GLTITH A, TAIERI. WAIHOLA. AN D TUAP E K A - Papers Past

The Bruce Herald.

GLTITH A, TAIERI. WAIHOLA. AN D TUAP E K A REC 0 R DER ._

Price 6d.TOKOMAIRIRO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1867.Vol.IV.— No. 169.TTTAPTKA ADVERTISEMENTS

PROVINCIAL TTOTEL,.

WIIPORI.

JS.VIAL begs to inform his Patron** and thePublic generallythat he hasjust completed the erectidn of the aboveHotel, inthecentreof the Township,wherehebestof Liquorsand Accommodation art

provided.

T.IVERY AND BAIT STABLBB;

IJtAS.I riIAIERI TTOYE'L,(Late Sounxbs's.)

T> FENWICK begs to acquaint thepublicingeneral that he has taken

tho above commodiou* and well-knownHotel,andhopes thai, bykeeping thebeatof everyclass of Wines, Spirits, and Ales,thathe willreceive the amountof patronage"oliberallyaccordedto hispredecessor.

Tjbaveubks will find FiasT-CLtsgAccommodation,

OOOD STABLING

MOA ptAI QOTSfa.AT. BRA ZILbegstoannonnea" to the inhabitantsof the Teviot*Tnapefca,and thepublic generally, that theabove establishment has beenprovidedwithacconiodation far surpassinganyotherHotelupon the road, and that no effort willbespared to providefor the comfort and con-rcuitfucc of such aa may favouy him withtheir patronage.

The MOA FLAT HOTEL iasituatedatthe junctionof theMountBengerBurn,andpartiestravellingbetweenPunedin,Tuapeka,and tho DunstanorLakedistricts, will finditaconvenientstage for halting.

Inaddition toanEnclosedPaddock,FIRST-CLASS STABLING

, |usbeenprovided.$sttilngbutFirst-classUquon are keftl

Unarges very iuww;x»*v, — — -ANTONIO T.BRAZIL.

Proprietor.TS"R IDOE TT O T BtJ

WAIPORI,

HARRIS & FORD beg to. araiotnroe totheirnumerous patronsandthepublia

generally that theyhave removed fromthe ."".shamrock" to the above Hotel, wherethey trust to receive a continuance of ilialiberal support accordedto them during tookimo theyhavebeeninbusiness.

A KittST-CLASS BAGATELLE TABLB.

113 GOOD BTABLING.OEADMONT -pERRY TTOTBIfc

AND GENERAL STORE,

West Bawk of tbb Moxynbcx,

First-class Accommodation for TmvcUcraj

OOOD STABLING-

CHARLES HIGGS, Proprto.o».

D. CAMPBELL. |atIMJNO AGENT.

Cues contacted inMagistrate'sCourt,and"verydesciiptionofMinlogburinewcondtto^

O OT A L TT OTIS LA

WAITAHCNA.miHSHOTEL issituated inthe centre o*

the Township, and ia replete with ovorj

convenience and accommodation for traveJUten,boarders, andothers* /

Fkst-daMLiquors. Good StaWing. [WILLIAM WALKER,

Proprietor*

DAVID EVANS,

PROVINCIAL HOTEL,Evans's Fiat,

Tuapeka.

Good Accommodation.-— Stabling, and En-closedPaddock.

CIOR SALE, 18 'Feet STOVE PIPING.

Only beeninuseashort time.

Apply Office of thisPaper.

A GOOD PLOUGHMAN is in want of

a situation. Apply, 'BruccHerald* office.

BUSINESS NOTICES.JOHN STEWART,

Gsnbbal Blacksmith am> Hobsk shobb

Main South Road,Balclutha,

BEGS to inform the Settlers, Farmers andothersinthe Clutha DL-trict, that he

has commencedbusinessin theabovebranchesandfromthe arrangements he has made, *senabledtoexecuteallkindsofSmiths' VN orfcwithcare and despatch,and on the most rea-sonableterms.

Ploughsand Harrows of allkinds made toorder.

NOTICE.

"TAMES COOPER begs respectfully tod announce to the public, that he hassucceeded Mr Ftrachanin thebusiness longcarriedonbyhimin Warepa, and trusts (byattendingpunctually to orders, andproduc-ingalwaysa first-rate article,) that heshallmeeta hearty supportsfrom tho Settlers ofWarepa and Clutha ditricts, and those whowerepatronsofhis predecessor.

J. C. hasnow onhandthe largestandbestselected Stock of Home Leather, (lately re-Crived) thateverhas beenoffered to thepub-licin that quarter, and would thereforein-vite early orders from allthose whobelieveinhavingtheir Bootsmade of goodmaterial.

Warepa,Oct.4th, 1866.

PBTBR MASONWholesale andRetail BOOTMAKER,

All sorts of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Bootsmadetoorder,importerofScotch-made boots.Leather,&c. A fresh assortmentofthe wellknownScotch boots made especially to hisorder just arrived.

CountryOrders promptlyattended to.Squatter*and storeKeepers favouring with

anorder will to supplied with a first-classarticleon themost reasonable terms.

WILLIAM YOUNG,Stobkkeepfb, Wabepa,

TTAS justadded to his well-selectedStoc-"" aFresh Assortment of Goods, suitedf" 'theDistrict,consistingof

—DraperyHosieryMillinery,andGeneral Stores.

CM. &G. Ctw.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

MR. R. SMITHTJEGS to inform the Settlers of the Cluthaand surrounding Districts, that he has re

sumedhisold occupation of Auctioneer, andthat heisnow prepared to receive orders foi

the Sale byAuction ofalldescriptionsof Pro-

perty,Horses,Cattle,&c, &c, which will be

executed with punctuality and on the most

reasonable terms.

GUANO.

f\ENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO, £18VX per ton.

WILLTAM BROWN & CO.,PortMolyneux.

BUSINESS NOTICB.

WE beg to informour friends and thepublicin.the CluthaDistrictthat we

arePURCHASERS of OATS, BUTTER,and other PRODUCE, for the Season, inlargeorsmallquantities,at current rates.

We have for SALE, at our Stores, anExtensive Stock of GENERAL GOODS,as under, which we offer to settlers andothers,on the moßt liberal terms, at verylowprices:—

Wines andSpirits,of thebestbrandsAle, Porter,Beer,English,and ColonialTea,good,medium, andextrafine,inhall

chestsand boxes.Sugar,brownration, bright crystals, and

finest white,inlargeandsmallbagsTobacco,best honeydew, finest aromatic,

Barrett'stwistCorn sacks, four-bushel,full weightsFencingWire, GalvanisedIronButterandSpiritKegs,HollowareIronmongery,Crockery,Stationery.Drapery,Clothing,FancyGoods

STEWART & GOW,Mbbchahts,

CluthaFerry.

COPY BOOKS. ,*

A LARGESelectionof the aboveFor Sale,r\ attue

'Bruce ttcralu' Office.

BUSINEB3 NOTICES"

EDWARD MARRYATT,OENSBAL STOBEKEEPER and PRODUCE

DEALBB,

Next the Toll Bar, JunctionofClutha andTuapekaRoads,

Andnext theCourtHouse,Milton.

QRMJT and GOODS STOREDat lowestcurrent rates...j

"

Goods forwarded toall parts.

Carriers supplied withhorse feed.Produce boughtandsoldoncommission

TAMES G O O D A L L,

Bread andFancyBiscuitMaker,dasmuchpleasurein informing the inhabitantif Tokomairiroanddistrictsthathehas openedw(he above line,andhopes,byastrictattentiontg

business,andbykeepingonly first-claugoods,tomeritashareof publicpatronage.

Wedding Cakca,Ac, made toorder.Contracts takenfor sapplyiugSoirees, &o»

MILTON COACH FACTORY.GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, WHEEL-

WEIGHTSANDHOKSESHOKR3.

THE undersigned desire to intimate tothe Public that they hare entered iiro

Partnershipin the. above trades, and hope,by attention to business, combined wHfcmoderate charges,tomerit a shareof publicpatronage.

Buggies,&c,repaired,painted,&c.GRAHAM AND KENNAUD,

Tokomairirc.

ROBERT BARR,

Wholesale and Family Butcher

CLUTHA FERRY.

JAMES RATTRAY,BLACKSMITH AND FARRIER,

CLUTHA FERRY.

JAMES SMITH,

CARPENTER AND WHEELWRIGHT,

CLUTHA FKRRjf.

BAIN AND SANDERSON,

BUILDERS & TIMBER MERCHANTS,

BALCLUTHA.

Have now landed,Ex"Queenof the Isles,"

Hf\ C\C\f\ Feetof ColonialTimber,i\JiW\jVj suitable for Building

purposes at moderateprices.

T> OB ERT GRIGOR,

AUTHORIZED SURVEYOR, LANDAGENT, VALUATOR, <fco.

CluthaFerry.Agency

—Otago Fire and Marine Insurance

Company.Insurances effected at current rates.

NOTICE.

NORTHMOLYNEUXROAD BOARD

rpE&DERS willbe received at theHouse-L of Mr. WiixiamSmith, North Molyneuxvup to the 22nd instant, for makingandlayingdown timber Culverts,on KaitangataRoad;and also for drivinggraveloutof theRiver Bed on to the bank, at per squareyard.

Forspecifications and further particulars,applytoMr.Pktcb Smith,NorthMolyneux.

Thelowest oranyTender not necessarilyaccepted.

G.H.MAITLAND,Clerk to RoadBoard.

TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATEBARGAIN.

SECTIONS8,andhaltof 7,Block2,SouthMolyneux,containingabout 75 acres o.

excellentLand, with 15 acres Bu»h, suitablefor Fencing, &c. This property is beauti-fully situated,within amile andahalf of theShippingPort, andhas a small Cottage,andother improvement!. Terms verymoderate.

ApplytoR.MILLER,Storekeeper,.'....V PortMolyneux.

BUSINESS HOTICESTOKOMAIRIRO TIMBER YARDS.

j. HOLL I.C X,HAS OK BAI.B

Q/^| /%/"\/^k FeetBoardsand^Scantling,

CorrugatedIron, Doors,**.Sashes, and Build-ing Materials of everydescription, at

TOWN PRICES(Carriageonly added),

BUILDERS' IRONMONGERY,Glasx, Paints,Oil;also asplendid araort-mentof Paperhangings,all new patterns,

CentrePieces,Borders,&cCONTRACTS TAKEN.

FUNERALS~FURNISHED.

COALS! COALS!! COALS!!!

rpHE Undersigned ;is prepared.to deliver

'COALSto any part of the Township of Milton, at

18sper TON.THOMAS REID.

N.B.— Orders left atjthe"4Bruce Herald"Oflßce willbepromptly attended to.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

ToFarmers,Runholders,Merchants, and thePublic.

rpHEgUndersigned desires to {intimate that

hehas latelyintroduced considerable improve-

ments, and has fittedup theTOKOMAIRIRO FLOUR AND OATMEAL

MILLS,

with the most approved appliances for the

execution of GristWork, and for producing

SuperiorFlour andOatmeal. Heisnowpre-

pared to undertake grists in any quantities,

andcansupplyStations andStorekeeperswith

■ilk-dressed Flour equal to Adelaide, and

Oatmeal not to be surpassed, on reasonable

terms and at thelowest marketrates.

PETER M'GILL,

TokomairiroFlourand Oatmeal Mills.

Wm. M. WHITE,T>RICKLAYER, PLASTERER, " andJt>

GENERALiCOKTRACTOR.

Ranges,Boilers,ColonialOvens, &c, set,and warranted,andSmoky Chimneysrebuilt

DBAI.EB IK LIMB, CEMBHT, AMD FIREBRICKS.

MAIN SOUTH ROAD,Milton,Tokomajribo.

TWEEDS!TWEEDS1

THEUndersigned would intimate to theresidentsof the Clutha,&o, thathe has

added to Stock a select and varied assort-

ment ofENGLISH AND SCOTCH TWEEDS.BLISS1 TWEDDS,

BEDFORD CORDS,

BLACK CLOTHS,alloftieBestQuali-ies.

surra masstoojbbbkok thmbbxwwst kotiob.

READY-MADE CLOTHING,MEN'S SUITS, BOYS' SUITS.

Therehas latelybeen added to theBtock swell selected assortmentof

GENERAL DRAPERY,LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING,HOSIERY, Ac,4a

Ready-madeClothingof every descriptioninStock, All Cloths dampedbefore beingmadeup toprevent them shrinking,and tosuitup-country trade.

Order*neeivPrompt Attention"

J

P. RANK IN,

Balclotha.

MACKAY'SOTAGO, SOUTHLAND, WEST COAST, AMDijGOLD— ; . ' . FIBXDB , ;■■■.._■;'

a lma N A;;;;^,. OJI SAXB AT

"BRUCE HERALD" OFFICE!

HOTELS, &cCOMMERCIAL HOTEL,

TOKOMATIIRO.

JOHN M'TaRLANE,(Late of the Milton Hotel), Proprietor,

BEGS to inform his friends and thepublicgenerally,thatheh»s opened the above

New and Commodious Hotel, where, with;Itrict attention to business, combined with,civilityandmoderatecharges,he hopes tore-viveashareofpublic patronage.

First class Accommodation is provided for■ Travellers.

Witts, Spirits, and Ales of thebenquality

Good Stabling.

GREAT BBITAIH HOTELMAIN SOUTH BOAD,

ToKOMAniBO.PALMER BASS, P*or*i»Toa

Wlaes,Mm, andSpiritsof the fiestQualityN.B.— Oats,Chaff, Bran,*c

SHAMROCK HOTEL.(fcATB KIW B&IOai BOTH.)

TOKOMAIRIRO.

WILLIAM RYAN. Proprietor. The"aboveHotelis funiahed with Wines,

Spirits,and Alesof thebestqualities.ExcellentAccommodationforTmvellen.

CommodiousStabling.

EXCHANGE HOTEL.

WINES, ALES, and SPIRITS of thebest qualities.

Private Bedrooms for Famines.AccommodationforBoarders.

Meals atallhours.| OOMXODtOUS BTABLIVO*

i JAMES GOODALL,itaorietot.

ALBXANDKA HOTEL, POBVMOLYNEUX.

J A 8. A N C ELL

HASmuch pleasure toannouncethathehas.nowopenedtheabovecommodious HotelI

which having undergone a tho'rongh reno-vatien, is ready for the receptionof visitorsandothers. "_■ .

Specialaccommodation willbe provided forfamilies visiting theseacoast for the season atverymoderatecharges.

The already well known situation of theHotel(commanding aview ofriverandocean,andadjacent tothe jetty),rendersitadesirablehouse for travellers, tourists,&c, where every

iattention willbepaid to their comforts.GoodStable Accommodation.

Wines andSpirits of thebestbrands.

CROWN HOTEL,OLUTHA FERRY.

J0HN~~B A R RTTAS the pleasure of informinghis friends

and thepublic,thathehas opened the CrownHotel, and by strict attention to business,keeping

WINES, SPIRITS, AND ALES,Of the beatquality.

ACCOMMODATION for TRAVELLERS,Unsurpassedby any intheProvince.

STABLIMO AMD PADDOCK AOOOXMODATIOWronSQUALLHD.

And that he is determined to maintain tht -iharacter of the CrownHotel as oneof Urnbest intheColony.

A FXBST-CLASS BILLIABD TABLBOn thepremises*

Jobb and Co.'s Coaches arrive daily at &9(p.m., andleaves at 8.30a.m.

PA PBRHANGINGB.PAPERHANGINGSI

PAPERHANGINGScanbe got at HOUS-CON'S, next Great Britain Hotel, MainSouth Road,at

9d.PsmPIECE, AndUpwards,

GD.BFOONSB,

A JXIf XBB XO* AO BY T,

Ckdxbta Fssn.■ Afsnt forDarra,Macxsait ft'Ca.Dnnedini.

FENCING."TTTTANTED Planted at Waitomio, about

200 chains Hawthorn Hedge,with a Ditch

5 feet by 3 feet; aho about 200 chains SodFence,nearBoss'sHut.

Apply toMrMURRAY,'-■* Mount Stuart.

JmPPIHG ADVERTISEMENTS

mTUAPBKA STEAMER.

IT is requested that aU Freights due tothe Steamer Tuapeka, in the Clutha

Oirtriot, wiU be paid to the Agents, or onboardas earlyas possible.

H.B.— Shippersareinallcases heldliablefarfreight

WILLIAMBROWN A CO.,Fort Molyneux,

Agents.

BUSINESS NOTICES.

p R . JON E8 r

Tokomairiro.'

LAND ANDESTATE AGENT,

tfONBYB ADVANCED AND IHVESTEDOHMOBTOAGB.

JAMES BLDBB BEOWK,

Igentlor theNew ZealandFireandMarineTjunrance Company.

/nsnrances effectedonHouses, Shops, FarmBufldiags,andCornStacks atcurrent rates

Elderlee,Tokomalriro.

JAMES LOCKHART,

6ADDLB AND HARNESS MAKER,

MAIM OOUTU BOAD,

TOKOMAIRIRO.

J. M. AND T. BKYCB,

Seneral Blaokimiths and Honeshoert.MILTON.

J. A. DIOKSON'BTIMBER YARD, 10K0MAIRIR0

TftJUJHHG MATERIAIB of every de-t> tcdptioo, Locks, Hinges &o.t onIsle*

Cdutnwte T«k«n, Jbo.

rUffBBALB FURNISHED*

Ty-ESSRS. A. M'LAREN ASDUO.i

Wbousau Aim Bbxail a»o Family

BUTCHERS," MAIN SOUTH BOAD,

(OppoaiUB.Hibbard ACo/s),Tekomairiro.

WOOL SCOURING AfIDwELL-MONGERY,

TOKOMAIBIBO.

WOOL Sooured and Classified to tv.ittherequirementsofBritish^nd Fo

reignManufacturers.Dunedin prices given for Wool. Sheep-

"Una,Hides andTallow, onCashTerms.

BMITH ft CO.,

HOUSTON, PAPBBHA*aBB,

NearGreatBritainHotel,Milton, |Is now Selling First-ClaiM PAPERHANG-IUGSat theLow Priceof

Oo and UrwABPS.

VIOL IH STB IN G 8ForSale, atthe

"BRUCE HBBALD" OFFICE,

Milton,Tokomalriro.

r\ N S A L E,

DirectBhipment>f

BARROWMAN'S PLOUGHS,

Per"Desdemoaa»"

AT DUNEDIN PRICES.

B. HIBBARD AND CO..

■4^^ ■.-.... -. ■■ \ .Tekomairiro.

"ITTANTED,asmart office Boy,one that

can writeprettywell. Applyatonce to the

office ofthis raner. IL. ■

THE BEUCE HERALD. WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 18Q72

scnnDULB-111.'■ DatiesonLegaciesand SucoswioM toPertdns.

Estate under:any TestamentaryDispositionor uponIntestacy

—LegaciesorBesidnes amounting'"

to£20 orupwardsdevolvingto a child of deceased, or

\ descendant of same, orfather, mother, or linealan- /cestor of deceased ... onvalue 1 te&t.

Do:BfothbtdrSister,ordescend- *ants of-'-same.. *

"..., „" 8 Cent.Do.Uncle,or Aunt, or descend-

ants of same ... „ 5 Cent.Do. Grand-TJneleorGrand-Aunt,

or descendantof same „ 7 CentDo. Any personi; »ny otherde- ■

'"gree of collavjral consan-guinity ... „ G Cent;

Do. Anystrangerin.blrod■ „ 10 Cent.Gifts,of Annuities to bi deemed

"Xegacj.es/and any Legateetwoor moredissinetlogaciostogetheramountingtovalueofi£2o tobedutiable. ,

Exejiptioks— A RLcgaoieaorbenefitbaud or Wife of deceased.

"'"scmr-DTjLE IV. ,

Duties on .Successions to Ecal and PersonalEstate—

These duties ar- *»;>\ctly similarin every respect to thoseleviedunder Schedule lIL

POST-OFFICEMONEYORDEHS.r£\jQ Commissionnow cliarged on Money "Q?»

4ers issued from the various Poat-officea,. "SvfZealand, is as follows :

—- ..'■'■'- ', ■: Onike UnitedKingdom* ' ,

.;■ ..,- " ■"■■ .-.. > * °»for any-soof *>.ot ... -*. 1 %. ',>.' ;excecilu3g.jC2 butnotexceeding - ?

£6 ... ... ... a $c1- \<f 2Q* t^-Australia* Colonial. v * c,. .- '

?or anysum not exceeding£5 . .„ 1 0exceeding £5 butnot exceeding

:-f10...,/.; ... v L :.-..;-;. .... ... 2 0Within NetoZealand.

Tor any sumriot exceeding£5 wU'0 6„,_^; exceeding£5 butnot exoeeeding

£io ..; «, ... io

'.IST 'OF ivIONET ORDEK OFfI-CES IN. ..,, NEW ZEALAND., .;v,,.. . -

Money Orders may be oVtabied and madepayable atthe followingoffices in theColony ofSew Zealand:—- - i ■* ■ : - '

<

Atrcffuxp.Auckland, Qtahuhu, Wangaroi,Koesell, Raff

on, Mongonwi,Port Wiiikato/Oriehunga.-

XAEAIfAKI.New Plymbuth.-

hawke's bay.

Napler»WBLM»OTON*

WelHnffton. Wanurani"""

Nelson;Collingwood.MARLBOROTTO&

Picfcon,Blenheim,Havoloek.CAKTEWWBY,

:Chmtchnrcli, Lyttekon, Katopol, TiinamAkaroa,Hokttika.

OTAOO.Dnnedin, Waikouaiti, Oamarn, Anow Rives,

ruapeka, Queenstown, Tokomairiro, P«rtChalmers, Clyde (formerly -Dunaton),andra (formerlyManuherikia Junction).

SOUTHLAND.'Tnvercargiil, Itiverton,Campbelltowh."And at MoneyOrder Offices in the following-

Australian Colonies N*w South. Wales,Queensland, Victoria., SouUi Australia,WesternAustralia,andTasmania.

NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

The foiling aro tho Bates of Postage on

Lettersand"Newspaperson aodafter the Ist ofJanuary, 1567 :— " ' ' "

■ '■' 'I ■ L'EtTETiS. ■:-■■;■■ .I,— TOTVTT LZTTEV.3.

Ported at any Post-pfGcorwithin the Colony

for.delivery ator from such.-Post-office—Not exceedinghalf-an-ounce One Penny.Exceeding half-an-ounce but. not exceedingoneounce ... ' Twopence.For every ounceor fraction of -■ "

anounceovoroneounce ... Twopence.

H— CouirrEY Letters.Posted at any Post-office within the Colonj

fer delivery .it or from any other- Post-officowithin the earns Province:

—" Not exceedingh'alf-an-buuce... Twopence.

Exceeding half-an-ounce butnot exceedingoneounce ... Fourpence,

For every ounceor fractionofanounceover one ounce ... Fonrpenes*

,-.; 111.-jIKTT,RPEaVTXCIAd, LETTERS.: Posted at any PostTofi^cp^wjthin the Colony\ for deliveryat or from wiy Post-office inanfJotiierProvince witliiA thVColohy:—

Not excoedingh.ilf-an:ounce... Threepenoa.Excoetlihg'balfiaii-Ounco but' not exceedingoneounce... Sixpence.

: For everyouuee or fraction ofanounceover one'ounce'... Sixpence

? NEWSPATEE9/ ; "

: Ot»= ,all!newspsipers posted ,;; / *withintheColony for trans- |

' : mission r/o>Panama §r Mar-seilles ... Threepence*

On all .newspapers? postedwithinthe Colonyichargeof One Penny each,together *-.-"

wi^lan charge ./.,J equal to tho actual amount.paulby ihelColonialGovern-

ment toany other Govern-"*

! ment orto fihyCompariy '

: ;ftHcict tânsniLssi^n., , - . . -.

STAMP DUTIES.

'mpoted according to the"

Stamp rutiu^det^y(Blk October, 1866) and brought itUfioptvatiomAHJanuary, JBfi7.

OTJTTES/ON DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRTJ.: MENTB BELATINt* TO TRANSACTIONS

BETWEEN LIVING PERSONS.yV. . ■ SCHBDT7LB I. ,'

■ .'■ VALT7R. DtITT..■ £ £ 8. »

agreement, Minnte, or Memo-randumof Agreement,uadwhandonly (or upwards) 0 10

ProvidedwherediversLetters areofferedine7itlcr.ee, to proTan' agreement between thawriters .~. 0 2 6

BiiJLS pyExchan#e-^ ;tnlandBillof Exchange,Draftor

Order,not on denitmd, (notexceeding) ... 60 0 10

Do. do do. 100 0 2 0I)o.everyadditional-£50,

orpartof ... 50 0 10ForeignBillofExchange drawn Same dufcv wi.

in.bntpr.yablcouto^theCo- InlandBUI';lony of New Zealrmd

- ... j- of .tf drawnsiiiglr, orotherwisethttP. |like amt. and

inaset oftwoormore ... J tenor,

tfdrawn insets of two, th<m for»veryßill of eaiuh'set (not ex-'

ceeding) . . ... B 0 0 0 4Do. do

'do.100 0 1 "

Do. every additional £50- '

, : c>r pjß-trof, ■ T Z-:" ': V ° ' «Do.insetsofthreeormore,

foreveryBillofetfch '*■6et, (not exceeding) 50 00 4

Do. do do, 100 00 $Do.everyadditional £50, ■ . ■ ■

or partof' SO 00 4

EXEMPIIOKS— AII New Zealand G-qvermnenb

Debentures andTreasuryBills, allDrafts"or Or*tiers ondemand,for which thedutyis Id. Bills»f Exchange drawn out of the Colony but en-dorsedor negotiatedin the Colony— same duties*9.orißills of Exchange drawn and- payablein

; the Colony. ,

;PromissoryNote— except on de- ..mand (notexcoeduig) 20 0 0 0

Do. do""'""do. 50 01 OPromissory Note— on demand;— '

r"

exceeding £50 and not ex- , . ,

! ceeding '. 1 100 O2 6■"'' Do. every additional £50orpartof _

.» 60 0 1°,Exemptions— (Thoughnot exemptfrom otherautiesliable) Allnotes on demandissued by

authorized Banking Companies. '"All Bilk,Drafts, Orders or Promissory Notes .on anyBankingCompany are chargeable wibh StawpDuty. ._ " . ....

j BiU of Lading, or Receipt, b>Master,Mate,or Agent, .« o*o

Conveyance upon Sale of Pro- . ' >

perty.wherepurchasemoneydoesnot exceed ... 50 06 0

j Do.,(not exceeding) ...100 010 0' . Do.,everyadditional £50 ...

orpartot ... &0 OO 9

I SKCumosß-Croirn Granfcs ondBc^Btr»fiOllCertificates.

DeedorInstrument of any kindwhatever not otherwise .chargedinthisSchedule ... 010 0

Exemptions— Allinstrumentsrelatingtoaerricesof Apprentices, Clerki or Servants Mort-gages. AllMor-gagas, Bills of Sale, CustomsBonds, Administration Bonds, Special BailiffBonds,

Draft, Order, or Cheque, notothewisocharged ... 0 0 1

Lease,or Agreement for Lease,yearlyrentnot exceeding... 50 02 0

Do. do. 100 05 0Do. everyadditional £50,

orpart of ... 50 02 61 Exemptions— Crown"Waste LandLeases.

;Policy of Insurance, Marine,notexceedingthreemonths ... 0 2 6

All other Marino Poiicieß, for ■,

every£100 orpartof ...100 0 1-0PromissoryNotes,payableonde*

mand, issuedby any Bank-ing Company, average an-nual circulation, forcvory 100 20 0

,Receiptor Discharge for or on; payment of £5 orupwards 5 00 1

Exemptions— -Receipts on behalf of HorMajesty'sService, Receiptsendorseduponanyinstrumentdulystamped.Bankacknowledgmentsgiven for deposits. Receipts" for monies paidiutoLand,Building, andProvidentSocieties.

