BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3254, 25 July 1873, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington. July 24. The Nete Zealand Gazette coutains a proclamation of the following bonuses for Colonial industries :—lron, L 5,000 for the production of 1,000 tons of pig iron of marketable quality—no bonus for a less quantity than 100 tons. Notice of any intention to claim the bonus must be lodged before the end of the year. The bonus must be claimed before the end of June, 1875. Where there are two claimants, the first producer to be entitled to seven-tenths of the bonus, the second to three-tenths, A sugar bonus of L 2,000 for the production of two lots of fifty tons each, manufactured in the Colony from beet-root. The same days for notice and claims as for the iron. A fish bonus .of 4s for lewt. of fish, dry or pickled, that is exported from the Colony. The claimant to produce his account sales, and the exporter to enter into a bond not to re-land the fish. The bonus to be payable on exportations between August, 1872, and November, 1879.

The total Customs revenue of The Colony for the June quarter was L 231,262, being L 29,000 over the corresponding quarter of 1872. The total for the year ending June was 1.855,813, The total quantity of gold exported during the quarter ending June was 05,6390z., the value being L 379.563. The New Zealand Gazette appoints the District Court sittings at the Otago Goldfields as follows hi aseby, September 10 ; Clyde, September 15; Queenstown, September 22 ; Lawrence, October 9. Mr A. C. H enderson has been appointed Clerk of the District Court, Western Otago. July 25. The William Tapscott, an Amcrifian 1,600 ton ship, from Enderby Island, bound to Queenstown, Ireland, with 2,000 tons guano, put in here this morning ; the chief officer, Bernard King, being in charge. The captain, who is in irons, was shot in the knee thrice by the mate, who has given himself up to the police. The crew demanded that the chief officer should take charge of the vessel. On the voyage the captain cut down one sailor with an axe, and another with a cutlass. It is said that the captain committed further brutalities on the crew, who then mutinied. The vessel has 12ft of water in her hold, and is believed to be unseaworthy. Invercargill, July 25, Margaret M'Chesney, charged with infanticide, was discharged. The girl whose testimony caused the defendant to be appre bended, confessed that her statement was fabricated. The Magistrate said he regretted the girl could not bejpunishecl, her statement not having been made on oath.