* The Committee reported the allegations as correct, but they had no power to give relief. -"• l July 6th. l At the Native meeting yesterday. at Amatui about a new building there, Chief Renata made an important speech. He said he had been asked to contribute to a fund for the redress of Native grievances. Ho had already -given £400, which had all gone to the lawyers, but there had been no result. He should give no more. He advised his people to do the aanie. He said he, like all other men, had grievances,- but he found when he went to the Government and- made proper representations, he got relief. That the Government- had done much for him and his people in the matter of roads and Schools. When he wss dead, the Government would care for the education of the young: Much money was being collected by the Committee for the Redress of Grievances, but it was all going the same w«y as his £400— to the lawyers. ' This speech will be a heavy blow and great discouragement to the repudiation party, for Renata is a very influential chief. July 7th. A thousand acres of densely timbered bush land at Hampden were offered for sal* to-day by Mr K. Miiiler. It was a good site for a saw mill, but no offer was made, k GRAHAMSTOWNJJuIy 2nd. The number of deaths in the Thames' 1 dis trict for Jane, was 10 ; for the previous | month, 39. Births during June, 41. The | figures for the quarter ending June 30th are. birth*, 113 ', deaths, l<fc • Wrrjages, 14,

proveraent, and may even be made worth his grass. A patieut Australian shepherd has, by dint of perseverance, taught a kangaroo to shepherd sheep. Now, one has often heard of hares being taught to do email tricks in circus performances — going even so far as firing off pistols. I once read, too, of a kangaroo being broken in to a light plough, and an ostrich work ing a lawn-mower. Whit an immense j fortune this suggests fur • »tago ! If all j these despised rabbits could only be made to work, instead of being legislated upt n, the very rabbit-power of the Province would make her invincible. 