I said if that wa lie case, he could easily call some one to provi lis assertion. He then b j cnme very uneasy ind said that lie was not at the cofEoe-houS' vhen the fire broke out; he had beei valking about the streets, and tha it the lime in question he had been ove ifictoria bridge, on the Papanui roa<l, on hi vay to see his brother, and that lis had then teardthe fire-bell I returned to the fire iVith Dr. Turnbull's assistance I remove! he remains, and placed them under th iliarge of a constable. I placed a tent ove hem. I examined the premises the nex lay, and saw a place where the ashes ap leared to be different from ordinary timhe tshes. The place was near the range, am lear the south end of the hoise. It appearei is though some combustibles had beei ghted. The ashes were visibly different 'rom those of the burnt timber of the house They were in a round hole; the ring whicl incircled them was also plainly visible. Cross-examined : my attention was drawi :o the ashes: my attention was drawn t ;lie color and to the ring, I found nosimila i«hes anywhere else. The range was ab >u nx feet from the corner and about three fee from the wall of the ho se. The fire wa lelow the range. The range was aluut fou : eet long and two and a half in height. Th' ilace were the ring was, was in the middle o ;he range. We found a large piece of meat t was half-burned. I do not think that nentioned this fact at the inquest. The wit less Nishtingile told me that he thought hi law a man inside the house in a sitting pos ;ure on the ground. Henry Nightingale : I am a 'abourcr livini in the South Town Belt, On November 17 ! was in Cliristchurch. I was going horn lown Manchester street. I passed the pre nises where the fire took place about 1 a.ro [ saw that the house was on fire. The fin vas on the outside of the South side of tin louse. At that time, I first saw the fire, i pvas burning up to the window in the uppe itorey. There wa< a high wind at the time 'rom the H. W. 