OE WESTLAND AND AUCKLAND.

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Kates of Provisions, Labour, &c, Thames Gold Fields. Flour ... £14 0 0 per ton, 16s. per cwt. Potatoes 3 0 0 per ton. Bread ... 0 0 4| 2 lb. loaf. Beef ... 0 0 4 to 6d. per lb. Mutton... 0 0 3 to 5d per lb. Tea ... 0 2 6 to 3s. per lb. Sugar ... 0 0 5 to 6d. per lb. Tobacco ... 0 4 0 to ss. per lb. Coals, Bay of Islands, in quantities taken from ship's side, 20s. per ton. Timber, 12s. per 100 feet. Horse, man, and dray, 15s. per day. Labourers' wages, 30s. to 365. per week. Carpenters' ditto, 48s. to 545. per week. Births, Deaths, and Marriages. The following is a return for the Thames District for the year ending 31st March, 1870 ; — Births, 410 ; Deaths, 180 ; Marriages, 77. Customs Eevenue at the Port of Thames for the Month of Aprte and May, 1870. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits ... ... ... 101 13 0 224 5 2 513 0 1 Wines ... ... ... 6 18 5 38 15 3 10 12 0 Beer ... ... ... ... 2 7 6 14 5 0 Tobacco ... ... ... ... 20 13 9 55 5 0 Cigars ... ... ... ... ... 9 0 0 Tea ... ... ... 3 0 0 ... 4 4 0 Sugar ... ... ... 5 4 7 5 010 10 16 11 Goods by weight ... ... ... ... 11 5 0 £116 16 0 £261 2 6 £628 8 0 Arms Fees ... ... ... 18 8 0 26 1 0 31 0 0 Merchant Shipping Fees ... 070 013 6 Warehouse Duty ... ... ... 19 15 10 Total ... ... £135 11 0 £337 12 10 £659 10 0 Thames was proclaimed a warehousing port on the 21st March, 1870. The Custom House was opened in the month of March, during which month £117 was received.