Yesterday morning the members of the above company fired the first competition for Lieutenant Mahan's trophy. The conditions being ten shots at 500 yards. The following are the highest scorers : Seaman Murray ... ... 34 Seaman Harris . . .. ... 31 Ist P.O. Swinard 31 Seaman Whyte 30 Seaman Jamea ... . . .- 30 Seaman May 29 Lieut. -Com. Taylor . ...28 Lieut. Grenf ell 28 Seaman Evans ... .. ... 23 Seaman Townsend 23 Seaman Herron . 20 Seaman Smyth ... ... ... 20

OUR VOLUNTEERS. Oamaru Navals.
COLONIAL REVENUE RETURNS. (BY TELEGRAPH. ) Wellington, January 6.
Tb« following are the revenue returns for the nine months ending the 31st of December . Customs ..£1,121,989 Stamps 41,184 Post and telegraph ... 39,211 Property tax . . 211,468 Beer duty 41,615 Railway 784,791 Registration, etc. , fees. . . 29,903 Marine 14,101 Mwcellaneoua 28,202 Territorial . . 104,597 Land fund — Ordinary sales ... 85,228 Deferred payments ... 35,739 Total . ..£2,878,033 The actual collections are considerably more that the above figures, as the latter only represent moneys brought to account by the Treasury. The accounts for last quarter of the financial year always con tain the largest receipts because the revenue is telegraphed on the last day from all parts of the colony. The expen diture for the nine months is well within bounds, and the Treasury officials antici- Eate that the final results of the year will © up to expectation.
