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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 57, 9 March 1867, Page 2

We (Advertiser) understand that there is no doubt as to the next session of the General Assembly being held in Wellington. The date at which it will be held is not, however, yet definitely settled, but it will most probably be some time in the month of June. A correspondent at Brighton Gully informs us (Grey River Ai'gus) that a dreadful accident occurred there on the night of the 24th ult, by which three or four men lost their lives. A party of men were returning from the township at the lagoon, Saltwater Bush, to Brighton Gully or as it is sometimes called Gladston, when the boat capsized and they were all drowned. One body only had been recovered. We learn from the Hokitika Evening Star that an inquest was held on the 18th ult, at the Rangiriri Station, by S. Beswick, Esq., |the coroner, on the remains of Joseph Greville, who was washed away on the 10th July last, while crossing the Taipo River on horseback. It was only on the loth ult. that the remaius were discovered ; they consisted of a skeleton, which was proved to be that of deceased by means of identification of his clothing, which was also i'ound. A verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. It appears from the following paragraph in the Press that wheat is likely to form an item of export from Canterbury to England. Our contemporary says: — " We understand that Messrs Birch and Co., of Kaiapoi, have made arrangements with the agents of the Motaoka and Mermaid, at present in Lyttelton harbor, to seud to England parcels of wheat, most of which was purchased for that purpose in the northern districts. This is the first we have heard of the exporting of grain from Canterbury to England, and no doubt the speculation will be profitable as the prices quoted for wheat at home are nearly three times the price per bushel here." The revenue returns for the December quarter, published in a Gazette on the 28th ultimo, show a considerable increase on tho same quarter of the previous year. The amounts received for Customs' duties at the several ports of the Colony make a total of £227,253 in the December quarter of 1866, and £198,418 in that of 1865. The total receipts of ordinary revenue for the last quarter were £249,000, and the expenditure £197,000 (in round numbers). The Customs' revenue during the entire year amounted to £844,000, against £730,000 in 1865. Among the erratic social comets, says the Evening Post, who occasionally visit the antipodes, it appears are two prepossessing young men in the employment of Bell and Black, the famous London lucifer match makers, who have left the metropolis, it is supposed, for New Zealand with a large loot. The last Panama mail brought photographic likenesses and descriptions of the runaways, for whose recapture a reward of £50 is offered.