 5 to Dlloou, kc llrl lrt.

1st Ml 94 Do, 2d Morv.1 par eaat. UU UlnuMal.Bnk.rsJpa. 13 II Do. I tor asuv. ISSa 101 133 Do.

per oral. Iao Lrki(b, VaUarOuc MotV. "Ardaaraeut, PI' fl LoolaadU aNaabT.t p.a.. 17 tt Mass. aad UbleKlM Ma IT.

PI MUaaaka aad a. Iaal. 1st Mart. 7 par east. 12 11 N.VeMkCUaavtaKall.4p.ea.

'41 13 Jt.Yoratal.aUadaoa aUrar Mort. "artaOanl.lr.CaMt.(pe 1414 faaanaUau.lurl,7Ka,.lJ7 lul rwla aad Daoaior. 2S 35 Ptonailrnate. tiaav. Mort, lp.a,l10 103 104)4 134 Coa.

tunklna Paad Pertlom.Oou.ltrt.Uttn. 73), rail. kc. 4 p.e, 1911 41 IbU.a.aw let. Mark.

rsua. UU 4 Uel 101 133 to aa paid in halladal. I par rant, ..101 133 Tiiii. A kr le Use Mort. Pranajlra.

lull. 14 81 17 Pbilsdal. aod Kaadtnj aaa. Ooa alortiaca. I p.a ..9195 Da, lmproraenact Mort.

1475 14'; Do. Oaa MorvJI74 ..5464 Pl'taourf and Uoaballirllle loo. Mart. ..121 102 Souls Alabama Bonds, 4psroaaL 8111 8LtiU raal.lstMl,Jp.c 4112 ualon Pactae nail, aitaaba Brkljre, I per 19 101 Uaitaa Arw Jeter. KsTLsad laaal.

I par caoi. 1M 108 Do, I per cent, 1901 lutt 104 OBUOATIOXi BuahMMdooe. 1t. 3 o'clock Prices. Monrjr.

AoeouoL patou Indsa, rusr. 4 13 MIS ..83 Maaa.an.CUaa 0.klorvli4. 7 per eaut. 4550 ..45 MuaoowJaroalaw, xuar. by Kaaeta.5p.a 8588 ..17 OtfaMnaa lauif r.

la ILflni a pw earn. 39 39 IW.Urat ViUuak. 5 II 13 2 Booik Austrian, 3 pa cent. I rt, 5 1S boutk Italian, I par cant. l', fa JD4 )4 Paid.

Batika Aluanos tumllad) HAS Kb. la Uvea Prloak 11V. rut UK t), aiiaw.ca7IWt.Mt.W 11 111. Aaaio roriu. tt (u ly die.

llaasarnMi 3W 4 Alajlo lUllau. lklSILI I 4 Haul of Ausualaala 8082 114. Ot llrit. UulauiUa 23 24 Do. 1 2 Iiiot Constaatuaupaa 3 a Bans ot trpt 30 32 Uauk of 4 liana of a.

Australia 41 41 xiaasoc iicwrtaaaa 4 1 saws aire sVsaisnd 24)4 254 MrlOiortn amarloaa 42 a4 Can uai ut Luudoa 2 2)4 Uoiind.Aaa.xCldua 20 2M Utaruu. Mora, of lu Cnlna 28)4 23,4 car ..14 iil Colonial to Coca. Bns. of Alex. Ul 2)4 tlnnaolidalad luaw 3ft aasJSuk.oflLJsu.aii lv aCpto.I kaai.noaLaAaa.Uuar.

25 2tt fra.Aa7a.javatiBL 4 1 bat Uana Uurpura 33 22 Imperislibmitaot ll ..17 laparlsl Ottoman 4 5)4 Ionian 24 Do. Saw 3 2 Ale. IaodMrt.otlaJlaA.1 3)43 dla.I' Do. I p. Dab, 94 190 Looaou acu Msuoa AAungauul 1110 Do.

atav I LnLUkrid. of AaatrL 2121 Loauoa end Ooaiilr 42 43 E2 Loc Hsn saue U.I HL par Londoe 48)4 49A London eol rwr. 7 laaaalalUlIU 14 Da. lees' IV 12 LouC ka Alraan 11 V. Loo.

a Waatcra tU Msr.Bnk.of RIT.PL 2 3 Mercaaul Uluutadv 4 7 Meuupobtaa, A 8. 8 Do, tk) 1 2 Mbllaial gbniudj hatloual 73 75 KatoaLvf AoatraUaU 7 1 I Jaauoaalot Jaawlaa 1LI par 14 now atonsr. Aeoounk tz)4 tlma.ll tn a. NsarSoulk Wawa 57 54 n. usv.

