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ELECTRIC TE LEGRAPH I:'i CHRIST- Timnru, B. W oollcombe ; Cheviot, J. Birch ; THE MOORHOUSE TUNNEL. Ashley, W. B. ~auli; Akaroa, J. Watson ; CHURCH. Selwyn and Coleridge, E . J. :roee. Mem~ ers Officer in Chm-ge-J. A. H utt on. R etllrning Officers (for the Election of of AT 6.30 a.m, on Friday, the 2.!th May, 1867, commu nication was established between th e two drives in th o CBllnter Clerk-L. J ohnston. . th e P rovincial Council of Canterbury, m the tunnel, by the miners on the Port side breaking into a drill hole sun k some days previously in the face of" .dssistants-J. Durgan, L. M. Shr unp ton, J. G. distri cts set opposite th eir names) :-City of the H eathcote drive, After a few minutes spent in enlarg ing the opening, an iron rod was passed through Ballard. Christchu rch, Papanui, Ri ccart on, Heathcote, Town of Lyttelton, Lincoln, Town of K aiapoi from drive to drive, the distance between th e two fact's bcing fourteen fect. The alignment and the levels Scfton, Oxford, Rang iora, P ort Victoria, Wai. were thus pr oved to have been perfectly corr ect, and the tu nnel was practically complet ed . DISTRICT COURT, W E STLL\""D. para , Mandeville, William Donald; Town of To write an intelligible account of the Moorhouse Tu nnel, it is necessary to go back to the earliest JII.d~e-E . Clarke Akaroa, Wainui, and the Bays, E . C. Latter ; records in th e history of Canterbury . For, out of the geographical difficulty of communication between ths Clerk-E. Hardcastle Rakaia an d Selwyn , E. J. Lee ; Ashburton, P ort and the Pl ains which met the first settlers on their landing, and which has ever since seriously impeded B ailiff-T. Kenr ick C. P. Cox :Geraldine, Town of Timaru, W ai. the progress of the province, arose the conception of the grcat work which may now be said to be virt ually tangi, 'Vaimat e, and Seadown, B. Wo ollcombe ; completed. There are many still among us who can recall the feelings of dismay and disappointment with Mount Cook, F . W. Teschmak er; Town of which th e lofty hills surrounding Lyttelton were first regarded. Beyond, lay an almost interminable plain, RESIDENT MAGIS TRATES' COURTS. H okitika, Town of Greymouth, and.Westland, which, even to thc unpractised eye of th e new comer, (l'ave promise of full return for the labour that might R esident Mag istrates -Christchw'ch, C. C. Bo.wen ; G. S. Sale. be expen ded up on it. Bu t before this could be reached a barrier of form idable dimen sions inte rposed in t he Lyttelton, W. Donald ; Ak aroa and Pigeon shap e of lofty abrupt hills, and no available means existed of overcoming th e difficulty . It must havo Bay, J. W atson; Timaru, B. 'Woo!lcombe) required all the courage and resolution with which the early settlers were so amply endo wed, to have faced North Canterbury dist rict, 1"". B. Pauli; IIokI POLLING PLACES FOR THEE LECTION this serious and un expected difficulty. The records of th at date prove that it was universally felt to be the t ika, Gerald G. Fi tzGerald ; G reymou t ~ , OF MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCIAL one drawback to the propl'ess of the settlement, and that it caused great anxi ety and disappointment to all Wi lliom H orton Revell : 'I'otara, Justin COUNCIL OF THE PROVINCB OF the settlers, Many of the earliest pilgrims had been led to believe that th ey would find 1\ practicable road Aylm9r; Okarita, ~I. Pricc. CANTERBURY. lea(ling to th e plains; and th eir chagr in was proportiona tely great on flnding the ir anti cipations incorre ct, Clerks to the B ench-Christchurch, T. B. Bain; From the first, then, we find one of th e chief subjects of publi c int erest to have bcen, the discussion of th o Lyttelton, J . Townscnd; Kaiapoi, F . G. H ew CIIIUSTCJIURCH-Town Hall. best means of communication between th e Port and the Pl ain s. ling.; Akaroa, Cyprian Brook; Timaru , H. LYTTELTo~-Town HIlII. W'hen th e first ships arriv ed with settlers there were bu t two ways of reaching the plains. One by Simmonds ; Lcithflcld and Rangiora, E. Sim ltIccARTolf-School.house, Riccarton, scrambling oyer the hill, either by th e line of th e pr esent brielle path or by Cass' Bay to Rivorlaw, the other mons ; IIokitika, F . de C.Malet ; Greymouth, A'ON-School-house, Riccart on. by taking boat and going round by Sumn er and up th e Avon to the Bricks Wharf, nearly opposite the H enry Kenric k; Totara, J ames Simpson. School-house, P apanu i, Cemetery , At that time the Heath cote was considered not to be nnvigable. A line of road via Sumner had, P APAN UI-School.h ousc, Papanui. ind eed been sun-eyed by Capt 'I'homas, but it was found impossible to proceed with it for want of fun ds. B ailijfs-Christchurch, W. E. Burko , Lyttelton, H EATIICoTE-Road Board Office, Ferry road. H. Brooks ; H okitika, 'I'homas Kenri ck and The incomers, as a ru le, footed the hill while their goods went roun d by Sumner, an d not unfrequently School-house, Lincoln road. cam e to gric f, for at that timc the bar was imperfectly known, and decked river crafts were hardly to be Thos. Christian; Timaru, E . D ull'; Kaiapoi, ~ ragist rate's KU.HoI-Resident Office. obtaineel. In a short tim e a tolerable bridle path over thc hill was finished, which has been widened )1. Lynskey. R UwIORA-Resirlent :Magistrate's Office. and improved from time to time, and is still the principal medium of commu nication for foot and horse 'Interpreter to Com·ts-Rev. J . W . Stack. :1>IA~ D E v I LL E- S chool -h o us e, K aiapoi Is land. passengers. The completion of a cart road from th e foot of the hill on the Heathcote side to the river, tho School-house, W oodend. esta blishmen t of a ferry there, and the construction of a road to Christchurch, followed within tho first year, OXFORD-Sur>ey Office, Oxford . and greatly promoted th e convenie nce of travellers. About thc same ti me the H eathcote was found to bo SE FTo~-Road Board Office, Sefton . CJIRISTCH{;RCU llE:fCII. navi gable, and Christchurch quay on the new road was opened . But th e grand desideratum of a cart road Lrxcor.x-c-School-house, Prebbleton, to the plains was not yet to be accomplished. In December, 1851, a meetin g of the Society of land purchasers The an nual meeting to revise the J ury List is P ORT Yrcronr .a-e-Residence of C. Vigers, E sq., was held to consider the report of a select committee of thei r body upon th e best means of communication. held on the 1st February in each year. Governo r's Bay. The report recommended that a sum of £30,000 should be borrowed to carry out the Sumn er road. Public The annual meeting to grant Slaughter-house AKARoA- Resident Magistrate's Offlce, meetings were held both in Lyttclton and ChrIstchurch, endorsing th e views of the Society. It is curious licenses is held on th e 31st of August in each year. W J.INUI-School.houst', Duv auchelle's Bay. to observe that so far back as th is the subject of a railway tu nnel was discussed, and only put aside as THE BAYs- School.h ouse, Okain's Bay. being considered premature. Apparently it was easier in those days to pass a resolution in favour of The annu al Public House Licensing Mecting School-house, P igeon Bay. begin s on the first Tuesday in )Iay. borrowing than to obtain the money, for nothing appears to have bcen done towar ds pu shing on the Sumner SELwYN- Road Board Office, Leesion. road till the first Provincial Government took up th e subject, and appointed a Commission, cousistiug of Thc Quar terly P u1 1ic House Licensing Meetings G. A. E. Ross' 1Voolshed, Bealcy Track. Messrs. Bray, Cridland, Dobson, H arman, and J ollie, to report on the several modes of communication are held on the first Tuesdays in March, September, R.A.KAU.