OTAGO.
There is no news of importance from Otago beyond the gratifying fact of the steady and rapid advancement of the province in wealth and population. A sale of sections had just taken place in the township of Oamuru, the most northerly shipping port of the proviuce, which realized £3,122, giving an average of afc'42 4s. for each quarter-acre allotment. Two additional steamers had arrived at Dunedin from Melbourne, intended for the coasting trade of the province, the Prince Alfred and the Ada.
The pilot at the New River, Mr. Oates, together with his son, and intended son-in-law, had lost their lives by the capsizing of their boat.
The Weather in England. — From the Ist of September, 1859, to the 31st of August, 1860, the number of days on which ram or snow has fallen is 194, the proportion of wet to dry days being more than half. The majority of the remaining days have been dull, even though they have been dry*
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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 99, 5 December 1860, Page 3
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