EXPORT OF GOLD.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4180, 6 January 1871, Page 3

EXPORT OF GOLD.

Tub following is the quantity of uokl shipped on board the ship ' Counter of Kmtorc, ' f or London :— By theßuik of New Zealand : 4 boxes (5,3170z. 18>l\vfc. 13' n n\) ; silver, 4 boxes (3cwt ) By the Bank of Australasia : S boires (10,100^. IMwt. G A e }

We have the folio win q from "A. Wood dealer": — "Sir, — If there is one inclusfcry more than another that deserves protection it is the trade in firewood. The fluctuations and competition in this business are very great and keen. Being a dealer in firewood, in not a small way I find my business sadly hampered by one regulation lately enforced, and that is, that you must within 24 hours after the landing of wood clear it from the Wood Wharf. Now, sir, it ia not always possible to do this same thing. Buyers -won't come at the instant and take your wood off from your hands, and it is not always possible, even with all the king's horses and men of the old story, to clear away the wood wibhin the scant time allowed It is only lately that thisregulation is sought to be stringently enforced ; and by a strange coincidence you may if you please lease a portion of the new wharf, at a rental of £30 per year, and of course if a hard-worked, dealer in wood finds it a serious matter to go on with paying the present wharf dues, sixpence each time your cart goes to the wharf, it will bo still harder •fco te £orce<l 'to rent a small spot of ground at £20 per year. My carts go to the wood wharf sometimes about five or six times a day, costing' me from 16s. to 18s. a week, or on .the average about £40 a year, in wharf dues alone. Surely myself and mates may claim a little consideration at the hands of the Provincial Government, and not be forced to incur additional expense, because the authorities , are hard up for money. , If we are we must charge our customers .with, it, many of whom are very poor, and some among us [will be obliged to give up business.