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Colonist, Volume III, Issue 297, 24 August 1860, Page 2

Flax and. Hemp.—We ar« sorryto see by the English papers that no advance has been made on New Zealand fiax^ which'retains its old stereotyped figure.of £18 to £20 per ton, whilst the price for foreign flax ranges from £49 to"£6Bj hemp fetches from £28 to £31. We quoted tlielollowing from the oommercial column, of the Home News :-* VMax.—A't -sale; 062 btlndlea New Zealand flax straw, ex Christopher; Newton, we're; taken in at £20, and damaged i>l9'; and &j? tons, ex Rosana/ damaged, \ti j£l9 petfiton.' We trust that the* smalj^jpnsTgtoment, prepared by Messrs..Bout and. : Burns, ■ ahd;stiippedi&y t\\? William;Alft6d, should ! it" WriVe'm'Etiglaud^ will meeij^wlth a better fate." English MAiw.-rrThfe wJaiia- ;hy way of Marsejlls. were Veceiv£d"in) London on June f2th; the So&thainpton portion; on?'Junel§jth,, j Th£ Jimp; niatiy^o^'^sti^lia 'and .■ New. Zealand weraideV i spatched 'Vy the iPeninsular and>:G«entat Gomjpany'B steam ship Ripon, Captain: E. Christian, ! from Southampton on" June 20th, for the first [time; hitherto they have been sent off.on the 12th fof the month. Some alteration wilL.be'requisite ! in our line of mail steamers, as in future the mails : from England will;be landed ;afc Melhoxirhe flhly^ ) and 'will be forwarded thericeUotheir^destinatibn I by such means asmay be.provided by tile Colonial i Governments.'; Such is the: last Mange.r|ent of f thei GeneralPost-officepfLondonV;'-- :"f • j Central Board of EDup^a?ibjsr ? !-f-The foliowjing gentlemen have been gazetted jto^forin the ] Central Board of Educationjii-rßy/j tlie | ment, Alfred Domett. By thevariougiComniuttees: City of Nelson, Donald Sinclair.; Suburbanmorth, Edmund Wastney; Subuvbaatsouthy Joblßest; Wairaea-east, William Sarkriess;'? 'Wakefield, ]R. J, Creasy; Spring-grove^ William White; ■I Waimearivvesfr, -John' Kerr;' Mbutere, Joseph j Hewefson; Motueka, William An<3rewa;Riwaka, \ David Jennings; Motupipi, Isaac Mason Hill.

j Accident to Mr. llaukness. —While this igent'eman'.was returning from I^elspn to Richimond on Wednesday evening last, his horse, which j had started at something in the road and was with ! difficulty held in, fell with him when close to Mr. iHarknessss house. We are happy to heav that^ I though he was very heavily thrown, nothing I serious is apprehended. The horse is very much iinjured in the leg. Taranaki.—The amount contributed to the Taranaki Aid Fund at WellingtQn up to August 21st was £470 163. 6d.