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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 20, 23 January 1877, Page 2

The terms and conditions of Mr, Broomhall's recent purchase of land in Auckland are stated by the iV. Z. Times to be as follows:—"The total area purchased, is,- 45,700 acres, for a sum of £22,850jj that one-fifth of) j such tptal area of 45,7.00 acres shall be put under cultivation, one bbre : o£ : drained 'swamp'' Jto be reckoned as equal to two acres of culti- ; vated land ;' that l sufficient land be < > set ; _ apart to provide for common, school education for i the : population introduced^, reserves to. -he \ placed in trust for the $rtrpbse£ ; intended* j that Mr Broornhall sballlerecfclndfc/less than ! 150 houses of weatherboards or other more | permanent materials, each house to contain | not less than three rooms; to be of - not less value tban7£66j that Jsr Brobmhail shall : bring out and place on the'labd 6fQ adult immigrants of 18 year, orrapw. is3 (two persons under iß.years/6f age to reckon as one adult immigrant);' that 1 as a guarantee for the due fulfilment' ,<j£' ,hesß I conditions, £1 !,425 shall be invested as adeposit in New Zealand four and a half v per^cenfc^bpads,, on the understanding that, the equpjjns stiltt not be detached ; that. . the purchase-money, £22,850, be paid to. the Agent-General in London on brbefbre the '30ih .tuueiJf&ffrVii. lieu of the Eeceiver-of Land Eevenue|n Auckland on or before the Ist pf February^ 1877; that on receipt by tbe Agent-General in Londohof £22,850 in-caskaidd £!J,-i2si in New Zealand four and a half pe: cent bonds, he telegraph the Government qf . ths receipt, when the Crown' gfantj reservftSg^ll precious metals, and containing, .the/ usual covenants to lay out roads, t shall be prepared" and delivered to the 'manage* of the Bank of New Zealand in Auckland On the purchaser's aecount." :;.; . .-.-• vM.; fi , ..-., ; ..- j:ni „ $ ■-, ■ The :New;York- papers pubiisb. a despatch from Salt Lake City, which s&tes that J.pdge Boreman passed sentence upon. John J). Lee, the Mornjon . « bishop," who was recently convicted* of. .pa rtjcigati bu Tl in the Mountain Meadow massacre nineteen years jtaOThe prisoner haying jthe right. under; tbe laws of the territory to jcbobse 1 dea{in7by Iwuging, shooting, or beheading, and having to be shot, he was,. sentenced to be shot to' death on the 26th of. January, 1877. j . Ten thousand guineas for a horse — ForSterling, by Oxford/one iof ttie fine i thorough-, bred sires how in - 'service In the celebrated ■ stud at Yardly, nea .Birmiqghipi, &|r .Gpihami lately refused 10,000 iV«a> Zealand Country Journal.. ', " '/""_. /J' 0 /J 4 1 " " iJ : ."- : ' : , : „ Th^ , $otal wool . cfip ! of 'the United States! Jast year was 193',qoo,000.pbunds;:t^s 'y^a'r *' it will probably fall' a little short oi this. Yet in rk^eping. up this aggregate, 5 'Sktbs westosth^Miisi^ppiiaveriiHbfeise& theitf prodiictiOjia e i Qmef.fls,q(JO,ooo potrndfe- an amount' equaVt'6 tb% desr&lse "in tba^safes !east of the Mississippi. 1 ' The bettescUss> oi cloth wools are falling off, while inferior qualities are increasing! | — — A case, of great cruelty on the part of a' ship captkin bame under ■ the -nbticaf of the Williamstown (Victoria) Court, on D.s£m4 ber 12. Six of the crew ,of the, brig .Docett. were charged with refusiiig 'duty^oit^oardi The men did not deny having refused to work. They said they askedtjhe captain for a discharge, as he had ill-treated Several of the crew on the last voyage. It. was. stated that a boy named Wright had been triced up by his thumbs, his hands being so high above his head that only his toes touchedjhe d.eeki and in consequence .of bis being so long in ■ that position he fell insensible, .when he was cut down, and remained so for two days: The clref officer said that the boy was tied up by the thumbs for twenty minutes by the captain, but that he could rest the whole. of his feet bn the deck with ease. The Bench thought that if the master had committed', such an act ; Of cruelty as;the men alleged!, they should haye taken the first opportunity on arrival here to bring it" under the noticb of the authorities. As the men J had been yearly a week in custody, tbiey wbie- discharged with a caution.— Tflk#te_i/»;' ; ' • \

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