•S^—- -, ■■ rr \^ ( f in connection with Mission, Grafton ,vf M? he he i d in that chapel tcircuit. be taken by Sir JS-". " be delivered by C. Worboys, B. Woira, jevs. B- *""' • Cummin- Bros., L 449; Ellinfham, £ A . Burns, L 407, Morris, M6oj Johnston, . H*', Heron L47'.; Clee- Pooler, Loll 5 Johnston, L 520; R. prayer-meeting held in the AU hen TtHe W Zealand Insurance of the ke and the M f™in Christian men in their daily their homes, and general °° C rt should be different from other men, SSprSegretthat as a rule tins was "T-Thomas Cotter has been specially Sed by Aβ Government to act as Crown £ snMn the charee of perjury pre- S agaSs Hoera' te Mimiha, in ferr ,tinn with the charge of rape con !f 7 the late session .of the 5 mf (lourt. 'Mr Hudson Williamson S aceS the evidence of the native iaviDg act y m proceedm g fI ? C - Or fth S Detective Walker, who is &>'rveyor, leaves for Ohinemuri jSjSSe a survey in connection with th fi2rd, the vigilanfrunner-in of vagrant ,KS trouble again. This afternoon I had arrested a collarless mongrel in fflfitawfc and, given up to political Sk ™V toilsomely dragging the Sal o the kennels, When its owner-a woS-cTept slily up behind with a SEn her hand, and in trying to sever the rope *at held her pet in durance vile, Shed severely one of the fingers of Gar- S himself. A summons case ia the Police Courtis Ukely to bo the result. < Wo less than 111 competitors have entered for Mr Abbott's "word competition," bub the lists of words sent in are so long, and the number of foreign or inadinis atle words so great, that it will be some (little time yet ere the result m n be made known. As an illustration ot theloosdness with which many of the lists aiemode up, it may be mentioned that one ofthein. upon revision, was reduced from 3 634 words to 1,448. Dr. Laisjiley and the Ber. C. M. Nelson are the judges. The Government have decided to return tiedeposit £500 which Messrs Lovettand TVhite made with their tender for the ffaititi Railway Section. The Govern ment sought to annex a new clause to the conditions, and, although this was subse quently withdrawn, itworked mischievously, at least so the tenderers represented, and they could not. take up the job with such advantages as they held before the new clause was . The Government heiuff'satisfled that advancing the clause teb?m effect Sot contemplated, and that the demand for return of the amount made hyMfJ.B. Graham on behalf of the con tractors Was just have intimated that under the circumstances the deposit shall- be re funded. '-

THIS DAY.

(Beto Messrs T. Thompson and H. G. / . Wade Justices.) Montgomery and J/raisCrean vrere fined for this offence. '•A Nice Young Woman. — Elizabeth feffSfl'yotincf person, whose headgear via gaily decorated with ostrich feathers, pleadednot guilty to charges of drunken ness and disorderly conduct, and with wing language in Queen-street. —Detective,Hughes, and John Masters, ticket-taker at the Agricultural Hall, gave ' evicfehce as to the conduct of the accused. WLile'drunk ">she had -thrown a lump of; scoria at : the Agricultural Hall," to.-tlier annoyance of the performers. Wlen"'- arrested: i ''she resisted : .vio lently, '-and used obscene language. Alaige crowd c6llected,and the detective, fitteithe assistance of a constable, put her into a cab.—For the drunkenness she was Mcd 10s and costs, or 48 hours in default, ajld for the indecent language 48 hours' imprisonment,:; sentences to run cbn correntlyj;;;) "'■-, •' ■ ■AitEGEp.FoEGEET,—In the charge of fageryagjainsfc Charles Aicken, Mr Brook field,; for ithe prosecution, applied for a further remand until Tuesday, as the princi pal witnesses were at Kawhia, and had not fad time to; come up.—Remanded accord tyv>: ■■-•■ ::-i-.:.- ■■■■''

;Aueged Breach op Fisheries Conserv teos ACT.-Ernesfc Peel and Lottie Blott were charged with having in their posses sion certain-, rock oysters during the close Mason within the meaning of the Fisheries Conservation Act and theregulations there ondeif provided.—The defendants pleaded pijtyP-MrGover, whoappearedforthe Col lectorofCnstoms,statedthattheaccused had been detected gathering oysters on Rangi .Wo-Beef and putting them in bottles. The minimum penalty was £I.—MrE. T. Dufaur mo appeared as amkus cance.said that the intention of the Legislature never was to prevent persons taking a few oysters to tlemselves.-The Bench found the defend jnte guilty, and said if Mr Dufaur's con wnfaon were allowed it would be difficult "jaw the line. They would bo each ™w m the mininum penalty, LI and

, The Lucas's Creek Assault Case.—The «mg o f this ease,partly heard yesterday, Jβ? resumed. ; It had been adjourned as the "jianprisonerCharliestatedafteraconsider wieamountof evidencehadbeen taken that BeaidnotnnderstandEngHsh. MrEastgate, k°. the Fijian language, was was also examined, and the was proceeding when we went to press. •""ere are four other witnesses for the pro- has six witnesses 10 rau for the defence.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

|. Wellington, this day. Grand Jury found no bill against charged with attempted Pβ- James Nolan,..for. larceny, Peter for larceny at Sl On Were sentenced to six S,.*?.^" T Eliza Templeton, for SSdSur g0 ° dS fr ° m them> t0 ° ne

