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Evening Star, Issue 4068, 10 March 1876, Page 3

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Auckland, March 9. There was a singular case of bigaravinthe Police (Joint to day. William Kelly was charged with many leg Emily Corrigan, his former wfe being alive. The defence was that the first wife, Matilda Jones, had a husband living when the marriage was performed at Taranaki, wh r ch therefore would be invalid Her husband, it is stated, is believed to be new at Patea, and hia name is Andrew Gattemian. The case was adjourned to asce;tain the truth of this statement.

A death from typhoid fever irreported, The Board of Health threaten procee dags bn ac count of its concealment.

Nelson, March 9. The City Volunteers, witn th-i Artillery Band, _ accompanied Yol. Bell, the carbine champion, and the Northern, representatives to port this evening, and cheered them as tha Taranaki left the whaif. «

Wellington, March 10. _ i he following tend’rs were received at the Public Works Office for the .Waimate branch. contract ot i he Timarlx and Waitaki R i way:: - Accepted ; Georgeßatt, Waimate, 1.4 831. Declined; Allen 'Tilnaiu, 1.8.339; AJtea-der Mockod.;! .5,771» DavidjPi oudfoot, M. tyacnama Christchurch, T^lyr,’Uhi i-tchurch, L7,000‘; W, H. Tftnhato, pamaru, L.7,057. The carbine champion will reheite an enthu-

siastic reception to-morrow. A gun carriage will le provided to draw him in triumph from the railway station.

Christchurch, March 10.

The Provincial pgricu taral retains taken last mon hj are just published. The particulars are as fol'ows: 4,175 holdings, comprising 63,823 acres broken up but not in crop; 57,4107 acies of whe»t. estimated to yield 1,770,363 bushels ; 5,5072 acres oat? for green food ; 72,522} an\s cats for grain, estimated to yield 2 888,688 bushels; 16,819f acres barley, estimated to yield 620.609 bushels; 14,392£ acres hay. estimated In yield 22,318$ tons: 352,530| acres artificial grass a ; 3,140 acres potatoes, estimated to yield 17,705} tons; 42,419$ acres other crops. Total quantity of land under crop 650,7592 acres. Last year’s grain remaining on hand, 8,054} bushels; wheat, 61,246 bushels ; oats, 5,415 bushels. The Senate of the New Zealand University have deaided to appoint a registrar and secretary at a salaiy of L4OO per year. Applications are to be invited in all Provinces. They also resolved to ask the Government to incur no delay in applying for royal charter, in order that an examination for the B.A. degree may be held next May, and another in November; and that the anneal examination of under graduates be held between October and December 31 in any year. A large number of resolutions were passed for regulating the various examinations. Peter Seton Hay and Alexander Longbrey were admit f ed 1o the B.A. degree’ A motion by the Vica-ChanceUor. “ that provision ought to be made for the admission of Bacheors of Law to a degree in the University,” was postponed for considers tin. After considering the sugges tions of the master of the Wellington College and others concerning a Court of Convocation, it was resolved that it is not advisable for the present to alter the University Act in the manner suggested in the memorial under considerat on.