NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner, July 28.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume v, Issue 421, 15 August 1849, Page 2

NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner, July 28.]

On Monday last, Messrs. Fell and Seymour, the principal agents of tbe absentee land-purchasers in this settlement, met their tenants, and a party of friends, at the Star and Garter, Richmond, the occasion being that it was their first audit day. A most excellent dinner was provided, and laid out in the barn, to which about seventy persons sat down. Toasts suitable to tbe occasion were proposed by various gentlemen, and the company appeared to think it one of the mcst agreeable meetings they bad ever witnessed. Apart from the general tendency of such gatherings, where men of every class mingle together and spend a social hour, it was particularly satisfactory, considering all the difficulties which have beset the land question in this settlement, to see such a body of industrious and thriving tenantry meeting, in tbe best spirit, the gentlemen of whom their lands are taken. The only thing which gav.e us cause of regret was the early hour at which the party broke up, to enable those who lived at a distance to get to their bouses early. It is true the night was dark, and tbe roads bad, but for once we should have been content to run all the risks of a late ride to town, to have seen the enjoyment prolonged a little further into tbe eveniug. We hope we shall have the satisfaction of seeing the excellent practice thus begun continued yearly, to the mutual satisfaction of both landlords and tenants.