THE COLONIST.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 264, 1 May 1860, Page 2

THE COLONIST.

NELSON, TUESDAY, MAY I, 1860,

Quos Deus vutt perdere prius dementat. •If ever the truth of the above was verified, it is in the person oi the editor of our contemporary. To follow him in his sombre [ ravings upon the subject of the present native outbreak, which he thinks furnishes jhim with fresh fuel for his endless but i harmless onslaught upon our somnambulist Executive, as he is funnily pleased to I christen it, would be to plunge ourselves over head and ears in a labyrinth of contradictions. His miserable string of pitiful ebullitions which occupy the first four paragraphs of his leader of April 21st, may be passed over without comment. In the fifth he commences with the question—" In case o£political disturbance, or any necessity arising for prompt or energetic action, what is our organization ? What our means to meet the emergency ? " He answers himself by saying, "we are miserably deficient in both.". And in order to revive his drooping spirits he recruits his nervous depression by a fling at a poor defenceless sleeping Triumvirate; and then, flies off to the almost forgotten Wairau massacre, as it is termed. If any one thing more than another would prove the fitness of the applicability to him, it Js his unfortunate reference to that "untoward event." He ought to have called to his recollection, when referring to that melancholy and imbecile transaction, that subsequent inquiry proved at all events that the Maoris were riot in the wrong; and then, as now, ifyou will fight with savages you must expect to be savagely dealt with if you fall into their clutches. He then goes on to say, ■" we have a-parallel case now." Eor the credit of the English character let us hope that such is not the case for every one who has read the official documents on that subject without undue prejudice and passion, must acknowledge that it was a most and injudicious attack upon the natives' rights. He next falls foul,' of some unlucky J. P., who very justly observed that he did not undertake the duties of a military commandant nor swear upon the articles of war when he undertook the duties of a civil magistrate. He then observes, /'because we talked about a Government, we fancied we had the thing as well as the name. ' The crisis comes and we' [of the Examiner of course] at once recognise their inefficiency, |and [now as formerly] take the matter in our own hands!" And we are further told that under the sapient inspectorship of the Examiner, " The province is really now administered by public meetings and their resolutions." In the name of common sense—no signs of which can be. discovered in the article quoted from—why does not this gigantic public, like Oliver Cromwell, knock at the door of the Council Chamber, and turn out those who are at this moment voting away thousands of the public money to 'that Government whose functions, this sagacious writer says, have been superseded by public meetings? " A public meeting is called by the Superintendent, to consider the propriety of arming ourselves and taking measures for defence; neither he nor any of his Executive attend it," the writer continues. We think they acted very wisely in staying away. Whether the Superintendent and his Executive thought it unnecessary, or that it would be " a foolish interference and troublesome interruption," they best know ; we think the less public functionaries travel ■ out of their proper sphere of action the better. _____

, A notice relating to New t Zealand Fi ax, forbidding any person to "use the author's invention without,'licence, appears in the General Government Q-mette .•—-"Notice is hereby given that an. application will be made to the General Assembly of j New Zealand, in ' the session appointed to be holden at Wellington, on the third day of May next, for an Act to protect me in the enjoyment; arid sole; exercise of a certain Invention for the." preparation of the fibre of. the Phormium Tenax ior purposes; and to prohibit:any person other than myself from copying or using the said Invention without my license. Dated this second day of April,; 1860. ■— Aiithur GUYON PURCHAS."

In the same Gazette this announcement is made :—" His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Henry CIoUSXBN to be the r person with whom the approved copies or models of the Standard Weights and Measures of the Colony shall be deposited at Nelson."

