TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 618, 26 April 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. April 25. Mr. Clark, civil engineer, is now engage •" in devising a scheme for the drainage < f Wellington. He has also undertaken lo report upon the best means of bringing in an additional supply of water for the town from the Pakurtahi stream, either by ditch or aqueduct. Spurious sovereigns are being circulated to some extent here. The " New Zealand Times " will come out to-morrow enlarged to the same size as the leading morning journals of the Colony. The Hon. Dr Pollen has left Auckland for Wellington, and will take control of the paper when he arrives. Mr. George Thomas reports produce prices) as follows :—.Flour, 1/13 to Ll3 10s : oats, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; bran, Is Id ; wheat 4s : hams, Sid ; bacon 7d ; cheese, 7M ; maize, os Od"; potatoes, L 3 15s ; pollard, Lil • butter, l'ld. April 26. It is stated that immigration, under the auspices of the Government, which ceased for some months, has been resumed. It lias been ordered that free passages shall be provided for immigrants, so that they may arrive here in the spring, when there will be a large demand for their services. It is intended that passages for 5000 free iminii'raiiis shall be granted for the year. NAPIER. April 25.

Mr. Ormond was presented torday with a very handsome silver candelabra, valued at L2SO, the gift of a number of Hawke's Bay settlers, in recognition of his cervices as Superintendent. Mr. Allan M'Lean's woolshed at Tukituki was burned to the ground to-day. destroying, besides the shed, about L3OO worth of grass seed. The .census returns show the population of Napier to be .554?, against 3414 at the census of 1874; Hajwke's Bay County, 874; Wairoa County, 826 Waipawa County, 4702 ; total for the provincial district of Hawke's Bay, 15,215.

BLENHEIM. April 26. On the Wakamarina Terraces four men are on payable gold at 13 feet sinking. One grain to the dish is being obtained.