Tii V '"""■ HmsTCHTOCII i this day. day witkK— c Courfc "tting closed yester- aP°* Richard M ackie, who 111011 * 113 ! im Prisonment

' ' : • Dunedin, this day. feJrit&T 6 ? 16 Courb Th °s- Fahey was m r clmr ge .of larceny as a "iiiemontf. . ea;Richardß w ft s sentenced to on * hs "nprisorimerit for forgery. ..

tHeicutter Ada RArcy On Wh f, leavin g Port Underwood *° the^/"'' cc i . he ? awayes selanswering the missing cuttef 16 Port. It lias been wS-H 0 ? , ;and it i s believed the s."'»Btm detained there, : —

ELECTION NOTES.

There is considerable doubt as to Mr Tole's intentious, but as he is expectod to arrive here this afternoon, he will no doubt 'speedily terminate the uncertainty by de claring what seat he will contest. ISden under its altered guise, it is said would be harder-for him to win than Newton, and it is not altogether improbable that he may contest Ponsonby with Mr Peacock. City .West. Mr D. Goldie, in response to a requisi tion from upward of 200 electors, announces that he will be a candidate for City West. His chief plank is retrenchment. jlr J. M. Shera publishes an address to the electors of this constituency, which wUI be found in another column. His platform is an advanced Liberal one, and ho i≤ in favour of Local Option in licensing matters, with compensation to vested interests. Jlr M. Edgar, the well-known sportsman, has been asked to contest the Manakuu seat but has declined. Fravulrfin South- Major Harris has issued an amended pro gramnie of meetings in consequence of the altered boundaries of tho electorate. It appears in another column.

(BY TELEGKAriI. — PRESS ASSfJCIATION.)

Wellington, Tuesday. Mr George Fisher will contest the new electorate, Wellington East, Mr C. B. Tizavd is a candidate for tho district of Wellington South and suburbs. Chrtstchurch, Tuesday. Mr Paniel Eees is out for Linwood. Mr F. A. Anson and Mr W.B. Toswell will pro bably contest Akaroa wi'oh Mr McGregor. Grhyaiouth, Tuesday. Mr Joseph Pefcrie, fovmorly member for this district, announces he will be a candi date for here in the fca-thcoming election. Hestateno platform.

Bunedin, Tuesday. Mr James Smith, of Greenfield,will be a candidate for Bruce.

MR CONNELL AND MR MITCHELSON.

The foiipwing , correspondence has passed betweenthe above named gentlemen to day in, reference to their candidature for the Edenseat :— Fort-street, Auckland, July 6th, 18S7. E. Mifcchelson, Esq. "My DEte Mr Mwchelson,— As I ex" plained Wyou personally yesterday morn' ing, it. was with the 'greatest reluctance> and oniy aider a deep sense of the responsi" bility I should incur it I kept back words which I felt ought to be spoken, and spoken early, about Major .Atkinson, that i felt compelled "publicly ."before speaking these words torefoke the submission wo made to the arbitriiion of Messrs Atkinson and Bryce as tokhich of us should retire from the contestfpr the IHden seat.

You. are irell ay/are of the very strong views I hafe held, even from the time previous tojour permitting the announce ment to .beimade; that* you had decided to stand, ofjfcho inisforbune to the colony and all concerned if we were both actually to run. .. ,ii. I believe tfere is little,, if any, difference between us ; in policy, and 1 entertain, as you have reason to know', the very highest opinion of ywrself personally, and shrink even from Mappearanrje of any opposition between us; |-

I have, as yiu know, told you personally and privately iiat I cour b your friendship and regard, and (fit if ffoß.i any cause whatever thefriendlyfeaing whi chsubsists between us should be intimpted, much of the pleasure with which' fbofc forward-to the election contest, and tithe hope of victory, will be entirely spoiled and lost. As I wishiTOu to consider this letter official, I nowpjace thus on record exactly what I feel aroft this unhappy difficulty. The words,',|hat I have spoken • about Major Atkinson, of course, render it impossible thfj he can now have any thing todojj&h, the, settlement of the difficulty, bui |asting ,about for a way out of it, I njoi .propose that we .should allow the refalnce as made in our joint letter to Atkinsm and Byrce to etand good in all other reapjjets excepting in striking out Major Atkinsnrs name. I thereforepirojiose that Mr Bryce should ibe sole arbiter,*%nd. I hereby ;promise and bind myself ttffkecept his decision with resignation, whatever it is ; a'ad if in your favour to use imy utmost efforts for your return as againptTole. This to be gootbnly as agarnst Tole, and I to be at libertyjo consider any new de velopments, jibincl myself also nob. to revoke or alter th|refererice in any Way. ' " I will be glad of yo-ar answer as soon as possible. "; "1 , , ~Ymrs. faithfully, ' ' '.'.: is J. AITKEN CONSELL. P.S. I thinkit^only just.to ertch of us and to the Eaeii|&ectors to publish this letter and your reply, if for any reason you refuse the referenced '

If you agree, aap feel almost certain you will, you will"begit-. liberty to fflrv/ard to Mr Bryce such or information as it may be submit .to him. I have the same liljirty. Probably in that case there may be.nj good done by publish ing these letters. $ * J.A.C. July 6th, 1887. J. Aitken ConnelfeEßq,, Fort-street,'lnland. ~ Dear Sib,—ln rejpl|tb your letter of this date, I can only eay|h a t i sincerely regret that we should be;|te O gj n g other for the Eden seat. "■» We, havingbothagiiod tosubmibthe ques tion of retirementtoile arbitration of Major Atkinson and Mr Bry te) and you having re voked that agreementrwithout having first consulted me, I don| f ee i disposed to again refer the matjterjas I am fully deter-. mined vipon going to|, e 0^ -• . Yotti!respectfully, >, E. MITCHELSOI« r .

