An official return has been issued showing that the revenue of New South Wales for the quarter just ended amounted to £1,910,000, being an increase of £217,000 compared with the corresponding period of last year. In this increase the customs and other taxes figure for £56,000, railway receipts £74,000, telegraphs £81,000, and interest on lands conditionally purchased £70,000. The amount to the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund was £3,500,000. The revenue for the twelve months ending June 30 was £7,213,000, or an increase of £1,000,000 as compared with the previous year.
Sir Saul Samuel, K.C.M.G, Agent-General for New South Wales has been informed by telegram of the arrival in Sydney of the ship Samuel Plimsoll, which sailed from Plymouth with emigrants in April last.
Sir Arthur Blyth, K.C.M.G., the Agent-General for South Australia, has received the following telegram from the Government at Adelaide, dated the 3rd inst.:—"The total revenue, receipts for the quarter just ended amount to £518,000. The revenue for the financial year just ended amounts to £2,245,000, an excess of £175,000 on the estimate."
The mineral statistics of the colony of Victoria show that the quantity of gold raised during 1881 exceeded the yield of 1880 by 30,000 oz. The yields in the principal mining districts continue to improve.
Source: The Illustrated London News, July 8, 1882, p.39