Transfer ofRun orStation heldunder Crown Lease, valuenot exceeding ... 100 010 0

Do.everyadditional£100orpartof ... 100 010 0

Transfer of :Shares, purchase >

fnouoynot exceeding ... 20 0 10

Do. do. ... 50 0 2 6!.:.Do. -do ...100 0 5 -0" Do.every additional £50 .. . f

.v.< i:-

orpartof ...:50 0 2*|

:--': .«;: ; SCUEDUtE IL >

Duties on Proljatcs of; Wills, aud.Letters ofjAdniinistration

— ' > '.:,,. :

tWith aWilljanncxed,_apdeffects , t.T . (

; sworn'byExecutor or Ad-- ministratorunder ... 100 1-0 0i Do.above £10Pand!Bn<ler; 200 2 0 0i Do. „ "200 „ 300 30 0",t 'Jo« r »»f- 30D -« L moL- 4: °**

Do. „ 400 „ 500 50 0

And abovo £500 Onepot1 Cent.Lettersof..Administration ,wifeh-„ "/ ; , .;

""'out a "Will annexed,cfTectsswornby Administrator as v

!.., undor ..,..,.„ ,' ....lOp .110 A

bo.above£iooanclunclcr 206 " V 6/6J.SuDo.;',,; r

2O0;i itn,JivaPfl a::4.ip,P1 Do. „ 300 „ 400 60 0i b.;? s-ijoif:: i,-.: 400 w-<;- 500; ,710-0

Andabove £500 One anda-Half perCent.

MISCELLANEOTTS-

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:/.■ N O T IQ Ev /'

'.'

IThaving came -to myknowledap that aperson -named Chatiâwajl/naa teen

" representinghimselfas mvPJ4^fê^HÎ and Agent, and h*B Aatijmpzi:ake^tpv' executeorders forMmswJjWCîi nrj accomiitj: receiving money-wj^^rV^T^^/fllis is{ to give not*iysJsP"& MdlvidTral wj/, assumes to'\tf fynu&OTte Tufle^,and^lio

styleshimseb^ BJjragent, is (jriio wjny con-■ nected withme,neverhas^seen, aiidfltrust,

neverwillbeA- 4/: -/\j\r $/&' west.

Country Orilers, of e/erydescription, formusic, tuning,J&c, execiHed with despatch,direct from niy Warehouse,/Princes-street,Dunedin. J

TWO POUJN7DS REWARD.————— "'" I

nnHE Black Mare branded figure 3 off

slioulder, supposed to be. running between

GlenoreandWaitahxina: The aboveReward

willbepaid toany personreturningthe same

to Smith and Hibbard's store, Waitahuna;

or to Mr T. Bradley, White Horse Livery,

andBait Stables,Tokomairiro. |

DENTAL NO TICB."^

MR, ALFRED BOOT desiresto/i/tifythat he is now able, hy'jjr\emw dis-

coveredprocess, to n■' {J J /£7EXTRACTTEETH WIT-HOUfIP^PAIN,

in a large prfoportijbnyoy casey; and thathaving opta/nelAriraner assistance, he canconsequel^*Supply/|ARTIFICIAL TEETHata lowerprice than formerly. Operationsfor thepoor, fromTO to 11o'clock, Gratis.

Hours of attendance,from 10 to5 o'clock.Address:— Farley's Buildings, Princes-

treet, Dunedin.

FOR S ALE. s

nnHAT excellentpieceofLAND,consisting

of180 Acres (moreor less), and well known

for itsgrazingcapabilities, being section 25,

blockVII.,Hillend.

All particularscanbe learnt byapplying to

A. LANDELS,.StoneyCrcok.

ROYAL GEORGE HORSE BAZAARGoorgo otreoi, DunetUn.

ALEXyMUIRp.RAD,/ôprietob.A /MjUjfeÊADlin assuiMn)g the Pro-

"-£*-" nriitoVship on«Ws owifflôiint of theaboveSpaljles|, ijopeay by cmkty and atten-tion to ttuandßsJl to/merit a» share of public

xlfvery at/current Rates. jSaddle Horses and Carriages on Hire.

Horse-feedof allkinds onSale.

LOOK AT T H IS!—100,000 twoyear old Thorn Plants, at

25s per 1000 ;50,000 oneyear do, at 18s per1000; 3000 Elms, 2 to 5 feet high ; 3000Sycamores; 1000 reeland silverBirch;1000Lime Trees;1000 horse and sweetChesnuts;3000 Oak ;2000 Holly, from 6deich;1000Laurels,' from 6d each; 2000 EucalyptusiGlobulus (BlueGum), at 3s per dozen;'2000Cyprus and Arborvitae, at 12s to 18s perdozen; 1500 one year old Apple (grafted),15s to 203 per dozen;1000 two year old do,25s to 30s per dozen; 500 one yearoldPc.ar,18s to 20s perdozen;300 two year old do,25s to 36s per dozen; 1000 one, two, andthreo year old Currant and Gooseberrybushes, 2s 6d to Gs per dozen; arul a largecollection of Roses and ornamental shrubs,forest trees, &c. Garden and agriculturalseeds of best varieties, which gained the first

1 prize at the Tokomairiro Seed Exhibition-No Feeds will be soldbut what have beentested and proved to be of good growingquality,at the lowestremunerative prices,byH. WHITE, Nurseryand' Seedsman, Toko-inairiro.

"B R U-0-B--.H-B R ALD"

GbkbbalPrinting Office,

Main SouthRoaci: Milton, Tokomairiro.fTIHE Proprietor beg to announce

thathehas lateiyadded,to his stock, a large

andgeneral assortmentof*

PLAIN AND FANOT TYPE,

: md that he ia now.~in aposition to execute

everydescription of iv:'

f !": ; ■

JOB PRINTINGinaFirst-Glass style,and attheLowestPricey

including:—^ "■ -j Invoice Tops,BillTTeads.I Business Cawls, Visiting,Cardp, Plrun

. ■' i or enßmelted.;\ Admission Tickets* Check Books.

. , Prospectuses,Programmes.Posters,- Plainand^C^Qredâllsizes.

<s j Hand-bills do.;

"I ReceiptForms^DeliveryBooks.■ ?I FuoeraF«*f otices. ;"' " iibeK^hdwCards.

- :

5 Bye-law« ramphlets.î ReceiptBecks,'bound and perforated

MISCEIAULEQUS." $%■■*..

'

SEED?, SEEDS, SEEDS, at the;yictpriaSeed Stores,Farley'sBiildinga,#riii^jh

street North. The underftgned is nowreceiving a large and V&rfedlfitock of Seeds,and would cull thft /spttial attention olgrowers to his choiapjiwortment of Colonial-

Bijbwn InI^/ White Spanish prizeOnions, HjWn* /Newark, and AHringhamCarrots, Ad, Swamp, and StrinpyBark Gums^Dwaff Peas, Broad and ThickBeans, Wwtat, Bye^ Lucerne, Grasses, &c,&c. J. Js. Reynolds', ancl at" 35 and 37Swanston--street, Melbourne;T. M'Grrego'r,Manager forDunedin. . . ;

ItOVIKCE OF HAWKES BAY.

PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

riIHE folowingBloclcs ofLand,cliiefly agri--*~ .cultural, vrill pc oflTered for sale l-y theProvincial Government :—

isÂ blockatlor near" the entrance toForty-mile Bush, comprising

aboVisJoOO acres

2. AblockopOOO acresat TableCape8. Suburban/ Alt*>toents at .the Nga-

ruroraBridge 1/J v "4. 500 ncrp of Agriciuhto^LnKda

the Wajkau5. 800 acres ofRural at the Wairoa6. 400 acres ofBushLand atthePohiii7. Block co rtaining1,905 acresof rich

agricu'lural land, situatedon themain line of road, and in thecentre jof the Ahuriri plains,dis-tant abouttwo milessouth of thetown of Havelock, and aboutsixteen miles from the town ofNapier. iThis blockis admirably- adapted for agricultural purposes.

The size of the several allotments in eachof theblocks specified from1to 6, and dateof sale will be dulynotifiedinthe 'ProvincialGovernmentGazette;' Block 7, willbelaidoffinto sections varyingfrom40 to 200 acres.

DONALD M'LEAN,

Superintendent..Nov.v 14, 1866. , ■■■

Hpvß. VyTEBER requests that all Accounts

due to himwillbepaidto Mr Fbakk Grant

before the IstAugustnext. MrFrankGrant

isherebyauthorised to give receipts in Dr.

Weber's name. .

All Claims against Dr Weber should be

brought forwardduring the same time.

>4KATCIItJ!i JiUSH RESERVE.

; TOKOMAIRIRO DISTRICT.

APPLICATION FOR OCCUPATION\ LICENSE FOR SAW MILL.

"VTOTICEis herebygiven, that an app'ica--i-^l tionhas beenmadeto the vVasteLandBoard by John Lawson, millwright, for anOccupation License for seven years, of onehundred and eighty acres of the AkatoreBush Reserve, toerect a SawMill.

! Any person objecting to ,the granting ofjsuch License must make objections to theWasteLandBoard on Wednesday, the 31sfcday ofJulynext,when, if no objections bemade, theLicense willbegranted.

W. H. CUTTENfChief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,Dunedin, June 22, 1867.

NOTICE.

A SIam atpresentfencing-inmyproporty

situated in Blocks IV,.V, >VI, and VII,

AkatoreDistrict,Ihave torequestallpersons

havingstockrunning thereontoremovethem

withoutdelay. -GEORGE MURRAY.

.: June 24, 1867.

TO^ SELfr OR;TO LET.- ";

HpHAT BRICK BUILDING, on the

Wethersfones Road, Lawrence, previously

occupied.as;the Recorder" Office: . . ApDly.to ,

: ■>■■■■■'■:■■■■■?■'■'-■■■■''■ :J; ;LrS.!jKEEN^" '"

■. i

Lawrence;

■I ||Or>i;^■'"■"■"■"?' -TI - J "

_JQSEPH:IiACKAT,

■:"-'. "* tTßruce' Herald?' Office,I". .'.

'< "". Tokomairiro,i ■ . -■

t ..;.-' v :.i ■-■.. .: ■■■■■■ -. ?;>■■<,yr ■'■-j

"And.Princes-street, /

t . ".,..' Dunedin.i :

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tTJt7:jE.:8.8 'AND ,M BAABj,

*STAFFtmb SJ&EE^, LVUNEDIN:

TUAPEKA ADVEBTISJI^BNT^ f"/Svvb^ E YdU NG,

MARKET GARDENER,

BOSS'B QULLY, LAWBBNCB.

Fresh Gaiden Produce brought "into TownDaily.

rilH ■) MA S BARNET T,

TINSMITH, PLUMBER,

POINTER AND PAPERHANGER

(oppositeuxion bank),

PEEL STREET, LAWRENCE.~~

~~MEDICAL IIALL.

CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST

ALL landsof Drugs andPatentMediclriet.Prescriptions " afceurately dispensed, at

Dunedin Prices.-

"JONAS HARROP,Teol Street.Lawrence.

BLASTING FOWJJiiiii ASuD £V*Zi,

JAMES MILLS,'GUNMAKER,

Stafford-street, Dunedin.

(Country Orderapunctually attended to.)

SportingPowders of all Brands.

TIT ATT HE W H A V,AUUTIONBER,

OBNEBAL COMMISSION AGENT,TALUEft,

MININGAND GENERAL SHARE BROKER. ETC.,

LAWRENCE. TUAPEKA

Tvß N IV E N,

HonoraryPhysicianto theTuapekaHospital,and formerlyHealth Officer forOtago,

MOSTBAGLB HoTTSB,

LAWRENCE, TUAPEKA.

Hours of Consultation -.—From 9 to 10, a.m.,

2 to 3,and after6 o'clock,p.m.

Consultation Rooms at private residenceand, also at J. L. S Keen's, Chemist andDruggist, Lawrence.

GLFNORE FLOUR MILL.

rnHEGlenoreFlour Mill being now com-

plete,Grists willbe taken in at sixpenceper

bushel. The highest price given for good

samplesof Wheat.■ PEILR M'YIQAR,- Mounvouiarr, Miller.

Ut June, 1867. - - -

F O R S ALE.

/^WNE of the oldest established Stores in

Wethentones, atpresent occupied by Green-

slade & Co. Terms liberal. Apply to

Greenslade & Co., Lawrence.

NOTICE.

Tlyfß,. SYDNEY WILSON has been ap

pointed.Agent fur the 'Bruce. Herald' at

Waitaliuna,and is authorised to collect Ad-

jvertisementsand accounts for thesame.

H%/T R. E~7 ff. W A K D

BARRISTER AT LAW, SOLICITOR,

And Cokvetah'ceb,'

PEEL STREET, LAWRENCE.

I ManagingArticledClerk—

Me. J. L. S. KEEN.r; ,A..0 T x ° E "

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|TUAPEK A DISTR ICT.

It/TR. J. L. S. KEEN, Lawrence, has

beenappointed AGENT for thisNewspaper,

andisAuthorised to Collect Advertisements

and Accounts.

;*AU ACCOUNTS DUE in the Tuapeka

District,have just been rendered through

Mr Keen', andanearlysettlement isspecially

requested. .

INTERaOLONIALJ EXHIBITON,

j. ilELB|nRNE,II^6-7.:I n a/^l/Vi c c.

MAI!WHALL AMD /ÔPELAND

hkve beenawarded the FirstPriie Medal for

t|ieir'Bu)k andbottled Ales. '; , 'v ;'

/

AII.Y^TISEMEHJS_~~f:

—~W.—^

ILLIAM M'BEAT IIrMANCHESTER HOUSE,

tOSS-PLACE, LAWRENCE, .Wholesale andRetail

DRAPER, CLOTHIER,

IXABPRV .SHER,HOSIER,,«4oVJtft. SILK-MERCEK j

IMPORTER of B(X)TS and SHOES,

Tweeds ivgreatvariety.Gentlemen'sColonialMade Cloth-Ing.

JMiltinery »nd ;Dressmaking done on thoPremises.

.« " - " r 5 i- ■ ■ ■

&T Aninipection respectfußy soliciteJ.WETHEBSTONES BUTCHEKY,

WAIP O B I.ISAAC BXJIIERFIEL^, PjiorßiETOii.

SMALL Goods always on hand. Families,,Hotels, and the Trade supplied at

roasonabic charges. 113

WAIPORI BLACKSMITHY,

PMACLEDQWXEY begs to inform the. inhabitants and the public generallythî,his workshop is in >th© old locality,whereaU orders for Blacksmiths' work, oievery description, wil, as hitherto,be exe-cuted withdispatch, at J uapekaprices.

FARRIERY GRATIS TO CUSTOMERS?;?

'WAIP O RI

LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES,(adjoining the Waipori JunctionButchery*

cWAIP O R I.

TBUT L ER bep to announce"that he has removed his stables from;

behindthe Waipori Junction Hotel/ to the,front of the main road,oppo3ite'the CampHotel, where he has erected a Urgeiand;commodious establishment, unsurpassed byany inthe Province.

Experiencedgroomsprovided. '■

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3 LSE S, ;

/IBNBRAL STOREKE'EP^R, )

MATNRCMD. WAirORI. 119BitOTHERS, /

WHOLBSAI.E JLND RETAIL

GENERAL. STOREKEEPERS,<"-'." ■

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TBVIOT.'

t>EAUMONT FERRY eioii#>■■■"■;■■:■■„,,■ ■: :;}lACCOMMODATION HOUSE.*■ >S BEAUMONT FERRY ";- s

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WILLIAM .BTRAOHAN,

H.fALSTEB,BREWER, BOTTLEP,111

ANDIMPORTER,

VICTORIA BREWERY,

DUMB D IN.

RTxTNTRT OR»BB8 PUKCTUAILT ATTENDED TO.

■"..-. WALTERBELL & CO., IT\OUNEDiWItIMB/ER YklfyD,

PaiNOTMpiBB^SOUSP, *

111 kinds of'Building Materials at lowest" P. Market Rates.|

ji>R. JAMES M'BREARTY,fi U B Q BO N,

WAITA H U N A.BOUB9 OT ATTENDANCE— " '"-

"From twelveto two,andaix to eight.

-"-■: VACCINATION. " >'

Da. M^BREARTY(DistrictMedical Offi-cer)attendi eachMONDAY, at twoo'clock,:pm., toVacclnata. ' V

'GE 0 RGB wTffiR 1

BEiSS reipectfuliy toiriformBulldera'aniJ„..■>.■■1ContractoMthathe ha? ;,:- .60,000 BRICKS BURJVT; ;

Qualify-secondSe»t tonone in the"Province,mdsamples of A|aljti..n Bricks and FiooringQuarries may be seeiiat the Works. OrderstakenandexecutedJor Pantilesor Fiat Tiles,sr~DrainTile*,or any articlein theTrade.

G-W- invitesintendingBuilders to inspectj«Brickiat>tht Junction CoalFit.

'*-j *l<\

iSEORGE WALKER,Troprielor.

UNDER THE PATRONAGEOF THB \ V

PBOPIiBOPDUNteDTNW*DQrTAGO;>

f^ \ B iflk/^ S \':Vj'"''t»y

HAIRDBE& 3R AND PEBFÊRy' '

:/..^/LAtel^Biiihsi /RATTRAY- STREET, DUNEDIN.

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INTERPROVINCIAL.

During the past month the number ofinsect-destroying birds in the Provincehas been greatly augmented, and numer-tricts around Auckland. Theirbeneficialinfluence has already been felt in the dis-appearance ofblight from the fruit treeson several large estates at Mangakaramea,the Tamaki, the Whan, Papakura, theThames, Mangapai,and other places. Thebirds appear to belong to the linnet tribe,and are believed to have migrated fromsome of the islandsof the South Seas afterthe hurricanes, in search, of a more con-genial country.

—lSouthland Cross.'

ImprovedStampingMachine.—

We takethe following from the 'Lyttelton Times':—

Mr F. E. Wright, chief postmaster,some time ago invented an ingenious ma-chine for stamping letters, thereby savingconsiderable timeandlabor. Mr Wrightleft by the Taranaki yesterday for Wel-lington, to bring his invention under thenotice of the Post-office authorities there.

Hot Springs.— The hot springs on thebeech at Waiwera

—a district lying about

28 miles north of Auckland,midway be-tween the Wade and Mahurangi— are no-ticed by the 'New Zealand Herald' aspossessing" a most extraordinary curativepower incases of rheumatism. Some tenyears ago,anindividual came from Sydneypurposely to take the benefit of bathing inthese springs. At the time of his arrivalhis left arm was as useless as thoughparalysed, but after using the bath forabout ten weeks, a cure was effected.Later still,a notable instance of the effectof the springs on rheumatism is the caseofMrs Holmes of the North Shore, whosuffered so severely from that disease thatshe had been for some time completelycrippled. A visit to the Waiwera hotsprings has completely cured her.

Acclimatization in Canterbury.— TheAnnual Report of the Canterbury Accli-matization Society contains some interest-ingparticulars as to the progress of accli-matizationin that Province. Two artesianwells havebeen sunk in the society's gar-dens, and boxes provided as a receptaclefor trout ova, expected from Tasmania.Suitable and sheltered avaries have alsobeen erected,andattempts havebeen madetorear quail with the assistance of an in-cubator, purchased by Mr J.It.Hill, butwithout success, although numbers ofbirds werehatched. A lately discoveredmethod of preserving the vitality of eggshas been adopted, in sendinghome eggsto England. Past experiments in im-porting birds and animals have frequentlyfailed, but arrangements have been madewith Captain Stevens,of theMatoaka*|||clwith thePanama Company, to bring outbirds, the intentionbeing to sell the4>irds.on arrival, retaining only a few in* thegardens' The black swans havabe£n in-creasing, but the white swans have failedin incubating.

Public Fountain.— The CityCouncil of

Christchurch have called for designs for apublic fountain, to be placed as nearly aspossible in the centre of that city.

SCIENTIFIC.New,Electric Machine.

—Of all wonder-

ful electric machines, the one invented byMr H.Wilde, ofManchester is the mostwonderful. A machine which weighsabout four and a half tons, including oneton of copper-wire, and which requires aneight-horse steampng'ine tokeepitsarma-ture in rotation,must necessarily producetremendous effects. Itgives off electricfire in torrents; the light produced is in-tense, and is quite as useful to photogra-phers as sunlight, with the advantage overthe sun that it can be used on dark daysand at night. This light, as wehear, isalready employed in manufacturing esta-blishments, and is to he introduced intolighthouses. A French Company, whohavepurchased theright; to useitinFrancewill try itin the first lighthouse on CapeGsisnez, whence,as is said, the light willradiate not only all across the channel,but some distance into the southern coun-ties ofEngland. Besides the productionoflight, the new machine is applicable tcimportant manufacturing purposes; thesizeof the machine being altered to suitspecialcircumstances. A well-knownfirmat Birmingham are about to use it insteadof a galvanic battery, for the depositian olcopper on articles required to be coatedwith that metal. In this case, the elec-tricity of the machine issubstituted for theacid and zinc of the battery, and will costless. Inanother instance, the machine isto be used for the production of ozone inlargequantities for employment inbleach-ing operations.— cChambers' Journal.'

Photography.— Many very respectablejournalshave risen and kept

pace with the progressofthe science which,with all its popularity, has at present acankerworm of rottenness in its art, adrawback not so thoroughly known as itought to be to the generalpublic—

ashamwhichrequh'esplenty of ventilation at thehands of the press. Sad to relate, thevotariesof the sun, who derive wealth andprosperity from his rays, have been for toomany years supplying- the public withmoonshine, and it is high time that thegeneralpublic began to sound analarm inthe sleeping camp of the photographers.The pictures on albumenised paper, whichmeet our eyes at every turn, will all fade.The much-treasured photographs in thefamily album, the larger pictures which,in the dignity of frames, adorn the wall,will all vanish from ourgaze in,itmay be,ten, twenty,or even fifty years— yet fadethey must. The editors of the photogra-phic journals acknowledge the fact, andthe pages of their periodicals frequentlycontainarticles proposing remedies for theevil.— tEngineer.'

A Railway Compensation Case.— Sometimeago a companyof "DownEasters

"was

gathered together in a Connecticut tavernfor liquoringpurposes, and among the restwas a character namedJoeBagstock. Inthe course of the evening the conversationturned upon railway disasters and the sumsthathadbeenrealized from them. Severalp-»««~p-.*« w?^"ci£jj of persons whohadlaidthe foundationof a iortune irom moneyrerceived by way of compensationforbrokenlimbs and lacerated bodies. At lengthJoestruck in andsaid,

— " Wall, gentlemen,Igota thousand dollars out of arailwaycompanyout West, about ten years ago, and didn'treceive no damage from the smashing upneither." "How was that,Jos V inquiredthe landlord,"Idon'tsee how youcanmakethat out

" "Wall," returned Joe,"Ihadjust aboutoneof thelaziestandmoator'narygirls a poor fellow ever gotstuck to. Shewasn't worth shucks. Hie would worktillshe shivered,andeat tillshe sweated.How16-ever,l

6-

ever, the poorcritter's goneunder now,andIdon'tknow asIoughtersay anythingaginher. Wall, almost ten years ago, her andme was travelling in a train out West. Iwasdreffuly down in themouth,and just asIwas trying to fix on to some methodofraising the wind, suddenly the train wasbrought up all standing, and the splinterswas flying in every direction. In twominutea passengers was lying around loose,groanin'andhollerin'forhelp,andthere wasanarful timegenerally. Neither me nor theoldwoman was hurt a mite, andasIlookedat her theideasuddenly occured to me thatthere was a chance to make somethin' offher. So saysI— 'Deb., you'veneverbinno'count to me, andIthink it's high time yerwas. I've got a chance to make somethin'out offyer now,andI'm going to doit, andIhope yer won't make no fuss about it.Heregoes/ and as Ispoke Ifotchedher aclencher right plum upon the nose, andsquashed it as flat as if a cart-wheel hadpassed overit. 'Now,' says I, 'howlDeb.!butmind, yer got yer damages by a flyingsplinter, and not frommy fist1' She tuckmy adviceandhowled like a she-bair; andthat lick fotched us a thousand dollarsda-mages! Hows'ever, the moneys all gonenow,andI'mas dry as ever. Who's goin'tolicker."

A Siamese Swell.— Describing the assem-

blageat the openingof the Paris Exhibition,the Correspondentof the 'Telegraph'says:

—"There wereseveralTurks, whoseredfezzesshone among the black hats and coats likehollyberries in a pine clump; and there wasa Siamese, a most wonderful being, of theprecise complexionof the West Indian shad-dock, and whose costume was irreventlydescribedby abystander asbeing the * latestkick from Bangkok.' He wore a waistcoatwhich was, like Joseph'scoat, of many colors

|g— a verybowpot of radiant tint. His netherL*imbs were swathed in a Bandana handker-chief ofthe brightest hues. He hada coat ofblue velvet, trimmed with yellow windowcord, and onhishead was theexact duplicateof anEnglish jockey'scap, surmounted,how-ever,at the top bya formidable spiktat leasts'x inches long. lam very glad thatIsawhim, for it is clear thatuntilIgo to BangkokIshallnot look upon hislike again."

Carved atTuranga.— JVJost ofourreaders may uot be aware that there was' at Turanka^ Poverty[Bay, aêry large<nd magriificently-c^rvecl runap'â house." This house was/ veryimuch prized by the

3 natives,and famed throughout the wholecountry as "aMvprk of artof its kindun-

-1 surpassed,and cost a very large amountof" labor. Very lately the GovernmentJ steamer Sturt Was despatchedup'the river;5 thehouse wasshipped on board and taken

away without the owners;being consultedon thesubject any more than that oneoldr manwaspressed into givinghisunwilling

3 consent. We are at a loss to conceive1 wnut can have been the object of this" paltry'conduct on the partof the,Goyern-} ment, who seem to be doing all they can} to annoy, and injure these people., Surely} wehave had'troubles enough out of land|disputes withouthaving a;feeling1created1 in the mindsof the natives that the whole» aim of our institutions vis to get all the" plunder we- can lay hold of.— 'Southern1 Cross.'

INTERCOLONIAL.1 T-dfetotalism would appear to be in the, ascendant in New; South Wales. The; 'Sydney Mail ' says :— "The teetotallers

held ameeting- at Parramatta. andgot;theMinister for Works in thechair. " They

! havenow two Ministers of .tjbe.. Crown1 among* their patrons,and therefbr.e cannot; consider themselves as a despised^body of

reformers. Mr Byrnes stated that two-thirds of the public houses in Parramattawere not wanted for the legitimatepurpose

1 of public entertainment,and that if the re-' sident ratepayers had to determine tlienumber that should be licensed,he felt

1 sure that a large number of the houseswould soonbe closed. As to the loss to' the revenue that would result,he said theGovernment must make it good from someother source. But those who now spent

1 their money in drink would find that theyhad less to pay in taxes. There is no'doubt that if wecould afford to get off theexpensesof pauperism and crime, wecouldafford to dispenseîth the revenue fromstrong drinks."

Dried Woman.— With regard to- theSalamander's visit to. New Guinea, thefollowing appearsin the 'P.D. Times :'

—1 tlWhen the officers of H.M.s. Salamander

wenton shore of one of theislands on thecoast of New Guinea, they went into anative house,which theydescribed asbeing' well built of close plaited cane, in theshape of abeehive, with a small doorway,through which, accessmay beobtained onthe hands and knees, but without any

1 other openings for light or ventilation.On getting inside of one of them theystruck amatch, and their horror maybe

1 imagined when they perceived before them1 a

"dried womanj

"yes, a womandried

withher flesh on her, and standing bolt; upright before them, propped up by a

spear under the chin! It appearsshewas the wife of the proprietor of the hut,

i and thatbeing loth to part with her,hehad, instead of burying her, resorted to

. this (to us) strange device of securing:theTheofficers of the Salamander describe the

, natives as a fine race of men—very'good-■ humored,but with abearing of manly in-'

dependence which -indicates that they. wouldnotbear tobe trifled with.'

The readiness with which the Chinesefall in with manyof mannersand practicesis somewhat remarkable. On arrivinghere fresh from the flowery land, John isawkward and retiring,but by the time hehas been in the country a few months hecan rob ahen-roost or pick a pocket ascleverly asany European thief. Ifit werenot for his great cowardice he would be averydangerous character. A fair speci-menof Chinese depravity— Ah Hingbyname

—was brought before the citybench

recently, on a charge of stealing timber.i The charge wasproved by a Chinese wit-■ ness, who alleged that he saw the prisoner

steal the timber. Ah Hing denied thisinplain terms. -"Oh," he cried to the

, bench,"him tell 'uin lie," andaccused thewitness of having pnt the timberunder his(Ah Hing's) bed. The bench, however,did not seem to give much credence to theprisoner's statement, but senthim to gaolfor threemonths.— ( Anstralasian?

A PowerfulGum.—A laughableincidentoc-curredatthedepotjinSavannah,Georgia.ThetrainfromMobilebrought upseveralbarrelsof shell oysters. A number of country. negroes stood by, and never having seen

■ oysters before, were somewhat surprised attheappearance of thebivalves.

