The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 520, 18 September 1875, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1875

The Estimates fok the year ending Jujs t e 30th, 1876, are to hand, and we public the following figures relating to the Waikato dist'ict; Law and Justice :— Clerk of District Court at Hamilton, (ulso clerk ofE. M. Court, £120) £30; Resident Magistrate at Hamilton? Newcast c, and Cambridge, (also returning and liegistration officer, £10) £400; also travelling allowance, £80 ; Clerk, (also Clerk District Court £30) £120 ; rent £5. Postal messenger at 'Hamilton (also Telegraph £36) £10. Postal and Telegbaph : Viercer, telegraphist (also Postamster, £25) £130 ; Newcastle, telegraphist, (also Postmaster, £30) £H5, £10 over last year ; messenger, £36 ; Hamilton, telegraphist, (also postmaster £4,5) £135, being £5 over last year ; messenger, (also from Post Office, £10) £36 ; Cambridge, telegraphist, (aiso postmaster, £35) £145, £10 over last year; messenger, £40 ; Te Awamutu, telegraphist and lineman (ako postmaster, £25) £140, £10 over last year ; cadet, £100, £10 over last year; Alexandra, telegraphist, (also postmaster £25) £130, £10 over last year ; messenger, £36. Stobe Bepabment, Waikato, s'orekceper, (also Public Works, £18 6d) £131 los, Militia- and Volunteers, Waikato, officer commanding, (also insppctor Armed Constabulary, £400) £100 j, cavalry instructor, (also sergeant Aimed 'Constabulary at 8s 6d per diem) £45 15>, being a munificent rise of 2s 6.1 over last year,; • Sic transit gloria mundi.' Orderlyroom clerk (also sergea it Armed Constabulnry at 7s per diem) £18 6s, being a rise of Is over last year. Railways :— Au kland J and Mercer, foreman at £4 per week, £20& ; r " 4 drivers at 13s, 12s 6d, Jls Cd, and 11s 6d per day. £882 14s ; 1 fireman at 9s, and 4 at 8s per day, £746 4s ; 4 cleaners at 6s 6d per day, £473 4s ; 4 coalmen at 6s 6d per day, £473 4s; total, £2,783 6s. Locomotive repairs, 5 mechanics, at 11s per day, £858 ; 2 laborers at 7s per day, £218 8s; total, £1,076 Bs. Car and wagons, 10 mechanics at 11s per day, £1,716 ; 2 laborers at 7s per ay, £218 Bs, total, £1,934 Bs. Traffic, 2 station clerks at £125, £250 ; do. at £110. £220 ; 0 station clerks, £900 ; 3 guards at fc2 16s per week. £436 163 ; 3 guards at £2 9s per week. £382 4> ; 13 pdtters ut i.2 5s 6a per week, £1 537 18-. ; 2 pointsmen at 7s per day, £254 16* ; 1 watchman at £2 12s 6d, £136 10s; 2 wheel tappers at 7s per day, £218 8s ; total £4 336 12a. General charges, 1 manager! £325 ; traffic clerk, £182 10s ; 3 clerks at £150, J. 450, total £957 105. Stores, mam enance of way, £156. Locom itive running, tuel and water supply, £1,800; oil, tallow, and other stores, £208 ; locomotive repairs, £260 ; carnage and wagons, Jt'3l2 ; jueJ lighting and general store*, £104; priut ing, stationery, and ticket^ £400, con.ingen-" cie-, t'l.s6'J. total. £4 800, total vote, £23 511 Bs. AantD Constabulj-SY, chief clerk, £400; record eleik, £3' AJ; vterk, L 225 ; cod tiiiguneies, ££15 VomnD^ijner, £700; chief clerk aud accountant, £4jjo - t clerk, 200 } offi»

eeriu charge of depoi, £300; storekeeper, | £275 dr'll instructor, 1 mouuied and 1 foot at 9s 6d per diem ; 9 inspectors at £350 per unnum ; extra allowance to 8 inspectors in chance of districts and acting as Payma>tert» at £50 per annum. £'100$ 1 inspector, 2nd class, £300 ; 23 sub-inspectors,,l7 at £250. 6 at ±200, total ±'5.450 ; 6 assistant surgeons at' 13s per diem, £ !l 427 8s ; 1 veterpary-sijrgeon,^ •150; 9 sergeants mnjor at' >9s per 'diem, £er diem, 8 at 7s 6d ; 20 foot at Bs, 37 at 7s ; 010.421 17s; GOO constables, 96 mounted at 8s Gd per di^m 504 Coot at Gs per diem, £G6,758 s ; special constables. *2()0 ; contingencies, £ 1.117 17s. Prizes for rifle €2,000 ; Passages. &<\, of competitors and expenses of Prise firing, ; carriage and freight, r400; r 400; insurance of stores in Auckland, £ 150 ; epair cf arm*, maierials, £ 150 ; contingencies, lolaU4,BoO,urAnd total, 000. Public "Wokks : Auckland and Mercer railway, cadet, *92 ; storekeeper 104,1 13s 4d ; residi-nr engincor, 400^ ; I ra veiling allowance and expenses, 100^ a.ssibtant engineer, 200Z ; travelling allowance, 50/, Telegraph fxtension-. Auckland to Mercer, I,ooo^. Telegraph Public Buildings Mercer, Alexandra, (additional) 250?, also 300J voted for 1873-4, not expended Native Las d Court . jl)i»trict officer, Waikato, (also 200^ Native, and 50^ conOgcated land). 50£.

