SYDNEY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 67, 1 February 1862, Page 3

SYDNEY.

(From our own Correspondent.) January 16, 1862. The wearying and unprofitable session of 1861-2 is at length drawing to a close, much to the delight of ministers who desire repose, and country gentlemen who have their own affairs to look after. The Appropria-

tion BUI was passed through all its stages yesterday

in the Assembly, and comes under the nominal approval of the Council this afternoon. If all go well, it is the present intention of the government to prorogue on Monday or Tuesday next. During the session about to terminate, we have had t;onie struggles such as rarely occur in a deliberative body. For in" stance, it was only by physical exertion that the government and their supporters have carried the estimates and their Loan Bills, all of which have been vigorously but fruitlessly opposed. On one occasion, the house sat for twenty-six consecutive hours, debating a proposal for borrowing £2,000,000 for railway extension, and in another, seventeen hours wore spent in a vain endeavour to secure reductions in that most expensive and ill-managed department, the Public Works. For the present the attempt has failed _; but it is well known that next session a strong party in the house purpose entering fully into the matter of retrenchment, and to insist on some properly devised system of finance being submitted. With a view to this result, Mr. Foster moved and carried an address to the Governor, requesting that parliament may be called together not later than May, and in his reply (given of course with the concurrence of ministers) his Excellency promises to accede to the request. 13 ut I may tell you it is not at all unlikely that a dissolution will follow the close of the present session, education and the constitution of the Upper House being the questions on which ministers desire to test the feeling of the country.

Our Lachlan diggings of which such great [things were expected, have not come up to the expectations formed of them. At intervals we hear of some instances of success, which are of course duly recorded in every newspaper; but despite these little slices of luck, the Lachlan does not materially swell the escort returns—the only test on which the bona fide digger will rely. The fact is, the field is something like Kiandra, very limited in extent, or what is called "patchy." The deposits are rich where they .are hit upon, but there is nothing like a regular lead. And in the face of this ascertained fact, I fear that all our efforts to induce population to settle on the field will prove of no avail. Indeed, I may say that the New Zealand gold-fields are just now far more attractive in the eyes of the miners, who judge of a diggings as'l have stated, by the escort returns.

The "Airedale" which brings you this, has received a thorough overhaul, and underwent several alterations during her stay in Sydney. On the 11th, after leaving the Pyrmon Works, she made a trial trip down harbour, and behaved most satisfactorily, completing the measured mile in six minutes fifteen seconds, with very little vibration. Mr. Me Arthur, who superintended the alterations and improvements in her machinery, anticipates that she will make an unusually good passage down this time.

We were visited on the night of the 11th with a terrific thunderstorm, by which considerable damage was done, and in one instance loss of life occasioned. Two of the prisoner guards at Cockatoo Island had taken shelter in an out-building, when the electric fluid struck the wajl and threw them both violently to the floor. One of them named Campbell, was severely shaken by the visitation, but he has since recovered. The other, a person named Quince, was conveyed to the Infirmary, where he gradually sunk, and died in a few hours after admission.

Public feeling has been greatly shocked by the revelations contained in the report of the select committee of the Sydney Benevolent Asylum, The facts brought to light are positively shocking, and prove the so-calle,cl public charity to be little short of a sort of purgatory for the poor. It is no longer a matter of wonder that the mortality should have .been so great. Twenty or thirty persons, infants, old men and women— all sleeping in one apartment: water deficient, and all ordinary means of cleanliness neglected. Conducted as it has been for some time past, the Institution has been a positive fraud on the jmblic, and it is gratifying to know that a stop is to be put to such enormous abuses. The Government v.'ill in future interfere in the management by nominating two members to the committee.

The Wentworth statue (a magnificent piece of work) is to bs inaugurated on the 20th inst. —the anniversary of the colony. It is to be placed, in deference to the wish of the original, in the hall of the.University. There has been great diversity of opinion as to the locale, some of the subscribers being in favour of putting it in Hyde Park or the Botanic Gardens, while others are for having it in-doors, where it cannot be injured by the air or disfigured by any designing democrat. "Mr. Wentworth's wish has turned the scale, and the statue goes accordingly to the University. A number pf Lascar seamen belonging to the Shah Jehan have been committed for trial on a charge of attempting to, inurdei* the captain (Adams) of that vessel. It occurred in this wise—The men had been in gaol for neglect of duty, and on the expiration of their sentence, when put on board, they commenced a violent attack on the captain and officers—the serang being killed in the melee, whilst the captain was severely wounded in the head. One of the number has been committed for manslaughter of the serang. The trials will come on in the beginning of February. The American Consul for Sydney, Mr. Merrill, having been, succeeded by Mr, Leavenworth, a dinner in his honour was given a few days since by the consular body, at which Mr, Merrill was presented with a testimonial in the shape of a handsome silver tankard and salver. During his term of office, Mr. Merrill has made many friends, and is universally respected for his gentlemanly demeanour. We have had a great rumpus in Sydney about two aboriginal boys, named Tommy and Arehey, the property, if I may so say, of a gentleman named Alexander Keith Collins, late or' Queensland. Collins, it appears, was at the Artillery ball practice one day, with his two sable youngsters, when a Mr. Russell, of the Sydney Herujd, got into conversation with him as to the boys. Collins, who is fond of a joke, finding Russell of an inquisitive turn of mind, laid it on terribly thick, how he had run the boys down in the bush, how he had roped them, and how they belonged to the tribe that murdered Mr. AVills and his servants. Russell then runs open-mouthed and retails the " yarn" to the Rev. Mr. West (editor of the S. M. Herald), and forthwith a habeas corpus is moved for the. production of the boys. Collins produces theui, v and states truly that he had got them from their parents when young, that they were fondly attached to him, and that he hits fed, clothed, and educated fcliam as if they were his own. But this won't do. Sir Alfred Stephen delivers a homily, and orders the boys into the custody of the Government. The Government get them, but, after two or three escapes, the boys begin to fret, are returned to their master, and the proceedings stand adjourned Mile die. Mr. Collins is now petitioning. Parliament for redresSj haying teen put t» *n Pspense of £200, The p.ulwaid mail steamer bikes home some magnificent special samples of wool of all varieties, for the Geat Exhibition. They were exhibitedatMort'sßooms last week, and attracted general admiration. The collection was certainly one of the finest I ever looked at, and will, I feel sure, surpass not only that of all the other colonies, but of the whole world. Every single sample has received ejtlier ■■; silver- medal or "honorable mention l:iy the New South Wales Commissioners,

In the ovent of your discovering an)' auriferous quartz reef's at New Zealand, I may mention that the experimental crushing machine, for which £2000 was voted last session, is now erected, at the Sydney Mint. Its working so far, has been most satisfactory. The value per ton, of any description of quartz, can now be ascertained, with certiiinty,'and at'a trivial expense. '■*-■■ i. ■■-•--. The " free selections " are going in heavy, under the new land law, Jn the different districts, Unfortunately, however, in many easus, the sumu land is sejee'ted, hy Jive or six different persons, so that the interference of the surveyor and land agent, are both rendered necessary. But despite this drawback, it is believed the Act will work well.

