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Exeter Times, 1905-02-23, Page 3AB UTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Mutt Sear Signature at • • 402,2e Sas Per.41alle Wrapper Mew. r'ars Damn sae as easy le tate as .egrr. CARTE+ roI REAO!lcNE. FU DIIIINtS . FON IIL;OMEas. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. ' NCR SALLOW SKIN. _osss FOR UIE_COMPLEXIt1N 'laxer: Vefetaltle. �� �••.� CURD. SICK HEADACHE. ..1111111r.mms•- -.41151M3 FROZEN TO DEATH Man Fell Out of Sleigh and Per- ished in Snow. BUST FIGgT IN THE COLD A Big Battle is Expected Before Thaw Sets In. IMPI'.NI)ING B.1'I'I'LE. cry to atop the war among their A despatch from 'Tokio says: -Tho foremost demands. but educated per - impression prevails here that the ink- sO18 everNwhere are discussing the Poling bailie between the armies of pros}1tcts for peace. and hoping that Field Marshal Oyanla and Lien, it will be attained. The gloomiest Kouropat,.it► will occur before the view is taken of the existing porn - material thaw takes, pltu o. which tion in Manchuria, and the most re - would would convert the country into a workable rumors regarding it are eluahy bog, and render the moots eagerly repeated. mew of guns, anlutunitiun, and 'There is, however, not the smallest stores impossible until the ruads evidence that the l iii aucrucy is Iharden. weakening in its attitude that peace A report from Manchurian head- is not to be thought of until at quartera says that. the Russians have least one decided victory is gained continued their bombardment in the by the Russian army. The desire c:ir.x•t Ion of the Shu River since the of other powers to use their good nicht of Feb. 7. They continue en- offices to bring the war to an end trenching in front of Liuc•henpao and is well known, but interposition is in ts a vicinity. of Ileikoutai. as unwelcome ns ever. Ileadquar- tees of both armies report more FOR DOMESTIC LOAN. outpost actions, which are apparent - A despatch from'Tokio says:-Vice1y unimportant. President. Takahasl, of the Bank of Japan, will leave for America and RUSSIANS CONCENTRATING. England Via Vancouver on Feb. 17. to hold preliminary conferences with financiers of these countries regard- ing terms of a fourth domestic loan. Minister of Finance Yoshi') is ar- ranging to meet Japanese hankers and capitalists on the 13th of Feb- ruary to discuss the rate of inter- est and time for which this loan will run. A despatch from Winnipeg nays: A LAWFUL 'C \1'T1'I{I:, A loan has been frozen to death near Carlton. Ile left Duck Lake A despatch from Nagasaki says: -- with a companion named Arcand. The British steamship 11'yetiold, Both were under the influence of li- which was seized by a Japanese war- quor. The man, whose name is un- ship oft the coast of Hokkaido Is - known, tumbled out of a cutter, his land, Jan. 30, while on her way to companion being too drunk to no- Vladivos;tock with a cargo of Cardiff tico what happened unt it t he follow- coal, was conilentned on Thursday by ing morning, whorl he started back a prizo court as a lustful capture. , on the trail, told found the frozen The non-success of the Russians in body lying by the roadside where he DAPS I►1•:ti'rHov LINE. mountain fighting renders it iin- tell from the sleigh. The St. PetersburgPetersburgcorrespondent ;probable that the•y will attempt to t urn t ho flank of (:ext. I:uroki. who • 4 of the London Express says that tcommands the right wing of the .Ia- men and a ,you strikers and mutinous Polish meters.