CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 722, 8 October 1859, Page 5

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

The duties received during the quarter, from all sources and at all ports, amounted to £40,332 19s. B|d._, as against £41,890 16s. 3d;, the amount received in the previous quarter,; showing; a deficiency upon the quarter of £1,557 14s. 6|-d! The deficiency is most apparent in the articles of spirits, tea, and sugar.... On the other hand, wine shows a considerable increase, and goods subject to duty by measurement and weight have also advanced moderately. The chief items were — Spirits £15,914 4s. 6d. ; Tobacco, £3,496 9s. '3d.. Wine,' £2,167 18s. ; Beer, in wood, £1,182 135. ; Tea, £1,052 7s. 2d.; Sugar, £2,342 13s. 9|d. The different provinces1 contributed, as follows- ■ 1859. ' 1858.

£ s. d. £ s. d, Auckland ... 12,196 18 2 ... 16,620 2 0 Taranaki ... 1,221 19 5 .... 923 7 4 Wellington.. 7,869 2 8 ... 8,887 16 5 Hawkesßay 1,337 11 2... 925 4 4 Nelson' .... 3,860 2.1 ... 5,212 1 3 Canterbury.. 9,395 13 5 ... 6,185 8 9 Otago 4,397 12 84... 2,951 0 5

40,332 19 8|...' 41,890 14 3 —In this return may be observed more strikingly than ever before the advancement of the southern province's to equality with their more elderly northern sisters. !

We have not space to give the figures referring to shipping;, but Canterbury is hero shown to be: even higher in the list of provinces, so far as credit caiu.be taken from these returns. IMPORTS. The import returns place Canterbury altogether in, the lead. The list stands thus : 1859. 1858. Auckland £94,750 ... £101,551 Taranaki ...... 11,020 ... 4,245 Wellington 74,063 .... 67,409 Hawkes Bay ... 7,751 ... 165 Nelson ......... 35,971 ... 50,066 ; Canterbury ... 96,966 ... 59,450 Otago 35,518 ... 23,154 356,039 ... 306,804 '■--'-■ EXPORTS. The total exports lor the quarter from the colony ■ were £166,056 against the much larger amount of £254,726 for the corresponding quarter of 1858. Of the amount for 1859 the ports of Auckland contributed upwards of £25,000; Taranaki, £2,694 • Wellington, £55,063; Nelson, £8,980; Canterbury, £19,691; and Otago, £53,554. Having always made allowance for the bulk of our .exports appearing ,in one1 quarter, when treating.of that : quarter, we can fairly claim credit on the strength of that quarter, when dealing with.-one of- smaller pretensions. The progress of the South generally is as marked in this return as in the others.

Importation of Valuable Stock.—The ' Nelson Examiner,' a reliable authority in such-matters, presents us with thefollowinginterestihginformation,: " We have heard with considerable.■-pleasure' that this and the adjoining Province of Canterbury are likely shortly to receive considerable importations, of valuable stock of various kinds,.-and for which the gentlemen who are in so spirited a^'manner incurjringthe risk and trouble axel entitled- to- the thanks of theco\nmunit;y aW which may be expected to Arrive |ii about a,fortnight, was shipped a very valuable Clydesdale stallion for A. Monro, Esq:, who'imported the Clydesdale horse Abraham Newland last year ; by an early ship to Nelson, a superior Durham cow and calf will be forwarded by-E.W. Stafford, Esq., who is also likely, before leaving England, to send out a thorough-bred horse. Early next month, ten' valuable animals, consisting of two Clydesdale stallions and two mares, and shorthorn and :Ayreshire bulls and heifei-S,TTiayJje expected to arrive at Canterbury, the joint importation of Messrs, M'Ppnal.d and Dodds, of the Amuri, and Mr. C Elliott, of Nelson. In thorough-bred horse stock, Canterbury is to receive a large importation, purchased by W. H. Harris, Esq. At the sale of Mr. Blenkinson's yearlings, at Middle park, Eltham, oh the 18th of June, Mr. Harris made the following purchases :—A .brown filly by the Black Doctor, out of Aconite, by Surplice, 100 guineas; bay filly by Kingston or Neasham, , out of- Frolic, by Touchstone, 60 guineas ; bay colt by Kingston, out of Kate, by Auckland, 220 guineas; bay 'filly, by Turnns or Flatc'atcher, dam by Sir Hercules out of Lucy Banks, 105 guineas; .black filly by Neasham, Glance by Venison, 81 guineas. It is stated in 'Bell's Life' that Mr. Harris had previously purchased Lucy Banks, in foal'to Kingston, a two year old colt by Daniel O'Rourke, out of a Sleight-of-Hand mare, and a'yeaiTing colt by Rifleman, out of a Hampton mare. A writer in-'Bell's Life' remarks on these purchases:—'Although' sorry that-such a goodlooking yearling as the colt by Kingston, out of Kate, should leave'the country, we heartily wish Mr. Harris bon voyage and success in his spirited speculation.'"' Sporting.—The betting: on the Great Champion Sweepstakes, to be run for at Melbourne on the Ist of October, has undergone 'some important changes since the receipt of former accounts. Strop still stands at the head of the list, the odds against him being 4 to 1';- and next in order is another of our Nelson celebrities, Zoe, against whom 7 to 1 can no longer be obtained.-The New South Wales crack, Sailor, is just a shade below Zoe- then follows the Van Diemen's Land favourite, Quickstep, and the Victorian horse. The Moor, with 10 to 1; Phoebe (another Nelson mare) arid Alice Hawthorn with 100 to 9; Io (Nelson again), TOO to 7; and the remaining sixteen with odds ranging against them from 100 to 5, down to 100 to 3. A rumour-had been circulated in Van Diemen's Land that Strop was not the thing, but the reply to special inquiries was, that the horse -was- as well lis he possibly could be. Mr. Duppa, we hear, has. secured the services of Snell, who ranks high as a jockey in New South Wales, to ride Phoebe in the great race. Potentate has returned to Nelson, and goes to the stud. An account of our last ISelsoh meeting lias been published in 'Bell's Life in London.' • The racehorse Barber; wrecked in the unfortunate steamer Admella en route to Melbourne, and supposed-to have been drowned, swam ashore, it appears, without sustaining the slightest injury, and lias been forwarded to Melbourne by another steamer, in order to contend for the great sweepstakes. Her Serene' Highness the. Princess of Hohenlohe, eldest daughter '6f the Duchess of Kehr;has-arrived in England on a visit to her august parent. • ;/• • His Majesty the-King of the Belgians'has'been toj! England on a visit to the Queen, with theGoutit; dd; Flandres; as also the' Prince! of Oporto, brother ofi the King of Portugal. ;' . '' ■'."•■ In the wili of Alderman Farebrbther,'of London, lately deceased, there h* ii remarkablebequest—that in his coffin there should be deposited some letters which would be found in a cover with his will;.that' they' should be placed upbn'his heart, with a prayerbook and hymn-book ; also a ring, which.one of his daughters had given to him, should,be upon his 'finger. ' Poverty-ANts rnioE.—ln purse-proud England ; the poor are ashamed to set up some simple woodencross over their fathers and mothers, -It they have anything at all to mark the spot, it must be » stone, like that of the rich, and so this cringing, aping pride :— tho worst vice of England, worse even than its drunkenness—dings even to op,graves in death.— " Getting On" in Titan. ■ ,