"We are making great preparations for the grand cricket match with the All-England Eleven, which commences on the 23th. Our chaps are rather down on their luck at present, the' Britishers having made an bpeh show of. the-Victorians, who are known to be better players than the New South "Wales men. I refer you to the papers for the score, arid other particulars of the play at Melbourne. In the usual yearly intercolonial match. Sydney was defeated by Victoria, with nine or ton wjck'ets to spare.' '• ' Tl.ie "Vum'pur fit-war has'given sin additional impetus tP tlie -volunteer movement, and the proposed naval brigade has received a great accession of strength. The vote of £15,000 for the service having been passed by Parliament, we can look upon the thing as unfdit accompli. Probably the following will be interesting to some, of your renders, more particularly at Dunedin, where Mr. Hugh Henry Qarreti. is supposed'to have dis?layed syniß of.his peculiar eccentricities not long ago. quote It from the ' Empire of Tuesday : —" Henry Gnrrett, remanded from Monday last, on the charge of being a prisoner of the Crown, illegally at large from Victoria, \yfis1 brought before the Bench. Inspector Healy produced a telegram, received from Melbourne, stating that a for the West Taieri robbery had bften receiv-eVI from Dune/lin," and that the watch found pri prisoner at the time'of his apprehension Was recognised from its description in Inspector Healy's preyious evidence. Hoaly also produced a cp'fit found in the brothel in whj<ih Qarrett was lodging whilst in Sydney, nnd which answered the description given in the New Zealand Gazette of the costume of one of the five men concerned in the nbove robbery. Remanded until Monday next, for the receipt of the warrant from Melbourne." In commercial and trading matters, I have little of importance to send you. Tlie English wool markets you will have by your English advices. With regard to Sydney, the latest quotations are as follows:— "Wool.—Fleece, 14£ d. to ]B|dV;' grease, 10|d.; do. (damaged), B ; jd'. j skin wool, at 14Jd.; mixed, at ■423 d. j locks, at 6|d. per Ib. ■ Tallow.—Station, £27

to £3G 15s. Od.; beef, £35 ss. Od. to £30 ss. Ocl.; hides, heavy first-class, 14s. to 10s. 3d.; second-class, 165.; light and inferior, 4s. (id. to Bs. Od. SHIPPING. Arrivals. Jan s—City of Hobart, from Nelson. „ 7—Breadalbane, from Taranaki. „ 12 —Kate, from Auckland. Departures. Jan. s—Thane of Fife, for Otago. „ 6 —Louisa and Miriam, „ ~ B—Jane Lockhart, „ „ 14—Bengal, for Otago, via Twofold Bay. „ 16—Rifleman, for Otago. • —City of Melbourne, for Otago. • —Breadalbane, for Auckland.

A LIVE YANKEE. Professor Anderson was looking" over the newspapers, when he saw that he was scrutinized by a (gentleman of tall stature, and who was evidently from the country. The following conversation took place :— " I say ! you are Professor Anderson, hoy 1" " Yes, sir," " Wall, you're a tarnation smart man, I hear. Yeou haven't got the bottle with yeou, have yeou V " No, sir." " Wall, I'm from down East, hey been raised in Maine, and I should like to purchase a duplicate of that ar bottle ;asl am going- out stumping for . I guess if I hud your bottle, or its twin brother, I'd soon swamp the Scotties, without talking politics either." " I never carry my bottle with me, nor have I a duplicate of it." "Sorry for that, sir," said the stumper.. " However," he continued, "I was once taught a trick when a boy, but I almost forget bow thu thing was done. I'll tell you how it was, stranger, as near ns I can ; I used to take a red cent and change it into a ten dollar gold piece." " Oh," said the professor, "that is quite simple—a mere trick of slight of hand." _" I know it's not very difficult, but as I forget how, will you show me '!" at the same time handing a cent to the wizard. " Oh yes, if it will oblige you, I will show you in a moment. Hold your hand," said the wizard. "This is your cent, is it not." " Yes, sir." "Are you sure that you have it 1" said the wizard. " I guess I have," said,lie, "and I'll bet a dollar that you can't change'it into a ten dollar gold piece." " Done," said the wizard : " now hold fast." " Yes, sir, I reckon I will—but stay ! down with your dollar; here's mine !" said the Yankee. The wizard covered the dollar. " Now, sir, open your hand." He did so and to his utter astonishment had a bonaflde ten dollar gold piece." " Well, sir," said the wizard, " you see you have lost your dollar." " I guess I have," said he, handing over the two dollars. " Now," said the professor, " I'll bet you another dollar I will change the ten dollar gold piece into your cent again, much quicker." " No, you don't," said the gent from Maine, placing the money in his pocket, and buttoning it up tight. " I'm mudi obliged to you, professor, but 1 reckon I'll leave it as it is. " Good morning, old loss," said he, walking out of the office* and turning round as he reached the door, he placed his dignitals in close proximation to his nose, and said, " I guess there aint anything green about this child," and left the professor in utter amazement at his coolness. -*e»- —■ It is related of Thomas F. Marshall, that a judge having once fined him 30 dollars for contempt of court, he arose and asked the judge to lend -him the money, as he hadn't it, and there was no_ friend present to whom he could so well apply as to his honor. This was a stumper. The judge looked at Tom and then at the clerk, and finally said, ' Clerk, remit Mr. Marshall's fine ; the State is better able to lose 30 dollars than I am.'

A witness was recently asked in one of our courts how he knew that a certain couple concerning whom he was testifying, were man and wife. " Why," said he, " I've heard 'em quarrelling more than fifty times."

Definition—ny an Antijiatrijionialist. —What is " a Club 1" It is a weapon of defence carried by male gorillas to keep away the white women.

Why is Palmerston like the measles'!— Because nearly every administration has him once.

A burning shame—The City of London Coal-tax.

THE LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION. The London- Guardian, publishes the follo.ving interesting extract from a letter received from Bishop Mackenzie by the last Cape rpail:—

Molieila is the smallest of the four islands which nrc-called the Comoro Islands: its extreme length is fourteen miles and breadth eight. It is governed by a Queen, whom we saw'yesterday. We were guided through a strong gateway in one of the side walls into a court, where there were two small cannon—l suppose pieces of horse artillery. At the further end was the door of the hall of public business, which we entered and passed up between two rows of men who were sitting on the side benches. Our guide introduced us to a sallow-faced elderly man, dressed in a long white shirt, with a fine white scarf round his shoulders, and a. turban. This turned out ta be die second minister of State. A merchant from the neighbouring island of Johanna, a manof considerable influence and esteem in that island, acted as interpreter, and asked us what we wished. We named our wants, on which the second minister at once acceded ; named the price, and referred us to a special officer (? the Minister for Foreign Affairs), whose duty it is to interpret for strangers, and see that they jet what they want. They asked who we were—had heard of Nyassa; could not remember the name Killimane; and finally'asked if we should like to see the Queen. We went up a flight of wooden steps, partly hidden, at the upper end of the hall, and entered by a {rap-door to the equal sizedroom above. At the further end was a Turkey carpet, with eight arm-chairs on both .sides, .facing.each other, and the Queen seated I at the top, and looking down the room. We made'ourbows and sat down. She seemed to take some interest in our affairs; asked if I and Rowley Were brothers fit is not the first, time it has been asked) ; was surprised at Dr. Livingston having spent so many years alone in Africa;' asked if he had not been afraid, on which he turned to one of his Makololo, who were at the andience, and returned to the Queen his answer, that if a man conies to their country quietly he need not be afraid; but if he comes to hurt them, or steal their things, they will soon frighten him. We had sherbet served in common English tumblers, sugar-water, scented with rose-water apparently. . Dr. Livingston had brought some velveteen arid a piece of shawl pattern as a present, but gave it to the Prince rather than, to so fine a lady. On leaving we were invited by our Johanna friend to his house ; ■and immediately after, up earae two Frenchmen, a priest and a laj'man of whom we had heard. We promised to visit their cottage when we left our earlier inviter. He told us when we were quietly in his house, that the Mohella-people were afraid of these French-men-and would be glad to be rid of them, that they would like to have an English Consul like Johanna, but that the ministers of State would speak to us about it. The first minister was not well, and while they went to arrange for our seeing him, we paid our visit to the Frenchmen. They did not seem to l:e doing much. The farmer had not begun to cultivate, nor the priest to preach or try to convert. They had been here three months, and had come from Madagascar. On leaving them.'we were led to the house of the first minister, a stouter, more genial-looking man than the second, though there was an earnestness and look of truth and strength of character about both.

