The Bill fixing the salaries of the chief officers of the two Houses of Assembly passed last week. The salaries of the Speakers of the two Houses have been fixed at £600 a year each ; Chairman of Committees ofthe Upper House, £300 ; Chairman of Committees of the Lower' House, £400, inclusive of all allowances. The Clerk of the Legislative Council will receive £400 a year; Clerk of the House of Representatives, £600 a year. In building a chimney put a quantity of salt into the mortar with wbich tbe intercourses of the brinks are to be laid. Tbe efiect will be tbat there will never be any accumulation of soot is tha chim- ■ ney. The philosophy, is thug; stated :-*-*• The salt in the portion of mortrr which is exposed absords moisture every damp day. 7. The soot thus becoming damp falls down the firre-f)lace.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 242, 15 October 1867, Page 2
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