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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 19, 20 June 1868, Page 2

Lawyers. — The " Allgemeine Zeitung " publishes some curious statistics respecting the number of lawyers in various European countries. It says that in England there is one lawyer (of course, this includes attorneys and solicitors, as well as barristers or adrocates, and judgei) for every 1,240 of the population ; in France, one for every 1,970 ; in Bplgium, one for every 2,700; and in Prussia, one for every 12,000 only. Another curious fact is that in England the number of persons belonging to each of the different professions is nearly the same. Thus there are 34,970 lawyers, 35,483 clergymen, and 35,995 physioianß. In Prussia, on the other hand, there are 4,809 physicians to only 1,362 lawyers. Gold and Silvbb.— We learn, from some interesting tables, which are cautiously compiled, that in 1865 the principal gold-pro-ducing countries of the world yielded 559,587 pounds troy of gold, and upwards of 4,000,000 pounds troy of silver. It will be found, by calculating the value of those • metals at the preient market prices of them, that man's industry has added to the world's wealth, by the quantity of those metals which he has obtained by mining, nearly L 4,000,000. Of gold, California and the adjoining states produced 210,000 pounds troy; Australia and New Zealand, 191,600 ; Eussia, 69,000; South America, 34e,Q00; Southern Alia, 25,000 ; and our own Welsh hills gave the little contribution of, 724 ounces. Of silver, Mexico produced .1,700,000 pounds troy; Peru and Chili, , 598,000 ; Spain, 110,000; and the rest of Europe, including the British Islea, 526,000. '