The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-22 00:00:00

Passages at arkei • are

direct.
Fore Cabin. Saloon.
ro or from Gravesend and Gondon.... • • .... 10d. .. Is. 2d.
„ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwieh Bd. .. Os. 10d.
Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd.
BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, si. 0 ; Six Months, 3/. Os. ;
Three Months, 2/. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the
Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.

• •
Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. nar Terms,
apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch-street Ter.
minus, Blackwell Railway.
April 6, 1853.

MERCANTILE MARINE FUND.-An account of the in-
come and expenditure under the Mercantile Marine Aot
(1850), for -the year ending Dec. 31, 1852, has been
printed. It appears that the income derived from fees,
received at the several shipping offices, was :-Examina-
+ion of masters and mates, 4,2171. 12s. ; fees on engage-
ment of crews, 12,404/. 11s. 6d. ; fees on discharge of
crews, 10,9691. 9s. 6d. ; fees on renewal of certificates,
and copies of documents, 61/. 4s. 6d. • fines and
forfeitures on board ship, 4371. 17s. sd. ; penalties
inflicted under the Mercantile Marine Act, 1481. 11s.
7d. Total income, 28,2391. 6s. 6d. The expendi-
ture was :--1. Expenses of the naval department
of the Board of Trade-viz., salaries of two commis-
sioners, at 6001. per annum each, 1,200/. ; salaries
of the secretary, clerks, &c., 1,2221. Os. 9d. ; postage,
travelling expenses, and office contingencies, 3721. 13s.
6d. ; expenses incurred at the seamen's register office,
for clerks, &c., employed upon duties connected with
the Mercantile Marine Act, 6041. 12s. 10d. 2.
Expenses of the shipping offices and local marine
boards at the ports-viz., salaries oBof the shipping
masters, examiners, clerks, &c., 7/. 14s. 9d.,
remuneration to the collectors of Customs who act as
15,
shipping masters at the minor ports, for services for the
year 1851, paid to them through the Commissioners of
Customs, 2,800/. ; rent of offices, postage, stationery,
&c., 3,6931. Os. 9d. Total expenditure for 1852,
23,7001. 2s. Balance excess of expenditure, Dec. 31,
1851, 4941. Leaving a balance, Dec. 31, 1852, as excess
of income over expenditure, of 4,0441. 12s. 11d. The
Board of Trade naval department is, of course, all ex-
penditure and no income. The cost of the staff, &c.,
was 3;399/. 7s. ld. The largest income received is at
Liverpool ; it is 7,4311., and the balance of income above
expenditure was 2,5991. Next comes London, including
Minories, Poplar, Well-street, Limehouse - income
6,6951. ; balance, 1,840/. only, owing to more expensive
staff.- At Glasgow, the income was 1,056/. ; balance,
371. 7s. sd. Hull-income, 957/. ; balance 3481. Bris-
tol-income, 8351. ; expenditure, 5701. ; balance, 2651.
9s. 11d. The only ports at which there was an excess
of expenditure above income are North Shields, Aber-
Australia have been re • - from Perth, Western
received to the 15th of January.
The periodical meeting of the Western Austra ian Bank
isaobmoeur little
had just taken place, and athe dividend declared was at
the rate of 124 per cent. per annum. The harvest in the
interior was nearly concluded, and the result was con-
tuhl teyp hreavdtilb been
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se'xpdeerried
edentvouinraobbleta;inbiuntg
difficulty
of influenza. Coal shale had owing
in
been discovered in tte
neighbourhood of the Preston river, and also a new pas-
, total district to the eastward, the capabilities of which
• were regarded as important. • -