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Otago Witness, Issue 1645, 2 June 1883, Page 16

PUBLIC WOXIOB. Ploughing. TENDERS wanted for pi. ughing 500 soks, fU'Conct furrow, at Barewood, near £lind d. Teti-s ailed stable f^r contructor's horses, and feed at market ratn>. Tenders to be (tent to the undersigned by B'-h June. J. R BRODIE, my Manager, Barewood. NOTICE OF ItEtflOVALu REID BROTBER3. Ba*H(tfers an«l Solicifrc, h<v« REMOVED to No. 2 EXCHANGE COURT, Prince street, Dun. edtu. 26my BANKS, BARRON, ft OO d«Iiver— CARRIAGE PAID-at *ny Railway Station m Otago, all Orders toe Winea v.nd Spirits in quantities not lvi than one d zeu or two gallon:). PORT WINE for Invalids— 6o? per doa, M \ DEI KA fine oJd, 60* „ INVERNJffiriIB WHISKY vory old, full strength oil „ B. B. &Co.'a Well-known Blend 43a „ Just received a shipment of the famous "Elina" blend of flue old HIGHLAND WtiISKIES. Prices in bond, 8* 6d pee gallon. Rattray street, Dunedin. NOTES AND QUERIES. Subscriber, Inveua-gill, asKa:— (l) In cutting a dituh by a boundary 'ones (m a township), what space of g ouna mum I loavo t t suppoit ot latter^ (2; is bunedu»t a goo.i manure tor a vtget^bJe^ garden, ana what quantity will do for a naif -aura ? ioiou apply it. the saniu as larm yard manure!— (1) if for a utiul ow ditch, leave at iOagt, 18 incnei between edjje of trench and neareat side uf po^t ; for a ceep ditch, leave nut loaa ihiii lfi yin, and in buih caaett 810, c th« aida w ai est fence well. We aru nut awaru of any law i n tho bubjt ct, but it tbs trei.ch be cue close to tbe feuco the weuttier or tue lease prexsuie will bring dowu tho bank near tho posts, and filing up th«e ag.in will prove at oublotoiue joo. (2) tionedusc ig a lirst rule uiauuie fora ve>;e ab e gnrdeu. Use th' bent pulverised you can get, and give » he*vy Ure bing-, gay 6 cwi to tuo holf-acie. Juix it thorough :y with ttie toil. Constant Eeadkr asks :— Are New Zsaand corpora, tion dei.euiurcs liable to Btump dui> ? — Oeuerallj nut. If jou tequire none d«da.t; reply, plaan« specify ihe partiuuiur debentures you hold. J. F., Hyde, asks tor " the proper definition of the oo> called ti.ve grey ' rabbit. 1 nave h< ard numeroui di=cuasiona on the subject, aom saymg that it wm a Vcr> li^ht uhade ol ihe c uiui..n groj rabbit * others say t. ay it is bl .ck sprinted with wblt ."— Mr BiiJu informs us that the alrer grey rabbit is not thd couiutou liyhv grey oue, but that having m bla k coat tsith wnito nairs interßper el through it the fur Leing bue near the ukin. The silver grey skins aro three times the vulue of tho oommoa Bkms. Studh.nt. — It would occupy too much ot our opaco to Htute "the leading oubjejis" of whuh . as.-»jr» '• Popular tlducat r " is uompo-od. We may, how' ever, state it would be aOu.irably suited tor tho purpugbs for which you requite it, aud that we do nut think you would h^ve any cuuso to regret purcha ing it. U. U., Queonstown.— Mr Beverly replies as follow! to your queuuon : if the tail of the tiah equaU iht head iv length, it must bo vine inches ; and it It 1* half as long ad the body, the body must be lg inches. Head, body, atid tail to^e ber is therefore SB inches. The length of the body id given uhau it ia stated to be twica tbe ieugtu of the tail or of th« head. Inquirer, Invercargill, asks: -What la the mMataf ot the terms Uaed In the following paragraph ; (1) 6 per cent, lu-40 lean ; 6 per «out. Ibß9 loau ; id) 4jt per cent. 1H79-LWi loan ; (4) 4 pur cent, inscribed siock? (6) Also, pleaao explaiu what ib inscribed Btouk. and what aie ihe adviuta^ea of having it thus i iguribed.