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.

(BY TELEGRAPH-^ S ASSOO IATION.) this day. Two fishermen put-:b|| a boat from the old pilot station atth|| ea ,j g qn Monday afternoon, and wEeii||f am il e from the shore the boat capsi||; ch as- Day was drowned, and the name is unknown, was rescued| reatly exhausted. Day is a single mam h as no relatives in the colony. The b| h as nob been re covered. ■ ' .'■'■ ,-■•:»;■ ,• i ,;■••:

this day. Jno. Bamabyne, an ol|^ ident of pr- me i a stone, died in bed of a^

The . demand for tifa. ~ A mfcl .; ca h remedy, Hop Bitters in ffi||£f of worl" has become so great M° g^° o r m  paiiy, whose headquarteffiii op nt .%^hester, courteous treatment. Com pany have £ l Paris, Antwerp, wnHnnd anci Toronto, and their Ameflftfe baWj tbQ best fenowfl »&£?

THE NEW ELECTORATES.

Adverse Wellington Criticism

(BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Wellington-, this day. The " Post," referring to the redistribution of representation, says that "it might reasonably have been supposed that, on concluding thoir labours, tho Representa tion Committee would have made a report setting out the manner in which thoy had interpreted some of tho not very clear pro visions of the Act, the principles which had guided them in the use of the margin, other than those laiddownbystatute,thetotalnum ber of fictitious population added to special districts, and generally explaining how and why they had arrived at their conclusions. Instead of that, they have simply defined boundaries in an official manner, given what is termed a popular description o.t tho alterations made, and issued a series of maps which are really of vory little uso." The editor goes on to say: " The more we look into the Commissioners' work the loss we liko it. Nothing can justify the inclusion of Kaiwarra and Johnsonville with N'owtown in one electorate. To get from one part to another of this most singular distriot, the three other city electorates have to bo passed through. The idea of liavelock and I'icton beino' included in thcsairto electoral district as Llic litLlo Nelson suburb settle ments of Hopo Richmond and Stock is ridi culous, and we should very much liko to know whateommimity of interest or facilities for communication were found to exist be tween the two ends of the district, or what topographical features justified such a union It would have been much morein accordance with the spirit of the Act to havo united Picfcon and Havelock with a Wellington constituency rather than with the suburb of Nelson. There are other districts, also, in which the Commissioners seem to havo entirely ignored the very general rules laid down by Parliament for their guidance, and in several respects, so far as we can judge without the report which they ought to have made, we believe that they have violated the spirit of tho Act in very many respects, as they certainly did by their ridiculous assumption of secrcsy ia regard to their proposals. Had such pub licity as the Legislature contemplated been given' to the draft proposals of tho Com missioners, many flagrant absurdities in the E resent re-adjustitieiit would, no doubt, aye been avoided, and had the MclCenzio clause not been temporarily suspended in its operation on this occasion, the Commis sioners would certainly have been over whelmed with objections and appeals."

WESLEYAN FOREIGN MISSIONS.