They told" us in undertone", translated by our Johanna friend, their piv-iiit difficulties. On the death of Radama, late King of Madagascar, his brother Rainanyetaka tried to succeed him, butßadama's widow, Ranovalo.dfove away her brothers-in law, and this one came' to: Mohella, where he conquerea the Arab race whom lie found, and who finally yielded on condition that their conquerors should adopt the Mahommedan faith. Accordingly, the reigning Yueen, though of pure Malagasy blood, is a Mahommedan. This happened about the year 1835; and about the same year the wife of the aforesaid conqueror, Remanyetaka, bore him a daughter, Fatima, the present Queen. At his death, which followed soon afterj he intrusted his daughter to the guardianship of the two men who ate now chief in office. They governed in her name for many years, as they told us, till an Arab, (perhaps one of the reigning family of Zanzibar, but of this I am not sure) came and made love to the youngs Queen, "We knew," they said, "that she must have a husband, and we agreed to her marrying this Arab. But soon-it was clear that he thought only of himself, and not of his people. He shut out all intercourse with other nations, would not even let ships have water from the island, and was seizing the power and making himself hated by all the people, when they said he must go." So this Prince Consort, after the Queen had borne him two sons, went to Comoro, and is now at Zanzibar. He wants to conn back, but we say no. At this juncture, two Frenchmen came to Mohella. They speak to the Queen ; they say, "We will bring back your husband." She very fond of the Frenchmen. She speaks to them when none of us are there. The Queen very young, very foolish. She only woman, and a little man has more'sense than a great big woman; she not thinkofthe people, she onty think she like her husband. We no like husband ; we no like Frenchmen. We see Johanna Elishman there; he make money, and Johanna man make money. Johanna man free. We see Mayoti (another island of the group) ; Frenchmen there ; no man free; all work for Frenchmen; get no pay. We »ay, "We no like husband to come back ;we no like Frenchmen stay here." They say, " One come teach, one come farm," but he no teach, he no farm. We see Frenchmen want land. What you say ? Livingston very adroitly said, " Oh, we wanted to hear what they thought and what they wanted." They said they would like the Queen of England to say she would send Mr. Sunlej' (consul at Johanna) to be consul here too. We said they had better ask her then : would all the people like him to be consul ? " Yes, all Mohella men like him." • Would the Queen like him ? " Queen like Frenchmen ; and captain of French man of war said at Zanzibar that if the Queen's hifsband were not received back quietly, he would put him here by force." (This looks like a ripening of the plot), ifow did they know that this had been snid at Zanzibar? "Because a Zanzibar man of war had been at Mohella a week ago, and a prince of the house of Zanzibar had repeated this threat in public audience, in presence of the Queen, the two Frenchmen, and the chief men." We said *'Well, in any case, always let Mr. Sunley know what goes on; and if you wish to write to the Queen of England for Mr. Sunley to 'be ; your consul. Dr. Livingston •would forward the letter." We suggested, also, that these two men might tell the Queen what they thought; they might remind her of the trust her father had reposed in her, might warn her about the French, and say, as they said to us, that if the husband came back all the nation would go. We were sorry for them, but could say no more. If the (implication for an English Consul should be made, and if this account should "nil into thu hands of any who have any influ-.M -c, I hope they wi.'l think of -these Mohella j,. :• v. The accounts I have of Mayotti quiiv justify the fear th'e=e people entomin, that if the Lrench ever got in,' they would soon be exiles or slaves. It is a fine island, and these people are making good use of it. They trade with their neighbours, with Madagascar, and with Zanzibar. They treated us with every civility and attention. They have a horror of being reduced .to the state of Mayotti, and thentreatment of their own slaves seems mild. '1 hey tell us they always pay them for their work, and that they are at liberty to leave their master when they please. This does not look like severe bondage. If I had not other

work on band, I could find in my heart to settle here, only that they are Mahommedans, and I fear we should not make much way in converting them God help them !

STRANGE CAREER OF A YOUNG WOMAN.

At the general quarter sessions for the Lindsey division of the county of Lincoln, held on Friday week, at Kirton-Lindsey, a young woman, 24 or 25 years of age, was charged with obtaining nine bottles of medicine, and nine packages of powders, from Dr. Mackinder, of Gainsborough, by means of false pretences. About a fortnight ago the young woman, whose parents (poor labouring people) live at Dunholme, near Lincoln, wont over to Gainsborough on a visit to a poor woman, said to be her aunt, and there she remained a day or two. and then took up her quarters at a low part of the town. Very soon after her arrival, it appears, she commenced a system of hoaxing, and carried it on with great perseverance and much success for several days. Her orders were given oti every hand-with the most reckless profusion, the articles ordered embracing everything necessary for the complete furnishing of a large house. The ;ale she told the tradespeople was to the effect that she had taken a house of very Luge dimensions, and was having it fitted up in first rate style, preparatory to her entering into the married state with a gentleman of great wealth, named Richardson. The ."happy event," it whs represented, was to come off on an early day. Of a cabinetmaker, named Hind, she ordered articles to the value of £24 16s. 3d. To another cabinet maker, named Benson, sin: gave an even still more extensive ordei", his bill amounting to £34 15s. 6d. This account was made out to "Mr. George Richardson." She patronised the drapers to a large extent, goods being ordered of Mr. Platt to the amount of £25; of Mr. Moore to the amount of £16; of Messrs. Emerson, Cook, & Co. to the value of .£2O; and others in the same proportion. The articles embraced silk and satin dresses, and other costly goods. The .boot and shoe-makers came in for a share of the good fortune, boots of pcculiarshapes being ordered of Mr. Dowell, Mr. Hands, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Hintlmarch, &c. An earthenware dealer, named Chatterton, received a large order. OF a fruiterer, named Fish, she ordered a couple of bride's cukes. She went to a register office and represented that she wanted a servant of modest and en gaging demeanour, irreproachable character, and good abilities; and, after soma diliiculty, a girl was got who satisfied her. Of;<u ironmonger, named Parker, she obtained on one day goods to the amount of £19 18s. 1 hi , and on another day £1 11s. 6d. worth. Thi later articles which she took away with her without paying for, were two brooches, an ej'e glass, a silver thimble, two watch kej rs, a sst of studs, two rings, and a purse. In each of the above instances she stated that the goods were to be sent down to her new house on a certain day. The day before the period fixed, however, Parker took the precaution to make sundry inquiries, and the result was the detection of a gigantic imposition. She was then taken into custody, and all the money she was found to possess was one ppViny. On Thursday week she was charged before the Magistrates at Gainsborough with obtaining the goods from Parker, the ironmonger, but the cas3 failed, and she'was then indicted for obtaining the medicine and powders from Dr. Mackinder, on which charge she was committed fur trial. She had represented to the doctor that she had lived six years with a Mr Tatam, of Harpswcll, and was now sent by him for advice and medicine. She was to be cured, she said, if it were possible, and Mrs. Tatam did not care about the expense. Mr. Tatam swore that he had never seen the j'oung woman before that day, and had never given her, nor had his wife, any authority to obtain tbe medicines in question. Et. further appeared that she bad, on the same false pretence*, four teeth extracted! She had likewise gone to Mr. Fairchild,Ssurgeon, and got other medicine. It was shown that she was an entire stranger in the town, although she had lived a servant to some farmers in the neighbourhood. She was found guilty. A question was raised as to her sanity, but no direct evidence was given on the matter, and she was sentenced to two months' hard labour. We have been informed that the young woman has been carrying on a similar career, although not quite to the same extent, in several other towns in Lincolnshire.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGK OF

MURDER

George Inkpen, a young man twenty years of age, described as a hammerman, of 37 Amelia terrace, Deptford, was charged on Tuesday, at the Greenwich police court with attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself into the Surrey canal, in company with Margaret Edwards, who was drowned. Inspector Ellis, R division, said from information received he went, at half-past ten on Monday night, to a house in Amelia terrace, Deptford, where he saw the prisoner. Witness'took him out, and on proceeding up the street questioned him concerning the deceased being in the canal, and asked if he could point out the spot, when he said he would tell him all about it. The prisoner then said ha had been to a race or running match in London that day, and had got out at the railway station, High street, Deptford, that night ;■ that after going to the house of Bennett, a barber, he proceeded to the Lord Duncan public house, New Cross road, and had something to drink. While there the deceased, who lived in the neighborhood as domestic servant, entered for the family's supper beer, whan he spoke to her, and they went out together. She then wished him to drink some of the beer, which he did, and she drank some also, and then thsy finished the whole of it. Having done this" the prisoner remarked that the deceased said, "It is no use living, my iViends are always nagging me ;" adding, " Will you follow me ?" 'Me replied, " Yes, wherever you go I will go;" and that they then turned down the Mornington road, and went to the Surrey canal, where the deceased asked him if he had got a handkerchief. He said ha had; but she said it would not be long enough to go round them both. He then said he had some boot laces, which he had bought in London. She said they would do, and they tied themselves together. Before entering the water the deceased said, '' I don't think I shall sink," when he asked her why she said so, and she replied " because of my crinoline." The prisoner then said they both got into the canal and rolled over and over; she soon turned, but did not for some time sink. The boot laces breaking, he got out on the opposite side, and tried to save her, but not being able to do so, he got into the canal again, swam across, and returned home. Witness and the prisoner then proceeded towards the canal bank, and on asking the prisoner if he felt himself better, he replied, " I was very bad, and she had to hold me up, but I am all right now, and if I had been1 as well a while ago, I should not have done this." Witness asked him if he had been drinking, and he said he had been drinking freely. Prisoner, then pointed out the spot where they entered the water, and the drags being procured, the body of deceased was found and brought ashore. The prisoner said her name was Margaret Edwards, and that he had been keeping company with her three years. Prisoner appeared anxious to see the body of deceased, an;l, on allowing him to do so, he said it had made a great alteration in her features. Witness then took the prisoner to the police station, and tiie charge having been taken, he said he would give him his word that what he had told him war, the truth. Witness assisted in taking the, body of deceased to the dead house, exami-ing it to see if there were any bootlaces or handkerchief tied about it, but could find neither. There was a bruise on

