The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

FARMERS' COLUMN. .V" The Central Chamber of Agriculture have decided to memo- rialise the Privy Council to prevent the further importation of live cattle from America and Canada.

THE IMPORTATION OF AMERICAN CATTLE. The doubts hitherto entertained as to the existence of pleuro- pneumonia in America have, it is said, now been set at rest. u The lungs of the suspected animals recently slaughtered at Liverpool have been examined by the veterinary department of the Privy Council, and found to present indubitable evidences of the disease. A telegram received on Thursday at the oreign Office, from our Consul at New York, positively states that cases of real pneumonia have occurred in his district. The only difficulty which now delays the action of the Government in dealing with the importation of live cattle from America, arises from the impossibility of ascertaining whether the diseased cattle landed from the Ontario were from Canada or from the United States, as the consignment consisted of cattle from both countries.

AGRICULTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. The following letter, which we have been requested to insert, Will be interesting to our readers n SIR,—In prefacing this letter to the farmers and others in your part of the country it would be as well if I were to inform them that I was born in Shropshire, and resided for seventeen years in Cheshire and Denbighshire and, as a great many of your readers are aware, I took the first prize in 1872 for the best cultivated farm in the Denbighshire and Flintshire Agricultural Society, and also first prize in 1876 in the Royal Manchester, Liverpool, and North Lancashire Agricultural Society for the best cultivated farm. Having so introduced myself, a few lines may interest some of my old friends and neighbours relative to this fine and rapidly rising Colony of New Zealand, and to the chances here of getting on in the world by all good men and true," as compared with the hand-to-mouth r/ex's ^lc many holders of land in Old England. New Zealand comprises three Islands, the North, South, and Middle Isl,inds. My re- marks will be more particularly applicable to the No t si d, where the major part of unoccupied or waste land is. In the Middle Island nearly all the waste land is occupied, notbecause it is finer land or a more congenial clnuate far from it, but from one reason only: and that .reason has bee the imset- years the Colonial Government have had tremendous difficul. r« £ ".TS, 5 have taken in regard to the administration of Native affairs the Maoris at the present time are, one and all, most willingly showing their allegiance to the Crown. There is an idea ahroad at 1home and one which I know is very prevalent, that^ew Zealand is infested with these Maoris. Nothing could be more absurd The census taken last year shows a Maori notml-ition of some 40,000, male and female, scattered ov« thrwhole a?ea of the North Island, and who, as I stated Lfore on the most friendly terms with the white popu- lation.he white population of New Zealand number some 420,000, male and female, and there isi abundance of_ room for twpntv that number. Of the 420,000 European population about 160,000 occupy the North Island. Since the introduction of Kuropeans and their customs it is a noted fact that the Maoris whose phizique and intellectual power I believe far exceed that of any other savage race in the whole uSve?J Lave been rapidly dying out. The Maoris are repre- ssed m toe Parliament of New Zealand by members of their own race elected by themselves. It will be easily understood how it Is'that the vast tracts of splendid country m the North Island hltve been locked up for so long a period: the Natives would not selljtheir land, and hence the non-settlement of it up to the present time; but the power of the Natives now is absolutely gone, never more to return. Since I have W. in New Zealand, I have had the honor of an introduction to the Hon the Attorney-General and Minister of Emigration (Robert Stout, Esq.), and also to J. Mclverrow, Esq Assistant Survevor-General. From these gentlemen I find that the deferred payment system in this Island would be one of very ereat benefit to farmers m North Wales Cheshire, ana saiop that is if thev wished to better their position. Splendid blocks of land recently purchased from the Natives by the Government^ of New Zealand are ^open for many mTre will soon be open Any adult person, male or female above eighteen years of age, can take up an ^lotoent The conditions are personal residence on your land after the first six months for a period of six years, with certain aft«r the firstsix months for a period of six years, with certain Movement' clauses, as to' bf di^.» ^"4^^ one-fifth of the land within taat time the rent, which is really so many instalments of the price of the land, is 6s a year per acre or inother words, a total of £ 3 per acre, with ten years to pay 'it At the expiration of ten years you then obtain your own Sold with title direct from the Government; or if you choose to pay the balance at the end of the six years re^dence the Crown grant is issued then, ^^effa-a.ng the iou^e it m be ■ ss&ld&lsTp si comfortable and neat, and » ^00 amMs^uch r/in,riq with brick chimnevs, costs about ana is much more comfortable than brick and stone. As for outhouses, they are not wanted so much in this country as in the Old Country, as cattle, horses, and sheep remain out on grass all the year round. Fencing, which usually consists of posts with top rail, wire and ditch, costs from 20s. to 25s. per chain of sixty-six feet, and the half of this, where the fence is a common boundary, is paid by the adjoining settler. There are no tithes or taxes, such as are common in England. The only direct charge is for road rates, which by law cannot exceed Is. in the pound on the annual value. These are levied by the local Road Boards, and the rates are subsidized bv Government for the maintenance of the district roads The Road Boards are elective, and so the settlers have complete control both of rates and their expenditure. The land is of the finest quality, and is suitable either for grass or tillage, being two or three feet deep of ricla loam, and never having had a plough in it. Not like the Old Country, you will not need to expend a penny in manuring the land out here for many years, it being so very rich and deep. Stock of all de- scriptions ara much less in price here than in England, so that the caqital required for working a farm is much less. You can do what you like with game, on your land. Game indigenous to this country is plentiful, comprising the wild pigeon (a beautiful bird), the kaka (excellent eating), the woodhen, the •wild turkey, the paradise duck (a large and beautiful bird) teal duck, grey duck, blue mountain duck, and bittern, and there are also pheasants in abundance, hares, rabbits, &c. ^th re- gard to crops, I have made very searching inquiries, and I find a fair average to be: Wheat 30 oats 45, barley 35, and Indian corn 60 bushels to the statute acre potatoes 101 to 20, swedes 40, and mangel wurzel 40 to 50 tons to the statute acre. With regard to the climate of the Island, nowhere could it be more salubrious. Grapes, quinces, nectarines, peaches, &c., grow luxuriantly in the open air. There is nearly always a temperate breeze blowing over the Island, making it one of the most healthy places in the world. Snow is not seen from one end of the year to another, albeit that you may see it occasionally on the mountain tops, but never on the undulating land. In a year or two a perfect network of railways will traverse the length and breadth of the Island, which will convey the farmers' produce to the nearest port at a very moderate cost; and seaports are numerous on the East and West Coasts of the Island. The cost of living for a farmer's family, while he is getting his house ready, would be very trifling, ana there is plenty of accommodation in Auckland and other towns towns having a population of 5,000 to 30,000 people. The voyage is a mere eighty or ninety days' pleasure-trip and I doubt not but arrangements might be easily made for a vessel to be ready at Liverpool to bring you out, supposing a sufficient number would join to come out together; and I can only say to you that you will never regret your journey, for in ten years' time your farms, whichyou will have paid L3 an acre for, will be your own, and will be worth at least A12 to .£15 an acre, besides you would get a good living off them during that period; and all improvements you make on your farm you and your family will reap the benefit of. A word to the agricultural labourers with families, and to single men and women A married man with a family on a station (or what you would call an out-farm) has a cottage or lodgings and £ 80 a-year, and as much really good food as he can consume, fresh butchers' meat three times a day if you choose; single men receive 20s. to 25s. per week and board and lodging, and single girls as servants 12s. to 25s. per week, cooks 30s.; bricklayers and carpenters, for whom there is great demand, lis. to 15s. per day; pick-and-shovel men, 8s. to 10s. per day of eight hours. I intend to have a farm on one of the many blocks of fine land shortly to be in the market; and I say to you all, come and join me on the same block, and lose no time, for I am just as sure as the night follows the day that you will be ever grateful for coming out. I could go on eulogizing the great and many benefits which this country offers to men of small capital, but it would be super- fluous. Pauperism is a thing that is not known here, every one seem- ing to me to be in a prosperous condition. All sorts of provi- sions are cheap, and of the best quality. The 41b. loaf is rad. tea, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb. sugar, 4d. to 6d.; potatoes, 5s. to 6s. per cwt.; beef, 4d. to 5d.; mutton, 3d. per lb., so that you see that a great many of the above-named articles are much cheaper than the Old Country. Clothing and boots are about the same. A very noticeable and happy feature in the social state of the country is the well-to-do appearance which is conspicuous on the very faees of the people, with plenty of work, good wages, and good food. 1 The temptation to crime and burglary, so unfortun- ately prevalent in the old crowded countries of Europe are a-wan ting here, and it is a fact which cannot be gainsayed, that life and property are much more secure here, owing to the total absence of a criminal class. And I must not conclude this letter without mentioning that the great boon of free education is open to all. The child of the merchant, the farmer, and the labour- ing man all sit at the same desks, taught by the same masters, and are in every respect treated alike, Government paying all galaries and providing school buildings. And there are higher schools and colleges where the main part of the expenses are paid by Government, the fees being so much less than are common in England for such high-class education. I shall be glad to answer any letters, and should any of you be in London you will be very courteously received by Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for New Zealand, 7, Westminster Chambers.—I am, &c., JOSEPH KENNERLEY. Wellington, New Zealand, 5th Dec., 1878.