" Wherehe. mouf?" exclaimedone of the most inquisi-

tive. '!How urneat? Golly! Ithink am: nothing 'cept gum. Yah! yah!" he con-

timied, laughing at his own wit. "I.specsum whiteman tink nigger a fool whenhecallthat ister." Just then he discovered an

1 openoyster,andseizingit,heeyedIt closely.1 Not satisfied withtheexamination,heplaceditonhisnose,but nosooner was that organinsertedbetweentheshells than theyclosed.Nigger howled with pain, and called out,"Pullurn off!pullurn off '!"but the.more

i the oyster was pulled, the more he wouldnot letgo; andas poir Cuffee danced andyelled,hisfrantic efforts toridhimself of his

i uncomfortable nasal organ were both ludi-crous and painful. "Hit urn wid astick,"suggestedabuxomwench, and inamoment

; the oysterwas knockedright and leftwitha

hearty will;but Cuffee'shead went with it."Pinchhistail," crieda littlenig, "andhesure to let go!" But there was no tail topinch, and'poor Cuffee seemed doomed to

? wearthe oyster?for ever. At thismoment,an **intelligentcontraband" whipped outaknife,and with ifc soon severed the oyster.Cuffee lookedat the shells withamazement,

; and finding the oys'er toothless, threw" itaway with the remaijc, "Urn got no teeth,butlie gumispuwerfTfr !"— Editor'sDrawer.lVHarper^sNew MonthlyMagazine.

theVbruge herald. 3WEDNESDAY JULY IT, 1867BUSINESS NOTICES^~\ LE K. BEAV ER,

WATCHMAKER& JEWELLER,Princes street,

(Oppositethe Bank of Otago.)A.B.begs most respectfullyto inform his

friends and thepublicingenejalj^fhathe is adirectimporterofWatcheV^nd jewellery, aselection of whichxlie receives per every

, PanamamaiLx^^His goWândAGflver watche9 are manufac-

turedto ordeiûperior in cuiality,/dummle,and especially suitab« foyAihe /Colonies;beingdirectjNom the /mak/dn—ia Inyalposi-tion tosell/Mei^tfSAvj^tnwmîlersit^Jpncea.

Alwayafoi jfib&+Jiollj£ra.n% 'Stamford's,Ehrhardjl's, and pl/her eminent makej»^watches, which araAhorouglily regulaifia.—Written guaranteeriven with eajjh^watch.

A select and food stojôfColonial andEnglish chaius, broocji^s^ ear-rings; rings ofthe newest deftignftr

Useful variptyof clocks, field glasses, tele-scopes, andmusicalboxes.

Chronometersrepairedand rated.Watch repairs of every;descriptionexecuted

in a manner equal to any of the first-cla3shouses inLondon or Edinburgh— a desidera-tumseldommet in the Colonies.

Clockß* repaired.JewelleryManufactured to any design.

ALEX. BEAVER,Princes street, *1

'/ (Opposite theBank of Otago.)____^-p atT^TdTeill,

(Late aHaeorgeYiwng,Priiicaistreet.)Respectfully begtoliirajrm the//public that

they have rcl im/aendld^ businesslas Watch-makers and J4%jellsp, i«^ those/ premises inRattrayItrpeft,[thi4^ doors beloiv the^Coin-mercials|ald/Yarus. \y^

Country orders puncttfalb/âttended to.JÊj*TON& NEILL.

LAW^SOMNER, AiJD CO.,

886 to/lWiimate MyK thay, lave resumedbusiness ifi)t|(ir^nevr '. 'renmes1,with

an entirely bbwlStok of AgLeuitural andVegetableVSgeds. sl^

Catalogues forwardedfree onapplication.

lAHE UNDERSIGNED offers for Sale thefour following Quarter Acre Sections,

in the Government Township, Tokomairiro:Sections3, 4, 5, and 6,Block 1.

T. 11. MEEKING.Kaihiku,July11th, 1867-

MISCELLANEOITS.

SEED BARLEY.'

\ RRIVED fromEnglandby theBeautiful"*-^ Star, to our order, «

600 BUSHELS OFJLHE FINI)sAsEED

Tha//ouMbemodified in/Europe.f "

The gmter part of tms Barley is alreadyapplied&or; therefore, intending growersofbarley for malting purposes, having landsuitable, are advised to make early application tous.

MARSHALL and'COPELAND

Water of LeithBrewery,Dunedin.

TXTANTED, a good PLOUGHMAN.Apply immediatelyto

JAMES LNGLISTokomairiro.

nnHE Committee of Inch Clutha School-*- bog respectfully to announce that acourse of four Monthly Lectures will bedeliveredin the School-house, asunder:

—I."Geology," illustratedby Diagrams,

by the Rev.A. B.Tood, on Wednes-dayEvening,19thJune.

11. "America," by the Rev.R.L. Stan-ford, on Wednesday Evening, 17thJuly.

111. "The Crimean War," by the Rev.JamesKirkland,onWednesdayEven-ing,14thAugust.

IV. f^R,oADS and Travelling,"by Join/Hisihjp, Esq., onFridayEvening,13thSeptember.

The proceedsto beapplied to the erectionof aLibrary.

Tickets for the Course, 2s. 6d. each; tobehad of C. V. Brewer,Inch Clutha;Stewartand Gow,Balclutha;De. Costa, Kaitangata;theMembers of Committee, andat thedooron theeveningof each Lecture. Lecture tocommenceathalf-past six o'clock.

JOHNDARLING, Sec.

T C) L E T .milE SHAMROCK HOTEL

Apply to

A. D. DUNCAN.

NEW ADVERTISEMENT-

JOHN JAMIE,

WATCH AND CLOCKMAEER,

Clujha Ferry,

BEGS RESPECTFULLY to inform the.Inhabitants of Clutha Ferry and thc

surroundingdistricts, thathe ha? commencedBusiness in the premises lately occupied bythe Bankof Otago, wherehe willexecute anyordersentrusted to himwith theutmost care

and despatch.

WEST CLUTHA HUNDRED.BYE-LA\VS FOR 1867.

1. No diseasedbeast, nor anyof adangerousor mischievous character shall be depas-tured on the Hundred.

2. The Wardens may at any time call uponthe license-holders, or any license-holder,to take a return, showing theageand de-scription of stock depastured,belonging tothem, him, her, or in their, his, or hercustody; andsuch return shallberenderedwithinone week afternotice.

3. No person shallbe allowed to depasturecattlewithouta license.

4. Greatcattle onlyshall bedepastured.5. Anyperson or persons infringing any of

theaboveBye-laws shallbe subject to thepenaltyofFivePounds for each offence.CSigned by) JOHN WATT, J. J. Hay

(amajority of the "W ardens).Sanctioned by the Waste LandBoard.Signed W. H. CUTTEN,

ChiefCommissioner.

HILLINGDON ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE.

nHHELocal Board of the HillingdonDis-■*- triot hereby notify their intention to

apply to the General RoadBoard,at itsnextmeeting, for authorityto levyahighwayrateof 6dper acrein saidDistrict, for the years1867 and1868. Also, the Assessment Rollfor said District can be inspected fourteendays from date, at my house, between thehours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Sundays andPublicHolidays exceptcd.)

ALEX. BYARS,Clerk to theBoard.

July17, 1867.

Tn O R S A.-'" L E,

By Private^Contract, i

THEBALLPON PROPERTY,/Inch Clutfafc. / J^

ConsistinglOT— /J I/OCy(~\l, ~\ Act*s Land fenc d, inEnglish& \Ji V gJ4^y/and subc ivided ijito 8

) J^l^^&a^toj shee ppedf; with/ 8-roomed hous^fand other/ / improvemej>t^.

Forfiq^ner particulars,Applyto

, POWEB^PANTLIN& CO.

WANjJJED KISmpN, thaiBa&wraian's/jiyfih PJzftlgfoughgAc on/Sale atfejîS^l'MTdßH'^Hope-street,Btmedin. I L^^^

NEW ADVERTISEMENTSTOKOMAIRIRO FARMERS' CLUB

ANNUAL 1LOUGHING MATCH willtake place in the Paddock of Mr

James Watt, Sunnyside, Tokomairiro,on

THURSDAY. 25th JULY, 1867.

Senior Class.First Prize SilverMedal, value £5 5 0

1 Second do Money prize 4 0 0*Third do 3 0 0Fourthdo ... ...2 0 0Fifth do 10 0Sixth do 0 10 0

Juniors(Under20 years of age.)FirstPrize ... ... ... ... £3 0 0Second do 2 0 0Youngest Ploughman (gift of Mr

White, seedsmau) 1 1 0

r Double Furbow Ploughs.

f FirstPrize (gift ofMessrs Gillies,3 M'Gill, andChalmers Bros.) 3 3 0

Seconddo(giftofMr M'Farlane) 110For the Lightest Draught Plough

(Society) 110Work done by the Junior's and Double-

is furrow Ploughs will also be judged along5 with the SeniorClass.1 "—

— —Special Pbizes.

Benjamin Hibbard, Esq., presents an ele--1 gantlymounted Champion Belt, value,eight

guineas, to be competed for annually,andthenameof eachyear'schampion tobe engravedthereon.

Messrs Brycepresent a first-class Plough,. tobeclaimedby the winnerof theFirst Prize

two3rearsin succession. :

ForthebestTeamandgeneral turn' out (gift of Messrs Low, sad-dlers),pair ofBackhands ... £3 3 0

For thebest Finish (giftof Mr E.Stewart)pair of riding Pants,value 2 10 0

i For the best Feering (gift of MrI Woolley,White Horse Hotel) 110I For the bestOuts and Ins (gift of

Mr Win. Wyber) 0 10 6For the bestGroomed Team(giftof

Mr James Goodall) 1105 For thebeetkept Harness (gift of

Mr Lockhart)head collar ... 110 0For the best trainedPloughHorses

3 (gift of ChalmersBros) ... 1 0 0For the best Shod Team (gift ofr Mr W. Marten) ... ... 010 6

I For the first fiuished of the suc-cessful competitors for theClub's prizes(giftofMr Wool-ley,WhiteHorse Hotel.) ... 1 1 0

r For the best Feeringin the JuniorClass (gift of Mr J. A. Dick-son) set of FeeringPoles ... 015 0

For the oldest Ploughman on the1 Field, gitt of(Mr M'Laren)... 0 10 0, For theyoungest do do (do) 010 0

TheRed Cowl and all that's in it, to thefirstfinished(Mr Hislop)

. KECfUL/ATIOND,

1. Entries to be madewithMr M'Farlane,' Commercial Hotel,onor before Wednesday,24th instant, after whichtime no entries willbereceived.

fc 2. Entrancefee for Members of the Club,ss.; entrance fee for non-members of the

. Club,10s.

8. Allploughs to be on the ground by 9a.m., start tobemade by9.30 prompt.

1 4. One-third of anacre to ba ploughed inl tworidges, scaledout.

5. Furrows to besix inches deep, plough-men tofind their ownwidth.

6. Time: Horse teams, 6 hours ;bullocks,6 hours; double furrow ploughs, 3 hours.Halfanhour allowed for luncheon; and all

J teams shallbe startedand stopped by reportof a gun.

7. No assistance to be given after the first3 round, under a penalty of disqualification;

and ploughmen must bring their own feeringpoles.

8. Any dispute that may arise shall bedealt with by tie Committee, and theirdecisions shallbe final.

TheCLUB DINNER willtake place same' eveningin theCommercial Hotel, Milton,at

seveno'clock.— Tickets, 6s. 6d.each.

E THOMAS MUTR,Secretary.

1 Tokomairiro,6th July,1867.

JOHN HISLOP,Successor to GeorgeY©ung,

(Late A. Beverly), .->.

CHRONOMETER, WATCH, AIHK CLOCKMAKER, VJOpposite theBankof Otaa», A

DUNEDraA C* y^1

J.K.begs to iaform \MfFriendtfand the'Public iuzteneral,lhat,havi/g purchased the

L entireet/ck in 'Trade of Mr G. Young,con-sistinaojTa/veryl/rge asgoycmdnt of GoldandSilvernfa/chap w^theA^ryôestdescription,madeitqtLeOTdyr of htG. V., expresslyforColowsl/Ssepêse Watches can only be hadat thXu<»tahTishinent.

3 J.H.will be in constantreceipt, byeverymail, of Watches for which this houseis so

3 celebrated; also by Earchardt, Botheram,and other makers, and being a thoroughpractical workman, all work intrusted tohiscare willreceive his special attention.

3 — Notice to Sair Captains—

j J.H.,havinga transit instrumenterected,is prepared toCleanandKate Chronometers.

Silver hunting patent detached Lever[ Watches, engine turned, sunk seconds and

extra jewelled, warranted, L710s; extrafinished spring above,L8; superiordo.,Lft.Gentlemens' gold Hunting Watches, fromLl2 toL4O. Ladies' GoldWatches, fromL5upwards. Silver Horizontal Watches, fromL3upwards. ■

Parties in the country desirousofhay-ing a good timekeeper, ty remitting theaiuouut incash:ci givinggoodreferencc* can

! havc the same forwardedtothemfree of charge

AUCTION SALESNO TIC E

TORUKHLODERS, FARMERS^DEALERS

AND OTHERS/ItT THE /

MOLYNEJUX,DtJA-PEKA, AND

TOKOSillfei^JD/sTRICTS.AT the request of nufaerotkresidents in

theabovedistricts/- webeg^jp intimatethatwe havedeterminedito hold \.

MONTHLY SALES,_At theYardsof GeorgeCameron,Esq.,

'LOVELL'S FLAT,

on the

FIRST THURSDAY INEACHMONTH

We would suggest to parties forwardingFtock to these Sales the desirability oj

furnishing us with particulars of same *tearlyaspossible.

DRIVER, MACLEAN & CO.

WE, the Undersigned,beg to intimatethat wehaveThus Day entered int(

Partnership as AUCT/IONEERS ancGENERAL >>QMMISSION AGENTSunderthe style atSffilWv'lLLE, SUISTEEand CO. Address-êiiifford Street Stores^latelyoccupiedbyMessVC.R.Howdenanc

"*■■■■-FRED. E.MIE^LLE.BERNADOTTE SUISTED.

March 26,1867. /~~~

MISCELLANEOUS.~~"

BOARDING

TIHE uave vacanciesfoflSrT^fl^TEuJmber of Young Ladies

as Boaraers, whrafe/education and trainingwillbe carefullyajrtiended to. Prospectusesforwarded bypost on application.

WHITE HORSE HOTEL STABLESTOKOMAIRILtO.

THOMAS BRADLEY begs to thankbis

friends and the public generally for their

patronage while holding the Commercial

Livery and Bait Stables. He has much

pleasurein informingthem that hohas now

taken the WHITE HORSE STABLERwhere theincreased facilitiesat hiecommandwillenablehimtogiveincreasedattentionto

the wants of lassupporters,

~-^nrrANTED, to Pell, a pure-bred Suffolk

PunchEntire, thoroughlystaunchinharness,

guaranteed quiet. Apply at once to T

BRADLEY, White Horse Livery and Bail

Stables, Tokomairiro.

NOT IC E.

ALL Literary communications andcon

tributions intended for publication in

tb's Journal should beaddressed to the"Editor* BruceHerald,' Tokomairiro."

Cheques andPost-office Orders for Adver-

tisements,Subscriptions,&c.,tobemade

payable to"TheManager."

All(communications onmatters of business- shouldbe addressed to '£The Manager

.*BruceHerald,' Tokomairiro.

GOOD NEWS FOR ALL!

JDRY FEET AND &NG LIFE!!

- /CONTINUED good health can only be\_^ assured byattending to the axiomoikeepingthe FeetDry andWarm, this grealdesideratumcan besecuredbyall, youngandoldV by 'purchasing their Boots and. Shoesatthe

LIVE AND LET LIVE STORE,MainBo\vth Road,

TOKOMAIRIRO,

'Fromastock, which theProprietorcan faith. fullyassert, is unsurpassed.in the Province,and possessing the three great essentials—excellentmaterial, strong workmanship,andeleganceof style.

Severalcases, just opened,consistingof—M«sa' grainhideNapoleons &ridingBoots- „ „ Knee Boots„ Colonialand Scotch-made watertights„ Keeper andFarmer watertightsBoys' andYouths' do. do. do. aUsizecWomen'sstrongleatherBoots,elasticsides„ » » » lace-up3

Girls'andMaids' do. do.do. do., all sizes'■ Slippers,Mens' Womens' inleather carpet,&c

Womens' andMaid's}}*-oloshes, allsizes■ Mens',Boys'and Youths'Leggings, allsortsAnd ageneralassortmentof Ladies',Gentle-

r mens' andChildrens'Boots and Shoes, suit" able for the season— the whole of which willbesoldatsuchpricesas defycompetition.

N.B.— Beadymoneyand no trust,s: ; That's my way toget acrust !

KEMEMBEE!; ;

THE LIVE AND LET LIVE STORE

The Bruce Herald."Nemome impiine lacessit."

TOKOMAIRIRO,JULY 17, 1867.

The mere announcementof such apropo-sition as aCorn Law,or import duty upongrain by such an influential body as theChamber of Commerce of Dnnedin, versedas all its members ought to be in all thediversifiedrelations of mercantile subjects,certainly took us by surprise, but whenwe read in thelDaily Times' of the 32tbinst., that a resolution had actually passedaffirming the desirability of imposingduties ongrain in thisyear ofgrace,1867;we weredisposed to imagine that we hadbeer asleepa for long-period,andhad awokelikev Rip Van Winkle to find the recog-nised principles of political economy onthis head altogether changed. It is true,and cad itis, that it is true; the farmersof Otngo and other Provinces*of' NewZealand, are suffering deeply from thelow price of grain, and »he interest and.sympathy manifested by the Chamber ofCommerce, in the depression affecting thismost important part of the community,must be abundantly pleasing to the strug-gling settlersof Otago. We are notPro-,tectionists in the sense of imposing heaf!yduties, to encourage any.-.-native industry^however,important, andjinuch less are wein favor of imposing duties on the- staplefoudof.m;ui; neither are wewhat may becalle|^'':fiinatical" Free Traders, whowould"have Governments inevery instanceto withoid a helping hand from even new ■

and incipient industries. |

Having given this explanation, we areready toenquire, what good result will fol-low,if effectbegiventoitbtftheLegislatureimposing a smalldutyupon grain ? None,absolutely none!" For what country orneighboring colony is likely to competewith us at such prices as now rule, cer-tainly neither Adelaide, nor Melbournenor Sydney, for there prices at this mo-ment are higher than hero,and from whatcause have prices become so lowered inOtago ? No one dare state that importa-tionhas done it. It simply arises fromover production for our limitedpopulation.Why impose a tax which Virtually will beanullity, and,certainly willttevercover theexpenses of; collection ? pricesshall ao-ain rise to "a more remunerativefigure,°our farmers would not seek pro-tection, they would be satisfied. A moreunsuitable time could scarcel-yâye beenchosen for such an absurd proposition asihe imposition of aduty upon corn, whenOats are selling at 2s~ 6d, Wheat at 45,.and Barley nominally ss, but actually un-saleable. "Had asystem, on the contrary,of bounties on the exportation of grainbeen imposed, it would have been anhun-dredfold moreapropos than afutile attempttoraise a barrier against the importationof produce,according to generalbelief, wehave more of which than we know whatto do with,and which we are contemplat-ing toexport to GreatBritain, if the taxwould l>e inoperative now. andpowerlessto relieve the farmers from their presentdifficulties,as we are convinced it wouldbe* what injurious effect would it hove,when a change of circumstances broughtit to bear, from importations takingplacefrom other colonies or countries ? Itwould enhance the price of grain, by theamount of duty imposed, while its insig-nificance in amount (we presume it is onlya moderate duty that is contemplated)would be ineffectual to kepp out suppliesfrom countries where-graincan beproducedofequal, and in some cases,better quality,and at less cost as to labor and means ofland transport to port, and thus, in ?o far,as the price ot food was raised, in sofar, other articles of consumption producedin the colony would be raised in price,which would most probably exceed thevalue oi the proposed protective duty.

We cannot enumerate all the evils thatwould spring from a protectivepolicy, butthe greatest* of all would arise from theadmission and introduction of theprincipleitseJfl IF; as it is very likely, that ourfarmers may from the low price of cerealsturnmoreut their attention to Dairy Funn-ingfor theproduction ofbutterand cheese,and to the raising of root, crops, for therearing and feeding of swine, for baconand ham curing, the cry will soon beraised for protection on these articles, andon what principle we ask, could such a de-mand be consistently denied ? We admitit in its full force, the very high import-anceof encouraging the -fanning and weadd the gold mining interests, for uponthese two, mainly depends the prosperityof ail other classes in the colony withprobably the exception of the squatters.There are many ways of giving that en-p.nurne-ementandrelief,which, areundoubt--ot*ijr ireeueu,' uesicies tliat of imposingaprohibitive duty on grain, of which nonewould be so effectual as reducing taxationto its minimum, by a less costly Govern-ment; and a change in,what i^still amorepalpable injustice, the unequal manner inwhich the customspress upon the settlers.Itis absnrd tomaintain that we are reag-in°- the benefits of free trade in its properacceptation, so long as the Government re-quires such large sums raised from theCustoms dues,and farmers may very trulyask Why their products alone should beadmitted free when other trades are pro-tected to the extent of duty imposed forrevenue purposes ? But, we answer, in-stead of making one injnstice the defencefor ano'her, our whole efforts, and the in-fluence of the Chamber of Commerceshouldbe used toremove all such indirecttaxation as existson necessaries, arid taxonly luxuries to the full extent consistentwith the prevention of smuggling. Weare well aware that so long as the neces-sity for the present amount of revenuesubsists, it willbe difficult to give practicaleffect to a more equitable adjustment oftaxation j the only substitute which car.replace the present unfair system is the.havingrecourse todirect taxation in someform. By the existing mode, the poorsettler with his family, and laborers,payson allarticles cf daily consumption, otherthan what he produces himself, far morethan the rich squatter, &0., &c, and notonly so,but he has overand above topaythe merchant for the interestof moneyad-vanced for duty. Why should the diggerand the poor farmer specially bear theburdens of other clashes ? The black-smith,the brewer, the shoemaker,the soap-maker,&c, are all protected to some ex-tent—with all of ■these the farmer mustdeal, and'pavs an increase of price corres-ponding to the duties.

— Is this fair? Ourlimits forbid us gcing further into thematter at present ; we shall return to thesubject and notice the arguments used bythemerchants of Dunedin,by which theyendeavour to direct our settlers from thetrue cause ||of complaint by gholding outthe illusory hope ofprotection.

Portable threshing machines have been ofimmense benefit to the agricuturists of this andother districts, and we deem it right to takenotice of any one of thesewhichpossesses advan-tages superior to others, particularly whencapableof adding to the valueof thegrain,eitherfill-respects purity and cleanliness, or freedomfrominjury by threshing, &c. Amachine whichcomes under this description is one lately im-polfced, andnow workingunder themanagementofMr John M 'Donald, Tokomairiro; and madeby the far famedfirm of Robey andCo. Weareinformedthat very receutlyan offer was madeby a corn dealer to .give one jjenny per bushelextra for oats thrashedby this machine. Itsaverage rate of tirashirg is a thousaadbusheliper eight hours,, and finishes this quantity;inacondition iit for market. * .'

Some time ago the settlers of the Waiweradistrictforwardedapetitionto the Chief Post-master, signed by some forty or fifty of theirnumber. Said petition set forth the existingneedfor apostoffice inthe districtof Waiwera,as thenearestpost office to the pouth was Po-potunoa,and to the north, Kaihiku, thus en-tailingon the settlers ina largedistrict, the ne-necessity of sending from ten to fifteenmiles fortheir letters. This petition, whichappearedinevery wayreasonable, wasreturnedby thePost-master, the reasonbeing, that it was informal,andthesettlers weretoldthat ifsthe formal pe-tition, whichhe sent, wasduly signed,theircasewould have attention. Now, what did this

formal petitioninvolve? Simply that the workof severalweeksor monthsrequired to be goneover again, the settlersbeing scatteredover thedistrict. Itis aneasymatter for a governmentofficial, sitting in a comfortable office, before anice warmfire, towritea few lines undoing thegratuitous work of a few hard-working men,withlittletime to spare;butitis not so easy tofind peopleready at any timeto go a circuit ofthirty miles to getnames to a petition. Surelygenuine signatures are as good on one piece ofpaper asthey are onanother,andit wouldhavebeenan easymatter tohavestuck the imformalpetition to the formal one, and supplied theomissionsifany.

The settlers, however, to their credit,havenow the formalpetition in an advanced state,and we trust they will obtaintheir object with-out-ahy morered tape officialism.

The DunedinCorrespondent of the 'OamaruTimes

'furnishes the following bit of gossip:—"Amongother on dite of a non-politicalchar-

acter,Ihear thatwe are likelyto lose another'scholar and gentleman' fromDunedin, in the

personof the Rev. F. C. Simmons, thepresentrectorofthe High School, who, itisrumored, islikely, ere long, to leave us for the capital,'somewherein Cook's Straits.' Similarlyit is

whispered, that Judge Chapman will probablynot makea verylong stay in theProvince."

The 'Provincial Government Gazette,' of the3rd instant, contains a proclamation by theSuperintendent, appointing Thomas Fraser,Esq., Deputy-Superintendent of the Provinceduring the absence of Mr Macandrew, whorepresents the district of Bruce in the GeneralAssembly. The appointmentof GeorgeDuncan,Esq., as Acting-Provincial Treasurer, duringthe absence of MrYogel at Wellington, is alsonotified.

In a recent number of the 'Australasian,'there appeared a leading article criticisingseverely, although not in anunfriendly spirit,the generalconduct of "Penny Readings," nowso popular, and which, wherever established,aregenerally well attended. The whole burdenof the complaints urged against them is con-prisedin the dangerthere existsof having theEnglish language "lowered in purity," and"corruptedanddebased

"by well-meaningbut

imperfectly-educated persons. We are quitesensible that such a riskattends all these move-ments;butnoevils of which the writer com-plains, are for a moment to be comparedto others of terrific import, which are sure toexist,and increase, in those places where suchthings as Penny Readings, Lectures, or other jmeansfor rational improvement,or amusementdonot obtain. We cannotbut.regretthat some-thing of thekindhas not beenstarted inMilton.Here there are large ntimb«vs nf yr.-n-na «.**"»,

whom, wo we persuaded, would gladly availujooiseives of such opportunitiesto spend theirlong winter evenings, receiving pleasant andprofitable instruction, but who now idle awaytheir time inwatchingand takingpartingamesof billiards, andlike modesof amusement, whicheven in themselves, but specially as they areassociated withtemptations to drinkand otherbaneful habits, can only be thought of as thevery worstkind of preparation that the youngamongstus could have for the active duties oflife. The knowledge of human nature shouldconvinceallphilantrophists, that it isuseless toexpecta decrease indrinking,&c, so longas nosubstitutesare found, of an elevatingandrefin- jing tendency. We apprehend if some steps bo jnot speedily taken tocheck, ina reasonable way,theprevalenceofgaming,drinking,andlounginginpublic houses by our youths, that the futuremorality of the township will be "lowered inpurity," andseriously

"corrupted anddebased."We areinclined to think the establishment ofPenny Readings, &c, should be

hstrongly en-

couraged by our local clergymen, as powerfulauxiliariesto their pulpitministrations.

In the Provincial 'Gazette'of the 10th inst.,notification is given of the Amiual Election ofRoad Boards; at Loveil's Brook, at thehouseof MrF.Twiss, on Thursday, 18th;at StoneyCreek, at thehouse of Mr G. Bryce, onFriday,19th; and at Waitahuna West, at Mr JohnBuchanan's, on the sameday. Italsointimatesthat a sale of CrownLandsby public auction,inthe Hundreds of Dunedin and East Taieri, on12thprox., West Taieri and Waihola on 13th,So\ith Tokomairiro and North Tokomairiroon14th, East and West Clutha on the 15th, willtakeplace in the Sale-rooms of Messrs. Driver,MacleanandCo, at the upset price of lOs. peracre.

