The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 51, 28 February 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1877.

The annual meeting of the members of the Nelson Institute will be held to-night when, we are glad to learn, the Committee will find themselves in a position to make a far more favorable report than has been their wont. The number of members shows an increase of 29 during the past year, and 83 since 1874, the subscriptions amounting to about £30 in excess of what they were at the latter date, the balance in hand being £104. It must, however, be remembered that this satisfactory financial condition is largely , owing to the subsidy from the Provincial , funds which was paid during the past year for a year and three quarters, while tbe receipt of any further sums from this source is not to be relied upon. The renting of a room by the Savings Bank also formed a source of revenue which, for the present at least, has gone. During the pa3t year 88 volumes were added to the library, 44 have since been purchased, and nearly 100 are daily expected. The Museum which was visited by 900 people during the year, has also received many and valuable additions, detail^jf which will, no doubt, be supplied in the report. The Committee hope to see an evidence of the interest taken in this valnable institution in a large attendance of the members at to-night's meeting Tue members of the Naval Brigade took advantage of the clear night last evening to go for a spin in their boat, and they accordingly embarked in the Aurora. A cruise up autl down the harbor was made, aud a number of pleasure parties, who had also taken advantage of the clear night to have a trip on the water, were passed, amid which the Aurora looked like a Triton among the minnows. There was a large muster of the Blue Jackets, under the command of Lieut. Gully. The Aurora having been lying at anchor for nearly two months was very foul ou the bottom, tbe effect of which was felt considerably by the crew. About nine o'clock the Aurora was taken to the boat shed and hauled up. We understand that the Brigade will pay Motueka a visit on Sunday week. If Mr Oliver would accept in the same spirit in which it was offered the well meant but at tbe same time well merited rebuke Mr Macmahon felt called upon to administer to him at the meetihg of the Waimea Comity Council this morning, the business of that body would be carried on with far greater expedition. Mr Macmahon suggested that whatever Mr Oliver had to say he should put into a well-digested speech instead of jumping up every minute or half minute to have a say about something. Seventeen times in 50 minutes did Mr Oliver rise to speak, not in his capacity as clerk, but as member of the Council. Like Figaro in "II Barbiere" he was Oliver ci, Oliver la, uutil it was difficult to believe otherwise than that he was the embodiment of the Council and that in him it lived and moved and had its being. He would do well to act upon the friendly advice given to him by the venerable representative of the Riwaka Riding. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning the following civil cases were heard: — A. Adams v. Levi James for £22 9s 3d, amount of promissory note with interest. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed aud costs £4 10s.— Cook v. Helps. Judgment summons for £19 18s 3d. The usual order was made.— J. Hounsell v. Shaw This was a judgment summons for £27 12s, and the usual order was made. — Stevenson v. Hankins. Action to recover £2 16s lod, Judgment for amount claimed and costs. — R. Levien v. Nelson. Action to recover .£49s 8d for goods supplied. Judgment for plaintiff with costs. Mr. Oliver should be returned to the Assembly and made Colonial Treasurer forthwith, that is, if he can carry iuto effect a resolution moved by him at the County Council this morning. It was as follows:— "That each Highway District receive three-fifths of the County Fund in proportion to area, and two-fifths in proportion to the rates annually levied." There are four Highway districts, each of which is to receive fivefifths of the fund! How is he going to do it? The Waimea County anxiously waits for a reply. A correspondent writes to us from the Waimea as follows :— " Very little notice has hitberto been taken of an industry which is destined, within a few years, to be a source of very considerable revenue to a great number of small farmers and others engaged in it. I refer to hop growiug, which, I am pleased to see, is being carried on with great energy both in Waimea West and South, and lam glad to say that a number of new hop gardens have been started since I last had occasion to write to you on this subject, and they certainly bid fair to fully compensate their owners for their trouble and outlay. The crops, which on the whole are above the average, would have been much heavier had it not been for the hot winds experienced shortly before the late flood Perhaps one of the best is to be found in tho garden of Messrs Allen and Company in Waimea South, where, from its position, it is almost entirely sheltered from the southerly winds. Here their late hops promise a yield of about 2500 lbs per acre, which is the more surprising as many people, myself

amongst them, considered it quite a quixotic idea that of planting hops on what appeared to be the most useless piece of land on the estate— namely, a raupo gully. It seems, however, that this description of land is admirably adapted for hop growing, and there are many such gullies to be found in and about Nelson. The hop gathering gives employment to hundreds of children, many of whom can, in a good crop, make from 3s to 5s 6d per day. I hope that no pains will be spared by the various hop dryers to turn out really good samples, so that Nelson may have a good name for an article which can be produced here in hundreds of tons." The public services of the late Sir David Monro (says the Lyttelton Times) long preceded the establishment of representative institutions in New Zealand. He was connected with Nelson almost from its foundation, and took a prominent part in its growth and progress. He was a leading member of that noble band — now long ago dispersed, partly, we regret to say, by the hand of death -of colouists— men of birth and high social position, distinguished by energy, talent, and education — who made Nelsou the political soul of New Zealand, and who did much towards securing for the whole colony its present constitutional status and reputation. He was the last left at Nelson of those distinguished men, amongst whom were also Fox, Stafford, Domett, Dillon, Jollie, Bell, and Captain Wakefield. Some of them are still alive, and the names of all are, to many throughout the colony, familiar as household words. Full of aggressive activity and youthful enthusiasm, that able band of patriots was a terror to evil doers at Government House and at the Colonial Office, and the organ of the party — the Nelson Examiner was famed for the ability of its articles. In private, the genial disposition and intellectual attainments of these men gave a charm to social life. Regarding hops tbe latest Australasian to hand reports as follows:— "Hops have had an increased enquiry; sales, however, are not large. Rents are moving at 2s to 2s 4Jd for fair parcels; Tasmauian are pretty steady at ls 7d to ls Bd, while up to 2s lOd is asked for Shoobridge's; Bavarian, 1875, are going off at 2s. Under the Weather. — When a man feels languid, depressed, debilitated, and indisposed to exertion, mental or bodily, he tells us he is "out of sorts" or "under the weather." Persons in this condition need cheering and strengthening. Exhausted nature signified by these symptoms tbat she needs aid and succor. Then is the time to resort to Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. The effect produced by this J wonderful stimulant and tonic in such cases ' is almost electric. Strength, energy, and cheerfulness return and remain, for there is no reaction.