SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND

SUNSET : This evening, 5.27 HIGH WATER : This evening, 5.44

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING. Enterprise No 2 10, o'clock Challenger, 4 o'clock

ARRIVALS.

Saucy Lass, schooner, Smith, from Napier Herald, schooner, Gardner, from Napier via the Thames Amateur, barque, Hughes, from Lyttelton Amaranthe, schooner, Marks, from Ruscell Fiery Cross, schooner, Crouch, from Oamaru Magellan Cloud, schooner, from Bay of Islands Clyde, schooner, Anderson, from Wangarei Comerang, ps, Chrisp, from Northern ports

DEPARTURES.

Eagle, ketch, for Russell

IMPORTS. jjau Per Fiery Cross, schooner, from Oamara : 440 bags flour, 370 ditto wheat order.—Master, agent. Per barque Amateur, from Lyttelton : 1130 sacks wheat, 1155 ditto oats, 232 ditto barley, 320 bags oatmeal, 160 ditto flour, 100 sacks flour, 5 ditto oat meal, 200 bags ditto, 6 cases bacon, 99 sacks malt order, 14 cases bacon, G W Binney.—G W Binney, agent. The schooner Saucy Lass arrived in harbour from Napier this morning. Her cargo consists of 5 tons soap, 1J- do bacon, li ditto iron, 42 bags grain, 0 casks beef, 40 boxes candles, and shipped on the Coast 50 bags grain and 3 casks pork. One passenger, Mr Buchanan. The schooner Herald has entered at the Customs from the Thames with 121 sacks barley, J S Macfarlane j and 2 bales rope, Macardy, being part of her original cargo from Napier. The schooner Amaranthe has reported at the Customs, from Russell, with 85 tons coal, H M Shepherd ; 2 bundles sheep skin, Buckland ; and the following passengers : Mr and Mrs Brown and family, from the Kawakawa. The schooner Magellan Cloud has reported at the Customs, from Russell, with ISO tons coals, J S Macfarlane ; 83 bags gum, Owen and Graham ; 33 do, do, Rolph, Sterry, and Co ; 1 parcel, Morrin ; 1 hide, B Gittos- Two passengers: Messrs Robinson and Thompson. The barque Amateur arrived this morning from Lyttelton with a cargo of grain, etc. She was reported at the Customs. The schooner Fiery Cross, from Oamaru, with a carg°^of breadstuffs was reported at the Customs. The schooner Strathnaver w.'ll leave to-morrow for Mercury Bay and Dunedin.

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND STREET.

Mails will Close as Under For Thames, this day, 5.30 p m., and to-morrow, at at 10.30 am, and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, to-morrow at 130 pm. For Tauranga Gisborne, Napier, and Southern Pro vinces, per Rangatira, to-morrow, 22nd inst, at 2 pm. For Chatham Islands, per Ocean Wave, to-morrow, at 3 pm. For Wangarei Head, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Clyde, to-morrow, at 4 30 p m For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Comerang, on Friday 23 inst, at noon. For Napier and Southern provinces, perps Nevada, six hours after her arrival from Honolulu S. B. Biss. Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Wilson.—On August 19, at Tararu Road, the wife of Mr Charles H Wilson of a daughter

MARRIAGE.

Ferguson—McLean—On August 20, at Newton Kirk, Auckland, by the Rev. Dr. Wallis, Mr Hugh Ferguson, youngest son of the lato Mr Angus Fergu son, Cape' Breton, Nova Scotia, to Miss Isabella McLean, eldest daughter of Mr John McLean, Auckland.

DEATHS.

Green.— On August 20, at his residence, Mount Eden, Mr James Green, in his "3rd year The funeral will take place to-morrow (Thursday), 22nd instant, at 3p m. Friends are respectfully inyited to attend Smith. —On August 19, at her husband's residence, near the Victoria Hotel, Karaka Creek, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Mr Eden Smith, a^ed 25 years

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1872.

