NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2273, 23 September 1897, Page 38

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions for reply in coming issue to be received not Inter than Monday night.

Miner. — Land held by the school commissioners aa education reserves is open for prospecting and gold mining. The course is to apply to the warden for a prospecting license, then agree ■with the tenant of the land as to the compensation to be paid for surface injury. Jf an agreement can not be-conie to, apply again to the warden to fix the amount. P*y the compensation agreed upon or fixed by the warden, proceed and prospect the land, and if payable gold is discovered a claim will be gran cd. Alpha. — (1) Share certificates, or scrip, as they are called, are not liable to stamp duty. ('2) See Football. Canterbury.— Your only course is to employ a solicitor. No instruc'ions which we can give will enable yon to perfect your title without the assistance of a lawyer. A E. B.— A wtelcly farm servant who refuses to do what he is reasonably required by his employer to do may be dismissed without notice, his wages being paid for the time he has actually servt-d. The master cannot deduct a week's pay, but must sue fot breach of contract. A domestic servant is one who lives in the same house with his master, and is employed in work in or about such house. Alexander Clark, Portobello. — We think the discussion has gone quite far enough. C O M.— Messrs A. and T. Hurt kindly quote the following as the price of copper 6beets as used for ships' bottoms :— 3os to 35s per gheet ; 18 square feet in a sheet. R. T., Roslyu. — Kottenstone is a soft earthy atone consisting chiefly of alumina, with about 10 per cent of carbonaceous matter and a little silica It is used for cleaning and polishing brass and other metals. You will g«t it at any ironmongers'. Cod —You could not possibly learn how to make an emulsion of cod liver oil without proper instruction, as the combination requires great judgment and skill. In emulsions gum, sugar, I carrageen, yolk of egg, «tc, in water are the suspending mediums. The oil is added little by little, rubbing together in a mortar, and taking care that it is completely absorbed or emulsified before further additions. Should too much bo added, the effect is to throw out moat of what has already been incorporated, and it is almost impossible to remedy the error. Puzzle-headed. — The seasons in New Zealand so overlap each another that it is impossible to assign any date for the commencement of either one". Spring may, however, be said to commence about the middle of August, summer the middle bf November, autumn the middle of February, and winter the middle of May. The astronomical spring begins on September 23, but, of course, the real spring is well advanced before that date. Tay Street.— The Scots Greys is a Scottish regiment. The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) were raised in 1681. Crest : The thistle within the circle and motto of St. Andrew— an eagle. Motto: "Second to none." On the standard are the names Blenheim, Raniillies, Oudenardo, Malplaquet, Dettingen, Waterloo, Balaclava, Sebastopol. Readeh op Witness.— Yes, so long as it is properly attested. If much property is involved it is tho height of folly not to employ a lawyer, however. Li. A. J.— Not as a private soldier. The Wolseleys are an old Staffordshire family. The general

was born at Golden Bridge House, County Dublin, Juue 4, 1833. Ho was educated by private tutors and at a day school near Dublin. He early showed a predilection for military life, and his name was put dovrn for a commission at the age of 14.