NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2146, 11 April 1895, Page 27

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Sam.— (l) He must before he can be registered produce a certificate from a professor or lecturer that he is in attendance at the chvs. The registrar cannot register him without that being produced. Clauses 4, 5, and 6 provide that— (iv.) " Every medical student must be registered not later than the 14th of May in his first year of medical study"; (v.) "No medical student shall be registered until he has passed a preliminary examination in subjects of general education, and has produced evidence that lie has commenced medical study." (vi.) "Every person desirous of b&ing registered as a medical student shall apply to the registrar according to a form, copies of which may be had on application, and shall produce a certificate of having passed a prelim inasy examination as defined . . and evidence that he has emmenced medical study." (2) "The Aldine Reciter," 6s, posted 6s Gd ; "The Dickens's Reciter," Is (id posted: "The Browning Reciter," Is 6d posted; "Scotch Readings, Humorous and Amusing," posted Is 6d ; " Humorous Readings for Home and Hall," posted Is Gf. The first is a very large collection— hunioious and pathetic— at Mr A. Sligo's, George street. T. W. llaKa. — Ye, your ryegiass seed is badly ori-otted. John Cnvwronn, Balrlutba.— The first steamer that came to the old jetty at Dunedin was the Victoria, Captain David Curie. (2) The Queen came in first. Siirpherd.-- See Kennel. New Tank —We know of no harmless chemical that would precipitate the iron in a new tank. J.lie bc=t Hung to be done is to line the tank with a coating of cement about an iuch thick, but it j-ou do not feel inclined to go to that expense and trouble, the next best course of action is to cloan out the tank thoroughly and give it a good coat of whitewash. Oil asks, What is the difference between a brake horse power" as applied to oil eDgtne3 and a 'horse power" as applied to ordinary engines, locomotive or stitionary? The brake horse power or the indicated horse power are the came thing taken by difforent means, and equal the power required to raise 33,0001b lft high per minute for every fiorsa power the engine develops. Admirer, of ran Fair Sex.— You have not enclostd your name, nov have you complied with the Btrpul.tiou that all account-! of balls. Ac, Bhall bs verified. See notice iv Ladies' Page. Bootlace.— U) Tha chief post oflicc. (2) The postmaster at your end has, we prosame, accidentally neglected to apply it in the hurry of sorting. (3) We know of none, and should think there can be no meaning attached to it. Ignoramus — A creditor who has obtained judgment in the Magistrate's Court caD, by issuing a disfci ess warnint, cause any lease held by the debtor to be sold, and the proceeds to be applied iv or towards satisfaction of the judgment. Scu.t.ywag.— A married woman is entitled to vole at the elect ; on of a school committee if she i? qualified as a householder. Ihe ownership of property is not a qualification. Aviv Sacra Fames.— The fact that an o\vner of land himself mines for gold upon his own land does not give any other person the right to do so. Such owner can prevent any other person from entering on his land. Subscriber, Duntroon.— The landlord's claim for not exceeding six month*' rent is a preferential claim to a claim for wages. R. S.— A member of a school committee is not disqualified by becoming bankrupt, and hi 3 seat does not become vacant. A Subscriber —The fifth section of the " Fencing Act 1831 " says thnt it shall apply to all persons be ; ng selectors of land on defened x'ayment*, or ayriciiltural leaseholders, and section C makes tbe act apply tj Crown tenants. Holders of perpetual lease, are not cxprc-sly mentioned, but we think they come under-the category of Crown tenants and are beund to join in the erection of boundary fcnce3 when duly required to do so. Every one is bound to keep his cattle from trespassing on other people's property, and liable to pay damages if they do trespass. Plough Boy. — The fence not having been erected on the boundary of his laud, A can claim nothing from I] for the u»e of it. L. ll.— Mr Beverly kindly replies :— An overshot wheel Gft diameter, 18in wide, and 9in shrouding, cirryiug one head of water, will give merely ha'f a horse power. It would carry two heads, and then give nine-ttnths horse power. If the water divps from a height of Bft, and the shoot is properly made, the power will be doubled. The shoot may be nearly vertical till near the end, and then curve forward so as to throw the water out about 20deg below the horizontal, and enter the buckets at the top of the wheel. Sim.— Mr Beverly replies : -Neglecting small, fractions and the resistance of the air, a stone falls 16ft the first second, 48ft the second, SOft the third, 112 ft the fourth, and so on, the common difference being 32fr, or more; exactly o2ffc 2in, which is called the acceleration due to gravity, and is pioportional to the time. Thus at the end of one second the velocity is 32ft per second, at the end of two seconds it i 3 Gift per second, and so on. Small bodies, such as hailstone*, s-oon reach a maximum velocity, when the resistance of the air is equal to the force of gravity; the velocity then diruinUhtt as they appioucU the ejirch'.s surfdcj, o\\ iug to this incieusiijgdtn&itj of the air. Constant 11i:a»i:i:.— You do not f:ij- whether hi 3 plum tv<.e=; are grown a-, tt.uHaid treei, or against a wall, or on e-pilier*. We, howtver, presume you m^.in grown as s-tmdaid-, in the open Ri-uund. In that ca^e we should think all the pruning required will be to cut back any very strong branches that are growing too rail or too strong for the othei^, or any branches that wil! ci-o£s or nib on the others. This will be better done at the winter pruning. Any .summer pruning requires 111 1 be very carefully dope, as the plum is apt to bleed or £iim, which injuicsthe tree very much. All tho summer pruning we should recommend is to pinch out tho tip nf any \ cry btrong branch, or to rub out any bud that is growing where it is not wanted. The ploin is very apt to tend out suckers from the root", and frequently a long way from the stem, 'iiiey should lie in tins ca»e l.ud bare, and the nickers taken closely oft liy the stem. Tfck i* the only eitectual way to prevent them spreading. Nevis —No fewer than three correspondents kindly Ecnd the add re.-* of Me^iNMillei and Co. in je^pouse to your reqne>l. The address of their s-tutlio is 113 Victoria street. Christchurch, and the private address 107 Diuham street north.