INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 29, 1 February 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

rPBKBB AQENOT.T Wellingto*., Friday. The Gazette to-day publishes additional regulations uuder the "Salmon and Trout Act 1867," by wbich anyone catching trout and salmon during the close season shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding il oo, unless he shall forthwith return such salmon or trout alive to the same stream from which they were caught. Tbe following traffic return on the Kew Zealand railways for the four weeks ending 1 4th December are published and compared with corresponding four weeks in 1877 :— Kaipara section, 1878. £375, 1877, £331 ; Aucklaud, £3,700 against £2,982; Napier £2439 against £2160; Wellington, £2,537 agaiust £1 117; Wanganui £2540 against £824; I\ew Plymouth, £430 agaiust £360; Greynioiith, £659 against £637; Westport, £208 against ml last year; Nelson, £4_5 against £446; Picton, £384 against £342; Cbrist-church-Dunedin, £38,740 against £27,600; Invercargill, £4,685 against £3,919. The total number of money orders issued during the last quarter was 27,239, of the value of £98,595 against 24, 1 28, value £87,878, issued in the corresponding quarter of 1877! Tbe total number of money orders paid during the same periods was 19,733, value £7 1,5 18, against 17,440, value £63,969 in 1877. The total amount of deposits for the same periods in the Savings Banks was £181,840 against £167,364; withdrawals £192 092 against £151,639. The total imports for 1878 were £8,755,663 against £6,973,418 in 1877 Exports £6. '15,525 against £6,327.472. The amount of imports exceeds that of any previous year. The customs' revenue shows the following advance since 1871. In that year they -were

as follows :— Dunedin, _ei94,522; Lyttelton, £86,741 - Auckland, -£148,403; Wellington, £56,923. In 1878:— Dunedin, £371,357; Lyttelton, £240,461; Auckland, £224,987; Wellington, £200,816. Saturday. The corrected postal returns for the half year ending 31st December last show :~ Cash collected, £57,750; Sums still due on eccoUDt of postages, £3000, total, £60,750, equal to an annual revenue of £121,500. The estimated total revenue is £121,500, but this will be exceeded, as the current quarter's revenue showed a large increase over the September and December quarterly returns. It is stated that Mr H. T. Clarke, the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, will shortly retire. His successor is not named. The health of Lady Normauby continues to improve. ; This morning the son of Mr Hall of Tawa Plat was gored by a bull, and it is feared the wounds will prove fatal. Medical testimony proves that great danger is incurred from the use of the inpure water supplied to the public by the Weiliugton Waterworks The total number of in_.uig.anfs nominated to this port by the outgoing mail is 129. The gold cup to be ruu for at the ensuing iaces has just been manufactured hy Kohn and Co. It is made of eighteen carat gold, weighs 17 ounces, and is worth £100. Oa one side is a sketch of the Hutfc Course with the finish and grand stand. On the reverse side a medallion for the name of the winning horse and its owner. The lid is surmounted by a figure in solid gold of a horse and jockey. Mr Gully, the artist, ia busily engaged in making sketches of Wellington and its immediate neighborhood. The annual conversozione in connection with the Wellington Philosophical Society took place in the Museum buildings last night, when there was a very large attendance, amongst others the Governor, Professors Cook, Rrown, Shand, and Ulrich, and Mr Tancred, Chancellor of the University. Chief among the specialities on view were some powerful microscopic telephones, and microphones, a powerful induction coil, &c, and exhibits from the Government Printing Office, including the railway ticket printing machine, and the process of marbling paper. Altogether the meeting was a very emovable one. J Foxton. Saturday. Captain Williams* schooner Pelican, from Greymouth, with coal for the Government is agrouud on the north spit, dose to the spot where the Moynahan was wrecked, and of which no vestige remains. The cause for the Pelican going ashore is said to be (he light breeze falling off at a critical moment and giving the surf power over the vessel and setting her in, and the bar having silted up more than usual in consequence of the late gale she struck sooner than she would have done under ordinary circumstances lhe Captain and crew still remain on board. The Glenelg is still in the river, and owing to the condition of the bar, is likely to remain there for some days yet, as the ccal and sand she had taken in has put her down at tbe stern, where she is drawine Bft 6iu. ■*** The late gale has completely marred all proceedings for getting off the Hyderabad by silting up the bar and raising a very heavy surf along the coast. Owing to the Hyderabad being filled with water when the gale came on, she retained ber position outside the line of breakers. For the lost few days those on board have been very short of water, and all yesterday, being without a mouthful, one of the Maoris on hoard attempted to swim ashore through the breakers He succeeded, but was in an exhausted condition when some natives on the beach rushed into the breakers and assisted him ashore. „,, Gore, Saturday. I here was a material improvement in Mr Conyers condition during yesterday, hut he pased rather a restless night. There is very little change since yesterday morning. Xt _ _. Chb-stchubch, Saturday. JVot much business has been transacted in the present season's wheat yet. A few _al_s have been made at 3s for fair average samples and 3s 3d for superior. Barley has been anxiously enquired for by some brewers who arc quite out of malt. Expert maltsters however do not care to give the priceasked by farmers. The prices arc quoted at from 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Flour is selling at £9 for ordinary trade lots while, for forward delivery the price is £8 to £8 ios. The export demand continues quiet. Grass seed is from 4s 6d to 5s 9d. No wholesale business has yet been done in potatoes as they are not in a condition to ship. Butter, cheese, hams, and bacon are unaltered. Instructions have beea given to the police authorities at Lyttelton to commence proceedings against the persons blameable for the recent ill-treatment of cattle iv transit for shipment by the Wallabi. Joseph Weeber, a painter living at Oxford, died suddenly of apoplexy yesterday. i-dward Bastings has been committed for trial for forgery. -p. Grahamstown, Saturday. luve tons of lead ore from a mine at lararu were shipped for Auckland yesterday en route for Sydney, where it will be smelted, -.the ore proves payable the shareholders will make a fine thing out- of the claim as there is plenty of it The Board of Health officer's report for January shows that fourteen deaths occurred in that month, eleven being infants who died from diarrhrea.