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AUSTRALIAN. SPECIAL TO THE POST,

THE NEW TORPEDO BOAT. THE QUARTERNS REVENUE. (PROM OUR OWN COBRBBPONDBST.)

HTDNiY, 2nd April. The new torpedo boat, constructed for the defence of the Sydney harbor, has undergone a trial of speed, and succeeded fn attaining a velocity of over 17 mile* an hour. The revenue returns for the quarter ended 31st March show that the total amount of revenue received was £1,100,000, exhibiting a decrease of £78,000 as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1878. The decrease is caused solely by the stoppage of land sales, the land revenue having declined to the extent of over £101,000 in the quarter. All other sources of revenue show an increase. The total expenditure for the quarter amounted to ! £918,000. The net balance now in hand It £3,913,000. [KBCTB&'S TBLBQRAMB.I Melbourne, Sad April. The Commissioners for the Victorian Exhibition have decided to request Lord Nonnanby to invite the, Frinco and Princess ot Wales to open the Exhibition at Melbourne.

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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 384, 2 April 1879, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN. SPECIAL TO THE POST, Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 384, 2 April 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN. SPECIAL TO THE POST, Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 384, 2 April 1879, Page 2