The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 634, 13 June 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Kyial ml exact inilico to nil nw, Of w hate ver st.it> 1011 01 pei suasion, roli^i rai or political *■ * * * # FTpvp tli-vllllioPiVSTtlie Pkopt/p's vi^litiriaint.iin, Uimncd b\ influence ami unbiibeil bj gun.

TUESDAY JCNEIZ, IS7G.

'A ni:w dement of :sensitim lias b?on imported info the lactics of the Opposition by Sir Goorgo (.hoy. The nitra-Pro. vincial- party affect to bo in dire dread that tlio operations of the Abolition Act \\ ; 11 bo carried into effect at the point of tho biyoncfc — that "the seamen and ma-iines of ITor Majosty will t>o used to put down till Opposition to tho Ministrj r ." It appears that in Iho " Cross" of (he 3rd inst, a correspondent concludes a loiter wilh the following piece of chaff: " Thorn is a fino opportunity now, whilst I for Majesty's ships aia in harbour, for the editor of tho ' ICvening News' to sci?e upon tho Customs, and hand the revenue over to iho Superintendent for appvopHatiou by the Council when it moots. 1 like to ;->oe the braggarts of tho political world oat their lock in publ'c." Upon this Sir G( i»rgo Ijjw founded a letter to tho Socictary of State for the Colonies, which he f.irwaidcd to His Excellency for transpiibsion to Downing-dtrcet by tho last mail. Tho letter itself i 3 100 long for our columns, bub it' will wjrvo all purposes to draw special attention t? its leading features. And these- are disingenuousness, untruthfulncss, and illogical dodnc i; on. >'-\v George fld s out by thanking Lord Cunnivon for "expressing (his) your " opinion so uninistakcably in favour of " delaying so important a measure as tho " bill for the Abolition of tho Provuices " in this Colony until the general election " affuided the constituencies an ojvporLun"ity of expressing their opinion regarding "it. No such opportunity, as in a free " country is allowed to itu inhabitants of " expressing their opinion upon tho dcs- " ti'iicticn of their Couitifutiou, and the <; substitution of -another fur it, lias yet " in this cabe been afforded to tho inhabitants of New Zealand." Now it 'is scarcely to be wondered at that the Auckland papers in commenting on the letter of Sir Gcorgo have, both of them, ob\ iou.sly misunderstood its drift. r j ho " Jlerald," which only needa tho cue given to it to swear that black is white and vi-:e versa, in tho interests of Vio\inci.ilism, at once accepts without qualiiiuation Uie above paragraph as correct, and oblivious of the fact that the Government voluntarily adopted the very course now approved by Lord (J invu-von of withholding the Abolition 3-5111 from iU oneialion until tlio lirst Session of n new P.irliainont had had tho opportunity of disnllowing 1 or amending it, eonclados its comments on Sir George's remaikable letter, with the following: — "His (Lord (Janiar\on'h) despatch shows that he considers tho action of tho Government, in oiidea\ouring to forco thuir measure without gi\in'.j due oppoitunity for their consiilor.'itiou by tho [icop'e, to b« eutitely wronj.; " Thu *'C os<! ; " n^fiiu, w ithout reforiing- to the di.sinireriuousiie«s of tho portion of Sir Geoige Grey'H loLtor, which wo ha\e (| otoii nliove, paspoi on to the latter p >rtionolit, v\hi'i« iSii" George chaiges the Ministiy with au inleiition ofusinjr Her jl .j h< v'b fyice.. t'>piitdo\*n all o|)po,it ; uU