- �tvo young ng wo- panese army. Accordingly, despite tes,n of Caistor are in jail at. St. sats have torn up a thousand yards the defeat of the Russians recently 'Catharines, charged with stealing a of the 'Siberian Railway twenty miles sustained, it is considered likely that shave of bees. east of Irkutsk. The strike has ex- the Hun Valley will he the scene of Tho Local Council of Wotnen, Ilam- tended to tho railway guards, with the crucial struggle. Ilton, will ask the Government to the result that sixty utiles of the make somo provision for the care of truck of the railway is wholly un- PORT ARTHUR RT:f'L'C:i;1:S. feeble-minded women. protected. It is reported that there Comnienting on they increase in is littie doubt that the Japanese A despatch from Shanghai says: deaths from tuberculosis I)r. Kitch- have blown up the line between Muk- This city is crowded with Port Ar - •1n, in addressing the Provincial deft and Harbin. th;ir refugees. Most of them are Board of Health, said tho time had The despatches of English corre- orderly. and nearly all have plenty arrived when there should be mini- spondents increasingly insist upon of money, but many are sleeping in .pulsory notification of the disenso., the growth throughout Russia of the streets. Every effort is now "-"s. that recognition of the necessity for being made to provide the refugees peace that was remarked upon by with shelter pending the readiness of the ons (lestin .Treated by Three Doctors the despatches. Net only the strik- st(aiinrs to take then. to their vari- '-'rs anti agitattors are puttingattions. A despatch from 'Tokio says: In- formation from the Sha River indi- cates that the Russians are concen- trating at Chitaitse and 'I'selinshu, west of the Hun Diver, apparently 11) anticipation of a movement On the part of the Japanese threaten- ing their lines of supply. Otherwise the situation is unchanged. A gen- eral' battle is not imminent. liukden is crowded with the Rus- sian wounded, and the hospital ac- commodation is fearfully inadequate. There is also much confusion in the Russinn camp. Naturally, desertions are on the increase. Military critics in Tokio consider that the centre of each arriv is so strongly fortii'.ed as to defy assault. for a Severe Attack of Dyspepsia, BUYING AN INCUBATOR SOME HINTS ON ITS USE AND MANAGEMENT. The Manufacturer's Directions Should be Closely Fol- lowed. At this season of the year the in - Got No Relief From cubator question is an iiiportal.t Medicines, But Found It At ono to the poulttynLtu, says Mr. 1•'. C, J•:!ford, Acting Chief of the I'oul- Last In try Division, Ottawa. An inexperi- enced person or beginner is the1)0111- 'Burdock Blood Bitters.try b'iness should case and judgment iu buying an in- cuhator that a farmer would use in stlec•ting an expensive farm in1ple- tnent. In other words, he should Mrs. Frank I-Iutt, Morrlsburg, take care to buy the best. It is Ont., was one of those troubled simply wasting money to buy a poor i machine, as it can never Le depend - with this most common of stomach c•+1 upon. With a first-class machine, trou5${s. She writes :-" After all that the beginner has to do is to being treated by three doctors and learn to ruts his machine according + to the manufacturer's directions. using many advertised medicines, Five or ton minutes, morning and for a severe attack of Dyspepsia, night. will he all the time t•ecptiresi to ear for the. 11lachimr, and it c•an and receiving no benefit, I gave be depended u1►on to nutintstin the up all hope of ever being cured. proper degree of !)eat ams bring the eggs to a successful termination of Hearing Burdock Blood Bitters so tile, hatch if the operator simply fol- iotv's the instructions and dues not highly spoken of, I decided to get a bottle, and give it a trial. Before I had taken It I began to feel better, and by the time I had taken the second one i was completely cured. I cannot recommend Bur- dock Blood Bitters too highly, and would advise all sufferers from dyspepsia to give it a trial." The King of Terrors Is Consumption., And Conmamptlen is caused by neglect. ins to cure the dangerous coughs and Colds. The balsamic odor of the newly cut pine heals and invigorates the lungs, and even consumptives im- prove and revive amid the perftirr.e of the pines. This fact has long bee'i known to physicians, but the essential healing principle of the pine has never before been separ- ated and refined es it is in DR. WOOD'S NORWAY PINE SYRUP. : It combines the life-giving lung - healing virtue of the Norway Pine wlaigpt her absorbent, expectorant L