Oamaru Times and Waitaki Reporter from Oamaru, Waitaki District, New Zealand • 4

4 THE OAMARU TIMES AND WAITAKI REPORTER Tuesday April 16 1867 LAX CULTURE IN NEW ZEALAND NEW SOUTH WALES WRECK THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RATES POSTAGE VTA PANAMA better and cheaper for this colony quantity may be sown or drilled A fine long stalk cc Daily ult The P0 4 friends oooooooog? 0 0 0 0 0 0 law CO throughout in asserting his innocence The Rev Mr Rich Church of England Chaplain of the have disregarded all religious instruction from much cannot well be said about it over the crank shaft in half an hour the engine room 3 yg oJ Robinson was also a frequent visitor to Scott tP g5 sL 2 2 Wc find there the same jealousies ST4 The wretched man expressed contrition for from outlying districts that after doing so much way admitted that he was guilty of the crime for trifle of energy Oamaru lifts up her voice against Dunedin ro it was OOO All the preparations for the procession began to move from the wing in which 0 Qj foremast wont a little after four falling over the star 00 month if possible CS 0 0 Throughout the whole special blame they able to procure a machine to be driven by steam The clergyman tells me I very ct erf cf The reverend gentleman was wanted We can find market in The farmer ought to do nothing IMPORTS AND EXPORTS VICTORIA The mystery attending the catastrophe large and the years 1860 1866 both inclusive Year Imports Exports L200 the coast that he muit have been fearfully misled to 5 THE BANK AUCKLAND Year AUSTRALASIAN CONEDERATION lian trade The samo causes and results even was however induced to come on shore ft ft ft In January 1866 duty was paid on 95549 oz of discovered gold but under the lower rate in January 1867 duty This with the increased num The whole of the crew thirty three This facile disposition to accommodate persons nities have reached that stage when having many interests in common which would be much pro It is not easily ascertained why Mr Johns should have absconded because there was no charge against him beyond that of mismanagement and The letters received frpm other places were as 18G6 Ct have been had they been independent over their the question of security to a future meeting and The tariffs of most of the colonies the extent of liability was to be fixed by a report are barbarous affairs Tasmania being far ahead from the accountants of other banks appointed 313 Timaru 209 Waimate 24 Waitaki 55 Wai riien there are such questions as the postal services acknowledgement We consider the introduction of Conference is the first step taken in that direc this machinery a great boon to our tion and will we hope lurnish a precedent for We understand that the mem As a rotation crop since broken up to any understanding or see ground for believin The Bank of Auckland will of papeis and letters received In the first quarter of If oney orders 1865 L25 2s 6d Southern by the Tararua WWW) rees on private boxes 1865 L32 complish it far for the colonies have nothing L24' i i a i a 41 mg or yeai were consiueraoiy doiow those wiiicn the same number received by land 73 were received rom the action of steeping and drying the cogs unpalatable lesson even on that score time will surely come when the series of republics igilhuLclJme in for Sile despatched 643 11 01 AT a 1 fl In iTT rvr of 29th ult We understand virtual abolition of the system of Provincialism and Chili and San rancisco re shipped to England rom I £sed upon the municipal system of the colony of lax will not so No defalcation appeared on examining the accounts appeared uu exaniiuing uie accounw year expoit 2000 tons Tasmania will also be an ex Tobacco has been successfully grown at Dayletfl but four thounnd worth of overdue bills were £orter but to what extent doe not yet appear New One acre and a half has yieWed one ton and a ha thXSX Th Wal' te local sg js SW wbich 4h uvvs 1 pOvvo WXu rOHllSv JjjLOv Her captain said he 4 It it a I a ii ti i i 4 II II i A 1 II II fl II I 9 II II II i ii 4 I fl a I II II 1 A II II i I i II ii it ii ll ii ii i 1 i i I II 5 I 9 i 5 i II I II II 14 I I II I 2 ri ta 2 4 ii fll I II i I II I 2 2 2 2 i I ij i 44 2 II 4 41 II If 5 i i Ii i 2 ii it it 4 1 2 6 I i 2 II 2 2 I II i I 2 II i i II i i I i ii 2 I 1 i II SI II If If II I II i 2 i II 4 II 2 1 2 i i ii ii 41 2 I 2 I 4 i I if ii I 2 2 I II i I 2 2 I Hill I 2 i 2 2 ll: ii 2 II 2 2 I 2 2 I 2 II II i 2 2 I 2 1 2 1 II 2 II II I I 2 i 2 4 ii I 41 2 2 1 2 2 14 41 2 2 2 I 2 i fl I 't 1 ii 2 II II II II 2 2 I I i II II ii I I a II lilii III I II 2 II k' 2 II lit If 2 2 1 I I II I ii ii ii ii IV I oetitJduwid I A crops Simply in our opinion because there has raw 1 fl 1 flit a uuxu ui lino pruniic pianv xne latter object is in I In England and the north of Ireland the growers not to cost over forty shillings With one of them a smart lad could dress from 401b to 501b a day But as we said before we think it will be better for the cultivated one and we shall not be surpiieed to I flax being one parent and the cultivated the other I gardener who produces it will deserve which the crop uas grown for this liquor returns the grower have the convenience of water upon the higher pats of his ground this distribution of the liquor will be simple and easily effected and wet anxiety and if as we suppose it will guarantee to these municipalities a regular income by appropriat while getting nd of several of its moat glaring dis dvantages readers if growers would forward any item of intel and after treatment if in their estimation they to our country Ing itself felt vinces as well weeded we think drilling and horseshoeing will be better and cheaper for this colony A bushel and a quarter is sufficient for an acre if seed alone bo the object but when fibre is required fully double that quantity may be sown or drilled A fine long stalk is what the likes and for which he will give a higher figure through thick sowing and upon rich land turn per acre varies from 4c wt to double that quantity and the value is from 40s to 50s per cwt I ncss of the fibre dustries lately sprung up and upon which little in oi the Union Bank when it was resolved to 388 I have been almost at war with each other would pay the depositors and note holders reserving institution beyond that and it will be a work of time to ac important than Britain has played in that which is now drawing to a close This can only be acquired The re a itself amonir the There is a growing im he was visited by his attorney to who confession he was innocent All the preparations for the execution having been completed the mournful A Scott had been confined at a few minutes past Arrived at the foot of the scaffold ennaffed several minutes in nraver and thpn 1 EXECUTION SCOTT OR WIE MURDER Scott condemned to death for the murder of his wife was executed on the 18tl supplies the following details One world to the next to which he was so speedily to pass sins generally committed but he never in any nd as soon as the spectators of 1 A A I the prisoner turned his head towards them as if his youth was not satisfactory The Rev Edward Robinson was also a frequent visitor to Scott and endeavored to direct his thoughts from this the scaffold within the walls of Darlinghurst known as the Sussex street murder are painfully 1 A A 99 tl Jtucnaruson (west lawn) Chisholm 