We have very recently urged upon the resi-dents of this district the important benefits thatwouldarise from the establishment ofawoollenmanufactory, and wedo feel surprised that nosymptom of action to organise a company, togive effect to our suggestions, has been mani-fested. We overtwelvemonths ago advocatedthe claims of distilleries upon the notice ofcapitalists,and no result has followed. Theseand other branchesof induatryaremuch wantedin the province and colony, and if successfullycarriedout, would do much to enliven trade,and help the farmer in the difficulties withwhichhehas to contend. At the present priceof wheat,we believe starch could be profitablymade here, as the labor required isnot great,andasthe refuse could be advantageouslyusedfor the fattening of pigs.- We Commend thesubject to someof;our local capitalists. Couldnot soap andcandlesbemade hereinMilton, andthus save a gooddealin the cartage -of the rawtallow to Dunedin, and its re-cartage, in theshape of soap and candles? The up-countrydiggings musii use a large quantity of thesecommodities. Could theynot be supplied fromamanufactory nearer thanDunedin?

We are glad to know that the "Post OfficeSavings Bank, lately brought into operationhire, has been by many of our communitylargely.iused; We hope/*at an early date, togive someparticularsof |fche:amount of tv iaessdone. \ : ■ /'■■"■'':

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The English Mail vld Suez cleses here onFriday, 19th instant.

Ameetinghas beenheld at Invercargill,witthe object of forming a Rifle Volunteer Corns.

Mr. George Webb, of Lawrence, last week

killed a pig, which, when dressed, weighed632 lbs.

The usual monthly meeting of theLodgeSt.George,Lawrence, will be held on Wednesdayevening, the17th instant.

OnThursday evening last the first of a seriesof "Sixpenny Readings" cameoff at the School-house, Lawrence. In the absence, throughindisposition,,of theMayor, Or. 8.. Vause, Esq.,occupied the chair. Hebrieflystated thatthesereadings hadbeengotupby anumberof gentle-men who were anxious to provideinstructiveamusement during the winter evenings. Theproceedswouldbe equallydivided amongst thevarious churches and other institutions. He"was very glad to see so many present, andtrustedthat from first to last the undertakingwould be a success. During the evening, thefollowing gentlemeneitherreador recitedpiecesfrom the best popular authors, viz., MessrsBailey, M'Lelland (who snng "To-morrow"incapital style) Thomson, Dr Halley, J. L. S.Keen, Adams,Adair, andMasters Mooney and

Little. Miss Fowler and Miss Daxton alsorecited. The recently formed Glee Club, repre-sented on this occasion by Mrs and MrHall,Miss Vye,and Messrs M'Lelland, Stenhouse,Maule, and Armstrong, added greatly to theenjoyment of the evening byseveralbrilliantlyexecuted glees. Mr Marriott presided at theharmonium. The National Anthem concludedthe entertainment.

OnThursday last, the 9th instant, anumer-ously attended meeting of the EpiscopalianresidentsinLawrence, took place at the Com-mercial Assembly Rooms, in order to considerthe advisability of opposingthe appointment ofDr Jenner to this Diocese. Mr Bailey, LayReader, occupied the chair. The Rev. R. L.Stanford, of Tokomairiro, andJohn Dewe,Esq.,R.M., of the same place, were present, andspoke at considerablelength. The wholemeet-ing (with certainly not more than two excep-tions) seemedthoroughly toendorse every wordutteredby these gentlemen,particularly whenconsidering the ritualistic tendencies of DrJenner. A resolution adopting the petitiontothe Archbishop of Canterbury was carried— anamendment of amore softening nature, by Mr

J. L. S. Keen, finding no seconder. Votes ofthanks toMrStanford, MrDewe, andthe Chairconcludedthemeeting, after which thepetitionreceivedmany signatures.

We regretto learn that Mr Ralston, who isemployed on the Clntha Bridge, met with a

serious accident a few days ago, which hasdeprivedhim ofhis left thiimb. He was in theact of clearingorlevelling the topof one of thepiles, whenthemonkey slippedandcame downand severed his finger. He luckily did notbecome faintor sick, as a fall fromtheheight atwhichhe was workiner, might in all likelihoodhnve proved fatal. We understand Dr Smithdressedthe wound, andthat itis healingwell.

AtHorse Shoe Bend, Mount Ben?er, a veryneat churchis being erectedby the subscriptionsofthe inhabitants. Mr Grant, a squatter,hasfor some time past been performing divinecoi.jVccvci.y Owiitirtv, tuirt tne needof a churchhas been much felt. When finished, a teameetingis tobeheld,at which, we areinformed,theRevDr Copland,ofLawrence, has consentedto preside.

Nobusiness of anypublic interest has beentransacted at the Resident Magistrate's orWarden's Court, Lawrence, during the week. Anumber of small debt cases were heard. AWarden's heavy case— Robertson v.Blundell—if? set downfor hearingon the 18th instant. Itinvolves the question of prior right to certaingroundas the site of a water race, the propertyof defendant, said groundhavingbeenleased byplaintiff- for agricultural purposes. We shallpublish the case in extejisonext weelr.

A farewell dinner has been given to MrSmeall, editor of the 'Oamaru Times,' by anumber of residents of the district, as a tokenof theirrespectand kindly regard. There wereupwards of forty gentlemen present— Mr H.Clapcott occupying the chair, andMrJulius thevice-chair. On the sameday, Mr Smeall, wholeaves the colony for England, waspresentedbythe companionship of the paper with a hand-somering, suitablyincribed.

The'WakatipMail

'of the 10th inst. says:

"A case of very great importance is to beheardto-dayat Arrowtown, beforeMr WardenBroadand assessors. Itwillbe, webelieve, thefirstof thekindtriedin theprovince. The caseis one of encroachment, and the dispute, wehear, is likely tohinge upon thepower of minersto takeup, as anordinary claim, groimd whichhas beenapplied for as anextendedclaim. Theplaintiffs(Swyer andparty) sue for damages tothe amountof £250, value of five feet of wash-dirt, taken out of the ground applied for bythem. The surveyorhas been engaged for somedays in making undergroundsurveys;and thecasepromises to be quite a cause celebre. Theground indispute is situated on the deep leadat Cardrona."

We ('Daily Times') understand that theschooner Jessie Kelly, which arrived at PortChalmers onFriday evening,fromtheMauritius,via Freemantle and Adelaide, brought fromFreemantlo six or sevenmen who had receiveda conditional pardonin the penal settlement ofWestern Australia. All those men were, nodoubt, originally long-sentencedconvicts. Whenquestionedby the police, the new arrivals ad-mitted that they were ''Governmentfmen;"but they saidthatthey weretoldatFreemantlethat they might come to Otago. This state-ment may be true; but it is also true thatWestern Australiaought not to be allowed tofree itself of its expireesat the expense of anypart of New Zealand. Victoriahas protecteditself against such additions to its population;and the Assembly, during its present session,mi"litwellgive to this colony a similar protec-tion. If this first batch from Freemantle isallowed to remain here, and its members arepermittedtoact as they please, no doubt otherconditionally-pardonedmen willbe told atFree-mantle that they can go toOtago;.and thenacostly increaae of thepolice force willbecome anecessity. The police authorities, we shouldthink, are not likely to allow cur unlesiraUevisitors toremainin Otago, if it is possible tiinduce them to leavetheprpxiice. ,I

An inquest was held on Thursday, the 11thinst:, beforeJ.Dewe, Esq., KM., Coroner, onthebody of the deceasedJohn Williams, whosedeath werecordedlast weekashaving occurredaccidentally in theTokomairiroBush. The manGeorge Otray, who was working near to thedeceased at the timeof the accident, was,ex-,amihed, anddeposedto the fact of his findingWilliams quite dead, lying under the tree hehadfelled;hisneck waslyinguponabranch ofthe topof a tree that had been previously cut,and the treeupon it. CharlesFaygave similarevidence;and DrFergufsbn, Milton, describedthe nature of the*"wounds, and expressedhisconvictionthat'death,wascausedby suffocation,by the compressionofj the neck and chest. Averdict of "Accidental death," in accordancewith the evidence,wasreturned.

From the'Daily Times

' telegrams of Satur-day, welearn, the resolution that theGoldfields!authority should bedelegatedto theSuperinten-dent, willbea close"result, much depending onMessrs Bell, Murison, and Reid, who wereexpectedtoarrive onWednesday (to-day). Thedivision will be postponed to that .day. Thepolicy of theGovernment is considered antago-nistic to the Provinces. Everything indicatescentralisation as the guidingprinciple of all theBills. Mr Campbell (Oamaru) challenged theGovernment with theintention securing thewhole of theLoans on the TerritorialReserves,which they didnot deny.

We have much pleasure in being able toannonnce that the prospects of the CanadaQuartz Mining Company are exceedingly en-couraging just now. TheCompany haveopenedupon a reef about the centre of the claim,supposed to be a distinct and different lodefrom the original. Inisinking, the reef widenedând the stone bears a yêrypromisingcharacter.Last week the company washed up, after aweek'scrushing, andobtaineda cake of 35 oz,leavinga profitof £60, after paying wages andall workingexpenses. Itis intendedtocleanupagain ina fortnight, andshould the resultequalthe last week's work, there willbe no doubt ofthe permanency of the reef, and the ultimatesuccess of the Company There are about110unallottedsnaresopen to thepublic, on applica-tion. We trust eyery encouragement willbegivento theundertaking, and that the publicwill not be backward in making early appli-cations for shares, which would enable theCompany to proceed more vigorously, andreleaseit from pendingliabilities.

The second of a courseof Lectures, under theauspicesof the TokomairiroYoungMens'MutualImprovement Association, will be deliveredbyMr J.Church, of the 'Bruce Herald,'on Thurs-day;subject,"MutualImprovement Societies,and theirBenefits." It was expected that MrBathgate, Dunedin would have delivered thissecond lecture,but'heThas been prevented byindisposition. The subject for lecture chosenby MrChurch should, however, induce a largeattendance of all who areinterestedonbehalfofthe future social,mental, and moral welfareofthe young; and°~we trust very many of ouryoung men will be present at the meeting onthat evening, in the Presbyterian Church, at7 o'clock.

We have been informed that the Chinaman,AhLong, in custody for the murderous assaultonMr B.Harbord,wasbrought down, inchargev£ cbe police, to Milton bri Monday, and for--warded to Dunedinyesterday. He still refusesto take anymeat, andapparently is sufferingagooddeal frdm depression. His persistence inobstinatelyrefusing foodmayprobablyterminatefatallybeforehe canbebrought to trial.

Mr J. H. Harris has taken his seat intheLegislativeCouncil ofNew Zealand.

The'PastoralTimes

'of the27thAprilstates— "

Booligalcorrespondentrefers to the suffer-ings from thirst of a party in the back countryof theLachlan. Onepoorman,namedMatthewBrown, gave £1 for about half-a.pint of water,andafter drinking it, it is said, offered £20 for afullpanikinof water,so dreadfulwashis thirst.Bodies and skeletons are continually beingfoundintheback countryof Messrs G. and T. LangandMr G. P. Desailly's stations, between theLachlan and the Darling. The' rainfall duiingthelast month-was17£ inchesby the rainguage.

We learn fromone of the Wellingtonpapersthatit is not unlikely that in the course of £~ v.orsix monthscomplete telegraphlines will havebeenestablishedbetweenNew York and Pana-ma, bringing New Zealand withinabout28 daysofEngland, as a contracthas been recently ar-rangedfor a cable between New York and Ha-vana, tobeeronpletedinJune,and with the in-tention, it is stated, of continuingit to theIsth-mus.

The'PaperTradeReview'cautionsthepublic

against a beautiful paper bearing the name of"Mother-of-Pearly Itappears that thepearlyappearanceis communicated to thepaperby theuseof sugarof lead;and-onanalysis ithas beenfound that a cardmeasuring 5£ by 3 inchescon.tainsno less thanseven grains of thatpoisonoussubstance.

The followingdreadfulcase is related in theArgus

':— What is believed to beanothercase

of death from animal poisoning in connexion■with the Cumberland disease has occurred atAlbury. A drovernamed James Denwood wastravelling with a lot of store cattle, ana whennear the Mohanga Station, one ofhis workingbullocks knocked up and died. Denwood,thinking thatthis hadoccurred fromover-drivingopenedthe carcase tosee what was thematter.Hehad some cracks or sores onhis fingersatthe time, in which soon after he began toexperience tingling sensation. Noticing thestate of the liver, and that the spleen wasenlarged and decaying, Denwood immediatelysuspected the presence ofCumberlanddisease.He exclaimed, "I'm.a dead man,"androdeofftoAlbury atonce, leavingsomedrovers to takethe cattle back to Narrandera. On reachingAlburyhe saw Dr Hester, who cauterised thewounds with nitric acid, and the patientappeared for a time to be getting on well.Fresh sores, however, afterwards appearedonthe back of the hand, and these were alsodestroyed by Dr Hester. Swellings on .theside of thebody appearedafterwards. Themanwas alive and apparently tolerable well-'onMondaynight, but was found deadathalf-pastseven next morning. As there were somanyconflicting opinions concerningthe deathof lateMr Layton, it is tobe .hoped that a throughpost mortem, examination .will be made onthis occasion.

WEDNESDAY JULY 17,1867THE BRUCE HERALD.

4

HEW ADVERTISEMENT.TOKOMAIKIRO YOUNG MENS'

MU TUAL IMPROVEMENTASSOCIATION.

THE Second of a COURSE OF SIXLECTURES will be delivered in the

PIHOSBYTKRIAN CmJKCH, Milton,lokomairiro,on THURSDAY EVENING,18th instant, byJohn Church, Esq.

Subject:— "Mutual Improvement Socie-ties and theicBenefits."

Doors open at half-past six;Chair to betakenat seveno'clock.

Tickets, for one Lecture, Is. ; do., forCourse. 3s. ; tobehadof any of theMembersor at the " Bruce Herald" Office.

THOS. M'LATCHIE,Secretary.

WAIHOLA HUNDRED.

rpHOSE Licenseholders who havenot sent

inthe return of Cattle depastured on the

WasteLands ofthe Crown, are requested to

doso to anr of the Wardens before the 31st

instant, af"-er thatday steps may betakento

enforce returns, accordingto clause Gof the

Bye-laws.GEORGE LINDSAY,

Secretary to Wardens.

\ BSTRACT of the accounts of theMil--£^- burnRoadDistrict:—

RECEIPTFrom Ratepayers and Go-

vernmentSubsidy ... £242 2 6Due Treasurer ... ... 116

£243 4 0PAYMENTS.

Advertisingand Stationery £7 16 9Contractandday labor 235 7 3

£243 4 0

GEORGE LINDSAY,Treasurer.

JOHN FRANCE) Adi,JOHN G. GRAY f Audlto.rs-

TTSjiTHAVE JUST RECEIVED, andadded to Stock,

1Case SuperiorTweedSuits.1 „ TweedVests,extra largesizes.1 „ CrimeanShirts, „ „ „AllColonial madeGoods.

STEWART & GOW,

CluthaFerry, July 12th,1867.

mENDERS WAXT.i-.D to build a ChurchJ- at Warepa;Plans and Specifications tobe seen at the house of Mr Peter Ayson,Warepa, with whom, also, Tenders are to beodged on or.,before the 20th Augustnext.The Committee do not bind themselves toaccept the lowestor any Tender--

TTwup..,.a~«. vmy 1867.

MUNICIPALITY OF MILTON.

"TVTOTICE is herebygiven,that theNomi-

nationof Candidatesfor electionto the office

of Mayor will take place at the Council

Chambers, Milton, at twelve o'clock, noon,

of the l7th instant, before whichhour all

nominationsmust belodged with the Town

Clerk. . .JAMES ELDER BROWN,

Mayor.Council Chambers,

Milton,Ju'.y 9th, 1867.

SUBSCRIBERS who do not receive theircopies of this paper regularly, are re-quested to notify the same to the ma-nager.

'Bruce Herald/ Tokomairiro.

NEW ADVEgJ*SEMKKTS__

WllW ANtlgiftfcKßÂElt,V xFriifeesftjflreet Ssuth,

' 'W ANT ED.

A PLOUGfitMAN. Wages, 25s aweek.

Apply to James Goodall, Tokomaiiiro; or,

Henry Eaglo, Smith's Station, Waitahuna.

'Nonebut agood manneed apply.

T UESDAY, 30th JULY,At 2 o'clock sharp.

CANADA QJ7AUTZ, MINING COY./(Registeekd.)

GI/L LIES/AnW TREETbeenin^rVetedybytheMortgagee

to/sell by fiknblic ancuon, in their/Rooms,Princes-strA*, Dune^ST on Tuesolay, 30thjDtey.at 12«clbAb ' /

Wrk© fetaun, qu\rtz reef smdmine,known/Y*/the CANftDAyREEF; together

/With the sVatejr Race, Machinery,/ Stock aniTT'lanJß connected therewith.

/For farther particulars, apply to

T&xssnL KENYON AND MADDOCK,Solicitors; or to

GILLIES AND STREET,Auctioneers andLand Agents.

SALE OF CROWN LANDS.— VSection IC,blockXiitolook 9; and 20,

block 2,To4nJÔatâ.ra;Sections5,bJoc^^^Sil2, block4, Town

ofBaWuttai/\/1

Sections/2Vand.22, bl-^ck.U; 34, block7^; 27^>lock 72; 6j/block 71;and,IS,block\7,OamaryTown,

Having M«ii dffered forialebyauction, andaMflifiold:^T<*we is herebygiven,that appli-cafwns havM)een\mad(etopurchase the sameAt^BûJvt pricftj/in accordance with the27tb^»wion >o|/Hme

'" Waste Lands Act,* loOO* / v /

AnypeWon other than thepresent appli-cant^ desupou/of purchasing such Sections,niucrbapplylor the.same at the LandOffice,

* Duîedin, 6norbefore Wednesday, the 14th4ajnof Awpa&tnext,otherwise thesaidlands

c wilTWrold to the before mentioned appli-cants* on the datebeforestated. .

W.H.CUTTEN,.^v.'__^^mmissioner^f jCrownJJan^s ._

O T AGO B R EWE EY,

\;3i:l/. AND 0. 'BUBKE>

: . ;" / v;,.btr.ewers.

TTHEIkVnCOMPARABLE

■ \ NandY \ /

fis\a np sflmuir,

s., / \\4 I/barbels, ~"^

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\ J KILDERKINS.

ORDERS LEFT or addressed to their

TownOffice,

PRINCES STREET SOUTH,

. 'Willmeet withdue attention.' "

MUIfICIPALiTY OF MILTON.

I" : "VTOTICE ishereby given,thatthenomina-j 4-^ tionof Candidates for Elec'ion to the

Offices of Councillors and Auditors,for theyearendingIstAugust,1868, will take placeon'^Saturda}' the 27th day of July, instant,at noon,at the f\mncil Chambers,Milton.

Therebeing three Wards, two Councillors. vil} !>e ejected for each Ward, and two Audi'

*-ors for the Municipality. Nomination?,signed by two Citizens and the Candidate,iniiftbe lodged with theGlerk beforenoon"ofaboved-iy. Prfnted forms and necessary in-formationsupplkdonapplicationa* theTown

irClerk's Office.

JAMFS ELDEU BROWN.J ayor

<j. -W. Lereneea, Jetty-street, reports:—

Themarkethas again been well supplied withoats; »nd while the present limited oppor-

tunities exist forihe transport of surplus stocksto distant markets, there is littleprospect ofimprovedprices; andour growers are deprivedof the fulfillmentof this reasonableexpectationof ayrise. Sellers, therefore, had to submitt0rf&ther decline. Primesamplesare quoted2sMfmiddling and infdpor^ 2s 6d;wheat ofcfair quality, for,milling,issaleable at 4s to 4s

3d..inferiordull, from 2s 9d to 3s 6s;flonr atthe'mill, £10; delivered,at £10 10s per ton 5bran, Is per bush. Pototoes meet with readysale for shipment at £3 10s to £3 15per ton;supply has considerably fallen off. Englishbarleyverydullofsale,pricelower,andimpossibletoeffect a clearance;carrots slow sale, at £3 10s

per ton; hay, supply equal to demand$ loose,£4 ss;trussed, £4 10s per ton;hay chaff £5 ;inferior, £4 to £4 14s per ton; straw, supplyequal to demand, at £2 per ton;ryegrass-seedingooddemand,Irom6s to6s 6d per busli.

We are requested to state that an Amateur

"Concert islikely to take,place inMilton in the

course of a fortnight or three weeks, inaidofthe funds of the Benevolent Asylum. Ladiesand gentlemen "willing to lend their servicestowards such a praiseworthy object are re-quested tonotifythe same at the office of this■paper.". Theannualelectionof Mayor,Councillors,andAuditorsis very near,aswill be seen by adver-tisement.: Asv£he town has been dividedintothreewards, andinconsequence of this, as allof the present Councillprs have resigned, toafforda-better opportunity for the ratepayersfor the different wards, there will be requiredsix Councillors. It is- time that the citizenswereon thelookout, and to choose eligiblemen

torepresent them for the ensuing year. Thepast.-year'sproceedings have been, we believe,to alargemajorityof the ratepayers,eminentlysatisfactory;andeachmemberwho has lield a:seat at the Council Board, has displayed suchan amountof zealandimpartiality, inallmattersaffecting the welfare 'and comfort of the rate-payers, which confirms us in the anticipation,thatif disposedtooccupy again the same posi-tion, they will all be re-elected. But ifc ispossible some"of them maynot wish to do so;anditbecomes the duty of all qualifiedelectorstosecure the servicesof

"goodmen and true,"who will be tlikely toJwork harmoniously to-gether- With the view of ascertaining who,-amongst our most generallyrespected citizens,arelikely to become Councillors if nominated,wevwouldsuggest'thatapublicmeetingbe heldjprevioiisto the day of nomination, so thatsome-thingmaybeknown,:aud.avoidthe unnecessary■trouble of nominating men who will not act.Asmany of the citizens maynotbe awareof thestrictprovisionas tothe formof nomination, wequote the Clause XXIV— "The nomination ofthe Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors respec-tively, shall be signedH>y the citizens, andbyeach of thepersons thereinnominated, in testi-mony of his consent tobe put in nomination,and toact if elected;andsuch nominationshalllie in the form of the^ScheduleB (tobe obtainedof the Town Cleric), orasnear as circumstancesmay admit; but.no nomination shall be acted

""uponunless the names shall have been lodged"with theTown Clerk, beforeor on the day fixedior nomination." .

TOWN COUNCIL.A meeting of the Council was held on

Monday last. Present— The Mfeyor, and"Councillors Goodall,Bryce,andDickson.

After theminutes of previousCouncil wer eread and confirmed, the Council formed itse!into an open court for the revision of the■Citizens'Roll. Therollsof the severalWardswererevised; six claims f<-.r SouthWard andthree for East Ward wereadmitted.

tTherewerenoobjections. TheClerk was thereafterinstructed to advertise twicein the 'BrucrHerald' the nomination of Councillors andAuditors, and to have printed a sufficientnumber of nomination papers for the use of"the ratepayers.

DUNEDIN.(From our own Correspondent.)

On the eveningof Saturdaylast, the city■was again startled by the solemn pealsof ,the fire bell. The usual amountof commotion incidental to announce-Tnenta of this kind followed, but the appre-hensionsoonsubsidedon the fact becomingknownthat the scene of the catastrophewasthe suburban district of Pelichet Bay.Thither,however,agoodlynumber ofpersonstrendedtheir way,and, in companywith themembersof theFire Brigade,arrivedintime"to see the last of one of those relicts ofDunedin in the past

—a whare. A jet of

watersoon extinguishedtheflames, but notuntilthe erectionand its contentswerere-ducedtp;.ashes. The casualty took place inti locality surrounded by a similar classofbuildings, and had it not occurred on are-

.iriarkably calmnight it is morethan probablethat a number of poor families would havelieenrenderedhouseless. In connection withan event of this kind it may not beout ofI'lace to: inform yon that a bill has beenbrought forwardin the Assembly,authorisingthe pulling; down of any building so as toarrest 'tieprogress ofa fire. This is amuchneededpieceoflegislation,and had it existed=a few months ago, Princes-street,Dunedin,wouldnot havebeenrendered thedesolationto which itNas reduced by the late calami-tous fire. ". --.j■.-..■

ThelateQoldfields* Secretary,Mr Vincentfyke,has got himself againinto trouble. Heappearsduringhis palmy days tohavemade a'number of enemies, andthey seem now to bedeterminedto accomplishhis downfall. Thefacts, so far asIhaveascertained,arebriefly' these —

Some two or three. jrears ago,a deposit ofL5came into hisbandsin connectionwitha miningleaseapplication. A few days

,since, asurveyor, lately in the employmentof the Government had him up before theResident Magistrate's Court to show causewhy he should not hand over the depositmoney for travelling expenses-incurred byJhim (thesurveyor)inconnection with theap-plication. Pyke succeeded"in showingcausejyhybeshould dp.nq'hingof. thekind,in;fact,

proved thatheJiad refunded the money,-' theajjplkaUonhot'havingbeengranted. Tm--''mediatelyafterwardsitwaspubliclyannouncedthata comm:3sion ofir.qniry was to be insti-

Itufedbyflbhe.Qovernmentinto the affair,mal-veg|ati<»n.' havingbcen,allegedagainstMrPyke.Tx^sult is not yetknown. WereIta tell" yotf^hat1MrPyke wasa modelofsantificationyou wonlUbe yeryright not to believeme,

, on the other hand; there ismuch reason'forsupposing that this accusation ismore there-sult«f personalJspleen than public policy.

SALE OF FREEHOLD PROPERTYAT BALCLUTHA.

The following are the particulars of MrBarr?s sale of freeholdpropertyin the town-ship of Clutha Ferry, held on Thursday,11thinstant.

We eho.ldsuppose, from thehighpricesgiven for several of the small sections, thatpurchasers intended at once building uponthem, andshould that proveto be the case,we anticipate this sale will fdve a freshimpetus to this spirited little township,whichpromises to become the of alarge■pastoral and agricultural district ofcountry.

LAWRENCE.

NOMINATION OF MAYOR.

On Fridaylast, the 12tliinstant,inaccord-ance withnotice dulygiven, the nominationof persons dulyqualified to serve as Mayorof the MunicipalityofLawrence, took placewithin the Council vhambere, Lawrence, attwelve o'clock, noon. Councillor GeorgeJeffreyoccupiedthechair, and afterreadingthatportionof the Ordinance bearinguponthe nomination, and the notice-conveningthe meetingof ratepayersfor thepurpose, heopenedtheonlynominationwhichhad beenlodged. J.L. S. Keen, lawclerk,Lawrence,proposed, and (r. B. Vause, of same place,seconded, Horace Bastingsasa fitand properperson to filltheoffice ofMayor. Both pro-poserand seconder ?pol<e— Mr Vause statingthat he had understood that Mr JohnHerbert "was also to he nominated, andwondered why those who had got up therequisitionto thit gentlemanwerenot thereto nominatehim.

Mr Herbbkt said that a requisitionliadbeen presented to him, numerously j-igsied,andhehadconsentedto stand, and that wasallheknew about thematter.

TheChairman declaredHorace Bastingsduly elected Mayor for the ensuing twelvemonths, which announcement wasreceivedwithloudcheers.

Mr Bastings thanked the ratepayers forthe honorable position in which they hadagain placed him. He had not intendedagainto stand, but having received a verypressing requisition, signed by fifty-one ofthe most influential men in the place, hecame to the conclusion that it was his dutyto accede to the request, though he wouldnothave donethis unless convinced thatitwas the express desireof a very large majo-rityof the ratepayers. He should take anearlyopportunityofcalling ;ipublic meetingof theratepayers,inorder todemonstrate tothemby factsand " figures that all andmorethan all thebenefitswhich he had predictedas the result of the placebeing declaredaMunicipality had been realised. He coulddo thisnow,but would prefer to postponeittilla largernumber werepresent. He againthanked the electors, and moveda vote ofthanks to Councillor Jeffrey for presiding,andthe proceedingsterminated.

BLUE SPUR MINING NEWS.Themild weatlier and .the recent falls of

rain have again given an ample supply ofwater to theraces,andall the companies arein full work again.

Livingstone and Co are washing' tip th■

headoftheirrace,andthe 3'ield of goldis 88good as' ever, for the time they have beenrunning; they have still a largequantity ofloose«ement onhand from theirlastblast.

Morrison and Co havestill several months'washing before they will require to blastagain;and theirrecent slip of cement is finerthanusual,and tolerably wellbrokenup.

Fenton and Co have fired a blast with achargeof 9.501bs of powder. The effect of iheshot wasverygood,alargequantityofcementbeingheaveddown, and wellbroken up.

The GreatExtended Co are preparing foranother blast. The main drive is thirty-five feet in length, and the chambers willmeasure,on the ordinaryTcnosa-drive prin-ciple,oneabout16 feet long,and theother 14feet in length. ;The manager, Mr WilliamCummings,intends to use a chargeof J4oolbsof powder; the depth of the face is 53 feetiand, on account ofthe rapid rise of the hill,the Company will'soon have a much deeperface, with improved facilities for blastingdown and getting awaymuch greater quan-titiesof cement.

