The West Coast Times of July 3 remarks that" the reception accorded to Mr, Moorhouse yester day must have been most flattering to him; and _the addresses he delivered, both to the public and the Reception Committee, are suggestive of an entirely altered future for this long ill-governed district. We believe that _ the Committee have fixed Friday evening next as the most convenient for the banquet to be given to the Superintendent. The ovation being over, it will be time for the people to take in hand the practical work of bringing the requirements of the district earnestly under his Honor's attention." And the same paper of July 6 says;—" His Honor the Superintendant has set apart this day to receive deputations, the first of which will wait upon him at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at-Mr. Sale's office." — The kangaroos, or rather wallabis, lately added to the collec tion of the Acclimatisation Society attract a great deal of attention. The large enclosure in the domain, in which they are kept, was visited by a large number of people yester day. We would just remind visitors that their natural anxiety to see these interesting creatures may be carried a little too far. Especially would we request those in charge, of children to prevent them from chasing the wallabis, as we saw done in many instances. Revising Courts.—The Revising Officer, Mr. J, Lee, will hold courts for revising the lists'of voters at the City Council Chamber, Christchurch, on Wedndesday, July 18, at ten a.m., for the Christchurch district; at the same place and hour on Thursday, July 19, for the Avon district; and on Friday, July 20, also at the 'same place and hour, for the Heathcote district; at the Court-house, Kaia poi, for the Kaiapoi district, on Saturday, July •21, at eleven am.; at the Court-house, Lyt telton, on Monday, July 23, at eleven a.m.; also at the same place, on Tuesday, July 24, at ten a.m., for the Mount Herbert district; and at the Court-house, Akaroa,'on Thursday, July 26, at eleven a.m., for the Akaroa dis trict. , From Grey River to Jackson's Bay.- A correspondent furnishes the Westland Observer with a statement of distances between the various rivers or stopping places between the Grey River and Jackson's Bay. 