THE SKETCHER; Japanese "Women, A Successful Vendor of Gingerbread, Some Stage Deaths, The Tramp of the Past, " Rough Diamonds," Sympathy Between Twins, Hostility to New Things, Fortunes from Trifles, Facts About Emiti Bey, The Dread of Death. Ooldfields Reminiscences—Digger Dick. LITERARY NOTES. THE LADIES: Answers to Correspondents, Alice's Letter to Her Readers, A Lady's Letter About Mel bourne, The Ministry of Sorrow, "Old Cruncher's Niece," Ladies' Gossip, Home Interests. OUR LITTLE FOLKS: Podgie and Todgie, The Bishop's Visit, Letters from Little Folks, Little Folks' Riddles, Chats with the Children. SCIENTIFIC TALKS: The Geological Action of Water, by F. G. B. The Naturalist. "Multum in Parvo. Health Column. Editor's Wallet. Fun and Fancy. FARM AND STATION: Harvesting Grain, The Grain Bag Question, The Winfcon Stock Mortality, Queensland Agricultural and Live Stock Returns, Agri cultural and Pastoral News, Our Canter bury Agricultural Budget, Tuberculosis in Cattle, Elastic Traces, The Winton Stock Disease, THE GARDEN: Operations for the Mouth, Hints on Gathering Fruit, Lilium Auratum, The Plantiug Season, MINING-: The Welmjin Dredge, The Port Pegasus Tin JField, Gold Dredging on the Waipapa Beach, Central Otago Miriiug Notes, Not so Bad as Represented, Reef ton Mining Notes, Wakar ipu Mining Notes, Notes from Maha kipawa, Green's Reef Company, Miscel laneo- as. Melbourne After the "Boom." Bruce County Council. Telegraphic Briefs, Sale of Runs. Southland Laad Board. Taieri Couuty Council. The Sarnoan Troubles. The Tirnes-Parnell Commission. Local and General. Cablegrams. Imperial Parliament. The Australian Wheat Supply. The New Zealand Exhibition. THE COUNTRY: )>ke County, Lake Wanp.'ka, Waikaka, Wynd ham, Waikaia, Warepa, Gore, Bald Hill Flat, Fortrose, Garjtou, Lawrence, Milton^ Taieri Ferry, Povtobello, Broad Bay, Pal merston, Country Items. Land Board. Commercial. Notes and Queries. THE WEEK. PASSING NOTES, By Civis." Meeting of Farmers. The Melbourne Boom. SPORTING: Fixtures, "Best Records to Date in New Zealand, j To I Correspondents, Talk of the Day (by \ "Ma:Jeppa"), In a Nutshell, Weights, \ Acceptances, &c, Racing iv Australia (by ' " Wari'ior "), Racing in New Zealand, Can terbury Doings (by " Rata"), Our Auckland Sporting Letter, Sporting Notes from Aus tralia, rjan Dawson, the Horse Poisoner, England, and Australia. FOOTBALL: jNofces by " Forward," English Ilfcems, The Native Football Team. CYCLING: WUeel Notes (by "Demon"), The Christchurch Trip. BOWLING: Notes by " Jack." LAWN TENNIS: By " Net Play." CRICKET: Notes by " Slip." THE TE KOOTI EPISODE. THE RIDDLER. 