Production of Phosphates. 



remount has been fixed at ^45 sterling, which will be paid 

 in rupees, at the Indian port of purchase, at the exchange 

 rate for demand bills on London declared to be the opening rate 

 for the day on which payment is made in the ordinary course 

 of business by the Banks of Bengal, Madras, or Bombay, 

 according to the place of purchase. The average price for 

 Arabs and Persians is Rs. 700, and horses of this class 

 should be not less than 14 hands 2 inches in height. Every 

 horse presented for purchase will be valued separately, and 

 higher or lower prices may be given, under such rules as may 

 be made by the director of the army remount department ; 

 but the averages fixed above are not to be exceeded on the 

 whole number purchased in any class. 



A report recently presented to the French Chamber of 

 Deputies, on a proposed law relating 

 Production of t0 tne phosphate deposits of Algeria, 

 Phosphates. contains some observations on the pro- 

 duction of this fertiliser in different 

 parts of the world in 1 89 5. It is stated that the actual 

 quantity of phosphates produced in the world may be ap- 

 proximately estimated at rather less than two and a quarter 

 million tons. This total was obtained from four principal 

 sources : France and Algeria produced nearly 700,000 tons, 

 Carolina and Florida in the United States furnished from five to 

 six hundred thousand tons each, and Belgium contributed 

 ab out 2 5 0,000 . The remainder, about 2 5 0,000 ton s, was obtained 

 from England, Spain, Canada, West Indies, Germany, and Nor- 

 way. The production of phosphates in Carolina is believed to 

 have reached its maximum in 1S93, when 619,000 tons were ex- 

 tracted ; in 1894 and 1895 the quantity fell to about 450,000 

 tons. This decline was due to the increased production of 

 Florida, which advanced from 52,000 tons in 1890 to 589,000 

 tons in 1894, and 538,000 tons in 1895. 