antthing Herbs and Balsams. It cures Coughs, Colds, Hoarse• nets, Bronchitis, and M1 affections of the bronchial tubes and air pas- sages+. firs. M. B. Lisle, Ragle Head, N.S., writes:- 1 have used Dr. Wood's Norway PineSyrup for coughs and think it is a fine remedy, • the best we have ever used. A num- her of pc )ple 11cre have great faith it :i- it cures every time. Prize ZS real, per bottle. interfere with the machine or at- tempt experiment's on his own be- half. lie 14 not likely 10 know more ahc►ut the machine than the manufne- ttu'c'r. '1'o 1►e considered iirslt-class; an in- cubator must not only hatch a large percentage of chicks. but those hatched must be lame.. strong and lively. 'Phe test of incubation is not aloes in the number hatched, but also in the health. vigor and hardiness of the chicks and their ability to L,TVI'. AND 'THRIVE. i'aulty incubators are responsible for Ilio death of many 81111111 chicks. Be- ing poorly hatched. that is. hatched with ten or twenty oi' thirty per cent. irss vitality than they should hove, they struggle against heavy odds and die oft in Iorg e numbers in the brooders. If. by buying a low- priced and poorly -constructed incu- bator. a man gets a twen ty per cent. lower hatch or gots twenty per cent. lower vigor in the chi -ks that do batch. he has 1.ottght the proba- bility of failure in buying that ma- chine.. A large hatch of strong chicks cannot ho expected unless the eggs are from a pen of thrifty. vigorous fowls. If the breeding stock is lacking in vitality the chicks are surd t o be tweak. The fresher tho egga are, the grt'nter is the vitality of the gentle and the more chicks they will hatch. It is not ndt•Isa 1e to use for hatching eggg;s thnt are ntoro than ten days old, and theme should 1► s ter.tert twice during the incuba- tion tar iod. The use of a 8impl1 egg tester tt i11 enable a oath to know what perr.•ntage of the eggs are tern it • and thus: prey's! hint 111', ?:14` • �"5' tea -bine When it is not .a' fa't:t. 'Tile advantages of a really good incubator are not all summed up in the larger hutches and tho greater strength and vigor of the chicks. Such a .machine renders use independ- ent of the vagaries of the broody hen, and enables us to get chicks when we want them. blow much this means, a study of market prices reveals. Everyone knows that the price of eggs is very high in the fa1l and winter, owing to the fact that the hens have not recovered from moulting, and the pullets have not yet begun to buy. Obviously, then, if we want eggs to sell when prices are (sigh, we 811011ld hatch our chickens of the American varie- ties in April or Jiay and of the Mediterranean n varieties in Ma.: then feed the pullets for growth so they will be mature end LAYING Ill' NOv1•:Mall The same thing holds good with chickens for market. Tho greatest profits are made by putting; our eggs, our broilers anti our fatted chickens for the home or export trade upon the inn rket when sup- plies are scarcest and prices highest. if an incubator is to be purchased, it should be ordered early, as there are apt to In' wexntlous delays in shipment and delivery and itis al- ways advisable that the operator have an oilitortunity to ring the ma- chine for n few days before the eggs are placed in it. or until the 1egula- tion iv unrier•ptoorl and the tempera- ture of the egg chamber can he mein- tnined at 102# degrees F. The in- cubator should he placed in a well - ventilated roost, preferably one unheated. The chicks developing in the shells re'<iuire nn nbundnnce of fresh sir. A !,right airy cellar, or n swell -ventilated room having an even 1 otnperil t t11'o is 1 ht. lnsd place. The ventilation should be so ar- ranged that there will he nut sit'', t'.ir entering the roost at all tinges, but without a direct draught blowing on the machine. Finally, let. me repeat- the advice to follow implicitly the directions that accompany the machine. 5)11(13' carefully the instructions reg nrc1ing the care of the intup and the con- trol of temperature, the tinning, cooling and testing of the eggs. and all other details!. 