REVENUE DERIVED FROM GOLD.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 682, 27 October 1852, Page 3

REVENUE DERIVED FROM GOLD.

Statement showing the amount of revenue derived from the gold, the amount of the expenditure charged thereon, from the discovery of the gold fields in May, 1851, to the 26th August, 1852 :— Revenue — Proceeds of the issue of Licenses to Dig and Search for Gold, 63,479?. 10s. 7d. Expenditure — Payments made : Gold Department, including Gold Police — Commissioners and Police for the Gold Districts — Salaries, Allowances, and Contingent Expenses, 19,975?. 9s. 5d. ; Prospecting Commissioner — Salary and Allowances for Self and Party, and Contingent expenses— 2064 9s. Id. ; Rev. W. B. Clarkes Geological Survey — Salary and Allowances for Self and Party, and Contingent Expenses, G94?. 9s. lid. ; Receiver of Gold Revenue — Salary and Office Contingencies, 406?. Us. lid.; Total, 23,141/. Os. 4d. Police Expenditure — Western Road I Patrol, 4710?. ; Southern Road Patrol, 310?. Bs. lid. ; Additional Police at Bathuut and Carcoar: Total, 5810?. 15s. 3d. Maintenance of Public Worship, 1306?. Bs. 7d. Other Miscellaneous Charges, 1504/. 10s. 7d. Increase of Salaries charged on the Gold Fund— Police Establishments, 10,630?. Gs. 5d.; Other Departments, 4399?. Bs. : Total, 15,029? 14s. fid 1 . Total Payments, 4G,792 9s. 2d.— Liabilities; Estimated amount of payments not yet made for Services performed previously to the 26th August, 1852, including the Increases to Salaries of Clerks, which have been recently sanctioned, 5000?. Total Payments and Estimated Liabilities, 51 792 9s. 2d, Estimated Net Balance, 11,687?. Is. sd, Total 63,479/, 10s, 7d. Of this Balance the sum of 10,000?. will be required for an intended remittance to England on account qt the Establishment of the Mint, leaving 168?/, Is. fid, unappropriated. Estimate of the Annual Revenue derived from Gold Licenses, and of the amount of the Charges upon it, at the rates now authorized. Revenue.— - Estimated annual amount 60,000?. Gliarges. — For the maintenance of the Gold Police, 20,000?. ; for the maintenance of the Patrol and other Police paid out of the Gold Fund, but not forming part of the Gold Department, 6300?. ; amount of Increases to the Salaries of Clerks as recently sanctioned, 5,200?. ; amount of Increases to the pay of the Constabulary as at present sanctioned, 12500?. ; amount of increases to the pay of Messengers and others of the labouring class as at present sanctioned, 2500?. ; for the maintenance of Public Worship, 1500?. ; for Miscellaneous Services, 2000?. ; e&timated Excess of Revenue over the Expenditure as at present authorized, 9500?. This Statement of Charges does not include the pay and allowances to the Troops, which are now under the consideration of the Government, and which will probably absorb the balance. Francis L. S. Merewetueii, Auditor-General. Audit Office, Sydney, August 31.

The New Crystal Palace.— Various arrangements have already been made by the directors of the Crystal Palace Company, in conjunction with Sir Joseph Par. ton, Messrs. Fox and Henderson, and Mr. Owen Jones, and the other gentlemen engaged in the re-construction, of the edifice, and in the formation of the grounds. The total length of the building will be 1853 feet, the extreme width 384. The new palace will undergo several modifications. It will have three transepts— two of the same size and height as the original transept and a central one of 130 feet span, 108 feet higher than, the two smaller. The roofing of the transepts, as well as the whole of the nave, will be arched, mnd the ribs will be of iron wrought instead of wood as employed in the old transept — the former material being used, not for the sake of durability only, but with the view also of absorbing the whole " thrust" of the arches, and of preventing its being thrown on the adjacent flat roofs of the aislei. The glass for the new roofs will be all twenty-one ouncei instead of sixteen ounces per square foot. The newsite is said to be only a few feet below the crest of the hill, which cannot be less than 300 feet above high water mark; and as the whole nave of the new building is to be arched like the existing transept, «nd a new centre trnnsept substituted twice as high as the present, the Crystal Palace will not lose by the change, Tha ' whole of the vast building, from its arched roof to tho platform on which it stands, will be seen from every eminence near London ; at some points forty miles off it will be a conspicuous object in the distant horizon ; it will be visible from its present site, and will be tha first sign of the metropolis that meets the eyes of most foreigners arriving from Germany or France. It was officially notified that the Provincial Romiih SynodiofEngland would be solemnly opened on Tuesday, 6th July, at St. Mary's College, Oscott, near Birmingham. It was understood tbat there would be nearly one hundred bishops, dignitaries, and other ecclesiastical personages assembled within the walls of St. Mary » during tho term of the Synod. The Bishoi> of Sydney.— House of Commons, Fn day, June 25.~1n reply to Sir R. Inglis, Sir J. Pacing, ton said it was the intention of Government t answer the remonstrance of the Lord Bishop of Sydney with respect to the precedence of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Australian colony. Dud, on the 25th June, at Airtbrey Castle, suddenly, the Right Hon. George Ralph Baron Abercromby. His lordship was born in 1800 and succeeded his father, the late Lord Abercromby, in 1843. For a number of years his lordship, who was deprived of bi» eyesight, was remarkable for his intelligence, and the interest he took in improving his estate?, and in tha affairs of the counties of Sterling and Clackmannan. His lordship was Li-rd Lieutenant of the country of Clackmannan, aud hod been a colonel in the army. He is survived by Lady Abercromby and three «on» and a daughter. His eldest son, now Lord Abercromby, was born in 1838. Malay Piuates.— As the Italian ship Clementina was, in April last, proceeding at some distance from the coast of Sumatra, it was hailed by three boats containing Malnys, who offered a quantity of pepper for s ile. The captain admitted them on board, aud bargained with them. As he was counting ont the money, they killed him, and afterwnrd>> slew the 6econd in commnnd. The crew took to arms, but a number of other Malays who hnd been secreted in sacks rushed aboard nnd attacked the crew with such vigour that they compelled them to take to the boats. The Malays then pillaged the vessel of everything valuable, amounting to about 22,000 fianc«, and afterwards abandoned it. Ihe commander of the French noval station having resolved to avenge this outrage, sent the Cassina to Daia, where it destroyed the forts erected by the Malays, and afterwards proceeded to PUlo Kl>io, where it compelled the Sultan of Acheen to enter ino an engagement, in writing, to chauliae the baud of murderers.