WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2893, 24 May 1878, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

Thursday. The Post says it understands that after the close of the present financial year the Government propose to charge the whole cost of administration upon the n ordinary revenue of the colony. It is stated that the Government intend adopting a system of delayed telegrams at cheap rates. The charge is expected that the detention of these messages until evening will greatly lessen the pressure of private work during the day. The Post says the toH ordinary revenue is eotiiraled to prr lues £150,003 orer the estimate for the year. This yv','i. reducj '" c deficiency to £90,000, against

which there will have to be set down a bavin;;; of £100,000 arising from department reductions and unexpended money voted by the House for different works.

A Government Gazette, issued this evening, contains a notification of Capt. M".ling's rosignafiou of the office of Pri/tite Secretary to the Governor. A meef'ng of shareiiolders in the West Wangutiui Coal Prospecting Company was held this evening, when it was determined to issue a prospectus for forming a company with a capital of fifty thousand pounds in five pound shares. It is proposed to obtain powerful rn&chinery ani purchase one or more poweilul colliers. Some of the principal business men of the city are connected with the scheme, and a very influential directory has been appointed. It is understood the Government have decided to remove the Custom House, Telegraph, and Post-offices from the block now known as Custom-house Block to a new site on reclaimed land, when sites in present occupation will be sold. Some time will, however, elapse before the removal of the above offices.