The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1866. IMPROVEMENTS ON FLAGSTAFF HILL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 87, 15 June 1866, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1866. IMPROVEMENTS ON FLAGSTAFF HILL.

. We lately had an opportunity of witnessing the improvements in road making on this hili, unier the superintendence of- Mr. King. . Visitors to this interesting "spot cannot have failed, to notice, fpr some months past, the excellent road that has been cut from Renton-street to the top of the hill. Mr. King has had several men employed during the last four months, the result of whose labors, lias been the removal of some 5,133 cubic yards of earth, 3,000 of ■which have been convej'ed in harrows to the bottom of the hill. It was no easy task to excavate a road through, the hill a depth of. 1 2 feet, but the work has been done, and exceedingly, well, leaving an admirable road for carriages 35 feet wide, skirted with a good foot path for pedestrians 6 feet wide. The road although leading to a lofty eminence is constructed ■with a gentle gradient, quite easy for vehicles, so that an easy mode of arriving at the flagstaff will soon be open to all persons wishing to reach that interesting spot. Doubtless the road from Washington Valley to this eminence will now become a fashionable promenade. A fine view of the steamers coming and going to and f ora North and South, to say nothing of the (advantages derivable from inhaling the pure sea breeze, is amongst the well known benefits which reward the slight toil of climbing the ascent, the difficulties of -which have been so completely overcome by Mr. King's engineering capabilities. The spirited propiuetor has evidently spared no expenceto render the land available to the public. As the soil on the hill is deep and rich, and the situation of the most salubrious kind, the demand for land will be considerable, no doubt. . Persons building on the hill will have the advantage of cellars under their liouses, and the gardens constructed on the terrace principle will resemble the highly lauded horticultural systems of Italy, Switzerland, and other hilly countries.. In fact, Mr. King has set everybody an example of successful gardening as well as of good road making, he having produced on an apparently unmanageable spot, all the vegetables, fruits and flowers, which are supposed to be ■ peculiar to our deep soiled valleys. We shall be much surprised if the lull we are referring to,, do not become one of the fuost interesting suburbs of which Nelson boasts. The advantages of the r us in urbe, were what the most luxurious Roman toiled for, and we are sure they will be enjoyed to perfection, in this charming lo cale. In the Resident Magistrate's Court, yesterday, Mary Ann Turner, charged with stealing clothes from George Marshall, Toi-Toi Valley, was brought up and dismissed, on the ground that the evidence of identity was not sufficiently strong to warrant a conviction. A meeting for the election of a Local Committee of Education, was held at "Waimea West, on the 13th instant. . Messrs. Paul Spanger, William Bell, and Patrick O'Connor were elected. An omission occurs in the names of passengers sailing^for.N. S. Wales, by the Chance, barque. In addition "to those mentioned yesterday, there were Mr. and Mrs. Tulloch, and Mr. Turner.

A meeting -was held at Upper ' Wakefield, on the 13th instant, for the purpose of filling up the vacancies in the Local Committee of Education. Mr. T. Tunnicliffe, sen., presided. The retiring members were Messrs. Griffith, Pearse, and Midgley. Five persons were then proposed and seconded, of whom the following three were elected— H. J. Tunnicliff, James Pearse, and H. Midgley. Mr. Pearse was unanimously re-elected chairman, at a meeting subsequently held. Mr. James Grove was chosen as representative to the Central Board. At a public meeting held in the Stoke schoolroom, on "Wednesday, June 13, for the purpose of electing members to fill the vacancies in the Stoke committee of education, Mr. Richard Ching in the chair, the following persons were duly elected : — John Poidge. Hicks Parker, and Richard Ching. The names of the members remaining in office are Edward Austin, Enoch Jellyman, and Edward Cresswell. Mr. E. Austin was* chosen as the representative to the Central Board, and Mr. Richard Ching as chairman of the committee for the ensuing year. A nolice in the Government Gazette informs Resident Magistrates and other judicial officers, that unless their requisitions to the Government give the title, together with the distinctive number or letter, and also the quantity of each form required, no notice will be taken of them. In the case of forms under Jervis's Acts, the letter of reference. to the Act to which it relates must in each instance be quoted. The Superintendent of Marlborough Province has appointed Mr. Thomas Philpots, of Picton, to be an Inspector under the Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865, in place of Mr. T. G. Baillie, resigned. An Order in Council fixes the sum of Two pounds Ten shillings per cent., as the amount of commission to which Curators of Intestate Estates shall be entitled, on all moneys which shall be received or collected by them, as such administrators, in addition to the salary fixed by the General Assembly. Henry Claylands Field, George Frederick Allen, William Denham, Eugene Bellai^s, and John Lambert Tolf, Esqs., have been appointed Surveyors, under the " Native Lands Act, 1865." Justices of the Peace are informed by the General Government Gazette, that they can obtain any judicial forms which they may require, in the execution of the duties of their office, on application to the nearest Resident Magistrate. The new Superintendent of Canterbury has appointed the following Executive : — Tanered, President; Stewart. Provincial Secretary and Secretary of Public Works; Garrick, Provincial Solicitor. Cuss is at present without office. It appears that the merchants of California exported to Australia in 1861, 40,9 7 9 sacks of barley ; in 18G2, 30,154 ; ill 1663, 10,753; 1806, 19,457 sacks. The Otago Times very properly says: — Now, surely if it will pay the farmers of California to grow barley for exportation to New York and Melbourne, it will pay those of Otago to grow it for consumption here. Whether from the high price of malt, or the difficv.lty in procuring good multing barley, our brewers, it appears, are in the habit of using' quantities of sugar, and the consequence is the quality of their beer is not what it might be It is to be hoped that farmers, as well as brewers, will shake off their indifference as to this matter and give it the attention which it deserves.