the left temple. On goi^ig to the- prisoner's house, witness saw some wet clothes in the room. This being the whole of the evidence, a friend of the prisoner inquired the nature of the charge against him. Mr Trail! said it would resolve itself into a charge of murder against the prisoner, who was then remanded until Wednesday next.— Lloyd's Newspaper, Nov. 17. . i ■■

Indian Justice.—l am in the Book of Judges, as I said, sitting literally, like Deborah, under a pnlin tree. Under a clump of them, indeed, a " tope," as wo say, clustering trees, under who.se shadow my tent is spread. My, tent pitchers, T must tell j'ou, hud almost a pitched battle for the site with the monkeys. Had they been Hindoos, reverence might have driven them, the tent pitchers, into the open, when the sacred griuriers showed fight.. T should have been prettily grilled. But my poor Bheels will pelt a monkey ■without compunction, though they will oiler a fowl in sacrifice to the demon of tigers ; so the apes are expelled, and I am in possession <><' the tope. It is not often that mj' crutchcry business offers anything as interesting as the case I have heeu at all day. I don't often stuff my writing with Indianisms, but have probably expounded crutchery work to mean the labour of the magistrate's desk before now. It was a case of cattle stealing, complicated by manslaughter or murder; it is hard to classify the deed impartially. Nothing unusu;il, you will say, if you have not forgotten my former letters. Case and complication alike common place. True for you, madam ; but the curious, unusual, and interesting circumstance was this, that the counsel for the defendant was a woman —his wife ; and most acutely did she plead his cause. I should premise that the Bheel women enjoy considerable social liberty, though sharing, as do the women of all savages, a cruel disproportion of household and field labour. They have, however, much influence over their husbands, and not undeservedly. The man upon his trial was one Bikhu, a Bheel from Malwa. The evidence against him pretty clear. My puggces, or trackers, whose skill, or instinct shall I call it, even among these wild tribes, is wonderful, pronounced his name without a moment's'hesitation, when the footmarks of the marauder were first come upon. Through jungle and over sandy rock they had followed him with the unerring sagacity of blood hounds; and, assisted by a detachment of my " cowguafds black," had effected .his capture, much to the astonishment and rejoicing of the country side. Taxed with the robbery, he admitted it without blushing. I beg leave to say that 1 have seen the accusing flush even under these dark skins. Like a true liheel he was a fatalist, and threw the blame of his malpractices upon the powers above. " Sahib," said he, "I am Mabadeva's thief. But great is your good fortune. Let me go. I will not rob during your raj, or reign." I was half inclined to take him at his word; thought, indeed, of offering to so frank a character an inspectorship in the eo'wguiird. But it appeared further, that in the scuffle a villager had been killed; and the arrow which stuck in him was found to correspond in length, shape, feathering, and I cannot say what other conclusive points, with those of Bikini's quiver. Now cow-stealing, though meritorious if successful, is admitted on this border to be punishable if detected. Manslaughter is a minor consideration so far as public justice is concerned. The punjayets. a sort of jury of five, presided by their patils or headmen—whom I am scrupulous in associating with me whenever circumstances will allow—don't trouble themselves about, avenging bloodshed as a social offence, but leave it, as of old in Israel, to the avenger of blood and to private retribution. The slain cow-herd having no relatives, and the chances being against any one's retaliating in juggra or blood-feud-fray, Bikhu thought himself safe, and was painfully candid; went even so far as to express a hope that the arrow would be returned to him, being of superior make and workmanship. This was awkward for me, who, though no patron of cow-stealers, endeavoured without offending popular prejudice, to magnify as against theirs the crime of mansiayers. I shook 1113' head and muttered of rope. Bikhu seemed on the whole resigned Then uprose and outspake a woman—a girl we should have called her in England. I inquired her nge ; she was just fourteen, with as beautiful a countenance as I have seen in India. " I am Thakali," she said, " the wife of Bikhu. Hear me, Sahib, and do the thing which is just." " Sahib, those are your soldiers," pointing to a brace of sentries with drawn swords outside the tent; bid them slay Thukali. You will have killed her, not they. Rikhu is the slave and soldier of Badaga. When he faid 'shoot,' Bikhu shot; but Kadnga slew the cow-herd. Do justice, Sahib." Knowing what I now know of Bheels, I felt that if her facts were correct, her arguments where unanswerable. Badaga was a gentleman whose name had reached my ears before, a "petty marauding chieftain, whose influence in his own region and over his kindred families was paramount. Clansmen are cousins here, as among the Celtic Highlanders. Change but the name, and Scott wrote of my Bheels—

" Each trained to arms since life began, Owing 110 tie but to his clan, No oath, but by his chieftain's hand, No law but—Badaga's command !'

It seemed certain, upon investigation, that the chief himself had been present at this particular foray ; and, so far, Thakali's assertion, that her husband had acted under orders, was borne out. I remember to have seen it laid down by no less an authority than Sir J. Malcolm, that in such phases of Indian barbarism as I must meddle with, it is wisest, safest, and most effective, to punish the chief for the crime of liis subordinate. Thakali's plea chimed in with that great oriental statesman's policy. Wherefore after solemn admonition, Bikhn was reprieved. Even to a fatalist life is sweet. He was certainly pleased, but the poor girl was beside herself with gratitude and joy.—" An Only Son," in the Dublin University Magazine.

The Discovery of Gas. — Burning springs were known long ago in Europe, but their existence was not sunerctl to remain an isolated fact. Men reasoned upon it, investigated i?s source, and attempted, with ultimate success, to imitate its nature, and improve upon its results. The writers upon gaslight in the " Encyclopaedia Britannica" claim for the Rev. John Ciay'tou the discovery ofcoal-gfs. His experiments appear to have been performed certainly betbro IGol—since they are detected in a letter written to the Hon. Robert Boyle, who died in that year —although not published until 17-M- He states that having introduced a quantity of coal into a retort, and placed it over an open lire, '' at flr.st there came over only phlegm, and afterwards a black oil, and then likewise a spirit arose, which I could no ways condense ; but it forced ray lute, and broke my glasses. Once when it had forced my lute, coming close thereto in to try to repair it, I observed that the spirit waich issued caught fire at, the flame of the candle, and continued burning with violence as it issued out in a stream, which I blew out and lighted again several times. I then had a mind to" try if I could save any of this spirit, In order to which I took a turbinatcd receiver, and putting a candle to the pipe of the receiver whilst the spirit; rose, 1 observed that it ditched flame, and continued burning at the end of the pipe, though you could not discern what fed the flame." Ho then relates how he tilled many bladderj with this gas, which he calls the spirit, and how hs could not condense it, but used to amuse his friends by picking holes in the bladders, and lighting the jets of air which came from them. Here, then, is the discovery of gas, complete and perfect as to all essentials. Yet it appears to have slumbered for a century, when Mr. Murdoch revived the idea, and .systematically investigated the subject; and it was not until an early part of the present century that auy progress in a practical direction was made.— liritish Quarterly Review.

What will the London Brewers say when they hear that, at Rhode Island, in America, the beer is brewed so strong that it requires three men to blow the head off a pot of porter, and they inusfc ba tolerably long-, winded !

There are two sisters in Massachusetts, twins, who are so much alike, that eacli of them it is said, occasionally mistakes the other for herself.

