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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4493, 13 August 1875, Page 2

The New Zealand Gazette contains the statement of receipts and expenditure of the public account for the June quarter, 1875. From this statement we gather that the receipts, under the heads of revenue forming the Consolidated Fund, amounted to £465,174 195.; recoveries, £7531 ; temporary advances repaid, £150,000 ; Treasury bills renewed, £IOO,OOO ; which, together with a credit balance of £105,751 10s. 2d. from the previous quarter, and £76,685 2s. sd. advances to be accounted for, makes a total of £905,192 lis. 9d. The expenditure, including £5222 6s. 10d, liabilities of 1873-4, and £15,519 17s. sd. advances, amounted to £825,118 16s. lOd. The cash in the public account on the 30th June was £64,533 17s. sd. Turning to the Immigration and Public Works Loan account, we find that the cash to credit of that account on the 27th of last March was £142,353 Is. 3d.; the cash balance on the 30th June was £2,126,572 18s. 2d.; and there was £60,515 13s. 6d. of advances to be accounted for. The expenditure, including advances within the colony, for the June quarter, was £2,208,539 19s. 3d., of which the principal items are as follow:—Bail ways, North Island, £298,911; railways, South Island, £507,153; immigration, £259,921; purchase land, North Island, £47,488 ; goldfields water supply, £26,846 ; telegraph extension, £21,353 ; roads in North Island, £28,851. In addition to this expenditure on works, repayments of advances appear under the head of expenditure, as for instance, £380,000 to the Bank of England, £140,000 to the Consolidated Fund, and £76,500 to General Purposes Loan. The receipts on the North Island railways for the quarter amounted to £11,639 3s. Bd.; expenditure, £12,726 10s. 7d. The cash balance of this account on the 27th March, 1875, was £Blls 3s. Id.; on the 30th June it was £6820 16s. 6d. The receipts under the head of land fund were as follow :—Land sales, £215,657 lis. 9d.; goldfields revenue, £19,656 17s. Id.; gold duty, £9205 19s. 7d.; making a total of £244,520 Bs. sd.

The Registrar-General's report on the vital statistics of the boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, during the month of July, have been published. There were 287 births and 138 deaths. The deaths reached their highest proportion in Christchurch, where they were 3'ol per 1000 of the population. They were next highest in Wellington, being 2'91. The births were 32 fewer than in June. The deaths were 14 fewer in number than the deaths in June. Of the deaths, males contributed 83 ; females, 55 ; 60 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 43 - 47 per cent, of the whole number; 42 of these were of children under 1 year of age. There were 13 deaths of persons of 65 and upwards : 1 male of 80, and 3 females of 72, 80, and 87 respectively, in Auckland; 1 female of 73 at the Thames ; 3 males of 65, 75, and 100, and 3 females of 70, 73, and 81 respectively, in Wellington; and 2 males of 71 and 75 respectively in Dunedin. There were 5 deaths under the head violent. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 3 less in number than in June. There were 2 deaths from typhus fever—l in Wellington and lin Nelson. Deaths from typhoid fell from 17 in June to 10 in July—of these deaths 5 occurred in Auckland, 1 in Wellington, 1 in Christchurch, and 3 in Dunedin. The deaths from local diseases bliow a decrease of 21 on the number in June. Of these the deaths from diseases of the nervous system fell from 22 in June to 15 in July ; and the deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs, from 28 in June to 21 in July. The deaths from diseases of the organs of circulation were 10 in June to 7 in July; the latter number, including 1 female of 81, 1 male of 71, and 1 male of 65, from heart disease. Developmental diseases were 25 in July to 12 in June.

The general statement of the assets and liabilities of the banks trading in the colony, for the quarter ended 30th June last, is beforo us. The total liabilities are £6,950,010 lis. Bd., the assets £10,814,222 13s. The notes in circulation amount to £917,122 lis. Id. Bills in circulation, £107,172 2s. Id. The deposits not bearing interest amount to £2,489,151 14s. lOd. j bearing interest, to £2,422,616 os. 6d. The coin in hand is £1,472,731 Bs. 10d.; the bullion, £172,931 17s. The notes and bills discounted amount to £4,300,208 3s. Of what may be called the local institutions, the Bank of New Zealand has assets £4,769,487 17s. Id., against liabilities of £3,739,912 13s. 3d. ; amongst its assets it holds—coin, £449,517 ss. Bd.; bullion, £92,174 135.; and Government securities, £319,230 15s. 4d. ; with notes and

bills discounted, £1,787,061 15s. 6d. Its notes in circulation amount to £472,962 lis. Bd. The National Bank, which nearly occupies second place in its business, being now but slightly exceeded by any foreign bank, has assets, £1,538,672 4s. 6d, against liabilities, £843,455 ss. 6d. In coin, it holds £192,642 Is.; in bullion, £36,460 lis. 6d.; with notes and bills discounted, £656,897 4s. 2d. It has notes in circulation, £132,974 4s. Bd. The deposits in the Bank of New Zealand are—not bearing interest, £1,239,076 17s. Id.; bearing interest, £1,001,154 14s. sd; in the National Bank — not bearing interest, £330,872 10s. 2d.; bearinterest, £370,631 4s. lOd.

A very important decision was given by the Chief Justice when sitting in banco yesterday, viz., that four-horse four-wheeled vehicles with narrow tires are not liable to any tolls in the Wellington province, owing to the faultiness of the various Acts. The decision will very seriously affect the interests of the tollgate keepers, as one coach proprietor alone will save something like £6OO or £7OO a year. It may be stated that the defects in the law were pointed out twelve months ago, and the Provincial Government advised to amend, but confident of the sufficiency of their worthless Acts, they thought fit to disregard the advice, though it came from a leading barrister.

Me. O. Lemon, the general manager of New Zealand telegraphs, has published in the Gazette the usual comparative statement of the number of telegrams forwarded, the revenue received, and the value of General Government telegrams transmitted, for the quarters ended 30th June 1874 and 1875. The number of telegrams forwarded during the quarter ended 30th June, 1874, was 209,147 ; during same period J 875, the number was 245,658, thus showing an increase in number of 36,511, and an increase in revenue of £2255 14s. 2d., the cash revenue for the past quarter amounting to £14,716 15s. 2d. The value of Government telegrams during the quarter was £4050 7s. Id., being £832 2s. lOd. in excess of the value of those transmitted during the corresponding quarter of last year.