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MARLBOROUGH.

ffflOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) - • • -„. Picrw, Dec/ 28, 1864. Board of Works, thoogn only cono f fevr members, is at any rate" doing &ing — paying accounts, isaujng and 'tj n g tenders for the improvement of bur ; jn townfland "doing away 'with, whatever i see lylfg about the- town which, is cal-f id in its idea f vto impede the transit b j D g er s. Its proceedings, generally, are tliat no one who notices them can do _ ¥ ise than admire their energy and otn. • ..'.- -. ■ • - ■■-■ je talk about the railway seems to have away, and the seat of .Government, and here of the Governor, Ministry, to have taken its .place. Some even go _ as to say tliat the Chairman of the do f Works is already making preparaf rt!ie o event, but this is hardly credible. almanac is this year to be got out ie Maryborough Press. The first steam rh tiiat is siiid.ro Hat-e crossed the Line Id here by the Sturt on Tuesday. It is j[r H. Redwood. The celebrated boat bY Mr Crovther, of Picton, to run at fefson Begat ta at the end of the present i; was despatched, and also a PioUm for .Nelson per Phoebe on the 12t.h inst. gin the ilarlborough Press oi the sth and Dec. I g ive an extract of what little information there is at present : — At the -rnnient land sale, recently held at the •rnment Buildings, Picton, the whole ie rural land, with the exception of one on in Hikapu Keach, was di.sp >sed of ; 124 and 125 in the Kaituna Valley rea- „ a piece. Of the town allotments, mlv one sold was lot 156 in the town of slock. The whole of the pasture land ed was disposed of. The total amount se diit the sale wa3 £4,992 7s 4d. Ie article of the Marlborovgh Press of sth, speaking of Picton as the Seat of ernnient, sa ys that it fulfils all the condi-int-eessary to be complied with in selectt situation, " being central, sufficiently ,v, easily accessible, highly defensible, tliful and picturesque. None of these is will be impugned by anybodj' jinted with this locality ; and in addition he advantages of situation enjoyed by on, are others incidental to its early age progress. k the year endin? the 30th June, 1563, total receipts of the Treasury were 169 7s 7d,the expenditure £25,735 Is Id liance in hand £9434 6s fid. Amongst [ornser is the .lar^e item of £34,378 2s Id Ie 'Receiver of Land Kevenu^; amongst latter are — Immigration, £200; Educa£234; Public -Works (salaries), £464; [res, '238; J'ictoa Harbor, £221, &c. The Electoral Koils vow published Jay the following inequalities of lieprejijoi!: — Queen Charlotte's Sound, 44 [ors t 1 member; Tna Marina, 63 electors, ipmber; Lower 'Wairau, §4 electors, 2 ibers; Picton. 144 electors, 2 members ; itiu, -1 electors, two members; Wairau cv , 50 electors, 2 members; Blenheim, lectors, 2 members; Pelorus, "25 electors, leuiber, and Clarence, 17 electors, one lier; Upper Wairau, 56 electors, 2 ibere. To.al number of electors, 617; ibers. 17 ; givinn an average of 36 electors ne Member of t l c Provincial Council. les.s. Phcebs arrived here In m the South he afternoon of the 11th inst., and left ieXorth at 7 a.m.

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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 32, 20 January 1864, Page 3

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MARLBOROUGH. Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 32, 20 January 1864, Page 3

MARLBOROUGH. Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 32, 20 January 1864, Page 3

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