For the oause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

In another column will be found a precis of the Financial Statement made by Mr Vogel in the House of Repre sentatives, last night. Thanks to the lightning, we are enabled to have the budget in our own hands as early as those residing around the parliament houses, and are enabled to digest its contents before its fresh flavour has evaporated. Never, perhaps, was a budget submitted under more singular circumstances. Under the very shadow of a vote of want of confi dence, and on the eve of the day on which the gathering storm is to i burst, the Colonial Treasurer, with a bravery that deserves success, boldly confronts the House, gives a resume of what he has done, and coolly announces his anticipations and in tentions for the coming year. Had it not been that notice of the financial statement had been given before the notice of the want of confidence motion had been tabled, we should have con cluded that the intention was to take the wind out of the Opposition sails, and leave the craft with her canvas flapping, and her hull rolling about disobedient to the helm. That such may even yet be the effect is not impossible. At all events, in the game proceeding in Wellington, Mr Vogel has led off with a trump, and though we cannot say exactly what may be the nature of JMJr Stafford's hand, we shall not be surprised if the Treasurer geta the trick with honours. Last session opposition disappeared before the financial statement of Mr. Vogel. Success may have emboldened him, and the means from repetition may have lost its effect; but it cannot be denied that in the statement pub lished in another column there is much to overthrow the charges that have been so freely passed from mouth to mouth, and from column to column of opposition journals. It is not of course attributable to excellence of Government that the revenue has in creased; but it is invariably conceded as a feather in the cap of a finance minister if his receipts exceed his estimates ; and that the ordinary revenue for the year has exceeded that of last year by £70,000, and exceeds the estimated receipts of the present year by £17,000, is not calculated to give comfort to the political owls who are for ever hooting out forebodings of a financial catastrophe. The reckless expenditure of the loan has been a fruitful theme for declamation, and all the money gone and nothing to show for it was expected to supply the ammunition for the shots against the Government. However, it appears that of £1,600,000 raised, £925,685 is yet unexpended; nor are the items of expenditure likely to afford those appalling evidences of reckless squan dering by which, as we were assured, the doom of the Ministry had been sealed. In other circumstances this Financial Statement would have had effect. But the Opposition is very hungry. Its members have been long licking their chops as they looked on the Treasury benches. Once and again they have been disappointed by the coups de main of Mr. Vogel. " The third time's the charm," and now or never will be the watchword of the assailants. United we stand, divided we fall will bo the principle to give unity and cohesion to the most incongruous and mutually repelling elements ; and it is not impossible, if it is not even probable that the motion

of want of confidence will.to-night be pressed to an issue all the same.as if no. such financial exposition had been made.

We are obliged to hold over till to morrow a letter to the shareholders from the directors of the Shotover No. 1 Gold mining Company.

The monthly inspection of the lioyal Company A.X.V. took place last evening. Major Gordon was the inspecting officer. There was a very large muster under the command of Captain J. H. Barns. After the inspection the company was put through the bayonet drill which was well executed ; the company then had a march out, headed by their excellent band.

In the sittings in banco this morning, before his Honor Chief Justice Arney, Mr Hesketh applied for a rule nisi to order Mr W. JL. JRees to furnish a bill of costs within a week in the matter of Gow and others versus Frazer. Argument of counsel was heard in the case Manning versus the Caledonian Goldmining Com pany upon a rule for a new trial.

A special meeting of the Harbour Board was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of discussing certain modifications upon the plan of harbour works submitted by Mr Carruthers. It was decided that Mr Higginson's general scheme of harbour works be adopted, the cost being esti mated at £120,000, the work to be pro ceeded with in sections. Two amend ments were added to the resolutions, namely, " that the Board do not pledge themselves to details without estimates before them," and " that no compensation be paid along the line of improvements."

An amateur dramatic entertainment will bo given at the Parnell Hall during next week by the Auckland Garrick Club for the benefit of the wife and family of Mr Baker, who has for some time past been an inmate of the hospital suffering from variola.

