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MAURITIUS, 1886. Exhibition. ThumwC Watkius.) rico from Mada^jascar. They also culti- vate niaijt;oeu, shaddocks and pine-apples. â€" *- Oraiif^es, grapes, peaches and apples do not ._ u n 1 • 1 J T J- ''" well, ami their (jualitics are inferior. XiSSay on tne UolOnial and Indian The French introduced the spice-trees of the Indian lalands, but they did not suc- ceed well ; even the |»pper-vino remained barren ; the clove was the only spice which succeeded. They cultivated the sugar-cane, indigo, coffee and cotton, but since the This iaiaiii, with the adjacent island of British took ijossession of the island all Bourl)oii, wiiH difcovered by the I'ortu- these branclu^s of agriculture are almost ^nese luiili-r the command of Mascarenhos abandoned, with the exception of sugar, in 1.0U.'<, and they were named the Mas- the cultivation of which has increased carenliaH Islands ; but though the Portu- ' rapidly. In 1H30 more than 720,000 hun- gucse took possession of the Mauritius ' dred weights were e.xixjrted, and the busi- in I'llo, they appear not to have | ness was proB|>erouB until lately, when forniid any settlwment on it. The over-production over the world reduced the Dutch t(K)k possession of and larveyod it in l.'>'.<b, and called -it Mauritius, in honor of Maurice, Btadtholder of the Kepublio of the Netherlands. They did not settle there, however, until they had established a settlement at the Cape in 1C40, about wliich time they founded a settlement <m this iiilii:id also. They abandoned their hold of it ill I'UH. From which time until 1710 it waH inhabited only by afewnegrocs, who had been brought there as slaves, and kad run away from their masters and had conceded themselves in the forests on the mouiitaiuu. The French took possessiou of the island in ni.^, founded a settle- nieut at I'urt West, and named the island Inlc- lit Franco. They held undis- turUd {)<>asinsicjn of it until ISIO. when it was taken from them by tlie Dritish, to whom it was allotted as a [lermancnt possesaioii by the Congress of the Itepre- Bentatives of Knroi>e, when they conferred the sovereignty of KIba on Napoleon Bona- parte, making liim Emperor of a pretty island in the l)iinube, who was used to have the mightiesl sovereigns of Knroi>e to tremble at his frown â€" to accept their king- doms or their empires from him on what- ever conditions le Grande Monarche wished to im{K>8e. The British gave the island its former I>utch name of Mauritius. It is situated in the Indian Ocean, between VJ° 45 min. and 'JU° 3.'> min. south latitude and M ° and o7 ° east longitude. From north to bouIIi (that is from Cap Malheur- eaux to tlie liny of Ijomon) its length is abou*. thirty-six miles, and its extreme wiilili from I'oint du Diable it tlie northern extremity of the I'laine aux Hables (or I'lain of Sands) ia nearly twenty-sevi M miles, though tlie general width is not iiiirIi over eighteen miles. The circumference is about 124 iiiilcH. It is nearly of eijual extent with the county of Worcester, the area being about 700 sijuare milea. It is surrounded by a coral reef, running nearly parallel to the shores at from one to two furlongs therefrom. These shoals are innslly dry at low water. There are eleven gaps in these reefs, and ships of moderate liiinteii can sail through the most of tlii^se breaks on up to the shore in high water, 'llie water Iwtween the reefs and the Hliores being less allected by storms, being much smoother than the sea, affords I'asy conimunication all round the coast, which is a very im[)ortaiit matter to the inhabitants, us the shore is very steep ia many places and rises suddenly to a COnsideral>le elevation <|uito close to the water's edge, which is esi>acially the case along tlie western ooast. Alullti the eastern coast the surface in general is pretty level from I'ortiSouillac to Grand I'ort, ami from the latter to I'ort Louis, except just in close proximity l<> each of those places. TIIK lSri:ilI()H OK Till! ISLAM. is vt^ry rough and uneven, rising fr«><|ni-ntly into iofty isolated