At the conclusion of the lecture, Mr J. J. Woods, on behaif of the local Horticultural Society, cordially thnnked Mr, Wilson for his interesting and instructive lecture. He nlso thanked him for coming so loug a distance and exhibiting so beautiful a collection of flowers. He hopfd Mr Wilson would visit Lawrence next year, and that ho would then find that those who had heard his lecture had profited by it. Mr Wilson returned thanks in graceful terms, and the meeting terminated.
WAITAHUNA NOTES.
We take the following from the report of the Mines Department on the goldfields of New Zealand, prepared by Inspector Gordon, and recently laid before Parliament : —

TUAPEKA.
