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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE,
published works on commercial products, and who
stands distinguished in Europe for the attention he
has paid to economical subjects.

The CHAIRMAN moved:--That the gentlemen
present do form themselves into a general committee.

Mr. F. BENNOCH seconded the motion, and said:---
I think this Association should devote its attention
to those ancient countries where silk is almost
indigenous, but where, from the neglect of the
common manipulation, the production has become a
discredit. I have no hesitation in saying that there
is every disposition on the part of the Chinese
Government to do all they can to encourage the
production of silk. I have this on the best authority---
His Excellency, our Ambassador in China, who is a
friend of mine of twenty years' standing, who said he
would guarantee that there was no district in China
where the Englishman should not go to train the
Chinese to work in silk, and perfect the productions
of that great empire. I think we should first direct
our attention to the old districts, to see if we cannot
improve the production of silk by importing fresh
eggs. We are not, at the same time, going to be so
blind as not to encourage the Colonial Governments
to carry out this matter. We are most fortunate in
having as President of this Association the most
practical man in England. There is no point in
regard to silk which he does not understand. We
have in him a combination of all the qualities we
require. I trust this Association will be the means
of bringing the producer into harmony and connection
with the consumer, and that it will send good judges
to the silk-producing districts, to obtain from the
cocoons what is desired.

Mr. J. HOWELL said:--I happen to have two
nephews who have been ten years in China and
Japan, connected with the silk trade, and I regret
very much that I did not invite them to attend this
meeting. They tell me one cause of the high price
of silk is the facility with which telegraphic com-
munication goes to China, and the extreme knowing-
ness and cunning of the Chinese merchants, who
watch the markets and thus derive a large benefit.
The Chinese are the most unchangeable people on
the face of the earth; they prepare their silk in the
same way as they did thousands of years ago--in the
way their forefathers did in the time of Confucius.
The Europeans have made much progress by the
application of mechanical skill and science. I trust,
therefore, this Association will turn its direct atten-
tion to China and to the English Colonies.

Professor LEONI LEVI said:--Before such practical
men, men so conversant with the production of silk,
it is not for me to stand and speak. I am very glad
to find that the very slight hint thrown out in the
report which I had the honor of making to the
Government on the silk productions at the Paris
Exhibition, gave some ground for the formation of
such an Association as this, and I am much delighted
to find at its head one so well fitted to occupy that
position, and to see my friend Mr. Chadwick, who
has so much energy, such a command of figures, and
such information as will be valuable to this Associa-
tion, occupying the position he does in connection
therewith. In reviewing the products at the Paris
Exhibition, I felt quite certain there are many coun-
tries, almost unknown to us, where the silkworm will
thrive, and where the mulberry-tree can be grown
and rendered useful for silk production most exten-
sively. I am convinced that this Association will be
eminently successful. I will not enter into statistics,
but will just say that an abundant supply is the A B C
of progress. Cotton is a large and leading industry,
and I do not see any reason why the silk industry
should be less successful; the only thing wanted is a
larger supply of the raw material, and the skill to

bring it to the quality suitable to the different articles
of silk manufacture produced in this country. In
1864 India produced 1,400,000 lbs. of silk--this
country received only 160,000 lbs.; that is a great
deal, but we ought to obtain a larger supply.

Mr. T. BROOKS moved, and
Mr. T. DICKINS seconded, a vote of thanks to the
Chairman for presiding.

This terminated the proceedings.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE WILLIAM SCHRODER, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Amuri, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of 5th day of April,
1862, and published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 17,
of 7th day of April, 1862, vice Robert Malcolm, Esq.,
resigned.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1869.

IT is hereby notified, that in conformity with clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Act,
1865," the names of the following persons have been
sent in to this Office by the Town Clerks as having
been elected Mayors for the places set opposite their
names, viz. :-

BENDIX HALLENSTEIN, Queenstown;
ROBERT FINLAY, Alexandra;
JAMES HAZLETT, Clyde;
SAMUEL GIBBS, Oamaru;
DANIEL ROLFE, Port Chalmers.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1869,

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES LOGAN WILSON, Esq.,
to be Deputy Returning Officer for the District of
Wallace, for the election of Members of the House
of Representatives.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 12th August, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

PETER SINCLAIR, of Kaurihohire, Esquire,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 12th August, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE WILLIAM SCHRODER
to be Clerk to the Bench at Amuri, under "The
Resident Magistrates Act, 1867," from the 1st
proximo, vice R. Malcolm, who has resigned as
from that date.

W. GISBORNE.