•■ The resignation, by Mr Wason of his r seat for Coleridge is gazetted. | The following is the railway working. account for the four-weekly period end ■^ ing Sth. March, last : — Kaipara : Receipts, £430 4s 3d; expenditure, 95 per cerifc" * Auckland: Receipts, £4595 14s 6d; ex y penditure, 81 per cent. Napier : Receipts', ' £2462 17s 6d ; expenditure, 65 per cent. Wellington: Receipts, £2881 ss6d; ex penditure, 68 per cent. "Wanganui ; Receipts, £3131 19s ; expenditure^ 65 per cent. New Plymouth: Receipts, £601 16s 6d ; expenditure, 54 per cent. "West port : Receipts, £196 2s 6d ; expenditure, 130 per cent. Nelson: Receipts, £654 8s 2d ; expenditure, 83 per cent. Picton : Receipts: £422 os Id; expenditure, 93 per cent. Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill : Receipts, £55,197 8s Id; expenditure, 68 per cent. Total receipts, £71,326 18s; expenditure, 69f percent. .Within: an hour after the Stad Haarlem passed the lighthouse. this morning she was berthed alongside the middle of the Queen'sf' wharf. Immediately after her immigrants were landed she was thrown open> for public inspection, and her ap pearance was much admired. She will be repainted here and fitted up for her homeward-voyage. Messrs Meek and Co., of Oamaru, have commenced business here as flour mer chants, having taken Keeble's mills. The discovery of copper ore in un limited quantity, near Masterton, is re ported. It is said that two settlers who spent their Easter holidays on the ranges made the discovery, and steps will be taken to have the ore tested. The newly-formed Naval Brigade held a meeting at the Central Hotel last night, when several members were sworn in by Mr C. O'Neill, J.P. The following letter from. Colonel Whitmore appears in this night's Post : — " Sir,— Mr Waterhouse's letter to you on the telegram business gave an incom plete and rather garbled account of the affair. It contained some rather violent expressions, but strong language will not * create a strong case ; on the contrary, it is in weak ones that one hears of the plaintiff's attorney coming in for abuse. Mr Waterhouse's letter has substantiated nothing, Except that he is liable to un reasonable attacks of temper, and is ex ceedingly anxious to force himself before the public. 