ot a positive valuc,M>ut this is far troni being the case The flat land is rich, manyi of the slopes will crop yrc.l, and the. steeper hills will carry ' a considerable number of stock when -cleared.- fcnc.d, and-,reed from rab 'bits. There is an ample stock o . firewood to serve all purposes or •many years. The native bush, winch lias fortunately been qrescryed in one portion of the • estate, and lias not ten entered by cattle, is cer tainly to most, beautiful now ;c ------uiaining on the epst coast of the Uovince north of Catlins Rrer fflio construction of the storage Re servoir for a water supply is being pushed on, and a more than ample waiter supp.y is one ol the g-eatest advantages of the property, tot a total expenditure 'oi less than 4,,H0 the institution will have an average delivery ol several hundred thousand gallons of water per diem. 'Hie superintendent <Dr Truby KM)) also mention that for the Siiachli Asylum one-tenth of the water sup ply, has cost nearly ten times the money needed for the same purpose at Orokonui. The complete furnish.- ing of the buildings, including' ■pianos, etc., will, when completed, have cost about £llOO. A large amount of work in the way of road making, draining, and the general development of the estate has been carried on during the year ■by work ing parties from Scac.iff. Male in ebriate patients have been sent to the home in the course oi the last two months, and there are now six. >A resident home lor women is on the "verge ol completion, and one female patient is now resident, HON. G. JONES AND HOTELS. The Hon, George Jones is inleri csting himscU in Wcl.ingtoii hotels, and he will move to-morrow " That the Government, n view of the alarming reports oi the Inspector of Police and the City Engineer of Wellington as to the seriously un satisfactory condilhn of a large number of the hotels in the city of Wellington, shoub take steps to seturc such reforms as may be neces sary, to bring about the removal o these menaces to pub.ic safety, health and comfort "described in the reports,"

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