"■> its mojwiiv'}-, au'l dei.\ >.1 Ira. no uon-. ;)iotnrouf Co nnr> lore H ) Alii .; , wi 'i h,-> i>lne juckets called in to r»■ , - the ] [ >\ , • >f Assembly at a di\Un>n. Tni.s, !i>v. L'\*or, H clcii'ly noh Sir Gcw^o G.'ey\ moaning, and Bio " C -o-.-." is uort li i!y to be excused for i(. c j mist ike, Sir George, in ins letter, having eaciiiiivd n'jrspeou.t,' for tlic purpose of convoying :i fu'so impression to those wlio, as fie. bulk of lh« i people ho well know would do, givo sne'a ' a letter a hasty and merely cursoiy per.isa'. The oppoitunity alluded to by .Sir George as not having 1 " yet in thu ciso been afforded to tho inhabit mta of Now Zealand is .that of protesting against Abolition through tho several Provincial Councils; and tho physical fores which he really dreads will bo brought to bear against his party is, tint when Abolition has become tho law of the land and he and his followers attempt to administer the affairs of Aucklan I independently of tin Colony, tho law will intorfevo to prevent any such illegal act on his pirt, uud meet forco by force. That thn is hid meaning- may be gathered clearly enough wiie. 1 .) ho .says " But on this occumoii I " wish to call your Lordship's attention '■ to a most important point. Then are " in the Colony Provincial Government* "find Provincial Legislatures." '. . . " Woelnim that tho ' Provincial Logishiu turo, after an appeal to t4ie Constituen- " cics, .should bo consulted before their " executive sxnl legislative piivileges are " take.i from this Province by tho Oene- " r.il Assembly." " It ia my intention as Superintendent of \ " Auckland, if the present Gcvcrno-ent of -"New Zealand j)eraevero in tho couue " fliey have entered upon, to appeal to the " Courts of this country to n c c jrtain if the " General Assembly, constituted as it is, " and deri\ ing its cxistenco and its powers, " as tlio Provinei»l Legislatures also do, " from an Act ol tho Imperial Parliament, " can, under that Ac', law'nlly exercise " tho power of abolishing 1 the Pioviucial " 15xccutive3 and Legislature?, without " the con&ent of such Legislatures having " been previously obtained, ller Majesty's " loyal and dutiful subjects hero conceive " that they are doing no wrong 1 in thus •' resorting to the Judge 3 and Courts in " tbis country, to protect, if possible, «ghts " which they liighJy value, and which are " conferred upon them by an Act of the " Imperial Parliament. They aro nnwill- " ing to abandon these rights nutil the " O.jnrls have docided the logal questions " 1 have alluded to, because they lalieve "such vigli ts cannot bo lawfully taken '•' from them without thoir own cjiihcnt, " and they are eutirely satibficd that this " cannot be con3liCutionally done." Here then is a cleai' and distinct comse of action laid down, not by a leader of Opposition on behalf of h.s patty as a whole, but of Sir George Grey as Superintendent of Auckland and tiie asv.inmd loader of the Auckland party. 3to will appoal to the Oourts of tho Colony in opposition to the Legislature of tho Cnlony and the assent of the Crown, and until legal points are-settled — tho settlement of which, however clearly ngainst him they may be, may be made to involvo-tho delay of an appoal to the Privy Council itself, he and those with him " are unwilling to abandon those rights" — that is, as Superintendent of tho Province with a mock co:mcil ho will forciby attempt to administer a form of legislature and of administration abolished by both Houses of tho Leg.slaturo and by tko consent of tho Crown iteolf ! No wonder thut tho letter now touches upon tho question of tho application of forcible resistance by tho Government to what would be neither more noi 1 less than' open active rebellion. In this Bfqncnco of idcis, Bir Georco is at least logical, nor had ho any need of tho peg afforded by a silly newspaper correspondent on which to hang iho text for the further remarks which wo quote below. Not, however, that the services of the marines nnd seamen of Her Majesty's ships would need to be employed in enforcing law. That Sir Geoigo Grey would {kid accomplished without any such appeal on tho part of the ministty — ac complished by the law-abiding order-lov-ing colonists of tho much maligned inhabitants of the Province of Auckland iis^U', who would be found quite unanimous and quite poworful enough to suppicss any attempt coup (V ctat made by tlus Auckland Falstaff and his ragged following. " Upon tho 3rd instant" continues Sir George, " to my g-reat regret, I ho.nd " that thero was a probability of our not •'being allowed to pursue the peaceful " and proper course wo proposed to adopt. " I heart] that, in two ports of the colony " reports had boon circulate. l, that Her <{ Majesty's seamen and marines aic to bo " used to put down by armed ioice, all op- " pohitiou to the Ministry." .... '• And I earnestly request your Lordship, "in that spirit of justice and fair play, " which I am confident animates yon, to " Fend a telegraphic message to the Ciovcr- *• nor. which will dispel all apprehension '• of Her Mijosty's forces being use. I for " such a purpose. The message will reioh " JN : ew Zealand during tho approaching " session of tho General Assembly, and " will satisfy the public mind in this pro- " vines that its inhabitants will bo fairly (< left to [>rotect their rights by all lawful " and constitutional means." Such utter absurdity as the above needs no reply. It is tho silly vapouring of .senility, the uielancholly spectacle of a once powerful mind dragged into the arena cf politics when no longer ablo to sustain the drag and strain of active mental labour. The argument of this strange letter, wo cannot, however, allow to pass unnoticed. Sir (Joorgo Grey questions whether Provincial Ljg-islatured equally with tho Assembly, deihing their exist enco from an Act of tho Imperial Parliament cm bo abolished, without the sousent of such Provincial Legislatures having boon previously obtained. Now the answer to this is two-fold : first that such consent is not necessary, and secondly, that, it has been obtained. Tho abolition of a Province, and if of a Puninco why not of Provinces, is not without precedent in tho history of tho Colony, and where it. not so, suivly whit tlu Act of the Imp.) ixal J'aili I'uuil caii acute tho Lauj power

