Vol. VIII. No. 89. 
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
[May, 1902.] 
STATISTICAL NOTES. 
World’s Production of Gold. — The following table, taken from a statement compiled in 
the Statistical Branch of the Registrar General’s Office, Perth, W. A., mainly from official 
returns, shows the World’s Production of Gold during the years 1891, 1894, 1897, and 1900 : — 
1891, 
1894. 
1897. 
1900. 
Fine ounces. 
Fine ounces. 
Fine ounces. 
Fine ounces. 
Australasia. 
Western Australia 
27,116 
185,298 
603,847 
1,414,311 
Victoria .... 
54 2 .784 
634.391 
765,365 
751, 2 TI 
Queensland 
474,921 
559, 8 96 
601,060 
676,058 
New Zealand 
237,108 
209,015 
230,759 
338,911 
New South Wales 
131.654 
272,314 
265,592 
281,214 
Tasmania .... 
35.270 
53. 0 84 
68,093 
74-445 
South Australia . 
2 9.55 2 
33.6 i 6 
28,285 
19,418 
New Guinea 
(9 1. 971 
(<r) 920 
(r) 5,890 
0 ) 7,56o 
Total ounces . 
• 
1. 480.376 
1,948,534 
2,568,891 
3,563,128 
Total value , 
£ 
6,288,238 
8,276,846 
10,911,955 
15,135,206 
Africa. 
Transvaal .... 
688,439 
1,805,000 
2,743,518 
348,761 
Gold Coast Colony 
(h) 20,743 
(h) 18,079 
(h) 19,963 
(A) 8,944 
Rhodesia .... 
— 
„ 
78,055 
Madagascar 
{*) 
3. 8 96 
33.786 
Cape Colony 
969 
262 
72 
115 
Natal .... 
1 14 
61 
37 
(A) 
Total ounces 
• 
710,265 
1,823,402 
2,767,486 
469,661 
Total value . 
£ 
3,017,015 
7,745,320 
11,755,532 
1,994,993 
America. 
United States 
1,604,840 
1,910,813 
2,774,935 
3,829,897 
Canada .... 
45,022 
54,6o5 
291,582 
1,257,862 
Mexico .... 
{c) 58,437 
(r) 78,996 
(ri 435,475 
404,749 
Columbia .... 
167,952 
139-949 
(k) 107,736 
135.462 
Guiana, British . 
85,241 
109,308 
102,579 
110,738 
Do. French . 
41,686 
134,278 
62,115 
68,353 
Brazil 
21,187 
107,349 
58,251 
77,407 
Chili 
19,281 
47,435 
36,383 
82,447 
Venezuela .... 
44,342 
49,712 
30,347 
(A) 15,208 
Peru 
22,103 
29,471 
29,471 
38.581 
Guiana, Dutch . 
55.717 
20,874 
24,273 
23.544 
Central America 
7,909 
22,762 
22,535 
3L446 
Bolivia .... 
3.247 
3,241 
16,617 
15.723 
Argentina .... 
8,698 
4,300 
6,661 
2,112 
Ecuador .... 
(*> 
3 . 3 11 
6,430 
5,805 
Uruguay .... 
4,545 
768 
1,929 
1,560 
Newfoundland . 
ou 
(*) 
0) 
3.950 
Total ounces 
■ 
2,150,207 
2,717,172 
4,007,319 
6,104,844 
Total value . 
£ 
9.133.499 
11,541,813 
17,022,009 
2 5 > 93 I > 7 2 9 
Europe. 
Russia .... 
• 
1,118,845 
1,218,063 
1,074,186 
1,117,120 
Germany .... 
78,027 
102,851 
89,410 
98,046 
Austria-Hungary 
41,586 
90,078 
100,446 
(*) 105,036 
Italy 
9,131 
11,220 
10,160 
3.643 
Sweden .... 
3,523 
3,010 
3,643 
2,845 
United Kingdom 
3,225 
3.487 
1,691 
13.352 
Norway .... 
311 
45 
32 
74 
Total ounces 
- 
1,254,648 
1,428,754 
1,279,568 
1,340,116 
Total value . 
£ 
5,329.406 
6,068,961 
5. 435. 259 
5, 692,451 
Asia. 
China .... 
214,376 
(A) 480,847 
1 
(A) 298,486 
266,086 
India 
* 
120,737 
187,75s 
350,473 
443- 1 43 
Korea .... 
. 
36,265 
(h) 2i,99° 
(h) 48,385 
(A) 85,529 
Japan .... 
• 
22,548 
25,553 
33.385 
60,474 
F ederated Malay States 
* 
(») 
10,359 
24,694 
15,423 
Dutch East Indies 
2,455 
3,122 
5.619 
20,867 
Burma .... 
