The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1203, 13 March 1880, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

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SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1880.

Fortunate is it indeed for New Zealand that her affairs are in the hands of able, honest, independent men, who value her welfare more than place and pay, and who, having determined on such and such things, carry them out however unpopular. These sentiments are called forth by a study of a comparative statement issued and just to hand, of the estimated and actual receipts and expenditure for the current financial year. The estimated receipts for the I nine months ending 31st, March, ; 1880, were as follows : — Customs, '[ L 950,00 0; stamps, LI 25,000 ; land tax, LH7,300 ; railways, L 675,000; postal, L 101,200 ; telegraphic, L 60,000; judicial, L 36,000; land and deeds, L 27,000; registration and other fees, L 25,500; marine, L 16,600; miscellaneous, L 34,900; land sales, LI 86,000 ; depasturing The actualrecelpts "aunng the six months, ending 31st December, 1879, were as follows, omitting shillings and pence : — Customs, L 587,09 2; stamps, L 62,49 1; land tax, L 33,44 5; railways, L 318,446; postal, L 67,269; telegraphic, L 35,366 ; judicial, L 26,502 ; land and deeds, L 17,591; registration and other fee5.L1 6,598; marine, L 10, 76 3; land sales, L 62,44 4; depasturing licenses, L 45,390; miscellaneous, L 22,682; total, L 1,306,067., 306,067. From these figures it will be seen that Customs have to bring in L 362,927 in the current quarter to realise the estimate, and seeing that they only averaged L 293,536 during the last two quarters, it does not seem probable that so large a deficiency will wholly be made up before the 31st inst. The railway revenue, which only averaged L 159,223 for last two quarters, yet has to yield L 356,554 in the current quarter for the Treasurer's estimate to be reached. A heavy deficit in this item is therefore inevitable. The land sales show a falling off of fully 50 per cent., as compared with the estimate, and a very heavy deficiency is certain in this respect also. Stamps are about 30 per cent, behind the estimated mark, but the other sources of revenue have come up very closely to expectation. The total revenue for the six months, however, being only L 1,306,067,, 306,067, whereas that for the nine months was estimated at L 2,445,200, the current quarter roust produce LI, 139, 133, or very nearly as much as the two previous quarters, for the estimates to be attained, which of course is not in the remotest degree probable. Turning to the expenditure, the estimates for the nine months were as follows— Civil List, L 22,488 j interest and sinking fund, L 1,036,930. permanent appropriations under special Acts of the Legislature, L 3 51,20 1; Colonial Secretary's department, L 207.113; treasury, L 24,977; justice L 101.262; post and telegraphic, L 207,65 8;

customs, 83,463 ; stamps, L 20,359 ; education, L 206,313 ; native, L 50,294; lands and mines, L 149,680; public works, L531J58 ; defence, LH6,030. Total, L 3.139.539. The actual expenditure for six months was— Civil List, LI 2,972 ; interest and sinking fund, L 615,741; permanent appropriations under special Acts of the Legislature, L 170,532 ? Colonial Secretary's department; L 157,838 ; treasury, L 24,90 1; justice, L 66,009 j postal and telegraphic, LI 13,750 ; customs, L 54,278 ; stamps, L 13,775 ; education, LI 19,959; Native, 1,26,329; lands and mines, L 72,177 ; public works, L 3 19,793; defence, L 81,023; unauthorised, L 658 ; total, L 1,849,74 2; to which must be added the deficit of the previous year, L 131,824. The expenditure is being steadily kept down, and hardly in any case equals the estimate. The average expenditure for the two last quarters was L 924,871, leaving L 1,289,797 as the expenditure which must take place during the current quarter for the amount to equal the Treasurer's estimate.