lm 1 ui.i'U . tor wo t.-k' it iliat the u->vont of uO-jv.iJo at Ac 1 , of tir« 0 vieral A'.-mtiv <l jNuv Z'.i'iril ','iM-s for all nrivHijifp.i.j.wi-. fill is Ac!- all the fonv \i I validity of a i Act of iho Lii.^iul L^iliuiK-nt iii *lf. 154% as wo ln»f» s,i : 'l, Lie o'Henfc co.itetulcil for by (!rcy has moreover Ikjcu obta nod. Tlio general EuglUh reader is not, probably Lord Carnarvon, himself may not when be first routa the hitter be aware, that in baking 1 tho sense of thf» electors of Now Zealand in tho goueiul elections for tho Assembly that his bajn done which Sir Goorgo Grey is now contending for. Throughout the Colony the same qualification obtains for the voter in the case of the Provincial Councils as in tho case of the General Assembly. The electors aie Ihe same- in either case, and to do what Sir George ' Grey now asks, would simply be to put the question a second time to tho same nion vftur they-had once deliver ately given their answer. Bat, however lot us not forget with this difference, that whereas in tho caso of the question being \ put, as it has been, in a general election ot members for the Colonial Assembly it became the great question of the hustings, the crucial lest above all others on Avhich to establish a candidate's, fitness or otherwise — it would if left to a general election of members for tho local Council* become merged in a number of distracting paltry questions of a road hero or a road there, or a score of other such matteis. Before leaving this subject, lengthy as our rcniiii ks have unavoidably been, ihoro is one question we would like to ask Sir Clroiga Grey and those with him, ha^e they forgotten the compact mule between the Opposition and the Government during ■irist Se^ion ? Have tlvy forgotten that when the Government and the .Majority at their back had it in their power, legitimately, and according to all parliamentary usag.p, to have forced the question at once to an absolnto division, they hell over tho coming into operation of the measure until tho close of tho first Session of the nest Parliament on the express agreement with tho Opposition represented by the four Superintendents, of -whom Sir George Grey was one, th.it the Provincial Legislatures should not again meet. Has Sir Georgo Grey forgotten this, thai in. the face of such a compact ho write > &h he has done to the Secretary of State for (ho Colonies? In charity letrus hope so, for otherwise he is guilty of a breach of faith, which should be as binding bctweca party leaders in a political question as between man and man in a purely social or business matter.

Fat Cattle. — Mr William Corboy informs U 3 that ho intPiKlfl (o start on Thursday next frooi Kihi Uhi with 70 head of fafc cittiofor tho Auoklmd niwl.ct of tho 22ud iaitant.

