2 JANUARY 1897, page 22

A New Fibre.

H OW many bankruptcies does it take to establish a new industry ? British manufacturers are by all accounts among the most conservative of mankind, and if the name " ramie "......

Letters To The Editor.

TAXATION AND TAXA.BLE CAPACITY. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " &MCP/TOR:1 hope you may again say something to enlighten your- readers upon this subject. I, as one of them, find it......