-Ford's 1,,"00Ished, Selwyn Forks. between the P ort and th e Pl ains. These gent lemen issued a report in April, 1854, in which th ey and December, Rh odcs' 1Voolshed, Racecourse IIill. recommended the Govern ment to make a railway via Sumner, with a tunn cl below Evans' Pass to Gollan's Mectp,gs for transfcrring licenses are held on any ASHDURTO~-T. Moorhouse's W oolshed. Bay, or, if tha t scheme proved beyon d the resources of th e province, to construct a cart road vi" Sumner day. TDI AR u-l~ e sid en t Magistrate's Court. with a tunnel through the top of Evan s' Pas s. 'I'his work was to be accompanied with certain improvements GERALDI~E-nesident Debt cases, und er £2 0, are heard every Tuesday MaGistrate's Office, AI·ow. to th e bar at Sumner, The present line of tunnel and railway was considered in the report, and th ou ~h and Thursday; th ose over £2 0, e,ery 1Vcdnesday ; henua; and Mr. Cox' s \Voolshed, Orari. the cost was estimated only at £ 155,000, th e scheme was considered by th e Commissioners to be beyond th e summary proceedings, assaults, &c., e,ery Thursday ; WAIPJ.RA-G. Moore's W oolshed. resow'ces of the province. Anoth er line was point ed out as worthy of consideration, in which th e road was IlDdPohce cases e,ery day. WAITANul-Sheath 's W oolshed, Te Ngawai. made to wind up the spurs at th e back of Lyttelton to a tunnel GOOyar ds in leng th at th e head of th e gully, H. Mcyer's 'Voolshcd. descending into Dampier's Bay at an elevation of 520 fect above th e sea. If. Jollie's Wool shed. ELECTORAL OFFICERS. MOUNT CooK-Teschmaker's Woolshed. The Govcrnmellt dccided upon the road, and about a year after th e dat e of the report referred to, the ' VJ.DuTE-Studholme's Woolshed. work of making th e Sumner road commenced . On the 24th August, 1859 the road was formally Principal Retllrni..!! Officer (for the election of SEADowN-Level's 1Voolshed. opened by the Superintendent, MI'. FitzGc~ald, who dl'o~ e a dog-cart 0 t and arrived in LJttelton Superintendent); William Donald. Dep1,ty HOKlTlKA-1Varden's Court. without damage, to th e surprise of mally of those ",ho doubted its capabilities for traffic. It was some tim9 ditto; William Wilson GRBYMOUTII-Warden's Court. after this before th e road was opened for the heavy cart traffic, which from th e tillIe it commenced has gone Retllj'nin,q Officers in Canterbll1'Y (for Members of WESTLA:fD-Warden's Court, Hokitika. on gradually increasing to the pres ent date. th e House of Reprcsentativcs, in the districts Warden's Court, Greymouth. 'While the Sumner Road was under (liscussion and in course of construction, various efforts were bcing sct opposit e th eir names,) vis :- City of Christ 'Yarden's Court, W!Ilmea. made to improve th e river navigation. It is a singular fact that in th ose days th e idea gf using the church, Avon, Heathcote, Kaillpoi, Town of WESTLAlfD-Waden's Court, Kanieri. Heathcote rivcr for the purposes of traffic was strongly oppost'd by some of the Ly tt elton mer chants. On Lyttelton, Mount Herbert, Thomas William Warden's Court, Ross. the 18th December, 185~, Captain Drury, of II.M .S. Pandora, reported upon the condition and capabilities )faude ; Wesdand, G. S. Sale; G.1adstone and Warden's Cour t, Okarita. .of thc Sumner Bar. The general ten or of the report was ad,erse to making any attempt to impro,e the 71 70 The works were at first earried on under great disad ta os navigation by altering the natural form of the bar. The first attempt at introducing steam navigation on after the commencement, and a great number of the m e:ae~ i . d ~h; ~tago gold fever broke out SOon the river ended disastrously. l'he Alma, a small paddle boat, after running a short time, took the ground fitable nature of the trade between Melbourne and Duned' l' oy~ .e ~ or the new goldlield. The pro on the bar on tI 6t.h January, 185G. The attempts to raise her ended in breaking her back, and her bones owners to tak e freight to Canterbury from Melbourn e wh in mil th It I or a time difficult to induce ship to be procured, whilst the wreck of one of the mail ' t enee ad e I' ant and material for the work had 1'est in the quicksand at the present moment. Some little time after this the course of the river was staked e~~~~~h~ t:~:f~a:he eomm u~icat i o n s , out by the Goverument, and leading marks put at the entrance. In the early part of 1858 the steamer lastly, the amount of water. met with at the Lyt telton ao postnl and !1~ commenced to run round to the river, and from that time the number of coastin steamers has had to be abandoned un til th e completion of the drive f th b h great that the mner headin o- the work. . rom e eac gave a natural drainage fo~ steadily increased. The sailing craft employed on the river were in the first instance eonfiiieu 0 vessels of 15 or 20 tons, but in later years vessels of nearly 100 tons register have entered the river and discharged .The ventilation, which many people once thou ht would rove a . cargo alongside some of the various wharves 'Irlrich-ha,e sprang up on the Heathcote. admira bly arr anged. In the first inst ance air was drrven' b l great difficulty, has been most proved quite insu ffi~ien t , and when the w~rks had extended s!m:nd'~orked by hor~e'power, but this soo~ From the earliest, period it seems to have been considered by the Government of the Province and the . ~et hng public that the combined traffic facilities afforded by the road and the river were insufficient, and that the th e difficulty of rid of the smoke. To obviate this on the L IS ance much time was lost owing to ~n el was partitioned olf by a floor or brattiee, about 9 feet above r ·ntel\o~ s Id~, the uppe r portion of the construction of a more available and efficient means of communication between the Port and Plains was ev~, merely a question of time and money. The public mind was impressed with the idea that the best means With one of the shafts, at the botto m of which was placed f ai 1eh ormmg a smoke flue connected s~ady current up the shaft and drew th e smoke away from ~heu;;~acef , b .rarifying the air, caused a of over.coming the hill difficulty was by tunnelling through it, and connecting the capital city with the ~n d, ,,;t k port by railway. Accordingly we f!nd that. a. second Commission was appointed bl .Government in a opted at the nort h the chimney of a forge being led into athe e wor mgs. .A similar plan was November, 1858, to consider the subject, consisting of ~fe ss rs . Bray, Cuss, Harman, " hltcombc, ' , ylde, furnace, but the brattico was only continued for a short d'IS t ance beyond shafttheand upeanswermgast shaft the purpose of a D obson, and Ollivier. A short time before this Mr. Dobson had reported to the Government that th e ~n the Lyttelton side this system answered perfoctl well d h . . . t unnel would pass entirely tlu'ough volcanic rock, and that the term of constr uction would be from five to ever smc~ ; bu t on th e H eathcote side, where the work for ~he l ,;. ~n t e ventilation has continued good seven ycars. Thc Commissioncrs in their report considered two leading schemes. One, that now execute d, top !,ea.dmg (the temporary floor being left above the erman qu~rter of a mile ~as been dr i..en by a ~fr . advocated by Bray, the othervid Sumner to Gollan's bay, proposed by ) fr. Dobson on account of th e ventilation at the cl o ~e of the work became slutr gish, and ~e eours ent ra~- ~vel fo! . drall~ age purposes), the grcater dept h of water at that place as compared with Lyttelton. At the same time a Commission was moons of four fans driven by an eight horse ste°am.engi Th' o wa,s d a to dr lvmg au' on to the face bv appointed in London, consisting of Messrs. Cummins, Scife, and FitzGcmld, with instru ctions to refcr t ho . . ne. IS pro' e perfectly successful. J question of route between Lyttelton and Christc hurc h to )Ir. R Stephenson. The latter referred it in Fr0U! a comparatively early period more or less difficult h b . water which has poured down from the roof and sides of th { as I ee~ experlen.eed from the qua ntity of t urn to Mr. G. R Stephenson, who decided, on the 10th Aug ust, 185n, in favour of the present direct ~ e en route. Previo usly to this decision, Mr. F itzGerald, while in England, had urged yery strongly upon the