The 130 volumes presented by Mr Justice Gillies to the Auckland Institute are mostly connected with the political and legislative history of New Zealand. In hiß letter, in presenting them to the Institute, His Honor says :— " Although some of them are but little intrinsic value, I venture to think that they may be of value a3 works of reference for students of New Zealand History."

Mr Eederli (says the Akaroa Mail of Tuesday last) is paying us another visit. He arrived by the coach last night, and brought some silkworm grain for distribution to those persons who hare applied for it. He has visited several of those who have planted the mulberry tree this year, and says the trees are all looking well. The trees are of the mo9t delicate kind of tie moms alba. Some of them have actually been making wood in the winter, a thing never known in Europe, and he anticipates that, like the weeping willow, they will almost cease to be deciduous, and become evergreen in the course of years- Some of the grain from silkworms reared by Mr Cullen last year is is already hatching, and the young worms are doing well: Mr Feeerli suggests that it is better not to pick the mulberry leaves from the young trees planted this season for the sake of a few silkworms, as it is most important they should become well estab lished before being stripped of their foliage. One is pleased to hear such a favorable report from Mr Eederli, and we really now look forward with confidence to the time when sericiculture shall have become one of the established industries of the Peninsula. Mr Eederli hopes some efforts will be made to get a good supply of trees to plant this winter, aB the great thing now is to provide sufficient food for the silkworms.
