ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1341, 24 June 1859, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

r \il V ° T ° f i he WM; Wn Independent ) MR-,finiTon:—ln conversation last week with a Wairmpa Settler, he mentioned .-ee-. as •no n L V H7 !lbun<lant ; «.T question ■ wa." why notsenri them to market, .is they wimld be sure "pens . I must revert to the olden land-for ■■& of F. and other seapur sot trance, from Ireland, nnd Scotland — riSs* Jl , ■ V nCbes hroad ' aml cont « i n 1.200 eggs that is to say, 10,00 eg*,, at (n the hundred ; those from Jat.s hVh "best ab they arc by far the largest e RK s-and f"t P h Senerallyfrom 53.V,. 7^t gfJJ £ summer month,, and' proportionately more » wm er, according to the! weather. Those from Scotland,generally arri, e in boxes, comaiZ from 4 to 6 hundred, arid are rather less in "we and price• and those from. Ireland Generally arrive .n crates coritaining from '-8 tb-fS thousand and are frequently sold atjfrom 3 3 . to 4s. me.boxes from France are paid for Jif kept by the retajler.atfrom 3 S . to ss! each aoeordinff to crcumstances-r think therefore if fte Walrarapa settlers have any quantity-of ejtfs they eya easily manage to send the.nTinto WelHneton where they could taking the year round..obtain itimatL °^ f °K rtheir e^s ' at th » lowest i eb ° Xes whicb wouW c " fJX tfJ eeUon^' WOuld alwa 7 s fi as much as they would cost in Wairarapa.' The expense of bringing mto town say, £3 per ton would be about 30s. for each box aY nea? m 1 can approximate without wei ? hin ff the eggs gißjSß.'aSsisisifE pnoe of the eggs are put down at a very low end mostMely in agijen number of years would.reahze 2s: 3d.-perdozeri throughout the

In France, Scotland and Ireland, boys are employed by the day to purchase eggs around •the country but in New Zealand they are more the best way would be ifor2 or 3 neighbours to cl.ibHbeir eggs together tandjend them to Wellington; the method of ;pactog ls easily, understood, and the box of the jdescnptwn.l hare named would have 4 layers fof eggs, 300 in each layer-the top and .bottom ioeed not reach the outside'nor be close in the ; middle, to that 2 eight inch boards'would be jquite sufficient to extend: over the 20 inch ■' breadth of the box.

t> c \\ ■ , TwiTTEM. - i'.b. I have weighed eggs when 6 have been over the pound weight but I think about 10 or 11' is an average. - '

THE WAIRARAPA

Wβ have been requested to publish the following Memorial relative to the hold-

ing of District Courts in the Wiararapa. To His Excellekct, . Colonel Goas Brow*, C. 8., Goversob of- New Zealaxd. The Memorial of the undersigned Settlers of the District of the Wairarapa in the Province of Wellington, \ .'■ ■ . ' - Respectfully Shetceth, /;■ That a proclamation ordering Courts of Sessions of the Peace and Courts under the Resident Magistrates' Extension of Jurisdiction Act 1856, to be held in the District of Wairarapa, was issued the month of June, 1857.

That Charles. Dudley Robert Ward Barrister at Law, was appointed the Chairman of such Courts. ; .

That seen Courts were duly organised and held by the said Chairman. at Greytuwn. 55 miles from. Wellington, and proved of the greatest .benefit .to the Settlers and Natives of Wairarapa.

That the Sessions of the Peace Ordinance and Resident Magistrates Extension of Jurisdiction Act were repealed by the District Courts Actof 1858. ' ■

That your Memorialists are informed that His Honor the Superintendent of Wellington has' recommended that the said District Couits Act sbould be immediately brought into operation within the entire Province of Wellington, and that District Courts should be held four times a yeantvithin the District of'Wairarapa. : i ! That your Memorialist hoped and expected I that Mr. Ward would have been appointed Dis- ! trict Csnrt Judge,as liebad acquired the respect and confidence both'of Europeans and Natives resident in Wairarapa, and your Memorialists cannot refrain from taking the present opportunity of respectfully expressing to Your fixeellency their .opinion; that a great injustice has been done to Jlr. Ward, if, as is currently reported, the Office has been offered to,another person. That your Memorialists are iuformed that it is not the intention of Your Excellency to direct District Courts to be held in the Wairarapa. That if such intention' be carried into effect, Your Memorialists will be deprived of theit only, local Court and willi consequently be compelled to resort to' Wellington iv every case which,would virtually amount to a defeat of Justice. •, ,-i ■•' ■...:.. That Your Memorialists believe the District oftbe Wairaiapa contains more Settlers, than ~ the'new Province of;lJawke's Bay. . ; Your Memorialists; "-therefore, earnestly request that' Your Excellency will.be pleased!&>■ I take the Memorial jnto consideration rand .to i make it imperative" on tlu- peisou appointed District Court Judge, to hold Courts fmir times' a year at Grcytoiun, and Youi Memorialists" do most confidently trust thai the statement of their case now laid before your Excellency..will excuse tliem from ~such,,intolerable.-,hardships and injustice as would arise fiiim the appoint-;, ment of any person who in-.iy lie cither unablei or unwilling, to undergo the labour and fatigueof travelling through a District like, the Wairarapa. , ,\ . .'■;, ' . . ' ~ Signed by 196 inlmbitanti <>£ the Wairarapa..,,.