INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 122, 23 May 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCI AL .

W____ngton, May 22. The third annual report of the commission on Government A-nuities has neen published, and shows tbat in the year ending June last 1400 proposals of insurance were received for sums in aggregate amounting to £547,800; 309 were rejected, representing £129,750. The gross annual income of the department has been increased by £16,429. There were only nine claims on the fund, amounting to £•2800. The account shows a disputed claim Of £2000. Mr Andrew James Bichmond, Mr William Charles Hodgson, and Mr Nathaniel Edwards are gazetted Governors of the Nelson College The New Zealand Steam Shipping C ompany advertise their fleet of steamers for sale by tender, viz., Phoebe, Taranaki, Wellington, Ladybird, Rangatira, the collier Ann and Jane, and the coal bulk European. In the Court of Appeal, Regina versus Wilmhurst, an appeal from a verdict obtained in Canterbury against appellant, surgeon of the ship Isles of the South, for stealing medical stores, Mr Trovers, argued the case for appellant, contending that misappropriation of medical comforts by the sujgeon of the ship could not amount to larceny as bailee, but simply a breach of t'ust. The Chief Justice a d Court would not trouble Mr Allen (the prosecutor for the Cr _wn) for a reply. Conviction was therefore affirmed. The passengers of the Golden Sea are taking proceedings against the captain for insufficient supply of water. May 23. In the General Assembly a Committee has teen appointed to inquire into the acting of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Auckland in refusing to take fire risks outdside of thai Diocese, In reply to Archdeacon

Stock, the. President stated that no obstacle now existed to : the winding up of the Life Insurance Fund. -A bill was introduced and read the first, time for qualifying any layman, twentyons years of age anu>iw.o months a member ofthe Church, to take part iu Church meeting**. On the motion of the Bishop of Dunedin, it was resolved thit a closer intimacy should be cultivated between the branches of the Church of England in New Z.aland and Australia. The Resident Magistrate dismissed the case of the Kaiwarra tollkeeper v. Young; the mail coaoh contractor, on the ground that a mail coach is not liable to pay toil. The case will how be brought before the Supreme Court Christchurch, May 22, The wheat market is firmer, owing to recent advices from Melbourne, but a material rise is checked by the dull state of the English market. Farmers are getting 4s 6i to 4b Bdj millers are giving the latter price for prime samples; flour, £12 to £13; sharps, £6 10a per ton; bran and oatmeal eame as last week; barley not so firm, maltsters having stocked for the time, 4s 9d to ss ; butter, scarce, lljj to Is o|d; cheese, good demand, 6d; bacon and hams. B_d in Christchurch. Potatoes are brisk, the tra<*e crop turning out below expectations, short deliveries in consequence, being 60s to 65s delivered in Christchurch. Port Chalmkbs, May 22. . Endeavors are. being made to eatablish a Sailors' home here. The Superintendent is in favor of it being a Provincial Institution. A persistent system of crimping being carried on some times, bucq an establishment it is thought would render it less prevalent. Donedin, May 22. Considerable sensation was caused by the publication in the Times ot two telegrams from Judge Ward to the Hon. Mr Vogel, dated April, in which Judge Ward asks Mr Vogel lo suspend Judge Chapman until the General Assembly meets, and send Judge Johnstone down to try the case Macassey v. Bell, for libel. Judge Ward says that Judge Chapman is an intere ted party, because his son is a partner with Maca*sey, and he himself godfather to Macassey 's child. Judge Chapman only works through Macassey. Peter Gibson and William Harrop are nominated for tha vacant seat in the City Council. May 23. Flour, £12 to £12 10s ; oatmeal, £28; pearl barley, £25; bran, £5; pollard, £6 ; chaff. £4 los; hay, £5; potatoes, £3 10s; wheat, 4s 6d to ss; barley, 4s Gd to ss; oats, 4s to 4s 2d; butter, Is 2d to Is 3d; cheese, 6d to Bd. Aucklasd, May 23. The Stock and Mining Aasoci'ition's weekly report states that the declaration of a dividend by the National Insurance Company has met with general disapproval in Auckland. The accounts show a decline in the price of the Company's stock. Mr Alexander Saunders reports sales of Albur_iasat4Bs6d; Caledonian, £10 ss ; Old Whau, £5; Colibm 9s. Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, £17 ss; Fiji Bank, 335; Bright Smi.e, £5 7s 6d; Old Whau, 92s 6d; Thames, 70s. ' '