Iho Gorornmont of India ig n bngo land lord. It rccvivos 20i nnllions Btorling a yonr by way of rootat from the ocoupanlß of Iho soil. Tlio Melbourno Age of April 10th, cays : — ' Tho 34t.1i nnnivoraary of tbo introduction of tho eight hours nyntom into Ticloria wao cole bratod yoiterday undor tho moit favourablo circiirnßlancoo. Tho gnthering m tho streets of Melbourne to witness tho procoasion^ of trades was largor than on any other provioui occasion. At a comparatively oarly hour Jn the morning pooplo bojjan to flock into tho city from nil quarters of tho compass, and m a remarkably short timo tho main thoroughfares alon(» which Iho procoision paood. boeamo crowded. Tbo windows, balconies, ami roofs of tho buildings on routo wero nljo occupiod, whilst hundreds obtainod '» viow of tbo proceedings from crory imngiiioblo description of vehicle. Despite tho trumonilom crush tho people wuro very orderly, oJnßOquontly tlio foot pulico and troopers had no dirtloulty m pro aorving ardor, 'iho trams m Bourko stroot, Collinß Blrcot, and Flindors Btreot wore stopped until the last remnant of tho proces sion roftohod Princiiß Uridgo, bo as to givo timo for Iho immoneo thi'ong of spectators to to di'p'nrse.' Anolhor account doscribos tho procesjion as being gorgoous. m tho oxtrcmo, two milco long, and containing work jing reproienlatlons of ovcry trade,;. from* 1 (luarrymon lo glttßß blowen, ■ ■ '" : **''"

The rubbish heaps at tho Kimborley mines, Cape Colony, ore now being worked over by people who are out of employment, and Ihey are cradling and washing tho diamonds out of thorn. Many of those people, says a local correspondent, aro making from £10 to £16 a week. There is to bo a great national exhibition m Berlin m 1894, and the idea has been mooted of out-Eiffeling tho Eiffel tower by raiting a oolossal equestrian statue of tho old Emperor William. Against Ibis, however, the notion has been started of building, as a monument to tho old Emporor, a mighty tdrics of baths, with halls and porticoes, such as shall rival the baths of the Komans, witfi a central ballas big as the Pantheon, surrounded by a loggia that shall contain sculpture of tbe highest order and of all periods. It is pro posed to set up m the hall a statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I. with his heroes around him. 