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facture of cloth. Prom four to five gallons of oil (of 

 some kind) is used in the preparation of every bale of 

 wool. Our neighbors, in two of the Australian colonies, 

 have for years been manufacturing woollen goods — the 

 meaning of the term "colonial tweed," being well 

 understood by those of us who have from time to time 

 to look out for a good lasting material for boys' clothes ; 

 and, in all probability, Queensland will, in due course, 

 also have her manufactories of woollen goods, for which 

 large quantities of oil will be required. 



Mr. Davenport says that at the tweed factories of 

 Geelong two-pennyworth of oil is used to every pound 

 of cloth ; and that in one factory alone they will be able 

 to turn out annually 300,000 yards of three-quarter 

 tweed. The average weight of a yard of this material 

 being thirteen ounces, five yards will weigh four pounds, 

 consuming eight-pennyworth of oil at 8s. per gallon. 

 This calculation, carried out, gives the value of the oil 

 required for 1,000 yards at £6 13s. M. ; or £2,000 worth 

 annually for the single manufactory. 



In Cordova the streets are lighted with oil, the pro- 

 duce of the place, and this is doubtless the case else- 

 where. They have a saying in Andalusia, that "in 

 Cordova it is always the same thing ; oil for burning, 

 oil for eating — the good Cordovans have but one idea." 

 This is, however, rather hard upon Cordova; for we 

 know that it is also celebrated for its silken fabrics and 

 its leather. 



Soft Soap is the result of a combination of Olive oil 

 and potash ; and Castile soap, of this oil and soda. 



The Marc, or oil cake, being the residuum after the 

 oil has been expressed, is valuable as feed for cattle ; or, 

 in a country like this, where stall feeding is not resorted 

 to, it could be put to its other uses of manure or fuel. 

 For the former of these uses it is stimulating, but not 

 lasting in its effects. 



The manifold uses of Olive oil as a lubricator, and as 

 I an external application in surgery, are so well known as 

 to make their mention hardly necessary. 



