The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-01 00:00:00

11.—Increase and Decrease in the periods ended March 31,
1870, as compared with corresponding periods of the

preceding year :

Quarter ended March
31, 1870.

Increase.l Decrease.

t44,0)3

Customs
Excise
Stamps
Taxes
PrJpert,v TAX
Post-Office
Telegraph 5ervice.............
Crown Lands
Miscellaneous.

1,021,f Ot

1:7,000

1,723,00-
2,513,0 A

Tota:s

Net Itiereme....

Cuatoms
Excise
Stamps
Taxes
Property Tax
Post (Mice
Telegraph Service • •••••••
rowu Lauds
Misce.laneous

Totals ••
Net Increase • .

100,0001
12,00
34,8781

5,459,878
.£4,718,878

30 000

691,000

Year ended March
31, 1870.

Increase.

1,301,000
30,0 0
1,0 6,000
4 , 6,00
1,',00
100,000
15,00.

3,888,0,01
:2 812,261

Decrease.

895,C00

150,7,.9

1,C45,739

lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Re-
ceipts in the Quarter ended March 31, 1870, the issues
out of the same, and the Charges on the Consolidated
Fund at that date, and the Surplus or Deficiency of the
Balance; in the Exchequer on March 31, 1870, in respect
of such Charges : •
Income received, as shown in Account 1. .. £24,828,166
Amount raised by Exchequer Bonds, issued per Act
32 and 33 Vict., cap. 22 •.• ••• •••
Amount raised on account of Fortifications, per Act
30 and 31 Vict., cap. 145 ••. ••• • •
Amount received in repayment of Advances for
Public Works, &c. • • • • • •
Amount received iu Repayment of Advances for
Greenwich Hospital ..

600,000

100,003

6)4,840

282,367

£26,365,973

Net deficiency of the balance in the Exchequer to
meet the charge on Dec. 31, 186), as per last
45,127,262
account
Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser •
vices (including ,600,0J0 Exchequer Bonds

W8',747
497
132,307

paid off )
Amount Advanced for new Courts of Justice
Amount Advanced for Greenwich Hospital ..
Charge of the Consolidated Fund on March 31,
170, viz.:—
Interest of the Permanent
Debt £5,18 ',951
'Terminable Annuities 1,315,979
Interest of Exchequer Bonds 26,000
Principal of Exchequer Bills. 11, 00
Interest of Exchequer Bills 26,751
Interest of Deficiency Ad-

vances .
The Civil List
Other Charges on Consoli-
dated Fund 423,210
AdvancesiorrublieWorks,&e. 286,8 5
Sinking Fund 63,746

3,149
101,997

7,440,770

£24,b83,344

Surplus Balance in the Exchequer on March 31,
1870, beyond the amount of the charge on the
Consolidated Fund, on that date, payable in
Jdne Quarter, Ib7o *1,782,629

£25,365,273

*charge on March 31, IS7O ...
Paid out of Growing Produce in March
Quarter, 1870 ... • •

.. 7,443,770

Portion of the Charge payable in June
Quarter, 18:0
To meet which there was in the Exche-
quer on March 31,18 0 •..
Surplus Balance as above—
Great Britain • •
Ireland ••• • • ••

616,752

.. 8,824,013

8 GC 647
• • ;

£1,371,807
407,8.2

,78?,629

THE CITY OF BOSTON 110 AX.—Mr. Alexander
Wilson, the American Press agent in London, telegraphed
an "explanation" in answer to the indignant inquiries
from New York as to the originator of the cruel hoax of
the City of Boston having arrived at Queenstown on the
February 16. He said a copy of a private telegram was
handed to him by the Government Superintendent of the
Stock Exchange Telegraph Office, announcing the arrival
of the City of Boston at Queenstown, in tow of the City
of Durham. The despatch had reached London vitt Man-
chester. This is all the explanation offered, and if no
more information is obtained the reward of 500 dollars
for the discovery of the originator will be unclaimed.
A CLEAR CASE.—Mr. Justice Maulo would
occasionally tax the powers of country juries. Ex. gr.
" Gentlemen," said the judge, "The learned counsel is
perfectly right in his law, there is some evidence upon that
point ; but he's a lawyer, and you're not, and you don't
know what he means by some evidence, so I'll tell you.
Suppose there was an action on a bill of exchange, and epc
people swore they saw the defendant accept it, and six
others swore they heard him say he should have to pay it,
and six others knew him intimately, and swore to his
handwriting ; and suppose on the other side they called
a poor old man who had been at schcol with the defen-
dant 40 years before and had not seen him since, and he
said he rather thought the acceptance was not his writing,
why there'd be some evidence that it was not, and that's
what Mr. means in this case." Need we add that
the jury retired to consider their verdict ?
A number of the mechanics who have been dis-
charged from Chatham Dockyard, and others who are to
leave, are expected to find employment in Prussia in the
Government dockyards there. It is also expected that
one of the foremen about to be superannuated at Chat-
ham will go with the men, who will be employed under

The .English Independent learns from its correspon-
dent at Sydney that startling disclosures have been made
relative to the kidnapping of natives from the semi-
civilised islands to meet the demands of the markets of
Peru and Queensland. In one instance crowds of victims
were enticed on board a ship by the mate representing
himself as a missionary, anxious to preach to all who
would come on board.