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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7221, 22 April 1884, Page 6

Out of a population of 10,333,276 in Spain, 11,778,108 can neither read nor write. The public wealth of the United Kingdom is .£8,720,000,000, or an average of £249' for each inhabitant. The first town in Switzerland, and perhaps the first in the world, to be entirely lighted and have its tramways driven by electricity will be Montreaux, on the Lake of Geneva, a Company having obtained a concession for the purpose. The motive power is derived from the waterof the lake. Extensive works are to be erected immediately, Exclusive of the catch in Manitoba, in the north-west Provinces, the total value of the catch of the Canadian fisheries in 1882 was -£3,304,818. Of this about .£400,000 came to Great Britain, and nearly £500,000 went to the United States. The salmon trade of British Columbia, which is capable of indefinite development, is increasing. The total number of cases of canned salmon last year amounted to 255,061, and over 5000 barrels of salted salmon were also packed.