.Several'of/,the Blue Spur Companies willsoon be washing up, with two runnings offrom two to four months. During the lasttwo months but few large blasts have beenfired,andno washingsupofmuchconsequencenave takenplace; butfull advantagehas Lcentaken of the increased supply of water, bywashingawayas .roach cement aspossible.

BALCLUTHA.(FromourownCorrespondent.)

To thoseof your readers who mayhave aturn forpractical joking,it willbe interestingto learn that tbe priceof a good subject fullyworked(inoluding anM.D., assistant,and twohorses),bas been fixedatLlO, at whichfigurea settlement of last week's transactionshasbeeneffected.

At the Police Court, the following caseshave been disposedof during the week, beforeJ. P. Maitland, Esq., R.M. :— Friday,12th,Campbellv, Stuart, claimL2O; judgmentbydefault. Monday, 15th, J. Hogg'v. D. Fer-guson, claim L2B 6s. Bd., reduced toL'iOforthe jurisdiction of theCourt; judgmentforamount claimed, with costs. "Cunningham v.A. M'Neil, Lll; judgment forL6,withoutcosts.

TAIERIPLOUGHING MATCH.

(Fromthe 'Daily Times.')The Annual PloughingMatchof the Taieri

AgriculturalSociety was he'd ina paddockonthe farm ofMr Donald Borrie, West Taieri,on Tuesday, the 9th iust. The attendanceof visitors «vas considerable, but much lessthan theusual numberpresent at the annualmatches of this Society. The distance fromtown, and theday having beenverycold,pre-vented many townspeople from attending.The following were the entries:—

OWNER. PLOUGHMAN.

D. W. Oughton Win. MackenzieJ.B. Blair Jas.TytlerWin. Aitken Wm. CooperPeter Cullen Jas. WilliamsonPeter Whitelaw Jas. MurrayJno.Sutherland Geo. MacadieJas Aitken Samuel WoodsideJas. Cullen Jno.MurrayJas. Todd (Springbank) Archd, TweddleDr.lnglis Wm. M'LeanG. and G. Warnock Jas. Bryce„ Geo. WarnockJno. Smith Self„ Jas. BarronPeter Grant (Granton) Matthew Currie

1 „ Robert Archibald„ Chas. LindsayRobeitMuir -Jno. M'Kellar

Wm.PiukertonLennox Macbeth.

John llislop Archd. HislopJohn Shaw Jhs. WhiteJohnSinclair SelfJohn Buchanan SelfJames b'hand Alex. M'KenzieWilliam Hamilton SelfThomas Mathieson Self

1 James Henderson . Edward JohnstonDonald Grant Charles Twindnle

■ JamesM'Lanchlin DanielM'Gregor1 DonaldBorrie JohnShaw1 John Edwards

James Christie . Jaanes MitebelThe Judges(Messrs Chas. Reid and Chas.

M'Gregor, Waikouaiti ;and Air Wm. Grey,1 jun., Tokomairiro)awardedtheprizes as fol-

lows:.—

Ist, William M'Konzie, L6; 2nd,'< Wm. Pinkerton, L5; 3rd, Jas. Williamson," L4; 4th,John Edwards,L3; sth,JasBryce,IL2; 6tii, Wm. Cooper,LI.

Inaddition to the prizesgiven by the So-' ciety,the followingprize?,presented for spe-I- cialobjects, wereaisoawarded,viz:— To Wm.I- M'Kenzie,for thebest finish,aset of swingle' trees, presentedbyT.RobinsonandCo.;Jas.■ Bryce, for the lest feeriiig, a set of feeriug■ poles, presented by Walter Bell and Co.;' JofmiJ-'Kellar, first prize for best groomed■ horses*Ll,presented l.y Mr Mills,gunsmith;" George Warnock, second prize for best

groomed horses, a whip, presented by MrFala-ricr,scddler; Geo. Warnock, first prize

; for best kept harness, pair of ploughback-bands,presentedby Mr Smyth, saddler, Out-ram; John M,Kellar, second prize for lest.keptharness, silver mounted head-stall, pre-sentedby MrFalconer,saddler;Wm.M'Ken-zie,third prise for best kept harness, set ofhorsebrushes, and currycomb, presented byMr Johnston, ironmonger, George street,Dunedia,

After thematch, about sixty-five membersandvisitorssat downto a well-provided din-nerat Gla son'sHotel. Mr William Steven-son, the Presidentof the Society, occupiedthochair, and Mr Donald Reid, M.P.C. and' M.HR., the vice. The usual toasts weregiven, and the company separated, pleasedand satisfiedwiththeday's proceedings.

THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH

hokorablb legislative councillobs,Gjektlvmex of the House of Kepkbsenta-

TIVES,—

Iam happy to meet you again in Parlai-ment, and to recur toyour assistance andad-vice.Ithas affordedme muchsatisfaction tohave

beenable to give effect to the wish expressedby me at the close of thelast session, to visitthe southern portionot the colony. Ihavethus hadthe pleasureofbecomingacquaintedwithmostofits leadingtownsandrisingsettle-ments,inallof whichIhave,as the Queen'srepresentative,met with the most cordial re-ception. By the people of,Auckland also,on the occasion ofmyrecent visit to thatpartofthe couiUry,Ihave been most warmly andloyallyreceived. It beena pleasingdutytometoreport to theSecretary ofState thatinno part oftheempiiehas herMajesty-moreloyalsubjects than theinhabitants of the dis-tricts through whichIhave travelled. Icouldnot hutbe gratified by the rapid pro-gress which it wasevident the colony gener-ally had made,whilein theRittletnentswhichhave sprungintoexistenceduring theListfewyears in the interior, and on the West Coastof the Middle Island,Iwasat once struckbytheir exlentandimportance,and gratified bythe pr> sence,notwithstandingthe circumstan-cesunder which theywere formed, ©f thatre-gard forlaw and order which is thecharacter-isticof ourrace. I,can say with confidencethat security,for life and property; an1 re-spect for the law exists in asmarkeda degree«in thoserecently populateddistrictsas inanypa#of beiMajesty's dominions.

Icongratulateyou on the re-establ:shmentof peace generally throughout tho North

jIsland, inno part of which doIanticipate infuture any systematicor sustained hostilitiesto the Queen'sauthority.

The attitudeof some Han Hau'fanatic*whoinOctoberlast, threatenedthe townandsettle-ment ofNapier,was such as to cause a tem-poraryanxiety,but by the judicions measuresadopted by Mr M'Lean, and gallstntly giveneffect to by Lieut-Colonel Whitmore and allclassesof theinhabitants of the district, theoffenders were severelypunished,tranquilifywasspeedilyrestoredandhas not since beendisturbedin that neighborhood.On the U'cs'tCoast, «lso, tiie natives who had for yearsbeen hostiie to the Queen's authorit3r, metwitha serious check at Pungarelrti,from Lieut-Colonel McDonnell and the Colonial Forcesunderhis command, since which time manyof them have returned to theiralleîfnce andothershave expressed theirintention-of doingsn. The conduct of her Majesty's ColonialForces, both European and Native, on thoseand other occasions deserves the highestpraise.. Duringthe recessIhave made a journey,partly on foot, throngh the North Island,anphave traversed Native Districts fwhich werefor some time past deemed unsafe to .enter.Ieverywherefoundthe embers of disaffectiondying out, andIwas received by the Maoripopulation,even in districts recently in re-bellion,in suoh a manner as to inspire confi-dence in the future peace of the country.

A necessityhavingarisen for revising ex-isting arrangements for the transmission ofmailsbetween the Australasian Colonies andthe UnitedKingdomby way of Suez, it wasdeemedexpedient that the wholequestion ofOceanPostalCommunicationsofar asit affectsthe Colonies, should bediscussed at a Confer-ence ofRepresentatives of the several Aus-tralasianGovernments,IaccordinglyaccreditedRepresentatives on the part of this Colony tothe Conference. The result of the delibera-tions ofthat body willbe laidbeforeyou, andwill,Itrust, meet with your approval. Thisresult appeal's satisfactory,not onlyasprovid-ingfor the establishmentof an efficient andcomprehensivesystemof Postal Communica-tion with ailparts of the world, but alsoasdemonstratingthe grât benefits which maybe derived from cordialand united action onthis and othersubjects affectingthese coloniesas a whole.

The Act for the establishmentofPost OfficeSavingsBanks has been brought into opera-during the past year,and theextent to whichithas alreadybeen made use of warrants thebelief that it willprove an importantmeansof fosteringindustrious and providenthabitsamongthe populationat large.

The complicated and unsatisfactorystateof the accounts between theImperial and Co-lonial Governments rendered imperative- acarefulexaminationof those accounts, with aview to their early and finalsettlement. Iaccordingly commissioned a member of myGovernmentto'conduct the inquiry on behalfof the Colony, in conjunction with an officerduly appointedby the Imperial Government.The correspondence on this subject, and areport from the Colonial Commissioner willshortly be submitted to you.

Papers concerning the administrationof theOtagoGoldFields willbo laidbefore you.Gentlemen of the Hgtjse of E/epresex-

TATIViiS,Accounts ofRevenuesand Expenditure for

thepast year and Estimates for the ensuingyear willbe laid beforeyou;andItrust thatyou will bn able to recognise inbofh thatcareful regard for economy upon which, atthis juncture, the future prosperity of theColonygreatly depends.Irecommend to your considerationa mea-

sure for tbe conversion of Provincial Loansinto Colonial Stock, with a view to placingthe securities ofNew Zealandon such a foot-ing that may be more advantageouslydealtwith thanis atpresent possible— and to main-tainingand improvingourcredit in themoneymarket. A verygeneralbeliefin the neces-sity for somesuch measurehas longbeen en-tertained, and has recentlyincreased. Suchnecessity is amply confirmedby the presentpositionof many of the ProvincialLoans.

A Bill will also be submitted to you forextendingthe benefit-* of thecolonialcredit t>enterprisescalculated to fosterand extendtheimportantindustry of thegoidficlds by « fife-r---ing a guaranteeof interest on capital invested{under properrestrictionsand supervisi n) inprocuring supplies of water for the operationsof goldmining. 'Hie very spe -ial characterof taxationandlaws of the goldficlds justifyandrequire such provision fortheir interests.HonorableGentlemenand Gentlemen,— :

. This part of her Majesty's dominions willprobably shortly be visited by his Ro3'alHighness theDuke ofEdinburgh. 1have atthe earliestmoment apprisedyon of the pro-babilityofthis visit, as Ia:n aware thatyou,andall her Majesty's subjects in New Zea-land, will desire to make the best possible.preparations to tes'ify to his RoyalHighnessthe pride and pleasure with which they re- 'ccive a Prince who has made so favorableanimpression in otherpartsofher Majesty'sdominions, and to showby their receptionofone of her Majesty's sons how sincere andearnest is their attachment to that Sovereignwho has established such lastingclaimsupontheirgratitudeandlove.Inaccordance with the intimationmade to

3'ou when Ilast released you from yourduties, my Governmenthaveearnestlyappliedthemselves to the preparationof a measurefor theestablishmentof localself-governmentgenerally throughout the country. Thismeasure will shortly be submitted to you.The growing demand from all parts of thecountry for the establishment of institutions,so congenial to our race, and which have.largelypromo'ed itsprosperit}'anddeveloped■

its habit of self-reliance, will secure for thisBill your earnest and careful consideration,andyou willdischarge an important service ifyou meet this demand in a just and compre-hensive spirit by providing the means where-by the public funds shall be equitablyex-

.pondedonworks of localapprovement underthe management and in accordance with thewishes of those immediatelyinterestedin theirconstruction. Measuresof this character tendto diminish the expense of governing the;country, to increase the efficiency of suchgovernment, topromote settlementby stimu-ilating localenergies, to extendand maintainthe rights of the subject, and to trainand en-courage all classes of the people inthe per-formanceof nationalduties. ."

The large mining population on the WestCoast Goldficlds justifiesan increased repre-tsentation,in Parliament, oftheir interests;'a Bill to effect thatobject will consequentlybeintroduced. The establishmentofFdendlySocieties inNewZealandhas beenproductiveof great benefit to largeclassts of thecommunity, and their daily increasing number,andimportance render.it advisable to improve,theexisting law. A billon this subject willaccordinglybe submitted to you. , J

Several importantBills willalsobebroujrhtunderyour notice, with the object of conso-lidatingand improving the StatuteLaw, and.of otherwise providing for the growing re-quirements of the country, which looks toParliament for such salutary measures a<changing circumstances demand.! The; repeated recommendations of theJudges of theSupreme Court, and theprovednecessity of providing more effectively thanat present fur thecustody ofpersonsconvictedof serious crimes and sentenced to longperiods of imprisonment, demand attin'ion.It is thenfore my intention to appointat anearly date a KoyalCommissioner to inquireaudreport on the best mode of institutingaGeneral PenalEstablishment fir the C louy,or such other means of meeting the necessityreferred to as may su^geit itscii to theminthe course or their inquiries.Isubmitto .ymir wifdom th? consideration

of these various importantsubjects, andIprayj thnt the blessingof God may attend yourde-liberations, and may guide them t > the pro-motionof the welfareof this country.

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THE NAVIGATION OF THE MOLY-NEUX RIVER. .

I (To tha Editorof theBruceHerald.)! Sin,—Ithink thereis a subject Avliieh hasriot a1? yet received that attention from anyProvincialGovernment of Otago which;the'natureof it wouldleadone. to expect mighthavebeengiven to it. T refer to thenaviga-tionof the MolyneuxBiver. .Though itisamatterof theUtmostimportance to carry outwithout delay the proposedRailway to theClutha,Ithink it is a questionof seriousconsiderationwhethermore usemightnot bemade, than has hitherto been done,of thenatural waterway of the -Molyneux: River,extendingas such river doesinto theheart ofthe golddistricts. Ibelieveit is statedthatthis river is navigable,or capable of beingmadenavigable, to within a few miles of theWest Coast. Probablywith the outlayof asum of money, which wouldbebutas adropin the bucket in comparisonto the expenseof the proposed railway,this rivermightbemadenavigablemuchfurtherup thanit is atpresent. We cannot tell whatmightbe theeffectof suchawork,butit isnot improbablethat it might open up, and cause the settle-ment of, a large extent of country in the in-terior, andalso give a better access to theWest Coast,and thegoluSelds of that Coast,thanwoare likely to haveformanyyears tocome. Ido not myself pretendto be verywellpostedup in thedetails of this subject,butIthink it is a matter of importanceenough to deserve the early and earnestattentionof the Government.

That whichis infavor of a scheme for im-proving the navigation of the MolyneuxRiver, is the comparative smallness of theexpense of the necessary works, and the notimprobable substantialand highlyimportantandreproductiveresults which niight be ex-pecttd from the work.

Iam, &c,Coloxtjs.

(To theEditorof theBruce Herald.)Sib.,—Iregret tosee that, as usual, yenir

reportof the (JluttiaPresbyteryis veryvague,nomentionbeing made of the SustentationFund at the half-yearly meeting,andonlyfour Ministers and two Elders present. MayIask what has become of the other threeMinisters and six Eldera commissionedbythe different Kirk Sessions to meet th "

Court whenever or at whateverplacethesaidCourtshould meet 2 Were thesemenelectedas ornaments1 would it notbe betterthatthese men should show their usefulness ingoverningthe Church '? Iseetwo.noticesofOvertures to the Synod, one of wlvch is toask the Supreme Court to make Balcluthatheseat of the Presbytery. Sir,does not thatmotionlook rather selfish? Our friends ontheother side of the river might have theiralternative meetingsin TokomairiroChurch,and give the peopleanopportunityof hearingthem through the day or atnight. The onlyrepresentutive from Warepa gave notice t«>Overture the Synod for the electionof office-ber.rera. Thatmotion will be nippedin thebud, as thestandards of the Church arequiteexpliciton thatpoint. Our friendis w:shingto give a vote to men that do not qualifythemselves for that duty. Now, Mr Editor,it is supposed thatyouare thekeeperof.yourbrotherincommon withothers, andthatyouwillprove so in reality;Itrust you willuseyour pen to bring your brother to freedomandliberty,and not allow any one to lordoverhim, or you and the press, as was at-tempted lately from acertainquarter.

j Iam,&c,Yeoman,

(To theEditor of the BruceHerald.)Sir.

—Inyour reportof themeetingof the

members of theChurch of England,heldiaithi3 district on Monday, the Bth inst., youarein error in stating that the resolutionswere unanimously carried; they certainlywere carriedby a majority,but not unani-mously.

Thepromoters oi' supporters of thepeti-tion, having brought forward no directproofs of Dr Jenner (olirappointed Ijishop)identifyinghimself withtheRitualisticParty,Ifor onehumbleiidividualdecidedly objecttoso-swi eping a petitionj feelingconvincedit is the way to stir upevil p ssions , and tocreate dis-union among the members of thesaid Church.

Weak indeedmust that ciuse be when isrequired t£ notice the fact <f BisliopJennerattendingDr Neale's funeral.. Why, Ire-member when the Roman Catholic BishopMurphy died in Adelaide,Clergymenof all

denominatioaswerepresent athis funeral.-*-Iam, «tc,

A Mraiber of tubChurch of England.

[Onr reporter informs ns that ;no handswereheldu;> in opposition to the resolutionspassed.— Ed.B.H.]

To {lieEditorof the'Bruce Herald.7Sir,— In Warepa we have been doing ft

littlein the way of progressthis winter. OnWednesday eveninglast, ourChurch Build-ingCommitteemet, and having looked over.,the Subscription List, unanimously resolvedtocall for tendersfor anew Church tobepro- ■

ceeded withimmediately,probablythey maytroubleyou with tbeparticulars. Afterwards!on the same evening, Mr Ings, teacher ofour School pave a lecture on" ThePoetryofCommonLife." There wasagoodattendance,;

the Church was filled, still,not alew wereabsent whomight andshould have been pre-sent The lecture was one of great merit,indicatingnoordinary literary attainmentbythe Author, was wellburdened with import-ant aad practical information'relatingto thevarious phases and pursuits of humanlife,and;was judiciouslyinterspersed with taste'ulhumor, which was frequently recognised byhearty applause. tNot onlywas the arrange-ment andmatter tasteful and good, but it« "■>

delivery was also emphatic, turningevery^thing to.account. We venture to p&Mct:that Mr"Ing's nextlecture (for weexpect an-other) willdraw a large audience. During!

the previousmonthwe wereentertainedbya'lecturefromMr Bannerman, Puerua,but asthis has beenfully noticedin your columns,Iwillnot trespass onyour space. Our nextlecture is to be by theRev. John Waters.Minister of the Congregation. Subject-—"The Lawsof the Atmosphere of our Globe,and thecauseofthe variousyinds,.hurricanevcyclones, &c." This is proposedto takeplaceon Iheeveningof Thursday,18th inst,, wearther permitting. "

Iam, &c, : :John WatjSßS.

Warepa.p.S.

—Ifully coincide with.your views onthe proceedingsof the EducationBoard. It,seems to me they acted illegal, and the'LocalSchool Committeesshould resistallsuchunconsti'utionalandunlawful dealings; 'Harthe EducationBoardthepower toregulatethaFranchise? Ihopenot.

— J. W.

(To theEditor of the BruceHerald.)Fir,

—Ihave to report that theBlue SpurMiningCo. isdrivinga tunnel lorabigblast,which, from being well into the hill,isex-picfe-d to bring down alarge quantityof goodpayable cement. Fenton fired a blast onFridaylast, andthe result wassplendid. TheGreatExtendedCompanyis driving a tunnelfor a blast, which is expected to be firedduring thelatter endof this week.

Iam, &c,Powdeb.

(To theEditor of theBrnceHerald.)

Sir,— Perhapsyouwillfind aplaceinyourvaluablepaperfor a few linesfromone whois very much disgusted (excuse the word)either by the conduct of the Session of theClutha Ferry Church or by the Presbyteryintheir managementof the affairs of thesaidChurch.

You are aware that for five Sabbaths theChurch here was to all intents andpurposesclosed; the only thing that existed as a re-cognition of the worship of the Almightybeing theSabbathSchool. For several weekspast,however, the Church hasbeen suppliedby the Rev. MrBatfersby, a gentlemanwhois givinggnat satisfaction-to themembersofthe congregation, and who is drawing to-gether an increasing number of adherentsevery week. As nosteps hadbeen taken bythe Kirk Fession towards some arrangementas to retaining a good man when tl'ey hadgot one, a few of the members who wereanxious to secure Mr Battersby,or at ailevents wereanxious to"know themindof thecongregation, obtained the consent of theSession tocall ameetingof thecongregation,which was done, as far asIknow, in duoform on Sunday last. The meeting wascalled for Thursday evening,but to the sur-priseof everybody a notice wasstuck up on

the Church door on Thursday,'intimatingthat themeeting would not be held,owing

to some irregularity in the wayinwhich.ithad been called. Thenoticefurther -statedtha* some of the subjects proposed to bedis-cussed at themeetinghad beentakenupbythe Session. Strange conduct surelyafterobtaining the consent of the Kirk Session tohold tnemeeting. Thereis someunderhandwork in the nm'ter- Ibelieve the KirkSession wereafraid to meet thecongregationiace to face. Theywereconscious that theirduty towards the Church had notbeen ful-filled. They knew right well that when asupply in the shape of aminister couldnotbefound, it was their duty toofficiatebyreadingthe Scriptures and Prayers,andustheyhadgreviously failed in this point as on everyother point of their duty,they weredoubtlessmo4anxioustopostpone a meetingat whichtheir true colors would have beenexhibited.One of the principal.'topicsintended ±o bedis-cussed 't the meeting was the.providingof asuitableplaceofresidencefqt theminister.» Ibelieve, Sir,^ yon will hardly credit it, theMinister* in theabsence of any other place,is""absolutely'obligedto stay at anh<>telrwhichis not the mostquiet and cdngiin&iplace forone whohas to prepare for the solemn, duties"*f 'the 'Sal-bath. I-consider this not only adisgrace to theKirkSession, bat to*hePres-bytery. Had the Ferry been: supplied /bysome poor-drone,Idaresay the jealousyel thePresbyterywoulduothave beenexcited,andthoy woulct ,then liaye done eotnething-generous.-.' ■'. -:■■-■ -

We shall sec what the Session will4o nowt!-at they have, as they pay, taken up thesubjects pi=posed-to: be discussed at,the Pjfo-pd.&ed'meeting." ''"

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WEDNESDAY JTOY 17, 1867 THE BRUCE HERALD.5

Sec. Blk. name. size, price.

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18 StewartandGowi 16 019 „ Alex. Gordon 4 23 01 II Bain&Sandersoni 41 02 „ Wra. M'Cauliff f 31 ,03 „ Dr Smith i 60 09 „ JolinLewis % 23 0

10 „ Wm. CampbeU i 20 016 „ Andw.Chapman | 23 018 „ Stewart andGow $ 23 019 „ Alex.Gordon £ 31 04 „ Bain&Sanderson 21 105 „ David Whytook £ 15 108 „ Dr Smith | 16 10

14 „ GeorgeBain i 16 017 „ I 17 020 „ „ i 17 01 111 J.H. Sheath i 20 02 ,„ „ i 23 03 „ „ i 16 07 „ JohnAlgie 1 15 108 i 15 0

WELLINGTON.(Facie OTJa OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Wellington,July 10.Parliamentwas openedat two o'cliJck yester-

lajafternoon;by His Excellency the Governorn person, with the umal ceremonies. Unfor-tunately, it was raining on and off the wholeiay,and the numberof'V^rsons who assembledan thelawnin front of ths CrOTornmcnt Build-ings to witness His Excellency's entrance was,inconsequence,not asiargeasusual. The Strangers'Galleryof'theLegislative CouncilChamber was.,of course,thickly filled, and in tha body of thehall there was a brilliantassemblage of ladiee.Amongst thoßo present,InoticedMrt.Stafford.Hon. Mrs. and Miss Young,LadyMunro,Mrs.Johnston, Mrs. Fitzgerald,Mrs.Richmond,Mis;

Bartley, and Miss Blundell. In front of themain entrance to

-tho Goreramcnfc Buildings a

guard ofhonorhad been drawnup, consisting olbetweensixtyandseventymen of iho Hutt andPorirua Volunteers,under the command ofCapt.laylor,anda detachmentof twenty-four marin2froniH.MS.Charybdis, incharge of LieutenantPowell. The guard was headed by the Huttfliind. His Excellency,' who was accompaniedby *Major Grey, A.D.C., Rev. Mr. Thatcher(PrivateSecretary), Captain Lyons,and severalotherofficersofH.M.S.Charybdi*,arrived punc-tuallyatthe appointed hour, and was receivedwiththeusualsalute.,

AfterHisEicellencvhad entered theCouncil"Chamber and takouhis seat, a short pause en*

etjed,uutil the entrance of"

tho faithful Com-mons," who came in, headed by their SpeakerandSergeaht-at-Anns,with his goldmace, in am'uohmoreorderly manner than th* membersoftheEnglish Houseof Commonsare wont to do.Iam sorry to say that, through want of roomandlack Of chairs, all the representatives of thepeoplehad tostand, huddledup together ononetideof theChamberduring tho delivery of HisExcellencyV speech. The Governor read hisspeech .with'much deliberation, and, to judgefromhishoarse tone of voico, ho was sufferingfromacold. It-willbe seen, onaperusal of thaspeech,that,ashas beonpretty generally knownfor some weekspast, two measures will bo intro-duced during the session which will involve intheirconsiderationthe fate of thepresent Minis-try—a Billfor theconversionofProvincialLoansiutoColonialStock, andaBill for the establish-ment of Municipalities. As they must veryshortly be laidbefore tho House, it would bsuseless tospeculateupon thoir nature. Lookingat the policy which lias beon adopted by theGovernment towards the Provinces,Ithink itmay fairly be said that their proposod Bill forriving a colonialguaranteeof interest oncapitalinvestedinprocuringwater forgoldmining pur-poses,is,however excellent a measure in itself,Vim*ly abidto thegold-miiingpopulatkmofthe«ilony; for support. Probably, the Assembly willtoflter no:objection to anincrease of the repre-sentation ofWestland;and the usefulness of aRoyal Commission to inquire into the advisa-bilityofestablishingageneralpenalestablishmentfor tho colony is obvious.

Immediately after His Excellency and themembersof the Lower House had retired, the

"LegislativeCounciladjournedtill next day.< The-Houae of'Representativeshaving re-assem-bled,"severalnew numbers were sworn in. A

'Bill inreference toSteam Navigation,introduceby.Uie flon. J.Hall, and a number of paper-.werelaidon the table, and were all orderod ko

"c printed. The sight of two immense *.bundl«t"f;papersonthe subjects of the.Manawatu Blocl"nil Native Affairs al Tauranga. which Mr.

Bichmond brought underhis arm and laid lipoi.the table, causeda good deal oi merriment, andone daringmemberhazardoda

"No" when thequestionofprinting them was put. After severalnotices of motion had been givea, the Houseadjourned.'

