The Canterbury Marble Company haa opened up a magnificent lot ot marble in their quarry. The following is the result of an analysis by Professor Bickerton : — The sample of marble was found to contain 98.53 per cent, of carbonate of lime, with an in soluble residue, consisting ot silica, alumina, and manganese, the colouring matter being due to the latter constituent. It is a very fine sample of marble, the refuse from ■which will make excellent lime.
That we are a thoroughly business-like people may be judged from the following notice which appears in the Provincial Government Gazette of April sth :—: —

Supreme Court Circuit Sitting.— Notice is hereby given that a Circuit Court Sitting of the Supreme Court for the despatch of criminal and c ; vil business will be holden in the Court House, at Lawrence, on Tuesday, the twenty-first day of March next, at tue hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all persons bound by recog nizances or otherwise to appear as prose cutors, plaintiffs, defendants, or witnesses, are required to give their attendance. Note the date of the sitting and com pare it it with that of the Gazette.
Taubanga, April 6th.
The Governor arrived to-day in the Luna. He was met by the principal residents. He drove to the Gate Pah and the Cemetery. No landing could be effected at White Island owing to the heavy swell.
April 7th. Captain Morris, one of the candidates at the election for the Eaat Coast, has been summoned to appear on a charge of bribing the electors there.
Alexandra, April 6th.
