The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

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of New South Wales. The southern bank is in the
province of Victoria, and, a similar reserve having been
already made for that province, the land on both sides of
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pastoralsettlers
licenses, however, are to be allowed free right of access
to the river side. The land will be put up for sale as
soon as the necessary surveys can be made. Till the
Murray was opened to navigation by steam the district
was exclusively occupied for cattle runs, under the usual
licenses ; a tract of land four miles in width and 500 in
-tenger-is now to be thrown into the market, and the
facilities the river furnishes. for communication with the
coast will soon render the allotments valuab!e.
" The last fettings of the I.',urra-surra Copper Mine
had-been more favourable than any Since the suspension
of the works by the rush of labour to the gold fields.
The public land sales fur the first quarter of 1854
show an increase of purchases to the amount of 24,0001.
above the return for the corresponding quarter of 1853.
still made or the scarcity of labour ;
...tvmgr" Conling_oplaifutsagriculturallabourers and miners would -
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find ei upt
.class,oy•n enitt at s highsaid acgoeusld be employed at that; a thousand of the last-
quarry of copper,' the Burra-Burra Mine, alone. The
Adelaide Times says, every colonist is now anxiously
sities is to come from.'
inquiring where sufficient labour to supply his neces-

"4 bill had been brought into the council of Van
Diemen's Land to extend the electoral districts and in-
crease the number of representatives. The papers sug-
gest that .the Constitution Act should be suspended for
some time, that it might be ascertained how those of
Victoria and New South Wales would work.
"The revenue of the colony for the first quarter of
1854 shows a surplus over the expenditure of 66,429/.
11s: Bd. The total of the receipts is 257,8721. 15s. 6d.,
against au annual expenditure of 491,443/. 3s. 10d.
"At the last sitting of the Supreme Court at Ilobirt
Town there were no prisOners for trial. It is the first
(maiden session' ever held in the 00164. .
"On the 22d of March Hobart Town was.visited with
another inundation, the second within a short_period.
by immense damage was -done to houses and
buildings: Three men were drowned, two of them con-
victs. Theloss of property by the two, floods is vari-
ously estimated at from 50,0001. to 120,0001.
The order in Council of the 29th December, 1853, re-
pealing the former order of the 4th of September, 1848,
continuing Van Dienieres Land and Norfolk Island
as
penal settlements; when New South-Wales and Victoria
ceased to be so, had been received in the colony, to the
great satisfaction of the inhabitants.
"Business has not been aG much stimuhded,_by_tim
warlike intelligence from Europe as anticipated.
Stocks are very large, and though the holders retain
them a little more firmly, there is not likely to be any
great rise in prices from anything but actual consump-
tion. The bank has raised the rate of discount to 6 per
cent:* The insurance offices are demanding war riles
for England. .
"The price of gold in Sydney, on the 4th of May,
was 31. 17s. 6d. to 31. 18s. per .oz. The stock of gold
in the city was small."