WELLINGTON. April 21.

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WELLINGTON. April 21.

At a general meeting of subscribers to the Technical School Association Sir Maurice O'llorke wns elected president, Mayor vice piesident, and a strong committee, including Professors T3rown and Thomas. Tlio Chairmin announced that thosubscrip tions to da'e were LlO5, which, with the Government subsidy, meant L2lO to bhe Assoo'ation. The Employers' Association dr>culed not to register under the Conciliation Acb owing to the inability of masters lo get the same redress from opeia-'ivcs ns the latter can get against) tho former The shopkeepers who objected to tho Sa'urday afternoon closing notify that they will close on Wednesday, and comply with the spirit of* the Shops and .Shop Assistants Act, which contemplated simply a weekly half-holi-day. A large number closed to*d ay. '• he following are the agricultural statistics for Canterbury : (foldings over one acre — freehold, 5153 ; rented 22 (1 ; part rented, 1230; total holding-*, 8624. Number of acres broken up, bub not unier crop, 30,717. In wheat), 107 352 acres, estimated to pioduco 2,540 930 bushels; in oats, f< r green feed, 869G acres , for hay, 38,747 acres ; for grass, 123,542 acres, estimated to produce in bushels 3,3-27 991 ; in barley, 14,728 acres, estimated to produce 423,900 bushels; in potatoes, 7007 acres, estimated to produce 44,155 tons ; in turnips, 128,225 acres ; in other crops, 18,979 acrrB. The number of acres under crop, exclusive of grasses, nre 44G,43G; in buy, 17 565 acres, estimated to produce 24,779 tons ; cocksfoot seed, 228,798 bushels ; ryegrass, 159,243 bushels ; in garden, 2278 acres ; in orchard, 2791 aens, Tho report of the New Zealand Rugby Union for presentation at the annual meeting on Saturday, alludes to the prospect of completing tho federation of footballers this season, and mentions that it is intended this ye.ir, if possible, to begin a series of North v. South matches, to be played ultimately in convenient centres. Tho work of the Appeal Committee ia stated to have g'ven general satisfaction, and a projis of its decisions will bo circulated. The New South Wales Union has in hand the work of drafting a constitution for tho Australasian Union. The tour of the Now South Wales team left) a deficit of L 53, represented by amounts due to playerj for expanses. Ihe cosb of tho trip was LBl7. Tho cosb of sending a team to Australia was LBB2, on which there was also a loss of L 44. The expenses of management only amount to Ll9 Us. The debib balance nt the end of the year was L 69, bub this may be reduced in the final adjustments of accounts In view of tho larga mnounb of work undertuked by tho Union, it ia thought advisable either to increase the subscription or m*ke a levy in order to provide a sufficiently large contingency fund. A Queensland team is expected to visib the colony this winter.