INTERPRIVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 24, 27 January 1877, Page 2

INTERPRIVINCIAL.

- : :: ' r - ■ DONEDIX, Saturday. The half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank wiUJe held, on Wednesday. The net profit for the half-year, after deducting all salaries and expeases of, management, rent, and other charges, and, after making full provision Jiorlbad' aiid doubtful debts and moneys accrued., on r deposits, amounts to J610,264 16s;.4d,^o.^liichaad the balance of profit anctrftiss" 'account Carried' over from 30fch Jun&'jast £3,651 3s, making a total available for the division of £ 13,9 15 1 9s sd, as may be resolved on by the meeting. The Directors recommend that it shall ;be appro - priated as follows; '-^Tb increase the-Reserve • Fund (which will then be £10,000), £1738; to | payment the rate, of ; 6 per J cent per annum :oir the paid np : - capital o& the Bank on 31st December £9774 7s 2d; the balance of £2403 12s 3d to be carried forward to the profit ana loss new account for the current half year. Chrtstchorch, Friday. At the WesJLeyan. Conference- to-day, per- , mission w#s giv^to alter several circuits in Canterbury, 1 - antf other parts of the colony. j It was agreed to discontinue Maori work in Wellington. The Mitfton circuit, at present without a ministe'f is Be annexed to Bafclutba circuit. It was agreed to send an- additional mimisiter, shoujdoneybe available; to the : . Knmara;al9o if posible to send agents to Wangarei in the Auckland district. The -number of members -returned from the varions districts were— Auckland 635; Taranaki arid Wanganui, 371: Wellington, . 350; Kelson, 342; Canterbury, 1004;. Otago, 290; Scandinavain members, 33; Maori members, 379. Total, 3413. The returns shewed an increase in every district except Otago where a decrease of 70 is reported, reducing the general increase to 3. . The land sates' amounted to £10,200. One thousand young salmon have been purchased by tlje Acclimatisation* Society, and will be despatched on Monday next ! It is understood that the Selwyn County Council will decide against bringing the per-missive-clauses of the Counties Act into force. It is also rumored ihat the Gesaldine County Council, which arqyed at a similar decision a short tnrie'ago, intend Hfco try^uut rescind the resolution. The weather is Jteaptif ullyijne for .harvest ing, and the yield of all "crops is expected to be good, the wheat area being large, and oats and barley, moderate. , The two latter cereals will be, discolored id consequence of late rains. Deliveries of new grain will be general about the middle of February if fine weather continues. A considerable quantity of old oats is in course of shipment to Melbourne. The grain and produce market continues quiet, : as farmers are takiug: ad- . vantage of . the; fine weather to; secure the crops. Some parcels of new wheat-have been sold at 4g; oats, 3s Id for old,' and Is lOd to 2s; new barley, 3s- flour, £14; grags seed, <t s trade quiet. ... „ „ t ' ; •-■ ..;> •.. : Wellington, Saturday. - The Hinemoa leaves Dunedin with- the: prize firing representatives on the 12 th February, Littleton pa the 14th, Wellington on the loth; 'Picfcqu and Nelson on. the 17th, and ■will anivq at Hdk^fcika oh the iSth, and the firing wili 'commence on" the' 19th. The range is, about five miles from the nearest telegraph 'station. ' ' Auckland, Friday. The Kaipara railway is to be commenced immediately by the letting of ten miles at the Newmarket end. The murderer Curtain received the intimation of hia early execution with calmness, and declared his innocence of intention to kill. """.'.'■.. The case of M'Af fchur, Shera, ond Co. 'occupied the Supreme Court all day. The plaintiff Shera is out of the partnership, and claims £12,000. The other side allege that when affairs are wound up, Shera will be "brought in a debtor to the firm. M 1 Arthur of London, is a creditor to the extent of £100,000.", There are no other creditors of importance. " The Court appointed a person to value; the estate and adjust partnership concerns. „ *

Richard Bjaiham was fined : «e25 for breach of-.thev:Oustpms^regulation.B by making a jfalse declaiition.i iThe " intention of fraud; jW^s „not alleged, | but; the invoice on which! •..the 1 declaration- w^s madelproved incomplete. j : ; * The Harbor Board have determined on the ;ttnlargemen<qf tli ! e dtijsk. \ v • > Southern -flour is qUotedat&Jßfc Adelaide, £17; pollard, £6 iOs ; oatmeaf, £13} potatoes, £i; maize, 4s 6d ; oats, 2s OdyTiams and.; bacon (Southern), 10d; cheese, lOd; butter^ lod to Is; Provincial cheese, 5d to 7d. Saturday. Ine Hawea sailed yesterday. Passengers: for Nelson : Mr and Mrs Wainhouse, Miss Bratten, Messrs Cariger, Herman, Bennett. Chbistchorch, Saturday. „ .. A*, .-the . Wes.leyan yesterday evening, a correction was made to the effect .that the increase of church members during ;tne year was ill, and not three as previously stated. It was reported that erections, addi--tions,;.,and.; other improvements .... had. .been made during the year at a total cost of £8,098. Permission was given to the various circuits to during the preaenthvear £9.191 in new. 'erections and improvements in property, with" a proposed debt of £3,265, of which £60<>iS provrdedrfar by the rent of leased land. It was-reported that one parsonage and eleven xhureheahad be^n erected during the yea&and o^e parsqnage been purchased/; The totalnumbelf of churches owned by the Conference, is .now. .155, with 36 parsonages. SeYejff chutch^sitea are' to be acquired during the year, of which fiWbave been purchased, and.two gifcen to the Conference. The total, cost of all 'the prbperties.amounis t0.'£92,318, on which t debts' remain to the amount of r £15,290. Permission was given to sell certain church propertiesin the iforihr lsland. . £"'■'■' , '; Napier, Saturday. - The contest for the vacant>eat for Napier is becoming exciting. L J?out candidates are in the field, Messrs Buchannan,, Rhodes, Sutton and -Tiffin; Two. have addressed the electors, Sutton. at niost of; the centres in the : aistrict and has been well received. At his meetingin Napier the salient feature was the speech bj^Sheehap replying to 'Suttofi, who had likened the party of whom was -at theT'heSil an^whoibare termed tbe> repudiation^pfljef to pickpockets. LSheehan retorted fcnat ' If>o his.party suited the circumstance acrording to .thcprinciple. df set a thief , to catch _a,. thief: 4 : ■••< ■■.': 4 Mr Buchaiah^addressed V crowded meeting in Nkpier^st night: The principal theme was' the larid transactions and attitude in the present- cbntest of the repudiation office, and*i;Trose.;who hold the lands got from the natives.' All the candidates profess support of the Ministry.