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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 808, 2 May 1871, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. The following is a return of the revenue collected at the Custom House, Westport, for tho month ended April 30, 1871 : £ s. d. Customs'duties 1441 19 o Lighthouse dues 4 0 2 Arms and ammunition licenses 2 3 0 Other receipts ... ... 2 0 0 Gold duty 653 13 9 £2103 15 11 Tho total revenue collected during the three months previous was £1386 15s 4d, 4d, the Customs duties being £3782 9s Id, and the gold duty £460 Cs 6d. Compared with these figures the month just ended shows very favourably, tho amount collected upon gold exported exceeding by £193 7s 3d the total amount collected during the quarter ended March 31st. /COURTS for the INANGAHUA ) and LYELL DISTRICTS will be held as under : May 17th, 10 a.m....At Barker and Anderson's Store, Reefton. May 18th, 2 p.m....Christy's Accommodation House, Inangahua Junction. JOSEPH GILES, Warden. THE Applications for AGRICUL- . TUEAL LEASES now pending in the Inangahua and Lyell Districts, will be heard at the next sittings of the Warden's Court for those places. Applicants are to attend at the nearest Court. JOSEPH GILES, Warden. Westport, April 27, 1871. TENDERS for CONTRACT No. 1, I Addison's Road, will be Received up ' to 2 p.m. on SATURDAY, MAYfith. Plans and Specifications to be seen and Tenders received at this Office. A. DUDLEY DOBSON, District Engineer. District Engineer's Office, Westport, April 26. Superintendent's Office, Nelson, 17th April, IS7I. ■ T is hereby notified that it is in- •*- tended, after the expiration of Two Months from the date hereof, to grant Leases for Gold-Mining Purposes of the Crown Land within the District of the South-West Goldfields, hereinafter described, viz.:— 1. A Block of Land, containing Ten Acres, more or less, situated at Murray's Creek, Inangahua. Applied for by Frank Hamilton and others. 2. A Block of Land, containing Nine Acres and Twenty-two Perches, more or less, situat Irishman's Creek, Lyell. Applied for by John HeneBUitr and others. ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary. Anchor Line of West Coast Packets TEAM TO NELSON, \3 Transhipping Passengers to TARANAKI, MANUKAU, WELLINGTON, LYTTELTON, AND DUNEDIN. KENNEDY, on Friday, at noon. For freight or passage, apply to the Agent, on board. \TTESTPORT and CHARLESTON | TELEGRAPH LINE OF COACHES Will leave the Empire Hotel for Charleston as follows: This Day 10.45 a.m. Wednesday... ... 11.30 a.m. Thursday ... ... 12.15 p.m. Friday ... ... 1.0 p.m. Saturday ... ... 1.45 p.m. SIMPSON & M'KEE, Empire Hotel.