prOl;uptlymet and overcome by the ingenuit of the e: .unne. ut th e difficultIeS have invariabl mconvemence was caused solely by th e difficulty !rgetting r ~mer"~~nd eontract,?rs. At the Heathcote ena Government the propriety of carrying a line of railway with sharp curves and steep grad ients along the t~er~ Ly tt elt ~n ~n d Sumner road. l 'his proposal was en tirely negath'ed by the Commission as well as by Mr. G. R. Stephe nson. were no sp!';ngs rising from the floor, as at the e a.eeumula tlOn of wate r. On this side first instance easily pumped out. Afterwards, as the level of th e ~;;.'t:m what fell from .the roof was in the ~ do p t Shortly after this, the English Commissioners entered into a contract with Messrs. Smith and Knight, Barr to other means for keeping them from beini~ flood d g. was raised, It was found neees of London; to execute the works for the sum of £235,000 (exclusive of stations), the work to be completed whIChdischarged th e water in to the ';.ailway ditches the H'att "[pho was employed for this purpose in Ilve years. The contract was subject to determination eithe r by the Governme nt or the contractors at six hundred yards. This simple contrivance drew the, t t co a vaU ey, at a distance of more tha~ any time within four months after the ar rival of the contractors in Canterbury, if either the Government from th e inner workin gs was carried by a deep gutter v ~r rfum ti p u~ or well, to which the drainar-s should be unable to provide the moncy, or the contractors should lind on examination that the work could has worked successfully, and discharged without cost ~r lFabom e me.illt.e syphon was first introcluced °it not be done for the money. In either case the Government had to pay the cost of making trial shafts to o h . . ur many mi ons of gallons of water ' n t e Port SIde no difficulty was experienced in etti .d . the extent of £3000, and to relieve the contractors from their engagements with the work men sent out by been o~ened out, as the drainage simply ran alon the gfl oo':' ~n~ of the water after t~e drives had once them. protectin g the men from the constant downpour Ifvhieh t ti the sea:The real difficulty here lay in Messrs. ) f'Candlish and Baines , a$ents for Smith and Knight, arrived in Canterbury, Dec. 2.J., 1859, almost impossible to co~ tin ue the work. So wet 'was the a o :~s fiextmgUIshed. th e li g~ t s and rendered it and proceeded at once to sink the shalts. In consequence of the first Railway Bill passed by the Council to use w!lterproof cartri dges, and even then misfires were font' fIr a long ,Pen od that It became necessary having been disallowed by the Governor on the 2Gth January, 18GO, the P rovin cial was carried on undcr an iron shield, which was su orted 0::U~ oecurrmg. ~or a long' time the work ~ive whl~h Government was not able to an ans wer to the contractors on the 24th April following, as some measure protected the men from the water fell c nf alil"Sf on each Side of the drive, and in to whether the money could be obtained for the line, and it was therefore agreed between the contracting ~ a t er the ceased to fall, and both roof and sides aresanowtisfa~toerfi°ri~e tlihmu ywh roils.m~ the roof· After a short time parties that an extens ion of time should be allowed, the Government agreeing to pay the cost of carryi ng eontmue to run freely. This would seem to prove dtry, the sprmgs rising on the floor <)nthe works. In NO\'ember the Governme nt having obtained the necessary powers for constructing the soon afte! t ~ey were tapped and divert ed, th e water which haa at t h~ sprmgs must be artesian, because line and raising the reqUISite funds, signified to the contmctors thei r readiness to proceed, but Messrs. fall. ThiS \'lew of the matter is further conlirmed by th f: t the~m ate d above the working'S eeascd to Smith and Knight, tbrough their ngen ts, declined to ratify the contract, and Messrs. M'Candlish and shafts at more th an ~or ty feet above high water level. I t isa~orth ~ o water has been m?t with in the Baines shortly after left :New Zealand. tapped on th e Por~ Bide was of the temperature of 70 deg. Fall. y f remark that the prmcipal spring Mr. Dobson then proposed to open out the ends of the tu nncl with the labour available in th e colony, On the Port Side a good deal of curiosity was at one f . nnd to advertise for tenders .for the remainder of th e work. But the Council declined to accept the pro of eels and shoals of whitebait in the drain s far up the t Ime ~ x m te d by the appearance of large nu mbers posal, and a long dclay occurred, du r in~ which th e trial headings were slowly carried on by the workin g unable pro~a bly to live in the water when it became foul:f~th ;~~r have, howe\'er, disappeared, being party sent out by Messrs. Smitb and KllI ~ht. !'- fine spemmen of the eels has been preserved and is now in th e! gr ease, and other abominations 10 the work, breeding in the cavities, and pi~kin u an a ~ p O~s?sslOn of Dr. H aast. Rats aboundeci In May, 1861, th e Government accepted a tend er from Messrs. George Holmes and Co., of ) felbourn e, candles and the horse feed. A number of "hite ra~s lav 10 mPh e hVlllB: fr0U! th e workmen' s meals the to complet e the line from L)·ttelton to Christchurch, a dista nce of six miles, with the exception of the . . e ng een resldents 111 the tunnel ' stations, in five years, ending June 1, 18G6,for £2 'JD,5oo, th e cost of the tunnel,2838 yards long, being . Ever s.mee Messrs. Holmes and Co. undertook the contra h . tlOn and Without pause, except for th e proper observance of Se~~~ 0. wOft has bpli~oeeede d without inte rl'llp fixerl at £195,000. l 'be first sod was cut in the H eathcote Valley, on th e 17th July, 1861, and this may be eours~, said to have been the dat e of tbe commencement of the tunnel works, as up to this time nothing ha el been been allowed to visit the works at th eir leasure ay.. e pu c has not, as a matter of chromele such a remarkable freedom from accidents ~ but Chr~htW1Se wei should not have been able to nceomplished beyond sinking the trial shaft s, nnd driving 96 yard s of heading, viz., 30 at the south, and 6G tunn~l bee~s as New ;'hn kept as holidays, and on the latter the has l·li .an t d Year's Days have always at the north end of th e tunnel. f .en th e resourc es and population of Canterhury are eonsidered u~1a. e and thrown open to visitor•. The plan adopted by the contractors was to mine the whole worl.: from a wide bottom heading. To o .SIX'years the w?rk ~f th e t~nel has gone on da and ni h ! an I IS ~ememb er ~d that for a period expedite the work three additional sbnfts were sunk, one close to each front, and one in the clay cuttin~ at sCdlCI!tifi? and eng~ e er1l1g e"nslderations, it must b~ eonsida~e~ WIthout eeaslDg, we thmk that , apart from th e north end of the tunnel, whilst at the same time a gullet was driven up the cutting to meet the headmg. a =ation of the outer world. a very remarkable work, and command t hEt Although the ground proved very wet in places, rendering it necessary to close pole a longth of seven chain s thr ough clay and sand, thi s plan was perfectly successful, and the timb ering remained in good order ~orkIn a scientific poin t of view, and as an examprof~ssionIe of en ' .. until the commencement of the brick lining, at the end of th e following year. may fairly claim the attention of the T1.lDeermg filleal ties successfully overcome th e} ~[o01'house mstanc e wh ere a complete section of an extinct volcano' h be presen Junnel affords, we believe, the' first On the 29th September, 1862, Mrs. laid the first stone at the north end of the tunnel, that pared by Dr. Haast for exhibition in Paris will draw the :te~~ !' opere °lut.. The elaborate drawings pre- of the south being laid by Mr. John Hall, in April, 1861. IOn 0 geo oglSts to th e fact, and doubtlesa F 72
