REVENUE RETURENS.
The New South -Wales revenue* re- , turns published to-day show an increase since October last of ,£166,947, the increase for the year being nearly £500,000, of which the chief items are land £182,700, excise £11,800. The Railway Department shows a decrease of £ 19,500, Customs a decrease °f ;&4300. The Telegraph Department also shows a falling off m re* venue.
! The Gepman Government is said to be tfa»< proprietor of a truly wonderful balloon. Th« • " Augsburg Gazette, m an aooount of certain i experiments recently made with it m the ■ j neighbourhood of Metz, declares 4hat it •»»' be steered against the wind, that it can be» stopped and kept m a stationary poiition' when required, and that its sp»ed is at leaatt four times as great as that of an expreW train. The constructor of tbia marvellour machine, is, it appears, a German engineer* named Welker, who is at present settled ia> America. He h«s sold the invention to tti«r German Government fox £50,000 down Qf}9 ft life annuity of considerable amount*
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1599, 2 July 1887, Page 2
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173REVENUE RETURENS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1599, 2 July 1887, Page 2
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