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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12303, 22 June 1903, Page 5

The- comparison between the census re*. turns of Victoria and the number oi adults on the rolls shown a difference oi 69,079. The census papers showed 307,286 males and 317.897 females, while the rolls only contain 536,104 names. What course is to be taken in order to make up the deficiency is not finally decided on as yet,; but it will probably be" the same as in NowSouth Wales. Notwithstanding the rough weather of' . last month, shipping was not once delayed at the New Plymouth breakwater, and the dredge worked steadily all through. It is gratifying to be able to report, says the ■ News, that the new boilers have not only nearly doubled hei dredging capacity, bub she is able to make 25 per cent, more- trips. An article in the Taierf Advocate deata with the past harvest in the East Taieri district as follows: Taken as a whole, ib was considerably better than the previous ( . year's although much later.- That was principally owing to the backward spring and unseasonable summer, although it. 'is generally conceded that the lat* crops this year have turned out better than, props . in, previous seasons, ,■ . ■