11KGULA T I O N S ! I'OK Till; DISPOSAL, SAT/F,, r.KTT.TM" AND OCCUrATJON OP TUB WASTE LANDS OF THE CROW.> T IN THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY : AS AMENDED. 1. A LL Regulations now in force in the ProA vincc of Canterbury for the sale, lotting, disposal, and occupation of tlie Waste Lands of the Crown are hereby repealed. 2. All such Waste Lauds shall, from and after the day on which these Regulations shall come into force, be sold, let, disposed of, and occupied according to these Regulations, and not otherwise. 3. Every Act which the Superintendent is hereby authorised' or required to perform he shall perform solely in accordance with the advice of his Executive Council for the time being, and such advice shall be recorded on the minutes of the Council. lI.—TUB WASTE I.A>'BS HOARD.

4. There shall lie established a Board to be called the Waste Lands Board, to consist of one Chief Commissioner, and of not less than two nor more than live other Commissioners, all of whom (except such one as shall be appointed to act as Treasurer) shall be appointed and be removable by warrant under the hand of tlie Superintendent. 5. One member of the Waste Lands Board shall also be the Treasurer thereof, and such member shall be appointed and removable by the Governor. 6. The Waste Lands Board shall sit at the principal Land Office of the Province, at certain stated times to be determined by the Superintendent, and shall also sit for special purposes at such places and at such times as the Superintendent shall direct; of which sittings due notice shall be {riven in the Provincial Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers published in the Province. ' 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in liis absence then some member selected by those present at any meeting of the Board, shall preside thereat, and shall have" a casting vote in all questions coming before the Board. 8. All questions coining before the Board shall be decided by a majority of the Commissioners present thereat.

9. All meetings of the Board shall be attended by at least tlu'ee Commissioners, and shall be open to the public. 10. All applications for Land and for Pasturage and for Timber Licenses shall, after hearing evidence when necessary, be determined by the Board at some sitting thereof. 11. The Board shall have power to hear_ and determine all disputes between the holders of Pasturage and Timber Licenses respecting the boundaries ot runs and districts, and shall have and exercise all the powers which may be lawfully had and exercised by any Commissioner of Crown Lands, under tbe provisions of the " Crown Lands Ordinance, Sess. X., No. 1 ;" and the "Crown Lauds Extension Ordinance, Sess. XI., Koi 10." 12. All the routine business of the Land Department shall be transacted by the Chief Commissioner, subject to such regulations as may be made by the Board in that behalf.

13. A book to be called the " Application Book" shall be kept open during'office hours at the Land Office, in which the name of every person desiring to make any application to the Board shall be written hi order }>v himself or any person duly authorised on his behalf.- And the Commissioners shall, during the sitting of the Board, consider and determine all applications in the order in which they shall appear in the application book. Provided tiiat if any person shall not appear himself or by some person duly authorised on his behr.'-P before the Board when called in his turn, his app j.'ation slir.il be dismissed until his name shall appear again in the Book in. order. Provided also that if two or more peivous shall apply at the same time to write thi.r- names in the Application Book the Chief Commissioner shall bracket their names, and shall initial the bracket; and when they shall appear before the Board, the Board shall detertuine the priority of right to be hard by lot. And it shall not be lawful for the Board to hear any applica r tion except such as shall be made in accordance with this regulation. 14. The Board shall keep true and detailed minutes of all applications made to the Board, and all decisions thereon, and of all sums of money paid to the Treasurer, and generally of all the proceedings of the Board; and such minutes shall be sigu^d by all the Commissioners present at any meeting. And such minutes shall be open to the inspection of all persons desiring to inspect the same, at all reasonable hours, on payment of the sum of two shillings and sixpence for every such inspection. in.—snitvuvs. 15. There shall be a Chief Surveyor who shall b,e appointed and removable by Warrant under the hand of the Superintendent, and. as many I =iistant Surveyors as shall be necessary, who shall oe appointed and reiGoveable by the Superintendent upon the recommendation of the Chief Surveyor. 16. All surveys shall be conducted in such manner as the Board by any regulations to be made in that behalf shall direct. IV. —THE LAND REVENUE. 17. All payments to be made in respect of land shall be made to the Treasurer of the Board during the sitting thereof, and the Treasurer shall thereupon give receipts for the same. 18.—By the 62nd clause of the Constitution Act the Governor is authorised and required to pay out o the revenue arising from the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown all the costs, charges, and expenses incident to the collection, management, and receipt thereof; and also to pay out of the said revenues such sums as shall become payable under certain other provisions therein contained. The Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board shall, therefore, pay out of all the funds coming into his hands under these regulations all such sums for the above-named purposes, in such manner and to such persons as the Governor shall direct. V.—PUBLIC RESERVES. 10. Reserves for the uses of the Provincial Government and for other public purposes may, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, be made by the Superintendent; and shall not be alienated from the specific purposes to which they shall have been severally dedicated, except under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, entituled the " Public Reserves Act, 1854;" and a full and complete description of every such reserve nnd of the purposes to which it shali have been dedicated shall, as soon as possible after it shall have been made, be published in the Government Gazette, of the Province, and set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land Office. Provided that, the Superintendent may, if the Provincial Council be not then sitting, temporarily reserve land for such purposes until the next session of such Council. y|2o. Reserves for public highways, bridle-paths, and Dt-paths, shall be made by the Superintendent, and shall be set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land Office. The Superintendent, and the Provincial Council may by Ordinance alter the line of any such highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, and dispose of the land theretofore used for the same. 21. The Superintendent may temporarily reserve any land for the preservation or sale of the timber thereon; but such land may at any time cease to be so reserved upon a resolution of the Provincial Council. 22. The Superintendent may, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, reserve from the operation of these regulations any tract of country in which the precious metals may be found to exist: asd the^ land within such tract 'of country shall be disposed of according to regulations hereafter to be issued and published in that behalf; in the same manner and under the same authority as these present regulations. VI. —TOWN LANDS. 23. The sites of towns shall be determined by the Superintendent, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, and shall be notified by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province. .24. Town Lands shall be sold by pjiblic auction, in sections, the size and upset price of which shall be determined by the Superintendent and the Provincial Council; and having been so determined, for each town severally, shali not again be altered. 25. The time and place of every auction sale shall be fixed by the Superintendent, and shall be notified in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province, at (east thirty days before such sale shall take place. 26. No such notification of any sale of town lands shall be published until a map of'the town, signed by •the Chief Surveyor, shall have been laid open for public inspection in the Land Office; and such map shall set forth, accurately delineated, all the town sections numbered consecutively, so far as laid out, showing the sections to be submitted for sale, and the public reserves in connection with them. 27. Town sections may be put up to auction, either by order of the Superintendent, or upon the application of some person who shall, at the time of making such application, deposit ten per cent, of the upset price with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board. Such deposits shall, if no advance on 'the upset price be made, be considered as the deposit upon the sale at such public auction. 28. If any section shall be purchased by other than the original applicant, the deposit money shall be forthwith returned on demand.

29. Ten dnys at least before any such auction sale, B list of all the sections about to be offered for sale ■shall be published in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province. 30. Every auction sale of land shall be held by the -Commissioners i n open court as hereinbefore pro--31.* The person who shall be declared the highest Mder at such auction shall immediately pay a deposit often per cent, of the purchase money to the Treasurer, and In default thereof, the section shall be again immediately put up to auction, paid to the Treasurer in full, within one week after 82. The remainder of the purchase money shall be

the day of sale; and, in default thereof, the pur chase shall ferfeit his deposit money, and also al ri:rht or title to the land; and the section may be sold to any person applying for the same for the price at which it was knocked clown-at the auction; and, if not co sold, Ihe section maybe again put up to auction at. any future sale.

So. Upon payment of the purchase money in full, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners a " License to Occupy," in the form set forth in Schedule 'A to the "Waste Lauds Regulations, and such License shall be restored to the Commissioners upon receipt of a Crown Grant of the land purchased. VH. —RUHAIi LAND. 34. All lands not. included in any of the foregoing regulations shrill be open ibr sale as rural land, at an uniform price of forty shillings per acre. 35. Save as hereinafter provided, no section of Rural Land shall be sold, containing less than twenty acres; but any section ?o limited by frontage lines or private lands as to contain less than twenty acres may be soM by auction at the upset price of forty shillings per acre; tbe time and place of sale, and the mode of sale, and payment of purchase money to be as nearly as may be in accordance with the regulations heroin contained applicable to the sale of Town Land. Provided, nevertheless, that if any section so limited shall be included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Right, the holder of such License shall be entitled to exercise such Pre-emptive Right under these Regulations upon payment of the sum of forty pounds for such section. 80. Every section of rural land shall be ;n one block, and,"except as hereinafter provided, of a rectangular form, and if bounded by a frontage line, shall be'of a depth'of half a mile (or 40 chains) from such frontage.

