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TheNewZealandHeraldXV.—No 5,209.T /SUBSCRIPTION, PER QUARTER:}
I Ik Advjujcx, I0e.; C&xdit, 12a. 6d. j AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1878. ITgSgSY NEWS. es. pi* Qr/Aiwxa. ,1 MONTHLY SUMMARY, 7b. Bd. P«B Ykaß. f [Pbioe Twopence.•'.- - - Shipping.
STEAM AND SAILING■ JsfesßJJSaSr packets
OT.I bo doepat:)ed from the SandridKO Railway PierFOR LONDON DIRECT,
As follows :—
- • Ship. Commandor. Date of Sailing
B.S. 'KENT,' via SnezCanal G. F. Gibns Augusts
3.5.-SOMERS KTa HIRE,
via Suez Canal H. F. Holt Sept. 11 -
S.B. 'DURHAM,' viaSnez Canal lr. Anderson Nov. 6
S.S. 'NORTBUMBEK-LA>D,'viaS'iezCanaI J. Camming DccembetTheir Accommodations for all classes of passengersare unsurpassed, end they will each carry an ex-
perienced surgeon, sailing from the Sandridge Rail-way Pier.
The SALOON CABINS are fitted with the neces-sary fixed CABIN FURNITURE." -
PASSAGE ORDERS are issned topersons desironsrf sending for their friends from heme, on appll-
to the nndersigneil. Passage money £10 andupwards. A liberal allowance to (amilies. Returntickets aro grantedat reduced rates.Fir it partitulare, apply to
W. SIDDELEY & CO., Agents(Lato »r. P. White & Co.),
10. Elizaboth-etrout. South. Melbourne
-VIX "T>EGTJLAR MONTHL?J^/ STEAM COJfMITSICA-TION BETWEEN AUCKLAND,
>&SSGSSa SYDNEY, AXD MKLBOUKNE.
The fast and f ivonrito s.s.'HERO,'
Captain Looax, may bo eipected here again aboutthe 6th of August.
She will leave ijiin for Sydney and Melbournethr.ie day?after arrival.
Kor freight orpassage apply toCRUICKSEANK & CO.,
Agent'.16, Qneen-street,
Auckland, July 10, IS7S.
„
. TTTNION STEAMSHIPJ\j\-*v ".J COMPANY OF NEW
ZEALAND (LIMITED).«v!&Sjy&skgO TIME TABLE— J ci.Y. 1573.
fOR TARANAB.I, NELSON, WRLI.INGfON,LYTTELTON. AND PORT CHALMERS,
TBAKSmPPIKO TOR PICTON AND WKST COAST POETSMuiOOUl.
Steamship. Date of Sailing £££!
'Tiraxaki' On arrival of E gHsbWail —
FOE RUSSELL AND KAWaKAWA.
* Ha-wba' Tuesday, 30th, 4 p.m. —
I .
ttS~ Cargo mnst be alongside one buur before time ofdeparture.
fr.EN'nHRSON' & MACFARLANE, Agents.Corner o! Queen and West Queen-stree's
_ , T7\OR WAN GANtJIJj BIRECT.
« W A L L A B 1, ,
Jas Lees, Commander, from Ocehunea Wharf,THJS DAY (Saturday), 27ih instant, at 3 p.m.,weather. &c, permittiog.
For freight or passage, apply toCOMBES & DiLT-Y,
Agents. Auckland ;
Or, A- BABNES,
July 27, 187 a -■■■--.
i "BjIOR ROSSBLL, WA-32 NGAEOA, AND MANGO-
The a.s. •lONA'. wilt leave EVERY MONDAY, at 5 p.m. (weatherand! other circutnstjincca permittinii). Passengersbooked *nd small parcete prepaid at the Office on tbeWharf. No cargo received after 4 p.m.—strictly•dbered to.
FOR WHANGAREjI AND JIANGAPAI.The s.s. 'ARGYLE'
wUI leave for the above places EVERY TUESDAY, at5 p.m.
FOR COROMANDEL,CAX.LISG AT MB- KISSLISO'S, WaIHEKE.
The B.s. 'A R G Y L E'will leate EVERT MONDAY MORNING, at 12o'clock, and EVERY FRIDAY, at 3 p.m.
FOR MERCURY BAY, TAIRUA, ANDTADRANGA
TO COiryXCT WITH Till! 8.8. ' STAFFA' POR AM, BAY OFPLENTY PORTS).
The 8.8. 'R O W E N A,'calling at Tairna to land passengers (weather per-mitting).
Srontiay, Jnly29Fridiyi iognstaWednesday. August 7
A. iIrOKEGOR, Mwwrer.
\ QJTEAM BETWEENAUCKLAND AND THE
S.S. 'ROTOMAHANA.'TIME TABLE.
From Auckland:- Saturday, 10 morning
X-londay,at 11 morning.Prom Thames •
?atiir.lay.i afternoon
PAEE3 (per'Rotomahana,):—Single : Saloon, 7s 6d ;Steerage, ss. Return: Saloon, 10s ; Steerage, 7a.Fares, per ' Rotoiti,' ss.
FEASER & TINNE, Agents.
-*K Jl CJTEAM to the THAMES.dUjL|g&. O COROMANDEL, and OHISE-' TON'GAEIBO,' 'ENTERPIUSE'DUItHAU, , AND'TK AROUA. , '
TIMETABLE.• THAMES.
From Auckland:Saturday, ' Tongariro,'lop.m.Monday, ' Enterpri'e,' 11 p.m.
From Thames :
Saturday, ' Enterprise,' 7p.m.
COROMANDEL (calling at WAIiIEKE)—Thes.s. 'Durham" leaves /■-nckland every Tnes-
day, Thursday, and Saturday, at noon. LeavesCoroinnndel every ilondoy, Wednesday, and Kriday,at iioor.-.
Goods received dully for shipment to Ohlaemuri,per p.s. "Te Aroha. No charge for storage orwharfige.JI. W. HEATH, Manager.
-Ki TmOR PRIVATE SALE.ThePaflole steamer
Jons Lbtdox. Giahamstown, has received instruc-tions fromMr. Bukmii-ciiam to jell tbe above wcU-inown Steamer, which is well adapted for river orwast trade.applhUon",^"8' wUh lDVentor7- Cin ba hftd on
E. Si. B. ISAACS,„ Fort-street;Or
> JOHN LF.YDoi*.' Anctioneer, Th.imes.
TC&ASSE.KyEas , UJSK OKPACKETB TO NEW ZEA-
«i. i«rticEJar.i on applicationtoL- D. HATHA*! &. CO..\
W OTrCE T0 SHIPPINGAGKNT3, iIKECHANTS
AKD OTHERS.to the New
JA'p, pniuLipff,.■ J-'olonial Uansger,
Shipping.
HP 3IS ljrEy"y ZEALAND*j§|l2i|h. SHIPPING COMPANY
Omcx: C9Ji Branch:
Chr.ȣhurch,THE COMPACTS FLEET
consuts of:—Tons. ■ Tons.
Tile HURUNUI .. 1054 TbeWAIKATO 1053MATAURA .. 888 VTAIMATK .. 11570PiWA...... 1131 . WAIMEA 871ORARI ....... 1061 WAIPA 1057
parkoba;-.'.' -579 •'*}in«R*iiaaTOrf^, iißrPIAKO .... 1138 • WAITAIRA .. SB33AKATA ....
1067 WANQANUI 1138KAKGITIKI... 1227
TheseritajniQcont clippers are of tho highest classat Lloyd's, purchased or built specially tomeet therequirementsof the trado between tho United King-dom and Sew Zealand. The saloons and state
cabins aro anperbly fitted aud arranged' and pro-vided with every requisite for tho comfort of thepassengers, who are provided frith beddingand alicabin fittings. Tho dietary scale is moit liberal.Second-class afid steerage accommodation is all thatcan be deeired, and tbo ships are commanded byexperienced masters.The Company also chartersships of tho highest classas required, and vessels are despatched from Londonto each of the principal portsof tbe colony with strictpunctualityevory month. The Company liaa alwaysships loading homewardfrom New Zealand.
Arrangements forthe passages of friends toand fromthe colony, and also for the conveyance of cargo, canbe made at the Head Office, Christchurcb, orat anyof the Branches intbe colony.
AOCKLANT) BRANCH—B3. Qntux-sinsire
■j?bfc~. "JflOR LONDON DIRECT.
S&a-mfa ' SPIRIT OF THE DAWN,'AAI at Lloyd's. C92 tons Register, Captain JamssWard, having tlie greater partof her cargo engaged,will have qnick despatch.
For particulars apply toTHE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY
(LIMITED), Agents.
<ck,>. TJAKQUE 'SCIIIEHAL--*-* LION, , CAPTAIN" LEVACK,FROM LONDON.
All Claimsagainst the v easel, on account of InwardCargo, must be rendered in duplicate at our Officobefore 12 o'clock THIS DAY (Saturday), or theycaunot be recognised.
CKUICK3EIANK tc, CO.,Agents.16, Queen-street, Auckland,
July 27.1878.
Hotels.
x - &*
MASONIC HOTEL,CAMBRIDGE. WAiKATO.
Tho uuderrigßcd having taken over the aboveestablishment anil effected such alterations and im-provement." as will make it one of tho mostcom-fortable Family Hotels in the whole ProvincialDistrict of Auckland, invites the same liberalpatronage as has hitherto been accorded to hispredecessor.
The spacious Billiard -Boom contains one ofAlcock's newest and best Tables.Every attention and con-fort afforded to the
travelling public and his ps.trons generally.FHANCI3 ROSE,
Proprietor.June, 1878. .
rriHE TVTETROPOLITAN TTTOTEL,
QUEEN-STREET AND FORT-STREET,
AUCKLAND.
MICHAEL CORCORAN,
Having leased and entered into possession of thii
conveniently-situated and well-known Hotel, is deter-nuned, on re-commencing business, to mike it one of
THE MOST DESIRABLE RESORTS
for the Citizens, Travellers, and Visitors to Auckland
From the manner, style, and success with which he
carried on the Greyhound Hotel for upwards of tenyears, he has every confidence that bis new under-
taking, by personal attendance and attention, com-bined with cheerful, affable, and kindly courtesy tocustomers, willresult in equal satisfaction io all.
All Liquors ake of us Very Finest and Best
Possißr.s Bb.\nd3 to be Obtaiked.
lyi" ICHAEL /"iORCORAN,
I.ATE OF THE TKAMES HOTEI,
NOW METROPOLITAN HOTEL.
A NCHOR HOTEL,CORNER OF QUEEN-STREET AND
JIA.BKKT AVENUE.
JOHN ADAMS(Late or toe Queen's Hotel, Upper
Has much pleasure in informing his frler.ds and thePublic of his Removalto this well-known, centraUy-sltuated Hotel, where lie trusts, with a Btcck ofWINKS, SPIRITS, AND ALE3
of Guaranteed Qualities, to merit and increase thatpatronage hitherto so iiberally bf ston-ed upon himJ. A. would call the attention of lovers of the oneto his newly-importedBILLIARD TABLE,as promising cue of the best outlets for amusement
inthis direction in town.
HHOOIIMG SEASON.■\VAIROA SOUTH ACCOMMODATION HOUSE.
The undereigned begs so inl.rm Sportsmen, Visi-tors, and the public gener illy, that first-clans accom-modation and attendance can be obtained at WalroaSontb. House close to the steamer's laudiug-placo.Apartments for families and good stabling. Horsesand traps, die., for hire.
AUDU3 HAYNE3,, Proprietor.
P.S. —The steamer 'Transit' leaves Aucklandthree times tr week. Game very plentiful thisseason.
t> OAR D, -| e? S. PER WEEK.
BEST IN TOWS,
GOVERNOR BROWNE HOTEL,HOBSON-STREET.
PF. MARTINSON, Chemist ande DituaoiST, Karaagabape Road (corner ot
Newton, Auckland, latn Apothecary anfiAssistant Surgeon to tho Brazilian Frigate and to H.-irMajesty's General Infirmary at the Cape of GoodHope, Africa, having been presented with a SllvfiirMedal, December, 1858, also to the New ZetlandEmigration and Militia Hospital, 1iC-5.
Begs to inform hie friends and thu pubic that hewill straighten children's club feet, contracted legs,toes, tua,, whether from birth orany other affliction,without pain, or the use ofklmrp instruments.Sufferers fromchronic rheumatic, gout, sciatica, ic.
—a permanent cure will bo effected. Numeroustestimonials can be «nen at his Dispensary. Hβ alsobegs to.draw theattentionof the public and dealers inpatent medicines to bis celebrated ToothasboTincture—acertain and sure euro for the toothache,earache, neuralgia, corns, &c; sold at 2a (id perbottle. Country storekeepers are recommended notto be without this valuable preparation. A liberaldiscount given to the tride. Prescriptions preparedIA Rll hours of the nignt sod Sundays.-
Business Cards.A UCKLAND HAT MANUFACTORY.
W. H. F B N T O N(Late Hill & Fkntoh),
Bt Sfeoiax. <-—J§(«JB.^JSI?; A'I' Pol>I™KKT
ExcKLLENcy theGovekhob.•WHOLESALE ANB RETAIL
HAT AND CAP MANUFACTURER,64, QTTEEN-ST-ftEKT,
- Opposite Bank of New Zealand,AUOELAMD.
N.B.—Hats and Cap 3 can be made to order, atafow honra' nolice.
[ESTIBLISBED 1556.
BG I T T O S, & iSOHS,• TANNEW3,
■■ LEATHER .MANOT.ACTS&EaS,r,-...,-f*v--5.1;!-.-m.S<,»-i-':>?*»,'S-*<H'.?.r '"": '■'■'< -N^iJ^wi^
■WOOL MEBCnANTS.IMPORTEKS OP ENGLISH, AMERICAN, AND
CONTINENTAL LEATHERS,GRIMDKRy, BOOT UPPERS, BOOTMAKERS ,
MACHINERY, MILL-BELTING, ETC.
3 and i, IVYNDHAM-STREET, AUCKLAND.TANNERY WORKS-WHAU.
Couxtuv OftDEits Carefully Exeoctsd.Prices on application.
N.8.-Cssh Purchasers of Rides, Sheepskins, Wool,Tallow, &c, at highest market rates.
FL. PRIME, Honae and Land Ajrent.O Office: No. 28, Insurance Company's Build,
ngs, Quoen-atrcat. '*
FISHER & CO., Wholesale Shipping andFamily BUTCHERS, adjoining Bank of New
Zealand, Queen-streot, Auckland.Poultry ot all kinds dressed to order. Prime
Smoked Tongues, Home-cured Bacon. Corned Beefou sale ialarge quantities. Calves' Rennets.
N.B.—Dealers in Game. Live Pheasants forwardedtoall partso! the colonies on leceiptof orderFamilies waited on in town c r suburbs.
HP. GIBBONS & C 0.,«
GRDCEBS, TEADEALERS, AND PRODUCEI MERCHANTS.
] CocNinY Obdeks CAnEruttv and Phosiptly
deaises rs yi.ouß, pollakd, bran, maize,oats, potatoes, etc.
Maize, Oats, &c, Crdsdkd tor the Trade.
Coal and Firewood Yard : Hobson-street.FIESr-CLASS COAL & FIREWOOD DELIVERED
AT WHARF RATE a.H. P. GIBB~ONS & CO.,
68, VVellsslky-stbest.
HE L LI O T- T,a STEVEDORS,
RECEIVING & FORWARDING AGENT, !LESSEE OP BONDfin STORE' A and C
ON QUEEN-STREET WHARF,For thb Etorinq ov Goods tor TuANseaiPMevT
Ac, &c, &p.
H. E. begs to inform the public that ho has nowtaken the New IronStoke, neit to Messrs. E. & H.Isaacs' Bond, FortsrKKET, for the purpose ofStoring Free Gi.ods. Also, to Store, Wkioh,Hake, Dump (cither single or double) Bai.eh ofWool, in any quantity ; to deliver the same at ship'sside, and obtain Receipts and B. L.'s for the tame, ifrequired, on the mostreasonableterms.a 11 orders carefullyattended to.
CARTING DOSE at the LOWEST RATES.Offices : FOKT-3TREST and Qoecn-stheet Wfiarf.N.B.—Wool Sorted and Repacked by an experi-
enced Sorter if required.
IRELAND BROTHERS,WOOL MERCHANTS,
TANNERS & LEATHER MANUFACTURERS,Importers of Saddlers" and Bootmakers' MachineryEnglish and -ForeignLeather, Saddlery, Saddlerf",Ironmongery, Boot I/spers, Grindery, Mill Belting.Snctionand Delivery Hose, Sα
■Warehouses—Vulcau i>aoe and High-street.Works—Paamuro,
AUCKLAND.Country ordera promptlyexecuted. Goods shippedtoall the Colonies.TOHN JAMES," CUSTOMS, COMMISSION AND SHIPPING
AGENT,SHORTLAND-STREET
(Corner ofO'Conncll-street).