iubl), ua ai 4read2paia par Ortautai Bank 4t)t 45 4514 Proatnaal of Inland 43 Ii 33 35 Bl.anertt at Britlab An Colon of 43 li Union ot London 41 42. ..414 41544 Anstrlao paper sunaner. raosirea no dlrKlaad tutu p. a kaa baaa paid to A. mrimif.

lirn tnvrrnv wim. a. a uoek mosa All Colorado Terr. Lode an TJinulut, 1 1)4 All riasstaa lUauladl 2 a 3'A 11 as. Cbaooe adrsr Mlnlua nr fTlak ft a An Kew LJnabrada 0.1 4 4)1 All kraZaalsnJ ksanta uauiuianaov Zft All JtwaeL 4st 1 Cou.panr (ueuisoj H4 Ti All Bio Tinto 0.L 4 p.a (4 (4 AU nansHaUasuVLMln.

tf is maar ureas, iS7a 7K a BCjekadalivrjlUai 23U 280 HI 4'4K TEE INDIAN FAMINE. isy C4 PalX Companiek 1 e'Uloea Prloas. Monsr. i Anjlo Aiurrtoan 0J UWlo t9 59 Do, Pral arrad 45 1 11 AU BraiUUB eanniar, 0J 64 4 All Cuba Ihuvl 9AT fti iu pa rrsc li u. Direst Bpanlab (Urn.) 1 1 Do.

luu.a rtet i 4 'TJiraaaUaaaOauU 1L1 ll 1M All kaatsra I 7a. DOs. I PC Da .113 111 All Do. Inc. Prsar.

13' IU V. All 2a.kU.Aaa(l.kUU.(I. 7 All Do. aauab, l7a 104 109 All Oenuaa UalaLAlT. 4)4 10 Ail Globe Tslea.ariLUI 4v 6)4 iuya.

MadUarran. kxtc DJ 2 do. I p. ot. V), 10 ST4 IOTA 5 An Ad Brutar ilU ..1213 oaomsnaa ..225 235 242 VtsllndiaaPsnaina 3 Do.

I ac 1st 4 Daw2dPrsf. 44 1 Waaun.aKnalUana, 5 5 Do. I aa Den A It All DclaCDak. "ir'al AU Westa.l'aofU.B.Tpe im isora saxios ivy 111 Do. 6p.a uu.

lloda 4 tal DeiarTed rasainnf bo dlrUeod until I cant hat IKS17RAKCE. panlaa 3 Utoc. mesa 04 XstrtOaband llei 47 41 ..48 OoBBaaiaa. 3 oX3oek Prloaa IW All Xsnoasa llvto 13)4 ImpL UmttiieBtai 84 51 V.K1 AU MouWrldeo (liBiteai 14 20 19 racsnu, iiatiiiaiiiaj lln 112 DOCKl Oompaaisa. 3ClocPricaa atoner.

East aod West India 129 toUl yewe. oaoes. iui 10s Raul 105 10 LoadASLaTstkarlna 7174 Do.Dab.B4oca,4o.a 103 lu6 MlUwaa 17 90. Do.5papar.pt 114 117 Southampton 7779 aatrer 124 121 415 14 5 l)4e4a Veea paid to Keatr. Aosoank TIT 103 71 (rxoat ocb owx ooizistoshzst.) CALCUTTA.

Feb. 23. Some weeks ago, when the. famine in Bombay began to aiiama a seriotu upect, the Sapreme Goremment called npoa the local aathoritie to faroikh a complete reriew and forecast of the sitoa tion. The Bombay Government thereupon, issued a series of questions to the officers in charsra of the is tressed tracts.

Their answers. triTinu foil statistics of 93 sub diTiaionj of nine districts, hare sow taaen submitted to the and occupy orer 100 pages in a Gazette Extraordinary published this morning. The GoTeromtait of Bombay, while forwarding those reports, desires to guard itself against their beinj accepted as absolutely accurate, inasmuch as they were crerwed in great haste, and in difficult circumstances, by officers whose tints was already very fully occupied. iney may, However, be saielv taken as a very close approximation to the truth. arery reason to baliera that we may soon be able to predict the chxntTence of a famine years bo fore the erent.

During a recent visit to 3Iadras the Director General of Statistics, Mr. VT. W. Hunter, was led. by some ingestions which fell from the Goretn ment Astronomer, ilr.

Pogson, to think it poeaibla tbattheruirilallof the Southern Presidency might vary in a striae uf rtularly recurring cycles. Acting on this idea, and taking th.3 recorded rainfall 18L5r tlio 7r to which the records go back he found that, with one exception, each eleventh Year, cotwtin? hiflrwaprla f. idrit terixea by a marled deficiency of rain. Theeo "a Ui. who 7 eleventh years were 187C, 1843, dl821.