'i'hen, schen hatch- ing commences let the machine alone. it is too late to rectify mis- takes in w management and interfer- ence can only injure the hatch. The chicks should bo left in the rrnehine until they are thoroughly dry and Fheuld r1e1 be fed the first day. t1'ig. n feeding commences be careful to feed sparingly. More chicks are killed by over -feeding than hi 'miler -- fee link. The i'rus'inn Government is con- aidering the feasibility of taking over the coal mines of the ev►untry. The arbitrators have awarded the Held Company $1.561,244 compen- snt bon for the taking over of their telegraph liners by the Newfoundland (tovrrnntent. An Insurrection has broken opt in .1 rs;•rmt ins and a state of siege for thirty Jaya has been declared thro1lghout the entire republic, THE WORLD'S MARKETS *EPOBTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Price. of Cattle, Grain, Cheese. and Other Dairy Produce at 11011111 and Abroad. Toronto, Feb. 14. -Wheat -No. 2 white and reel Winter quoted at $1.- 06 to $1.07 at outside points. No. 2 goose quiet at 89 to 90c east, and Nu. 3 Spring at 99c to $1 east. Manitoba wheat is steady; No. 1 Northern was quoted at 51.10; No. 2 Northern at 51.1111, and No. 3 Northern. at $1.01, Georgian flay ports. 1:i -holing in transit prices are tio above those quoted. Oats -No. 2 white emoted at 39c • Western freight, and at 40c low -4 freights. No. 1 white, 401 to 41c TYPHOID IN THE WEST. east. Barley -No. 2 quoted at 47c mid- dle freights; No. 3 extra at 45c and Expert Reports Conditions in Win, No. 3 at '13 to 41c middle freights. nipeg Alarming. Teas -The market is dull, with A Winnipeg despatch says: -Tho re - dealers quoting 66 to 67c at out- port of Prof. Jordan. a Chicago ex - side points. peri, appointed to enquire into the Corn -Canadian yellow quoted at. causes of typhoid in Winnipeg, was 41c, and mixed at 43c west. Amer - read on Wednesday at a special icon No. :3 yellow. 52c, 'Toronto, and No. :3 mixed, 511c. meeting of the City Council. Prof. 113.0 -The market is unchanged at .1 orlon declares t hat Winnipeg for J " the past few years, especially of 73 to 76c at outfiidc points. late, has been visited by severe Iluckvwheat-No. 2 quoted at 521c, typhoid epidemic, and gives figures high freights, and 5:11c low freights. which show conclusively that the Flour -Ninety per cent. patents are city has had an exceptie►rtal number quoted at 51.30 to $•1.45 in buyers sacks, east or west; straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade in bbls. $4.85 to $5. Manitoba flours are lirn1; No. 1 patents, $5,60 to 85.70; No. 2 patents, $5.30 to 55.40, nncl strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.30 on track, Toronto. Millfeod-At outside points bran is quoted at 815, and shorts at $17 to 517.50. Manitoba bran in sacks, $18 and shorts at 520. butchers', 14 to 1114.88; good butch- es �.'. Ioada 53.110 53.90; fair DOMINION PARLIAMENT to good, $3.20 to $9.50, cows $2.- ._ 50 to $9.1241; common to rough, NOTES OF PROCEEDINGS III $1.25 to $2. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Stockers and feeders wero quotod _ 1)0)111nally as follows: -Feeders, short- A(JDl'1`c)It (:EN[•:1{A1.'!S CASE. keeps, 1,200 to 1,275 lbs. at $4 to Mr. !.ensue Was informed bySir 54.35; stockers, tiu0 to SOO lbs.. at $2.;,U to $3.50; stockers, 400 to Wilfrid that no steps had been taken 6t>t) lbs.. ut $1 to $2.J.;. to retain the services of M, llltll)ou- 'I'ho ',rico; of sheep awl lambs worn gall as Auditor -General. The mat- es telluus:-Export ewers, 54.50 to tw• WAS liOW in the same position as 54.75; export bucks, 53.50 to $4 per cot.; cull sheep. 52 to 53 each; lambs, *5.50 to $6.35 per cwt. Calves sold at to 6c per 1b.; with a view to securing a enure har- em! $2 to 510 each. menious and e-dtiri.':tt 3vurkins of The quotations for hogs were 55.- the Audit (°thee and the 'Treasury 50 for t.t'lr•t:t', 1(t0 to 200 lbs. at Board until the Minister of 1'inufcu: $5.2s for lights and fats, oft cars, }tact returned from Europe. 