WELLINGTON.
This day
It is understood that Ministers hare agreed to raise the pay of the police from the Ist of January next, but it is not yet ♦known to wb.at extent, , !
It is currently rumored here that the Government has made a concession by which certain parties are to have the exclusive right to a special wire for press telegrams from Auckland to Invercargill for a period of two years at a fixed annual payment in lieu of the present press; rates, the special wire to be at the service of the lessees from 8 jp.m., to 3 a.m. Ministers decline to give any definite' information, but promise to lay the papers before the House. • .
/ Friday. The Telegraph Department received the following report this evening:—• " The Port Darwin and Java cable has been interrupted since last night by the repairing vessel having cut the. cable to take out the last fault! Probably communication witfcr Banjeow.anjie , will. be restored tonight." ' Returns showing the Customs revenue for the quarter ended 30th September are just published a». follows :—!•' :,
Including the revenue from the smaller ports, the total amount collected for the quarter was £305,493 against £300,098. The articles on which: the duties were collected, with the amounts arising under the different heads, are as follows :—
■■ ■.■■.. ;; - :..- • . ..; 1878' ; <•: 1877 Auckland ...£50,960 £53,225 Thames ... ... 2,644 2,320 Poverty Bay ... 2,717 2,912 New Plymouth 2,305 1,749 Wanganui ... 6,871 5,287 Wellington ... 57,627 ' 44,889 ;•■ Napier ...... 11,391 9,340 Wairau ... ... 1,298 1,220 Nelson ... ... 9,038 6,923 Westport... ... 2,602 3,526 ' Qreymouth ... 8,653 11,402 Hokitika... ... 6,356 8,237 Lyttelton ... 62,996 52,026 Timaru ... ... 5,545 4,740 Oamaru 4,269 2,827 Dunedin ... ... 105,885 89,278 Invelroargill. ... 11,140 7,578
1878 1877 Spirits :.. .- £100,057 £92 791 Spirits. KZ. ... ... 832 1,468 I Cigars "and Snuff ... 4,995..„ 3,994 Tobacco ... ... ... 33,292 30,906 Wine... .;. ... ... 9,637 8,824 •; Beer, etc., in bottle... 6,471 5,143 Beer, etc,, in wood ... . 1,154 921 , Tea ... :..' 20,776 16,871 Coffee, Ooeoa, etc. ... 2,220 2,137 Sugar and Molasses ... 30,177 26,006 Opium ... ... ... 541 536 Goods by weight ... 24,934 18,248 Ad valorem 10 per cent. ... .:.... 113,142 89,223 ' 7 Other duties' Hot* spe- : ■ :•;; ■'? " =: ■}> oifiediabdto ...... 17^258 12,000 ; 366,493 300,098'
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3020, 19 October 1878, Page 2
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340WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3020, 19 October 1878, Page 2
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