Ho lived only some twenty minutes after the accident. An inquoßt was held befora Mr B. M'Dougall, J.P., acting coroner, when a verdict of "Acci dental death " was returned. Mr James Baker, a woll-known civil-engineer of Auckland, has addressed a circular to the principal harbour boards of the colony, m which ho cays : — "Tho relative level of land and sea around tho coasts of Now Zealand" nhelhor constant or chancing, ia a subject of great interest lo Bcienco. The question whether tho bottom of harbours ia subject to portance to harbour boards. Upheaval or depression can only be determined by com parison of main sea level at timo of observa tion with marks previously placed by au thority and recorded. I beg to take the liberty to suggest that during the present Jubilee year your board should take the trouble to record on a braes or Btone tablet tho difference, say 10ft. to 15ft., between that tablot and the main sea level carefully taken. It poisiblo «uch tablet should be m the hall or veßtibule of a public building not likely to bo disturbed. As tho work can probably bo done by your own staff, the expense will bo nominal. But your board may be certain that the information thus recorded will bo of groat value when the colony attains its century and probably beforo that timo." Wo take tho following from the Li/llclton Timen of yesterday : — On Wednesday last the Upper Solwyn was tho tceno of a scandalous piece of destruction with regard to tho trout. This has been tho first season for somo time past when tho Gshing has been really good, and some splendid b&skots of fish havo been made with the fly on theso waters, both by anglers m Canterbury and by strangers coming from other colonies for tho sake of Bport. Abovo tho railway station at White cliffs is a celebrated pool, known as tho slaughterhouse pool, and almost always a trout or two of good size 'can bo reckoned upon thcro. The low state of tho water has caused tho trout to collect thoro m conaidor able numbers, as it ia ono of tho deepest pools m tho river. 