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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1161, 18 April 1872, Page 3

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_ m; Hokixika, April 17. . The following English commercial in- ti< telligence Jia» , bJen; <by. ibe g Alhambra: — th I ?fie l Lbnabh!woolB«^BOi>enerfonFeb- th ruary Bth, and continued at an advance be of'!^ I to i! 3|9 J fBr t '^fi' / 'ddJcrifitibniftbdVe( as the prices of the last series. In special aI ibitoix<xk'ih&trhe waTtexceeded.* 80,000 bales passed the hammer. Manufacturers' in itocks wS'KgnV r lh%Um { thr^mpfcft- ca tion was less spirited. & Tallow is in limited demand, in conae- «» quenceof large home melting. Mutton ?P OuY-Sydney, L 33 to L 27; sperm, :.t j^ .-A-Fl^h* ti! iri'-sv- --—■.. "-fc 1 ';- je Hides in good demand at a slight advance, V j •.■••.:. • ■ .;>a«vr. zi'.i-,. „ :i : W( Leather firm. CT Horr.s and boreß in good request at tt extreme rates. — tc New Zealand hemp eagerly bought. „, Supplies inadequate. j. .Apanicqn oie Stock ojExchange,whioh vWas caused by the Alabama complication q Hi has passed away, still markets are very tc sensitive. There is very little business w doing fctCotiWty'iwhich are steady at n< 921. Bank rate 3. , Discount easier. Dividends by the England and Scottish ai Bank and the New Zealand Loan Mercan- ai tile Agency have been declared at 12£ per ri oent. • •j-'-'ii'i * There has been a large increase in Australian wool imports. A Two new Atlantic cables are projected. $ Australian securities are firm. New y Zealand Consolidated, fftM, '102 i l ditto, d sixes, 113. „ } New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, I( three-quarters to one and .a quarter premium. NewZealafiSf'TrnW^attd Loan, b one and a half to one and three quarters premium. Otago and Southland Investment, par tft. qfff&tr premiom. " The total exports for the month show. a decrease of L 372.500, To New Zealand ! the decrease amounts L 89,600. ( Stable's Supplement reports two dear- : ances for Otago. : Arrived— Coronula, from Canterbury. Sailed— Sir William Wallace and Wild Peer for Otago ; Thftfaes, for Wellington ; : leaving ten loading for New Zealand. Freights to New Zealand, 35s to 40s for ] general cargo. , „.,,,; i

The Greymouth Flood Relief Committee, in thanking the several contributors to the fund for their ready and generous response to the appeal made to them oh behalf of the sufferers by the recent "flood . in Greymouth and its neighborhood, desire to furnish a report of the disbursements of the fund, with ! some particulars o£ the extent of the disaster which caused the Mayor, of Greymouth, in the first instance, to appiy to neighboring communities for assistance. In consequence of a number of applications for relief having been received from the country districts, many of which neces. 'sitated ; delay for inquiry into the circumstances, before the cases could be judiciously dealt with, the Committee have been prevented from rendering a full account of their , proceedings so promptly as they otherwise . would have done. \vjule,the extent of occasioned; by the flood, was at once, seen to be greater tiian could be coped with by local subscrip-j tioris,' tie Committee's endeavors were so rapidly and liberally supplemented by other towns,; that they shortly afterwards deemed it advisable to suspend preferred, contributions'frbin Wellington and Queens tow a while ■ in the course of being subscribed ; and they felt compelled also to request by telegraph that all lists should be closed, on their, having received advices that the public in: sevirnl nieighborng and distant jnunioipali* ties had complied so generously with the first? appeaL A ••* The following are the amounts which have been rec4iyed.'f or W/the fund :—