At tho Pitfc-street Wesleyan Church last nighb the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Foreign Missions took place, when there was a good attendance. Mr Thomas Buddie presided, and the Rev. W. E. Clarke (of Samoa) gave a very interesting description of the work amongst those islands, with which he has been associntedso longns a mis sionary of the London Missionary Society. In this report it was stated that the income from the Australasian Colonies, Samoa, and Fiji for the past year was L 10.885 8s 4d ; the deficiency was L 593 16s Id, which was covered> by a grant from the Special Relief Fund. In Victoria the Chinese Mission was progressing. There were 8 churches and 4 other preaching places, with 1 minister, 4 catechists, 15 local preachers, 135 church members, and an average atten dance of 315, in connection with the mission. In Samoa there had been trouble in antici pation of a war, but notwithstanding this the work went on well. The District Training Institute had now 40 students. In Fiji, the hurricane had ruined numbers of persons, but all was going well. In Vrua, 400 persons had been converted j in Bau there were 3,764 church members out of a population of 11,505 : in Rotumah also tlie young men were becoming Christian ised. The New Britain Mission had been troubled through the great sickness pre valent amongst the mission lamilies. During the year a new. hymn-book,' a revised catechism, and translations from the Old Testament have been printed in the Duke of York Islands lan guage. The report wound up as fol lows s ;—General Returns.—ln connection with our Chinese mission in Australia, and our missions in the Samoa, Fiji, and New Britain districts, we have 973 churches and 432 other preaching places, 17 missionaries and 62 native ministers, 60 catechists, and 1,079 teachers, 2,659 school teachers and 2,100 local preachers, 3,761 class leaders, and 29,546 church members. We have also 1,584 Sabbath-schools, 2,812 teachers, and 44,840 scholars. We have, in addition to this, 1,587 day schools, with 43,900 day scholars, and 110,242 attendants on public worship. We have to record, with grati tude to God, the help that has been rendered to this cause by the recent be quests of Miss Elizabeth Black of L 15,000 of Mrs Hurst-Caldwell of LI ,000, and of Mrs Elizabeth Bowman of LSO. These ladies all belonged to New South Wales. In the month of May last year an historic figure passed away from among us by the death of the Rev. James Watkin. Father Wat kin, as love and reverence delighted to call him, had been a fearless missionary in tho field, and a faithful friend of missions. He served this cause when it was suirounded with difficulty, danger, hardship, and priva tion. The spirit that marked the consecra tion in his young manhood to its interests, burned brightly on, even "in age and feebleness extreme." He had a keen intellect and a kind heart ; both were laid under tribute in pleading the claims of this great work throughout the Churches of Methodism. Mr Buddie, in proposing the adoption df the report, condemned the action of Sir Charles Clifford, who lately spoke so badly of the New Zealand Wesleyan missionaries at a Catholic meeting in England. The Rev. J. Chew, in seconding the reso lution, spoke of the great work ho, as a Congregationalist, saw being done by this a Methodisst society. ] the Congro gationalists were getting divided on tho question as to the future of those heathens who had never heard of God. . He never heard of Methodists.getting at loggerheads on abstruse questions of the sort. ■ Mr Laws then moved, "That in view of the growing demands which arc made upon the Australasian Methodist Church by the prosperity which- -attends - its missionary operations, in view also of the wide tracts of heathenism'that yet claim our pity and consecrated service, this society would solemnly urge upon its member* and friends the cultivation of a. deeper, sympathy, a wider liberality, and a more prayerful co operation for the furtherance of its aims, that so it may be fitted to cultivates wider field and to dispense extended blessings," ' The Rev. W. E. Clarke seconded this resolution, and showed how 70,000 out of 85 000 natives were now professing Christi anity in Samoa. Fifty years since tho great John Williams commenced the work; it was , a glorious-Jubilee-year in Samoa. The speaker especially referred to Dr. Turner, of the Training College in Samoa.. Over £120,000 was turned over the counters at Apia for European goods,per year. At the close of the meeting the Rev. H. Bull pronounced" the benediction.

Shopkeepers of every diseription should mnster in largo numbers tonight, at half past 7 o'clock, in the room of the Young Men's Christian , Association, to consider the Shop Hour's Bill. It is a most important meeting; and no apathy should be shown regarding such a measure, . » • i

OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.

Yesterday Messrs F. 6. Ewington and R. Stevenson, the official visitors in lunacy for Auckland, paid their quarterly visitof inspec tion to the Asylum. They found incarcerated there 371 patients. During tho quarter 10 patients were discharged cured, six were let out on trial, and six had died. Many of the patients were profitably employed. All the inmates were exceedingly quiet and apparently contented, except two or three ; the patients being employed when possible, not only for economical but for medical reasons also. The visitors inspected every parb of the Asylum, and visited all the patients. It is their opinion that Dr Cremonini is un weared in his attention to the patients, and that under discouragements and adverse circumstances, he is doing all that can be done for the welfare of the lunatics. They also speak very highly of the male and female attendants, who, they think, deserve praise for so assiduously watch ing over tho patients. Tho official visi tors have protested very strongly against tho overcrowding of the institution with patients who arc- not fib subjects for lunatic asylums, but for refuges. At present there are sixty moro men in tho Asylum than Dr Crcmonini lias accommodation for. We hope that tho protest of tho visitors will receive duo attention at headquarters. Medical men aro a littlo too ready to certify to peoplo's insanity. It is a great mistake to suppose that ovory doctor is a competent judge of insanity. Somo of them are no better judges of it than some laymen; eminent authorities have pointed out that somo doctors arc utterly incompetent judges. While, as they show, thero are sonic cases very plain, thero are other cases which bafilo even experts. Two sane men were locked up as mad in tho Welling ton Asylum last year, on doctors' ccrtili cates, and they are sometimes similarly locked up in England. Several old people have been committed to tho Asylum from the Refuge who are quite needlessly incar cerated there. It is a most serious thing to incarccrato men and women in lunatic asylums who are not mad, and the doctors, tho magistrates, and official visitors ought to bo liable for damages if unlit subjects are sent to tho Asylum and detained there. Wo apprehend that one object of theso quarterly visits to tho patients is to see them, converse with them, and judge, to the best of the visitors' ability, of the necessity for their incarcera tion. Now that lunacy in tho colony is as suming such great proportions,we hope that all thoso concerned in certifying to insanity, and in taking charge of the insane, will exer cise something more than perfunctory care in tho discharge of their duties. If every man and woman with a mere " crank " is to bo hurried off to an asylum, then scores of reli pious and political enthusiasts, and numbers of harmless eccentric people, will bo sent there. Tho visitors inspected the food, and found it to bo sufficient and of good quality ; they also inspected tho farm, and think Mr Boyd is working it to good advantage. The new building is progressing slowly, and the visitors have complained that the dangerous and noisy male patients are not separated from the others in the yard, when about L3O spent on galvanised iron would divide the present yard. The visit of these officials 13 assuring, after the discord that formerly pervaded there. We aro told that books and illus trated newspapers will prove very accep table to tho patients.

