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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 212, 8 November 1866, Page 3

( Last night between 12 and 1 o'clock, as a seaman belonging to the Egmont was stepping ou board, he fell into the water, between /the wharf aud the ship. A lighterman named JBu.lard was the first to give the alarm that ja man was overboard. By dint of great I exertions on the part of Constable Beattie, two of the crew and some others, who rushed ■ to the spot, with a rope, the man was rescued from his perilous position, not much hutt but terribly frightened. The night was dark aud the solitary lamp on the wharf was of no assistance to anyone going on board the^s teamer. W_ D. S. Cross learn that Rewi Maniapoto has sent a splendid dogskin mat as a present to Te Hira, the leading chief of the Thames, as a preliminary to negotiations for au alliance between the Thames tribes and the natives under the sway of Rewi, at Kawia. What the nature and objects of the alliance are to be we have no information. By the last news received from "Wellington we D. S. Cross, learned that it was the Governor's intention to come to Auckland in a short time. We believe that the purpose of this visit is to open up a negotiation with Matutaera, an object which the Governor failed in on' his last jouruey to Kawia. If Sir George Grey can succeed with Matutaera and next with Rewi, as he has done with Thompson, he will add greatly to his credit ; but it is very doubtful if he will be able to influence their more obstinate wills as he has done the calculating mind of the Ngatihaua chief. The following land statistics show the cash received by the provinces during the financial year -1865-6 ending 30th June, 1866:—Wellington, £89,275 4s. od. : Auckland, £3,609 15s. 3d.; Hawk's Bay, £24,750 10s. 2d.; Nelson, £19,902 16s. 6d. ; Marlborough, £23,183 45. ; Canterbury, £144,703 Bs. 4d. ; 0tag0,£101,096145. 9d.; Southlancl,£l44,sos 3s. l"d. In the case of Southland it is to be noted that£l4o,9Bl os. 7d. out ofthe sum of £144,505 3s. 10d., set down as received by that province, was refunded to purchasers of rural land in respect of their claims against the Provincial Government in terms of the Southland Debt Act, 1865. Under the Sale of Poisons Act, 1866, no person under the age of 17 years is permitted to buy or sell arseuic, corrosive sublimate, prussic acid, essential oil of bitter almonds, almond flavor, or strychnine; aud every sale of any such poison must be made in presence of a wituess. The buyer must be kuown to the seller or the witness ; if known to the witness, the latter must be acquainted with the, seller. The vendor must enter the particulars of every sale in a book kept for the purpose. Persons infringing any of the provisions of the Act render themselves liable to a penalty of £20. ~ * The Taranaki Herald of the 3rd, has the following relating to opening the lustitute ou Sunday. — The resolution lately passed at a General Meeting of the Members of the Ins-titute,-relative to opening the Institute on the Lord's -Day, was carried into effect for the first time on Suuday last. The day was rainy aiid but few visitors attended ;but what iuflueuee the rain bad upou the attendance of visitors is a question which people willdoubfcj less look afc in different lights.