42 Lacy 36 ourteen competed The Governor 1 am truly innocent of murder I never murdered a Mr Robinson added He then shook hands The rope was The following shows the letter I Chnstchuich 589 Tiruaru 597 Waimate 461 Wai I 69 Blueskiu 8 Hampden 160 Otepopo 311 Upper I Dunedin 2157 Christchurch 97 Timaru 231 Wai mate 234 Waitaki 34 Kakanui 80 Waikouaiti 93 Palmeiston 24 Hampden 25 Otepopo 60 Upper erry 528 The totals stand thus Letters received 10960 do despatched 11011 papers leceived 7536 despatched 3 5b3 from the business done in the first quarter of 1866 but it must be remembered that the uon amval of the Pana ma mail in March has considerably reduced the number of papeisand letters received lu the first quarter of 1866 12151 letters and 9442 nanera were rfiAmvAd and postage on papers is sufficient to account for the de crease as regards them the revenue for 1865 and 1866 may be thus shown Postage stamps 1865 L401 1866 L590 Post age on unpaid letters 1865 L19 3s 3d 1866 L16 4a 3d 1866 L25 12s 6d 1860 1861 1862 1861 1864 1865 1866 (Signed) Guthrie Inspector General of Customs Audit Branch Custom house March 26 1867 VS AWWAWWVtJ WUU The number of letters received by land was Papers received by land 37768 Transhippin Entries a or been the diiect cause of the disaster and whatever may be the deductions as to the precautions to be taken to prevent similar fatalities theie can be little doubt that coast lights along the seaboard of Otago has occuironce and if there is any lesson to be learnt from Province should longer delay be mad a 1 i a vt tue du rioveinuer jcixtract ironi xog neavner VIWLLX cloudy accompanied by a heavy westerly swell An inquiry has been made into the circumstances attending the burning of the ship Montmorency at vantageously The introduction of this crop into his rotation will upon suitable ground benefit him in more ways than one We are glad to hear that machinery on purpose for flax is now in the Colony and we hope all publicity will be given by the proprietors whoever they are as to what by way of encouragement will be given to our growers we mean what price per towards the revenue by their land sales they cannot get anything like a reasonable share of the expendi ture Oamaru lifts up her voice against Dunedin just as loudly and on almost identically similar grounds as Timaru does against Christchurch In ITS ABUSE AND REMEDY He On ooo t3 ooo Ui 02 CO Ct ct worth of 2140oz shipped by the Bank of New About 40 tons of general cargo of no groat value re presented the whole of the ship's other freight The South Australian is estimated to be worth about frequently discussed in these columns it is one of those subjects of such growing importance that too much cannot well be said about it Wo advert to this topic with the well grounded conviction that sources of wealth and at this season of the year it cannot bo brought too prominently forward We have the requisite soil and suitable climate in Victoria and in addition we have now good pure seed and men who know how to cultivate the plant All that is 00 CD Tons 599137 540807 581892 018052 641614 599351 675741 and A 230 The following important paragraph i from the CD Tons 581642 549195 556188 624061 620200 580 973 649979 CD I 03 the hull away from the government moorings having 2 tendent The attempt however was not successful I in contact with the burning ship Yesterday another I which proved successful and what remains of the once rr that satisfactory results would follow from fur wretched man to attend him to the last ascended to where Scott stood and addressing him said Have you anything to say to me bcott replied (I KT Ta A II CO 8 S3 OS a a 53 a a CD I appear before my Maker innocent of murder I have been guilty of other crimes but never of murder 1 am truly innocent of murder I am truly innocent of murder man woman or child iu my life I hope some of you will find out that I am telling the I i 8 a re him for his awful fate but it is to be feared that et having accounts in the Bank proved the ruin of He concealed all knowledge of ft nave been sown with advantage at all events so far That manv rmrtft nf I by the existence of very extensive flats in many Ik i 1 1 1 uuruui uuuvs I which is naturally a taller growing plant than the see soon some new varieties raised from seed the native Luo 0 05 CD cZ? 05 preceding crop than to apply this direct for The will after the doen nlouchii the best implement for thoroughly pulverising the CD 02 05 We now supply fuller particulars respecting the loss of this fine steamer as furnished by the Times The South Australian left her moorings at Port Ohal mors about twenty minutes after four am on Tuesday last and she was soon outside the Heads The evening and early night were beautifully fine and I the sea was calm Until about half past 7 full speed was kept up and the South Australian slipped ahead at the rate of fully twelve knots an hour At half past seven being no doubt well off Cape Saunders I until a quarter after nine tho engines ere working I speed Then they were further slowed and I until the steamer struck which was about half past I ten the engines were making but twelve revo I lutions a minute or equal to a speed of about five knots I an hour Even at that speed she struck so heavily I that as one of our informants states she seemed I kAMAlltr 4 A II 1 1 If fl UUUACUIY VW IXflbVO vvrviu AW 1 racbS proved sne must in effect have done I I through the ship and it seemed to have been struck instant act of the chief No BURNING DE THE MONTMORENCY Hawkes Bay of March 30 gives the In an article on the confederation of the British Provinces in North America the Christchurch makes the following remarks concerning a similar scheme for Colonies in this and that our climate and land are suited to its growth quarter of the globe wo have had ample proof The samples at our office We are glad to observe that something of TAnrrnnflnrl aAAAAn rl 1 I uiu iiuaiAjr uvuuiu liiu lougwi aimilnr nrmfiinle is asserting TVH II 1 1 Cl a a a a a a a a a a a ru a a a a nr 1 i ziuBtiaiasiaH uuiuiuua aihjic io a mu iin pression that these large and flourishing commu I somewbat I but thA ra h3 53 a nd are not as is the case with the North Ameri can provinces driven into coalition by the dread of a powerful aggressive neighbor though a war We have only to The clergyman who had ascended the scaffold here whispered some words to Scott after which Scott resumed: clergyman tells me I must forgive all my enemies and persecutors therefore I do The reverend gentleman then descended from the scaffold and the Rev Mr Robinson who had been requested by the days or the winter mouths may be profitably provided the knowledge of the uork ca by a practical member of the household Like many I known pith becomes rotten and breaks easily by being of the most cruel and atrocious murders of modern times was yesterday morning expiated on the scaffold within the walls of Darlinghurst gaol The circumstances of that terrible tragedy I familiar to remains for us to state that the murderer Wil rence to his awful position excited the astonish ent of all who witnessed and listened to his mno manner Since his conviction Scott has maintained the same stolid indifference to his fate that he exhibited during his trial and he has persisted I the manager the fact from the directors as he did also of considerable