H. W. Nobthohoft, Esq., the esteemed Resident Magistrate for the Waikato district, was married yesterday to Miss Henderson, daughter of James Henderson, Esq., of Kihikihi. Several influential chiefs of the King party have lately been on a visit to Rewi. The latter chief will probably leave Ptraiu to-day for Hikurangi, where a large meeting will be held ea ly next week. Major Jackson, commanding Waikato Cavalry, had an audience with Ministers last evening regarding the proposed visit of Waikato Cavalry Volunteers to the Easter Review at the Thames, and was informed that Mr Commissioner Fuckey having reported that the natives would have no objection to an armed body orossing their land, the Government would sanction the visit ef tho Cavalry to the Thames. Owing to the boisterous state of the weather, the promenade concert to be gives im Mr Gwynne's grounds on Thursday evening, in aid of the funds of the Hamilton Light Infantry Volnnteer Band, did not come off, and will take plaoe next Tuesday. W~& "understand that Mr John Sheehan will reside permanently in Cambridge after Monday next, and carry on the business of the firm of Whitaker and Sheehan in that district. > >• Rewi's wife met with a nasty accident nt-Te JPaniu a few days ago. It appears shVwas engaged in shifting a tethered horse when the animal bolted, the rope becoming entangled round her arm. The injuries sustained are somewhat serious, and would probably have been fatal had the rope not become disentangled, as fortunately it did. There is always a right and a wrong way of going to work, and we cannot but think the Auckland Education Board have chosen the latter, when they compel teachers in a country district like Waikato, who are in charge of, or who are employed as assistant teachers in the schools, but are not yet certificated, to leave their duties for a week or longer to attend the teacher's examination at Auckland. The Hamilton East school for instance, has been thus deprived of the services of its chief master, and other schools in the district have been similarly inconvenienced by the absence of head or assistant teachers, when the difficulty might easily be got over by appointing some suitable person to hold a teacher's examination in some part of the district. The system adopted by the Board, not only interferes seriously with the efficient and regular working of the schools affected, but is manifestly unfair to the teachers, putting them to considerable personal cost of travelling expenses and maintenance while in Auckland. It is, however, more on public grounds that we object to the course taken by the Education Board in depriving the schools for so long a period of the services of their teachers. The late showery weather, and it seems likely to continue, is very favorable to the young turnip crop ; indeed, it will doubtless induce many to continue sowing turnips of the late kind, which may just as likely as not rival those earlier sown. Turnip culture is beginning to force itself upon the attention of Waikato farmers as ursine aw- mil in good farming, as not only necessary to provide food for stock in winter; but as the best and cheapest way, when fed off by sheep, of bringing land into good heart and securing heavy after crops of grain and other saleable produce. A recent visit to the farm of Mr Isaac Coates, of Kirikiriroa, showed this plainly. Mr Coates lias a full stackyard, and has already threshed out a quantity of oats, yet it was all the produce of a comparatively small paddock, the secret being that the previous crop had been turnips fed off by sheep. The oats yielded between 50 and 60 bushels of saleable grain to the acre. On the same farm are growing this year two or three paddocks of turnips and a field of mangold wurtzel, showing that Mr Coates himself fully appreciates the value of winter feed, and the system of manuring the land which it enables the farmer to carry out. In his case artificial manure is used—salt mixed with bonedust, and a slight dash of guano, say half a hundredweight to the one of the latter— to push the young turnip plants forward; but the turnip crop once secured supplies in the feeding of it off upon the land a good and substantial manure for the two succeeding crops. Indeed, with the long New Zealand summer, turnips can always be alternated with grain without the loss of a season, as there is plenty of time to work the stubble land and crop it with turnips the same year. The big potato rivalry has drawn forth a keen competition. The cry is still they come ! Gorton has had to succumb to West Hamilton, but the latter in turn must now yield the pat to Ngaruawahia. The 21b 7£ ounce monster which was the hero of is eclipsed by a still greater monstrosity. Mr Lang of Ngaruawahia, has sent a representative from his crop to Hamilton, which is on view at Mr Pearce's Commercial Hotel, and weighs just 3J lbs, and has the additional attraction of representing in appearance a female figure, say of a Maori, carrying 1 a kit and a baby slung on her back. The crop from which this specimen is taken is a large one. Potatoes, it would seem, are likely to be cheap, in the earlier part of the season at least. We hear of one gentleman on the Waipa who has between thirty and forty acres, an enormous crop, and he isprepared to deliver a hundred tons in Hamilton at tyro pounds per ton. The potatoes this year, however, will not from what we learn prove good keepers, being* more or less spotted inside when cut, so that large as the crop now is at harvest, and likely as iit j« to be forced into the market and bring" id^syn the price, potatoes may realise a good pvieje Wore Christmas. J We have more jthan qyae drawn attention to the desirability of en/jouraginjf local Industrie*, wifch a view to jthp pro?

moting of manufactures and keeping 1 money in circulation within the district, And even in the matter of oarriages we may do that iv Waikato, and with advantage to ourselves. There may. now be seen in the workshop of Messrs I. R. Vialou and Co. a* handsome a vehicle as a settler need wiih to invest in, a combined buggry and wagonette; light and handsome, but strong. It is finished with the utmost nicety, fitted with lamps, and made with shafts for a single horse or with a pole for a pair. The body of the oarriage can be lifted off the spring! by two men, and then we have a timber oarriage, which, at any time, may be useful on the farm, or a plain wooden top might be substituted fur the elegantly painted body and seats, and then there is a wagon ready for use. When a Wai^ato shop can turn out articles such an this, and at the price told us, it is perfectly needless for settlers to go out of the district to supply their wants.

Mr John Wood the enterprising proprietor o^ the Nottingham Castle Hotel, Morrinsville, has received from Auckland four boxes of pigeons, fine healthy birds, which arc sure to prove strong on the wing, for the handicap pigeon match to be fired at Morrinsville, on Tuesday next, for a sweepsrako of 30s. Mr Knox will hold an auction sale this after* noon at the Wharf Store, at 3 o'clock. Mr T. S. Buckland has received instructions from Mr L. B. Harris, who is about disposing of his farm, to sell at an early data at Harrisvule, Fukete, the whole of his live and dead stock. ■Mr L. B. Ewen invites tenders up to the xBth instant, for erecting about 70 chains of wire fencing. . . A »t!Bitc meeting to *Uck (Vmetery Trustees will be held in the Whatawhata School-room, next Thursday. « Mr Kennedy Hill will hold an auction tale of pictures To-day. Tenders arc invited for the erection of a school«housc and teacher's dwelling, at Cambridge West. Tenders to be sent in to Education Board, by noon of Wednesday, 31st inst. Messrs Hunter and Nolan will hold their Ohaupo monthly cattle sale, on Thursday next, 18th March, when a large number cf cattle, sheep, horses, Ice, will be offered. The General Manager notifies that tickets at single fares, between all stations, issued on Thursday, 25th March, will be available for return till Wednesday 31s March, inclusive. 544 acres of the best growing land in the neighbourhood of Auckland, with residence, are advertised to let by Mr A. Buckland.