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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 878, 24 October 1871, Page 2

• The Bank of New Zealand, Westport, forward.d a small parcel of gold yesterday by .the steamer Kennedy for shipment at Hokitika. The quantity was 6260z 18gr, the export duty upon which -was 'L7B 5s Id. It has been satisfactorily ascertained that the young man Conies, who had been missing since Monday last was a passenger by the steamer Kennedy on her last trip to Nelso*. The ii'i.me hurriedly booked hy the purser was Allrc-d Richards] which, it will be noticed, corresponds with the christian names of Comes, wli lie the person so booked answered in every particular the description of Comes.. The .mailman .from Eeef ton reached town yesterday afternoon. He passed Pell's boats on Sunday about twenty miles from Westport, and reports that Williams's boat two hours previously had ne;trly reached Christy's. Messrs Mace and Trenery have purchased several half shares ill Shiels's and Adam Smith's reefs. Mr Williams, of Hofcitfka, has also purchased an interest in Shiel's prospecting claim. Another rush to ground on the right-hand brancn of the Inangahua river has set in to what is reported to be a new reef between Anderson's and Kelly's reefs. Adam Smith's'party hare struck the reef at a lower level of 60 feet: ' The stone exhibits increased richness. .... ~ .. ..-,.,,'. On Friday at lorn* pjn. the driy conveying a second load of machinery for Messrs Mace and Co. arrived at Logue's store, five, miles from Reefton. Further prfgress was delayed by the flooded state of the country. ' About half a chain of ,the Towing Track has been swept away by tSie floods at gers Point. ". he report of the meeting of ratepayers held on Saturday last is hel'l over. The meeting decided to postpone the election Of an Education Committee. Tho Anchir Lino Company's steamer Kennedy left Nelson at noon on Thursday, and at

5 p.m. brought up at Mutton Cove owing to a I severe, gale. Hove up on Saturday at 5 a.m., and experienced strong southwest winds and a heavy head sea until reach-, in'g Westport on 'Sunday afternoon.. The above steamer sailed yesterday'evemngHfor southern ports, and will leave Westport on her return trip to Nelson on Friday, at 9 a.m. ]"' : A retur)i has bee'ij, published in accordance .With' a notice innda by Mr Macaudrewcalling fur a list, of the names of offices under the General-. Government conferring . upon the holders, either directly or by combination, .£4OO. a year, and upwards, By this we find is a total of- 131 person holding, offices of the value above stated. The AgentGeneral heads the list with £1500; the At-torney-General receives £I2OO per annum and, the Engineer-in-Chief £1000; two receive £9OO, the District Judge Westland, Oamaru, and Timaru, and the Secretary of Crown Lands; six,, £BOO, the Auditor-Gene-ral, the Controller, the Director of the Gelogical. Survey, the Registrar-General of Land and Deeds, the District of Otago and Southland, the Secretary of Customs, the Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, and the Chief Judge of the Waste Lands Court. The combined offices of District Court Judpe and Resident Magistrate, Auckland, 1 confer a sabiry of £750; the iColonial Architect, the Under-Secretary, tils')Paymaster-General, the District Land Registrar of. Auckland, and those of Welliugton, Canterbury, and Otago, the Resident Magistrate of Dunedin, the Becond Judge of the Native Lands Court, and the Commissioner of Armed Constabulary, £700; the examiner of titles, Otago, £650; the Resident Magistrate, Nelson, ,£625; the Civil Commissioners, District Engineers under the Public Works Act. Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Law Officer and Judges of the Native Lands Courts, in all fifteen offices, are fixed at £6OO per annum ; two, £575 ; seven, £550 ; two, £525 ; twepty-three, £SOO ; three, £J7S ; twenty, £450; f>ur, £425 ; twenty, £4OO. The total the 131 holders of-, the* above offices fampunU annually to £72,195. OS

Tenders will be- shortly <o died for the construction ofr a dray roau between the Inangahua Landing and Reeftdn. A number of 50 acre sections are being surveyed along the proposed line of route suitable for agricultural settlement. The sum of £ISOO is only avail able for the road, and the question of its being sufficient for this purpose is dependent upon the character of the ground along which it is proposed to be carired. The Polygraphic Troupe gave their first entertainment in Westport at the Masonic Hall yesterday eveoing to a numerous audience, the hall being crowded. Theperformance commenced with a pianoforte overture by Master Searrell, followed by a character sketch, very amusingly rendered by Mr Bromley. Mr Buckley, with the song of " Nicodemus Johnson," was very amusing. The Negro farce "The Four o'Clock Train" provoked immense merriment, as also did the Negro sketch of •* Tom and Jerry," and the laughable farce of "The Troublesome Servants." The Company is a clever one, and gave the greatest satisfaction. Mr Horace Bent, in his Negro characters, was as good as ever; M. Feuillade is evidently a master of the violin, and played admirably; whilst the pianoforte execution of Master Sean-ell, the excellent singing of Mr Bromley, and the dancing and laughable absurdities of Mr Buckley, alike gave the greatest satisfaction. Tonight the company, will appear again at the same place with an entire change of programme in their final entertainment, prior to visiting Charleston, where- theyplay to-morrow evening, and we can recommend all who enjoy a hearty laugh not to lose the certain opportunity of enjoying an excellent entertainment.