ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL (VIA SUEZ), AT HOKITIKA.

Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2705, 1 January 1872, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL (VIA SUEZ), AT HOKITIKA.

(PerGreville's Telegram Company, Renter's Agents.) Hokitika, Dec. 30. The Rangitoto, Captain Mackie, arrived at 6 a.m. She left Hoboon's Bay on the 23rd ?at 3 p.m. and called at Milford Sound on the 28th. She had light S.S.E. winds, fair weather throughout the passage. Passengers —Messrs Drummond, J. J. Casey, B. Bunny, Master Bunny, J. W. Jolly, Andrew King, Master King, W. J. Moore, Frewin, Thompson, Frederick Wilkinson, Maurice Moran; James Wilson, Lawes. Thompson, Moore, R. A.. Billing, Mrs Learmonth, Mrs and Mr Fyfe and infant, Mrs Jefferson, Miss A. Moore. Cargo for all ports, 262 tons. W. L. Mailler,purser. The Alexandra, branch mail steamer, arrived at Adelaide at eight in the morning of the 21at. The Nubia anchored at Queenscliff at midnight on the 22nd. She left Galle on the 29th November. Dates from London are to the 3rd, and telegraphic news to Nov. 27th. There is a long list of passengers, but none for New Zealand. The Queen's health continues to improve. The Prince of Wales is ill of typhoid fever. The wool sales opened a penny higher. There is great demand for Australian meat, and stocks have run out. Four shops have been established at Aberbeen for the sale of New Zeland preserved meats. The fourth series of wool sales closed on October 11; 137,997 bales have been sold, including 39,438 of New Zealand. The total sales for the year are 652,299 bales of New Zealand, which ranged as follows: —Fleece, Is 5d to 2s id; half scoured, Is lOd to 2s 6d ; greasy, lid to Is 6d; lambs, lsßd to 2s. In] flax a fair amount of business. About 2500 bales have been sold at full rates. An improvement in the mode of preparation is noticeable. Hides are not so active. The arrivals with hides are—England, from Wei. lington ; Roslin Castle, from Otago; Crusader, from Lyttelton ; Wild Duck, from Auckland, which, with Australian arrivals, brought 4475 salted hides: New Zealand, first heavy, 6£d; second heavy, 6d. For tallow there is a very good market. There is an advance of 2s for mutton and Is for beef. Of Australian gum, eighty-two casks were sold. Red frosted at £41; middling to good, £35 to £36. New Zealand Sixes, 1891, 110 to 112 ; Fives, 101 to 102 ; Consolidated, to 101.; Sixes, June and December, 111 to 113; New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency, -f to -g- prem. j do Trust and Loan, If to If of premium; Otago and Southland Investment, . to | premium ; Bank of New Zealand, 18£ to 19£ ; Bank of Otago, 3£ ; Consob, 92£ to 93. Money is still dear. On October 2nd, the Bank of England advanced the rate of discount to 5 per cent, and on November 2nd, after consultation, the directors declined to reduce it. Still the Bank is very strong in bullion, and the reserve of notes is largely increased. Other securities have fallen off. In the open market matters are quiet, and transactions are reported ab 3_ to 4 per cent. The supply of money is excessive. The French Government has 24,000,000 sterling ready for payment of the fourth instalment of the war indemnity. Arrived at Gravesend, on October 26tb, Crusader, from Lyttelton; Wild Duck, at Gravesend on October 28th, from Auckland; Roslin Castle, from Otago, on October 27th. Sailed— Caducous, for Auckland, off Brixham on October 25th. Loading:—ForAuckland—England, Naomai, Wild Duck. For Canterbury :—Sailed—Cyrene, on Oct. 18th; Harvest Home, on Oct. 9th. Loading—Charlotte Gladstone and Crusader. For Nelson—Loading—Tyrol. ForOtago; —Sailed—WarriorQueen,