The following Memorial on the Rejected Compensation Bill will be forwarded to the House of Representatives and the Legislative Council :— To the Honorable the House of Representatives, and Legislative Council. The Memorial of the Provincial Council] of Nelson. Respectfully Sheweth— 1. That there is a considerable number, of persons in this province, who allege themselves to be entitled to compensation in consequence of losses and sufferings endured by them through non-fulfilment of a contract made with them by the New Zealand Company. 2. That theelaim of these.persons was recognised, and' they were led to believe that compensation would bo made to them by the appointment of a commission to. enquire into and report upon their claims by Colonel Wynyard who administered the government of the colony. The date <if the appointment of the commission is so far back as the 24th October, 1854. 3.That'this commission, owing to causes with which your Memorialists are not acquainted never presented any report. 4. .That when the control of the^ Waste Lands was placed in the hands of the Provincial Legislatures, the Provincial Council passed a law^ authorising the Superintendent to appoint a commission^ to enquire into and report upon claims tor compensation arising out of the breach of contract above referred to. 5. That the commissioners appointed by the Superintendent reported to the Council that they found a considerable number of persons to be entitled to compensation. ~ ~ ,' „ . . ' 6. That in accordance with this report, the. ProvmcialCouncil of Nelson in their last session passed a law by which they sought to give effect to the recommendation ofthe Commissioners, a copy of which we append, and to which we beg to direct the attention of your honorable House. 7. That this law was reseryed by the Superintendent for the Governor's assent, but his Excellency's assent was withheld from it in consequence of a technical objection. 8. That the Provincial Council is now unable to take any steps to give compensation in land to the claiments in consequence of the power of legislation on the Waste Lands having been.resumed by the General Assembty. 9. That it is the opinion of this Council^ that there are persons in this province who had a valid claim to compensation as against the New Zea'and Company. 10. That when tlie New Zealand Company surrendered its charters, the Crown took upon itself the liabilities along with the property of the New Zealand Company. \ 11. That the claim of these persons is strictly against the colony at large; but looking to what was done in the case of the purchasers of land in Nelson who received compensation,.this Council is willing that they should be compensated out of the Waste Lands of the province. . 12. That the prayer of this Council is, that your honorable Houso will be pleased to fake such steps as may appear to you calculated to afford to the claimants that justice'which in the opinion of your Memorialists has from various causes been unfortunately hitherto denied to them. - , And your Memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever pray^ __'. : The Savings' Bank.—The pvogress of this institution is worthy of mention, arid we have pleasure in stating that so large a,sum as ,£371 7s. 6d. was deposited on Saturday last. Building Society.—The Nelson Building, Land, and Investment Society still continues its favorable career. -At a meeting of the directors last week Mr. Hackworth was elected to fill the vacancy in the direction caused by the death of the late respected Mr. J.- Bartlett. The meeting was numerously attended. Accident. —A serious accident occurred to Mr. M'Mahon, one of the members for Motueka, on Saturday evening, the 21st. ultimo. On returning from Nelson, when within a short distance from h nine, his mare ran away with him and threw him, dragging him some distance in the stirrup along the road. Dr. Little, who is in attendance on him, reports that he is progressing favorably, but that his injuries are of such a nature as to prevent his attendance in Council for some considerable time. '', ,i .- The Powder. MAGAZiNE.—The hill-side between the Washington Valley and the Beach Road is in progress of excavation, as the new place chosen for the powder magazine. It will be tunnelled for 18 feet, 6fe.et wide, and 9 feet high; this aperture is to be lined with brick. Mr. Steele has the work in hand, and much progress has already been made. ESTIMATE of proposed EXPENDITURE ofthe Province of Nelson, for the Year commencing on the Ist April, 1860, and ending on the 31st March, 1861. & s. d. Superintendent's Establishment. The Superintendent . . 500 0 0 Messenger . .. . 60 0 0 Office Keeper . - • -VSO P 0 Contingencies — : . Newspapers . • .400 Fuel and Light .- • • 8 0 0 Provincial Secretary's Department. Provincial Secretary, (see. Commissioner of Crown Lands). Chief Clerk ..' ■ . . 250 0 0 Assistant Clerk . . . 60 0 0 Contingencies — Stationery ..' '• • 16 n ° ° Postages'- . . • • 12 0 0 Fuel and light . . ■._ .8 0 0 Provincial Solicitor's Department Provincial Solicitor . • . 250 0 0 Provincial Treasurer's DepartmentProvincial Treasurer . . . 150 0 0 Contingencies — Stationery and Books . ./ ■ 12 0 0 ■Audit Department. Board, viz., three Members &t £15 each. 45 0 Oj Sundries .. . . • .300 Crown Land Department. Land Office— - Commissioner (also Provincial ;"'■ Secretary) . • • . 3ffo 0 0 \ Chief Clerk .. . . 3l)0 0 0 Assistant Clerk . . . 200 0 0 Contingencies — Firewood . : .. 800 Postages .. ■■ . . .500 Survey Office. Chief Surveyor . . . 300 0 0 .Draughtsman end Surveyor . ' . 3CO 0 0 Assistant Surveyor . . . 200 0 0 Second do. do. - . - . . 50 0 0 Contingencies — - ■-■■_■ Fuel . . . . .. 8 0 0 Stationery ..-,.. .25 0 0 Provincial Engineer's Department. Provincial Engineer . . . ,350 0 0 Travelling Expenses . ;-. . 100 0 0 Contingencies . ■ . . 50 0 0 Registrar of Deeds' Department. Chief Clerk . . ... ..200 0 0 ' Assistant Clerk . . . . :150 0 0 Contingencies — Clerical Assistance . y. , . 30 0 0 , Stationery and Books . • . 15 0 0 Fuel . ■■- -.".'..." '' '. . 10 0 0 Supreme Court, Witnesses, &c. . r . :." .l 1.00 .0 0. j District Court. ! """Witnesses,"(fee., . . . 50 0.0 Gaol Department. Gaoler . . . : . 150 0 0 Turnkey . '. • . HO 0 0 Overseer . , . . • 100 0 0 Contingencies— .... ■ n Rations lor Debtors . . . 75 0 0