hills, exiept .t)otweeii Cape Itrabaiit and Fort Houillac, where the hilfs form a clmiii, wliich runs from Moniit I'eter Hotte to (Jariiioniere I'oint. Some of the lulls tower aloft to a considerable height, especiiilly the Itrabant .Mountains near Cape Bnilmnt, and the Bamboo riilge near Ciraiid I'ort, which rise to iiliont :),0OU feet above the level of the HUrroiiiiding sen. The origin of the island is uiuloiibtedly volcanic, as shown by the irregularity of the surface and the presence of lava, puiiiice alone and other productions of volcaiii<! force. In the mountains at the laok of I'ort Souillac and Uraiid I'ort there is a iiiiall lake, which is thought to have been the cratt.-r of an extinct volcano. There are large numbers of loose rooks covering the ground, from the size of a cricket ball up to more than a ton weight, which are xiddlotl with small holes. The soil is shallow and very dry, owing to the great drought whii h prevails, making the hind rather barren and unfruitful. The soil c<msiHts ehielly of a lumpy reddish mould, which appears to he impregnated with oxi<hi of iron, whitjh on pressure crumbles to duat in a person's hand. The rainy â- eaaoii lasts from November to March or April. The rain pours ilown in torrents ior suveral hours, accompanied by thunder and lightning. Hurricanes as territlc as those of the West Indies visit the island sometimes during the rainy season. Tliese storms do not occur with regularity, but only once in from one to five years. Dur- ing tliia season the wind changes fre- quently, and sonietimes makes the tour of the hori/.on in a short time. In the dry season the wind generally blows from the southeast. It ia strong during the day, but calm in the night. During <)une, July and August showers are ficiueiit, but they last only a short time. The island ia traversed by iiumeroiia water courses, which flow down in all directions from their common centres; but they are only filled iluriiig the rainy season, when they form numerous cataracts, and wear deep gullies down the sides of the moun- tains. During the dry season the rain is Boon evaporated by the heat of the aim. The mean animal temperature ia about 76° Fahrenheit. The auiiiial rainfall may bo set down at an average of thirty-eight to Jorty inches. 'i he island waa formerly covered with forests, and even now large wooded districts remain as ornaments aroand the plantations ; and the hill coun- try is covered with trees, but there is no timber suitable for shipbuilding- The oboiiy wood is inferior in (|iiality, but the iron wood and red wood are valuoble. The sago and uocoaniit palms are common, as •re also tamarind trees, mangroves and bainlioos. Yams, cassava or manioc, which was importeil from South America, and Indian corn, are oultivateil as Brticluti of fno.i, as well iia plantains, bananas and melons, also several Knropeaa vegetables, as asparagus, Bpiiiach, arlicliokea, cabbages and pea». Wieat and rice are raised in small ijiiaii- titics, and bolli articles arc imported ; also prices of sugars to about one-fourth of their value thirty vears ago. There are very few horses, as they are not bred in the island to any extent. MULES AND ASSKS are more numerous, and are used princi- pally for the saddle, being more sure-footed in that rough and stony soil, where, in common with most Asiatics, their roads are to a considerable extent in quite a primitive state, not much better than bridle paths. Black cattle are scarce, for want of good pasture, as it does not pay to keep them and import fodder for them. Cattle arc iuiported in great <juantities from Madagascar ; goats and sheep arc kept in largo numbers ; hogs are very namcrous, and form, a largo {lortion of the food of the people. The forests are the home of a considerable number of wild hogs and deer. Fish abound along tlie coast ; the turtle has almost entirely dis- appeared from the island, but large num- bers of them fre<iueiit the small sandy islets situated to the northwest of Mauri- tius, and affonl a home to an abundance of tine largo ones, which deposit their eggs in the sand of