NAPIER. 11th June.

Evening Post, Volume XI, Issue 88, 12 June 1875, Page 2

NAPIER. 11th June.

• The Provincial Council opened to-day. Mr. Ormond was re-elected Superintendent unopposed : Mi\ Adeaue, Speaker ; Mr. Faunni, Clerk. The Superintendent thanked the Council for his reflection, and accepted it on the understanding that ho should be at liberty to resign before the expiration of the term fol" which 'the Council was elected. The receipts of the Paki Paid railway, per month, are larger than those of any other line in tlie North Island. The ordinary revenue exceeded the estimate, but the territorial hatWallen ofK Afte? providing for all experimture, there will be a balance in h&ucl bf £13,000. There was only one bill of importance to introduce — a bill to take advantage of the Provincial Fencing Laws Empowering Act, 1874, and to enable the provisions of the Hawke's Bay Fencing Act to be given effect to. Tlie abolition of the provinces throughout the colony would lead to a more efficient and economical administration of local affairs. The Supreme Court sittings will probably close to-morrow. The Chief Justice, Mr. Travel's, and Mr. Izard return to Wei* lington to-morrow. Mr. J- Farley sold fat steers at £9 to £12 10s ; cows and calves, inferior, £o 7s 6d to £8 ; white pine and kauri scantling, old tinbeiy 5s 6d to 6s 3d per 100 feet matai posts, from lid to Is fid each. Arrived— John Norman, from Glasgow, with plant for the gasworks.