- (1) Debentures payablb iv either 10 or 4u >ea a at Uie option of the holder, aod beating iuturean at the rate of 6 par cent (2; Pa.iaule in 1689 (s) la-med in 1879, pay. üblu 1004 (4 a»d 5) lu-cribed stock id ■tack inscribed in Curtain re/i=ttTd, iv the caie of Nevy Zevaud, ktpt b.\ the bauk of England. Inscriued btjCi cuu 0..1y be mm tonod fruui buyer to seller by au entry in tae : e books, aud is, therefore, a tocu ity a^ainbt lubb, aa or. inary debtsutureg are, like bunk uo.oj, payable to bearer, and may b« btoieu. Trustees, tutrcfure, much prefer iuaoiibed stock. Sobscbibbr asks :— (1) Was Sir Garnet Woleeley erer at A ghiui-tui), or nad he un> thing to do with tn« settleuiest ot the Afghm uitti.ulty ? >(2) Did Mr Disraeli ha\o any tine but the Earl of Bjaoons^ field ? (1) Sir uarnet was at the Cape at the time of the Afghan ompiign, and touk ho part iv the aettlument ol tbe difficulty. (2) No. New i bum asks for tbe name and address of a Doneuin ulacKauiith who is used to the drißainir of mill jicka, and cau undoitj,ke to make a thorough good job of ihuua.- Mr M'Doiia d, Water of Leith, does neaily all tne work uf ttiia descriptio i iv Dauedia. Swbuf uaks : — (1) Are boys employed to sweep chimneys iv ureut Britain at the prvseut time? {It How aro the chimneys uf ihe 1 irge houses a id uotola in Now ZeulauU swept? (1) W* have uu defluito information ou tho puint, but think it au> thing' but pro* bablo. (2) Ihe oraiuary Bleep's circular brunh la used. SuuscniDßß asks for a list ot British titles in rotation, Iroiii a baronet up to a duke. Inquirer, Uunedin, writes: — Would yon be kind e.iougn to cottl ; tbis dispute. My fiienj saya two gentiouie'i (strangers) uiarr>ing t-vo sisters are brotheis-in-law by marriage. I say they are not jehtsJ tj each otner at an. —I ho hu-ba.idd would be ual.ed brothers-in-law, being reUtud by affinity. Lawyers distinguish three grades ot ariinity ~(1) direct, be woai a husband and his who s blood relati^ns, and vice versa; (2) secondary, b twe^n a hubband and a wifo'd re atio is by marriage; (8) collateral between a husband aid tho rola ions of hid wife's relaLious. Tuo case supposed cumei under (i). Tilb-srain, Wyndham, asks : — Ia there an Act in foreo iv JNew Z iaiand under which the Government advanes money at a low rate of interest for farm diainagb ; what it the name uf the Act ; where ia Uuuediu can it be procured, and what is its price,! — There in such an Act. It cau b obtained from Messrs Wise, Caffin, and Co., or Mr Alex. filigO, whose addri b«s you will find advertbtd elsewhere. We ure not aware of ihe exact price— probably la 6d or 2s. r Rbadbr, Dunedin, writes :- Kindly m\t\e a dispute as to a man being able to change his name Can ho do bo legally? Supposing a man who had been name i Augustus Ch irle-i Giles transposed tbe first two names, and for many years signed his name as Charlo-i A. Giles, aud married under that name,' would it be 1> gal, or would it affect his marriage in any way ?— lt ia not illegal, and would not affect the marriage. Trustbb asks:— lf a man makes a will leaving hid property to be administered to his family when they come of age t>y the Public Trustee, what would be iho percuntage charged for said administration i — We believe five p«-.r cent. OTAGO WITNESS, Established 186 L Present Circulation 7500 Gome. Best Weekly Paper In tb9 Colony. TfIBHS OF SUBaCBI?HON : "er Quarter ... 7?» P«r H»lf jer 13<. Por Year 25 . (Payable in Advance,)