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CEEEDMOOR. 



In the following table is given an approxi- 

 mate estimate of the quantity of cotton that 

 was actually consumed in each country dur- 

 ing the season of 1876-'77. Compared with 

 the full rate of consumption, as shown in the 



preceding table, there is a reduction of 12 

 per cent, for Russia; 10 per cent, for Switzer- 

 land, Belgium, and Italy; 5 per cent, for Ger- 

 many, France, and Spain ; and 2 J per cent, for 

 Austria. 



The consuming capacity of Europe and the United States is estimated as follows 



According to a recent official report, there 

 are in operation in the cotton mills of India 

 1,231,000 spindles, and from 10,000 to 11,000 

 looms. The amount of cotton annually con- 

 sumed is estimated at 92,325,000 Ibs. 



The extraordinary progress made in this 

 new branch of Indian industry is shown by 

 the following : 



CREEDMOOR. An international rifle-match, 

 between British and American teams, took 

 place on the rifle-range at Oreedmoor, near 

 Garden City, on Long Island, the 13th and 

 14th of September. These international con- 

 tests date from the year 1874, when an Ameri- 

 can team overcame one of Irishmen. In 1875 

 the Americans won a match at Dollymount, 

 in Ireland. In 1876, at Creedmoor, the Ameri- 

 cans again conquered, bearing away the Cen- 

 tennial trophy, which was the prize contested 

 for a second time, this year, from the Irish, 

 Scotch, Canadian, and Australian teams. The 

 contesting teams at Creedmoor consisted of 8 

 British marksmen (4 English, 3 Irish, and 1 

 Scotch), and 8 AmericanTprSviously selected 

 by competitive trials. The conditions of the 

 match were : Every member of the teams to 

 be a native citizen and inhabitant of the coun- 



try he represents ; each arm to weigh not 

 more than 10 Ibs., and to have a stock at least 

 3 Ibs. in weight ; the distances to be 800, 900, 

 and 1,000 yards, each marksman having 30 

 shots at each distance, trial shots not being 

 allowed; the shooting to begin with the 800- 

 yard range, and to be concluded in two days ; 

 every position, without artificial rests, to be 

 allowed ; practice to be permitted on the 

 grounds for a week before the match. The 

 captain of each team chose two judges, and 

 these four appointed an umpire, whose de- 

 cisions were final. The British team was com- 

 posed of the following members: Sir Henry 

 Halford (Captain), Alfred P. Humphry, Lieu- 

 tenant-Colonel James Fenton, H. S. W. Evans, 

 Lieutenant George Fenton, Joshua K. Milner, 

 William Rigby, "William Fergusson. The mem- 

 bers of the American team were : General T. 

 S. Dakin (Captain), Major Herbert S. Jewell, 

 Isaac L. All en, W. H. Jackson, Lawrence Weber, 

 Frank Hyde, Leslie C. Bruce, C. E. Blyden- 

 burgh. 



Each marksman made fifteen shots each day, 

 at all the distances. This match resulted again 

 in a signal victory for the Americans. The 

 weather was very favorable. The Englishmen 

 shot more slowly than the Americans. In the 

 score, the bull's-eye counted 5, the centre 4, and 

 the succeeding outer partitions, 3, 2, etc. Bly- 

 denburgh's aggregate of 429 out of a possible 

 450 was 27 in excess of the best ever before 

 made, which was 402, made by both Milner, of 

 the British, and Rathbone, of the American 

 team, the year before a score which was ex- 

 celled by all the Americans, save one, and all 

 the Englishmen, save two, in this match. The 