. Acco~ing to th e desizn drawn in Lo I th t IId L afford the gr eat est satisfaction to the scientific world. The rock in the tun nel may be described as a series This part of the plan was ~lt er ed , so as t on~r\?~ a s~ r,,~;~~ r:~ ~hro;;:o~~~er e d Ly tt elton at n sli/.:ht curve. of lava streams and beds of tufa, intersccted by vcrtical dykes of phonolite. Thc lava streams generally At a very carly hour on May 29 - somewhere abou t 3 th ' consist of scoria, overlying a coarse pink trachyte, which passes gradually through sbades of grey, purple, t h~ m ~ and blue, into a black finely -grained dolorite, intensely hard and tough ; the ligh test and softest rock being in making a prac ticabl e breach in tunnel r wh :h .,- j mers ou lhe Ljttc lton side succeeded a t th e top, and th e densest and blaekest at th e bottom. Regarded from an engineering point of view, the ~:JcC;.tul~~o ~~o~ s~ ~~~~n:g~I~es a: Gr ee~ Ha:::'~~ ~~ , ~~e:ki:s~~d t ~~~ hg~~ef:)(~eli~~~ rw~~~:~ ~n ri~ ' ~ h: work must be considered eminently successful. Wherever difficulties have been met th ey have been qui ckly Honor the Superintcnden t as~in~ h f~e t,:: ap ~:7h re o~ t~h fa~ t , th? .e~t at Impromptu ill\'itll tion to his and successfully overcome. The syphon emp loyed for th e drainage of the upper half of the tunnel is pro g ~n te r ~a rd~ ~'ith bably the long est on record. The syst em of ventilat ion has provcd perfectly adapted to th e rcquiremen ts of Lyttelt on. A certain num'ber ofoofficial frie'"d :ou. I e unne a lunch Ihem in $everal privat e friends of the contractors A t s. 0 h ~i . I ~onotrh Wtl~ included III tins lll;"ltlitlOn, a,,,l also the case, and has been no t only effective but simple and comparatively inexp ensive. It is worthy of rema rk Superinte nd e~t an d~'re~son ~fmg ,Y ~row In 1/~e n tl e m e n that the engineers of the Mont Cenis tunnel hav e since found it necessary to adopt similar means of ven 12 p.m . :-:..nis H onor the t left Chri,tc hul'l' h at tilation in that fam ous work. AnynsleYh'RRelIevcls, D onald. Hamilton, Maj.,r, C~ st er r S:Ro u~: a .' R. ' BI~k~ tonu nlaIt ~~ b sBo nl 'k~ltli\' ;U'~ LDll\'lie , enna, . 0 mes, and Dr. Haast At b I" O ! .' . .... a is OIl •.\ nut e, Th e system employed to secure the corr ectn ess of the ali~nment "f thc two ends of thc tunnel was very -carried on two tr ollies. 'I.'he minel:s' b a~ do ~ tt P'k the. par ty ttart ~l !},n their JourneJ through th e tunnel, simple. .A. pcrmanent mark was fixed in the ccntre line ot th e tunnel, on a tower built on the dividing mouth of the tunnel and pIa ed some a ,e. er nown as t at 0 1 O. 8,C.R.V., was stat ioned nt the range, nearly midway between th e two ends. .A. transit instrumen t being placed on the meridian of the the tunnel occupl'ed' (. I dl to pprop rmto airs on the arr ival of t he g uesls . The ju uruov th rouch me u mg s ppa " es) ab; half- nn h At th ' . f ." ~ tunnel as well as of the tower on the hill, it could be seen at once whe th er the flame of a candle placed in travellers had to change carriaaes and ° th - - ou r. . e Junction 0 the two driw s the the centre line of the work inside the tunnel was in a vertical plane with the mark on the tower . But it th oroughly had the drive been ~pen ed t.~s~hat"~ h the ~ c: tre whl ~h had been ma;1c tha t l,lI01·nin;£. So was also desirable, in case of error, to have the means not ouly of corr ecting but of calculating the amount from one side of the t unnel to th e ot! e passeng ers lad S~ I cely to stoop their b"ad, III d" ,c " ndi n ~ of such error, and this could be rea dily done . The permanent mark on the central tower consisted of a passiug throug h fro ui th e r,yttelton to ~r~ II~'\ t7,~~t J' ~ i~~u la r J y not iceable th at a frce current of air was batten six inches wide, with a black stripe one inch WIde down the centre. The eye -piece of the transit in strument being furnished with five vertical wires placed at equal distances apa rt, the value of the space On arriving at the Lyttelton end of th t I ~1 G n successful passage of th e tunnel, to which )'1~ ~nn~h " ,r. . r O{n:es e ongra tnl a l e (~ Ins R unor upon the between any two wires at a distanc e eq ual to that of the mark on the tower -can be ascertained by referenc e ~ to the width of the batten, which thus give s a seale by which the error in th e positio n of a light placed in pany t hen adj ourned to the Que en's 1I0t Iii 00' IOU rep h( III a few appropri ate words, l'h,· COIU 'Where much kindly interchanr-s f " . e , w icre a .unc eon ad been pr ovided by th e contract" <. and the tunnel under the tower can be rated with gre at exactness. It has been by th is means that the alien throug h the t unnel a partY ~f e~~;~"~ulato ry/el~ llIIg . tOOl klplaee. Shortly.after the gentlemcn :" ' 77 76 Dunedin to Miles . Christchurch to Miles. th ose which nond escript folks ha ve been taught to style" draperies." The point to be observed in respect Eden Creek 16 Arowhenua 92 to prin ciple in this matter is, that th e subjec t is lit erally and absolute ly clad ill th e costume he wore in life, [Blackstone Hill 10] Ashburton . 65 without any compromise whatever. ",Ve rejoice to observe th is, and regard it as.one of th e healthiest signs Dunstan Creek, 120 miles Crom Dunedin Ferry Road . 3 of art that it should be done so, th at the observer sees more of th e man than of hIS dr css-s-th e last, however, Hill's Creek 9 F orks of th e Ashburton 88 is disposed with suit able art . See the figure from what point we will, it composes well, and is expressive Shiels 8 Hnstic's (Hurunui) .. 66 behi nd as well as before. Th is is du e to the thoroughness of th e sculptor's conception of his th eme, and Blaek's 13 Hawkeswood . 101 th e care with which th at conception is wrought out. Down the figure 's baek no meaningl ess cascade of Dunstan (Clyde) 20 Heathcote Valley 5 "drapery " falls in un attempt to .hide a disp ropor tion or a feeble pose ; its legs bear th c man, its arms Highfield 76 belong to him. 141 H okitika ...... 160 DUNSTAN TO LAJ:JS W AK:ATIP. LH okitika to Ross, S. W . 18] Dunstan to l Do to Waimea, N. W . 16] Kawarau Junction 13 KaiapOl ." 12 Roaring Meg 9 Kowai ... 25 ITIKERARY. Arrow River 13 Little Akaloa 30 Frankton 9 Lyttelton .. . 8 Queenstown 4. Mnckenzie Country". 160 Okain's Bay .. . 34 OTAGO PROVINCE. Dunedin to- Miles. 4S Ornri 82 'Waipori Junction 14 DUNEDIN TO DUN8T"'t', &c. Oxford 40 DUliEDIli TO CIIRISTCnURCH. 'I'unpeku 13 Paerore 109 ;"'Oi'tl' ROeHl, Dunedin to Papnnui 3 lIIHc6. 54 Saddle Hill 9 P igeon Bay 26 D unedin to- We st Taieri (B ridge) 7 Po rt Chalmers o 'I'uap ekn to- Port Levy 1G 13 16 Lea Stream .. . 9 Rnkaia 35 Bluoskin (Township) Gardiner's [Waipori 141 Wuikouniti 14 )Ioa Flat 8 Rnngitata 74 9 8 Deep Stream .. . 15 Rangiorn 18 Palmerston Teviot [Hindon, West Taieri 11] H runpden (Mooraki) 14 Baldwin's 8 Saltwater Creek 20 24 Half-way House 15 Selwyn 25 Ote popo (Iforbert) .. , 7 Manuherik iu Upper Taieri 10 15 Dunsta n, Upper 8 Timaru 102 Omn aru fHogbur n 32] W aitaki 14 ",Vaimatc 129 72 Black Bull Hotel 5 Waitaki 143 W aimate (Canterbury Province) 15 McPherson's (Ida Burn Hotel) . 18 P areorr 10 Tunpeka to- 'Veeden's 13 12 [Black's Rush 15] W oodend 15 'I'imaru 18 Beau mont 14 11 lt o Xbur~h 27 Sheenan's Ar owh enua (Teviot} ... .,- Dunstan, Upper 8 Orari 1). Alexan ra ()Ianu herikia) . 0 R ungitatn 16 Clyde ( Dunstan) 7 MARLBOROUGH PROVINCE. 13 110 Hinds Picton to Blenheim .. , 19 Ashburt cn 11 71 QUEENSTOWN TO HEAD 0 11 LAKE. 20 [ Lawrence to Waipar i, 13 miles] Blen heim to Awa tere 18 R ak n.a 32 Queenstown to Do. to Birch Hill 41 f:"lwyn 10 Crom well to Newcastle (W'anaka) Arthur's P oint, Shotover 4 13 Do. to Hillersden 31 " 'cc-!eu' s Sout h. R oad, lIaori Point 16 Do. to Rcnwicktown 7 Christchurch 12 Dunedin to- Skipper's Gull y 7 Eas t Taieri 10 H ead of Lake 40 (213, total about) 2cl,6 12 . Taieri Fe rry NELSON PROVINCE. Oa rnaru to- Tokomniriro 13 67 26] Am umoko 18 [Knitnngatu ... DUNEDIN TO WE ST 'IUERI GOLDPIELDS. NELSON TO MOTUEKA BY Tn ORPE AND Maraweuua 9 Molyn eux Ferry (Balclut ha) 16 WAIWllRO, 12 [ Port Molyneux 18J (Snort Roadfor Foot-passengers.) Kurow P ost -oflice, Nelson ." " ' hnr(' E:u!'1 10 'Wa iwera 15 Dunedin to- 22 ~ 10 Richmond .. 