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IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
affected ; the corresponding number of disputes in June was n, 
affecting 10,679 workpeople, and in July, 1901, 28, affecting 8,148 
workpeople. The increase in the numbers affected by disputes 
in July, 1902, as compared with a month and a year ago, is mainly 
accounted for by a strike of lads at a large number of collieries, 
the number of persons thrown out of work in this- way being 
about 97,000. Of the other 24 new disputes in July, 1902, 1 
took place in the building trade, 12 in the mining industry, 4 
in the metal, engineering, and shipbuilding trades, 4 in the 
textile trades, and 3 in miscellaneous industries. 
Employment in Mines and Quarries.— The general report 
and statistics relating to persons employed and accidents at 
mines and quarries in the United Kingdom and to the enforce- 
ment of the Mines and Quarries Acts has been issued by the 
1 lome Office as a Blue-book. The total number of persons 
employed at mines and quarries in the United Kingdom and 
the Isle of Man during 1901 was 933,366, of whom 839,178 were 
employed in or about mines, and 94,188 in or about quarries. 
Of the 839,178 persons employed at mines, 666,626 worked 
underground and 172,552 above ground; of the last-mentioned, 
5,588 were women. Compared with the preceding year, there 
is an increase of 22,384 males working underground, and an 
increase of 1,912 males and of 365 females working above 
ground, making a total increase of 24,661 persons. The 
increase occurred entirely at coal mines. The total figure is 
the largest yet recorded. At iron and “other" mines there 
was a decrease of 1,092 males and an increase of six females. 
Compared with 1900 the number, of persons employed inside 
quarries shows a decrease of 673, and the number outside 
quarries an increase of 956 persons. In 1901, 1,075 separate 
fatal accidents occurred in and about the mines and quarries of 
the United Kingdom, causing the loss of 1,229 lives. This is a 
decrease of 48 in the number of fatal accidents compared with 
the previous year, but an increase of 52 in the number of lives 
lost, owing to the explosion at the Universal Colliery, where 
81 persons lost their lives. Of these fatal accidents, 978, 
causing the. loss of 1,131 lives, happened at mines, and 97, 
causing the loss of 98 lives, happened at quarries. Compared 
with the previous year there is a decrease of 21 in the number of 
fatal accidents in mines and an increase of 81 in the number of 
deaths. It is pointed out that two-thirds of the explosions in 
mines were due to naked lights, the illegal use of matches, or 
the illegal opening of a safety-lamp. 
♦ 
EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION. 
*** The Imperial Institute acts in concert with the Emigrants' 
Information Office ( which is under the direction of the. 
Colonial Office), of jt, Broadway , Westminster, S. W. ; 
and also with the British Women's Etnigration Asso- 
ciation, now temporarily carrying on its work in 
rooms at the Institute. The Handbooks and Quarterly 
Circulars issued by the Emigrants' Information Office 
may be obtained at the Commercial Intelligence Office. 
Special information and practical advice respecting 
Canada and Cape Colony will also be furnished by the 
Curators of these Sections. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
The British Women’s Emigration Association.— The 
hon. sec, reports the number of applications received at the 
office in the month, July 21 to August si, to be 989. There 
have sailed in the same time, under the care of the Association, 
76 persons, viz. : to Africa, 32, and two Scotch families number- 
ing 17 ; to Canada, 18 ; to Australia and New Zealand, 8 ; to 
the States, 1. 
South Africa. — The month is marked by the announce- 
ment that Lord Milner has established our work already 
organised at Johannesburg as a Government Department under 
the name of the Women's Emigration Department, South 
African Expansion, Transvaal Province. The Government will 
finance the office and the hostel. There is also a promise of 
advancing the payment for women coming out. Fifty general 
servants are applied for ; they will be sent out in parties under 
experienced matrons in empty troop-ships, probably about the 
middle of September. 
The Committee at home regard this as a very great 
encouragement to their work. At the same time, it should be 
borne in mind by those intending to go out that the housing 
difficulty in Johannesburg, as indeed throughout South Africa, 
is very great, and that some time must elapse before it can be 
overcome. The consequent dangers, in the present state of the 
country, with large numbers of disbanded troops awaiting 
embarkation, must be obvious, and it is therefore necessary to 
adhere strictly to the rule that no one can be sent out who has 
not either employment assured beforehand or friends ready to 
receive them. 
