AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2256, 25 June 1881, Page 3

AUSTRALIA.

[reuteb's telegrams.] MELBOURNE, June 24. Life Assurance. A meeting of the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia was held here last night, to receive the report of the directors upon the investigation recently mado into the financial position of the association. The report was unanimously adopted, and the sum of £20,000 set apart to be divided as bonuses among the members. SYDNEY, June 24. The Smallpox ScareThe Rotomahana sailed yesterday afternoon for New Zealand, via Newcastle. The captain declined to take either passengers or cargo from this port. The Markets. No fresh cases of smallpox have been reported to the authorities. Kerosene, diamond, per gallon, Is BJd; Devoe's, 2s o£d; Patna rice, per ton, £2l 12s 6d; Sugar Company, No. 1, pieceß, per ton, £36; New Zealand wheat, per bushel, 5s 2d; New Zealand oats, per bushel, 2s 9d; maize, per 601b5., 2s 8d; Raven's twist, per lb., Is sd. ADELAIDE, June 24. "Wheat, per bushel, 4s 8d to 4s 9d; the market is quiet. Town flour, £ll 5s ; country brands, £lO 5s to £lO 10s. Freight to London, steamers, 35 s ; sailing, 355; freights to the United Kingdom from Adelaide, 40s; from outports, 42s 6d. Political. Mr J. C. Bray, who was yesterday entrusted by the Governor with the formation of the new Ministry, has submitted the names of the following gentlemen to His Excellency for the various portfolios in the new Cabinet: — Premier and Chief Secretary, Mr Bray; Treasurer, Mr L. Glyde; AttorneyGeneral, Mr J. O. Downer; Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mr J. Carr; Minister for Public Works, Mr J. G. Ramsay; Minister for Education, Mr J. L. Parsons.