It at once atmck. him thTt three out oi t' these vears were followed lmmadiaielr br mat meal la two dsn. and tk. J7 oaa fatninea the drought of 1832 by the amino of to bej for food. Dnrta, tl 1833, during which 200,000 persons perished in the lff7 ratiVmea tkhi it2Z r.T.

J. It VTJIZ. aae, and of eoaras the kaowlnd vittawho bare reutaml into ttetots liaf Thi. famine diarrtcaa. ny nedieal aothiac mora than tiTpfcyailoHeaJ StJ aotrttot.

the body. tL bod btia to be aaaoited, aad after VtimaMr ocoo, membra tb, atafe' what is called aloeratioa of tho ialitJaakki starred very badly before this ibrZHUU" tonrr Tsrr run n. fe ltT rr' sue aoio oaa 1 teUI single Alsdras district of Guntoor the drought of 1805 by the Orissa and North Jladras famine of loW and tho arought of 1876 by the famine of the present year. In there was a cyclone brinzinz with it an abnormally large fall of rain. In 1821 and 185 them was a deficiency of rain, bat there is Th9 nine districts for which figures are riven are all it rii 1.

I swig uwuawu. lnev exxena irotn the Satpura MonnUins, north of the Taptee River, to the extreme south of the PresidoncY. Thevdo not include Coliba and Ratnigiri, where there haa been some failure of crops, but not such as to cause anxiety. Their total area is 51,355 square miles ineir population. 7.9G3.')27.

area of 33.8T3 square miles, and a population of persons, are more or less atfocled by the drought and if the tracts in which half the crop has been saved are to be considered as famine stricter, then tha affected area and population will be 41,251 and iiovw reapecuveiy. An examination of the rainfall of the past season in 8(5 sub divisions gives the following results mere was a full rainfall in four su di visions three fonrths in 14 two thirds in 12 onj hilf in 26 1 cne third iu 21 one fourth in 8 and one neventn in JU uuc tnis BUtement nrei an nndriiv favourable impression, for in many places the rain 1 an wss not only scanty, but also unseasonable, and therefore did no eood. It is satisfactory to find that the report as to the pruporuons ox crops saveu is more larourablo than was estimated in November. The mlwlivisinns are grouped thus There was a full avercre crori in six sub di visions three fourths in 7 two thirds it. one nau in ono tnird 18 one fonrth in 8 one sixth in 5 and entire failure in 21.

The returns show thst the loss of revenue will probably be less than was at one tlm ulimtacL renaissions for the current year are not likelv so esiarcu vol 11 IS, OI COOTSe, possible that there may be a further loss in 1877 78, in consequence of the impoverishment of the ryots. The mortality of cattle, in which the Bombay dis tricts are especially wealthy has been very great, chiefly in Ahmednuggor, Sholapore, and Kaladgi. Butlarue numbers hare been driven svir to ac ceaaible pastures, and the Bombay Government hopes that the loss may be, after all, not so seriotu as is feared. The water SUPolv is said to be sntiaf t.n rr in rA sub divisions. In 31 others considerable expense has been incurred in making new or improving old wells, and other remedial measures.

Prices showed a sadden rise near tha m'MU of November, followed almost immediately by a rapid fall. They have narer risen to the level of famine prices, a fact, which is chieny, if not entirely, attributed to the extraordinary activity of private trade. The famine, aays the" Government, is not so much one of food as of money to buy it with." The number of persons who have emLrrated' amounts to 671,405, or about 135 per cent, of the affected population. The necessity for driving cattle to distant utnres has had much to do with no information as to the crops and prices of those So far this mLfht be a mere coincidence, although a sufficiently stairtling one. But Mr.

Hunter vent further in his investigations. lie found that in the year immediately, precedinj, and the year immediately following each 11th year, there was a rainfall greattr than in the 11th year, but still far belotr tho average. Taking, than, the two years immediately before and the two immediately after the 11th year, he found that their rainfall was stil' greater and, on a careful examination of eacn a six cycles of data, was discorered period of greatest rainfall between to two 11th years. The following statement shows the cycle of rainfall of Madras in periods of two yesrs, according to Mrv Hunter's calculations 1 Eleventh year of: preceding cycle aretage rainfall. 3713ln.

first aad second years ef cycle vit 1SCC 1867, 1SK 18M, 13H I8A 1833 1334, 1823 182J aretaxe ralo fail, 42 031n. tuird and fourth years of cycle 1663 18C9, 1837 lo33, 1845 1847, 1833 1S36, 1824 1823, 1S13 1S14 svers rslnf alL 4Wm. fifth sad sixth years of cycle 1870 1871. 1839 18G0. 1848 1837 1838.1 1S23 182T, 1815 1816 averaxo rainfall, 54 tUin.

eoreaUi and eizhth years of cycle 1872 1873, 18C1 1S2. 1S30 183I, 183y lS45. 1828 182). 1817 1818 av4Taze rain fall, 52 ninth and tenth years of cycle tit, 1874 1873, 1863 1801. 1852 1853.

