Messrs Matson and Co., offered on account of Mr WUliam Boag some pure bred Berk shire bows for sale, only one of whioh passed the hammer, Mr Oole, of Timaru, being the purchaser at £7 7s. Some Lincoln ewes were also offered on account of E. Mitchell, E?q., three were Bold at nine and a-half guineas to Mr Murphy, secretary A. and P. Association. The same firm had other stock, cattle, sheep, and horses to sell, but the bidding was tame, and not reaching the reserve placed upon the animals by the ownerj, they wero passed in. Messrs J. T. Ford and Co. had a salo of shorthcrn cattle as follows :—On account of Mr John Kelland —Bedford, red and white, calved Mfcrch, 1880, Mr Wei wood, Napier, twenty-five guineas ; Knight Errant, red and white, calved December, 1877, Mr Jackson, Wanganui, thirty-seven and a-half guineas : Prince of Denmark, red and white, calved October, 1879, Mr J. W. Ivey (Sohool of Agriculture), fifty guineas. Other lots offered by this firm wore not bid for to a sufficient extent, and were therefore pnssed iv. The sale waß concluded at three o'clock.
CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERY.
Tho Presbytery of Christchurch met in St. Andrew's Church,Christchuroh, on Thursday last, and was duly constituted with devotional exercises. Sederunt: The Rev. Messrs Homer (Moderator), Elmslie, Hill, Blake, Cairns, Burnett, MoOallum, Fraser, Weatbrooke, Beattie, Douglaß, MoOrae, and Messrs Gibbs and Wilson (elders). The Moderator intimated that a copy of tho minute and the letter of condolence had been forwarded to Mrs McKee and gratefully received.
On the motion of Mr Eraser, Mr McCrao, of Waipu was associated to take part in the proceedings.