Th« reply to theAddress.istobemoved to-d»Jby Mr.Cox,anewly-electedCanterbury member.Suchdocuments are generally harmlessenough,anditwillnodoubtpass,but there are some pa-ragraphsinHis Excellency's speech which canscarcely failto provokediscussion,and the sen-

timentof theHouse willnodoubt crop out. Itv toosoonyet tojudge, but from what Icanmakeout by privateconversationswithmembers,theMinistershave a very small majority, if, in-»deed,they have a majority at all. Howevernousverrons..Amongst thepaperslaidbofore the House by

"Command ofHisExcellency aredespatcheswhichhavop^scdbetweenSir George Grey and theColonialOffice, whichIcancordially recommend'^yourattention aspretty goodexamplesof ili-

Behaviour among:greatpeople.Lord Carnarvon's,

aigcr^ppoarstoiiaverieaohedits climax in De-r oembertaßtiwlieni ma very harsh despatch,he

peremptorily withdraws all the troops in thecolony, with the exception-ofpne .regiment (andthatonlyonthe condition that £$ofado shouldbe spentby thecolony for native purposes), forthecontrolof the Governorjsinca when he hassoftened down, and becomes moderately politetoward the endof his littlevolumeofdespatches.His Excellency males a very able defence in

r letters'datedFebruary last, the answers to whicharcnot published. One thingmuststrikeryerycandidmindonperusing theso despatches, thattheHome Governmentaredetermined toremove

: lineImperialtroopsat once,nomatter what in-;convenience the colony may thereby be put." Byea the ase-of €< one regiment"whichthecolony

was olTered on veryexpensive terms, wouldbe'' hamperedwith aomany conditions, as torender" Unpractically useless. Thisi3what LordCar-narrohsays:-r-"Itjs>howeverright to state, orrather torepeat,that you.willnot be at liberty,to reqiuri.the Imperial regiment left, in thecolonytobe stationedatTaupooranywhereelse,exceptinornearroneof the greatcentresofpopu-lation, nor to directtheir removal from thosecentresexceptin-cases ofactiveoperationsagainstanenemy,nor even then, unloss the colony un-dertakes to reimbursethe ImperialGovernment,month by month, the transport and other ex-peuflesconsequentupon theirarrival/* And, inmnother despatch, he says "in any districtini which active "operations may have

-" tobecarried onconjointly^by colonial and.lm-perialforces, thoseoperations,although, ofcoursesndertakenunder instructionfromtheGovernor,ind1on-bi» responsibility, must be;under theailitary control,not of theGovernor or;oftheHinistfy,butofthe officer incommand of HerUajesty'stroops. So thatthecolony wouldnotwily havetopay for theregiment,batwouldnotbe abWeven tocontrolits movement

The.QoTenmlentreportingstaff, whichatpre:

sent consists '©/ sixvmembers, commenced itsÜbors yesterday. The gentlemen employed arethoroughly efficient,and will,nodoubt, do theirwockTOUi but it remains to be seen whetheritoHpnsewillsanction the scheme. »

CHRONICLES OF GOTHAM.

UEW SERIES.ChapxehI.

Andbehold aboutthistimeit sohappenedthatone Andrewius, suruaracd Mac, and whs* waspowerfuloflimbandtallofstature, andstrong otfeature,andcunning of speech, and beloved olthe people,and who had rested with a cloud oidarkness upon his shoulders, wascalled up untothehigh seat ofthe Tetrarch;aye, even by thavoice of themultitude was he called, and theyplacedhim in the seat ofCargillius, andofRich-ardsoniii9,andof Arrisius, and of Dickius, andclothedhimiv fine linen andpurple,andin gold,andinmany colored velvets;and the streets otthecity were filled with the menand the womenand thechildren, and they shouted as with onevoice— Long live theTe«rarch, long live Andre-wius theson ofMac, now shall he reign overus,and beunto us as a father anda guardian andaprotector,and peace ond plenty and happinessshallsmilev,on the city ofGotham.

And when the sonofMacheard the words ofthepeople,joy cameinto his heart,and he epakeunto themsaying,"PeopleofGotham, long andbitterly haveIsuffered, yea insilence andinsor-row and insolitude havemy troublesbeen heavyupon me,but now have thy doings come untome likea rayof sunshino in my darkness, andIamliftedfrommy tribulations,andbalmiapouredintomysoul. ThereforedoIsayunto you thatxny tinie andmy talent andmy labor will Igiveunto thee,and thy- downcastcity willIrise up,andnomoreshallit be trodden under foot,butitshallbecome as a gem among the nations oftheearth. And neither want, nor misery, nordestitutionas ofold shallbe inyour midst;butyourstreetsand your lanes, and your alleysandyourhighways shall bo filled withabusy people,andgreatnessbe ontho city of Gotham. Thendidthopeoplofeel wellpleasodwith theTetrarch,andrememberedhis sufferings of old, and theymingled together and went theyinto the houseofMacubbinus, the publioan, and then did theydrown theirsorrow in the water of life, and inthe sweet watersof the malt and thehop, andthejuice ofthe vine,andof tho juniper, and ofdiversstrange mixtures,and thoy became r*<»rryanddrank to thehealthof theTetrarch.

Nowdiditcome to pass that a man knownevenby thenameof Staffordius,a scribe of the,law,anda senator anda councillor, and who wasgreat inall things,and was straight and was tall,and pleasantto lookupon, and who was a loverof the toady and theloafer, and the parasite andthe sycophant,aye,ofall that wouldcringe andwouldcrawland wouldbowevenunto Staffordius,andhe was a dwellerin thefar North, evennearuntoGreyinustheGovernor. Andwhenthedoingsofthe peopleofGothatn came up unto his ears,thendid tharadiance ofhis visage growdark,andcommunedhe withRichardsonius,the soldier,thewarrior, thefarmer, the goodand the just andthesmooth-ofspeech,and who was cunninglikeevenunto the.fox,and whowasaloveroftheTetrarch'sandwho" was alllthings"unto all men, and wasgreedyofplaceand ofpower and of fees and ofemoluments. And thendid theysay unto eachother,"Now that the peopleof Gotham havechosenunto themselves Andrewius the son ofMac torule over them, nowmust they be castdown; aye, even unto the dust must they bebowed down,and their power and their wealthbe givenunto our followersand our flunkies,andour hands shall be strengthened thereby;andthey voweda vow to heap insult and ignominyandcenfusion uponuponthe Tetrarch, and dis-mayupon the peopleo£ Gotham.

Anditsohappened that they calledunto thornBradshawius,a manrich inmines,reefs,metals,andminerals, and who wasa moneychanger anda soldierevenin the far east, and a traveller inmanylands;yea,eveninShechemdidhe sojourn,and with*wailing did ho fly from thence untcGotham,and therepitchedhe his tent nearuntothewatersofthe mighty lake, and therebecamehe a scribe, and waslikeunto agiaot among the.pigmies.

Now whenhe came inro thepresence of Staf-fordihs and Richardsoniua, bowod he with allhumility, evento their feet bowedhe him. ThendidStaflbrdiup sayunto him

— "Well-belovedolmyheart, well ha9t though served us,and panderedand truckled even unto our wishes;there-foreshalt thoube raised up, and sevenhundredpieces of gold shalt thou receive;and all thepower of the Tetrarch ruling in Gothamwill1place in thine hands, and thou malt receivehomago from tho miners, and them shalt thourule over,andgreat shall be the nameofBradshawms.

AndBradshawius was gladexceedingly, andhotookuntohimself a fine ship, and went he untoGotham;and thepeoplerememberedhim ofold,and they received him with groans and withshouts and with threat* and great was the up-roar inG otham.

And whenthe tumultof thepeoplocameunto. theears ofBradshawius, thenbetookhe him untoGrantinusthe scribe, and toldhim ofthe genera-tions of thehouseofBradshawius;andGrautinu*was well pleased, and published he them, andBradshawhißbecame greatexceedingly. Stilldidevilpeople sayunkind -ords of him,and manywere there in the city who rememberedhim otoldwhenhe washumble of spirit and meek otheart,and when his raiment wascostlyand goodandnot evenas is of the present day;and whet,his iehes iv gold andiv silverandin brass wvi.«as the sandsof theoc-an, and when he niinjric* ,with the good and the grait and thaupright,analittledeemedthey then thathe would bow «owiand worshipSfcalTordius.

how,afterhe had been manydays in the citycame thereuntoGothamonenamed Kichmoudusakinda good and a worthy man, and who wa*knownin the farNorth for his wisdom ami hitknowledge andhis learning,and wont he upunittheTctrarehanddemandedhe of himhis booksand his papersandhisrecordsandhis document*but Andrewius the sow of Mac spoke unto himsaying, "Man, wherefore troublest thou me?Kn)wost thou not that Iam the chosen of thopeoplo,and that ihoy have placed power untominehands whichIwill neither yield to Staf-fordius nor Richmondua nor Bradsiiawius, naynot even to Greyinus theGovernor, but willpro-tect tho rights of my po-ple myProvince audmyself. Therefore,Isayunto you,Bichmondus,get tlice hence,andnolongerdarkenmypresencewiththe shadowof thy countonancb, nor disturbthe quiet ofmy peoplewith thy evil sayings, otBranigninus,the guardianof thecity,shall guideSiy footstepsevenunto thePalaceofCaldwellius,mdwatchoveryou with care»nd with love andwithkindness."

And when Richmondus heard tho words ofHie Tetrarehhe feltbowoddownexceedingly,andknewnot whattodo. Andhe went unto Brad-ihawiup, and thither went theyunto Donaldus,suraamed Rossius,and took they counsel even"i-omhim. And when they heard tlio words ofRossius, whowascunning ofspeech,andlearneda.thelawsofthe country,thoy felluponhisneckmd wept, saying, Donaldus, Donaldus, thou.Kinsmanof St-odius,muchdp weowe unto theeporthy wisdomand thy talentand thy goodness,andeven sltalt thou rule with Staffordius, and*reat willbe thenameofRossius. Thendidtheyretire unto the house of Birdius Ihe publican,andBradshawius and Richmondus and Rossiuspartooktheyofthe ginand therumandthe beer8and thebrandy until darkness was upon themA.ud tliey sleptundorthe tablesofGotLua,

ICITAPTEB11.—&

Now was their one Houglitonius,who w"aa adwePer nearunto tho far off lake, and who waagood and waspure, and neither stain nor blolnoi blemish rested uponhim,and he had been amusician anda player anda preacherandamul«titu19 ofotherthings. Andhe wentupunto theSenateHouse, and there did lie fall down andnow downunto Staffordius, and sought him atmorn andat noon andatnight, andin thestreetsof tho city andin tho dwolling of the councillor,evensought hehim, andprayed and begged andmadesupplication unto him for place and &tpower andfor pay. AndStaffordiususedhim«ca tooland as a puppet and as an instrumentwherewithto work, and H&ughtonius felt gladand felthonoredand felt proud. ButwhenStaf-fordius gave unto Bradshawhis seven hundredpiecesof gold, thendid the face of Haughtoniusbecome troubledexceedinglyandgrew wrathandmuttereddivers unkind words,and threatenedhoeventodesert thoranks of Staffordiu3. And hecameunto thecity of Gotham, where tho peopleofthe far offmines spokeofhim withscorn andcontempt anddivision, and sireat was the dismayof-Haughtonius,andbe retired into the wilder-ness, and therepitchedho his teufc. und no man

knewof his whereabouts.Nov it enhappened that uji tno twenty-ninth

tlsy r,f the sixth month of the first year of thetcigv of Andrewia9 the Tetrarch gladness wasupon the city.

Ar-rl beholditramo to pass, that the mightyht»3t- »nd gufu-.-]i»»)i of Gotham gathered togetherfrom «lje noHl> yni the south and tho east andth" *r.st, and thoir raiment was of blue andoigtAA. ami they -"re noble to look upon, and thejworestrongand werepowerful end w«re activo,nye evenas the roes on the aiOaoUin tops werethey active, anil they formed o warlike body, ont).

they paraded the«t reels of the city on foot andon carriages,auddivers vnaoulli vehicles, Andthe womenofthe city, who wore kind and warepureand weregood, aud were chaste and werebeautiful,and whose countenances werelikeunto:he lilyandthe rose,and whose breath was likeanto the fragranceof the violet, and theperfumojfthe orangegroves, and who were olothed inn'lks andindamasks and in velvets andivco»tlystuffs,andthey formedamightymultitudepleasantto look upon and goodly to behold, and theirornamentsofgoldandcf preciousstones wassuchas noneof the summniing nations could boastof, andtheirbrilliancy shone forth in the sun-shine,and tho women they mingled together inthehighwaysof the city, audliftedtheir voices—whichwere gentleas the zephyr and musical asthelute

— saying,Long live thehosts ot the citylongliveour soldiersandour guardians and out

mighty men of war, they, with tho aid of An-drewiusthe sonofMac and the Tetrareh of ourchoosing,shallliftupourprostratecity,andmakeitbright like even unto the chrysolite until itoutshineththe fairest nations of the earth, andBtandethas aparagonto the surrounding cities|aye,evenwill they protect our homes and ou*

hearthsandour childrenanaoursons anddaugh-ters from theinsults of even Staffordius. Andtheymademerry,and joy wasin their faces anddelight in their hearts and pleasure in theiibosoms,andgreat was the happinessof the wivesand tho virgins and tho daughters, and ofall th«womenin Gotham.

Then did theCaptainsaud theLieutenantsandthe Centurions nnd the Sergeants and the Corpo-rals and thePrivates,and all the mighty men oiarms,liftup their voicesas of old, shouting with;agreatnoise— Nocity is there likeunto our city,andnowomenlikounto tho women of G-otham,And thenwont theyunto tho north part of tha

Icity,and discharged they their guns and theircannonsuntil the earth qualwi. and great waithe smokoover Gotham.

Aud themerchantprinces oi thecity,onhorsesandonasses andon mules, went forth to greetthe fighting men, andintnomanner of thepeopleslaked tiny tkeir thirst until their faces becamelikeunto therising sun,and they were thick otspeechandconfused of tongue,and cared fornoonein Gotham.

Nowitsohappened thatone Chapmanus,whowasstraightoflimb andpleasant of feature, andbeautifulin appearance,and who was meek andwas smooth ofspeechand who was upright andwashonestand was just iv allhis ways,aud whawasthe lawgiver of the people, and who sat v\thehighseat ofthohallof judges,and who dis^coursed thesweet musicofhis voiceto theharlotand therobbor aud the ruffian, andsent themto thepalaceofCaldwellius j

Nowdidthe people murmur at the doingsofthisgood and this pureand this just Chapraanaaand the 6cribcs of tho peoplesaidunkindandun-ust and ungonerous wordiof hiia,andaccusedhim of that which waa wrongj buthe,knowingthe purityof his motivesand the justness ofhisactions,noticed them not, but saiduntohimself"

Was Inot a dweller even on the shores of3hecham, and thon werenot thopeoplewickedand cruelandunkind,and«aid evil things ofmePThereforo, whyshould Inownotice theroice oftho multitude? AmInot descending into thavaleofyear*,and arenot the feesaad theemolu-mentsof officesweet even untomineheart,andpleasantuntomine sight, and is not thogold ofthe peopleof Gotham as sweetmusic untomineioul j yea, isit not the verybalmof my lifeandthe honey ofmy existence,andinmywakingand«n mymoments of sloop are the pieces of goldaotstill beforeme? Aye,whenIwalkethabroad*yenon the lonely top* of the mountain,arenotthebright and yellow pieces glittering in mineeyesight? Then wherefore should Iheed thetongue of malice orof contempt or ofslander ofcalumny, or whatsoever mine enemies may, intheir moments of evil, say against me. Nay,IChapmanus

— tho judgeof the people andthescribe of the law— will sit in the seat of judg-mentuntilIdescend intothe tombofmyfathers,and many and various shallbe thecups of bit-teruess

—aye, even like unto gall— and worm,

woodshall they be thatIwillyetgive unto theproud and the stiff-nocked and the wickedandthe stubborn peopleofGotham." NowdidMila-rius,whoofold-wascunninginplansandindoingsand'in tracings and in sketchings, and whohadlevelledthehills andfilledup the hollows of thecity, and who was chosen as Senator andsentuptotheCouncilChambersby thevoiceofthepeople,and thondidhemake knownunto themultitudethe doings ofMasouius— the chiefmagistrateofthe city— and him did he accuseof destroyingtherights and theprivilegesofthe citizens. v

(Tohe Continued.)

THE CHAMP DE MARS.THESITE OFTHE INTERNATIONAL EXHI-

BITION, PARIS.*j(From the *Leisure Hour' for April.)

The Champ de Mars is not one of theancient sites of Paris j it is among themost modern. But what is wanting inantiquity is compensated by the magni-tude of the events of which it has beenthe theatre. The thousands who willthrong to the gigantic receptacle of thewonders ofart and industry from all partsof the earth may feel some interest inknowing that there took place someof themost stirring incidents of the modernFrenchhistory. They were, indeed, of adifferent kind from those which will benow enacted ; they, too,gave promise ofa glorious future, and it is to be hopedthat they will not end, like them, indisappointment. The Champ de Mars ishardly a century old. All that portion ofthe left bank of the beine, from the Ruede Bourgogne to where the Pont de Jenanow spansit,is recent j not two centuriesago itwas astrip of land, very long andvery narrow, called Longue Raie, thelower part of which was gradually raisedbyheaps of earth above high-watermark.The Champ de Mars owes, in fact, itsvery existence to the Military Schoolwhich stands upon it. About forty 3rearsbefore theoutbreak of the great Revolu-tion,Louis XV issused anedict excludingplebeians from the higher grades of thearmy. Pursuant to that edict, the Mili-tary School was founded for the purposeofreceiving 500 youths of noble familiesas students, and from this nursery theofficers of the army were in future to betaken. The plan was adhered to duringa few years only. In 1787 the school wasbroken up j the building, on which largesums had been laid out, was turned intocavalry barracks, and the spacious plainin front, where the noble cadets used toexercise, was converted into a ridingground for the new occupants.

On the loth of July, 1790, the Champde Mars witnessed a novel and imposingspectacle. It was there that thedelegatesfrom all the national guards and all themilitary corps of France met to take thecivic oath inpresenceof Louis XVI andthe Constituent Assembly. The Feast ofthe Federation, as it was called, is stillregarded as the noblest demonstrationwhichthe Revolution gave rise to;it washailed with transports of joyas the sincerereconciliation between the constitutionalmonarchy and the nation, and as thesolemn|ratificationof thenewera openedbythe principles of1789. Theidea of the feteoriginated with the municipality of Paris.The Champ de Mars was converted intoan amphitheatre, capable of containing avast multitude of spectators, Twelvethousand men labored from early dawntill past sunset in lowering the surface andtransporting- the earth to make tho em-bankments from which the spectaclemightbe viewed. Volunteers came in crowds—for the work wasbegun late—

to aid the12,000hired workmen. Priests, monks,menof allclasses handled the pick andshovel, and women wereproud of beingallowed to trundle wheelbarrows; whilefrom the' suburbs crowds came in withbands of music and banners at sunrise,and after the day's labor all went back inorder to their homes. With such enthu-siasm the work was completed by the dayoriginally fixed for it.

On the opposite side the river, and infront of the Military School, the greatbalcony of which was reserved for theQueen and Court, rose a lofty platformcovered with rich drapery, on which theKing, the Ministers, and the represen-tativesof thenation took their stand. Fourhundred thousand spectators were massedon the raised sides of the quadrange, and,far beyond it, 60,000 armed Federalsdebouched from the quays by a bridgethrown over the Seine in a few days, inthat part where the Pont de Jena nowstands, and formed in the intermediatespace. In the centre rose analtar. Threehundred priests, in albs and tricolor scarfs,clustered on its steps, andserved themass,which was celebrated by the Bishop ofAntun,afterwards better known as PrinceTalleyrand. When the last blessing waspronounced, Lafayette advanced to wherethe King1 was seated, and received fromhim a paper containing the form of thecivic oath,and laid itupon the altar. TheKing rose from his throne. Amidst thewaving of banners and the flashing ofswords he stretched forth his hand, andin a loud voice repeated the oath,aud ashe uttered the last word the general, thearmy, the deputies, the multitude,all firedby the same enthusiasm, shouted out,"We swear!" At this moment the rain,which had been falling the wholemorning,ceased, the sky cleared up,and the beamsof the sun pierced through the cloudswhile the "Te Deum" was chanted. Itwas taken as ahappy omen. Tho shoutswere repeated again and again. Neverperhaps, was popular enthusiasm moreintense or more sincere than at thismoment. Every heart seemed to beatwithmaternal affection. The festivity ofthe morning wasclosed with dances in theevening on the spot which was still en-cumbered with theruins of the Bastile.

But that fete, as an historian remarks,was destined to have no morrow. Partyhatreds for a moment swept over by thatdeluge of joy, reappearedwhenitsubsided,and the Revolution soon marked its pre-sence on the Champ deMars in blood. Inless than a year after this magnificentdisplay the Kinghad fled from his capi-tal, and was draggedback toit j andsoonthe Jacobins demanded his deposition.Theirpetition was laid on the same altaron which had been laid the oath of theFederation for the signatures of the citi-zens,and gave rise to revolt and blood-shed. Lafayette, with his NationalGuards, strove to quell thei disorder;butwhen heretired the populaceagain invadedthe Champ de Mars. The ConstituentAssembly, against which the fury of themob was directed, summoned the municip-

ality to its bar, and made if responsiblefor the tranquility of thecity. Bailly,theMayor of Paris, trusting to his influencewith the people, tried to remonstrate withthem. His voice was drowned in theuproar, and shots were fired at him.Seemg1all his efforts vain, he hoisted thered flag; and proclaimed martial law.After the usual formalities he summonedthe rioters to disperse, but his sum-mons was as little attended to as hisspeeches. He ordered the NationalGuards to use their arms. The first volleywas fired in the air. At the secondseveral were killed and many wounded,and the Champ de Mars was at lastcleared. On the very same spot Bailly,two yearsafterwards, paid withhis life torhis obedience to the orders of the As-sembly."Champ de Mars," or "ChampdeMai,'|was the namegiven to the great gather-ings of Frankish warriors from the time ofthe conquest of the Gauls, which wereheld at rare intervals under the Merovin-gians, but more frequently and regularlyunder the Carlovingians. All trace ofthem disappeared from the timeof Charlesthe Bald, when the Carlovingian race wasin its decline,and the great feudatories inthe ascendant.

Under the first Napoleon the Champde Mars was the chosen spot for reviews;and reviews were frequent. Two cere-monies in particular took place therewhich areprominent in the history of theempire—

the distribution of Eagles, andthe Champ de Mai during the HundredDays. On the sth of December, 1840,three days after the coronation at Notre-Dame, Napoleon resolved to deliver inperson to the army and the NationalGuard the emblems which were to sur-muunt theImperial colors. Manycircum-stances concurred in giving toita peculiarcharacter of grandeur— the prestigo ofvictory which attached to the name of theEmperor; the curiosity of the population,long strangers to the pomps of royalty;and thecrowds of foreigners theninParis,who hsid come to behold the wonderfulman whose fame filled the world. TheEmperor was seated on a gorgeous throne,in the same spot where Louis XVI hadsat before him, from which he viewed thetroops that mustered in the plain, and themultitude that lined the slopes, the banksof the river, and the distant heights.Delegates from all the corps approachedthe throne, and received from his handsthe Eagles which theyswore to defend tothe death. After the ceremony there wasa grandbanquet at the Tuileries, wherethe Emperor and the Pope who crownedhim sat side by side, arrayed in the Im-perial and Pontifical robes, and wereserved by the great officers of the Crown.

The Champ de Mai, on the Ist ofJune,1815, was held by the Emperor for theproclamation of the vote for the "

ActeAdditionnel," to complete the constructionof the Empire, and to conciliate theLiberalsbefore marching against the Al-lies. 30,000 National Guards and 20,000troopsof the line wereon the ground,andin the space between them and the plat-form where the vote was to be proclaimed"and the oaths taken, the delegates of theelectors took their stand. All Paris as-sembled to witness the spectacle. WhenNapoleon appeared, shouts of "VivePEmpereur !"' broke from the army.Mass was celebrated by a cardinal. Theproclamation and the vote were read.Napoleonaddressed the delegates,explain-ing his reasons for returning to France,|and announced his determination to marchto the frontier and save the country frominvasion. He descended from the throne,and, like Louis XVI, five-and-twentyyears before, placed his hand on theGospels and repeated the oath to theconstitution. He then laid aside the Im-perial mantle,and standingon the topmoststep, spoke one of those spirit-stirringspeeches which seemed for a moment torevive the old enthusiasm, delivered theEagles to the troops, and bid them swearto defend it against all his enemies. TheNational Guard and troops took the oathto the shouts of "Vive l'Empereur !"which were repeatedas theOldandYoungGuard marched past.

Under the .Restoration several events,bnt much less important, took place in theChamp de Mars. It was there that thereview washeld when Charles X dissolvedthe National Guard not many days beforethe revolution of July, and there, too,some months later, the flags were distri-buted to the same Guard, reconstructedunder Louis Philippe. For years underthatpacific dynasty theChampdeMair wasoccasionally used as a race-course, butchiefly for fetes and reviews. And there,too, the eagles were once more distributedto the army, on the proclamationof theSecond Empire by Napoleon 111. Thatplace is now to witness a spectacle ofanother kind, more pacific, but moreglorious than any which it has yet seen,and to which all the nations of the earthare invited;and, in this contest of civili-zation, France is sure to distinguish her-self as much as shehas ever done in thoseof a less pacific kind.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.COLONIAL LEGISLATION.

From the 'Wanganui Times.'Did any of ourNew Zealand legislators

ever reflect upon che strangeanomaly per-sented by the statute law of thiscolony ?Is there a lawyer in New Zealand whohas ever mastered the law as passed bythe legislature of this colony, oris it thelaw upon which theSupreme Courts of thecolony as a generalrulebase theirdecisionWhoever hears, even in a ResidentMagistrate's Court, the statutes of NewZealand quoted by any of our legalpractitioners ? Before going further intothe subject we may just soy that in so faras the Resident Magistrate's Court atWanganui is concerned, the text book,or rather vade mecum ofour ablest legalpractitioner is made up of "TheStatutes oi

fr«iud" andafewold EnglishactsofWilliamand Mary/ George the third— oritmaybe of the four Georges, together with afew obsolete acts of theBritish Parliamentcontained in old law books thrust intothe ffice of" the Bench," and upon,theprovisions of which cases are g^-lydecided. This is no caricature,norfOîismethod of administering the law peculiarto Wanganui. In the Supreme Courtsot the Colony the English statute law isappealed to, whilst we hardly everhearof an Act of the colonial legislature beingquoted and taken as anauthority.

How could it beotherwise ? Has suchasystem of legislationeverprevailedinGreatBritain or any of her colonies as thathitherto pursued in New Zealand ? Ourlegislation isuniqueand withoutaprecedent.During the last session of ourcolonialparliament no fewer than _eighty-two actswerepassed, and we wouldask any of ourcontemporaries to point out a singleinstance in which any oneof those actshas ever been referred to inacourtof law.How could they?Nearly everyone of themhas taggedontoit the followingproviso."This act shall oome into operation atsuch time as the Governor inCouncil mayby proclamation direct." What kind oflegislation is that ? Who ever heardofsucha proviso tagged on to an act of theImperial Parliament? What if "theGovernor in council" should never, by"proclamation " direct the act to comeinto operation? Let one lawyerproduceit as an authority, His opposing councildemands the day anddate upon which theact wasproclaimed,and then the 'Govern-ment Gazette,' becomes the statutelaw inNew Zealand, and not the actpassedbytheLegislature,because that actwas passedcontingent upon the Governor in Councilpermitting it tobecome law ornotat theirdiscretion. Who ever heard of suchasystem of legislation?An actis grarely

Eassed perhaps after astormy discussion,y both houses of parliament; the Go-

vernor gives the Royal assent, but then,can that act be pleadedbefore any courtof law in the colony? Of coursenot. Itis New Zealand legislation, that is, it islegislation entirely depending upon thewhim or caprice of the Governor andhis "Responsible advisers as to whetherit shall ever become law or not. Butsupposeitdoes, what then ? It is law, notby enactment, but by proclamation, andany counsel producing such an act beforea court of justice must alsoproduce theGazettecontaining theproclamation, andprove that his copy of the Gazette isgenuine. Is not such a system of legis-lation a perfect farce? Are there notnow upon the statute books ot NewZealandactsotparliament neverproclaimedin the Government Gazette ?

Again, Sir George Grey,by proclama-tionin theGovernment Gazette, does whatQueen Victoria dare not do. Her graciousMajesty can exercise the royal prerogativein pardoning even amurderer ctfter thesentence ofdeath has beenpassed,hue HerMajest}' cannot stepin between the 6«j*-derer and tile law. She cannot by pri{T~ -mationpardon menaccused ofmurder :thelaw must take its course and the accusedbe put upon his trial. Then the royalprerogative may be exercised. The Go-vernorof this colony exercises adelegatedpower only, but essuming that thatdelegated pover confers as high aprivilege as that exercised by theSovereign, still he has nopower to do ashe has done repeatedly during the last fewyears. He has no power to stepin byproclamation between the accused mur-derer and the SupremeCourts of the colonyand pardon the accused previous to trial.This he has done in the case of themur-derers of Mr. Hewett and others. Twomenaccused of thelatter crimehave justbeenliberated from custody at Wanganuibecause their names wereexcluded from acertain proclamation.

What are our legislators about ? Whatare their ideas of legislation ? By whatprocess of chicanery has the legislationofNew Zealand shotoffata tangent from thestringent rules adopted in the mothercountry and all other colonies ? All thesequestion&fcan be answered in three wordsin which are compressed the great secretofSir George Grey's power over the homeand colonial parliaments. They are— thenative difficulty. That is the ponsasinorum over which none of HisExcel-lency's opponents can attempt to pass. Allour india-rubber acts of parliament areso framed as to stretch up to that, butnever by any chance to carry a colonistover it.