Without enumerating the lengthy list of v recipients, the disbursements' in 'the several' distocte may be thus classified :-=•'. From the town of Greymouth,l4s applica- r < tions for l relief were received, and ,124 of these were favorably entertained by the Committee. The majority of cases were those of families whd ? had : lost nearly all .= they; possessed, in the Shape of clothing, bedding, household furniture and utensils,. - and a> large propoition off whom were loft in . ■ "fl an entirelyi destitute and homeless condition. . ' I Orders for clothing and provisions were 'f immediately giVeti in each of the last-named « case^'Mdsdnw of nibrie'y were subsequently jj grant^ according to '■the necessities of each |* c&a# ft "amounts 'Varying from L 2 toL7O, '_ the latter &noniifc*belng gtfahtod' m only two ; - instiri^ % 'stiffens* 'who hai over LlOOO J itTvaine each, 'comprising their'atf.^ ' '•' •' ■* : j; Jfc -maVtibe Btatett t^ihe reasons for rejecting'^^ the" wplica^^^ they , v either emanated irpm persons who, though n sufferers to ponsiderabie extent by the flow,. •were not considered tabe in such, needy c?r- . cumstances as to require public aid, or from, those who were without dependents and' not totally destitute, of were^ from character, J nndesenlngjOf.the.pommittee'srecogaition. 1 From the country districts in the Province of Nelson and County of Westland, including Coal Cr6ek, Brnnnerton^Twelve^Bdile, Camptown/ and Ahaura 1 ; twenty-four -. applications J were received, which, with three exceptions, _ notfavorablyehtei taiaeoVwere voted amounts fronv£st6£3o. - . ! ; The country cases, though showing hea\y „ and severe losses in respect to missing cattle and damaged fcrops; ' were not so totally ( ruinous' to the persons concerned as; were J some of those in town. '"'■' j An equal amount to that subscribed in £ Auckland, for the relief flf" sufferers in J #rej Jiqqtli ancLjWMtpoHi,"' uz. , £&L'4i 6d, | was vote 4 the Committee fn Westport for ] distribution ffiere^ it having been represented j that S' few^ ciwes ' of distjness^einstea iii that j locajity through a simi^ calamity. > The total disbursements and expenditure ] may thua be summarised:- 1 . ■'.■ >.i -.-. -,:■,■■ ] „'. '...'' „ . " jbISBUB^EMEfJTS. '.' '. .', ,;• Town of Greymouth- 1 - . s- ■>■■ ] •^Ordersfor clothing ji bedding, • : >: < <-i ■'/• provisions;" tools,: *cv ■- .- £.25211 6 ' Do.' cash payments^ « .*■■ 1114 7 aO , Coaiitryfdißtricts •- • . . 285 f 0;0 i Westpoii Committee - • - • M 4:6 ' ''^r'V ' ."■:"*•..'' V.-:,V. 'd 81716 3- 0 I ..-:.- ••• : EXPBNSKS.- !■-•••••'•'.■'';•.■■-• ' ; Printing, advertising, and sfc* '1 • vtionery i ,-^> i V * W**i'&--f telegrams - - - -, 4 166 ; Stamps, cheques, and postages' 22 5 • ■ Exchange oh cheques "' •" : • 013 9 1 A j' ._ \. ■ ' '■ ; ; • £mii3G ,'■ . 'jThe tptal Josses in the, 4istricV ( by the , flood, a? s |ar ( as v . M<6W>f^r^7% *& J able to ascerjaii ; amoubt, to. toot }ej» thap n; r The Committee have pleasure in reporting it; that'they havfc beefr'able'Jto relieve*: every urgent 'ease which l hai dome under^ their t-! notice, and they beg to convey to tte con* ! tri«titorS f to the rundtt'elfßitoki of the'recipients of the aid which, : through their r ' liberality, was sC opportunely tttfom^d, and ' ! this thanks' of the community generally: for • the 'sympathy displayed m all partei of the \- colony, 1 and in Melbourne, at' a- time -whon t.: any local, attempt to afford relief would have bieen tinavafling. ";■■•"'* ' : (l l ' . • Edmund Wickks, Mayor, Chairman of Committee. • ' of . . . . / J4MBB Henderson, Hon. Sec ls ; iLailß^'fionj Treasiitef. ; Greymoutb, April 16, 187&* """ ■■■■■■ -'-il '

)unedin - ... - • • 205 11 0 Jhriatchurch - - - • 267 1 0 'ifaaru :•■/ --.... 121,14 0 Tokitika "... - • .•■ • 216 ,2 0 Jounty Council - • - 160 0,0 Jelson Provincial CouncU - - 100 0 0 Jreymouth .... 163 ,19 0 Henheim - - • - • 48 3 6 Lhaura • ,r ■ - - ' '.g.O 0 lon. Mr Fox ... - - 10 9 0 lr Sutton, Napier - - • 2 2 0 IrJ.S: Grow, Nelson • - 510 0 nvercargill - * . • -60^0 0 .yttelton - • - - • 15 12 6 Lucklnnd. - - • • U4 6 lelboume - • • • 293 50. '."■'" £1747 13 6