1841 1842. 18JO 1832. 1819 1820 arerags rainfall, 43 eleventh year of cycle 1876, 1865, 1854, 1843, 1832, 1821. average rainfall. 37 0310.

General averaga of the 04 years, 1813 to 176 This statement makes it clear that darinz the C4 years from 1813 to 1876 the rainfall of Madras did reach a minimum every 11th Tear, and that it gradually rose till it attained a maximum about the mtn and sixth years of each cycle, when it again gradually declined to the minimum. Another statement makes tho matter even more apparent; it displays the cycles of 11 years in groups, ana is given oeiow Croup A. Average of the 11th years, 37 tXHn. Averar of the remaining tea years of the cycle of the 1st. 2J.

3J, 4th, fith, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th yeari 49'44ia. Groap li Avers re of the 11th and the trecedini and following year the 1st, 10th, and 11th yeanl OTSia. Averaseof the remaininx eight years of the cycle (ix. Ow 2d, 3d, 4th, 5ta, Cth, 7th, 8th, and 9th years) 60 0 lib. Groap C.

Average of tho 11 ta and the two preoodlog aod following years (it tha 10th, 11th, 1st, and 2d yean of the cycle) 4l58is. Arerags of tha remaining six years of the cycle (Cc the 3d, 4th, 5th, Cti, 7th, and 8th yeart) 204in. Group D. Arerige of the 11th yiar, and the three proceeding 'aod three following years (tc the 11th, J.Utu, irtb. out, 1st Zd, and 3d yean of tho cjxls) to OOin.

tag nanaee, and of coarse the kaowIedM of V7Tt.r Toaaaaa onwtt. Pox and ha stad inU TL. I la convenient nomben. Tho pourlrofened Si aad aaphasard relief to bring tjW, as it gave taen, tbeir liberty, rtaliVdd as the anjount of food given oat was too Votara. ople aad tw exkaasud tbrir uTLt aboat from oc rrW noos.

to aootbrr. wHUtU ckS2 land bat badlyl tST The Government of Ksdns are pertrcnJarlr forta. nato la hariag the serricas of aaoSr lSitWWrjSat tbe Commi iooar of rc4i. wtca. UforffiS arsofaa ancomaton order.

Cadar tble rmtUtaan! eotaaVllv. aU the tanJne relief p. are doingVa hallina, SSata! popalatioa tho tows, wbieb Inelananl WUyfwfof paopU lire from haadtt toriZ Jtas beeaaendden infinx of vaiaxerTTlriinrtisr from 20. Eat in'acLi, of the aamber of psofle who hare cocas toare tjt lire. As fast as the an raC lTS 7 Paid.

Oompan7. iw WATERWORKS. 3oClocrrioaL Xoaar. Aeoount ..155 W1U 15C Bon LoAXa sun Ttcm uompaniaa utoca rnoss. Uoner.

Aeooant AnaRteaalamrLlYst CeitiSoaias, 1st Isa Ct to 12 Anck. Usrtnar Board I a 10S 107 Bostoa Oitr IU.I..I5 10T io. 1302 ..104104 Do.Sp.e,lt93 lot Cltj of A oca. 4 p. ct.

101 104 viirot nnaoansiuca 7jo.Ib.cII 101 ClVof ton IstPrat lUntartoiJpalieb. PI 44 Qtj ct Mona I p. a 101 102 102 Ckjof Ottawa, I p. a aterUns .....101 101 Do. raJana.

183) 101 103 Do. 1904 ..102 104 Do. 18S6. Scrip ..101 IU CUj of rro ldsaos a Coupon Hoooe 81 108 Otof Qo.bae.lpa Oard.rtar.Loaii(C ti 101 Da.1171 ..54101 Da. HmL 1106, Sop.

54 131 City of Toronto I pa tsar.D.b.ltS7 l5UT4 108 Da.Watarka Dan. ICS 107 104 lul I aa. JunrnL T3 TV 13oJ aa lUiadlra orv Loaa, 1870 IT It 28 B4. LaaU Ola, 4 105 104 105 Ooanrarrir. aTiaajictAi.

sxd laneeTauu Tore skWsralwoseni. 14Hk 15t 23Ji anoiaraboarOetUl "JJ Worts 22 t3H I swsaa aaat Oo i V'. "r7 a fow yean ot tU eyct. the Jtllt b8 0entw7 1 A of tts'lU. lo tv esterr QTTJ.

lJzii (U. certained, these emigran't, em to be do flirTy 7. Attheclose of the year there had been com 5 pleted in Bombay 270 relief works, induding 89 ThSt. i at. aa a roads and 30 At the same time therewere The above hiwem to put the matter in a of mem to labourers and upwards.