Marine and Fire Insurances effected.Freights, Rents andDebts Collected.
JOHN POOK & CO., 4, Lime-streetSquare, London (Established 1860), Goncral
Commission and Forwarding Agents. Drawings andEstimates of all descriptions of Machinery and Iron-work furnished on application Or.lers to be accom-panied by a remittance or a referenee in London.
JOHN BRIDGE,WOOL and PRODUOR. LIVE STOCE,
STATION, AND GENERAL A3ENT,SYDNKY.
TV|" R. T. TRAFFORD,SURGEON-DENTIST,
"WAKEFIELD-STREET.
Jk/T R. JOHN BOYL AN,-"-*- CIVIL ENGINEER AND LAND
SURVEYOR,7i, Queen-street, corner otVulcan Lane.
Works Designed and Superintended. Spec'alattention devoted to Estimates ana Quantities.Boundary Surveys, Subdivisions, Levels, and Work-ing Plans executed on Reasonable Terms and Gua-
/ rriHOS. J. HARBUTT,
Wholesale Bnosn Manufacturer,VICTORIA-STREE EAST,
Auckland.
TO BUTCHERS, SETTLERS, tfARM-BRS, AND OTHERB.
The Undersigned are CASH PURCrJABF-RR ofHIOES, SUIiaPSKINS, WOOL, TALLOW, BEES-WAX, &c,at highest market rates, in any quantity.Comigaurs direct will have prompt anil ImmediateCash admittances retnrned, at Hatisln.-.'ory ralM.
IRELAJSD BROTHERS,'Cnzinoro ftnd T.piitlifirMnDufacturfirß
AUL-kUno.
W* PHILLIP PS AND SON,19 OIL, COLOR AND GLASS UKKCHANTS,
Irnpou-tcrs of Papemaagiugs, Scrim, Paints, Olli,Turjwnttr.e, C'olow, Varnishos, Fronch Polish, Gold-lea!, A:t>.its' Colors and Brushes: Plate, Shout, Crown,Ornamental ana Photographic Glass; Picture Frame»a:i Tapestry Mouldings; Clock aad Compass Glasset,G1h«b(1 ,s»»iibs, Doors, iSfcc.
Glut Cnt toSize, andcarefully Pack ,d.i>6 * 97, CiUEKN-»TRKET.
~TXT A R NOCK BROTHERS,** SOAP AND CANDLE MANUKAC-
TUREKS,Cox's Crkek, Richmond.
S3T OFFICE— DuBUAH-SritEET, AUCKLAND.Ca>h Purchasers—Tallow, Wool, Sheepskins and
On Sale—Bonedust: our own manufacture, guaran-teed free from adulteration.
WILLIAM ERKINGTON,CONSULTING ENGINEER,
Canada Builuixom, Q,uk«n-6trei£t.
C R O W T HE R,O VICTORIA LIVERY & BAIT STABLKS,ICoruur ofLome and Wellesloy-streets.
Patronised and appointed Livery Stablo-Keoptr toH.R.H. thoDukoof Edinburgh and His Excel-
lency Sir G. F. Bowea.For Hire—A great vuriety of Carriages, open and
cloße : Broughamsand Wedding Carriages, with Grnjflorsea ; Buggies, single and doubio-sFatcd, hoodedand open, forsingleor pair o£ Horses ; F<*ur-whco~ndDagC'urts ; Breaks for picntrj parties; Covered Cto-veyances for driving pasiengers to ont-dutrlcn ;LsdiCiS' and Gentlemen's Saddie.Horses, &c. ic. -
Ohnrge* Modnra'n.
Houses and Land.
FO R SAL E—. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS,
TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE EAST
For further particulars apply toJOHN, KIRKWOOD,
Or, ■ Auckland;HUGH KIRKWOOD,
Land and Commission Agent,Cambriiite.
QHEJSP AND CATTLE STATION.FOR SALE 9000 acres r:ch limestone Land,
partly in grass, and all securely fenced ; a largeDwelling-house, Cottages for workmen, WooLlicds,and other improvements, are on the property.—Forfurther inforojatjpjj ripply to
W. AITKEN, Land Agont.
Houses and Land.
pEAS, "OTT ILLIAMSON,
house, land, and estate agent,3, Vulcan Lahe, Auckland.
RINT3 and INTEREST Collected. [
MONEY Invested for Capitalists on first-classsecurities, without charob.
MORTGAGES and LOANS Negotiated.
SHARES Bongbt or Sold to order.BUILDING ALLOTMENTS for Sale at per. foot :—
Graf ton Road; 70/ Short-street, £9Beresford-street,60/ Napier-street, 20/ ■Nelson-street, 70/ Curran-street, 20/EnglaDd-street, 40' Cuke-street. 17/Union-street. 20/ Wellington-street,50/Day-street 15/ Frtnklin Road, 70/Vine-street. 10/ Blake-strest, 17/ • ■P.insonby R*aa". SO/ Mount Edon, 15/ ■Sb«ily. Bcseb-Boad, 35/ Vincent-street, 70/- "*""'
; Wcat Newton,25/ ■ Pitt-street. 60/Sheoban-street, 15/ • • Lerne-street,£8Liverpool-street. 40/. Hackett-street, 25/Lincoln street. 12/ Norfolk-street, 12/Prospect-street, 15/ UpperQueen-street. 70/Ring Terraee,35/ ConqneutPlace, 25/:
Also in various other streets at low rates.I .fOAAA TO LEND, on good securities, in sums
I 3J/Ci\J\J\J of £10 and upwards.
f>-|Cvp? —SEVT Four-roomed House and Out-<£/J-«7€>. house forsale in S«»field Koad ; Harden;
good view. *-mall deposit, balance by weekly pay-
SHELLY BEACH ROATV-Fine level Alletmcnts,for Sale, Cheap, with magnificent view of har-
bour. No money required: or can be leased withpurchasing clause. Jloney lentto build with.
PI 53 PER FOOT.—Allotments in Conquest Place,X>-*- Parne' ,. Magnificent s-a view. Small de-posit, and very easy terms arranged for payment...
1 K(\(\ ACRES FINE CATTLE RUN, withI,wUU gooi Homestead; to be leased for aterm of years; about 2 J mile 3 from Auckland, fourmiles from Railway ; frontage to navigable river.
X? 1KC\ A —FIFTEEN , - ROOMED HOUSE for<foJ-OV/V/. salo, within five minutes' walkof theWharf. Stabling and every convenience. LargeAllotment. Adudribly suited for boarding-hor_se.Terms can be arranged.
/>O-^R <3 FARM, in thechoice district ef Mangere,jD/S with water frontage;allin cultivation. Price,£20per acre. Other Farms in this district forsale.
£> Q/l/V—Seven-roomed House at Epsom, slatedotOVV roof, Slabli's. Csach-house, &c, and 3acres Volcanic Land. Portion o: money can remainou mortgage.
-<?1 A(V -Four-roomed House rear Eden Vine&~>Xrx\J HotiL riood garden. E»sy payments.
NELSON-STREET.—Two Houses for s»le on veryeasy terms. Large garden.
.PQ/l/Y—Sli-roomed Unuse, with detached wash-iOUU house, in Wellington-atreet, for sale.Allotment 60x120.
POKA.-Houso. near Choral Sail, in excellentXiOOXf condition. G rooms. Fine allotment.
■C-}fiC\ —Nine-roomed House near Ellerelle3JAiO\J. sutim. Three-quwters of an acre vol-ca,,ic soil : planted with choice fruit and ornamentaltrees. £50 deposit, balance can remain at S per cent.
I KA ACRE3. Pirongia, near Harapipl. Waikato,y-O\J most excellent Land. Price, £155.
KA ACRES at Taupiri. Waikato. ' Price, £55."V Situate near theCoal Mines. Lot 170.
IQPiA ACRES, near Pukekoho. fenced and im-}OOXJ proved, with convenient Homestead,Stockyards, &c. Price, 30a. per acre. £000 canremain for two years at 3} p-r cent.
FARMS a'so for Sale »t Hunua, Mount Eden,Waikomiti. Richmond, Komokoriki, Mangeto,
Paremorcmo, East Tainaki, Stokes's Point, Wai-tikerci, Henderson's Creek, Papatoitol. Remuera,Cambridge, Little and Big urnaha, Wbareora, Uiver-head, Morningsidi>, Mahurangi, Wninui, Omaru,Arartmu, rornmandol. Mercury Bay, Okaihu, NorthShore, Owhiwha, &c, &c, &c. ■ ■
WORKING MEM doslring to build or buy homesunder tho week!}- repayment system and so savo rent,Bhould apply toCHAS. WILLIAMSON,
ESTATE AGENT, Vulcan Lane.
T M. LENNOX'°
ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR,QUKCN-STHEET, AOC'KLAHD
(Oppailto the New Zealand Insurance Buildings).
£ 1 fli OAfi l" £J 0 T0 LEND on B°od securities.A/IU'jUUU —Apply to J. M. Lbnnox, EstateAgent, Auckland.
GREY-STRKET—A Beautiful FreehoM BaildingAllotment in this street. No money required
doW3, nnd money lent to bu'.d, if wanted.—Apply toJ. M. Lennox, tttate Agent, Auckland.
I?Of\C\ —A PRETTV VERANDAH COTTAGE.gt»/S\-"-'. a few niiiiutcs' walk from theRemueraStation, with largo Freehold Allotment. This property Is situated in tho r-idst of largo fields, and nearto Mount Hobson. The house is quite new. Price,£200; £51 cash, the balance can bo paid in weekly
TO INVKKTOES AND OTHER 3.—Two well-built
let for 34s* per week. Freehold Property Cβ x 200.'Uuildingi quitn New. Price £SoO—£2oo Cash, balancecan remain upon the Property.—Apply to J. M.I.kn'jojc, Estate Agent, Auckland.
HOBSON-"iTRFET.—A first-class Brick Rpsldcncein thin rising ttreet. Price £850.—J. M. Lkn-
NOX. Estato Agont, Auckland.
VILLA RESIDRN'CE-A BARGAIN.—A beauh(ul Villa Kesidenc-* atRemuera. The residence
contains 11 rooms, together with Coach-house,stnhiing. and about i acres of PrcehnM, all beauti-fully laid out in Garden. Orchard, Shrubtery, andpasture. J. AI. Lennox, Estate j*gcnta Auckl&ud.
POKEVO—li-erm and Homottcad about 1} milesfrom the llailway Station. The farm is all in
eras*; there is a comfortable 6-roome<l Dwelling-house built npon the property. Price £3GO.— J. M.Lkkxox, Kstale Agont, Auckland.
QI f\(\ —farm of 140 acres of first-class bush3Jl\f\J. l,»nd, situated at Eaulan. A schoolis about to cr.'cied near the farm. Price. £25 cash,tke balance to rercain un mortgage tkt 8 per cent.—Apply to J. M. Lennox, Estate Agent, Auckland.
IMAfi —A BARGAIM—Farm of 40 acres, atXi±\)\J. Stokcs's I'oint. There is J an aero oforchard, 6 acres in grass, and about 6 acres clearedand ready for the plough. Tho house contains 0rooms, and Is situated near Soldier's Bay, about 3miles from Stokes" Point J. M. Lennox, JistateAgent Auckland.
PARNELL.—Tjto Allotments fronting the mninrood, in a flrst-cliiss position. The lots have a
frontage of 84 and 35 feet respectively. Price £35sper foot. 1 hese Allotmentsare in a first-class posi-tion for business sites.—Apply to J. 11. Lkkjjoi,hut.ito Agent, Auckland.
HEPBURN--STRKET.- A dcs'rablo 7-roomcd Rcsi-dnucn, with wash-house andevery convenience.
Freehold Allotment 30 x 110. Tho residence is wellfurnished, and will be sold with or wiibont the fnrni-turo Price£500 : with tbe furniture, £700. Letatpresent furnished for fiOs. per week.—Apply to J. M.Lennox, Estato Agont, Auckland.
JURM AND'rioMESTEAD.—FOR PALE—AboutStation : a compact little farm of 30 acres of goodland, all fencori, and in crass. Theresidenco con-tains 6 looms, together with dairy, cow-sheds,&c.The land is well watered. Price, £450-£IOO cash,the balance can remninat8 per cunt.—Apply to J.M. Lknkox, Estate Agent, Auckland.
WAIKATO—A beautiful little Farm of 122 acresof first quality soil, all in the best grasses.There is a 4 roomed Residence upon the farm. Thisfine property Is only 3 milen from To Awamutu, intho To Rahau district. Price £I,22o.—Apply to J.M. Lknnox, Kstato Agent, Auckland.
ALLOTMENT fn the City, with -00 feet frontage.Pilce, £00. Beautifal Situation.— J. M. Lex-
nox, EsUto Agent, Auckland.
WAIKATO FARM—FOR SALE—A First-classFisrm, one mile from Cumbrldge There are
100 acres, 14acres of which are in wheat, 9 acres inoats, and 34 acros in first-class grasses.. Thoresidencecontains five rooms. There is also stables and allnecessary out-bull.lingiu The coaoli passo3 the door.Prico. £900.—Apply to J. M.Lesmox, Estate Agent,Auckland.
J; M. LENNOX,Estate Agent, Auckland.
"CI O B SALE,-*- 21 BUILDING ALLOTMENTS, TOWN OF
CAMBRIDGE EAST.This is the most vuluablo Block of Land in Cam-bridge, boing situated between the Bank of NewZealand and tho Market Reserve. Terras: Ono-
fourth casli.-romatndor'can remain on mortgage forsuch term as may be agreed upon. For furtherparticulars apply to Jamkm Hally, Cambridge. M)thApril, IS7B. •
"O O . R SALE,-■- The most desirable 18 Years' Leasehold inAuckland.—containing Nino ltooms, Offices, Etables,&c, about X 0 minutes' walk from the Post-oUlce.
W. FLOOD,23, Shoctlaud-strcot,
Houses and Land.t> O B E R th o R N e,land. mining. commission agent, and
hotel broker.Next Auckland,
has job sale—
EAST TAMAKI—A Firtt-claw Farm or 20S acres,good Dwelling-house and Orchard, on easy terms.
WAHJB.O—An Improved Farm of 450 acres, nearlyall in grass and subdivided intosecurely fencedpaddocks, well watered. A con.fort»ble andcommodious Dwelling, four-stall Stable. WoolShed and other Outbuildings,and a good Orchardof 2 acres.
Allotments Nos. 19 and 20, J-acro each, intownship.
MAIORO—Lots 31 and SSI, 100 acres, fenced, partlyin grass.
WAIPA—Lot li, fronting WaipaRiver, 50 acres.WHATA WHAT*.-Lot Sβ, 60 acres.WAITAIiKREI—26O acres Bush Land, adjacent to
the new Railway Line.WAtaOA—Good Fajjavof £00 acres, hall husband" half fern ; 255. per acre.
A block of 2000-ijcres, partly improved, ia lots' to sriil purchasers.
TE PAP A—Lot 473,80 acres splendid land.TE APATA—Lot 181,«> acres.TE PUNA—Lot 47, 60 acres..WAIROA—Lot 84, 50 acroaTATJRANGA TOWN3HIE—Lot 350, CameronRoad.BAY OF PLENTY—2I-je«is'leaJie of 6000 acres of
good land. >j -:-■ "-ai>AWITTJ— 500 acres, mostly- black loam soil, 20s perNORTH SHORE—Allotments 31, 32, Cheltenham.BEACH-Allotment 54 x 140. between Wharf and
Freeman's Bay, let to Harbour Board, £30 per
PONSONBY ROAD— Allotment, 40 x 100, splendidview of the Harbour.
GRAHAM STREET—A Large Allotment, with fourResidences erected thereon—aßdetached—can besold inone lot or separately; a good investment.
SEAtfIELD VlEW—Allotment, 80.x 140, 11-roomedHouse, Stable, and Outhouses.
EPSOM—Two-storied Private Residence, of 12rooms, in a splendid position, with paddock of5 acres fronting the OnrhnngaRoad.
MERCER—BOO acres, near Mercer.Pli K.o—l2oo acres first-classLand.TO LI.T — The two-story BuUdlng, of 16 rooms,"
known as Campbell's Hotel, inWiduku ; Orchardand 28 acres cultivated land, divided into pad-docks ; at a low rental.
Boveral Hotels in Town and Suburbs forsale.
Xp O R SALE (CHEAP) —
40 acros at Pukeatua, lot 270. '80 acres, lot 20, at Tokatoka.
5,000 acres Matumaoho, Pi«ko....
220 Acres Good Land, Lot 118, on the KapaCrtek, Mahurangi .
464 Acrei at Pakiri, County Marsden, let51.40 Acres at I'ukeatua, Lot 46.90 Acrei, Hoteo Block, Parish of OruawLaro and
Pakiri, Lot 69.OS Acres. Parish of To Papa, Cook's County.
