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trading. At the same time, he objected very much to imputing 
motives. But it was too ridiculous for the London Chamber of 
Commerce to ask the Birmingham Chamber to give some local 
society their assistance, and he did not think the letter could 
mean that. 
Eventually, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Carter, 
seconded by Mr. Hills, “That this Chamber is not prepared to 
take any action in the matter." 
Dundee. — At the meeting of the Chamber held on the 24th 
September, Mr, A. B. Gilroy, the President, occupied the chair, 
and, in moving the adoption of the minutes, detailed the trans- 
actions of the directors relative to Mr. Renshaw’s Bill concern- 
ing the rating of machinery. The Bill, he said, had been 
amended in Committee in a perfectly satisfactory manner, and 
the passing of the measure ensured that the law relating to the 
rating of machinery was to be construed only to include 
machinery which was used for transmitting first motive power, 
and for the heating and lighting of buildings. All other 
machinery was exempt, which was just what they desired to 
have established by law. He referred to the unusual circum- 
stance that the Bill was passed through Parliament and received 
the Royal Assent within the short space of about one month, 
and, following the passing of the Bill the Assessor of Taxes in 
Dundee, who had issued new valuations on several mills and 
factories, withdrew these increased valuations, and reverted to 
what had formerly been in existence. 
Concerning the contemplated subsidising of the Canadian 
Pacific Railway Company to enable them to establish a fast 
mail service and a service of cargo steamers between this country 
and Canada, the directors, while holding to the view that there 
was everything to be said in favour of Government doing all 
they could to encourage a fast mail service of the kind, were 
of opinion that there were very great objections to Government 
subsidising cargo steamers. To subsidise any shipping line or 
any combination of lines in this respect would be most harmful 
to British shipowners trading with Canada. The Shipping 
Committee had met, and had recommended the directors to 
send a representation to the Government Department protest- 
ing against subsidies being given to cargo steamers. Similar 
representations had gone to the Government from other Cor- 
porations, and the Government had replied that they would 
receive consideration. They understood that before anything 
was done the whole matter would be submitted to Parliament. 
With regard to underground telegraph wires, they had urged 
upon Mr. Austen Chamberlain the necessity of extending the 
system to Scotland. They had received from Mr. Chamber- 
lain's secretary the following communication: — “ Mr. Austen 
Chamberlain desires me to thank you for your communication 
of September 22. I am to add he is giving special attention to 
the question of the extension of underground cables to the 
North." It was very satirfactory to know that the Postmaster- 
General was taking an interest in a matter which was of so 
great importance to the commercial interests of Scotland. 
Speaking of the commercial education examinations which 
had taken place during the last quarter, the President men- 
tioned that last year they had 30 entrants, 13 of whom passed 
the examination. This year they had 136 entrants, with 73 
passes. He had no doubt that as the advantages of possessing 
the certificate became more widely known they would have even 
larger entries and better results. 
Liverpool.— Cotton Trade with Morocco. — At a 
meeting of the African Trade Section of the Liverpool Chamber 
of Commerce on 14th ult., a letter was read from Mr. J. A. 
Doughan, of that city, commenting on a recent communica- 
tion from the Rouen Chamber in regard to the admission of 
cottons to the eastern districts of Morocco, free of duty, 
through Algeria. Mr. Doughan said that would cheapen such 
goods enormously to the people in that part of Morocco, as it 
saved the cost of the long caravan transit by camels from 
the western ports. “ It is easy to perceive," he added, “that 
the action of the French Government is intended as an object 
lesson to the Moors to show them what advantages would 
accrue to them under the sovereignty of France as compared 
with their position under the Government of the Sultan. The 
French have been carrying out a similar policy in the south 
of Tunis for some years in allowing the Tuaregs and other 
tribes of the Sultan to receive sugar and tea duty free, and 
this in order to divert the caravan traffic of the Western Sudan 
from the Hinterland of Tripoli and to draw it to the French 
colonies of Algeria and Tunis. So far as it affects British 
trade the policy is beneficial rather than otherwise." 
