CHINESE IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 101, 27 October 1881, Page 2

CHINESE IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION.

A return has just been prepared showing the Chinese immigration and emigration during the current year up to the 30th ultimo. The total number of Chinese landed in this colony during the nine months was 1029, the departures during the same period being 257, thus leaving an excess of arrivals over departures of 772 persons. The arrivals at the various ports were aa follow :—Greymouth, 648; Hokitika, 203; Dunedin, 172; Wellington, 5 ; Auckland, 1. Departures :— Dunedin, 175; Greymoutb, 53; Hokitika, 22; Wellington, 5; Invercargill, 2. The arrivals thus largely exceeded the departures on the West Coast ports of the South Island. In Dunedin the departures slightly exceeded the arrivals. In Wellington the two were exactly equal. In Auckland there was only 1 arrival and no departure. In Invercargill there were 2 departures and no arrivals. '

The Banco sittings of the Supreme Court were resumed yesterday morning, when argument on demurrer in Hurry v. Bank of New South Wales (Gisborne) was r ommenced. Mr. Edwards appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Bell for defendant. This waa an action brought by Hurry, whs had filed a declaration of insolvency, but whose bankruptcy had been annulled under a resolution of the creditors for a change from bankruptcy to arrangement. A deed of arrangement was executed in accordance with the resolution, and assented to, but it did not provide for the vesture of the property. The plaintiff was sued, and the defendant demurred, alleging that the cause of action remained vested in the creditor's trustee, and did not revert to the debtor by virtue of the deed annulling the bankruptcy. After hearing argument, which lasted till late in the afternoon, his Honour took time to consider his judgment. The Board of Education received two deputations from school committees yesterday. One consisted of Messrs. G. V. Shannon and B. T. Gillon, who came on behalf of the Terrace School to urge the conBtruction of a partition in the sohool. They pointed out that the estimated cost was -E3O, and that the committee would contribute a third of that amount. The Board granted the application. The other deputation was from the Mount Cook School, and comprised Messrs. Godber, Danks, A. W. Brown, and Gaby. They waited on the Board in consequence of the report of the Building Committee having recommended that no more works be carried out at Mount Cook, and having repudiated a liability of J630 incurred by| the local committee. The deputation eaid the committee had undertaken work whioh really ought to have been done by the Board, the latter stating that it had no funds for the purpose. The whole of the committee's receipts were absorbed in cleaning and other expenses, and they were now quite without funds. The Board agreed to vote the .£3O spent by the committee. In regard to Mrs. Jones, who was recently confined upon the barque Malay as the latter was on the point of sailing for Sydney, we learn that Mr. J. Dransfield, the owner of the vessel, acting upon the suggestion of the chairman of the Benevolent Institute, called in Dr. Keyworth to examine the patient. That gentloman reported that there was no danger to be apprehended in moving her from the barque. This was accordingly done yesterday, and a home was found for the patient in Ingeatre-street. This morning it is reported that Bhe is none the worse for being removed. There are at present 71 patients in the Wellington Hospital, comprising sti males and 15 females. During the past week 4 patients were admitted, 5 were discharged, and 2 died, Some months ago the Evening Post gave its readers an account of a visit paid to the upper Kaiwarra stream by its reporter, in company with Mr. Hewitt. 'Ihe indications on the terraces of the stream seemed to point to the conclusion that a reef existed in the locality, and Mr. G. D. Hewitt prospected as far up as the gorge. At the junction of two streams, about a mile above j the reservoir, he found good colours from the base to the summit of the hill. A few persons, under the title of the Wellington j Prospecting Association, subsequently built a comfortable whare and procured the necessary tools, and for two months past the work of driving and prospecting has been carried on. For the first 50 feet the cutting was through layers of quattz and exceedingly hard, which caused considerable delay. At 40 feet, a li-in leader waa cut, showing, as we are informed, good gold, and in all the stone the colour is obtained. At present the driving is through a mu'locky formation, and tne work progresses satisfactorily. There are few persons who know of the work here carried on, but two or three mining men have expressed themselves, it is stated, as considerably interested in the result, and have recommended that the present limited operations should give way to more extended works under the control of a company, in which the public could take up shares. Some specimens sent to us by the promoters have a vory promising appearance. The gold ia evidently reef gold, and one piece, with a tiny portion of quartz attached, weighs cix grains. Those gentlemen who have consented to act as a committee in oonnaotioa with the proposed entertainment at the Lunatic Asylum in aid of the recreation fund, are requested to meet at the Athenceum Buildings to-night. An " Original Service of Song," composed by a certain Mr. Jones, and entitled "The Wreck of the Tararua," was given at Dunedin recently. It eeems to have met with a nattering reception, and the composer was so elated that he confided to tie audience that " he intended shortly to produce an operetta from his own pan."

