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March 28, 1850. Rochester, N. Y. 
The Crops in Wisconsin. —One of the editors 
of the Madison E.xpress has recently journeyed 
through the counties of Columbia, Dodge, Fondu 
Lac, and Calumet. He says, “ the wheat crop 
throughout the country, is far from being encour¬ 
aging.” 
So says the Rock Co. Badger of the prospect 
in that county. 
] Notices to Correspondents. 
I _ 
i V. G. A. Y^our plan for a wind-mill for domes- 
i tic purposes is ingenious and has many good points, 
but fails in meeting our views for the purposes of 
raising water, as it has to be kept to the wind by a 
vane, which is cumbersome and uncertain. As a 
machine for sawing wood, cutting straw, and vari¬ 
ous home uses, w’here it could be looked to, it is 
the thing. The drawings and description can be 
seen at our office. _ 
R. L. We have not been able as yet to procure 
the information you require respecting the cultiva¬ 
tion of the cranberr)’. The plants are set out in 
the spring, by taking up a square piece of earth in 
the marshes where tliey naturally grow, and placed 
in low marshy ground. There are none cultivated 
in this region that we are aware of. 
P. of Clyde. On the subject of what is called the 
“Ohio Fire Proof Paint,” we learn that it possess¬ 
es no more of the quality of resisting fire than any 
other oil paint of a strong body that dries well.— 
We are not aware that it possesses any other pecu¬ 
liar properties, except it makes a hard body, dries 
well, and is sold at a low price; but requires as 
much oil as other pigments. 
For cheap and lasting out-door painting we know 
of nothing equal to the Coal Tar, which can bo 
procured at our gas works for one or two dollars a 
barrel. Mixed with Spanish brown or Ohio paint 
it makes the fashionable chocolate color, and used 
with sand on roofs becomes as hard as stone. 
The stocks of all the plants you inquire about 
can be procured of Messrs. Ellwanger So Barrj% of 
this city. The seeds cannot be procured here. 
The use of plaster on rye and all other crops on 1 
arable land when the season is ndt too wet, is un¬ 
doubtedly a fertilizer, but chiefly used to benefit the 
grasses with grain crops. 
We do not understand there is any difference be¬ 
tween the Dutch and common white clover. 
Our old friend E. H., of Mechanicsville, N. Y., 
is down on the “ stove skinners,” and veiy justly 
— for the impalpably thin plates, like Macbeth’s 
witches, ” come like shadows, so depart.” His 
plan for a stove would be a great advance toward 
saving nine of the ten parts of the heat now lost in 
the ordinarj' use of fuel. If he would supply com¬ 
bustion independent of the already heated medium, 
and cause tubes to pass through the fire, supplying 
fresh heated air, it would probably be as nigh per¬ 
fection as we can arrive. 
Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
Mar. 1850. 
THERMOMETER. 
MAX. 1 MIN. 1 MEAN. 
RAIN. 
WINDS. 
19 
26 
23 
25.00 
0.62 
N 
20 
24 
17 
21.00 
NSW 
21 
34 
14 
25.33 
S W 
22 
39 
22 
31.33 
W E 
23 
34 
28 
30.66 
N N W 
24 
33 
22 
26.66 
W 
25 1 
29 
20 
24.66 
w 
REMARKS. 
March 19th. Fair and cool. 
20th. Cool and fair — pigeons seen. 
2 l 8 t. Continnes cool and fair. 
22d. Fine day —-a little warmer. 
23d. Cold and squally. 
24th. Squally and cold. 
25th. Continues cold and squally — ground frozen 
very hard. The w'eather thus far this month has 
resembled that of March in 1844 and 1847. 
A Good One. —The following card recently ap¬ 
peared ill the New York Dispatch, purporting to 
be by electric telegraph from Washington:— 
A Card to the Public. — Messrs. Fou Fou and 
Lara’em beg leave respectfully to announce that 
the Dissolution of the Union, which was to have 
taken place this day, according to their previous 
notice, is unavoidably postponed on account of the 
weather. Due notice will be given when the 
Union will be dissolved, and meantime, gentle¬ 
men who have engaged to take part in the per¬ 
formance, are advised to make their wills, and 
indicate precisely where they would like to be 
buried. __ 
More Disunion among the Disunionists. —Gov. 
