I suppose you may have heard of the circular letter of the Secretary for the Colonies asking the Governors of the different colonies to collect all the information possible to show in what direction British goods have been displaced by foreign manufactures, His Excellency has appointed a Committee consisting of the ion. Colonial Secretary, Hon. W. C. H. Hastings, z.v., Mr. N. J. Ede, and Mr. Chantrey Inchbsld, with Mr. R. ©. Wilcox as Secretary, to investigate this subject and report upon the information, The question is a large one, and there will probably be some difficulties, but the Committee should be able to collect some important facts bearing on the subject.
NEW MIMTANY HosPrTaL, The military authorities have commenced preparing site for a new hospital on an eminence above the Bowen Road, and a road from the Kennedy Road up to it is being constructed. The position is an excellent one and should prove very healthy, being open to the westerly breeze and sufficiently elevated to catch cooler and fresher air than that obtainable on the city level.
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