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Public Notices. F A __? M s# The Undersigned have several really Good * AGRICULTURAL FARMS for SALE. Also, Several Thousand Pounds (Trust Funds) to Invest on Approved Security. W. R. CAMERON AND CO., tE High street. Vincent Pyke, BUSINESS AGENT, LAND AND LAND BOARD BUSINESS, MINING BUSINESS. Shares Bought and Sold on Account only. Newspaper Business. ARBITRATION BUSINESS CONDUCTED. » Patent Business and Parliamentary Business Arranged. 32 BOND STREET, DUNEDIN. 3a NOTES AND QUERIES, INFORMATION WANTED. Information is wanted on the following points by Mr G. M. Thomson, soienoe master at the Otago Boys' High School. We shall be glad to insert any aniwers which may come to hand : 1. Dates on which humble bees are seen, with names (or specimens) of -plants on which they are seen. * 2. Ocourrence of white or abnormally coloured plumage in introduced birds. 3. Food of introduced birds, particularly finches, sparrows, skylarks, and starlings, during winter. Minbk.— The specimen is a mixture of quartz, a manganese mineral, and a little mica. The manganese mineral, whioh cauies the unusual weight of the stone, is a silicate (rhodonite), with a little carbonate. It is of no commercial value. Braidboy.— (1) Nominated immigration is stoppedf altogether at present. (2) Yes, yon could obtain a material reduction in such a case.. (3) Before doing anything in the matter write to the Minister of Lands stating all particulars. J. A., Bluff.— (l) You can sue for trespass, but you cannot impound. (2) You can find out who too owners are by the brands on the cattle. (3) In an intestate estate the wife is entitled to a third and the family two-thirds. You can of course leave yoor proptrty as you like by will. * Oroppbb.— Section 202 of "The Land Act 1885 "provides that the lessee of a small grazing run is entitled " to the exclusive right of pasturage ovor all the lands included in the 'lease, and to all crops whioh he may ohoose Ito take off any part of the lands he may put into cultivation." That being so. we do not see that there eanbeatty obiectlontohis allowing others to crop if he pleases. ' That is the view taken by the local Land Oflice in the one or two cases brought under offioial notice. SußSOßpEKi— Virginia flake cnt is, we are informed, regarded as the finest smelling tobacco. It is obtainable at J. Mendelsohn's, Princes street. D.0.-O) The old Wakar* School was built iv tha year 1864. (2) We have no meant of (finding out the date of the death of a man outside the colony. B. and p.- (1) No. (2) Fowling pieces are supposed to be tested before being sold, but some are not so tested. (3) The stamp fixed on the barrel ouahtto be a Government stamp, but this is veryoften copied and the gun marked with a spurioua stamp. On* Who F.as Seen the Spot sends u« a leaf of a Barry s Trijopherous Almanack with the date of the wreok of the Gchomberg given as December 39. 1855, and asks if we have not made a mistake Wa quoted from Mr Henniker-Heaton's "Australian ' Dictionary of Dates," and " Men of the Time," which gives the date as April 26, 1853. " The Australian Handbook," a reliable work, published periodically, gives April 26, 1853, as the data also, so that It is very improbable that it is moor« reot. Intbsestbd -(1) No arrangements have beem mad© 5 et. (2) Some time in 1893, but we have not -tha exact date by us. (3) On this subject •• Workshop Beoeipts says : -Stencil plates may be out out of thin sheets of metal or cardboard, in the same manner as for wall decoration, &o. If varnish colours are employed lay them on as evenly as possible, through the perforations In the plate, and harden afterwards in a stove or oven. The metallio preparations used in glass staining and paining are also available, but require firing in a muffle, or a china painter's stove. Should the process commonly called embotsing be wanted, paint the portions of glass left uncovered by the spaces in the stencil plate with Brunswick blaok. dip or cover with hydrofluoric acid, wash In clear water and remove the black ground. Every parfc that was covered will then present a polished even surface, the remainder will have been eaten Into by the acid. If the raised parts are to have a , frosted appearance, rub them with a flat piece of marble moistened with fine emery and water For putting patterns or lines on glass with a wheel, there are two methods, one followed by glasscutters, the other by the engravers on glass. The first-mentioned, rough in the pattern, with an iron mill supplied with & triokling stream of sand and water, smooth out the rough marks on a wheel of York or Warrington stone, polish on a wooden wheel of willow or alder moistened with pumioe powder, and finish on a cork wheel with putty and rotten stone. The engraVf r outs In and roughs th» pattern with copper wheels, aided by emery of various degrees of fineness, and olive or sperm oil, and polishes the portions intended with leaden disks and very fine pumice powder and water. (4) Larger, if ft really is any guide. Wft are not responsible for the statement, the article being a contributed one. Subscriber, Bakaia — (l) Boil linseed oil in an earthern vessel, keeping it simmering at the sideof the fire for some hours. Have ready a dean piece of plpestem, dip it in sow and then, letting; it drip on to a cold flsgttone. As it cools try it between your finger and thumb, and go on till you find it stioky enough. When cold add about one-eight of Stockholm tar, and it is ready for use. (2) Thank you for the riddles, They will appear in due course. VETERINARY QUERIES. [ Answered bj a duly qnaUOed Veterinary Burgeon.— Queries must be reoelved by Mohd-y night to ensure reply ia the Buooeedlng iwne.] Gore.— The ailmeat affeoting your pony denotes a heated state of the body. Instead of hay or chaff give two bundles of grass daily, with a mash night and morning. If the irritation does not subside v quickly as desired, wash with the following mixture : —Animal glycerine, one part ; rose water, two parts. WITNESS SUBSCRIPTIONS. Subscriptions received for the week ending September 9, 1891 :— W G, Queenstown, to March 2, 1892 A F, Garston, to March 2, 1892 J F, Manuka Greek, to August 19. 1892 A ML, Springbank, to August 22, 1892 JVL, Wellington, to February 28, 1891 GN L. Ooal Island, to December 10, 1891 W M, Ettriok, to December 9, 1891 O F, Alexandra South, to Jnly 27, 1891 A M, Fortroie, to November 15, 1891 W H, Oottesbrook Station, to January 13, 1892 Subscribers remitting oheques must add Is for exchange, and Post Office orders must be mado payable to GEOEGB FENWIOK, Direotins Manager. 1851 | OTAGO WITNESS I 1891 TBBBU O* eOBSOBIPXIOK (nfCJCBDIHa POSTAQB). Quarter (in advance) „.£0 7 0 Six months „ ... 013 0 Twelvemonths,, ... 1 5 o On papers sent to the Australian Colonies extra postage is chargeable. Remittance by Cheque, Money Order, or Postal Notes. If Cheque lent Is exchange must be added. Meney Orders payable to