Kote.—A frontage line shall be taken to mean the boundary of a road, river, or public reserve, or any stream or watercourse which shall have been declared by notification in the Government Gazette to constitute a frontage for the purpose of selection. 37. AVhere,' from the frontage not being a straight line or from tlie interlercncc of other frontage lines, natural features, or the boundaries of private lands, the above rules in respect of form cannot be accurately observed, the form of the section shall be determined as nearly in accordance with these rules as, in the judgment of the Board, circumstances will admit. 38. In sections of lands not adjacent to or bounded by a rVontnc-e line, all the sides may be equal, but one side may not be less than one-third of the other; and such section shall not be less than half a mile distant from a frontage line. 39. Any person possessing a section of land may at any time' select another adjacent thereto, of such form that the two together, being considered as one section, shall be in the form required tbv a single section under the foregoing rules. 40. Immediately on the payment of the purchase money, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners a " License to Occupy," in the form set forth in the Schedule B hereunto annexed; and as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the land shall be laid off by a Government Surveyor, as nearly in accordance" with tbe description given by the purchaser in his application as these regulations will admit; provided that whenever the lands selected lie without the sun-eyed districts, the expense of the survey and of connecting such survey with the existing surveys slia:i be borne by the purchaser, who shall at the time of purchase deposit the amount of the estimated cost of such surveys with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board, which shall be made as soon as practicable, by order of the Chief Surveyor. Provided always,"that should any section when surveyed prove to differ in any respect from that intended by the purchaser, the "Government will not be responsible for any Jons or inconvenience which the purchaser may experience, nor will the purchase money be returned. Provided also, that if the Surveyor shall find that the whole extent of laud in the selected locality falls short of the quantity paid for by the purchaser, the Treasurer shall repay so much of the purchase money as exceeds the price of the land to be conveyed. Tlie " License to Occupy" shall, in any such case, bo amended by the Commissioners, in accordance with the report of the Surveyor, and the Crown Grant shall be made out in accordance therewith; and the "License" shall be returned to Ihe Commissioners when the Crown Grant shall be issued.

41. Any person making-a ditch and bank fence to lands adjoining Waste Lands of Hie Crown may take our ofsuch lands half the land required for tlie ditch and bank: provided that 110 ditcli or bank shall be more than six feet in width. VIII.—COMPENSATION LANDS. 42. Whereas .it is desirable that private persons should he enabled to receive portions of Waste Land in exchange fbi* private lands taken for roads or for other public purposes; if any person shall be entitled to receive any compensation in respect of any land which .shall have been taken for the purposes of a road or of any other public work, or in respect of any damages done to his property by the taking of such land for such purposes, such person shall, upon application to the Waste Lauds Board, be entitled to a UTaiil of rural land in such situation as he shsill select, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage in these regulations contained, to the extent of one acre lor every two pounds sterling of the amount of compensation which the applicant shall be entitled to receive in respect of the laud taken for such purposes orjiu respect of such damage, as aforesaid. 43. If any person shall contract with the Superintendent to make and complete, within a g-iven time, any public road, bridge, or drain, or any part of any such road, bridge, or drain, furnishing such security as the Superintendent may require for the due completion of such contract, and shall select such portion of rural land as he shall be willing to accept by way •of payment or compensation, or by Way of part payment" or compensation for such work; it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to reserve such portion of land from public sale for such given time but no longer; and such person shall, on the completion of such contract, bo entitled to a free grant of such land, or so much thereof as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every two pounds sterling which the Superintendent shall certify to the Waste Lands Board to be the bond,fide value of the work so done by such person according to the prices for work and materials at the time of performing such contract current in the district. Every such reservation of land from public sale shall he'published in the .Government, Gazette of the Province, as directed in clause 10 of these Regulations. No such reservation shall continue in force for a longer period than twelve calendar mouths from the date on which it shall have been made. No land included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Right shall, as against the holder of such Pre-emptive Right, be so reserved or granted until lie shall have been allowed the option of purchasing such laud in the. manner prescribed in clauses U4 and 66 to these Regulations. No greater amount of land than 250 acres shall under "the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, unless in payment of work for which a vote has been passed by the Provincial Council. No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the a«UTogate shall, in any one year, he reserved or granted under the provisions of .this clause, without the special sanction of the Provincial Council. Provided always that every parcel of land so granted shall be subjected to the same conditions as to form ami frontage as any rural land sold under these Regulations;''provide'd also that no application for less than 20 acres shall'be received under this clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Board shall be of less extent than 20 acres of land, the person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the same terms as other applicants for the purchase of rural lands under these Regulations. IX. —NAVAL AND JIILITAIir BOUNTIES. 44. Whereas the Superintendent and the Provincial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury are desirous to aid in making provision for the maintenance of such persons of Her Majesty's land and sea forces as may be discharged as unfit for further service in consequence of wounds or loss of health incurred in the present war with Russia, and also for the maintenance of the widows of those who may be killed in such war: — Any such person or widow shall, upon application to the Waste Lands Board, and upon the production of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as to such discharge or death, be entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding 30 acres of the Waste Lands within this Province, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage contained in these Regulations; provided always that, such application shall be made to the Waste Lands Board by such person or widow in person within three years 'after such discharge or death. X. —PASTURAGE. 40. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public purposes as herein provided, the Waste Lands may be occupied for pasturage purposes by persons) holdinglicenses from the Waste Lands Board to occupy the same.

40. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are the boundaries and extent of the run applied for, and the number and description of the stock which he possesses, or will undertake to place upon the run within twelve mouths from the date of the license. 47. The extent of run allowed to each applicant shail be at the rate of 120 acres to every head of great cattle, and 20 acres to every head of small cattle. Tin; words " great cattle" shall be construed to mean homed cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male and female, with their offspring- above! six months of age; and the words "small cattle" shall be construed fo mtan sheep, male and female, with their weaned offspring. 48."Every pastunisrc run shall be in ono block, and, as far as circumstances will admit, of a rectangular form: the frontage, under ordinary circumstances, shall not be greater than one-half the depth. 49. The fee to he paid for the license shall be at the following rates : —For every run containing less than 101)0 acres, twenty shillings for every hundred acres ; for every run containing-1000 acres, awl'not less than 5000 aci 2S, two-pence per acre for the first thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. For every run containing 5000 acres or upwards,

one farthing per acre f<>r the fii^t and second years, one half-penny per acre ior the (bird and fourth years, three-farthing's per acre for the fifth and every subsequent y-ear; provided that the first year shall bo taken to he the time elapsing from the date of the original license to the first day of May next following. 50. No pasturage license shall be granted for a less annual fee than £-2 10s.

51. The fee shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Land Board every year, in advance; for the first year on the issue of the license, and for the second and every subsequent year on any sitting day of the Board, between the 20'tli day of April and the first day of May, inclusive; and every pasturage license not renewed by payment of the required fee, on or before the first day of May, shall, unless good cause to the contrary be shown to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board, be considered as abandoned. 32. livery pasturaffo license shall ho in the form set forth in the Schedule" C to the Waste Lands Regulations, anil shall lie transferable by endorsement in the form set forth in such .Schedule, and such transfer shall he. deemed to be complete upon notice thereof being duly given to the Waste Lands Board, and not before. A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive right of pasturage over the land specified therein upon the terms above stated. Such license shall be renewed b,y endorsement from year to year, until the land specified therein shall be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations; and the fee to be paid in respect of such license shall not be altered until the Ist May, 1870. Such license shall give no right to the soil or to the timber, and shall immediately determine over any land which may be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations. A reasonable right of way shall be allowed through all pasturage runs. 53. If at, any time during the first four years after the issue of the first license" the quantity of stock for the run shall be less than that originally required, or durinar the next three years less than twice that, amount, or during any subsequent period less than three times that amount, the Waste Lands Board may declare the whole or a portion of such run to be forfeited; provided always that with regard to runs granted prior to the issue of these Regulations such fust period of four years shall commence from the date on which these Regulations shall come into operation : provided that one or more runs held by the same individual or firm may fbr the purposes of this clause be considered as one run.