The nomination of candidates in coanec- | tion with the Kaiwarra Local Board takeß place to-morrow. An interesting article recently appeared in Chamber's Jonrnal, headed " Successful Treatment of Consumption." The article was principally compiled from discussions that had been published in the Lancet on the treatment of consumption. Dr. G. Hunter Mackenzie, of Edinburgh, explained his successful treatment of some very bad cases of consumption by the use of an antiseptic respirator which he had invented. This respirator covera both mouth and nose, and contains a volatile antiseptic, such as creosote and carbolic acid, or creosote only, which is drawn into the lungs of the patient with each inspiration. The Melbourne Telegraph understands that a South Yarra doctor has, after considerable difficulty, succeeded in getting a similar respirator made in the colony, and has treated consumptive cas9s must successfully with it. The first number of a new weekly illustrated paper, to be entitled " The hra," is announced to appear on Saturday next. An insane Maori named Rota Moea, whose demeanour has caused great alarm among Europeans and natives, has been captured near Pahnerston by the local constable. Before being secured he had burnt down a whare belonging to a native named Karanema, and had set fire to the Native church. It is probable that he will be forwarded to the Wellington Asylum The Manawatu Standard states that Mr. Lee, schoolmaster at Otaki, who was lately fined for thrashing a girl, was whipped by Mr. James Cootes a day or two ago, with a willow-stick, for using, what Mr. Cootes considered, undue force to his daughter. Mr. Lee has expressed his intention of prosecuting Mr. Csotes. A claim for .£2l 6s 6d for repairs and improvements to the Thorndon and Normal school grounds was passed by the Board of Education yesterday. It was resolved, however, to send a circular to all school committees intimating that the sanction of the Board would in future be required before the committee incurred liabilities which the Board were expected to liquidate. A correspondent writes :— Nearly five and twenty year* ago I heard Samuel Lever's spirit-Btirring song, " The Bould Soger Boy," sung by a pretty actress, dressed as a vivandihre, and beating time with the true kettle drum roll on a little drum slung from her shoulders. It was just at the time of the | Indian Mutiny, when the troops were being sent from England to fight the dark-skinned : Sepoy rebels. Glover added to the original | song a few stanzas which had appropriate reference to the great East Indian trouble of the moment, and touched on the service on which the departing troops were ordered. I copy— with a difference— one of these verssß which may point a moral and add zest to our volunteers' enthusiasm at the present moment : — And when some early day, Far away, o'er the say, By danger called away, Goes the Bould Soger Boy, For New Zealand's homes to fight, Honour bright, in his might, O ! the rebels won't he smite, Like a Bould Soger Boy ! In our advertising columns will be found the prospectus of the New Zealand Woollen Factory. The company is to be established for the purpose of carrying on the purchase and sale of wool, and the manufacture of woollen goods, and with the latter objeot in view it is intended to erect a factory in some convenient place near Wellington, and supply it with all the latest appliances. As soon as 10,000 shares have been applied for, a meeting will be held to consider further proceedings. Our readers are reminded of the musical lecture to be given by Mr. Parker at the Tinakori-road Church-room this evening. Messrs. Kitchen and Sons have received the gold medal awarded to them at the Melbourne Exhibition for their exhibit of soap and candles. It weighs about If ounces. It bears on l he obverse a portrait of her Majesty and the word« and date, " Melbourne International Exhibition, MDCCCLXXX." On the reverse is a wreath and the motto, " Vitam excolvere per artes." On the rim are the name and address of the firm and the exhibit for which they obtained a prize. The sale of property in Abel Smith-street, to be held by Messrs. T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co., has been postponed till 4th November. #¦ Messrs. Croskery, Hasell & Co. will sell to-morrow, household furniture and effects. Messrs. Francis Sidey & Co. will sell tomorrow, fnrniture &c.

Ottr Homes. — In all homes of taste there has long existed a desire to be relieved from the monotony of whiteness, so characteristic of the present style of lace curtains. The patentfee ' of the Imperial Lace Curtains claims' to' have satisfied "this want by the produotion of an article pleasing from its novelty, elegant aa to its fabric, and profitable from its durability. Composed of Cream Guipure dArt Lace, and beautifully illuminated with natural colours, the eflect produced is magnificent. Careful housekeepers will be pleased to know that the colours are perfectly fast, as the patentee guarantees that every pair is tested in boiling soap before leaving the taotory. As the quantity is but limited, ladies should at once inaoect those at James Smith's, Te Aro House. — fADVT."I _________^__