MAN DROWNED.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3886, 3 January 1884, Page 3

MAN DROWNED.

Christciiukcii, This day

A man named Jacobs was drowned on Tuesday night whilo returning from the Ellesmerc regatta in a boat. Deceased was in the employ of Mr H. M'Donald, and was in a flat-bottomed boat with a sou of his employer. The water was rough, with choppY waves, and the boat was overturned. Both clung to it for a long time, but Jacobs at last fell oIL It was dark at the time. The boat drifted ashore with M'Donald, who was exhausted with the cold, and wet as. he was he went to sleep, and did not wake till daylight. The deceased's body has not been found vet.

DECEMBER CUSTOMS AND BEER REVENUE BELOW THE ESTIMATE.

Wellington, This day. The Customs revenue collected lust month in the colony (with the oxception of Tauranga) amounts to £102,789 12s 10d. The sum collected for the corresponding month last year was £113,290 7-> 2d. Tho receipts for the quarter just ended art; below tho average required to make up the estimated amount for the year. It is expected that tho falling off will bo pulled up next quarter, which is usually the best quarter of the year. The amount collected at Tauranga averages about £300 per month. Tne beer duty for December last amounted to £0-198 5h 7d. In December last year it was £7070 9s Id.