New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, July 17, 1847.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 205, 17 July 1847, Page 2

New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, July 17, 1847.

In com paring' the' account of the quarter's in m^^&foberVirtrii that ofoheJsAp'iSk quarter there" appears to be j a -falling off v pn;the whole vamoiint phabtmt £300. The difference in the amdunf of the" 1 Customs is still greater^the amounted lected during the ..past, quarter being, hfearly £4<QOO-less <tnan tfte^amount received, faring the April quart^VJtVn^ust be\bonie in mind,< however,- .that the amount 61 busftiess transacted during the autumn ' arid', yjnter j months is generally Jiess. than in, the, other two quarters.; which vri\i in Borne degree account' for' this'differe'nde" tf j the amounfcof revenue collected duringfth6last yiuart^Vrith'the' coVre'spon^ing "qii^fter in 1 840 the difference is yery amount collected in'the 'quarter ehdihg l Jnne; ( 1846, being £1,428 : 11 : lid., while theamount collected^ in ( the" quarter en^ng'^iine', , 1847, is £3/^07.: 13 : : 3d., the difference inTaVour ofthequarterljuVt-en^Veing^i^,:^ The amount of revenue during the past six months exceeds the w,h a ole )n Gf.,sh.e.,,rjevenue collected during the past year 'By < £80 l i 'Hj.9, and if vre assume the Receipts' during 'the two next quarters 'to be eq^ual to those already past, the total amount' of ''revenue for

this year will Jiot^lljnuch^hprfc of £16,000, .being. , double jtbe } amount qf -any,- previous .year's* revenue* received- since' 1 tlif#-ftfrmatron j oi this settlement. In ' 'comparing'' the expenditure oPthe different departments^witb that of- the- previous quarter^, there is- an increase in "every "~ ( department "but that of the ''Sup&We Court and the Customs/ "the /expenditure 1 (exclusive of ''misfctliajnepus^exp'ences) of the quarter endings 'sin- .April being £1343 : 12?: 7, while, the expenditure during the past quarter is £1440;. 3,^6., pikItmg£ .difference t ,o£#?6,: Ij9 :'jU^ J&to tjis be padded >theidifference jn' the "amount 1 ofjthe -Customs £146 : ! 9':'lO less this quarter than the' last : m thai; '$ &W £9 : 9 :^l, there, will be^lbund^ an increas? of upwards of £250 in the' other two depart! ments over the .previous quariter , -an-iticr^ajse which is'affet'tWe rate of £1000 a year. ' r, ,\ t t » j ijjqA The chief difference in the miscellaneous disbursements f 6fi the 'two worthy of notice, isUhat iiflder^the -he^of 'the^^m^d Police, amounting' ' to, £l^7l^'r^^. an<^ the expenditure on the roads/ which is less by one-half thari'duriti'g the "preyibus : 'quarter; the amount .including; / payments', for tools, contra6ts for Warmg 'the btl4h; &c, in the qutr.^ , .ending, inj Aprilv<heing £5038 11s., while during the last quarter the eipen&eure ]^ s^3s9 &)]&£.;*: We hope with'the^retarhcjf spring; ttri'd'wkrmer we g #J*ilft^ VSm iWsh96 ffP9MK?4 qa an increased scalei'Jßo/'a? ftyv^^ettffi&tjLtitt jand Poriru^TO^sj'i^thp'c^ur^qift^.ppsu1 ing summer. We shall be gljadaisQVTtdJfind am^on^ itemg of $feecpext quarter, that a small ttdaio|Hit ! 'ha§ey||^exjpended on tlie' rje'p^ir^.of j^e^oa^-fjogg the i beach which is gr*&tly'fe"waat'of':MfaplWemeat. .. , , y(t {^ lh

Auckland, Sto^'WW to' call JatJSTanganui on tiei; j» or^qr to- talf© the:h|es.t>injtfel-

The Scotia mve£ s fats^%s!fyiffi& 'after a passage of thyeje>days r Withf>tweUre cabin and nine steerage pasaengeiSir 4 -The .tovr'n anS' country latftte'.'iiri,'dertaken by the NewZeajand. poDajjanV^' jcoraplete, and the allotmeiiis^o^i^n^Wpresu^n » sufficient s^e gf^^^ne^tißiSijabi^e settlers to go on tfieijt-landp -immediately on their arrival. The surveyors WakftJ afl^tUWn--

edto^el^&nciS^t^r. Kettlef^^ remains on the part of tKe*6©mpany. ?{F n j|Vf Scotia on leaving Otakou spoke the whaling barque Flying Childers, five weeks out from Hobart Town, with 400 barrels of oil. The Leven cutter sailed from Otakou eight days /before the Scotia with a considerable number of passengers for this port. She is sup« posed to have put into Port Cooper. Perseverance belonging to the nirtrves chief Ka&tai.^l&efyjlroke $xM fieT^cfro^j rtfgV-at .Otjfrpu jjari|oh^^f4 inVa so^f£ and was ariven on the rocks near ( Waikbwaite and became a total wreck. A ! kou to Moraki was also overtaken in the .same.gale and -lost, ..aiuLall .hands-(foui~men-and one woman, maories) droyvned. - vT^^wnaling^siarioris^to'the Southward jvej£^ejnej3n#jr^^^ " The Scotia .h»8. brought fourteen horses from Mr. "'Jo'neVs 1 statibn 4t'Waikowaite, they have arrived in. excellent Cxtf-de'iK fend ' were sold immediately on their" arrival*- 3 '

Thk, follpwing notice fca«beeta- posted at the ! Custom House : --* /' '~, / ' ( '. ', * Noticb. — According to, t\\e teriqs of the. Customs Ordimyiceu? iO.^4-» §ess.7, No/ 14, " Tomabawlci" ialL»underCf lies denomination of " Weapons" of w&r| T aud' are subject to 30 per cent, ddtv., . '"~" ~ <* ' '" \ Custom House, WelUngt'on.. w • 5 . 26th June, 1847 '. .j Id < ,f f

W^LifjNGTqN .Savin gs Bank. — Mr. James Smith, Mr. Sttatfg,> Mr^Spinks,. .and-'Mr. Clifford, the Managers in rotation,- will * attend torre'ceivfe deposits^ MessrsX Johnson ! & Moore's store, iroitfiseven'td/dfghf o'cldpk on Sattrday evening I , l^ I^tfr'J'alV, 1847, and at theUnfo^'Ba^of '^traiia,: from twelve jtOjione 9 clock on Mpnday forenoon, the 19th : J,u'ly;.' • '* / ■•'