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naval coaling stations on the Pacific coast while awaiting the 
results of the experiments which the navy is making in the use 
of oil as fuel. Mr, Moody believes that these experiments will 
show that oil is a cheaper, cleaner, and better fuel for the navy 
than coal. If the ex-periments prove successful, oil-tank 
stations will come into use instead of coaling stations. 
MILITARY. 
Lieut. J. B. Arbuthnott, 3rd Scots Guards, Signalling 
Officer of the Home District, is to be appointed Aide-de-Camp 
to Sir H. A. Blake, Governor of Hong Kong. 
Major-General Lord Dundonald left England on July 15, 
to take up the command of the Canadian Militia, and will be 
joined by Lady Dundonald at Ottawa in the early winter. 
Colonel A. W. Collard, Army Service Corps, has been 
appointed A.A.G. Eastern District at Colchester, in succession 
to Colonel R. D. Noakes. 
G Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, instead of coming home, 
is to proceed to India from South Africa, and will be stationed 
at Bangalore. 
Lieut. -Colonel Briston, R.E. , D.S.O., now commanding 
the Royal Engineers at Bloemfontein, has been selected to 
command the Royal Engineers at Aldershot. 
Major-General R. B. Lane, C B. , has left Malta for 
England on leave. Major-General D. D. T. O’Callagan will 
administer the Government until the return of General Lord 
Grenfell. 
Captain M. J. J. Sweetman, 1st Battalion Worcestershire 
Regiment, has been selected to succeed Major E. E. Idanbury, 
Scots Guards, as Superintendent of Gymnasia in London and 
the Home District. 
Lieut. -Colonel Battersby, Deputy Assistant Director- 
General of Ordnance, has been approved for Assistant Director- 
General, to succeed Colonel C. G. Jeans, who is to be appointed 
Ordnance Officer, First Class. 
Brigadier-General the Hon. Sir F. W. Stopforrl, Chief Staff 
Officer at Aldershot, has been appointed President of the 
Establishment and Loads Committee, in place of Colonel C. H, 
Bridge, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
Lieut. -Colonel H. M. Sinclair, R.E. , has been selected for 
appointment as Commanding Royal Engineer, Woolwich 
District, in place of Brevet-Colonel H. L, Jessep, who vacated 
the appointment. 
The Commander-in-Chief has approved of Major-General 
Sir Henry Trotters retaining command of the Home District 
till December 21, and also of Colonel Purcell's remaining as 
assistant commandant of the School of Military Engineering, 
Chatham, till the end of September. 
Lieut. -Colonel E. S. E. Childers, C.B., Royal Engineers, 
has been selected for appointment as Commanding Royal 
Engineer, Woolwich District, vice Lieut. -Colonel H. L. Jessep, 
who will complete his five years’ service as a regimental 
lieutenant-colonel on the 27th inst. , when he will be placed on 
half- pay. 
Colonel John G. Glancy, half-pay, list, late Leinster Regi- 
ment, has been selected for the command of the 100th Regi- 
mental District (Leinster Regiment) at Birr, in succession to 
Colonel H. W. Trench, retired. The 100th Regimental District, 
which consists of the counties of Meath, Westmeath, Longford, 
and the King’s and Queen’s counties, is now included in the 
Belfast command. 
The Reservists and time-expired men of the 1st and 2nd 
Battalions Coldstream Guards, who arrived in London from 
South Africa on the 21st ult. , after 2.V years' active service, 
received the following telegram despatched from Cowes from 
His Majesty the King : — “The King, as Colonel-in-Chief of 
the Coldstream Guards, welcomes home the men of the regiment 
on their return front South Africa, and assu:es them that he 
fully appreciates the splendid services they have rendered 
during this long and arduous campaign." 
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STATISTICAL NOTES. 
Australia (Queensland), — Trade of Queensland, 
First Quarter of 1902. — The Board of Trade have received 
from the Collector of Customs at Brisbane a copy of the 
Customs statistics of Queensland giving preliminary figures, 
showing the value of the trade of that State during the quarter 
ended 31st March last, as compared with the corresponding 
period of the previous year, as follows : — 
Quarter ended 31st March. 