Brown, of Florida, has written a noble and patri¬ 
otic letter in reply to one addressed to him by the 
representatives of the State in Congress, urging 
him to further the Southern Convention. He de¬ 
nounces that insane project as unconstitutional, 
unwise, and unnecessary; says it can do no good 
to Southern interests; that the South will never 
unite in it, and that the States can do far better for 
themselves in their sovereign capacity. The Con¬ 
vention scheme is pretty well used up; and it will 
be a ludicrous affair, if the leading spirits do not 
back out before the day set for it to meet. 
How THE Newspapers Stand. —On looking 
over our exchange list, we find that we receive 60 
papers published in ten of the slaveholding States, 
extending from Maryland to Louisiana; and out of 
the sixty, we cannot count up more than about fif¬ 
teen, or one-fourth, which take decided ground for 
a Southern Convention. The rest are either 
strongly opposed to it, doubt as to its utility, or 
are silent on the subject.— Wilmington (N. C.) 
Chronicle. 
The Search for Sir John Franklin. —The 
arrangements of Mr. Henry Grinnell, of N. York, 
for a search for Sir John Franklin, are now already 
completed, and the vessels will at once be fitted for 
the expedition. Lieut. De Haven, of Pennsylva¬ 
nia, is to have command of the first vessel, and 
Passed Midshipman Griffin, of Georgia, of the 
second. Mr. G. has subscribed $30,000 for the 
purchase of the vessels, and his son has gone to 
the East to purchase them. 
Fat Cattle. —The Albany Evening Journal 
speaks of a valuable drove of cattle recently brought 
to that market. Among them was one ox, nearly 
the size of a common elephant, weighing 3,600 lbs; 
a five year old heifer, weighing 2,300 lbs, wdiich 
took a premium at Sj’racuse last fall; also three 
pair of cattle, averaging 4,500 lbs. per pair, includ¬ 
ing a pedr of line backs, weighing 4,500. 
Unparalleled Fecu.ndity. —There is a woman 
residing in the Sixth Ward in this city who is the 
mother of eight children, six of which are under 
tlie age of sixteen months. Twice within that 
time she has given birth to triplets, and once prior 
to twins. Tffis beats Queen Vicl— Roch. Adv. 
Legislature of New York. 
Monday, March 18, 1850. 
Jn the Senate —The Senate concurred in the a- 
mendments made in the Assembly, to the Syracuse 
and Tulley plank road bill. A number of bills 
were referred to the select committee of five. The 
following bills passed: To amend the act appoint¬ 
ing commissioners to ascertain compensation for 
taking private property for public use in the city of 
Troy—to enable Mar\’ Brown to convey real es¬ 
tate—authorizing the appraisal and payment of ca¬ 
nal damages to Jerome B. Ransom. The after¬ 
noon was spent in committee of the whole on pri¬ 
vate claims. 
In the House —An ineffectual effort was made 
to make the general tax bill a special order. Pri¬ 
vate bills occupied the morning, in committee. In 
the afternoon the Sodus canal company bill was 
further discussed under a motion to refer it to the 
Canal Board; that motion was lost, but the ques¬ 
tion of reference was undecided when the House 
adjourned. 
Tuesday, March 19. 
In the Senate —The bill authorising the apprai¬ 
sal and payment of canal damages to Oliver Bar¬ 
ker, passed. The Assembly bills securing the 
payment of wages to laborers on tlie canals and 
other public works—for the improvement of Rack- 
ett river and tributaries, and a number of others 
were reported. The bill in relation to the fees of 
the county treasurer of Erie county, was ordered to 
a third reading. 
In the Hotise —A large number of bills were re¬ 
ported, among them one to amend the act regula¬ 
ting ferries between New York and Long Island. 
Many more were reported complete. A report 
wiis received from the Comptroller in answer to 
Mr. Ford’s resolution of inquiry. The Moose riv¬ 
er bill was again rejected under a motion to recon¬ 
sider. The report of the select committee on the 
affairs of Union College was received. The tariff 
resolutions offered by Mr. Thomas, were adopted. 
The Pilot bill was ordered to a third reading. The 
general tax bill was taken up in the afternoon.— 
Progress. 
Wednesday March 20. 