* 
(*) 
0 ) 
766 
783 
Total ounces 
• 
396,381 
729,626 
761,808 
892,305 
TotaP value , 
£ 
1,683,719 
3,099,254 
3,235,954 
3,790,270 
The World. 
Grand Total— 
Fine ounces . 
• 
5,991,877 
8,647,488 
11,385.072 
12,370,054 
Value £ sterling . 
• 
25,4s 1 . 8 77 
36 , 732,194 
48,360,709 
52,544,649 
(A) No return for these years. (c) Year ended 30th June. (/:) Amount exported. 
(/) Hungary alone. 
The Mining Industry of New South Wales. — The Under-Secretary for Mines has, so far, 
completed his compilation of the statistics of the past year's work in the State of New South Wales 
as to admit of advance particulars being given, some of which are of general interest. The total 
yield of gold for the year 1901 was 267,061 oz., equal to 216,888 oz. line, valued at ,£921,282, as 
compared with 345,650 oz. (281,214 oz. fine) valued at ,£1,194,521 for the year 1900, a decrease of 
78,589 oz • and .£273,239 value. This is the lowest yield recorded since 1894, but is in excessof 
any yield previous to thabyear back to the year 1875. A number of satisfactory and payable 
returns are recorded from dredging operations, but the year’s operations have shown that some of 
the holdings on which plants were erected before a proper examination of the ground was made 
have proved unsuitable for dredging, and work has consequently been abandoned. The gross 
value of the metallic contents of the silver, lead, and zinc ores raised is not at present available, but 
tho declared net value of the silver, lead, and zinc exported during the past year was as follows : — 
Silver, silver-lead, and ores, ,£1,854,463 ; lead (pig, etc.), ,£100,501 ; zinc (concentrates), £4,057— 
a total value of £1, 959,021, showing a decrease of ,£828, 429 on the value of the output for the year 
1900. The most gratifying feature during the past year was the sustained activity in the coal 
trade. The quantity of coal raised during the year was 5,968,426 tons, valued at ,£2,178,929, 
being an increase of 460,929 tons, and £5 I0 , 01 8 m va -lue over the previous year, and is the largest 
output yet recorded. 
i 72 . 
SCHOOL OF MODERN ORIENTAL STUDIES. 
— ■ — ♦ 
Founded by the Imperial Institute in union with University College and King's Col lege , 
London. 
In 1887 it was suggested that a school of Modem Oriental Studies should be organized 
as a branch of the Institute, in imitation of the very efficient establishments of this kind which 
are carried on, with Government resources, in France, Germany, and Austria. The pro- 
mulgation of this proposal led to negotiations with the authorities of University College and 
King’s College, London, which resulted in their co-operation with the Institute in the 
establishment of the School. A Special Committee having been appointed to decide upon a 
system of work, it was arranged that classes for instruction in the Oriental languages required 
by students qualifying for examinations for the Indian Civil Service, should be held at 
University College, while modern Oriental languages, other than the Indian languages, 
should be taught at King’s College, and that the Imperial Institute should undertake the 
general administrative and financial work. The School was officially opened in January, 
1890, when an inaugural address was delivered by Professor Max Muller at the Royal 
Institution, in the presence of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The daughters of 
the late Colonel W. J. Ouseley (Bengal Army) have established and endowed, in his memory, 
three scholarships, in Arabic, Persian, Hindustani, and other Oriental languages, in con- 
nection with the School, each one of the value of not less than ,£50 per annum. The 
following Scholarships have already been awarded : — 
Year. 
Subject. 
Examiners. 
Awarded to. 
1892 
Arabic . 
/Dr. Wells ..... 
\Prof. Salmons .... 
J No Competitors. 
1893 
Arabic . 
Dr. Wells ..... 
Mr. Henry Leitner, junr. 
I* 
Persian . 
/Mr. John T. Platts . 
\Mirza Hussein Kuli Khan 
j-Mr. E. Denison Ross. 
1894 
Hindustani . 
Mr. John T. Platts . 
No Competitors. 
Persian 
Dr. Robert Bruce 
Mr. Diwan Tek ChAND, 
Chinese 
Sir Thomas Wade 
No Competitors. 
1895 
Turkish , 
Dr. Wells .... 
Mr. L. Stennett Amery. 
Hindustani . 
Mr. J. T. Platts 
Mr. ASGHAR ALI. 
» > 
Chinese . 
No Competitors. 
1896 
Burmese 
Gen. R. D. Ardagh 
Mr. Lee Ah Yain. 
Arabic . 
Dr. Wells 
Mr, H. G. Sarwar. 
Marathi . 
Mr. J. W. Neill .... 
Mr. V. R. Pandit. 
1897 
Gujarati 
Dr. S. A. Kapadia . 
Mr. Rustum D. N. Wadia. 
Persian . 
Mr. J. T. Platts 
Mr. P. S. Patuck. 
Chinese . 
Mr. W. A. Pickering, C.M.G. 
No award. 
