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 822 THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL proportionate to the increase in receipts; (2)that such increase is- mainly observable in regard to short journeys; and (3), that the general belief in Austria is that the zone system will necessitate a considerable increase in the rolling stock. The insertion in the Austrian Budget of a heavy item for the renewal of railway material would appear to prove that this belief is well founded. Banking, Raihcay, and Shipping Statistics of Ireland, Jtme 1891 (C--6521). Trim is the half-yearly report of the Restrar-General for Ireland. It shows that the deposits and cash balances in Joint Stock Banks in Ireland, which in June 1889 amounted to 31,205,000, increased in 1890 to 33,061,000 and in 1891 to 33,700,000. At the end of June of this year, the estimated amount in the Post Office Savings Banks in Ireland, stood at 3,878,000, as compared with 3,585,000 for the corresponding period of 1890, showing an increase of 293,000, or 8'2 percent., and being higher than the balance at any previous period since the foundation of these banks. The amount of deposits on June 30, 1891, in Trustee Savings Banks was 1,972,000 as compared with 2,035,000 on the ccrresponding date of the previous year. The total amount therefore in the Savings Banks in Ireland was 5,850,000 in June 1891 as compared with 5,620,000 for the corresponding Icriod of the year 1890, an increase of 4'1 per cent. Corn Sales. _Report from the Select Committee. 347. This is an interim report by the Select Committee appointed to inquire and report upon the various weights and measures used for the sale of grain throughout the United Kingdom; the desirability of selling grain by weight only, or by measure and weight, and in the event of either being considered desirable, the extent to which either night be enforced; the desirability of the adoption of a uniform weight, either for the United Kingdom or any part of it; if a uniform weight is desirable, the standard to be adopted, and whether there should be one standard for all kinds of grain, and if not what should be the standard for each kind. The Cmnmittee now state that they have examined one tness, Mr. Chaney, Superintendent of the Standards' Department of the
 * Board of Trade, whose evidence is appended to the report, but that

owing to the late period of the session (July 17) it ws not in their power to conclude their inquiry. They have therefore agreed to repor the evidence already taken to the touse, and to recommend that a Committee on the same subject be appointed in the next session of Parliament.