AUSTRALIAN.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 99, 29 April 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

VICTORIAN CENSUS RETURNS. THE CHARGE OP HERESY AGAINST A PRESBYTERIAN CLERGYMAN. OCCUPATION OP THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE MYSTERIOUS STEAMER. FURTHER EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS. ANTI-CHINES R AGITATION IN SYDNEY. IttKOTKR'S TELEGBAMB.I Melbourne, 28th April. The Victorian oonsns returns taken on the night of the 3rd inst. , give the population of Melbourne and its environs as 252,000 ; Sandhurst, 35,000; Ballarat, 43,000; and Geelong, 13,000 It has transpired, that at the mooting of the Melbourne Presbytery, a motion by the Rev. Mr. Ballantine was adopted expressing regret at the character of the Rev. C. Strong's articlo in the Victorian Review, and recommending a closer adhesion to the standards of Presbytorianisn on the part of that gentleman. This Dat. The captain and owner of the steamer India, alias Perret, which has been Beized by the Customs for sailing under a false rogister, is missing. The crew havo abandoned the vcsbol. They assert that they were threatened and foroed to silence by the captain. They were engaged at 'Cardiff for three years, and went to the Brazils for a cargo of coffee, whioh was*sold at the Cape for £ 15,000. The name of tho vessel was twice changed. From the Cape she proceeded to the Mauritius, and from there to this port, where the captain endeavored to sell the vessel. It is proved that her papers have been forged. Sydnet, 28th April. A number of capitalists in this city and Melbourne are making arrangements for stocking an oxtensive tract of nnooenpied country in the Northern Territory. It is stated that 50,000 head of cattle will be placed upon the land as soon as the negotiations are completed. It is believed that this enterprise will inaugurate tko extonsive occupation of Northern Australia for cattle breeding. Sailed— Union Company's steamship Bingarooraa, for Hu3se!l. This Day. A crowded and influential meeting was held last night to discuss the present influx of Chinese It was resolved to send a deputation to the Government to urge the necessity for repressive measures against Chinese immigration.