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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 261, 3 November 1868, Page 2

His Excellency the Governor is to leave Wellington for Wauganui on Monday next, the 9th instant, accompanied by the Hon. J. . C. Richmond ami Colonel Haultain. The Post says that shortly after his return to Wellington the Governor will leave for Nelson aud other plices in the Middle Island, making a tour of five or six weeks. From private letters just received we learn that it is not anticipated that the viceregal visit to the Middle Island will take place until after Christmas. The present delicate state of Lady Bowen's health compels her reluctantly to give up her intention of accompanying his Excellency in his southern tour, and she will leave for Auckland about the time of his departure from Wellington.

As the Planet wasleaviug Motuekaabout 1 p.m. yesterday^ being latß on the tide, they were obliged to take off the cargo and passengers in a small dingy. Through being overloaded, the sea washed into the dingy, and when about a quarter of a mile from shore the boat sank, and it was with great difficulty that the passengers were saved by auother craft, oue of them having been some time in the water.

His Honor Mr Justice Richmond was among the arrivals this morning by the Gothenburg from Wellington.

As we have already stated Mr B. Crisp has made arrangements for a procession and teameeting for the juvenile members of the Band of Hope, on the Prince of Wales's birthday. Iu order to meet the heavy expense attendant on the festival, it is proposed, for the first time, make a very small charge (6d each) for the admission of the juveniles to the tea, an arrangement which surely cannot be deemed extortionate.

We have received the fourteenth halfyearly report of the directors of the Bauk of New Zealand, submitted to the shareholders at the general meeting held at Auckland on the 29th ultimo. The statement shows a net profit, after making provision for every bad or doubtful dependency, and the customary appropriations in reduction of bank premises and furniture accounts, of £38,012 5s 21, to which has to be added the balance of undivided profit on the 31st March, amounting to £8042 10s 7d leaving available for division £46,054 1 6s 4d. Of this sum the directors recommend the following appropriation: — -To payment of dividend at rate of 10 per cent, per ann., £25,000; to bonus of 5s per share, equal to 5 per ceut. per ann., £12,500; to balance carried to profit and loss new account, £8554 16s 4d. The dividend and bonus were payable at the head office at Auckland on Friday last, and at the branches on receipt of advice.

The public dinner to be given by the electors of the Waimeas to MrE. Baigent, their representative in the General Assembly, takes place this evening at the Wakefield Arms.

A meeting of the members of theNelsoii Cricket Club is called for this evening at the/Trafalgar Hotel, at 8 o'clock. The Lyttelton Times, in an article on Education Rates, again endeavors to show its readers that the Nelson plan would ttdmirably suit the requirements of Canterbury, and says that having conlpared the reports of the Inspectors of Schools in both provinces, it finds the ideas which it enunciated on this subject on a former occasion fully borne out by facts. It adds the following comparison which, we submit, reflects some credit on our provinces — It may perhaps hardly be credited by many of our readers that in the province of Nelson — a province in which no great dissimilarity exisls as between it and us — there is in proportion to the population an average daily attendance of children at school throughout the year of over 120 per cent in excess of ours. Yet, such is the case. The population of Nelson province is about 12,400, and the Inspector's returns show an average attendance at school of 1257 children, being about 1 in 10 of the population, with 36 schools* being oue school for every 345 of the population, whilst in Canterbury, with a population of #9,104, there is an average atteudauce of only 1728 children, and one school to every 766 of the population; So that Nelson sends more than double 1 the number of children to school that we do, and has double as many schools to send them toThe Lyttelton Times of the 24th ult; s&ys: — We learn that the preseut session of the Court of Appeal is likely to be a long one, as it is the intention of the" judges, after the transaction of the other business, to frame rules of procedure under 1 the Bankruptcy Act, the Divorce Act; the Imperial Admiralty Act (the juris-* diction of which has been extended to New Zealand), and some other Acts passed by the New Zealand Legislature. We are informed also that there are" several cases pending uuder the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act* which cannot be proceeded with until rules are 1 framed. Major Heaphy, V.C., has initiated a quartz crushing company at Auckland. The capital is to be £2000, to be raised by 200 shares of £10. The operations of the company are to be at the Thames. It is said that a num'er of gentlemen in Wellington have taken shares iu the company* Times must be very dull in the 'Empire City' just now. At the meeting of the Board of Works held on Friday, the Trearurer informed his brethren that thelt baiance at the bank amounted to the enormous sum of £1 os lOd. The Syduey Empire has the following notice of a kind and considerate action oa the part of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh :— lt will be remembered that when the Duke of Edinburgh was iu Sydney he took much kindly notice of Mr Alfred! Anderson as a piauist, and gave him an honorary appointment on his personal staff, advising him also to go to Englaud; Mr Anderson did so accordingly, and shortly after his arrival received a letter from Oolone! Liddell, desiring him to call upon the Duke, at Clarence House, which he did. Mr Anderson afterwards received a note of invitation from the Duke of Edinburgh to a musical party at Clarence House, and attended in the presence of the Prince of Wales, Prince Teck, Prince Christian, and other distinguished personages, accompanying on the piano the performances of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred on the violin. The Sydney correspondent of- the. London Times, writing on the subject of New South Wales Government loans, remarks: — The Government has been able to borrow here, when the banks are still charging 7 per cent, for discount, at a lower rate than it has been able to borrow at with you, where the rate of discount has been «for many months at 2 per cent. The whole have beeu disposed of at a premium of £1 Is. Id., making the interest to the Government £4 Bs. 10d. Thus, while the Government is unable to borrow in London at less than 5 per cent., it is able to borrow in the colony at lesa than 4^ per ceut. The best answer is here given to the question whether the Colonial Government is to be trusted. Ife seems to be best trusted where it is best known — that is to sav, by colonial capitalists. It must be acknowledged that the same influences are operating here as operate with you, and that Government securities are more sought for, because public confidence is shaken in private affaire, joint-stock enterprise* aa4 the iikt*

I In the obituary for August last we no- ! tice the following names: — the Marquis t>f Dotfnshire, on his 56th birthday • the Earl of Abergavenny, in his 77th year; i the Earl of Shannon ; the Earl of Norinanton \ Lord and Lady Farubam, 'and the Rev. Sir Nicholas and Lady Chinuery, all by the accident to the Irish Mail train | at Abergele j Sir Claude de Crespigny, Bart. ; Sir George Pocock, Bart. ;" Viscount Lumley, bom in 1850, eldest son of i the Earl of Scarborough % Field Marshal : Sir E. Blakeney, Governor of Chelsea Hospital, in his '9l st. year the Dean of Ripon (Goode); xWr Sergeant Goulburn, one of H.M's. Commissioners in BaukTuptcy j the Rev. A. Baker, formerly of Wellington ; Dr Mackenzie, the famous Scotch oculist ; Rene FavargeT, the composer; and Captain Wilsffn, the celebrated captain of the Emily ht. Pierre, whose escape from his captors during the blockade of Charleston will be in tbe memory of our readers.