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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1138, 4 September 1882, Page 2

The casualtiei in the during the bombard mefit at Alexandria wore ns follows :— lulled—ln the Alexandria, 1, the Superb, I'l the Sultan, 2 1 the Inflexible, 1, total, 5. Wounded—ln the Alexandre, 8 ( the Sultan, 7 1 the Superb, 11 the Invincible, 0j tho Inflexible, g ( the penrlope, B ( total.

John Chinaman has discovered the merits of English policeman, and there is said to be a great demand for them just now in the Flowery Land. A Lancashire paper, mentioning the departure of two members of the country force for China, says that the commencing pay is two guineas a week. It trusts our active and intelligents will not resign en messe. By a re urn laid on the table of the Hor >e to the order of Mr L vcstam, it appears there are in Auckland brewers licensed under the Beer Duty Act, 1880, on the 29th May last, 13; Thames, 1 ; Poverty Bay, 2 ; Ne v Plymouth, 6 ; Wanganui, 12; Wellington, 8, Hawke’s Bay, 5 ; Blenheim, 6 ; Nelson, 11 ; Westport, 4 ; Greymouth, 4 ; Hokit’ka, 4; Christchurch, 17 ; Timaru, 4; Oamaru, 4 ; Dunedin, 17 ; and Invercargill, 3. The following sums have been received for beer duty in each provincial district during the years ended 1881 and 1882 respectively Auckland, £9353—£12,753 ; Taranaki, £BB6 —£1047 ; Hawke’s Bay, £l4oo—£l9Bo ; Wellington, £6058—£7535 ; Nelson, £lslo—- — Marlborough, £723—£807 ; Westland, £1452—£1789 ; Canterbury, £12,264 — £14,129 ; Otago, £12,365—£15,910. From this return the shillings and pence are ommitted.