Obituary.

Mr David Payne, of the firm of Payne & Sons, printers' engineers, Otley, died in November last.

An English telegram of 7th January, records the death of Mr Halliwell Phillips, Shakspearean critic.

Au English telegram of 24th January, records the death of Pellegrini, the caricaturist of Vanity Fair.

We regret to have to record the death, on the oth January, of Mr T. G. Smith, youngest son of Mr J. T. Smith, printer, Christchurch, aged 33 years.

We regret to note the death, on 23rd December, at the age of 59, after a painful illness, of Mr Lawrence Oliphant, diplomatist, and author of works chiefly of a philosophical and mystical character.