NEW ZEALAND GROWN TIMBER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 290, 18 December 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND GROWN TIMBER.

The following return has been presented to both Houses of the General Assembly, showJ^g (approximately) the quantity of New Zealand grown timber, sawn (first cutting only) at the various sawmills in the Colony during the year ending 31st December, 1878, and the half-year ending 30th June, 1879 .—

The Registrar-General appends a note to this return, stating that no returns were rfeceived of the limber cut during 1878, and half the year 1870, at 18 mills. The quantities cut during 1877 hare been taken from the census returns and entered as for the year 1878 in these cases. The total amount for the year thus estimated was 18,355,310 feet. The quantities cut for the half-year of 1879 at the 19 mills have also been estimated by means of the census returns, taking half the quantity cut in 1877 in each case. mil i -rm--sr.-.--r ■ -. .1 v---- -

The Honorable the Minister for Public Works has furnished a statement of the total expenditure and liabilities on account of the Public Work 3 and Immigration Loans up to 30th September, 1879 i From this statement it appears that the total sum expended has been £14,079,542 18a Bd, which has been distributed as follows:—Railways, £7,883,787 16s 5d (exclusive of Provincial expenditure on Canterbury aud Otago railways, valued at £1,104,281) ; roads, £774,451 5s 7d ; payments to Road Boards, £227,000 ; coal exploration and mine development, £10,835 8s ; water supply on goldflelds. £421,800 12s lid j aid to Thames goldflelds works, £50,000 ; telegraphs, £344,912 17s lOd ; public buitdinga, £529,994 Is lid -, lighthouses, £82,247 18s Id } tmgeellaaeoua public works, £245,138 16a ; departmental, £136.189 18s lid ; immigration, £1,801,962 17s 7d ; land purchases, £720,454 9s 2d ; contingent defence, £80,000 ; charges and expenses on raising loans, £554,269 16s 3d ; interest and sinking fund, £218,500 ; total, £14,079,543 183 Bd. The liabilities up to 30th December amounted to £3,123,487 3a 4d, viz .—Public works, £1,755,621 133 lOd ; land purchases, £1,210,802 9s 6d ; immigration, £97,063 ; contingent defence, £60,000. This briDgs up the total expenditure, when present liabilities are met, to the respectable sura of £17,203,031 2s.—tost. Anything but a flattering picture is (saya the Dunedin Herald) given of the position of many deferred payment settlers in this province. la the course of the proceedings at the Land Board yesterday it wa9 incidentally stated that one settler, after paying£l7 10s per acre for land, and spending all his available capital and all he could realise on assets in improvements and rent, had not obtained one sixpence from hia holding. The picture is black enough, and though the statement is no doubt true, it cannot be taken as anything like representing the general condition of this class of colonists. It would be curious indeed if some settlers, many of whom have had but limited agricultural experience, did not make a mistake in their selections.

A tbeatro is to he opened in Calcutta under natire auspices, i>nd one fourth nf the proceeds are to lip devoted to purposes of public find private cbnrify, social reformation, and improvement of literature nnrt art. A band of American " doetressrs " have recently been visiting Koine, nnd creating in that foreign city quite a sensation. Some of them were remarkably pretty, bright and merry, nnd stared saucily nt those who stared at them. They wore black silk and cashmere dresses, were " uniformed " alike, and only cae wore spectacles. Flobiltkel— For tl:e 1 e-ib nnd Hreitb,— A ffw drop? of the liquid "Flrri'ine" prinkUd cr a T rt ♦rctlMTiTrti pronucc a plensanf Ipihr-, winch t^rronph^v cleaners the teeth from nil \ r.t- -fit ■ h rrd impw'trirs fcarders the c«m->, Tr . v.nts Ut'rt, Mops decny, >ivcs to t!c tf*th c. prmliar r<nrly •whitencsp, nnd r deMehtful frnrr-;r.re to tho brenth. It rf mores sll un;lc»i«i;nt o?our J»riß?r,tr frrm ('erayfd trptli rr t bacc emok^. " Th? Fragrant ¥1 riii'u--." brirsr comrreed in part of honey and f wer t hrrN is U9 to thetflste, end tl<e Krcntest t ilet discovery of thP npp. Sotd evc-n vbcro st 2?. fd. Prepared by Henry C. G-Hnp, 49^ Oxford-Ftreet, London. VaMTABLV: UjP'-OVrRT TOR THF HAIR— I yrur Hnir i^ <ii'nir.p rrr-v or wliitr, or lalline off. rjfe " The ?-Trxirnr- Fai- lie: ewer." for it wt" positively restore in everu case Grey or "White hair to it? ( i!L':i a! c^.mr. witliout li ayIng tfe diffl^^efii' ] c c'-ol! of most 'Restores ' It maVci the hr.ir rhr.rrringly brantifnl. p.o well a<* pTomotin? the it.'. wth ' r f tbe h~ir on bald spots wbere t!ir- t^lard are rift decnj rd. Ask ycur nrprct rhfrrist f-r " Tho Mexican Fair Renewer," rrfra*ed by Henry C. Gallup. 493, CixfoTd-PtTcf t, lonflon.-snd sold everywhere at 33. rt\ p t bottle. Advice to Mothepr ! — /.re yon broken in your ret-.t by r m^ thi'd suff ■• finp -with the pain of cutting tfotb ? Oc nt once to a Chemist, »nd pet abcttle cf Mrs WiDslow's Bootbing Syrup. It will relieve the poor niflerer ; mmediately. It i^ perfectly harmless and plca'Rrt to taptr-. It produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from paiu, nnd the liiile cberub awakes " bs bright as a button . It soothes the child, ie eoftfns the gurrp. Hllays n]l pair, relieves wind, regn'atrs the rowels, nrd is the beet known remedy for (ijpenery and diarrhffia, whethtr arifine fmm teething or other can^fp. f-old everywhere at is. ]§d. per bottle. Manufactory 493, Oxford-street, London.

l ear ending Half-year December 31, ending 30th. 1878. June, 1879. Super, ft. Super, ft. Auckland ... 45,052,928 22,999,842 Taranaki ... 2,007,095 1,236,364 Hawke'a Bay ... 3,070,200 1,325,700 Wellington ... 16,689,128 10,004,963 Marlborough ... 11,447,478 5,206,617 Nelson ... 3,599,659 2,115,823 WeatJand ... 6,200,150 2,307,460 Canterbury ... 15,403,7-15 6,913,«81 Otago ... 25,037 621 12,546,315 Totals ... 128 565,004 64,6f.?,002