December, 1878.
ii4
THE WEST SHORE.
KTATIKTK OK JNCItKANK IN AMKKI
CAN RXPOBT&
PNatial Haym iu hia Cumberland speech,
III " W hat have we tent abroad ? Take the
trtii Ir- "( 00m. Hu years ago we exported .14,
000.000 Iwahela, now Hfi,000,O00; wheat, 26,
ii goo i ..-Ma, now 72,000,000; flour, 2,500,
OMJ Umli, oow 4,000,000; cotton. 03.1,000,000
Kt, n.. ,iw,m,m, Ucm, 240,000,0110 n
WW UU.iW,WU; froth lieef, 2, 000,000 IU, now
92.000,(100; pork, 57,000,000 0, oow 7l,(KMt,
'. 'I Ik- I"U imrrtM in tlx yean it alut
1 1 4(1,(110,000. " The olhcitl itatiatica of the tint
nj(lil MBHH of IH7N alto ihow that there hat
hrn i . t mcreaie in the iuantitiot anil valuot
ill the fil riiortt of the pretent year, at com-
pared with tl urmiMimling oxports of 1877.
He iututity of Indian oorn exceeded 66,000,.
16,663,289; oil-cake, $2,181,715; coal oil and
petroleum, S4,764,2fl8; provisions, Will,
733. In thie list one of the meat remarkable
faint was in proviiioni, which quadrupled,
rising from $10,278,253, in 1868, to 1123,549,
986, hut it found a fitting parallel in the gain in
the export of breadstuffs, which increased from
168,080,997 in 1868, to 1181,784,507 in 1878.
l KI.MIW I'ltii: AND I II I. .l-.HM lUKOHY OF
Dnua,- Dr. C'hoppin, of Louisiana, in his
address lefore the Public Health Association re
cently, said that the serm hypothesis in relation
to yellow fever will serve to throw light on some
of its devious movements, and strange behavior,
(rant that a certain number of the germs is
needed to produce sickness ; that these germs
are reproduced either inside or outside the
human liody ; that they multiply in rapid
geometrical ratio by repeated generations at
short intervals ; that a new generation brought
to lifo in hot weather is not only vastly more
SCENE IN MANILLA.
The engraving on this pace renrwumf. it.
great bridge of Manilla, whioh connect, the
oity proper, with its chief suburb, Binondo.
Manilla is situated in the island of Luoon, in the
Miillipine group, and is the principal BeaportnT
i,'uutH) iaiituus. It huh a population of about
150,000 souls. The oity is strongly fortified
and the Spanish, who have possession, maintain
strict military discipline. The island of Luoon
has been visited by earthquakes at different
times. Two thousand lives were lost in Ms.
nill alone by one of these disasters in 1863.
Manilla is divided by the river Passig intothrte
parts, viz: Manilla proper, Binondo and R.
mero. Most of the business is carried on in the
suburb of Binondo, where the manufacture of
cigarettes and cheroots, the latter under the
aJjjaaW
sttitf&i "UuU MN than 51 .
...... uiiiiri ih net. ,,( l.rx,! m,.i ... u
mart.) Ik. I'f" Hunt, WM Wllul
marti it,. .ii.,rt. ,unn 2. ZJ '
ittoia tiui K..... iMn.1. .:. "
saaattit nf m?
rls4 al Ha.l MM; Unl' tfiT ? '
H 12 Uh4 rltatM of articl ik-
2M7s fill i iS.'
IwtftMt.t.t.. Iim- " Afnclturtl
A MraB m MANILLA.
of theaa rantra n on. IT Hi nature
"Uier theory of tl.. -TT . DB lruUl , any
'"-.hanTh;- of V
'"inlioaW. mytUry Pdlly lost in
name of "Manilla cheroots," being well knows
to smokers, is largely engaged in. The build
ng t the right of the engraving is a cigsretta
manufactory. The bridge connecting then
suburbs was first built in the 17th century. It
has been several times destroyed by floodi u&
injured by the earthquakes, but is now in a sub
stantial condition.
Tl . ... . .
Aiiowponsot Manilla consist moatly o: ss
gw, hemp, coffee, tobacco, rioe, cotton M
cochineal.
A Mexican Kxpnun-inw Th. M.ainm Mia-
iiter of Publio Works ha announoed that tk
government is abont to nominate a special com
mission to organin inch an exhibition in
City of Mexico at a conveniently early data.
November 18th, 1879, has been suggested astfci
date of the opening of the exhibition. It '
b confined AXolnaivjilu 4 A nn an1 MfiH
law aillVlklMaU mwMm
on producUons, and to be nnder the di
oipioes of the Mexican government