The Senate was occupied in routine business in 
the morning—A proposition for an investigation 
into manorial estates, was laid on the table. The 
resolutions in favor of a reduction of letter postage, 
passed. The Savings’ bank bills were taken in 
committee. Progress. The afternoon was devo¬ 
ted to private bills. 
In the House —The matter of the canal frauds 
investigation came up under a communication 
from Mr. Hinds'— and the select committee were 
called on to report progress. The Plomestead ex¬ 
emption bill was discussed in comhiittee. Progress. 
In the afternoon, the tariff’resolutions of Mr. Thom¬ 
as were reconsidered and rejected. The Sodus 
canal bill was referred to the Canal Board. 
•Thursday, March 21. 
In the Senate —The Manorial title bill was a- 
mended and ordered to a third reading. A large 
number of bills were reported—but none passed.— 
The resolution of Mr. Mann, in favor of a general 
law for Savings’ bank, was called up, and amend¬ 
ed, 18 to 9, so as to declare against a general law 
— and then the several bills for Savings’ banks 
were put forward. 
In the House —The special order occupied near¬ 
ly the entire morning session. The bill requiring 
the N. Y. & N. H. R. R. company to establish a 
station in East Chester, went through committee to 
a third reading. The bill to improve the quality of 
Onondaga salt was next taken up. Progress. In 
the afternoon, the general tax bill was further dis¬ 
cussed. Progress. 
Friday, March 22. 
In the Senate —A large number of bills were re¬ 
ported complete fr*m the select committees, and 
ordered to a third reading. The resolution accom¬ 
panying the report of the majority of the commit¬ 
tee on incorporating the U. S. Mail Steam Ship 
Company, was called up, debated, and passed over 
on account of the special order. The special or¬ 
der — the Racket river bill—occupied the remain¬ 
der of the morning and afternoon sessions. The 
bill for the Savings’ banks receiving deposits from 
married women, passed. Adj. 
In the House —A bill was reported by the select 
committee, amendatory of the free school law.— 
The committee on the code, reported progress. A 
resolution authorizing the committee to continue 
their labors, lies over. The bill to improve the 
quality of Onondaga salt, went through the com¬ 
mittee to a third reading. The bill in relation to 
the Toronto, Simcoe and Huron R. R. Company 
was taken up in committee. Progress. 
Saturday, March 23. 
In the Senate —A motion to recommit the ma¬ 
norial bill renewed the discussion, which was con¬ 
tinued at some length. The Senate refused to re¬ 
commit, and passed the bill—ayes 18, noes 10.— 
The resolution, accompanying the report of the 
majority of the judiciary committee—declaring that 
the objects to be attained by the incorporation of 
the U. S. Mail Steamship Company, can be at¬ 
tained by a general law, was rejected—ayes 8, noes 
20. A largo number of bills w^re passed. 
hi the House —The third reading of bills was the 
order of the day. The following, among others, 
passed:—To charter the Monroe county Savings’ 
bank; to authorize the formation of Railroad cor¬ 
porations; for licensing and government of the N. 
York Pilots; to amend the act for the incorporation 
of religious societies. The majority and minority 
reports on Union College were ordered to be print¬ 
ed.— Argus. 
(Jpg" Every thing indicates that there will be a 
spirited competition between the boats and the 
Railroad, and also between the rival lines of boats 
on the Hudson river this season. Already it is 
said, the fare is down to twenty-five cents for a pass¬ 
age from New York to Albany. 
Distressing Accident. —The Bath Stueben Ad¬ 
vocate gives the particulars of an accident in that 
village, by which a little daughter of T. P. Brace, 
three years old, had her hand cut off in three places 
by the revolving knives of a straw-cutter. 
Burnt to Death. —Mrs. Phoeba Gates, aged 85 
3 'ears, says the Syracuse Star, was burned to death 
in that city on Wednesday morning, in consequence 
of her clothes taking fire while sitting beside a stove. 
State Printer of California. —On the 10th 
of January, the Legislature in joint ballot, elected 
for State Printer, Henry H. Robinson,of the firm 
of Marcy, Hobb So Robinson. Mr. R. was for¬ 
merly of the Cincinnati Enquirer, we believe. 
The Mexican War. —The total number of lives 
of officers and men, of the regular army and vol¬ 
unteers, lost in the war with Mexico from all cau¬ 
ses, was 12,798. 
