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Southland Times, Issue 573, 3 October 1866, Page 2

A very urgent want has been supplied by the compilation by the Registrar of Brands of a very comprehensive and minute register of the brands of rattle, &c, of the various stockowners in the Province. We published, in our last issue, a sample of the "Brand Book," copies of which maybe obtained^ from T. K. Weldon, Esq., the Eegistrar. Tenders for the erection of a* bridge over the Oreti, at the site of the present ferry, is called for. This will be a great boon to our Riverton friends, as there has hitherto been considerable danger in crossing by the ferry. It is also a step in the ri<*ht direction to facilitate the increased traffic that may be expected by the opening up of the Riverton Goldfields. From our advertising columns it will be perceived that tenders are called for the conveyance of the mails throughout the Province during the ensuing twelve mouths. The first item provides for the conveyance of mails twice weekly between Oampbelltown and Invercargill. This apparently ignores the existence of a railway to the Bluff. We should imagine that mails would be more speedily conveyed by rail than coach. The proposed tax upon Bonded Warehouses is as follow : — Containing under 200 tons, £25 per annum ; 200 tons and under 500, £50 do ; 500 tons and under 1000, £75 do j 1000 ton 3 and upwards, £100 do. The mail via Panama is now several days over due. It was ever our impression that those who anticipated that this mail service would uperaede that of the Suez line were laboring under a delusion that would prove to be a mirage of the imagination. There is no record of a new undertaking of similar magnitude being undertaken and perfected in less than three or five years of intense application and perseverance on the part of the managers of tho company. The Panama service has had great difficulties to contend with from the . first, and the recent dispute between New south Wales and New Zealand proves that as far as this Oolo»y is concerned, tho Panama route is not likely to be of that importance as was first anticipated. This hitch, ought to be sufficient to convince the advocates of the Panama scheme that the time is far distant when the colony can consider itself independent of the Suez line for itß mail communication it is to be hoped the Government will see the necessity oj continuing both line 3 with Europs. The farmers in the interior report that the winter has been unprecedented as far as the growth of seed is concerned, that vegetatian is most prolific, and should the even and genial weather which has been experienced during the past few weeks continue for a short time longer we may expect more plentiful crops than hay* fee«ngleanedfor several seasons.

The Mowing is the state of F. M. Gaol tat the week ending Tuesday, the 2nd instant. Ben* tenced to penal servitude, 6 males ; sentenced to hard labor, 5 ; total, 11 males. Received during the week, 1 male. Discharged during the weak, 2 males. Decrease for the week, 1 male. It is high time that some action was taken with regard to the condition of the streets. To a certain extent they have been made, but hare in many instances, been allowed to become to fearfully dilapidated that our Chief Commissioner of Police would be justified in issuing instructions to have all arrested under Martin's Act for all and everyone who could perpetrate the cruelty to animals of compelling the poor beasts to tug a load through any street in the town except Dee and Tay Streets. If the governmeut cannot do what is wanted, might not puhlio enterprise do something. The following table shows the cash reoeived for the sale of lands in the various provinces during each quarter of the financial year 1865-6, ending 30th Jane, 1866 -.—Province of Wellington — For the quarter ending September, 1865, £8,270 10s 6d ; for the quarter ending December, 1865 £14,806 3s' 3d ; for the quarter ending March, 1866, £10,609 15s ; for the quarter ending June, 1866, £5388 Is_s 6d ; total, £89,275 4s sd. Province of Auckland — For the quarter ending September, 1865, £1,324 16s sd ; for the quarter ending December, 1865, £704 2s ; for the quarter ending March, 1866, £406 18s ; for the quarter ending June, 1806, £1.173 195 ; Total, £3,609 15s 3d. Province of Hawke's Bay — For the quarter ending September, 1865, £3,463 9s ; for the quarter ending December, 1865, £11,371 8s ; for the quarter ending March, 1866, £2,022 Is 8d j for the quarter ending June, 18S6, £7,893 14s 6d ; total, £24,750 10s 2d. Province of Nelson— For the quarter ending September, 1865, £3,028 ; for the quarter ending December, 1865, £3,164 11s 9d; for the quarter ending March, 1866, £1,463 Is ; for the quarter ending June, 1865, £12,207 2s ; Total, £19,902 14s 6d. Province of Marlborough — For the quarter ending September, 1855, £3,105 13s 3d; for the quarter ending December, 1855 : £7,935 I2s 21; for the quarter ending March, ISS6, £2,489 6s 7d ; for the quarter ending June, IB6S, £9,601 10a ; total, £23,183 4s- Province of Canterbury — For the quarter ending September, 1865, £33,731 10s 4d ; for the quarter ending December, 1865, £17,243 17s 6d ; for the quarter ending March, 186R, £41,500 7s 6i ; for the quarter ending June, 1866, £53,227 13s ; total, £145,703 8s 4d. Province of Otago — For the quarter ending September, 1865, £21,025 7s ; for the quarter ending ending December, 1865, £38,411 19s ; for the quarter ending March, 1866, £14,872 7s 6d ; for the quarter ending June, 1866, £26,787 Is 3d ; total, £101,096 14s 9d. Province of Southland— For the quarter ending September, 1865, £60 7s 6d ; for the quarter ending December, 1865, £1,927 8s ; for the quarter ending March, 1866, £29,514 7s 4d; for the quarter ending June, 1866 £113,003 13 ; total, £144,505 3s lOd. In tha caae of Southland it is to be noted that £140,981 0s 7d out of the sum of £144,505 3s lOd, set down as received by that Province, was refunded to purchasers of rural land in respect of their claims against the Provincial Government in terms of the Southland Debt Act, 1865.