FOOTBALL. v SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION^UUP. OSWESTRY V. NEWPORT. This match in the second ties for this cup was played on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 30, on the Shrewsbury^Racecourse. The turf was as hard as iron, owing to the frost andthe number of spectators was comparatively sma^* ^icked off at three o'clock, both teams being one ,:na" eventually won by three goals and one ^P^d to nothing. Umpires, Messrs. Humphreys and G. Iv. liayley, referee, Mr. J. Hawley Edwards. The teams were composed as follows NrWPOItT H. E. Ward (captain), Wynn, J. and S. Underhill, C. B. Reese, C. Peplow, Walker, Thomas, J. T. G. Siderfin, and C. Wallett. OSWESTRY. M T G. G. Higham (captain), L. LI. Kennck, T. Owen, J Vaughan, A. Fanner, W. Roberts, J. Jones, W. W. Shone, and W. E. Bavies.

WELSH ASSOCIATION CUP. A meeting of the football clubs connected with the Welsh Association was held on Tuesday, January 28, at Ruabon. there was a majority of representatives present, including Messrs. Hampshaw and Boden, Wrexham; Lloyd, Chirk; Clement O. Ray and Martin Woosnam, Newtown Club Edward Gittins and William Jenkins, White Star Club, Newtown; Fox and Glascodine, Oswestry; Rathbone and Wrottesley, Bangor. Mr. Fox was voted to the chair. The Secretary read a letter from the Bangor Club with reference to the unfortunate dispute which took place between themselves and the White Star (Newtown) Club whilst playing off the third tie at Chester on the 18th of January last. The complaint was, that a member of the last-named had deliberately kicked one of the Bangor team, and that tlie association rules had not been comphed with.—Mr. Rathbone proposed that the White Star Club be ex- cluded from the remaining matches for the cup.—Mr. Martin Woosnam maintained that the meeting should hear evidence pro and con.—The Secretary of the Bangor Club relied solely upon the written complaint sent.—Mr. Edward Gittins (captain of the White Star) contended that although one of the latter did kick a Bangorian, it was in retaliation and self-defence, an,l that afterwards three or four set upon the White Star man and acted with great violence. Not only so, but the umpire for Bangor also kicked him. Hence a hubbub ensued, which cut the match short.—Mr. Clement Ray took the part of the White Star Club, and considered that great bl ime was attached to the Ban- gorians.-It was eventually agreed, on the motion of Mr. Hamp- shaw seconded by Mr. Woosnaul, that the tie should be played afresh on Saturday at Oswestrv. The umpires (Mr. Fox and Mr. Hampshaw) a.nd referee (Mr. Cross) were appointed. It was decided that the Newtown Clitb play the winner. Should either of the two former clubs refuse to play the fresh game, it was decided that the non-contout should be scratched. Wrex- ham Club drew a bye, thereby only having to play in the final tie. The fourth tie will be played on the 22nd of February, at Wrexham.—The Secretary scnt in his resignation, as he was leaving the rieiglibourliood. -011 the motion of Mr. Han ishaw, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the secretary foi is in- valuable services, and regret expressed at his being co' elled to resign his position, as under his management the ass- tion had prospered. The Bangor Club met on Wednesday night, Mr. R. Lloyd James in the chair. After a long discussion, the following resolution was iunanimously passe :The Committee of the Welsh Association having come to a decision in the dispute between the Bangor and White Star (Newtown) clubs, without the evidence of the referee, the Bangor Club hereby retiies from the association, and that the Secretary be instructed to com- municate such decision to the association."—The Bangor Club, therefore, decline to play the tie with the White Star. WHITE STARS (NEWTOWN) Y. OSWESTRY. As the undecided tie between Bangor v. White Star (New- town), which was advertised to be played at Oswestry on Satur- day, Feb. 1, did not come off, the first-named club scratching, in order to prevent disappointment to the Oswestry people the Stars came over, and a match was played with a scratch team of the Oswestry Club, which resulted in a draw, neither side scoring. The following were the sides: WHITE STAR. Goal, T. Jones; backs, Jos. Davies and D. Owen; half-backs, T. Pryce and E. Morgan right side, George Woosnam and W. Andrew; left side, David Rees and S. Davies j centre, E, Gittins (captain), and Geonre Thomas. OSWESTRY. Goal, LI. Kenrick backs, Jos. Williams and C. H. Wright; half-backs, J. Jones, G. R. Bayley, andT. Meredith rightsule, W. W. Shone and G. Jenks left side, D. Williams and J. Vaughan; centre, W. H. Davies. Umpires-Newtown, J. Pugh; Oswestry, R. Hamer. WHITCHURCH v. OSWESTRY (SECOND ELEVEN.) At the conclusion of the match with the White Star these Clubs played a game of an hour's duration, the result of which was a victory for the Oswestry colts by three goals to none. The latter part of the game was played in a blinding snowstorm, which made it as difficult to see as to stand, and in consequence the quality of plav was not of a very high order. The Whit- church have several pretty fast men in their team, but appear to have but little knowledge of the passing game, and lack organi- zation. They seem, too, to make little use of free kicks, allowing a forward to kick off instead of entrusting the ball to the backs, and getting their forwards up; a little more attention on the part of the back plavers and goal keeper to the rule of off side would also be of benefit to them, as we thought several cases occurred in this match for which they did not appeal. The players were WHITCHURCH. Goal, H. Woollam backs, H. Skitt (captain), and W. Brad- bury; half-backs, W. Rogers and C. Rogers; right side, R. Vickers and S. Harris left side, G. P. Burrows and W. Crewe; centres, J. Hall and T. Barron umpire, W. B. Black. ffiaeggigaa W38 OSWESTRT. Goal, A. Jenks backs, Jos. Williams and T. Gough half- backs, G. R. Bavley and R. Groves right side, W. Shone and C. Dyke; left side, W. E. Davies and J. Groves; centres, W. H. Davies and Cheeseman (captain); umpire, R. Hamer.

