Africa, except Egypt, Liberia, Congo, British, French, Spanish and Portu. Cents. FOREIGN POSTAGE TABLE.-COUNTRIES NOT EMBRACED IN THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Cook Island, same as New-Zealand, Friendly (Tonga) Island, via New. Kimberley, South Africa (same as Cape Colony) Madagascar (except St. Mary's, Tamatave, Majunga, Ambositra, Ande- Morocco (except Spanish possessions on West Coast).. Navigators, or Samoan Islands. Norfolk Islands, same as New South Wales (U. P. U.). Pitcairn's Island... Raratonga Islands, via New-Zealand. Saint Helena, British mail. Savage Islands, via New-Zealand. aShanghai, U. S. Postal Agency at, via San Francisco.. *Includes Basutoland, Caffraria and Griqualand. +Except places at "Hong Kong," "France," and "French Colonies-in Asia." || Second-class periodical publications are transmissible to the Samoan and Pitcairn Islands at the rate of 2 cents per copy. (a) Articles of every kind and nature which are admitted to the United States domestic mails are admitted to the mails exchanged between the U. S. and the U. S. Postal Agency at Shanghai, subject, however to the rates of postage noted, which must be prepaid on all articles, except official correspondence in penalty envelopes. (c) Prepayment compulsory. (d) Additional postage may be collected on delivery. Postal conventions are now in operation for the exchange of money-orders between the United States and the following countries, viz.: Switzerland, Great Britain and Ireland. Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Newfoundland, Jamaica, New South Wales, Victoria, New-Zealand, Queensland, the Cape Colony, the Windward Islands (embracing the islands of Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia), the Leeward Islands (consisting of the Presidencies of Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis, Dominica, Montserrat and the Virgin Islands), Belgium, Portugal (including the Azores and the Madeira Islands), Tasmania, the Hawaiian Republic, Sweden, Japan, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, the Bahama Islands, the colony of Trinidad and Tobago, Austria, Hungary, British Guiana, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Bermuda, and the colony of South Australia, Salvador and Hong Kong, The fees for International Money-Orders are as follows: .10c. ..20c. For sums not exceeding $10.. .30c. .40c. .50c. .60c. 70c. 80c. .90c. TIN-PLATE INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES. The Tinned-Plate Manufacturers' Association of the United States issued a circular in March, 1895, giving the number of black plate (tin) mills in the United States, their capacity, etc. It showed that there were in this country, completed and in course of construction, thirty-four tin-plate works, with 166 mills. The capacity of these mills was estimated to ex ceed an annual production of 260,000 tons of finished product, and to give employment to 11,000 or 12,000 hands. The capital invested was about $8,500,000, and the annual wages about $7,000,000. Quoting from the circular, it says: "Less than four years ago no tin plates were made in this country. . The tin-plate clause of the McKinley bill went into effect on July 1, 1891. In less than a period of four years the American tin-plate industry has so developed as to more than meet the requirements of the home market. Such growth is unparalleled." The capacity of a mill in operation for forty-five weeks in a year is about 30,000 boxes, or 3,360,000 pounds. The capacity of the 166 mills in operation and the 58 prospective mills per annum is 6,720,000 boxes. The consumption of tin plates in the United States per annum is about 6,000,000 boxes; deducting the supply for the Pacific Coast (dressed meats and fish), and for Standard Oil Company, imported plates for export on which drawback is allowed (about 1,500,000 boxes), makes a net market of domestic plates for consumption of 4,500,000 boxes. The tin-plate works in England and Wales have an aggregate of 519 mills, and of this number 232 mills were idle in 184. The following are the firms operating mills in the United States: port, Ohio.. Britton Rolling Mill Co., Cleveland, Ohio Beaver T. P. Co., New-Lisbon, Ohio. Morton T. P. Co., Cambridge, Ohio. Reeves Iron Co., Canal Dover, Ohio. Laughlin & Junction, Martins Ferry, Ohio Crescent S. and S. Co., Cleveland, Ohio American T. P. Co., Elwood, Ind. Baltimore I., S. and T. P. Co., Baltimore, Md.. Great Western T. P. Co., Joliet, I. Total .166 STATISTICS OF FARMS, HOMES, ETC. The following table gives the results of investigation by the Census Bureau, embracing farm families and home families, in each case giving the details of farms or homes owned or hired by them; whether free of or subject to incumbrance; and a statement of the value, incumbrance, etc. STATISTICS OF FARMS, HOMES, ETC.