Large' Dividend. —The St. Louis Gas Light 
Company has declared a dividend of 19 per cent, 
from the earnings of the past year. 
Ohio Canals. —The Ohio Canals are to be 
opened on the first of April,—so announced by the 
Superintendent. 
Double Eagles. —About $200,000 in double 
eagles have been paid out by the Philadelphia mint. 
Explosion of Steamer Troy, Chips and Shavings of News, &c. 
AT BUFFALO. GATHERED WITH PEN AND SCISSORS. 
Deplorable Loss of Life. 
From the Buffalo Bepublic, Extra, 24th. 
Buffalo —3J o’clock P. M. 
The steamer Troy, from Sandusky and other 
ports on Lake Erie, attempted, at half-past two 
o’clock this aflternoon, to get into our harbor, but 
being obliged to desist, by the strength of the ice, 
steered for Black Rock, to land her passengers.— 
When just entering Niagara River, off” the head 
of Black Rock pier, 'ner boiler exploded, with a 
terrible report which must have been heard for 
miles, blowing a part of her upper machinery and 
sundr} of her passengers, the most of whom were 
gathered upon her upper deck, overboard. 
As soon as the smoke and steam cleared away, 
it was perceived that her forward parts, immedi¬ 
ately over her boilers, were a complete mass of 
ruins, and the people upon her presented a scene 
incapable of description. None in the cabin ap¬ 
peared to be materially injured, but of those who 
were on her deck and about her boilers, not one 
escaped without more or less injury. It is report¬ 
ed by the clerk that ten are certainly killed, and 
it is feared that an examination of the wreck will 
discover more. 
The wreck floated down to Black Rock pier at 
the ferry, and was there secured. Small boats 
went outpiomptly and picked up the passengers 
who were blown overboard. It is feared, but not 
certainly known, that some of the passengers are 
drowned. 
A number of physicians are now in attendance. 
The Troy was commanded by Capt. Wilkins, 
and had about forty passengers on board, and the 
usual complement of hands. 
P. S.—A gentleman just from the scene saj’s 
he saw 4 dead bodies taken from the wreck, and 
two or three persons going down the river on 
eakes of ice. Boats were sent from the shore to 
their relief. 
Three ladies were seen from the shore to drown, 
names not known. 
The following is a list of those scalded as far 
as ascertained: 
L. L. Post, Ist Engineer, dying. 
Luman Harris, (colored,) Ist Cook, fatally 
scalded. 
Andrew Martin, fireman, do. 
Passengers. —Daniel Buckley, fatally scalded. 
George Leeland, badly scalded. A boy, brother 
of the last named, dead. 
Win. Worthington is now lying in a canal boat, 
fatally scalded. 
Sunday, 3 o’clock P. M. 
We are indebted to Wm. H. Forsyth, the oblig¬ 
ing Clerk of the Troy, for the following list of 
passengers brought to Buffalo by the Troy. It is 
a copy of the trip sheet, giving the Sirnaines only 
and the place they got on board, and where bound 
to: 
Mr. Brown, Toledo, for Buffalo 
“ Faxon, do do 
“ Reed, do do 
“ Miller do do 
“ Nelson, Menell and wife, of Detroit, do 
Dr. Rial Wright, of Syracuse, lost 
Mr. Curtiss, Sandusky, to do 
“ Willis, “ do 
•• Pragoff and two boys do do 
•• Doming, wife and child, Toledo to do 
•• Howe, do do 
<• Grant, Sandusky do 
“ Baity, do do 
“ Secor, 2 sisters and one child, do do 
“ Holmes, Hutchinson, Utica, do do 
“ Vessy, do do 
•• D. R. Sertwell, Cleveland do 
Captain Norton, Sandusky. do 
Capt Knapp, Sandusky to Buffalo 
Miss Almira Scott, do do 
Bowen, do do 
Sizer and mother, Toledo, do 
Barnes Mahan do do 
Arnold, do do 
STEERAGE PASSENGERS. 
Mr. Allen got on board at Toledo for Buffalo. 
Mr. Barhart wife and child, Toledo to Buffalo. 
Brandt, Sandusky to Buffalo 
Irwin do do 
Pollum or Plover do do 
Arbow, do do 
Six Germans, do do 
Two do do do 
One Irishman, do do 
Knight, Cleveland, do 
Four Irish and Germans, ,do do 
Five or six passengers having no money, names 
not taken by the Clerk. 
