The Board Bhail meet for the transaction of binmi-sn nn ttie lir^t Wednesday m each month, ar 2 o'clock at the office of <he BoT- uuh Cjiuioil, Blenheim, or at xuch other time or place a-i may from tim« to time lie fixed by tne Bnrd. Tim first meeting shall he held on Wednesday, th« firs- d iy of February, oue thousand eiulit hundred an I eiuhty two. 3. Special meeiiiigs may be con y. Ned hv the Cimirmat), »r by ny tv o tnembetsol tie B aril, provided that two •lays' notice i.f a ich 'ineeti gbe given to e'eh member. sfiecifyins! he Imsines- to >>c transacted at such social me. tinir. and n<> other busines* than thatsnspeci lied shall be transacted at >nch me tins. i. Any thiee of the B>.id B ard blihl form a quorum. Any meeting may be idjourneil from time to time. Cricket. — A Cricket tna : rh bnfween Ouiiar i and Tiniaru played at tie latter place lat-t week illustrated the uncertainty of the game. Oamaru went m Kr.tt aud acored 88 ; Timuru "n th -ir fust inninus, scoiedSß. but more than half was madn by one man — Mr E. Fowler— ainl aquarter were " extras." Then Oaoraru went m again and scored only 9, seven getting " Ducks." Timaru had 10 ruus to act to win, aud to ac i -v« tliia it cost them three wekets; Tha bowiing on both sides was very goosl. Stkuck Oil. —They have "struck ile" (says an Ainnriciiu paper) out m the Gulf of Mexico. It is a harbour m the open gull, lb miles from laud. Oil is thrown up, and' rests upon the surface of the water like so much scum. The effect of rim oil is so great, thab even m the severest storms the sea m thia pecnli.tr harhour is comparatively smooth. This U an well known, that when a storm anproicliKS, amall vessels run for tins "odp-md," us it v culled, and lide out the gale iv safety. The Infernal Machines.— The hill of lading fur the cemmit ctka emit lining the infernal michines that arrived ac Liverpool iv Ihe Bavaria has been dis covered, hiving neon • r«tnrne 1 from the Am- ncan dead li-ter office from Bilt m, where the ruau to whom it was addressed coul'l not be found. 