AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1091, 5 April 1883, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, April 2.

The Victorian revenue returns to 31st March have been published. They show that the total receipts for the, Mann quarter amounted to £1,475,01.0 a decrease of £67,000 compared with the same qaaiter of last year, The falling off is chiefly in excise and land revenue. The revenue for the year ended 31st March was £5,631,000, an increase of £BB,OOO, or a net increase by £42,(>00 in the first nine months of the financial year ending 3)th June.

Arrive!—P and O. Co.'a steamer Shannon, with the Suez mail, which left London on February 23rd, The Court of Appeal has refused to disturb the verdict in favor of the defendant, winch was passed last month in the action for libel, brought by De Mestre, the well-known horse owner, against Sym, the proprietor of the Leader.

The overland telegraph line between Adelaide and Port Darwin is interrupted. It is expected that the Intercolonial Postal Conference will meet in Sydney early next month.

Sydney, April 2.

The machinery of the Austral ha 6 been found to be but little injured by its iong immersion, and only requires dealing to be again proper working order. April 3.

The New South Wales revenue last quarter amounted to £ J,510,000, showing a decrease of £162,500 compared with the same quarter of last yoar. The Customs revenue increased by £23,500 and the railway receipts by £49,250, but the revenue frou» land shows a decrease of £148,000. The expenditure for the March quarter amounted to £1,410,000, The revenue for the year ended 31st March was £7,260,000, an increase of £250,500 compared w.th the year 1881-82. Adelaide, April 2.

The Bouth Australian revenue last quarter amouuted to £570,000, an inincrease of £BOOO compared with the same quarter of 1882. The revenue for the 9 months ended 31st March, was £1,578,000, showing a decrease of £146,000 compared with the same period of 1881-82. The falling off is chiefly in land-revenue, due to the bad season.