'forma 0. LAKE 51'. CLAII{. v it had always beet since his ales pointtnent. The Government slid not propose to introduce :egistation COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -Choice stock, $2 to 52.50 per bbl; cooking apples, 51.25 to $1.50. Beans -Prime quoted at 81.40 to $1.45, and hand-picked at 51.50 to $1.55. Hops -The market was unchanged at 32 to 35c, according to quality. Honey -The market is quiet at 72 to 8c por lb. Comb honey, $1.75 to 52 per dozen. Hay -Car lots of No. 1 timothy ace quoted at 38 to $8.50 on track here, and No. 2 at 56.60 to 57. Straw -Car lots are quoted at $d to 56.25 on track, Toronto. Potatoes -Car lots; are quoted at KAISER AND TEMPERANCE 65 to 700 per hag on track; jobbing lots at 80 to 85c. I Favors German Officers Drinking Poultry -Spring chickens, 11 to Toasts in Water. 12c per lb.; hens, 8 to l0c; clucks, A Berlin despatch says: -Emperor 12 to 13c per Ib; geese, 10 to ilc per i1).; turkeys, dry picked, 14 to William will give his support to ofR- 1•:ic; do scalded, 10 to 11c per ib. of cases of fever, and also an ex- ceptional death rate, its compared twith other large cities on the Amer- ican Continent and in Europe. Ile assiggas infection, the use of box closets, and the lack of sewer con- nections, infection of the milk sup- ply, and the use of Assiniboiue nater as the chief causes of the pre- valence of fever in %%'innipog. 'I'hc emanations from the sewers, according to the report, cannot be considered a direct cause of fever, but it is set forth that their inhala- tion may lead to a weakening of the system which may render persons more liable to contract the disease. In connection with Prof. Jordan's recommendation. that a man with experience in handling epidemics be brought here. Mayor Sharp explain- ed that it diel not refer to a medical expert., hpt to a sanitarian, whose duty would be to see that the use of box closets and other things, a continuance of which would tend to hold the present epidemic in the city, should be done away with. THE I)AIitY MA1tKI:'1:S. Butter -Finest. '*Pb. rolls, 18 to 19c; ordinary to choice large rolls, 17 to 18c; low to medium grades, 1.4 to 16c; creamery prints, 231 to 25c; solids, 21 to 221c. Eggs -Case lots of held eggs are quoted nt 19c per dozen, and litned at 17 to 18c. Cheese -Large cheese, 11c, and twins ll1c, 110(1 PRODUCTS. ('ar lots sere quoted at 56.75 to 67. Cured meats are in good do- SALE OF FAT CATTLE. mond at unchanged prices. We quote --Bacon, long clear, 8 to 81c por Annual Provincial Auction Sale lb. in case lots; mess pork, 514 to to be Held at Ottawa. 814.50; short. cut, 817 to 817.50. A to despatch sways:-Ar- Sntoked meats -hunts, light to 1110- u'nts have ItemItemcompleted for (111)111, 12 to 121c; (10 heavy, 11 } to rangeu the provincir►1 sales of fat beef cat - 12e; rolls, 0 je; `boulders, 8t to 9c; tle. 'flow will he auctioned at.Ot- baeks, 14 to 111c; breakfast bacon, tawa erg March 10, at Port Perry 1...'e' en March 1-1, nt Cantpbelleroft on Lard -Tierces, 71c; tubs. 8c'; palls, !larch 16, and at. Guelph on March 81c. 22. For the first time prises will cern drinking toasts in water or non- alcoholic beverages. His Majesty's decision camo about through Dr. Adolph 13anzer, of Munich, a member of the Society Against Inc Misese of Spirituous Liquors, asking if officers might not drink toasts in water. The Prussian Ministry of War has replied that upon his Majesty's com- mand the depatt11tent answers: - "No compulsion exists to partake of toasts in alcoholic drinks, and that, it may ho left to the move- ment now in progress to advance this idea in all circles " BUSINESS A\ I MONTREAL. be given for the best animals. 'There will be three awards for bulls, and Montreal, Feb. 14.