The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-08 00:00:00

SLIIIINART Or LATIM COLONIAL
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VIMORIA., October, 1866.—Parliament has been again
prorogued. Under the new Tariff, so much objected to,
revenue returns shot a decrease, vi 96,980 against
E 129,735. for eoriesponding period last year. 400
Chinamen left for Hong Kong having in their posse.-
lion £5,000 in sovereigns, and 4,4400‘. gold. Tenders
received for the construction of works connected with
the Sandhurst and Caatleossin and Geelong and
Ballarat Water supply. Kansmroo lams sent in from
Camperdown in large quantities, and • brisk demand
has sprung up. The opening of the Interoolonial
Exhibition attended with enooesa Land sales have
impressed oossidenbly, and exports of gold exceed those
of list year be 10.0004. Breadstuffa have not been no
cheap for years. Harvest prospects magnificent. The
farmers, lb fear of cheap prices through importation,
are agitating strongly for • duty on ceresla. on the
sliding scale principle. Export of wool, 150,250 halm,.
In mining districts good hands are Douce, and generally
sober, willing, and able men find remunerative employ.
mint. Ruben(' at SO days' sight, per pent.; and on
demand, 14 per sent. periainni.
Ntw 801:11% WILMS, October, 1866.—Commercial
matters greatly derreued. Weather most favourable.
Pahlie debt estimated at £5,634,930. The sale of
£lOO,OOO Debentures at 95 conaidered satisfactory. An
Woe, nugget found at Tambaroora. Quarts yielding well
In one instance 400os gold from eight tons. A rich
reef discovered at Weddin Mountains. Assent given t
the following hills: —Partnership Amendment, Estab-
lishment of Workhouses, Paving of Sydney, and
Itegiatration of Brands. Sugar cultivation on the
Mackay River proceeds satisfactorily. Prospects of the
eolony better than for years. Wool repotted much
cleaner this season. Crops prom!** well. Revenue
shows an increase of nearly £20,000 over last year
The railway towards the Blue Mountains proceeds
satidactorily. Prices of store sheep, 7s. 6d. to
young ewes, IS., to 15s. Cattle, 30s. to 5. per head.
Average death-rate in 1866 161 per 1000, Saahange
at 80 days' 'debt, 14 per egot,; and 30 days, I per
sent. premlnin.

Souta AllsritALL& October, 1866. Business still
dull; oonfidenm is being motored, Weather floor than
has been known for man, years. The resolution for
the abondenment of the Northern Territory puled in
Council, were thrown oit of the Assembly. Govern-
ment has advertieed for tender' for the survey of 300.020
acres. Warburton has traced a large river into Lake
Eyre, 100 mile, from Mount Margaret, running 300
miles north; be ie on his way back to Arlaide. A Bill
pored for the punishment of highway robbery by flog-
ging. Extention of railways decided on. Government
Proposes td borrow £llO.OOO for the impeowereent of
Port Adelaide, tie *retraction of a new waterworks
reservoir and for • loop line of railway from Dry Creek
to Port Adelaide. 1865 returns show rate of mortality
141 per 1.000; 410,606 antes under wheat 3,779.000
sheep, 158,000 her. of cattle, 73.900 horses, and
55.700 pi-s. ,1355 mileo of telegraph in operation at o
rot of 1.19,178. Small stations offering for sale etc We
reserve, softiies* investment, for young men. Money
on mortgage, with ample security, at high rates.
QuituguAND, Oatober, 1866.—Businese dulL News
from England of reduced value cf monev has bad a
beneficial effeet. The new Mail has pasted, firing duty
ni raionse at 7( per sent., with few exception& The
New Stamp Act lISA to take iffiest on lot November.
Destructive fires at Brisbane and Ipswish. A scarcity
of good agricultural labourers osier In the north.
Mangasese has been discovered sear Gladstone; rich
deposit.. Coil from Mandate.,, Inswith, has been
tested with excellent results The leasing of Crown
land, for other than pastoral purposed authorised :
blocks of any size, under 2 560 scree, at • rental of
2a. 84. per acre per annum ; opening • wide field for
agriculturists of limited or *handout moan.. Shearing
bad commenced. Accounts from Crocodile Diggings
favourable. The agitotiou for separation continue, in
the North ; funds liberally sulreribed, and • memorial
drawn up for lamentation to the Queen. Cotton plants
reported strong and healthy ; the crop of 1866 (clean
and of good quality), relight forward for official inspee
tiro at ll:smash, amounted to 89,0091)-•
WESTIN' AVM/MIA, October 186&—increase of
exports for year ending 30th September, as compare,,
with previous err, £13,674, chiefly in wool ; and of
imports. £15,695. Trade in timber Incensing.
lA, October, 1866. -Trade dull, improvement
expected on *not, fie., being brought into market
New Town Hall opened. The trout ova had erweroed
to hatch, and the return of the Daimon from the net gm
looks I for in November or December. Harvest tam-
per. earliest There ore at present 80 intending
exhibitors for the Paris exhibition.

New ZgatriD, October, 1866.—Trade quiet. Par-
liament prorogue,' on the Bth. Stamp Act pamMi.
Government propoess next lesion to introduce a
measure for the establishment of municipal institutions
throughout the country. New pmmises erected by the
Bank of Auer%Bela opened. Canterbury.— A nugget
found at the Little Grey weighing 141cas. Au important
discovery of grass lend on West Coast. Railway works
in rapid progress : 15 miles of southern Beetroot Christ-
church jut opened. Population at Hokitika,
'oilfield*, tut inereasing ; cattle selling for twice the
usual value in oonsegoeues ; a good road constructed
from Christchurch theme, at a cost of £100,000; die-
knee about 150 50i1..; and coulee run twice a week.
Land selector September, 13,323 aerie, value £26,646
A saki/mi.—Province proposing to rlaea fresh loan of
2250,000 for the completion of the Waikato end East
Coast distriets. More than ordinary rain during the
month, but mason favourable for farming °partitions.
Customs receipts three months ending September,
£40,454. Provincial Government has taken our the
entire metrol of the electric telegreph from the
military authorities. Troops have returned hem Wel
linron, the bead-neuters having been fixed here by
desire of Home °overeaten& Beetle's Bay.—Plentiful
rains have fallen, and pasturage abundant.
CAP, OF GOOD Ron, October, 1866.—Cape Town.
—Trade shows some signs of improvement. A better
demand for shipping as wool is rooming in. Priem for
this article Son: quality first rate. Clip reported
favourably upon from Lllgoutera. The railway ques-
tion occupying attention in the Home f Assembly. An
agricultural misty about to be formed at Rut London.
Port Elsa sbeth.—Sheep selling at about 9s. • heed.
The wool season hu eommeneed ; several cline mold at •
alight advance; rumples better than ordinary. Farmers
reaping an abondaat harvest. Wee of °Ansa feathers
at Ell 17s. 61. per lb. A sample of so-ealled " Colonial
tee fidelved by Chamber of Commie, prick in quantity
74, per lb.
NATLL, October, 186&—Trade improving. Wool
slip progressing satisfactorily.
Barrios Comeau, October, 1868.—Kootenay dig.
ear attracting Ernst attention- a fiat nugget foend,
weighing 40idolM; dirt "washed" by hand pay 7 to 12
dolls. per day; it is expedited this will prove one of the
richest mining amps yet dissovered in the country.
Governor Kennedy and fancily intended to leave the
soiresy shoat the end of the snoutits