Lot 281.40 Acres, Parish of Wairau, County Marsden,
Lot26.29S Acres, Okahn Blcck, Parish of Arspohue,
Lots 02, c>3, 04, and 05.A Good four-roomed Cottage, and about a
quarterof an acre ot Good Liiid. plantedwith fruit and other trees, at Taurasga ;really cheap.
A Good six-roomed House, with Wash-house,Bath-roem, Dai'y, two-stalled Stable,Buggy, and Hay-house ; Piggeries, Fowl-house, &c, &c. : and about nn acreof good ground, planted with verylarge ornamental and other trees, alsoOrchard and Flower Garden. It is welladapted for a Doctor or anrone wishiDgto build villa residences, having largelrontagtt to two good streets, only fifteenminutes' walk from the Union Bank. Theabove can be sold cither together orseparately.
Apply to
JOHN SOPPET,No. 8, QUEEN-STREET,
QJAMUEL yAI L J5,
HOUSE, LAND, ESTATE. AND INSURANCEAGENT,
SHORTLAND-STREET, AUCKLAND(Next the Poat-offlce).
MORTOAGE3 and LOANS Negotiated.MONEY Invested on Firat-class Security.RENTS and INTEREST Collected.
BUILDING AILOIMESTS FOR SALE:In Fefnleigh-stroet, at 255. per rootIn Br wn-strcet, at 15s. per footIn Ryle-strect, at 30s. per footIn English-street, at 40s per footIn Ponsnnby Road, at 303. per footIn Franklin Rood, at GOs. per footIn numerous other streets at similar rates.
POOA CA.SII, ba'ance atß per cruL-SUBUR--3J61/i>\J BAN STORE and Dwelling-honse of5 rooms, with fowl houso, well, i'C. This iswell situated on a corner allotment 07 x 99 feet.Tliere is room to erect another shop ; ftad there is agood opening for a butcher. Price, £450.
i?IAAA —SUPERIOR FAMtt.YX)l.\J\J\f. fitted with every convenience andcontaining 10 iarge r> mm, verandah on two sMei2-stall stable, coachhouse, tanks, woll, Sα, with2acres of laud, t.Htctully lald-outas orchard. ilo« erand kitchen garden. This desirable propertycom-mands asplendid\icw, and is offered chejp to effecta speedy sale.
QQK ACRES—SPLENDID FARM, beautifully<JOO situattd,about 27 miles south of Aucklandand connecting with Railway station by goortmetalledroail. This excellent property is all fencedand divided into 20 paddocks. 1 here are 450 acresgrass, 1 of orchard, ISO to 200 of bush, tho remainderfern. It is all. leocl or undulating land of reallygood quility, well-watered and easily plou«hable.Dwelling-house nf nine rooms, with store-room,pantry, wash-house, aud cellar ; one labourers' cot-tago of three roooiß, and one of uno room ; alsodairy, barn, chaff-house, stable, coach-house, cow-shed, calves-house, piggeries, &c, Sc. All in guodrepair. Price, £8 per acre. Terius as agreed.
1 fls- (\°- PER ACRE.—IO4O Acres UnimprovedJ-" V Land, fair good soil, on limestone forma-tion; about 160 acres bush, remainderfern ; all undu-lating pionghable land, easily acco sible; about 50from miles Auckland.
00/£ ACRES, nil good land, at Pukekohe, about/&/*Tb two thirds fenced by water ; twenty acresbush ; about 1 miio from Rai.way station. Price, £56s. per acre. Terms, £6CO cash, balance at 6J percent, for5 years.
£QKC\ —TWO HOUsKS in a princ-pal streetX,AjU\J. a nd only 15 uikutas" wtlk from PostOtlice, with freehold allotment 32 x 140. Tho housesaro in good repair. Terms, £100 cash, balance at 8per cont.
1 QQ ACItES WAIROA SOUTH. Splendid farmXOfJ all fenced, and divided into 7 paddocks, all ingrass, and all L-vel land of the richest description.Good house of 0 rooms, dairy, stable, conr-shed, &cPrice, £10 per acre.£ —SUBURBAN RESIDENCE of five'3JO\J\J. roonl3) n n woU furnished; also tankntid Out-buildings, and 1 acre of land, fenced, andfully planted.—Terms, as agreed.
■PTTiO —Very convenient and handsomoly-flttodA 4 \J\J. FAMILYKKSIIiENCE, 20 minutes'easyWilk from the Post-oiiicfi. This desirable Prouertvhas many advantages : the Allotment on whicli Itstands—222 foet x 120feet—is fully stocked with wcll-establiuhcd Fruit and Ornamental Trees, and whilecommanding an excellent view, is perfectly sheltered ;tli«rooms are fitted with haudsDmo Register Gratesand Marble Chimney-pieces, also Leamington Uangeand every convenience requisito for a family. Toeffect an immediate mloit is offered at a low priceaDd on very easy terms.gO KA - HOUSE of 5 good-sized rooms, alao&O<J\J. wash-house, 2 t.nks and well, wltri free-lioldallotmont, 60 x 133, nndfreeuse ofan additionalallotment; terms easy; 20 minutes' walk from Uueen-street. (
1 (i AOfk A ORES-VALUABLE RUN contain-4. VjtV/Vf ing(j 400 acres of Freehold and 10,000acres of Leasehold for 21 years, at £16 per anuuiu.The freehold is all fenced in, and there is a well-builtStone Houso of 21 rooms, with numerous out.buildinßS of tho best description. A large portion ofthe laud is of superior quality, and embraces a mostbeautiful and safe harbour, whore vessels drawing 14feet can enter and leavo at low tide and in any wea-tbor.—Further particulars onapplication.
SAM UE L yA I LE,HOUSE, LAND, AND ESTATE AGBNT,
SnonTLAND-3TiiBET (next thn Post-otilco).
FOR SAL E—A LEA*E of 2411 aces in the Bay of Plenty,
nearOpotiki. Price £1,250. Tho Property Is n theS'aboHrd. and commands a beautiful Bay, whereCoasiing Vowels can lo.d ami discharge nearly allwatered by running streams, and has soil equil toanyin this favourite district.For further information a->ply to
\Y. AtTXEtf,Land Agent,
FOR SALE OR LEASE—A substantialand commodious Dwpllirjg-houso, containing
13 room", together with largo Allotment, havingextensive frontagestuJormyn-street and CommercialBay Ruad, and overlooking tho harbour. Asa familyresidence is fitted with every convenience.
Apply toW. AITKEN,Land Agent.
PUKEKOHE LAND.FOR SALE—I2OO acres, partly improved ; 6 roomedDo-elliug-house, Stable, and other Buildings. The
property is three parts fencod by streams, and iswithin 8 ralloa of the Pukekohe station. Price, £2per acre—Apply to
W. AITKEN,Laud Agent.
Gazette in Bankruptcy.
TN bankruptcy.In the matter of "The Debtors and Creditors
Act, 1876," and of tho Bankruptcy ofROBERT SWANTON KOYCfJOFT, ofTaupiri, Contractor '
This s tonotify that Robert Swanton Roycroft, ofTaupiri, in the Provincial Dhtrict of Auckland Con-tractor, has this day filed a ttjtement that"be isunable to meet his engagements with his CreditorsThe First Meeting of Creditors to be held at th»Supreme Caurt-hon-e, Anckland, on WEDNESDAYthe 31st day of Jnly, 1878, at eleven o'clock In theforenoon.
EDWARD 3. WILLCOCKS,_
. Registrar.DIONAV & AItMSTKOKQ,Imperial Chambers, Auckland,
Solicitors for the Debtor.
TT N ' B AN K R' V P T C T.ISTHB ESTATE OF~J.~ir. FRENCH & CO.Allparties indebted to the above Estate are hereby
noticed that unless their accounts are piid to Mr.James "Watson, or the undersigned, on or before theIst August, legal proceedings will be taken for theirrecovery.
ALEXANDER DEWA.R.Creditors' trustee.Address :—Messrs. G. W. Owen and Co.,Fort-street.
- V j-Electoral.
"li/TOtrNT WELLINGTON HIGHWAY-L»JL; -;''*|j.."x .' DISTRICT.
Notice.—At the Annual Meeting of ihe Ratepayersof the above District, held on the 2«h July. 1878the following persons were elected Office-bearers forthe curreDt year, viz. :—
"William Innis Taylor, \
AndrewStevenson Thomson, IBarton Ireland, • L Membßrsof.James Wills, Board.JohnStewart. J .
Robert Nair Ryburn, ) ,
.Donald McPher»on, / Auditors.George Glow, )
_
ArchibaldStewart, J" Fence-viewers.ROBERT N. RYBURN,
Chairman.
IHAST TAMAKI HIGHWAYLi DISTRICT.Notice is hereby giventhat, at the AnnualMeetingof Rat-payers, held in tbe Otara fcbool-house onthe 13th day of July, 1878, the following persons wereelected for the current year :—
For Ibustbis:Messrs. Thomas Uowe
John McGechieJohn Macky, jun.Robert Stimp.-onWilliam Bovafrd.'
. For Auditors:Messr?. 'Will-am Goodfellow
Wm.S. Styak.For Fknoe-viewers :
Mcsßrs. a Ibln MartinS. C. Baird.Aad that Mr. Jotn McGechie has been elected Chair-
n.an of theBoard ; Mr. John Macky, Tieasurer • andMr. A. J. thackeUVClerk, or Secretary and Collector.WILLfAM WOODWARD,
Chairman of Annual Meeting.JOHN McGKCHIE,
July 26,1878.Chairman of Board.
£UT"X COUNCIL ELECTION.
TO CAPTAIN J. CASEY.
Sir,—We, the undersigned Eatspayers of the Cityof Auckland, respectfully request you will allow your-self to beplaced in nominationfor thevacant seat inthe City Council, and, in the event of your doing so,premise our votes and interest inyour behalf.
Yours faithfully,"W. RATTRAY,THOS. ELLIiON,J. A. SIMS,' "
G. W. OWEN,And 06other Electors.
mo MESSES. RATTRAY, ELLISON,-*-
FENTON, SIMS, OXLEY, AND GEO. W-OWEN, and the other 90 Gentlemen Electors on theRequisition.
Gentlemen, _Your Requisition came upon mequiteunexpectedly. I tbank you very much for yourconfidence in me, and should you elect me as yourepressntativa in the City Council I feel thU you willhave no cause toregret it.
Iam, Gentlemen,Your most obedient servant,
J. CASEY.
TO WILLIAM CROWTHERWELLESLEY-STREKT.
,_~ ,
. Auckland. June 23, 1878We the undersigned Ratepayers of the City ofAuckland, respectfully request that you will allowyourself tobe nominatedat :he forthcoming Electionfor a City Councillor, and wepromiseyoj our supportto secure your return.
D. H. McKenzie J. MasonCruickshank, Miller, & Co. Holland & ButlerThos. Gee . Cousins & AtkinJ. .-mith A. BlackT. Ttwmpson Thos. MinnettiC Cleal George LeahyAnd 80 o'.her Electors.
/^ENTLEMEN,—When first asked toVJT offer myself for the seat vacatedby CouncillorDlckson, I said "No," simply because I couldnot «ptretwo or three afternoons weekly from my businessaud therefore I could not honestly accept your efferfearing that I could nt always discha-ge the dutiesb-ilingiog to s»id office. Sines then, lam hapuy toinfoim you {because I feel sure it in a step intheright direction, as it willoffer facilities for electors toattend the meetings of the Council as well as theCouncillors) th»t it is not only possible* but veryprobable, the Council meetings will be held in theevening. It is distinctly with this understandingthat I how come before you, either for acceptance orrejection.
Should you return me. Gentlemen, and I trustevery one of yeu will do your very best to do so Ipromise you f .ithiulncss, diligence, and honesty ofpurpose throughout, withouta alnsleperson to serveand having only the public interest in view, and withnopersonal object orpurpose to go in for. Should Ibe rejected, then all I ask is, let us sail along to-pjelher, good friends ns before.
I remain, faithfully in your hands,W. CROWTHER.
Dress and FasMon.
MISS ROlsA TEMPI'« (from W. Ratt-ray's. Queen-street)begs to inform her Ladyt'rleuils of A uckland and Country Districts that sheh»s commenced Business as DHE-S, MaNTLE andHABIT-MAKKR in PHINi ES-S rSEET, oppositethe Masonic Hete, , and assures such Friends as favorhor with their Orders ths.t they shall have promptattention.
Wedding and Mourniko Orders carefully at-tended to.A SurkFit Guaranteed and Newest StylesAuckland, June 4, 1878.
TVTILLINERi; ! Tyr ILLINER Y !
MRS, BUTTERWORTH,MILLINER,
Wishes to inform the Ladies of Auckland and hercountry friends that shn is now shoi inga Largo As-Boi tmentof New Millinery, in great variety.
TRIMMED HATS, from Is lidLADIES' COSTUMES, from63 lidchildren's costumesRibbons, feathers, flowers, &c.
MRS. BUTTEKWORTH,LONDON AND PARIS PATTERN DEPOT,
MILLINERY, DRAPERY, AND UNDERCLOIHINQESTABLISHMENT,
Paper Patterns of every description.
auckland.
Jμ. mclachlan,• 218. QUBEM--TREET,
Has Opened, ex 'Arabella' and 'Spirit of theDawn." his NKW STOCK of WINTER GOODS iathe following Departments: MILLIMSRY, DRA-PERY, and CLOTHING. He has also to arrive per' Cerastes' a Supplemkntarv Order, which willbe brought forward shoitly. All the NOVELTIESOF THti SEASON will be found at PRIOE-s whichwill compare favourably with aay other House inTown. Inspection Invited,
New LoDg Winter Jackets : New EmbroideredWinter Uoso New Dowu Skirts and Dressing-gowns ;New Kelt Kir and Dressing-gowns ; New ReversibleFelt Cloth : N sw Ladies' aad >ien's relt Hats ; NewSatin Cloths and Wool Reppes; New Silk andZnnilla Umbrellas ; New Melbourne-madetrousersand Vests ; New Melbourne-made Suits and ;New Crimean :ind Whito fhirt New Blankets andBugs: Sew Oilcloths and Door ll.its ; New Carpetsand Hearth-ruus ; and bvkry . ther.article usually
Cash, aud imported direct from the Manufacturers.. J. 41. MOLtCULiN, IMPORTBR.
WASTE PAPER.for Sale.—Apply atthe Uikud Office.
OODS DELIVEKY BOOKS can be hadV3T at the HBRAiD Office.
i Tenders.
iCI T Y ° F AP °KLA ND.PLANTING TEEES, 4c.
Tenders willbe receiv duntil 2 p.m. of WEDNES-DAY, 3l»t instant, for Planting Trees in certainstreets in theCi<r, in terms of spsjlfleatlons andcon-ditions at theOffice of the City Surveyor.The lowest orany tendernot necessarily accepted.P. A. PHILIPS, j
Town Clerk's Office,T°Wn °"^
Ju'y 20,1578.
■Q AMILTQN , 4ROAI> -BBinGE.'; Counties Waipa.—Waikaio.
THREE SPANS 100 FEET AND TWELVESPANS 40 FBET.
Municipal Offices.Walpa County, 271b- Juiiesiß7SlWritten Tenders will be received aUUs'dffiefui>lo
noon on WKD'SESDAY,the 7th August, 1878, for theabove contract. They muat be addressed to *HUWorship the Mayor, Municipal Offices, Hamilton,'Waipa County, and marked outside, "Tender forHamilton Koad Bridge Contract." Plans and specifl--catioos may be seen at the Public Works OfficesAuckland. Christchurcb. Ducedin, and Wellington ;
andat the Municipal Offices, Hamilton. TelegraphicTenders, similarly addressed and marked, will bereceived if presentedatany Telegraph Odice by noonof the same date, provided that written tenders indne form are lodged atany ofthe above-named officesby the same hour, and accompanied by a cLequo onsnme bink in the town where the tender is lodged ;
such cheque to be specially marked by a b inker asBO.=d for tweaty-one days, and tobe in favour of theMayorof Hamilton oaly, and not to bearer or order.The lowest or any tender will not necessarily beaccepted.
I. K. VIALOCT,Mayor.
N.B. —rians for this Contract can be purchased atthe Public Works Offices in the above-mentioneddistricts.
"JTEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.PATEA-MANA.WA.TU RAILWAY.
BRUNSWICK. CONTKACrTPERUANEST "WAY).LENGTH ABOUT 9 MILES 6 CHAINS.
