Some weeks ago, we (Grey River Argus) recorded the death cf Mr J. Millar, F.S.A., Nelson, who was known to ma?iy persons ou this Coast, and throughout the Colony. It will be remembered tnat., shortly before hia death, he was prosecuted by the Nelson Go vernment, but was acquitted. Among his papers after his death was found the follow ing letter, a copy of which has beon forwarded to Mr J. Lazarj of Hokitika. Tnc letter was dated August 1, 1876, and read as follows :—: — "Alas, to-day, the. change in my symptoms • is of such a nature that a fatjd termination is not improbable, even before I reach Nelson. , Should Providence so direct it, I desire, before then, to c;ive you +.he -assurance of an honest man's dying declaration. Eternity now staring me in the face, 1 declare, before the Great Architftct of the Universe, that I never, iv thought, word, act, or deed, de-

frauded the Government of .Nelson of a single shilling. Therefore, I depend upon you, and my Masonic brother Stanton, to assure tho world of the fact. I look to you both to pro tect my moral rectitude of character when I am gone to that bourne whence there is no return.- (Signed) J. Millaii."

There was a brief sitting of the Assess ment Court on the 21st, when the evidence of Robert Gillies was taken in the case of Thomas Calcutt v. David Miller and Others. One acre three roods and 39 poles, uituate m the North Harbour and Blueskin district, being part ot section numbered 2 of 37, block 11. on ,the map of the said district, and be« longing to David Millar, of Port Chalmers, David Carey the younger of Blueskin, and John Taylor of Port Chalmers, are required by tho Crown for the purposes of the line of railway from Dunedin to Moeraki. Robert Gillies, land valuator and estate agent, de posed that he had inspected the laud in question last week. He valued it at £20 per acre, but £25 per acre would be sufficient to cover the wounaod feelings and every thing else. Without the railway, the land would be worth considerably less. The soil was very rich. However, witness would not give more than £10 per acre for the land, because it runs a great risk from iloods. 