advance on the brig lying Cloud erp er: 9 9 50000000 ct rt cb ct cr ct et et 1 12962704 13828606 13039422 13566296 13898384 1315074812889726 Tonnage outwards 2944 4618 4897 Wharfage rates 15093730 13532452 13487787 14118727 14974815 13 257 537 14771725 Tonnage inwards CD a I ft I 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 rt Et 0 0 00 ft ID 2 Ci 1 me samples now in our fibre and better filled with seed pods When he reached the drop he turned Gentlemen Times that it is the intention of the General Government to It is very gratifying to note that the principles so long and persistently advocated by this journal arc beginning to find an echo in the influential organs in other Provinces In an article in our contem porary the Christchurch of a recent date wo find tho following Nor is it in Canterbury only that this evil is mak it extends over the neighboring Pro Wc find there the same jealousies between town and country and the same complaints 0 2 0 0 0 0 tl! CD ST EL et" 2 a re turns of our registrar general or from orher chnn acreable returns of both fibro and i hnfc a mnv 4ft ftftftf 4 1 4 9 9 9 moieci united action on rne part oi ail were tional to our readers and intending growers We submitted for the separate and often contradic I here than at home from the fact that it grows faster i suitable season obtains an The sample now in our office is about four kind of a general council in which any matters ar double object in view for both the fibre and tho seed ranged for the advantage of all concerned '1 here are many such questions The three colonies of New South Wales Victoria and South Australia interest the enormous outlay upon works from which the nvxjor part of the Province derive little or no benefit with the absorption of the public income on such works and the con sequent abstraction of moneys that ought to have been spent in opening up the country these have become a source of wide spread dissatisfaction which is steadily on the increase The withholding of the grants to the Road Boards is but one symptom out 85 rb I oo 0 a to 0 01 0 05 The following is a return showing the value of imports and exports the number of transhipping entries passed the tonnage inwards and outwards and the amount of wharfage rates collected during The letters received bv land numbered 43840 despatched 44044 papers Aft AH Oil i 4 1 1 A 1 i i lUbulVOU) UUopbUllvU 16L u61 1 rrnnara 01 QA tZt ft ft VA ft4 1ft ft despatched 340 In 1866 the land mails were the same as in 1865 by sea 100 were received and 35 de spatched The number of letters received by land was 4 8604: desnatohed 47892: bv received 2743 A A 1 know that England alone expends LIGO 000 a xveek Melbourne agent containing instructions to purchase forty tons a month if possible With these facts staring us in tho face what hinders our farmers from admitting flax into very circumscribed list of I been no knowledge of the manner in which the material or the plant when grown should bo pre pared for the hands Oui often more than one correspondent who has grown flax of good I not pay and that it costs more than the Another grower gays that he has never been able to procure a machine to be driven by steam or horse power and in an issue of a week or two sinco inquired where ho could obtain a machine for dress ing half a ton a day A few months since we commented on this very point and expressed an opinion that a middle man was wanted a man or company who would pur chase any quantity of flax in bulk and who would prepare it either for home consumption or export ny direction we turn at home and abroad The farmer ought to do nothing but grow it and we believe he can do this very ad I rotation will upon suitable ground benefit him in trial who after his conviction protested his inno cence in the most solemn and deliberate manner has now suffered the last dread penalty of the ft ft A ft CD CD CD O2U2U1 0'00J 03 02 taUft 0 0 0 05 05 05 OOO 0 0 0 CD 02 02 02 ft 11 05 05 05 who know how to cultivate tho plant required is a trifle of energy on the part of our farmers and if we take into consideration tho losses they have experienced in cultivating many other "Crops both from disease and other causes and that up to the present no particular drawback excepting drought has presented itself to the flax grower in this colony wo cannot see why such an important nronor nosi Not only have wo tho A Nelson telegram to tho Christchurch dated 5th April is as follows Tho business of the Bank of Auckland camo to a stand on the 2nd inst The man ager attempted to abscond but was prevented from doing tho wreck is this A current sets northerly along tho If strong on Tuesday night tho slow rate at which the South Austialian was ake her extremely susceptible to the current and if the compasses were sufficiently wrong inclination shoreward there is an explanation of how the reef north of Coal Point was struck when Captain Mackie must have thought that he was considerably to No but I am innocent Look to God for mercy with him and left him to his tale now speedily adjusted the cap drawn over his face and with a sudden thud as the bolt was withdrawn the spirit of the wretched criminal was launched into eternity Scott was a strong rather thick set man but his neck must have been dislocated by the fall for there were scarcely any indications of life as the suspended body swayed to and fro immediately afterwards After the lapse of half an hour the body was cut down by prisoners for interment We have only to add that Scott was a native of Berwick on Tweed he was twenty seven years of age and had been nine years in the 0 f7 0 0 0jp 0500000JSo 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 cncaacccflcoww $33530 An A Xh ft Xu 4 5 Urf4 ftft ft 4 Mi A i ft wg PZETZCnPIEMClCMZnH 00000000 0 05 05 '5 05 05 05 05 05 05 CD oS a Messrs Blackwood and Co of Melbourne The of the 6th instant contains another and fuller account of the disaster and also of the trip to the scene That vessel succeeded in bringing away with her about thirty tons of furniture luggage stores and other ma terial which by active exeitions had been saved from the wrecked vessel while she remained in attendance until the tide suited for the conveyance of the crew and passengers trom the shore The tianshipment of thes articles and the removal of the crew and passengers were all that could possibly be effected and fortunately the weather was sufficiently favorable to enable them to be effected without difficulty or special danger although not without hard work and careful supei vision The vessel herself is a hopeless wreck All possibility of saving her was at an end in a few seconds after she struck the icef upon which she has foundered and her hull gear goods and all that is within and upon her will be sold without delay for behoof of whom it may The gold was saved but little or no cargo was got at The account fui ther states that whatever may have been the diiect cause of the disaster and whatever may be the deductions as to the precautions to be taken to I the deficiency of lights in fact the entire absence of coast lights along the seaboard of Otago has con tributed with a very great degree of directness to its the wreck it is that the lighting of the coast of this a reality instead of a delusion and a snare as it literally The wreck was subsequently sold for L165 but