those islets, where they arc hatched out by the warmth of the sun. There are enormous quantities of rats, locusts and ants, which are very destruc- tive to the crops and to the produce in the storehouses. The (Kipulation amounts to about 100,000 ; of which number 75,000 were negro slaves, or their descendants, originally brought from Madagascar and the eastern coast of Africa. The balance of 2.'»,000 consist of over 1,5,000 colored in- habitants, amongst whom arc Malays, Usli- arnien from the coast of Malabar, Lascars and Chinese. The latter were brought over by the planters, and employed in the culti- vation of the sugar cane, instead of the negroes, when the laat-naiiKxI were slaves. The number of whiles amount to about 'J.OOO individuals, the greater part of whom are descendants of French families, whoso progenitors settled there when the island was a French ooloiiy, and they still siM>ak the French language. I'ort Louis, the capital and only town of the island, is situate<l near the northwestern extremity, on a small bay called I'ort Northwest, or I'ort Louis. This bay is a narrow inlet of the sea, a little over a mile in length, and about .500 yards wide. A reef runs out from its month, paasing close to a small island culled Toiinelier Island, which is a coral rock, near which ships usually anchor, as the wind blows out of the har- bor constantly. The harbor is sufliciently capaeiouii for a do^on men-of-war and tifty merchant sliipa, and, during the line sea- son, perfectly safe. The capital (I'ort Louis) is situated at the extreme southwest ern corner of the bay. The streets are straight, but not paved ; the principal street runs parallel to the shore of the bay. The houses are built of woixl, with only one floor. The town contains 20,000 iiihabi- taiita, of whom l,.^7l) were formerly slavea, or are the diacciidaiits of slaves ; there are about t. ()!)(( \vlilt<'H, and they represent vari- ous Oriental inttionnlilies ; one of the sub- i;rbs about .'I.OOO Malabar liahermen; and another nearly 7. .500 negroes. There is a library containing over r,0,000 volumes, mostly I'rench books; agiaid botanical gar- den, anil docks for the repair of vessels. I'ort Grand is situated on the windward coast, although large, the entrance lieing narrowed by several nlioala. It can only be entered or left during a fair wind, by sailing vessels, as it is iiiipoaaible to tack; therefore it ia not much frecpiented except by steamers oc- caaionally. Mauritius baa iinimiercial relations with Hurat, Batavia, Bombay, Muscat, the I'ersian and Arabian Gnlfa, the western coast of Africa, the Cape ami Madagascar, but a lar^^e proportion of its produce goes to l^ngland. H'lgar, cotTee, cloves, indigo and soiiietimber are ex|K)rted tol')nglnnd; and in return the colony re- ceives silk, woolen and cotton fabrics, wine, oil, hats, iron and steel utensils, and Keveral articles of cnmnieroo. .\rabiaand I'ersii" are supplied with sugar from Mauri- tius, a> d send back in return dried fruits and . few other artichs. Madagascar sends her cattle and rice to Mauritius, and receives in return manufai:tnred gooda. Mauritius and its dependent small islania are distingiiialieil for their TALI'AIU.K IIMIIllll, which IS much used for ship and house building and for making agricultural iiii plements and all siu li articdim as rei|uiro great strength and lougliiieas. The I'nta- Hiiiiii bldiir is a large tree, with tough. <:urly grained wood ; tho seeds yield a valuable oil, ami tho gum that issues from the trunk is the tatamaca rosin of coiniiierce. 