" Tlw deafness of the people of this plaoe as to the beauty of the city, this being their glory, is amazing,"

Mr A Bathgate in his pap r on " tbe amenities of Dunedin" to wbiob we referred the oth«r day, quotes the above words, written in 1837 by Lord Cookburn, of the people of Edinburgh, wbiou be considers equally ap plicable to tho inhabitants of Dunedin, and whiob we venture to think are by no means inappropriate to the residents in Nelson. The means Mr Bathgate propones to adopt with a view to rousing them from this state of deadne.s in the formation of an ansccia ti«n on the ej.rn. lines as the Cookburn Association of Edinburgh whioh was inaugu rated in 1875 for " the encouragement of tbe •forroaiozi of correct opinion b and of a right spirit, over the community, .0 a. to sreare the existence of a general and irjt.llifif-nt nttacbmsnt to what is eps*ntial to the city," the chief objec v bang " the preservation an-i improvemeat of the natural attractions of Edinbareh find i s neighborhood." Whether 1 r not there is any ohan_« of the formation of any suoh p.ssociation in Nelaon we know not, but it may well be thought over by those whoare inteießied in improving the appear ance of tbe place, and for their benefit we will givo a few prticulars regarding the Edinburgh Association, and we ma 7 add '.hit since tbe reading, of Mr Bathgate's pap<r on the lOih inst., we notice that a _i_ai'.ar Socie y bas been formed in Danedin wiih a considerable ra.mb.rahip, the ?üb acription to which is 5s per annum, or £3 3a for a life member. Tbe governing body is a , oounoil eleo.ed by the m mbers, whi.h is to " m^et periodically for the consideration nud promotion of the objects of the Association, and Bhall entertain such suggestion-" as may be made by individual membera or others.