1898 
Bengali . 
Prof. J. F. Blumhardt 
Mr. B. C. Ghosh. 
Turkish . 
Dr. Wells ..... 
Lieut. A, M, Seton, R.A. 
» * 
Chinese . 
No Competitors. 
1899 
Arabic . 
Dr. Wells 
Mr. G. A. Khan. 
Persian . 
Dr. Ross 
Mr. R. M, Davis. 
Sanskrit . 
Prof. C. Bend all 
Mr. S. K. Ghose. 
1900 
Hindustani . 
Mr. J. T. Platts 
Mr. N. Hagofian. 
1901 
Marathi , 
Prof. J. W. Neill 
Mr. J. R. Martin. 
An OUSELEY SCHOLARSHIP of £50, tenable for two years, will be awarded 
this year, should sufficient merit be shown, for proficiency in Persian. No person 
will be admitted to competition for a Scholarship in a language which is his own mother 
tongue, nor for a Scholarship in a language allied to his mother tongue. 
The examination takes place early in July, 1902. 
Competitors must give notice on or before July 1, 1902. 
The ages of Candidates are to be above 17 and under 25 years on January 1 of the 
year of examination. 
Further particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, S.M.O.S., Imperial Institute, 
S.W. 
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR INTENDING STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL. 
The classes which the “ School of Modern Oriental Studies " comprises, are divided under two heads. 
Division I. includes classes for all Oriental Languages especially required by Students qualifying for 
examinations for the Indian Civil Service, the instruction being of the same character as that provided for 
some time past at University College and at King’s College. This Division includes instruction in Sanskrit, 
Bengali, Hindi, Hindustani, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Pali, Marathi, Gujarati, Arabic, and Persian. 
Division II consists mainly of classes for Modern Oriental Languages other than the Indian Languages. 
The courses of tuition are of a practical rather than of an academic character ; they have particular 
reference to commercial and official requirements and to the facilitation of colloquial intercourse with 
natives of Oriental Countries. 
It is in contemplation, so soon as the number of students warrants the expenditure, to secure the 
services of native readers and teachers of conversation in connection with the classes of this Division. 
The classes under this Division are conducted at King’s College, where arrangements will also be 
made for the establishment of evening classes. 
The Languages taught in Division II. comprise Colloquial Arabic Armenian, Modern Greek, 
Colloquial, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Burmese, Japanese, Malay, and Swahili. 
Arrangements have been completed by the Managing Committee and approved of by the Governing Bodies 
of the Imperial Institute and of the two Colleges, for the pursuit of studies relating to the history, literature, 
commercial and physical geography, political economy, and the natural and industrial resources, of the 
countries and districts in which the various languages are used. 
Special Lectures or courses of Lectures will be delivered from time to time, in connection with the School, 
by experts or specialists, in any of the foregoing subjects. 
There are three terras, of about ten weeks, in each year, as follows : — 
Spring Term — commencing about the middle of January. 
Summer Term — commencing early in May. 
Autumn Term — commencing about the middle of October. 
A fee of Three Guineas per term will have to be paid, in advance, by each Student for each Language 
taken up for instruction. This payment will entitle the Student to the use, within the College, of text 
books, dictionaries, and works of reference required in connection with the particular Language taught, and 
to the use of all the facilities which it is proposed to secure in the development of the School. 
Accommodation is provided at the Imperial Institute to enable Students to pursue their studies at 
hours when the classes are not held. The Libraries of both Colleges will be open to Students in any of the 
classes of the School, during the usual hours of study. 
Intending Students should communicate with the Secretary at the offices of the Imperial Institute, 
London, S.W., where the registration of Students will take place, and where all information regarding the 
School will be supplied. 

Rubber Forests, — Lord Cromer, in a recent report to the Foreign Office, states that con- 
siderable quantities of rubber trees are reported in many of the districts of the province of the 
Bahr-el-Ghazal. Mr. Broun, the Director of Woods and Forests, has been despatched to report 
on the possibilities of re-opening the indiarubber trade of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, which, in former 
days, was one of the principal sources of revenue of that district. It is also hoped, in the near 
future, to develop the rubber forests in south-western Kordofan, which, from all accounts, are of 
great importance. 
Indian Cotton Trade. — The cotton industry of India, especially the mills in Bombay and the 
district started to employ native industry, are, says the Drapers' Record, in a very bad way, and 
there is an earnest appeal being made from India to England, now that the Budget show's a surplus 
of over four millions sterling, that the excise duty of five per cent, on local manufactured cotton 
should be at once taken off, in accordance with official promises made at the time of its imposition. 
There is now over nine millions sterling invested in Indian mills employing native labour. Twenty 
of them are in liquidation, and, for the last three years, hardly one of them has paid a dividend, or 
even earned the necessary legal amount to be set aside for wear and tear, and depreciation of 
machinery. 
