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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 37, 24 October 1868, Page 6

A large number of girls and boys employed in tlie East Laboratory, or marsh portion of the Arsenal at Woolwich, have been disabled and incapacitated by the mosquitoes, the swelling and irritation in some cases assuming an alarming and dangerous appearance, The stings are treated with common soda and water, the poison emitted being an acrid acid. Distillers in- Scotland.— It appears from a "Parliamentary return, that the number of distillers in Scotland at the end of last year was— from malt only, 130; and from grain and other materials, 8. The number of proof gallons of spirits on which duty was paid for home consumption was 7,329,319, from both malt and grain. The amount of duty paid\n the year .was d63_G64,660. f , The. duty paifl in England was £4,515,755"; and in Ireland £3,2Q3-179i \ „ ; ;^> r HoHowafe dQitmfoitvnd ;pjss.— lgstaijt Relief.—Sores whrici£...ai;e f . da% jozteijduig,* nlcers ■which arc hotidy deepening may' Ipe af ires' ;dd in their torturing progress, and induced to' assume a healthy acfion l>y applying this heal in ment and taking these purifying Pills. It soothes all distemper; of. and ex^vctr;, all morbid humoun from, tho skin. Old ulcers of the lojj', inflaniisi itions caused oy varicose _ veins, and cramp 3of tlie lower limbs can sensibly bo eased and shortly cured by Holloway'e neverfailing Ointment, which represses excessive, and stimulates sluggish vascular and nervous action. In constitutions breaking down under piles, fistulas, and other similarly painful mi ladies a few applications of this cooling Ointment will give comfort, and a persistence in its U3O will offeo*; sr civ*. £(>