OTAGO.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 225, 16 December 1859, Page 2

OTAGO.

By the steam ship Lord Ashley we have papers from this province to the' '9tV instant. The Seyilla, Immigrant shiparrivedfrom the Clyde Decembejr 3", a%r,a v jjq,ss^ge of IQ2> days. The Cheviot had previously arrived, direct from Glasgow after a passage of 95 days. ; .The latter brought 40 passengers, and a large cargo, including some very fine stock of the purest breeds, which had arrived in good condition. The steamer Queen, had been" sold in Melbourne for £6750 which it is feared will entail a considerable loss on her ', owner. , The; [ screw steamer Oberon, haii-been purchased/■and down in lieu of the Queen. The Coloriisttobt\iQ 9th complains in a leader of the scarcity of labor. It appears that laborers-on the public works get 3§s r per week wet ans dry, with provisions,/ It is understood that the Qoyernpr is authorized to give his assent to the- Qtago I^oan J§i}| for £25,000. Mr. Dillon Bel), an utter stranger to the country/had been returned for the General Assembly-for the county, of without opposition.; ~.">" . / r.: :.. .j. ' We are '•informed,^iitiat in Otago exists' present such a large demand :for land surveys, thft thg gurvey staff employed^here, proves totally ingullpient to give sat|sfac|(qn, $nd -tji^ the fe\y private' gurveyori? 'who' "praptjce, .hajre by far more orders on hand thqin ' ti^ey are qh\f) ■to e»ecutei-and thus therefore gent|emeß fQlldy r ing ' that profession W°lM fifld 1W exce)l^| opening in that province, ' ] ' . Several late arrivals from Australia, finding tbe climate to be too cold and boisterous, have returned, without settling.: - One hundred and twenty German emigrants mostly farmers-and vine-growers, not without means, who intended to ship for Dunedin have altered their place of destination, and are,:now on vthe r,oad to Auckland. , . ..