Up to the TiA VL uu wth tnit. the Uovernment had spent S8.2SSr. on cliariUbio. 1 eliel. Two thirds of this snm were ipont in i'oona and sholapore.

Three estimates hare now boen made of tho number of labourers likely to be on the relief works on the 1st of Slarch. 1st of Slay, and 1st of July. The first of these that submitted by the Bombay It. 1MI. 1 wo wvvu oi sives 760,000 for Starch, 1,000,000 for Aprd, and 300,000 for uly.

The second that of Sir Kichard Temple allows 640.000 for the 1st of Slareh fen nnn tr.r the 1st of May, and 510,000 for the lit 'of July, aim uuru, cumpuea irom tne recent reports of the Bombay district officers, puts the numbers at 077,500 for tho 1st of Marcb, 870,000 for the 1st of May, and 609,370 for tha 1st of July. In Madras the situation is unchain ad. ThrnnK out that Presidency the district officers sjj dealing successfully with the fajniLe. Thanks to the humane exertions of the Governments, Supreme and Local, starvation has been everywhere avoided. Sickness prevails, it is true, and nowhere to a greater extent than in the Presidency town.

Accounts from Madras, city tell a sad tsle of the ravages of cholera and small pox. The deficient water supply is the main cause of the abnormally high death rate. Tha Eed Hills tank show signs of failing, and the water which it does give is said to be impure. The Supreme and Madras Governments have reconciled their differences. Mutual concessions have been made, and they are now working in perfect accord.

The Supreme Government was not, per liberal in the directions it first laid down. Starting from the sound principles that panic should be avoided, and that due regard tbonlTu paid to the experience of former famines, and to i jjmaupsrx, na un aattn rato has freeo going as alara. InglY high. These deata ratas. tk.

poo the ascertJaad population of tie census of liTLkat owing tbe causes above noticed, they cajinot be nulyaacerts.nad.ae we have ao mean, of iaJZtZ many neoplo are reaidiag laera from week ta week, tSZ it no doubt, howorer, of tbe fact that tae sjortalrtv town of Madra. is evceesireiy htih. sad thai rt ehlrfy to the poor living of the bwer oroW. afnlS while tbeincr js. in the daatlvt from fssliaiaul, plainly shows that we are now only en tie UtreahoUafa veryterrihlo national dieaeter.

lireryofflcUl kJUdnt from his Grace the Dole of BockiBghani aad taaadea downwards, is working at Jtigi preawra. and Lb, lacreasint everyday; Helpu reaching is from BcasnL but the British publia mast make an it. mh thooga ofSctsls high and low are worUsg their atmott to aare life, there wiB still be a vast amount of errand lose of life, due to a hags and tlmoes PALESTINB EXPLORATION JUHTK TO THE EDITOR 07 THE mng1 Sir, It seems almost sngraioas to eritictie say (sit at the very fevcamble Dotio which yon have given of the work of the Palestine Exploration Tood in year recent review of. Captain mrreVs TJndrryrouad Jeruaalers." Bat I most In Jnstieo ssk leave to cornet sat Latpraados which mlghl natorally follow fras your statement that was not to any gtoaral meeTr.hu into tbe inhaelocv ef Jeruaalein that the attention of the Fond or tltruaftat was taxned ml867.bat that their priocfpal object was tho wttlement of a vexed Question bstersea H. Temaeea aad other parties eopceining the poaitioei of the, Tampla." Ko douM tne poaluoa of the Temple mast enter more less Into any rosea rrh is la Jentsalsnt bat I beg em poetically to aSraa that the dincton ef tha Tand war set srtniferl Irj etry desire tn rrriTe MrTummeiiii'i llicwj, av aey other theory, right or wrong, and that their only sia thrasidww wm to ssertln all possible facts aboat tat Holy land and sad leave cithers todnwta icnaeee irom saem.

I am. Sir, year obedient servaat, GEO ROB GEO VK. Uoc Secntary PalsaaiM rand. 9, PkU Usll East. Tei 3IrriioroLiTA.T As ix rats BoAxn.

The last meeUng of the late Board, its threo years haviar aroiral ta Moadsy.was hold on SJaturuayDr. Brewvr midiag.Tb pona iroeo too tanons asyiams were read jtad it was shews that aa tnere were new beds vacant tor emnUpex pa tinto at Deptford and Fulham, It wooM be osiiecrjaaary longtr ta end any more con va enseals to the fjm thfrrv Tcmpot iy" Asylum, which wiQ acoortiingy be closed when the patiesh) there are discharged. A letter Was read from a bar rioter of Linooln's ina, directing attention to ea cumstanees la connexion with tho caso of a geatlemu attacked by smallpox, who is bring in a house wlrf others reside. The gcutisman, on bsiag seized with tha disease, expressed his deeire to bo seat to tbe Higfagate Smallpox Hospital, and artaagsinants war nxado for asaaV ing him Lbere. but the means ef eouveynnea were bcUag, tce hospital ha ring CO ambulance kod the parish oficiais refuaiat; tho ate ut the parish ambulance, tho egnsecjaeaee being that tho patient has to ha treated in tho awese wear, be lodges.

