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Dunstan Times, Issue 289, 8 November 1867, Page 2

The usual fortnightly Escort took down the following quantities of gold:—Dunstan, 1128 oz. 15 dwts.; Alexandra, 542 oz. 12 dwts.; Cromwell, 75 •'. oz. Black's, 404 oz. Dunstan Creek, 526 oz. ; Naseby, 386 oz. Ham ilton, 6G5 oz., making a total of 440S ounces. The inaptitude for business, and the aptitude for jobbing, seems to be proverbial with the Provincial Authorities, our readers must draw their own conclusions from the following, which we find in an Extraordinary edition of the Gazette, published on Thursday last. We can only hope, that the Treasurer, who is both asses sor and Collector has no prejudices, Judge and Jury in one man is somewhat unpalatable to the lovers of fair play.—lt contains the regulations for lajing on and levying the Assessment authorised by section 39 of the "Sheep Ordinance ISG7," and as they will

doubtless be interesting to our country readers we append them :—(1.) The Provincial Treasurer shall be assessor and collector of the said rate. (2-) He shall ascertain, by the reports of the • beep Inspectors, or otherwise, as to him shall seem best, the number of sheep upon each and every run within the Province, and the amount to be raised by assessment in terms of the Ordinance. (3-) He shall thereupon determine the amount leviable from each runholder, or company of runholders and give them notice thereof through the Post Office, or otherwise as to him shall appear practical. U.) In such notice he shall intimate to the party that all objections to the assessment upon any ground whatever, and the decision of the assessor upon any objections lodged with him shall be final and conclusive. (5.) For all arrears, after the expiry of one month from the first day of January 18G8 the collector or a deputy collector authorised by the Superintendent shall sue for and recover the same. Mr. Corfitz Cronquist delivered his third Lecture on Phrenology and Physiognomy last Friday evening, and then for the benefit of the Dunstan Hospital. The attendanoe attentively listened to the various parts of the discourse, and the audience was afterwards kept in a high state of amusement by listening to the delineations of chnracter of not less than seven of our fellow.citizens, two of whom Mr. C. manipulated upon closely blindfolded. ' Eumrs" Lave been the leading topic during the last couple of weeks, and the greater number of our local inhabitants have now in their possession the written estimate of their comparative faults and virtues, the former of which are generally very distinctively pointed out. Mr. Cronquist has been offered a Benefit, by the towns people, "in consideration of his disinterestedness in delivering two free lectures," the last of which will add to the Hospital funds £\G 10s. The lecture will be given on Monday next in the Town Hall, when we hope to see us many there as the room can accommodate. We are requested by the Secretary of the Dunstan District Hospital to return to Mr. C. Cronquist the thanks ! of the Committee for the Lecture delivered by him on Friday evening last j in aid of the funds of that institution. In the Advertisement of Courts in j the Dunstan district for November, I which appeared in our last issue, the | day for Nevis was stated as Nov. loth whereas it should have been Nov.22nd; the day for Black's, instead of the 22d should have been the 15th. Mr. Charles 0' Neil M.IT.R. for the Goldlields has been engaged making a survey and estimate of cost of construction, for a Tramway in the Province of Wellington. The "New Zealand Times" says : —The Wairapa people ore in great spirits about the Tramway which is to unite that important district more closely with the capital. Two well known Engineers Mr. Benjamin Smith, of this city, and Mr. C. O'Neil, C.E. M.H.R.,' have taken the matter up and have calculated the probable cost of the undertalcing, and they have embodied the resr.lt of their enquiries in a report ad dressed to the, Editor of the "Wairarapa Mercury." The length of the proposed line is about sixty miles, and the. estimated cost of construction £107,000. We are requested to intimate that a meeting of the Committee of the Dunstan District Jockey Club will bo held at Winstanlcy's National Hotel, Clyde, on Tuesday evening, the. 12th inst., to transact business of importance. We are given to understand (hat the police have succeeded in arresting, in the neighborhood of Mount Ida, the Chinaman Le. Ah Chong, who is suspected of having murdered his mate, Ah Hang, at the Kawarau. The particulars of the inquest on the body of the murdered man we gave in our last issue. 4a We would draw attention to the list of articles to be drawn for at tho Art Union on Wednesday next at George's Dunstan Hotel, and would advise those, who have not procured a Ticket to do so at an early date, as we are given to understand there aro but a few left unsold. We are requested by the Secretary of the Dunstan District Hospital to draw the attention of subscribers to the adjourned meeting, to be held this j evening, in the Council Chamber, to take into consideration the subject of private practice of the House Surgeon, &c.