--(:rain-Oa tsc-- two fur cows. to 481c for No. 3 oats, i,. st ore, and 44- to 44 jc for No. 2. Flour- Mnnitol►a patents, 85.80; ' strong CATHEDRAL CONSECRATION bakers', $5.50; high Ontario blender( patents, $5.75 to 55.80 in woos!; King Edward Accepts Kaiser's In- chuice 90 per ce111. I►atent8, 55.50 vitation. to $5.60 in wood, and 25c per bar- rel Tess in shippers' neve bags; A ilerli11 despatch says: -Emperor straight rollers, 82.55 to $2.65 and William some iln3ss ago asked King 25 to 50c extra in wood. Hulled Edward to send a delegate from the oats--S2.OS to 52.07 per hug of 90 Church of England to attend the 8.1.:10 to 54.45 in bbls. Feed- consecration of the new Lutheran Ontario bran, in hulk, at. 817 to cathern1 here on Fee. 27. King Etl- 517.50; shorts, 519 to 520; Melillo- ward has enquired if the Bishop of ba bran, in bags, 517 to 518; shorts Ripon would be acceptable, and that $1:1 to 82(1, Provisions -Heavy (.un- prelate doubtless will be the dr•Ie- udinn short cut pork 816.50 to gate. 517.50; light short. cut, $16.50 to 817; American clear cut fat back, THREE KILLED IN liIINE. 520; compound lard, 6} to 7c; Can- -- adinn lard, (i/ to 71c; kettle render- Four Tons of Dynamite Exploded cd, 81 to 91c; hams, 1'? to 18c; hu- With Fatal Results. con, 12 to lac; fresh killed abattoir ,1 despatch from Houghton, Mich., hogs, 37.75; heavy fat sows, 54.7:5 to 85; mixed lots, 55.6(1 to 55.75; says: --'!bleb.' 111et1 *10.' dead, seven select, 55.75 to 55.85 off cars; coup- were injured, and three are missing, try dressed, $6 to 5(1.75. rheeFe-- as the result of nn explosion of four (►ataxic Fall white, 10: to IOic; tons of d, moult'. in No. 3 shaft of colored, 1(1t to 101e; Quebec, 10) to the Kearsitrge bronclt of the (seely 101c. Ilutter-finest grades, 211 to Consolidated Mines erg Wednesday. 22c; ordinary (:nest, '2(t to •21C; me - explosion. explanntiom can he given for the11111111 grades, 19i to 20;c: Westernexplosion. The dynamite WW1 kept dairy, 17: to 171e. Eggs --Straight cold storage stock, 1 7 3 to 1Pc; No. 2, 161 to 17 IC; Montreal limed, 19 to 19;e. in a drift at the eighth level, and was used by the sten in blasting. The shaft is on fire and it is feared the three num missing are dead. The search Mg party toner tlnal►Ie to) get 1'N1'1'i':1) ti'I'.1'1'ia M.\i{Ki:1'Sdown! further then the fifth level. The shafts are being scales!. IlufTnlo, Feb. 1.1.-Fleur-Steailt'. Wheat -No demand. C'urn---I•'irnt; No. 2 }•elbow, 49r; No. 3 corn, 481c•. MUST PAY REGULAR DU'rY. Oats --Dull; No. 2 white, 84tc; No. inked, 33tc. Ilarley-Western, 4.1 No to 15c in store. I{ye-No. 1. 85c. Minneapolis, Feb. 11. -Wheat- A despatch from 81. 1'atu,i, s1inn. Close -May, 51.1•ij to 81.15. .lu1y. s+ars:-I'nifed States Ilistrict .fudge 1.111; Sept., 1111x; No. 1 herd. 81.- I,oc•ht'en has handed (loan an order 15:; No. 1 Northern. $1.1.1!: No. 2 revel sing the decision of the Board Northor•n, 81.10, Flour --First pa- of \g•l.raisers nt, 11iauneapolis and tents, 86 to 56.10; first clears, 51.- declaring that frosted wheat int - 15 to $1.35; second clears, $2.00 to port"! from ('nnada must pay tho 52.70. ilran-in balk, 81:1.50. regular frrr HT rate of 95c per bushel. •---- Reduction on Frosted Wheat Ftonl Canada. Mr. Clements was informed by Mr. Emilio -son that the surveys for the River 'Thames from Lake St. Clair to Chatham had been completed for a 15 -foot channel. The work had been done 1►y the regular stall of the department and the Government had under consideration the completion o[ rho Rork in accordance with the plana submit td. 11'11.'E BEATERS. Mr. Antes was informed by Mr. Fitzpatrick that the question of amending the Criminal Codo so that persistant wile !)eater's might be twhippcsi, and constables might enter without warrant a house .vhere a woman was being assaulted would be considered, if introduced by anyone when the amendments to the Crimin- al Code wore under consideration during the present session. IMMIGRATION OI•'I•'lel:. 31r. Monk was informed by Sir Wilfrid Laurier that the cost. of the immigration office in Et:gland, under Mr. Pre.:ton, for 1901 and 1902. was 510.582; for 1902-03, $31,1488, and for 1903-01, 531,021. There were fourteen assistants in the dice under Dominion pay, and Mr. Pres- ton's last report was made on Juno :10th, 1904. TAKING THE CENSUS Mr. 