p on Oct. 29th. Loading—-Euterpe. 1 Jesßie Readman. ; For Wellington :—Loading—Celcan© i and Wait _iinui. Sailed,Malay,on Oct. 11 ? The Charlotte Gladstone cleared ' from London on Nov. 2ud, and the Celceno on the Ist. 1 GENERAL SUMMARY. ■ The news of the loss of the Rangooa ; reached London eight hours after the \ wreck. The enquiry into tho loss of the Under- ; ley has resulted in the suspension of -. the "master's eertifleate'for three months. A good deal of cargo was saved. The extra mail steamer Pekia sails for Shanghai via Suez Canal on November 22. Captain Macdonald, of the Queen of the Thames, has published a pamphlet advocating the Cape fine of steamers to do the voyage to Melbourne in forty days. A stall for the sale of Australian meats has beon opened at Manchester, and is crowded with customers. The new Victorian tariff is likely to ham per the export trade aud emigration. The Liverpool October emigration export shows an increase. Fifteen thousand attended Mr Gladstone's meeting at Greenwich. He spoke two hours. There were 107 reporters present. Tho whole speech was cabled to America the same night. The criticism of the press on the speech was favorable. A new expedition has started for the Holy Land. Mr Sothern has left for America. The magistrates have refused music and dancing licenses to Cremorne, Highbury Barn, the Alhambra, and similar haunts. Mr Bruce has declined to release the remaining Fenian prisoners, who are either perjured soldiers or the Manchester murderers. The agitation in the labor market is extending, and the nine hours principle has been conceded generally. LATE TELEGRAMS. London, Nov. 27. Mr Bright has recovered, and will return to public life. Mr Disraeli has been elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University, and Sir William Maxwell Lord Rector of Edinburgh University. The court martial on the losb of tho Megsera has exonerated the captain and officers. Two thousand applications have been mode by officers to retire prior to the issue of the warrant to carry out the Army Act. The French Government has resolved to submit to the National Assembly a project for doubling the capital of the Bank of France and increasing the circulation of notes to three millions. The rate of discount has been raised to 6 per cent, by the Bank of France. A large fire occurred at Geneva. Cholera has re-appeared at Constantinople. The Republicans have elected most of their candidates in Now York, and also in Massachusets and Wisconsin. The famine in Persia is rapidly increasing. Disturbances have occurred omongst the Chinese at Singapore. The Prince of Wales has been suddenly indisposed. An official bulletin on Nov. 23rd state that the Princo "of Wales has typhoid fever, but no unfavorable symptoms have appeared. On the 27th fever was increasing. Princo Alexis, a Russian, the naval commander-in-chief, in replying to an address of welcome in New York, declared nothing could disturb th© friendship of Russia and America. The German Reichßtag has adopted a Bill for introducing gold coinage. M. Thiers received the Chinese ambassador, who apologised for the TienjTsin massacres. Bismarck is unwell. Madbid, Nov. 27. The dissolution of the Cortes is considered certain. The boiler of the steamer Moofcia burst. No lives were lost. Some of the Rangoon's mail baghave been recovered. They are in good preservation. Some passengers* luggage has also been recovered. Mr Butt, at Glasgow, has been advocating the repeal of the Union and Irish self-government. Mr Pigotfc, tbe proprietor of the Irishman, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment. Kelly has been acquitted of the murder of Constable Talbot. M. Thiers offers the Pope an asylum in France, bufc he remains at th© Vatican. A great anti-papal demonstration has taken place at Brussels. The wool sales opened a penny better. At a meeting of the wool importers, the London Association has bees reconstituted. Adelaide wheat, 655, and quiet. There is great demand for Australian meats; stocks are exhausted. Consols, 93_. The first message was dispatched from Galle to the Argus via Java, oa November 28. Tbe Nubia met with heavy weather after crossing the Line. She put into Freemantle for coal, thus accounting for delay in arrival. LATEST SPECIAL. Wheat firm. Brandy 7d higher. Iron is advancing. Victorian meats in great demand. Mutton in 41b tins, beef in Q\h Urn, 6d per lb. At the wool sales there was a large attendance; Buyers bidding spiritedly. 68,000 bales were offered. The Queen returned to Windsor on tha2stb. Her health is much improved. Arrived—Great Britain. Doctor Wynter is dead. An Italian Commission has been appointed to inquire into the condition of the postal service by Brindisi. Bank rates reduced to 4 percent*