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from foreign countries.

FOREIGN MAILS-Continued.

Postal cards or letters addressed to go around the world will not be for

warded, being prohibited. The act of March 3, 1883, imposes a duty of 25 per cent. ad valorem on all printed matter not therein otherwise provided for, without regard to mode of importation. Under said act all printed matter, except newspapers and periodicals, and except printed matter other than books imported in the mails for personal use, is subject to the regular duty of 25 per cent, ad valorem,

FOREIGN (INTERNATIONAL) MONEY ORDERS.

When payable in Switzerland, New Zealand, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Japan, Denmark, Orange River Colony, Netherlands, the Bahamas, Trinidad, Austria, Hungary, Bermuda. Luxembourg, Chile, Egypt, Bolivia, Mexico, Liberia, Costa Rica, Peru, Transvaal, Germany, Hong Kong, Portugal, and Apfa, the charge is as follows:

For order not exceeding $10, 8 cents; not exceeding $30, 15 cents; over $30 and 850, 25 cents; over $50 and not exceeding over $70 and not exting $80, 40 cents; not exceeding $100, 50 cents.

over $10 and not exceeding $20, 10 cents; over $20 and not exceeding $40, 20 cents; over $40 and not exceeding $60, 30 cents; over $60 and not exceeding $70, 35 cents; over $80 and not exceeding $90, 45 cents; over $90 and

When payable in any other foreign country, the charge is as follows: For order not exceeding $10, 10 cents over $10 and not exceeding $20, 20 cents; over $20 and not exceeding $30, 30 cents; over $30 and not exceeding $40, 40 cents; over $40 and not exceeding $50, 50 cents; over $50 and not exceeding $60, 60 cents; over $60 and not exceeding $70, 70 cents; over $70 and not exceeding $80, 80 cents; over $80 and not exceeding $90, 90 cents; over $90 and not exceeding $100. 81. The maximum amount for which a money order may be drawn payable in Cape Colony is $100. There is no limitation to the number of international orders that may be issued, in one day, to a remitter, in favor of the same payee.

Domestic rates and regulations apply to money orders for Canada, Cuba, Hawaii, Newfoundland, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands, also "Windward Islands, Jamaica, and Leeward Islands, British Honduras, British Guiana. Canal Zone (Isthmus of Panama), Tutuila (Samoa), United States Postal Agency at Shanghai (China), Virgin Islands, and Guam,

Distances and Postal Time from New York City.

TIME of transit of mails, as indicated by the Official Postal Guide, showing the time in transit from New York City between depot and depot. Subject to alteration consequent upon changes in time tables and connections.

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The Ship Subsidy Bill

AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THE following is the text of the Ship Subsidy bill as passed by the House of Representatives March 1, 1907, by a vote of 155 to 144, after there had been eliminated the Senate provisions for payments to Pacific steamship lines controlled by Harriman or Hill railway interests. In the struggle over the bill fifty-two Republicans voted with the Democrats in opposition on the first roll call. On the motion of Mr. Williams to lay the motion to reconsider on the table fifty Republicans voted with the Democrats. On the vote to adopt a substitute there were forty-three Republican opponents and on its final passage there were forty-one. The bill as amended went back to the Senate, where it failed to pass in the closing hours of the session on account of the determined filibustering of its opponents. The original bill of this session, which contained the subsidies stricken out by the House of Representatives, passed the Senate February 14, 1906:

An Act to promote the national defense, to create a naval reserve, to establish American ocean mail lines to foreign markets and to promote commerce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the Act entitled, "An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce." approved March 3, 1891, be, and hereby is, amended by adding thereto the following section:

Section 10, That the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contracts for a term of ten years, with citizens of the United States, for the carrying of mails on steamships hereafter built in the United States and registered in the United States, or now duly registered by a citizen or citizens of the United States (including as such citizens any corporation created under the laws of the United States or any of the States thereof, a majority of the stock of which shall be and shall continue to be owned by citizens of the United States, between ports of the United States, and ports on the routes and for the amounts hereinafter prescribed.

First. From a port or ports of the Atlantic Coast of the United States to Brazil, on steamships of the United States of not less than sixteen knots' speed, for a monthly service at a maximum compensation not exceeding $500,000 a year, or for a fortnightly service at a maximum compensation not exceeding $600,000 a year.

Second. From a port or ports of the Atlantic Coast of the United States to Argentina, on steamships of the United States, of not less than sixteen knots' speed, for a monthly service at a monthly compensation not exceeding $400,000 a year, or for a fortnightly service at a maximum compensation not exceeding $800,000 a year; provided, that a vessel receiving compensation for mail service pursuant to contract on a voyage on this route shall not also receive compensation for mail service pursuant to contract on said voyage on the first route as described above.