We understand that the first number of the Bay of Plenty Times will be issued on the 4th September. We wish our young contemporary every success.

A meeting of the shareholders in the Tamboroora Gold Mining Company was held yesterday afternoon in the JMJetro politan hotel. Mr Greenwood in the chair. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed, the_ com pany's solicitor read to the meeting a copy of an agreement drawn up by him, at the request of the directors, for the absolute purchase of the fee simple of the greater portion of land upon which the company had been working, and which was the property of Captain Daldy. He stated that Captain Daldy had agreed to accept £50 and 400 scrip for the land, the money to be paid withing two months. It was for the meeting to decide whether they would agree to the action taken by the committee in the matter. After a long and stormy discussion on the subject it was agreed that the sum named in the agreement should be paid to Cap tain Daldy; also that no call should he made on the 400 shares. Some unimportant matters were then discussed after which the meeting dispersed.

An inquest was held yesterday after noon at the Eden Vine hotel before Dr. Philson, coroner, on the body of a married woman named Frances Mary Lamb, who was found dead in her bed at Waitakerei on Sunday last. Death had resulted from excessive drinking, and after hearing the evidence a verdict to that effect was given with the following rider appended, " That the conduct of Martin Breen, the paramour of the deceased, and of Samuel and* Matilda Purley, keepers of the Sportsman's Arms, Waitakerei East, was highly inhuman and cupable towards the unfortunate deceased who was sup plied with liquors to her own destruction, and left to die in an apoplectic fit without medical assistance, or even common nursing."

The very amusing comedy of " Wood cock's Little Game" was played last night at the Prince of Wales Theatre Mr'Hos kips'was of course the centre of attraction, and kept the house in constant roars of laughter by his inimitable acting. Miss Colville's impersonation of Mrs Larkin was also highly amusing. The splendid comedy of the "Critic" concluded the

performance. " The Jealous Wife " and " Used Up " will be the pieces performed to-night. On Eriday evening Mr Hos kins will take his benefit.

The monthly inspection of the Scottish Company of Volunteers was held last evening at the drill-shed. There was a full muster.

In another column will be soenthe pro gramme of a very interesting entertain ment to be given to-morrow evening at the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, and under the auspices of the committee of that institution. The best local amateur and professional talent is to aid, and Miss Aitken herself in the '• Bapteesement o' the JBairn" is sufficient to crowd the house.

