REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 48, 10 January 1862, Page 2

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.

i As the time for the registration of electors is fast approaching, it may not be unnecessary to remind the public that an alteration has been made in the Legislation Act of 1858, to the following effect, The claim is thus registered : — To the Registration Officer of the Electoral District of I hereby give notice that I claim to have my name inserted in the List of "Voters for the said Electoral District, and that the particulars of my place of abode and qualification are truly stated in the column below. Attested by a freeholder (or householder) of the Colony. (Signed)

All such claims and declarations may be revised if given in in the months of January, February," or March of the said year.

"Vide an Act to amend "The Registration of Elections Act, of 1858," 3rd April, 1861.

MoNEY-StAKIXO AT A LONDON BaZAAIS. The Countesses of Tankerville and Durham drove a "great business" by retailing iced claret cups, " warranted not Gladstone's" at 2s. the small, the very small, tumbler! At one stall ladies were ofiered the inspection of " a lovely portrait," and gentlemen " a view of the gorilla," for 3d ! When the money was paid down, there was held up to each a looking-glass ! Bouquets were sold at the price of a" flower bed ; and one gentleman contrived to make a bottle of eau-de-cologne produce some 155., by doling it out at 3d. a thimbleful on handkerchiefs.— Court. Journal.

Post-mortem Peace and Quiet. —An old shoemaker in Glasgow was sittiug by the bedside of his wife, who was dying. She took him by the hand. " Weel, John, we're gawin to part v I hae been a gude wife to you, John." " Oh, just middling, Jenny," not disposed to commit himself. " John," said she, " ye maun promise to bury me in the auld kirk-yard at Stra'von, beside my mither. I couldna rest in peace among unco folk, in the dirt and smoke of Glasgow." "Weel, weel, Jenny, my woman," said John soothingly, " we'll just pit ye in the Gorbals first, and gin ye" dinna lie quiet, we'll try you sine in Stra'von.— Ramsay. ~. t

The visitors of Ramsgate are divided by the respectable residents into two classes—' Those who go to batlic, and those who go to sec them bathe.

THE WAIPORI DIGGINGS

OFFICIAL BKPOHT. The following report from the Chief Commissioner of Police, to his Honor the Superintendent, on the Waipora gold-field, has been placed nt our disposal for publication. It is evidently not exaggerated, and its tenor leads one to expect that the Waipori will prove to be a valuable addition to the already discovered gold-fields. The badness of the roads leading to it is a great obstacle to its development :— Police Department, Commissioner's Office, 9th January, 1862. Sir,—l do myself the honor to inform you, that on Tuesday, the 7th instant, I visited the Dippings m the neighbourhood of the Waipori River, and found from 1 200 to 1,500 miners extended along the Little I'enK Creek, (so called fi-om its contiguity to the Little Peak marked on all the maps of the Province), from its junction with the Waipori, to its source in the .Lammermoor ranges, a distance of about twelve miles, ±iy far the greater number however, were located at a spot about six miles north from the Waijjon. At this place the miners have succeeded in turning the creek, and are at the present time digging in his bed, which is formed of hard slnty substance, thickly impregnated with quartz, known as mica schist, immense blocks of which (running north and south) overhang the creek for nearly three miles The miners at this place appear to be doing remarkably well; 1 saw prospects varying from half n pennyweight to six pennyweights obtained from a tin dish, and in one instance, I saw the gold turned over with the corner of the shovel, from the interstices and and layers of the mica schist. The <>old found here does not present the same features as that found at any other goldfleld in the Province that I am acquainted with, inasmuch as it is not water worn ; is much larger and rougher, and at the particular place above referred to, was found from the size of swan shot to nuggets of half an ounce each, samples of which I beg to enclose for your Honors inspection. _ ~. ~ Owing to the lateness of the hour, I was obliged to return to Mr. Fulton's Exhibition Hut, although I was informed, that higher up the ranges the miners were digging along the creek for a distance of four or five miles. , Of the future of these diggings, I cannot venture to express an opinion; experienced miners with whom I conversed are, however, of opinion that the field would turn out to be a payable one. I regret that this report is so meagre, but at the time of my visit, the miners had only just settled down to work, having been hitherto delayed by the late floods, which have not only retarded their operations, but in some instances, been attended with large losses in the shape of valuable wash-dirt, swept away by the violence of the storms. Among the miners the utmost order prevails ; but one solitary dispute, as to the size of a claim in the bed of the creek, lias as far as I could learn, taken place. I have the honor to be, Your Honor's very obedient servant St. John Branigan, Commissioner of Police.

i i Jlacu wuere Christian name ' I property siand surname of Place ofj Nature tuate, &name the Claimant at ahode. of quali-' and destripfull length. tion of the same.