Public Works Office,■Wellington, 13th July. 1878.Written Tenderswillbe received at this office up tonoon on MONDAY, the 26th August, 1878, for theabove contract. They muat headdressed to the Hon.the Minister for Public Works, Wellington and
marked outside, "Tender for Brunswick Contract(Perm nent Way). • Plans arid specificationsmay beseen at the PublijWorlc3 Officer AueUand, Christ-church, Dunedin, lTivercargill, Vanganui. andWellington,and the Railway Manager'sOfficß, NapierTelegr»phic tenders, similarlyaddressed and marked,witlbe received if presented at any Telegraph Ofli.-eby noon of the same date, provided that writtentenders in due form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer'sOffice by the same hour, and accom-panied by a che me on some bank in the town wherethe tender is lodged ; such cheque to be speciallymarked by a banker as good for twenty-one days andto be in favour of tbe Receivet-General's DepositAccount ocly. and not to bear ror order. Thelowest or any tender willnot necessarily be accepted.By command.
JOHN BLACKETT,Enginf er inCharge, North Island.
¥EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.ROLLI:>G STOCK.
CONTRACTS FOR MANUFACTURE AND DE-LIVERY OF (RAILWAY TRUCKS), OS THEAUCKLAND, NAPIER, WELLINGTON WA-NGANUI, AND WAITAKr CO BLUFF'RAIL-WAYS,
Public Works Office -
Wellington,30th April, 1878.Separate Written Tendtrj will be receivedat thisoffice up to Noon on WEDNESDAY, the 18th Sep-tember, IS7B, for the above contracts. They mustbe addressed to the Hon. the Minister for PublicWorks, Wellington,and markedoutside "TcnJer forRolling Stqclc." The work will be let in five separatecontracts, and most he separately tendered for ac-cordingly. Plans and specifications m*y bo seen atthe Public Works Offices. Auckland, WaoginniChristchurch, Dnnedin, Invercargill, and Wellinatonand at the BailwayManagers' Offices, Napier, Tinura',and Oamaru. Telegraphictenders, similarlyaddressedand marked, will be received if presented at anyTelegraph Office by Noon at the same date, provi ledthat written tenders in dueform are lodged ata Dis-trict orResident Engineer's Office by the same hour,and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in thetown where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to bespecially marked by a banker as good for twnnty-onedays, end to be in favour of the Resuiver-Gener-l'sDeposit a ccount only, and not to bearer or order.The lowest or any tender willnot necessarily be ac-cepted.
By command.JOHN CARKUTHEES.
Engineer-in-Chiof.N.B.—Plans for these Contracts can be purchased
at the above offices.
VTEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.25,000 SLEEPERS.
KAIPARA-PITNIU RAILWAY.Public Works Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1878.Written Tenders will be received at this office up toNoon on MONDAY, the 29th July, 1878, for thesupply and delivery of 25.000 Sleepers, to be stackedat the AuckUnd. or any Katlwiy Station betweenAuckland and ohaupo. 'Xhey must be addressed tothe Hon. tho Minister for Public Works and markedoutside, "Tender for Sleepers. Kaiparn-Punlu Ra.l-way." Specifications may be seen at the PnblicWorks Offices, Auckland, Wanganui, and Wellington;andat the Railway Manager's Office. Picton. Tele-graphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, willbe received if presented at any Telegraph Office byNoon of the same date, provided that written tendersin due form are ledged at a District or ResidentEngineer's Office by thisame hour, and accompaniedby a cheque on some bank in the town where thetender is lodged; such cheque to be specially markedby a banker as good for one month, and to be infavour of the Receiver-General's Deposit Acconi tonly, and not to bearer or order. Tenders willber- ceived for sawn sleepers only. The lowest or anytender willnot necessarily be accepted.
By command.JOHN BLACK ETT,Engineerin I harge,
NoithIsland.
MOUNT WELLINGTON ROADBOARD.
Tenders will be received at my office, up to noonon THURSDAY. August 1 prox.,for the Supply andCarting of Scoria Ash, and 2$ inch. Hand-brokenMetal, and delivering same on the roads in the dis-irlct. Also, for the Carting only of Hand-br*kenMetal from H. 11. Gaol. And for a dayLaboutec towork on the Roads inthe District.
Further particulars may be had upon applicationat my office.
BAUTON IRELAND, Chairman.Auckland, July 26,1878.
■OOR l> E A S E.Tenders will be received by Major Wiremu Tβ
Wheoio, for one month from July 15, IS7B. for theLease fora term of 21 Yours of 3,500 Acies of Land onthe Bank of the Waikato River, nearly opposite 'Mercer. The laud is of first-class quality, and ad-mirably adapted for a?ricnltuie or for a sheep orcittlo run. There is a small hardwood bush on the
addressed to Major Wirenju Tβ Wh:oro, Alexandra,Walkato.
For farther particulars, apply to■ E. T. DUFAUR,
Solicitor, Sh< rtland-street. Auckland.
TO LET—The Sinking o£ a Shaft OneHundred and Sixty Feet (more or lets) at
for the Bay cf Islands I'oal Company.Particulars maybe obtained from the undersignedTenders will be received at the Works up to the10th of August.
E. "W". MOODY.
mo ENGINEERS.The Borongh Council or Onehunga offer a Premiumof TenPounds (£10) for the best Scheme for Supply-
ing the Onehunga Wharves with Water. The sne-cessful competitor to have the superintendence ofthe work, if carried out, at the usual commission.PatticulaM willba furnished at the Borough Coun-
THURSDAY*,0 tO 12 "-m-
°n T^SUAXS andPlans and specifications to bo lodged on or beforethe sth of Augustuext.
JOHN GE-\ HUTCHISON,Town Clerk.
Photographers.■ — . .
C- L"A R K. E BROTHERS(Late Crojhiik's).
royal fine art photographic "galleries.
. Queen-street, Auckland,Opposite the Union Bank.
First-class Portraits from C. P. Y. to Lire Size, at■ ■ .Moderate Prices.Children'sPortraits taken instintaneously.
Amusements &c-
THEATRE ROYAL.Proprietorand Manager Mr. B. J. DeLias.
SOTHER.V .'
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SOTHERN !
ASDAVID GARRICK !
DAVID GARRIOJE!!!DAVID GARRICK !
THIS (SATURDAY) EVKNING, JPLY 27.The last performance of the delightful Hayiaajket
Comedy,DAVID GARRICK !
fn which air, SOTHKRS willrepeat hi« grandimper-sonation of the titlerole, acknowledged tobe -
the masterpiece ofact dj.AdaAngot
.. .. .... Mrs. Walter Hill
fcTJrPOBTED BY TUE "WOOItR OP THE BRAJIATIOCdMrASr. -, \ ■:_■-; ■ .-
- < • --.
MONDAY tVrtNITC:Robertson's famons Crimean Comedy,»3" OURS ! -SS
! HUGH CHALCOT ME. SOTHERNPrices : Dress Circle, 4s; Stills, 2s GJ ; Pit, IsBox-pUn at Upton & Co.'e.
£i RAND FANCY PAIR OR BAZAAR,'' :ST. MARK'S CHUKCU, REMUERA,To be held at the end of August, or beginnirt of
;- - September.The following Ladies will slid to receive anyContributions, either in wort ormonev :-Mrs PrittMrs. Seccombe, Mrs. Jenkins, Mm.' Heather MissAlexander, Mrs. Morrin. Mrs McMillan, Mrs TonkaMrs. Jackson, Mrs. No.au, andMrs. Selius.
Lectures.
YOUNG MES'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCI-ATION EoOHi.
A COURSE OP EIGHT P."POLAR LECTURESAND SCIENTIFIC ENTriETiINM.i-.NT3Will be given on SATURDAY EV£Ni:>GS,
Commencing at 7.30.By Mr. Joßla.ii Martin.
Musicil illustrations under the directioa of ProfessorM. Swallow.The subjects willcomprise:—Soand, Music, Colour,
Light, He t. Fir-, Klectriiity, &c, illustrated bynumerous brilliant experiments with the Telephone,'Torpedoes, the Phonograph or jalking machine, andthe Microphone.
A dmissioD. One Shilling. -Tickets for Course, FiveShillings. Teachers under the Board of Education.Free.DOAED OF EDUCATION.,
Teachers andProbationers are informed that theyon obtain treeTickets of Admission to Mr; Jcsiah,Martin's course of Scientific Lectures, on applicationto theSecretary, at the office, Wyndham-strect.
i Meetings.
THE UNION STEAM SAW MOULD-ING, SASH AND ' DOOR COMPANYI (limited;.
I The Oidinary Half yearly Gener 1 Meeting of theShareholders of the above Company will be held, atthe l-ffice of Mr. Chail's TothiU, Shottlandstreet.Auckland, on WRDNEsnAY. the 31st day of July,IS7B, at the honr ot 2 pro.
Business: To receive the Half-yearn- Report andBalance-sheet; elec ion of a Director in theroom of A.. Boardtnun, fsq., who retires byrotation, but U eligible, and offers himselffor re-election: sho. the election of aaAuditorfor the ensuing year.
E. 'WAYMOUTH,Secretary.
A KCHILL HIGHWAY DISTRICT.The Annual Meetingof the R*tepayers of theabove
District will be held at th« Pub'ic Schoolroom,Great NorthRoad, on TUESDAY, 30th July, IS7B, at7.30 p.m.
Business: To receive report of ouigofng Tittitees,adopt Balance-sheet, elect now Trustees, Auditors,and Fence viewers.: E. W. MORRISON,
Chairman.July 9, JS7B.
pOUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE.
A Public"Meetingof CountyElectors of the saveralRidings proposing to unito under ihe provisions of"The counties Act, 1576." for the formation of anew County, tobe called the •'Cambridge Connty,"is hereby convened to be held in tho Public HaU, atCambridge, ou SATLTkDAY, tho 3rd proiimo, at3 o'clock p.m.
TheSub-committee appointed at tho Meetingheldon the 2nd infct&Qt, to conduct prclimuiaEie*, .wiUthen report Us Bubseqaen: preceediegs, will exhibittbe completem-morial prepared for submission t»his Excel'eocy the Governor, signed by three-fifths oftho nnmber of dnly qutlifi-d electors; also, Mapsshewing and text descri'iin« the boundariesThearea aomprisedwithin the boundaries of thoproposed new County is abotu 47C.000 acres, and itincludes the whole of the Ridings of TamaUere (a3 atpresent censtituted), Cambridge, Pukckura, Taotao-roa. and Patetere, with a limited portion of thesouth-western point of Ultimata.
With its report thus to be made, the duties en-trusted to the Sab-commiiteo will terminate, and thebusiness te be transacted at the meeting now coa-vened wi 1 be to determine upon, toprovide for, anlto direct further action.
(Signed) WILLIAM CLARE,Chairman.
E. B. WAIKEK, ) Members olItOBT. KIKKWOOD, ) Snb-Com.
Cambridge, July 25,1873.
\\r ELCO'ME GOLD MINIKG COM-V ¥ PANY (LIMITED).
An Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders in theWelcome Gold Mining Company (Limited) willbeheld at the O'lice ot the Company, Queen street,Thames, on TUESDAY, 20th August, IS7S. at 2o'clock p.m.
Business :—
Ist. To confirm recommendationof Directors foramalgamatingwith the Young Xex Zealandacd Perseverance Mines, and forminga NewCompany to be cilled the Welcome titendeijGold Mining Company(Limited).
2nd. To empower the Directors to wind up theWelcome Gold Mining Compiny (Limited),under Clause 112 of tho Alining CciupaniesAct, 1572."
THOS. HORSBRUGH,Manager.Thames, July 24,1578.
YOUNG NEW ZEALAND GOLDMINING COMPANY (LlillTED).
An Extraordinary Meetingof Shareholders in theYoung New Zealand Gold MiningCompany (Limited)will be held at th- Office of the Coaipmy, Queea-street, Thames, on 20th Aujuit, IS7B,at 2.30 p.m.
Ist. To confirm recommendation of Directors foramalgamatingwith tha WelcomoandPersever-ance Mines, and forming u New Company tobe called the WelcomeExtended Gold MiningCompany (Limited;.
2nd. To empower the Directo.a to wind up theYoungNnw Zfilaml Gold Mining Company(Limited), under clause 112 of the MiningCompanies Act, 1572.
THO3. HORE3RUGH,Manager.
Thames, July 24,1578.
Sewing Machines.
LADIES, TAKE NOTE OF THIS !—
Two important points should not be lost sighto( in selectinga Sewing Machine. First: Be not mis-led by long aud extravagant puffs in the papers absutMachines which are frequenty madeonly to fell, acdmore frequently sold by those who, from their wantof mechanical knowledge, can only parrot-like repeatthe puff. Second : Beware of purchasing a SewingMachine because it happens to ue a few shillingscheaper, and have afterwards to pay ae»rly for it inworry, delay, and vexation. Tbe un I?i3igned,fromhis intimate knowledge of Sewing Mechanists, onconfidently tecommtnd Taylor's Patent Sewj&iMach>ne as a really good, genuine, mnd well-fcste'tMachine. Inspection invitedat theSols Agents.T.
Peacock's. Shorlland-strect, opposite the Post-oSi-6.
"AMERICAN INSTITUTE, 1577-±\.
ThaHIGHEST AUTHORITS"
In the United States declares theNEW STRAIGUT NEKDLE
WHEELKR and WILSON MACHIN3TheBEST in the WORLD.
UNANIMOUS REPORT of the JUDGES:—** We tlo not hesitnteto declareIbe New Wbc£?er
and Wilson Sewing Machine tfce Best inthe World,and we recommend for it the highest recognition—The SPECIAL llED'ALotlSn."
Report o£ the British Commissioner to the Philadel-phia Exhibition of 1576 :—
"Of all the machines wa tested, tho Wheeler andWilson New Machine was the most completelysuccessful, failing in nothing that was givmt it."
FRED. A. PAGET.(From hisreport to the English Government.)
INSPECTION ISVITED. ■SEDUCED PRICE?.
The NEW MACHI.-.ES can bo WORKED it-HAND or ifOOT.BEST HANDMACHINES, 90i. .:
We WARRANT tha -■:■•*..-.WHEELER and WILSON-
To giroENTIRE SATISFACTION.
*V. C. DENNES, Queen-slreet, ;
Eolo Agentfor Auckland.
THE NEW ZEALAjND HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY #7, 1878.2; Ironmongery, &c. '
T& Q HA 6KR IN,
I IRON & HARDWARE ASERCHANTS,
J QUEEN, DTJKHAM AND HIGH-STREETS! AUCKLAND,
|| Announce the following
I - GOODS TO ARRIVE,
J Per 'Chasca/ 'Seiloller,* and ' Mendoza,'from
'. London :' Lapwin?,, from New York.
j 271 Imodlrs Gas Tubes, black and galvanised
I 8 casks Gas Fittings
; 23 bundles Parkes's Spades39 bundles Black's Fpades
3495 Ears Iron770 bundlesIron220 pistes Iron
560 bundles Hoop Iron
400 boxes Canr!l»3400 BlastingPowder
79 cases Sporting Powder: 52 tuses Corrugated Iron
21S llrnms Paint Oil£0 auks Paint Oil12 lions White Lead
150 Grindstones45 boxes Tin Plates12 casks Na! l»
SCO kegs Nails, assorted16 Blacksmiths' He'lovj
1 HoistingEngine15S Coated Cus'. iron ri;->27 Valres27 SurfMO Boxe3
U ciSM Plonits12 cases Com Crushers4 cases CsinbriJge Rollers8 cases Howard's Barrows
7cases Saddles, 7 tons Shot
5 case 3 Gens5 cases Gen Cpa
27 casks Chiin6 ca-ies Sorby s Tools
16 hhds. Uolloware15 casks Glue6 Cises Glss3 Paptr and Emery Cloth
129 cases American Notions
Ironmongery, &c
pOETEE AND 0.,
ACKICfJLTUEAL IMPLEMENT IMPORTERS'AND AGENTS,
Quees asd High Streets, Acckland,
Have now in Stock a Large and Carefully-Selected
Assortment of
ENGLISH & AMERICAN IMPLEMENTS.
CAMBBIDGE PATEST FIELD EOLLER3CYLINDER FIELD ROLLERSSEGMENT FIKLD ROLLERSBROADCAST SEED SOWERS for Grass seed,
Clover, 4c.
AMERICAN CORN SHELLEBS, Four PatternsTURNIP CUTTER?PULPERSCHAFF CUTTERS, for Hind Power, New Pattern,
with Eteing Month-piece
CBAFF CUTTERS, Horse Power, with Stop andReverse Motion
CHAFF CUTTERS for Steam Power, with Stop anReverse Motion
FLOUR MILLS, with French Burr Stones for Handor Power
STEEL FLOUR MILLS, Single and Double ActionHOWARD'S PLOUGHS, One and Two WheelsHOWABD'S DOUBLE FURROW PLOUGHS
HOfITABD'S POTATO-RAISING PLODGHSHOWARD'S IMPROVED CHAIK HARROWS
HOWARD'S COMBINED FLEXIBLE and CHAINHAKROWS
HeWARD'S IMPROVED ZIGZAG HAREOW3GOWARD-S FittiDgs for Ploughs, Reapers, &c ic.HOPwSSBY'S PLOUGHS, One, Two, and Ihree
WheelsHORNSBV'S RIDGING PLOUGHSHOP.NSBY'S PLOUGH .SHAKES, FITTINGS, ic.ZIGZAG HARROWS, with Unproved Loop Fasten-
ingsTURSWRIjT or HILL-SIDE PLOUGHS
ANNEALED and OILED FENCING WIRE. See4 to 9, best brands
SAMSON OVAL FEXCING WIRESTAPLES and WIRE STRAINERSMURBAY'S PATENT WIRE STBAINEBS.
