Banks In Victoria..

The banks of Victoria are compelled by law to furnish every quarter full particulars of their financial position, which are published in the Melbourne Government Gazette. The......

Insurance-offices.

Many persons have an apparently well- g rounded apprehension that in- surance companies have of late years sprun g up too rapidly, the supply exceedin g the slow- g rowin g......

,427,790 .. 1,510,044 Wheat... bushels 4,848,679 5,063,074 I Beans and Peas* Year 1864. Yeaz 1865. Tear 1854. Year 1855. Barley... „ 7,645,328 6,092,970 bushels 1,081,263......

The Corn-trade Of Southern Russia. The States Committee...

p r epared a report of the corn-trade of Russia since 1824, which has been inserted in the _Berlin States Annual for 1856 ; Dr. Michelsen has translated it into En g lish. The......

Progress Of Canada.

Prizes were offered by the Paris Exhibition Committee of Canada for the two best essays on Canada. A score of competitors entered the lists' the first prize was awarded to Mr.......