BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3485, 24 April 1874, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Christchurch, April 24. . The complete census returns are now published. The population of the Province is— Males, 32,294; females, 26,476; total, 58,770being an increase since the last census of males 6,933, females 5,468 ; total, 12,401. Wellington, April 24. Judge Chapman, Mr Rolleston, and Mr J. 0. Crawford, Resident Magistrate at Wellington, have been elected members of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute. The University Council has concluded its annual session. Certificated teachers in schools established under Provincial or General Acts will be admitted to the final examination for B.A. degree without passing the matriculation examination or keeping University terms; teachers to be reckonad certificated who have been practising five years. The value of the Bowen prize essay this year has been raised to LlO. Queenstown, April 23. Mr Malaghan, Mayor of Queenstown, was thrown out of a cart near Frankton, and lay on the road two hours before he was discovered. He is dangerously injured. The horse bolted. . The publie meeting re the Winton-Kingston line was a success. Resolutions were adopted, urging the Government to call for tenders for the- other sections of the line, as the country and nature were favorable to its being commenced at both ends. The reported patients from Cromwell proved to be new-chum Chinese. The hoax caused a good deal of alarm, but did good. The bad news from the Palmer has effectually checked the exodus of miners from this district.