Fourth. From a port or ports of the Pacific Coast of the United States to the Isthmus of Panama, Peru and Chile, on steamships of the United States of not less than sixteen knots' speed, for a monthly service at a maximum compensation not exceeding $300,000 a year, or for a fortnightly service at a maximum compensation not exceeding $600,000 a year. Sec. 2. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal this Act in whole or in part whenever in its judgment the public interests shall so require, without, however, impairing in otherwise the obligation of special contract then in force which shall have been entered into under the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 3. That there shall be enrolled, in such manner and under such requirements as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, from the officers and men now and hereafter employed in the merchant marine and fisheries of the United States, including the coastwise trade of the Atlantic and Pacific, and the Great Lakes, such officers, petty officers, and men as may be capable of rendering service as members of a naval reserve, for duty in time of war, and who are willing to undertake such service, to be classified in grades and ratings according to their capacity as shown at time of enrollment. No man shall be thus enrolled who is not a citizen of the United States by either birth or naturalization. These members of the naval reserve shall be enrolled for a period of four years, during which period they shall be subject to render service on call of the President in time of war. They shall also pursue such qualifications, receive such instruction, and be subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed, upon proper audit by the Auditor of the Navy Department, to pay out of any money to be annually appropriated thereupon, estimates to be annually submitted to Congress in the book of estimates to such officer, petty officer, or man thus enrolled, and employed in the merchant marine or fisheries, including the coastwise trade of the Atlantic and Pacific and the Great Lakes as herein provided, an annual retainer as follows:

For each officer of the line or engineer corps having the rank of lieutenant in the naval reserve, $110; for each officer of the line or engineer corps having the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) in the naval reserve, $90; for each officer of the line or engineer corps having the rank of ensign in the naval reserve, $80; for each man with a rating of chief petty officer, $70; for each man with a rating of petty officer, first class, $60; for each man with a rating of petty officer, second class, $48; for each man with a rating of petty officer, third class, $40; for each seaman, first class, $36; for each seaman, second class, $30; for each seaman, third class, $24. Such retainer shall be paid at the end of each year of service on certificate by the Secretary of the Navy that the member of the naval reserve has complied with the regulations and has served for at least six months of the prevailing twelve months on vessels of the United States in the merchant marine or fisheries. The total number of officers, petty officers, and men enrolled in the naval reserve shall not at any time exceed 10,000.

Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect on July 1, 1907.

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Under seal. 10 years. † If made in State; if outside, 2 years. Unless a different rate is expressly stipulated. Under seal, 20 years. TStore accounts; other accounts 3 years; accounts between merchants 5 years. tt New York has by a recent law legalized any rate of interest on call loans of $5,000 orupward, on collateral security. + Becomes dormant, but may be revived. Six years from last item. (a) Accounts between merchants 2 years. (b) In courts not of record 5 years. (c) Witnessed 20 years. (d) Twenty years in Courts of Record; in Justice's Court 10 years. (e) Negotiable notes 6 years, non-negotiable 17 years. () Ceases to be a lien after that period. (h) On foreign judgments 1 year. (1) Is a lien on real estate for only 10 years. (k) And indefinitely by having execution issue every 5 years. (Ten years foreign, 20 years domestic. (n) Not of record 6 years. (0) No limit. (p) Foreign Domestic 6 years.

Penalties for usury differ in the various States.

Arizona, California, Colorado, Indian Territory, Maine, Massachusetts (except on loans of less than $1,000), Montana, Nevada, Rhode Island and Wyoming have no provisions on the subject. Loss of principal and interest is the penalty in Arkansas and New York.

Loss of principal in Delaware and Oregon.

Loss of interest in Alabama, Alaska, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina (double amount if paid), North Dakota (double amount if paid), Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington (double amount if paid), Wisconsin, and Hawaii.

Loss of excess of interest in Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire (three times), New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia.

State Flowers.

THE following are "State Flowers school scholars of the respective States: Alabama...

Arkansas..

adopted in most instances by the vote of the public

Golden Rod | Mississippi.
Apple Blossom

Montana...

California....... California Poppy (Eschscholtzia) Nebraska....

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Magnolia .Bitter Root Golden Rod

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Scarlet Carnation
Mistletoe

Oregon Grape

Violet *Pasque ... Daisy Blue Bonnet Sego Lily Red Clover Rhododendron Rhododendron

In England the primrose is worn on the birthday of Lord Beaconsfield. On the anniversary of Parnell's death his followers wear a sprig of ivy. The Jacobites wear white roses on June 10, In France the Orleanists wear white daisies and the Bonapartists the violet.