SIR ROBERT STOUT'S THIRD ADDRESS.

(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

DunediS", Tuesday. Sic Robert Stoot delivered another ad dress this evening. He - again dealt with public accounts, and explained tho pro visions and policy of the Land Acquisi tion Bill, the proposals of tho Go vernment as to gtaduated taxation, and the position of parties in the House, slating that he agreed with Major Atkinson on nearly four or fivo points of policy. The following of Major Atkinson, or a large portion thoreof, controlled tho leader of the opposition, and prevented him carrying out the Liberal measures of which he approved. The opposition to their land and taxation proposals, etc., came from the wealthy members of both Housos, who now preferred to sacrifice the education system and do away with the property tax exemp tion in order to relieve themselves of one sixteenth of a penny additional taxation. Ho received a vote of confidence.

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

(BY TELEORAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Thames, this day.

MoAJTATAiAiu. —The crushing of six tons of quartz, obtained from Williams's leader below the 80ft. level, has been finished for 19ozs. 4dwts. gold. Saxon. — Occasional small parcels of picked stone continue to come to hand. Yesterday lOlbs. were bagged from the second stope hillward of the winze, and also lOlbs. specimens from the reef hillward of the break at No. 4 level. Cambria.—The new leader oufc in the crosscut, ab No. 3 level is a nico-looking body of stone, nine inches thick. The quartz carries some excellent minerals, wKile.colours of gold were observed. So far as at present nscertainable, this leader has never been worked,in any other portion of. the mine. Waiotaiii.—During the past month 214 tons of quartz have been crushed for 2410z5. lldwts. gold. . Saxon. — 151bof pickedstonowasgobto-day from tho reef in the drive beyond tho break hillward of tho winze at No. 4 level. The manager has banked 02oz of gold from 60 loads of quartz. Cambria.—The fortnightly cleaning up took place to-day for 346 ozs of gold; 165 loads of quartz produced 218 ozs &W 121, lbs of specimens 128 ozs of gold.

SPORTING NEWS.

Wellington Steeplechase Acceptances.

Tflß following acceptances were received last night for the Wellington Steeplechase Handicap, about three miles, run on Satur day next:— • ■

;The Industrial Exhibition was visited to day by a number of the children from public schools. In order to encourage a taste for locally made articles the Com mittee have 'thrown it open to the school children free. It will be visited in turn by the children from all the public schools,

AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.