TO ARRIVE PES. ' LAPWING/A Shipment of
Light American Duties and CarriagesLight Express WagoasI"arm Wagons(Harnes3 to match)
T. & S. MOREIN"
Are Agents for JJilner's Fireproof Safes, and alwajshare a stock of Safes, Deed Boxes and Cashboxes on hand
Also,For Homsby's Portable Steam Engines and
Thrashing Machines.
OS HA.VD :
8, SJid 10Horse-power EnginesThrashing and Finishing Machines and
Straw Elevator
-jfyriLLEJR &
IRONMOX&EB3,
*3- SSO, QUSEiT-3TREET, AUCKXAKD, _ei
Would call special attention to their Large
SHIPMENTS OF GENEEAL lEONMOXGEEr,IiANDED ASU TO LaKD,
EX ' DILPTTSSTJXD,' 'G. BEOUGHTOK,' ' SASC
MEXDEL,' Eia, ETC.,
Comprising;
BurgessandKej's Combined Reaping and Mow-ing Machines
DIXON' i SOS'S ELECTRO-PLATED andBEITANXIA METAL, GOODS, comprising:E.P. Tes, Dessert, Table, Salt, Egg and
MustardSpoons
Z.P.Dessert and Table FortsB.M. Tea and Coffee PoU, Hot Water
Jcgs. Tea Urns, Cream Jugs, DrairFlisks. Ix.
Bread PlattersBread KnivesButter Coolers
Beut&lTs Cbiff Cuttersand Com Crushersfiorasby's Swing ana Wheel PlooghsHoward's !i"gz&g HarrowsAmerican Eagle PloughsHay KnivusTrussingKnivesScythesaid Handle*Tern HooksSlash HoolrsHay RakeaHay Forks
Digging and Manure ForksSpadesGrafting Tools, &c.
Teapot StandsBiscuit Boxes "
EggTrays.
TABLE and POCKET CUTLERY in eTeryVariety
ENGLISH JOIKE2S'and SHIP CARPENTEBfTOOLS
AMERICAN NOTIONS, comprising :
Hand Saws, 18. 29, 22, 26, and 28in.Novelty Braces, 10,12, Win. sweep
Hatchet BracesAngle Borers
Iron Planes—Smoothing, Jack, Jointer andBlock
Claw HammersChfcrisBet Stones sad SlipsBoring MachinesGrindstonesHangings, ic.
MiliPans, 18 20, 22, 24in.-HilkinK Buckets, tin and galvanised iron
Milk Stralsen and SkimmersButt?? Prints aad PatsButter Scale* uid Weights'Wool Packs sn'dTwineWard and Payne's Straight and Crank Shec
ShearsWlllrinion and Eon's Centennlftl Prixe Sheep
ShearsI>amlugionKingeaColebzookdale Stovee■Smith and WeUstood's American Pattern StoresSham and Bigister GntesFendsi and Fire IronsBedsteads—Stump, French and Half .TesterHip, Sitz and Sponge Baths
:: Toilet Sets' 'Watering Cans.
Also, ■A Large and Well-assorted Stock of English and
; Colonial TINWABE.
SINGLE and DOUBLE BARBEL GUNSDOUBLE, BARREL BREECH-LODING GUNSPowder, Shot, Caps, Ctrtiidges, fcc, &c
-T. & J. l> J c K E Y
Invite the attention of
PARTIES FTJBNISHINO
TotheltNewStockof
TABLE QUTLE It Y,
ELECTRO-PLATEDAN D
NICKEL SILVER SPOONS, FORKS,ic., &c, &c.
JOSEPH RODGEBS & SO: I 3
rVOEY HANDLED
I"ABLE AND DESSERT
JOHN WIGFALI. * CO.'S.
BONE, HORN, A_ND STAG-HANDLED
KNIVEfJ,
IS GSEAT VARIETY,
CHP.I3TOFHER JOHNSON'S
QELEBRATED gCISSOES.
HEIFFOR'S & RODGERS'S
RAZORS
WILLIAMS' & SALTS
BUTCHERS' STEELS AND KNIVES.
BritansU Metal Tea Pots, Trays, Charcoal Iron
Knife Boards, Boilers, Baacepaxu, and Kettles.
Buckets, Frying Pans, and Camp Ov&ns;Milk Pans
Tin Basins, and Dishes.Brooms, Shoes, and ScrubbingBrashes
FIVE PES. CENT. DISCOtTNT ALLOWED TO
CASH PUKCHASKJCs ON ALL GOODS
AMOUSTDfO TO 20 stnnZ.Tir.S. AND OPWARDS
TDATENT WEOI7GHT NAILS.J. J. CORDES & CO.,
-The Ffttenteee and 3o!e lifannfactnrers of the well-known Patent Wrought .Kails, commonly known as
"EWBANK'S NAILS,"Desire to make itknown thata "STAB"or "CROSS"is theirTrade Maik,and thatall Nails made and sentlent by them, except clasp, bear this mark upon ibelrbeads, sad that within erery pacVage sent from foeir,'\7orks 15 also placed a card bearing their Name andAddceES. Any Wails therefore, which are not dielanguished as abort, must notbe confounded-with
"EWBANK'S STATTrS,"the quality of which is eu veil appreciated as beingfar superior to that ol any other mako
DOS WOEJS3. KBWPOET, MOSKOTJTHSHIEi?,ENGLAJfD
PURE, WHOLESOME, & DELICIOUS.MAKUFAOTUHEO BV 9SETHAM & CO..
AUCKLAND.
\ND SOLD BY AiiiC GROCERS AN&THE IRADE.
Orders addressed by_ post to the Manuiactnzcri williea_*_
ncerre icuctdiata atteaoost.
Sporting Raqmisite3.
WH. • H A 2 A K l>,• GU."«iIAKEEr
167, QlW.'T.li-STEttET,Wonld respectfully caU tho atts;i;ion of the Sports-men of the Province of ATcVJaKti to bis-Large andWell-aasorted Stock of BrK'vU ?»d Muzzle-loadingShot Gnus, kc
Sporting Powder, Eloy'i Caps, "ic, -
Superior Shipments dailj expecwd, per "Qaeen ofthe West. ,
Q HOOTING SEASON 1 675.E. POKTiEIT & CO.,
Licessed Dealers unheh "The arsis Act,"Begtocall the attention of Sportsmeu to
their Stock ofDOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL MTJZZLE-
. LOADING GUNSDoible and Single Breech-loading GunsCurtis & Harvey's, and Hall*a Sporting PowdersEley's Central-fire Percussion CapsEleT's Pinand Central-flre CartridgeCasesEley'e Chemically-prepared Gun \V»dsWalker. Parker & Co.'s Patent bhot, in 101b. and
• 28ib. bagsPATENT CHILLED SHOTMachine for Fillingand Ke-capping ditrldsesPowder Flask, ShotPouchesAnd every requisite for the Sportsman.
QUEEN AND HIGH-STREETS,Auckland, N.Z.
■ "Wholesale Druggists.
|Z"EMPTHORXE, T>ROSSER &
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
COMMISSION,ASP
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Hobsos's Btjildlxgs, Shortlaudstbeet,
HAVE ON SALE :
STATIONERY, Account Books, Paper of the BestQuality, Fancy Goods, Perfumery, Brushware,Combs, Foaps, Medicine Chests, Store-keepers' Sundries ; Homer's, Biuret's and Hog-
hen's PatentSodawater Bottles;Cordial Makers'JJaterials, Sodawater, Beer and Wine Corks, ingreat variety; Brewers' IsHiiglass, Tin Foil. &c;Homoeopathic Books and Medicines ; CastorOil. Soft Soap, Sulphir, Bine Stoce, BakiDgPowd r, Culvert's Carbolic Sheep Dip ; Licseed.Canary, Hemp and Rape Seed; Huffman'sWashing Crystals, Photographic Chemicals,Dallmejer's Lcness, Cameras, and Sundries.
COXF£CTION£KY of the Best Quality on'y,Liquorice Juices, Ginger (white and brown),
linseed. Unseed Meal, Castor and Salad Oils,Sherbet or LemonKali.
WHOLESALE AGENTSforAyer'« Cherry Pectoral,Strsaptrilla, Hair Vigor, and Sujar-coatedPills,Alcock's Porous I Usters. Bright's Phosphodyne,Barber's Phobpbor Paste, Battle's VerminKiller, Brewer's Sbeep Drecches, Beatsou'sRingwormLotion,BoDd's MarkingInk, Bishui>'sCitrate of Magaetia, Brown's Chlcrodyne andCroncl.iil Troches, Sir W. Bnraett's Disinfect-ing Fluid, Caiog's Worm Lozenges, Church U's
Hjpop.ospbiles for Consnmption, Clarke's
IW.d Mixture, Cocklo's Antibilious Fills,Opus's Horse Balls, Essences of Bennet,Smoke and Spruce. lieblg's Extract of Meat,Naldire'a Dog Powder*and Soap, Steven'sBlister and Hoise Balls, Jaraes's Horse Blister,Townsend's Sirsaparilla,CalverfaCar:olicSoap,Eau de Cologne of the best kindi, FloridaWater, Ladies' Cachous, Esi: Bouquet, Pies=eend Lvblln's, Rimmell's, Goscells, and oiliermakers' Celebrated Perfumery.
BUCHAVS SARSAPARILLA, Bloor's Food forInfants. Kiuse's Fluid Magnesia, Kru;e's InsictPoader. Willum.'s Australian Veast or BakingPowder.
CUEKY IuWDER, half-pints, pints, and quirts.
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE, Rock Sals, Spirits ofVine, sulphuric, Muriatic, and Citric Acids,thtlac, Methylated fpirit. Cordial, Als andPorter Labels, Nichol's, Fullwood'-, and•Walton's liquid Anmtlos, Alum, Saltpetre,Creacu of Tartar, Tartaric Acid, Carbonate ofSod», Cime Juice, Epsom Salts, Curry Powder.Cooking or Flavouring Essences. Xetson'sGelantine Loicnc's, Seidlitz, L-.monade, audGicger Beer Powders
ZEALANDIA CELEBRATED KNIFEPOLISHING POWDER.
ZEALAS DH.KSIFE POWDERproducesabrilliantand lasllDg polish upon knives or steel work.
ZEALANDIA KNIFE POWDER puts a. nice edgeupon the knives without scratching or un-necessarily wearing the s&me.
ZEALANDIA KNIFE POWDER can be used withany kind of knife board or machine.
ZEiLASDIA KXIFE POWDEE.—One trial of thismost effective Powder should convince fsemost sc.-j.tiMl of its superiority over allothers.
NOW LANDING,Ex 'QCEEX OF TUE WEST,' AND ' SriKIT
of TUE Daws.'Snblime Olive Oil, in jarsFLOWERS <JF SULPHURBi-carbonate of SodaBLUESToNECloride ofLimeTransparent Bar SoapCream of TartarHollawi, 3Me inesHair Brashes asd ComtsRimmel's Brown Windsor;ScapCat vert's Caiboliu.SoapDinneford's Fluid MkgcesiaCanary Seed
■AN-S WASUISG CRYSTALS.
TO ARRIVE,Ex 'DusEiis,'
Rectified Spirits of WineSeidlitz Powden, in tinboxesGelatine Lr.zengesTHE GLYCERINE DIP FOE SHEEPCyanideof Potassium
Borax KennedCarbonateof AmmoniaSoft SoipTinfoil, square and diamondDe Jongh'e Cod Liver OilNeave'sFoodElliman's EmbrocationJudson's Djes, LiqaoriceMcDOUGALL'SSHEEP DIPSteedmia's PowdersFloriline, Mexicin Hair RenewerPiesse and Labia's Perfumery.
TO ARRIVE,Ex 'ScniEBALLIOS.,
Crowe & BlacltwcU's Essence ofRennettEande CologneDispensing Bottles and Sundries.
TO ARRIVE,Ex 'Cerastes.'
Patent Sodawatcr BottlesEg?Shape Soriawater BottlesPIST ALE CORKSQUART ALE CORKSHeating's Cough LozengesLimejulce and TepsineGosneirs I berry Tooth PasteGosnell s Violet PowderLiebig's Extract ofMeatNicholl's Food of HealthTrapp's Albumenized PaperFlowers of Sulphur.
KEMPTHORNE, PROSSER 4 CO.,
HOBSON'S BUILDINGS,
ShORTLAND-STREET, ArjCKIuSjTD,
AND AT
CHEISTCntJECiI AND DTJNEDIN.
JUDSON'S DYES.SIXPENCE PER BOTTLE.MAGENTA I CERISE CHIJIStiNmuvß scAKLtrr hkownVIOLET OKANBii JILACKI-UCF. I JII.UE LAVENDEJIPUItPLF. I IMNK SLATEC.VSAHV OHSSBN UKAYMAIt'iOX ULAItET I'WNCfiAUBUFF I UUIIY LILACSold by Chemists and Stationers.
TESTIMONIAL.Slr.-Your "Simple Djes for (he People"
only require a trial lo be dulyappreciated. Ihave them for 6ome leccthoor;r time. andmyself, flnd in them an Item of the highestcco&emy. Marine been eaecewral -with the•mailer irtleloi. I tried the lirccr. nid now dyeall at home— Tiz., Curtains, Tubl« Coten,Drosses. \ c—with the most satisfactory results.March lGth, l«5. -\V.B.A-
ri H AMP AG NE.
JJEIDSIECK & QO.'ADRY 'JI O N O P O L E
OF ALL WINE MERCHANTS.
THEODOR SATOW & CO., Londos,Sole Aoskts fob Gkeat Bbitais, Ikcia, akd
the Colokixs,
Chemists and Druggists.
Opposite tub PoST OrrICE.
C< HARL Alf D & |^<0.,MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS
wholesale: and exportdkuggists,
AUCKLAND,IMPORTERS
eyglish, french, and germanchemicals,
fkencn and italian essences, oils, andwaters,
american, turkish, and other drugs,or
ENGLISH, FRENCn, AND AMERICAN PHARMA-CEUTICAL NOVELTIES AND APPLIANCES.
Tho favourable reception of our good=, bjtb in andout of i\cw !£"uland, gives U3 confidence in placing a
LIST OF OUR SPECIALITIESB'foreour friends.
Our Nam3 and Reputation shall be aGUARANTEE
Of■ EXCELLENCE FOR ANALYSED DRUGS,
PURE CHEMICALS,And
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS.Our Chemicals h»v« in]all cases won the greatest
PER •ALKSHAW AST) 'ARABELLA, , FROMLONDON.
NEW PREPARATIONS.Apiol, Amjl Nitras, ApomorphlaBorneo Ac'd, Broniids Arsenic »nd ZincCroton, Chloral. Crysophanic AcidCrcosotinlc Acid. L'amphor BromideCoc* 1 eavts, Cjanide of ZincUugonguil, ErgotinoEmtitiiia. Gatgnn uilHydrastis Canadensislodised I hnnol. lodoformlactopeptin, Lactic AcidOleatc Mercury, u*ou:c EtherPeroxide of HydrogenPhosphorus Preparations (Kirby's)Salicylic Acid, Soda, and Ammonia
HYDROBROMIC ACID.
Jnhnson'p Pure CrysUls of SilverChloride of Gold
(From Messrs. Howard & Sons.)Pure Sulphate of QuinineCitrato of Iron and Quinine' ream latar and Bicarbonate ?.oS&lodide of l-otaeh, Bromiie PotashBromide of Ammonia, SalicinSautonine
Jamaica Ginger an'd Peppermint
Leslie's Patent Tape PlastersSeabury's Indiirubber I'oious PlastersLieblg's Meat Ex'ract,Invilida' FoodMenlcr's Cocoa and Chocolate
Atkinson's and Pimud's Perfumery
PATENT MEDICINES.ChnrchUi'a SyrupDe Joiißh's Cod Liver OilJudson'e and Crashaw'a AnlUne DyesEnos, Fruit Salt
fine heaithy leechedgenuine eau de colognehomceopatulc medicinesoosnell's prepabationscalvert's carbolic acidflour sulphurphotographic chemicals.
toilet and medicated soaps(From the Bsst Makers).