Inserious sadnessweask our legislatorsnever topassanact having-such adamning1

clause at the foot of itas:— "Thisact

sinll come into operation at such timeasthe Governor in. Council mayby procla-mation direct."

There is another class of india-rubberactsof our colonial parliament that theGovernor alone is specially empowered toalter and modify by proclamation. Eventhe Tost Office and Stamp Acts, actsimposingheavy taxationupon thecolonistsIare not exempt from this discretionarypower. Really it is time that this absurdsystem oflegislation was puta stop to. Ifthere is to be another lot ofseventyofeighty acts added to the statutebooks orNew Zealand during the approachingsession, for mercy sake let thembe suchas immediately after receiving the royala-sent may be pleaded in any courtof lawin the colony.Itis time

' that the whole of the actspassed by our New Zealand parliamentwere amended, consolidated, and formedinto an intelligible code suited to the pre-sent requirements of thecolony. Untilthat is done our lawyers must contfc33 :t^..quote the statute of frauds, thie^f% ol|||William and Mary, the legislation!curing '|the days of the four George's, with aslight smattering of"Victoria "by way ofvariety. This is really a subject to whichtheHouse ofRepresentativesshouldimme-diately turn their attention.

THE BBUCE HERALD. WEDNESDAY JTJLY 17,18676

Tie P;o.'ineial Council of Southland wasformally (LiAy.d jiitlie6tii instant.

Manyyears have now elapsecl since threesubalterns might have* been seen strugglingin the waterof St.Helena; oneof tticrii was.v.cum!iug. He was saved to liveas ArthurWelksley, Duke of Wellington.

Agricultural Column.

EXHAUSTION OF SOILS. AND ITSCONSEQUENCES.

Exhaustive agriculture, which renders, * the country a desert, and makes 'it unfitk*"for hnman habitation, may be described

in a very few wonU, On a virgin soil,and -during its first .period of itssubjectionto theplough, the farmer pows his corn

fear after "year in the same ground.When1:a- deterioration of the cropscomes visible, he posses on to anotherfield. As population increases ' this Ex-tension becomes morn and more limifed,«nd the farmer isconfinfd to one and fthesame ploi, different portions of,which'; are:successivefy left to be fallow for a time.Tlie yield' goes on decreasing1 year afteryear, and the original fertility is

'now

nought to be restored by the artificialresource of manures. The meadows aregradually absorbed in the process, and thethree field system introduced. But asthese resources do not hold out for ever,theproduction of manure by the cultiva-tion of fodder becomes a necessity. Thelow depths of the soils are used for the"rearing of plants originally coufihed to themeadows, until, at. length, these too areexhausted. Peas are first employed forthis purpose, turnips and potatoes thenfollow in disastrous succession. At length"cultivation becomes impossible, the soilbeing no longer able to produce crops.This is a process that may extend itselfovermany hundreds ofyears and in some"cases evenup to a thousand.

At length theexhaustive effects of hisflabor reach a point when they become tooclearly visible ; expedients are then:re-ported to one after theother,eachof whichrecognises the deterioration of the soil.English agriculture will brsr. exemplifythedisturbance of nature's operationsoh theport ofahighlycultivated nation. In theiast quarter of the eighteenthcentury was■commenced the importation of bones intoEngland, which continues uninteruptedlyto this very day. The importation ofguano began in iS4I ; in 1867 286,000tons were taken to England, while theaverage importation of boneshad risen tofrom 60,000 to 70,000 tons a year. All"this manure, andmore, is a necessity,butwould not have been a necessity, had aTotation of crops met with practical recog-nition and application.

Althoughnot in the same proportion asan England, the same process of self de-struction is going on in every European■country. In

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all ilie great town's?.of j thecontinent large..sums are annually ex-pended by theauthorities inorder tomakethe material requisite for the implementof the fields unattainable to- the 'farmer.In Bavaria, for instance, one of the richest,"and most fertile countries of Germany,theaveragecropsof the Dann'»ian districts,;"although 'proverbiallyabu&daur, havebeen;found to decrease year after year, aad arealready very inferior, j

JLt No land isrich enough to make up forits vM-aste after a certain time; and evenjthough it were sufficiently wealthy, toIpurchase all the manure required for the.purpose, there would be no market at:which it could be obtained. It is;all thumore difficult to f-mplciy the rightmedicineagainst the,chronic malady eating away:the hârt of the European populations,inasmuch as the patient does not believein the exit-tence of the diseasey .andfurther,ois not too much to add, thatNew Zealand farmers are equally un-mindful of the diseased ..system at thebottom of all our blunders in our en-deavours to acclimatise, whulfsale, the'

/ purely Scottish system of agriculture inthe Otagan hills and yallies. Indeed,'Otagan farmers resemble" "a "man sufJefingJfrom consumption, whose looking-gpnssoffers him the deceiiful imaged of hesilth,and he only complains of a feeling offatigue;in his limbs. The;agriculturistin the colonies equally complains oftjsbme

. Kttle' -"fatigue inhis fields, but■'for '^thftestconsiders tfyem-jsound;ia wind and lijmb.The consumptive patient thinks that alittle wine wouldrestore him.to his.formercondition,;but if he takes it the progressof his.mnlady will only be acceleratedOur New Zealand Agricolas beingequallyof opinion thsit a little guano would do;their fields £ood, inmost cases only brings.them nearer the day- of utter exhaustion.Year§^ffa+ssvby befoTe' an insolvent hus-'bandman-may be actually obliged; todeclarebankruptcyiand it is nol'bejforelie has' rnipovprished all - his friends jandrelatives, and- carried his last silver spponto tie!pawnbrojker, that,he abandons! thedeceptive,hope,of achange,for tlie better.The gradual"Ruction of the people ofEurope to a condition of impoverishn)entand depopulation' is also a slow process,going" ion for centuries, and requiring1

centuries for its ultimate- consummation.Yet theday ismarked down,.when: ja allEuropean countries' the' children willexperiencei that tlieyhave to

'""sufieri for

the sinsof their father's." No nation !hnscontrived tocontinue its existence1runletsit kneiy.'.ho^ *° preserve the conditionsphysically essential to its sustenance; and;nil tho^cqunfriesof the ,globe where;the'fieldsh^tioflffldrestored to them,by;thehand of man, the elements necessary forthe return of thecrbps;we may follow intheir downward course" from a period ofthe densest..population, to.the ultimatecondition >tof..barrenness .'desolationItis in vain to hope thatafieldin.Greece, jin irelanii Spain,.or Italy, which is

tknpwn

to have' once'yielded abundant harvests',will ever return anythinglike them, eventhough subjected"to the ■higties'tj'cultiva-tion, il - kUMi<) \

-»""■' Emigration from Ireland must-continueJ^fora centurY-ipnger, and,neêr,,will \\ be■^"'"'possible for" the population of Spain or.

Greece to exceed a certain jand ferylinjited^mSGeTT^TSpeat Britain* dgpflves;all countries of the conditions of -theirfertility. " Ithas raked up thebattlefields

ofLeipsic, Waterloo, and the Crimea7 ithas consumed the I)ones of many genera-tion's accumulated in the catacombs ofSicily, and now annually destroys thefood fora future generation of three mil-lions dnd ahalf of people. Likea vampireGreat Britain leaps upon the heart ofEurope— yea, even upon the world

—suck-

ing its life-blood without any real neces-sity, orpermanentgain to itself. fIt is impossible to imagine that such a

sinful disturbance of theI'Divine order of

things should be allowed to go on for everwith impunity ; and the time will prob-ably/arrive for England and her farming;colonists,earlier even than for the rest ofEurope, when with all their wealthingold,-iron,*and coal, it will not be able to re-purchase uthe thousandth part of thoseessential conditions of life so frivolouslywasted for centuries past. We .are fullyconscious that nearly all practical agricul-turists insist upon the implicit correctnessof their methods,and that they are filledwith abelief in the permanent fertility oftheir estates. This circumstance it iswhich makes people so indifferent to jth.eftitufe, so far as it

%depends on the produce

of agriciilturey and thus it has probdblybeen with all 'nations wlib have broughtabout their extinction by their omissionsand commissions. No political- wisdomwill be able to protect the statesofagainst a similar fate, unless both peoplesand government should be at length pre-vailed upon to pay a due amount ofattention to the growing symptoms of animpoverished soil, fo the solemn warningsof history and science. Baron Leibig,;professor"of Chemical Agriculture in ;theUniversity ofBavaria, has,prophesied therapid decrease of England's commercialgreatness, owing to the adoption of onlyone class of seed for the farm. We en-dorse to some extent the Professor's wiseprophesy,and we think that the Bruce far-mers may take alesson therefrom. Thesoil,like the human mind, requires a variety ofseed^so as to obviate the stagnation which jresults from monotony; and as a varietyjof seed produces a fertile effect, the sue-,cessive planting of the same crop yields <

stunted and barren harvests. We will;resume our enquiry into this all importanttheme in anearly number of thisJournal.-EMIGRATION FROM ENGLAND.

Discussion, at Central Farmers'Club. '■ *

(Continued.)Mr G.M.Allender (Aylesbury) said lip

regarded.emigration as one of the mostimportant subjects that could be broughtunder the notice of farmers. The onlyremedy thathe could see for. the increasedvalue of land in this ro'intry, the benefit-?of which were almost entirely confined tothe landowners, was to encourage emigra-tionon an extended scale amongst tenantfarwiers, and lie regretted that their atten-tion that evening had been almost !ex-clusively directed to South America as afield foremigration: After the readingofMr James Howard's paper last November,'he-!(M-r Allemier) wrote to the immi-gration department of the Governmentof the United States for informationwith" regard- to the unoccupied landsOn r-eceiving- a reply, ;accompaniedwith -several documents.-and a valuablemap, he at once sert them toMr Smythies,and as they had only beenreturned tohimthat evening, he bad of course not hadtimeto make mi:ch use of them prior tothat discussion. One of the points re-ferred to in the reply of the Commissionerbad a very close connexion with some ofthe remarksjust made by MrSmythies inreference to land speculators. The Com-missioner :of .-Immigration, -writing fromthe department of the Interior, on tlie

>24th ofDecom-Ber, 1866, said:;"In xegardto the apprehension that all the best landsand portions bad already beendisposed of,it is proper to state that in the oldersettledland States of Ollio,' Indiana, landIllinois, tlie"*"public lands- generally have.b.een disjjosed of to actual settlers;but inother states hereinbeforementioned, tractsto an immenseextent of good land, veilsituated, n»ay be obtained. In the Stares,of Minnesota^ lowa, Wisconsin, Missouri,,and Kansas, in the valley of the-"Missis-sippi River,;in tlie State of Michigani inthe vicin,ity pj;tlie great; Lakes, inCali-fornia and,Oregon in the.Pacific, 'and inthe,; territories of Washing-ton and ;Ne-braska, large bodies of -good land, bothprajrie and.timber, are now subject to $_sale at private entry at 1 dollar 25 cjerits"peracre j andin-the-five- first mentionedStages, t and :in Nebraska,;the soil jandclimatearelield to be admirably adaptedto the raising.of suchcstock as is alliidedto*by your correspondent. There are "alsogo6cT lands <wpll situtited in* Arkansas,Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, sand,Floric'aj but in those States the publiclands are;only subject to entryunder: theHomestead" Act, approved June 21stn1866, a copy of -winch act is herewithenclosed." / Here then they had 5s peracre.fqrJ«nd;inr the United States,against£1 per acre quoted by Mr Smythies as theprice of any farming land,within a Reason-?able distance of any to>yn in;$outh/-Amfir...ica; and let"it be borne in mind '■ that inthe latter there, was., nothings like such."means of transit assisted:in the former.'

The Rev,E.Sinythies-^Theraare goodriveFSi- r

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Mr Allehder doubted _\vheth'er" even initliat respect the advantage was not inftivor of the IJnited. States. ,He had;re-ceived letters from. South America whichshowed.-that.on.one of the points referredto by Mr Symthies— namely, horse breedsing

— .the;.'advantages possessedby.Englishsettlerswere yeryi doubtful.: .It.was there-stated&that,,the horses even;ofi,Englishsettlers;hadbeen taken forcibly for warpurafoseaitdiavvec^ greatextent. ;1 inrTueißevUE.' Smythies-^Nodoubt/then,they wer« paid for. ;; ;j; ]

Mr lllender continued :" He had'the

fact which he had just stafed from n gen-tleman who had been resident in SonthAmerica for 30 or,0years. Tn areportfor 1866 relating to public lands|issuedby the UnitedStates -Government,"itstated that thesfc lands were found jonrevised data to contain 465,468,800 acres,and that from thebeginning of the systemto the end'of the last fiscal }Tear the aggre-gate areasurveyed was 474,160,551acres,leaving unsurveyed 991,308249 acres.Therewere! three%rays of obtaining landin that country. One wasby the Home-stead Law,under which anyemigrant, onsignifying his intention of becoming anAmerican, could claim.160 acres of:landfree for ever, after he residedon it for fiveyears. " Another mode-;was tosettle on anyone of the unsurveyed} lands; in whichcase, when the Governmentsurvejôr came,the squarter^had the rig?i,t ofpurchasing the land at the..upset price of5sper acre., .^Lastly,any man with suffi-cient money'in his pocket could at oncepurchase of the Government . some of;theland which was offered for sale evjerymonth.at a dollar and a quarter yier acre,ifhe werethe highest bidder. This, too,was in a country which was..within ;tendays' voyage of our own land. !

Mr- Parish, Her Majesty's - Consul atBuenos Ayres,said he cameunprepared toaddress the meeting on asubject of thatwide extent; but, having passed manyyears of his life at Buenos Ayres,, hewished to make a few remarks. Withregard to thatpartof South America as afieldpf.emigration,.speaking from Ins ownexperience,and from those general expres-sions which a manmust obtain from suchwide connection as he had been brought,into with his own countrymen during along1 series of years and under differentIcircumstances, he shouldsay there was nopartof the world where the immigrant wasbetter receired and better protectedby thelaws of the country,or where there wasless ofinvidious distinctiondrawn betweenhim and the native of the country. Hebelieved also that there was nocountry in theVorltl which offered a moreextensive field for man's intelligence andlabor.r— (Hear, hear.) Some capital wasrequisite toensure a fair chance of.success,and as regarded the farmer class, he jivasofopinion that noman would find himselfinaposition toprosper if helowered".him-.|self to the condition of a common laborerandhad to fight against difficulties of allkinds, which would in all probabilitybreak his back before he had begun tomake his fortune.— (Hear, hear.) ,Hehad, during his long residence there,observed man}1

- parties of emigrants whohad gone to. South America, and hadseldom seen a man return to his owecountry discontented; while,on the otherhand, he had met with many who hadmade large fortunes.' As to the price ofland it was infinitesimal. Inreference toa remark made by the gentleman whofollowed Mr Sraythies, he might observethat he could cite instances in which* landhad been sold within twenty or twenty-five miles of a railway at Is per acre,which land was now occupied b}'English-menof good family. If settlers did notmind exposing themselves to a littledanger from the Indians by settling onthe frontier, they might get land foralmost nothing; but even within therange of civilisation, in well populateddistricts, the average price of the most'eligible and most favorably situated landwas 90s per acres, and that land would!bear three sheep per acre. Probably-, inthe course of a few years, as populationand the supply of labor increased, much ofjtheland now used for pastoral would; beemployed for agricultural purposes, arid a,large portion of the plains of the Provinceot Buenos.Ayres,consisting of rich virgin jsoil, which, with 'proper/cultivation, wascapable of bearinganything, would assumea verydifferent character and value. Itwaspainful to him, on returning; toEng-land,after a long'absence,to'find so littleknown ofa»country which presentedsuchgreat,.advantages. He had lately.endea-vored to induce those who wished lo

(emi-

grate, because; they could not bear! upagainst \ the competition in. their ,own.country,,to turn, their attention.Jo S,6u]thAmerica; and he would recommend anyman who was in that position, whether hewero a laborer or an intelligent farmerXvith-alittle^capital, to choose the "countrywith which he had been so long connectedinpreferenceto.any cither. \ !

Mr Hall, from the pfGood Hope,said,.havingresided fornine years in thatcolony, whefe'ne was extensively engagedinsheep farming and hoise breeding, hehad come there with the hope of hearingfrom $£p Smythies some'remarks inrefer-ence Xq.)other, -cregiofls besides BuenosAyres., The Cape was in the.same lati-tude5 as the River Plate, and had,, hebelieyed, the same kindof climate Sheepgrazing wps carried on to a very largeextent^ an^> as -they. Fere of course aware,from tke;ret«rns of the wool ?ale?,fitwasa very large, wool growing country. ; Itwas also a very large cattle and horsebreeding1 country. Itwas, in fact, becom-ing a.depot for the supply of the Indianarmy,with horses; and-the distance beingonly,half- the distance.from Australia, itwas much more available for that supply.Haying-resided at theC^for-nipe years,and'purchased a' large' quantity tiisland,intending1 td-returb and carry ontions on an extended1Wale, <he: must ;snythat he felt sure>that as much, money fwasto he made there as in any other parj; ofthe \yortd, nroYidecl a.maa ,tpok__puc,-cppi-tal, wascareful in theselectionôf hisland,,and kepioiit of the hands btland-sharks,and hfncf spfecnlatow, whoabounded to allparts of the world.

—(Hear, hear.) jTb<e

position ot an emigrant,- 6a landiogê^semble,d,th%t of "the sailor who so oftenfell irô fhe'hands 'of/the1crimes;an^ thesootferhe becanie cohnecfedmth lomißio.n.e,who had had some years' experiencej.in,farminy, and' the less;hecttad t6 do ytihland jobbersor colonial merchants, ofany

body connected with trade or bankers, thebetter chance would he haveof geltingon.He had purchased a large quantifyof goodland at theCape, atfrom Cs to £1 per acre.He had recently""-1 bought, for anotherperson, a sheep farm -of 1500 acres for£750, and that land would carry oneand a half sheep per acre. As ref-garded the importation of she/'p from thiscountry, Mr Smytliies recommended theSouthdown. From his .experience as acolonist, he should say that theSouthdownwas'about the worst'sheep for importation.For the meat, the animal was not worth,,killing, in a wool-growing .country^., and*inSouth Africa they 'found that.Negrejtti,and Rambouillet, and Jong-woolled ramsanswered the best. With a- flock -of sheepnumbering about 20QQ, the increase inihiscasehad been frorn.,Bs"to 90 pe.E.cent.;foreach 100 ewes■{ but .he had taken greatcare* of" his plieepi v He h'nd -ompWedEnglishmen at bi^h wages' to.

4160k, sifter

them j and.the, slieen;%vere counted,everynight- to prevent theft/ IfEnglish sheepwere imported, they would require grassto be laid down for th'fem'j and that had,,neverbeen attempted except,inJtus'raliaand New Zealand. -Moreover, thejmpor-tation of breeding ranis was in the■■bapdsriof merchants; and farmers had to payenormous prices inorder to improve theirbreeds- in that way.- Mr Suryfhies men-tioned sheep with large tails. He (MrHall) had heard of such things; but;

-though he-had been in the colony for nineyears-be didnot.remember havingseen one.(Laughter.) He believed that, if sheef>fofthatkind weredriven about the colony ofSouth Africa, it would attract a largecrowd' to stare at them, just as much as ifthey were driven throiigh Fleet-street.

—(Hear,hear, and laughter.) The average-weightof sheepin the colony, clean meat,was40 lb.; the value from 8s to 20s, andthat of the wool about Is Gd to3s Gd perhead. Horses were bred in very large"quantities, particularly up the country, inthe neighborhood of the Orange River,where some settlers hacPas many as fromtwelve.to fifteen hundred. The improvement in the breed was very trifling", therebeing very little' 'demand, except for .thepostal service, waggon traffic, and so on;and wear and tear consumed greatnumbers. ■ , c " '«

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,' * C To be'ContiiKierf.) '':

PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTSOF FARMING IN NEW ZEA-LAND.

(Continuedfrom our last.)Although small farms.are objectionable,

and will generally lead to but littleperma-nent good to either occupier or country,save when in the hands of re»lly practicalmen who can donearly all the work with-in themselves, yet evensmall farmers, whohave the requisite means and judgment,can live well, and with comparativelylittle care, by farming long-woolsheep, asthey would thereby have scarcely anylabor to employ. Even100 ncres is con-sidered a very small farm in the old coun-try, the occupants being hard-workingmen, leading the way in every operation,and generally living most economically;differing widely from many 50 or 100acre farmers in the colonips.

Instead then of simply grain-growinguntil the land is exhausted, and thequality of.the productions are spoiled, weought to benefit bythe advantages bestow-ed bynature upon the country we havechosen, or been led to, as our home, andto make the most, of such advantages; Ishould recommend the seeding down topasture of three-fourths or four-fifths (ac-cording- to extent or other circumstances)of each farm,,cultivating- the remainder ofeach,principally for the supply of the es-tablishment,and to provide some winterfeed,wherewith, to help out the pasfnrag'd*andkeep the sheep in thriving condition;and by.growing a...portion..of greencrop,cfec, for use during the drought of somteotour 'summers-(for. the growth of \ttfolonght never to receive any check) " \ re-course, according: to cirGumstun;ces,ibeinghad to trough feedingor.folding off. ] Intins way wemay safely calculate upon a^least 401bs.' of the most valuable washedwool !per acre for the farm throughout.But this wouldbe often- exceeded, andal-lowing Is*3d. as the price per lb., whichIconsider aTJ6w;estimate, E2'ios. will tjhusbe raised from woql talone, and if wejadd(at a much 'unde"r-es;t?mated ratefor sheep)only; Ja2 10s.per acre, it will be clear thatworking on a good scale would leave atolerablyhandsome margin, for the amountof Inbor in sheep-farmingon this principlewould be but small, and it would alsoadmit of the. employment ..of,a portion oi,unskilled labor. tk 'rill''ftfming,«where'proper appliances are at command, thegreater the extent of the operations, themore economically they are worked. ; :;

If, however, we calculate upon thescale of 100 acres only, and taking intoaccount that the produce of a- couple ofcows, pigs, poultry, a little extra grain,roots, &c, would "provide the living* andincidental expenses ofafrugal farmer, andallowing Lso"fbr;'rent, LIOO for wages,and L3J}.oLmterest,-he_will still,at 'fibfemoderate. rateâllqw;ect, have, a margin ofL250, at whibh^seeirtg'i&tit he 'hashadhis living,no'"man* would have cause togrumble.'"' x;. The' 'allowance for labor isamply suf?cient?v for.,by, w.qrjring onlymildly'Himself,1 one'1youth wdiiM be Hheonly r.egûlar ireq;ujre.men.ti. with a littleoccasional assistance, and thus, if thejne-cessaryrcapital .could,>be- commanded, afew-,'years, would:render. New Zealandhighlyprosperous.."«-.Buteven--'if ;:the ;couTse-sysftefti"(four offive;shift) 'adopted on the %Ht soils ofEngland*,Veresto be pracîsetTKere',a1firge

of grain wôiald tie ''prdfliiced^ ofmuch.-better quality, thanisnow .marketed,tWithout ilie.quantity (becausethe yield per acre;wo.uld,(be^.greater), andyet about two-thirds ot the;above calcula-

tiOns for wool and sheep may bon-lied on.Such courses regulate the labor of afarmoverdifferent seasons, and admit of fewerhands be^ng" employed than any irregularforming-, can do; while the regularity; ofthe operations also draws the best menwho become settled thereto. However,with respect tc the -.question,of la'>or, thoformer suggestion would have a vast ad-vantagein the-amount required.

We have,however tosome considerableextent, thin- hinds,which,if/ permanentlygrassed, as in the first method, or artifici-ally (nn .English term), as in the courseSystem, would so burn tip in the summerseason' as scarcely to carry any flock, even

.of lighter sheep., but could, still 'beforked tosome advantage;]Bstb'e" adoption01a constant succession of green.crops^ toUeifedoff upon the land, which1 would im-provs the-soil, at;every feedinjr, and cen-.ti_n.ualjy_rcnder.it more productive. .. Thiswould require nets and spikes, such as jareextensivelyj.^tiseilât^liome(for which{wehave abundjijic^ of the 'necessary materialhere), and.also]:sdme.pi'ovision for winter,.in, theshape " of roots,crushed grîja^b)ay?&c On this class- of.soils-,it is probable-that the fine bloo'l, like original-Jieicester,Hampshire Downs, or otherbreed,.mightanswer as'well as the heavy wooled slie/jp.

To gettingeither of the foregoing prb'-vpositions into operation, there seems tjwoprominent barriers, viz :— The.,want' ofcapital in the hands of really ■, practical|/men, and want otconfidence on thepart ofcapitalists tosupport such operations; andamongst the few who may be willing todo so, the desire for an extravagantrate ofinterest seems to predominate, the giving,of which by inexperifinced persons has,doubtless, contributed its quota towards,the present crisis.

The adoption ofsome of the methods ofturning our soils to account whichIhaveherein briefly shadowed,would soonaffordscope for the employment of both the|skilled and unskilled labor now in thecountry, as the unskilled .might be madetolerably useful in some light operationsamongst large flocks, without interfering'"with and. damping the energy of--t.he.comi|petenthands, or damaging the plant ua|necessarily, and they would also be there-Ibybroxight tosse that -they would'have nomore claim to equal wages than if calledinto thY laboratory of the most delicate|mechanical manufactory; to do a'little lightportering, sweeping, &c. However, thesemethods of; farming would afford 'better-wages than any other. We arcffast ar-riving at thatperiod of ourcolonial growthwhen the motto, "Every man to hiscalling/ will become more observed. ■

In conclusion,Iventure.;to suggestthat the Government ought to give' itsfosteringcare in every' possible way thatwill tend to develope and encourage 'themainstay of the country, and, amongstother means, a grant for the purpose ofestablishing an experimental farm, underthecare of the Agricultural and PastoralAssociation, and a Board of Agriculturp,chosen from the Executive,ormembers of;the Council. \

The benefits of such an establishmentwouldbe numerous, testing in such a waywhich could not be done ingarden ground,the value of various introductions, me-thods of planting, sowing, &c,relativeweights ol crops, methods of feeding,food consumed, and many other advan-tages.

jßei.ig public property,it would be opento the inspectionof all, nnd would becomea source ofguidancetomany inexperiencedrtprson% and m various instances wouldstreng-thea and coofirm the most ox-porienced, being particularly valuable to.\onng men intended">6r the 'pursuit, airrniied -number of whom the directorsmight be allowed to Lake as pupils. Andifnot -hanrperf-d with too muchmmutice,it iVecd not be far from selr-supporting,although it could never be worked wiite'nearly the same economy as a privatefarm'/—Your obedient servaTit, , " ' ' ;

R.D. CTST.,

Thorough -Cultivation.;-—Let us brieflystate someof the advantages of thoroughcultivation. It involves: l.t The me-;;clianicalpulverisation of the soil, g-iîiig.a better -seed-bed, arid making the parT

tides mere accessible to the action otitheroots. 2. Better.:drainage,* and at jthesame time better ability to withstanddrought, the soil-being moist, and meUowwrhereit otherwise be baked andhard, [ 3.The co-operation, of the atmosphere! infarther decomposing the comminutedparticles of soil, .and. setting free themineral elements of the growing- plan^4. The"absorbtion ftom Che atmosphere ofa- greater„portion :of its ammouia pndcarbonic acid for the direct nourishmentof vegetable life. 5. The increased effectof manure, from their morecomplete inter-mixture' and' consequently more perfectaction. 6. The cleansing the lands fromweeds,' which not only obstruct thenourishment due to the, growing-crop,butalso generatesuccessors, continually mul-tiplying themselves from year toyear. ' 7.,The better condition of the field formachine,work; it dulls the knives of areaper or mower,' and leads to frequentbreakages, to.cut through: the,ciods op aroughly seeded field.— 'California Farmer.'-

The Arabs of.Sydney;— -Ther'Sydney

Mail' of the.25;h May,says:—

"Now thatthe, traming ship.Yerßon^has.-been estab-lished, the next thing to be donois to putthere all the youths for whomit isintended.There was.np-supply of them tostart with,but the police maHe ft preliminary haul,and sent off thefirst batch ]ast week. Vag-rantboj's are aliliablW'tb'Beserit 6ff there,ofcourse,under propermagisterial certificate. ;H this is donfe,:the:city ought to be sooncleared of arabs,foi those lads who domot.want tor'be sent there,ivlll ndtprdwlaboutthe town begging and stealing. Thenumber at present senjt is small comparedwith what the ship can accommodate."

