WESlLANi)'auc! ; , with it, the Nelson South; - West' : Gold-fields have reason to remem-

ber witli satisfaction amounting to gratis ficatiori the visit paid to the district by th^ late ijPremier. Along, with the pre vious visit of the then Minister of Public

Works, that visit of the leader of the Government of the, Colony, caricatured tbouEth it has been because our distin guished visitor did not despise such grand natural objects as Mount Cook and its. glaciers, was. of eminent service to ,thb Province. and the County. .It influenced .actively the minds of Ministers on matters .which were at the time : agitated and ? ob structed, and, without- any straining of the truth, it must be admitted to have directly promoted the - undertaking, on a scale of liberality which had no sympathy in some quarters, of- those roads which have now opened the country from Ross to Reeftorij the railway from Greymouth to the Coal-mines, the harbor-works here^ and kindred, works elsewhere. Compared with the visit of a Governor, however desir- able such occasions may be by evoking a spirit of loyalty and unity throughout the Colony, that , one ; Premier!s visit wa3, in point of; practical value; in the proportion of one to six. .Wer have now another Premier, and is -there any good reason why. we should not have another Premier's visit? Are there not, indeed, excellent reasons otherwise 1 Mr Vogel^we are in formed, without the slightest symptom of .„ surprise; at- the information, .finds himself so overworked , :. that absolute cessation from mental fatigue is necessary, and the not uncongenial recommendation has been made that he should visit the Christchurch races, as his Excellency: the Governor is also likely to do without any such excel lent excuse. Now it is not long since,' without being so near the Coast as Christ church, Mr Vogelreceiye^ from Hcjkitika an invitation to visit Westland, and he made the promise at the time that of the ; -very- first-opportunity to do so he would endeavor to avail himself * The opportunity, seems very likely soon to eventuate. 