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Show untrtsii i.m hums nci'iii.ssru. What might Willi propriety be termed a Hrillah comnurclal parliament parlia-ment met during the current month, In London, to consider the situation commercially aud industrially. It waa a congreas compoaed of reprtaentatlvea from the aswe-latrd Cliatiilwrs of Com-msreoof Com-msreoof Oreat Ilrltaln. In hla open-IngaddrtoaMr. open-IngaddrtoaMr. Hill, the tlialriuan of the gathering revleved the condition of Ilrltlali trade. Though a deullnu la both IrapnrU and exports waa shown fur 1891 aa compared with 1800, yet there were aome gratllylog frattiree which aflurded matter for felicitation. The moat dlicouraglug Item, however, waa to bu found In the Hoard nf Trade rclurnr, where ex porta lu general showed a falling oil, while Increased Imiiorta of food auppllea marked the opposite aide of the ledger. A noticeable fealureof thlacongroa waa tho atltntlou given to tho labor question. A rewlutiou wru adopted In favor uf malnululug labor bureaue under the auiftcea if tbe chamber of commerce, anil Independent of private or governmental regulation. A rtao-lutlon rtao-lutlon waa alio ndo ted asking that her Majeaty'a con.iila lu vurloua porta of tbo worl 1 I empow ercd to collect and forward lo tho Homo de pattuient apeci-nulu apeci-nulu of the trade requirements uf their respcctlvu dlatrlcta, eo lhat Ilrltlali manulaUurera might understand tl.e iiitnla of foreign counlrlea. A declaration declara-tion waa made In favor ot government uffmrahlp of telethonta. Una roiKirlliou beloro thla parllx-mout parllx-mout ocraaloned heated dltcuMlon. It was lu reUtluu lo the proposed aj pclntment uf a government mlnlitor of cummtrcc, whose duty would bo to prolcctmitleli commercial iutereata aad help toallovlaletlio ireacnt t!i pressed luduitrlal condition of Knghnd. It waa elated that thla duty coul I bo performed by the l'real lent of thu Hoard of Trade, or by the commercial department of the foreign ortlce. After conilderable dlacuieiuii thu motion was withdrawn. |