Rkpatr3 to ILnni.roN Pijkt. — Un' 7 er the Ru porintcmlpnce of the Chairman of ike.Hnmilton West RoaJ Boir'l, Mr Lon^bottom, a new wire ropo w.ii lixod upon tho punt yesterday, anl other s'i^'ht rcpilrs made.

Cavalky App 'Tn'tmenj^.— ln a Gazelle to hind wo find tho follonin^ notiflcitions : — SubLietttcuant Walter Syni 1 * is opnoiuled to be Liautennut in tho Alexandra 'JCroop (Jaralry Volunte'l3, ami David McLenna* i 3 appointed to bo Sub Lieutenant in tho «"»me corp>.

TIIK At'CKUND AND PCVIIT IUIIAVAY. — Tendors aic invited 'until the 23i\l inatant for tho ITamthon-Ohaupo sfelion of the Auckland | and Pmihi ra'lway. The c^nlraot, ib for culverts, and otlior works. Plans, <te, are to bo seen at tliu Dictrict Engincei's Oilicc, Auokland, and .it the offico of the EesiJeiit Eugiaecr, Ngaruivftilnn

CiMiminGK Road.— Tho landslip r.fc Rolgravc's is being r.ipully filled in by t lie? contractors, half.cf Ihe wihh of the road b iag now comple'oJl, i<o tint vo'iiclos are able to pajs. At Martin's Cully ft^° *' ie work, which i» bc.nj •pdrfoi mo>l by tho mombors of the A.C. ?orce, ia 1 f ifct being brought tn a conclusion, our informant having passed thf spot on horseback, an>\ sUtin(T that thcro would have been no difficulty in driving over it.

A Uhw Ma? of the middle portion of the ProTincp of Auckland has just born issued by Messr* Cantaloup !>nd Cooper. Tl'e copy we bavo now before us is compiled from recent trigonometrical survejs and other nuthentio infor- * (nation, including from tlu Noitliem Wairoa to the Wamjamarino. It is on tlio hrnlc of four miles to the inch. Towns Milages, tflffiraph stations, roAfM, bouudari' < 8 of coantics.'&o, hart* oil their distinctive mari«. 'lhe mip is well got up and chenp at the pricp, nameJy, half a crown.

Tvr, " THcrsAjro Aumld Mes " os tub "Star" arc, it scorns, makioj; ready to meet ths anticipate 1 -nt'ack of the seamen and marines of Her Mnjrstj's navy, which i* troubling the nerves of Sir Groorgc ilroy and hia co-pat r;ofs. Tho " Saturday Advertiser "' says :: — '• My fi tend, Mr P Murpliy, of Wellington, "omls me tho iollowing telegram :— ' A c.uvo o f soortis nnd irni9ke(s, and b:imc]eilms?o3 hiw been sivcntly hnded at Aucklind from Aiiiorikay. Midnight dhnllim aro Roiu' on. Sir Gcoi'po «~2rey has ovdhcroil a soot of m.iila from a n»jbor o1o 1 mine thiit's a blicktmilli. lie has also oulhcied n cocked bat wii innd'-i feathers. Hewlett ia to bo in.ido a Qinoi.'l in tho l'udlieral atmy. Uctune you an' me, there'll b« hot work by-and-bye.' "

Mil COLLTKR'3 ENirETATNMTKNT. — TllPrO Win an a'idienco moro select tlian numerous on Saturday evening to meet Mr Collier at. the Gymnasium, 'lhu may piobably hmvc arisen from the idea (liat tho peiforuunco p.»rto>!c more of a lecturo than a general entertainment, but in (his the public wore wro'ig, as the proceedings throughout ware enlivened with n clioico selection of songs ami personifications of tho icveral actora and vocalists uudcr diacuision. Tks locture portion was in itself excellent, nnd tho illustrations most amusing. A notio2ablo feature in trhe pjrfoiinance was tho absence of tlio fair box, why wo are at 'a loss to concoivt?, unless, iii'lced, they iinau:in«l thit lominisccnces of ths stage, and aneuil'ite* and illustrations of tho hvea of celebrated nctor3 must necessarily be of a oliarncter unfit for ladies ears. If it was go they never made ft groater miitilie, for in this respect as -well as in its general merit, tho entertainment wns u exceptionable. Mr Oollior procfieds to-day to dm bridge, whore 120 doubt he will find a cultivated and appreciative audienco.

