(BY TELEGRAPH. — OWN COBEESPONDENT.)

WELLINGTON, this afternoon, CONVICT LABOUR.
From the return of convict labour laid on the table the value of the prisoners' work is calculated at 4s per diem for skilled, and 3s for unskilled labour, except in the case.of the printers at Lyttelton where the Govern ment printers' valuation is adopted. In Aldington Gaol there are 18 convicts, the value of whose week's labour is assured to be £15 8s payment by local bodies for prison labour :—

ADMISSION TO CIVIL SERVICE,

A return has been prepared to the order of the Legislative Council of the names of all officers who have entered the civil ser vice since the Bth October, 1866, who at the date of admission to the service were more than 20 years of age, the date of each admission, age, and salaries, at such date of admission, and the present salary of every such officer, taking the departments seriatim as given in the return, the number of appointments since Bth Oct., 1866, has been as follows : — Colonial Secretary, 66; Audit, .16;' Treasury, 26; Native jLand Purchase, 44; Public Trußt, 2; Education, 5 ; Go vernmentj Insurance, 14; Crown Land, 53 ; Immigration, 15 ; Mines, 4 ; Survey,. 109 j Justice, 80; A.C. officers, 7: Defence, 3 ; Begistrar Generals, 12 ; Architects, 4 ; Stamps, 34; Customs, 49 ; Marine, 16 ; Geological, 3; Lunacy, 17, and Property Tax,,2l. ;.;;., '-..- ' 7.7

THE POLITICAL POSITION.