Fuel for Debtors . . , .15 0 0 Eations for Prisoners . . .145 0 0 Clothing . . ' . . 30 0 0 Fuel and Light . . . 37 0 0 Stationery . . . .200 ... Sundries . • • • 1Q 0 0 Police Department., Nelson. ' Serjeant Major > . . • 175 0 0 Five Constables, at 6s. 6<f. per diem . 693 2 6 Two Constables, at 7s. per diem. . 255 10 0 Contingencies— , Special Constables . . . 20 0 0 Travelling Expenses . .•'.""" . 12 0 0 Fuel and Light (Lock-up) . . 20 0 0 Sundries . - . . . 15 0 0 Collmgwodd.Y Maintenance of Prisoners . . 10 0 0 Fuel and Light . . , 10 0 0 District Constables. One afc Waimea Ea„t . . . 60 0 0 „ Waimea South. . . 60 0 0 „ Waimea West . . . 40 0 0 „ Motueka .- . • 60 0 0 „ Takaka . . . 60 -0 0 „ Suburban North .. ' . 35 0 0 „ . Moutere . ...... . 15 0 0 Native Interpreter's Department. Native Interpreter . . .60 0 0 Travelling Expenses ... . • 20 0 0 Weights and Measures Department. Inspector of Weights and Measures .100 0 0 Contingencies— Registrar of Cattle Brands and Labour Department. Registrar of cattle brands and labour . 62 0.0 Medical Department, (postponed). Medical Officers . ...... 200 0 0 Attendants at Hospital . . . 140 0' 0 Attendants at Lunatic Asylum . 150 0 0 Contingencies — Rations for Attendants . . 72 0 0 Patients . . . 270 0 0 Lunatics . . . SO 0 0 Clothing for Patients . . : 15 0 0 Lunatics . . ... . .-30 0 0 Sundries for Lunatics . . ... 40 0 0 Medicines .• . . . 40 0 0 Medical Comforts . . . 50 0 0 Fuel and Light •.- ■ . . ~ .40 0 0 Sundries . ..-".. • . 30 0 0 Harbor Department ■ - *-•■<--••- ---.TV £LSOTL ~ ■'"..' Harbor Master and Pilot . , 150 0 0 Second Pilot and Coxswain . . 110 0 0 Three Boatmen, at ss. per diem . 273 14 0 Signalman, at Ss. 6d". per diem . 100 2 0 Attendant on Port Lamp . . ■ -25 0 0 Contingencies— Repairs to boats ■> . . . 16-. 0 0 Paint and oil for boats, buoys, and -, beacons . , . . . 18. 0 0 Ten new oars . .' ■ * . 10 0 0 Hire of Lighter to raise Moorings .6 0-0 Oil and Wick for Port Lamps.. -. 60 6 0 One coil Manilla Rope . . . 4 0 0 One Boat anchor . . . 5 0 0 New Flagstaff, Yards. &c, and Warping ' Posts .." " '.. . -'. 20 0 0 Collingioood. Deputy Harbor Master and Pilot . 120 0 0 Contingencies— Five Mooring Chains and Shackles for. buoys . . . . 10 0 0 Two new beacons . . -5 0 0 Four new lanterns . . . 26 16 0 Oil and Wick . . . 10 0 0 Paint and oil for boats, buoys and " beacons . . . . 8 0 0 Provincial Council Department. Speaker (also Member Waste Lands Board) . . .... 160 0 0 Members residing more than twenty miles from Nelson,'at-20s. each for eacli day's attendance . . Members residing more than ten miles from Nelson, at 15s. per day . Members residing more than four miles . ... from Nelson, at 10s. per day . Clerk to Council . . . .■ , 150 0. 0 Assistant Clerk, at £4 10s. per week . Messenger, at 12s. per ditm . Contingencies (postponed) — Rent of Council Chamber . . Removing Furniture . . Lighting . ". Stationery . . . . Library ' . . . ■ . 50 0 0 Newspapers . . . .600 Furniture .... Postages . . . .500 Charitable Aid Department. Charitable Aid . . . 400 0 0 Miscellaneous. Expenses of Returning Officers . 60 0 0 Hire of Room for Magistrates, Richmond and Motueka, £12 each . . 24 0 0 Printing—Provincial Council . . 200 0 0 Gazette . . . 150 0 0 Forms and Advertising . 350 0 0 General Contengencies . • "150 0 0 Interest on-Debentures . • 2356 12 10Third Instalment under Education Loan Act . ."<"■-. • m ° ° EXISTING CONTRACTS. Government Buildings - . . • 3966 10 8 Wharf . • • 1687 0 0 Wharf Tracks . . 11 4 0 Fencing Botanical Garden Reserve . 12 0 0 Purchase of site and. erection of Lockup —Richmond . . . 163 0 0 Pound, Waimea South . . . 28 0 0 Biwaka . . . . 41 0 0 Painting, Tarring, and repairing Motueka Jetty . . . . 46 0 £> Pelorus Bridle Road . . . 322 1 1 Bridle Road, Riwaka to Sandy Bay ' . 20 0 0 Riwaka to Takaka . 350 0 0 Takaka to Collingwood . 143 0 0 Road—Motupipi Beach to Spittal's Ferry. 44 9 6 Waitnpu to Spittal's Ferry . 300 0 0 Sheet's to Lindsay's '. . 550 0 0 Lon-Plain, Takaka . . 105 0 0 Clifton . . . • 3 0 0 Wakefield to Wairau . ... . 70 0 0 Aorere District . . . 1682 17 5 Gunpowder for Blasting Purposes, &c, . 58 6 8 Explorations in Grey District . - . 1200 0 0 Middle Road—Top House to Hurunui y 600 0 0 Buoys - Motupipi River . . 25 0 0 Purchase of School Room. Waimea West. 20 0 0 Purchase of Road, Eve's Valley . . 122 19 0 Total existing contracts . . 11,571 8 4 PUBLIC WORKS AND PURPOSES. General. Education, including rate (postponed) . 4400 0 0 Immigration (payment of Trust Funds Loan. . .'..'■ . 2000 0 0 Surveys and Explorations . . 1000 0 0 Harbor Light . . . . 475 0 0 Public Wharf, (Warehouses, &c.) . 860 0 0 Pelorus Road, Maitai Valley . . 200 0 0 Road, Riwaka to Takaka . . 300 0 0 Roads to Grey district, &c. - . .1000 0 0 Middle Road to Canterbury from Wai-iti river. . . . 800 0 0 Draining Swamp, Riwaka . . WO 0. 0 Public Libraries— . ■ Nelson Institute ... £50 0 0 Country Libraries, postpd . 150 0 0 Purchase of rifles ■;■ ; . .I°°° J ° n Powder Magazine, &c. . • 200 0 0 Procuring; Coal from Grey river • 300 0 0 standard Weights and Measures . 100 0 0 Public Cemetery . . ■• WW 0 0. Thistle Act. f . . • . . - 30° <> ° Lesser Public Works . .... • 15° ° ° Law books for Supreme, Court and y Magistrates ,. . -.- . • • 15° ° °