1901* 
1902. 
Total value of Imports * . 
£ 
1,602,422 
£ 
1,728,073 
, , Exports * . 
1-599.756 
1,890,942 
Principal Exports : — 
Gold 
579,202 
607,210 
Hides and skins 
79-632 
92,406 
Meat, preserved and frozen 
175. l6 s 
33 L 782 
Pearl shell and beclie de-mer . 
19,940 
32,480 
Sugar ..... 
25.707 
141,91° 
Tallow 
37.384 
59,601 
Tin 
1 1, 7°S 
23.393 
Wool 
5 0 3.49 s 
295,186 
Green fruit .... 
18,949 
26,427 
* Exclusive of live-stock bordenvise. 
Japan. — Trade. — The following tables showing the trade 
■of Japan are taken from the annual report of the Yokohama 
Chamber of Commerce : — 
I.— Table of Total Value of Imports from the Various 
Countries during the Years 1901 and 1900. 
From 
Great Britain . 
1901. 
Yen. 
50,575.788 
1900. 
Yen. 
71,638,219 
India 
42,779 9°4 
23.5 i6 , 35° 
China 
27,256,986 
29,960,740 
United States . 
42,769,429 
52,761,196 
) 1 
Germany 
, 28,320,1.01 
29,199,695 
Hong Kong . 
11,141,783 
10,659,855 
1 1 
Anam, Tonkin, etc. 
Corea 
4,082,897 
10,052,438 
3,632,342 
8,805,618 
France 
3.752.828 
8,095,819 
Belgium . 
5,810,896 
7.949.253 
Philippine Islands , 
2,981,031 
2,284,293 
Switzerland 
2,208,574 
3,012,504 
Russia, Asiatic 
4,5 1 5> l6 5 
5,716,705 
Russia, European . 
, 210,275 
309,227 
f 1 
-# » 
Australia 
Other countries 
1,777,598 
37.680,746 
2.455.939 
20,162,090 
Total 
Yen 255.816,644 Yen 290,159,845 
II. --Table of Total Value of Exports to Various 
Countries during the Years 1901 and 1900. 
1901. 1900. 
The value of the Exports of home produce and of foreign 
and colonial produce during the first six months of 1902, as 
compared with like periods of 1901 and 1900, is as shown in the 
subjoined table : — 
To United States 
,, France 
,, Hong Kong 
,, China . 
,, Great Britain 
,, India . 
,, Corea . 
,, Italy . 
,, Germany 
,, Canada 
,, Russia, Asiatic . 
,, Russia, European 
,, Austria 
,, Switzerland. 
,, Hawaii 
,, Australia 
,, Egypt. . . 
,, Other countries . 
Yen. 
Yen. 
72,309,358 
52.566,395 
27.275,271 
19,150,422 
41,786,647 
39. 1 77,455 
42.925.579 
31,871,576 
11,482,503 
11,262,997 
9,657.594 
8,704,318 
11,372,550 
9,953.271 
12,569,484 
7,129,310 
5,251,070 
3.555.613 
3,276,114 
2,950,662 
2,290,446 
3,541,833 
8 5 2 .3 r 5 
623,325 
1,386,963 
497,194 
150,284 
117,877 
1,902,709 
1,294,789 
2,533,3 57 
2,530,534 
308,145 
277,953 
25,081,754 
2,858,032 
Total 
Yen 252,349,543 Yen 198,063,546 
III. — Particulars of Trade of Japan for the Years 
1892, 1897 and 1901 ; Compiled from the Annual Returns 
of the Imperial Customs, 
Imports. 
Raw Cotton 
Cotton M a n u f a c - 
tubes : — 
Yarns 
Shirtings, Grey . 
Turkey Red Cambrics 
Velvets 
Other Manufactures , 
Woollen Manufac- 
tures : — 
Flannels . 
Mousselines 
Italian Cloth 
Cloth. 
Blankets . 
Other Manufactures . 
Metals 
Iron .... 
Other Metals and 
Manufactures 
Kerosene . 