The monthly meeting of this society was held on Monday evening. Professor Thomas presided, and there was a moderate attendance. > ! Donations.—The secretary, Mr Cheese man, read the following list of donations to the library and museum :—Culley's Hand book of Practical Telegraphy, Mr J. A. Pond ; largo collection of Maori mats and other Maori articles.tho lateMrC. 0. Davis ; Fijian pillows, samples of Beche de Mer, Mr E. Ford ; Kiwi egg, specimens of Helix Bnsbyi, Mr H. D. MacKellar; minerals from Cornwall, auriferous quartz from the Thames, Mr W. Edgecombe; stone with Maori carving, Mr J. McElwaine; tree lizard, Mr J. Stewart; silver coin, Mr A. Black. Opening of the Museum at Night.— The Chairman said that the Council had been requested to open the Museum onpo a month at 10 o'clock on Friday morning, and in tho evening from 7.30 to 10 o'clock. He further went on to say that it would, be doubtless remembered that he personally was in favour of popularising the Museum. With this object in view it had been de cided to open the Museum every Friday night instead of once a month, and he would himself be present to give a fthort popular address upon such objects of natu ral history as he might deem best for his audience. After tho lecture on these evenings, he would devote himself to explaining the objects in the Museum to those who wished for information. They could not at present make a complete ar rangement for popularising tho Museum so as to suib tho general classes, and the changes they made would have to bo gradu ated.— Dr. Murray Moore, in supporting the remarks of tho Chairman, said that the arrangement spoken of would bo for three mouths, when it worild be seen if it received tho support of those classes for whom the experiment was to be tried. The Bequest or M/i C. 0. Davis. —Mr Checseman, at tho request of tho Chairman, read a most interest ing paper upon tho recent gifts to the Museum by the late Mr C. 0. Davis. It was tlien carried upon the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr J. Stewart, " That the members of the Institute desire to oxpress the deep regTet with which they have heard of tho death of Mr C. 0. Davis, and to place on record theirappreciation of the very valuable) gift of Maori mats, carvings and other objects made to the Museum by Mr Davis shortly before his death. Mr Cheese man's paper gave much valuable informa tion as to tho moduli operandi employed in preparing the, flax and weaving same into the mats and cloaks before them. New Speciks of Metagly.mma. —The Secretary then read a paper by Captain T. Broun describinga new beetle belonging to a section of preclacious ground beetles. All of this class of insects are valu able to agriculturists, living as they do upon insects that destroy crops. Tick Chkomoscope.—Dr. Murray Moore read a paper prepared by Mr B. W. Bettg, tho invontor of the chiomoscope, to which wo referred some months since, giving our theory of the manner in which the pheno mena were produced. The main substance of the paper read on Monday night was to the offect that certain leaf - liko forms;' upon being revolved, gave out under the action of light certain rings of colour, which the' lecturer claimed to show a new way to the determining the analogy between the forms and colours of natural objects. To illustrate his remarks Mr Betts then revolved a number of these discs, which are of cardboard and of various leaf like forms, tho point of revolution being at at their small or stalk end. A strong light was projected upon their surfaces, which, when in revolution, showed various bands of colour according to tho position of certain " stops," or slits cut through their substance in lines at a geometric tangent curve to tho point of revolution. One form showed all the colours of the spectrum, whilst on others some particu larly beautiful yellows and vivid greens wero apparent. — Professor Brown said that in attempting to offer ' some ex planations of the cause of the pheno mena of the coloured rings upon tho revolving discs before them, lio felt some diffidence, as ho could not see many of the colours which others said they saw upon the cards. He believed that tho alternate illuminated and dark surfaces presented to the eye upon the revolving, discs pro duced fatigue of certain portions of the optic nerve, and illustrated what effect this would have by revolving. a disc with a circular hole in it before the lens of a magic lantern. Tho light seen when the disc was in rapid revolution was distinctly violet. The same light could bo seen when one was passing rapidly by a picket fence, through which strong sunlight was shining. Another explanation was obtainable in drawing from tho analogy presented between sound and light waves. When the source of a sound approached the ob server, its tone became shriller—the sound waves coming more rapidly upon tho tympanum of the ear. The sound fell in tone as tho source passed, and dis tanced from the ear. This might be noticed when a whistling engine passed one upon the railway, or when a buzzing beetle passed the ear hi the bush. Apply ing this to Mr Betts'sbeautifulexperiments, one found that the source of light—the cardboard—being in rapid movement, was made to approach or recede to the eye, pro ducing, as in sound, a difference in the " key," or length of tho wave. In sound, this would alter tho, note; in light, tho colour appreciated by tho eye. — Proessor Thomas, although agreeing with Professor Brown as to the cause of the effect being in the eye rather than an alter tion of the ray of light, as in the case of its passing through a prism, 1 thought that the power tho optic, nerve had in retaining tho impression of various colours longer than certain others was tho answer to the rings of colour seen. If tho whole spectrum was shown to the eye for a brief space of time, only violeb was seen ; if for a longer period, red ; and so on. It was the same here ; a piece of white card board was shown to the eye for a brief space. The eye had only time given it to appreciate certain of its colours,, with tho result that rings of that colour were seen. —Dr. Murray Moore thought the revolving card with its "stop,", or slit, acted as a prism, allowing certain of the coloured rays of the white, or entiro ray of light, to pass through, those remaining giving the ring of colour seen.—The Chairman- an nounced that the first of the proposed popular papers would be read by Mr E. A. Mackecknieon July ,18th, the subject being "Pauperising the People." ■ ■ , ,i

FOOTBALL.

A meeting of butchers was held on Mon day evening at the Caledonia Hotel, for the purpose of forming a football club. A good number of those interested attended, and after forming the club and appointing officers it was agreed to challenge a team of bakers, grocers, or drapers, to whom a challenge appears in .another column. At a meeting at the Graf ton 11. Football Club, held last evening, Mr W. Speight was elected and Messrs C. Cowan, R. Connelly and C. Mackie were chosen 5 to act with the captain and secretary as a committee. ■ .

PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIES.

Deputation to Sir George Grey.