The inquest yesterday on the body of Prances Mary Lamb reveals one of the darkest tales of misery, neglect, and wrong that have been hitherto associated with the liquor traffic in this district. Apparently from the mere love of strong drink the unhappy woman left her home and went to live in infamy. In this position she appeal's to have been supplied with drink freely from the neighbouring tavern, which, of course, holds a license for the doing of such things. Even when the woman was dying her paramour is plied with drink as much as he desires at the tavern, until he has "no very distinct idea of what happened afterwards." There is no evidence to show the character of the stuff that killed this woman. It may have beeu pure alcohol, or it may have been, as is far more likely, that horrible concoction of poisonous drugs that is so commonly served out at bush inns. Of whatever kind it was it was given by Mr and Mrs Furley, knowingly, deliberately, and regardless of conse quences, and it killed Mrs Lamb. That the blood of that murdered woman cries from the ground to Heaven for vengeance we have no doubt. That our laws can reach the guilty we do not think. To prevent the Purleys from ever poisoning other people will be sorry satisfaction to the law for what they have done ; and yet we question if even that small satisfaction will be afforded to out raged public feeling. Uhe verdict of the jury very properly denounced the inhuman conduct of JBreen, the para mour, and the Purleys. It remains to be seen whether this mild protest in the name of humanity will be heeded, or whether the Purleys will be allowed to continue holding a license to deal out doath to the dwellers in the wilds of Waitakerei.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY. (Before Thomas Beckham, Esq, R.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Two persons were fined the usual amount for drunkenness. Eliza Lestrange was charged with breaking two panes of glass, valued at Is, the property of Selina Miller. She was also charged with being an habitual drunkard. In consideration of the prisoner pro ceeding to a situation in the Waikato, procured for her by Mrs Colclough, she was discharged. THE GREEN HAEP CASE. Mr Joy opened the case for the defence in this matter by addressing the Court on behalf of the defendants. He urged that notwithstanding the voluminous evidence produced no case of conspiracy had been made out. He stigmatised the whole of the proceedings as a lying masquerade, and reviewed the evidence, which he alleged consisted of a mass of deep dyed malice. He pointed out that the defendants had been in the first instance arrested upon warrants, but the prosecu tion in that case was withdrawn, and a fresh information laid against them by Sergeant Pardy, who, althoughprosecutor, had not been examined against them. He urged that a most remarkable feature in the case was that although the defendants had been first arrested on warrants, and afterwards held to bail, they had latterly been allowed to walk about the streets, and had not been bound over to any re cognizances whatever in answer to the charge. This he considered a very graceful way of withdrawing from the charge. He thought the steps taken by the prosecution had been to put undue influence in the case in the mind of the Court. Ho felt quite sure that if the Court did commit his clients, however, it woald only be upon the firm conviction that a prima facie case had been made out. The evidence brought forward, he urged, had not been of a direct nature. There was much in the background in this case that had not been brought out, which, if it had, several people, including share brokers, would be placed in an unenviable position.butthishadall been carefully kept back by the prosecution. The prosecution, although of a public nature, was, in reality, a private one by a few speculators in the background brought to serve their own purposes. The Crown Prosecutor, although apparently appearing in that capacity was, in fact, retained by private parties, He pointed out to the Court that at a meeting of shareholders in the Green Harp Company the names of the persons it was intended to take proceedings against were written on a paper, and JM.r Ferguson's name was included, but singular to state by the advice of Mr Hesketh that name was struck out, and yet Mr Ferguson had been included since in the charges at the instigation of a person who had not dared to come forward to give evidence in this case. He had not been called, nor had any reason been assigned for his absence. No evidence had been adduced that the defendants had circulated false reports according to the wording of the informa tion. Sheehey's name had been included since the laying the information, so had Ferguson's. JETe submitted that the reason they had been included in the joint information was for the purpose of shut ting their mouths. Sheehy's name had not been mentioned once in evidence in this charge, and he had already been charged and committed for trial in quite a converse case ; this was an act of injustice. It appeared ridiculous that Sheehy was committed in two charges that were both paradoxical. The evidence given in one case tended to show that the mine was a valuable one ; in the other that it was not so—in fact a swindle. The same witnesses had been called, and the same class of testi mony had been adduced, although of an opposite nature, and yet this man was to be tried before the same tribunal, and the case was to go before the same grand jury on two opposite charges, With regard to the law of conspiracy he begged to refer the Court to "Brown's Justice of the Peace," and held that by that mere con cert did not constitute conspiracy, and could not be held as criminal, how ever reprehensible in point of morals. He urged that if a conspiracy had been committed in the agreement that had been made in April last then the legal manager and Mr Moran were equally guilty, and yet they were not charged ai co-conspirators. The agreement, he alleged, was drawn up for the purpose of keeping Mr Keir from getting more than his just share. He would show to the Court that the reports spread by the defendants were true, and issued in a perfectly legitimate manner. . He ex plained that O'Eeilly, being a contractor living in Auckland, had been instructed by the other defendants to carry out their share transactions, and this was why he and Ferguson were drawn in by the prosecution, and the latter stigmatised by them as the blackest. Mr Dv: Moulin had equally with Mr Ferguson dealt in shares, and if a con spiracy had been committed then he was equally guilty, and other sharebrokers ought also to be included. [Left sitting.]

THE SHARE MARKET.