has claim half of what they have recovered the ship being ever that the wreck is advertised to bo sold thia day I Of the cause of this lamentable occurrence nothing is known and conjecture is at fault Some suppose that the fire had been smouldering in the hold for some I it did not break out at sea when many lives must inevi was paid on 185849 oz This with the increased num ber of transhipping entries more than accounts for the apparent decline in the value of exports for the past year and flour exported from that Colony to England since 1st anuary amounts to 4000 tons and of that quantity about one half has consisted of cargo originally from I AdftlnidA nd nfchfir South Australian nort rvor 20 OOO i 1st January cd Tho offer of tho Provincial Government to aid in the growth of flex as recently noticed by us and as advertised in the various journals of the Province should not be lost sight of by our farmers If it can be demonstrated that our soil and climate are suit able and we are led to believe that they aro the ad visability of profiting by such an advantage should bo patent to all And it is well for the position of agriculturists that their sources of income bo less circumscribed ew we think will be found this Beason saying they arc satisfied with tho returns for the labors however good tho crops may have been The prices have not been as remunerative as they ought to have been in comparison to the cost of production a result brought about by the acknow ledged want of a market and tho high rates paid for labor It is tho duty of farmers then to look about them and endeavor if possible to farm their lands in more profitable manner With this object in view we submit for their perusal tho following article copied from the of 30th March Although the character of this product has been 1 Ed CD Cia hjW 52 32 I CD et pt 2 Ob CD 0 hrf Bp 2 2 0 CD CO of any withits proposals for intercolonial free trade for that purpose fHl I 1 fl I fl Ti fl i iien mere are sucn questions as ine postal services defence against foreign attack andothers on which Such a plant is very desirable to attain and the combined action would give beneficial results not a public to be obtained otherwise of many of tho general disorder for which there is but one effectual remedy Throughout the whole Middle Island there is ono crying want the absolute appropriation by law of a definite proportion of tho public revenue to the country districts We must not be understood as we said before to single out the present Government of Canterbury fox arc probably no worse than others and indeed we doubt whether as circum stances are much good would be effected by any mere change of the administration The mischief lies too deep and requires a more radical cure The Provinces have grown so accustomed to an extrava gant pitch of expenditure they have become so ambitious in their ideas they have so far forgotten that satisfactory results would follow from fur their liabilities ther discussion another conference will no doubt undertake no new business but will be kept open until the transfer is comnlete 11963 letters and 5432 papers were despatched The The volunteers of Otago have again como off with flying colors at the Colonial Rifle Competition at Wel pennanent concern becomes in time an annual The match took place on Monday last 12 miles from A A A The union will probably never go ana Bank oi iNew boutlx Wales were represented at this scrutiny In reference to this arrange ment the following paper was forwarded to the The present Postal Auckland papers for publication by the directors In the Southern of the 30th ultimo we find some further particulars relative to the Bank of Auckland It seems that the manager We have been favored with a return of the number of this was equally chargeable to the directors who letters and papers passing between Oamaru and other Waimate 371 Waitaki 328 Kakanui 42 Pnlmnrfnn R2 HninnfUn 1AA 7 7 fl Otepopo 201 Upper ei ry 558 Lyttelton 4 Akaroa 7 New Plymouth 2 Port Chalmers 7 The papers received were as follows Dunedin 6858 Christchurch The Bank of New Zealand kouaiti 57 Hampden 10 Otepopo 1 Upper erry a a I a fl i km i i i fl a i a on 3 5w 05' I 2 to i a ft ft KftJKA i ST 2 a 0 CD 00 £3 0 ST CD 02 CD O' ctBi CD 02 CD 52765 2 1 86013 5 1 95579 11 1 5z vu nnpvx luqiiii lunuiuo iu uui ovuoc ui iiiULuai advantage slowly ovei coming mutual jealousies representative men Private Chisholm of West Taieri 1 ruuoAvcu uuspaocnea purse of 100 sovereigns and tho use of tho Belt for received 1430 despatched 193 A 4 ftr KJ iedal and a prize of L75 The thiid prize ET 0 I 5 revenue without which they would fare no better latter with reference principally to the value of the sible boon to all outlying districts and will 9 fill 1 4 1 a ft 4 I ikuxv vi tuio prvjiiiv piuiiu a lie latter oojecc is in our opinion best suited to tho colony In England and the north of Ireland the growers have at last come to the conclusion that it is more profitable to pull the plant when the condition of the fibre requires it When the cost of labor is calcu lated the extra exhaustion of the land and injury to the fibre from over ripeness of crop are taken into consideration it has been determined that saving the seed pay The samo causes and results even to a largex extent will affect our farmers iu Victoria especially cost of labor The growing of flax is not a chimerical scheme mav be grown successfully more frequently fact the tion of rotting and scutching is earned on near th His Excellency the Governor by proclamation has altered the rate of postage via Panama as under noted were again stopped was rushing into the engine room was over the cylin 3 ea 0 0 CO to efc ct of" et OOOOQQQOEi CP CD oa 20 sr 0 2 a CD 0 0 CD 2 i 05 nine 1 11 fl ft A wnom tnere were upwaras or loo came in view AA to discover if there were friends or acquaintances in the crowd Arrived at the foot of the scaffold Scott knelt by the side of the Rev Mr Rich and engaged several minutes in prayer and then with a firm step unassisted he ascended the scaffold his face to the spectators and said I am brought here this day innocent of murder 0 2 T) I 5 Mr Johns went on board the mail steamer and attempted to obtain a passage for Sydney arriving at the Bank an examination into the accounts was made by the directors and continued until a late hour last night No defalcations were discovered There was evidence however of an undue attempt to accommodate the constituents of the bank about L4000 of overdue bills hav ing been returned by the manager as specie pj 21 0 I KV I ll S4 II i pared for the hands expressed opinion has been lately confirmed by quality but has found that dressing by hand does ax is ax will one day prove ono of our principal brought too prominently forward the fibre from over ripeness of crop are taken into seed pay which he was condemned Yesterday morning thought he might possibly make the answer to all enquiries on the point was that ur readers and it therefore only liam Henry Scott whose insensibility or indiffe gaol has been most assiduous in his attentions on the miserable man in endeavoring to prep the effect upon the mind of Scott who appears to of the banks carrying on business in this place ft New South Wales the Bank of New Zealand 1 1 11111 I fl ft ui a uiuwu vunipreneniive uavure xuvie less tn an tne virtual abolition