Committee was held on Monday evening, Mr J. 0. Eva, president, in the chair. The Secretary read a telegraphic communication from Me Whitaker, of Auckland, inviting an Ofcago team to visit that city during the current season, and promising, if that were done, that an Auckland team would be sent to 0;ago next year. It was intimated that a, reply had been sent, regretting the impossibility of com plying with the request. A letter was also re ceived from Mr Gudby, inviting the Otago team to play a match at Timaru en route for Christ church, to which the secretary was directed to reply, regretting that time would not allow o£ this being done. Messrs Fulton, Spring, and Rose were appointed, delegates from the Asso ciation to confer with the Canterbury Associa tion re future dates of the intßrprovincial matches.
The following tenders were received for the survey of the Waimea Plains Railway line :—: — R. and A. J. Park, L4lB ; Taylor and M'Neil, L 39 510 5; A. Adams, L 29 5; Hately and Scott, L 259 ; John Aitken, L 259 : D. W. Macarthur, L 235 jH. P. Higginson, L 219. Mr Higgin son's tender, being tho lowest, waa accepted.
All the readers of the Witness who are in terested in having the Bible reintroduced into our public schools, are asked to peruse the advertisement in this week's paper, issued by the " Bible in Schools Association," Dunedin.
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