NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2240, 4 February 1897, Page 38

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Quettivns for reply in coming issue to be received not later than Monday night. Nauticus — It will be necessary for you to procure a river certificate. The examination is a very flight one. You will be required to show your knowledge of the place ia which the boat runs, and that yon are acquainted with the commercial rode signals, Ac. Captain Gn>y, at I'ort Chalmers, the examiner r>f masters and mates for Otago, will, if written to, supply you with all details and fix a day for jour examination. Miner — Mr Beverly kindly replies :— If the rlotvts are 2ft broad, (i-h.p. ; if 3ft broad. °-h.p. Th« power is proportional to the area of the float iKiurd*. J R,— Mr Beverly replies :— lt dc-oenda on what sizes of nozxla* you use. Th« fallowing are the losses aud discharges from threa noj-.zleiof various

A single nozzle of the same area gives tha samo discharge. ThU9, a 28 nozzle is equal to two 2in nozzles. Inquirer, Milton. — (1) We aro informed that the sheep-dip manufacturing firm of Murton and White ha« bein dissolved, but that the former IB carrying on the busines*, and that trie dip may be obtained of the Mutual Agency Company, who act an agents in Dunedin. (2) Yes. R. N.— We do not get it. It is surprising. M. H.— They are evidently bird insects. Sprinkle the corner either with Keating's insect powder or a weak tolution of carbolic acid. Probably they will have disappeared ere you read this, however, as your query arrived just too late for r«ply last week. Cknthe Bush.— Your detcription "Fancy plum tree" i* not sufficient. Do you mean one of the recently-introduced varieties of Japanexe plums? Your soil and exposure are well adapted for the growth of the plum, but this season it has generally proved a very shy bearer in Otago There was plenty of blossom, but vtry little fruit set. Your young tree is pouibly making roots, aud it ts » good sign that it is not Bending out much young wood. Give it * generous mulching of stable manure now to strengthen it for next season. Young tre«3 are all the better for being coaxed a little iuto fruiting. As your tree ia small you could cover it over when coming into bloom with a piece of scrimcloth or othor open material to protect the blossom from spring frost?, which, do a large amount of damage to the more tender varieties. J. 8., Black Swamp.— (l) The railway return fore to Cbristchurch, second class, i« j62 2s Bd. (2) Yes, if you hold a return ticket which has not expired. (3) Yes. Subscribe*, Queenstown. — If the vinegar reached the iron through the enamel it will no doubt have been injuriou-.-ly affected, but canaot you tell by tasting it ? Troubled.— (l) No, not one who confines his practice to that description of -complaints. Any doctor would, .however, be able to treat you succ ssfully. \i) For acne squeeze out the blackheicU, waßb. the tace daily "with hot water and soup, and keep it powdered with precipitated sulphur. A Lonely Sister. — You may obtain redress by a suit in tha Supreme Court to have the trust carried out. Squatter. — The law as regards holidays does not apply to iitation hands. Toga.— Nothing can be deducted from the wages for damages. S3. — (1) We ar« not aware that any change has been made in the law of Scotland as regards verdicts in criminal cases. If any change has been made it has occurred very recently. (2) The lavr in respect of the registration of birthp, deaths, and marriages is the same in Scotland at in England, but the law of marriage differs. (3) A person cannot now be imprisoned for debt except on the ground of fraud or disobeying an order of the court. Subscriber to the Witness. -You are liable to pay imerest at the rate of .£lO per cent, per annum ou half the cost of the fence, provided the fence is a sufficient one within tha meaning of the act.

Diameter of nozzle. .Inches. 2 8 Loss of pressure. Feat. 45 31 20 Quantity discharged, Cubic feefc per second. 32 255 2-0