A well attended meeting was held in the City Council Chamber.-, on Monday (I'lth inst.), f oi- the purpose of presenting the Hon. W. H. Itoynolds wilh a, testimoni.il, consisting of an elaborately prepared service weighing 282<>zs of solid silver. It is in six pieces, fie urn beirg 18in. high ; the salver, 2(sin by 13in. ; the coffee pot, lOin. ; the tea pot, lO^in. ; sugar jar, Sin. ; and the cream jar, Sin. The salver bears the following inscription: — " Presented to the Hon. "Win. Hunter Reynolds, M.H.H., M.P.C., by the citizens of Dunedin, as a small mark of their appreciation of his services ns their representative in the General Assembly and Provincial Council for 22 years." The service was imported by Messts G. and T. Young, at a cost of about L2CO. His Worship the Mayok presided, and ad dressing Mr Reynolds, said : Sir — I have been requested, as Mayor of the City of Dunodin, to present you with this handsome and viluabii service of plate, which has been subscribed for by your fellow-citizens of all creeds and coun tried, and, I think, of every variety of political opinion. It is a token of the appreciation shown personally and politically for yourself. !For some considerable time I have had the pleasure of your acquahitan" c— l think for the last thirteen years — and T have always found you much the same — kind-hearted and frank. I have had occasion to differ from you lately on matters of politics, Mid so have many of us wii/hin the last few years. We all change our minds at times, but that should not prevent us from acknowledging worth, good intention, and services rendered to the public at large. I find, Mr Reynolds, tbat you have represented the City ot Dunedin in the Provincial Council for a period of nearly 23 years. You have also represented the City in the General Assembly at Wellington and Auckland for somewhere about 15 years. However much some may have differed with you in. x>oliticrf for the last few years, tbe fact of .your having beon elected for 22 years in succession as member of the Provincial Council must be admitted as an earnest that you have given groat satis faction. You, as an old colonist in Otago, have been privileged as few have been privileged in their life-tune. 