'Taylor was informed :)y sit•. Fisher that the work in ec•nnection with taking the census for 1901 had been coinpleted; that six men were at present engaged in tabulating statements, and that the total ex- penditure upon the work to Jan. 1, 1905, was 51,192,396. 'APPLE EXPORTING. The House went into committee on Mr. Fisher's resolution regarding tho size of boxes for package export lip - plea. Mr. Fisher explaiimod the object to be to sleet the wishes of export- ers by establishing a box for all ex- port apples. 'P110 box must be of good seasoned wood, with a mini - intim inside measurninent of ten inches deep, eleven inches wide, and twenty inches long, representing as near as possible two thousand two hundred cubic inches. When boxes or barrels have trays or fillers to give separate compartments for each apple the new regulations will not apply. Mr. fisher said these di- nleneions wero those of the standard British Columbia box, and had been recommended by the Fruit -growers Associations serf Ontario, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. FENCE: WIRE. Sir Wilfrid Laurier informed Mr. I.c•furgey that it was not the inten- tion of the Government to institute any inspec .ion of fence wire. PENNY BANK. Mr. R'e'nder son was informed by Sir Wilfrid Laurier that one charter had been granter} for a penny bank under the Act of 1903. it had not, however, received a certificate, and was not doing business. WORN SILVER COINS. Mr. Fowler was informed by Sir Wilfrid Laurier that the Government had under consideration in the near future the calling in and redeeming at their face value of worn silver coins. 1IAv I:XPOIt'I'1:1►, Mr. Lefergcy was inferrnel i►y lir. Paterson that. the anemia of hay ex- ported from Quebec Province to the United States during October, No- vember and December last was as follows: -Oct ober, 3,975 tons; No- %%sitber, 2,580 tons; December 4,:(27 t 0119. Itl.NI:NA'1'ION 01" 3111 111.AIIt. Sir Wilfrid Laurier (,r'ese'nted (3 the House the correspondence re- lating to Mr. illair's resignation uj his position as Chief Railway Com- missioner. It will 11e remembered that. llr, Blair tendered his resigna- tion direct- to the (:evernor-(general, on the 18th of October last. A t t11,' sante time he t slegrnphed to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who was speaking at i'xbridge that thy, nes follows:• -- "I have deci:led to retire from the commiss;ion, anti not sendingg resligna- tion to his Excellency shier after- noon. An oppert nail y offered of greatly 1,ettering my position, which had to be accepted or rejected at. once, anti 1 did not fool my position had been so attractive that 1 should refuse the opportun:ty, i may add that beyond possibly reaflir•ming ))1y oh;cction to the G.T.P. scheme. it in not rtly present purpose to re-enter or take part in public life or affairs." Sir W;Ifrid Laurier acl:no••vlt*tlg;t l this communication i11 1 ho following tent's in a telegram from Uxbridge. "Your 1 p81 t'(I t ion tomes to Ino aR a surprise•, but of (04)0ae I cannot at present ofTer any ohw'rt'sttions on the same." Mr. lila ir's resignation was accept- ed by the Governor -in -Council on Oct . 31. \' I :' ; i :'I'A BLISS 11f110i1T17D, A return brought d.ovn at the In - '111e case tins tont of the 1'. W. I'er- r0t(tnce of .%Ir. Monk shows that the LIVE STOCK MARKi•TS. pails Co., of \linnenpolis, vtl:i.11 111143 %slue of vegetables imported! at the reroute, Feb. 14. -following are imported n el•s,►t►titt of fr.,s'''1 con_ port s' of Montreal are! Toronto frotn the 11uutati.►ns:- udinn reheat. 'I1i' con►pnnt• contend- July ist.. 190:t, to .Ione 30, 1:)04. is Mitch cOots were slurped dt 530 to ed that as the wheat was good ns follovwss--11old roil. value, #117,- $50 each. neither for milling nor for seed 1t ftr,S. ditty cul:ecte•I. 324.907. To - The prices of exporters' ranged should 1,e rate•, ris ' incltigsifur'd," marc►, value. $93,(115, duty collect - from $4.:15 to 51.90 per cwt. and subjes't to an ad '•,!lotion of ten ed. 821,:110. 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