51. In any case in which a runholder can prove to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board that lie is precluded by arrangements entered into previous to the passing- of these regulations from actually, tor a {riven period, placing his"stock on his own run, it shall be sufficient if lie prove to the satisfaction of the Board that lie possesses within the Province the requisite amount of stock, and will undertake to place the same on the run at the expiration of such peoiod.

05. Every holder of a license shall, at any time, upon a written order from the Waste Lands Board to that eit'ect, make a true and complete return of all the stock on his run : and if he shall wilfully and knowingly make any false return, the Waste Lands Board shall immediately declare Iris license to be forfeited. 50. Every run or portion thereof which shall have been forfeited, as above provided, shall be put up by the Waste' Lands Board to public auction, after an advertisement in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province. A license granted after forfeiture shall be deemed to be an original license. Upon appeal from any person whose run has been forfeited, within GO days from the date of such forfeiture, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to reserve or suspend such forfeiture either wholly or in part. 57. Every person taking- out alk ense for a run which is not stocked will be required to deposit wi th the Treasurer tiic sum often shilling's for every hundred acres included in the license, which will he returned without interest as soon as he shall have fulfilled the conditions in respect to stocking- the run within the prescribed period ; but if such conditions be not fulfilled such deposits shall be forfeited. 53. The above rules in respect to stocking a run, and to the lodsi-meut of deposit, money with the Treasurer, shall not apply to runs containing less than 5000 acres. 59. Every holder of a license - may be required at any time to pay for the actual cost of the survey of his run at a rate not exceeding-20s. for every thousand

60. Every holder of a pasturage "iconse shall, upon application"™ the Waste Lands Board, lv. entitled to a pre-emptive right over portions of his run, as follows:—For a rini of not less than 1,000 awes and not more than 5,000 acres, over a block of )n:id comprising- and circuinjiiccnt to his homestead to the extent of 5 per cent of'the acreage of the run. For a run of 5,000 acres and upwards, over 250 acres of land comprising and circumjacent to his homestead or principal station. And for all runs, over all lands occupied by any buildings, enclosures, plantations, cultivations, or any such other improvements as shall in thejudginentof the Waste Lands Board be deevned sufficient for the purposes of this' clause, together with fifty awes comprisingl rud circumjacent to the lands so occupied or improved.

01. The License; shall at the time of his application to the Board give a sufficient description of the lands over which he" claims such pre-emptive right, to the satisfaction of the Chief Surveyor. And the same shall be marked oft'on the .authenticated Maps in the Land Office.

02. The lands included in such pre-emptive right may be of such form as the applicant shall choose ; but any land purchased by him in the exercise of such right shall be subject to the regulations as to form and frontage herein contained.

(33. Tlie Waste Lands Board shall not receive nor entertain any application to purchase, from any person other than the runholder, the aforesaid block around the homestead or principal station which does not include tin; whole of such block.

G-i. The right of pre-emption hereby given shall be exercised within one week for all lands within twenty miles of the Land Office, at Christcl'urch; and within one month for all lands sit a greater distance therefrom; such time being reckoned from the date of service of si written notice from the Waste Lands Board,setting forth a copy of the application for any of the lands included in the pre-emptive right. Such not ice may be served either personally on the runholder, or by leaving the same at his last-known place of abode within the Province, or at the principal homestead or station on the run.

Go. The applicant for any rural land included in any pve-emptivc right shall deposit with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a sum equal to -ts. per acre ofthejiurcha.se money, and the remainder he shall pay within one week from the date of his application being aranted, or forfeit such deposit. Such deposit, however, shall be immediately returned on demand, if (he holder of the pre-emptive right shall give notice of his intention to purchase any portion of the land applied for, and pay the requisite deposit.

0(i. If the holder of the pre-emptive right decide upon purchasing' any portion of the land applied for, he shall forthwith pay to the Treasui or of the Waste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of the purchase money of such portion ; and, if he shall not within six weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of the purchase money, he shall forfeit such deposit, together with all right or title to the land.

If the holder of any pre-emptive right other than those created by clause GO of the Waste Lauds Regulations shall neglect, or refuse to purchase any portion of the land applied for, such portion shall from and immediately after such neglect or refusal be released from all right of pre-emption and open to purchase on thu terms of these Regulations, as if the same had not been included in any pre-emptive right.

07. Pasturage Licenses with pre-emptive right in connection with purchased lands, whether under the Canterbury Association or the Crown, sliidl, from mid after the "first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, be taken and deemed to'be pasturage licenses over the lands included therein, upon llie terms of these Regulations, with n preemptive right over all such laiid, to be exercised subect to these Regulations as regards notice of application, payment of deposit, . purchase money, price of land, and size and shape of blocks. If the land covered by such pre-emptive right, shall be included within the limits of a run held by license under clauses 50 and 53, the holder thereof in paying rent for the same may take credit for the amount paid by him in respect of lauds covered by such pre-emp-tive riixht. GB. Holders of pasturage licenses without preemptive right shall be entitled to hold such licenses or to have them renewed upon the terms of their contract with the Canterbury Association or the Crown, as the case may be ; but if any person holding a license under the Canterbury Association or the Crown shall voluntarily resign the same, he shall be entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, and shall from the date of such exchange hold his run at the rate and on the conditions specified in these Regulations. . CO. If any person exchanging his license shall tor any period included in the new license have paid rent at'ahi"-her rate than would be payable under such license^such overpayment shall be adjusted at the next payment of rent. 70. In the event of improvements having been effected by the licensee of a ran on any land which shall be reserved by the General Government or by the Provincial Government under these Regulations, the licenseee shall receive payment of the value of such improvements, such value to be decided by arbitration under direction of the Waste Lands Board, and to be paid by the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board out of the land fund. 71. AH payments on account of pasturage runs shall in future be made on or before the first day of May, in accordance with clause 51, at the Land Office, at Christchurch, and the Waste Lands Board shall sit at that place for the Treasurer to receive the same.

72 All payments to be made on account ot pasturage runs before the first day of May next ensuingshall be made for the portion of the year only which shall elapse between such day of payment and the said first day of May. 73. In calculating the amount of the license fee and the stock required to be on the run, the year commencing- on the said first day of May shall be deemed to be the same year as that for which such part payment shall have been made.

74. Notwithstanding anything contained in these ..emulations, it shall be lawful for tho Governor, upon lie recommendationjoi the Superintendent aud Pro

uncial Counil, at, any time, and from time to time, by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province, to reserve for the purposes hereinafter mentioned any lands within the Province, adjacent to or in the neighbourhood of any town, now or which may hereafter be formed, and to declare that on and from a day to be named in such proclamation all depasturing licenses issued under these regulations, in respect of such reserved lands, shall cease and be of no effect; on and from which day, all such licenses shall, as respects such lands, cease and be of no effect accordingly. And it shall be lawful for the Governor at any time, hereafter, by regulations to be issued in that behalf, according to the provisions of the Waste Lands Act, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and Provincial Council, to regulate the occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown within such reserved districts. TIJIJiER. 75. If any tract of land shall have hera reserved for the sale of flic timber thereon, such timber may be sold by public auction at an upset price and subject to conditions to be fixed_ by the Superintendent, and the purchaser shall agree to remove the same within a certain time; and all the timber not removed within such time may be again put up to public auction. 70. No person shall, without a licensCj cut or remove any timber from any Waste Lands of the Crown (except timber which he shall have purchased under the last clause) ; and any persons so cutting or removing timber shall be liable to pay the cost of such license fbr one year together with the costs of recovering the amount of the same. 77. Every license for cutting or removing timber shall be issued fbr one mouth, or for one year, at the request of the person applying for the same; and a fee of 10s. shall be paid upon every monthly license, and of £o upon every yearly license. 78. A license shall entitle no one but the person named therein to cut down standing timber, but it will authorise him to employ any number of persons, during the term of the license, to saw, split, or remove the timber so cut; and such license shall not be transferable.

71). A license to cut timber shall extend only to the district named therein.