of the system of Provincialism and instead to substitute a system of local self government Vfl4 ft ictona tions in the tariff as will tend to make its operation lest equalise the burdens Tobacco has been successfully grown at Dayleiford It is contemplated also to make such altera severely felt by the working classes and tend more to Waitaki 328 Palmerston 82 Hampden 166 The papers of the Taiaroa says that ho has from Nuggets Point two miles from the coast line but at high tide theio is the reef Hie opinions wo have heard as to the position miles from the shore Captain Mackie was so thoroughly acquainted with I have taken his vessel where she now lies wrecked We have heard it suggested that a probable explanation of coast and is at times very strong steaming would to lead to the course of tho vessel having an unsuspected the reef north of Coal Point was struck when Captain the east ana at laast a score of miles to the southward of it The South Australian had on board over L13000 Zealand and 1138oz by the Union Bank of Australia About 40 tons of general cargo of no groat value re presented the whole of the other freight I L25000 aud had just been purchased and refitted by tho chief officer who upon going forward found a both engines to be rigged and the hose passed down the when the flames were seen apparently on the port side between decks and pointed the hose into the hold but they were very soon obliged to give up the attempt owing to the density of the smoke and spread of the Some of the ladies who were mi 99 i i ft xuere were nve ooats ana tixey a ft vivwww ft A Aftft Vftft AVft ft KXCW Wj AAWV WV VI occurred Although the chronometers and part of the as to be worthless aud his loss is probably equal to fflA I a a 1 a I 1 a U4 ft Vr lost the remainder aud a sum of money Aarrrn a ftrrn anantitv nf airririiltiirnl imnhmAntq haaH I included plate and some family pictures which cannot ortunately all the luggage waa such of it as came under the designation of fi eight but having been broken nor indeed the ship entered at the any danger during tho night he would fire a rocket Seven pm urled mainsail and topgallant with frosh breeze and finding the ship to be head Midnight Squally and gloomy barque Tues ast down with it When the boats left the A A ft hold of the bowsprit The wreck after the virulence of I the day In course of the forenoon the Star of the on Monday next oned as witnesses grounds as Timaru does against Christchurch both alike tho centralising policy of the Provincial Government the abandonment of the agricultural which the nvijoi part of the Province oi no benefit with the absorntion fl ft Mft 4 M4 fl 1 I I I I 1 000292020 PT ft PT the trip to the scene furniture luggage stores and other WVV11 the wrecked vessel while she remained in attendance I passengers from the shore were all that could possibly bo effected and fortunately the weather was sufficiently favorable to enable them to be effected without difficulty or special danger although vessel herself is a hopeless wreck struck the loef upon which she has foundered and her will be sold without delay The gold was saved but little or no cargo of the ship Heather Bell formerly belonging to this the following particulars and extract from the log of I rlnrn nf th a SxvaniAi nMivniA with th a ftftWftft WAftV The Heather Bell at the above date was on her If II with Russia or America would teach Australia an after a tie with Craigie (of Lyttelton) fell to But the Smith (Dunedin Artillery) Silver Medal and L50 L30 The fifth prize a Silver Medal and L20 fell to despatched 21728 by received 3180 despatched a I 0 0 0 i ii they require some we cannot say federation but extraordinary some faint approach to it as for instance some nd in xengtn feet long but it has apparently been grown with the of general interest could be discussed and I are good another half bushel of seed per acre might nave been sown with advantage at all events so far as the fibre is concerned That many parts of this colony aro naturally adapted to this pl mt is proved localities entirely monopolised by the native flax the latter will depend upon colour length and fine ness of the fibre This is one of the many new in dustries lately sprung up and upon which little in formation from colonial growers has been received We shall be pleased if at any time some of our hgence bearing upon the subject of flux cultivation con sider such of practical utility 3 eb 0 0 0 employed by tho younger branches of the family be imparted other operations this one is very simple when onco fl 4 IM CD 9 bPcr mA The following account of the destruction of the ship Mont morency The morning of Thursday last brought to many in deed to nearly every one the astonishing and almost incredible news that the fine ship Montmorency which arrived on the afternoon of Thursday last with immi grants had been totally destroyed by fire during the night while lying in tho anchorage Tho news proved to bo too true there being at daylight but little re maining of what but a few days before had tho waters like a thing of The fire was discovered man on watch having detected smoke issuing out of the officers and crew were instantly on deck IL way in the forecastle It was evident indeed that the were sent up that assistance might be obtained fro to take to the boats and secure if possible their per a 1 a i fl fl suhhl euBcw uuu very xew or mam succeeded saving anything The carpenter was also to scuttle the ship but he found it impossible to do so on account of the swell By half past twelve the flames had reached right More rockets were fired and there bfiintr nn AnnAUUne a nf hnaka frnm fha ah nr A on1 VAAV KZfl flWAVfl VMflT of the crew were ordered into the boats and to lay on This as near as can be es timated was a quarter to one am The chief officer the remained on board a little longer rigging was all on fire presenting a magnificent I being on fire was seen from the barrack hill by Lieut ft 99 X4V XVXV KXVTVXl UV UU9 Spit and gave the alarm This was not however before of ship and cargo was inevitable made no difference whatever The cargo included over inflammable character and the volume of fire which shot up to heaven was immense as well as singular in appear ance The siaht is described as and in the extrema row for such a calamity After the fire retched the I the main yard causing the I PWWM AX1V W111UL UUJVUk ftuu VXXV VWJ others who remained on board were forced to drop over 0 ES 9 Ct ft a sr i 4 Na a g3 ca 03 02 mate 234 Waitaki 34 Kakanui 80 Waikouaiti 93 erry 528 The totals stand thus Letters received 10960 do despatched 11011 papers leceived 7536 despatched 3563 This shows aconsideiable falling off it must be remembered that tho uon amval of the Pana ta 0 St05 0 drought has presented itself to the flax grower in xiicie oi commerce snouiu not take its proper posi ft A A A A lion our broaci acres congenial climate and soil but we have a certain market for all we are ever likely to produce We for this fibre and last mail brought a letter to forty tons i 0 cd tr pj ES (15 CD cf A (comparative statement of Postage stamps sold 1865 L401 1866 L590 3d Commission on B2 0 05 ing to their use a certain proportion of the provincial than the Road Boards it will be the greatest pos per petuato all that is valuable in the provincial system I then came under his lee laying