SOUTH AUSTRALIA. [From the Melbourne Argus.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 796, 19 March 1853, Page 3

SOUTH AUSTRALIA. [From the Melbourne Argus.]

/ l^fegity of Adelaide seems to be in much thaffflane difi^cuJNy as Melbourne is with respect to water supply and sewerage. The Executive and the Corporation have come to a dead lock about the funds necessary for the undertaking, and of course nothing can be done, at present - \ The latest intelligence from the Euchungs' diggings discloses nothing of the least imporfr ance. The operations are as limited, and success as dubious, as before. / Singular Subgical OpERATioN.-Mrs. We ale of North Adelaide, applied to Mr. DavieaC in consequence of a painful sensation she had experienced several days previously in thei- left arm and the wrist. Dr. Davies having carefully examined the arm, extracted therefrom a sewing needle. Mrs. Weale disclaim*** all kaftwledgeof the intruder,which was \ery fusty, and the able operator could, form, 'no other opinion than that the needle had been swallowed many years ago,

Keceipts and Expendituke. — The official returns of receipts and expenditure for the fourth quarter of 1852, which appeared in yesterday's Government Gazette, will be hailed as a further proof of increased alacrity in the public service. The ordinary revenue for the year 1852 amounted to £102,327 6s. 7d.; and if from this sum we deduct the ordinary ex penditure, £ 76,5 14 Is. 8., and the (Civil List" expenditure under schedule D, parts 1 and 2' £14,698, there appears to be a surplus amount' ing to £11,114 6s. The revenue arising out" of the gold discoveries in Port Victoria has amounted to £19,711 2s. sd. during the year; whilst the expenditure has been £15,767 1 3s 8d; so that we have a surplus in this branch also amounting to £3,943 Bs. 9d., accruing from the mere profits derived from the Assay Office per centage and the Escort fees. The Land Fund revenue receipts for the year have been no less than £121,137 16s. 5d., whilst the expenditure during that period has not exceeded £33,078 11^5d.; lartrwtrtJbserve that -subsequent remittances, to the amount of £28,523 to the Land and Emigration Commissioners in England, will have brought the otherwise large available surplus down to £56,535 17s. Thiß state of things, presented so soon after the fearful paralysis in January, 1851, is the more gratifying, inasmuch as the general improvement seems to be decidedly progressive. The Gold Escort. — The Escort arrived in, town on Monday afternoon. The gold 'com! prises 1220 parcels, the weight being about 33,763 ounces, and consequently worth, at £3 11s. per ounce, about £119,858. It is stated that they have brought all they could get.