.15 0 0

ocal.- •■" " Town of Nelson. Completion of Botanical Garden Fence 83 0 0 Public Garden, Trafalgar Square -. -100 0 0 Haven Road . . . . 400 0 0 Board oi Works , . . 800 0 0 Suburban North. Road Board . ". . . 250 0 0 Waimea Districts. ' Road Board . . ..',....> 1500 0 0 Bridle Road from Lower Wakefield to Motueka Valley t . . .250 0 0 Motueka. Jetty, and Road leading to it . . 246 0.0 Road' Board . . . . 200 0 0 Riwaka. District Roads, &c., . . . 150 0 0 Moutere. Road Board . . . . . 400 0 0 Amuri. Dray Road to Gore Bay .<*.".' . tOO 0 0 Moorings, Gore bay . . ... . 100 0 0 Golden. Bay. ■ # . ■ ;' Jetty, Motupipi—Completion . , 20 0 0 "Waitapu—Drav Road over Ford . . 15 0 Road from Motupipi to Clark's Ferry . 50"0 0 Clifton Road , . ... 50 0 0 Gold Field Districts. Long Plain Road . . 0 150 0 0 Bridle Road from Takaka to Collingvtoo& . - .. . 350 0 0 Slate River Bridge and approaches . 400 0 0 Repairs of made Roads . . 250 0 0 Roads to New Diggings . • 200 0 0 Beach Road between Lewia:Street qn& Bridge near Miles's Hotel . . 80 0 0