The fares, third class for indulgence passages, are only the 
actual cost of rations, which with extra necessaries cost £2. 
These passages represent very simple accommodation, being 
berthing in two tiers in the women's ward. The feeding takes 
place in a separate saloon, where the travellers sit. 
Second-class passages are given at frequent short intervals 
at £g 6s. each. Our correspondents at Cape Town, the eastern 
ports, and Durban, obtain railway fare at half-price. At Port 
Elizabeth and East London and other inland places our corre- 
spondents are looking out for situations for home-helps, to come 
from the class of fanners' and tradesmen’s daughters. Con- 
cessions are given on the Rhodesian railways, and occasional 
cheap sailings by direct steamers to Reira. Hostel or lodging 
accommodation is secured as cheaply as possible ; but all board 
and lodging is very dear. 
It must be understood that the Colonial Office only permit 
us to send those women for whom actual employment has been 
obtained, either by their own efforts or through our Association 
and its Colonial correspondents, or women who can show they 
have relations or friends asking them to come out and settle 
with them. 
Contributions towards the repayment of the money 
advanced for buying a suitable house in London for the 
convenience of our travellers, are needed, and will be gratefully 
acknowledged. We publish the details of the money so far re- 
ceived for tiie Hostel, the result of kind exertions on the part of 
members of both Committees, who have generously combined 
in subscribing and collecting liberal sums. This includes the 
loans, amounting to £1,100, for purchasing the lease (47 years) 
of 22, Upper West boiirne-ter race. The money is lent at 
3 per cent, interest, and special donations towards the extinction 
of the debt are coming in. 
There is a good deal of outlay to be provided for in getting 
into the house, some legal expenses, certain necessary repairs, 
a new kitchen range, fittings for the electric light, and blinds, 
as well as for completing the furnishing. Although over ^540 
has already been collected, further donations will be gladly 
received lor the credit of the hostel account. These may be 
addressed to the Secretary of the Hostel Committee at the 
British Women’s Emigration Office, Imperial Institute. 
1 
List of Subscriptions to tiie London Hostel already 
RECEIVED 
TO 
£ 
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s 4 
ND 
d. 
of August, 1902. 
£ 
S. 
d. 
Sir Edgar Vincent . . . 
IOO 
0 
O 
Miss Henderson . . 
2 
O 
O 
S. Newman, Esq. . . . 
5 ° 
0 
O 
Miss Russell .... 
2 
O 
O 
Lord Strathcona . . . 
5 ° 
0 
O 
Mrs, Western . . . 
2 
O 
O 
Lady Kelvin 
25 
0 
O 
Mrs. & Miss Wedderburn i 
IO 
O 
F. I). Moeatta, Esq. . . 
Hon. K. Plunket . . . 
25 
0 
O 
Lady Amphlett . . . 
I 
T 
O 
25 
0 
O 
W. CarLer, Esq. . . 
I 
I 
O 
J. F. P. Rawlinson, Esq. 
21 
0 
O 
Miss Dempster . . . 
I 
J 
O 
S. Pierse DuncomLe, Esq. 
IO 
IO 
O 
Capt. A. Douglas, R. N 
I 
I 
O 
Miss Denison .... 
IO 
0 
O 
Mrs. Robb .... 
I 
I 
O 
Miss Flower 
TO 
0 
O 
G. Somervell, Esq. 
I 
I 
O 
O. D’A. Goldstnid, Esq. . 
IO 
0 
O 
Mrs. Spender. . . . 
I 
I 
O 
Miss fones 
Emil Reiss, Esq. . . . 
IO 
IO 
0 
0 
O 
O 
W. J. Waddington, Ksq. 1 
Sir Donald Mackenzie 
I 
O 
Hon, Mrs. R. Talbot. . 
IO 
0 
O 
Wallace .... 
T 
I 
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P. Walker, Esq. . . . 
IO 
0 
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Mrs. lfirbeck . . . 
I 
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IO 
0 
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Sir A. Cooke . . . 
T 
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Collected by Miss V. Little 
8 
0 
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Countess of Dunmore . 
I 
O 
O 
J. Langman, FIsq. , . . 
5 
5 
O 
Mrs. C. Egerton . . 
I 
O 
O 
John Walter, Esq. , . , 
5 
5 
O 
Mrs. Edmonds . . . 
