PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 172, 18 July 1873, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

REPORT OF THE ENGINEER- IN- CHIEF ON MIDDLE ISLAND RAILWAYS. Wellington, July 17. The Engineer- in - Chief considers it quite hopeless to look for the working expenses on the Kaiapoi and Eyreton railway, which will not be less than £2,000 to 3,000 a year. The Ashburton and Timaru railway will open a district of hundreds of thousands of acres for cultivation. It i 3 estimated the revenue will be £43,000 a year, the expenditure £28,000, leaving a netfc profit of £15,000. The Waitaki and Moeraki railway passes through one of the best districts iv tbe Middle Island. Sixty thousand acres are under cultivation, and it is expecfed the railway will give a revenue of £17,000; the working expenses will be £14,000. For the Tokomairiro and Lawrence railway the annual profit will be £8000; working expenses £10,000 ; revenue £18,000. The Winton and Kingston railway will give a nett profit of £7500. The estimated receipts are £26,000 ; the working expenses £18,500. Dunedin, July 17. Mr McPherson has heen killed by a railway train. George Calder, charged with personation, has been acquitted. The Chamber of Commerce has resolved to petition Parliament to modify the arrangements with M'Meckan and Blarkwood for tho delivery of the Omgo Smz mails. If the Government refuse, the Chamber will reqnest the Superintendent to co-operate for securing arrangements more favorable to Ota»o.