CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 387, 4 August 1849, Page 91

CORRESPONDENCE.

To thk Editor or the Nelson Examines. Sir~l quite approve of all your remarks in the leading article of last Saturday's paper, respecting tbe settlement of claims for compensation to the resident landpurchasers. I am also much pleased with Mr. Dillon Bell's can. did and considerate explanation to them at the meeting held on Thursday last, with reference to keeping their claims within reasonable bounds for compensation. The greedy ones ought to be exposed, also all those who have been cutting and carving how they could contrive (and some of them have contrived) to secure all the bush adjoining, as well as cattle-runs, or access to them, by getting their land so as to close every avenue to the same. This ought to be looked to, and, in my humble opinion, the Arbitrators would do but right to make themselves personally acquainted with the locality, if possible, of every applicant's demand, before making their award. „ With respect to the Arbitrators giving their Mjtrds in money value, for which scrip would oef issued by the Resident Agent, to betaken in payment for any of tbe Company's land desired by the holders, would it not be prudent to make such scrip negotiable, and to bear a limit as to the time of claiming land for the same, as next year we may have a change of matters in the land; a change, perhaps, not for the better. I remain, sir, &c, Observer. Nelson, August 1.

Truly, of all human follies, those of the miser are the least to be accounted for; he values gold, because it is prized by others; morbidly he hoards it up, confident of the numberless ways it can be used, yet denying himself the very necessaries of life. Resorting to all petty contrivances in order to add one coin to the many, he exists miserably, and dies unpitied and unlamented; whilst some young spendthrift hastens to enjoy his wealth, and laughs over his follies. " John," inquired a dominie of a hopeful pupil, " what is a nailer ?" " A man who makes nails," said John. "Very good. What is a tailor?" " One who makes tails." "O, you stupid fellow !" said the dominie, biting his lips, "a man who makes tails!" "Yet, master," returned John, "if the tailor dia not put tails to the coats he made, they would be all jackets." •• Sit down, John; you're an honour to your maternal parent."