'I'hu ('olnpliiinf Ilnldrtl ia a small tree about twenty feet in height, the wood of which ia uaed largely for palisades, and rafters in building shanties, and in fencing gardens, lawna, etc. Tho Unit lie Sfilr is a middle-sized tree, the timber of which planks, tlooriug and tho boards for the iiisidca of houses are made. It will not bear moisture. Tho Mokuk ia a tree wliich attains a large size, tho wood is hard, durable, amooth, <lark ciilored, takes an excellent polisli and ia very miiidi uaed for shinglea, frames of houses, boards for flooring, ship building, cabinet ware, etc. The ,lum))iiiiii tree has strcuig, tough, elas'.i ; wood, resembling British aah in color and grain. It ia uaed for handles of toola and for making (charcoal. II is a small tree. Tho Hoit l.iiu.itnin is a small tree, the timber of wliicdi ia used for pali- sades, and small timbi^rs in honae and shanty building. Tho /.'mn CohijilKiiie at- tains a great size, often measuring six foot ill diameter. Canoes are frequently hol- lowed out of its trunk, ('inmiiimm in n HUiall tree, the timber of which ia little used. It is yellow, close grained, and the roots yield an excellent yellow dye. 'I'lie (liifjiiiii r jli lit nihil' in an ornamental tree, very beautiful in appearance. The timber wheat from tho (Japo of Good Hope and ' is tough and very durable under water. It is mnoh used by the natives for building purposes, and for boat building, and in the manufacture of gun carriages, in felloes and hubs for carts, waggons and carriages, binders, ammunition box boards, etc. It is Erized for fittings in boats, hulls of canoes, ouse posts, planking, beams and various other uses. The Iloin Canetle is a middle-sized tree, the wood is even- grained, smooth, dark colored, linely veined, polishes well and is much prized by cabinet makers. The Hoih tiandal is a large tree, highly valued by turners, house carpenters and wheelwrights ; it takes a tine polish and ia odoriferous, resembling sandalwood. The Sanq Drayon is a large tree, very hand- some, the timber is red, very valuable and beautiful. It is used for gun carriages, furniture and musical instruments. The lliiin il'ebene tree yields tho best kind of, ebony, which usually turns black, but iS| sometimes streaked with yellow or brown.- It is very heavy, close and even grained, and takes a high {lolish. It is used for inlaying, ornamental turnery and some- times for furniture, canes, etc. The Hnin noir, la ijraini' rougr, is a large tree, the timber of which when first cut resembles the red sandals, has a strong, pleasant smell, isstitT, hard, strong, durable, tolerably coarse and even grained, takes a good polish, is of a beautiful red color, with streaks of a darker shade, which turn purple and resemble rosewood. The I.itan de I'lnde ia a charming ornamental tree. The wooil of the older trees is hand- somely marked. It is rather durable and ia used for furniture. There were speci- mens of seventy varietiesof different species of trees shown in the court of Mauritius, most of which were very useful for the numerous purposes of CIVIUZEn AND llAnBAIlOlS LIFE. In tho Botanical Gardens there was a most magnificent display of the flora and other productions of that far-off land. A great variety of plants, the fibres of which are used for making cloth and ropes, were exhibited. Tobacco, soap, cocoanuts, paper pulp made of megasse (a native fibre), India rubber tree, gum and a variety of articles made of the rubber, gutta-percha, fine samples of wheat, arrowroot, manioc flour, banana flour, sweet potatoes, cloves, starch, vanilla, coffee, nutmegs, mace, jama and jellies, eau-de-cologne,iiik, sugars of various kinds and qualities, syrup, mineral waters, turtle oil, cinchona and other barks in different stages of preparation. A collec- tion of minerals, plants, natural histury, skeletons of the dodo bird, stuffed speci mens of the fauna of the island, stags' heads, ostrich feathers and eggs, emu eggs and feathers, tortoise shell, coco-de mer, shrimja, shells, ornamental seeds. Job's tears and bois noir-rouge. Hum and other liquors were also exhibited, as if to show the world that not one, even of tho most remote colonies of Britain, has escaped the foul stigma of lioensing the lazy and cruel part of their iK^ople to prey upon the young and inexperienced |K>rtion there and, like tho vampires, ihey suck their blood iu the night, entice them into their saloons, treat them to their distilleil damna- tion, fire their brains with madness, imbrute thcni , yea, degrade them lower than the brutes take their last dollar and send them oti to beat their wives and children ; to tMal, to murder, to till our jails, our {lenitentiarieB, our lunatic asylums, to go to the gallows ; to fill our cemeteriea with drunkards' graves and to fill hell with their victims. (>, that the numl>erless army of drunkards and those who only drink for company's sake, but are constantly, yet even to themselves ini i)eri»|)tibly, creating an apix^tite, a burn ing thirst, which, if they di) not tlee from the drunkard's haunts, will soon sink them into iiiiacry, shame, disgrace, tarly death, a drunkard's grave and eternal woo ; O that they, together with tlioao who entice them to drink, may soon have their eyes oiieiiod to see the fearful precipice on the brink of which they are standing with un steady step*, and resolve, in the name of Gcxl and by Ilia strength, that they will never touch, taate, handle, buy or sell tho accursed thing any more during their futures lives, and earnestly anil conscien- ticnialy keep their pledge for the rest of their days. TUE ai'VlllEl.LES ISLANDS, which probably are not very well known by many, are an iiiii>ortant ap|>eiidage to Mauritius. Tho group is situated in the F.astern seas, a few degrees south of the otpiator, in latitude 11 degrees A\ minutes to 5 degrees 45 minutes south, and in longitude 53 degrees 15 minutes to otl degrees 10 miniitea east. They are exceedingly fertile, and poaaess great natural beauty. They were discovered by the I'ortuguose, after- wards the French held possession of them until iMlt, when they wore ceded to Great liritain by tho ('ongreaa of Paris. They now form a very interesting portion of Her Majesty's vast [lossessions in the Hast. An interesting account of these islands has been published by Mr. Katridgo entitled " Six years in Seychelles," where he resided at Mahe, the chief of the group. Ho has labored hard to gather together tho chief objects of interest found in these islands, comprising many scarcely ever suspected to have existed there. Amongst tho numerous articles placed on exhibition by this gentle- man are spocimcns of tho fruit of the ODOo-de- mer (a species of palm tree which grows only in these islands), and include a rare exhibition of that product in its treble development, and also some eccentric growths of the common cocoanut. There are also examples of the curious insect called the "walking loaf," of the Mitle Patto, or thousand footed worm, and of a variety of scorpions, frogs and snakes. There wore a largo number of skinned and stuffed fish, amongst which were aonio very singular crabs, riiytaila and star fish There was a singular looking hawk, of which even the jtritiah museum, in tho immensity of its cidloctions, cannot boast of a representative. Some tine FLYINO FOXES, or anormous bats, were nni(]Uo in appear- ance. Tho geological formations of the slaiids wore represented by good speoi- mona of black and amethystine quartz, nactrito and other stone. A charming apecimeii of a coral garden waa also xhiliited. Sovernl liandaome sketches of fruits, llowers, etc., wore very interesting. There was a large variety of specimens of tiiiibirs, tobacco, soap, vanilla, cloves, gum kin mt coa beans, kapok, chocolate, essential oils, ilried papaw juice, rapliia seed, leaf and tree. THE STIUrrS SETTLEMENTS .VND PROTECTED UALAY STATES. This little colony includes the island of Singaixiro, situated to the south of the Malay Peninsula ; Peiiang, an island now known as Prince of Wales Island, on the west coast of that peninsula, and a strip of land opposite, named Province Wellesley ; the Dindings, another group of islands with a piece of land along the coast of the mainland to the south of Penaiig ; and Malacca, lying between the Dindings and Singapore. Singapore has an area of 20(5 square miles, Penang 107, Province Wellesley 207, Malacca G5U, the Dindings, including the Island of Pankor, about 20U stjuarc miles. Malacca was taken posses- sion of by the Portuguese in 1511, and remained in their hands until 1041, when it was taken by the Netherlands and held by them until 1795, when it fell under the power of Great Britain, but it was restored to the Dutch