Cape And Natal News (Newspaper) - January 1, 1861, London, Middlesex THE CAPE AND Published on Arrival of the Na WITH f FOK TRANSMISSION j t Summary 1 Cape of Good Hope 2 Eastern 3 British 5 Transvaal Republic 6 Orange Free 6 STo Mans 6 Natal 7 Original Article 8 The East 10 The Zambesi 10 11 Shipping Intelligence 13 and Deaths 14 14 LATEST IN From Cape Town 21 17 5 FROM At Cape Town 6 6 Natal 5 THE Royal Mail steam ship belonging to the Union Com arrived at Plymouth on Here dates 21 30 and The Celt brings the following passengers and r and Elton and Dastre and Captain Le Captain 13th Regiment Assistant 59th Regiment and 3 v and bags copper ore 100 tins ore and 7 bales wool and 1 case feathers Sea right 2 ankers wme Van der Byl and 107 bales wool and 130 bales and 1 bag wool Twentyman and 50 bales wool and 8 bales wool Dickson and 20 bales 2 1 and 1 half aum and 1 case 6 bags argol Boss and quarter aad wine Lewis and 1 box jewellery 1 caste feathers and 1 case preserves Lands 1 case 1 wine 1 2 2 ankers Wd 1 I case specie Mosenthal and 51 cases wioe Holmes and horns and 2 eases feathers Fletcher and 1 case The Cambrian arrived in Table Bay on the 12th Sir George Grey had not yet left Cape Town for the frontier British Considerable uncertainty prevailed with respect to his The left Cape Totra on the 5th of November for the Eastern Pro and take up his residence permanently at Grahams The separation movement in the Eastern Province appears to be and the desire for separation from the Western Province is unanimous throughout its length and but it inspires some doubt with respect to its ultimate realisation when we find that a difference of opinion and that certain localities require the creation of three and not two independent There is but little doubt that Sir George Greys federa tion or a modification of presents the easiest and most practical solution of the His Excellency is desirous that the products of the Cape of Good Hope should be properly exhibited at the ensuing inter national Exhibition to be held in London in feeling con that great benefits will result from a knowledge of the natural resources of the colony being extensively His Excellency appointed a commission to deliberate upon the best means of carrying out this and trusts that they will meet with the support and cooperation of all classes of he subjects in South George with the view of establishing simultaneous and systematic meteorological observations at eligible positions in the in order to obtain data on which to found measures of practical has appointed a committee to undertake the charge and on of the instruments purchased by Government for the The Colonial Government Gazette publishes an account of the principal and other articles of merchandise imported into this and the consumption of such together with the exports of produce during the quarter ended 30th September compared with the corresponding period in Entered for Colonial Quarter ended 30th P 1859 Quarter ended 30th 1860 The number of vessels entered inwards and outwards during the same period is as follows during the quarter of against 201 in 1860 against The quantity of specie imported in the quarter of 1859 was and in 1860 only the exports of the same period The following summary view is also given of the value of imports and of goods entered for con also the value of exports the produce of this and of the amount of customs duties collected at each port of the colony in the quarter ended 30th Entered for 275 Cape Town Port Beaufort Mossel Bay Simons Town Port Elizabeth 275 diatoms 21 282 Total The plans and sections of line of railway between Elizabeth and Grahams by Hawkins and have been of the line from Port Elizabeth is as Bridge farm near above Sundays River j at Congos Kraal Oliphants Hoek j Hills farm j near below Salem Taylors Thompsons through and into Upper through the The infi above the is got rid of by a tunnel yards long into which is crossed by a viaduct of 750 From this to the the section of the four viaducts of the respective lengths of and The itself is crossed by a viaduct yards the Bush River by one of Conga River by one of the by one of and Little Sundays River by one of 175 The steepest part of the line shows a gradient of 1 foot in It is said that the estimate for this line is at the lowest millions engineers estimate it at five millions instead of three The trigonometrical survey of the colony appears to be rapidly Captain and party have proceeded eastwards to the and from thence will go to the Winter where it is proposed that they will meet another party which is proceeding further inland in the same wa the and A considerable portion of British Kaffraria and part of Queens Town has been already executed by of the corps of Royal so that upon the completion of the Eastern districts up to that we shall be in possession of a reliable upon which the geography of the whole colony and of its several districts may be satisfactorily The second synodical meeting of the diocese of Cape Town has been convened for January to meet in the Cathedral Church of at eleven A pastoral letter has been issued by Bishop who states that the chief question of interest that he the synod will be the subject of finance and ecclesiastical Archdeacon Mackenzie will then be consecrated bishop for the Four or five bishops may be together in Cape Town about that the Bishop of Cape Town the Bishop of Grahams the Bishop of the Bishop of and the for the As soon after as the party will proceed to the Zambesi in new steamer the British Kaffraria has been declared an independent under