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Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2154, 22 September 1875, Page 2

' Wanteds, ■' Britannia Gold Mining Company,. ' (Limited)..., >. .. WANTED a MINE MANAGER for th< above-named Company, ; Applicationi . (stating salary expected), to be addressed,to tilt ' Directors, at the Company's Omco, Williamson street, Grahamstown, on or before tho 27tli September, 1875. , F. ,T. WARDELL, Manager. APPLICATIONS will bo received, up.t< 4 p,m, on FRinAT, 21th instant, for the Appointment of ASSISTAKT TEACHER al tho Thames School. • By order. • R. SKEEtf, Hon. Sec., Waiotahi District School Committee. WANTED KNOWN that Storekeepers and others can now be supplied with n superior articlo in TINWARIi, at Auckland prices, by GEORGE McCAUL, Grahamstown. W ANTED, Purchasers for Strong GALVANISED IRON CHIMNEYS, at 30s; Black Iron ditto, 20s. . : ,GKQRGE McCAUL, WANTED RNOWN—That in all orders for GENERAL PRINTING executed at the Thames AnVEaiisEß Office, FULL NUM: BERS are guaranteed. WANTED KNOWN—That the Cheapest aud Neatest CARDS may bo had at the Thames Advbrtiseb Office, Albert-street. ' WANTED KNOWN—'I hat tho Cheapest and Neatest PRINTING may bo had at the Thames Advjjmissk Office, Albertstreet; printed by new lypo and now machinery, | WANTED KNOWN-That tho Cheapest andhNcatest BILL-HEADS may bo had thetiiiAMiss Advertiser Office, Alberttrect,

.AUCKLAND AGENCIES. IHOS. JENKINP, jum, Fort-street, Auckland, has been appointed AQENT for tho Thames Advertiser in Auckland (in addition to Messrs Reed and Brett, of tlio Evening Star) and all ordora for Advertisements entrusted to him will be carefully attended to, Accounts payablo to this office will also bo q received by him as well as at tho Etetmj Star office, and his receipt will bo a sufficient discharge. Advertiser Office, Thames, September 15, 1875,

The debate on the Abolition Bill in tlio House of Representatives yesterday afternoon was tho most important— from a local point of view—that has yet occurred., The House wpa occupied with the consideration of the 15th clause of the Bill, which disposes of the goldfields revenue, aud an amendment wasmoved by Mi-O'Connor, the member, for the Bullet*, and accepted by the Government, which will have a most important and beneficial effect upon the goldfields generally, The original proposal of the Government was to distribute the goldfields revenue among tho local bodies (municipalities except ted) after tho costs of departments were deducted, But to obtain the £2 to £1 endowment under the Abolition Bill it would have been necessary to levy rates upon the lauds which are used for mining purposes, in addition to the special form of taxation now levied 'J upon the mining industry. This was setm to be unjust, and au understand* Ing was arrived at that the special tax upon mining, which is known as "goldsfields revenue," should be regarded as a " special rate," and for that rate the goldfielda should receive £2 p or every ,£1 raised. We may say ive are. gratified to find tho principle "or which wo have been striving for fears at length recognised by tho Assembly. The goldfields revenua is lerived by a special and exceptional km of taxation, and the tax was levied mly at the urgent request of the Pro/incialistp, under tho plea that goldields wero a special burden to tho pro-!