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DEPOSITORS in the Melbourne Savings'
Bank were reminded by advertisement that
the auditors would attend for the examination
of pass-books as follows:—At the head
office, Market-street, from Monday, 2nd, till
Saturday, 7th August ; at the Collingwood
branch, Monday and Tuesday, 9th and 10th
August; Prahran branch, Wednesday sad
Thursday, 11th and 12th August; andRichmond
branch, Friday and Saturday, 13thand
14th August.
THE board of examiners notify that the
undermentioned gentlemen have, after
examination, been granted certificates of competency
as land surveyors:—Passed with
credit: 1. Walter J. Crowther; 2. Pietro
Baracchi, Chas. Crossland ; 3. J. D. McIllree.
A certificate of competency has also been
granted Jonathan C. B. P. Seaver, Melbourne.
IT is the intention of the bar to entertain
Mr. Justice Higinbotham in celebration of
his elevation to the bench. He has been invited
to a banquet to be held on Thursday,
12th August, and has accepted the invitation.
THE latest action of the late .Minister of
Lands in connection with the Kerrisdale run
was the acceptance of the tender of Mr. J.
B. Blackburn, of South Yarra, for £105. It
will be remembered that the pastoral
tenants of this run, Messrs. Dodgshun,
Glover and Co., had their licence forfeited by
Mr. Longmore, and that the forfeiture wai
confirmed by Mr. Duffy.
AT an early hour on Saturday morningi
31st ult., Mr. J. M'Gregor Greer, one of the
unfortunate victims of the Opera Hon*
tragedy, expired. Throughout the evenuf
his death was momentarily expeoted. HjJ
brother and the Hon- B. S. Anderson remwMfl
with him during the night, and Drs. W<anarski,
Thomas and others were in attendance.
Mr. Greer spoke of his wife as young
foolish, but said that he freely forgave her-
He did not recognise his child.
THE steamer .Eawpa, loaded with exhibit!
from tbe German empire for the Melbourne
Exhibition, arrived from Hamburg 011
Monday night.

