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TABLE OF CONTENTS. Art and Artists ... .., ... 46 Athletics. — Notes by Amateur... *;.. 3(i Angling.— By Jock Scott ... ... 38 Auckland ... ... ... ... 30 Anglican Synod ... ... ... 23 Births, Marriages, and Deaths ... 28 Bowling.— Notes by Jack „, ... 31 Brass Band in a Church ... ... 37 Blueskin Show ... ... ... 15 Country.— Dipton, Wairio, One -Tree Point, Wainiatuku, Waikaia, Waikaka Valley, Puerile, Roxburgh, Poruahaka Downs, Upper Taieti ... ... ...25,26 Cablegrams ... ... ... 13, 17 Commercial ... ... 14, 26, 27 Cricket.— Notes by Slip ... ... 31 , 35 Cycling.— Notes by Demon ... .... 37 Chess and Draughts... ... ... 40 Current Topics ... ... ... 3,20 Casualties ... ... ... ... 19 Correspondence ... ... ...10,45 Cily Plundered ... ... ' ... 10 Closing Scenes in the House ... ... 11 Coral-Boring Exptdition ... ... 23 tMmstroas Holidays ... ... ... 23 Canterbury Agriculture ... ... 25 Dri\ en to Suicide ... ... ... 23 Duntdiu Shakespeare Club ... ... 55 Dunedin i» IS9O and 1897 ... ... S6 Editor's Wallet ... ... ... 52 E/gi and Olives ... ... ... 53 Farm and Station.— Notes on Pviiral Topics, Australian Wheat Harvest and Piices, Butter Tests and Milking Trials, A. and P. ' News, Germ Life in the Soil, Stock and Grazing Notes, London Wool Sale?, "The Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, The Fiozen Meat Trade, Farm Notes, New Zealand Produce in London, Meat Trade, Wheat Corner ... 4, 5, 6, 7, 14 Fun and Fancy ... ... ... 41 Fanciers' Column ... ... ... 35 Fire and a Fatal Accident ... ... 7 ITitzroy Wreck ... ... ... 2L Uakden ... ... ... ... S Home and Back ... ... ... 47 Jin rapiiii Tragedy ... ... ... 17 Island News ... ... ... 32 Indian Frontier Fighting ... ... 1(J Jubilee of Otago ... ... ... 12 Little Folks : By Dot. — Haunted Castle, The Adventures of Ralph Gieen, A.B , Storie3 an>l Sketches by School Children, Letters from Little Folks ... 51 li\nncs' Page : By Emmei.ink. — Answers to Correspondents, Table Talk, Ladies' Gossip, Change, At the Close of tho Year, London Fashion Notes, Eome Interests ... ... ... 43, 4i Local and General ... ... ... 20 Land Board „.. ... ... 8 Iri»nd Bailor... ... ... ... 8 Literary Notes ... ... ... B0 IiAND and Water ... ... ... 35 Lawn Tennis ... ... ... 37 litador of the Opposition ... ... 19 Light Railways .... „. ... 19 London Letter ... ... ...21,36 London Chat ... ... ... 23 Mining.— Week's Mining News, Ore-extrac-tion Extraordinary, School of Miners, ' Notes from Upptr Taieri, Roxburgh, Lyel), Auckland ... ... ... 18 Mui.tum ik I'akvo ... ... . ... 40 Modern Seimons ... ... ... 53 Mixed Race... ... ... ... 53 Mount Tuloko ... ... ... 21 A Torn-Out Page ... ... 41, 42 Notes and Queries ... ... ... 38 Naturalist... ... ... ... 48 INew Zealand Parliament ... „.22,23 New Zdlacder in Kimberley ... ... 4(J Otago Witness Christinas Annual ... 17 Poetry ... ... ... ...41,52 Passing Notes. — ByCivis ... ... 3 Pater's Chats with thk Boys ... ... 52 Personal Notes ... ... ' ... 47" Philately.— By Old Stump ;.. - ... 53 "Publications Received ... ... 38 Poultry ... ... ... ... 35 Prolonged Voyage ... ... ... 11 P/fiseutation - ... ... 0 Prohibition in Clutha... ... .... 9 Punishment in Schools .... ... 21 Riddleu .. ... ... ... 38 Religious Column ... ... ... 53 Rose and the Wattle ... ... ... 42 ltound-Thc-Woild Trip ... ... 51 Science Notes ... ... ... 48 Shipi»in« News ... ... ... 3S Southland News Notes ... ... 30 Scb/ol Vacations ... ... 3,9,15,36 School Coinmisaoners... ... ... 9 Southland Land Board ... ... 7 Suicide of a Family ... ... ... 19 Supreme Court S.. ... ... 15 Skin Case ... ... ... ... 35 Sights of Sydney ... ... ... 43 Scotland ... ... ... ... 21 Shooting Affray ... ... ... 31 Shows ... ... ... ... 25, 26 Story of the Gordon Bighlandeis ... 30 Sketciier. —Veiled Womea ; Prince, Two Dufces, T»o Oirls, and 40.000,000 Dollars ; John Bull's Big Playground, Buzzurds 1 Banquet, What is a Millionaire, Smoking Half-tcuinea Cigars, How We Get Our War News ... . . . 49, 50 Stage. — Theatrical and Musical Noreß, Wellington Wing Whispers, Australian Stage Gossip ... ... ... 19 Sporting. — Fixtures, Nominations, Ac, Best Records, Talk of the Day, In a Nutshell, Canterbury Doings, Auckland Southland Notes, Racing in New Zealand, Australia, Weights, Acceptance?, &c, Dunedin Jockey Club, Bed o' Stone CaEe, His Best Horse ... 32,33,34 Trades and Labour ... . .. ... 13 Typical Heroes of Recant Fiction ... 45 .Terrible Panic in a Church ... ... 15 "Witness Subscriptions ... ... 28 Week < ... ... ... ... 28 "West Coast Letter ... ... ... 51 "Wellington News Notes ... ... 55 ■"Wailieiuo County Council' • ... ... 8 "Wrecked on a Rock ... ... ... 33 .WITNESS SUBSCRIPTIONS. 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