CUSTOMS RETURNS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9402, 31 March 1898, Page 3

CUSTOMS RETURNS.

Tho following aie the Customs receipts at tho port of Wanganui for the month of March, 1898, as compiled and kindly supplied by Mr A, Elliott, Collector :— £ s. d. Customs Dufcie3 „ .. 4124 710 Beer Duty 211 17 9 Light Dues 1110 3 S. and S, Act Fees, „ . . 15 0 Pilotage „ „ .. 40 11 0 Totol £13&9 1 10 Last month 4031 1 2 Same month last year „ 3(ill 39 2 The summary for the month is as follows : — £ s. d. Spirits, Ws per gal 1076 4 1 Spirits, perfumed, at 30s gallon G 4 Cigars, 7s per lb . . . . CG 7 11 Cigarettes, 17s Gd per 1000 87 10 0 Tobacco, 3s Gd per lb . . 905 9 0 Wine- Sparkling, 9s per gal. 3(5 18 0 Wine — Australian, 5s per gal. 12 1 0 Wine— Other kinds, Gspei gal 52 19 8 Ale and Beer, 2s per gal. .. G8 0 0 Tea,4dperlb 77 8 1 Sugar, Jd per lb .. .. 191 8 4 Goods by weight . . . . 228 5 4 Goods ad valorem .. .. 1304 19 G Other Duties .. .. 2U 17 0 Total , £1124 710 Last month . . . . " . . 37G5 711 Same month last year . . 3305 8 5

Captaui Edwin wires : — Wind between north and north-east at all places ; baiometer fall everywhere; sea modgifite on all tho western coast, Owing to the scarcity of milk in the district and the bad prospects for the coming winter, the danymen of Wanganui have decided toiaise the pi ice of milk from Bd to 4d per quart. A Sydney clergyman hoasted the other day that "he had been 40 jears in New South Wales, and never once on tire Randwick racecourse." To offset him (saj s the Sydney Telegraph) can bo produced a bow-legged jockey who has attended every rate meeting held during that timo, and never once been inside a church Two jockeys, named Waite and Furlong, while riding hoises round Mr Bidwells's track on Fiiday at Gieytown Nfirth, came in contact with straggling sheep and both turned somersaults. Both boys were picked up unconscious. Furlong re mained so for a few hours, and Waite was inseubible for several days. Waite has received poncussiou of the brain, has broken his gollarboEe, and is severely bruised. We aro indebted to Mr J. Bates, Registrar, for the following vital statistics : For the month of march the births weie — town and suburbs 23, country 11 ; total 34, Deaths — townand suburbs 5, conn try 9, Hospital 1 ; total 9. Marriages— Church of England 0, Presbyterian 4, Baptist 1, Roman Catholic 1, Wesluyan 1 j total 10. For the quarter ending March 31&t the births were 82, as against G5 for the corresponding period last year ; deaths 34, as against 43 ; and marriages 37, as against 26 for March, 1897. At the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M., Alexander Miller and Charles King weie charged with stealing £3 from Timothy John Cullinane at Mangamalm on March 19th, 1898. The evidence was to the effect that on the day before the races at Mangamahu Cullinane took a wager of 2 to 1 on Cairo (£0 to £3). Miller received the money (£3) and both Miller and King called the odds together. The horse Cairo won and Cullliuane applied for payment on the course after the races, but King ignored all responsibility and said Miller was the responsible party as he had the money. Witness gaid he looked to King for the money, although he knew Miller and King were partners, Cullinane then came into towu and laid an information, After which King saw the prosecutor and offered to settle, but the Jatter said he could not interfere as the matter was in the hands of the police. The information was dismissed, His Worship considering that there was no criminal intent to de? fraud the prosecutor at the time the bet was made. Several similar charges were withdrawn.