Midland Chambers. — A joint meeting of the Chambers 
of Commerce of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, 
Kidderminster, and Worcester was held at Birmingham on the 
8th ult., to consider the recent action of the railway companies, 
in relation to demurrage and the consignment of goods at 
owner’s risk rates. Mr. F. B. Goodman, Chairman of the 
Birmingham Chamber, presided. The course adopted by the 
companies was strongly condemned, and it was urged that it 
was calculated, if persisted in, to inflict serious injury on local 
industries. Mr. Arthur Chamberlain proposed, Mr. D, W. 
Probert seconded, and it was resolved, that a committee should 
be appointed to further consider the railway companies' con- 
ditions for owner’s risk rates, with power to confer with the 
railway companies, or to take such other steps as they may 
deem desirable, and report to a subsequent meeting of the 
conference. The resolution further recommended the com- 
mercial community not to sign the general agreement, for 
goods to be carried at reduced rates at owner's risk, pending 
the result of the negotiations with the railway companies. 
Newcastle-on-Tyne and G-ateshead. — Sir Charles Mark 
Palmer, M. P. , presided on the 1st ult. over the annual meeting, 
at Newcastle-on-Tyne, of the Newcastle and Gateshead 
Chamber of Commerce. With regard to coal and foreign 
competition, he said it was a monstrous thing that a tax 
should have been put upon the export of coal, and, if the 
shipowners had joined the coalowners in their opposition to 
it, the Chancellor of the Exchequer might have attached more 
weight to the arguments against the tax. When trade became 
more generally depressed, and it became necessary to fight the 
development of foreign coalfields, with all their enormous 
facility for opposing British trade, the tax of is. per ton would 
have a very serious effect. Whenever a new budget was 
brought forward, they should lose no opportunity of trying to 
get the tax removed. Referring to the railway system of the 
country, Sir Charles said he had always taken a very strong 
course against railways because of their excessive tariffs and 
their lack of facilities. The railway system was a great bane 
to the country, the tariffs being higher than in any country 
he knew. Speaking of the necessity for commercial education, 
he said he was impressed by the consular reports he received 
from various parts of the world. Our representatives of trade 
and commerce abroad were failures because they did not know 
the language of the people, did not understand the trade and 
commerce, and were ignorant of the requirements of the 
people. Education should be given to remove these draw- 
backs to the progress of British trade abroad. Now that the 
war was over in South Africa there would be openings for 
trade with the Dutch population, who would naturally prefer 
to deal with German traders. German and American com- 
mercial colleges were being extended, and they should be 
extended in this country. 
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE PAST 
MONTH. 
October , 1902. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
Oct. 1st : The Medical Session commenced. The Fisheries 
Conference was concluded. Death of Sir Alexander E. Ramsay. 
Death of Lieut. -General J. I, Morris, R.M.L.I. 
2nd : The London School Board re-assembled and Lord 
Reay made his annual statement. Death of Sir C. W. Cuffe 
Burton. Death of Sir F. Mackenzie. Death of Lady Lewis. 
Death of Mr. E. J. C. Morton, M.P. 
3rd : A manifesto was issued by the National Free Church 
Council, the Trade Union Congress and the National Education 
Association in opposition to the Education Bill. A meeting of 
Nationalists was held in Dublin to inaugurate a National 
Defence Fund. 
4th : Lord Kitchener was presented with the freedom of 
the borough of Chatham. The Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition in 
connexion with the Church Congress was opened at North- 
ampton. Death of Lord Sherard of Glatton. 
6th : The Duke of Connaught presented war medals at 
Windsor to the 1st Scots Guards. The Amalgamated Society 
of Railway Servants opened their annual meeting at Swansea. 
Mr. S. C. Macaskie, K.C., was appointed Recorder of 
Sheffield, in the room of Mr. S. D. Waddy. Death of Canon 
Rawlinson. Death of General J. A, Fuller, R.E. 
7th : The Church Congress was opened at Northampton. 
The Miners’ Federation of Great Britain opened their annual 
Conference at Stockport. Death of Dr. J. H. Gladstone. SirW. 
Laurier, the Canadian Premier, opened a new produce exchange 
at Liverpool. The Dairy show was opened at the Agricultural 
Hall. Death of Lieut. -General R. S. Baines. 
