DEPUTATION.

Evening Star, Issue 8810, 27 April 1892, Page 2

DEPUTATION.

THE SALE OP POISONS.

A deputation from the Dunedin Pharmacy Board, consisting of Messrs T. M. Wilkinson (president) and W. Elder (registrar) waited on the Hon. J. M'Kenzie, Minister of Lands, this morning at eleven o’clock, with reference to the Order-in-Counoil (which comes into force on May 1), in respect to the sale of strychnine and arsenic. Mr Wilkinson said it was the desire of the Board that the operation of the Order should bo delayed until such time os the proposed new Poisons and Pharmacy Bill, which the Board intended to bring forward next session, and which had been approved of by all the chemists in New Zealand, had been considered by the House. This Bill, he explained, contained restrictions for the sale of poisons by duly registered chemists and druggists only. Bon, J. M'Kenzie said that, as the matter was one outside his department, he would prefer the Board to lay their request before him in the form of a petition, which be would bring before the notice of the Colonial Secretary as soon as he returned to Wellington.

A DISPUTED BOUNDARY.

At noon to day a deputation, consisting of Messrs Loudon (Mayor oi Green Island) and Wilson (member of the Green Island Domain Board), were introduced by Mr W. Camcross, M.H.R , with reference to a dispute concerning some land in the Taieri district. The dispute is one between Messrs Kirkland and Andrew and the Domain Boaid,

the Utter claiming certain land which was fenced by the old settlers. The question of the survey was taken to Court, and it was decided that a mistake had been made in the survey, and that a strip of land, in addition to the five acres, the claim for which was withdrawn, belonged of right to the Domain Board, Mr Kirkland wished for a portion of this strip because it secured his water rights, and he claimed that that portion was included in the survey that was made at the time he got possession of the land. It was further mentioned that if the land were taken from Mr Kirkland it could not be said he suffered any hardship, as he had had the use of the land free for the past thirty years. Hon. J. M'Kenzie said this was a matter that should have been settled by arbitration. It was only one case of a disputed boundary, of which there were many in the colony, numerous mistakes having been made by the surveyors in the early days, In the Peninsula district, for instance, there were very many wrong boundaries, if they were all settled at law half the Peninsula would have to be sold to pay the coats. Ho had all the papers in connection with the desire of the deputation in his possession, and when ho returned to Wellington he would go into them, consider the whole question, and let the deputationists know his decision.

After a discussion the deputation retired.