in 1818 by a treaty with Hol- land, dated March 17th, 1824. Malacca was again ceded to Great Britain in ex- change for Bencoolen in Sumatra, when it was stipulated that the British should not attempt to form any settlement iu Sumatra, nor the Dutch in the Malay peninsula. Penang was ceded to Great Britain in 1785 by the Uajah of Kedah. Province Wellesley was also aojuired from the Rajah a few years later to enable the authorities to put down tho prevailing piracy which caused ).reat havoc amongst the European merchantmen. This latter territory is bounded by the Muda Uiver, and by a line ten miles south of the Kryan Uiver. Penang was the seat of Government of the Straits Settleniants until 1H32, since v^-hich date it has been car- ried on at Singapore. The Dindings were ceded to the colony by treaty in 187-J. The chief productions of tho peninsula consist of tin, sugar, spices, rice, tapioca, sago, hides, horns, gum, coffee, tobacco, but sev- eral of these productions are purchasol from their neighbors, and are not grown in the colony. Trade is increasing fast, as will be evident by a comparison of the united imports and exports of the years 185'J-OO and 1884. These were : Singapore in the former period, £ 10,37 1.300 ; in the latter year, £25,031,930 ; Penang, 13,530,- 000 against £12,000,207 in 1884, and Malacca's trade was i''.l'J8,00O iu the former year and £1,079,012 in the latter, making tho united volume of trade for the whole colony £14,82',t,300inl8.5y-tiOand £3'J,077,- 80'J in 18H4. The Straits ports are entirely free from iniiwrt and export duties. Tho total iiopulation in 1881 was 423,384 at(«iust 307, 'J57 in 1871 and 273,000 in 1800. The nationalities were greatly mixed as follows : Singapore had 2,7011 Europeans, 22,155 Malays, 80,700 Chinese an<I 12,058 natives of India. Penang was represented by 012 Europeans, 21,772 Malays, 45,135 Chinese and 15,730 na- tives of India. Province Wellesley had 70 Europeans, 5H,7'23 Malays, 21,037 Chinese and 10, tJlO natives of India. Tho nationalities in Malacca were 40 Euro I>eans, 07,513 Malays, 19,741 Chinese and l.M'Jl natives of India. Dindings had only two Europeans, 1,847 Malays, 400 Chinese and 37 natives of India. TUK nEVENUE OK THE COLONY is derived from land licenses, stamp dutii-s, judicial lines, etc. The total revenue in 1808 was £'270,012, and the expendfture £•254,391. In 1884 the revenue had risen to £029,921, and the expenditure to £.580,- 147. The colony has important political relations with the neighboring Malay countries, three of which are under British protection, and have contributed their re- sjiectivo shares to this great exhibition of Britain's offspring from every climate, from every country. Tho throe protecte<l States are Perak," Selangor and Sungai I'jong, which extend from the Inirder of Province Wellesley to that of Malacca. They are governed by their native rulers, acting with the advice and aid of a Britisli Kesidont, who ia appointed by the British (iovernment, and is under the con- trol of the Governor of the Straits Settle- ments. Each State has its staff of Euro- pean and native officors. Of the three States. Perak, with an extent of 7,949 s<|uare miles of territory, and a ix)pulation of UH.OOO people, is the most inqwrtant. A Uesident was api>ointed to I'erakin 1874, under tho Treaty of Pankro, and the State has made rapid progress since. The rev- enue has risen from £04,728 in 1877 to £238,749 in 1884 ; life and property are secure ; a railway connecting Thoripeiig (the chief town) with tho sea and a com- plete syateiii of roads and telegraph lines have been construetetl, biingiiig the differ ent parts of the State, which previous to 1874 wore only connected by rivers, into close interooinmunioation. Mining is the chief industry of the State. Agriculture has not been much developed yet. Tho soil is rich, anil suitable for the production of nearly all kinds of tropical plants, and only re()uires capital to make it yield abund- antly. 