unx 



tate*. By taking (he tradi in < heap goods 



.* to furnith. 

 >r* obuin a i nance to out 

 Bjfc ,.- 



1 T TeaaejS engaged III 



' . 



in -,.;.... fcn. f , 



ireBrit- 



; 



'Mi; ai innaerianQ, i,7o*,iHW; at i>citn 



"a,ttrangeinoiith. and 1\ niorv than 



:ilMl \esM-N entrnp-d In-thill 



me and foreign trade iu 1885 was 16.1U 



<-\^\.\^. Th.-ir igmnN tonnsjft \a- -.*;!. -!- 

 longing, on Jan. 1. 1886. t.. t 



^.388 steamers, of 8.121.555 tons. The n 

 of vessels luiilt and HrM n-^i-t. n-d during 1805 was 



,- ves- 



seK . md Ml steal -*v87 



tal niimU-r of \-.vl* U-l.'iip 

 vessels, of 



784 ton-, nnil 2.888 stean 

 amploved in the home trade and the adjacent seas; 



of 288,888 tons, were engaged partly in the home 

 and Partly in th,- f,.r. u-n trade: anil 1.785 v. 

 vessels, of 2,280.285 font, were engaged in the for- 

 tJgn trade exclusively. 'I f ves- 



wasa28.f* 



64J04.7Q8 tons; the numUT cleared was 280.810. 

 ns. The total miinU-r of \.-^ 

 |Nrt- wan for thnt \ir. f l*4... 

 4*06.394 tons; the total nuili! 



nsmnlratlnnH. T! f railroads 



the Tinti-d Kinploinat thcliefrin- 



:.:L*I< mil. 



and :'..! !' nul.-^ in Irvland. Thr p.n-1 ui> >4iare 

 



luring 1MB, ex- 



a!l KXircefl Van V""'. !'.'.'. 7".' : r. p| ' 



land 







8,887. equal to 58 



thn>agh the 



en, In ; M if 18M, 



which 1 > were de- 



,nd and Wales 1 8a.ntM ' 

 aid 118,500,000 in Ireland, being 47 per head 



' . . . .'.' 



*Je*,*9 for Hoot land. 

 I rt- land. The numbrr of po*tJ cards f 

 Kingdom -a. ;JJ4,V-M 



The number of money o 



~ . f i ".;... 



service, wrrr ill.. 



' - - 

 !-,., ,, .- , ,. ,. 



the pf^omce were 2J8ST, 



. , , -.. .- f -::..', . 



inclttding the valua- 

 tion pMcen on w^rfc ooft* 



tl., ...t.lexpemr.. 



... . ., D. ' .' ,. ...--. . .- n ..-. - 



388U878. The number of messnsin sen 



I- .. ' .- ~ ,,.-. f , 



tnnt |x~tAl r. ' rms adopted in 1897 are 



errrv hamlet, and. a* far as 

 possible, to every house; the penny Irtier r 



mncea, with a half |M-niiy rate for each 



the same rale; 



tne abolition of the sample port; the reductmn. 

 subjii t to th. cotiM-nt of th. Postal t M...I,. . 



letter postage from 2j<f. to 2sf. ; and the free 

 r v of telegrams within 8 miles. 

 Mi. ()..- I.'- .lni.il... ,- diamond jnbilea. 

 marking the sixtieth year of the reijrn of 

 i. was commemorated on June 22. '. 



iiiK'ham PtalftOS toSt. Paul'n Cathedral, where a srrv- 



a held, w.d th<nlcktohsr 



palace tht , T decorated streets. Be- 



-. | art in the parade. To errnr part 

 ofth< 



the telepraiihic message: From my heart I thank 

 mv Moved people, liay God ble> th. m 7 - The 

 celebration was planned above all to demonstrate 

 the | -th Empire and th< 



loyalty of all its conti f 

 tion> I Hin.ilin,-..u:> in all the British 



. i. :.: -a' ;.::.:' ' ' < N r' hwest Tei 



ritorien of Canada t ny and fn-m Malta 



......I i'r.-id.nt KrQger chose th 



sion as an appropriate one for releasing- 



^ message to frluitn 



th Onson on -the prolongation of a reign 



has been illnstrions and marked for advance 



lence. art*, and popular wrli \jatd 



iry. in in.>\inc an addrv* congratulating the 



n,.irk,-d l>y "a continuous advance in the frontiers 



at many race* that 



marly alien to it have been IT. t: K -ht under its influ- 

 ence, many who were formerly within it* bounda- 

 ries have been mad. *ome degree for the 

 :me the full benefit* h/ation and its 

 influence." !! .iw.lt also on the great 

 al change : - The impulse of democracy, which 

 began in another century and in other Ian 

 Ml fulh ... and vast c 



in t ho center of power and the 



ule almost imperrrplibly With- 

 out any flicturbance or hindrance in the progre**of 

 the prosperous development of the nation.- Mr. 

 Iialfoar7in the Howirof Commons extnlM the 

 virtue of the Queen, an example to every citixra in 