8 Ot amataknu 8 LPort Molyneux Silver Stream (Rac eeoursc lIolfll) Po st-office, Appleby . lJ ~ Omarama J5 l'opotu non (Clinton) 7 Mullochy Gully 5 18 'l'ri mb ells 11 Post-office, Waimea west 1fIt Ohau Lal NELSOlf TO C ODDElf . Nelson to Miles. H ACK NE Y CARRIAGES IN CHRISTCHURCH. Miles. H awke's Craig 133 Post-office, Nelson Ohik i Hill 136 Table of Rates and Fares to be charged for any Hackney Carriage plying- for Hire at any place within the Richmond 8 Ohiki River 137 said City, and within Eight ~liles of the Corporate Limits thereof. 'Wakefield Arms 16 Westport 150 Dig Bush 45 Charlestown 170 Slip Store 55 Brighton 182 Carria!i:s having four Cabs having four Branch road to the Grey 57 Cobden 225 whee , and two 01' wheels and one horse, Devil's Grip Store ... 62 more horses, not or two wheels and H ope River NELSOlf TO BLENHEIM BYTIlB P BLOB US. plying as an omni - two horses, or two 66 bus. wheels and one horse. Owen River 77 Post·office, Nelson FARES DY TUlE. :Mangle's Store 87 Maitai junction 8 (One or two adults to be a full farc.) :IlIatiri Herenga 14 91 By the day, i.e ., for any twelve consecutive hours between 6 a, s, Newton 102 Tinline 15 £ d. £ d. o'clock a.m, and 10 o'clock p.m., for two persons ... 2 10 2 Lyell I II Wilson's 28 For each additional passenger ... Inangahua . 120 Havelock 32 0 15 ° 1°2 °0 Old Dig-gings Store . 128 Wairau River 47 By rrrs HOUR. ° ° Black Water . Blenheim 55 131 For the first hour or less than an hour . 0 5 4 For every subsequent half-hour or less . 2 °6 ° 2 °0 I~ hiring by the hour (when the passenger is set down ° ° at a distance from the place of hiring), time to be reckoned CUSTOMS REVENUE. EXPOR TS AN D IMPORTS. for returmng to the place of hiring, at the rate of six miles an hour from the place of setting down . The following tab le exhibits the Customs Re FARES DY DISTANClI. venue of each province for the financial year ended The following table exhibits the value of tho (One ar two adults to be a full fare.) June 30, 1867: - imports and exports in each province for the year £ ending June 30, 1867:- In Town, and One Mile out. Auckland 137,981 Imports. Exports. For any distance within, and not exceeding one mile, ana or Taranaki 13,023 two persons ...... £ £ 2 G o 2 'Wellington 9·t,428 Beyond one mile from th e Town Belt, per mile . ° o 2° 6 Hawke's Day 26,898 kuekland 1,109,641 268,894 For every additional person, half fare. 3 50,622 1,116 ° ° Marlborough 2,392 Taranaki For every half-mile 01' part thereof exceedinz ono mile an N elson 38,353 Wellin~ton 720,409 239,643 additional charge of one-half the rate pe:'mile. ' 75,075 73,300 Canterbury 295,401 Hawke s Bay Any person calling 01' sending for any Hackney Carriage, Otago ~Iarlborough 12,655 52,556 221,691 and not further employmg the sam e, shall pay ... 026 2 0 Southland 34,387 Nelson 429,959 243,162 Or (at th e option of th e driver), the fare from the stand ° Chatham Islands 114 Canterbury 1,759,748 2,470,964 or place whence the carriage may be engaged, Half Otago 1,825,700 1,086,185 fare to be allowed as back far e whenavor tho distance Total 864,668 Southland 196,003 1'12,944 exceeds two miles from the boundary of the city; but 257 96 ~Ir Fitzherbert's estimate, when making his Chathams no back fares to be charged within the limits of the city. financial sta tement un September 5, 1866, was F.l.RES FOR DETENTION. £ 850,000. Totals £6,180,069 £4,578,842 For every fifteen minutes' compl ete detention ° 1 G ° 1 ° TO MEASURE UNSQUARED TIMBER. An additional charge of one-half the above fares to be made between the hours of 10 o'clock at night and 6 o'clock in the morning. In order to ascertain the contents, multiply the square of the quarter girth, or of quarter of the mean No e x t ra.c h nr g~ to be made for I~ ggage not exceeding 14lbs. weight for each person carried. .. circumference, by the length. When the buy er is not allowed his .hoice of girth in tape~ tr.ees,.he may Every driver at a llaekney CarrIage shall drive th e same at a reasonable speed, not less than SIX miles take the mean dimensions, either by girthing in the middle for the mean girth, or by girthing It at the an hour, unless unavoidably delayed, or req uired by th e hirer to driv e at a slower speed. two ends, and taking half of their sum, If not, girth the tree in so many places as is thought necessary, The dri ver of every Hackney Carriage to produce a printed copy of the above Table of Rat es and then the sum of the several girths, divided by their number, will givQ a mean circumference, the fourth Fares on demand, and to have a printed copy of the same affixed conspicuously inside his carriage, in such part of which being squared, and multiplied by the length, will give the solid contents. place as may be directed by the Inspector of Hackney Carriages. The superficial feet in a board or plank IS known by multiplying the length by the breadth. If the Pre-engagements for conveying to and from Balls, 'Weddings, and Funerals, as per special agreement. board be tapering, add the breadth of the two ends tog ether, and take half their sum for the mean breadth, Made by the Council at a )Iecting held on the Third day of January, 1865. and multiply the length by this mean breadth. ' . thl~kne~s, The solid contents of squared timber are found by measuring the mean breadth by the mean TABLE OF RATES FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS. and the product ag-ain by the length. Or multiply the square of what is called the quar ter girth 10 inches by the length in feet, and divide by 144, and ycu have the contents in feet . . By DISTANCE. s. d. Boughs, the quarter girth of which is less than 6 inches, and parts of the trunk less than 2 feet 10 For every load transferred or carried for anv distance within and not exceeding one mile ... 3 circumference, arc not reckoned as timber. . . For every subsequent half mile or part th ereof ...... 1° 0 It inch in every foot of quarter "irth, or 1 of the girth, is allowed for bark, except of slm. .1 inch 10 For a fractional pa!t of a load, by specia l agr eement. the circumference of the tree, or who'e girth, or one-twolfth of the quarter girth is the general fair average Detention to be paid for at the rate per half hour or part of a half hour 1 allowance. The quarter girth is half the sum of the breadth and depth in the middle . By TI:IIE. The nearest approach to truth in the measuring of timber, is to mu ltiply ~he square of onc-fifth of the For the first hour or part thereof ...... 4 girth or circumfcrence by double the length, and the product will be the contents. For every subsequent half hour or part thereof 1° 6 ~ t-< c ~ o~ t:d z ~ e.g ;; ~ ~ 0 ~ .... M:a '".... 0 ~-~ .... ~~ $i'I-3 ~ 0 t-<";j l>1 ",,00 ~~t; ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS Taken at the Provincial Government Meteol'ological Station, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, for twelve months ending June 30, 1807. 1866. 1867. I Year. July. IA.Ugu. t .Sept . Oct. I No • . I Drc . Jan. Feb. March. A.pril. May . June. ---'------1--- '------'-- .-- ~{ Mean p!'e"ure of Atmo sphe re 30.01" 29.91:1 29.787 2\1.83" 29.77" I 29.842 29.8;;2 29.786 29.91;7 30.1a9 aO.033 30.027 29.914 lIlean :.; ApproI l1 nat e run ge ...... 1.267 1.2H 1.:1 26 1.H ~ .IIIH .\192 1.2(12 .8"0 1.02U .772 .\).13 1.005 1.0lH " I'll Mean of highest de y temp erature ... 50.0 5·1.2 58.2 GI.7 li8.a 67.7 711.2 73,+ 116.4 62.9 56.1 '19.8 61.8 .. ~ Mean at' lowest night temp erature.. . 35.6 :l6.7 ·1:1.6 ·W.l 50.5 61.9 55.1 6".:1 5104 4B.7 41.7 :18.0 .J(J;O .. ~ Menn temperat ure ot' air in shade 42.7 ·15..1 5il.8 65..~ 59 .·1 69.8 62.6 lH .:l 59,1} 0.1.8 ·18.8 ·13.!! 53.8 .. ,,; M!'X!mul11!n shade ~ 1! .0 ~;.:. ~ ?o . ~ ? ~;. ~ 78..1 81,2 88.;) k ~.8 85.n ?~ .o ?~ .3 ~5.n ~ ~ .~ m~x. '" MIlltm U11l1llshade ~ o . 3 . I .a ,I I,(, .1... ·10.3 · ~1. 1 H .:l 45.3 ·10.1 a• .o a•. 