'I'apioca, popper, rice, augar, cofloo and tea have all been successfully grown. Liberal land laws have been made by the Stato Government. Amongat the exhibita sent by thia Ktate is a full-sized Malay house, which has been erected iu tho Exhi- bition by Malay cariienters, and is built and furnished entirely with materials sent for tho purpose, and in accordance with native customs. The State of Selangor (comprises about 3,000 scjuare miles. It lies south of I'orak, tho dividing lino be- tween them being tho Barnam lliver. This State is chiefly dependent upon tin mining for prosperity, though small plantations of coffee, cacao and pepiier have been estab- lished, and are doing well in many parts of the State. A railway twenty-two inileslong connects Kwala Lumpor, tho capital, with the sea. Tho revenue K-i 187<') was £32,24('), and that of 1H83 amounted to £75,110. The State contains a population of 40,508 per- sons. Tho area of Sungai I'jong ia 000 aciuaro miles. It ia situated to the south of Selangor, and northwest of Malacca. The population consists of about 14,000 peo- ple, and tho roveiiuo in IHHi was £20,190. Mining waa largely carried on formerly, but for tho last few years agricultural pur- suits liavo taken the place of mining to a large extent ; Arabian coffee and cinchona are grown e.xteuaively o& tho hills, and tapioca, Ijiborian coffee, cacao and pepper in the lowlands, are successfully culti- vated. Thia colony and tho Protected States inado a most interesting exhibit of their various products, a few of which we name below : Model of a street in Singa- pore, model of a sea, with a native craft on it, model of a Chinese temple, models of native boats, a curious collection of native weapons, fishing apparatus, etc., musical instruments, a full sized jinricksha with a coolie to draw it. Opium smoking implements, blow tubes, with spears and shields attached, quiver containing poisoned darts used by tho aborigines, or with tribes of the Malay Peninsula. COCSTEBKEITINO INSTBUMENTS USED BY THE CUIMESE in Singapore for counterfeiting coin, water colors and drawings of fruits indigenous to tho colony. Chinese state presentation umbrella. Photographs of scenery in the Straits settlements. Models of animals used by Chinese in lotteries, coins, bank notes and tokens now used in Penang. Albums representing Penang scenery and native life. Musical instruments used by aboriginal tribes of Malacca, model of a Malay Kaja's state house, with figures show- ing wedding ceremony in progress. Collec- tions of old and modern measures. Books on the meteorology of the Straits Settle- ments, native drugs, English and Malay vocabulary books printed and published in Singapore. Chinese drugs, native medicinal roots. Model of a Malay Rajah's reception house, with automaton figures showing wedding cere- mony in progress, models of Malay house- hold utensils, toys, games, etc., comprising 200 s[)ecimens ; models of Malay houses with walls of bcrtram work, of nipah palm and of bamboo ; carved wood workfor door- way ef Malay house, Malay bed hangings, Chinese bed and hangings ; rattan articles in domestic use ; model of Malacca house, models of Chinese furniture comprising forty eight different Kinds of articbs, 288 specimens of articles for domestic use, and toys and games ; Chinese gold thread, scarfs used on great occasions ; full dresses and ordinary dresses worn by Arabs and Chinese in this colony. Collections of indigenous fish, pheasants, snakes, butter- flies, reptiles, fishing apparatus, sixty speci- mens of stuffed animals and birds, C8 bottles of preserved fish and reptiles ; agricultural implements, thatches, gutta percha, timbers, spices, dried plants, sheets, seeds, gums, cordage, gambler and rattan, bertram plait work, Malacca walking sticks ; food products, condiments, preserved fruits, sugar, tea, padi or rice, arrowroot, cocoanut, palm sugar, cigars and cigarettes, sago, honey, beetle nut varnish, essential oils, hair dye fibre, bark for tanning, bricks, indigo, mangroves, tiles, tin ore, plumbago and limestone, Malay and aboriginal weapons, Chinese and Malay weights and measures, resins, cotfee, buffalo baskets or paniers, buffalo bells and