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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1290, 16 July 1886, Page 2

The following ia the quantify and value of gold entered for export fro® the colony for the half-year ended 30th June

Ozs. Value. Auckland .. 19,147 £76,190 Wellington .. 47 169 Marlborough .. 3 8

Nelson .. ~ 1,155 4,656 West Coast .. 57,370 229,284 Otago .. ~ 34,989 140,806

Totals .. 112,720 £451,113 Corresponding six months of 1885, 113,2580aa. ; value, £453,040.

The following is a return of the

Customs revenue collected in the colony for the quarter ended June 30; also, the correspond ng quarter of 1885 ;

1886. 1885. Auckland .. .. £70,915 £95,066 Thames .. ~ 1,319 2,130 Russell .. .. 151 344 Mongonui .. SO 5 Hokianga .. .. 70 87 Eaipara .. .. 195 447 Tauranga .. 279 549 Poverty Bay .. 3,260 3,693 New Plymouth .. 1,095 1,210 Patea .. .. 189 588 Wanganui.. .. 8,012 2,725 Fox ton .... 33 49 Wellington .. 81,426 68,308 Napier .. .. 8,860 9,582 Waitari .. .. 1,823 2,127 Picton .... 23 38 Nelson .. .. , 8,332 9,890 Westport .. .. 2,752 2,904 Greymonth .. 5,282 6,655 Hokitika .. .. 3,908 4,602 liyttelton .. .. 48,315 50,122 Timaru .. .. 4,296 4,564 Oatnaru .. .. 3,149 2,823 Dunedin .. .. 706 921 99,924 Invercargill 10,718 10,150 Riverton .. .. 38 533

£310,156 £376,750

The following are the returns of immigration to, and emigration from, the colony of New Zealand during the month of June : Arrivals. I Departures. From ] For United Kingdom 652 I United Kingdom 238 Queensland .. 1' N. S. Wales .. 674 N. S. Wales .. 269 Victoria .. 47 Victoria .. 155 West. Australia 50 Tasmania .. 26 Tasmania .. 29 Other places .. 80 Other places .. 26

Total .. 1183 Total .. 1544 Arrivals at and departures from different New Zealand ports ; Arrivals. Departures. At From Bussell i, 1 Mongonui .. 1 Auckland .. 290 Bussell.. .. 4 Wellington .. 99 Auckland .. 679 Napier .. 1 Wellington .. 81 Nelson .. 2 Napier .. 15 Lyttelton .. 16 Lyttelton .. 213 Timaru .. 3 Timaru .. 11 Dunedin .. 590 Invercargill .. 640 Invercargill 181 Total .. 1183 Total .. 1544 Immigrants to the colony are all counted at first port of arrival, and emigrants at port of departure.

Owing to lack of support, the steamer Tamsui has been withdrawn from the trip from Wellington to Kimberley, It is understood that a cablegram was received in Wellington last evening that A. L. Levy has arrived in Sydney by the steamer Hauroto.

Under the Justices of the Peace Act, Mr Budolph Friedlander, of Ashburton, has ceased to be a Justice of the Peace.

The resignation of Captain C. W. Purnell, late of the Ashburton Guards, as trustee fer the Ashburton drillshed and rifle range, has been accepted, and G. E. Northey, acting Captain of the Ashburton Guards, has been appointed in bis place.

A despatch appears in the Gazette from the Lord Commissioners ’of the Admiralty, expressing the high appreciation} entertained by them of the services rendered by the Australasian Colonies in 00-operating with Bear-Admiral Tryon in the storing of coal during the preparations in case of war which were made in 1885.

At the usual fortnightly meeting of the North Canterbury Board of Education held yesterday, the report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the causes of the unsatisfactory condition of the schools in the North Canterbury district was adopted. Inspectors’ reports upon the South Bakaia, Cherteoy, Barrbill, aud Hinds schools were laid on the table.

Tbe Natives at Hawera have expressed their fixed determination to start ploughing shortly, on land in European occupation, and say that they hare clear instructions from Te Whiti to do so. Keen dissatisfaction exists among them concerning the management of their reserves, and the threatened proceedings are intended to call attention to it.

The Daily Telegraph wants to know who the particular individual is who is responsible for altering the teplegrah forms, and bringing them into use when tons of the old forma remain on hand. It is nothing less than a public scandal, adds the Telegraph, that such gross waste and needless extravagance should been perpetrated when the financial position of the colony demands the most rigid economy.

Mr D. O’Brien’s racehorse Trenton and the trotter Erin were shipped to Sydney in the Wakatipn on Thursday.

An extraordinary case, in whioh W. H Messenger has instituted a prosecution against hia wife for stealing his goods, came on again, at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, yesterday. Mr Beetham, considering the circumstances of the ease, that the husband had recently been brought back from Australia on a charge of wife desertion, which it had been deemed expedient not to go on with because his wife could not legally give evidence against him, positively declined to issue a warrant lor the apprehension of Mrs Messenger, who is in Auckland, and told the informant that he could apply to the Supreme Court for a mandamus if he liked. With respect to the railway frauds in New South Wales in connection with whioh several arrests have been made, it is alleged in some quarters that no less than £200,000 has been lost to the New South Wales revenue The frauds were committed in connection with the carriage of wool bv the railways by means of falsified wav’ '■!,, which hav*6 passed off bales of wool weighing v jas only weigh, ing 2501 b. Five arms oi carriers are said to be implicated, and several prominent business men. Mr Abigail,'in the .Legislative Assembly! stated that carriers representing large firms contracted to carry wool from stations and land at in Sydney, They signed for the fulj weight, but between the sheep stations and the railway, fresh waybills were manufactured by the carriers, and perhaps in a case where they were paid for the carriage of 150 tons* they only paid the Railway Department for 130 tons. The frauds were said to extend back to 1881

A mooting of the Hakatere Town Board was held at the Board’s office, Hampstead, last evening. Present—Messrs F. T. Mayo (Chairman), Andrews, and Fawcett. A letter was read from Mr White, resigning bis seat on the Board. The resignation was accepted. The Committee which had been appointed at a previous meeting to report upon the desirableness of making a connection with the Borough Council’s outfall drain on the East Belt recommended that the matter should stand over until the Board’s position with regard to boundary be ascertained. The Chairman reported the result of an interview be had bad with the Wakanui Boad Board in reference to a settlement of accounts. The Board decided that the Wakanui Boad Board’s offer was not satisfactory. It was resolved that the necessary steps be taken to fill the vacancies on the Board.. Ur B. Hughes was appointed Clerk to the Board, which (hen adjourned until Jaly 39.

Members of the Masonic fraternity are notified by advertisement that a most important meeting of the Somerset Lodge will be held in the Masonic Hall at 7.30 this evening.

What the proprietors style a transparent diorama will bo exhibited in the Oddfellows’ Hall to-morrow evening, and, having been favored with a private view of the show, we have no hesitation in saying it is the finest dioramic.exbibition we have yet seen. The pictures treat, chiefly, of the recent eruptions in the North Island, and are produced from actual photographs exquisitely painted by Mr i Hobson, who has few equals in this branch of 1 the flue arts. The specimens shown to our I representative were simply gems of tranaj parent painting, and as they will, as exhibited 1 appear the full size of the stage, the pictures*

should be seen by everyone. Ashburton has suffered a good deal in the way of dioramas and panoramas, but this is a really excellent exhibition, and we trust the proprietors will receive the patronage they i richly deserve. The prices of admission, advertised in another column, are exceptionally low.