OTAGO.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1340, 21 June 1859, Page 3

OTAGO.

We have papers ti the loth instant: The "Witness" has assumed a new and enlarged appearance. A Fifth Steameb, the Victoria, lias arrived i at Otago, the property of the Province. She is a \ small vessel and intended ror the port traffic ; | Otago seems determined to go a head with steam, having no less than fire now owned by her spirited merchants. The Pirate running to Melbourne j the Queen to Canterbury and Wellington ; the Gcelont), to the Bluff and intermediate ports; and the New Era and Victoria for the'porL Mb. John CißGiLr., son of the venerable Su - perintendent is paying- a visit to Europe iv the Gloucester. Pom Chalmers Jetty.—A jetty is proposed to be erected at Port Chalmers, wi'ili a view'to its being eventually lengthened fur large vessels. Snitff of a very good diameter is now being manufactured in Dunedin. Tlie manufacture of tobacco is.sborlly to be commenced, A considerable falling off in the British Revenue had been occasioned by the reduction of the Income Tax. The accounts for the last year and quarter exhibited a large reduction on. those proceeding. , " The bill intended to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's sister has again been lost having been thrown out by the House, of Lords. Sir Charles' Morgan, General VVyndliam, an Mr. Egerton have been raised to the peeragr.