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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL t Tho. Postal authorities have be&n ad« vised that the mails which, left Wellington on the 3rd January for London, via, San Francisco, arrived at their destination oh Frid&y«*»four dayß late. The estimated mean population of the Dominion (exclusive of Maoris and Cook and other Pacific Islands) on 3ldt December, 1912, wa* 1,114,987 persons.. The number of Chinese on the name date was estimated, at 2520, including 102 female*. ' Excluding Maoris, the population increased during the year by 27>139.. To this increase, excess of births over deaths contributed 18,212, and excess of arrivals over departures 8927. The birth -rate for the Dominion last year was 26.48 per 1000 of mean population, and the death rate 8.95, as againat 25.97 and 9.39 respectively in 1911. A number of Territorials are members of the Wellington Amateur Swimming Club, and are anxious to take part mi the club's annual carnival next Satur* day week, 22nd February. The traini ing" camp at Trentham is to begin on Friday evening next (14th February), and terminate on Saturday, 22nd Feb« ruary, and it wa* suggested to the Defence Department that the members of the dub should bo allowed to leave camp a day earlier, in order to attend the carnival. The Department has meb the swimmers Very fairly, tt has suggested that the clubmen should apply to the officers commanding their respec* tive units for leave on the 22nd, and should ofter to go into camp with the advance party on the morning of Friday next (14th),. thus putting in their full time in camp. The swimmers higkly appreciate the spirit in which they^ have been met by the Defence authoris ties. The financial results of the New 2ea« land and Australasian Lawn Tennis Championship Meetings, held at Hostings recently^ are considered satisfactory. According to the quarterly report of the Managing Committee of tho New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, tha receipts amounted approximately to £453 10s 6d, and tho expenditure to £193 14s 9d, leaving a credit balance of £259 15a 9d. The cum of £150 has been placed on deposit ot the Savings Bank, making a total dopo,«it of £283 8s lid to the credit of the association. Under the conditions entered into with tho Hawkes Bay Association, the sum of £80 (approximately) is payable out of the meeting to tho Hustings Ctvib; and under the condition* of his appointment the itecrclary of tho association was granted & bonus of £20 for each meeting for services ir. managing them. Tho statements oi/flccount have not come to hand from Auckland and Christchurch as to the matches held there, bub it is hoped that they will bo received in time to bo considered at the meeting of the council. Tho Wellington match resulted in an approximate net profit of £36." "Potatoes, although somewhat tuxtt than la«t week," reports the New Zealand Farmers' Distributing Company, Ltd., "are still realising high values,, and the supply is short* A decline may, be looked for shortly, and w* recommend growers to market their crop* more freely during this month. Onions are slow of sale, and quoting is for forward delivery at low rates. Eggs are scarce,, and present values are firm. Porkers meet ready sale. Prices, however, tell a halfpenny per lb to-day, owing to large supply and unfavourable market. Cheese is dull of sale. Poultry of good quality is in good demand, but poor lots aro slow of sale. Pea meal is felling freely in place of pollard, which has advanced in price lately. Trade in chaff and grain is quiet, and both buy^ ers tvnd sellers are holding oft". Fruit is in better sale than last week, and values aro higher. Tomatoes especially are reaching- fancy piieeqi one line of choioo Hutt>grown realised 13s 6d per halfcase. Vegetables aro all weaker ami more plentiful, except gieen peas, which aro in satisfactory demand at fair values.'* Kirkcaldie's summer snJo will clo» on Saturday noxt, 15th February, and I'o) the last week there arc to be jsensaliona. bargains. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd.— Advt. Furniture removed, packed, aw? stored by reliable men. Ask fov esU mates. The Colonial Cat lying Company, Ltd., 107-109, Customhouse-quay. Shipping and Forwarding agents to all parts ot the worid.— Advt.