8th : Mr. Andrew Carnegie was presented with the freedom 
of the City of Bath. Death of Mr. John Kensit. The ter- 
centenary of the founding of the Bodleian Library was 
celebrated at Oxford. 
gth : The King left Balmoral for North Berwick. A con- 
ference of Liberal Unionists was held at Birmingham on the 
Education Bill, Mr. Chamberlain presiding. Lord Roberts 
was presented with the freedom of the City of Winchester, and 
I ,ieut. -General Sir J. French with that of Bedford. Death of 
Lady Jerningbam. 
10th : The Irish Landowners’ Convention met in Dublin. 
The King visited North Berwick golf links. 
nth : The King returned to London from Berwick. Lord 
Rosebery unveiled a statue of Mr. Gladstone at Glasgow. 
Lord Roberts laid the foundation of the Victoria Memorial at 
Liverpool, and he and Lord Kitchener were presented with the 
freedom of the city. Rev. Canon J. A. Robinson, D.D., was 
appointed Dean of Westminster. Death of Canon Murray, 
rector of Chislehurst. Death of Lady Backhouse. 
13th : The King took leave of Lord Kitchener, on his 
departure for India. Death of Lord Cranworth. 
14th : The King visited Newmarket. Lord Roberts was 
presented with the freedom of the borough of Croydon. St. 
Deniols Library, Hawarden, was opened by Lord Spencer. 
The National Union of Conservative and Constitutional 
Associations opened their annual conference at Manchester. 
The subscribers to the British School at Athens held their 
annual meeting. 
15th : Mr. "Balfour opened the new School of Technology 
at Manchester. The Prime Minister, Mr. Balfour, was enter- 
tained at a banquet at the Mansion-house. Meetings were held 
condemning the Education Bill. Lord Rosebery presided at 
the annual meeting of the London Topographical Society. 
16th : Parliament reassembled. Mr. J. O'Donell was 
suspended. Lord Rosebery addressed a meeting at the City 
Liberal Club, in favour of unsectarian education in schools 
maintained at the public expense. Death of the Countess of 
Carnwath. 
17th : Lord Kitchener left London for Egypt. Mr. H. R. 
Mansel Jones was appointed a County Court Judge. Lord 
Londonderry addressed a conference of Chief Inspectors of 
Elementary Schools at the Board of Education. 
18th : The King returned to London. Death of the 
Rev. Canon Maclean. Death of Sir Julian Danvers. 
19th : A demonstration of reservists took place in 
Hyde- park. 
20th : Princess Henry of Battenberg unveiled a statue of 
Queen Victoria at Weymouth. The National Free Labour 
Association opened their annual conference at Leeds. 
21st : The Queen arrived in London from Denmark. 
Lord Raglan was sworn in as Governor of the Isle of Man. 
Sir E. W. Hamilton, Assistant-Secretary of the Treasury, was 
appointed a Permanent Secretary to the Board, jointly with 
Sir F. Mowatt. 
22nd: Mr. J. Lockie (C.) was elected M.P. for Devonport. 
The Boer Generals arrived in London. Mr. Andrew Carnegie 
was installed as Lord Rector of St. Andrews. The Association 
of Municipal Corporations held their annual meeting. Death 
of Sir W. D. King. Death of Mr, John Faed, R.S.A. 
23rd : Lord Roberts visited Portsmouth, and was presented 
with the freedom of the borough. The Home Secretary 
appointed a committee to enquire into the use of electricity in 
mines. Death of the Hon. Lady Biddulph. 
24th : The King held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace. 
His Majesty accepted a bible prepared by the British and 
Foreign Bible Society in commemoration of the Coronation. 
Lord Rosebery presided at the first council meeting of the 
Liberal League. Mr. Andrew Carnegie was presented with the 
freedom of Dundee. 
25th : The King and Queen made a Royal Progress 
through London, and were entertained at luncheon in the 
Guildhall by the Lord Mayor and City Corporation. The King 
approved of Mr. Chamberlain proceeding to South Africa to 
settle the affairs of the new colonies. Death of Dr. W. Vaughan, 
Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth. Mr. George Wyndham 
was elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University. 
26th : The King and Queen attended a thanksgiving service 
in St. Paul’s Cathedral for the recovery of the King from his 
illness. 
