The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

" Tnart." After lying in the bays, whaling, he., foe ncarty twelve
months she mole • pamsge to the Isle of Prance, where the wee mg.
pared, and the worm had not touched her. Having commanded
vessels for twenty-five years, I can only my it OA the best wood I ever
-w Oar planking and other purposes in shipbuilding. The Emma
gberratt titan sound an a rock to thin day, and perfectly tight, not a
piece of timber having been removed since she we. built. To work
the timber at the " Nornalecr inlet I should recommend, in the drat
place, to build gets on the sap at, to raft the timber down the riveninba
the inlet, also bantling on the spot an many semen of about lab tons
berthen, gat badmen, and of light draft of water to carry
the timber to the port of shipment, which I hood recom-
mend to be at Albany Princess Royal harbour, where
Nips cm lay with thew raft porta out in Rarefy at all
sasennn of the year. In such case the company would first obtain
a license from the local government m as to obtain the whole of cite
" Nornaleep" district, and and out nunicient shipwrights, ...mums, car-
penter, and 'Libman 0, with material, of iron and copper fastenings
Pot building the verela alluded to. I should suppose a steam-engine
would be useful for sawing, alai blocks, tackling, he. Mc., tor trans-
porting the timber. A good quantity of salt pork would waist for
victualling the men. Flour and fresh MY( can be °Mottled in any
quantity at Albany. The inlet abounds with gab, and vegetables can
he soled on the spot. I will now audios ire you v. pot down my
name for shares, of pounds each. a • • I heel almost for-
gotten to mention that the timber is growing clam to the water side
on • declivity alto cing it to he brought to the Flats without mach
labour. The in-- owsli rough sketch wiU give you a complete idea of
the "Nornalter inlet with its riven,.

NEIV ZEALAND.
By the ship Mary, from Auckland, arrived yester-
day morning, we have papers from that settlement to the
20th of September. They contain no further intelligence
from the Cook's Strait settlements. An intimation in the
New Zealander, of 19th of September, that the legislative
council was to be summoned in the course of the ensuing
week, explains the object of the governor in returning to
Auckland at that time. "As vet," says the journal we have
named, we are kept in total ignerance upon the interest-
ing question of who the gentlemsn may be who arc to repre-
sent vein the council " Equal ignorance is professed of the
i measures likely to be submitted to t ; but conjt dun% are
hazarded that the governor may present a hill for"regu-
lating the purchases of land from the natives," a
cattle slaughter ordinance, a mutual fencing bill, and
a dog nuisance ordinance. (The land ides are the
principal object ; and the journal to which we refer shows
symptoms of some perturbation among the laud sharks.) It
announces that the period allowed in the Government
Gazette of the 16th June, 1816, for.cnding in to the Colonial
Secretary's office the documents relating to the purchase of
land from the natives expired on the 15th inst. A hope is
expressed that the governor will be too high-minded to
take any advantage of the disabilities of the claimants."
Some light is thrown upon this dark inuendo by what
follovn

If the quantity of land claimed by a purchmser should appear
excessive, when compared with the price paid for it, it will be meal-
leeted that such disproportion is no evidesee against the validity of
the trannartion. The question will be, we presume, Did the natives
willingly alienate such a rionnity of land for so small a considera-
tion, and were they winded with the payment! Instances of fraud
may be detected, but we are not aware ut any having been perpetrated.
Ephraim Jenkinson could not have stated the case more
clearly: it is the case of the gross of green spectacles over
again. Mr. Ephraim would have argued that Mr. Moses
Primrose "willingly alienated" the wall-eyed horse for " so
small a consideration" as the grog% of green spectacles, and
was " satisfied with the payment:" demurely adding that
" fraud might be detected," but that he " was not aware of
any having been perpetrated."
The New Zealander of 19th Sept. contains the abstracts of
revenue and expenditure Iv the northern (or Auckland)
division of New Zealand for the quarters ending respectively
31st March and 30th AMP, 1846. The revenue for the
quarter ending 31st March (including arrears of previous
years) was 3,32.51., of which 2,5191. was derived from CLA-
W= duties levied at Auckland, and 51/. from customs duties
levied at Russell. The revenue fur the quarter ending 30th
June (arrears included) wax 3,3391., of which 2,2461. was from
Auckland customs, and 931. from customs at Russell. The
expenditure for the quarter ending 31st March was 4,1801.
for current expenses, 6.0711. for arrears. The expenditure
for the quarter ending 30th June was 3,8741. for current ex-
penses, and 1,174/. for arrears. The customs revenue
collected at the ports of New Zealand, for the years 1841 to
1845 inclusive, was :-6,274/. in 1841 ; 18,5881. in 1842 ;
16,206/. in 1843; 11,4261. in 1844 ; 9.3401. in 1845. No cus-
toms duties were collected during the last two quarters of
1844, and the first four or five months of 1845, Governor
Fitzroy having abolished them. This accounts in part for
the great falling off in these years. The deficit is also in
part attributable to the native disturbances. It is greatest
at those parts which have been the scene of hostilities.
Aucklaud being the harbour into which government stores
were imported, the receipts there have declined leu than at
the rest.
Oa the 15th of September, H.M. et. Driver sailed for Wel-
lington with Col. M'Cleverty, who had been appointed
Quarter-Master-Oenersl. On the 16th, H.M.S. Castor sailed
for the Bay of Islands.