SOUTH AFRICA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 246, 3 October 1862, Page 4

SOUTH AFRICA.

We loam from the Grahams Town Journal of July Bth that much damage- particularly in th - Western Province—had been occasioned by recent and continuous rains French Hock, and that locality, had the appearance of an open s<>a. The pe^p'e ooul<s. not leave rheir dwellings, into which the water had alt. cut penet> at*-d. Twenty houses were wholly or partially dest'oyed. So. far as has been a<?ccertamedsixty oxen have perished. The total loss sustained by the inhabitants during the past fortnight is estimate * at j'bout £13 000.

The Cape Argus ?»nys: —On Thursday night amß yesterday inorninir the wind bW a furi >us gale- j and th rain came down in torrents, aiid there is no ■ sign of abatement. A heavy sea rolUd imot'e ba >'I and the warps and cables of the shipping ware put toj a severe test. I the morning the Hobert Mills parted both her anchors and only • hung on" by a warp. Several circo boats are now on the .beach, having caried aw;*y their chains whilst, at their anchorasre. The damage done to the railway, the fal'ing of the hou-ws, the washing away of bridges, and the losses In stock are very great. Traffic by land and by sea lias heeu put a stop to. Revenue of British Kaffrakia..—The* Governor has been apparently anxious to present to Parliament as much information as possible respecting the condition of B-iti-h Ka*fVaria, so tba* 1-gislation on the important question of annexation should not proceed hvthe dark. . Amnng the documents presented to Parliament is. a statement of the Revenue and Expenditure of British Katf'raria for the year 1861, an 1 the estimate of the same fur 1862, -The total revenue for the year 1861 is stated to be L 25.503, the total expenditure 149,387, leavinjr a balance of Ll3 852 against the colony. The estimated revenue for 1862 is set down at L 35,72», while the estimated expenditure is I 51.73-2, showing a deficiency again of L 13.010 The most produc* ive item of the revenue is the Customs,'which, in 18(31 amounted to 1.9107, but which it is estimated will produce Lli.OlO in 1862' An increase is anticipated on land sa'es from L 550 to L 8236,. on the hut and house taxe-* from L 3335 to L 5480, and under the heal of " Miscellaneous" from Llßl2 to L 5966, and thus the expected increase in the revenue of the colony i«- made out; hut we see that the increase is absorbed by, chiefly, lrrger expenditure on 'salarie j increased from L18,5"»n to L22,:i89, *'Oontingencies" raised fr»m L 621 to 1.1993, " Fduc itional and Imlustrial" from LI9OO to L435u, and Aliscellaneous from L 4327 to L 8565, While Interest will require L 1236. This stat«raent is important at the pre^nt time, as it shows that the present rewurces of British K;ifiraria are not equal to the maintenance of itidepeudent establishmenta. Graham?*ToionJournal. '■

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