Interprovincial Telegrams.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 896, 10 April 1877, Page 6

Interprovincial Telegrams.

♦— . AUOKLANB, April 6. The District Inspector of Sheep attempted to stop the sale of a number of sheep from Patea, which he pronounced scabby, although the Landing Inspector had parsed them. The sale proceeded notwithstanding. Mora ■rigorous inspection is likely to be instituted. The Alburnia mining Company has declared a dividend of 2» 6d. Dr Lee will not stand for City West,. A farewell service to the Bishop c/( Melanesia took place to-day. The subscription to tho AU r JJngland Cricket Fund amounted to £170 16s 6d, and the expenses to £210 3s Thb sum of £100 was paid to the Auckland Bating Club for the use of the ground. At the Supreme Court, Albert Carroll, an old offender, was sentenced to four, years' penal servitude for breaking into and enter* ing a dwelling. Corenell. for stealing from the A.C. at Taupo, was acquitted. Jamson and Gray, for larceny, were acquitted. Royle, for arson, was acquitted. Petari and Aki, Natives, fur horse stealing and burglary, " received 18 months and two years respeo tively. The Judge of the Revision Court exempted Foreign Codsuls from serving.,, April 7. Monataiaria, £14 10 a; £15, ex dividend. Dr Skae's report on the Lunatic Asylum is very unfavorable. It shows that whereas the building was.erected for 60 patients, 166 are crammed into it. Patients- are sleeping in the corridors, on the top of the stairs,' and in every available space. He compares the Asylum management unfavorably with that of Christchurdh and Hokitika, but says considering the many difficulties the rate of mortality is low aud the cures high. . ... *•■ • Wellington, Aprils. The Hon Major At kinson, the Premier, writes to the * New Zealand Times': a letter (apparently a copy of « one written ; to Agent-General) in reference to certain New Zealand statistics published in Westgarth's Circular in January,' 187?. Hearst point* out that the Circular publishes the amonntof flew Z«a^o4 revenue for 1873^ uuiea* of

that for 1876. The table in Westgarth'a Circular made out that the revenue of Now Zeal and for 1875 wu £1.677,626, while that of Victoria was £4,236,423. The Preraior, quoting from the New Zealand statistics, ■hows that the receipts in New Zealand for 187*> amounted to £2,841 953 instead < f only £1. 677,626 as compared with £4 236 423 re ceived in Victoria. He alto points out that although there was a note in the Circular stating that the amount given as New Zealand revenue was ex-provincial revenues, still that left an error of thirty thousand pounds. He requests the Agent-General to make a personal explanation to Mr Westgarth and get him to rectify the error pointed «wt, aud i»lao inform him that he oaa obtain all statistics of th« Colony and the information relating to its progress at the Agent General's oftic«. The Premier appends to the letter * tabulated statement of all the sources of the revenue of Victoria and New Zealand for 1876. The total* are: Victoria, £4,236,423 ; New Zealand, £2,841,953. The Government steamer Luna has just been sold (though not yet taken over) to tho Brunner Coal Mining Company for £4000. One thousand "hares in the New Brunner Coal mining Company have been allotted to Wellington, which is to be the depot of the Company, 1800 Nharea are for Greymouth ; 1000 for i/unedin, and 500 for Chrisichurch Chbistchurch, April G At the opening of the annual session of the Philosophical Im.titution last night, Dr Von Haast, in his presidential address, gave «n account of the discovery of remarkable ancient rock paintings in the Weka Pass Banges. He exhibited careful drawings Of them made by Mr T. S. Cousins. Some of the rock paintings are loft long. They represent animals^ of foreign countries, weapons, and dresses of semi-civjJised people underneath them. There are characters like those of the Tamil language, resembling those on an ancient bell found in the North Island. W. J. Sykes end W. J. Fallow, charged with forgery and uttering, were found Not Guilty. Pooley and Bramball were acquitted. j April 7. The Board of Governors of the Canterbury College have decided to advertise for a Lady Principal for the Girls' High School at £450 per year, and a bonus of 5s for each pupil ; •tao to ask the Government for an endowment of 6000 acres of agricultural land for the school. The Board appointed a committee to ■elect a farm for the purposes of an agricultural school. The new Museum buildings will be opened by a conversazione on 24th May. j