MARKET REPORTS. .f"rvr.J'j'r- CORN AVERAGES, For the week ending February 1. The following are the quantities sold and the prices this yea) and last year:— QUANTITIES SOLD. PRICES. This year. Last year. This year. Lastyear. Wheat 55,334 42,081 38s. 4d. 51s. lid. Barley 62,430 59,562 36s. 9d. 44s. 6d. Oats 4,049 5,499 19s. Ed. 23s. lid. Corn, &c. LI VERPOOL, TUESDAY. -The wheat trade to-day was quiet, at the rates of Tuesday last for red American, and at a decline of ld. V cental for Californian. Flour dull, but not quotably lower. Beans in more request, but prices easy. Peas quiet and unchanged. Indian corn in tolerably fair demand, at a reduc- tion of id. cental on the week. PRICES (this day). s. d. s. d. American Wheat, zP loo lbs 7 3 to 9 8 English Flour,$100 lbs 13 1 13 11 Malting Barley,$100 lbs 8 2 ? 4 Grinding Barley,$100 lbs 4 10 5 6 English Oats, ¥ 100 Egyptian Beans,$100 lbs. 6 6 7 1 Indian corn, American new .vliite 0 0 5 1 „ mixed, American 1 4 9J Malt, pale new Eiigiish, V quarter 590690 LONDON, WEDNESDAY.—The market was quiet. Wheat was slow of sale, at late values. Flour quiet. Barley firm. Maize, beans, and peas remain steady. Oats again dearer, say 3d. higher since Monday.—Arrivals British wneat, 500 quarters; higher since Monday.—Arrivals British wneat, 500 quarters; barley, 2,740 quarters. Foreign wheat, 7,500 quarters; barley, 9,920 quarters; oats, 21,080 quarters; maize, 7,7S0 quarters; flour, 3,480 sacks and 410 barrels. CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN AT MARK LANE. s. s. Wheat, new Essex and Kent (white^ 34 to 46 Ditto ditto (red). 33 43 Wheat, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire (red) 32 42 Barley (Chevalier) 38 54 Malt.Englishpale, new 65 80 Oats, English feed 20 24 Beans (Mazagan) 33 35 Peas, white boilers (English). 36 40 (foreign). 35 37 Maize 24 26 Flour, Town Households, 1j,iJ 280 lbs., 34s to 38s. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—The trade still remains in a lifeless state. English and foreign wheat without any quotable change in value, with merely a consumptive demand. Flour could generally be obtained at a reduction of 6d. sack, and business was limited. No change in oats and beans. Maize lost last week's advance. WAKEFIELD, FRIDAY.—Wheat met with little attention this morning. Fine sorts commanded late rates, but inferior descriptions were in buyers' favour. Barley very dull. Beans, oats, and maize steady. SHREWSBURY, SATURDAY.—The general trade of this mar- ket had a slightly improved tone, and a fair amount of business was done both in wheat and barley. Those who for some weeks past have refused buyers' bids appeared to have made up their minds to sell, for beyond the delivery of grain there is no em- ployment for farmers' horses. Prices were s. d. s. d. White Wheat, ¥ 75 lbs 6 2 @ 6 9 Red ditto „ 5 6 5 9 Barley,$70 lbs 5 0 5 6 Oats, 1jJ 225 lbs IS0200 Beans, V 235 lbs 17 0 19 0 Peas, # 2-25 lbs 16 0 18 0 Malt 8 9 9 6 LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.—Wheat was dull of sale, but was not pressed, and although the tendency of prices was in buyers' favour there was hardly any quotable change. Flour very slow, and rather lower. Beans quiet, and rather cheaper. Peas dull, at Id. Veental lower. Indian corn in limited demand, at rather easier rates. LONDON, MONDAY.—The market remains very quiet. Both English and foreign wheat met a slow sale, without quotable alteration in value. Flour a quiet trade, at former prices. Grinding barley fiat and tending lower; malting kinds firm. Foreign oats 6d. to 9d. dearer on the week for low qualities; heavy sorts the turn against buyers. Maize slow of sale. TJeans and peas quiet but steady.—Arrivals: British wheat, 5,323 quarters; barley, 2,817 quarters; oats, 824 quarters; flour, 18,322. Foreign wheat, 31,133 quarters; barley, 3,853 quarters; oats, 64,847 quarters: maize, 15,760 quarters; flour, 8,651 sacks and 2,085 barrels. BRIDGNORTH, SATURDAY.—The following were the prices at this market White wheat, 5s. 4d. to 6s. 4d. V 72 Its.; red wheat, old, Os. Od. te Os. Od.; red, new, 5s. Od. to 5s. Bd. Malting barley, 5s. 4d. 6s. Od.$38 quarts; grinding barley, 10s. 6d. to 13s. 6d. 200 lbs. Beans, 14s. Od. to ISs. Od. f? 200 lbs. Peas, OOs. Od. to OOs. Od. 10 200 lbs. Oats, 12s. 6d. to 18s. Od.$160 lbs. Indian corn, Its. Od. to 12s. Od. P 200 lbs. Malt, 8s. 6d. to 9s. 6d.— There was a numerous attendance of millers, maltsters, and corn dealers, and a large quantity of wheat and barley was on offer, the samples being much better in quality than those shown at many recent markets conse- quently the best samples made good prices, while inferior and middling qualities were a shade lower. CHESTER, SATURDAY. Prime red wheat met a good demand at 8s. 4d. V loo lbs. Oats and malting barley in small supply, at unchanged rates. ABERYSTWYTH, MONDAY. WhMt, 6s. Od. to 7s. Od.$ -tbs. barley, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 6d.; oats, 3s. Od. to 3s. tid.; egs, 14 fur a shilling; salt butter, lOJd. to 12d. V lb.; fresh butter, Is. Id. te Is. 2a. 40 lb.; fowls, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ;¡jJ couple; ducks, 4s. Od. to 5s. Cd. geese, 4s. Od. to 6s. Od. turkeys, 5s. Od. to 7s. Od. each; potatoes, Os. Od. to 4s. Od. V ewt. WELSHPOOL, MONDAY.—Wheat, 6s. 6d. to 7s. Od. ¥» 80 Ths.; barley, 5s. Od. to 5s. 6d. V 40 quarts; oata, 15s. Oil. to 17s. Od-; eggs, 0 to 10 for a shilling; butter, Is 4d. to Is. 6d. ? lb.; fowls, 3s. 6d. to 5s. 6d.$couple; ducks, 5s. Od. to 6s. Od. couple; geese, 0s.Od. to0s. Od. each.; turkeys, 0s. Od. to 00s. 0J. each; potatoes, 5s. Od. to 5s. 6d. 3P 90 lbs. NEWTOWN, TUESDAY (Feb. 4).-Wheat, Os. Od. to Os. Od. V 75 lbs.; barley, Os. 061. to Os. Od.; oats, 00s. to oos. eggs. 0 to 12 for a shilling; butter, Is. 3d. to Is. Od. Zp lb.; fowls, 3s. 6 1. to 48. Od. V couple ducks, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Od. iP couple; geese, 6s. to Os. each; turkeys, Os. Od. to GOs. Od. each; potatoes 8 lbs. for sixpence; beef, Od. to locl. N 1h.: mutton, Od. to 9:1.: veal, 6d. to 7d.; lamb, Od. to OOd.; pork, 7d. to 7d. OSWESTRY, WEDNESDAY (Feb. 5).—The following were the quotations: Wheat, 5s. 6d. to 5s. 10d. p -5 lbs.; barley, 20s. Od. to 22s. od. 40 28o lbs.; oats, 18s. Od. to 21s. Od. 280 lbs., butter, is. 4d. to Is. 6d.$lb.; eggs, 0 to 10 for a shilling; fowls, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Od.$couple; ducks, 5s. 6d. to 6s. 0d.; geese, 0s. Od. to Os. Od. each; turkeys, Os. Od. to Os. od- each; potatoes, 16 lbs. t, 18 lbs for a shilling. WREXHAM, THURSDAY.—>Vheat, 5s. 9d. to Os. 6d. V 75 ths.; barley, 3s. 9d. to 5s. 8d.; oatsf,'3s. Od. to 3s. 10d.; butter, Is. 5d. to Is. 7d. V 18 oz.; eggs, 8 to 9 for a shilling; fowls, 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. V couple; ducks, 4s. 6d. to 5s. Od. V couple; geese, 9..1. to 10d. V lb.; potatoes, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Od 40 90 lbs. LAAIPETER 'FitIDAI' Butter, Os. 9Jd. to Os. 10-d. V lb.; fowl, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. 1jJ couplc; ducks, 3s. 6d. to 5s. ii couple; pork, Ss. RR score. Cattle. METROPOLITAN, MONDAY. The cattle trade was very heavy. Reduced prices had to be submitted to, toe only de- scription commanding attention being the finest Scotch beasts; 5s 4d. V 8 lbs. was quite the extreme quotation; Herefords out of date, 5s. to 5s. 2d. The British arrivals comprised 350 Scotch, 60 Irish, 1,100 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, and 920 Midland and Home Counties. Sheep flat, the supply being in excess of requirements. Choice calves wanted. Pigs a very dull sale.— Prices: Beef, 4s. 4d. to 5s. 4d.; mutton, 5s. od. to 6s. 10d.; veal, 5s. 6d. to 6s. 6d.; pork, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Od. The stock on offer consisted of 3,240 beasts, 10,480 sheep, 90 calves, and 20 pigs; included in which were 826 foreign beasts and 1,350 foreign sheep. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The stock on offer consisted of 1,550 beasts and 5,063 sheep (included in which were 101 American cattle and 169 sheep). There was a falling-off in the supply of both cattle and sheep, there being three Irish boats with stock which had not arrived, but the supply was equal-to the demand. A small attendance of country customers.—Prices: Best beasts, 7!d. to 8d.$lb.; second ditto, 6d. to 7d.; American 6d. to 7 £ d.; sheep, 8d. to 10d. LAMPETER. FRIDAY. -,it this day's monthly market, there was a smaller supply than usual of pigs. The number of cattle was also very scanty. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—^There were at market to-day- Beasts 339, sheep 839, pigs 313. The trade throughout was very quiet. Quotations: Beef, 6Jd. to 71d. V lb.t mutton, 8d. to 10d. lb.; bacon pigs, 9s. Od. P score; sows, 7s. 6d. to 8s.: porket pigs, 10s. to 10s. 3d. SALFORD, TUESDAY.—The supply of beasts at market was good. Trade was moderately active for all classes, at the full rates of last week. A few American beasts were penned, and prices as a rule had a lowering tendency. The number of sheep on offer to-day was larger than that of last Tuesday, and prices as a rule had a lowering tendency. Good calves were difficult to meet with, and made high prices.—Beef, 51d. to 7!d. ;¡jJ lb.; mutton, 7!d. to 91-d.; veal, 8d. to 9d. LONDON DEAD MEAT MARKET, MONDAY.—The follow. ing were the quotations 1* 8 lbs. by the carcase: Middling and inferior beef, 2s. 6d. 3o 4s. 4d.: prime ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10d.- middling and inferior mutton 3s. Od. to 4s. 8d.; prime ditto 4s. 8d. to 5s. 4cl.; veal, 5s. 4d. to 5s. 8d.; large pork, 3s. Od. to 3s. 6d.; small ditto, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 2d.—There was only a moderate supply of meat on sale to-day, but owing to the unfavourable weather trade was very bad. Miscellaneous. LIVERPOOL PROVISION, WEDNESDAY. Beef has been dull during the past week, and prices hardly tested. Pork quiet, without material alteration. Bacon in fair demand and prices have improved 6d. to Is. Outside quotations of Cumber- land cut are 2s. 6d. higher; shoulders are unchanged. Hams firm, and Is. to 2s dearer. Cheese in fair request, and prime qualities in sellers' favour. Butter unaltered. Lard in good request, aud, after some fluctuations, showed an advance of 6d. on the week. LONDON PROVISION, MONDAY.—The arrivals last week from Ireland were 4,509 bales bacon, and from foreign ports 11,5S1 packages butter and 1,094 bales bacon. The supplies of really fine foreign butter are scarce and iii demand; best brands in casks offering at about 130s. to 136s and 140s. to 148s. offering for superior quality in baskets. Quay price of best Dutch 130s. to 132s.; inferior qualities are very irregular in prices. The bacon market ruled steady but quiet, with little alteration to notice m prices during the week for either Irish or Hamburg. IRISH AND AMERICAN PROVISIONS, LIVERPOOL, FRI- DAY.-Butter: There is a continued good demand, and stocks are in a narrow compass. Bacon in steady request, and values well maintained. Lard: A fair enquiry, and prices have im- proved is. V ewt. Cheese: Strictly choice is held for extreme prices, but any strong-flavoured are difficult to move. AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, LONDON, MONDAY. Current Prices:- s. d. s. d. Cloverseed, British, com., V cwt 60 0 @ 64 0 „ Foreign, red. 56 0 64 0 „ white 760900 Trefoil, fine new 11 210260 Ryegrass, British, V quarter 22 0 24 0 „ Italian, |! 2 cwt 32 0 34 0 Linseed, ¥ quarter 53 0 68 0 Rapeseed 60 0 06 0 Tares, new winter 4 0 5 0 Mustard, brown and white. 9 0 13 0 LONDON POTATO, MONDAY.—Trade to-day was steady, and the supply rather limited. Victorias 120s. to 145s. V ton. Flukes 120s. to 146s. Regents. 110s. to 130s. Champions 85s. to 100s. „ French Common 70s. to 75s. „ WORCESTER HOP, SATURDAY. — Messrs. Piercy, Long- bottom, and Faram, in their circular, say-Our market is almost bare of supplies from the growers, so that the small demand cannot be regularly supplied. Choice hops are more in request, and there is a retail demand for other sorts. LONDON HOP, MONDAY.—The business passing in our market is very limited, and prices in consequence are uneven. Choice and coloury samples command full values, on account of their extreme scarcity, while medium and low if pressed for sale realize less money. Mid and East Kent £ 2 5 £ 3 0 £ 4 10 Weald of Kent 2 0. 2 10. 310 Sussex. 2 0 2 10 3 10 Farnham 3 0. 4 0 5 0 Worcester 3 0 4 0. 5 0 Foreign. 1 15 3 53. i 4 BRADFORD WOOL, THURSDAY.—As yet there is no restor- ation of confidence to report; the further failures which have occurred during the week have prevented that. There seems to be rather more willingness to buy, though only for actual re- quirements. It is impossible for holders to maintain values with much firmness. Botany wools are also inclining down- wards. More enquiry has taken place for export yarns, at very low limits. Piece trade very sluggish. LIVERPOOL WOOL, FRIDAY.—At the public sales held here from the 28th instant to this day 20,375 bales miscellaneous were catalogued. The attendance of buyers has been only moderate, and competition slow, except for Egyptian, such as are suitable for blanket purposes, which realized an advance of Jd. to id. on the very low November rates. Inferior Oporto have suffered a decline of d. to d., Peru id., and Lima d. 19 lb. River Plate wools, however, have brought fully late private-contract prices. The total quantity sold is about 4,900 bales. In alpaca, 430 bales Tacua have been sold during the week at ]2d., and 352 bales fair average fleece at 17d. V th.-Quotations: East India white, 6d. to lild.; yellow, 3U1. to iii-d.; L-Tay, &c., 3d. to 91d.; washed Peruvian, 9d. to 14d.; washed River Plate, lOJd. to 14d.; unwashed River Plate, 6d. to 9Jd.; washed Morocco, 9d. to lid.; unwashed Morocco, 4d. to 6d.; Egyptian white, 7d tc 13d.; Oporto fleece, loid. to lid.; mohair Is. lOd. to Is. lid.; alpaca, Is. 3d. to Is. 5d. LONDON WOOL, MONDAY.—There is still very little business passing in English wool. The tone is very depressed, and there is in conse luence no recovery from the low prices lately current. Colonial wool is in moderate request by private contract, and previous quotations are steadily supported. CURRENT PRICES. This year. Last year. (Per lb.) s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. FLEECES.-Southdown hoggets 1 01 to 1 1-1 3 to 1 4 Hall-bred ditto 1 O to 1 1..1 21 to 131 Kent fleeces 0 Hi to 1 0..1 24 to 1 34 S. Down ewes and wethers ..1 Oltol li..l 3 to 1 4 Leicester ditto 0 11 £ to 1 0 ..1 2 to 1 3 SORTS.-Clothing 101 to 1 3i.. 1 5 to 1 6 Combing 1 1 tol 5 ..1 6 tol 7 WOLVERHAMPTON HIDE, SKIN, AND FAT, SATUR. DAY.—Hides, 95 lb. and upwards, d. <¡jJ lb.; 85 to 94, 3Jd.; 75 tc 84, 3d.; G5 to 74, 2Jd.56 to 64, 2|d.; 55 and under, 2Ja. Cows, ^d. to 2fd.; bulls, 2^d.; flawed and irregular, 2d.; kips, Od. tc 2d. Horse hides, Os. Od. to 12s. 6d. each. Calf, 17 lb. and upwards, 4.,1(1.; 12 to 16, 5d.; 9 to 11, 5d.; light, 4d.; flawed and irregular, 3Jd. Wools, A-l, Os. Od.; A, 6s. Id.; B, 4s. 7d. each. Pelts, A, 0s. Od.; B, 0s Od. each. Lambs, A, 0s. 0d.; B, Os. Od. each. Fat, 2d. to 2gct. lb.-JNO. S. D'ARCY, Broker Cleveland-street. ANOTHER REPORT.—Hides, 95 lb. and upwards, ed. to 3d.; 85 to 94, Od. to 3|d.; 75 to 84, 3d 65 to 74, 2fd.; 56to64, 2id.; 55 and under, 2fd. Cows, 65 lb. and upwards, 2|d.; 64 and under, 2|d.; bulls, 2id.; flawed and irregular, 2Jd.; kips, Od. Horse hides, Os. Od. to Os. Od. each. Calf, 17 lb. and upwards, 4d.; 12 to 16, 6d.; 9 to 11, Gid.; light, 4d.; flawed and irregular, 3d. Wools, is. 6d. to 6s. Id. each. Fat, 2d. to 2Jd.$lb.—THOMAS FISHER, Broker. BARK, TANNING MATERIALS, &c.-SATURDAY. s. £ s. English, 1!J load of 45 cwt. delivered in London.. 14 0 @ 15 0 Ditto, Coppice. 6 10 8 0 Mimosa, chopped £ 7 @ A;9 10. Ground 6 10 11 0 Valonia, Smyrna 414 0 @ 420 0. Morea 12 0 15 10 Gambler, in bales iel7 10 @ 417 15. Cubes. 23 0 28 15 Cutch, best Pegu 23 0 23 0 Sumach, Sicily 15 0 16 10 LEATHER.—LEADENHALL, TUESDAY. v lb. s. d. s. d. Hides, crop, 28 lbs. to 40 lbs 0 11 @ 1 3 Ditto, 40 lbs. to 60 lbs 1 2 1 9 English butts, 14 lbs. to 24 lbs 1 1 2 4 Ditto, 25 lbs. to 36 lbs 1 3 2 10 Foreign butts, 16 lbs. to 50 lbs 1 0 2 3 Crop bellies 0 6 0 10& Shoulders 0 9 13 Dressing hides, common 0 10 1 5 Ditto, shaved 11 17 Calfskins 1 4 2 6 LIVERPOOL PRODUCE, WEDNESDAY.- Sugar dull, without change and little doing in other Colonials. Nitrate of soda 13s. to 13s. 6dV ewt. Palm oil inactive. Olive oil steady, at lati rates. Linseed oil 25s.to 25s. 6d. in export casks. Rape oil, 35s. to 35s. 6d. for refined Stettin. Cottonseed oil, Liverpool refined. 28s. to 29s. Tallow, 36s. to 36s. 6d. Lard 32s. 6d. <¡;J cwt. on the spot. Petroleum 9d. to 9ld zo gallon. Rosin, common, firm at 5s. V cwt, Spirits of turpentine selling slowly at 22s. Ashes, pots 25s. to 25s. 6d. LONDON PRODUCE, SATURDAY. — Sugar: The market is very quiet without alteration in prices. Coffee dull, and little business done. Rice neglected. The cotton market quiet but steady. Jute remains dull. Tallow, new 36s., old 35s., on the spot. Oils: Rape, 29s. 9d.; linseed, 25s. Spirits of turpentine, 22s. Petroleum, Sid. to !-fd.$gallon. Saltpetre remains quiet, and transactions are unimportant. FERTILIZERS.—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. £ s. d. £ s. d. Peruvian Guano, 10 to 13 am.. V ton I 1 100@1300 Ditto, high phosphatic. 7 13 3 8 0 0 Bone Ash, River Plate. 6 7 6 6 10 0 Superphosphate, 25 to 26$cent., in bulk.. 3 2 6 3 5 0 Ditto 34 to 35 cent. 4504100 NitrateofSoda.¡¡Jcwt. 0 13 9 013 3 HAY AND STRAW.—LONDON, TUESDAY. s. d. s. d. Prime meadow hay (V ton) 75 0 @ 84 0 Inferior ditto 40 0700 Prime clover 95 0 „ 102 6 Inferior ditto 80 0 „ 90 U Straw (13 36 trusses) 30 0 35 0 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.—LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. Hay,$cwt. s. d s. d.$ton. Old 3 6 @4 6 s. a. s. d. New 0 0 0 0 Carrots 0 0@0 0 Straw Turnips 0 0 0 0 Wheat 2 1 2 7 Mangel Wurzel..26 0 27 0 Oat 1 9 2 2 Manure 4 6 i 6 .Barley 0 0 0 0 Grass, 20 lbs. 0 0 0 0