8 .9.1 ••,.a nnn . tl Mean dail.v ra nge . ' H." 17.6 B .3 18.0 18.1 15.8 15.4 18.1 16.6 16.1 H. :I 11.8 15.8 mean .. Great est dei ly renge ... 23.3 1 :l5.a 28.2 29.5 3tJ.6 30.2 a2.5 30.a U .2 :l0.0 28.n 22.9 :10.6 ma x. '" Mean sollll' rudiat ion .. . G6.7 78.7 90.7 1011 .6 · lon.O 10'2.5 102.0 115.7 105.7 93.1 73.1 6·1.4 92.a mean ~ :Minimu nl soler radiat io n 81.2 100.7 120.2 128.8 1:11.5 laO.2 137.1 137.5 133.1 lI2.a U5.5 00.8 137.5 max . '" Mean noctul'nlll rad iation ... :10.7 30.1 35.6 37.5 'I.:l.:l 47.0 50.7 49.5 458 '11.5 ao.4 31.2 .10.2 ., 2 · ~ . a 1 8 . ·~ III Minimum noct urnal ra dietion 18.4 18.8 23.0 2U.:I a3,O 30.3 36.7 aO.8 25.8 26.8 21.0 min. 00> ~{M ean tempernture ofeYapo ration .. . 40 " ' 42.,1 ·17.3 50.7 5a.9 55.8 58.9 59.1 54.a 51.6 40.1 42.0 50.2 mean ...... Mean tempe ret ure of de,. poiu t .. . 37.2 39.0 · ~a . 6 ·16.3 4U.0 62.3 55.7 54.8 50.1 48.5 43.2 a9.7 46.6 " ~ Mean pres",re of yepour ...... 222 .238 .28·1 ,31" .348 39.3 .414 .4:10 .362 .3-12 .279 .2 4~ .a25 .. 1Jl Mean degl'ee of moisture (Sat.=IOO) 81 79 77 71 68 77 78 71 73 79 81 85 77 .. ;;j'{ Number of day. it fell 9 1 8 !J 7 6 10 5 5 6 2 9 13 89 sum • ~ Total ra infa ll in inches 2.185 0.616 0.7M 2.021 0.675 3,001 1.056 0.455 3.810 0.74(J 2.273 6.084 23.719 .. •~ Great est daily fall .. . .900 .142 .182 .860 .2·10 1.238 .627 .122 2.172 .7·11 .8-14 1.5al 2.172 max. P:l Mean amount of cloud (owrcast= 10)... 5.1 3.6 5.2 3.5 4..1 5..~ 5.4 3.3 4.0 3.8 5.5 6.3 4.6 mean Mean "elocity in mil es per day... 122 133 177 173 199 1 8~ 205 193 154 131 l Oa 147 161 .. Greatest velocity in mil es per day .. . 276 247 422 31a I 365 376 370 342 470 280 2<;0 352 470 max. N . 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 9 sum ~ N .E. 8 8 7 5 5 5 10 14 6 11 7 5 91 .. "" E . 5 4 7 8 11 9 9 1 5 6 1 5 71 .. .S Number of days it blew from each S .E . 5 0 1 ~ 0 0 I 0 0 I 0 0 2 12 .. ~ . t t 9 "0 s. 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6" porn a , u a.m. s.w . 12 11 12 " 8 12 8 7 11 8 13 16 123 .. { w. 1 I 2 0 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 12" N .W. 3 1 1 3 4 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 21 .. Calm. 2 5 . 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 6 1 25 .. Thunder st orms oceurred on 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 " Bnow or sleet fell on ... 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .. H"il fell on ... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 7 .. Fog preYailed on 3 4 0 I 0 0 I 0 0 0 2 1 0 11" Frost occurred on 17 19 9 7 3 0 0 0 1 6 8 la 83 " Gales or . ery high winds 0 a. 2 4 I a 4 3 5 2 1 0 2 29 .. 83 82 BYE·LA1IS (WATEmrAN'S REGULATIONS). NOTES TO ABSTRACT OF :METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIO NS. (a) The Barometer is corrected and reduced to 32' Fnh., at twenty-five feet above mean sea love, P ORT OF LYTTELTON. The l\Teatest pressure of the atmosph ere was 30.561 inches on 3rd .liay; the least pressnre, 29.012 inch es on 29th Septemb er; range, l.M9 inches. 1. Every pers on who wishes to ply as a waterman in tho P ort of Lyltelto t ak licati (b) The mean temperature of th e atmosphere is derived from th e max. and min. self-regist ering writing to his Honor the Superintendent for a license such application t b n !Dusd ~ rc app rcation In th ermom eters, read daily at 9.30 a.m, TIro extreme ran;;e of temperature in the sha de was 63' 0', or from residents in the said port. ,0e slgne y two respectable 88" 9' to 25° 3'. January Oth was the warmest day in the year. The nu mber of fr osty nights, viz., 83, 2. Before a license is grant ed to any boat she must be inspected by t shows the number of tim es the exposed thermometer on glass fell below 32' F . It was never known to appoin ted by the Superi ntend ent , who will, if approved o'f for n passenger wbooaotr .more eompte.tlient person s freeze at mid-day, and very seldom later than 9 a.m, J uly 23 was the coldest night in th e year. dimensions and th b f " , Issue a cer I icate as to her .. e n UIIl el 0 passengers she IS entitled to carry' su h tifi t b (c) The Hygrometrieal results are calculated from the mea n daily temperatur e of the air and before a license will be g 1' LICENSED WATEmIEX. tosh, St. J ohn's Church, on Sundays, at 11 a.m., and UNITRD M ETHODIST FEES C H URC HES. 6.30 p.m. Kaiapoi : Rev. Wm. Kirton, St. Paul's Sunday ser vices are performed at th e pla ces I Church, on Su ndays, at 11 a.m ., an d 3 p.m. Leith mentioned below by some one of the gontlemen on N ame of Boat. field an d Ashley Bank: Rev. ·Wm. H Og' a, on Sun. Nam e of Licensee. Namc of Boat . Xame of Licensee. the anncxcd list of preachers :-Christchurch Ran days, at 11 a.m., and 3 p.m, P rebbYeton and g iora, Add ington, Ly ttclton, and Lecston.' Tho I Leeston: Rev. J ohn Campbell, on alternate Sun. Cha pel in Christchurch is in St. Asaph st reet. Blue days, at 11 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Tim aru : Rev. Geo. P reachers , Fisher, Avers, A. Sha rraf Wills Gcorge Brown ...... H untcr Gcorg c Dean ...... Bell Wild Duck Barclay, Sundays, at 11 a.m, and 4p.m.H okitika . J.cadley, Aulsebrook, Br oom. Easton, Poi e, Crad: Richard Scott ... Try For It Gcor gc Dean ...... Mermaid Re v. John Gow, Sundays, at 11 a.m., and G p.m. dock, and R. Pole. J ohn W alsh ...... N ontareil Georgc P lummer ...... Eyening Star Aknroa and P igeon Bay: on alt ern ate Sun days, at George ],Iessiter ...... Rua inc J ohn Ne wton .. . 11 a.m. Grcymouth : Uni on ... City of Canterbury Hall, at 11 a.m, and George Messiter .., ... Hero J ohn Roberts ... ." 3 p.m., on alternate Sabbaths. J EWS. R ichard Xorris ...... Will if I Can George Mossitcr ...... Secrct Services arc per formed Oil Friday cvcnines at the , Express Thomas ",'{atson ...... Goodwill Thomas Smeaton .. ... Call1erblll'g P ;·esbgterg .-The Rev . J ohn Camp. ~n d .., ... Volun teer bell, -'Ioderator; the R sv, Cha rles Fraser, Clerk; hour on which tho Sabbath eommenees" on James O'Neil ... .., ... Telegraph William W oods Thomas Trounc e ...... Succe ss and the Revds. George Grant, Wm. K ir ton, ",Ym. Saturday morn ings at 10.30, at the Synagogu e in John Gardiner ... .. , E xcel ",Voreester street, Christchurch, by the Hev H John Durham ... Sea Queen William Ledsha m...... Sambo H og g-, J ohn Gow, George Barley, - l1acintosh Ca~ ter~ ... Ga ribaldi John Hall, and - Stc war t.· , J ones. 'l'he J ewish Sabbath cOliuuences in William Stamford .., ... Garibaldi William Agar ...... Starof Victoria bu ry on Friday evenings: From J an uary Lst to William Stamford .. . .., Florence Nigh tingale James Harding ... John Phipps ...... Blue Bell HOMAN C..l.THO J.I CS. Febr uary 13th , at G.30; Febr ua ry 14th to },larch George Agar .., ...... Bluc·Tailed Fly 13th , at 6 ; Maroh 14.th to April 10th, at 0.30 ; Chr!.tchurch : Re vds. J . B. Cha taign er and J. Apri l 11th to :lI ay 16th, at 6 ; -'Iav 16th to JUli e • ~he r \'l ~ r. 23rd, at 4-; June 24th to J uly 1,! th, at 4.30 ; July LICENSED BALLASTMEN. Hokitika . Rev. - Royer. The services m Christchurch are performed on Sundays, at 9 and 24th to August 28th, at 6 ; Aug ust 2Uth to Septem 11 a.m. , and at G p.m . Service s ar c held at Lyt bor 25th, at 6.30 ; Septe mber 26t.h to October 31st N arne of Licensee. Name of Boat. Name of Licensee . Name of Boat. telton and at Bra ckenbriilge, on the Kowai monthly ' at 6) Novomber lst to December 31ot, at G. 30: and at Akaroa occasionally. The churchin Christ: President of the Congregation : D.Davis. Trea church is in Barbadoos street, near the South Town surer: :M. Harris. Bclt. Zealandra Charles Smith Hambler John Walsh . T ITE NE'" CUURCJT. John Haydon . Petrel Richard "Toods W"ellington John Brown . Mary ",Villiam Fitzsimmons Venture WESLTlYAN METHODiSTS. (F oun ded on the writinas of Eman uel Sweden. Philip l1ayer . Royer James Matthews Gipe, ' D ivine ~e r v i c e is performed en Sundays at the borg) meets for worship atthe Town Hall Chr ist. James Paync Christina James Kelly ... Annie un dCl'll:entIOned places, by ~o me one of .the gentle. church, on Sundays, at 10.30 a .m, and 6.aOp .m. True Briton James Payne ... Georgina (Water Tank) J ame s Madden men \I hose names appear III th e subJomed list of preachers :-Chlistchureh, Avon sido, St. Albans, 11 a.m , and 6 p.m .j Papanui, Ly tt elton Kaiapoi Wo odend, RangiQra, Mllnde"ilJe, Eyr eto~, Kaithby; CLERGYMEN AND M I NI STE RS OF TH E DIFFER EST l~ELIGIOUS BO DIES. Riecart on, Sp~mgs to n , Broadfields, 'Vest Melton, D ENOllINATIONS IN C .urTERBURY WHO ARE Templeton, Lincoln R oad, Lower Linco ln, Ri ver L IC ENSED TO S OLE :llN ISE :lr A- RRIAG E:- Selwyn. P reachers: Revds , T. Buddie, Christ. ch~rch: Rev, A. Heid, Lytt elton; Re" . R. Bavin, Ch lt ~ch of .Englaltd.