my fore yard aback Captain Dean with his wife and child then came on board in his gig ive am Long boat came alongside with the chief officer 1 then with the permission of Capt Dean sent panied also by the chief officer and steward of the I could be got at I also went on board with Capt Dean the gig We went down into the cabin and found it to be full of smoke with a strong smell of sulphur We mutes at I went down the after hatch and found it to We then went forward and took we then went down but were unable to I discovered flames proceeding from the forehold ftVMflVVWVA to owing to the heavy sea were able to put but little in the ass of flames forward tho forecastle We then left the shin and inding the long boat to have several planks stove in and a heavy sea at the tune Ono pm barque in a mass of flames tho fire foremast fell over the side followed afterwards by the our inding it useless proceeded on our voyage 92 days out a a I rTflfl fl a 99 I lluyu nau ampw prooi inc samples at our oince aro dnnhln fchn Inncrfch i i a a a a a a wv a a a a 1 a a I oililUUl piliwipic ttWVl V1U BeaioDft vvenopo tnis year either though the nels that we shall be placed in possession of th wo mav further distribute such information with any addi havo an idea that the weight of fibre will be heavier tory efforts at present made by each for itself passed through rollers having a fluted suiface working in each other like cogs These little machines are either of metal or hardwood and ought smart lad could dress from 401b to 501b a day I farmer to do the growing part alone and dispose of the plant after ho has pulled bundled and dried it By next season in all probability more districts than one will have a scutching mill set up and the middle can be grown New colonial grown seed will bo plentiful flax ground in condition man or his agents will be glad to buy up all that this year and now is a good time to get the intended A rich alluvial soil a sandy loam a loose marl neither too wet nor too dry jf in good condition arc all suitable lax will not thrive upon poor land and it is better to manure the flax will after the doen nloiifrlrino be ft O' ground Although usually sown broadcast and hand CDCDOQCDCDQCDb 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 0 0 0 0 2 tS lS 05 CT5 C5 05 05 C5 05 05 another but ineffectual effort made to scuttle the ship I Cellem came off and ten minutes latter Capt the South Nothing however could be done An at A A A ft ship go clear of her moorings which proved fruitless i Vkv XV vv UO IXLXUXKWviKXXWlA ll' the mooring buoy but the ship still held on by her anchor for what end they wore established or where lies the true utility of provincial institutions that it seems hopeless to expect any reformation from within or that the country districts will meet with more con siderate treatment from any future Government than they have heretofore Their hopes now rost with th General Government and with the more confidence that their case has already been taken into considera tion and a measure proposed for their relief His address on proroguing the General Assembly last session contained a reference to a measure which was to be framed during the recess having for its object tho establishment of municipal institutions throughout the colony on a liberal scale so as to secure the advantages of self government to many rising localities tho daily in creasing reouiromonts of which demand more acres have been grown this year than last and has for some years been in operation in Victoria with In England jects in view tho former with a desire to find a sub stitute for the imported linseed from which oil and oil cake for fattening purposes arc made and th growers Any land winch will grow good barley will grow a good crop of flax As a rotation crop only once in seven yaars is advised when tho seed is alono the object but when fibre is the object it game land is used in successive seasons if the opera tion of rotting and scutching is earned on near the paddock in which it is grown and tho water used in the steeping tanks be distributed upon the area upon which tho crop uas grown for this liquor returns nearly all the constituent parts of the plant Should higher pavts of his ground this distribution of tho 0 freighted with crew and passengers and Mr Nutt found nimseir in command of her tho boats should lie alongside as near as was consistent The women were cot TV VUJ XUUIU11 was tilled with firemen and crew and the fifth waskent I oiucers and men who remained with him All the boats were kept near the ship till about half past OnO shortly before whinh tnnn Mr Mullin Mr Nutt was and he took command of her Mr Mullin brought with him a compass There were in all 25 persons in this boat with no food or water and nothing About half past one Mr Nutt hailed Capt Mackie and Molyneux the hope that a small steamer (the Taiaroa) VAAV4 CIIXIIX CU3D1O UcLllUO UllUQ BUUULUU vapi Mackie assented but siifforngtnii that fnr snfAtv fl" fl 7 I UL4UVU91A AVUUM CV AXA LA XX point which was dimly visible away northward and I Captain Mackie also suggested that the boat should be I ight be effected The life boat then parted company I and after a wearying pull the point was fl 1 fl i that river not the Molyneux landed and after a while they found a boat and got up the river to the erry thinking to be the first to send assistance to the wreck Some others of the passengers 1 fl ft fl ftftft 4 A ft a a 4ft make tneir way inland but the crew and a few of the passengers resolved to stick by the life boat and to make the voyage on to Dunedin her ortunately for It was about twenty minutes after nine yesterday morning when the landing flax is now in tho Colony and we hope they are as to what by way of encouragement will ton will be offered for tho plant in a dry state Many The introduction of this Bill (a similar one to which hands show a much longer most successful results) will be expected with much I and especially Ireland they grow flax with two ob that will occupy these islands bound together by common descent and by an alliance formed in 4 ft 4 ft ft ft I 9 their mtancy will be the mightiest power the Richardson 31 southern hemishere and perhaps will play a part presented the prize on Tuesday Chntio took the xl i Ll i a 1 I Rnlfc I ft ofc V01T wifcli a 51 nnrl 1R nnmnntarl I 1 we wheat A rnbly a measure Ths lespective scoies were Smith 35 Craigie 35 ought to hace made themselves conversant with places in New Zealand for the quarter ending 31st March the business of the Bank Ultimately a meeting last of all the bank managers was hedd at the office follows 8055 Christchurch 415 Timaru I Waikouaiti 334 7 New Plymouth 2 Port Chalmers 7 fl Ifl fl A Jfl ft I UR I lit CL AU1 U110 VULUUMJtJiS UI blldl pUSlLlOQ RS D6r I qjt SCR QllCi despatched 44044 4 a ft 4 ftk ft ft ft with a score ot 4z took the ijhamnion (toIh Marini JL a 1867 The second prize fell to Lacy (Waikari) 0 0 2 04 0 0 0 04 I Eg 3 EEs KA tons of wheat and flour have been sent to England since 1st January Western Australia never before able to produce sufficient to supply home demands will this New I One acre and a half has yielded one ton and a half of ex mors about twenty minutes after four ai I The evening and early night were beautifully fine and speed was kept up and the South Australian slipped half past seven being no