I 
O 
O 
Miss Spencer Hell . . . 
5 
O 
O 
Admiral Field . . . 
I 
O 
O 
Miss Pionham Carter . . 
S 
O 
O 
Miss Macan .... 
I 
O 
O 
Col. Kincaid 
Lady Knox . . . . . 
5 
5 
O 
O 
O 
O 
Miss Jackson (sub.) 
Susan, Lady Malmesbury 
I 
O 
O 
Miss Lefroy 
5 
O 
O 
(sub.) 
I 
O 
O 
Miss Lewis 
5 
O 
O 
Lady Macnaitghten 
Miss G. F. Martin , . 
I 
O 
O 
Lady Lovelace .... 
5 
O 
O 
I 
O 
O 
Miss Monk (sub.) . . . 
5 
O 
O 
Lady Monkswell . . 
I 
O 
O 
Mrs. Moreton Phillips 
S 
O 
O 
Hon. tl. Plunket . . 
T 
O 
O 
Ashley .Stabiles, Esq. . , 
Miss Spottiswoode . 
5 
O 
O 
Mrs. Parker .... 
I 
O 
O 
5 
O 
O 
Miss R. Talbot . . . 
I 
O 
O 
Mon. Mrs. Thomas . . 
S 
O 
O 
Hon. Mrs. Thomas . 
I 
O 
O 
Mrs. Tot hi 11 
s 
O 
O 
Rev. A. L. White . . 
I 
O 
O 
Miss Tube Tylor . . . 
5 
O 
O 
Hon. Mrs. Wilkinson. 
O 
TO 
6 
Messrs. Willett . . . . 
5 
O 
O 
Miss Ada Byron , , 
O 
TO 
O 
Mrs. H. Chamberlain. . 
3 
3 
O 
Mrs. Firebrace . . . 
O 
TO 
O 
Eric Debenhani, Esq. 
3 
3 
O 
Miss Hartley . . , 
O 
TO 
O 
Mrs. Ernest Hills . . . 
3 
3 
O 
Messrs. Mansford . . 
O 
IO 
O 
Miss Booker. . . . . 
3 
0 
O 
Miss Mildmay . . . 
O 
IO 
O 
1 C. Debenhani, Esq. . . 
3 
0 
O 
Mrs. McLean . . . 
O 
IO 
O 
Major and Mrs. Hills, . 
3 
0 
O 
Miss Soames .... 
O 
TO 
O 
Mrs. Covvell . . . . . 
2 
7 
O 
A. White, Esq. . . . 
O 
TO 
O 
Lady De La Rue , , . 
2 
2 
O 
Per Hon. Mrs. Thomas 
O 
5 
O 
Mrs. Blundell . . . . 
Miss Cuntiffe .... 
2 
2 
O 
O 
O 
O 
Mrs, Kemp Welsh . . 
O 
5 
O 
Miss Denison (sub.) . . 
Hon. F. D. Fortescue 
2 
2 
O 
O 
O 
O 
Total . . . ,6549 
T 2 
6 
Sums advanced for the Purchase of the House, 
22, Upper Wkstbourne Terrace, W. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
£ 
S. 
d. 
Miss Denison .... 300 
0 
O 
Hon. Mrs. Paley 
. * - TOO 
O 
O 
Mrs. L, Hardy . . . 250 
0 
O 
lion. Katherine i 
flnnket 100 
O 
O 
Susan, Lady Malmes- 
Miss Balfour . 
. . . TOO 
O 
O 
bury ..... 150 
0 
O 
Miss Monk . . 
* * * IOO 
O 
O 
4 * 
CUSTOMS TARIFFS. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
Assessment of Duty on Cleaned Rice. — A General 
Order (No. 47 of 1902) has recently been issued by the Com- 
missioners of II. M. Customs, relative to the assessment of duty 
on Mixtures of Whole and Broken Rice. The following is the 
text of the Order : — 
“ The Board of Customs having had under consideration the 
question of assessing duty on Mixtures of Whole and Broken 
Rice (cleaned), now direct that the following specific rates of 
duty be charged on and after the receipt of this Order : — 
“ Rice (cleaned) : — 
“Containing not more than 10 percent, of 
Whole ....... 3d. perewt. 