££•Dr. Hain-isattends Dailyat our Establishment,for Consultation, from 11to 1 o'clock.
Oil and Colourmen.
PAPKRHANGINUS,WHITE LEAD, OIL, 4c, &c, &c,,Ex Late Arrivals.
574 l 331 PACK4SES U 57^PAPERHANGINGS,
From Common to the most Choice Designs inGOLD.
SCGIM, AMD HES3IAN.GILT MOULDINGS,
GLASS SHADES.White Lead Zinc WhitePalots Oils (linieed and colza)< olour» TurpsVarnishes Brushes
&c, &c, &cCaejos'b Anticorhosiox Paixt,
Oxide oy lnon axd Tiudk SundriesABXIHTd' COLOURS, CaNVAS, PArER, BIIDSHEB, AJfEP.EOUJaITES
PLATE axd Sheet GLASS of every descbiptioxWholesale and Eelail.W, FEILLIP'PS £■ S0 N,
OIL, COLODR, AND GLASS MERCHANTS,95 AND 97, QPSBK-SISELT.
Auckland, January 23,1878.
Railways. .
AUCKLAND AND OHAUPO RAILWAY.TIME TABLE.
' WEEK DAY—SOUTH TRAINS..
.
" W—'II 1 3 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25
•§■< a.m a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m p.m .m.
Auckland .. TT ..7.0 7.45 9.15 11.5 11.55 1.15 2.0 3.45 4.15 5.20 ..
11.15
Newmarket .. 2 .. 7.12 ..• 9.25 11.15 12.5 1.27 2.10 3.55 4J!7 5.30 .. § 11-2o
Remuera.. ..3
.. 7.18 .. {||| 11.21 12.11 1.53 2.16 4.1 4.33 5.36 .. J | 11-SIEllerslie.. ..
5.. 7.25 ..
9.40 11.28 12.18 1.40 2.2S 4.8 4.40 5.43 .. | 11.38
Penrose Junction 6 7.31 17J1 El 6 9.44 11.32 {£Hg 1.46 2.28 4.13 4.45 5.47 6.43 JL42Onehunga .. 8 7.41 .. .. 9.54 11.42 1£33
.. 2.88 4.22 ..5.57 6.5S
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11.52Otahuhu.. ..
0.. 7.4S 1.58 .. .. *SS .. ... 0..
Papatoitoi .. 11.. 7.53 .. ..
" 2.8 .. .. 5.8 ..
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.. S.B" 2.23
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6.38Pnkckone |de WAS"Buckland
..33 .. 9.29 3.44 ..
.. 6.49 .. ..
Tuakau .. .. 35 .. 9.40 3.55..
.. 6.58 ....
Pokeno ....
40 .. 10.0 .. 4.15 .... 7.18 .. ..
Merror / arr - 43 ■• 1012 11 ' 50 4.27 .. .. 7.30ilercer .. •) de 10S3 J^s __
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•Whangamarino 49 ..10.54
.. 59•Wairanga
..54 .. 11.10 5.25
Ranginn jdo 11S3 110 SS .
•Ohinewai ..59
..ILSS .. • 5.50
rrnntlßv ( » 65 .. 11.54 1.55 69Uuntley -J de nSO 212 eu"Taupiri.. ..69 ..12.15 C.SO
>•._,„.,. f aiT. 74..
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.. 2.4 6.5 .... ... 5.19
* No.5 (Goods Train) runs only on Mondays, IN ednesdays, andFridays. APassenger Car is attached tothis Train.
'_ VTBEK DA /'-SORIH TRAINS.
j| 2.4 8 12 14 16 18" 20 22 24 26— 5 s.m Q..QX a ni. a.cx. a.m. p.ni. .p. m p.m - s.tn. p.m. p.m. p.in, p.in.
Ohanpo de. £J "-5 6.45 .. .. 12.0•Rnkihia arr •£ 6.21 12.17„ ... I nrr. 04
.. 6.41 7SO .. .. 12.3SHamilton ]do 6M 7AO ._ _ 12A3•Teßapa
..
S1 7.1 ft*•Pnketo.. .. Z? • 7.10 l]l3,- „ farr. '* 7.25 B.SO
.... 1.28Newcastle -, dg 730 SAS _ ,_ jg^
•Tanpiri....
g? 7.45 149„ .. farr. &> 8.1 9.30 .. .. 2.7Huntley de o _ _ 212•Obiaewai ..
59 8.20 2.31_ n ... fair. 5 6 838 10.35 .. .. 2.44Ranguin.. -J ae 0o 833 10 44 _ 249•Wairanga .. •■ 8.45 __ _ „ ge•Whangamarino 4D 9.1 3 14w.w»r ' arr- 43
•' •' 630 '• 923 las•• ••
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Pokeno.. | do . 100 lt
Tuaknu ....
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-Buckland ..
SS.. .. 7.19 _ _ 448
Pukekoho '- 30;; ;; 'f ;; ;; ;. .; lf o ... .- 4.57
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21 .. .. 8.14 .. ..!..! {!j|n . [ flrr. 19 .. ..
8.20.. 11.29 ..!.... 2»7 . . 554
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Papaknra tlt 5 .25 , SM•M.inorewa ..
IS.. .. 8.42 .. .. .. • .. 611
Papatoitoi .. 11 .. .. 8.57 .. 12 1 .. j.. ...
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12.11 . I 6.36 , -J. 7.5Onehunga .. 8 7.19 8.24 .. 10.14 | .. 12.55 2.17 3.0
.. 4.84 C.S7.. I"=..
Ppnrosn ) arr " 6 J "• 29.5-34 t9.19 10.24 t12.23| f1.5 2.2713.10 tS 45 114.14 §6.47 t<5.48 ° 7.15renroso .. de__ , j __
ijs 553 4__ _
Ellerslie....
5.. ( BSS 9.24 10.2S 12.28 illO 2. 32J5.14 -J fg 4.50.. 6.53 ■/ 4 7.19
Remuera.. ..3 .8.47 9.33 10.87 ! 12.37 1.19 2 41'3.23 '.. 4.59 7.3 13 7.23
Newmarket {(^r - 2 -'8- 51 »-3S 10.41 ( 12.42 1.23 2. 4U| 3.27 4.21 5.3
..7.8 7.82
Ancklnnd 'arr. 0 '.'. o'.h 947 10.50 I 12.52 ' 1.37 2.56;3.'37 4J37 5.12 '.'. 71S 'o"i.il• No. 18 (Goods Train) runs only on Tuesdays, Thursdavs, and Saturdavs. A Passenger Car isattachedto thisTrain.
SUNDAY-OUT TRAINS. SUNDAY—IN TRAINS1135 2 4 I 6Auckland.dep 9.25 2.30* 4.45' Onehunga. dep lb.ie 330 6.30Newmarket ..
.. 9.35 2.40 4.55 Penrose Junction .. 10 '20 3 40 541Remuera 9.41 2 46 5. 1 Ellerslie 3.44 5 44Ellerslie ».4S 2.53 5. 8 Remuera 10.39 3.53 5.53Penrose Junction, . 9.52 2.57 5.12 Newmarket .. .. 10.43 3 67 5 57Onphnnpa. an:.
.. in 2 ' 3. 7 522 Auckland err. .. .. 10.53 4. 7 U. 7t Chajgc forOnehunga. : Change forOhaupo and intermediate Stations. § Change for Aucklai. a
!| Changefor Mercerand intermediate Stations.NOTE.—Trains stopat Stations marked *by Signal only. Passengers wishing taalicht must civc noticeto the Guard at the previousStation. Trains do not stop at Stations where, no time lor tho deparure isBhowu on this Time Table, cicept Nos. 5 and 18, which stopatall Stations by signal.Passengersare requested not toenter or leave the carriages while in motion.Season and School Tickets issued to and from all Stations,at very low rates. Applv to tho ManagerTo insure despatch,Parcels should be booked fifteen minutes before thestarting of the train.
A. V. M vCDONALD,General Manager.
Bonedust-X> ONEDUSTI BONEDOST!
FREEMAN'S BAY BONE MILIAThe undersigned are now supplying Bonedust oftheir own manufacture, guaranteed free from adul-
teration, a £9 per ton of 2,240 lbs. faicks orbaes in-cluded).—J. *J. SOPPET, Freeman's Buy: or.No. ICI. Qc~.r,.»tr«et.
ftnnes pnrdiased In«.ny QUaDtitv forcash.
Medical.
SAVES' 10 TlT ' A ftff HOW TO Dv
YOUEI IT HEAD AND HEEDHAIR I WHAT FOLLOWS.
SAVE YOURHAIR.—Tho lawsof Tlealthand Longevity demandit, the custom* of social liferequire it. The matter is of great ituportancj iuevery way.
BEAUTIFY YOl'R EIAIIZ Ii is thesurpassing crown of ttlory, ami for t'.ie loss of itthere is iitt couipensat^-ou.
CtfILTIVA-JTE VOUiS IHAIK.—For byno other means cau it be savod and beantilied.
Kathairon,Discovered thirty-five years ago nv Prof. Lyon, o!
for preserving amiboautifjiug the hair.RchiticK being- llie best Imir dressing
cvcrproilui:>;il,LyunNKathairuuu-ii[posilively prevent prayncw, antl willrestore new liair to bold hea<l»9 if therouts ami follicles are tint destroyed.
It actually perforins these seeming miracles, of■which, the following la
A FAIR SPECIMEN.I had been entirely bald for several vears, con-Britutional, I suppose. I oaeil a few'bottlea of
Kathairon, and, tomy greatsurprise, I have a thickgrowth of young hair.
COL. JOHN L. DORRAKCE, V. S. A.In every important respect the Kathairon, Is
absolutely incomparable. It is uuequaleil.1. To Cure BaltSness.2. TβRestore Gray Ilalr.3. To RemoveDandruff.■i. To Dress aud Beautify the Hair.BEAR IX ITETIVX*.—The Kathairon is no
sticky paste of sulphur anilsupmr-of-lead, to painfanilUaub the hair andparalyze thebrain. It is tpure ami limpid vegetablelotion, intended to res-tyre thehair by naturalgrowth andreinvigoration.It is splemliilly perfumed,and themost Uelishtfu'.toilet ilres.si.ns known. No lady's or gentleman'stoilet piitiit is complete-without'Lyon's Kathairon.
SOLD KVjvRTWBERE.
Sole Wholesale Agent for Australia and the Colonic; :
A. LOURIE;Hobson's Buildings, Shortland-street, Auckland.
ROWLAND'SOdonto
IThitens the teetb,prevents and arrrsts decayand gives a pleasing fragrance to tho breath;
this tooth powder is far preferab'e to toothpastC3 or waahe3, as 50 years' experience hasproved ; the GENUINK ODOSTO has thowords A. Rowland and Sonu, engraved ontho Government Stamp fixed on each bor.Bayonly Rowland's, of 20, Hatton Garden.
ROWLAND'S EUKONIAIs a new and fragrant toilet powder for ladies.Sold all over thn world by Chemists, Drug-
guts, Bizaarand Storekeepers.■Wholesale Agents : Kempthorne, Prosser
' and To.
A S- T H A.£"1- AND CHRONIC BEONCHITIS. THE MOST
KEJIEDY IS
<HWYz3S? T|atiiea tatuxa,n>?V prepared in all forms, for
SA J3& MOOEE,
Chemials and Storckeepcra throughout the \t rli.KTTPJ • THE FOLLOWINU£'.J.j " AS
fiiifi EXTBACT FROM A LETTER,n ?K datcd 15th M"y. 1872, froman old inliabitantollU} / Herningsham, near Warminstcr, Wilts •—
fe J "J mn
St aISO t0 Blly tl,at ->' Dur Pills are■gr/l ,! an excellent medicine for me, and I certainly: doenjoy good health, sound sleep, and a goodSN'appctite; this is owing to taking your Pills«g, I am 78 years old. Remaining, (,'cntlcmen,Ow yours very respectfully. "L.S ■'
Z To the proprietors ofI——U NOBTON'S CAMOMILE FILM, London, i
MedicaL"Is there no hopet the sick man said;
The silent doctor shook his head.""While tiere Is life there"s hop", he cried.
"uEgroto, dum animaa at, apes cst.
DR. L. L SMITH(The only legaUy-qna'ifled medical
man advertising)COVSTJI.TS . ■ ■
On »U affections of the Nervous System (no matterfroai what cause arising)
On ill broken-down constitutionsOn a'l diseasesarising from ci'.j indiscretionsOn GoutOn Rheumatism.In these colonies those excesses which we have in-
dulged in "hot youth" tell upon us with fearfnl
Onr iegrets are u-eless, our repiniogs futile. Th»soleidea ahou'd be the chanceswe possess of remedy-ingthe i;ls irealready have, or combati.c the etTect-likely to result. Hida it a< he m>y. pui on as goodan exteriora> he can, still is the victim .onscions thathe i* a living lie, and that sooner or laterbisvice* willdiscoverhimto The world. Our Faith, our obligati nsto society at large, the welfare of our fntu-e off-spring, and the duty,we owe toourselves forbids pro-crastination, and points out to ns, not towait till theravages break out in ear constitutions
Beforenegotiatingwitha merchant,beforeengagingwith a confidential clerk, before employing a barrister,a careful man makes enquiries as to their standing,their length of occupancy or residence: and. in thecase ofa legal adviser, both as to his legal qualifica-tions and hstobis capabilities of transacting th* indi-vidual business he consults him upon. Strangetosay,however, in thes?lecticn ofa medical man ihesuffererfrequently omits these necessary precaution* andwithoutregard to the fitness, qualification, experienceand ability for the particular ailment requiring treat-ment, he consults the nearest man, whose experienceand practice, perhaps, lies in quite an opposite airec-It is astonishingthat so many are driven mad, are
ruined inh*alth, and are bankrupt in spirits, hopeand
thatI, Dr. L. L. Smith, am theonly legally qualifiedmedicalman advertisingin the colonies ? Have I not
and exposed the various nostrnms they are selinir.—such as Phospbodyne, Essence ofLife, &c —and hadthem analysed and found them to consist of ".BurntSugar and flavouring matter," and the certificates Ihave proved to be all forgeries. It is for this reasonthat I step out of the ethics of the profession aDdadvertise, to give thosft who require the servicesof mybranch an opportunity of knowing they can consult i>legally qualified man, and one, moreover wlo hj *
m .dethishU special s udv.Dr. L. L. Smith is the onlylegally qualified medical
years In full practice onNERVOUS DISEASES
LOSS OF POWER AN'D DEBILITYSYPHILITIC AFFECTIONS
WANT OF CONDITIONGOUT >SD RHEUMATISM
Dn_L. L. SMITH can be consulted by letter-Fee£1. Medicines forwarded to all the colonies.
Dr. L. L. SMITH. IS2, Collins-street Kast (late theresidence of the Governor), Melbourne.
INSURE YOUR HEALTHBY TAKI>O
HOCEIN'S IMPROVED SEIDLITZ POWDER.It differs from the Seidli'z Powders usually sold in
having all the ingredieutsin one bottle, is quite taste-less, and may bet taken by persons of all ages as aCooling Beverage, Mild Aperient, or Brisk Purgativeaccording to dose. Its extensive use during nearl.
l urgaiiv* Saliae.and the fact that retainsits qualities for any number r.f >cars renders it amost reliable and etlic'.ent Domestic Medioin- Itwill be found invaluable to Families. Travellers, orEmigrants,&s a preventive or remedy in all c-isis ofsicKNtss. Headaciie, ItiLlon** Attacks, Pever**,aud the other ordinary ailmksts of life.
IMPORTANT TO LADIFS.HOCKIN'S KUBY MARKIKG LNK.
This beautiful Ruby Fluid is perfectly transparent&nd withoutsediment, chinges from ■& Oriuisun fr.cd Ito an indelible Black on the application of heat, andcan be used witha st* el pen.
See "Note" from Qukes newspaper enclosed witheach bottle.
Sola Manufacturers—HOCKIS\ WILSON* & CO., 38. DUKE-STREET
MAXCUtSTKR S-iUAKE, LIIJ.DON.Agents:— Kempthorne, Prosper* Co , Dnnedin and
Auckland; Feltoii, Grinvwade & Co., Wellington.
KE A T I NT G'S BON BOASOR WORM TABLETS,
A Pcrp.lt VeuetableSweetmeat, both in appearanceanil taste, furnishing a most aijroeable method ofadministering the only certain remedy :oror Thread Worms. It is a perfectly safeana mildpreparation, aud i< especially adapted for Children.—Sold in tins by all Chemists.
Proprietor, THOMAS KEATIN'G. Lo.-cdox,Export Chemist and Druggist.
K EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES,COUGI/S,ASTHMA,
BROSC ' ITIS.ACCUMULATION* OF PHLEGM.
