The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 201, 3 October 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1878.

Ouu telegrams inform us that two Europeans have been warned oil: the native lands Dear New Plymouth by some Maoris. This might have had a serious meaning but for the explanation afforded that it might have been to ensure their own safety that the trespassers were refused permission to proceed, and it maybe that they are indebted to the natives forjtheir lives being spared. Mr Thornton, who is busily engaged in painting scenery for the occasion, announces that on the 13th and 14th inst., he means to put upon the stage the beautiful drama "Colleen Bawn " which had so tremendous a run at home. We wish Mr Thornton aud his company every success. The Nelson Rowing Club intend opening the season by a procession, of boats on Saturday next at three o'clock, ifc bas been decided, we understand, to order another pleasure boat. An interesting report by Mr Warden Shaw on the Inangahuii reefs appears in a recently published Parliamentary paper, which shows that during the year ending March 31st, 1878, there hud been 41,947 tons of quartz crushed, yielding 30,691 ounces of gold. Eight companies during the same period had paid dividends, amounting in all to £03,508 These were the Hopeful, £15,G75, Golden Fleece. £13,200; Welcome, £8,250; Wealth of Nations, £7,500; Keep-it- J)ark, ;. £6,583Energetic, £6,300; Just-in-Time, £4,200Caledonian, £1,500. The dividends have shown a steady increase during the last four years. They have been as follows.-— 1875 £13,000; 1870, £27,513; 1877, £50,G12; 1878, £63,508. Millions of pounds sterling are now lying m the Bank of England without a claimant or known owner. Such is the statement of an LngUsh attorney.