than nine guilders ($3.60) a week, 1,017, or 26.57 per cent, of these persons being engaged in the preparation of food, and 971, or 25.37 per cent, in the textile industry; of those engaged in food preparation 87.12 per cent were males and 12.88 per cent females, while in the textile industry 56.64 per cent were males and 43.36 per cent females.

Population in 1903.

At the close of 1903 the population of the Netherlands numbered 5,430,973, of whom 2,690,205 were males and 2,740,768 females. The 24 cities having more than 20,000 population aggregated 2,013,835 persons (959,971 males and 1,053,864 females), the remainder of the population, 3,417,138 persons (1,730,234 males and 1,686,904 females), being distributed among 1,097 cities and towns. The total increase in 1903 was 83,783 persons, or 1.57 per cent.

The five preceding abstracts were taken from Tijdschrift van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statis tiek, Afl. 8. 's-Gravenhage, Holland, 1904.

Population of South Africa.

The census of British South Africa, taken in 1904, shows an increase in the population of the Cape district of 57.51 per cent over that of 1901, the popu lation in 1904 being 2,405,552 including 580,380 white persons and 1,825,172 colored. The population of the Transvaal and Swaziland is 1,354,200 including 300,225 whites and 1,053,975 colored. The Orange River Colony shows a population of 385,045, of which number 143,419, or 37.25 per cent, are whites. Natal shows a population of 284,691 including but 97,109 Europeans and whites as compared with 187,582 colored. This is exclusive of native areas.- - Bradstreet's, Aug. 13, 1904.

Strikes and Lockouts in the United Kingdom in 1903.

The number of strikes and lockouts reported in the United Kingdom in 1903 was 387 (55 less than in 1902) involving 116,901 workmen (139,766 less than in 1902). Of the total number of workmen affected 93,515 were directly involved. The total time lost was 2,338,668 working-days. One and two-tenths per cent of the entire working population were in. volved in disputes.

The most important strikes were in the coal min

ing industry, there being 113 disputes, involving 60,029 employees and accounting for 51.97 per cent of the total time lost; in the engineering and shipbuilding industries there were 56 disputes involving 15,806 employees; in the tinplate industry there were eight disputes involving 14,725 employees; in the textile industry there were 55 disputes involv. ing 9,458 employees; in the remaining miscellaneous industries there were 155 disputes involving 16,883 employees.

Controversies in the textile industry have shown a tendency to diminish in recent years. This industry was responsible for 55, or 14.21 per cent of all the disputes in 1903, for 8.09 per cent of the total number of workpeople affected, and for only five per cent of the total time lost. Of the 55 disputes, 36 were regarding wages, 10 regarding working arrangements, and eight regarding the employment of particular classes or persons; for one the cause was not reported.

Of the 387 disputes, 232 were regarding questions of wages, involving 49,557, or 52.99 per cent of the employees directly affected, and 15,993, or 68.39 per cent of the employees indirectly affected; 56 disputes were regarding working arrangements, rules, and discipline and affected 13,609 employees directly and 2,154 indirectly; 54 disputes were regarding the employment of particular classes or persons and af. fected 7,822 employees directly and 4,520 indirectly; 25 disputes were over trade unionism and affected 17,602 employees directly and 269 indirectly; 17 disputes were over hours of labor and affected 4,108 employees directly and 382 indirectly; the causes of three strikes were not stated.

Of the total strikes, 88, or 22.74 per cent, were successful; 179, or 46.25 per cent, unsuccessful; 110, or 28.42 per cent, compromised; 10, or 2.59 per cent, not stated or pending.

Of the total number of disputes, 266, or 68.73 per cent, were settled by direct arrangement or negoti ation between the parties or their representatives; 47, or 12.14 per cent, were settled by filling the places of strikers; 36, or 9.30 per cent, by return to work on employers' terms without negotiations; 26, or 6.72 per cent, by arbitration or conciliation; and 12, or 3.11 per cent, were unsettled. Report on Strikes and Lock-outs in the United Kingdom in 1903, Labour Department, Board of Trade.