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recruiting system— a reasonable, bumane, and generally 
smoothly workicg system — baaed on the recraiter who 
had " been th ^re, ' been up and worked on the gardens 
judged what the life was like and the probabilities, 
of making " life worth living " as compared with lite 
in his native village or eleewbere, and who went 
dawn to bring up his own family, relatives and friends, 
and their families, relatives and friends, as many as 
he could get. Thero was u<i ab iuction, crimping, no 
" man selliug,'' only a pliiin stat ment of advantages 
to be gained by emigration, at worst slightly coloured 
by a pirJur eager to impress his relations and friends 
with the advautase of the change, and get his bonus 
per head for a large number of recruits. Put the 
coloring at its highest, after all, the sirdar was taking 
hia own people to share a life that he had himself 
foaad by ptrsonal exptrierca not only endurable, 
but profitablo and pleasant, and thesjstcm forms a 
striking contrast to the arlcatti one, which, wiih its 
attendant evils of m- f repri ssntatione, forcible abduc- 
tions, and the general traffic in human flefh goes 
nearly to deserve the stigma of a " slavo trade, ' by 
which it was designated by a recent writer from the 
Madras side, when the Ganjaiu district was thrown 
open to codlie recruiting- It is to be hoped that Mr. 
Hogarth's tifort will bo seconded by united actiou on 
the part of the various associations concerned. — 
Calcutta En^jluhman. 
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HOW TO SAVE EXPENSE IN PAINTliN'G 
UPON EXTERIOR SURFACES. 
We always expect greater service than we receive 
from it because our system of exfcerioi piiutiug is a 
failuvt'. It involvi s an actual loss each time of painting, 
of more than two hundred per cant., which in the 
aggregate for the entire country amounts to a positive 
loss of many milli -ns of dollars by piinting three 
timrs where once only is nec;s?a'-y. 
This statement may appear exa jgcrated, nevertheless 
it is easily proven, as we s-ia 1 show. 
Such waste has been going on m.iuy years, and not 
unnoticed by property holders, but has been endured 
for the reason tliat no one hns appeu'ed who could 
solve this mystery. A discovery has been made and 
verified that by a vny small exti'a expeuso, puiut can 
bo made to la:-t three times as long as it has hitherto, 
Experiments have been made with the variou- pi^;;- 
ments, oils and vehicles employed for painting purpDses, 
to ascertain which is the most durable ; also the b^.-st 
method of applying it. 
Toe most intricate problem becomes plain and simple, 
when understood, but without some knowledga of 
chemistry to enable us to see the various relations of 
cause and effect upon eich other by these thing--, we 
cmnot accomplish much. Objeci 1- ssons are also helpful 
on our study as in this ea^e it is to proved. 
Tho (xterior wall of a brick housB in proceis of 
preparation to receive a coat of what is termed mastic 
fini^k attracted onr attention. It was bBin§- covered 
with repeated coats of quick drying linseol oil uotil 
it beotmo glcs-y, when the composition prepared 
wiih oil was spread with a trowel as plaiter upon 
the surface. 
It furnished tho ilea desired at once; this is the 
thing uecfi-sary to be done: Before painting prrpare 
tho surface by fi'ling the pores or grtiiu of the wood 
with quick oxidi/.Ing linseed oil fur tho support of the 
paint. Accordinsly tho (xperimeiit was mide ou a 
lar;e ecale and for a 1 ng paiiod of ten 3 ears iu 
the following cr U-r : The oxiilo of zinc was i-eb cted 
partly for its havintr been rf^j 'Cled f ir outside wo k 
hy pkintcrs generally, on account of its cracki;ig ;ind 
peeling off, aiid part'y f 'r its being the oxide of a 
hard metal. 