Trade Intelligence. WOLVERHAMPTON IRON TRADE.—WEDNESDAY. The iron market was inactive. Great firmness was displayed by the tin-plate makers, who are all busy. They refused offers at anything under 2s. ;¡jJ box advance upon the late minimum. Excellent enquiries are upon the market for bridge and roofing work, and for heavy foundry products. Two lots comprise to- gether 11,000 tons. Miscellaneous finished iron was difficult to sell, and the works have slightly less to do than last week. Sales of best pigs might have been effected for forward delivery dot current rates, but makers declined the terms. Best domestic coal was in limited supply. MINERAL REPORT.—MANCHESTER, SATURDAY. Messrs. Berger Spence and Co., in their weekly report, say- A most restricted attention has been bestowed on minerals of every description during the week. As a rule, consumers are fully stocked, and supplies are far too plentiful. Where a dis- position to operate is evinced, only the most limited quantities are the subjects of negotiation. Brimstone remains compara- tively inactive. The week's business has been almost entirely confined to the exchange of small parcels, which have mostly changed hands on easier terms to buyers. Iron ore has been in decreased demand. The arrivals of foreign ore do not exhibit much decline, but the requirements of the home article are de- cidedly weak. Quotations are unchanged; still, it is possible to underbuy those current. THE CROPS AND THE CORN TRADE. The Mark-Lane Express says:—The season has not changed in its main characteristice in the past week, remaining frosty, with the wind north-easterly. For odd work on the farm the period has been favourable, the land surface being hard and clean for wheels and horses; but for tillage purposes every day has failed to help the agriculturist. Stackyards have been largely worked down to supply stock, to keep them in condition, so that many districts are likely to be bare of fodder unless there be a mild and early spring. The long winter hindrance to field work n.ust make spring operations active. Deliveries of English wheat have been fully up to the average of the last ten years during the past fortnight. America, since the harvest, has ruled the English market quotations. Under these circum- stances, farmers have decided to sell freely in competition with the foreigner, and if they have found prices low they have recog- nized the uselessness of holding for an advance. Prices such as 38s. lid. and 39s. Id. must cause farmers to consider very anxiously the whole question of wheat cultivation. French farmers have held grain very tenaciously, but that policy has not proved of advantage to them.