27th : The King inspected the Brigade of Guards returned 
from South Africa. A conference was held at the Mansion 
House with regard to the Port of London, and a committee was 
appointed to consider the question. 
28th : Canon Robinson was installed as Dean of West- 
minster. Sir A. Macdonnel was appointed Under Secretary 
for Ireland. Lord Peel presided at the annual meeting 
of the Central Temperance Legislation League. Mr. A. F. 
WaiT, M.P. for the EastToxteth Division of Liverpool, accepted 
the Chiltern Hundreds. 
29th : Major-General Sir L, Rundle was presented with the 
freedom of Dover. 
COLONIES. 
Australia.— nth : The Federal Parliament was prorogued. 
New South Wales. — 1st : The jubilee of the Sydney University 
was celebrated. 2nd ; The Legislative Assembly rejected a vote 
of censure on the Government. 20th : The Railway Com- 
missioners were re-appointed for seven years. Victoria. — 1st : 
The elections resulted in a Ministerial majority of 36. 15th : 
Parliament was assembled and Mr. Gillies was elected speaker. 
Queensland. — 12th : Sir E. Barton and Sir John Forrest 
arrived at Brisbane. South Australia. — 4th : The Government 
introduced a Bill providing for the construction of a railway 
from Adelaide to Port Darwin. 
New Zealand. — 2nd : A Bill was passed, granting the 
Midland Railway Debenture-holders £150,000 in satisfaction of 
all claims. 4th : Parliament was dissolved ; the elections were 
fixed for Nov. 15. 7th : The Government accepted the tender 
of the New Zealand and South African Steamship Company for 
the new South African service, nth : The Blenheim-Seddon 
railway was opened by Sir J. Ward. 25th : Mr. Seddon arrived 
at Auckland and was enthusiastically welcomed. 
British West Africa.— 2nd: Colonel Graves arrived at 
Freetown, and was sworn in as Acting Governor of Sierra 
Leone. 
Canada. — 2nd : A great influx of Americans into the North- 
West was reported. 10th : It was decided to establish a fast 
steamship service between England and Canada, beginning 
with 20-knot boats. 15th : Death of Sir J. G, Rourinot. 
17th: Sir Wilfrid Laurier arrived in Canada. 20th : Mr. Tarte 
resigned his portfolio in the Ministry. 27th : 2,000 of the Duk- 
hobors abandoned their farms. 
Cape Colony. — 1st: In the Assembly Dr. Smartt's motion 
for fresh legislation against sedition and boycotting was rejected. 
2nd : The Assembly passed a motion for a committee of 
enquiry into the action of the Bond. 7U1 : The Government 
was defeated on the Thebeus Irrigation Bill. 17th : The 
Assembly passed the War Losses Additional Compensation 
Bill. 20th : The annual contribution of the Colony to the Navy 
was increased to £50,000. 27th : The announcement of Mr. 
Chamberlain’s visit gave great general satisfaction. The death 
of General Christian Botha, at Kokstad, was announced. 
Natal. — 4th : Martial law was repealed in the Colony. 
Newfoundland. — 8th : The Arbitration Court awarded 
$800,450 to the Reid Newfoundland Company. 17th: A reci- 
procity Convention was concluded with the United States, 
admitting Newfoundland products into the States free of duty. 
St. Helena.— 3rd : Death of the Governor, Mr. R. Stern- 
dale, C.M. G. 
Somaliland.— 6th : The British Expeditionary Force under 
Col. Swayne received a severe check from the Mad Mullah at 
Erego in Italian Somaliland, and retreated to Bohotle. 20th : 
Reinforcements were despatched from Aden, 28th : Reinforce- 
ments reached Aden from Bombay. 
St, Vincent. — 16th : La Souffri&re was again in eruption. 
Transvaal. — 4th: A political association was formed at 
Johannesburg. 7th : Lord Milner left Johannesburg for a 
tour in the Lydenburg and Zoutpansberg districts. 8th : A 
revised Customs tariff was issued, 14th : Lord Milner returned 
to Johannesburg : 17th : The Chamber of Mines at Johannes- 
burg deprecated any increase of taxation. 
INDIA. 
