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Press, Volume XIV, Issue 1888, 4 May 1869, Page 2

i . Acclimatisation. —The following extract from a letter by a gentleman in Tasmania on the subject, of salmon ova will be read with interest: — " The artificial fish hatching ponds are on my brother's estate, about twenty-five mties from Town, on a tributary >of the Derwent about the same volume as the Wajtahuna. The brown trout (some of which weigh as heavy as lOlbs) have thriven well, and young fiah are being distributed in the different rivers. The salmon trout are doing well, though still confined to the ponds.- The salmon presented themselves last night in the Derwent opposite the cradle of their nativity, precisely the time when Mr Sams bottom (who died last spring).had often assured mc he anticipated their return. This gentleman, I may explain, stripped the ova from the fish in the old country, packed them, accompanied them to the colony, placed them in the ponds, watched .and fed them, arid liberated sea j ■ Sufc poor fellow, did not" live' to* witness the complete success which resulted from his intelligence and assiduity."

-CHRISTCUDRCH CITY 000^7" The Town Clerk reported th» during the week, from various .ZL rocd P*a £88 18s lid, and that the ollZt'Jfl* bauk was £54 ss. '«arait at Accounts were passod to tho ' L of £415 6s 3d, including £« ° Unt pay-sheet the rao nthly aalarie,, and l ?*?- ---9s 2d for tho reception of Hr tr T 1 Duke of Edinburgh. The value 5 t timber used for the triumphal « ? ki ~ and a sum from the (Wnme t, wo_s % duco this latter sum to £68 1$ Od ** The City Surveyor reported "that ■ «-; labor had been employed during part #** hionth in levelling tlie footpaths An . H tho Government Buildings, and u\o in levelling Cranmer Squire. The «m *!* completing the contract for tho ««*?' r Worcester street bridge had and it would take from ten da T _ to If« , to complete the work. Thi nilW shingling Gloucester street from Durh^li 0 ! to Antigua street, and Petorboroug h £?f more Btreeta from Montreal Btreet street, had been completed. The labor £; z 'win; mploj?ed in variouß , for the completion "of WoroeiL street bridge was extended for a fortniff Letter from tho Treasurer of tho AoV calling attention to the bad state of *'i footpath in front of the Foresters' Hall -V ferred to th© City Surveyor, ■ <•:•' , * ; Cr Duncan brought up tho report of »v committee oh the byo-laws, whioh mended the adoption of Part 1 6f the°S i««7 f n1 ° ** UDlcl P al Corporation, Aot 1867, together with an appendix contiiS certain regulations with reference to tho oiw tion of porticos and verandahs in tho city of Christchurch, and as to the b :uaed for the construction of drains under fdni < ways ; *lao prohibiting the driving 0 f wt / through the streets during certain hours, ill concluded by moving that P arfc IQf th@ IStK schedule, together with,, tho regulation*, It ■adopted; and also that all existing bveiwi having roferettoe to the subjects provided for in Part Ibe repealed. ' AiAA •;',,," 7 Cr Sheppabd seconded .the motion* thioh was agreed to. »•»•«<« The Inspector of Nuisances presenW a' report suggesting that a bye-law should fie phssed to provido that unoccupied pound adjoining footpaths be fenced so aa K %p m ent horses and vehicles crossing footpaths from one Btreet to, auother, thereby damaging tho path, the Bide channels, and endangering foot passengers. 7 It was remarked that tho law already pro* vided for. the punishment of persons drmea vehicles over footpaths, or allowing'hones3 cattle to stray thereon. Cr Sawtbll tnpyod that .the.,(% JMicitor be instructed to draw Up'a; deed df con* veyance , from tho ; Provincial 'Government to the City Council of tho Municipal Beservei;- > The motion was agreed to. ■ 1 Cr T>TT»eAK moved—" Thafi "it is tho mfcontion of'this Council to make, next Monday evening, a rate of one • shilling in the pound for general purposes for the next twelvo months, according to the 209 th section of tho Biuvrieipal Corporatiohs Act."- He contended that ono shilling in tho pound for general purposes ma a very low rate, and one he wa. sure tho citizens would not object to. The' ! : ei&ifced receipts for the currant twelve ? months were— Rents, .£496 ; licenses, £160; scavenging, £560 ; sale of night soil pans, £15 ; insurance offices on account Eire Brigade, £140 ; grant from Provincial Government, £50; £1411. The estimated expenditure was £4271 Ilsßd, leaving a deficit of £2880 lis Bd. The items of expenditure were as follow : Defioit from last year, £262 lis 8d ; lighting, 1 -£600; salaries, £800 j vataa< tion, t £40-; solicitor, £50 ; auditors, £6 6s ; - scavenging, £520; printing, &&,, £150 • Fire Brigade, £500 f; hir,e of o&it% £17$ -, hif ed labour, £936 ; wardetJa'. wages* £109 4a j insurance, £22 10a i £100. lif,order tp meet;the would. J?ay that a rate of Is in the £*on £83,699 would raise ; £sLf.4 19s, which would not only* meet the estimated deflcionoy fat 18697 but, leave £1324 7e, 4d. to be expeoded for publio, works. h Cr _Ta_£bson in seconding the motion said that according to a statement whioh he begged to jay upon the .table the sum required for pubfio works wouid' be £1676.. Cr Angus inquired Whether - fchWiesti&iato for making the rato ought uot< I tpj)e approved of by the Council before such a motion wai moved as that n6W before the Council.. The Mayor said that he thought' noti' Cr An&uscalled ;forTtheianihutes of the meeting of the : Finance, Committee,, at yihioh the statement made by Or Duncan was pro« pared. "Be 'XGr'A^usy : '^id :: i_otoDJeß- : fo'iS9 amount of the rate.. ; . Cr Duncait'eaid that nd minutes could bo taken as valid unless, as provided by the Act, they were, read over at the next meeting, aad signed by the chairman j when that wm done he would prpduce the minutes. ;i ; ■■■* Cr Jameson deprecated the course purstifd by Cr Angus. It Trould be far better f6riht gentleman boldly to state his grounds of oppfl« jsition, if.he.had.any, than to tako up the-time of the Council by frivolous objections. The statement*; ipdado by jhe.Finance Committee, and the statement of the sum required by the"Public Works Committee, were ftp* proved of,- : "' The Council then adjourned.