“ Containing more than 10 and not more 
than so per cent of Whole . . . 4d. ,, 
“Containing more than 50 per cent, of 
Whole . . . . . . . 5d. ,, 
“Uncleaned rice (whole or broken) will continue to be 
subject to the lower rate of 3d. per cwt. only. 
“ Where it is necessary to forward samples of importations 
to the analyst for assessing the proper rate, delivery of the goods 
may be allowed on a deposit being made sufficient to cover the 
duty." 
Bonding op Rice and Quaker Oats permitted. — The 
Board of Trade are in receipt of a copy of a General Order 
(No. 52 of 1902), recently issued, with regard to the bonding of 
rice and quaker oats. The following is the text of the order : — 
“ Representations having been received as to the return of 
duty on rice and quaker oats cleared for home consumption, and 
which, under existing trade conditions, are ultimately exported 
in considerable quantities without undergoing any process of 
preparation or manufacture in this country, such as would 
entitle the goods to drawback ; 
“ Collectors and other officers concerned are informed for 
guidance tha the Lords of the Treasury, under Section 39 of the 
Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, have now been pleased to 
enumerate the goods specified in the first schedule to the Finance 
Act, 1902, with the exception of rice and quaker oats, as goods 
upon which the duties shall be paid on the first importation 
thereof, and which shall not be warehoused either for home con- 
sumption or exportation. 
“ The warehousing of importations of rice and quaker oats, 
either for home consumption or for exportation, is accordingly 
to be allowed under the Standing Regulations, and paragraph 4 
of General Order 19/1902, is to be noted to that effect.” 
Remissions of Duty on Maize, Maize Offals, Etc,— 
With reference to the notice on p. 218 of this Journal, respect- 
ing the revised duties on maize, maize meal, etc. , the Board of 
Trade are now in receipt of a copy of a further General Order 
(No, 45 of 1902), containing the following provisions for the 
remission of excess duty paid on these articles prior to the 
18th June, 1902 : — 
Applications for remission of excess duty paid prior to the 
18th June, 1902, can only be received from importers or their 
recognised agents who actually paid the duty ; and such 
applications should contain full particulars of each importation 
concerned, viz., names of importing ships, date and place of 
importation (in London, the station), date of payment of duty 
and amount, name of paying firm (specifying whether principals 
or agents), and any other details which may assist in establish- 
ing the claim. Where a claim is made by an agent proof of 
bona-fide agency will be required. 
No claim can be recognised unless it is proved to the satis- 
faction of the Board of Customs that duty has been paid at the 
higher rate ruling prior to the 18th June, 1902, and that the 
excess duty has not been recovered from any person to whom 
the goods have been delivered after importation. 
Subject to this condition, however, importers will be entitled 
to claim remission of the excess duty on any stocks which they 
can prove to have had remaining on hand on the 17th June, and 
on which the higher duty has been paid. Goods claimed as offals 
Vol. VIII. No. 93. 
must be identified on inspection by the officers, who will draw 
representative samples and forward the same to the departmental 
analyst. 
COLONIES. 
British Central Africa and North-Eastern B,hodesia.— 
Export Duty on Rubber.— The Board of Trade have 
received information from the Foreign Office to the effect that 
they have sanctioned the imposition, as from tst September 
next, of a duty of 4 d. per lb. on rubber exported from the 
British Central Africa Protectorate and North - Eastern 
Rhodesia. 
Ceylon. — Customs Amendment respecting Liquid 
Fuel.— The Board of Trade have received information, through 
the Colonial Office, to the effect that liquid fuel, with a Hashing 
point not under 150 deg. Fahr., is to be exempt from the pay- 
ment of harbour dues and Customs rent on importation into 
Ceylon, pending the amendment of Ordinance No. 20 of 1898, 
by which liquid fuel, the product of petroleum, was exempt from 
Customs duty when the flashing point was not under 200 deg, 
Fahr. 
Natal, — Prohibition of the Importation of Horned 
Cattle from certain American Ports. — With reference 
to the Proclamation No. 36 of 1902, prohibiting the importation 
of horned or polled cattle into Natal from certain countries in 
consequence of the existence of the disease of “ Redwater," the 
Board of Trade have now received a copy of a further Procla- 
mation, dated 14th June, 1902 (No. 42 of 1902), extending the 
previous Proclamation, so as to prohibit the importation of 
horned or polled cattle into the colony from any port along 
the coast of the United States from New Orleans to Charleston, 
inclusive. 