Regents' Examinations in New York State in 1908.

REGENTS' EXAMINATIONS under the control of the Education Department of the State of New York (office, Albany, N. Y.) will be held in 1908 at the following times and places: Jan. 27-31 inclusive, at New York, and about 800 academies and high schools; 86 subjects. June 15-19 inclusive, at New York, and about 800 academies and high schools; 87 subjects. Examinations for teachers' certificates are held on the saine dates as the Regents, and May 21-22, August 12-14 and 24-25. Sept. 14-16, inclusive, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo; 33 subjects. September examinations are for professional and technical students only. Morning session begins 9.15 o'clock. Afternoon session begins 1.15 o'clock.

UNIVERSITY CREDENTIALS-I'reliminary (preacademic) certificate-Reading, writing, spelling, elementary English, arithmetic, geography, and on certificates earned in June, 1907, and thereafter, elementary United States history and civics. MEDICAL STUDEST CRETIFICATE-For matriculates prior to Jan. 1, 1896, for any 12 academic counts; for matriculates prior to Jan, 1, 1897, for any *94 academic counts. But all matriculates after Jan. 1, 1897, must secure 48 academic counts or their full equivalent. LAW STUDENT CERTIFICATE-Second year English, first year Latin, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, English history, United States history, civics, economics, or any 36 academic counts.

DENTAL STUDENT Certificate-Any 48 academic counts or their equivalents (for matriculates before Jan. 1, 1905, any *36 academic counts).

VETERINARY STUdent Certificate-Any * 48 academic counts or their equivalents (for matriculates before Jan. 1, 1905, any 24 academic counts).

PHARMACY STUDENT CERTIFICATE—Any 12 academic counts.

NURSES PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE After January 1, 1906, 15 counts.

ACADEMIC DIPLOMA-For 12 counts. This diploma is based on a four-year curriculum, requiring a student to pursue four subjects of study of at least 18 lesson periods a week. This increase from 15 to 18 lessons a week necessitates a corresponding change in the system of "counts," and 12 counts under the former scheme of values is equal to 15 under the present. For diplomas earned in June, 1909, and thereafter, the requirements are: English 13 counts, mathematics 10, history 8, science 10, elective 31. For the classical academic diploma: English 13, mathematics 10, history 5, science 5, Latin 20, a second foreign language 15, elective 4. There is no time limit, but credentials issued by the Department are good till cancelled for cause. To protect the rights of the weak or of the slowly developing student and at the same time to test the knowledge of the most capable, the following system of differentiated credentials has been adopted: 1. A diploma based on a general average of 65; 2. A diploma, with credit, based on a general average of 75; 3. A diploma, with great credit, based on a general average of 83; 4. A diploma, with highest credit, based on a general average of 90. Answer papers are reviewed in the Department and all papers below standard returned to the candidates. Candidates attending schools in which these examinations are not held should send notice at least ten days in advance at what time and in what studies they wish to be examined, that required desk room may be provided. Candidates who fail to send this advance notice can be admitted only so far as there are unoccupied seats. [See Handbook 3].

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES WITHOUT EXAMINATION-Candidates having credentials which can be accepted in place of examinations should send them to the Education Department-Registration. [See Handbook 23].

MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS-The regents shall admit to any examination any candidate who pays a fee of $25 and submits satisfac tory evidence, verified by oath, if required, that he-1. Is more than twenty-one years of age; 2. Is of good moral character; 3. Has the general education required preliminary to receiving the degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine in this State; 4. Has studied medicine not less than four school years, including four satisfactory courses of at least seven months each in four different calendar years in a medical school registered as maintaining at the time a satisfactory standard. This requirement took effect Jan. 1, 1898, and does not apply to students matriculated before that date who receive their degree before Jan. 1, 1902; 5. Evidence that applicant has received the degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine from some registered medical school, or a diploma or license conferring full rights to practise medicine in some foreign country (original credentials). Examinations for license to practise medicine in this State will be held as follows: Feb. 4-7, May 19-22, June 23-26, Sept. 22-25, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. (Each candidate is notified as to exact place.)

DENTAL EXAMINATIONS-The regents shall admit to examination any candidate who pays a fee of $25 and submits satisfactory evidence, verified by oath, if required, that he-1. Is more than twenty-one years of age; 2. Is of good moral character; 3. Has the general education required preliminary to receiving the degree of doctor of dental surgery in this State. Matriculates in a registered dental school before Jan. 1, 1896, are exempt from the preliminary education requirement for degrees and for admission to the licensing examinations; 4. Subsequently to receiving such preliminary education either has been graduated in course with a dental degree from a registered dental school, or else, having been graduated in course from a registered medical school with a degree of doctor of medicine, has pursued thereafter a course of special study of dentistry for at least two years in a registered dental school, and received therefrom its degree of doctor of dental surgery, or else holds a diploma or license conferring full right to practise dentistry in some foreign country and granted by some registered authority. Dates of dental examinations: Feb. 4-7, May 19-22, June 23-26, and Sept. 22-25, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. (Each candidate is notified as to exact place.)