doubt well off Cape Saunders half speed Then they were further slowed and ten the engines were making but twelve revo I an Hour iLven at tint finnpri aV hterally to have 1 knocked her bottom in which as facts proved she must in effect have done The blow we have been tnld nnfc fcpinflp aiinnV WWAAV OT WU1AAJUV within the line of the engine room compartment The ensnuRftr xvii tn nfcnrk ilia be arranged winch in time may lead to another and so on till a meeting of delegates from the colonies of Australia Tasmania and New Zealand a sort of inter colonial Parliament for the settlement of all questions in vliieh they have a hngton no fewer than four prizes falling to their share Wellington and only six hours after the arrival of the The scores We are indebted to Mr Tulloch Launceston owner of the ship Heather Bell formerly belonging to this port and trading between this port and Loudon for the following particulars and extract from the log of the Heather Bell relating to the loss by fire off Cape Horn of the Swansea barque Chimborazo with the saving of the captain his wife aud crew on October 15t 18G6 The Heather Bell at the above date was on her passage from Liverpool to Lima where she arrived on sne iNovemner jaxrract ironi log 1 Boll Monday October 15 1866 pm Col cloudy accompanied by a heavy westerly swell A barque in sight on the starboard quarter flying tho English ensign at the main and signals at the peak but too far off to make them out Two Light breeze springing up from the eastward Thinking the ship wanted assistance backed the main yard and waited for her to come up our pm out by the vessels signals that she was on fire Six pm ound her to be tho barque Chimborazo 101 days from Swansea bound to Coquimbo with a caigo of coals which were on fire The captain asked me to stand by him and if there was any danger during tho night he would firs a rocket agreed also to fly a light at the peak and to steer WNW Seven pm urled mainsail and topgallant sails Eight Wind veering to the northward with frosh breeze and finding the ship to ba head reaching too fast for the barque took a first reef in the topsails bearing WS distant about one a half miles day October 16 four am Barque Chimborazo hove to and getting the long boat out his wife and child then came on board in his gig ive I and crew with their clothes received them on board chief officerand four men away in the long boat accom barque to save what stores and such other things as the gig were unable to remain down more than five a time be in the same state off the fore hatch when clouds of smoke ascended and very war remain below any time Soon after coming on deck Wa then commenced to save whatever we could get at but owing to the heavy sea were able to put but little in the boat Before leaving with the second boat load the vessel was a deck having fallen in returned on board received great damage the gunwale being started and several planks stove in and a heavy sea at the tune thought it useless to take her in so cut her adrift One pm having caught the sail and rigging Two pj main and imzeu masts to remain any longer filled on the yards made sail and proceeded on our voyage Half past five pm the barque Atossa from Swansea bound to Valparaiso 92 days out She Iiavmg seen the burning ship bore down to inquire what ship it was would report Hobart Town Mercury eb 23 continue doing so on account of the heat and smoke No great time hod elapsed from the time the alarm wm given yet the fire had already caught the spare spars on the upper deck and was proceeding through the hatch way tho forecastle It was evident indeed that the flames were irresistible and again a number of rockets were sent up that assistance might be obtained from the shore Soon after a part of the crew were ordered to take to the boats and secure if possible their per sonal effects but very few of thsrii succeeded in saving anything The carpenter was also to scuttle the ship but he found it impossible to do so on account of the I aft to the poop More rockets wers fired and there being no appearance of boats from the shore and the state of things becoming hopeless the remaining portion I their oars clear of the ship This as near as can be es I second officer and Mr ordham the Custom house officer remained on board a little longer The flames by this time were coming out of the hatch on the poop and the rigging was all on fire presenting a magnificent yet mournful spectacle from the shore The fact of the ship Denig on nro was seen trom the barrack hill by Lieut Britten of the 12th Regiment who rode down to tho Spit and gave the alarm This was not however before the flames had gained complete ascendancy and the loss of ship and cargo was inevitable rom the first indeed this was the case and the want of prompt assistance made no difference whatever The cargo included over 100 casks of spirits and a quantity of other goods of an ense as well as singular in appear I although of course such as to create feeling of deep sor deck the fore rigging was the first to be ignited then am top sail to drop down on the poop Soon after the chief officer and the two others who remained on board were forced to drop over the stern into the boats After leaving the boat was pulled to the bow and I About a quarter to one the pilot boat in charge of Capt Cellem came off and ten minutes latter Capt arrived in the boat belonging to the Star of 4 ft A a Ln VVUKU MV UVUVi X1U tempt was made to unshackle the chain so as to let the ship go clear of her moorings which proved fruitless about an hour after however ib was unshackled from I and by the chain which had been detached from the buoy The boats lay off the ship till about half past four am The masts by that time had fallen Th foremast wont a little after four falling over tho star board bow then the main top mast and upper yards then the main mast which fell aft and brought the nnzen fii was working out of the sides aud bows and had got hold of the bowsprit The wreck after the virulence of tho fire had subsided continued to smoulder throughout the day In course of tho forenoon the Star of the South ss weut out to the scene of disaster with the view of unshackling the chain if possible and towing been instructed to that effect by the Deputy Super! and the steamer sustained some injury through coming in contact with the burning ship Yesterday another attempt was made by Mr Warnes and Captain Randall which proved successful and what remains of the once noble ship is now stranded on the beach between the Spit and the Bluff It is understood that the claim half of what they have recovered the ship being assumed to have been abandoned It will be seen how ever that tho wreck is advertised to bo sold this day for tho benefit of whom it may concern I known and conjecture is at fault time and in this view of the case it is providential that it did not break out at sea when many lives must inevi tably have been sacrificed But the chief and second officers wore both down the forehold on the forenoon of Wednesday and they saw or smelt nothing to excito their suspicions is only equalled by its appalling suddenness and rapidity with which it spread The Montmorency had on board nearly 400 tons of caigo consigned to Messrs Stuart Co Messrs Watt Brothers Messrs Newton Irviue Co and several others Tho principal shipments are covered