The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-09

bourne that the are b posscssion of certain
Information touching widely extended plot among the
Chinese, which has been fosered By secret societies OF
discovery Of a very important nature was made on
q spot about 6fteen miles from Cape Patterson Austr
& rather, within fifteen miles Of the nearest point Of
The Melbourne Argus publishes the following extraOr-
binary statistics with regard to infante mortality In
that extraordinary mortality Of children in this
nomena Of our present condition. 10 alone, Of ali in
nantants OF the temperate zone the return OF the genial
which nature indicates Is the time for the great
renewal OF animal and OF vegetable life becomes with
not s s OF s death 70 man hardly credible were
auins tue summer months the natural Increase OF popu
son actually checked and that the number Of births
.. January and February last, the difference
Of prtns over deaths has been ony twenty four. For
proportion Of two TO 1854 the proportion was re-
duced 10 less than three TO in sS .he births predo
continued in 1856, until 1857 we had onIy seventy
deaths for 100 births These figures prove ya,her the
nn s & ss " Of our previous sanitary
year OF progressive improvement mortality Ia at
greater than that which = recorded IN the deaiest
wealth. our children die more quickly aud in greater
numbers than In land Of pestiience and famine To
these who look forward to the growth aud progress an
Australian population is amentaole 30 this nroad
upon the numbers Of tnoee whose birth early
whom the future OF Australia must largely depend.
[Fron the Melbourne Argus, April ISL
In the export trade there has fair amount of
business for tho Several small parcels OF wool
have changed hands at former from 3D. to
IL. per b. secured lambs, 49, 1Zd. the chief sorts
offering have been fellmongers WOOL Taow has been
in steady demand fer shipment Tnere hiss been more
inquiry for hides.
The import trade is dull can well be, and tran
sactons In the msn Improbable Stocks are ncreas
ing, while consumption and immigration falling Off
II cheap money in England induce increased shipments,
the result is certain the fact that commercial
crisis has already occurred from the Tne
revenue returns for the and quarter ended 3st
March have been published Tho total revenue for the
year amounted to f3 les 3d. against E2 9s2 1872
b. %. for the year ending the STAT March, 1857,
and for the quarter 10 G7l2292 o. 81 against 1855,
81 l2s. Id for the corresponding quarter of 1867,
giving net increase Of f4l9,2l7 lis. 81. on the
toms revenue there Increase the year ia every
import except wine, which there de amount
ing 10 f22 0C6 lis 3D. There falling of In tho export
duly gold Of flS,l79 los Cd. on the year and OF
f3,997 b. Id ON the quarter. the gold fields revenue
exhibits falling of Of f9070 los Id. the year and
an increase OF 81 ,967 los. Cd. on the quarter
Subjoned table showing the declared values OF the
imports and exports at the port OF Melbourne during the
current ear TO the 90 Of APRIL - compared with The COR
responding period Of 1857.
In the fret period the account stood thus
E1Por1. 3,oIS,6S7
Balance sganst the colony ...,......... 1887 500
In the second period
,6S5 $50
Balance against the colony. Elsa ,2o7