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upon which the Provincial Council may be supposed capable of giving competent advice, it is upon the mode in which money available for roads should be distributed among the various districts of the Province, and upon the nature and extent of the immigration to be conducted at the ultimate cost of the Province. Upon both these matters power is given to the Superintendent alone. For the next seven years a sum of £1,200 per annum is to be divided among the Road Boards of the Province, according to a scheme to be annually proposed by the Superintendent : such scheme must, it i> true, in future years be approved by the Assembly; but if the Provincial Council is not in session at the same time with the Assembly, it will ha\ e no opportunity of protesting against the scheme, however distasteful to the Province at large. The scheme for the fir>t year has been approved, and no part of the money has been assigned to this town, Ido not think this is in accordance with the intentions of the Assembly, as the Act defines Road Boards to include any Board of Wardens, Trustees, or other person or body having the control of the roads in any town. Both town and country in 1 his Province were equally without Road Boards, but it would have been as easy under under old Acts to constitute such a body for one as the other. If elected, I will vote for nobody as Superintendent who will not undertake to ascertain the opinion of the Council upon his scheme before laying it before the Assembly, and will endeavor to in d'ice the Council to petition the Assembly, that for the future such schemes shall only be made with the consent of the Council. The great expense attending a sitting of the Council is one reason why the Superintendent hesitates to seek its advice at other than the necessary an nual sittings. Jf country members were no longer paid for their attendance, they would probably insist upon a .simplification of the forms of procedure in the Council, which would shorten the period ,of sitting and thus further diminish the expense, 1 am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, 191 B. A. FERARD.

Hawke's Bay Soap and Candle Works. PHE ABOVE are now in FULL WORKING ORDER, and the undersigned are prepared to supply SOAP i n an y quantities. 4131 NEAL & CLOSE. MOUNT VERNON STEAM BOILING DOWN ESTABLISHMENT. rjIHE above Establishment will be re.L opened on or about the Ist of February, 1871. Parties favoring the undersigned with Sheep may rely on every care and attention being paid so as to pioduce First Class TALLOW, and on the lowest price being charged. Tallow and Skins bought at full current rates. Also, Sheep bought. Casks supplied at cost. ARTHUR HARDING, 18 Manager. United Methodist Free Church Building Fund. XJ ceived by the Rev. H. B. Red stone, Messrs J. Johnston, R. Holt, H. Williams, J. LeQue.ne, J. W. Neal (Treasurer), or any member of the Committee. 155 T. WHEELER, Advertising Agency Office, Telegraph Chambers, Stafford-street, Dunedin.