TELEGRAMS.

Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2808, 2 May 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Per Greville's Telegram Company, Reuters Agents.) i- r Auckland, May 1. Alexandra telegrams state- that the : wet weather has preyenfed further communication with the*" reported new gold field. The Natives appear anxious to open roads. Some of them have requested the Superintendent to send but a respectable prospecting, party. Messrs. Ward and Gfellion report:—The panic yesterday caused (Caledonians to decline to £10. . At the Thames they rallied to £19.' The damage was' in consequence of a crushing from the winze below the level of five tons, which gave 4oz. lldwts. WELLrNGTON, May 4. No reply will be proposed to the Superintendent's " Speech; the "Superintendent and Executive considering, .that theY Council should no longer ape the forms .of superior bodies, but address itself.. immediately to practical duties. ''■< ''■■'■' '•■ : ' ;

. >.. -Auckland telegrams state" that the terms of the San Francisco contract with Victoria are as follows :—Viqtoria undertakes to contri£32,soo, : on condition that the steamers go direct from Auckland to Melbourne, and from "Melbourne direct to San "Francisco, leaving the New Zealand service to branch boats. As an alternatiye, Victoria undertakes to pay :£27,500:0n condition that the steamers call at New; Zealand: both ways". -It is unJerstood:alsp.that New Zealand pays £50|000toMr Webb..., • ' . . : .-.., V ' Dunedin, May' 1. ■The Council was opened at noon to-day. The speech congratulated the Council, that while there was no starting S/pitern.odic advancement, yet there -was; a>;^ady.-'growth, Ur| settlement. i;The^.n_mTber : Agricultural holdings,,during the 647, exclusive of town and- village occupations ; the number-of-'-immigrants was 4092, - of- whom 527 were adults, and assisted immigrants 1508, leaving in favor of immigration 2584., The: value, of provincial produce exported from Dunedin and Irivercargill was £1,990,000, which was _ irrespective 'of' that exported to other provinces, * , and making allowance for ;the portion raised in Canterbury, it gave for the rate per head of population double that of Victoria. £147,000 worth was shipped to the United: States. The duty on gold shipped for the year was £21,4.15 16s 4d, against £19,066 2s 9d for the previous year. .The gold escorted for the year ended March 31 ; last* was 156,026: ounces, being : 104 ounces less than the previous year. -The continued drought more than explained the trifling reduction. Pending- the establishment of a . mint, it recommends the assay and melting department in connection with the school, of mines and university. There the miners might, bring, gold for. assay and melting arrangements being made by the Government for having , the gold minted in Melbourne or Sydney. No colonial caction r« education was likely to improve and extend the means of education more than theprovince can do, or actually was accomplishing. Therefore the Council's concurrence was asked' in deprecating" and resisting interference in the edutational system. Last year, the £23,059 was spent in education. The improving of school administration by thorough inspection, and raising the qualifications and status of the teachers, eliminating class books calculated to give offence is recommended. The province is congratulated on the successful establishment of the University, the dock, and the Californiari service ; with respect to the latter, it states that under the new arrangement the proportion of subsidy payable by New Zealand is much less than before. Port Chalmers, New Zealand, was the terminus of the outward bound mails, which were to be carried through to San Francisco without transhipment. The Port Chalmers line opens in July. It recommends bonuses for the development of coal fields, and the manufacture of paper. It makes the following reference to colonial works :—lt is much to be feared that so far as the province is concerned the colonial legislature had made a mistake in not leaving the practical administration of matters to the Provincial Council. - If there was one thing more than another essential to i secure the. success of the great policy of public works and immigration, it was local administration. However expedient it was to have only one national borrowing power , in the colony, such power should be exercised only oh behalf of such provinces and ' districts as were in a position to employ the loan advantageously. The administration of the loan being left very much to themselves, it was much to be regretted that this principle did not commend itself to the Legis-

