NELSON.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XV, Issue 1131, 30 April 1858, Page 4

NELSON.

"By the Henry at Mnnukau we havp received our usual flies to the 21st instant. The papers are barren of political news. We learn, however, that it was fully believed in Nelson that the absence of its representatives from the General Assembly would lead to • dii«olution and that the much coveted change in the seat of --Government was scarcely now even a question of time. The Diggings are progressing steadily and every on 6 who works steadily is doing well. The correspondent of the 'Nelson Herald/ under date April 14th says: , I am happy to inform you that things here (Takaka^ < *re turning out far better, having h«d a fortnight's fine j 'weather. Garri"k's party (now nine men) got out 16 j ozt. within the week, and expect to clear off back accounts and put a little cash into their pockets. The long-sought- after road to the Upper Anatoki is at last found, out, after much fatigue and privation to the seekers. From *his discovery much its expected, from the samples (by dishing) brought down. I shall be able to write to you more about it in my next. Thpy are still digging in the Upper Takakt, the party having ' been in possession of the place for three months past, which looks like getting gold. Messrs. Bow & Lindsay met the diggers packing up provisions upon Skeet's Tnule,, but the party is with regard to their earnings very shy : however it is the opinion here that they must be doing well. Nslson Chamber op Commtjkcb.— At an adjourned meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, held at the "Trafalgar Hotel, on Saturday afternoon, the following memorial to the Governor, in favour of the existing 'tariff, was adopted : — To his Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Brown», Companion of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, and Vice- Admiral of the same : The humble Memorial of the Members of the Nelson Chamber of Commerce, Sheweth, That your memorialists, feeling that it would be highly desirable that the customs revenue of the colony should be collected by fixed duties only, have recently • carefully considered whether an increase in the rates charged upon the articles on which fixed duties are now imposed would produce an amount equivalent to the wants of the colony, with reference more especially to the Province of Nelson. That your memorialists have been guided in their • conclusions on the subject by the folio wing tables, • copies of which are annexed : — 1. A table, showing the amount of revenue collected at this port during the year 1857, specifying the different heads under which it wa* received. 2. A table, showing the amount which would have been raised had a tariff similar to that of the colony of Victoria been in operation. 3. A table, shewing the amount which would have been produced by a tariff the same as that of Victoria, with the exception of increased duties upon coffee and wine. That your memorialists havp ascertained from a com- ! parison of these tables, that, had such n tariff as th it supposed in Tabl- No. 3 been in existence during the year 1857, the revenue of this province would have been less than the amount which was collected by nearly ' one-fifth. Your memorialists are, therefore, obliged to conclude that it would be inexpedient to adopt a scale of fixed 'duties exclusively at present, and therefore pray that the exit ting tariff may be continued in operation athat best suited to the requirements of the colony. And your memorialists w ill ever pray. — Nelson Ex amiuer, April 21. Copper prom the Aobcre —We were shown yester- I ■d'jy a beautiful specimen of copper ore that, had been iound in the Aorere river, not far from its confluence with the sea. The specimen, although small, is exceedingly rich, the metal cropping out over almost the entire surface. Although it has evidently been washed down by the river, this piece of ore cannot have travelled very far, as is evidenced by the sharpness of its edges ; and if the result of an effort to discover its 6ource proves the quantity and practicability of workin.g to be as satisfactory as the quality of the specimen as have s°en, it will be an important addition to the mineral wealth of the province. — Ibid,