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THE • REATEN UE FOR _TH E - . Y ETAIR-'1 AND , . QUARTER ENPING SEPT., -30.

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No. I.—An Abstract of the Gross Produce of the 11
With

guARTI:ItS ENDED

YEAR
CIlti:!fl
uepY.l3o, - Juno .30
' /861 "I ti
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5;982,000' '23 .I‘.B 0.01,1
4,2,({X)1, 1.5,621,000
2,013,4)00 ;
1(;0,000 1 3,130,000
931,000 ' 11,113,0(0
870;000, ,
t7O 29!,474
?.47,74;i 1,212-,dltr

QuAIEVERLIJNDED
Dec. 3!, ! I%ltutl4 June 30, .1 7 Sept. 30,
• is:), ISii9 I 1860 I 186)
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ended
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Dec, 31,
1860

March 31,
-•1861

Julie 30,
161.

2,12Q,016
:113,000
6,002,000
915,000
75,014)
729,173

.21%0:1,395_
20,070,000
5,267,,46'
3,257,000
10,300,+:16"
3,:370,000
289,568
1,419,c40

14,601,22 . 69,8A1d0w.117;112,830 120,210,807 16,819,174 16,638,166 70,800,077

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and )(mit M.ded September 30, 1861, as compar
Ithe Q t•Y • -
No. ll.—lncrease and Peerease in . uar, el, Half- ear,.. ed with the Corresponding Periods
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Quarter ended Sept 30,1861,
_hlalf-year 0144:6gpt. 30, 1861. 1 Year ended Sept 30, 1861.
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. • Increase. : : Decrease. 'lncrease; .''' Decrease. Increase. i Decrease.
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X . r £ X , ' .
CUSTOMS ' ' 94,000 182,223 91 605 -CUSTOMS. •
EXCISE .. 868,001 ' -- ,- 811,0,30 .. • •
1,416,000 ' EXCISE.
STAMPS " • 4 00
•• O,O 77:758 138,912
82;1:184 , . - -sTAMPS.
TAXES i f
PROPERTY TAX • ,-. .. ' '1,290,000 209,181 '' . , . 127,000 - • ; :J_ZAXES.
„ ,61800;,::: : , i
3CIII2:IOV.EpNLALITA,JABN.NEDOSu. s .
POST OFFICE - • • • . 70,0k0;
~ :it; - :: 100,000 ... PROPERTY TAX.
CROWN. /ANDS- ' ' .. • , .- Y,l. • - . _ ~_, 1,911 . , -.,___ _ ••
2,911 - t", ",, , -POST ()Friel:.
MJSPELLANFAMIS •., ' t --') r-,.-: , - - , It;s-4. _• _ ._. ._ _ .00c1,2____
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TOTALS 161,911 2,221,81.) 341,076 7, 1,':90 1,176,012

Net Decrease .:.. z£2,030,0?,4 Net Deerea5e.....£477,511

Net Decrease'.... .£1,003,817

Sept:lo, 1851, compared
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,evcarue of the UniteasK-gagilom, in the umiermehtioned I'~riocls, Lurie
L the Corresponding, pgrio),; of the Prccediub Year.
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IbICOPERTY TAX:
POST O}'-F rOE. 2
CROWN LANDS.
MIsCELLANIOLLS: •
• TOTALS:

SZATE OF AFFAIRS AT NATAL.

But, a part from the mere family feuds and dis-
sensions of these barbarian potentates, there are
other causses of against us, and the chief of
these is tie refugee question. When the English
came into Natal, now some 22 years ago, the coun-
try, originally thickly peopled by Caffres, was all
but depmelated by the wholesale massacres fiat of

es hes hecn before, suggested ; that any atone ex•
tensively decayed. s;hould be rembved and replaced ;
but— that in par titular the earliest symptoms of
decay should be earefullv watched and examined
with the view to the application of some immediate
remedy. The Commictce believe that a very large
portion of the stone in the Palace of Westminster
is of a very durable nature, and they entertain a
uinfident el_pectation that a remedy will socln be
found to arrest or control the decay when it 1125
unfortunalely begun to appear.
cc WILLIAM 'KITE, FRANKLAND,
ROD. I. MuncirTgox. , F. A. ABEL,
SYDNEY SmIRRE, JAMES TENNANT.
GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT, GEORGE R. BuRNELL,
GEORGE GODWIN, THOMAS HAWKsLEY, -
M. DIG-BY WYATT, CILARLEs I-I. SMITH.
A. W. HormANx, ED WARD M. BARRY.
"AL RED BONHAM-CARTER, Secretary."