TH3 KKGULATIoiyg TTIfPEtt THE nOMRBTBAX> Sysitii published in a Pn.vinciai Gazette of the 15ih inst, are too long for inbenioii in eitenso in our olunin-., bub aa they contain much matier of merest to country settlers we give a summary of the provis'ona. Ever\ pe>son of the age of 18 years or upha da may select 50 acres of fim-clasa land, or 75 acrea of second quality, and persons under t hit age, 20 acres n,nd 30 acres ox each quality respectively, 'i lie land is to be Felccled Irom blocks which may from time to tinia he declared open for that, purpose, and application ia to be niHr<e to Ihe District Surveyor, accompanied wilh particulars. Peisons living in the same house cannot apply for more thau 200 acres of nVnl qnalil v, or 300 of t-econd-elass, and u > application will b^ received for a Jes^area (lian 20 acrea. Particulars <>f uppiwaiiousare to be entered in a book by tlio District Survey or, and to be open for pubJio inspection at stated liinos. frmr application enU'l^s tli- applicant tv priority of eelection, «nd unojjpo-ed applica-iima eiiticied (,be applicant to possfe-ion. 'Ihe areas selected are to approach aa nearly aa poe&ib'e to a n-ef-an-gu'ar-farm, and when fronting on a read, river, late, or coubt, b^ of a depth not less fcuau time times the length of the frowage, but no selotstion must be made with the object of nionopoi»z.'ag the wood or water fio-.tage in any locality At the end of every twelve mouths during the teim of occupaiion, until adejr tit-e is grafted, the selector mustnitike a re urn of the improvements effected. A p Laity ol 201 is piovidtd for umkiu.; witlully fj'te returns, in addiljon to forfeiture of tbt land. The s-]ec{<>r must make a survey at his own expense and h t.» (deliver a f>liu at the Waste Lands Oflic-, bit months after occupation. All (>e ect»ons are inadm subject to the right of Gov. rnni«nt to Uy out roads when requited. The selector will not be permitted to cut timber on the land uniil completion of the conditioi s of occupation, without the consent of the Commi'Siion in writing. The cond^ions entitling the to a Hi own Grant ure at follows; — Continuous residence on i he land for five years, the erection of a dwel iu<£ hou*e worth 50/ wuh.n twe-ve mor.ihs of occupation, the annual cultivation of one fifth of the area, u open horJ, ( land covered with natural grass stuuted ti-tn oor fein, or other vegetation «'Xcej.t tret-s), or of one t.teuty-fif'h if husi^-land Bdt auy select r w» o. prior to the exp^dtio i oi the fire years, hhall have brought under cni<i'.-a-tion i he whole quantity of land required to be under culliva.ion at the «ud of the siid term, and Bliah hav<- <u h'l'od fhe conditio.ia a^ to n-si <- once, and ereftion cf a dwelling house, will be entitled to a Cronn Giwnt.

A ■pETURY snUWIXG THE FIKAKCIiL RESULTS of Thu PnoP)3tD SrsrEjr of Locai, GovjsrnMfiA'T under the Abolition Bill is to hand The f >llow mg figures regarding the financial benefits fiom the new scheme as compared with the old mny be read wilh. interest, 'iho following is the revenue of the Province of Auckland under the preeent system : total provincial revenue, as cst itnated by the province 38,6002. This includes 11,000 advanced by the Colonial Government unclor the " Provincial Public Works Advances Act. 1874" Capitation and special allowance, 60,7552 j total revenue, 94,3552. Revenue under proposed system :— total Provincial revenue as eilimatad, (less taken over by the colony 4 7001) 25 9001-, from fonfi^atecl Linos, 45. 000/ j from Cons, l.dated Kevenue for department*, for municipalitits, 9,475? f for Eoad Boards, 13,6732; for outlying districts, 15,000/, t0ta185,4952 ; from Treasury Bill?, 36,2002, total revenue, 195,5952. Thus under the new system Auckland wilJ benefit to tbo extent of 101,2102. We now come to the expenditure. Under the present aysletn the cO3t of Provincial Departments as estimated by the province is 50,6172, but under the new regime it will be reduced lo 47,347/. The educational estab'ishments under tbe existing Provincial system will be practically 1 ankrupt at the do-e of the year. Under the new «iyst«m, 12,0002 will bo voted for the remaining part of the year. Lands and survey under the present plan cost 5,1362, but as the" new regime will be accompauied with the development of large areag of Waste Lands, the cost will be increased to 10,2002. Interest, on Provincial Loans will be as hi herto, 40,9192, and railways also the name, 19,0072. The deficit under the existing Provincial system amounts to 21,3842, but under the new system there will be a surplus ot 66, 0622, which i; is proposed to appropriate a3 follows :— GraDts to municipalities, 9,4752; license fees given up to munii-ipahties, 2,0j02; Grants to Road Boardu, (one mo:ety from Land Fund,) 27,3462; Oold-fields Revenue, applicable to Public Works thereon, 12,00J2; Works in country districts &c, 15,0002. U any country settlers are still troubled wit) lingeiing doubts and fears as to the advantages of the local Government Bcheme, the above figures ought; to set their minds at rest.