Sir /George Grey was interviewed at the Northern Club last evening by a deputation from the Industrial Association, who were anxious to confer with him relative to the languishing stato of industries in the colony, and to obtain a clearer exposition of his views on the question of protection than was given at the meeting in the City Hall last Friday week. The deputation consisted of Mr G. Ifraser (President of the Association), Messrs J. Bell, T. Gee and J. Mason. Mr Fraser introduced the business of the deputation, and in doing so said the reason why they had met Sir George that evening was in consequence of their committee thinking that in the address, in the City Hall he did not express himself as inclined to favour their Industrial Association, or the objects which it had in view. They desired to have a clear understanding with him on the matter, and they therefore pro posed to explain their views, and>hear whether they tended in the same direction as those of Sir George. What they were striving to obtain was a more equal distribution of wealth. One thing Sir George had said relative to Ger many had Excited some remark. His words were something to this effect: that in Germany, where protection is rampant, matters were not improved, and were, in deed, harder. That would lead one to suppose that protection was not going to be a cure for our difficulties. Now, they thought that there was something in the naturo of the laws of Germany different to what exists here, and that this would account for fcho want of success in that country. With the view of getting some information on this subject, they had in vited their secretary to be present, so that he might explain the mode of living and customs of the Germans. He had, however, been unable to be present. They, however, desired to give Sir George Grey some information respect ing the circumstances of this country which, they believed, would show that pro tection would lead us out of our difficulties. This question of protection was a great one, and looking at it here it was our duty to do the best ior ourselves. They had to look at what had been done in the mother country. He looked on Great Britain as a pattern to all countries in the matter of free trade, and the parent of industries. She had everything in her favour, with tho world as a market for her manufac tures. Industries increased rapidly, and the improvements in steam navigation, &c., caused a tremendous demand for her manu factures. If there had been no free trade, ho believed that demand would have been equally good.. The repeal of the Corn Laws had done good, and he believed that this was tho only way in which England had gained by her free trade policy, because it meant a reduction in rents and a reduction in the price of food. As far as manufactures went, she had the whole world as a market for them, and even if free trade was good for England, it was not the same here. Different circumstances existed in this colony, and workmen here were in a better position than in England, where they had only enough to keep themselves alive. They helped to make England's greatness, and all they got was enough to keep them selves from week to week. When other countries, educated by England, began to produce for themselves, these workmen were thrown out of employment, and only having , had enough to live upon, were cora pellea to do as best they could. Here in this colony things were different. Work men, when they could get employment, earned sufficient to keep themselves and at the same time to lay by something for the future. Now, they wanted to maintain that state of things for tho future. Money being at two to live per cent, in the old country, and wages about 30s, the wages in this country were not unreasonable see ing that money was from eight to ten per cent. Money land labour thus got their share, and the division was not unreason able. They desired that this should be continued. The population of this country was now composed to a great extent of working men, and the manufacturers could not mnintain the rate of^, wages that is now claimed unless they got some help in that direction. We must shut out manufactured articles produced at a cheap rate with long hours and low wages. They thought work men were entitled to the present wages so long as money remainedatthepresentprices. If they did take tho manufactures produced by other countries .at lower prices, they were depriving the colonist who paid the interest of the employment that belonged to himi They thought it right and proper for the sake of the country to foster and pro tect industries, to encourage those now starting, and to protect others already in existence. We.snould keep our own work ing classes, who otherwise must go else where. The agriculturaland manufacturing industries were dependent on each* other, and one would not'succeed without the other. Those were his views and the ideas of the Association. , , . . Mr Mason thought their President would have touched on the fact that for every LIOO worth of machinery, LBS was spent in labour. If that labour was employed in other countries, it was of no use to us ; but if here, then we had the money and the machinery too. Tho intrinsic value of the material was small, labour being the great itom. ~ / , . Mr Fraser added that this was quite correct. Then again, the money thus spent passed from hand to hand between the tailor, hatter, baker and butcher, and was turned over and over again. But when the monej went out of the country it was done with. The great thing was the circulation of the money amongst ourselves. We have the raw materials necessary to supply nearly all our wants. When they spoke of protection, they did not mean to shut out things which we oould not make for ourselves for years to come. Anyono looking into tho matter would, see that tho present was a bad time for England. Every country was producing what it required as they did in Great Britain. The outlet for British manufactures was being shut up, and each country was looking for an outlet for her goods that she would not be able to find. The colonies should stick to the mother country, and what they cannot got from her pro duce themselves. .The matter, was in our hands; wo had the resources, and should work out pur destiny for ourselves. ~ With cheap land, vast minerals resources, and plenty of labour, the colony should become a great nation. There could be no; monopoly from the pro tection which they sought. It was a : mis take to suppose that procection led. to monopolies on the part of manufacturers. Tho competition oetween capital and capital was too keen, and no large profits were got here. - Of course, he did not know about land rings, but there were none for industries. For his part, .he did not believe it was necessary to reduce wages. A good artisan receiving L 3 was getting no more than his due, while capital was getting from six to ton per,'cent, i , Mr Gee explained that, in his establish ment they had a plant that cost several thousand pounds", and they had room for fifiy or sixty hands if there was only suffi cient work. They did not come there to grumble, but they,,were not satisfied with Sir George's views'on protection. Many looked on him as the corner stone of better times. .' r ,•..,-'.; .", ■ i *',;'..

Mr Fras'er said the question had been asked him how it; was that we send wheat to England, and that bread is sold there at fourpencQ halfpenny, while here the cost is from 7d His'reply was that the bakers in England were slaves, and worked all • hours for : little or no ; wages. Here, bakers w©fe paid, good wage»,' The speaker

