The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-03-12
From New Zealand.

The steamer Nebraska arrived on Friday
evening last, Is days from Auckland, bringing
dates to Feb. Goth. We find the news by hel
quite interesting.
A census of New Zealand was taken in Dec
1872, the details of which are published in the
Southern Cross and Herald
The total population OF the colony is stated al
1868 l5O356, males and LOG, 037 females being
an excess of 3lS males. The number of houses Is
57,1s2 of which the city of Auckland contains about
onefourth.
or the population of the colony 65 GA English
1886 Irish 81 s26 Scotch, 1879 Welsh; Europeans
born in the colony, 11,S1S; Australian, S,79s; born
in other British domlnions, l,2lS; American, 55S
French, 2SSS; German, 1867; born in other foreign
countries, including China, 751; born at sea, 769
whose place of birth is not specified
OF the population, the proportion belonging to
the various religious sccts follows: Church Of
England, 81, 800; Church of Scotland, $685. Roman
Catholic, 80, as; Wesleyan Methodsts l6, &c., indie
pendcnts, 4,246; Baptists, 4,S53; Primitive Metho-
dists, 1852; Lutherans, 25SS; Hebrews 1,247; So
ciety of Friends, 146; Pagans, Chinese and Heath,
ems, 2,6l2
Bad news comes TO us from Christchurch. 1t APP
pears that uuuiUCI Vi VALUABLE Stuu 5uCGls Which
have arrived from England by the ship Cissy, are
found to be affected with the foot and mouth u
disease. These infected sheep should be at once
destroyed, and their carcasses and skins burned.
Pcremptory orders have been forwarded to the Gus
toms authorities at all the ports in the colony pro.
hibiting the landing of any sheep or cattle coming
from England or Continental countries without the
express sanction of the Provincial authorities Too
stringent cannot be passed to prevent the
introduction of this terrible plague. The foot and
mouth" disease is equivalent to utter ruin to all
whose hocks or herds may have become infected
with it.
wholesale case of desertion from II. NJ. S. Dido
occurred the night of the 4th February. at that
time eleven of the men eight seamen and three
stokers) quilted the ship in the pinnace They were
all arrested next day and were to be tried by court
martial.
On the 25th January, aseries ofswimming and div
ing matches off at the Saltwater Baths, in the
presence of large number of spectators. Mr.. Allen
acted as secretary and Judge, and Mr. Hilditch the
bath-kceper, as starter
a white native pigeon has been shot in Yelling
ton province. There are albn kakas and tuis in
the Wellington Museum but hitherto 20 white
pigeon.
Auckland needs few Good Templars to labor for
common good, if we may judge from the frequent
arrests for drunk. One of the persons, says the
Herald punished for drunkenness yesterday, at the
Police Court had no less than fifty convictions reg
istered against her. Twentyfour of these were
convictions under the Yagrant Act, of larceny,
and the remaining twenty-five were for drunken
ness. The Bench fifty described her as being an in.
corrigible offender
New South Wales.
No mails was received from Sydney by the Ne
braska, but via Auckland, We have dates to Fcbru-
airy Is The Intercolonial Conference sitting at
Sydney had completed its labors, but of what has
been done nothing officially TRANSFERRED The qucs-
tions thus discussed stated to have been-Posal
Marine Telegraphs, Lighthouses, Customs Union on
the basis of common tariff, and Patent Laws.
1t was-currently reported, however, that Queens
lard wants service, by way of Torres Straits, of its
own, and that it has commissioned its Agent Gen
eal at home to call for tenders for such service to
bring its letters from Singapore. In that it
would drop out of Mr.. Langton's scheme for invit-
ing other colonies to contribute towards joint ser
vice from Gale whose terminus should be Melbourne
Sydney wants a California line, and though Mr.
vogel has offered to make Sydney the terminus of
the Webb line it prefers to have an independent
service, and with that view it has also called for
tenders. simultaneously with Mr.. Vogers negotia-
tions though ostensibly having no other relations
of course with them, telegram reaches him to the
effect that the committee of both houses of the
American Congress have reported favorably on a
subsidy of half million of dollars to its promoter
Mr.. Webb, the inference being that New Zealand
will be pledged to the San Francisco route, whether
it gets assistance from the other colonies or not
We can never have too much of good thing, but
IN arrangement which gave each colony service of
its own, and showed two separate and rival servi-
ces TO California, another by way of the Cape of
Good Hope, and two more from India, via Gale,
and via Singapore, could scarcely be considered to
be for the interests of the colonies as a whole
The will of the late Walter Montgomery has been
proved, and his property will be about 60 600 His
property in England was only ESQ he leaves his
watch guard to the Duke of Edinburgh.
Webb Confident of Success.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15-The Senate Committee
on Appropriations to-day refused to report amend
ments to the Postofice Appropriation bill providing
for steamship subsidies.
Webb expressed himself satisfied with the result,
it having been feared that, in so many subsidies,
some bill will defeat his
Efforts will be made TO have amendments intro
duced in the Senate when the bill is taken up.
Webb's friends feel confident of success.
Col Scott was here to-day, and is reported to
have denied any present interest in the Burnside bill
Hespeaks in favor of webb's proposition.