SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

Auckland Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 30, 16 July 1857, Page 2

SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

The arrival of the Wonga Wonga at Manakau on Friday has put us in possession of Wellington papers to the 27th June, Nelson 24th, Tarinaki July 4th. The steamer Wonga Wonga has been purchased by a Company at Wellington. We wish them joy of their bargain, With a subsidy paid by the Auckland Province of £4OOO she was not considered what the Wellington Independent calls her—“ a fine though a small steamer.” Our coast-> ing trade to Wangari, the Bay, Wangaroa and Monganui is carried on with more punctuality and at a much cheaper rate than previously. The Wellington gentlemen appear to be riled at the stand taken by the Ahuriri settlers against their Provincial Lcgis-> lation. At Nelson, gold accounts oepupy a considerable portion of public atten-* tion. There appears to be little doubt but that when the fine weather sets in a permanent and profitable gold field will be established at Aorere. A petition to the Governor against the New Waste Land Regulations had been numerously signed and forwarded, we believe, by the Wonga Wonga,The Provincial Council was still in Session, the Appropriation and Education Bills were tne two principal Bills under consideration. Coal has been discovered, Tho Nelson Examiner says, “ it was taken from a seam several feet in thickness in one of the tributary valleys flowing into Upper Motuek i, 25 miles from Nelson, The Customs Receipts for the Quarter ending March 31 were £3062. A New Local Steamer the “ Tasmanian Maid” had made her first trip. She is to be placed on the Aorere (Massacre Bay) line. From Canterbury and Otago we have nothing of importance. The ship KeniL worth had arrived at Taranaki, and the Zingari had left for Melbourne. The Herald complains that in consequence of a want of land they are compelled to ex-

port their ewes. The Wonga received on board 210 sheep. No alteration in the markets has taken place since our last advices. The fo'lowing is taken from the Taranaki Herald—- " Land Sale. —The first Sale ,bf Rural Land under the Land Regulations of this Province took place at public auction, on the Ist instant, pursuant to notice. A preliminary discussion was raised relative to the compulsory clearing of the road frontages of the Land offered, and though irregular, it appeared to influence the sales which did not exceed 1006 acres out of nearly 2,000 acres offered, of forest land be it observed. Our complicated Regulations provide for land being offered by the single acre, the purchaser being limited to24oacres, though the necessity for such careful guardianship is not apparent. We understand that the purchases were effected in Scrip.” The following are Nelson quotations, —“ Gold £3 14s to £3 14s 3d per oz. ; wool, none ; wheat, 5s 6d to 5s 6<l per bushel; oats, 8s to 9s do ; barley, 6s to 7s do ; bran, 9d to Is 3d do-; potatoes, £6 per ton; flour, £l7 do ; sawn timber, 16s to 18s per 100 feet; shingles. 15s per 1000; laths, 3s per bundle; bricks, £4 10s per 1000 (delivered) ; coals, Massacre Bay, in harbour, 42s per ten ; butter, salt, 9d to lid per lb ; do, fresh. Is do.