WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2573, 6 April 1877, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

,:. 'i. '"*> "'SI ~'O ■. "7? Thursday. • A Gazette to-day notifies a sitting of the Court of Appeal to be held at Weilington on May 14th^ ; 1 This day.; \ ■Major/Atkinson,.Premier,-writes-to tlie New Zealand Times a letter (apparently a copy of one written to the AgenjtGeneral) inlreference"to"certain New.Zea-f land statisticjar.pu.btl'jsjiedrjin Westgarth's Circular of January 1877. He first points out that the circular publishes the amount of New Zealand SeVenue'sfor 1873-4 instead or that for 1876. The tabjej in Weatgarth's circular made out that the revenue of New-Zealand for 1875 was £K677,d2V while Ihafr of Victoria'was;■ £4,236,423. Tho o yremier, quoting-fro?^ New Zealand statistics, shows that the receipts/ ff6r ISTjO amounted to £2,841,953 (instead of only £1,677,626) as compared with., tlie £4;2is42J* ■refeeiTec^-in :Victoria: 'He also points out that .although there was ja note in the circular stating that the amount given M'New Zealand revenue was ex-provincial revenues, still that left an ; . -error;.; of -. -thirty ,-s thousand pounds. He requests the Agent-General to make a personal explanation to Mr Westgarth,■■ and get' him: io 'rectify 't%e. error pointed out, and also inform him that he can obtain, all statistics qf the colony and information relating to its progress at the Agent General's office. The Premier appends to the letter a tabu-j' lated statement of all sources of revenue of Victoria and ]^e.^jZealandf^fpr 1875.'| The totals are—Victoria/"£4,236,423 j New Zealand, 2,841,953. j *