lature, instead of crating entirely new and distinct machinery which did not make use of that already in existence. Bills were prepared in view of tae formation of Shire Councils, for securing to Municipal and Shire Councils the whole of the pnblicans, auctioneers, and other license fees levied <vithin their respective boundariss on condition of the main roads, when formed within the said boundaries, being maintained by them. From provincial and all sources the revenue of the year was £286,236, and the expenditure at £245,000; thtt on roads and bridges £82,000 ; £1600 less than voted. As the means of expenditure entirely de'pend_s on the extent of the.sale of waste lands, it recommends voting beyond actual requirements, It being distinctly understood that the expenditure was contingent on land sales. In. view of tbe reduced, work of the provinces it recommends the adopting of a staff suited to their diminished functions, not by reducing the salaries but their numbers, and increasing their duties. As indicative of the beneficial results of railways it mentions a comparison of the traffic returns on the Bluff and Winton ' railway for and March of 1871, and in the. same months of 1872. With " a comparatively smal\.; pppulatiop the passenger traffic was nearly doubled; the goods traffic : nearly trebled.' -The revenue had increased from £700 to £900, notwithstanding a considerably rescale of charges during the latter period. .. _ .. _~. , ~ . - -■ . r - r - ■■ ■■■ .; j .' •.;';) f; ; Bluff,. May 1,1 The Albion arrived at 2.30 p.m. She left Melbourne on the 24th, and sailsfor Dunedin to-morrow. Passengers for Dunedin—Mr Saunders, Mrs Moss and two children, Mr Phillip Oakden. Foi Lyttelton—Miss Kenney, Mrs Cooper, Miss Griffiths, Miss Turner, Miss A. Turner. Melbourne, April 24. Parliament meets on the 30th instant. The Advocates of the Permissive Bill are agitating the subject.

The trial of the Rev. Abrahams and his wife for cruelty to a child servant has resulted in a verdict tantamount to not proven. There is great dissatisfaction, thejreat. Mrs Davis has been /found guilty;of attempting to poison her husband. Sentence has been deferred, pending the consideration of & point of 7 law reserved. Streets, her paramour, is now under trial as accessory. ';■'•'■ Wilkin has been indicted for'the murder of Harry Peusam, at Daylesford, and -ie ■under trial.atCastlemaine. There is little doubt of his conviction. -..•'", .;| Tookeys, £5 10s; holders are asking £5 15a tflour, £15 to' £15 10b ; wheat, 6s U to 6s pd. i . ... 4-rrived,—Wave and. Zephyr, from -Hokitika ; Macquarie, from New Zealand* > - • ■•-: Sailed. — Magnet, for Lyttelton. The Florence, for Wanganui,. has .passed Cape Ot*ay.; Sailed—H.M.S. Clio from Sydney. j __.. ..... .... - -April" 24".~" 1... More gold discoveries have been made. TJhe forty-eighth interest In Pa?:ton's:cLaim has been sold'forJElTOO. '*-■'' - •-> ■<■ '-- i '■ >' V..* ? r s -The barque- Mary Hamilton has beeu.puj> chased by a Melbourne-firm for whaling purposes. ; ! -...;.:■'/. The Queen of the East, bound for Cali- ; foT_ia,'from' Newcastle," has been wrecked oh jan unknown. reef. Tr The Captain ,and cjew rreaehedthei Ctarehce"Heads safely. ..'- .*.i '- The flour market is firmer, and closed 10s deafer. The Newcastle shipowners are takinglactive steps for the abolition tof tonnage, duties., ■-. -. ■■•;■ -, ■■ • ,; ; . : ■.;..•.

: Arrived —Hydra and Bengal from Dun- j edin. ...... \ I - Sailed—Star -of' the Mersey _nd Alma, for Dunedin ; Moa, for Auckland. ' '' | '-<•■'- ! Adeilaibe,'April 24. - A message baa been received through from DalV-Springs; "tire-southernmost station from" Darwin, that the work is!.proceeding favorably. .. . ... #~ ~..,.. .. "'."".....,.. -. ~ - ..: '/':,''., : ,' "'. ..' TbTO, April:24. , " / Wheat ia firm at 6s 9d. ( .' ;. : s:i ■) .; #- ■■_ '■ .'""'''