Sugar 
Arms and Munitions. 
Steam Vessels 
Miscellaneous Imports 
Silk, Raw 
Waste Silk and Pierced 
Cocoons 
Silkworm Eggs 
Tea and Tea Dust 
Tobacco . 
Rice . 
Wheat 
Copper , 
Fish Oil , 
Vegetable Wax 
Camphor . 
Coal . 
Silk Handkerchiefs 
Silk Piece-goods 
Cotton Yarn 
Miscellaneous Exports 
1892. 
1897. 
1901. 
Yen. 
Yen. 
Yen. 
12,324,655 
43,620,214 
59,641,602 
7,131,980 
9,625,258 
4.869,523 
1,727,186 
3,783,809 
2,990,179 
378,336 
494.593 
188,585 
578,374 
677,051 
832,134 
2,150,344 
4,912,677 
6,272,936 
1,073.743 
1,187,656 
779.329 
2,448,900 
3,835,881 
3.333.656 
1,062,572 
1,815,582 
601.439 
837.035 
2,234,075 
1,970,272 
528.973 
608,928 
76,722 
1,036,942 
2,995,248 
2,146,508 
1,577,612 
10,075,086 
J 9, 970, 599 
3,412,968 
10,314,774 
5.435.96 7 
3.328,398 
7.667,350 
14,899,100 
9,604,350 
20,003,101 
33.529.802 
1,072,248 
505,949 
24,370 
431,875 
8,235,733 
2.565.893 
■ 20,663,285 
86,707,837 
95,688,028 
71,324,776 
219,300,772 
255,816,644 
Exports. 
1892. 
1897. 
1901. 
Yen. 
Yen. 
Yen. 
36,269,744 
55,630,460 
74.66 7,330 
3,641,425 
3,052,623 
4,468,768 
3,790 
20 
. , , 
7,525.316 
7,860,460 
8,854,326 
95,820 
35 B 740 
38,334 
4,108,732 
6,145,250 
6,908,912 
1,119 
4-897,853 
248,621 
285,507 
I , 2 74>753 
4.57ri994 
3,494,417 
4-434-P78 
7,720 
20,241,801 
5,5°4 
5,774,699 
618,478 
730.576 
1,318,292 
11,545,801 
3,390,146 
9,839,33 2 
13,490,197 
43 , 381.499 
3 . 3 V 
14,037,68; 
1,023,63; 
6io,37< 
3,904.97, 
17,542,27. 
3.951 ,19 
25,608,731 
21,465,57: 
69,264,11, 
Yen 91,102,750 163,135,077 252,349,543 
United Kingdom.— Trade for the First Six Months 
OF 1902. — The following tables show the value of the Imports 
from foreign countries and British possessions for the six months 
ended the 30th June last, as compared with the corresponding 
periods of the two previous years 
Imports from Foreign Countries and British 
Possessions. 
Six months ended 30th June. 
1900. 
I9OI, 
1902. 
I. Animals, living (for food) 
£ 
£ 
£ 
4,616,979 
4,706,663 
3,938,487 
II. (a) Articles of food and 
drink, duty free . 
{b) Articles of food and 
44,808,268 
47,929,325 
48,511,821 
drink, dutiable . 
51,240,782 
56,289,039 
53,781,292 
Tobacco, dutiable 
2,027,518 
1,882,152 
2,064,315 
HI. Metals 
IV. Chemicals, dyestuffs, 
15, 748, S3 1 
14,642,082 
15,583,35° 
and tanning sub- 
stances 
3M79.215 
3,462,687 
3-343,778 
V. Oils .... 
5,366,271 
5,407,302 
5,688,990 
VI. Raw materials for 
textile manufactures . 
42,497,888 
45,232,958 
44,868,399 
VII. Raw materials for sun- 
dry industries and 
manufactures 
28,446,645 
26,165,777 
24,732,447 
VIII. Manufactured articles 
48,682,316 
47,851,799 
49,166,474 
IX. (a) Miscellaneous 
articles 
8,430,671 
8,14.0,106 
10,429,238 
(b) Parcel post . 
