The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-09-25 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF lATESr COLONIAL
INTELLIGENCE.

Tte following is from Messrs. W. Silver, and cell
Cirroler of the 17th io.tant :

VICTORIA, July. 1866. —Arrangement* being discussed
by the Government and a deputation of merchants from
the Chamber of Commerce of Batavia, relative toe n.ail
service with Java and the extension of aline of telegraph
to that island, to be oonneeted there with Singapore,
Indian, and European lines. Negornations in progress
between the Governments of Victoria and Tasmania re-
specting the repair of the Submarine Cahle, now lying
useleas in Bars's Straits. Railway Survey Department
has begun • survey of a line between Melbourne and
Trade with Woodford Island, Queen4and, bas
been counni need. The survey of a line from Geelong to
Cola, is also pr,ceeding. Important discoveries of cop-
per ore have been made on the Thomson River, in Gipps
land. Plans have been called foe a bridge an be erected
across the Murray at Echoer. The Interoolouial Ezhi.
bition arrangements are rapidly progressing. The Panama
route carries letters from Sydney and New Zealand
only. _ . _

Sours Au/mu11..., July, 1866. —Parliament adjourned
till aura' 28th. Public works pressed forward in CU
•rts of the colony. Question of the drfence of the
colony occupying attention. Heavy rain.. Crops look-
ing well. Nninber of immigrants arrising from Port
4 rtelaide to July 21st, 3,971. Rraneh railway to lloonta
opened sucoreduliy ; line works welL
Now SOOTS WALrs, July, 11466.—Parliament met on
24th July. Odvernor stated that an increase of taxation
we. unneee,sary, and that the threatening stare of
European affairs renders the fortification r 4 Port Jack-
son imperative; • government party have visited the
South Head to determine • site. Splendid copper ore
discovered near Iludgee. 700 seres of land planted
with vines, producing annually 1,000.1100 gallon. of wine.
In the neighbourhood of llubbo, • well has been sunk
200 feet deep, with 116 feet of water. Heavy fall of
snow in the western all.tricts.

QU KKK /ILA D, July, 1863.—Coloniets of Rockhampton
and other northern port. ale agitating for • aeparation
from Queensland, and the erection of those dittriets
intoa separate colony. Local Exhibition of Queensland
products to he forwarded to the Intitroolonial Exhibition
at Melbourne, and the Paris Exhibition of coot ye.
elo•ed iiotia June. Public ineeting held at Brisbane, to
c•Jn.ider the construction of a railway between that city
sod Ipswich. Specimen of lead ore found at Eidowold.
near oayndab. coal mining operationi are to be coin-
weneed on the Waterton property and adjacent land,
near river Boomer, Jpewich.
Ncw Z [ALAND, July. ISM—Manufacture ef • sale•
able article from native flax, becoming an object of much
importer:los. Panama service fully established ; it vree
uncertain whether next mail would leave on the Bth or
24th August. Wellington.—First session of Parliament
opened 3rd July. The • Weymouth" arrived 12th July
with Cook's Strait Telegraph Cable on board. Auckland.
—Natives all quiet. William Toompsou gone to Wel-
lington, to give whatever evidence may be inquired on
native aff.irs during the present session of Parliament.
Coromandel gold field+ proving very fruitful consequent
upon the new machinery employed for crushing the
quartz. Canterbury. Gold fields continue to yield
well; bovines dull.
CAFE COLON; July, 1856.—Reports from the agri-
cultural districts highly favourable ; more land under
cultivation than at any previous period; crop. in • for-
ward and flourishine state. Violent gale'n have prevailed
on the east coast; three easels lost. Heavy arrivaln of
bread stuff. horn New York, Valparaiso, Ye Ale'.
Bay.—Several cargoes of wool were dispatched between
2Uth Jane and sth July, chiefly for the English market,
and valued at £181.000._

NATAL, July, 1886. —Badness continues to improve.
The report that gold has been discovered iri Transvaal
appears to be without foundation. Tbe inereased In-
land Postage Bill hae been withdrawn. Discoveries of
not iron ore. Several varieties ot marble from tbe dis-
trict of Koreansland, recently annexed.
BRITISH K lo (King William's Town).
rs July,
1866.—The fit cattle fair. held last month. attended
with sucicoss. Some damage done by the severe gales.
The edreny remarkable healthy.
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CAZIALI .11. July, 1866. —The oil well+ in Wasters
Canada are ern+ing much excitement, and the holders
of land are realising enormous sums : a great impetus is
than given to trade, end labour, whether skilled or
otherwi+e, commands high rate. t•everal millions of
acres of surveyed crown lands are offering for tale at
pricks varying from 3.. per acre. Tbe wool crop has
lately increased rapidly; the exports for the year end•
ing klllt June, 1844 were three times greater than those
for 1860.

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VANCOOVIR ISLAND, Jane, 18613. —The Legislative
Amembly have presented nil IVIAtOSS to the throne. pray-
ing for the union a Vancouver Island and British
Columbia.

COIMUMILLTION, Rmtavio, July, 18At
Prepsrations are making for opening the Central Argue.
tine Railway to Fraylle Muverte at the end of next
month. Trains now run every day from Rosivia to a
di.tanoe of 100 miles. Last land lsw in Swats FE very
advantageous to settlers. Labourers and servants needed
everywhere at very high weges.