The Munlelpal Council has been Informed that the following gentlemen have been elected by the Con sular Body to serve on the Board of Governors of the General Hospital for 1837:—
The Consul-General for the Netherlands, The Consul-General for Sweden.
The Consul-General for Portugal, case any of the above are absent, the Acting Consul-General concerned will offclate, which in Japan has already reached a Production of some. 60 million annually and is rapidly appronchh the $5 million os, per annum presenting the tolai quantity of we marketed by N, Bast Asia, 'This bro should more directly "compete with cotton. "but it can be made more suitable for' mixing with wool than is cotton at around the same prices.
The main Inferenée to be, drawn from the Survey 1s that {t {9 very unlikely that N. East Asia will ever be a serious competitor in fine wode consumption of fine wools in these paris, and Australia is likely to Serive some benefit from this, parti. teularly as her wools are s0 excellently classified, Shanghai, Feb, 13,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.