SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 45, 13 June 1876, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[FKOM OUli OWS" CORRESPONDENT.]

Dusejjix, Tuesday. SUPERINTENDENT'S ADDRESS.

The Superintendent's Address to the Provincial Council lias been circulated. He deals largely with the Abolition question, and says of the actions of last-sessioji of Parliament :—" I do not know that tliere is to be found a more reckless, uncalled-for, and tyrannical proceeding in the history of -Representative institutions." He shows that the total revenue of the-Province for the year was £525,124; disbursements, £656,640; while the revenue derived.from the Province by Colonial Treasury was £533,980 : being a total public revenue of OtagOr—Colonial and Provincial —fortheyear amouutingto £1,058,104. With such resources, why should .the. Province be required to. go to Wellington to be dry-nursed ? Of the public schools supported by the Provincial Coyernment, there are now in the Province 162,'with_a teaching staff of 313. The amountfekpended on education for the year wat -£50,128, of which £25,023 was for school, buildings. of rural lands sold for cashlor the year amounted to. 102,094 acres, to 387 "purchasers'; "and of town lands, 116 acres, to 76 purchasers. : area of rural land'taken up on deferred payment was 19,707 acres, by 126 individuals. ; The area of land surveyed for. settlement during the year amounted to 245,740;;a£re5. of which there were for immediate payment 1,216 sections, covering 210,316 acres ; for deferred payment, 165 covering 33.000 aci«s ; of town and sub-urban sections, these were surveyed 1,537 acres, covering an area of 2,424 acres. Thus it may be seen that the Survey Department was not needed. At present there are about 130,000 acres in course of survey. The railway revenues for the year (over 202 miles) amounted to £lO5, v OOO, the working expenses being £66,500. With reference to the agitation in regard to branch railways lines, he says : " (xovernment can treat it with the.contempt it deserves." ' He concludes the address by & lengthy reference: to ''the constitutional changes/ and charges of mercenary momade against' tiim, saying, "It only shows how weak the cause which must neetls -hive reqgurse "So contemptible, be equally as Wejd be ajpi)]ied4&*aciions -every publio man, "Ce&tral or' Anti-Central, - In common with those to whom I.havs been longest

known such a charge is regarded by me disdain.*-' * ' - : Bo£h morning papers warmly praise the ■Address, the " Times saying it is the ablest paper published for years. A NEW CHURCH. An. influential meeting of the Catholics of South Bnne_din has been held at.. Moloney's Hotel with"£he~vi§w'-gf raising funds.for the erection of a church hi that locality. , Dr. Moran presented a section of land as a site, rallied at £2OO, also adding a donation of £SO. SALE OF SHIP PROPERTY. The sale of a number of vessels, the property of the late G-. F. Reid, took place yesterday. The first put up for sale was "the Martha Reid, -which was bought by Mr. J Meek, of Oamaru, for the sum of £1,650; the Edith Reid was purchased by Mr. Forsyth, of Hokitika, for £1,325 ; the Huon Belle became the property of Guthrie and Larnach, for £6lO. A one-eighth share in the Samson brought £5lO.