611,915 
697,810 
63^,497 
Total value . 
255,656,999 
262,416,790 
262,740,088 
Note. Sugar and other cognate articles became liable to duties on 
the 19th April, 1901, and are included in Section II. ( b ) of the above, 
table. Corn, grain, (lour, etc., which became subject to duly on a”d 
after the 15th April, 1902. aie, lor tins month, included in Section II. (<*). 
Exports of British and Irish Produce and 
Manufactures. 
I. Animals, living 
II. Articles of food and 
£ 
£ 
£ 
394T 8 3 
298,282 
320.604 
drink .... 
5,709,638 
6,168,062 
6,556,527 
III. Raw materials , 
IV. Articles manufactured 
and partly manufac- 
tured, viz, : — • 
(a) Yarns and textile 
19,199,544 
16,637,790 
14,522,870 
fabrics 
(<£) Metals and articles 
manufactured there- 
from (except raa- 
51,897,128 
51,157,522 
51,072,823 
chinery and ships) 
(c) Machinery and mill- 
24,021,181 
19.785.572 
19,589,683 
work .... 
(tf) Ships, new (not 
9,846,105 
9,°54,°73 
9,031,606 
registered as British) . 
(e) Apparel and articles 
3,940,113 
4.973.57° 
3,053,256 
of personal use . 
(/) Chem i cals and 
chemical and medic- 
4,724.95° 
5.249T9+ 
5,360,76 7 
inal preparations 
(g) All other articles, 
either manufactured 
5,080,097 
4,672,126 
4,953,227 
or partly manufactured 
18,202,385 
18,866,614 
19,124,465 
(h) Parcel post 
1,361,440 
B717.593 
1,789,746 
Total value . 
1 44, 376, 764 
138,580,398 
135,375,574 
Exports of Foreign and Colonial Produce. 
£ 
£ 
£ 
Total value . 
33,421,021 
34,082,626 
32,818,842 

METRICAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 
Tables for Converting Metrical Weights and 
Measures. 
Hec- 
tare. 
Acre. 
KILO- 
METRE. 
Eng. 
Mile. 
Square 
Kilo- 
metre. 
Eng. 
Mile 
0-405 
1 
2*471 
i‘6o9 
1 
0*621 
2-592 
1 
0-386 
o'Sog 
2 
4'942 
3-219 
2 
1-243 
5-184 
2 
0-772 
1*214 
3 
7 * 4 1 3 
4*828 
3 
1*864 
7*776 
3 
1-158 
1-619 
4 
0*885 
6-438 
4 
2*486 
10-368 
4 
1*544 
2*023 
5 
12-356 
8-047 
5 
3" 10 7 
12*960 
5 
1-930 
3-428 
6 
14-827 
9-656 
6 
3728 
I 5 ' 5 S 2 
6 
2*316 
2 ’333 
7 
17*298 
It'205 
7 
4 ' 35 ° 
18-144 
7 
2*702 
3 '237 
8 
19-769 
12-S79 
8 
4 ‘971 
20-736 
8 
3 ‘088 
3-642 
9 
22*240 
14-484 
9 
5 ‘ 59 2 
23-328 
9 
3*474 
4-047 
10 
24-711 
16-093 
10 
6'2i4 
25*920 
10 
3-S60 
8-093 
20 
49'423 
32-186 
20 
12-428 
51*840 
20 
7*720 
12*140 
30 
74 'U 4 
48-279 
30 
18-641 
77-760 
30 
11580 
16-187 
40 
98-846 
64*373 
40 
24-855 
103*680 
40 
15.440 
20-234 
50 
12 3 ‘S 57 
80-466 
50 
31*069 
129-600 
bO 
19*300 
24-2S6 
60 
148-268 
96 ’ 559 
60 
37'283 
155 520 
60 
23-160 
28-327 
70 
172*980 
112-652 
70 
43'497 
181*440 
70 
27*020 
3 3 ’373 
80 
197-692 
128*745 
80 
49710 
207-360 
80 
30-880 
36-420 
90 
222*003 
144 ‘S39 
90 
55 ’ 9-4 
233-280 
90 
34*740 
40-467 
100 
2^7-114 
160-932 
100 
62*138 
259*200 
100 
3S‘6oi 
Metre 
Yard. 