80. If any person duly licensed shall have established a saw-pit for the purpose of sawing timber, no other person shall cut timber within 50 yards of such pit without consent of the person first occupying such saw-pit; provided that if the person establishing such pit shall not use the same, and shall not cut timber within such distance as aforesaid from the pit for 28 consecutive days, it shall be lawful for any other holder of a license to enter thereupon, and to cut timber as though such pit had not been established. 81. If any person shall, for the purpose of removing timber, have made a road upon land being the Waste Lands of the Crown and not being a highway, it shall not he lawful for any other person to use the same without the permission of the person making the same first obtained ; provided that if such road shall not be used at any time for 90 consecutive days, it shall be lawful for any holder of a license at any time thereafter to use the same.

82. If any person holding a timber license shall be proved before the Waste Lands Board to have offended against any regulations herein contained respecting- timber, or to have wilfully or negligently inured or destroyed by fire or otherwise any timber belonging to the Crown, such license shall be, and shall be immediately declared to be forfeited, and it shall be at the discretion of the Board to refuse to issue another timber license to the same person. SCHEDULES. Schedule A. Province ) of \ Canterbury. ) LICENSE TO OCCUPY TOWN LANDS. Whereas of hath been duly declared the purchaser for the sum of pounds, shilling's, and ■ pence, of the section of the Waste Lands of the Crown hereinafter described, and hath this day paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board of the Province of Canterbury, the said s'ttni of pounds, shilling's, and pence, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, i\O\V KNOW ALL MEN AN I) THESE m'esbsts witness, that We, in pursuance of the powers vested in us as Commissioners of the said Waste Lands Board, do hereby authorise and empower the said his heirs or assigns, at any time after the date hereof, to enter upon all that section of laud situated in street, in the town of marked, No. in the authenticated map of the said town in the Crown Lauds Office and containing acrw. or thereabouts, being the section of land so purchased as aforesaid, and to hold and enjoy the same for his and their absolute use and benefit. Given under our hands at the sitting of the Waste Lands Board held at on the day ot 18 Schedule B. Province ) of \ Canterbury. ) Ijlcen.se to occupy jiujial land. Whereas of hath been duly declared the purchaser for the sum of pounds, shillings, and pence, of the section of the Waste Lands of the Crown hereinafter described, and hath thus day paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board of the Province of Canterbury, tho said sum of pounds, shillings, and pence, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, NOW KNOW ALL MEN ASD THESE I'k'ksexts witness, that We, in pursuance of the powers vested in us as Commissioners of the said Waste Lands Board, do hereby authorise and empower tl;e said his heirs or assigns, at any time after the date hereof, to enter upon all that section of land situate and bounded as hereinafter described, that is to say ; and to hold and to enjoy the same for hi-; and their absolute use and benefit, subject nevertheless to the Regulations now in force for the sale, letting-, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Province of Canterbury. Given under our hands at the sitting of the Waste Lands Board, held at on the day of 18 — Schedule C. Province ) of \ Canterbury. ) LICENSE TO DEPASTURE STOCK. Wiiekeas of hath been duly declared to be entitled to a license to depasture stock upon the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Province of Canterbury, upon the terms and upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned : Now therefore We, in pursuance of the powers vested inns as Commissioners of the Waste Lauds Board to the said Province, do hereby grant to the said the exclusive license, from and after the date hereof, until the first day of May next, to depasture stock upon the land situate and bounded as hereinafter described, that is to say— and containing acres or thereabouts. Subject nevertheless to all the provisions and conditions contained in. the Waste Lands Regulations now in force within the Province of Canterbury. Given under our hands at the sitting of the Waste Lands Board, held at on the day of 18 Endorsement. I, the within-named for valuable consideration to me paid by of do hereby transfer to the said the within written Pasturage License, and all my estate and interest therein. Witness my hand this day of 18 Witness APPENDIX I. Clauses 35 and 43, which were repealed by the Waste Lands Beaulations Amendment Ordinance, Suss. VII., No. 2, 1856, originally stood as follows: — 35. No section of rural land shall be sold containing less than twenty acres ; provided that any section so limited by frontage lines or private lands as to contain less than twenty acres may bo sold by auction at the upset price of forty shillings per acre; the time and place of sale, and the mode ot sale and payment of purchase money to be as nearly as may be in accordance with the regulations herein contained, applicable to the sale of Town Land. 43. If any person shall at any time have made and completed at his own cost any public road or bridge or any public main drain, or any part of such road, bridge, or drain, such person shall, upon application to the Waste Lands Board, be entitled to a free grant of rural land in such situation as he shall select, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage in these regulations contained, to such an extent as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every four pounds sterling which he shall prove to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board that he shall have actually expended in the construction of such road, bridue, or drain. l'rovWfi always that it shall be proved to tho satisfaction of tlie Board that tho money so expended by the applicant has been beneficially expended for

he use and advantage of the public. Provided also | hat no application lor less than twenty acres shall be received under this. ; clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Board shall be of a less amount than twenty acres of laud, the party entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the same terms as other applicants to purchase rural lands under these regulations. Clauses G7 and 08, which ware repealed by proclamation of the Governor, dated Uth August, 185G, published in the Provincial Government Gazette, Vol. 111., No. 17, p. G3, ith September, 1850, originally stood as follows: — 07. Holders of pasturage licenses with pre-emptive right in connection witli purchased lauds, whether under the Canterbury Association or the Crown, shall be entitled to claim pasturage licenses over the lands included therein upon the terms of these regulations, with a pre-emptive right over such land, to be exercised subject to these regulations as regards notice of application, payment of deposit and purchase money, price of laud, and size and shape of blocks. It' the land covered by such pre-emptive right shall be included within the limits of a run held by license under clauses 50 and 53, the holder thereof, on paying rent for the same, may take credit for the amount paid by him in respect of lands covered by such pre-emptive right. 08. Nothing in these Regulations shall be interpreted to ali'ect the legal rights or equitable contracts made by the Canterbury Association or the Government with holders of the pasturage licenses; but if any person holding a license under the Canterbury Association or the Government, shall voluntarily resign the same to the Government, he shall be entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, and shall from the date of such exchange hold his run at the rate and on the conditions specified in these Regulations. APPENDIX 11. Clauses JYos. 33, 51, 52, 65, G6, and 71, icliich were repealed by the " l> asle Lands Regulation Amendment Ordinance, Sess. IX., No. 1," originally stood us follows: — 33. Immediately on the payment of the purchase money in. full, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners a " License to Occupy," in the form set forth in the Schedule A hereto annexed, which he shall return again to the Commissioners when he shall receive the Crown Grant of the Land. Such "License to "Occupy" shall be transferable by endorsement, in the form set forth in the Schedule. 51. The fee shall be paid to the Treasurer thea Waste Lands Board every year, in advance; for the first year on the issue of the License, and for thej, second and every subsequent year on the first day of May; and every pasturage license not renewed by payment of the required tee on the first day of May slnill, unless good cause to the contrary be shown to the satisfaction of the Waste Lauds Board, be considered as bandfooncd.

52. Every pasturage license shall be in the form set forth in* the Schedule C hereto annexed, and shall be transferable by endorsement in the form set forth in the Schedule;"and shall entitle the holder to the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified therein, upon the terms above stated. 11 is intended that such license shall be renewable from year to year until the land specified therein shall be purchased, granted, or reserved, under these Regulations; and, if so renewed, the fee to bo paid in respect of such licenses shall not be altered until the first of May, 1870. Such license shall give no right to the soil or to the timber, and shall immediately determine over any land which may be purchased, granted, or reserved under these Regulations. A reasonable right of way shall be allowed through all pasturage runs.

65. The applicant for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre of the purchase money, and the remainder he shall pay within one week from the date of his application being granted, or forfeit such deposit. Such deposit, however, shall be immediately returned on demand, if the holder of the pre-emptive right shall purchase any portion of the land applied for. G6. If the holder of tlie pre-emptive right decide upon purchasing any portion of the land applied for, he shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of the purchase money of such portion ; and if he shall not within six weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of the purchase money, he shall forfeit such deposit together with all right or title to the land. 71. All payments on account of pasturage runs shall in future be made on the first day of May, at the Land Office, at Christchurch, and the Waste Lands Board shall sit at that place for the Treasurer to receive the same.