ADELAIDE.
October 1 3th. In the Assembly, the Northern Territory Bill ) has been read a second time. The land is to he sold in lots of not less than 160 acres. The site reserved for the metropolis will be 1000 s acres. The pastoral laiids will be leased for the first four yejirs at 2s 6d per mile. Each lessee to put on three head of cattle Or ten sheep to the mile. The Treasurer proposes to borrow £35,000, for twelve months, to get the coloi y Out of its financial difficulty. The English mail has brought dates from San Francisco to the ISth July. The harvest was., just commencing. The yield was much less than usual. No vessels were on the berth for Australia. John €arruthers and another firm were insolvent. Messrs English and Brown's [ tenler for building the town hall is accepted — * £H,583. A London firm writes here that large quantities o'f tartaric acid are shipped for Australia.
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 105, 23 October 1863, Page 5
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160ADELAIDE. Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 105, 23 October 1863, Page 5
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