There were fourteen patients in the Hos pital last eveniusr. Mr F. \V. Knight fe-»s been appoirtea Registrar of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, also Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Waipori. Nominations to fjll the vacancy in the -Burough Oouncilrcaused by Cr Wilson's retire ment, will be received by the Returning Officer at the Atheqgmm till .noon on Monday next. An election; if necessary, will take place on Tuesday, litb, February." ,'. At their meeting last Tuesday evening, the members, of Loyal Tuapeka Lodge, 'M.U>I.OJO,3?m delegated thrpe, of their num ber to ooroperate with" the * local Foresters in making arrangements for hqlding a monster Friendly 1 Societies' picrnic. Mb John Long, of Tuapeka Flat, met with a rather nasty accident at the Railway station on Thursday. He was assisting in the removal of an iron-girder, which was partially raised and allowed to fall, striking him on the left ankle, and inflictinsr a severe lacerated wound. Mr Long was removed to the Hospital shortly , after the accident, and is now making satisfac* tory progress towards recovery. In terms of the 22nd section of " The Den tists Act, 1880," a certified copy of the Dentists' Register of New Zealand is published in the last issue of the " Gazette " for general infor mation. There are no less than seventy-four registered dentists in the Colony, and of that number thirty-three practice in Qtago. The - names' of Messrs Grieve, Harrop, and Taylor, dentists, of Lawrence, appear on the list. The question, of compensation for improve ment to leaseholders of runs cropped np at the Land B,oard on Wednesday. Qn being ques tioned as to whether the new lessees of the runs would bs aHov.ed valuation' for. improve ,mente at the termination .of thqir Jeaseg, the. Chief Commissioner replied that the Act did. mot provide for. such, but lessees could obtain pre emptive rights on application to the Board. ' THE'gold escort arrived in Dunedra on Tues ; day night, « ith an unusually large quantity of the precious metal. The cakes from the Mary. borough, Tipperary and Hftmeward - bound claims wejee displayed in Mr Hislop's shop \ window on Wednesday, and attracted consider- ; •able attention.! "The cakes fronj each claim weighed 7500z., 5010z., and233oz., respectively. The first cake was from 250 tons of stone, and is therefore an extraordinary yield. 