. ME. J. M. IENNOX'a BEPOBT. The share market is rather quiet. Cale donians have still an upward tendency. My sales comprise—Caledonian, £30 10i, £31; Thames, £5 15s ; Alburnia, £2 15s ; Moana tairi, £6 28 6d. Closing buyers : Caledonian, £32 10s j Thames, £5 15s j Alburnia, £215 ; Albion, £6 2s 6d. Sellers: Caledonian, £33 ; Thames, £5 17s Gd ; Alburnia, £3; Bismarck, £3; Tokatea, £2 17s 6d.

TELEGRAPHIC.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT..

Opening of the Industrial Exhibition at the Thames.

General Holiday. Presentations to Volunteers. Consecration of Freemasons' Lodge.

This day,

To-day is a general holiday conse quent on the opening of the Industrial Exhibition. The weather is beautifully fine, and favorable for the ceremony. The Volunteers have mustered in force, and marched to Tararu. The Volunteers and Naval Brigade, accompanied by their bands, went through the battalion drill this morn ing before a large assemblage. They formed in line and marched passed in esehallion, then formed fours, and after wards square, when a presentation was made to the best marksmen of badges to the highest scorers during the past season. The Engineer Corps carried off four prizes. The presentations were made by Mrs Mackay. The Scottish Corps received eleven prizes at the hands of Mrs Murray. The Thames Navals were presented with ten prizes by Mrs Bruce. Presentations of eight prizes were also made to No. 1 Company, seven to No. 2 Company, and five to No. 3 Company. Mrs. Mackay presented the Thames Eifle Eangers with thirteen prizes. She also presented an extra star to Volunteer Hoskins, for the highest aggregate score of IG2 points. The consecration of the Sir Walter i Scott Lodge of Freemasons takes place this afternoon. There is a large attendance of the Masonic fraternity. A number of brethren| having arrived from Auck land. They are now marching from the old lodge to the new hall, decked with their insigniaof office. A banquet will be given this evening. The Thames Industrial Exhibition will open at seven o'clock this evening. It is expected to be a great success. There is a great display of goldfield products —articles of colonial manu facture, and works of art, &c. Warden Frazer, Mr W J Hurst, and other gentlemen will take part iv the inaugural proceedings and will make speeches at the opening of the exhi bition. Mining operations are nearly all suspended, and all places of business are closed.

TAURANGA.

This day,

The s.s. Southern Cross arrived at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, and left at 1 p.m. to-day for Auckland. No passengers. The s.s. Keera is expected to arrive on Monday next.

(SPECIAL TO THE STAR, PER GREVILLE'S TELEGRAM COMPANY.)

NAPIER.

This day. The Star of the South arrived at nine o'clock last evening.

Cattle Market.

HOKITIKA.

This day: At the cattle yards to-day, prime quality beef fetched 37s per 1001b. steers £5 to £6 per head. In wethers there was a poor show— price lis ; ewes, 8s 6d.

AUSTRALIA.

Mail Contract Repudiated. Small-Pox disappeared. Death of an Otago Man from Exposure. Tookeys Shares in Demand. The Markets. The Hero Admitted to Pratique. Discovery of Diamonds at Bathurst. Tenders for Mail Service. Adelaide Wheat Market, Safety of the Bulwark. Fearful Gales. Ship put into Mauritius.

BLUFF.

The Alhambra has arrived. She left Melbourne on the 15th instant, and arrived at 11 p.m. yesterday. She came alongside the wharf this morn ing. She brings 23 saloon and 20 steerage passengers. 300 tons cargo from all ports.

MELBOURNE.

