■ During January of this year the revenue from the Customs of Australia amounted to <£] ,418,000, an increase of X'3!i3,000 as compared with January, 1011. The longest canal in tho world is in Eussia. It extends from St. Petersburg to tho frontier of China, and its total length is close upon 4500 miles. The baya bird of India has the curious habit of fastening fireflies to its nest with moist clay. On a dark night sn.ch a nest might be taken for an electric lamp.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1449, 25 May 1912, Page 5
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84Untitled Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1449, 25 May 1912, Page 5
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