TIDE TABLE FOR ABERYSTWYTH, ABERDOVEY, AND BARMOUTH. Feb. I Aberystwyth. Aberdovey. Barmouth. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Fri. 7 7 32 7 52 8 1 8 21 7 41 8 1 Sat. 8 8 11 8 29 8 40 8 58 8 20 8 38 Sun. 9 8 48 9 8 9 17 9 37 8 57 9 17 Mon.10 9 27 9 47 9 56 10 16 9 36 9 56 Tues.11 10 8 10 27 10 37 10 56 10 17 10 30 Wed.12 10 47 11 6 11 16 11 35 10 56 11 15 Thur.l3 11 2v — — 0 19 11 36 — ThUt'l 11 21 — — 0 19 11 36 —

NORTH SHROPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—At the annual meeting of this society, held at Wellington on Thursday evening, Jan. 30, it was decided that the annual show for 1879 should be held at Bridgnorth, providing the necessary arrangements could be agreed to by the society and the authorities at Bridgnorth. A deputation was ap- pointed to wait on the latter body. The only other town mentioned was Shifnal. THE VOLUNTEERS.—1st Denbighshire Rifles-Captain Simon Yorke resigns his commission; also is permitted to retain his rank and continue to wear the uniform of the corps on his retirement. 3rd Denbighshire Rifies- Lieutenant John P. Jones resigns his commission. Shrop- shire-Major Rowland Clegg, Viscount Hill, resigns his commission; also is permitted to retain his rank, and to continue to wear the uniform of the regiment on his retire- ment. SHROPSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The dates fixed for the shows of 1879, at Shrewsbury, are, Rose Show, July 3, the Great Summer Fete (at which_ we under- stand the magnificent band of H.M. s Grenadier Guards, under Mr. Dan Godfrey will be present an both days), Aug. 20 and 21, and the Autumn Show, Nov. 21. The Committee have fixed the dates early to avoid other County Societies fixing their meetings on the same days. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, M.P., landed at Gibraltar on the 14th January, where he found a horse waiting for him from Colonel Mostyn's stables, and, putting on his pink," mounted and rode off to meet the Calpe Hounds, and see Charles Payne, the son of his old huntsman. There are several alterations in the running of trains on some of the lines in this district. See the Railway Record (Woodall and Venables, Oswestry), which gives all the tables for North and Mid Wales and Shropshire, and the connections with the large towns. ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Bishop of Here- ford has presented and instituted the Rev. Charles W. Pritchard, M.A., Rector of Silvington, Shropshire, to the Rectory of Withington, near Hereford, vacant by the death of the Rev. C. H. P. Abbot, heir-presumptive to the Colchester Barony. Rev. J. J. G. Nash, M.A., Chaplain to the Marquess of Londonderry, K.P., Thursday Lecturer at St. Peter-upon-Cornhill, and Curate of Christ Church, Mayfair; Incumbent of Christ Church, Woburn-square, Patron, the Rector of Bloomshury. Rev. R. II. Bird, Curate of Holy Trinity, Calne, Wilts Vicar of Great Wollaston, Shrewsbury. THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD.—The Bishop of Lichfield will, by medical advice, go abroad immediately after the next ordination. SLXWYN COLLEGE.-The Hon. and Rev. A. Lyttelton, a relative of the warden of Keble, will, it is understood, bo the warden of the new Selwyn College at Cambridge.

ANOTHER CORNISH BANK FAILURE. The banking firm of Vivian, Grylls, Kendal, and Co., trading at Helston, Cornwall, as the Union Bank of Helston, have stopped payment. The partners. Mrs. Cordelia Vivian, of Penllick, near Truro, :md Mr. James Edwards Vivian, of London, issued circular in which they did not assign any reason for the suspension. The liabi- lities are estimated at £135,000.

THE DINAS COLLIERY EXPLOSION. The explorers of the colliery managed on Wednesday, Feb. 5, to reach the stables, but were soon compelled to retreat by an escape of gas. Indications were found tha.t the explosion took place in the inner workings, where the men were engaged, and that consequently they must all have been killed on the spot.

CHESTER ASSIZES.—TUESDAY. Before Justice Manisty. THE FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION AT CHESTER. Peter Jones, 55, pointsman, Chester, was indicted on the Coroner's inquisition, for the manslaughter of Robert Keowin, painter, Birkenhead, and Benjamin Hymen, merchant, London. Prisoner was in charge of the signal box at the Junction of the Holyhead and Birkenbe:ul lines, outside Chester Station, and it was alleged by the Prosecution that on the 8th July, when the 5 o'clock train for Birkenhead was proceeding from Chester Station aud passing over the points at the Junction, prisoner turned the points before the last three carriages had passed over, which caused them to leave the metals and capsize, the deceased men receiving such injuries that they died shortly afterwards. Evidence was called, showing how the third carriage jumped, and then left the line, and Col. Yolland, after a minute examination, said he could only come to the conclusion that this result was produced by Jones moving the points before the train had passed. He admitted, however, that the signal box was so badly situ- ated that it was difficult for Jones to see if the train had gone over the points, and on this counsel for the defence said there was clearly no case to go to jury, as negligence could not be shown, and, his Lordship concurring, the jury immediately returned a verdict of not guilty.

WREXHAM RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. A meeting of this Authority was heid on Tuesday. Feb. 4.—Present: Capt. Griffith Boscawen (chairman), S. T. Baugh (vice-chairman), Messrs J. Daniel, J. Burton, J. H. Foulkes, Milligan, E. Woolrich, T. LI. Fitz-Hugh, Gomer Roberts, W. Jones, Col. Jones. There were also present Mr. J. Oswell Bury (clerk), Mr. Glennil (engineer), and Mr. Hugh Davies (inspector). Inspector's Report.—The Inspector reported that there were two cottages in Rhosnesney, belonging to Mr. T. Rowland, Grove Park, in a wretchedly dilapidated con- dition. The roof was so had that the rain came in regu- larly. The owner had had notice to put it in repair on the 15th of November, but nothing had been done.— It was agreed that the clerk should write to the owner, asking him would he put the cottages in repair without proceedings being taken.—The Inspector also reported three houses in Rhosymedre, of which Mr. Puleston was agent, to be without privy acommodation, also a beer house in Street Isa, Ruabon, in a bad sanitary condition. Five cottages at Acrefair, Ruabon, belonging to a person named Thomas Edwards, without privy accommodation. It was agreed to write to the owners or agents in these cases.—The Inspector reported a great want of water in Crab Tree Green, township of Eyton.—The following committee was appointed to visit the district:—Mr. Owen Hughes (Wynnstay), Mr. Gomer Roberts, and Mr. John Daniel. Medical Officer's Report.—Dr. Jones, Ruabon, reported several cases of scarlatina, but none had ended fatally. He had taken every means for disinfecting. During the month there had been twenty-eight deaths and forty births, against twenty and forty in the corresponding period last year. Dr. Davies reported scarlet fever to be prevalent in his district. It was a moderate type, and only one death had occurred. A few isolated cases of typhoid fever, but only one death. One death from diphtheria. There had been forty-three deaths during the month, making the death-rate 17'28, which was very low for such a season as the present. The deatns had been chiefly among old people, one-third being persons above seventy years of age. Drainage of Ruabon Village— The Clerk read the follow- ing letter from the Local Government Board Sir,—I am directed by the Local Government Board to acknowledge the reGeipt of your letter of the 14th ult., containing a copy of a report made by a committee of ratepayers of the parish of Ruabon on the subject of the sewerage of the village. The Board direct me to point out that it devolves upon the Rural Sanitary Authority to determine what measure should be adopted in the sanitary requirements of the several places in their district, and that they, and not the ratepayers of the parish, were responsible for providing such works which may be neces- sary. It does not appear from your letter what decision the Sanitary Authority have come to in the matter, and the Board direct me again to refer you to their letter of the 12th Septem- ber last, and request that they may be informed what steps the Sanitary Authority propose to take with the view for providing for the sewerage of the village.—From the discussion.which fol- lowed, "it appeared that the difficulty of getting an outfall in Sir Watkin's park still remained and it was agreed to adjourn the matter again for another month. Stansty Drainagc.-A letter was read from the Hon. G. Kenyon giving permission to carry the Stansty drainage on some land situated between Llwyn Knockin and a farm called the Clays. The Inspector expressed his approval of the site in question as an outfall, and the Board then passed a resolution adopting it.

