GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7870, 4 January 1904, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Telegraph.— Copyright.) Received 2, 10.6 a.m. ■

SYDNEY, January 2. The imports into Sydney for th« past year wocc valued at £20,500,000, being a decrease of £750,000; exports, £20,460,jOQ, an increase of £3,350 compared with the previous year. In both instances about £850,000 should be deducted to cover the amount of transhipments. The gold received at tne Sydney Mjtot was 723,341 ounces, compared .with 1.75,832 ounces last year. The CommM vitalth revenue returned to New Soutlw Wales for the half-year was £198,000 l»s than the corresponding last' half. >-^-" ' A limo signal was successfully exchanged with Washington yesterday. The message was received in Sydney :3isecs after leaving Washington. MELBOURNE, January 2. , The State revenue for the half-yean, is £58,000 lass than the previous corresponding half. The amount returned by the Commonwealth showed a falling off of £73,000. The gold received at the Mmt for the year was £819,714 ounces, against 784,746 tho previous year. PERTH, January 2. Gold received at the Mint was 1,457,662 dunces. The Government entomologist proceeds to Brazil to secure a parasite for the fruit ily.