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  the 
  laud 
  is 
  still 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Maori 
  reservation^ 
  but 
  uegotiatious 
  

   are 
  iu 
  progress 
  for 
  its 
  acquisitiou, 
  aud 
  Lord 
  Ouslow 
  urges 
  

   the 
  Assembly 
  to 
  lose 
  no 
  time 
  in 
  bringing 
  them 
  to 
  a 
  con- 
  

   clusion. 
  Resolution 
  Island^ 
  which 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  south- 
  

   west 
  coast 
  of 
  Otago, 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  proclaimed 
  a 
  reserve 
  

   for 
  the 
  native 
  fauna 
  and 
  flora^ 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  only 
  remains 
  to 
  take 
  

   proper 
  steps 
  to 
  stock 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  birds 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  

   preserve. 
  Lord 
  Onslow 
  suggests 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  

   Kiwi 
  (Apteryx) 
  aud 
  the 
  Kakapo 
  {Stringops 
  hahroptUus) 
  as 
  

   being 
  pre-eminently 
  suitable 
  for 
  this 
  island_, 
  which 
  is 
  supposed 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  final 
  refuge 
  of 
  Notornis 
  mantelJi, 
  if 
  it 
  really 
  still 
  

   exists. 
  To 
  these 
  he 
  proposes 
  to 
  add, 
  amongst 
  other 
  species, 
  

   the 
  Huia-bird 
  {Heteralocha 
  gouldi), 
  which 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  con- 
  

   fined 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Island. 
  We 
  are 
  quite 
  

   sure 
  that 
  all 
  ornithologists 
  will 
  agree 
  in 
  applauding 
  Lord 
  

   Onslow 
  for 
  the 
  good 
  work 
  he 
  has 
  thus 
  inaugurated, 
  and 
  we 
  

   trust 
  that 
  Lord 
  Glasgow, 
  his 
  successor 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  

   New 
  Zealand, 
  will 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  carry 
  it 
  on. 
  

  

  Surnames 
  taken 
  from 
  Birds. 
  — 
  In 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  enquiry 
  

   (Ibis, 
  1892, 
  p. 
  579) 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  spot 
  

   called 
  '^The 
  Gled^s-stones," 
  whence 
  the 
  surname 
  '^Glad- 
  

   stone 
  " 
  was 
  formed, 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  correspondents 
  kindly 
  sends 
  

   us 
  a 
  little 
  book 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Oliver 
  (of 
  Thornwood), 
  written 
  in 
  

   1878 
  for 
  the 
  Hawick 
  Archseological 
  Society, 
  and 
  entitled 
  "The 
  

   Gledstones 
  and 
  the 
  Siege 
  of 
  Coklaw.^' 
  From 
  this 
  it 
  appears 
  

   that 
  the 
  Premier 
  is 
  descended 
  from 
  a 
  younger 
  branch 
  of 
  

   the 
  " 
  Gledstones 
  of 
  Coklaw," 
  also 
  called 
  '"^ 
  Gledstones 
  of 
  

   that 
  Ilk.'' 
  But 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  that 
  Ilk 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  

   the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Hawick, 
  where 
  Coklaw 
  Castle 
  once 
  

   stood, 
  but 
  in 
  Lanarkshire, 
  whence 
  the 
  family 
  migrated 
  

   into 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Hawick 
  some 
  five 
  hundred 
  

   years 
  ago, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  " 
  Gledstones 
  " 
  in 
  Lanark- 
  

   shire 
  passed 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  " 
  Gledstone 
  of 
  that 
  Ilk 
  " 
  

   about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  sixteenth 
  century, 
  and 
  became 
  

   the 
  property 
  of 
  a 
  Sir 
  William 
  Menzies. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  in 
  

   Lanarkshire 
  that 
  the 
  original 
  " 
  Gleds' 
  Stones,'' 
  whence 
  the 
  

   name 
  " 
  Gladstone 
  " 
  is 
  derived, 
  should 
  be 
  sought 
  for. 
  

  

  