August 15. In the Victorian Assembly the ques-

tion of ratification of the contract ! between Messrs Duffy and Vogel, for . the mail service via New Zealand and San Francisco, was discussed at length ! by the House. The House declined to ratify to the contract by a majority of thirty-five to fifteen. Small-pox has entirely disappeared At Bendigo a body has been found in the Treasury G-ardens which has been identified as that of C. W. Howard, belonging to the Odd Fellows' Society at Otago. An inquest has been held on the body, and a verdict returned of "Death from exhaustion andexposure." The Presbyterian Assembly have heard the charges preferred against the Eev Duncan Fraser, and have declared that the charges have been unsustained by a large majority. < Tookey's paid up shares are offering at £4. New issues are wanted at 355. Flour is selling at £.16 5s to £16 10s per ton. Victorian wheat, 7s 3d to 7s 6d per bushel; New Zealand wheat, 7s; oats 3s 6d ; sugar firm. SYDNEY. Parliament has been prorogued until the 17th Sept . The Dandenong, which arrived from Newcastle, has been re leased from quarantine. The Hero is likely to be released shortly. A subscription, already amounting to seventy sovereigns, has been raised to reward the detectives engaged in bringing the Parramatta River mur derers to justice. Several diamonds have been found about Bathurst. The New South "Wales Government have called for tenders for a mail service between Sydney and California via Fiji and Honolulu, the passage to occupy thirty days. A penalty for being over the contract time, and a premium if under, to be £50 per day. Tho vessels are stipulated to be iron, and with propellers, and the steamers to be not less than 1500 tons. ADELAIDE. The Treasury proposes to meet its deficit to enable it to carry on the public works by an issue of Exchequer Bills. The House passed the Bill but limited the sum to road purposes only £450 has been collected towards the relief of the family of the missing boat party. Wheat firm at £5 10s 6d. Flour £12 10s to £14 10s. News ha 3 reached Sydney that the ship Bulwark, boundfor Auckland, after leaving the Cape encountered tremen dous gales, which caused severe damage to the vessel. Her bulwarks were carried away, and the decks swept, besides other injury. She was very much strained, and leaked so badly that Captain JKJelly decided to make for the Island of Mauritius for safety. She reached that port on the 18th of June, and commenced repairing damages.

DUNEDIN

The Caversham nomination took place to-day. Mr Catten Tolmie and James Crowe Richmond have been nominated. A poll has been demanded, and the elec tion will take place on the 28th inst. The great Queenston mining case is settled. Grace pays Eager £4000, together with all costs, amounting to over £2000.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Mr. Ormond's Public Works

Statement.

[Peom Q-beviliiß'b Teleobuc CoMPAirr.]

WELLINGTON.

August 20, 6.50 p.m

Mr J. D. Ormond, the Public Works Minister, made his public works and immigration statement this afternoon. He said that the total amount placed to the credit of Public Works' account during the last year had been £801,023. This sum had been reduced by discount and expenses amounting; to £39,272 ; interest and sinking fund, £33,750; cost of buildings and expenses of English agency, £8>044. This left a sum of £719,957 available for public works. This amount had been expended thus: Eoads in the North Island, £121,868 ; roads on the West Coast goldfields, £32,380. Total amount expended on railways, £212,287. There are twelve miles of railway opened, costing about £49,200. 386 miles have been sur veyed and prepared at a cost of £19,212. 254 miles of this have been let on contract, and 50 miles are now in course of construction, on which £103,338 have been expended. The plant of railway and Waitiki bridge have been paid for, and amount to £40,537. The land purchases in the JNorth Island amount to £49,664, for which 403,815 acres have been acquired. 801 miles of telegraph line have been opened at a cost of £58,297. The amount contributed to Eoad Boards reaches £100,000, and £46,656 have been spent on immigration. The Greymouth protective works, the water supply, the development of the coal mines, and the refund of stamp duty amount to £6511. The departments, including an amount of £7184 for salaries and expenses of engineering, have absorbed £16,610, leaving on the 30th June last a balance still unexpended of £75,684.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

