Our enterprising townsman, Mr George Atkins, last week renewed business on the site of his old shop, where now stands one of the most handsome stone buildings in Queenstown. Mr Atkins opened with a display of beef, mutton, and other necessary adjuuets to the butchering trade, which could scarcely be sur passed, and spoke for itself of the rich depastur ing grounds in the Wakatip. We are sure many old friends of Mr Atkins will, with our selves, wish him a long continuation of pros perity. Such enterprise as he has displayed is worthy of special mention. The Wakatip Electoral Roll contains a great number of names of persons who have left the district, or are dead. In the Moke Creek division it is said 37 names of electors of this description appear, and 32 in the Macetown one. We presume that this feature characterises the roll generally. The roll evidently requires to be fully gone into and revised properly. The tariff has been more favorably reviewed of late. The complaint now by the mercantile community is not so much against tho ad valorem duties as against the imposed 10 per cent. duty.