PHARMACY EXAMINATIONS.-Applications for examination, accompanied by the proper fee, must be forwarded to the secretary of the branch of the State Board of Pharmacy in which the applicant resides at least ten days previous to the date of examination. A candidate for the grade of licensed pharmacist most pay a fee of $10 and submit evidence of: 1. A minimum age of 21 years: 2. At least four years' practical experience in a pharmacy; 3. A diploma from a registered pharmacy school. For the grade of licensed druggist a candidate must pay a fee of $5, submit proof of three years' practical experience in a pharmacy, and pass examination. Examinations will be held in 1907-New York: Feb. 20, June 19, Nov. 20; Brooklyn: May 15, Sept. 18, Dec. 18; Albany and Rochester: Feb. 20, April 17, Sept. 18, Nov. 20; Buffalo: Feb. 20, April 17, June 19, Sept. 18, Nov. 20. VETERINARY EXAMINATIONS-The regents shall admit to examination any candidate who pays a fee of $10 and submits satisfactory evidence, verified by oath, If required, that he-1. Is more than twenty-one years of age; 2. Is of good moral character; 3. Has the general education required in all cases after July 1, 1897, preliminary to receiving a degree in veterinary medicine. Matriculates in a registered veterinary medical school prior to Jan. 1, 1896, are exempt from the preliminary education requirement; 4. Has studied veterinary medicine not less than three full years, including three satisfactory courses, in three different academic years, in a veterinary medical school registered as maintaining at the time a satisfactory standard, 5. Has received a degree as Veterinarian from some registered veterinary medical school. Dates of examinations: Feb. 4-7, May 19-22, June 23-26, Sept. 22-25, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo.

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS-1. The full C. P. A. certificate is to be granted only to those at least twenty-five years of age who have had three years' satisfactory experience in the study or practice of accounting, one of which shall have been in the office of an expert public accountant; 2. Candidates having the required preliminary education and passing the required examinations, but lacking the age or the three years' experience required for the full C. P. A. certificate, may be certified as junior accountants under the same conditions as to residence and character; 3. Two examinations, in January and in June, are held annually. There are to be four sessions as follows: 1, Theory of accounts; 2, Practical accounting; 3, Auditing; 4, Commercial law; candidates must complete all subjects at a single examination as required in medicine; candidates for either the C. P. A. or the junior accountant certificate must be more than twenty-one years of age, and of good moral character. They must pay a fee of $25, and must have the regents' academic diploma or its equivalent as prescribed for other professional examinations. Dates of examine stions: Feb. 4-5 and June 23-24, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo.

REGISTRATION OF NURSES-Who May Pract se as Registered Nurses-Any resident of the State of New York, being over the age of twenty-one years and of good moral character, holding a diploma from a training school for nurses connected with a hospital or sanitarium giving a course of at least two years, and registered by the regents of the University of the State of New York as maintaining in this and other respects proper standards, all of which shall be determined by the said regents, and who shall have received from the said regents a certificate of his or her qualifications to practise as a registered nurse, shall be styled and known as a registered nurse, and no other person shall assume such title, or use the abbreviation Rt. N. or any other words, letters, or figures to indicate that the person using the name is such a registered nurse. Two examinations will be held annually in January and June respectively. Applications should be made at least ten days in advance to Education Department, Examination Division, Albany, N. Y. Dates: 1908, Feb. 4-7, June 23-26, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. (Each candidate is notified as to exact place.)

*Based on 1900 syllabus; on the syllabus of 1905, 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, and 60 respectively.

United States Pension Statistics.

NUMBER OF ARMY AND NAVY PENSIONERS ON THE ROLL JUNE 30, 1907.

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Total.... 11,073,615 178,816 82,937345,530 184,863 116, 239 19,031 4,406 967.371 98.5,971 Pensioners of the war of the Revolution-daughters, 3. Pensioners of the war of 1812-widows, 558. Pensioners of the war with Mexico-Survivors, 3, 485; widows, 7, 214. Indian wars-Survivors, 2,007; widows, 3, 201.

NUMBER OF PENSION CLAIMS, PENSIONERS, AND DISBURSEMENTS, 1863-1907. NUMBER OF PENSIONERS ON THE ROLL.

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