E. P. WESTON AT SHREWSBURY. Yesterday the famous long-distance walker, Edward Payson Weston, who has matched himself to walk 2,000 miles in 1,000 hours along the turnpike roads of England, and to deliver fifty lectures en route, paid a visit to this part of the county. The plucky pedestrian last week journeyed through the western counties of Dorset, Devon, &c., excited mobs turning out at every stage to witness one who has gained such a name by his powers of en- durance. Travelling through Worcestershire on Monday, he passed through Worcester and Droitwich, reaching Bromsgrove at 7 20 a.m., and Birmingham at 11 O. After resting two hours, he lectured to an immense audience at Bingley's. He left Birmingham at 2 30, and arrived at Wolverhampton at 7 0. He lectured at the Exchange, and then took a rest of nearly two hours. Here, we are informed, he had a short attack, and showed some slight symptoms of delirium. He was, however, able to con- tinue his walk on to Shifnal between 10 0 and 11 0. Here he stayed until next morning (Tuesday), appearing to be somewhat tired, and did not leave his bed until after 11 0 a.m., when he started for Wellington. This town was reached at 12 10, and a rest of upwards of an hour was made. It was reported that Weston would arrive in Shrews- bury at 12.45, and long before that clusters of people had gathered together in High-street, down Wyle-cop, and the Wellington-road, the crowds, which every minute in- creased, extending for a long distance beyond the Abbey Church. It was 1.30 when Weston left Wellington, and between 2.30 and 3 o'clock when he. arrived in Shrews- bury. He was met outside the town by large numbers of people, who became more numerous at every step. Up Wyle Cop he forced his way through dense crowds who cheered most lustily. He appeared well and hearty, but still carried his arm in a sling, the result of the hurt he received at the hands of the crowd at Wimborne. A halt was made at the Lion Hotel, where Mrs. Roberts had prepared an excellent luncheon, to which Weston and about a dozen of his friends sat down. Mr. Heath, of Shrewsbury, took the chair, and after the good things had been discussed with good appetite after their walk during the past half-hour with Weston, the Chairman proposed the health of their visitor, Mr. Weston, who responded in something like the following terms :—He thanked them, and first of all Mrs. Roberts, the proprietress of the hotel, for her kind invitation to luncheon, of which they were then partaking. He said that since he ftad undertaken the task in which he was engaged, he had simply shown to athletes what could be done by practice and perseverance. He thanked them for the kindness which they had shown him in his reception into the town, and for the kind provision the pro- prietress had made for him. His health was received with cheers. He asserted, as he had repeatedly done, his utmost confidence in his ability to complete the task he had set himself. Before resuming his journey he was introduced to the High Sheriff, the Hon. R. C. Herbert, and some ladies, who accompanied him, and shook hands with the party. It was expected that he would deliver a lecture at the Raven Hotel, but this expectation was not fulfilled, and at 5.40 Weston, accompanied by crowds, who cheered tremendously, started on his way to Chester, intending to travel through Wem and Whitchurch, and expecting to arrive at his destination about 3.0 a.m. Thence he will prooeed to Ormskirk. Notwithstanding the obstacles he has encountered in consequence of the weather, and the unfavourable condition of the roads, he has now covered about 800 miles on foot.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A FARMER:—An inquest was held by the district coroner, Mr. Weyman, at the village of Greet, four miles from Ludlow, on Saturday night, Feb. 1. upon the body of a well-known agriculturist, Mr. Wm. Lloyd. The deceased, though in the sixty-third year of his age, went into his orchard and climbed into an apple- tree, and commenced cutting from the tree mistletoe boughs' which were thickly growinc there, for the purpose of giving them to his sheep. He slipped from the tree, and falling to the ground broke his neck. The jury re- turned a verdict of "Accidental death." CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS.—Approximate return of traffic receipts for the week ending February 2nd, 1879. Miles open 1781. Passengers, parcels, &c., £1,292; m.erchan- dise, minerals, and live stock, £1,625; total for the week, £2,917. Actual traffic receipts for the corresponding week last year. Mil's open, 178i. Passengers, parcels, &c., £1,418; merchandise, minerals, and live stock, £1,642; total for the week, £3,060. Aggregate from commence- ment of half-year to this date, £13.121; last year, £ 14.267.. VALENTINES.—We have seen a collection of Messrs. Marcus Ward and Co's. valentines, which show the ad- vance that has been made over the productions of the last generation. Some are quaint, and some are pretty, and there is considerable variety in design. ASKEW ROBERTS, WOODALL, AND VENABLES beg to inform Solicitors, Accountants, and Men of Business, who require small or large numbers of Circulars, Applications for Accounts, Prices Current, &c., expeditiously printed, that they will supply at 2s. 6d. per bottle a Lithographic Writing Ink, by which the original can be written on ordinary paper with an ordinary pen in their own offices, and then forwarded to the Caxton Works, Oswestry, where it will be lithographed in facsimile, and the quantity required sent by return of Post. For some time past the inhabitants of Flint have been alarmed by a succession of burglaries committeed in the town. Early on Tuesday morning, Jan. 28th, a burglary was committed at the SJiip Hotel, and the thief was caught in the act by a ruse on the part of the landlord, Mr. William Cornforth. Having his suspicions aroused, owing to repeated enquiries by a person of doubtful character as to whether he was at home, Mr. Cornforth let it be known that he and his wife were going to Liver- pool on Monday night to see tbe pantomime. Instead, however, of going, he remained, sitting up all night, hav- ing first armed himself with a loaded revolver. About four o'clock on that morning a thief entered the house by the bar parlour window without his shoes and carrying a dark lantern. He first robbed the till of about JB3 in coppers, and he afterwards returned and stole two bottles of rum. As he was in the passage he was seized by Mr. Cornforth, and a stuggle ensued, but the sight of the revolver had considerable effect in quieting the thief, who proved to be one of the borough lamplighters, named George Blythin, a married man, who was engaged in the gasworks, and earned a good salary. The prisoner was taken into custody by Sergeant Ward, who also locked up a man named Samuel Hodgkinson, whom he found sleep- ing in the gasworks, upon a charge of being an accessory before the fact. The prisoners were brought before the Mayor on Tuesday afternoon, when Blythin was com- mitted for trial to the Assizes, and Hodgkinson was dealt with as a vagrant, and committed to Chester Castle tor three months, with hard labour. Blythin pleaded ffuiy at the assizes, and wan sentenced to twelve months im- prisonment with hard labour.

