In the Presbyterian General Assembly, to-day, a report was read from the Church Property Committee, recommending Mr W. S. Reid to be appointed legal representative of the church in New Zealand. The report was adopted. Shares.— Bank of New Zealand : buyers at £19 15s ; National Bank, buyers at 14s 6d ; Colonial Bank (40s paid up), buyers at 33s ; South British Insurance, buyers at 67s 6d, sellers ab 695 ; National Insurance, 235 ; New Zealand Insurance, sellers at 945. December 12th. In reply to representations from the Auck land Waste Lands Board, the Government promised that the confiscated land shall be vested in the Board. In reply to Mr Broomhall's second appli cation, a resolution has been carried by the Waste Lands Board that 47,000 acres of the Te Aroha block be sold j price to be paid'by February Ist, 1877 ;Mr Broomhall. to intro duce 610 adult immigrants, and to erect 150 houses, churches, chapels, stores, &c, pro vide land for educational endowments, and bring one-iiffch of the land under cultivation before January Ist, 1883. The snm of £11,425 is to be deposited as a guarantee — to be absolutely forfeited if tho conditions are unfulfilled. Crown grants to be issued when the money is paid. The price of the land is not publiohed. lie Mr Prichard's application for 62,000 acres, a resolution has been passed that the land be sold at £ L per acre — 10s to be paid before the Ist March next, 10s by introduc tion of an equivalent of immigrants (one adult for e/eiy 75 acres j 210 house* to be erected ; other- conditions to be similar to Mr Broomhall's. The sum of £15,000 is to be deposited. December 13£h. A Washing and Laundry Company, with a capital of £500, has been proposed. At Messrs Eunter and Nolan's wool sale to-day, 250 baits were sold, Locks, 2Jd to 4d ; long wool, in grease, 8d to llfd ; and long wool, washed, 9d to 15£ d. News from the King country states that Winiata sleeps in the day-time, watched, by friends. At night he keeps vigilantly awake, and well armed, being afraid of his capture by the Friendlips. 