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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 127, 3 July 1895, Page 4

The returns of the United States Department of Agriculture for January, 1805, show that cattle of all kinds have decreased 2,226,725 head La the year, and were 2,000,000 less than in January, 1890. The sheep returns show that there are now 8,000,000 fewer sheep than in 1885, notwithstanding the great increase of the population and the development of new country. . The first sailing vessel to be lighted by electricity is said to have been the Spanish barque La Vigusea, a bulkoil and general caigo carrier. She is. fitted throughout with incandescent lights, the power for the dynamo being furnished by a small oil-engine, which also furnishes power to pump her oil cargo when she is loading or unloading. Eecently the estate of a Brisbane gentleman paid a first and final dividend of 1-32 of a penny in the £. Inquiry at the Boaid of Education on Tuesday justified Mr Worthington in expelling a lad from school for disobedience. A Tobacconists' Association is being formed in Molbourne to insist on high license fees, moral character, and no boxes of matches given for nothing. Only 115 tons of sugar were exported from Queensland during the month, of May, making the total ex ported this eeaaou to date 07,451 tons Jacob's Theatre, New York, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million dollars.