WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3107, 1 February 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

.■■■■:''-"'..... :: ■ . -.'K\ : , -\ Friday, i , To-day's Gazette notifies the appointment of Judge Johnson to be Judge for purposes of the sth section of the Thames Harbour Board Act, 1878. i

Government have practically agreed to the request of the Town Corncil, the Chamber of Commerce, and the merchants of Wellington in the matter of a site for the railway station. They have agreed to reserve from 23 feet depth x>f the* two sections applied for, and a further 23 feet of another section, thereby reserving for: the railway station 151 feet frontage to Custom-house street in place of the ICO applied for, but reducing its depth from 98 feet to 23 feet. It is understood this arrangement will be satisfactory to the public.

It is stated that Mr H. T. Clarke, Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, will shortly retire; his successor is not yet named.

The health of Lady Normanby continues to improve. ■:/.'

This morning the son of Mr Hall of the town flat, was gored by a bull. It is' feared the wounds may prove fatal. Medical testimony proves that great danger is incurred from the use of the impure water supplied to the public by the Wellington Waterworks. The total number of immigrants to this port by the outgoing mail is ,126., The vital statistics of the city of Wei-; lington for January 1879, give 107' births,: 57 deaths and 35 marriages. In one case! a female, death resulted from English; cholera; 30 children, diecl, andVbf .thesej 20 from diarrhoea. Much of this mor-> tality is attributed to impure drinking! water.'' '■:■.■ :; .: ■"■■■■<■;:'■ ■ o;^H\ J The postal revenue for the half yean ended the 31st,» J)ecember last,was :—| Cash collected, £57,750; the sums still due on , accqunt' "of ..postages,-,£3,000 ;j total,' ;£60, 5750, equal to an annual revenue! of £121,000; bnt-thuT will be exceeded, aa the: current quarter's returns showed a large increase over the September andi December quarterly returns. The 'difference between^the ( foregoing figures and the published returns is explained by the; fact that the September quarter contained; only two months' revenue, arid'jexcludingj the receipts during December. m:"l \

The Gazette to-day publishes additional regulations xinder the Salmon and Trout Act, 1867ji:by which any one catching trout anil salmon during the close season shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds, unless he. shall return such' salmoni or trout alive 'to the same stream from which they' werei caught; also a despatch notifying that the Queen's exequatur, has been executed empowering O. M. Spencer, Esq. ,• to act as consul-general for the United States in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. . I

The following traffio returns on New Zealand railways, for the four weeks ending 14th December are published and compared with corresponding four weeks in'lß77l-^Kaipara section 1878 £3755, j 1877 £33l!; Auckland 53,730, against ,£2,082 i Napier £2,439; against £2,160; Wellington £2,537, against £1,117; Wanganui £2,540, against £824; New Plymouth /:£43oj against. ;£360; Grey, mouth £659, t against £637;; , Westport £208, against £446; Picton £384, against £342; Christchurch to Dunedin £38,940, against £27,;6P,0; Invercjjrgill £4,685, against £3,9i9. The.' total number of money orders"issued during last quarter Was 27,139, value £98,595,' against 24,128, value £85,877, issued in the corresponding quarter of 4877 % The total number of money orders paid during the same period was 19,733, value £71,518, against 17^440; value £63,9i69, in 1877. The total amount of deposits in the same periods id savings banks were £181.842, against £167,364; withdrawals £192,002, against £137;637. : The total imports for 1878 were £8,755;663r against £6,973,418 in 1877. The' expjrts—£6,327,472. r The total amount of imports exceeds that of any previous year. The Customs revenue shows the following advances, pince 1871, in that year th^r, were as follows:— Dunedin £1|94,522, J' Ly ttelton £86,741, Auckland.£l4B,4o3, Wellington£s6,923 ; in 1878—Dunedin £371,357, Lyttelton £240,461, Auckland £224,987, Wellington £200,816.