As the Asylums Board have bo control over the Voluntary Hospital or over tlo parishes, il was neoirtd te nfir lbs utter to those whom the matter concerned. A letter was read from tbe Local Government Board mfornuss the taanarrra that tho eeatml aatkorkv had Camilla ted to seats at tho Eoard Earl Stanboea, Ujulr iurron (ioeral Bostock. UK. Sir E. H.

Cnrna. Mr. J. jTtaher. Mr.

Oladdlag. lit. IL fiarJcsstm. Uolooel lisyjarta. Mr.

J. a Talbot, JI.P., Mr. E. gpkar. Mr.

Thomas scrutton, Mr. Alexander Boss, Mr. J. Pnraa foot, Mr. Albert Pell, M.P..

and Mr. "VV. It Stone. The other members of the lloard ate to be sleeted by tbeCav dians ef the vaxlouturiioiu Aad pariah, of tbe metropolia A3 sixth Year Of each cvele tha rrind rf nwmbaweof too xtoard antatl in expiissautis of regret a. a.

mam mum, nofninasooi to a seat at tae JJoanl, notwiLoetandlag that andthe sun spots at their maximum. Wlether requisition, generally sitned by the bres there is any connexion between the sun spots and presented to Ida. uxiiag am to continue to aasiai la the sir the rainfall of the Tropics is a subject on which I ministration of these large asylnmo, all of which be has otr Be UtUasit i from tho first as chair man of the committees, were warmly acknowledged, and a rteolatioa, nnaniaoanty paeaaj, apoka of his exceptional qualifications for tho work ha had dose for tbe benefit of tbe patients sad to the sdvaatsge of the whole metropolis. Sir Williams reelgnstioa was stated to have bead on aacoast of the central authority harms iniiatni npon its new rofce. which state thai tho medical superie tLat group it will be remembered' includes two series the first and second aeries of tha npJn for which there are only five jjnstead of six com pleto jriods on which to bate calculations.

Cyclonic disturbances will account for some of the irregularities. Others it is as yet impossible to but, notwithstanding these iJTrguIarities, there seems to be good ground for believing that overy 11th year will be a period of drooght for tha Madras Presidency. I believe that 1876 and each 11th year preceding it pretty nearly coincide with the recurnng periods of maximum incxnJa. scenes of the sun, and that it is about the fifth and may, Hunters fizures anDear to show that the Government will be called npon to meet a famine in Madras every 11th year. The prospect is, no doubt, a seriotu one.

But the same figures uiuicaio several years oi pisntiitu rainfall lor each one of famine and, if tho theory be fcetabllshed, it will be at leist satisfactory to know thst a famine teodeol of each eoyram ebail to supreme in rssp ct to can usxuiy aver, taae us unawares, and that, even both lay sad medical matters a peeictoa, it is costetvien in the 11th year, it can be avoided, or at loast mitigatod, by a judicious storing op of the surplus rain of more favoured seasons in tanks br irrigation A Madras correspondent writes to as under date Madras, February 24 Aov ooe who had formerlv reaid.il iavlfaJraa the pen at th present time, would etare about' him with woaaer. in toe place of two or three ships, leiranly loadiag Loudoa or Liverpool, ho woeJd eeo Use the circumstances cf the affected districts it seemed aU conditions and forawhileto forget that the 1003. .31 Lasts. RttAnmioaaLd, 25 to 17 Kaosoe iltar Uit 14 i Saurreso. Oaa, Steam Karlfn.

I pa. 7 TJaton teeMp CJ toil CkMoeTraavaOia. io Atca ljTpIU.Traae.kOaa 13V 14 laaaaon ILL 4 pnFTt, loS 11 16 17 novtaolal 10 IN iTassways Valoa OJ 44. 4 T5H 38 aft 14'V, Ce7Stal rlaos ..18 tola lawaton Qaeirl Otttaj. IB UJ 173 a soarcities were too recent to be abscJntelv denenrlnd upon.

A liberal margin should be allowed, and the Supremo Government is now convinced of this, and is acting upon its conviction. The Madras Govern wa iu, uiun uauiu, snouieu to DO ai nrst alS posed to rush into tho opposite extreme, and to bo determined to buy grain at any cost, and to throw aside all principles of economy. The one was in dancer of doins too little, the other in ct doing too much. Now that they are of one mind, there is every reason to believe that the famine may be relieved with eomnlete success and with. out undue waste or extravagance.