Kilo- 
gramme. 
Lb. 
Avoir. 
Litre. 
Gal- 
lon}. 
0 ' 9 I 4 
l| 
1*094 
: 0-454 
1 
2 '20 
4*54 
1 
0*22 
1-829 
2 
2*187 
0*907 
2 
4*41 
9 09 
2 
0*44 
2*743 
3 
3-281 
1-361 
3 
6"6i 
13*63 
3 
0-66 
3-658 
4 
4*374 
1-814 
4 
8-82 
18*17 
4 
o"S8 
4 * 57 2 
5 
5-468 
2*268 
5 
11*02 
22*72 
5 
1*10 
5*486 
6 
6-562 
2*722 
6 
13*23 
27-26 
6 
i‘ 3 * 
6*401 
7 
7*655 
3*175 
7 
15*43 
3 1 ‘8o 
7 
1*54 
7*315 
8 
8*749 
3-629 
8 
17-64 
36*35 
8 
1 -76 
8*229 
9 
9'843 
4*082 
9 
19-84 
40-89 
9 
1-98 
9* J 44 
10 
10-936 
4*536 
10 
22 ‘05 
45*43 
10 
2*20 
18*288 
20 
21*873 
9*072 
20 
44-09 
90-87 
20 
4-40 
27*432 
34 
32-809 
13*608 
34 
66*14 
136*3° 
80 
6 "60 
36*576 
40 
43*745 
18*144 
40 
88-18 
181-74 
40 
8 ‘So 
45 * 7 l 9 
50 
54*682 
22-679 
50 
110*23 
227*17 
50 
ll'OO 
54-863 
(0 
65-618 
27-215 
€0 
132-28 
272‘6i 
60 
13*20 
64-007 
70 
7 6 *554 
3 i' 75 2 
70 
I 54 * 3 2 
318-04 
70 
15*40 
73 *i 5 i 
SO 
87*491 
36-288 
SO 
176*37 
363 43 
10 
17-60 
82-295 
80 
08-427 
40*823 
90 
198*42 
4o3 91 
90 
19*80 
91-438 
100 
109-363 
45*359 
100 
220-46 
454*35 
100 
22*01 
For the use of these tables the following explanation is 
necessary: — The figures in heavier type represent either of the 
columns beside it, as the case may be; vis., with hectares and 
acres in the first set of columns, 1 a ere — o '405 hectare, and vice 
versd, 1 hectare— 2 ‘471 acres, and so on. 

New South Wales Minerals.— The value of the State’s 
mineral products last year amounted to £6,006,635, being a 
decrease of £564,183 on the total of the preceding year. .An 
increase of £617,341 was contributed by coal, shale, opal, lime, 
iron, and bismuth. The decreases amounted to £1,181,524, 
silver, lead, and zinc showing a shortage of £828,429, owing to 
reduced market values ; while gold decreased .£273,239 and 
copper £14,734. The fall in values has stimulated the exercise 
of economy in the working. It is officially declared that never 
previously have the mines been in a better position as regards 
large outputs. 
Condition of the Russian Grain Trade. — The British 
Consul at Taganrog states, in his latest report, that those in- 
terested in the grain trade have come to the sad conclusion that 
the rural economy of Russia does not meet the present require- 
ments of commerce, and that competition has thus been allowed 
to step into markets which were wholly supplied by Russia a 
few years ago. The valuable kinds of grain, for which Southern 
Russia was formerly famous, have degenerated, and the exporter 
now has the greatest difficulty in collecting a full cargo of grain 
of the same quality. At the same time, the character of the 
export business has degenerated, for the old firms of sound com- 
mercial standing are gradually disappearing from the market, 
and some of the firms now engaged in the grain trade work on 
a small scale and without capital. This state of things engages 
the serious attention of the Press and the rural municipalities in 
the grain-producing districts, and some action is expected in the 
near future to ameliorate it. 
