The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 205, 26 August 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1873.

Mottjeka Wharf. — The lease of the wharf at Motueka for one year was yesterday let by auction. The bidding was spirited, and the amount realised was JGI4O. Last year it was sold for £100. Supreme Coust. — The csse of Eyes v. Henderson which commenced this morning, has occupied the whole day, and ie likely to last for two or three more days. Married Women's Property Protection Act. — Yesterday on the motion of Mr Acton Adams, the Resident Magistrate granted an order under this Act to Mrs Emma Harper, protecting her earnings and property acquired since the 12th August last, against her husband Richard Henry Harper, late of the Albion Hotel, who had deserted her. Bankruptcy. — The Gazette of this morning notifies tbat James Petrie Speed of Nelson, wine merchant, has filed a declaration of hia inability to meet his engagemeuts with his creditors. Resident Magistrate's Court. =— E. A. Simpson was brought up this morning for sentence w^en His Worship said thnf; after the punishment he had already undergone by being locked up in solitary confinement for 24 hours, he would discharge him, at the same time giving him a severe reprimand. Musical Entertainment.-— We call attention to the entertainment to be given by Mrs George Palmer and her friends to

morrow evening. The musical portion of the programme is excellent, and the evening will be brought to a close by a dramatic performance entitled the " Haunted Mill." Nelson Native BESERVES.—MrAIex. Mackay has furnished a report to the Under-Secretary of the- Native Department, from which wo make a few extracts : — The total income derived from the estate and other sources from Ist January 1872, to 30th June 1873, was £2,745, the expenditure being £2,511. The past year has been a very expensive oue fo the Trust, in consequence of the destitution of the natives in several localities, caused by the destruction of their crops through the vicissitudes of the weather. The people of Motueka, about eighty in number, have been the chief sufferers in that way, the majority of whom have bad to be maintained for over six months at the expense of the fund, in consequence of the destruction of their crops by floods during the winter, and the long continuous drought of the summer causing a failure of their early crops. The seed potatoes procured for the Motueka natives cost £100, and £33 was expended for building materials on their behalf. The sum of £128 has been expended in providing the Diiiives with ploughs and barrows, tools and ironmongery, and paint for boat building purposes, and £40 for harness. A sura in addition to £307 already expended is recommended for completing the road through the native lands at. Wakapuako The salaries paid for medical attendance during the past year amounted to £231, and to Commissioners, Secretary, and Interpreters, £234. Application has been made by the Central Bonn! of Education to purchase section 205 in the town of Nelson as a site for a echool, the price offered being £200. At present the land is occupied by Messrs. Hooper and Dodson as yearly tenantß at a rental of £2 per annum, and, as it is not probable that it will even produce a fair per centage on its spiling value, Mr Mackay recommends that it should be sold for the price offered, and the proceeds added to the amount already invested on mortgage. Importation of Stock. — A Select Committe appointed to consider the restrictions that should be placed on the importation of stock have reported as follows : — That no stock should be landed in the colony after the Ist of January next, from auy port outside the colony, or any place Dot having a proclaimed quarantine station. — That quarantine stations should be proclaimed in the several provinces. — That all stock shipped from Europe after the Ist of January should be accompanied with the certificate of a Veterinary Surgeon, appoiuted by the Agent-General, to the effect that such stock wero free from the following diseases: — Horses — glanders, murrain, or pest ; Cattle — catarrh, foot and mouth disease, murrain, pleuro-pneu-monia, rinderpest ; Sheep — fluke, or liver rot, foot and mout,h disease, scab, smallpox; Pigs — foot and mouth disease, small-' pox. — That ail stock arriving in the colony should again be inspected, and even if found free from disease, be quarantined for a certain period. — That the Cattle Board should have power to order all stock infected with any of the above diseases, except scab, to be immediately destroyed, compensation being made to the owner to an extent not exceeding prime eoef, and all expenses incurred. In the case of scab, provision to be made for dipping. — That a Cattle Board of not less than three nor more than five persons be appointed for each province by the Governor, one of whom should be Inspector, as provided in the Act. — That all expenses incident to the working of the Act should be defrayed from the Colonial Treasury. — That the foregoing resolutions be brought into operation on the Ist of January, 1874, and that a Bill be introduced to give effect thereto.