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For the time from January 1 to August 31, German imports amounted to £351,679,1C0, and exports to £285,G40/00. The principal items of imports Comprised:—Agricultural produce £225,839,450, mineral and fossil raw materials £31,169,800; wax, fate, oils, £857,920; chemical and pharmaceutical products, £13,440,100; animal and vegetable textile materials, £27,957,300; leather and leather goods,. £5,225,000; india/ rubber goods, £1,068,700; books, paintings, and pictures, £1,531,250; precious metals and articles made of them, _ £12,988,050. Amongst the exports the principal items.were:—Agricultural produce, £44,570,150; mineral and fossil raw materials, £24,745,950; chemical and pharmaceutical products, £26,582,600; animal and vegetable textile materials', £47,655,000; leather and leather goods £16,302,450; precious metals and goods made thereof, £5,922,350; base metals and goods made thereof, £52,345,000; machinery and electro-technical products, £31,334,400; and guns, clocks, and toys, £6,109,500.

. "Your fingerprint, please," is the novel demand now being mode by olerks in increasing numbers in New York banks of all ladies and • gentlemen desirous of cashing cheques. The customer (says the correspondent of the "Daily Mail") is given an ink-pad and a card. On this he or she Is directed to place three fingers and the first joint of each thumb. The clerk compares the impressions with rcooTds in the cashier'a office, and presents the customer with a little bottle of spirits of turpentine and a piece of cotton wool for the removal of the ink-stains. Only after this ordeal has been succes-sfully accomplished may the customer receive oash for his or her cheque. According to the "Evening Post," tho leading financial newspaper an New Ybrk, the now system of finger-prints is rapidly growing : in favour with bankers who have been victimised by swindlers and forgers. The Williamsburg Savings Bank was the first institution to adopt tho system. Other banks, finding that it entailed much delay, appointed a ' special clerk whose duty it is to persuade ladies to remove their gloves and to submit to the imky operation. :

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d., For Chronic- Chest Complaints.*

AGRICULTURAL SHOWS. EILDING A. ■ AND P. SHOW. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 4th and sth ■ FEBRUARY, 1913. .£1055 IN PRIZES. ifiloss Liberal Cash Prizes and Handsome Tro- ■ phies, to be won outright, for all Classes of Stock. ROMNEY-MARSH SHIELDS allotted for competition. Entries Close FRIDAY, JANUARY 17. Schedules and all particulars from the Secretary. 1 NNUAL WEST COAST RAM FAIR xjL (to be conducted by the Feilding A. and P. Association) THURSDAYand FRIDAY, 6th and 7th FEBRUARY, 1913. Entries close TUESDAY, 21st JAN. Entry forms and all particulars from E. H. FISHER, Secretary Feilding A. and P, Association. i" ' . ' ■yrr ANT ED E N 0 W N. Open Daily from Noon till 11.15 p.m. (Except Tuesdays, when premises close at 2 o'clock.) PALMER'S LUNCHEON and SUPPER ROOMS, 168 LAMBTON QUAY. Telephone No. 20. (pOULLS, CULLING, AND CO., LTD.. BRANDON STREET. ' WELLINGTON. Agent" for Pen, Penoil, and Typewriter Carbons, by the best makers, at Lowest Prioes. THE WILLIAM DANES BRASS FOUNDRY COMPANY, EVA STREET (Off Dixon Street), WELLINGTON. Manufacturers of Engineers' and Plumbers' Supplies, Fire Brigade l-iant, Brewers, Creinv>ry, and General Brassnork. Aluminium Castings a speciality.' 'Phono 1997. . A Card. ~ '-. ~ T B. H. DE LATOUR, •<U« Surgeon Dentist, BgNNIXTS BUILDINGS, TAffiAm