[Note. —In the following abstract the amounts of money are for convenience generally stated in round numbers.] I 7.57 p.m. ! Vogel has just risen to make the Financial Statement. He explained that he did so in the face of a vote of want of confidence, because he had ! promised it for today before Stafford gave j notice, and because since the Government ! supporters had expressed a desire to have all information in possession of the Government before them when discussing Stafford's mo tion. If his statement proved useful to the Opposition during the debate they were wel come to it, but he did not think that the con tingency of its being useful to their suscessors was likely to arise. The Treasurer commenced by remarking L that he had a more agreeable task than that which devolved upon him last year, for he had not now to speak of deficiencies or of impaired revenue. When last session he reviewed the results of the year 1870-1, he held the com mittee to understand that, on the olo3e of the ! accounts for that, year, there would be a de ficiency of £76,912, together with £60,000 of overdraft, making a total anticipated deficiency of £136,000. He was glad to say that the deficiency proved to be only £122,000, or £13,003 less than was anticipated, that reduction being mainly "owing to the Reserve Fund. The House had authorised the issue of Treasury bills for £45,030, at one year's date, and a like amount at two years' date, partially to cover j the deficiency, the balance to come out of current revenue. It would be found that the current revenue of the past year had per formed its part of the bargain, and provision would be made this year out of the revenue to meet the £45,000 Treasury bills due this year. "With respect to loans, £66,000 under the Wellington Debts Act had been negotiated in Sydney, at a clear neb premium of two per cent. He believed that that was the highest amount ever obtained by public negotiation for any of the colony's debentures unguaran teed by the Imperial Government. Of the Immigration and Public Works loan, £850,000 had been negotiated, and of the Defence and other purposes loan, £150,000, making together £1,000,003. That amount had been negotiated at home at a premium of 4s 3d, after deducting the accrued interest, which must be considered a very favorable negotiation. Inclusive of the £150,000 recently nego tiated, there had been raised under the .De fence and other purposes loan £635,003, of which there was charged under the second schedule of the Act : —To Auckland, £50,C00 j to Taranaki, £6000 ; to Wellington, £17,C00; and to Otago, £79,000. By turning to the second schedule of the Act, hon. members would at once ses the nature of the various payments under it. The total under this schedule was £163,436. Under schedule one there has been ex pended £295,580, together with £18,327 for discount and charges, making together a total of £471,352, and leaving a balance of £158,000 available for expenditure. Of this £158,000—£150,000 was in cash in London, £309 in cash in the colony, and £7900 under advance in the colony of the Immigration and Public Works loan. There had been altogether £1,600,000 raised, and adding to that sum £37,294, being a moiety of the stamp duties, the total was £1,637,295. •Of that sum £711,611 was expended up to the 30th June last, leaving a balance of £925,684, of which £850,000 was in London. On the 30th June £40,666 was in the colony in cash, and £35,017 was under advances. The items of expenditure under the Immi gration and Public Works Loan were—lnterest and sinking fund, £29,003 ; departmental ex penses, £24,000 j roads in North Island, £12,000 j railways, £241,C03j water supply, £2000; purchase of land in North Island, £49,000; immigration, £42,000; telegraph, £58,000; coal mines, £500; payments to Eoad Boards and provinces, £103,000 ; Greymouth protective works, £3000; discount and changes £39,000. Before concluding his remarks concerning the loans, he wished honorable members, to understand that provision was made for payment during the year of £66,000 sinking fund on colonial loans, and £43,000 on prorin cial loans. Those payments represented the sum which the colony and the provinces provided for the reduction of the public debt. On the 30th of June last there was £440,000 in the Trust Fund, of which £387,000 was in vested, and £50,000 in cash; on the 30th June, 1871, the amount in the Trust Fund was £343,000, so that it had increased during the year by £96,000. The Post Office Savings Banks fund had increased from £294,000 in 1871, to £365,000 in 1872. Those accounts, it should be clearly understood, were kept entirely distinct from ordinary revenue and ordinary payments, and he had taken the strictest precaution to secure that the interest-bearing accounts were sufficiently covered for all accrued in terest. He would next speak of the revenue of the year 1871-72. The actual revenue of the year was £1,007,030, against £990,000 esti mated, and £936,000 the actual receipts of the previous year. There was, therefore, an increase of £7000 over the actual receipts of 1870-71, and of £17,000 over the estimates. The Customs revenue showed an increase of £25,000 on the estimates, and of £42,000 over the amount actually received during the pre vious year. The exports during the year had exceeded those of the previous year by £1,181,000, and the imports showed an increase of £437,000. Amongst the reports, gold, had increased £135,000 over the previous year, and wool showed a considerable increase, both Tn quality and quantity. The stamp duties had yielded £5000 less than was estimated, but on the postage revenue there was an increase of £2000 over the estimates, and the receipts of the Telegraph Department showed a small in crease, the total ordinary revenue of the -year being £1,007,000. There was to be added, on account of credits to votes, £2000; Treasury bills, £90,000 J Deficiency bills, £100,000; making the total receipts of the year £1,199,000. Still, ia addition, there were accounts amounting to £62,100; so that, with receipts and assets, the total for the year amounted to £: fifftW^-y The year's increase as regarded 'xs_\ qX4k__/ and the events of the year as a whole,. M a revival of prosperity in the colony. Mj^fd. mining was improving, wool increasing in value, the land revenue had been largely in creased, building was going on all over the colony, not only aa regarded dwelling bouses, but as regarded erection of business premises for manufacturing purposes, and generally much more attention was being given to ma nufactures of various kinds. With respect to agriculture, he was under the impression that the State did not know as much of what was really being done, or give to ifc the assistance that ought to be given. During the five years ending 1871 i there had been a continuous increase in the value, as per head of the population, of' the agricultural produce exported from the colony. \_ The expenditure during the past year for colonial charges wasj according to the appro

