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Patea Mail, 17 February 1882, Page 3

COST of TRANSPORT in AMERICA. According to a London journal, Mr Joseph Nimmo, jun., the chief of the United States Bureau of Statistics, has prepared for his annual report a paper upon the coat of transportation by, and the Government regulation of, the American railroads. In this statement, it is said, interesting statistics are given as to the reduction in recent years of |the cost of transportation. The number of tons of freight carried by the thirteen chief American lines, it appears, increased from 45,557,002 tons in 1873 to 78,150,931 tons in 1880, or about 71.5 per cent. The receipts from freight, however, rose only from £22,400,930 to £28,679,636, or but 28 per cent., this small increase of receipts in proportion to traffic being due to the fact that the average rate per ton charged on those railroads fell from 1.77 cents per ton per mile in 1873 to 1.07 cents in 1880, a decrease of 39.5 per cent. It is to this great reduction in the cost of transport that the intensity of the American competition in the supply of agricultural produce during recent years is largely due, and Mr JNimmo’s report, when issued, will be studied here with interest, both for the information it gives as to the rates in the past and the light it is likely to throw upon the future cost of transport in America.

At Tarawera, Hawke’s Bay district, a boy in play crawled underneath the house, where he was instantly set upon by a savage bitch with pups, and bitten severely all over the body before he could be rescued. Tea has been successfully grown by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society. Experts who saw the operation of the preparation of the tea, and afterwards tasted the liquid tea, were pleased with it. Mr Reid, a former resident in India, is of opinion that if the trees were properly pruned so as to get a “ flush ” of leaf, very good tea could be produced in Auckland. The Waikato natives want a newspaper published in Maori, and the idea is to be considered at King Tawhiao’s great meeting at Alexandra.

GRAND OPENING NOTICE! JOHN ANDERSON JJAS much pleasure in informing his numerous Customers that his new Premises ARE NOW OPEN! and takes this opportunity of Thanking the Inhabitants of Pateaynd surrounding Districts for the liberal and increasing patronage bestowed upon him since commencing business in Patea. The increased facilities now offered for carrying on the business in all its branches will bo fully appreciated by his Customers, and every order will now be carried out with immediate despatch and in a first-class manner, owing to the extra convenience and increased staff of First-class Workmen, o During the Month of February, a Discount of 10 per cent, will be allowed on all Purchases ! _o A Large Stock of Furniture Cane and Wood-seat Chairs of every description, now on view. Carpets, Linoleums, Oilcloths up to 18 feet wide, Mattings of every kind, Hearth Rugs, Door Mats, Mattresses, Bolsters, Pillows, and every other requisite for the complete furnishing of a house. o JOHN ANDERSON,