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FRIDAY. JAN. So 1110:.
ISKKLIN InUtlAR.
.,,along the promoters of the sugar
vulttpany which will }erect Its 1 -root
factory at Berlin Ir air. 1\'111 am
Hendrie, of thio city, We think a
wise selection has been made, fur
8erllu is surrounded by uernan
farmers, suave of whom were doubt -
leer nerug(olued to beet culture In
tl.e Fatherland, and th, y will
know low to du lite work In (bn-
adu. The Germans have, no it rule,
large families, mind lhett feet Will,
help to make the burinebm go, for
women and children can do inure
than a man's work in hoeing, weed-
ing and thinning file leets, witch
cannot be grown for sugar In file
rtwglt-and-tutuble style that till -
lowers well enuVt for a rout cru
intended for •cattle-fyod. Wit,
plenty of beets of lite right quality,
and plenty of capitol to run tilt -
4044C factory, the entirprlre ought
to be profitable to all cohuecl►rd
with It, sad (other ►ocalit,es In On-
tario can get to work later with
the advantage of the experieuct
atatuired at Berlin.
HKITAIN'a a1KW /OINAGN.
The Br1t6t mitt Is this w•eAk turn
Ing out the first Issue of the new
c.oinh bearing the effigy of King kat
Ward it 11. Tao cutaS now Wtuf:
mLruck are gull; silver culnr-will W
minted in January. ThO portrait of
the IiiAg o head it arad to be a Very
faitldul I.k••ne,ts of the YUVcruigu a,
Ike W today. Tho descriptiou of the
gull eoiur Ir time gkVen in the pru-
elamntiop ll( the Gusette:
1. fireya.ti'xl piece -Every I►+,:.
pound pitde st.,all have for the ub
Vera" tmlineeboyt Our effigy with lll•
llecript '' ' trardur \li. Let Gro .
Britt, oma, ex FW, 1)rf, lad, lav;,,
and for tau r se the image (J So.
George, armedbltting oil hormelr,ck,
attacking the druph,n wllh u swan,
nod u broken .piour up.,u into ground.
unl the (luta of the ye,tr, with a
graining upon the edge.
Two -pound piece - Fiery - two -
pound piece edu•iI hu+r tolle same ub-
verse and reverse i p rt(oe anti
frrrriptiun In all re s an ilu-
five-px,tnnl piece, with -a graining
tin c � '
upon a edge.
3 Sovereign - Every �, se�vereJgn
thea bovexfge. flan -t ------
the afnnraW effigy, wH t r In
scrlptlon "Eohcardus \'ll. D.' I�rjlt,
Onto, Rex F. 0. Ind• fmp," ad for
the reverse the same Imprer ou�in
WI re•Mercts nm the lisp -pound ,plet�,
with n' graining upon top edge e
4 Half wvverpign-Every tall Huv
(reign ,J nll have the mane ubcers
and re%er.e• impression awl lnacrip:l•+n
In nil re,q."tm no the artvereign, with
n Irratning upon Ute erdgtt
Ttie bronze coins to he minted will
iwear on the obverse the same de-
sign and Iawrlptluu as tit" E5 plet7e,
trot It to provided "for the reverse
Imprombno the figure of. Britannia
seated a&, a rock surrounded by till,
era, her ght Ilam) holding s shiel.l
which renin, al;ainet the, rock, ishib
In tier left letxnxI she grampat a tri-
dent," and tete Inwriptiuu of ill(
denomi,atlon and your.
TKACNI-40 T14N1'1,RAN('P:.
Rev. D. V. Lucas, of Grimsby, writes
to the Globe that "a prohlbltury haw
will do us poor service unions tilt
peciplo are thoroughly nroumel to a
vel), Rense of their duty respecting
It, stall he advtat•. that rho children
to t Satt4lay selux,ls should IN
tltughrt stirring tomprnnce songs,
nrwi reelt tuns, nu that "the tr(a>u
noattd old d riat•m which we Ifstcneu
to yparm RKO' • y be "revived In our
HuaN nod imisinl 'un rho mists of
the young ,People." lel is n first-
rate Iden. If lila eh- , ren were till
persuaded of Ilion htarmfu ss of u-Inr
Intoxicating liquor, the inn lie nu I
bar-roomm Would soon be cki for
lack of poatrunage, but the effe 4
lure,# $7,0;'8-4, mmXWAery $81,785,
hardware, $11,087, tA)Otr and ahoes,
$11,171, wht-key $17,8(7, o gaus$_6-
',95, piIMUS $lI.S89, wall paper $41.
Jim. furniture $_0,•,25, w«td pulp
til ',10_, other articlem $II9,NU3, and
quite n 114t of small Items. Our Inc
Im,rts from Australia were valued at
$I_g1,167, of wh.ch $131,7:0► were
free kir duly. $290,1193 came under Phe
prefervittbtl tariff and $1,624 under
the general tariff.
It will lllur tofu seen that the bal-
ance of trade, between taw two coun-
trioa Is largely In Canada's favor,
that 44. we sell more to Austral'.&
than wo buy from that country. Dr.
Montague in therefore quite right
In saykatr that ('&nada has all Inter-
um In Australia's new tariff, for 1f
th o .Australians favgr us with the
flattery- of Imitation they many
,lltit tunny C,anadinn pralucte out of
lh.dr wurltut. True, our total ex-
portd to Suptralia are smart In com-
parlwpq with our exports to Groat
Britain and to time United Status.
lett they count b the aggregate,
and it woulol be much more agroeable
pr to sea thew Locrease than dimimlala
•Sir W11trW Laurier lets arranged tU
IWvr a cualcrpncu with the Premier
of Aonlrahn In Lwoocksr at tin flake o.
Like king's curoccution, find the resul,
may be as arrangement under which
.he trade between the Wmialonun•
Line Commonwealth can be largely
r x tcaulal.
IACO13h ANI) Ili XI'h:NDIIV0K.
The financial m,,ate•ment for till
Uominlon la tow eomplcted, thl
igures for the year etxled .lune 30th
.901, hu%ing Iteen recL,(d. Revenu
.vas $5_,511,701, tin increase to.
41,481,707 over the previous year
end lard nary exptendLure was $16,
itle,367, leaving at surplus of $3,648,-
1:13. But there were capltal expends-
urrm un railways, ennui,, public bul d
,cgs, etc., amounting to $7,603,48
railway mulreWlem cum. to $2,5L_,3_8
aoil 'tile South .African cuatingrut
1111 Halifax gfirrlmua co.A $908,681,
winging Ulu tooled capital expeudl
are up to $11,110,409• Taking trout
.his amount the surplus of $3,648,-
1:;3, the appropriation for rinkini.
Gods of $2,480,336 and $1,631 ,of
•, founts, the addition to thio net deb,
f the Uominlon amounts it, V',986,
1110, toe di -fit ytt jam end of tbp yeul'
' log $;:68,480,1 1S.
Thr iu.e:est-on the p+d1 e d •bl nor,
imot+a.m to $10,8.7.914. Loin wl.l:b
4 to be deducted, $1,784583;1 under
l:e head of intero4t on Investments,
In Inclpatly sinking founds, in th(se tat
.tanlLal re•ductl„0s of the public debt
or Interest ds nn uncontrollable Item
of exps•rxbture, which must be paid,
vep when tiptes are hard and rev-
.nues beauuty. 01 eourme the time wU.
'necei come when the country sl,a1.
x4 Ire Lilt the public work+ tient can'bt
ossetl to advuuingp. bout It in n good
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