LIVINGSTONE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 729, 18 July 1878, Page 2

LIVINGSTONE.

(FUOM, OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) July 17. A <l> p:ination waited on the Rev. H. L. Gilbe't ;ifc his residence here on Monday, the lOih inst., for the purpose of presenting him with the sum of twenty-one guineas, subscribed by friends in th© district in which he labors, in token of their esteem and appreciation of his services, and with a vj6w to providing him with a horse. Mr. Gilbert, in thanking the deputation, said it was very encouraging to him to find his labors acceptable, and something of the same spirit of cordiality which was accorded him during his residence in the Papakaio district existing in his new field of labor. He was confident the amount had not been raised without considerable effort on the part of the Committee, owing to the very scattered nature of the district, and he therefore felt at a loss to thank them in adequate terms for the sympathy and interest they and the subscribers Ijad ©vinced. The Upper Waitaki Presbyterian Mission includes Livingstone, j\iui extends from Duntroon to Lake Qhavt, across the Waitaki into

Canterbury, and covers an area of more than 2000 square miles. It is probably the largest field in the Colony worked by a single mission. Intending subscribers to this fund are respectfull}' informed that the list is still kept open, in consequence of some unforseeu circumstances having delayed the returns from remote parts of the district, and that donations will be thankfully received by Mr. J. Anderson, of Livingstone. About one and a half mile of water-race has just beeu completed, and three new dams are projected upon the block known as Run 92, contiguous to this township, the yield at present being exceedingly good. This ground would not, in all probability, have been opened up for a long time had it not been for the opposition experienced by miners in reference to their right of outlet for sluicing over private property. The race above referred to will enhance the value of the well-known Mosquito Race by bringing more miners on this part of the field, the late operations proving most conclusively that Hun 92 is payably auriferous. It will be remembered this is the block proposed for sale by the Waste Lands Hoard. A meeting of the Miners' Association is to be held here on the ISth inst. (to-morrow).