Yesterday afternoon the Rev. J. S. Hill con tinued his lectures on " The Administration of Justice." Somo of tho statements made by him were of an extraordinary character. Ouo was that Caffrey was not guilty of the Barrier Island murder; aud the second was that Peuu's crime was of a very different nature to that for which he suffered death. As to the Hamilton mystery in Newton, the lecturer stated that bu koew a murder was committed and who was the murderer. He condemned the new prison aud the solitary cells as being planned ou an obso lete system. The lecturer was in favour of placing females in charge of female police cell?, and of appointing magistrates to try the offenders of their own sex. Referring to sundry social questions, the lecturer stated that there wore more bad girh—not young women, but girls—in Auckland than wojld fill Mount Eden Gaol, the causes of their fall being laziness and vanity. The statements of the lecturer caused considerable sen sation, and on subsequent consideration it was considered that, as regards tho Caffroy, Penu, and Hamilton episodes, he said either too much or too little, and his statements would only lead, in their present form, to uusettling tho minds of the public. Among those present was Mr Bisley, tho dtputy registrar of the Supreme Court, and Mr J. M'Lachlan, J.P., the latter gentleman taking part in the subsequent discussion. SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS. The deposits at tho Auokland Havings Bauk for July were £20,110, three-fourths beiug the savings of the working classes. IMPORTATION OF FRUIT. Tho steamer Kichmoud brought half n mil lion oranges from the islands, also a large quan tity of bananas. EDUCATIONAL. The chairman of the Board of Education denies the statement that the board did not con sult the head teachers in making the changes in the teaching staff for the country. Ho stated that this was not the fact, the board con sulting the teaohers on the matter in every im portant case; indeod one head teacher had written, in reply to the communication sent to him requesting his views as to who could be best spared in his school staff, that ho was glad the board had taken the matter in hand as it saved him tho " odium" of making tho selection. 