TUB widow of the late Mr. Maclean, who
ithis death on the tramway in Flinders-
%rLt has made a claim on the. Governnt
for ,£2100 damages. The deceased
for twenty years manager for one of
Samuel Wilson's stations, and much
Xmed by all who knew him. A testionial
was presented to him a few days
Lf ore his death. The widow has seven
children, the eldest eleven years, and the
' ttD£rest fourteen months old.
Itas lintstere, French man-of-war steamnhin
arrived in the Bay on Sunday after-
She is barque-rigged, and very much
in appearance the same as the Shin. She
™ M built in 1863 for transport service, and
carries nine guns, with 250 horse-power
amines. There were on board 1400 packets
of exhibits for the Exhibition.
THE close season for native game commenced
on the 1st inst., and will last till the
30th November. The act provides a penalty
0{ £2 for killing native game during the
>roMbited time, in addition to 5s. for every
iird destroyed. Another section provides
for a penalty not exceeding £5 against
persons found in possession or control of
Native game during the period of prohibition,
together with £2 for every head of game in
their possession. For taking eggs out of
or destroying them, a fine of 10s. for
each egg is 11 ,
4 SOMEWHAT novel case came under tne
notice of the Emerald Hill Bench on Saturday
when a farmer named John Main, reading
at Bacchus Marsh, proceeded against
T! Hancock, licensee of the Exchange hotel,
Emerald Hill, for serving him whilst intoxijd.
Main stated that, on Wednesday last,
was in an intoxicated Btate, when he
_ ed at the Exchange hotel, and was served
with more drink. Main further stated that,
in consequence of getting drunk, he had lost
some money. However, evidence was produced
which showed that the defe ndant conducted
his house in a proper manner, and
the Bench dismissed the case, as the evidence
of the complainant was not satisfactory.
IN our columns may be found the detailed
report of a somewhat remarkable discovery
of ihree inhabited caves in the ranges near
Tuliarook, which have evidently been occupied
for years, and have probably been employed
in the private still business.
SOME important changes have been made
in the personnel of the commission appointed
to represent France at the International
Exhibition. M. J. Belcour, the consul for
France, will continue to act as commissioner
general, and he will be assisted by M. E. A.
Pesoli, the vice-consul, who will shortly
arrive from Sydney by the ss. Garonne, to
take the place of M. Moulun, who has been
recalled.
^Thk Tcmperanee JJftws suggests that the
deficit in our revenue should be met by an
increased tax on beer, following the
example of Now Zealand and Mr. Gladstone.
Threepence a gallon on beer, it
inserts, would bring in £200,000 a year.
The News adds :—" A tax of this kind is
not only justifiable on financial, but also on
Eocial grounds; and we trust that, before
pursuing fancy schemes of taxation, an
ittempt will be made to obtain from the
seer-drinkers something which may stand
as a Bet-off against the heavy expenditure
entailed upon us by their immoderate indulgence."
A YOUNG man, named Michael Hickey,
was charged at the City Police Court on
Monday, with assaulting Mr. J. Johnson,
foreman of the Victorian Railways. The
accused trespassed on the lino, and when
requested by Johnson to leavi, replied by
striking him over the bead. Prisoner said
ie was very sorry for what had happened
>ut he was drunk at the time of the
accurrence, and didn't know what he was
ioinf. He was fined £10, or three months'
mpriBonment.
A CASE, White v. Hoddle, which seemed
ikely to occupy some time, was commenced
n the Supreme Court on Monday, before his
Honor the Chief Justice and a special jury
if twelve. The action was brought by the
ilaintifl to recover possession of certain pro-
>erty in Elizabeth-street west, extending
rom Little Collins-street to Bourke-street.
.t transpired that Mr. Robert Hoddle bought
lie land known as allotments 10 and II, secion
13, in Elizabeth-street, for £48, in 1836,
tod at the present time the property is
sstimated as being worth £250,000. The
ass for the plaintiff is, that the defendant,
iobert Hoddle, formerly Surveyor-General
if the colony, and who is now over 90 years
if age, on the 8th of October, 1852, executed
declaration of trust of that property in
ivour of his wife upon trust for her during
ier lifetime, and after her death for the
'enefit of her two grandchildren, one of whom
rae the plaintiff himself; the other being
u brother, who, however, is now dead,
lie defendants, Mr. Hoddle and the present
frs. Hoddle (his second wife), deny this,
id state that the whole story is false from
*ginning to end.
SAYS the Telegraph:—"The new Cabinet
.i we believe, in one respect unique amongst
lotorian Ministries—it does not contain one
cotchman or Irishman, nor a angle Soman
attiolic. The -whole ten Ministers (inkling
Mr. Pearson and Mr. Beid) are
en, excepting Mr. Williams, who is
SPECIAL meeting of the National Agriculiral
Society was held on Tnesday afternoon,
deal with' the numerous applications
swived for the post of secretaryto -the
Mjety. There were altogether eighty-*
;nt applicants, which were reduced to
, and finally Mr. Thomas Patterson, of
tanbounie, was elected by a large majority.
Patterson formerly occupied the position
^ecretary to the Mornington Agricultural

AN action was heard in the Supreme Court
on Tuesday, before Mr.,'Justice Higinbotham
and a jury of six, in which the plaintiff, Cornelius
Neville, a farmer residing at Traralgon,
sought to recover from the defendant, Charles
Amor, a sharebroker of Walhalla, the sum
of £250 as balance of purchase-money for a
piece of land at Walhalla, and also for the
detention of two deeds. The defence was
that no sale of the land took place, that it
was simply mortgaged, and that the deeds
were retained as security for money paid into
the Bank of Australasia at Walhalla, to release
them from a claim held by the bank.
The jury found a verdict for the defendant.
A MAN, named John Ireland, was brought
up at the City Court on Tuesday, charged
with stealing several tablecloths on the 28th
ult. Prisoner sold them to a dealer named
Rogan, who, disregarding the orders of
Detective Smith, re-sold them. Prisoner was
sent to gaol for six months, his worship
warning Rogan if he attempted to disobey
the police again, under similar circumstances,
he would be made an example of.
A MEETING of the senate of the University
was held on Tuesday, at which Dr. Madden
was re-elected warden for the" coming year
without opposition. For the vacancy in the
council, caused by the resignation of Mr.
T. T. A'Beckett, there were two candidates,
Dr. Graham and Mr. A. Leeper, of Trinity
College. The latter was elected by a
majority of thirteen votes. Some altera*
tions in the medioal course were agreed to.

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