-Continued. There are 420 cities and towns that have a population of 8,000 to 100,000, and in these cities 64.04 per cent of the home families hire, and 35.96 per cent own their homes, and of the home-owning families 34.11 per cent own with incumbrance, and 65.89 per cent own free of incumbrance. The following are the number and per centage of families occupying owned and hired homes in 28 cities having a population of 100,000 and over: The following are the number of persons, by color, owning and hiring their farms and homes in the United States: 8,060 3,220 41,097 8,346 2,637 32,597 homes: 3,018,261 1,194,032 2,775,399 4,267,477 97,458 23,280 371,600 110,158 606,958 33.392 110.629 3,686 965 2,835 2,528 542 1,887 11.710 611 3.142,746 1,624,433 2,923,671 4,999,302 Percentage of white persons, by place of birth, owning and hiring their farms and The area of the earth is 197,500,425 | Mount Everest, India, 29,002 feet; Mount square miles, of which 145,000,000 are of water and 52,500,425 of land; its circumference at the equator is 24,896.8214 statute miles. The diameter of the earth at the poles is 7,898.8809 statute miles, and at the equator 7,924.9111 statute miles. Of the principal land divisions, North America comprises 8,155,438 square miles: South America, 7,410,042 square miles; Europe, 3,807,115 square miles; Asia, 16.428,854 square miles; Africa, 11,500,000 square miles; Oceanica, 5,198,451 square miles. Among the highest mountains are Dapsang, Thibet, 28,278 feet; Aconcagua, Chili, 22,422 feet; Chimborazo, Ecuador, 21,420 feet; Arequipa, Peru, 20,320 feet; Kilima-Njaro, East Africa, 19,600 feet; Logan, Canada, 19,500 feet, Elbouz, Russia, 18,526 feet; Popocatepetl, Mexico, 17,784 feet; Mt. Blanc, France, 15,810 feet; Whitney, California, 14,898; Rainier, Washington, 14,444 feet; Pike's Peak. Colorado, 14,147 feet; Fremont's Peak. Wyoming, 13,576 feet. The largest lakes are Lake Superior, with an area of 32,000 square miles, and Lake Michigan, 25,600 square miles. 1893. Europe Asia Africa Australasia Potat's 2,737,973 170,787,3381 Hay 48,321,272 a54,874,408) 468,578,321 *Pounds. a Tons. Comparing the above figures with those of 1893, the farmers received $129,616,478 less for their 1894 product, or more than 7 per cent less than what they received for that of 1893. The average farm prices of 1894 compared with those of 1893 were: Corn, 45.7 cents, against 36.5; wheat, 49.1 against 53.8; rye, 50.1, against 51.3; oats, 32.4, against 29.4; barley, 44.2, against 41.1; buckwheat, 55.6, against 58.3; potatoes, bushel, 53.6, against 59; hay, ton, $8 54, against $8 68; cotton, pound, 4.6, against 6.99; tobacco, 6.8, against 8.1. The wheat crop of the world for 1893 and 1894 was, in bushels, as follows: North America.. South America. 446,387,000 515,488,000 81,453,000 104,000,000 1,469,526,000 1,538,216,000 355,016,000 341,959,000 31.891,000 47,098,000 42,458,000 43,360,000 Number and value of live stock on farms, January, 1895: Florida Idaho Illinois Iowa Maine Michigan Arkansas 91,526,787 2,385.31 81.68 2,466.99 Georgia 4,987.66 114.50 5,102.16 Indiana 6,213.48 112.68 6,326.16 15,893,318 $576,730,580 2,333,108 110,927,834 S. Carolina.. 16,504,629 362,601,729 S. Dakota.. Oxen & other cattle 34,364,216 482,999,129 Rhode Island 226.06 226.06 2,567.21 17.25 2,584.46 2,785.19 14.08 2,799.27 AMERICAN FLAG. The official National ensign contains 44 stars-four rows of seven stars each, and two rows (the upper and lower) of eight stars each. On July 4, 1896, another star will be added to the right of the fourth row from the top to represent the State of Utah. The official flags are of five sizes, as follows: 36 feet long by 19 feet wide; 27.2 feet long, 14 1-3 feet wide; 23.1 feet long, 12 1-5 feet wide; 16.9 feet long, 8.9 feet wide; 9% feet long, 5.1 feet wide. June 14, the anniversary of the adoption of the "Stars and Stripes," is celebrated as Flag Day in very many of the States, especially by the children of the public schools. The first suggestion for such celebration was made by the Westchester County (N. Y.) Association of the Grand Army of the Republic. The New-York Legislature passed a bill, which was approved by Governor Morton, February 22, 1895, prohibiting the display of foreign flags on any public building in the State. The Colorado Legisla Oklahoma Utah Total 176,602.61 2,105.94/178,708.55 The above figures show an increase in construction over the year 1893, of 2,247.48 miles, against an increase in 1893 of 4,897 miles. The total number of corporations on June 30, 1894, was 1,924, an increase of 34 over the number in 1893; locomotives, 35,492, an increase of 704: cars-passenger, 32,911; freight, 1,201,273; company's service, 39,762. The total number of employes was 779,608. against 873,602 in 1893, a result of business depression and of the consequent economy on the part of the railways. The total railway capital on June 30, 1894, was $10,796,473,813, a decrease per mile of line of $470. W. Virginia.. 1,901.77 34.00 1,935.77 Wisconsin |