THE NELSON EXAMINER. Nelson, September 17, 1853.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 602, 17 September 1853, Page 4

THE NELSON EXAMINER. Nelson, September 17, 1853.

Jouniali become more necessary as men become more equal and individualism more to be feared. It would be to underrate their importance to suppose that they serve only to secure liberty: they maintain civilization. Db TocaußViLLß. Of Democracy in America, vol. v. ( p, 230.

The present state of the roads in this settlement is a serious matter to the residents of the town as well as of the country, for while the latter find difficulty in sending their produce to market, the former suffer in nearly an equal degree by the scarcity and . high prices which bad roads and want of communication creates. It will be among the first duties of the Provincial Council, when it assembles, to put the trunk lines of road in repair, and to do this a local tax of one kind or another will have to be raised, for the outlay required will be far beyond any sum which can be spared from the revenne of the Province.

In speaking last week of Sir George Grey's appropriation of the revenue, we stated that after paying the cost of collection, one fourth of the ordinary revenue was to be remitted to the general Government for its own uses, and the remaining three-fourths was to be left at the disposal of the Provincial Council. In making this statement, we appear to have given the Government credit for more liberality than it is entitled to, for instead of one-fourth of the revenue, we find that it claims to have the expenditure of one-third. The temporary character of the whole arrangement is the only circumstance which reconciles us to the transaction.

Markets. — There is very little variation in prices since our last notice of the markets. Wheat is selling at 7a. 6(1. to Bs. per bushel ; oafs, 7s. ; buley, 7s. 6J. ; flour is £20 to £22 a ton. Butter retails at Is. 6d. per Ib. ; cheese, Is. 2d. ; eggs, Is. per dozen. Beef is selling at 3d. to 9d. per Ib. ; mutton, 7d. to Bd. ; pork, BJ. Sawn timber sells readily at 20s. per 100 feet.

Land Sale. — Fifty-seven lots of Crown land, consisting of town, suburban, and rural, was offered for sale by the SubTreasurer, at the Land Office, on Monday last. About one-half of the lots were disposed of, anil a considerable portion of the remaining ones have since been taken at the upset price. The nett proceeds of the auction was £1,135— n land scrip, for not a penny of money was paid on the occasion. A few of the lots were competed for, but generally they went at the upset price. The Weather.— During the past fortnight the weather has been very unsettled, and we have experienced several heavy storms of wind and rain. On Thursday morning last the tops of some of the neighbouring hills were covered with a thin layer of snow, and during the day we had one of the severest hail storms we have ever experienced in Nelson, the wind at the time being from the southward. This ungenial weather has retarded the advance of vegetation,, but the gardens in sheltered situations are looking full of promise. The change which has taken place within the last twenty-four hours leads us to believe that for the present at least, we have got rid of snow storms, and that we shall again be able to enjoy fine weather.