Composed of the purest art cles. These Lo-cnsescontain no opium nor any deleterious d wg, thereforethe most delicate can take with perfect confi-dence. Their benefici il effect is speedv anil certain.Theold unfailingfamily remedy U dailyrecommendedby the mo teminent Physicians.
MEDICAL TESTIMONY.July 25,1577. 92, Cold "arbour Lane, London.
Your Lozenges are excellent, ar.d their ficialeffects most reliable. I stronglv recommend themiacases of Cough and Asthuia." Yoa a t l.berty tost*te this as my opinion, formed from many years'expcrienc
. jjjuxgLOE, MR.C.S., L.S.A., LJI.Mr.T. Kkatiso. Indian Medical Service.
Dear Sir.—Having tried yonr Lozenges in India, Ihave much pleasure in testifying to their beneficialeffects in cases of Incipient Consumption, Asthma,aud Bronchi il Affections. I have prescribed themlargelv,with the best results.
W.B.G , ApothecaryH.M.S.
HEATING'S COUGH LOZKNGES are sold by allCiicmists, iii tins, each having the words *'Keating'sCoujjli enjjravcn on the Govc* nment stamp -
DR. KOBEKTS'S CELEBRATEDOINTMENi,,
•' THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND,"
remedy for V7ound< o* every description ~, a
bruises, chi'.lilains. scorhutic eruptions, and' pi.nj'lejbreasts, piles. It als > entirely removes the' f. ul
Sild in poti. I3id., 2s. 9d , 4s. 6d.,-lls. and 22a.,each; and hisPHULX OR ALTERATIVE
PILLS.Prove-! by more than sixty years' experience tobeone if the best miiHcines forpurifying the bowl andasiistlt'K Nature in her operation-!. Th.*y f..rmmild and superior family aperient, which m-y betaken at ill Umes without confinement or changeofdiet.
.-o'.d in boxes at 131d., 2s. 9J., 4s. 6J., Us. and 22setch.
Prepared only by Beach Barsicott, BrMportDorset. England, and sold brail Medicine Tendurs.
POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED.COUGUS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ic."ll.M..Gunboat 'Netley,' Wick, Scotland.
"Dear Sir.—Having had a most distressing andsevere cough, which causedme many s-leepless nightsand restless I w:is reeoininendcdby is Lordshipthe Earl of Caithness to try your most iu\;ilu.ib!eBalsam of Ant.-ecd, and I can assure you with the firstdose I foundimmediate relief, even without having tosuspend my vaiious duties, and the first srua.l b -ttlecumpleti-ly curd me; therefore 1 have the greatestconfidence in fully recomruendins it to the ml"lio:i.
(Signed) "W. Likzbll, H.M.Gu bolt "Netlev., "
EXTRAORDINAItY COUGU KE.MEDV.-A-
l..dywrites :
•• When you see Mr. Powell, tell himthat I would not be afraid to face a Ru-sian winterwith his Balsam of Aniseed for a companion, al-theugh my lungs are most susceptible."
Ail eminent cleryyman in Lancashire writes"Having found Powell'.- Ualsani of Aniseed a mostexcellent remedy for couc'us. ke , 1 have been givingaway bottle after bottle to the iioorof my parisa."
INVALUABLE for BUONCHIIIS »nd ASTUM*The Rev. William Lush wrius fp.m atixwold
Vicarage, Horncastle: ■•For the past 12 years Ihave been in the habit of using myself, g!viii!r»way,and recommending yourBilsani I should"not Tieexaggerating if 1 s*ld 1 have nevtr knowu ii to foilWhenever 1 have had a cough 1 hive us d it in pre-ference toanything else, and again and again ithascured me.*'
LOOSENS the PHLEGM IMMEDIATELY —TheDean of Westminsters Verger writ« : '• I wasAdvised to try the Balsam of Aniseed ; 1 did andhave found very great reiki. It is most cora'ortingin allaying imtat on and giving strength to thevoice."
Lionel Brough. E-q , the eminent a tor, writesI think it an invaluable medicine for member, ofmyprofession, and hive always recommended it tomy brotherand sister artistes."
"Chateau de Montabor, Avevron. FranceThe Due de Montabor writes: ••"Fr>.m the firstdo.'c I felt great relief, the bad symptoms crewfeebler, the irritation nf the throat was amin;duwn, a d 1 recuvelud tne bleep which had nearlyleft me." }
The effect of One Tea-spoonfultaken in a littlewateron going tobed is extraordinaryThe Rev. Dr. H. Roberts writes:. t .u- , ■ " u- H *rt-streot, Bloomsbury.I think it on y right to inform you that 1 haverecommended it to very many families, and haveUs'eu nvst efneae ously m my own. tout Balsam ofAniseed; and thn assurances I h.ve received of itsworth as a cure for coughs and asit-ma uniler
factiU
oSUiSo
S, ■! 'ustify n,y coinmuiiicaiioii of the
Mlt THOMASA. SHERIDAN, of Flphin Irelandwrites: "For three days and niirbts I was Istranger to rest and sleep ; rucked and almostk Ikdwith a hard cough, 1 tried ail kimls of remediesbut to no purpose. At length a friend kindlv sup"piled me with a quarter of a small bottle of yourBalsam and told meto try it, which I accordinglydid. The result has been luirauuu.us Thehas almost ceased, und 1 have once more found i.ul(UjjmkstojourßaUam) what it is to enjoy sleep
TTO KFFICACY in Cases of CONFIRMEd'aSTUIIA; JLw PROVERBIAL.-Chas Laud, Kmi. oi Eaton
Ternve. Rury Old Road. JUnclicster, wri cs: •• 1nay- for many weeks been attlicte l with a mostpainful cough ; in l.,ct, I was ulmot surC my lu -swere attecled. I was advise.! bv n frieml to tTv v..urBiilsam ~f Aniseeil, and I fce'l it to be my dotyto give you the result for the first dose jruve '•■«instant reiief. and ths buttle coin, letely cu <d meTHO>E who COUGH at NIGUr will FIND IM-MEDIATE RELlKF.—Albert Count I'otockiwri cs : •' 1 have for a long time suliired from asevere cough ; tried all manner of remedies DγLib=richt α-jvfeed Powell's Balsam of Au.s ed ; itcured meafter five days."
Medical.
aITCHEJNS, CHLEBKATED BLOOEBE3TOBEE,
■ ■ A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY ■:For all Skin Diseases, :Rhenmatism in all Its forms,each as Gout, Neuralgia, Sciatica, and Lumbago,likewise cures Chronic Dysentery, and is a valuableremedy as a Family Medicine for vTnUjias *ndcleausing the blood.
No bottles are genuine unless bearing the Propriator's Signature.
HAMILTON BEOTHEES, QcEKX-STBErr,WHOLESALE AGENTS.
Sold by Mr. J. Edsos, Chemist, Queen-streetMr A. G. Hcghes, corner of Sbortland and Pnncesstreets • Mr. Bobikson, Chemist, Paraell ; ilessrs.Hill * Bodsos, Victoria-street; Mr. Piiiwni,Otahnhu: Mr. Falvwetx, Mr T. K. Guxjia», One-bnnßa. asd Sands, and Co. Chemist, Hamilton,Waikato.
Tesxzmo'sxais can be seen oj. application to theProprietor, at hisresidence, top o Wakefield-etreet.
Toe strongestrecommendation or this m«i'dne is
Its own intrinsic worth, as shown bj thfc ma,-,rtlouscures effected on well-known and litich r> t; ectedmembers of onr community. The bes: proof ,f.tblsU to be found is the Urge number 01 testimonialsreceived by the maker, thankfullyacknowledging thecomplete restoration of health experienced by usinghispanacea.
A t the request oftho?e already cured, the proprietornow brings the "Blood Eestorer" moreprominentlyottore the Public, in the sure and certain hope thatthis utilising of the gifts of a merciful Providencenill prove a great blessing tosuffering humanity, bycuring long-seated disease, and averting threatening
Xha want of a reliable remedy for Rheumatismic , has longbeen felt as one of the gieatest calami-ties of the age. While other means and medicinehave been proving themselves vain and delusive, thisremedy has been silently and steadily unloosing thecruel flutters of disease.Tindfreeing captive man fromthat deadly embrace. Thepeople are now requestedto give theBlood Eestorer a fairand impartial tn*LAnd the Proprietor would have it distinctly under-stood that the cures of Rheumatism, &c, are dueentirely to tbis medicine's wonderf nl effect upontheblood, by its cleansing purifying, and invigorating
'"imparity and inactivity of the blood is the cause Wmost sickness and pains. After a conrse of this medi-cine blood vessels—which have become, as it were,choked up with nnheilthy mntter—become exhilirantwith pure scarlet life-blood, flowing naturallyalong,and imparting in its course vigonr and strength totheentire system.
j<. B. Country Settlerswill findinHltchens' BloodRestorer an almost complete substitute for theDoctor. It arrests Colds, allays Fevera, and bundsup the system. Children take it with wonderful'results. Ho household should be without it. .
Fresh proof of the effects of the Eestorer on theBlood:
Eokeby-street, Auckland,Ist December, 1577.
Mr. HrrcniKH,—Dear Sir, —I have to thank yon very much for the
benefit 1 have receded throcgh using yonr valnableBlood Restorer, and as a warning and guidance toinhere, would make known the particulars or myillness »nd cure. Some months ago Iwas takenill»ith paics in the back, supposed to be lumbago.So far from being bemfited by the attendance ofmeili.al men, I grew rapinly woree, and the pain-btctme a£Obi<ing. One day my husband had in hishand a portion ofan old Auckland Evening Star, con-cine anil its care. The paper was of a tack da'eand the advertised agent's address a Chemist inWcllesleystreet. My husband applied to him forHit'bens's Blood Eestorer; but the Chemist used suchillnatured remarks to dissuade us from testiDg thevirtue of the medicine, that we felt there was somespiteat wo.-k,and determined more than ever to giveit a iriaL Tbe, pleasing result of the trial was, thatnfter taking ita week, I felt wonderful relief: beforemany bottles were take?, I was not only liberatedfrom a sick room, bat felt in perfect health ; appetitewas restored, strength re?ainel, and I have to ininkGod '.hat you were at hand to provide thi means ofmy rapid cure, and enable me once mo.e to attendtomy lioiirehold duties.
Yours very gratefnlly,MRS. WALTER KNOX.
To Mr. Hitchens,Upper WakefiJd-street.
ellmitlyrecovered will follow.
W E S T O X S
\yi2ARD qIL.Pbice Halp-a-Crow^.
TheGREAT AMERICAN REMEDY
ForKHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, GOUT,
SCIATICA, HEADACHE,And ail nervous and inflammatory aches and pains.
WESTON'S WIZARD OIL was first introdnced tothe Australian Public inIS6*. and the wonderful andmysterious influence it exhibited in stopping themost excruciating Pains, Aches, and Intimities in af»w minutes after its use is well-known. Its miracu-lous power in raising the Bed-riddeo, Crippled,RheumUic, Neuralgic, divestingthe system from ailcuring in a fewdays thesickness anddisease ofmonthsand ye&rs; giving instantaneous Etse and Comfortin all ordinary pains and aches, either internal orexternal: all cramps, spasms, congestions; in fact,it fully verifies the verdict gives by the millions thathave used it.
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Both the Ointment and Pills should be used in thefollowing complaints:—Bad Legs Pistnla3 ScaldsBad Breasts Gout «ore ThroatsBurns Glandular Swe* skin DiseasesBunions ings acurwChilblains Lumbago Sore HeadsChapped Hands Piles TumoursContracted and Rheumatisms UlcersStiff Joints Sore Nipples Wounds
The Ointment and Pills are sold at ProfessorHollow-ay's Establishment, 533. Oxford-street Lon-don; also by nearly every respectable Vendor ofMedicine throughout theCivilised World, in Pots andBoxes, at Is Ijd.2s 9d, is 6J, lls. 225,and 33seach.Kach Pot and Box of the uenaineMedicines bearsthe British Gover.ment Stamp, vrilh the words■ Holloway's Pills and Ointment, London,' engraved
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THE NOVELIST.
A MONSTROUS WRONG;OK, THE
LOST DAUGHTER OF THE REDBTJKNS.BY MRS. HARRIET LEWIS.
Authoress of "Found Guilty," "Lady Trevor'sSccrot," " Tho White Begum," &c.
CHAPTER XIII.MB. 'VATKYS's COUNSEL. ,
The veiled young lady whom Sir Basil Nu-gent had traced fromthe railway terminus toa pastvy-cook's shop in Regent-street was, ashe believed, Dolores. She had acted im-plicibly upon the instructions given her byJohn Redburn, who had foreseen that theyoung baronet would follow her and who■deemed it wise and proper to prevent themeeting of the young couple. With herlittl« travelling bag in her hand, Doloresentered the shop, and sat down at a small-title in the rear of the long room.
A young shopwoman came to take herorder. After drinking a cup of coffee and
■ eating a roll, for she had taken no breakfastthat morning and uo supper the precedingnight at Redburn Farm, Dolores agaiD
•ventured into the street. She was newto London, new to the responsibility of car-Ing for herself. All her life had been spentin school, the later years abroad. Londonwas like a vast Babei to her. But she hadread many books oE English life, she -wasready-witted, and possessed great courage,and was not to be easily daunted. Her unclehad bidden her take a cab from the pastry-shop door. She halted now and looked .upand down tho.street, a littlebewildered, not
-quite knowinghow toobtain the vehicle sherequired, yet seeing a countless procession,emptyand occupied, moving rapidly to andfro.
Her indecision wa3 suddenly terminatedby She driver of an empty four-wheeled cab,who raised his hand to her interrogatively,
-and drew up_ before-the curbstone. Dolorestook possession of theve'aicle with an air ofrelief. She-consulted a card upon which hernncle had written an address, and gave herorder. She was conveyed to the place shehad desiguated, a small, plain commercialinn in the heart of the city, near to the post-
-oSce.Mr. Redburn al ways stopped at this old-
fashioned hostelry when in town, and hadgiven his niece a letter to the proprietor.The girl was well received, given the bestroom at command, and served with meals inher own dark little sitting-room.
Here she remained two days—tbe longest,dreariest days she had ever known. Shebrooded a good deal over her trouble duringthis interval, havingaccepted her uncle's dic-tum that all must necessarily be at an endbetween her and her lover. JBut she was ofa peculiarly snnny temperament, and gradu-ally hope levived. Perhabs Sir Basil wouldrefuse to give her ud. Why should she bepunished for the faults of others? Whyshould the laws of caste bear so heavily uponher when she had done no wrong?
John Redburn had carefully instructed herwhat to do upon herarrival in London, map-ping out he- proceedings with the greatest
•exactitude. In accordance with his directionsDolores, upon the third day, went down to.Norwood, and proceeded directly to therectory. She found Air. Watkyn at home,in his library, and not looking entirjlyrecovered from his recent illness.
He welcomed her, however, with surpriseand genuine affection."Where did you come from, my dear
child?', he exclaimed. "I heard that youwere missing and could not be found."" Sir Basil Nugent has been litre ?"
"Yes, he came here yesterday. A fineyoung fellow, Dolly. What is this mysteryof hide and seek? Lay aside jour hat. Youmust make me your cemfessor, my dearchild," said the old ciergyman, kindly."You iaust not forget that 1 am one of yourearliest Mid best friends, and that you cansafely call upon me for assistance and coun-sel.
Dolores laid aside her hat and saque.There was a low fire in the grate, for Mr.Watkyn hadrheumatic twinges still, and thegirl sat down in a great high-backed chairbefore the hearth and enjoyed the pleasantwarmth.
"Are you all alone here at the rectory,sir?" asked Dolores, presently.
,: No, my dear, ily wife is out in Canada,and does not know of my illness, of course,since it was more painful than dangerous.My children are scattered up and down the■world, as you know,"'and he sighed : "onein Canada, one in the army, a daughter wellmarried and settled in London, and adaughter stijl at school. I had various plansfor this year, during my wife's .absence, butmy illness has defeated these, ily old house-
• keeper takes care of me and the rectory, andI live alone. Had I been more pleasantlysituated, Dolly, I should have sent for youto come to me. I have heard from youruncle several times. He seems not to havebeen pleased with your presence at hishouse."
The; girl's face paled a little."Ko," she said, gravely, "he was not
pleasiid—l wa3 very unwelcome at ftedburnFarm."
" Jind you have suffered, I see," said theold n'ctor, sympathizingly. "1 am verysorry, my dear. My illness has preventedmy ik'ding the situation you desire. Ido notconsider you especially fitted fora governess,Dolly, to be frank with you. Your mirror'must have told yon that you are remarkablybeautiful. Your manners are perfect. Youare spirited, and not at all likely to submitto insolence of any Eort. Now, the life of agoverness is very hard. In most families youwill be looked down upon by bo£h youremployer and the servants. You \yill beimposed" upon by,both; and the personaladvantage? I have juat mentioned will makeyou a great" deal of trouble. If you wereonly ugly, Dolly, you would get through theworld much more easily."" Perhaps so," said Dolores, reflectively,
"but then I would rather not be ugly. Isuppose fcood looks may be considered atalent, Mr. Watkyn."