Death of Mrs Uuaiminu.— lt will bo with extroine regret that very many of our readers will receive tlii-i morning tho announcement of tbe decease of tho above lady. Mrs Gumming has for some trnio been icsidentiu Parnell, to avail herself of tho medical attention of l)r Ellis, and onrly lust week Mr dimming, whoso business of courss has rendered hia residcncj in tho Wnikalo necessary, received ft telegram, 03 did ula) Mr llurria, of Hamilton Wast, a brother of the decca«od lady, mformiog them thit if they would again sec Mrs dimming ahvo they mutt hiiiten vii to Auckland. 13 *th gentlamon di.l bj, and arrived somo couple- of days before the sid event took plar.\ A \ny geueral sympathy will bo felt fcr Mr Cuinnnng 111 his boreavcmeni, for not only id ho well known and respected in tho district, but tho family of his lale wife, represented bj Mr Harris, of Ngaruawahta, and Mr lloiris, of Ilaniilton East, me equally well known and esteemed, lha funeral will take place at 2 p.m. to-diy, and will be att nded by a large number of mournrrs from N^uru.iwahu ami oili-jr paits of iho Waikatu I'litXict. < ,

SiOP MY IHr^R !— lf there ia one tiling mmc tlnn another thai se!s the bick of n. jou n ilist up it io when in sd.-ociU i-j tho i- 1 jre s ts of t'«* guicri.l public ho of i.c u -ity tivids upon the toes of somo so.Csli indnKlu-1, who o in » wests clash with those of tho j uM c, nil tint wortbv in an Migry I'o.ir cxeki n«, " rf'op my p-ipcr !" By all im-nr.3 our fri«nA's pnp-v, ng cutleml on Kat unlay la*fc, sliall bo btoppeJ ; the lo=s is not ours but his ; b ;t don't lft him for ft moment suppose that ia stopping lm piper he stops our ruoutli. He tnay diaw h s bhn.U down and shut out the sun fiom his " Tomir.y shop," but that luminary s1)s 1 ) ue^ as bii^lilly as ever npon all th worH boside, aud so ll vill bo with our irato Biibjcriber and t!ic TriiES, no.v that he Jias stepped his papjr. We trust he will ffet over it as easily .is wo eliill do our3elvc«, and thowgU perhaps it may be throwing ]jearli before a win 1 , for rcallj his only idea of <x"ell9ncc ia a puriiul is how much butter or choe^B cm bq wrappsd up in ilsj-'lnet*, we thill, nerer^elo a take tlio libjit.i J presenting linn with a copy of this morning's issuo, free, gratia, and for nothing, as of special interest to hiai3elf.

HVniiTON Library and Riuding Room:. — Our Hamilton readers need notbesurp isedattho heading of this pira^raph and ask, where is it ? — for tkat id the question wo arj ouuelvos about to propound. Thero tiro the books, and there is the furaitiiro, and the trustees als3 of the old library aro in existence, but the building is wanting. There is a press full of books lodged in tho Court Ilousa which have b"en lj iii<» there mutilised sinoe the hbraiy building was burned down and tho secretary bolted and tho apathetic indifference -of tho Hamilton public to the matfor killed tuo moTeraent outright. But wo think it is just posiiblo to resuscitate the doid '°n this ease, and now that the long winter nights have sot in would reoomnJ2nd that some arrangement be made for tho 1193 oav of tho Victoria Hall, which would be available as a reading room four nights m the wecl, and afford quite sufEciont opportunity for using tho boQkj. If we rcßjllc.t rightly, Col Lyon, Mr Searancko, IVFr Knox and Mr J it McDonal 1 aro tho trustees in whom UlO property of the books and furniture is vested We feel quite sure tbat if ft public merting wai called or the purposeoforganuingsomethingintbes'iape of a library and reading room and a conrnittee appointed, as in other place 3, for carrying ou6 the poastiual worlkinj of tho Bchemo, every assistance would bo given by th so gentlemen. Th«re is iudco I no reason why wo might not I have in Hamilton, what should be foun 1 in overy one of the Wnikato townships, a comfortably warmed and well lighted rending room in which the.wiciLfir's evenings rfiight bo profitably and pleasantly spent by th» member of such accociafion.