proceeded to enlarge upon the benefits that would accrue from the protection of soap, candles, furniture, and many other manu factures exhibited at the Industrial Associa tion Rooms. Sir George Grey eaid he perfectly under stood all that had been said. The argu ments were the same as he had heard before. Sir George proceeded to epitomise the arguments adduced to show that he understood them rightly. Mr Fraser added that at his foundry they had a plant that cost about L30,0Q0, and yet things were 60 bad that if it were not for his apprentices, who were prac tically the only hands they could employ now, he would close the works for a year. When times were good they had employed 200 hands, and paid about L4OO a week ijj wages.LikeMr Gee, they were also compelled to pay property tax on a valuable plant that was lying idle. Sir George said this was a question of the tariff and what duty was necessary. He thought some of them should prepare a tarifi embodying the amended duties thatr they wei-e anxious to obtain. Mr Fraser said they had done 30, but, their Secretary, in whose possession it was, had been prevented from attending the meeting. Sir George said if he had a tariff he could consult the people in the South when he went down, Mr Fraser said they had had an inter change of ideas with the people of Welling ton, whoso views on the subject were the same as their own. Mr Bell urged the importance of opening up new industries and encouraging those in existence. Settlement of land must go hand in hand with the opening of new in dustries. Free-trade might be a succeus in England, but could not be so here without) exactly the same conditions. Sir George Grey did not understand the extent of the distress that burdened the colony, but if he went more amongst the people he would understand it better. Sir George said he did not believe thab any man in New Zealand understood more about distress than he did, as he had daily applications for help. Mr Bell pointed out that the making up of clothing alone, should employ 300 women and children, if the work was done in the colony. Sir George said he had seen by recent) papers that the Jewish Board of Guardian.9 had stated that the arrival of Germans in London was but a small danger compared to the influx of numbers of Polish Jews, who had been cruelly treated in'their own country, and had been compelled to fly to London for protection. He had been told by a Jewish gentleman that these people were extremely destitute, and on arrival in London they necessarily worked for low wages, which were by degrees reduced so low as to become incredible. Their condi tion was wretched in the extreme, and they came over in such numbers that the danger to the poor in London was really great. These poor Jews were employed in the making-up of clothing; and perhaps this was the source of clothing which was im ported to the colonies 60 cheaply. Steps were now being taken in London to stop the influx of these people, and they were not allowed to land in America. Mr.- Bell remarked that population woe our great need, with manufactures and in dustries to maintain the people. Sir George did not think that the people would starve if they were placed on the land. Mr Fraser expressed sympathy with the Seamen's Union in their dispute with the owners of the Richmond. Sir George gave it as his opinion that the payment of interest upon our vast debt of borrowed money had brought the colony to its present trouble, and one of the remedies lay in the increase of population. Work men were at present leaving our shores in consequence of the .stoppage of indus ■ tries, fand there were some who said, let them go. But other people, like the members of the Industrial Association, were building up a great nation, and could not disperse the people as soon as they grew up. Therefore, they must es tablish manufactories and industries to keep the people in the colony, and in order to keep out the foreign producer they muethave a population complete in every respect to supply their wants, i He did nob in his own mind believe that either a state of free trade or protection would alone pre vent great misery in a population. He be lieved it would be requisite to have recourse to other measures. In his further remarks, Sir George pointed out that one attempt at protection to farmerswas made years ago, by putting a duty on sugar so as to induce the grow ing of beet, when it was found this step crushed out the preserve industry. For this reason they required to advance with great caution, and he wished, before making any decided step, to consider well what the end might be. He believed thab in less than a century this colony would be the hope of this part of the world, and thab from its isolated position it would be free from black labour. Mr Bell thought the free traders did nob carry their arguments to a logical conclu sion, or they could not agree to the im« position of the poll-tax on the Chinese. The deputation then withdrew.

MORE VOLUNTEER TROUBLES.

Two Bevonport Navals Placed Under Arrest.

The affairs of the. Devqnporfc Naval Com pany of Volnnteers again appear to be in an Unsatisfactory condition. The mem bers , mustered strongly at torpedo drill last evening, it having been mooted that the proceedings would be unusually interest ing. After the visual course of in struction had been gone through, Cap tain Fenton was asked to hold a special meeting of the company. Hβ declined to do so, whereupon some rather forcible conversation took place. One volunteer moved " that owing to the unsatisfactory condition of the company ib should be disbanded," this was promptly seconded and Captain Fenton immediately ordered both proposer and seconder under arrest. The gathering broke up iii a very disorderly manner, and the next meeting is expected to be of a somewhat unusual charcater. The volunteers placed under arresfcj itwo "seamen," will be tried for-insubordina tion, under the volunteer regulations, next week..

COMING EVENTS.

Meeting, &c, To-night.

Abbott's Opora House— Foley's "Festivities," 8. Agricultural Hall—Royal Jubilee Burlesque and Pantomime Company, 8. . Bell's Buildings, wyndham-street — Industrial Association's Exhibition, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 7 to 10 p.m. City Hall—Skating Rink, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 7.30 to 10 p.m. St. Andyew's School-room —Mr F. J. Moss meets the Electors of Paniell, 7.30. Robson's Rooms—Auckland Political Financial Reform Association, 7.30. V.M.C.A. Rooms—Address, " Transit Facilities and Industrial Operations," by Mr S. "Vaile, 7.30. V.M.C.A. Rooms—Shop Assistants' Meeting in support of Shop Hours Bill, 7.30. Oddfellows' Hall, Ponaonby—Lodge Ponsonby,, - No. 708, S.C., 7.30. Grafton Road Chapel—Wesleyan Foreign Mis sions, 7.'

Rota of Justices at Police Court.

July 7—Mesisrs H. F. Anderson and J. Baber.

Auction Sales To-morrow.

Arthur and Buddie, Mount Eden— Household Furniture and Effects, 11. S. Cochrane and Son—Properties, 12. E. Leydon—Furniture, etc., 11. . . D. P. Evans—Furniture, etc., 11, Arthur and•, Buddie—Drapery, ! Fanoy Gooila,

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, "WEUJNESIiAT, J-ULt. 6, 1887,:

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st lb Belle 11 12 )rient ... 11 8 hvhaoko ... 11 7 vlangaohane 11 4 secretary ... 11 0 Victor ... 10 0

Mammoc Kangaroo Erebus Echo... Maywood Zulu ...

etlb 9 12 9 12 9 12 9 10 9 7 9 7



Meat Exhibition.—Grand display, Friday and Saturday, the only one j prices low. Come 1 early and see the.fun.'—G.\ Hume, Butcher, Queen-6treet.-'[Aavt],