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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 298, 9 November 1875, Page 2

A statement has been published, showing in detail tha revenue of the colony under its several heads, and the provinces in whicb, or in respect of whicb, it was collected, during the quarter ended 25th September, 1875 . 'Iha total revenue ia £366,236 Oa. Cd., of which Customs give £268,869 17s. 91. ; starap duties, £24,167 13s. 4d. ; postal, £16,701 4s. 4d. ; telegraphic, £13,804 7s ; judicial fines and fees, £8,138 4s. 9d. ; registration and other fees, £8.779 12a. 2d. : railways, £855l ; Bs. lid. ; and incidental, £17,283 12s. 3d. Of this the provinces contributed —Auckland, £68, 504 65. ; Taranaki, £2,937 10a. 21. ; Wellington, £58.391 6s. 3d. ; Hawke's Bay, £11,971 2s. 7<j.; Nelson, £19,688 2s. 3d. ; Marlborough, £3,014 lis. ld. ; Canterb-ry, £57,828 6s. lid. ; Westland, £12,987 15s. 5 J. : and Otago, £105,043 14s. BJ. From our north-western country, writes the Brisbane correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, comes a story of death of a most remarkable and terrible description. The sheep at an out-station on Goongarry being found in a scattered state, search was made for the shepherd, and after some lapse of time the body of the unfortunate fellow was feund hanging by the leg in the fork of a sapling. Ifc would appear thafc he had for some purpose climbed the tree, bufc losing his hold, had fallen, with one knee catching in a forked branch. Near the tree lay his watch and clasp-knife, and he had evidently been endeavoring to cut away the branch in order to extricate himself from his terrible position. Failing in this, he had endeavored fco give support to the other leg by fcving it to the sapling with his shirt" All his efforts, however, were useless, and he must have died a lingering and dreadful death in his solitude. "When found, his head was nearly touching the ground, and one hand, evidently in the deo&k agotiy, ha<i clufcofa^d a t^t of §cm

Holtoway'a Ointment— Good Spirit*— Every one bas frequently experienced sudden personal changes frim goiety to gl. om. The wind and weather o?t r .c?ives the blame m he 1 a faulty digeston h tha sole causa of the depression. Holloway'* Pills can be honestly recommended for regulating a dia rJered stomach and thereby improving digestion. They entirely, remove thesensc of fulness and oppression^ after eating, tliey elear' ths furrel tongued, and act as a wholesome stimuhnt to the liv«r. and as a gentle aperient to the howels. They healthfully rouse both body and mind Holloay's Pills the best known for antdotes for wantof aj pitite. onuses, fittulency, heartburn, Jangour depression, and th.t painful apathy -which is so chara- .eristic of chronic derangement of the digestion. 3135