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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 114, 16 May 1871, Page 2

The dinner given to the officers of the .Nevada, at Dunedin, on Thursday last was a great success. One hundred and sixty-one sheep of mixed quality, and weigbingon an average 45 lbs each, have been boiled down at Featherston, Wairarapa, the result being an average return of ss. Bf-d per sheep. , The New Zealand Herald, speaking of the commerce of Auckland, says there is unquestionably a better feeling among the trading community, and credit is better than has been the case for some months past. Last, but riot least^ full employment is found for every industrious man. The Southern Cross of the 4th insi says: — The p.e. Golden Crown brought up from the Thames last evening one. '6l the largest shipments of gold yet received from' the Thames., It consisted of' 17 boxes, containing 21,860 ozs, gold, shipped by the Bank of New Zealand. - . . Accident. — A shocking accident occurred recently at the Upper Hutt. It appears . that several "children, . belonging ,td . Mr. Qruicksharik, an old and -much respected settler, were playing together^ aod amongst -other things lighting fern firesj when Emily, one : of the childreu, 'was severely burnt by a ■ flaraei vi (The ■ poor little creature must haVe endured much ' agbny, arid she died about threie-Vclocfe on the same day. '"''' "''''"' ', ■■■ 'i:'"l.i\ .- ■'.■■ ■.■:' :; V»> '- .\\.-.\\. tv.\ ■;;, i Napier rejoices exceedingly- that it -is , tribe made .'a.' piort^-f^alli.fqr'i the mail steamers. The Hawke's! Say 'Iterdld An a leader devoted to, the subject ' l as '-oflowd i "'rr-f'^The morW'^c'o^pieuoii^^ihe figurG'tnat; We' manage 1 .o 'cut In the world!, the less will be the danger of being ignored in future; and there is do doubt that the , filing -of , thei steamers \ at ;ojur .pois ([yill t <matetfally^asßißt;usiito7-UfrKiaj7c6nßpicuo.us figure. -'--;^'ni7'' .j!i'.>'j;> tij ,f.?k-xj'fo r { ooi U.<?. \ M) 8 k tfAOUJ AX ' i

.. Wheat in Tiraaru is quoted at 3s. 9d. per bushel; .oats, Is. 7cl. to 2s. These prices, are, ( at :-.the price paid for labor, . .sending many^'farmers into the insolvent iiburti, bjr causiftgibem to mortgage their ' lauds is__t hoin.steads. '' : : " •-'••"' The Westport Times is responsible for the following:— The Emperor Alexander 11.. is generally known in St., Petersburg to have become a confirmed ' drunkard. He imbibes nothing but the strongest kind of alcoholic liquors. All the. efforts of his family to reclaim him have proved fruitless. Trees in Otago.— We perceive by the following noiification^riu the Otago Gazette that the , Govern m.qtjias 'adopted a very wise proceeding to economise the planting of trees in that province, i— Each applicant will bY allowed to take up an area of land not exceeding 250 acres, to be selected in any part of the province: provided that, if within goldfields, the warden of the district will be required to report, and should the application be granted, it will be subject to the provisions of the Agricultural Lease Regulations, a_ to entry to mine or prospect for gold. Any person whose application is accepted will be required, during the first year^ to fence in; the whole of the area granted to him, and to j)!ant with approved forest trees one-fifth of the area during each of the second, third, and fifth years. The remaining fifth may bo used for cultivation, at the option of the occupant. As soon as these conditions are fulfilled, the occupier will .be entitled to receive a Crown grant free of Cost. The Otago Daily Times of the 26th inst. says : — Oar Green Island correspondent has forwarded to us a few of the so-called herrings which were carried ashore, a few weeks since. Tbey have been cured in the same way as in Scotland, and consequently being: without the head, the specimens are valueless to a great extent for scientific purposes. The fish, however, is, beyond a doubt, one of the Cluptdee, and : beiu.g gregarious in its .habits, it will prove to be of considerable value if it becomes a regular visitor to our shores. Our correspondent has furnished us with some further particulars respecting the shoal which was seen off Green Island in the beginning of the month. He says thatonthatoccasion the shoal was migrating southwards aloDg tbe coast. He has ascertained that every year they visit that particular part of the coast in the months of February and March; and he adds, if large boats were provided with nets with the suitable meshes, thousands of tons might be caught. The shoal extended as far as the eye could see, followed by a multitude of gulls, mutton .birds,'barracouta, and porpoises. So closely packed were they, that by dipping a pitcher into the sen, it' would contain half fish. Desirous of ascertaining a reliable opinion upon the subject, he waited upon one of the most experienced fishermen in the province, a man who had been brought up to tbe salmon and herring fishing from boyhood, aud at the first sight he at once pronounced them herrings.' He 3tated that thousands of barrels are caught every year in Scotland the same size as those submitted, and. are sent cured to foreign markets. He minutely described the habits of the herring at home, and had known or been of opinion that herring existed on these shores, having paid particular attention to the evolutions of the seagulls. There are, he states, without a doubt, between the Heads and Stewart Island, banks where these herrings are spawned, aud he is confident that if competent men were sent to explore, they would find the full-grown fish. Our' correspondent adds,' that having tasted the fish ,he ; .has no hesitation in saying that it is :the tru'q herring. (