The present famine is the first crest mlamlf the kind which the Indian Government has attempted to grapple with in a statesmsnlike way. Avi, i nuauuiiHawMiuuea wnn orougnt in looo oo little was known of the affected districts, and before the Government well knew what to do the people were perishing by hundreds of thousands. The normal condition of tho affected districts, the circumstances of the people, their power of resisting famine, and even tha population were matters which could only be guessed at. In 1871 a Statistical Department was instituted, and soon after a Census of India was for the first timo taken. Sine that time the Sutistical Department has been collecting valuable information information which it is now publishing in the form of a Statistical Survey of India.

In 1874 Mr. W. W. Hunter. ths able chief of that Department, brought out a work on Famine Aspects of the Bengal Districts." In that work he pointed out the various warnings which must be attended to when once a famine had become imminent and he showed how, by prompt attention to these warnings, coupled with full information as to the state of communications in the afflicted districts, and as to their popolationa and ordinary circumstances, it was possible to predict at the very beginning of a period of scarcity how many persons would be likely to require charitable relief when that scarcity came to iu worst point.

The first opportunity the Government had of acting on Mr. Hunter's system was in 1873 74, when famine laid its hand on Behar. Unfortunately, it did not avail itself of the opportunity. The result was that the famine was relieved, most effectually, it is true, bat at a cost and on scale which, as is now admitted, mast inevitably lead to national i bankruptcy if followed in each succeeding scarcity. It is a great thing gained to have, as we now have, a system of faniine warnings, which teach the Government to estimate the probable extent and intensity of distress, aa soon aa distress has shown itself.

Bat the Statistical Department seems to be on the verge of aa even greater discovery. There, ing tne lilack town' by the erection of huge piles of sandbars. Tha Madras boatmen, instead of beinr elai to his baggage through the turf for a sum of money equiralent to seven kxgliah suillingtwill look with supercilious scorn on hie offer of 20 or even 30 ahlUln.a to land him. and when perchacee he reachee terra jfnu ho will find thai tho sandbag fortifications of his imagination are nothing but nuur, to tne interior, and that tbe whole of tho eneryiee of too local mercantile world are now devoted to the huge trade in gnaa which has vianuni wnn too intinnoi sgncuitoral operations over so wide an srea of country in Southern India. ana jirupuruona ot uu lamina are ladecd truly gigantic aad Aladras has aeon nothing like it since Alt invaded tbe Carnatic, buml all tho granaries, and destroyed tho tank bunds.

On this occasion eld Colonel Hilar ton tell, oa tbe starving viU.g flocked into Madras in each numbers that they died by thousands la the poblis streets, and tho road sat British settlement in the south was then whotly unable to prevent or mitigate tho Mrr.rity of that dreadful famine. The itraxijsr coining to Madras will not have landed fire minutes before ho win hate ample evidence that he is among a famine etricken people. Bat he will And no suns of famine among the boatmen who land him. These people are making a golden harvest out of tbe rica trade. They earn from 7s.

to 10s. a day. Tho numerous coolies who unload the boats and carry the rice bags to the merchants' depots or to the carte by which the bags are taken to the railway iUtion earn from Is. to 2s. a day, and can afford to eat aad drink in the manner to which they are best accustomed.

Eat among tho busy crowd on the beach the stranger will see eights thai will sadden him men, women, aad claUnn, gaunt scarecrows, with tbe whites of their eyes unusually clear, the faces drawn and pinched, the skin dirty and shrivelled, no Cash or muscle npoa them, and their legs so wasted thst tbe knee joints look as if they wire unnatural tumours. If he looks at those people atteatirely he will find that they are waiting about to pick up any itray grains falling from broken bags, or wandering listlessly up Sad down the streeti, looking for food or charitable relief. If ths new comer moves away from tbe beach and passes down the main streets of ths Black town' he will find the famished villagen in still greater a umbers, of ten carrying one or two big children, destitute of even the veriest rag of clothing. Ou inquiry be will laarn that these are distressed villagen of neighbouring districts, who for the last two months have been pouring into be chief city and seat cd government in a iteady and continuous stream. lathe relief csnsps of itself thsrs are some se or eight thousand people who are fed entirely at the pubil expense, and about 3,000 othen of the local poor receive one meal a day of cooked food.