carts, Malay elephant goads, baskets, lijods and bells, ferns, Malay river boats and bamboo rafts, Malay dwelling houses, snares and traps, Malay dresses of silk and gold thread ; looms and spinning appliances, bees' wax, edible birds' nests, iiottery, Malay silverware and weaiions, gold bearing tin sand, Malay fish- ing boats and native tools, native foot balls, spurs used by Malaya in cock-fighting, (loisoned arrows and quivers used by tho Sakeia, curtains made of attap leaves, model uf a Sakei house, native hats, cloth made of bark by the Sakeis, sleeping mats, sandals, gold aud tin ornaments, elephant's head shot in Selangor, bisou's head from Malay, sweetmeats, sugar cane juice, tin, shells, bat guano, water wheel, drugs, cinchona bark, rum and spirits. .iMasI alas I Rum, spitita, alcohol, introduced everywhere Britain's sons plant their feet. Could the British nation see the fearful crimes they are the direct authors of ? Could they see the raving maniacs in our insane asylums? Could they see the ragged, starving children, the miserable, gaunt, thinly-clad, heart-broken wives, the bright eyes uf youth dull and sunken in their sockets, the hopeful, brave spirits of early wedded life cruahed to death and buried in the deepest anguish, misery and woe, the imbruted huaband, in early days of his accelerated fall, enticed into the taverns and saloons to drink that distilled damna- tion which at first elevates man ami makes him feel richand great, but a deeper draught drowns his reason, corrupts his mind, im- plants disease in his system, makes him cruel to his wretched wife and children, to whom he is a terror ? Turned out of every bar-room, ordercKl away from evoiy saloon, the wretched victim of iutemiieranco goes home and takes the laat chair, the last morsel of foo<t, evoii tho last blanket, and leaves his miserable wife and children to m;rish with hunger and cold, while ho goes forth to ploilgo the last remnaut of comfort which he has just stolen or torn away from his broken-hearted wife to tho saloon or hotel keeper for the accursed poison, which ia fas,, sinking him into his grave â€" the dark, hopeless, drunkard's grave. Every glaaa of alcoholic li<)uor which a man or woman drinks has an influence to load them to desire more when the excitement caused by that glass dies away â€" hence tlie danger of taking the firat glass. With the brightest ond moat gifted the descent from [Kisition, rank and respectability is fre- iiuently very rapid, and often ending in degradation and infamy. Tho once happy wife, murdered by inches, dies and loaves helpless orphans to be cared for by the charitable, or to become tho thieves and vagabonds and prostitutes of society. The wretched father, only the semblance of a man, craving for whiskey, commits theft to got money to buy tho iK)ison, ia arrested and goes to jail, where he dies, the wretched victim of tho saloon-keeper. The only woman cab driver in England haa just died. Visitors to Epping Forest will recall, asoneof the peculiar institutions of that vicinity, the female Jehu, who for many years wore conspicuously the badge o' -i driver, and held tho reius in skilful competition with the men, who, no donbt, vociferously denounced at cab stands and railway stations this demonstration of a woman's rights. The Naval Lifeboat Board, of liOndon, report that none of the models submitted are suitable as lifeboats for mon-of-war. A gentleman coming down Chennevillo street, Montreal, between 10 and 11 o'clock last night witnessed one of tho saddest Bcenea lie over saw. He met an aged woman with a crying baby in her arms, and fol- lowed by alit e girl who carried a pillow on her head. On inquiring where they wore going, tho gentleman was informed that the old woman waa the grandmother of tho two children and waa taking the baby to ita mother, her daughter, who had been arrested for drunkcioss and placed in the cells of tho Kt. George street police station. The little girl had taken a pillow to lay the unfortunate baby oii in the cell. It appears that the wretched mother had been out of jail only a few days. *