TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 27, 31 January 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

TpEO VINCIAL. ...• .- „ Wellington, Jnnaary 30. The Woodlark sailed from London in December for Wellington with 350 immigrants The total revenue received at the Customs department for last yenr was £965,800 as compared with £813,279 in 1*72. Tho increases on the quarter ending December 31 were: JJunedin, £26,914; Lytteltoj, £ls,4sß; Wellington, £7,597 ; Auckland, £5,347; Nelson, £8,536., Mr b'Sbea reports flour, Oamaru, £i& 10s ; Dunedin, £J3 IDs; Canterbury, £12 to £12 JO; oatß^4B 3d to 4s 9d per bushel; wheat, '3b 6d to 4g 6d. No milling in tlie market. Maize &a and, scarce; pollard, Is to la 4d; bran, Is to 18,23; cheete, 8d; butter, lOdj potatoes', 6b ; .fowls, 4s a pair; turkeys, 5a to 7s each. y; ■■ii'iu • Christchurcb, January 80. At a meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College held ytßlerdav, arrangements were made for obtaining a Professor of 'Mathematics and Philosophy at £600 a yenr -and fees, and a Professor of Classics, History, Engiiati, and Literature, at £600 a year and jfees. .■■'■''•■.'.':''■' .:•••■' itlans fdr the new; College buildings were •adopted and it wasreported that the re "ding •room in the.public library had been thrown open fce0,,., , f. . . Ata meeting of tlie Spinning and Weaving Companf held yesterday it was decided to commence the manufacture of woollen goods.

The New Zealand Wesleyan Conference yesterday resolved that Patea be constituted a separate circuit. At the Wesleyan Home Mission Tea meeting held last night, 600 weTe present, and at the public meeting held subsequently 900 were present. Addresses were delivered by the visiting ministers, and the foundation of one general Home Mission fund was strongly urged by Mr Buddie of Nelson, Mr Rigg of Dunedin, and Mr Issit of Balclutha. January 31. Koyee, Stead, & Co. report that buyers are offering 4s 3d for new wheat. The farmers are holding back for higher prices. The demand for new oats is very active at 39 for immediate delivery. Hams and bacon, Bid; butter, 7Jd to Bd. Lyttelton, January 31. The Merope has sailed for London with a a cargo o of 3738 bales wool, 36 bales of skins, 2118 bags of wheat, and 3208 of flour. ;. Arrived : W.E. Gladstone, 88 days fron/ : Start Point, with a general cargo and three i passengers. Westport, January 30. At a meeting of (he Coal and Railway Company last evening, a wish was expressed that the inhabitants do now urge a more active prosecution of railway and harbor works, The season for the work is now expiring, but still no action is takeu. The new toAVDship is jeopardised on account of the river. Grahamstown, January SO. Fresh gold has been struck in the Caledonian. It is supposed to be an old lead. 150lbs o? specimens and 400lbs of picked stuff have been taken out. The lode is dipping into Tookeys. Bluff, January 31. The Bebington has completed loading. She carries the largest cargo of any vessels loaded at the Bluff, consisting of 4646 bales of wool, 3974 cases of meats, 83 of tallow, and six tons of bones. (She snils for London on Wednesday. Taurangii, January 31. Arrived— -Steamer Murray from Napier 1 with telegraph material for the Opotiki line. A Company is being formed to utilise the sulphur at the celebrated volcanic White Island. Wellington, January 31. The New Zealand Steim {Shipping Company have been fined in the Resident Magistrate's Court £5 for the offence of conveying too many passengers between Wellington and Picton, besides one shilling per head, making £10 altogether. The Independent Order of Rechabites intend erecting a hall costing £1000. They nre going to ask the Provincial Government for a free site. The Government are losing revenue both from railway and lease of reclaimed sections. The Provincial Government has declined to take over the management of the first section of the Hutt railway when open, though willing to assume the control when the through line is completed. Auckland, January 30. The anniversary yesterday was observed as a close holiday. The regatta fairly successful. The gig race between Auckland and the Thames, prize £40, was won by the Thames, beating a crew that had won for nine years. 1 here were .fifty sail engaged in racing in various events at once, nearly all of them being Auckland built vessels, Mr Vogel has appointed a commission to enquire into the late fatal boiler accident at the Thames, and generally into the state of the machinery on the gold fields. January 31. At a sale of Mr John May's rams, thu prices realised averaged £7 15s to £15 15s. One brought 25 guineas. Of dairy cows the supply is short; fat cattle average 25s per loOlbs; sheep average 3jd per lb,; lambs 12s to 225. Mr John Reid reports Auckland oats at 4s9dto4slod ; Auckland wheat, 5s 6d to 6s. No Southern grain has arrived as yet. Yatterina won the Papakura Handicap of 100 so vs. The barque Landerdale has arrived from london in 96 days, fche brings 125 Government immigrants. . [FiIOM.A CORRESONDENT.] Auckland, January 31. National Bank shares, buyers, 658; sellers, 655. National Insurance, buyers, 21s 6d; sales} 225. Caledonians, sales, £11 to £12, Tookey's, 8s 9d.