AUSTRALIAN. [BY TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGH]. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1871, 3 July 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN. [BY TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGH]. [REUTERS TELEGRAMS. ]

Sydney. July 1. The qu 'stion of religious instruction in State buhoolb is now seiiously occupying the attention of the New South Wales Government. The New South Wales levenue for the quar'cr ended 30th June amounts to €1,830,000, being an;iifciease of £119,500 compared with tho levenue for the corresponding period last year.

M£l,isour\f, July I. The Victorian re\enue for the last quaiter amounted to £1,510,030, an increase of £156,000 as compared with the corresponding quarter last year. The revenue for the year which ended the 30th June amo'intud to £5,930,000, an au increase of £332,000 as compared with the previous year. The railway receipts ha\e increased £255,000. The excise revenue lias decieased £91,000, owing to the le-adjustmunt of the stamp duties. Hoiurt, July 1. The revenue for the year ended June 20 amounted to £660,000, the largest ever received.

[Received July 2, 10.30 a.m.] Mei/bourxk. July 2. Sailed : Arawata, for the Bluff, this morning.

Adklaide, July 2. The South Australian revenue, last year, amounted to £2,201,000, a decreise of £8500 compared with the pre\ions year. 'J he Customs receipts have decreased during the twelve months by £10,H00, and the land revenue by £70,000 In the House of Assembly last night, Mr Colton, Premier and Colonial Treasurer, made a statement, in w Inch he annonuced th.it the budget shows a deh'cit of £393,000, and that it was the intention of the Government to propose the imposition of a land tax and an income tax.

Hoijvrt, July 2, The Tastnanian Parliament opened yesterday. The Governor's speech on the occasion announced that among the measures to be proposed would be one providing for the appointment of the Aiiitialian Federal Council.