- Residen t in Christchurch : Kllla~O I. CnURCH OF ENGLA-liD. Sunday in each month in the morning, and on auy Messrs. Salter, St. Albans; - Sharplin, The HIght Rev. thc Bishop. Wha! C. w. Bi,h op, J . G.H awkes, J. Hill, George Cliffe. ::\1.P.C., J oseph Clark. F . w . Delamain, :'II.1'.C., PhLCbe, 650 tons, 120 ditto ; Egmont, 550 ton s, 80 Tuesdays, Thursdays , and Saturdays, at 0.:10u.m., ::\[anager anti Secret ary : C. Allison, Trea'lIl"er: E. :'II. Templer, Art hUl', C. Kn~ght, ::\~.l'.C., ditto; Lord Ashley, 500 tons, flO ditto; Airedale, connecting at Selwyn with the :.\fnil Conches , and .r. :'II i11>. Charles Newton, J ohn Perrin, J ohn ::'i . Tossw,lI, 'V. 400 tons, 80 ditto. The fou r flrst -named vessels arriving at 'I'iuiaru early !he same day. H( 'tl1rnil1~, B. Tosswill, J.P.. Richar'! VI' righ t. Bankers: have been built expressly for carrying the mails leuve Timnru at Ga.m. on :'Il ouday<. ,\-e.lucsduvs, , Lvttclton Lnn .l Building.and Investment Society, Bank of' Nell' Zealand. Solicitors : :'IIessrs. :\Iac. Xo : l.-'l'rustpcs: J. '1\ It ousc, E . A. Hargreaves, B. bet ween P anama :\' ew Zc'aland, and Sydney, and and Fridays, arriving at Selwyn in time f,ll" the farlan and Xottidge. Secrctarv . James ' ''ylde, are fitted with all th e modern appliances to insure li p.m . Chri stchurch train. Conches nlso lea 1'<' daily " ' rin- ht, 1'"I'·s. Chairman : ,J. L. Bnlcstiee. :'IL1'.C. Offices : Colombo street, Christchurch, T rea~ure r: .J, W. " ' ilkin . Secretary: John rapidity of transit and comfort to passengers. In for " ' oode11ll, Saltwater Creek. Leit hf ..ld ( Ko wni), addition to itsstcaui Ileet, th e Company has several ' ''aipara, " ' eka Pass, and H astic's ][o lel. Hurunui. ' \'illcox. Solicitor: H. ' L C. D·Oyly. Committee : C,l:1'TEr:Dt"RY BREII'I:I'G, ::\IALTI:I'G, A:I'll D IS· .\ rC'8srs . x. Eng-land, H. " ... England, H. Allwrigbt, sailing vessels, employed n" coal carriers ; also, a Three tim es a dav coaches run betwe en Chri stchurch TILU:I'G COMP,l:1'Y (LDIlTED). coal hnl k in each of tho followins- ports, vi z. , X..I- w. Li1l1, eot t , w. Gralnun, 13. ' 'I ey1mrne. A. and Kaiapoi. Coaehes also run reguladl' three son, ' 'Iellington, and Otago. o \\' "astell, '\', G"tlJ'I'l'." \\'. Grange, J. S. •Jenkins, Chairman : :\11'. •J. G. Hawkes. Directors: :'IIessrs. times a dav betw een Clnistchurch and Lvttelton. .r. T. W. '''ilkin. G. Orum, A. DllIl ean.E. Reece, P . Tisch, J . G. Coaches for' Hokitika, vili th e Beal,'I'. twi c.... a week . Ruddenkluu w. D . Barnarrl, J . G. Hawkes. CBRISTCllt"RCII, G.tS, Coxr, ,t XD COKE eO~IPA~Y At Lyttelton, the company hnve "th eir ollice at. Lvt telton Ln nrl. BlIillling. ancl Investment (LIMITlm.) the Queen's Hotel, where an agent resid es, who ~ . -TrusICl" : Bankers : Tile Bank of Xew Zealand. Solicitors: Soci'eh', x 0, w , J)"nahl, D . Cnro, II. Messrs, Mncfarlnn and :\'ottidge. Treasurer : :'IfI' attends on all the steam ers and ship s; he makes H a w k·i n ~ . .J. Drunsfiekl, .J. T. Rou~e . E sqrs, Dircctors : W. II. Lane (Chairman), II. J. S. B. Still'c. Secretnrv : xr-. S. B. Still" . Ollice : Tancred, J .::\1. Heywood, Eo C. .J. Steven s, J ohn arrangements for passengers' lUg'g-nge. parcels, s:«. Chai rIlH"', : .r. L. Bnlcsticc. Tre esuror: J . " ' ard. Stille 's Buildings, IIerel'ord street. " -e do not give the hours of the various arrivals Solicitors: H. :\' . Nnldcr. Socrctarv : J ohn S. Lewis, " ' illiam ' ''ilson, C. R. Blnkiston, Robt. Deane, Georgc Gould. J~lJgilleer : E. G . ' Vri;:ht. and departures of the several coaches. as they aI'" ' , illc"x, Commit lee : J .H ill, R Bunker, ,J. T. E\'E:I'I XG M.HI. COMPAXY (LDIlTED). often altered to meet various circumstnnces ; K. England, J. S. Jenkins, 'W . Godfrey, Secrctnry: C. 'V. Dish ' I' . :\Ianaorer: w. " 'alker. w. wnu», Solicitors : H numer nnrl Harpel'. e but all alterations are ad vertised, anti nil iutormn "', Ilayner. Directors : J. L. ' Vilson (Chairman), J ohn Ca,I' tion can be obta ined at the booking olliec', which is gill, and H. H . Prins. Manager : James Caygill. open all day. L,TTELTO:l' SAvrxos B.\:I'K, CIlRI STC ][('RCII. Olllco, Hi gh St ree t, Christch urc h. ASSURAX CI> COMP,tXIES. Australian :\I utual l'ro\'itlent (Life, Annuity, anti President: II is Excollencv Ihe Go vernor. Vice, I'LECTRIC TELEGILUII o [1]'1 ('>:s. TUUST CO)IP.l:l'Il;S. E ndow mc nt) -Christeh urch : .Tohn Lewis. New l'rl'... i.leu t : C. " '. Turuer, ':O::o licitor : 'I', S. D unca n. N ew Zealand Electric 'I'elcgruph-c-Ofllee .Glou Bankers : The l1allk of :\'ell' Sout h " 'ales. Chr ist· Truet aUlI A n-eney Company ot Australasia, Zealand (Fire an d ::\f arllle)- Christehurch an d Lyt b eester stree t, Christehureh. oIlllreh. Trn stl'l" : ][ . E . AIpor t. Frederick Loea l Trllst,ees : C. Dade, 1:. VI-ilkin. S. Bea le.Y. G. telton, J . ::\f. Heywood and Co.; Timaru , H . J . LeCren and Co. ; Ka iapoi, Birc h and Co. ; KOII'ai, J . Chr isteh1ll'eh and " ' est Coast Elect ric Tel"graph Bank<. E . B. Bishop, ,"- Bowl,'r, G. Bnckley, E. Gould, Bankers : The Bank of Australia. Solieitor : Ofliee: Oxforcl termee, Chri stehurh. Il. Bl:l'fle, .J. L, ('o sh',,, He,'. G. Cotterill, 'V. " ' . H. 'YiIliam R. Local :'I[anager : C. It ' Vh ite ano Co.; Akaroa, E. C, Lall,'r; L eeston, J . "''''111 J . Loe. Victoria (Fire anrl Lifc)-Chri stehnreh and £lew Zealanr! General Telegraphie Agent at I).m"id. .J. G, hI','. G. Gonld. ' V. .r. ,Y oHamilton, Blakiston.• Ollice : Hereford stn'el. Christehureh : ' '\'m. Collins, " Press " Ollice. 1·:. ,\ . ' Har l;r e ,;, 'e ~ . .r. :'II. ' H e,,·wood. Re" . :F. Lvltelton : " ' alton, " ' arneI', and Co.Lil'erpool and Knowles. 11, S, :\1"Kcll"r. .r. Palmer. '''" Hee"es, Xell' Zealand Trust alld I.o an Compan.Y, L imite'!. London and Globe-Christeh ureh and Lytt elton: W . -Tl'l1stees: Hobert Drooke, Esq.. :'11.1'. ; G. Gren. Bowl er; Tima ru, Inwood anti Bilton; K aiapoi and T. Hit chi,'. .r. T. H ,me, .J.' Shrimpton. n. Syming :'IIC::'i'1C1P"\.L1TIES. lOll. F. Tho lllll' 01l, C. '\'n!,<1. aIllI \Y. D. " '000. fell Glvnn, E $q., M.l'.: J .•J. Cummins, I~sq. R9.llgiora, Rickman, Br os. London and Lancashire •\ rt llan ' : F . E. \\'righ l. Itt'lHlotlicc : ::\Iechanies' DirectorR : Sir Charles Clifford (Chairman) : F. G. (Fire)-Chl'istehureh: John Lewis . Royal lilstittl!(~ . Chri:,tchurl"h . ll ll ~in (, f:s hours from Daln-etl' (Deput,\' Chairman): Captain H enry Carr Christchurch & Lyttelt on : :'IIiles & Co.; Southern, CHRISTCIIURcn :'IfU:I'ICIPAL COI::I'CII.. ~ elfc , Fi,-c to Sc..- cn 1' . 1~1.~ ('\"('r.v Saturdny. Gly;;'n; RM.; 1'1. Selte R.A.; Geo. Fenning. Limited (:'IIarine)-Christehurch : John Lewis. Chairman: ' V. ' ''ilson. Counc illors : A. Duncan, 'Christehureh Local Boml : C. C. Bowen, " ' . D. European (Life & Fidelity)- -Christehurch : H arman J . G. I1udclenklau, C. Cah'ert, W . Hi slop, J . P. C.l:1' TEJllll'J:\' C"," lllER OF CO)DIEUCE. Carruthers ' 'I. J . " -, Hamiltou, and IL J. S. and Steyens. Korth British & ::\fereantile-Lyttelton Jmneson, J . And erson, 'J.l. 1'ombs, It ~rhomson. Hannan. 