SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 81, 22 July 1846, Page 4

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

The South Australian Kegisler, of the; • ~27;h May, gives, the following statis ical paricnlas:— '' That the registered births in 184-f> amounted to 708, that the marriages were 141, and the deaths 238, in a population of 22,320—0f whom 12,670 wero males, and 9,650 females. One hundred and fourteen ships and vessels entered our harbour during 1845, being an annual increase of forty-four. The personal arrivals and departures by sea, in 1845, have left a balance of 1,888 in favour of the colony, being 1101 more than in 1844. •There are forty-one places of worship, adapted to contain 7020 persons; rbe attendance at Sunday schools, in 1845, is slated at 1,265 ; and at various day schools 1536; the latter return being more than double that of 1844. The revenue for 1845 amounted to £36 182 '9s. 10d., being an increase of .£8,303 17s , as compared with *the pre- : vious year, whilst the expenditure was £32,099 3s. sd.—only £2,645 12s. 9d., more than that of 1844 ; the clear surplus revenue for 1845 being £4,083 6*. -SA. The exports of colonial productions in 1845, consisted of—wheat, £13i627 10s.; fLur, £11,270 10i.; gum, £7,119; oil and whalebone, £1,934 10s.; wool, £72,235 12s ; butter, £1,165 13 3 .; copper ore, £17,179 ss. 6d.; lead ore, £1,839 Bs.; and miscellaneous exports under £1,000, £4.978 18d. 6d.; amounting to £131,800 75., and being £49,531 13s. 4d. more than in 1844. The imports of 1845 were £184,819 18s. 5d.; being £64,904 11s. 6d. more than in 1844. We infer -that some considerable amounts in specie, as well as other uneonsuraable property must have been included in this return. The number of licensed or publichouses had increased in 1845 to 85. Amongst other establishments of which returns are made, we find eighteen breweries, twenty-four flour mills, four foundries, ten malt-houses, and eight tanneries. In the list of mines, only fifteen principal ones are mentioned. In 1845 the land sales amounted lo £52,907 Bs., being £47,355 155., more than the land sales of 1844. The return of acres in cultivation is 26,907, for 1844; and 26,218, for 1845 ; the number of cultivators returned is 1357 for 1844; and 1269 for 1845; thisde-; crease may be accounted for by several ■ combinations of small farms, consequent upon the return of farming mechanics to the town business, now so abundant. The returns of animal stock were moderately assessed to the following extent in 1845:—Horses, 1,044; Catile above six mo'mhs old, 26,136; sheep and weaned lambs, 480,669. The criminal convictions in 1844 were 21; and only 22, with the increased population of 1845. ' The insolvencies in 1845 amounted to 26. The Sheriff's writs were only fifty-seven in 1845. The amount of mortgages registered in 1845 was £12,462 7s. Bd.; being £7575 13s. 10d. less than in 1844. The registration amount of bills of said judgments, and warrants of attorney in 1844 was £22,13315*. 4d.; and £23.761 10s. lid. in 1845.

Union of the Atlantic and Pacific. —The New York Morning News announces the receipt of the Grenada Chronicle of the 6th of September, which contains intelligence of the highest interest. It appears that while efforts are making in Europe to cut a canal frum the Atlantic to the Pacific, through the isthmus of Panama, or to construct a railroad across the country to Tehuantepec at an enormous expense, the Americans have achieved the great wok in the most simple way, and at comparatively lit tie or no cost. They have discovered (he Amazon to be navigable for sieamers from its mouth, on the Atlantic, to Lima, in Peru, and within eight miles of Cailao, one of the principal ports in the Pacific. On this subject the Richmond Enquirer adds the following:—" The expedition was made in Sep.ember, 1844, by Captain John S. Klause of Philadelphia, up the river Maanham, as far as the port of Banos,' in the republic of the Equador. Captain Klause says, he was truly amazed at the quantity of minerals, dyewouds of various sorts, and o.her valuable wood.-*, cotton, very fine and long, like wool; spices, balsam-, wax, &c, which he met with in his travels ,, '