COMMERCIAL.
The amount of revenue'collected at the Custom house on goods cleared to-day for consumption was £1,475 0s Bd. The amount of Customs collected at the Dun edin office for this month is £28,503 18s Id, and the beer duty £1,256 2s. For April of la9t year the Customs was £24,93214s 9d, and the beer duty £1,22410s 7d. '. , ~ Messrs Dalgety and Co. have received cable advice from their London office stating that the directors have declared an interim dividend of 4s per share, being at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, payablejm the 15th May. MINING NOTE& Auckland, April 30.-The official returns of the Hauraki goldfield for the year ended March 31,1896, shows £378,106, against £261,746 in 1895, an increase "of £116,368. Coromandel County shows an increase of £75,901, the Thames an increase of £4,573, and Ohinemuri an increase of £26,656. The gold received from the various centres during the year was: Coromandel £138,897, Ihames £63,913, Ohinemuri £174,355, Prako £941; total, £378,106.
Post Office Notice.
