AUSTRALIAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2260, 4 January 1887, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[rrutek s telegrams. Melbouhnk, Januasy 1. Tim Victorian revenue for the past quarter has increased by £132,351, and during the year by £413,099. The customs receipts during the quarter increased by A'sooo, and the railway revenue by A' 14,000. It is considered certain that the year's; estimates of the revenue will be fully realised. The mining returns for the past year show a decrease in the yield of 129,3590z. The local mint has purchased five thousand ounces of gold from the Teetulpa diggings. Hobart, January 1. The barque J. O. Hunnah, Capfc. Brodenesson, with a number of ostriches, has arrived here, bound for New Zealand. Sydney, December 31. The missionary schooner Dayspring has arrived from the New Hebrides. The captain reports that affairs on that island are quiet. , New Zealand Wheat, 3s 10; oats, 2s 2d ; maize, 3s 9d ; Sugar, No. 1, £25. The Union Company's Wakatipu arrived this afternoon. Adelaide, December 31. Wheat is selling from 3s 7d to 4s Id. The market is quiet. Adelaide flour (town brands) is £10 5s to £10 15s ; country £9 15s. January 1. The colonial revenue for the past quarter amounted to £421,028, and for the half year to £829,857. During the quarter the revenue from taxation decreased £16,700, and the Customs receipts £47,000. Bsisdane, January 2. Mr H. M. Hurry-Prior, Master of Titles, died yesterday from apoplexy.

THE LATEST. * (Received January 3rd, 1 p.m.) Sydney, January 1. Arrived: Manapouri yesterday afternoon. The Board of Health reports that of the Preussen's passengers in quarantine here, are forty prominent cases of smallpox, two being of a dangerous character, also thirty eight suspected cases. One of the engineers of the Preussen is missing, it is believed he escaped when the vessel was at Melbourne.