3 To tlie Editor of the Taranaki Hebald. Sir, — I have been informed that a spring pole now on the gronnd leased by one of the companies for the purpose of boring for petroleum cost that company £30 ; and further, that the pole had been furnished by a shareholder. I can only say that if shareholders in our Victorian gold mining companies had looked so much after their own interests, and so little after those of their associates, we could never have made mining pay ; for the full value of the spring pole de livered on the ground is £7 10a., judging by my own experience in the expenses attendant on sinking and boring, which has not been incon siderable. I have been engaged in mining for, ten years, viz. : — from 1851 to 1861, and during this time, for four years and six months I was working a spring pole by hand on Cobbler's, Prince of Wales I ,' Black Lead, and Napoleon Co. JB,J 8, and therefore consider myself fully competent to form an opinion on the subject. Should any persons desire information on the above subjects, I shall be happy to afford them all in my power. I can also procure cups and threads from Ballarat, from 20 feet to 500 feet, working by rods from l\ inches to 1| inches, and tubing. I am, Sir, &c, Stephen W. Hunt. Manutahi, July 2j 1866. ** To the Editor of tlw Taranaki Herald. Sir,— -I beg to ask, through your paper, why cattle are allowed to wander at large every day in our cemetery. [I thought cattle were not allowed to be there. I am interested in the matter, and I think it very painful to the feelings of those who have friends buried there, to see every day a number of cattle and horses feeding in a place set apart for a more sacred purpose. — Tours, &c.j William Atkins. New Plymouth, July 4, 1866.