CREW. 
Capt. Thomas Wilkins, safe. 
Benj. Wilkins, first mate, do. 
Jas. M. Saxton, 2d do., do. 
L. L. Post, first Engineer, dead. 
Wm. H. Forsyth, clerk, , safe. 
Joseph Spencer, wheelman, do. 
Abram Hartman, do. do. 
George Wilson, first porter, do. 
Luman Harris, cook, fatally scalded. 
Samuel Harris, do. do. 
Michael Terman, waiter, badly scalded. 
Thomas Evans, fireman, scalded. 
Pat. O’Herron, do do 
Andrew Martin, do do 
Daniel Kenneda, deck hand, do 
Nelson Converse, bar-keeper, do 
Batholomew Sullivan, deck hand, safe. 
Thomas Gant, fireman, dead. 
Wm. Worthington, deck hand do 
John Buckly, do do 
Three boys in the cabin, and three or four em¬ 
ployed about deck, working passage, whose names 
were unknown. 
It is not possible to know how many are scald¬ 
ed of the passengers, as all who could help them¬ 
selves left the boat as soon as she was moored 
along side the dock. Some came up to the city, 
and other sought the nearest shelter they could 
find, where they could get aid and assistance. 
Of the number lost overboard, nothing certain 
can be ascertained. 
Gentlemen who witnessed the explosion from 
the shore, say that they saw a number in the 
water. The deck immediately over the boilers, 
was filled with passengers, and many must have 
fallen into the water. Only five, that we can learn 
were rescued. 
There is no doubt that Dr. Rial Wright of 
Syracuse, was drowned. A person answering 
his description was seen in the water, clinging to 
a cake of ice, and struggling to keep on it—it tur¬ 
ned with him and he sank exhausted. 
How many others shared the fate of Dr. 
Wright, will never be known, as there is no 
probability of rscovering the bodies, the current 
being swift and filled with floating ice from the 
lake. The bodies with the ice, will find their 
way over the falls. 
The whole number of dead as ascertained is. 
Passengers, 7 
Crew, 5 
GATHERED WITH PEN AND SCISSORS. 
An extra session of the Legislature is now 
talked of to act upon the Code of Practice. 
The Canada for Liverpool took from New 
York 67,753 letters. 
In the United States Army a Brigadier- 
General receives $246 50 per month. 
5[;^f”Tho “Kossuth” pound eoke is the latest 
invention with the confectioners. 
An extensive religious revival is in pro¬ 
gress in Oswego. 
5)^” The Pacific Railroad Convention which 
met last year at St. Louis, will meet on the first of 
April at Philadelphia. 
The people of Vermont have just voted 
again on the License Question, and given a major¬ 
ity of 7,304 for “ No License.” 
A new Post Office has been established at 
East Clarkson in this (Monroe) county, and Isaac 
E. Hoyt appointed Post-master. 
Fifteen years ago, the passage from New 
Orleans to Cincinnati was one hundred dollars.— 
Twelve dollars is now grumbled at. 
There are 130,787 sheep in Iowa. It is 
destined to become a very extensive wool-growing 
State. 
Captain Thrift, of the ship Ottawa, has 
been arrested at Savannah, on a charge of aiding 
in the escape of Bullock, the bank defaulter. 
5);^” A Mr. Hazeltine was excluded from testi¬ 
fying in one of the courts of Boston, the other daj’-, 
on the ground that he was “ an avowed atheist.” 
5i;^”At a Temperance meeting held in Buffalo, 
on the 18th, inst., one hundred citizens signed the 
pledge. * 
The Connecticut Mutual l^ife Insurance 
Company, of Hartford, report over 4,000 new pol¬ 
icies issued during the paist year. 
5);^” The locomotive on the Oswego So Syra¬ 
cuse Railroad was thrown off" the track at Geddes 
on Thursday, and turned bottom upwards. No 
person was injured. 
The National Era, according to the Herald 
correspondent, has double the weekly circulation, 
of either the Union, Intelligencer, Republic or 
Globe. 
Gen. Taj'lor’s plantation, on the Mississip¬ 
pi river, forty miles above Natchez, is entirely un¬ 
der water from an overflow in the Mississippi. 
