Sunday-schools on Sunday amounted to exactly One Hundred Dollars—tie precise sum mentioned by the Rev. W. L, Groves as the one he hoped to obtain.
The report of the Commissioner of Customs at Cientsin for last year contains the following under the head of Mining ~The works at the K'ai-ping Colliery have been pushed on during the past year, and itis now expected that by April between 200 and 300 tons a day will be raised and sent to Tientsin, either for transmission to the South. regard to its price, it is calculated that it can be sold profitably at Tientsin at not mor than $6 per ton for "lump." Your atten tion is invited to the following table, showing the rates at which Japanese Coal can be laid down here and sold at a profit. For this information I am indebted to a gentlemen of great experience in this branch of trade. jib? Brpsent (1861) wholesale price per Takasima lamp Mike lump jen tsin Tls. 7 to 8 7
The lowest wholesale price per ton for which these coals could be sold at Tientsin (freight and Customs duty included) would be about—
Takasima lamp. Tientain is, 6.50 Mike lump. 8
The price per ton in Japan for a shipment (say) of 1,000 tons is—
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