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Southland Times, Issue 885, 20 January 1868, Page 5

' - ■iv/ :■: - -j f> ' ' ,-:- j'; ■ >:''- ■ * * ~ •; ">'" • ';• (tq the' bbito'b o» ;TflE soWhxand timSs).Sia,—Being. fiQeye-witneW to' th'e'-. jritjfa]f:; coibV: dition of t%!B^r^iToreof the'ill-fa,ted;BhipGfeneral Grant ilotfe foSiice^me to pen .thefpUbwing.that. .actipn may be taken by the authorities. without , -delay" to do so'raethiDg more than" 1 has hitherto : bedn' dohe to alle^Jate the aufierings, of thosi&fwho may.infutiire be castaway on those,lslands. ;; s I wdiild respectfuily suggest that a beacon (of I stone,"being easfly and lasting) '>c ■erected 6:n.- th'e^Wplf suitable position at Port Boss,; and tlia,t a depot tit tf/e; following provisions : be deposited in hermetically Eeaicd pifcfci*feß,-¥fz.,;' floti^," datnjeali ..;biscuit, tea,: s.uv]ar, vblauKets,: slops, axef, tomahawks, matches, medicines, and a few useful books, writing materials, and thff last; . but not least; to distribute throu^h.the islands (and ■'they \ njight, ibo placed with; advantage •on the damjibeiw, Antipodes^. and ■ Bonri'y Islands) a fe^r dozen of. native^ t(eins (commonly known as I wood liens) £ being natives of a similal 1 climate, hard^,: prolific, mfti itious,a'nd easily caught, they wotfld be a moVe ibddy tnbvtnS of subsistence shipwrecked .persons than himiing. for seal and pigs.: The island also abounds" with food suitable for them. . . Of the gb^ts left by the S.S. Victoria, but few hare been seen. The oaks and firs planted where not dead, are without growth. Of the domestic fowls landed:by the-p.s.'Southland, all are dead;, and of the Sieeds planted, none have, come up.,: *. <'■■: .*■ " ' I am, &c., &c, • ' ;• ;'' : ;' .J: P./MbaUOV^S. "' j Inyercargill, 13th January, 1868. •