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Evening Star, Issue 2808, 16 February 1872, Page 2

A Correction. —An error was made in transcribing the reply <4 his Honor the Superintendent to the gentlemen who waited upon him yesterday. His words were— ‘‘ It is very clear if au illegal act has been done it shou'd fie stopped. It is best t■> get the authority of the law, but it will not do to wait for an injunction.” Mr tout suggested that “Perhaos a letter from his Honor would answer the purpose.” St. ' Valentine’s Day.—The 14th of February, cherished by old and young, whether as a day for the exchange of daintily got up tokens of esteem and affection by friends, or as affording an opportunity for sending ill-concei' r ed lampoon >to those who are not one’s friends, has come and gone, regretted perhaps only by the post office officials, whose work was greatly increased. We learn that the number of letters distributed in Dunedin on Wednesday was 2556; while on ordinary days the distribution only averages 405 Early Closing.—We understand that a movement lias been initiated by the drapers in Dunedin, having for its object the closing of their places of business at 1 p.m, on Saturdays. We have reason to believe that other trades will be disposed to follow in the same direction if the public will support the movement by making their purchases early on Saturdays. This is a step that could be taken without incurring the slightest inconvenience to the public, and as it will confer a boon upon a large secti m of the community, wo trust the movement will receive the cordial support it deserves

Provincial Revenue. The last number of ilie Provincial (Jcizcttc contains the statement of transactions of the Province f r tue quarter e iding December last, Ihe r-venue amounted to 1-885,94. Mis Id, c mposcil as follows Sale of Crown lands, ! 5 154, (js 4d ■ stock assessment and license fees on runs L 58,695, ISs lOd ; gold export duty, L 4,298 ; go dfields revenue, L 5 394 ; harbor dues, L 353 ; dog tax, L 335 ; General Government, 1/2009; repayments, L 63 9; education, £968 ; tolls on reals, 13,227; licenses, LI 1,117 ; general licenses being put down at 1.8,358; other public houses’ licenses, L 1,210, wholesale, L 302, bottle, LI, 130 ; carraige, LI 18 ; theatres, kc., L 47. The expense during the same period was L7‘2,183 19s 9d.

Concert. —An agreeable concert took place last evening at the Masonic Hall, Port Chalmers, forthe benefit of the Hitchcook family, who suffered from the bush tires in the neighborhood of Sawyers Bay. A Choral Union has been formed at the P rt, whose object is, by a series of concerts, to accumulate a fund for benevolent purposes. Last evening the first of the series was given, and it was determined to devote the whole of the proceeds to the relief of the Hitchcocks, whom our readers will remember narrowly escaped losing their lives. Miss Bell, of Dunedin, gave her services as pianist, and several glees were sung with a precision that was really surprising in so young a society. Solos were given by both ladies and gentlemen. We understand sixteen or seventeen pounds would be realised. Thblnimitable—Mr C. R.Thatcher known throughout the colony as “The In imitable,” is still in London. He wrote a long letter by the last mail to the Southern Cron*, mostly on reference to theatrical subjects. He asks that journal to contradict the report that he was about to bring out a pauoroma to the colonies. He remarks, however, “I hope to return sometime or other to the colonies, as 1 see no country in the world equal to New Zealand for its climate, or the cordiality of its people. In London you mav hang, shoot, or drown, and it is not the least consequence to anyone but yourself : to hoar of poor Montgomery suicide the general remark was a grunt, and the gruff exclamation “ Poor devil—should’nt have got married or played Shakespeare in London. ” The Reefs, —From Gabriel’s Gully comes intelligence that the prospectors have got through the reef at the 39 foot level. The reef proved itself to he six feet thick and there was a leader two feet thick, making eight feet in all. The lode was as clearly defined as on the upper levels, and gave indications of carrying the same width down. Prospects tried showed that the stone was equally rich as that previously taken out; and trials of the leaver also gave favorable results. Messrs Marks and party consider that they havs fairly prospected their claim, and that the results have demonstrated beyond doubt the existence of a payable reef. From the Cromwell papers we learn that the Heart of Oak claim on the Garrick has finished a ten day's’ crushing of 146 tons of stone, the yield being 260 ozs., or 1 or. 15 dwts to the ton. A dividend of 17s per LlO share was the result; and the company is now free from debt. The Oketi Arbitration.—We are authoritatively informed that the legal acts connected with this arbitration case only amounted to L 1,350. It would be interesting to know in what way the remainder of the L 6,000 was absorbed.

It will be seen by the advertisements that the Harbor Company’s steamers will convey visitors to the Nevada to-morrow, leaving the wharf at U and 2 o’clock, ami on Nqpday the Golden Age will leave the wharf with mails and at 8.80 a.m., returning after departure of the IN evada, Mr William Carr, blacksmith, requests us to st ite that he is not the person who was tried at the Major's Court yesterday.