2nd ; The number of persons in receipt of famine relief was 
250,000. 16th : The number on famine relief was 142,000. 17th : 
Lord Curzon gave a farewell dinner to Sir A. Power Palmer. 
21st : Sir A. P. Macdonell and Sir W. Lee-Warner were 
appointed Members of the Council, in succession to Sir A. C. 
Lyall and Sir J. B, Peile. 22nd : Mr. R, T. Ritchie was 
appointed Secretary in the Political Department of the India 
Office, in succession to Sir W. Lee-Warner. 23rd : The number 
on famine relief fell to 121,000. 29th : The Maharajah of 
Jodhpur, the Maharajah of Bikanir, and the Nawab of Baha- 
walpur, offered troops for service in Somaliland. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Argentina. — 26th : President Roca opened the new har- 
bour works at Rosario. 
Austria-Hungary. — 2nd: The negotiations in connection 
with the Ausgleich were delayed. 6th : Dr. von Kbrber, the 
Austrian premier, returned to Vienna from Budapest. 17th : 
Baron Spens von Booden, Minister of Justice, resigned. 
Belgium. — 6th : The Boer Generals arrived in Brussels, 
nth : The National Committee of Miners passed a resolution to 
demand an increase of 15 per cent, in wages. 
Bulgaria. — 1st: The 25th anniversary of the Shipka Pass 
operations was celebrated. 4th ; Count Ignatieff was 
enthusiastically welcomed at Sofia. 14th : The Government 
decided to suppress the Macedonian Committee. 28th : The 
Sobranje was opened. 
Chili. — 3rd : The Government announced the sale by 
auction, on December 26th, of a million-and-a-half acres of land 
in the vicinity of Puuta Arenas (Sandy Point). 
China. — 27th : Yuan-Shih-Kai, Viceroy of Pechili, was 
appointed Minister of Commerce. Wu Ting Fang was ap- 
pointed a Commissioner in the negotiations regarding new 
commercial treaties, in place of Sh6ng. 
Colombia. — 15th : News was received that Senor Marroquin, 
the President, had been taken prisoner by General Fernandez, 
who declared himself Dictator. 28th : News was received that 
General Uribe Uribe had surrendered. 
Denmark. — 6th : Parliament was opened. 8th : The 
premier, Dr. Deuntzer, submitted a Bill ratifying the treaty for 
the cession of the Danish West Indies to the United States. 
22nd : The Landsthing rejected the treaty for the sale of the 
Danish West Indies. 
Egypt. — 14th : The cholera epidemic continued to decline. 
France. — 5th : — The funeral of the late M. Zola took place 
in Paris. 6th : The miners’ strike in Norther n France continued 
to extend. 8th : The Miners’ National Committee in Paris 
decided to declare a general strike. A conference was held in 
Paris relative to the Chinese Eastern Railway. 9th : Nearly 
100,000 men were on strike in the mining districts. 13th : The 
Boer Generals arrived in Paris. M. de Bradsky, a Hungarian, 
was killed in a balloon accident in Paris. 14th : Parliament was 
opened. 15th : The Boer Generals left Paris for Berlin. 23rd : 
Rioting took place at Dunkirk among the dock labourers on 
strike. 
French West Africa.— 4th: A decree was published re- 
organising the general government of French West Africa, and 
increasing the authority of the Governor-General, M. Roume. 
Germany.— 3rd : The Tariff Committee concluded its 
labours. 7th : An International Congress, on the subject of the 
" White Slave " Trade, was opened at Frankfurt-on-Main. 8th : 
The German Emperor decided not to receive the Boer Generals. 
10th : A Congress was held in Berlin to further German colonial 
enterprise. 13th : The National Liberal Party held its annual 
congress at Eisenach. 16th : The Boer Generals arrived in 
Berlin. 18th : The Emperor unveiled a monument to the Great 
Elector at Fehrbellin. 23rd : An international conference on 
tuberculosis was opened at Berlin. 27th : The Crown Prince of 
Denmark arrived in Berlin on a visit to the Emperor. 29th : 
The Emperor, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, 
visited the artillery range at Kummersdorf. 
Greece, — 3rd : The Chamber was dissolved, the elections 
being fixed for November 30. 4 th : The Crown Prince met with 
a motor car accident near Tatoi, 
