MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 8 December 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The number of breweries in the Colony, according to official returns, is 108, in Iv ewing 186,096 barels of beer tbet*<» where nsed 504,144 bushe's of malt, 622 6561bs of Jiops. 2,481,558ibs of sugar, 42.396N>s glucose, 6721b of isinglass, and 300!bs of coi'iaDder seed. Those curious in sneh mattef way find an interesting calculation in working ont the proportionate ingredients of eat; 1 ! gallon of beer.

A blue book, jaat issued, wve* a Hit of British sltios hive been reported to (he Board of Trade a<* h iritifj foundered. .■»•• a« missins bfiween the l*t of January. 1873. and ihe 16lh of may, 1880, tosether with summaries showing the number and tonnage of the sb'ps -lost in each year, the trades in which thev were engaged, the dewip'.ion of cargo with which they were laden, and the of lives los*. Thp grain-laden vessels lost within thi« period were 246, with a tonnage of 132. 586,- and the live* lost were 2443. Of co^l-lsden vessels 534 were losf, tonnage 196,974, and 2779 lives. Of vessels laden with metals ani metallic ores 124 were, lost, tonnage 33,808, with a sacrifice o 1 * 369 lives. Of timber-laden shirs 178 we>'e lost tonnage 84.290. and 675 lir^s Of vessels liden with oiher rargoes 518 were lost, tonnage 141.661, with a loss of 1835 lives. Under the heal of general the number of vessel* lost was 162. with a tonnage of 85.025. and 2106 lives Of vessels in ballast 183 hire been lost, tonnage 51,689,, and 498 l>ves. The oh« known men are 10 in number, tonnage 3231, and 104 I've*. Tljp total number of vessels lost was 1965. tonnage 729.194 and no fewer than 10,527 lives.

The Enronean M»U in eiv'l? nn bc« roant of the oncket maich ' fTentl^men of Scotland rer*m Australians ' carefallv places the prefix ' Mr ' before the names o f the Hon'e <enm. but omils ' Mr speakinsr of the Australians. As this oss curs at least fifty times, the idea coiueyed

is not pleasin?.

It appears that Lnycoelc *ras withnnf* means when he reached England. The person who promised to nt>e him thrnngh pecum'arilv backed ont of the barja'n on •he eve of leavios Melbourne, buf Lay cock, ha7injj taken his passage and given out that he was goin^ to the Old Country, de.ermined to be as gool as his word. On arrival Home, thanks to Ih n good tu r n done him by Tric'-rett, Mr Wenfortli took liim np and vo'nn : eered <o provide him with wb-ifcver funds n ( q<i'>ed. In a letter lo a (rieini in Sydney, Liycock s«vs:— "They all. I try to copy Han'an here — use too much slide, Brine the knees together toy»?h'n? the ch'n, and the haunohe* fouclii.-iij the heels, then aive a great dash at the stretchpr. That style will never do, to mv idei, for a !on>» hard struggle ; it may do for a spur*

but not for a foursmile race- ... I cannot say 1 am impressed with any rowers I hive seen here yet, They are a rs-;ular lot of servm'^prs. Eowint; was dull when we arrived, hut it is livening up a bit Dorr, and will be still more lively." A movement is on foot in ney already to present Lay cock wth & festimo'ital in recognition of bis pluck in facing difficulties in a strange country^ ano in so manfully upholding the land of bis birth.