SHROPSHIRE ASSIZES. The commission for these Assizes was opened on Mon- day, February 3, by Baron Huddlestone,who was escorted from the Judge's lodgings on Belmont to the Shirehall. He was attended by the High Sheriff, the HOIJ. Robert H. Clive, his chaplain, the Rev. A. P. Salisbury,rector of Wrockwardine, the Under Sheriff, W. Salt, Esq., the escort consisting of a Lumber of the county constabulary. Immediately after the ceremony of opening commission, his lordship proceeded to St. Chad's Church, accompanied by the Deputy Mayor, Mr. W. G. Cross (the Mayor, Mr. Frail, being too ill to attend), the Town Clerk, and other municipal functionaries, preceded by the mace-bearers and a body of the borough police. At church the prayers were read by the Rev. John Yardley, Vicar, and his Curate, the Rev. J. S. Yardley, A large portion of the choir were in attendance, and Mr. Webster presided at the organ, in the absence of Mr. Walter Hay, who was unable to at- tend. The sermon was preached by the Sheriff's Chap- lain, who took his text from the 12th chapter of the Book of Daniel, 2nd verse. After the service, his lordship re- turned to his lodgings, escorted in the same manner as before. CROWN COURT.-TUFSDAT. Before Baron Huddlestone. The Court met at half-past ten for the trial of prisoners, of whom there were twenty included in the calendar. The following gentlemen were sworn on the GRAND JURY. T Lord Newport, M.P., foreman, Sir C. Rouse Boughton, Bart.. Sir Baldwyn Leighton, Bart., M.P., Sir H. T. Tyrrwhit, Bart., A. C. H. Percy, Esq., Edmund Wright. Eso., T. H. Sandford, Esq., S. K. Mainwaring, Esq., W. Kenyon Slaney, Esq., C. G. Wingfield, Esq., R. T. Lloyd, Esq., E. Corbett, Esq., J. R. Kenyon, Esq.. Q.C., J. E. Severne, Esq,M P, J. Bather, Esq., W. Layton Lowndes, Esqó, A. balwey, Esq., R. Cholmondeley, Esq., H. de Grey Warter, Esq., R. Jasper More, Esq., G. Rowland Edwards, Estj., A. H. Percy, Esq., J. J. Bibby, Esq. His LORDSHIP briefly charged the Grand Jury. They were met there at a somewhat unusual period of the year to hold an Assize. They were probably aware that her Majesty's Executive had thought it right that there should be four Assizes in the year, and they must be holden in the four quarters of the year, and the Committee of Judges appointed for fixing the days had thought it right that the circuits should commence on the first day of the legal year, generally on the Ilth January, in Easter, in the month of May, and on the first day after the close of the legal year, namely, the 24th October. Whether it was desirable to have more Assizes ke thought was a question foreign to their part, assembled as they were for the administration of justice, to enquire. It was suffi- cient for him, whatever might be his private feelings, that the Government had thought fit to fix four Assizes. Private convenience must give way to public necessity. He had not only to carry out the requirements of the authorities but to endeavour to make those who had also to carry them out contented. He was glad to see by the la^ge attendance of the Grand Jury that they appeared to hold the same opinion. He said this because a good deal of inconsider- ate talk had been made with regard to the sacrifice of the London business for these circuits. As far as these Assizes went, there h- d been no loss to London business. Formerly the judges went on circuit towards the end of February, and returned about the end of Easter, during which time the London business entirely ceased. They now left at the end of January, and most woul<\ return before the 20th February, and then the London business would be continued without interference. There was, therefore, no postponement. He congratulated the Grand Jury on the state of the calendar, which, although numerically large, was to a certain extent mild in the shape of crime. He saw none of those disgraceful cases of cutting and wounding which appeared in the criminal annals of crime in most counties. After a brief refer- ence to two cases in which prisoners were charged with committing wilful murder, at Hinstock and at Shifnal re- spectively, his Lordship dismissed the Grand Jury to their duties. CHARGE OF STEALING MONEY FROM THE PERSON AT WELLINGTON. James Palmer (18), labourer, was indicted on the charge of having stolen from the person of Edward Jones the sum of £1 7s. m money and one purse, at Wellington, on January 18th last. Mr. Loxdale Warren prosecuted. The jury acquitted the prisoner. LARCENY AT STIRCHLEY. William Egerton (26), collier, and John Egerton (25), labourer, were indicted on the charge of having stolen, at the parish of Stirchley, on June 4, 1878, two goslings, of the value of 6s., the property of Josiah Longmore. Mr. Boughey prosecuted, and Mr. Plowden defended the prisoners. The jury found the prisoners guilty, and they were sentenced to six calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. STEALING MUTTON AT OSWESTRT. Mary Venables (on bail), was indicted on the charge of having stolen at Oswestry, on the 29th January last, Silbs. of mutton and one cloth, the property of Ann Harries. Mr. Rowland G. Venables. instructed by Messrs. Bull and Son, prosecuted. Mr. Plowden instructed by Mr. R. H. Ellis, defended the prisoner. Mr. Venables stated the case (a report of which appears in another column of this paper) to the jury, and then called Ann Harries, the prosecutrix, who said she was a higgler, living at Raven Square. On the day in question shel)Ought a hind quarter of mutton which she wrapped in a cloth and put in a basket in a packing room at the Three Tuns Inn. This was about two o'clock. She left the room for a quarter of an hour, and when she returned the mutton had disappeared, as had also the prisoner, who had left with her donkey and cart. Gave information to the police, and the mutton and cloth were found in a bag in prisoner's cart which was standing opposite a shop. The mutton produced was witness's. Had seen the prisoner go into the room twice, and her cart was standing opposite the door. By Mr. Plowden-The prisoner had helped Mrs. Lewis and witness in Oswestry, and had carried things in bar cart for Mrs. Lewis, but not for witpesis. Witness and Mrs. Lewis paid for it between them. Did not leave the house. Would swear that all the time she was doing business in the parlour she kept her eyes on the door. Prisoner appeared as if she had been drinking on the day in question. Jno. Jones, butcher, Bailey-street, proved selling the mutton to the prosecutrix. Ed. Jones, ostler at the Three Tuns, was called to prove that he did not assist prisoner in loading her cart. P.O. Powner said on receiving information of the loss he went in search of the prisoner, and in her cart found the mutton and cloth in a bag. When charged, the prisoner said she knew nothing at all about it. She was asked who had assisted her in loading the cart, and she said the ostler at the Three Tuns, but added that he knew nothing at all about it. Prisoner was very much under the influence of drink. By Mr. Plowden—Prisoner was employed by different houses in the neighbourhood as a carrier, and kad been for some years. Mrs. HARRIES, re-called, said, in reply to the Court, that the sack which contained the mutton was placed on a beam in the room by the prisoner. Mr. Plowden addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He pointed out that no one had seen the prisoner take the mutton, and there were doubts in the the case which the jury should give the prisoner the benefit of. His Lordship summed np, and the jury found the prisoner guilty, and recommended her to mercy. She was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, with hard labour. STEALING STRAW AT BURFORD. Win. Winter (21), labourer, pleaded guilty to having stolen, at the parish of Burford, on January 11, four boltings of straw, the property of Emily Phillips.— Theophilus Wakeman, and George Wakeman, his son, both of whom had been on bail, were charged with re- ceiving the straw in question, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Loxdale Warren prosecuted, and Mr. Plowden de- fended the Wakemans. Winter gave evidence against the other prisoners. He said the younger Wakeman asked him if he could let him have a few boltings of the straw, and promised to dye him 6d., the price of a quart of ale. Three days after- wards hegave George three boltings of straw, and received the 6d. He told George that the straw was not his, and that George knew it. Had only seen George; saw nothing of Theophilus. When charged by the police officer with the offence, Theophilus said he had bought the straw, which he thought had been swept up in the station- yard, and had used it. Mr. Plowden called several witnesses, who gave the Wakeman's good characters. The jury acquitted the elder Wakeman, and George Wakeman was found guilty. Winter was sentencefil to three calendar months' im- prisonment with hard labour. Wakeman was sentenced to nine calendar months' imprisonment, with hard labour. STEALING FROM THE PERSON. Mary Ann. Grant (24), married woman, was indicted on the charge of having, on 1 eb. 1, stolen 210 and a leather purse from the person of David Davies. Mr. Redman prosecuted. From the evidence, it appeared that the prosecutor, a farmer living at Minsterley, came into town, and met with the prisoner, in whose company he was for some time in the Horse Shoe public house. They left that place to- gether, and while standing in the street, he felt the prisoner put her hand in his pocket, and then ran away. He fol- lowed her, and saw her go into a house. Gave informa- tion to the police. t In reply to the prisoner, prosecutor denied having been in company of other three females in the passage on the occasion of losing the money. > When searched, only £1 and a florin were found upon her. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and she was sen- tenced to six calendar months' imprisonment, with hard labour. ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT WROCKWARDINE Daniel Blantern, alias William Williams, alias Samui; Sargent (28), yeast-dealer, and Ellen Pearce (33), were in- dicted on the charge of feloniously assaulting with intent to rob Richard Ward, on the 27th January, at Wrock- wardine Wood. Mr. Plowden prosecuted. The prisoners were found guilty, and were sentenced- Blantern to fifteen months, and Pfearce to six months' im- prisonment, with hard labour. AN INSANE PRISONER. Ann Hall (45), married woman, was indicted on the charge of having feloniously set fire to a stack of hay on November 22, at the parish of Culmington, the property of James Lockhart. Since her committal she had been removed to Bicton Asylum by order of the Secretary of State, she being insane. Mr. Lloyd Kenyon now applied that the case stand over, and that the recognizances be enlarged sine die. This was done.

-=- On Tuesday evening, Feb. 4, Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P. for Flintshire, and Mr. John Roberts, M.P. for the Flint boroughs, addressed a crowded meeting of their respective constituents at Holywell. The foreign and domestic policy of the Government was sharply criticised by both honour- able gentlemen, and at the close of the proceedings a vote of confidence in them was unanimously passed. Mr. Josiah Smith, Q.C., county court judge at Here- ford and author of several well-known law books, has sent'in his resignation to the Lord Chancellor after twenty years' service. COCOA.-GRATRFITL AND COMFORTI,G.BYa thorough knowledge of the natural laws which goveyia the operations of properties of weU-se rt li t l |iavoured beverage which may breakfstet tables witn a aeuca*ei.y fey ju^{clous use of save "s many heavy constitution may be gradually built such articles of die » resist every tendency to disease. Hun- up until str<w? s ar0 floating around us ready to attack dreds of subtle$e may escape miny a fatal wherever there is a fortJfl6fl with pure blood and a shaft by ^fP^J^rame."—OMl Sermce Gazette.—Sold only in P'ac?'et/labelled, "JAMES EPPS & Co.Homoeopathic Chemists, IIONDOB.

COMMENCEMENT OF THE ZULU WAR. Tne Daily News correspondent telegraphed from Madeira on Saturday—The Zulu war has commenced. The troops crossed the Tugela on the 12th of January. The Light Volunteers led, followed by the Regulars. The Zulus watched the movement, but offered no opposition. The invading army numbers 13,000 men, exclusive of the re- inforcements on their way to the front. A Renter's telegram from Capetown, dated Jan. —No reply having been received from Cety wayoup io the 11thinst., the British troops advanced, crossed the Tugela river on the 12th inst., and encamped on Zulu territory. The British force, which consists of four columns, has hitherto encountered no opposition. Cetywayo is re- ported to be afraid of the peace party, which is strong amongst the Zulus. It is expected that but a feeble re- sistance will be offered. Brigades of troops have been landed from the Activ and Teuedos. Sir Bartle Frere is at Pietermaritzburg, and will leave on the 20th inst. for the Transvaal. It is reported that his Excellency will assume the Administration of Griqualand West and the Presi- dency of the Legislative Council during the annexation debate. Major Lanyon has been appointed Lieutenant- Governor of the Transvaal.