"■'■■"■ ■'-■ >''■■'■■■:^t r-y-::1 '■ ;

AN AERIAL VOYAGE.

(From the 'Times,' April26.)|Mr Hodson lhe aeronaut, whoâerial

voyage has proved one of the mostdaringfind successful on;record, gives the follow-ing highly interesting accent of his jonr-nej:— y, ,■*,.■;-? f J, L;L ;:*r.;■-:".;■ _ ."Ibeg to give yon the particulars of

niyperilous aerial voyage from DubHn toWestmoreland. The balloon ascended at4.40 plirifon Tuesday/aridtook*northerlydirection to Cloutarf, where it was my in-tention-tpidescend*,but from- thqvelocitywliich it was travelling*,Isaw it wouldbefoolish.to,make the attempt.. In half aTninu'ie'r Was over the triudily Tirana be-tween Clontarfand Howth, whereImadeanother attempt' ro land,landbefore theballoon had descended 100 feet it wasdriven be*weenjl£wth and,Ireland's Eye.Itnow"beeameevident tb me that landingin Ireland was -ont f>f fhe^nestion,andfirat nll-arrnfngeinentsîmisVbe-raade-to bedriv.an either to^Walos orl-a^casJireTThefirst thiup: thajt struck,me was to drag, thegrapnel"to the full extent, *20 feet. Thi*actieUjis'a giiide to the-distance the hal-loon.ini^htsbekept:above tlw sui&ce.of thewater"Yt'bemg nowldarkyarid W placing1

one hand on the rope, the effectôfubdjrraphelstriking the water was-distinctlyfek. ~*r With«n iepenAagof-ballast on myknep, every time the grapnel strndk thewatera couple of handtttls of sand werewe:-*e thrown out,:and >toTAkeadoption oftliisplanaloneIowemy own preservatioapnd success; 4 The ballast? taken out wasabout twenty^five stone. For threehonnthis plan was carried out* and tbea tlierecame on the mostblinding,andmercilessrainIever saw or felt. Icould not see-fifi-eea feet before me. aiid the noise of ther?i.n on the balloon and the water wassneh os toentirelyunnerveme. ?Myhandsbecay.e benumbed,andIwas drenched tothe skin. Inow began to feel the dangerofmv position more acutely; however,IdeterminedIwouldnot giveup nntil alliij'e. ballast find moveables were igone.The rain wasmaking rhe balloon heavierevery moment, and theballast was throwaout more freely -until about ten o!clock,when tbe farigue overcameme, andIfellinto a stupor for a few moments. By thistime tbe balloon bad descended within siifeet of the water, and instantlyIthrewout 28 lbs of ballast. The effect of thiswps thtit the balloon rose to an altitude ofa mile, and got entirely clear of the»raincloudsV and then the tnoon showa.outbrilliantly. In^this position it remainedabont a quarter ofanhour. The effect oftbe moonshining on .the clouds beneathwas suchas would havebeen welcome totheeye of anartist. The shadow of theballoon wasdistinctly to;beseen travellingover ihe roughand uneven cfcuds, givingbhe idea of -a balloon race., Everything:now became calm;no longer the ham ofthe ocean or therain.. All wa^ still;batwhether the seastillraged beneath1was tome unkovvn. As the balloon descended-ic was evident a change hadcome over thespirit of the scene. The rain had ceased,und the appearance of everything was ofc;.>e darkest hne. Whether it wasaajjm-derstratum of dark clouds Icouldnolpll,but suddenly aglimmer of light was?seenfor a moment. Then, with anxious eyescast downwards to perceive any object, atlast small squares with darkermargins,werec'learlv visible. These proved to befields and

"'hedges, and they appeared to

vnnteh as quickly as objects pass whenviewed from"amaU train. "A"town, whichafterwardsIlearned to be Applelyy,) wasat last seen,,and the,sound of musical" in-stmr,ienis was heard. I.then called outin nn attempt to -ascertain whereIwas,but the reply was unintelligible. Thepeople below, however, had seen .the bal-loon. J_bout two miles further, tbe^grap-n'el caught'.in'..a large oak tree ahaheldfast- This proved'to"be Daglewood, Duf-ton, nearAppleby, Westmoreland^Ttheacalled out lustily,andIheardr,sotjnjis ofpersons singing and playingimusu% Theseproved to be four young-men wlrapIhadheard atAppleby,-where they had been toa bajl;.* ;<Tbey were^natives of D.ufton, andas tlieV. advanced.nearer_xl|eir_s?tiyevil-lage my .Yoiee was heard. Qne of .them,lirore'boM than the'rest, Was 'sent.fârdto see if.it was sreallv?a 'bogle/afid astheyheard of such a thingbefore j how-aver, their fears-ware soon dispelled wheatheir questions were answered satisfac-torily. ' They at once set to"work topullthe balloon outof the wood,and conveyitto a field whereitcould be foldednp.- Itwas then 3 o'clock a.m.„ These .ypungmusicians plaVed /on td the village,andmany heads were thrust dot of the win-.dows to inquire thereason of such aaun-usual proceeding....Wbenît became Jcnowathat a balloon had come from Dublin,hundreds came out as early as 5 o'clock tospe this curious machine,and many werethe. enquiries to know hqw,a man^jouldcome from Dublinin 'sic>« tiling Hsfthat.1Ishall never forget their kindness. Manyw*,ere the;-breakfasts,prepared for me, andIwaspositively pressed to eat two. Allwished me long life and prosperity atpart-ing, and hoped that if ever Icame thatway againIwould give them acall."

T}ie follow Jcg extract Trom an old Wor-cester newspaper of 1715 affords ft curious'illustration of journalism and credulity inthose days -:

— "Aymstry, 4 milesfromLoe-minsfcer iriHerefordshire, Aag. 20. AstrangeDragonof avast"magnitude,having>Wing«,4 Legs,alongTail> large Scails,'ofaTbrigtishColour, has been seen hereabouts. It in-habits ;about the Black Dill,a mile fronthence. We hear thatit is this daydestroy'dmany Sheep. Peopleare insuch fear thatnone darepass thatway. TheyhavelxnightPowderandBallto endeavour todestFftyit,«butit most commonlykeeps in the Caverni'-Lf':of the;Rocks.; .- ,>-.-:T;i*-'.: : "Li :~

"". THE. BRUCE HER ALT).WEDNESDAY JULJ IT,186f 7

THE BRUCE HERAL1? * WEDNESDAY, JULY 17» 1567.8

I Printed..and Published by the Proprietor,Joseph Mackat, (of Dunedin^ at his office,Hilton, Tokomairiro, County of Bniee, in theProrinceof Otago,New Zealand.

IJUfIEDIJI AUVJSJIiI»£*JSfIJ.O

P R 0 SPBCTUB

NEW DAILY NEWSPAPER.

THE "OTAGO FREE PRESS.".-— V£>Capital,£7,500, in8000 Shares of £2 10b,

Each;XI10s. payable on Allocation ofShares, and £2 payable not sooner

thanSix Monthsthereafter.The Company to be Incorporated under the""Joiat-StookLimitedliability Act."

gosoonas1000 Shares areappliedfor, a Meet-tingofApplicantstobeheld for the purposeofelecting aCommitteeof Management,and forothernecoaswrybusiness.

IN undertaking to establish anIndependentDaily JournalinDunedin, thepromotersof

theFbbb Pbbss feel that littleneedbe said incommendationof theUndertaking. ThewantofsuchaNewspaperhasbeenlong felt, andduringthebite contest for the Supenntendency thatwanthasbeenso apparentthatithas cometoboregardedbyalargenumberof thepeopleas aniabsolutenecessity.

Itvmanifest thatwitha metropolitanpress,whichcarefullyexcludes fromits columns andsuppressesallinformationandstatementsoffactscalculated to counteract its own views,ortothwart the interests of its proprietors,publicopinionisindangerofbeingoverborne,andRe-presentativeGovernment(the healthy workingof whichmushdependsupon Pblic opinion) isplacedinafalseposition.

The Promoters of. the Fbkb Pbmb are in.fluencedbyadesire to remedy thess evils, andtoprovideaNewspaperwhich, whileit willnotpander to theprejudicesor theinterests of any(articular section of the community, will yet

openitscolumns toallalike.While devoting a fair shareof attention to

questionsaffectingDunedinas the CapitaloftheWince, it is intended that theFbbbPressshallbemoreaProvincialthanaLocalJournal,andtheobject of its Promoters is not only toprovideanorganwhichwillrepresent theopin-ions, and advocate the rightsof outlyingDis-tricts, butwhichwillendeavor to create and tobecome the exponent of a healthy ProvincialPublioOpinion.Itis felt that there has been » want of in-

terestinpublicaffairs on the part of the greatbodyof thepeople,andthat the resourcesof thaProvincehavebeensquandered,anditsprogressretardedinconsequence. Itwill, therefore, bothegrand aimandobject of the FbbbPbbss tocreateandstimulate that interest,and to brmgit tobearupontheadministration of the affairsof theProvince.

Althoughtheestablishmentof theFbbbPbbssas apecuniary investment is amatterof seeend-aryimportance,yet therecanbeno doubtthat.underpropermanagement,theextensive circula-tionandadvertisingsupport whichthePaperassuretomeet with,willnotonlytosaeU asamplytocoverworkingexpenses,but willrender itaprofitable investment

Applications for Shares to be sent to MrJoseph Mackat, Bookseller,Princes-street,Dunedin.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To thePromoters ofthe" OtagoFreePress'Newspaper,Gbktlbmbh,— /

Ihereby request that yonwillallotme Shares, of £3 10s. ea«h,inthe * OtagoFreePress'Compsny(Limited),snd inconsideration thereof, Iundertake toacceptsuchnumber of Shares, or any lessernumber that may bealloted tome, and to paythe sum of One Pound Ten Shillings uponallocation, and the sum of One Pound notsooner thanSix Months thereafter, in con-formity with theProspectus.*

Hams "Occupation

Addbbss

Dam

rpA G G A R* ' 6

lIIVERY ANDLETTING STABLES,Stafford Stbbbt, Duxbdik,

so lonVwcnplea byMrForrester, wherepchopes to meet the support ofhi*old friends.

Saddleandharnesshorses,singleanddoublebuggies,&&, &&, for sale orhire.

rpHEBRUCEHERALD jOb, Tokokatbibq,JL Clutha,Taibbi,Waihola akdTuapekaRbcobdbbis publishedevery Wednesday,at &cOffice,Milton,Tokomairiro.

TERMS OV SUBSCRIPTION.18s per half-year,payable fat advance.

Deliveredinandaround Milton everyThursday- . mowing.

WhenforwardedbyPoet, Ssidperhalf-year, ov4s.peryear additional.

Advertisements—First insertion, 9a per inch;standing advertisements by -arrangement^ Aliberaldiscount allowed on Advertisements in-sertedfor afixedperiod.

Aobxts for the receipt of Subscriptions andcollectionofAdvertisementst

—TUAPEKA ... J..L, S.KIKK, Peel-street,

[LawrenceCLUTHA FERRY J.H.JknexxsonLAWRENCE J. Habrop*

Do. ... Gbo. Jebkqey

WAITAHUNA ... ... Sydxby WiliosWAIPORI ... ... ... H. 4J.M'CaxPORT MOLYNEUX ... W.Bbow&Co.WAIHOLA J.BoßKßTsojf.

DUNEDIN Jobbfh llaceay,

OAMARU B.Mackat.WELLINOTON ... ... T.Fabmebt/1>-SENOLAND...OXO.Sisnt,S6 Cornhill,^/

[Lone!, '■'.

DUffEDIB ADVERTISEMENTS.PARTNERSHIP.

~~~

T\/*E, the undersigned/ have entered intoW PartnershipasImporters, and Ware-

housemen, Vof China, ABlass, Earthenware,Kerosene Oivâmps,Ms,under thestyle orfirmofMathesonNßrofherß.gNLmathieson,

(LateMa/hieie^ndCampbell)TIIOSiC.MATrHESON.

|Princes-street,(Opdsite Bank ofNew South Wales.)

Dunedin,Bth Not., 1866.

THE\P ARTNBR&HIPhithertoNinsting between the under-

signed as Brewersôttlers, andMaltsters,isthis day dissolved byMnutual consent. Allaccounts will be psidf anaSall debts willbereceived byMr Wilson, who wiU carry on thesaidbusiness inallit*branches aVheretofore.

/GEORGB DUNCAN,/JAS. WILSON.

Witness: Thos. (Bibch.

In reference totheabove, the undersigned,begto intimate to the numerouscustomers ofthe Well Park Brewery,that theyhave thisdayenteredintoPartnership,andthat thebusi-ness willbeconducted jh every wayas here-tofore,under thestyle/t Wilson andBirch.

/ JAS. WILSON./ TJIOS. BIRCH.Well ParkBrewefy,

Dunedin,17th January,1867.

NOTICE —Duncan and Yonng, owingtoRetiring from Business as Millers,

Bakers, &c, request that immediate pay-ment bemade\f«4heir ontstandingaccounts.Legalproceedin^^ll/be taken to recoverall accounts,not ttitOM^vthe endof thismonth. /

DUNCAN /nD YOuVg,Kattray-street,Dunedin.

Ist January,1867.

ADVANCES #N WOOL.

fIIHE Undersigned -re prepared makeJ. liberalCASS JYANCES* theen-

suing Clip of \VVI, /consigned to theirFriendsinLondon-^jL^

ANTONYmßßVand COOr to their firm inMJUbourno,

BRIGHT, BROTHERS, and SONS,

\ Dunedin.

DUNBDIN AND EAST TAIERI EXPRESSLINE OF COACHES.

A T theSpecial Requestofthe Inhabitants"£*- /OTDunedin^ndEast Tawi, /V

Haêsta^w^rhe aba^LineoîSoacnesât

Every^d9ngâTß o^lockj-âllinga^Greenislan^Tandarriving^/ town about Jnlf-past9;returning everyEveningat So'clock from

A. MMLROY'S GRIDIRONHOTEL,Princes street, South.

A L B, A I, B.

BALLINGALL AND BON'S

F AMÛ8 OW B|UR VIA

Son Aubhts— ?'

J,A.STEADM\N and CoÎmporters andMerchants,

GreatKing Street.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.—Hugh Fraser, Saddler and Harness

Maker, begs to inform his old friends andpublic generally, that he has removedfromthe corner of Princes and High Streets tohis new premises two doors above theEmpire Hotel, High-street,where he truststhat hisold customers and public will con-tinue to favor him with a share of theirpatronage.

BLAKE'S FAJHIIY HOTEL,

(feate Tamora Hjrase)hioA sTitßEt, sVxsoiir

YIMvAA blVk^tT/ / pHO^MBTOJtT

NEW BOOKS AND STATIONERY.

AFRESHaccession to theStock has justbeen made, amongst which will be

found—

The Sunday Magazine,Edited by Dr.Guthrie, Edinburgh

TheOldLieutenantandhis Son,EditedbyftormanM'Leod, D.D.

Good Words, 1865 do doThePostman's BagLife of Carey,Marshman,and Ward, the

SeramporeMissionariesParishPapers,byNormanM'Leod,D.D.Blacklock,onSheep,&c,&c

ALSO,A large numberof New Novels,—

Wilson1* BorderTalesRailwayNovels. &c., fte.

The stock of Stationeryhas alsobeencom-pletely replenished,and willnow be repletewithevery article of general and MercantileStationery.' *

■ "Brucb Hiraid" Office,Tokomairiro.

TtJ-R. A. B E A V E R,: (Late of Rattray-street.)

WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER,

Hasremoved to

PRINCES STREET,Opposite theffiank of Otago.

A. BEAVER has muchjJeaSure in in-formingthepublic tha^honasjust receivedasplendidassortmentsWatchesandfJe/rejlef^manufacfenrers invtCnglajfd « andrwouldinvite

VtSolajjna silver watgheaôTeverydes-

ColdniaJâHSerta, guards and append-ages

Diamond sets of bracelets and, brooches

Lockets andcharmsInendless varietyGentlemens*pinsandstuds*"Frenchând AmericanclocksChronometers,Ac,Ac,ko.

N.B.— Watches and Clocks repairedcleaned, regulated; and all repairingguaranteed.

rE CRAIGIEBURN HOTELHAS

"GONE TO BATH."

JAMES GUN MACKAY, in removingfrom the Old Craigieburn Hote/, Walker-Street, to the NEW CRA/GIEBURNHOTEL (late heJSatM) Geor/e sjfeet,begsto return/this sij^raânks/to^puVfriendsand thyyd\jSkviwaJl(dXforptffrMavors, and

J.Gtf^H^/«oe8 not intend fto boast ofkeegtpg the b«t brands(as isgenerally donebyadvertisers), butwouldinvitehis friendstorally round him, and" pree t» imp o' hisrealHieland Whisky," oranythingelse theywish, and he has no doubt but the verdictwillbeinhis favor.

Excellent accommodation forboarders;separatebedrooms. Chargesmoderate.

JAMES GUNN MACKAY.

WOODHAUGH BONE MILLS,

WATER-OF-LBITH,// DUNEDIN. s^> /

/Ir> // TrsLsr/n s/m.r^douglas.s~f

—IS/ \~Sv

Agents— /MessrsDRIVER,MACLEAN and CO.,

Dunedin.\7 U LO A N F O UND BV,

GrbatKiw Stbkbt,

KINCAID,M'QUEEN & Co.,Boilbrmakkbs,

ENGINEBEa^MiLLWBIGHTS, BLACKSMITHS, and

Fovmtwlx Engines, Wa|feL_Wh/"1ai

MochinM; tnd. every description of Pumping,

andon the shortestnotice.

MR. 8. SLESINGE R,VeterinarySurgeon,Hope-street,(ojP

posite M'Guire's Imperial Hotel),Dunedin,can beConsulted onall DiseasesoftheHorse,Cattle, Sheep,Dogs, &«.

Mr. S. hai/ had 90 years' inEurope,America, the* West IîefûWVic-toria,naama last/four yea/s in OWgo. Aconstant /^^plyJsSw/ifMediciney selected'andprepâreun^minseif,to ensure/success inthe treatment. Coimtry Orders/by Post orTSlegram will m attended t*. Chargesmoderate.

N.B.— Orders left at Mr Smyth's (nextdoor)will beattended to.

£*C)f\r\f\TO LEND inSumsof £100

andupwards. BalesandFurchaaesofProperties

s TôwnJSranj^sUplifted. /DALBYM^B Jumr. &Ajo.9

Stafford-street,/Dunedin.ILLIAM PAT ON,

(Lateof G.Young's,Princes St.)WATCHMAKER,

Opposij^theCrownandadjoiningthe Sham-

All Orders from the Country punctuallyattended to.

ILLIAM GIL CHRIST,Impobtsb of

CROWtf^SHEET, ANDPLATEGIfASS,Pwßxhangings ofjßvery desfelptyfa.

N.B.—

Countryorderspunctuallyattended toGEORGE STREET.

V E NETIAN BLINDS!SOLEMANUFACTORYINDUNEDIN.

T Jî JA G°^ J(L N

Coun^^yrders promptly executed.Experienced .Workmen sent to all parts of

the Proviice.

TO AGRICULTURISTS

TROBIN 8ON AND CO." Haveonsale—

Steam Portable Engines and Threshers,44. 6,and8 horsepower,bestmakers.

Straw Elevators, 1, M, 3, and 4 horse power.HorseworksanJOThreshers,withor without

PletaASeiSnSttlieft andBeotehmakersHamws,HorseBoss,Grabbers,Scarifiers,Corn

CrashersHay Porks,Knives, fee.

■ Chaff Cutters,horstandstandpower,withriddle, attached.

Churns,CheesePresses,andCurdMills.I PatentVulcanised Belting.

T.ROBINSON AND CO.,

Victoria AgriculturalDepot,.> Walker andHopestreets,puasdin.i ________———

ADVANCES ON WOOL.IrpHE undersigned are prepared to make

X Cash Advances on comingdip of woo, for sale,either in*the Colonies or London

Agents tt^London:— MorasR.Bn6oks4«(a

arrenJKpiton^ tar, iron tanks, wool jracks,and all necessary supplies for station;pur-

R.B. MARTIN A CO.

. ADVANCES UPON WOOL, STATIONS| AND STOCK.

1 mHSUndersignedarepreparedtomakeliberalI cash advances upon Wool consigned to

their friends io/bondon,Jfcsfrs.Potter^JUbion,\ They arejatoh buyers^WooL / / / i

Wool Packs, WireFeaefag, Tobacoo, and/ allStationStores. I

GEORGE GRAY RUSSELL, andCo.,

Dunedln.

FOR PRIVATE SALE.

I\;T'LANX>RESS, HEPBURN and CO.i^l. havW received instrucUons to sellbyprivate contact, /

SectionVp, 6, 7, J^lock 1., PapakaioDistrictuear^)au»aru,

" Containing—

V'250 Acres AgriculturalLand*

For furtherparticulars,s Applj/to \

M'LANDRESS, HEPBURN and CO.,

i / Manse-streeK/ v Dunedin.

V.

WATER RACE COMPANIES.r*\ALVANMED IROJ*TLUMING|made

y. VT toolder for SCOfIK Gorges. / C^CtopnerJP^tes^f^^n^zmining. /' R.andT.HAWORTHy^

6 Princes Street.Dunedinc 1/~

i- _^—

— — — — — — — —■

s BARLEY.

riIHEundersignedbeg to announce tothe-■- Farmers of Tokomairiro, Taieri, atfd.

y CluthaDistricufthat.theyar^PurcWae^^/WILSON A BIRCH,

Maltsters,Brewers,Ac.,

Dunedin.

5 FOB SALE.

SECTIONS79and80,Block IX,HeUons

brook,Tokomairiro.

? ////I Apply to// IGreatûigrstreet,-

Dunedin.to . —

CORN AND PRODUCE EXCHANGE.

a W. LORENZEN,FARM PRODUCE SALESMAN,

notM^nfife S.tonMwm forwi Produoes con-*signed to/hiayana is enabled to procure thehighestmarkeVpriceforGrainandotherPro-duceentrusted to his care. Storage free ofcharge,inease ready talesnot being effectedatonce.

Settlers andfanners favoringC. W. L withheirordersmay depend that, under all cir-

cumstances,hemerelyacts forthemsiaCom-mission Agent,and not asbuyerand seller onhisownaccount.

PHILIP MCCARTHY AN^-CO.

tended to. SmallKegs for the Millioif.JAGO AND CO.,

LATB AIXAW OAI.T AND CO.,TIMBER AND SLATE MERCHANTS,

OCTAGON, DUNEDIN.

T7IRE BRICKS, Shell and Roche Lime,* and Building Material of every de-scription.

Sole Agents forLambert's SuperiorDrain -Pipes, &c

J_ yfatblishment fiwjoining the Old Club),Madaggan-stwet^/Munedin.

N.B.— Horses/Offefully Shod. HorseandCattleMedicineWways onhand.

v FOR SALE,

SKITTLEPINS ANDBALLS* AmericanBowungvAlley Pins ancVßafis, DevU's

Pool Pins,andSUkindsêi Wood Turnery,

B>K^NES, ■$' NeartheßoyalGeorge,MongM>lace, Dunedin.N.B.— BilliardBallsaccuratelyRe-turned,

16sper set.

TWRW f/EALAND Tj^XHIBITION.JN La Jh1865."*For Ales in Bulk, the Jury most un-, hesitatingly accord the place of honor to

IMessrs Marshall and Copeland, Dunedin,whose variousqualitiesoi Ales scarcely ad-mitof improvement,and aremuchmoreplea-sant than the generality of BritishBeers."VideReportof theRoyalCommisioners.

WATER OF LEITHBREWERY.TITARSHALL AND pOPELAND'S"

FIRST PRIZE ALES,

HHDS.fy *m*&ijH, /

I1 THEIR/CELEBRATED-BOTTLED PORTER

D AKD

PALE ALE.FAMILIES ANDSTATIONSSUPPLIED

Orders left at the Brewery,or Office, cor», ncr of Manse and Princes streets,promptlyattended to.

y Inconnectionwiththeabove, sole Agentfor theundermentioned districtsare:

—Mr John Martin WellingtonWhittinghamBros....Bluff, Invercargill an<

Kiverton.Herbertand Co LawrenceH.Cable andCo WaiporiMrE.W. Durden WaikouaitiCain,Munro andCo. Timaru

1 Bremner 8r05... Hamilton's,Macraes,amMountIda.

Hibbardand Co Tokomairiro and Waitshuna

LACK AND THOMSONinaddition to their alreadyextensiv<

B- stock, havepurchased theentire cargo of th<"Oneco," from Boston, now landing, consistingof—

d 100,000 feet sprucedeals,9x3and 11x!10,000 do whitepinedeals, do43,850 ito pitthpineflooring

YaBJJKAJTD SAW Mlßl<B,Dunedin.

_T>AF F£ E FOR M I-, FOB 8 A LB.

OFFICE OF ~THIB PAPER.

« [CABD.]

fi CARTERV^TERINARYÛRGEON, //

"*N.B.— Horae andCattleMedicines.

POCKET BOOKS and PURSES iMorocco,ap1velvet

MetallicPaper HooksK „ BettingBooks

n Field BrnksLadies'NoteBooks

(All sizesandprices),At the"Brucb Hbbaid"Office,_ Tokc» -Iriro.

MACKAY'SIB

OTAOO, aOUTHLAMD, WBSTCOA», AXO 0011

"I * WBLM

«. ALMA N A C,lfl

'ON SALE AS

cd' '."BRUCE HERALD'7 OFFICE.

DUNSDIN ADVBRTISBMBNTS.

Ha FISH AND BON," Importers of

*' ana^wtail.PRINCETSTKEKT DUNEDIN,SOUTH.

. ,\\ C. S T K E L E

*GILDER AND DECORATOR.

LuusJujxhwîl^lniiiyljumiiFr jrilt

JMCT^^CraANEDiVARNISHED.

Frames made toOrder.

GOLDEN AGE YARD,Stafford fitaeet,Dunedin.

T 4 M B B M IL L 8,

-TAMES M IL N E R,M AxrV^t^s^Xs^BâTß?sV^9 m /

*■ J ■ AJUUJuIU«J!»ISIS,X . /pO^^Jffi^TTLE>6AL^MAN,

(T^^MKwrnrciAi.Sax.b Yabds,. '

■ Donedin.

XAIEOBAI TANNERY& FELLMONGERY

TTiaj^MAN^BROTMI^ arcCaa^myersofWpt^J&llowÊdes, Sheer,Y^/iipd^ho.,&*.y Wixiy quantitie^TtemporaryOffice— jrtoauceExchange,Jetty-- street,Dunedin. m

MB. W. T. MACDONALD,. . Teacherof thePianoforte. BallsancBveningBarnes attended. /)

Muu^%arehouse,"Dunedin:

JO H 5 GRAYTimberMsrchsnt andIronmonger,

ExkiWUonTknberYard,GeorgeandKing-streetsBvcrydeseriptioDofBonding Material~

alwaysonbaad.HoleIhe Address—

j; 0 H K GRAY,Opposite theExhibition.

Jy^M A C K A J&*/..+ . *

iTpliolsterer,Cabinetmaker fand, Importer of EnÛ^S^tch,and Americai

fi^rl^trtet,opposite St.Paul'stJhurch,Dunedin.

WkX*' EDWAKD ffRANOIS WARD

Barrister & solicitorTem^BChambepi; Ofy

J AW, BOMNER, AND CO.

rf Whol«sal amlßetaf^^ /

// Octagon,Duediß.

STUART-STREET COAL AND FIRIWOOD DEPOT.

BBST Newcastle and New ZealandCoaEnglishendNewcastleSmithy do.

Coke, andCutFirewood,tilebestquality,alwaysonhand,

AtReducedRates.J.and D.FINDLAY.

T> AICD D. G R A N 1' yi■ BeyendCotnStore, s

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Oats^CbaAftcâlwayson sateat theiowest(/ remunerativerates.

IK7' ALTER BELL AND CO.

£2,000 r6 tBKD

|pVarious Boms on good Rural Besuritiei

PR^DEROASTÊKYON A MADDOCJ

Solicitors,

Donedm.

TVTEW BOOKS AND STATIONER!

Just tohandalarge Stock of New 800landStationeryof every description.

Inspection respectfully invited. Furth* particulars in future advertisement.""BraceHerald"Office,Milton,Tokomairtr

■ * T ADIES' end GENTS' VISITING aiLi WEDDING CARDS neatly prints

At the"Bkug£ Herald"

Office.

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