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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2135, 10 March 1870, Page 2

City Election. —The nomination of candidates for the representation of Leith Ward in the City Council is appointed to take place on Monday, the 14th inst. Resident Magistrate’s Court.— In the Resident Magistrate’s Court there ■was but little business this morning. The case of Cairns v. Shand, for a breach of the Road Ordinance was further postponed, and and that of M'Lean v. Cohen was adjourned for a week, in consccpiencc of the defendant being a juror in the Supreme Court. Damaging Public Property. —ln the Mayor’s Court, yesterday, a boy named Robert Rain was lined 20s and costs, on the information of the Town Belt Ranger, for cutting one of the seats in the Town Belt. The young offender was about fourteen or fifteen years of age, and was cutting the letters of an obscene word. Should similar charges be brought under notice of the Court, the magistrates are determined to inflict the full penalty prescribed by the law. Cricket.—The following are the names of the players in the match between the second eleven of the D.C.C. and an eleven of the Albion C.C., which is to come off on .Saturday next. Dunedin : Bedborough, Brown, Dawbarn, Brown, Macfarland, Murison, J., Murison, W. D., Pantlin, Russell, Shand, Scrymgeour, Webb. Albion : Allan, Little, Buchanan, Muir, Macgregor, Sherwin, Hutchinson, T., Hutchinson, W., Payton, T., Wells, Cohen, Miller, and Thomson (emergency man). Waikouaiti Races.—At a meeting of the Waikouaiti Race Committee the following resolution was passed ;—“ That no

person be allowed to enter a horse at the Races unless he be a subscriber of L2 2s. to the Pace Fund,” which was carried. It was also decided that all district horses must be the hona fide property of the enterer one month at 'least before the day of the races, and must have belonged to residents in the district three months prior to that date. A discussion took place in ref reuce to the holding of the Race meetings alternately at Palmerston and Waikouaiti, when it appeared to be the general wish of those present that such an arrangement would be advantageous to all parties, and that much better races would be secured. The matter was, however, allowed to stand over until the voice of the community in both places could be obtained. Wuikonciiti Uevidd, The Kectou’s Residence. — In pursuance of the recommendation of the High School Commissioners, the Government advertised for competitive designs for a Lee. tor’s residence and boarding establishment, to be built on the seven acres’ site secured in the suburbs of the city. Nine different designs were sent in, and the following gentlemen were appointed judges:—Mr W, H. Reynolds, Speaker of the Provincial Council; the Rev. D. M. Stuart, Chairman of the High School Commission ; Mr S. Hawthorne, Rector of the High School ; Mr J. T. Thomson, Chief Surveyor ; Mr Hutton, Drawing Master ; Mr John Hislop, Secretary to the Board of Education ; and Mr Langlands. Each of the judges leisurely examined the different plans individually, after which a meeting was convened for yesterday, for the purpose of coming to a decision. After inspection and consideration, the first prize was awarded to Mr 1). Ross, and the second to Mr R. A. Lawson.

The New Pacific jSlail, Service.— The Wellington evening paper of March 5, has the following The Californian, New Zealand, and Australian Mailline of packets, under Government contract for a monthly service, is now an established fact. A flag has been adopted- the I 11 io 11 Jack on a blue ground, surrounded by thirteen stars in an elongated circle—and the steaming time advertised as follows Sydney to Auckland, 5 days ; Auckland to Honolulu, 15 days; Honolulu to San Francisco, 10 days ; San Francisco to New York, 0 days ; New York to Liverpool, 9 days. Agriculture at Lake Wakatip.— In our general review, says the Wdkntip Mail, wfe estimated the quantity of land under crop at 3000 acres. This, upon a more careful inspection, we find is over the mark, the quantity being about 2800 acres ; but on the other hand, we have ascertained that there is about 1200 acres of ground broken up, but not under crop, so that our estimate was on the whole, a good one, as we now exclude garden ground. The land broken up is, therefore, about 4000 acres. About 15,000 acres are under lease or purchased, and the average holding of each individual is about 140 acres, though some, through laxity of administration of the Leasing Regulations, have put the law at defiance and hold as much as from 000 to 900 acres, under what must be styled a collusive title. In the Queenstown district we estimate the crop under wheat at 550 acres, and in the Arrow district 1200 acres ; and taking the yield at 35 bushels per acre, we have a return in round numbers of 00,000 bushels of wheat, the value of which at 4s per bushel, is L 12,000. We shall be glad to see the Government return, but we apprehend it will not differ much from this calcul ition. Taking the respective districts again, we believe that about 1360 acres arc under oats ; and taking the yield at the same as the wheat, we have 67 000 bushels, at 3s of the value of LIO,OOO. About 100 acres of hay crop have been gathered, and taking three tons to the aero, we have 300 tons, which, at L 5 per ton, is LISOO. Potatoes surprise us. We were quite out here, for we estimate now the acreage as follows: —Arrow, 116 acres; Queenstown 60 acres? or 176 acres in all. The yield is very good, and may be put down at 54tous,throughont, or 969 tons, at LS per ton—L77s2; which, wo believe, is under the value. Of barley, only about 40 acres have been grown, and it has yielded splendidly. We will put down the return at 36 bushels per acre—l 460 —and the value at 45—L292. This crop ought really to be grown more extensively, and the climate is admirably adapted for it. About 200 acres are under artificial grass, of which olover constitutes the great bulk, though the prairie grass flourishes cvell where tried. It is difficult to estimate the value of this item, but we will put it down at L6OO. Thus we have a total of L 32,144 worth of agricultural produce. We cannot divide this the same as we did our gold returns ; but looking at our population—l6Bo, all told— of which 450 are Chinese, we come to the conclusion that, with stocks in hand, we can export one-half of our wheat yield, and of oats one-third. Thus we see the strides farming has made during the lust year. With so great an amount of country available for settlement, we hope for still better results if a proper rotation of crops be grown. ”

A meeting of the members of the Albion C.C., will be held at the North Dunedin Drill Shed, Great King street, tomorrow evening, at half-past seven o’clock.