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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 188, 1 August 1876, Page 2

I The New Zealand Times of yeater day says :— The Opposition announce that there shall be no further delay as regards their separation proposals. Notice of them is to be given on Tues- | day (to-day), and as the Government \vjll unquestionably offer no delay to their speedy discussion they may be expected to come on immediately on the determination of Mr Whitaker's land resolutions. The Auckland Herald of Friday last says:— Mr Masters, of Grahamstown, called afc our office last evening, and showed us the produce of the silver ore from the Richmond Hill mine, Collingwood, Nelson, upon which he has. been engaged for several weeks past. There are 43 ozs 2 dwts of the silver, which will be sent by the Southern boat to-day to Nelson. Mr Masters, after a visit of some duration to the' mine, had two tons of the ore sent up here for treatment at the Thames, where the facilities for working were much greater than elsewhere. The treatment has only now been completed, and, in addition to the quantity of silver mentioned above, about two ounces more are to come when the process is quite finished. The two tons of ore gave six cwt of regulus, or molten ore, and the 43 oza 2 dwta have been obtained from one cwfe of that. Copper has also been obtained, but we aro not able to state the per centage, Thß silver obtained has been at the rate of 140 ozs to the ton of ore, or 900 ozs to the ton of regulus, which is not so rich, as was expected, bat is still far above the paying point, silver being worth 4s 4Jd per oz at present. Ifc is a magnificent smelting ore, and each ton can be reduced to about two or three cwt of regulus, and that will | contain nearly the whole of the silver in the original ore. The copper will go a considerable length towards paying the expenses of the mine. The ore treated by Mr Masters was just as taken from the mine, and was only a fair sample of the lode. Mr Masters has been delayed considerably in this experiment, having suffered from rheu matic pains. The Wellington Argus says:— Under the Immigration and Public Works Act, 1876, aome slrange people have been introduced into New Zealand, But it haa fallen to the ship Camperdown to land on our shores the strangest of the strange. One of the female immigrants is the happy possessor, in her own right, of a well developed moustache, beard, and whiskers. If in i time she should happen to acquire the ! necessary property qualification, we trust the privilege of the franchise will be extended to her, as she will then have as much right to vote as "any j other man." A description not very flattering, and which we (G. J5?. Argus) hope to be untrue, is given of the West Coast members by a contributor totheTiinttfu Herald-.— " The Westland men have only one idea in common, and that is that no one of them shall agree on any point with auother; a line of policy which eomewhat deducts from their weight as a political element iv the House."

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