The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 87, 14 April 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1877.

In a, supplement published with to-day's issue will be found the official list of subscribers to the Motueka relief fund. ' The Customs receipts for tlie week ending : this day amounted to £642"85. • ..TrißlßevW. S.' Harfter (brother of the present Pastor" of the Wesleyan Church), • who is en route for Kumara, will preach in • the Hardy-street Church to-morrow morning jand evening. At the adjonrned meeting of .J.. R. Rives, the younger, held at the Court House yesterday afternoon it .was resolved, on the motion of Mr Mabin', seconded by Mr Scott,—" That if Mr. Rives gives a draft on his father in favor of the Trustee for all adjusted debts and costs, and promises to proceed to England tb urge his father to pay the draft all proceedings under the Debtors and Creditors Act be" Hd journed until such information is , received as to whether the draft is accepted or not; but in the meantime the Trustee fake possession of the estate and effects of the bankrupt." An amendment moved by Mr Thornton and seconded by Mr Cann, to the effect that the Trustee should take the i necessary steps to prevent tho bankrupt : leaving the colony; was rejected. The Permanent Building Society of Nelson ! appears to be in a most flourishing condition, a notification which appears in our advertising columns stating that the profit on the ; existing shares for the past half-year is at the rate of 9 per cent per annum. The low rate of interest (Z-J per cent) charged to members is an attraction to those who re- , quire a small amount of capital to join the Society which few of them will be able to resist.