Outside the town other camps have been provided to reeeire the people who are strong enough to doauttlework. ao thai a. soon as the aele bodied bare improved eaoogh to work they are draughted oS to labour in the camps outside the town. Of course the camps in the town an obliged to reeeire and keep the peocU, who by long privation have become the most pitiable objects of These ufevtaaatre are dying ta huge aambere the old and the young are the first to go, tbe ahle bodied make a great fight for life, and often win; bat to see the miserable sufferers from famine diar rhcea, long rows of them la the hospital sheds, aad to knew that aader kind care and akiifal medical treat meat aboat Mper cent of them die. saazssts toUeee the thought that If this xate of nortoltV eesttn which throws such aa overwhelming amount of.

rwpoe sibthty npoa one omcer as must lend to disaster. Voxel thanks ware likewise passed to Mr. PnxadtooV, Dr. Cartia, Mr. Galsworthy, Admiral Knbinsoo, Colonel iUdclUfe.ied Mtv Barringer, the Chairmen ef Committees, and to Vr.

Brrwer, the Chairman of the Board. The new Board sial yesterday. Thx Fuji BsraAat Mr. Haywood, engineer to the City of London and surveyor to the Commission of Sewars, gsrs rjisaee en Jtoaiiy before the Committee of the Uouat eTCommons, new considering the best means of prevestiag tree ta metropolis, as to the scheme now being carried eat byUs Corporation of London for improving the water supply. For three yean the new system ot hydrants had been gradually in progress, and it was expected to be complete! this year, when, in eonnexion with the supply bom tas New Kiver Company.

iH7 branches suitable for aydnnts be laid down in the City. The hydrants would JX) yards apart and the total number would be A preseun of 601b. and a let of water capable ef being throws to a height or from ttOft. to 100ft wools! DC necessary reach the highest buildings in the City. When the srrup mtnts of ths Corporation were complete then weald available in net street, for the POrpvee ef extuguiskiat any fire in the neighbowbeiod, iJMHt.

of hose, with supply of water al foil pressure from seven hjarants 14 outlets. The hydrants might te worted Mwsdtiy by tbe police as by tl in Brigade, heceM efl thai would be neceaaary would be to run out a bnse rsat and attach il to the hydrants. EiperimenU had beat tried tinder tbe direction of the Cesaad Water Coss xnittee, in order to asoertaia the pressors is diTercal tarts of tbe city, with the following result Farringuon street, preasrire height of jet, tOft. Bishotte etreet Vnthoat, near the Church, presean, SSUk. betsbl rf W.

60ft western end of Chenpsid, rreeenra, Sjlh, bnii of jet, 5ft Uolborn. by Fetter lane, heigM jet, 53ft Lower Thames street, by London briJJv, Tt height. 85ft. Quean Victoria etraet, westers end. 4IJV height, 383ft andStPsol's Churthvard, neerlAdi" lull, height, 3ft Taking oi 19 per seat he" each height to account for variations in the sacsoapaarQi the praetteal height to which tbe water would be thrvws would be obtained.

The larlng dawn of asw PP eitv was much more expensive than other locaWiss, owing to the importance of auiting the exigencies el eoo DtRk The work could only csrrssd on By degress ana gsneraHy at night. Cheapness was not studied, oat rrsry thing was done tavwoughly aad waU. so thai it should raw be necessary to disturb the itresU again for many If come. The 2few Biver Coapaay, which strppUed tto whole of tha City, with the exoeption cf a smatt partes tha eastern portion, ware proposing to gin aa hjereaeea prsssure. la the course of time he believed it woaH necessary to provide constant svpplyat ldgktiware throughout the whole of thajnetropolifc ilarrxoroLiTAX CoMn.03S.

lh8 Inciosore Cots tnissioncn hare certied three more auhemee for eenirine tioa by Parliament under the MetropoUtaa Commoos ass of 16 and liSGt One of the schemes places the pictarteq se commons at EalUg. about oO acres ia extent, sd'E tae management of the Ealing Local Board, with powers te rosin tela them In good condition and prevent abase, and eacroeehmeat. A aeoond scheme PecsS iVim Tn, fm extent, ondcT IBS Mstropolit9 Hoard ef Works, with powers to rsgu se la as aauvr into effect sgreesxvente which have been made for pctRhssmC manorial rights. The third seasons relate, as Itaheaik. akaaet SA seraaa bh.

aul aaf taa faklavlaad which UoHDnS the Thames manhes below Fiamsteed. enrnmindtnra very extenaire aad pleasant prospect of the valley sad shiptjaat ef tberrver. and thts heath alae to to awdeT the ean the Urtnrpolitaa Board of Worka A sehemo for Wsthass Holy Cross Commoa as aite tU rseait of the Xw0 Inquiry. Six schemes have been already confirmed eyrr Wrat trader the MetropoUtaa Cessmeas Acts. Thses sehemee reculate Hayee Cotsaaoa (ajmtljsbowl ssrwsto extent BJ.akhoata, 267 acre.

ShepawUT Jia, sr liaekney, acres Ttoll4k, lt acres I.