QUEENSTOWN CORPORATION.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 514, 8 October 1868, Page 2

QUEENSTOWN CORPORATION.

The ordinary meeting of above body* took place on Tuesday evening last, when there were present—The Mayor, Crs] Bridge, Burn, and Huff. Minutes of two previous meetings were read and confirmed.

Outward correspondence cousisted of letters to Messrs Haughton and Bradshaw, the Chief Postmaster, the Postmaster-General and others in reference to the cessation of the Invercargill mail; to Government, enquiring if Owens and Co were empowered to make any charge for puntage they liked. Inward correspondence consisted of:— Letter from Secretary for Land and Works, inclosing £IOO for Glenorchy track.—From Oliver and Ralph about weigh-bridge, stating thatonecouldbehadforthesumof £so—From the Chief Postmaster, expressing the intention of Government not to continue mail service to Invercargill. The following letter also was received from F. von Mueller, M.D., Melbourne :

11 Melbourne Botanic Gardens, " September 9th, 1868. i( SIR,—In reply to your letter of 29th July which I received only this day, I have the honor to inform you that, in accordance with your request, I have forwarded through Messrs Buttner and Hallenstein a collection of seeds of shrubs and trees to you for the use of your municipality of Qaeenstown. The quantities sent of each kind are but small, for not only is the main supply of seeds exhausted from last season's gathering, but besides it would be interfering with the legitimate trade of the seedsmen and nurserymen were I to supply, on a large scale, plants or seeds to municipal grounds. If, therefore, it is your intention to have Eucalyptus or other trees raised in quantity, I would beg to advise to obtain the larger supply through mercantile channels. In return for seeds and trees now transmitted, I should be glad to be favored with seeds of any of the trees in your vicinity. Let me add that I will be glad to continue these interchanges as far as it is in my power. " I have the honor to be, Sir, " Your obdt. servant, " Ferd. von Mueller.

" The Town Clerk, " Queenstown, Otago." Ordered that letter from Secretary for Land and Works be acknowledged with thanks. Ordered that Dr Mueller's letter be acknowledged with thanks, stating the Council will be happy to send seeds when the season arrives. A petition from Camp street and other residents was presented. Cr Burn moved that the petition be read that day three months. Seconded by Cr Huff, and carried. Cr Bridge moved as an amendment:— "That the petition be received, and left for consideration to a fuller meeting of Council." Not seconded. The following accounts were passed for payment; —Mills, Dick and Co. (laws), £l Os 6d; W. Warren (printing, &c), £5 4s 8d; M'Conochie and Howell (trees), £2 ss; J. B. Kerr and Co (freight), 7s 6d ; J. Mitschelitch (road), 10s. An application of T. R. Fryer for permission to occupy land to form manure depot was refused. The tender of. T. R. Fryer (£4) for cleaning vacant allotments was accepted. Cr Burn proposed that an application be made to the Superintendent for prison labor to be employed on Corporation works and on road to Arthur's Point. Seconded by Cr Bridge, and carried. Cr Burn proposed :—" That the Colonial Secretary be written to, and requested to make Queenstown—the chief town of the district the head polling-place for the Lakes and Hampden electoral districts, and also that the Warden bo made Returning Officer instead of his clerk." Seconded by Cr Bridge, and carried. Notices of Motion. By Cr Buen—That day labor shall be paid, wet or dry, at £3 per week. By Cr Bkidge—That J. Keay be employed at 12s per day to superintend works, and engage two men for making continuation of Glenorchy track. The other business was postponed.

The assessment of stock depasturing in the province for the year 1868-9 has been concluded (says the ' Evening Star') and the revenue to be collected is estimated at £51,708 19s sd. The total quantity of stock is as follows:—cows and horses, 16,893; sheep, 1,671,521. A contemporary thus summarises the Bakers' and Millers' Bill, recently passed:—"lt contains twenty-two clauses, and provides that all bread shall be made of 'pure and sound' meal of 1 wheat, barley, rye, oats, buckwheat, Indian corn, peas, beans, rice, or potatoes, or any of them, and with any common salt, pure water, eggs, milk, barm, leaven, potato or other yeast, and mixed in such proportions as may be thought fit, and with no other ingredient or matter whatsoever.' Household wheaten bread is to bo marked with a Roman letter H; mixed bread is to be marked M ; penalty for not marking, 10s. Bread is to be sold by weight, otherwise the baker is liable to a penalty of 40s. French rolls and fancy bread are exempt. Using any other weight than avoirdupois will subject the baker to a penalty not exceeding £5, nor less than ss. Also, bakers are to provide their shops with weights and scales. False weights will subject the baker to a penalty of £2."