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Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 523, 20 July 1866, Page 3

.t From a paper laid before the Houses of Assembly we (New Zealand Advertiser) learn that the submarine cable for Cook r s Strait is to be forty-six nautical miles in length, and ,is to contain three conductors. The cost is £448 per nautical mile, or £20,608 free on board ship. The contractor, Mr. "W. T. Henley, undertakes to submerge it, and maintain it against all risks, and in good working order, for one year, excepting only the risk' of damage done by ships. For submerging, keeping in order for twelve months, and for sending out and paying all expenses of an efficient staff during the period of guarantee, the contractor is to be paid £5.900.' Tha Government has to pay the cost of transmission of .the cable by the Weymouth, amounting to £2,500, one-half to be paid on the arrival of the ship in Wellington, and the other half on the cable being' successfully laid. Mr. Morrison, the agent of the colony, concludes the letter, in which he announces the acceptance of Mr. Healey'5 1 tender, by saying that he is confident that the cable Trill be equal to anything yet constructed, and will prove to have been contracted for upon very favorable terms as to construction, submergence^ and guarantee. The Southland Petition has been preceuted in the General Assembly. We . Inks the following I from the JNyk' Zealand Advertiser, 6th July : — j "Wo llncl by the notice . paper of the House of I Representatives for yesterday, that Mr Dillon 801 l presented a petition from the inhabitants of Southland, praying that a commission may be ".ppointed to inquire into the management !of the iiiiuncies of the Province. Owing to our ! repemer being lockotl out when this petition was : prtsonreil; co mention is made of it in our report,"