'Colonial Ageneil's : Dunedin, 1m'ercar. C ~Hl·inl1 118 11D 8. Whene,er any pre -empt ive right shall hnvobeen heretofore granted or created under that partof clausc sixty, hereby repealed, and the building, enclosure, plantation, cultivation, or oth er improvement in rcspect of which such pre -empt ive right has been granted or created, shall, at any timc after the passing of this Act be proved to the satisfaction of the Wastc Lands Board to be or to have become of a less value than fifty pound s, it shall be the duty of the " .aste Lands Board thereupon to gi, e notice to the holder of such pre. emptivo right, requiring him to cause such additions to be made to such, building, enclosure, plantation, eul }IEl\IORA.BfLIA OF l'HE YEAH lSGG-7. tiration, or other improvement as shall make it of thc value of tifty pounds; and if the holder shall not in the j udgment of the Waste Lands Board have complied with such requirement within one calendar month after the notice aforesaid shall have been left at the homestead or principal station on the run on which the land incl uded in the pre -emptive right is situate, or if there shall be no such homestead or principal stati on then upon the land included in such pre-emptive right, then the pre -emptive rig ht shall thereupon become XOYEllD ER, 186G. forfeited and void, and the land included therein shall become open for purchase, as if it had not been so • mcl uded : Provided always that no pre-emptive rights shall become forfeited and void on account of such ZJth.-Xo.6 Compauy C.RY. flrerl for the Silver Cup given by Private R,lk ·cl. No. il Com • deterioration in value, when such deterioration shall have occurred by purchase of par t of the land on which pany C.n.Y. sh ot for the Challenge )ledal. an)' such improvements may stand. ZSth .-Xomination of Candidates for the )111nicipal Council, Ku iapoi. 9. It shall not be lawful for the holder of any right of pro-empt ion to raise from any land included 30t h .- C,·ic!,et Ma tch between the Heathcote D istrict ami the P rovince of Cantcrburv. therein, any cereal, root, 01' other crop, except for bona fide use, on the run of which the land incl uded in such right of pre -eml?tion forms part, or on any run which is being farmed in eonnection the rewith. Any person offending agninst the provisions of this section shall, on conviction the reof before any two Justices of DECIDIDEH. the P eace, be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. ' 10. If the holder ef any pasturage license shall have erected or made, or shall hereafter erect or make, lst.-Sreoml Firi ng for th e Cup given to the Volunteers by )1 1'. E . B. Bishop.Chu inunn of the any building, fcncing enclosure, or other improvement on Crown L and included WIthin his license, but City Council. not includ ed in any pre- emp tive right, and such land shall be purchased by any other person than sueh holder, he shall be entitled to remove such building, feneing, enclosure, or other improvement within three ilth.- A L and slip oceurred at Lytteltou, at tho h ead of t he E xcavntion for W utcrmeu's B oats. mont hs from the date of his receiving a written notice of such purchase from thc 'Waste Lands Board, Cobb's Coac h capsized in the Wnilio, owing to '1 Flood, 11. Ifany person shall have erected, or shall hereafter erect any fence upon any .,raste Lan ds of the 6th.-'l'h e Second Annual Ballot for Land by th e Canterbury Freehold Lund Society' took place Crown within th e said P rovince of Canterbury, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, with the advice in the T own H all. and consent of th e Exec utive Council, by writing und er his hand, to direct such person to make such gates 7th.-The Di ocesan S,I'uo<1 coucludcd its Sitting for l 8GG. or other openings at such places in such fence as shall be thongh t necessary ; and if such person shall not comply with such direction with in one calendar month afte r the receipt thereof, he shall be liable to a lZ th.-The Annual Compet ition in Sports by the Pupils at the Cln:istchllrch Gr.umuar Sch ool penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, to be recovered iu a summary way. took place. The Horticult ura l Society' S first Exhi bition for t he Season was held iu the Di-ill Shed . ,12. Ifany person shall wilfully injnre or destr oy any fence which has been, or may hereafter be erected The Annual Examination at the Church 'of Eugland Schools, Oxford, by the holder of a past urage license upon Crown Lands included within his license, such person shall, on l3th.-Exm;,ination of the Pupils of the H igh Schoo l, Lyttelton, conviction thereof before any two J ustices of the Pe ace, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. lHh.-The Ann ual Examinat ion of the P upils of the H igh School, Christ clmrch. A Distri bution of P rizes to the Scholars of th e " resleJ'an School, Chr-istchurch, took -place . l7th.-Anni, ersm·y Day. P ublic Olli:es clo~ed, but no ;',ublic Sports in Cln-istclun-ch..:\ nn na l ; CROWN GRA XTS. Dinn er of th e Ancient Order of Foresters III Cln-istchurch, 'l'he H eathcote R egatta came on; l Sth.-The Leeston Races. Commemoration of the ..1nni nrsary of the \V csleyan Schools at Kaiapo i. The following is a list of Feos and Fines chargeable on Crown Grants by the Commissioner of Crown 20th.-Consecr"tion of St. llI ary' s Church, )lerim le, by the Lord B ishop of Christchurch . Lands, under the provisions of " The Crown Grants Act, 1866 " :_ Nomination of Can didates to represent Papanui in the P roviuo ial Con ncil. FEES. 21st.-Cobb' s Coach from P or t broke down whil e crossing the Zigzug. The Annual P ublic Exmuination of t he Childre n attending Trinity Ch urch Schools, Lyttelt on. All Crown Grants which were signe d by the Governor, and ready for delivery, pri or £ s, d. to passing of Act (8th October, 1867), per Grant .. ' ...... 1 o 0 2lth.-Papalmi Electi on. All Crown Gra nts signed since the passing of thc said Act, if not exceeding 100 acres 1 0 0 If exceeding 100 aeres- ZG th.-Thc First An nual Prize :1IIeeting of the Cautc rbu ry Rifle Association com menced. For th e first 100 acres 1 0 0 27th.-A Masonic B all held in th e TOIm H all, Christchurch . F or every additional acre } 0 0 0;\- ZSlh.-The FIrst Annual Exhibition of the Xorthern A grie u~tural and Pastoral Associati on FINES. took pla ce at Rangiora. - There is a fine chargeable on all Crown Gran ts which were ready for delivery prior to the J ,IXU.IHY, l SG7. passing of the Act, and left in custody of Commissioner of Crown Lands after the 9th Decembe r, 1866-Each Graut per month ...... 0 0 (j ht.-LJttcIton Regatta. Anni,ersary?f ~he Opcnjn of. the W esleyan Ch ur ch at Sl'!·jngslon, All Grants signed since the passing of tho said Act, and not taken out by grantee within three p cominemo m tod by a Ten, Meeting. The building at,,1\.a13pOl, form erly known as the EX<'hange months after the date of notice in Procincia l Government Gazette tha t they are ready for delivcry-s-Ench Grant pcr month ...... 0 0 6 lIotel destrov cd by Fre. 'I'ho Loyal Good Intent Lodge of Odd Fellows, at Aknrou , celeb ra te d their Se, entl~ ..1nnh·erslt!'I" bv a 'P ublie llall at th e 'I' own Hall. 'r he Amuri Ra ces c.uue oJI'. Ha ec It is also provided by the said Act that as soon as the fines due on any Crown Grant shall amount to )leeting on the A sh burt~, • • The new P ost al Act cam e into operation. above £1, the same shall be rccove-cd in a summuq manner by the Commissioner of Crown Lan ds, ",Yhere the fee payable in respect of any Crown Grant comprises the fractio nal part of a penny, if Znd.-Opening of Kohler's Skating Rink, at Coker's Hall, Christchurch. 'l' ho D iscip les of under one halfpenny, the fract ion is not charged. Ifone halfpenny or upwards, the full penn" is charged• Emmanuel Swedenborg, ttt Christchurch, g,we u Soiree at the Foresters' Hall. •\ notice is published in the Prooinciai GO\'ernllle1lt Gazette of all Crown Grants as they become ready for delivery, 3rd.-)lr. F itz Gcrald ann oun ced h is retirement from the representation of Christch urch ill the General Assembly. Bazaar at K aia poi in aid of th e P reobJterian M unse Fund. I