a balance due to the treasurer. Great difficulty lias been experienced in the execution of pubjic -works. It has always been the aim of the trustees to havfeuseful works executed, and it the same time to pro vide employment for any who might need it. diversity of opinion among the settlers as to ■which works were most desirable —the prac tical experience that cutting and clearing roads without sufficient traffic,to keep them open is waste expenditure—the constaatly low state of the exchequer—these with other causes have prevented the trustees from plan ning the works they would have wished, and in some cases from executing what they had plauned. In regard 'o finding employment by these works, moreover, the trustees have been anxious not to any extent to foster a feeling of dependence on these works amo:)g. the settlers, but rather to ha\ c them regarded as subsidiary to the earnest efforts of the set tlers in the cultivation of their own land., So far as these works have proceeded, they will probably not be regarded otherwise than as a boon to the settlement. It will be remembered that in consequence of the deficiency of capiti I on the settlement it was proposed and carried in public meet ing about eight months back, to raise a loan of £500 on the town lauds, to re-lend the same, i.e. so much aswasnot wanted for pub lic works, among such ofthesei tiers as might be in want of capital, and yet able to give se curity in stock for the money. The trustees found it impossible to do this through the so licitor with whom they were then in treaty. Whilst this matter was however-still penaing woi-k was offered to pur settlers at Mangawai, and a person in Auckland,.now settled at Poi t •Albert, generously offered the loan of 4100, on the personal securi y of the trustees, these twc circumstances-put of the question''of the larger loan indefinitely. In accepting the loan of £100, ( £80 as it ultimately became,) on personal security, the trustees felt that they were incurring considerable responsibility, but the advantage of obtaining a sufficient sum for present purposes'without burdening the town lands seemed to them so great, that they were willing to take responsibility in the confidence that the settlers generally would uphold them in such a course.. The financial report will show them what use has been made of the £80, but inasmt eh as it stands as a debt against the trustees, and not the settlement, the treasurer has still to debit the amount used to the town fund. The trus tees feel bound to state that the reason why the whole £80 has not been used, is the fact, which they deeply lament, of the existence of dissension on the part of a few of the settlers rendering them (the trustees) unwilling to in cur any needless risk. The trustees have for many monthst past, had under their consideration the advisability of a further sale of town lands. The matter I has been deferred in consequence of the diffi culty with the natives creating a feeling of insecurity, and thereby depreciating the mar ketable value of land. That feeling having considerably subsided, the trustees about two months back, determined on the immediate execution of their cherished plan. -In carry it out they deemed it advisable to obtain from the settlers power to sell at 'their discretion either the whole or any part of the town Jands. The reasons that urged to this course were: the great difficulty and expenee of ob taining power to sell on every occasion,when it might seem desirable to put land into the market; arid the fact that the Paparoa settlers decline all interference in our town affairs,.

rendering it desirable that they, in accordance with their wish, should be at once and en tirely freed from all responsibility in the mat ter. The Resolutions empowering this sale have been signed by 54 of the Oruawharo settlers, 14 having either declined or being temporarily absent; by 29 of the Paparoa settlers, 1 declined and 1 being absent; and by the whole of the Matakohe settlers, 8 in number. The trustees wish to take Itys opportunity of making a public record of the hospitality and the universal good feeling that they ex perienced on both the Paparoa and Matakohe blocks, leading them to the conviction that it possible for a cordial unanimity to subsist between the various settlements. The whole of the township lands are there fore now at the disposal of the trustees, who however desire.to use the power entrusted to them in strict accordance with the wishes of the settlers. They have accordingly drawn out the following programme of immediate operations to submit to this meeting, for approval, refection, or modification. First —They propose an immediate sale by "auction in Auckland, of from 20 to 30 acres of what they deem the most valuable part of these unsold lands. Secondly— They propose the immediate ex ecution of the following works i 1.-~ A sub stantial Bridge on the government line below Beecroft's. 2.—-The completion of the Gully m Market-st, 3.-~The formation of a- public Well. 4.—The making a boat channel,. (or Jetty.) 5.-* Cutting the various lines of com munication on the block, where they run through ti tree, and are not likely to become soon overgrown again. Thirdly— Tbey wish to consult the ICakqraia settlers as to the'most advisable outlay of £30 to .£4O on the roads most used by them. And the settlers generally; as ifco which line it might be most advisable to improve, in the neigh bourhood of the Whakapirau^ viz. the one past Itushbrook's, or the one past Campbell's to the Landing. Fourthly—They suggest that the purchasers of town and suburban lots, resident on the block, should, if they desire it, work out the value of their lands on these Public Works, both for the convenience of such purchasers, and also the economising of capital. Fifthly—They would take the opinion of this meeting as to the most advisable use or in vestment of such capital as may remain from the proposed land sale, after providing for the completion of the above works. In conclusion the trustees would give ex pression to their unchanged conviction that the prospects of the Oruawharo Settlement, and of Port Albert, are such as may animate with hope, the heart of every settler, while they are conscious that the Bealiaation of these prospects can be compassed only through that unanimity and cordial good feeling among the settlers generally, which it is their deter mination by every means at their disposal, to promote. ' Signed for the Trustees, SAMUEL JOHNSON, Secretary.

BIRTHS.

Mar. 4. Mrs. Henry Marcroft, a son,, at Port Albert.. „ 21. Mrs. E. Browne, ason, at Cajnpbel » ton, Oruawharo. „ 26.. Mrs. Legge, a son, at Tilbury, near Port Albert. , ; 27.. Mrs.. Edwin Marcroft, a son, at Te Wheau, near Port Albert..

New Arrival.—Miss. Carpenter. Depar- M ture: Mr E. Baldock. ; There are about 120 head-of cattle on th-Jipß Oruawharo, of which 24 are in Port Albert/ ' ■ II at Papai oa, and 7at Matakohe. Kapai.!. m We greatly regret our inability to enlarge <■ the Gazette at present, we have only one pair I of hands to do all the work, and that pair of ' I I hands must do something else to obtain the' M living not compassed by this paper, otherwise ' ■ we should insert a quantity of useful matter,. "\/\i which must perforce stand over to our next; *yM Included are the Trustees' Accounts, and a. Letter signed Alpha, on the late meeting, the j writer charges the chairman with receiving"' jffl wages for his families' services on the Truck System, (S^c. ■ ' (jfH

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