The best Calcutta raw linseed oil prepfir.'d with 
chemicals without hi a^. to cause it to oxidiz", q iickly 
and thus preferve its natural elasticity like oil when 
it begins to liUton was emp'oyed to coat the bare 
wood tw!C(! before paintiin;, and whi n dry thfl same 
o l wag used to mix the zinc, two coat i of which was 
applied upon a large house so as to prcparo a fair 
opportunity for a test to all poiots of the compass 
during a period of ten yeers. 
At the expiration of the teiitli year ou the side ex- 
•po ed to the South, the pain'; was s'lraqwbat bleached, 
bu remained iirni without signs of perishiug, on the 
no th side it had the .ippearAnee of with-taiiding 
another ten years test. 
This oil possesses all the qualities of very old oil 
without the expense of storage and accumulation of 
interest for several years. A singlb coat of it over 
old paint ia more durable than a coat; of tho pr icess 
lead paint. Judging from thes ; e xperiments it ia very 
evident that we fmp:oy too little oil iu paintins; on 
exteriors, and ttns is the true method of applying it 
for great durability. 
The manuf'.cturers of liquid mixed paints cm now 
take advantage of this iniormatiou and relieve their 
customers ot an extraordia iry expense froai the 
scaling of their paints. 
ASAIiEL WlIEELtll. 
— Oil, Paint and Di uj Reporter. 
A New Wood. — Western Australia is producing 
a wood which ia destined to ba much in favour 
with church builders. This is the j.irrah wood, 
which is as hard and durabl-a as oak, but ijossesses 
a rich, di;ep colour like muhogciny or very old 
oak, and ia well adapted for pn.nelliQg and carving. 
Old Heme Church, in Kent — where the Te Deam 
wae first sung in the English languago— haa just 
been reroofi d with jarrah. and tht eflect is said to 
be star liDgly fin". The church is now comijl iely 
restored. — A. F. Press. 
The probability of Inrge shipmenta of froi's to 
this countr,. being made from onr Australian 
Colonies in tho early future, thy praetioabihty of 
which has been so recently dsmoastrated by the 
great qaautiuea of excellent Tasiaanian apip'.es v^ilh 
which our caarkets have this year been supplied, 
is now further r-xempiifitd by the arrival of a small 
consignment ot laisina from ihe Australian Irrigation 
Colonies, on thoEiver Murray, being the first f.'uita 
received from these settlcmeais, the establishment 
of which, some three or four ycara ago, ha-: been 
attended with such remarkable 6ucc?ts that their 
progress has been described by m ooloaial bishop who 
recently visited them— Dr. Tiioraton, of Ballariit— 
as simply " amazing." A quantity of raisins are 
now on view at the London ofBoes of tho Australian 
Irrigation Oolonie;; iu Queen Victoria Street. They 
are entirely sun-dritd, the clear dry atmosphere 
of that part of Australia where the sett enionts 
are situated enabling t!:i9 drying of all descrip- 
tions of fruit to be carried out in the moat perfect 
manner and wiihoui risk of injury. They have 
been pronounced of excellent quality, boih in 
flavour and appeaiance, and are very attractively 
put up in 2 ib., 6 lb., and 12 lb. boxea. 
The above consignment will, in due course, 
be followed by others of a no less interesting 
character, embracing the following valuable fruits 
of oommeroe : — Orangia, l^mocs, raisinf', currants, 
apricots, peaches, fi^^s, &c., together with v/inc, 
olive oil, and other products, for which a largo 
domanJ is autioipated in tins country ia futura 
years. The total area of laad constituting tha 
Australian Irrigation C-ilonies, and of which some 
25,000 acres at each of the two settlements 
(Mildura and Keiimark) are now being dealt with 
will fall but little short of hali'-a-mUlion acres; and 
although tho colonial demand will probably oboorb 
tho entire production for some years — thsre being 
at pwsent a large iinportaticti of these fruits, &c., 
into Australia from torsign uuuntriea — an extended 
reciprocal trade with the mother country will be 
early cultivated (mora especially with rcd'erouoe to 
wine, oil, &c.), in view of tho enormous future 
production which is confidently anticipated and 
practically assured. — li. Mail, 
