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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 479, 24 July 1871, Page 2

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Juno Vi. Avoca, with Australian mails, had a fine pastnge ; arrived early. The Columbia, with the homo mail, was also unusually early, and arrival of t.lip China (s.l, was Into. The S.W. monsoon is prevailing. The Sultan of Turkey and his Ministers are all decorated by (lie Czar. Forged treasury bonds have been discovered in Egypt. The Khedive, iri eroding for) ificadons along the Suez canal, excited 1 lie suspicions of the Sultan. Matters arc since arranged. A cyclone has been experienced near Aden. The canal steamer Collingwood is supposed to have foundered. -The Breadalbane (s), was lost on the Bed Sea coast. The crew, passengers, and.part of the cargo are saved. The mail steamer Behar, from Bombay, broke down. The- new boat Khedive is due, via the Canal, to take her place on the China line. _, The Dutch arc starting a monthly line of steamers between Java and Holland via the Canal: Sir Hercules Pobirson leaves Ceylon in October ; Mr. Gregory is expected to be his successor. The first census taken in Ceylon shows a population of over 3,000.000, and in Colombo, the capital, of orer 100,000. The decimal currency in rupees and cents was introduced into Ceylon in 1852. A contract has bren accepted for railway under the extension bill for seventeen miles, for £200,000. The Natal Star arrived from Melbourne on the sth. Australian horses and cattle sold at good prices ; other arrivals at Colombo on the 10th June. Australian bills at sight, 2 per cent, premium ; at sixty days, 2 per cent, discount; sovereigns, 6 per cent, premium.