The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, DEC. 21, 1883.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1129, 21 December 1883, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, DEC. 21, 1883.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jus. The pen is mightier than the sword.

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a batch of Parliamentary papers from Mr George Didsbnry, the Government Printer, amongst which is a statement of the Public Accounts of New Zealand for the year ending March 31, 1183, On looking over which we find that of the L 1,810,154 voted for Public Works, only T. 314.212 11s 4d, or less than one half was actually expended. Of the items that the more particularly interest our general readers and on which this enormous saving was effected, wo find that of L 50.000 voted for the Otago Central Railway, only L 17.689 was expended, Otago Roads and Bridges—voted L 26,052 ; expended L 6,521 ; Roads on Goldfields—voted L 16,700, expended L 9,438 ; Waterworks on Goldfields—voted L 10,465, expended L 7,395; Vincent County iccaived from GoidGelds Revenue L 1,234 95., and Gold Duty L 2.392 7s 4d. From fees and fines Vincent County received Lls ; Borough of Alexandra received L 6 6s; Borough of Cromwell, Ll3 Is. From the Land Tax Vincent County also received L 292 9s 2d, being onc-thivd of proceeds of Land sold under Deferred Payments ; L 2,512 15s Cd was realised by the sale for cash of land in Vincent County during the year, and L 290 13s from sale of Deferred Payment Lands. The Revenue of the Colony for the year was—Cash in hand L 203.633; Ordinary Revenue, L 3,331,677 ; Territorial Revenue L 138.673 ; Loans L 2,122,000; whilst also from land L 233,663 was received making the total revenue L 6,079,599. A hoee than ordinary severe shock of earthquake was experienced in Clyde on Tuesday last at about 10 minutes to 1 p.m., lusting fully twenty seconds. The houses fairly tottorod, and in many the crockery and bottles wore shaken from the shelves. Everything suspending was set in motion, which continued for a long time. The direction of the wave was from north to south. Previous to the shock, indeed all the morning, the sky had been overo iat, and tho wind blew in frequent strong gusts, but immediately after it it blew a perfect hurricane for about half-iin-honr, when a {timely rain fell, which in a measure lulled the wind. I’ho weather for tho past few weeks has been very extraordinary, it not being settled any twenty-four hours together.