Regulations for the Landing and Delivery of 
Passengers' Baggage. — The Natal Government Gazette 
for 15th July, 1902, contains regulations for the landing and 
delivery of baggageof passengers arriving in the colony by sea. 
Passengers are informed that nearly all goods are liable to 
Customs duty on entry into the colony, and are asked to exer- 
cise great care to specify the articles correctly. A special 
declaration is required in the case of firearms, ammunition, and 
explosives of any sort. The regulations may be seen on applica- 
tion at the Commercial Intelligence Department of the Board of 
T rade. 
New Zealand.— Decisions. — The New Zealand Govern- 
ment Gazette, for 12th June, 1902, contains a copy of a Com- 
missioner’s Order, dated nth June, 1902 (No. 691), notifying 
tire following Decisions under the Customs Import Tariff of New' 
Zealand : — 
Articles, and how classed. 
Rate of Duty. 
*Corn-starch and potato-farina, in bulk, whether 
packed in casks, or bags, or cases, without 
internal packages, when imported by or for 
a manufacturing confectioner, on declaration 
being made by such confectioner that the 
importation is to lie used as moulding 
starch — 
As confectioner’s moulding starch 
Free. 
*Gloy (paste for paper-bag making) in bulk 
1 » 
Photographs of persons in the colony taken or 
reproduced abroad — - 
As photographs ...... 
20 % ad. val. 
"Steering wheels for ships, without machinery 
attached — 
As ship chandlery, not otherwise enume- 
rated 
F ree. 
Truck wheels for trucks used in the transport 
of coal from the mine — 
As tramway materials, not otherwise 
enumerated 
20 % ad. val. 
"Turbine for saw-mill, when supported by 
declaration — 
As machinery for saw-milling . 
Free. 
Wax, ceresin — 
As wax, mineral 
iL/. per lb. 
* Revised decisions. 
St. Lucia.— Amended Rate of Import Duty on Malt 
Liquor. — The Board of Trade have received a copy of the 
“Customs Tariff (Amendment) Ordinance, 1902 "(No. 7, of 
1902), which was passed by the Legislative Council of St. Lucia 
on 19th of June, 1902, and assented to by the Governor on 
1 st July. 
The present Ordinance amends the rate of duty imposed by 
the Customs Tariff Ordinance of 1895 on ale, beer, and porter, 
imported into St. Lucia in w r ood. The duty is henceforth to be 
17s. per hogshead of 65 galls. (Winchester measure), instead of 
6tl. per gall. 
INDIA. 
Decision. — A Customs Circular, dated r8th June, T902 
(No. 11 of 1902) states that the Government of India has 
decided that flint pebbles for use as rolling ballast in tube mills 
for the manufacture of cement are to be dutiable at the rate of 
5 per cent, ad valorem, whether the pebbles are imported 
separately or along with the machinery of a mill. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Belgium. — New Provisions respecting Imported 
Spirits. — The Moniteur Beige for the 28th/29th July contains 
the text of a new .Law, modifying previous legislation concerning 
the manufacture and importation of alcohols. The following is 
a translation of Article 6 of this Law, which affects the treatment 
of alcohols imported into Belgium : — 
" The Government is authorised — 
“ 1. To grant total or partial exemption from import duty 
to alcohols intended exclusively for industrial purposes, after 
previous denaturation ; the regulations of Articles 14 and 16 of 
the Law of the 15th April, 1896, are applicable to this 
exemption ; 
“ 2. To reduce the import duties leviable on spirits in casks 
to a point not lower than the excise duties leviable on spirits of 
Belgian production. The duties thus lowered may be again 
raised, by Royal Decree, to the rate originally leviable." 
France.— Import Duties on “Colonial Produce.”— 
With reference to the French import duties on “ Colonial 
produce,” the Board of Trade are now in receipt of information 
to the effect that the French Government have decided to con- 
tinue the application of the minimum tariff to imports of such 
produce from the countries named in the above-mentioned 
notice, for a further period of six months. 
France (St. Pierre et Miquelon), — Import Duties on 
Tobacco, — The French Journal Officiel for the 5th ult. con- 
tains the text of a Presidential Decree, dated the 25th July, 
modifying as follows the list of exceptions from the General 