A Returx of The Estimated Land Fund in Provincial Districts for the period from Ist November, 1875, to 30th June, 1876, gives the following figures for the province of Auckland : — Revenue : land fund, 54,801* j goldfields revenue and duty, 8,000/ ; in aid rom Treasury Bills on security of Land Fu-.d 24,133? ; total receipts for eight months, 86,934?. he charges upon this will be as follows :— lnterest and Binking -tund, 39,991?; surveys and general ad minis ration, X,800? ; Road Boards, 9,1162; eduction,' 8,000/ ; total charts f. r fight montid, 63,907? but the balance 15,027? will be expendei fur thr construction and rnaintenanca of tfublio Works mthin the Provincial diati-io-s and available for Public Works on Goldfields, 8,000?,

Am7BRMENriw Melbourne. -liraade Mureka, and Kisi-on are both playing in Melbourne, and Madame Janaeubik in

Sydney. Good TempiiAri.— Bro Cole, G.W.V.T., announces ih-it li« will attend at tho Sohoulroom, Hamilton Wcs^, at half-past seven o'clock, fortue purpose <>f iiatitutingr a JurHnile

LVinple. Highway Bouidb Empowering Bill.—H,L Bill, wh.ch will be gen.nl in i-s appliCdtiou and is designed to adjust the differences b tween road boards, has been read a second fcimp.

San Francibco Mail.—Mr J. Tajlor, PostHamiltun, desires to notify through oiu columut» that the next English and Euiopran Ma.l vit San «rmc.sco, will clo<ie at ihe Poat-offieu, Uamiifcou West, on Wednesday, Septiimbur 29, at 8 p.m.

Ground Attgub—Afi* Vklou of Hamilton West, h'9 imrodiiceti one of these ingenious im^feraeo s ihe firsfc of tho kiw\ we have *een i/> ihe district. It caiibG warded witlieuseand hggouv dishes its work rabidly, making m-at holes (o <:ny >eq«irpd .Jop'h suitable f?r posts or te{e^rap» po]»s. T)>© i«jp}ome/^fc would ba a vahable aid in tha «r€ctioa of foacti.

I Hamilton Bbancr R\)lw*y—The "CroV commenting upon the article in our is-ue of 'huredny tyst/Advoc^ting'lie construction of tt: brandi rahvajinio JJjWlton, sa s the«nd will be bei' efFectt'diby the^ettlers putting their own shoulders to.tile -wheeL N "

f Pußtio, Hall —A njpeting pf the PV<>^isionHl Directors' of the Ghtod Tetnolar Pub ie Hall, Company (Liqaited), wa3 held last evening, \when importapt bnsin&B was transacted, which will b6. brought before 1 the, Bope of-mikfttp 'Lod|e At the poxfr weekly meetiug-

Na-» ivb Produce. We learn from a well-in-fornW correspondent at Alexandra, that during the coming eeaßon the King Natives ttUI double the extent ai cultivation. At Kopuaalone, up* wards of twrnfy'teams 'are engaged in fttough-

Wheat.— -There is Uow on view at this offic a sample of fine wheat grown by Mr ,Kothwell, on his f&xm, on the Ohaupo Road It has often been statpd that the s->il in the locality was unfitted 1 for the production of this clasß of cereal but the excdlent sample eentto us completely prQvts the contrary.