5 *;^” The snow fell at St. Louis on the 2nd inst., 
to the depth of four inches, accompanied by a heavy 
thunderstorm and frequent flashes of lightning. 
5)^” The Farewell Address of Andrew Jackson, 
to tlie people of the United States, was read in the 
Legislature of Pennsylvania, on the 15th of March, 
the anniversary of his birth-daj’. 
5)3^ The American Institute of New York has 
received a package of seeds from Upper and Low¬ 
er Egypt, consisting of lentils, sesame, linseed, 
beans and seeds of the Black Egy-ptiaii cotton. 
jr^^A locomotive is now in course of construc¬ 
tion at Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is war¬ 
ranted to draw a passenger train at the rate of 50 
miles an hour. 
5);^” The Bank of England had at last advices 
about £17,000,000 of specie in its vaults, and the 
amount was daily increasing; the precious metals 
having actually become a drag in the market 
Marriages between Jews and Christians are 
now legal in Denmark. The children of such 
marriages, must, however, be brought up as Lu¬ 
therans. 
From a document just sent to Congress, it 
appears that the production of wool in this coun¬ 
try, during the last j’oar, was 70,000,000 lbs., val¬ 
ued at $25,000,000. 
It appears from returns published by the 
English Postmaster General, that the entire num¬ 
ber of letters distributed during the year 1849 had 
amounted to 337,550,000. In the year 1839 there 
were only 76,000,000 distributed. 
{|;^”The Amherst, (N. H.) Cabinet, in answer 
to the inquiry of Mr. Webster, as to what will be¬ 
come of the American flag in case of a dissolution 
of the Union, suggests that the North will take the 
I stars and the South the stripes. 
2;^“ The Chickasaw Indians have contributed 
two hunderd dollars towards the erection of the 
Washington Monument, they holding the “ Fath¬ 
er of his Country” in as high veneration as white 
men. 
2^”An oyster war is raging between the citi¬ 
zens of Dorchester county, Md., and a party of 
marauders from Pennsylvania. The Dorchestri*- 
ans have captured six boats, thirty men, and 1,000 
bushels of oysters. 
2;^An act, amending the act of incorporation 
of the Canandaigua and Corning railroad compa¬ 
ny, has become a law at the present session of the 
Legislature. It allows said company to terminate 
its road at or near the village of Jefferson. 
23^ The Capt. May reported to have died at 
St. Louis, was Captain Thomas C. May, formerly 
of Pittsburgh, whose obituary was recorded, and 
not the Captain May who won those laurels in the 
Mexican war. 
jr^i^A watchmaker has succeeded in drilling a 
hole through a sixpence edgeways. The diame¬ 
ter of the hole is the four thousandth part of an 
inch in size, and barely sufficient to admit a fine 
hair. 
The Convention which framed the Con¬ 
stitution of California, was composed of thirty-two 
members from slave-holding States, and thirty-one 
members from non-slave-holding States; yet not 
one member proposed to tolerate slavery, or oppos¬ 
ed its prohibition. 
During the past year, S. D. Parker, Esq., 
District Attorney of Massachusetts, has paid into 
the State Treasury, $11,297 84 being the money 
received from the sureties of criminals, who have 
failed to appear for trial in accordance with the re¬ 
cognizances. 
|;^A National Railroad Convention is to as¬ 
semble in Philadelphia in April. The City Coun¬ 
cils and Board of Trade are making arrangements 
for the accommodation of delegates, in anticipation 
of a large attendance from diff*erent parts of the 
Union. 
2^” The several Railroad companies forming 
the line between Albany and Buffalo, have con¬ 
cluded to reduce the fare on their roads. On and 
after the 1st of May, the fare in all the trains, ex¬ 
cepting the express, will be $8, and in the express 
$9 75. 
2^” The amendment of the Constitution of 
Pennsylvania providing for the election of Judges 
bj' the people, passed the House finally on the 14th 
inst., only three members voting in the negative. 
The action of the people is all that is now required 
to make it a law. 
2^ The Utica Building Association held its 
annual meeting on Monday evening last, for the 
election of officers. The Herald saj-s the Associ¬ 
ation has been in operation one year and is in high¬ 
ly prosperous circumstances. Its operations in 
real estate the past j'ear have yielded an average 
profit of over 16 per cent. 
