NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2490, 4 December 1901, Page 47

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Have of Sokg Wakted.— "J. M." writes: — Will any kind reader direct as to the author of the song in which this verse occurs: "Farewell to the land of the moss and the

heather, Its high rugged mountains and sweet, flowery dells'! For Fate has decreed I must leave thee for

ever, So Scotia, fair island, I bid thee farewell! Old 'Un.— (l) Are making inquiries. (2) The new Caveraham Post Office is situated in Cargill road, near the turning point of the cars for Caversham and St. Clair. (3) Heart disease and cancer respectively. A. L.— (l) The sender. (2) July 22,,-1881, fell on

a Friday. 1 Kbma..— Write to A. T. Price, chemist, Dunedin, for a bottle of rheumatic mhttuTe (enclosing 3s 3d stamps), and ask him to add a remedy for the headache to the mixture. The headaches, probably, are neuralgic, and can be relieved by an addition to the rheumatic treatment. J. H. — We cannot see that Jack has room to complain if George waits till the 12 months sxpire, even though the situation cannot be altered. The contingency which has arisen should have been foreseen and provided for. Mklva.. — Yes, a postal note is quite as good as stamps. Ntjgget.— No, not that- we are aware of. B asks:— (l) What is the context of a quota•tiorT containing the word 9 "like- a giant re- • ffeskeS" ?' (2)" Who is the atithoi of it? A TwEiijre Years' 1 Subscbibeb. — No one has ' a right "to 'intercept the natural flow of a stream, and prevent it from flowing down to ' the landowners below him. A. C. — A manager seems to come under the definition of "worker." Both contractor and the per eon with whom he contracts are liable to pay compensation. You ca«not be compelled to send a child jtnder seven years cf age to a public school. Inquibeb. — If you apply to the Auditor-general, stating fully the facts, he will probably direct one of the officers of the department to inquire into the matter. If there is anything wrong, th« defaulting parties will be charged with the costs of the audit. W. M. N. — The last census gives the number of persona in New Zealand to a square mile as f ollows : — 1861, 0.944; 1871, 2.456; 1881, 4.693; 1891, 6.024; 1901, 7.427. IWk. M'Ceeady. — The total value of imports ior 1900 was £10,646,096. The six principal items were — Iron and steel, wire, etc., £865,361; machinery, £536,429; cotton piece goods, £514,609; apparel and slops, £451,879; sugar, £451,522; drapery, £438,229. The total value of New 1 Zealand produce exported was £13,055,249, of which the principal items were —Wool, £4,749,196; frozen meat, £2,123,881; butter, £740,620; kauri gum, £622,293; oats, £552,270; wheat, £351,494.^"* J. 8., Waihemo. — The ordinary spring, or time of the year when vegetation generally begins, depends entirely on climate. In the tropics there is no proper spring, and in the frigid aonftcgrowtb. does not begin till near the longest day. The" astronomical seasons depend on the sun's position in- the zodiac. Spring and autumn commence at the equinoxes, summer and "winter at the solstices; and these generally agree very well with the natural seasons in" most temperate ; countries. Shabeß.— " Advanced Bookkeeping," published by Pitman, 2s 6d; Longmans' "" Advanced Bookkeeping," 4s. ' jr. B.— The fare from Dunedin. to Wellington is — Single, saloon, 408 ; steerage,- 255 ; return, ■65s and 40s respectively.