The Trail op Tim SjcnrENT.— A correspondent writing fiom Alexandra to the ' Crosa," says — '' Tlrcio is a person here of tho namo of Alley, (i most rabid emissary of Sir George Groy's, who 13 villifying tho Native Minister and extolling the Superintendent to tlio skiea. This Mr Alley is the samo who formerly livetl ut Ohinonnu'i, and concehed a real or facie 1 grievance ag-iin^t the Native Bepaitmont. Ha got into a squabblewith tlie native* on account of lundtmnsacnon"', and appeared to imagine th»t it was the duty of tho Native Minister to champion Iris cmse at the risk of the peacs of the country. Ho has carefully timed Las visit hero so m, if po9siblp, to urdj tho good elibeloJ by tho Nativj Minister in his reoonfc visit to Tawhiao, but ha 3 no influenoo with the natives, and is not likely to do any i lijury except, perhaps, among tho more credulous and ignorant Tavhno speak' in tLo highest terms of the Natirc Minister, who he says is tin 1 only European he cm thoroughly trust. Tnwhuxo &aya now that ho haa tiisted pukrha food, ami has been lio^pi^ably entertaine 1 by Mr Rsynold^, he will not be able to dispense tv ith tea, and will often visit Kaipiha. IJo is anxioU3 to visio tho European settlements, but will not do so until tho result of tbo recent meeting with i~-ir Djnfld McLean has been confirmed by tho Pnrlumnit, and the good underatomling effected has befn completely ratified. The selllera of AluX'jnir.i arc highly iniligtwni; at tbo niHclucvoua reports spread by Pakeha-lTacKis, who find their l<indsharking endangorod bj the pcsribi'ity of a thorough nnderstandinz being effect >d betwee: the Goverinnnnt and the Kingiles. Iha extUe "3 here arc too djeply i'lterestcd in t) o conlinuvnce of peace, and tho e-'Focting a pennancntly cood understanding with the nativei to wish to weaken the influence for good exercie.-d by tho N.ttlre Alinisler, and they aro oontent to wait piticntly until his #BbttB bear fruit."

A IUIiDLY USED IMMIGRANT PARTLY.— The man and Ills family of wh^ai tho following is narrated could doubllcs3 give valu »ble testini my in support oß'io statements " recenilv forwarded by Mr JGS Gr.int," of Dunedin, to the " Belf.ibb News Letter" concerning the deplorable condition of tho iinmigian'9 sent fro-n their mol'ier couitry to this colony. The cioln?33 with which tho "Tamiaki Budget" details the hcaatlcss barbarity of the employer of this unfortr.mte family, shows ti'afc a portion nt r.ny rule of the New Zoalnnd I'less :j no better th*n t lie employers themselves. \\ r o cm imagine how Bedfordshiie, Somersetshire and so mo other English counties would bo shocked by tin disclosures I'jvcalcd in! lie following paru^r iph :—: — " One day during the week," eiiya tho ' Tarinaki Biulgat,' ■" a man and hia wife, (iraminrants ex Ilurunui), who hare boon onguged on a farm near to town, bad ruulton pie bot before them for dinner, whilst the farmer and some visitois-had a beef steak pio (which was not euflkiont to go all round) tit before them. Tho immigrant husband refused to oit mutton pio ;he hai not tome all the way to New Zealand to bo served with such stuff ns that, and he cou'd not tee why himself and vifo could not havo beef -steak pie as well a? his employer, and bo refused to cat tho hnliruitton pio. lie took, a fjnoy Ij some plini cakes, which had been prepared for all h'in ls, including ihc Visitors. Butliostoovl to his lights and pluekily refused to see tha forco of eating dry plum cake. A cike was cut open and iho procees of buttciing was corumencul when the employer interforjd, and in reply to a question w.ib told by the mm that he coul.l not eat plum cake unless ib was buttered, a luxury which even the farmer had not been accustomed to indulge in. On account of tho great growl it had boon intended (o sond tho lfiuttoa pis for the Immigration Officer to cKimino, thit ho might pass lin Opinion .as to w hoi hoi* or mt it wad of goo J quaht}." Now if the above is anyvhere near tiie liulh, and tho <( Budget" 813 s it c m be vouched for as literally go, a cisj h\s been made out which, we trust, Mr J G S Qrait and his coidjutntor in tli3 go 3d work of onliqhlenm^ tho English puhlic in re3pccti to Ninv Zoiklaud as a Held for emigration, the lion Henry Scotland, will make known throughout tho width r»i.d breadth of tho United Kmgdom.