by in surances but the loss of winter drapery goods will be a somce of great inconvenience to tho last named firm A great many cases of individual loss have however occurred Although the chronometers and part of tho effects were saved they are so much damaged rnL i Ji vxfl a xue cmei ouicer aveu part oi iub ciotne Dul Mr Orr a passenger is a very serious loser He had on board as cargo a large quantity of agricultural implements seed uninsured as well as his personal effects which included plate and some family pictures which cannot be i eplaced His loss is probably not much under L1000 landed with the exception of one or two packages and such of it as came under the designation of fi eight but the cargo was just as it had been shipped bulk not having been broken nor indeed the ship entered at the Customs The Montmorency is a well known ship in the Austra lian trade She was built at Quebec in 1855 as a Black Ball liner and being remarkably roomy between decks was a favorite vessel for the conveyance of immigrants Indeed she is said to have carried more immigrants in her day than any other British ship Much sympathy is felt for Captain M'Kenzie who seems to have won golden opinions from the passengeis and immigrants as well as from the officers and seamen most of whom have lost everything and have to begin tho world anew An inquiry into the cause of the fire will take place on Monday next The whole of the crew thirty three in number and Mr ordham the tidewater have been summoned as witnesses An address of condolence has been presented to the captain An inquiry has been I Napier The Court decided that there was no evidence to show how the fire originated 7 riew x'lyinoubii i despatched and their destinations Dunedin 7288 taki 130 Kakanui 295 Waikouaiti 290 Palmerston I of the Bank We are authorised to state that erry 813 Papers were despatched as follows To recedent for arrangements are in progress under which four many more such We understand that the mem of the banks carrying on business in this place bers propose before they separate to take into viz the Union Bank of 2Vu9tralia the Bank of consideration an informal way the other sub jects we have alluded to and if they can come the Bank of Australasia will take over the busi ness of the Bunk of Auckland and discharge deed to nearly every one the astonishing and almost arrived on the afternoon of Thursday last with iinmi I night while lying in the anchorage I maining of what but a few days before had about a quarter to twelve on Wednesday night the man on watch having detected smoke issuing out of the fore hatchway He immediately raised the alarm and officers and crew were instantly on deck Captain was on shore the fiist time he had left the ship since her arrival and the command was taken by tho chief officer who upon going forward found a dense smoke issuing from the hatchway Heordeied both engines to be rigged and the hose passed down the hatchway the hatch of the lower hold was taken off when the names were seen apparently on the port side The chief officer boatswain and sailmaker went down between decks and pointed the hose into the hold but they were very soon obliged to give up the attempt owing to the density of the smoke and spread of the the deck being quite hot under their feet The next step was to close the hatches so as to stifle the fire for the time being and to employ part of the crew in clearing away the boats to ensure safety of life The chief officer then went aft filed several rockets and buint blue lights so as to attract attention from the shore By this time so lapidly did the flames gather strength fire was issuing thiough Jw fore hatch to the upper deck Ajiother attempt was made to keep it un der by working the engines and directing both hose through the main hatch but it was found impossible to gff LV 9 S3 4 4 Hi rb I I I erf 4 04 ft 5 4 0 0 engines but this was instantly followed by an order to Go The doomed vessel forced ahead ftft ft vk ft ft XL MUU uuu UXCWJXlLlii 111Ullllf UL Lilt! LHJLLIHII plates told unmistakably that she was but tearing her way more firmly on to a bed of rocks anti the engines were again stopped In ten minutes from first striking the water that was rushing into the engine room was over the cylin ders in from twentv minutes tn hnlf nn hnnr ifc waa 'ft 4 AV 14 WW i was ruled The night was now very dark and the ship was rolling heavily on the reef Some of the ladies who were passengers were at fiist dreadfully alarmed but they OAH hftAnmn flMft fl 11 JXA KJ vet A KA Cj vLlixUAft were all safely got out but not without the lapse of considerable time lhe first boat out one of the life boats was heavilv fl ft 4 ft ft The oiders were that all wiwi Gaiety and this was done 4 a ft into the second and third hnafc WA tlflA ftft nv MVXAWVW 9 VXXV 1WUIVU ft ft a alongside tor sometime ready for Capt Mackie and the officers and men who remained with him All the boats were kept near the ship till about half past ono shortly before which time Mr Mullin the second mate was put on board the life boat in which brought with him a compass I ft vwj vvavxx ixv xvrvu VI WilrLCX (LuU AXVVULU2 IU the way or clothes but the ordinnrv drAqft nf Rnnh ft 9 ft ft ft ft ft proposed that an attempt should be made to reach the Molyneux in the hope that a small steamer (the Taiaroa) might be found there and assistance thus secured vapt Mackie assented but suggested that for safety landing should if nnsiihlfi Im ofcnnfca1 a atvinll 5 A ft ft some or the Zo persons be temporarily put ashore there Captain Mackie also suggested that the boat should be kept about until daylight so that this lightening of her Soon after daylight a noint was seen ahead of the life boat and after a wearying pull the point was reached which proved to be the Taieri and that river not the Molyneux was seen On a beach there Mr Nutt Mr Hovt aud two other nassenenrs I vne river to the jerry thinking to be the firit io send i 1 fl 4 ft ftftft lanaea on the JLaien beach and stated that they would paisengera resolved to stick by the life bout nnd to I them the weather remained calm I ft 44 4 4 ft ft ft on the laien beach was effected No doubt the South Australian struck on a reef about four miles north of Coal Point which reef is very clsarly shown on some of the laiger maps of the coast The reef is by rough measurement about 44 miles southerly from Cape Saunders and 15 or 16 miles almost due north of the Nuggets the marks on laud between which it lies being Head and Coal Point Captain Tall any times seen a break on the reef at point fully two miles irom the coast line but at high tide theio is from 12ft to 16fb of water over tho greater portion of I or the wreck of the South Australian place it fully two ii I ii ii 1 4 II i 11 II I II ll II II ll I ti II I II I I II II I It II II II II i II II i i I II lit II I 9 II I I II I I II II II I II 1 I ii ii I i ll I II I ll II i 44 II I II I 4 II II II II 4 I I II I 2 A 1 II i i ti I ii ii 4 II It II If It II I ll 17 II II I i II II II 1 I Il I I II II I I II 1 I It I i ii ii ii i ii ii 1 ii ii ii it I ii 41 1 It II I 9 tt 9 ll It 2 II ii ii in I ii it it 2 I ll ft 11 tt it II 14 I III I It II ft II II II II 1 II II i II II I 11 6 i i I i 2 2 I 1 i 1 A I i i 2 I I ft I a 9 9 I 4 a 4 i a 3 I I i I i i 5 I i a 2 I 1 I i 5 2 i i 2 i 1 i I 2 4 A I A I I i 2 2 i I i I 4 4.