THE LATE FATALITY ON SNOWDON. The following letter appeared in. Tuesday's Birmingham Daily Post:— Sir,—On Wednesday last an inquest was held at the Penygwryd Hotel on the body of Mr. Maxwell Haseler, who was found dead on the previous Monday morning at the foot of Snowdon, near Llyn Glas, having fallen on the day before (Sunday), evidently from a great height in the rocks, while in the act of climbing Clogwyn-y-Garnedd, the mountain on which the peak of Snowdon stands. As statements have appeared in some of the Liverpool papers respecting this sad affair which, to say the least, are not quite correct, I deem it prudent, in the interests of all concerned, as foreman of the jury empanelled at the above inquest, to give you a plain statement of facts, as elicited before Mr. Roberts, the district coroner, and the jury, as given principally by Mr. Cox, who was corroborated in every particular by his brother and Mr. Bennett, to the following effectIt appears that a party of five gentle- men. of whom the deceased was one, together with the three just named, and another, a Mr. Lloyd, all from Birmingham, had met by appointment on Satur- day night, the 25th January, at Penygwryd Hotel, for the purpose of having a few days mountaineer- ing in the Snowdon district. Next morning (Sunday) they started at nine o'clock from the hotel with the in- tention of ascending the peak of Snowdon itself, keeping along the well-known Capel Curig path until near Lake Llydaw, where they turned off the beaten track to the left, in the direction of Lliwedd Mountain, one of the buttresses of Snowdon proper. Having followed the ndge of Lliwedd, they came to a kind of depression or pass be- tween that mountain and Suo wdon,calIed Bwlch-y-S_aethau, where, about one o'clock, they lunched. After remaining here for about twenty minutes they began climbing Clogwyn-y- Garnedd until, after a few yards, they reached a compara- tively flat spot, where the question as to direction arose, whether to the right or left, when Mr. Cox, an experienced Alpine climber, replied that the point could be decided after reaching yonder three large stones, at the same time pointing to three large boulders prominent on that part of the mountain. Arriving here Mr. Cox was again appealed to as to direction, when he replied that there was really no choice in the matter but to go to the left, which course all of them took except deceased, who consequently went to the right. That was the last seen of him alive. But he was spoken to afterwards, for, in reply to an enquiry as to how he was getting on, he said, I shall be with you directly." Those were the last words he was heard to speak. It has been remarked, or rather suggested, that this route to the top of Snowdon is too dangerous and impracticable. It is nothing of the kind, for I came down it twice myself last summer, while ladies and gentlemen have frequently done Snowdon over this part, simply be- cause it is the shortest cut of- all. Frost and snow cer- tainly make a difference in winter, neither would any lady think of attempting it at this time of year, yet to any one who has had any experience, be it almost ever so little, this route cannot be said to be difficult, especially to gen- tlemen who are well supplied and provided with Alpine tools and paraphernalia of the most modern invention, as fortunately these gentlemen were. The deceased, who „ was twenty-three years of age, had had some experience of Welsh and Scotch mountain-climbing; nevertheless, it is to be feared that he was too venturesome, as a short time previous to his disappearance he had been cautioned by Mr. Bennett, himself also an experienced Alpine climber, in words somewhat to this effect:—"There is one thins, Mr. Haseler, to make you a good mountaineer, only and that is—caution." There can scarcely be a doubt that he fell from about here, and, that almost im- mediately, particularly as David Jones, one of the men who found him dead, went up to this spot on Thursday morning last, and saw traces of falling over. The four gentlemen continued the ascent of Clogwyn-y- Garnedd, at the same time thinking that possibly the de- ceased might get to the summit before them, where they expected to meet him, and which they reached in about an hour and twenty minutes from the time of lunching on Bwlch-y-Saethau. Having waited at the top for some time in the expectation of seeing him, and written direc- tions on a piece of paper, which they stuck to one of the doors, they descended along the Beddgelert path for some distance, and then leaving it to the right they turned down towards Cwmllan Slate Quarries, reaching Cwmllan House by about five o'clock, in the hope of meeting de- ceased in that direction. On their way down here they met a native Welshman, whom they asked GO be kind enough to put a light of some sort in an old hut close by, lest if deceased should find himself benighted he might thus be drawn towards it. It now appears, however, that this man did not understand them, although at the time they were not aware of it, but took for granted it had been done. They then followed the road down to the Vale of Gwynant and up home to Penygwryd, which they reached about seven o'clock, and where they fully expected their companion had arrived. Up to this time they had only been rather anxious about him, but seeing he was not there they became alarmed. Having secured Mr. Harry Owen, junior, the landlord's son, and three other quarrymen per- fectly familiar with the mountains, and supplied them- selves with lanterns, they again went up the Cwmllan valley, where they were told that a gentleman had been seen about 5 o'clock taking the Lliwedd mountain, whom they tracked for about a mile and a half over the moun- tain. But as this gentleman, who was evidently a tourist —from the construction of his boots apparent in the form of his footmarks—has not been seen by anyone elsewhere in the neighbourhood, should these lines meet the eye of this gentleman, will he be kind enough to state what route he took, and thus clear up this very strange and mysterious phenomenon? Having explored the Lliwedd all night, they again returned about seven o'clock a.m. to the hotel, where the same news awaited them of their friend's non-arrival, and their search was also fruitless The men again immediately renewed the search by starting to go to the spot he was last seen at, and, when approaching Llyn Glas, they could see at a distance of about a quarter of a mile that large patches of snow had been discoloured by what proved afterwards to be blood, and as they drew nearer at half- past nine a.m. they found the body of deceased lying dead and stiffened on his right side. His cap was a little dis- tance from him his knapsack still at his back, with the straps undone; his watch, without the cases, dangling at his side, attached to a gold chain; and upwards of six pounds in gold in his purse. The deceased had evidently fallen a distance of between 500 and 600 feet, and must have been killed instantaneously. The body was thence carried^ to Penygwryd Hotel, where it remained till the above inquest, when his family were represented by his brother. The unanimous verdict of the jury was that de- ceased met with an accidental death in traversing a. part of the mountain which by care he might have obviated. The body was taken away on Thursday to Birmingham to be baried. As his ice-axe has not been found, whoever will bring the same to Mr. Harry Owen, Penygwryd Hotel, will receive a sovereign. Great praise is due to Mr. and Mrs. Owen and all the family for the consideration they have shown to all concerned throughout the whole of the pain- ful incident. T W. MAURICE GRIFFITH, Foreman of the Jury. Nantgvvynant Board Schools, February 1.

SANITARY WORK IN CARNARVONSHIRE. A meeting of the Carnarvonshire United Sanitary Authority was held on Friday, January 31, at the Grand Juvy Room, Carnarvon. Dr. Watkin Roberts presided, and there were also present: the Mayor of Carnarvon (Mr.W. P. Williams), Mr. Griffith Davies (vice-chairman of the Bangor and Beaumaris Union), Revs. O. Lloyd Williams, Pwllheli, and Bankes Price, Messrs. R. Jones (chairman of the Carnarvon Union), E. H. Ellis, R. Roberts, Bangor, T. Patrick, Penmaenmawr, J. Thomas, David Williams, Festiniog, J. T. Jones, Criccieth, Mr. Murray Browne, District Inspector of the Local Govern- ment Board, and Dr. H. Rees, District Medical Officer of Health. Dr. ELLIS drew attention to the inconvenience and ex- pense members sustained by attending the meetings, es- pecially in the case of those coming from Portmadoc and the outlying parts of the county. He proposed that in addition to the second-class railway fare now allowed, a sum not exceeding 5s. should be added for refreshments. Mr. J, THOMAS seconded the motion, which was sup- ported by the CHAIRMAN; an amendment proposed by Mr. ROBERT ROBERTS, that the amount should be 4s., being lost. Dr. HUGH REES read his annual report, which dealt with the sanitary work carried out by the various authorities in the county. In the Bangor and Beaumaris Rural Sanitary District, arrangements had been made for the construction of waterworks at Menai Bridge, and the drainage of Llanfair. The death rate per 1, 0Øi was 19'19, against 21'63 for the previous year. In the Carnarvon Union the death rate was 19'90, against 20'97 for 1877. In the Conway district the death rate was high, 23'40, due doubtless to overcrowding. In the Fes- tiniog district arrangements had been made for the drain- age of Talsarnau, the death-rate for 1878 being 17*40, against 21*13 for 1877. Trefriw, Penmachno, and Dol- wyddelen, in the Llanrwst district, were to be furnished with a good water supply, and the death-rate was returned at 24*06. The borough of Pwllheli had been supplied with good water, and a new drainage scheme prepared. In the rural sanitary district the death-rate was 19*16, against 16*50 for 1877. In Carnarvon borough, owing to the number of new houses, the evil of overcrowding had been obviated, and the death-rate had been reduced from 23*42 to 22*59. In the Bethesda Commissioners' district the death-rate was high, 30*15. The health of the inhabi- tants of the Llandudno Improvement Commissioners' dis- trict was very good, the death-rate being low, 18*48. In the Bangor Local Board district the health was fairly- good, the death-rate, 23*62, being 1*54 in excess of the previous year. At Criccieth the death-rate was 18*7 at Penmaenmawr (Dwygyfylchi), where a new drainage system was in course of being carried out, al- lowance to be made, as at Llandudno, for the influx of summer visitors. In the Llanfairfechan Local Board dis- trict the mortality was 17*50; and at Ynyscynhaiarn (Portmadoc) the death-rate, which was the lowest in 1877, had risen to be nearly the highest in The CHAIRMAN remarked that the report was a very satisfactory one, as it showed that great sanitary improve- ments had been carried on in the district. On the motion of the Rev. BANKES PRICE, seconded by Mr. ROBERTS, the report was adopted, and ordered to be printed.. P Mr MURRAY BROWNE said he heard nothing but a favourable opinion about Dr. Rees throughout his district, and he wished all the officials did their work in the same The next meeting was fixed to be held at Carnarvon, in April.

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