Comparison of J3rej3D3 op Poultry.— The "New Zoaliiud Licensed Victuallers Gazette," tho ono published at Curislchurch not that nt Dunedin, is a really na»ful and intcrc«'iiif» periodical, and amongst oilier subjects devotes some portion ol its columns to farm matters. From a recent issuo wo ta'ue tlio following comparison of the lesulls to bo obtained from several breeds of poultry, all of which aro procurable in this province. It would have been uioro interesting had the black Spanish baen among the ki'idi experimented upon, for while, wo bolieyo, they would havo been found to have laid an equal number and gieatcr weight of eggs with even tlio Lo^horiw, the ijroas weight of tho birds for table would hare been found larger. It is a too common re.narli that poultry keeping doei not pay, but such an experiment as that given below shows clearly why ; yet Brahmas and Cochins aie tho Lind of fowl most sought after ; iodifferont layers, Irc^vy feeder', and coarsJ mbjfcls for the t.\blc. In the cute of tho Bralimas Iho result at ruling puc^a of ognsnnd corn — say egq;s at an average of ono shilling ppr dozon and cjrn at 5? per buihol of (JOlbs — wonlj give a return of 50i do/on of ogna, or s.iy £2 10a (,J at a cost of £3 17s Gi for llj bushels of coin, or a loss of 7i on the ten Urahma hou 3. In the tuso of the ten L"ghovns but a little more thin 7 bushels of corn was consumed, raluo £] 15s while tho value of C 7 doz3n of eggs would be £3 7«, leaving a profit of £1 12i on the ten hone. It will thus bo seen that the question of profit or loss iv poultry keeping depends entirely upon the bired of birds kept, just asil doits in the case of bheep or auy other auiiual, Iho fallowing u the pnagraph

to whi'li we hii»-s re r e"rci above — "An intor-e-tin.' cijjenment lius recently been made in Ohio by apo iliry hci«]vr. At a certain dte lio t>ok lii puibts oiicli of five breeds, ta^i wtLia •\ week of hems; si^ mo iths oIJ, and pi iced the n in yaril* forty feet square, and comfortablo bou- js. For the next 4mo iihs ho kept, an account of fcliiMi* fool and egg p.oluori >n, with tho fullowi'is; le-ulta- — The dark "Rra!ima3 ato 3t»9i quirtsof ej'ii.oita, ani wheat soiveiun^s laid 6J5 c^'t;-!, nod \.ci»hpd 701b; the buff Cochina ute 40 j qmrt?, l.nd 091 cg^^, mid rreighi'd 731b ; the grey Dorkings -»to 309 J quirts, laid 521 es^, an I wiiahad 59Ub3; tho Houdana ate 21-li qn vrtj, l.nd 7S.') p^g3, and weighed 45£lb ; tho Leghorns ale 231 i quarts, laid 807 fgg'i and v/tylif 1 3Cilb It v.ll bo seen by Iho above coiupanBDii that t'\e L&jhorn3 laid tlio greatest nuaibor of e^s with the amallost weight."