THE EVENING STAB, WEDNESDAY, ATJOTStf 21, 18*72.

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"PINAL NOTICE Relinquishing Business. JR. HOBBS' LAST SHIPMENT OP DRAPERY & CLOTHING (with the exception of 3 cases Horrocks* Long-cloth by the Celestial Queen) having arrived in the Helenslee are now being marked off At Clearing-out Prices. THE BLANKETS (slightly damaged, but no worse) are being sold at a sacrifice and are worthy of atten tion. The Choicest and Cheapest Assortment of Boys' and Youths' Clothing That we have ever opened, from the celebrated house of R. & H. Parnau, & Co., London. Also, Gents' and Boys' and Youths' Water prool Cloth Overcoats and Pilot and Winter Coats, In" all the Newest Shapes. B. HOBBS



CLEAEING SALE OF DEAPEET & CLOTHING. J. OOSGRAVE & CO. hold their ANNUAL CLEARING SALE of DRAPERY and CLOTHING on Wednesday, the 21st August. This Sale is held specially in order to make room for Summer shipments per Celestial Queen and Countess of Kintore. The Goods are all marked down, and SWEEPING REDUCTIONS made in each department. The Public are requested to caU early and secure the GREATEST BARGAINS ever offered in New Zealand. ; '/ ; : The Stock at present is valuable and extensive. Country Storekeepers will be liberally dealt with, and they wiU find they can purchase from ua TWENTY PER CENT CHEAPER that any wholesale house in New Zealand. ,J' O' -A.II Y/ / f 7 ■ 7. ; ■ J. COSGBAVE & CO. CANADA BUILDINGS..



T CATER (late Crombie's) ROYAL O o FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, Queen street, Auckland, has much pleasure in mform iag his friends and the public generally that he has purchased the Photographic Business so long carried on by Mr. Crombie ; and having secured the services of an Experienced Operator, feels warranted in stating that they will receive every civility and attention, as well as first-class and artistic portraits at his hands, and that no pains will be spared to give entire satisfac tion J C begs to announce that his arrangements for taking Instantaneous Portraits of Children are now complete,



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