A letter from Maritzburg, Natal, dated August
3, says ;--The daily life of a colony is usually dull
and stagnant enough, and certainly that of Natal
is no exception to the general rule. But the morn-
-1 ing of the 13th of July was one of the exceptional
days. At an early hour every one was roused by
the sound of bugles, the muster of our slender gar-
rison, the running to and fro of excited officials, and
by ten o'clock a Government proclamation an-
nounced the cause of all this bustle and excitement.
Mr. Scott, our Lieutenant-Governor, made known
that reports had reached him of threatened disturb.
ances in Zululand, and that in consequence he had
ordered the troops to be moved up to Tugela (the
northern boundary which forms the frontier be-
tween it and Zululand), as a precautionary measure,
'which would, he hoped, allay all alarm among the
colonists, who should have speedy intimation of
real danger.
In the course of the day the garrison of Maritz-
burg, consisting of a wing of her Majesty's 85th
Light Infantry, a few Artillerymen, half a troop of
the Cape Mounted Rifles, and such of the Natal
Carbincers (a volunteer corps) as could be got toge-
ther at so short a notice, left the city, similar orders
having been sent to the handful of the 85th at Dur-
ban, and to the Volunteer Rangers at that place and
at Pine Town.
In ail, the force might amount perhaps to 800
men ; small enough, but amply sufficient, in my
opinion, to give a good account of any number of
Zulus that were ever likely to come against them.
But sadly as it may tell against the interest of my
letter, I am happy to state that the gallantry of
our soldiers has not been tested in the smallest de-
gree. When they reached the Tugela those who
were living nearest to its borders asked what had
brought them there, and laughed to scorn the notion
of a Zulu attack upon Natal.
No„ that all immediate danger has passed away,
of course those who were the most panic-stricken are
the first to pooh pooh the steps taken by Mr. Scott,
and to declare that the Government was hoaxed.
And yet I have such faith in the sense, prudence,
and coolness of our Governor that I do fully believe
the news he received of this intended attack was
sufficient to justify him not only in ordering up to
the frontier the force at his disposal, but also in
sending down to Graham's Town for additional
reinforcements.
But whether or no, the demonstration on the
Tugela has had the desired effect. If the Zulus ever
did intend crossing that river they have since
thought better of it, their leader Ketchwayo has dis-
banded his men, and they and he have both disap-
peared from the frontier. I trust therefore that no
one in England will be alarmed at the absurd and
unfounded reports that have, it seems, been circu-
lated about us at the Cape, and which may possibly
reach home in some still more exaggerated forms
Indeed, our position in Natal has been so strangely
misrepresented to the • authorities in Cape Town
that they despatched in the hottest haste H.M.S.
Narcissus, with about 500 of her Majesty's 59th, a
few gunners, and about 50 of the Capo corps, who
were all very much astonished, on landing at Dur-
ban yesterday, to find everything and everybody
going about their usual business in that bustling
little seaport. At Cape Town, it appears there were
the most dismal stories going about of bloody con-
flicts between the Zulus and the troops ; of the lat-
ter being hard pressed, the Volunteers routed and
cut to pieces, and I know not what other " shaves"
besides. As I have said, all this is pure invention;
not a single Zulu has ever been across the Tugela,
not one act of aggression by Zulus has ever taken
place, nor• have the peace and security of the colony
been interrupted for a single hour.
On none does the effect of all this false intelli-
gence fall more unpleasantly than on the gallant
59th. After a long service at the Cape, and subse-
quently in China, they were actually waiting at
the Cape, for return transports to take them to
England, when they were hurried off hither at a
moment's notice. They have been landed, and are
now, I am told, necks canvas at Durban waiting
further instructions. Seeing there is not the
slightest occasion for their services, I can only ex-
press a hope that they may be speedily re-embarked
in the Narcissus, and that they may soon get back
to England to enjoy the brief respite of home ser-
vice, which they so fully deserve.
But, as there is never smoke without fire, you
may ask me, perhaps, what all this row is about.
The question is somewhat difficult to answer, but I
will try and do so as shortly as may he.
First of all, understand that these Zulus have no
affinity with those against whom England has
waged her former Caffre wars, When the Dutch
beers first squatted in Natal, previous to its exist-
ence as a British colony, they certainly came into
hostile collision with these Zulus, under their then
King Dingaan, and some frightful massacres were
perpetrated by him among the boors. But since
the time when the Dutch deposed this bloodthirsty
monster and set his brother Panda on the throne in
his stead, this Zulu nation has caused us no uneasi-
ness, Panda having been a steady and constant
friend, first of the Dutch beers, and subsequently
of the British Colonial Government. But increas-
ing years have begun to tell on Panda's influence
with his people, and he bas been gradually super-
seded by one of his sons, Ketchwayo, who appears
to inherit both the talents and the bloodthirsty dis-
position of his uncle, Dingaan. Some four years
ago Ketchwayo burnt to death one of his brothers,
and on a recent occasion, when Mr. Shepstone, the
Secretary for Native Affairs, was in Zululand, i❑
order that he might acknowledge by his presence,
on behalf of the British Government, Ketchwayo's
right to be proclaimed by Panda his successor to
the kingdom, the former took the occasion to
demand from Mr. Shepstone the restoration of his
younger brother, who was sent to us by Panda
himself to save the boy from Ketchwayo's violence.
Of course, Mr. Shepstone replied that the boy
could not be sent back unless his father wished and
demanded it. I ought to mention that this boy,
now about 13 or 14 years of age, has been educated
by the Bishop of Natal, under whose charge he
now is, and it causes Ketchwayo no small annoy•
ance that a possible future rival to the headship of
the nation is beingthus imbued with English notions
and brought up under direct English influence.
It is said that the intelligence of Ketchwayo's
hostile intentions was conveyed to the Government
by Panda himself, and that it was part of his pro-
grainme, having made a strong demonstration on
one part of the Tugela, to send a 'trusty band of
well-mounted horsemen across the river, at a point
nearest the Bishop's station, to make a dash at it,
and beax off the boy, whose return to Ketchwayo
would undoubtedly be followed by his being
speedily put to death.