The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 274, 26 November 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1878.

An error having occurred in the list of tenders for the Wairoa Bridge which we published last night, and having been unable to obtain the whole of the tenders yesterday,we to-day give the list in a corrected and complete form:— Wairoa Bridge: Frederick Freeman, £3228 10s (accepted); J. Gilbertson, £3348 Is ,8d; James Robertson, £3975 iOsj John Britton, £4091 3 Thomas freeman, £4776. . Motueka Bridge Approaches : T. Riordan, £1627 8a (accepted); J, Gilberlson. £1775. „ The following are items from the last census returns .-—The total number of all descriptions of poultry in the colony is 1 ,323,542, and the total number of goats is 14,243, — The quantity of butter made in the colony dur,ingjhey.ea»; 1877 was 7,379,4471b5., and cheese, 2 s 7o,l,9oSM)s.— At the time of taking the census ther,e were in the colony 985 threshing machines, 4829 reaping •< machines (Canterbury, alone possessing 2330, i and Otagb' 1725).— The. quantity of grain and ' flour pn hand/nrasr-Wheat, 1,726,994 bushels; oats, : 1,892,654. bushels •■.•- barley, 248,929 lbushels ; and_floup, 5?61 bags. : .., - A Diinedin pager says that it is calculated ;, that £10,000 was spent upon sweeps oh the • Melbourne Cap throughout the colony. . . , Messrs Sharp and Pickering advertise usale by auction at the Albion Wharf to- : morrow (Wednesday) afternoon, at three: o'clock of ."flour and wheat ex Clyde fromQamaru. . .• . , . Mkssrs 1 Sharp : and:Piekering, • as agents ■?. ; for: the flop. D'r Ren wick, have conclndedtbe 1 sale of h»s farm at' Stoke consisting of 985 : . aiires vfith the.buijdings thereon for the suuv of £4600, the purchaser being Edwin Trolove, Esq., of Woodbank Station, Marlborough; the stock consisting of sheep, cattle, horses, and the farm implements, are to be taken at a valuation.