Pkjz« AQmcVL'iVRAIi JfssAY.— Jt will be remeraberfd thut sometime" ago the Mew Zealand Agricultural Society offered a pHze'bf 10? for an essay on farming. . The essays 6ent in proved to be of a very mediocre oharacter, and some of th* Committee were in -faytpr of - rejecting; all Ultimately, however, the flssay of Mr Gh W. Murray of X inkapnkapa was accepted. Am»'s Bkipgb &itb — We recently, published * letter from a cot respondent advocating this site a-* 'lie* most suitable for the pro osed' eluugh'er house. We observe that the New Zealand Agricultural Society at their last meeting de ided t<) take up the controvoißy relating to the choice of sites, witli a view to eoi'ure the remerai of the slariphter-house 'rom Newmarket to that locilitv

Oor buppLbMENT. — Our Supp'emeot to-day contains soru- excellent information on farming ( traturs We say * excellent' because we don understand it ourselves, but then as vre pretend to utiJtrrdUud everything else, we can spare on* subject. Those* who are inclined to " hort>pology" will be delighted over rt Remedy for hoven or swoQilen pminch.' ' One false step,' ' Sea Serpents.' Lovo Knots, ' Lil.tle Joiiny on Babbie*,' seniiir.en'al poeiry, and other miscellaneous matter ought to suit the most fastidious taatee.

Important to Medical Men. — We leara thai 'h«T t-et tiers of Cambridge lire seriously incon veuienoed fo<* waut of a resident medical man in the di*«tnc., and we believe that they intend shortly tn fake steps to offer inducements to so^tne member of ibo profession to eettle in the dis trict. Our informant states that only recently a poor man died in Cambridge of typhoid fever, who mig'it have n-covered had projer medical tri-ntment boon ivailable, The district is .a lar. c, Hud growiug one, and we trust that «omtj Ecoul)piu3 who deß'res to, find a, thriTitig business in a hospitable aad social community will bo iaduc cl to yive the pkce a trial.

Walking Match.— -We understand that fie feats ot the SouMit*rn w*lkisfcs are shortly to be put into the shade by a Hamilton amnleur ''pnd " This gen lerotm haa undertaken to walk 112 miles in 48 hours, carrying 56 los on his back.' Ut is now in active training, doing his 15 miles as a brenther before breakfast and he will essay his task about October Ist. We believe that *p<.>rtinjj circles are considerably divided in ('{jiu'Ou as to the geullemau'B string powers, bis j'hysitjtie not being thought pqual to the require/iiu ts ot the feat. Others, however, are ready to ft'ika odds on his ability to pull off the match with chs«.

FooibalTi. — We learn that some of the foot ball plujers of Cambridge, bein^ dj-ssatisfied with the deleat sustained by the team fp"in rhafc. town ship in the laic matcli against Hamilton, have challenged the Cambridge team to a trial of skill which will come off at Cambridge to-day. It, requires no gifb of prophecy to pi edict that the I'hs-leug' ra will be woefu ly beaten. Apropos of this subject we observe that amongst tbe nim.es of the (jh»smpioa Auckland learn who proceeded i South in the Huwea were tho c of T. Pilling, lint; fl. fiicuol, list; E. W. Burgies. 13sb,and J. Nolan, 1 bt iOibs Tho Aucklanders will play a mutch Hgains t Wi'ilington to-day, against Dun- ' cdin on V/edncsdtiy, «gainst Chriotchuroh on the 24rh, and Iv-'aon on the' i7th. The following scale has beeti agreed upon : — Fora goal, 6pnnts; t uchdewn, 2 pofnts j forcplpwaj £ poiut Games to bo decided. by a majority. of pomis. _ . _

The OOiSPKOMisE.-plt is «aid that £ir G-eorge Grey's condemnation pf the compromise effects between the Opposition party* and the Gorernlneut was supported by Messrs Stout, and Swanson. The exict terms of the compromise as stated by Sir Donald McLean in the House are as follows :— " It had been agreed that the Abolition Bill should pass the House that session, and that the Bill should be considered entirely upon its merits, and Without offering any opposition to its main principles. It was agreed that the B-ll should come into operation one day aftei 1 the close of the first session of the new Parliament, That was the coucession made by the new Government, and ho believed lion, members acting with the Government would find that the principle of the Bnl would be fully affirmed, and the Bill duly placed upon the Statute Book. Government had ioaist-d upon that, and it had been comp ied with. Upon the question of when the Bill should bo brought in^o operation, they had met the views of tho Opposition so far an t<« allow the Bill not to become law before the day named " Kefening to the position of matter, tLe Wellington correcponoe t of the " Cross" says : " No doubt Sir G-eorge Grey and some others of his party, in agreeing to the present arrangement, cherish a hope that the new Parliament will -altogether repeal the Act before it comes into operation, and will provide for the main tenanue of Provincialism. Any such hope is sin. ply absurd. The Act of abolition once on the Statute Book will never bo repealed. Iho doom oi Provincialism is sealed, and the voice of the people will uphold the justice of the sentence. Tlib elections will prove this in the most unmistakable manner, and will certainly di9-iliunouise those who cherish a different opinion."