"Perhaps bo —perhaps so," said the oldrector, with an admirirjg look at the dark,bright beauty before him. "But we mustremember that 'beauty is vain,' my dear,and ' favour is deceitful.'"
"And you have had no chance for me atall, Hγ. Wat'nyn':" asked Dolores, after athoughtful littlepause.
"1 can't quite say that, my dear. I havemade inquiries, and answered one or two ad-vertisements. I know o£ several vacantsituations, but none of them are suitable foryou. The wife of a great city merchant■wants a governess, but she has had eightduring thepast year, and that is not a recom-mendation. She is a sort of termagant, andwould make your lifea. burden, even if youhad thepatience of Griselda, and you haven'tthat, Dolly. Then there a wealthy countrylady not far from Norwood, who has askedme to find forher children a suitable gover-ness, but she insists on gray hair andspectacles as even more indispensable thanaccomplishments. Her husband is tenyearsyounger than herself, which accounts forthat requirement. There is another situationthat seems to me perfectly unexceptionablein every respect but one. Thereis a dissoluteson at I:onie. You can't go there Dolly."
Dolores gave a little sigh."It almost seems as if there was no place
anywhere for me," she said, sorrowfully." there is a place in the world for every
human creature, Dolly; it only remains tofind it,"saidMr. Watkyn, pleasantly. "Yousee that the rectory would have been nohome for you this summer. I couldnot dootherwise than leave youat Kedburn Farm,my child. John Uedburu is your guardian.Why has he been so anxious to be rid of you 2He cannot be poor. Be has lavished a verylarge amount of money upon your education.There is some myatery here, Dolly. Canyou not explain it all to me ?"
Hiskind old face, full ofanxious solicitude,tenipted Dolores to confide in him. Hersorrowß were veryheavy for her to bearalone.He was wise—he knew the ways of theworld—perhaps he would take a different view ofher trouble frOra that which John Redburnhad taken.
"Who is this Sir Basil Nugent?" askedthe rector, as she did not speak. "Is he•your lover, Dolly J"The girl's swift blush answered him.Itweuldbeagrtatmatchforyou,DoUy,
I never saw a finer young rcan. Why haveyou been hiding from him ? "Why doesyour uncle refuse to consent to your mar-
"My uncle—l mean Mr. Kedburn; I amfw t
Call him uncle > ne says—has told methat I must; never marry," said Dolores.
"But—Heaven bless us ! What does hemean .' Iβ he demented?" demanded the rec-tor m astonishment.,r
, 'J.a"f hardly explain themutter to you,Mr. Vatkyn," said Dolores, in a low, anxiousHuttejiDg voice. Have you never wonderedwho or what I am 2The old rector coloured."It is natural to indulge in speculations,"«e .Dserved, "and your uncle was so veryreticent. Mrs. Watkynconsidered his reti..
cence mysterious, and I may say that Ishared her opinion."
" Mr. Radburn has toid me the wholesecret. I am—l am a family disgrace!"
"A what?""I am the child of his own sister, Mr.
Watkyn—Miss Queenie Eedburn," said Do-lores, her head drooping, so tha 4 her face washidden.
The rector sat speechless." There was a mock marriage, or some
such thing," said Dolores. "She wasdeceived. He, her husband, married anotherwoman, and she waslefc alone with me. Her■brother took charge of me and educated me.You see now why heand his family hate meAir. Watkyn."
"But—but you were not to blame. lamshocked, Dolores. I always fancied thatthere was some little romance connected withyou, but I never dreamed of anything likethis.1,
"Mr. Redbnrn thinks that I would beinflicting a deadly wrong upon Sir Basil Nu-gent in marrying him," said Dolores, in a lowvoice. "Sir Basil comes of one of theoldestfamilies in England, and he thinks a greatdeal of family honour.""My poor Dolly !""And thatisn't all. My mother may be
living. Mr. Eedburn thinks that she is,and that she might appear at any time, anddemand money from. Sir Basil.- She mightdisgrace him, if—" -
"If you were to marry him? Bat, mydear child, your marriage is utterly,out ofthe question. Your uncle isright. To marrySir Basil, under the circumstances, -would beabsolutely wicked!" said the old rector,decisively."You think so 1" said Dolores, hopelessly."I know it. My child, you have not even
contemplated so grievous a wrong sincehearing your uncle's story; I know thatyon have not. You and Sir Basil arc'set bythis hideous secret as far asunder as thepoles !"
"But if he should refuse to accept hisfreedom ?"'
"He could not refuse, knowing all. Hedoes not know all this story, Dolly. But ifdid, if he refused to give you up, throughhis sense of chivalry or his great love for you,honour would compel you to hide "yourselfaway from him—to never see him again. Heis very young. He wouldlook at this mattervery differently five years hence. The worldwould look with scorn »pon his wife; hewould repent his marriage just as surely ashe would live. Low birth would not matterto him; honourable birth everything."
Doloresdrew a long, hard breath." I have given him up," she said, in a
piteous little voice. '' You are right, Mr.Watkyn. I know thatyou are sorry for me,and would err on the sideof mercy to me. Icannot see him again."
"You must not. He has been here, hutIdo not think, he will return. Yet, as hemay, you cannot remain hero. Where haveyou been staying?"
"At Josland's Hotel, near the Pest Office,in London. Mr. Redburn sent mo there,telling me to remain thero two days, as Ihave done."
. "Yon cannot stay at .> hotel. A homemust be foundfor you immediately. Uponsuch short notice we cannot hope to do aswell as if we had ample time. My poor littlegirl, you must not think me harsh," addedthe rector, pityingly. "1 cannot let youmarry Sir Basil. That would be a sin. Butmy heart bleeds for you. This is a terribletrial to your proud spirit.""I must learn to bear it," said the girl,
trying to speak bravely. "It is not as if 1had noother object in life, Mr. Watkyn. Ilove Sir Basil, but even if I never see himagain," and her lip quivered, "my life willbe brighter and sweeter for having knownand loved him. I shall love him always ; Tshallpray forhis happiness ; and I will neverforget that existence here is not all there isof life. There is a Beyond !" and shelookedup reverently, and with a childlike trustful-ness that touchedthe old rector.
"You spoke of another object in liie, mydear ?"
"I must earn my own living. I must re-pay John Eedburn the money he has ex-pended for me; bnt that ia not what Imeant, Mr. Watkyn. I believe that mymother is alive. I believe that I saw her atJohn Iledbnrn's gate the other night, a sad,sorrowful woman, shrouded in a long cloak,desolate of aspect, forlorn, poor and miser-able. She stood without, not daring to enter,just like a lo3t soul standing outside ofParadise. Some instinct tells me that thatpoor woman was my mother.""And if she were ?"
"Then it is myduty to find and care forher; to minister to her ; to love her," saidDolores, her sad eyes glowing. "She hasbeen familiar with misery ; 1 will be acomfort to her. She is poor'; I will supporther. That must be my object in life, Mr.Watkyn, and in doing my duty 1 shall findpeace.""Are you not a little enthusiastic, Dolly ?"
asked Mr. Watkyn, gravely. "You mustdonothing rashly. I think it of the utmost-importance that you should have a situation—a secure home—at the earliest possiblemoment, and that you should have nothingto do with vagaries. Leave your mother toherself for thepresent, and do your duty inthat walk of life that presents itself mostplainly to your notice."
"You forget that just now I am absolutelyhomeless. Whyshould Inot find my mother,and make a home with her?"
The rector shuddered."An old friend of mine, a very peculiar
old lady, wrote me a letter the other day,askiDg me to find her a companion," he said,hastily. "She lives in a lonely old castleamong the Scottishmountains, a wild place,and with only servants to attend upon her.She has plenty of relatives, bnt she refusesto allow them to visit her, believing thatthey have designs upon her property. Sheis very old, very odd, very suspicious, butBhe would pay liberally, and, as she couldnot suspect you of designs upon her, shewould be kind to you. I did not think ofyou in connection with this situation, Dolly,for the solitude of the old castle and thetemper of its owner are alike unattractive.But you would be safe there. And youcould leave at any time, if I should find amore pleasant home for you. What do yousay ? Will you go to Miss MacKinloch ?"
"If I should goto Scotland, I must giveup my idea of finding my mother."
"For the present, yes. And it is bestthat you should give it up."
"Then I will go to Miss MacKinloch.The sooner the better," said Dolores. "Willyou write and ask her if she will accept meas her companion ?"
"That is not necessary. I will write bythe first post that I have found her a com-panion, who will arrive at the castle thenext day. You must return to Jcsland's,Dolly, and tomorrow morning I will comeand put you on board the northern express,and see you safely on your way to Edinburgh.11133 MacKinloch desired me to find her acompanion in some youog woman for whomI could vouch, and send on the person atonce."
The matter was so settled. The questionof a name was duly discussed and arranged.Mr. Watkyn wrote his letter to Miss Mac-Kinloch, announcing that he had found thecompanion she required, and aont themissive out to be posted by hie old house-keeper. Dolores remained at the rectory allday, dining with her old friend, and discuss-ing with him at great length hor affairs.She believed in his wisdom, judgment, andknowledge of the world-, and acceded to hisadvice, but with such passionate rebellionand suffering as he might never know.
She returned to the hotel in the evening,the oldhousekeeper accompaning her.
The next morning, at a very early hour,the Rev. Mr. Watkyn presented himself atJbsland's. Dolores was waiting for him, herher hat on, her bill settled. She enteredthe cab ; her trunk, which had been sentfor the preceding evening, was broughtdown and put on top, and Mr. Watkyn andDolores were driven to the terminus of theGreatNorthern railway.
Dolores was placed in a ladies' compart-ment, in company with a lady and her maid,and. Mr. Watkyn bade her good-by with-many misgivings.
" Sho'a goingto a hard place," he thought,standing on the platform and looking afterthe train as it swept out of the station uponits long flight northward. I wonder if I -have done well. If she don't like it, shecan return. And atany rate, whatever sheroay have to endure, she will be safe Jupthere in that solitude. No harm can reachher there."
Ah, mortals are short-sighted ! He turnedfrom the station with a seuse of actual relief.He never dreamed that in sending Doloresto MacKinloch Caetle he was sending her tomeet the great peril of her life !
CHAPTER XIV.MiCKISLOOHCASIIE.
In.one of the wildest portions of the Scot-tish Highlands, wheregrim mountains alter-nated with black and gorge-like glens, wherenature wore her weirdest aspect, and aneternal solitude brooded— there had dweltfor centuries the ancient family oi: MacKin-loch, and there dwelt still their representa-tive, the last of their name.
MacKinloch Castle stood in the midst of agrand and wide valley, known as Glen Kin-loch. The mountains rose in a bristling wallaround it at the distance of a few mile3,greatly curtailing the day' at each end.Within the valley were farms, with housesscattered here and there, a lovely lake, anda park, the boundaries of which reached tothe very mountain tops upon the westernside. The glen and its neighbourhoodwould have been a paradise for sportsmen,but none ever ventured here. Deer ran wildin the forest, and there was an ancient breedof wild cattle at Glen Kinloch which wasnoted througout thokingilom, a small, fierce,red race, as terrible to encounter as the bisouof the American prairie.
There were two breaks in the mountain-wall, one to the northward, known as theNorth Pass; the other tp the southward,known as the South Pass. It was throughthe South Pass that intercourse was kept upwith the great world. A visitor seldomcame toGlen Kinloch, but the farmers carriedtheir grain to distant markets, and Miss Mac-Kinloch frequently rode to the nearest town.
The castle itself was a great tumbledownpile of masonry, many centuries old. Itstood on the border of thelake. In ancienttimes ithad been a great stronghold,whereinhad more than once been quartered a regi-ment of soldiers. Its glory was now gono ;
its towers and wings had fallen into decay ;
and of the grand old structure only aportionof its central part was now habitable.
Yet here, in gloomy state and a socfc ofmelancholy grandeur, dwelt Miss MacKin-loch, the owner of Glen Kinloch, and a vastnumber of acres beyond the' bristling moun-tain wall. '
She was rich, old and peculiar. Adisap-pointment in her youth had warned hernature. There were noneof her name to suc-ceed her; she didnot like any of her relatives,and had therefore spent no money in repair-ing the barracks, which was her home. Shetravelled often to Edinburgh, and even toLondon ; was restless, suspicious and change-able—now delighting in her solitude, andnow fleeing from it to town gaieties.
Her servants were all old family retainers,odd, bluff, and independent, and all devotedto her with a clannish'idolatry. To her oldhousekeeper and butler, footman and coach-man, her ancient cook and honeemaid, shewas not old Miss MacKinloch, but "ourMiss Joe," and it is beyond question thatthey deemed her still a great beauty, andwere proud of hersupposed personal attrac-tions: -
Miss MacKinloch had received Mr. Wat-kyn's letter announcing that he had engagedfor her a companion, a young gentlewomanof fine education and breeding, for whom hebespoke her kind consideration. He intro-duced this young lady to her as Miss DollyWynn—that name having been the first tosuggest itself in the place of Redburn. Hecommended "Miss Wynn" in the highestterms, and stated that she would arrive atGlen Kinloch a. day after his letter.
Miss MacKinlochhad ordered a room to bemade ready for her companion, to be airedand warmed bya great log lire. Orders hadalso been issued to every servaut of theestablishment to give the castle a festal air.It was only a hired companion who was com-ing, bnt Miss MacKinloch was eager forexcitement, and a very small event served tocreate that at Kinlouh Castle.
A carriage came along thd rough road,threading the South Pass, not the lumberingold yellow chariot of Miss MacKinloch, butan easy barouche, on modern springs, brightwith paint and varnish, and drawn by twohandsomo horses. A coachman and footmanboth in livery_, sat on the box, and two ladiesoccupied the interior of the vehicle.
These were Mrs. Dougal and Miss Dougal,mother and daughter, distant cousinsof MissMacKiriloch. They were wont to visit theold castle period call}', about thenearestof kin to its owner. Her great wealthmade her an object of interest to them.They confidently expected to inherit herproperty, and Miss Dougal had been namedJosepha MacKinloch with a view to pro-pitiatng her elderly relative and securing herestates.
Mrs. Dougal was the wife of a professionalgentleman residing in Edinburgh. Sheusually brought her own equipage by rail,and considered these journeys to KinlochCastle as a species of martyrdom. She wasstout and elderly, red of face, short of breathirascible of temper.
Her daughter was of that certain age po-litely named as "uncertain." She was talland augular, and her long, thin face wasmade to seem still longer and thinnerby thecurls that fell from her forehead to her waist.She wore falce teeth and an air of girlishness;she giggled and tossedher head like a school-girl, and seemed the incarnation of simplicityand good nature. She was particularlygushing in herattentions to Miss MacKinlochand believed that she had won the heart ofher ancient kinswoman." 1 never saw such a road," grumbled
Miss Dougal, frowning. " 1 hoped lastspring when we made this journey it wasfor the last time. I never expected to comeagaing."
"U either did I," responded her mother."I supposed, I expected, that Miss MacKin-loch would have been dead and buried beforethis. It's odd how the old thing clings tolife. She's eighty years old, Josepha."
"I know it; I've studied her age oftenenough. lam close upon forty, mother, andI shouldn't wonder if she lived to be ahundred justto keep meout of her property.When I do inherit it, I'll let this glen ruuinto a wilderness. The castle may fall, asit has so long threatened to do. If she willdie soon, I may hope to make a grand mar-riage on hermone3'."" She cau't last much longer. We are as
near akin to her as any one, and she mustconsider that as you are named for her youhave more claim upon her than any one else.I should not have deemed it neceseary tomake the journey at this time, only the clergy-man wrote me that she has sent some friendin England to find her a companion, and thatone will certainly soon be sent to her. WhenI think how an outsider might interfere withour prospects, I feel that we cannot be toocarefuL"
"The old crone is likely to be taken in byan adventuress, and leave her all her pro-perty," observed Miss Dougal, elegantly."If her expectedcompanion were to play thesycophant, and wind into her affections,where would Ibe ? I think you might pre-vent her having a companion."
"I? You don'tknow old Joe MacKinloch,She's as obstinate as a mule. But lam comeprepared to argue with her—ah, here weare.Now for your smiles, Josepha."
Thecarriage drew upat theold port-cochcrc.The footmanalighted and opened the door.The ladies descended and entered the greathall of the castle—an immense apartment, a
I hundred and fifty feet in length andeixty feetiu width. Itwas lighted by windowsat eachend, and there were alao doors at the end, andat intervals along the sides.
This great hall was in good repair. Threewood-fires blazed in the three great fireplaces.The furniture was carvedoak of quaintshapesand black with age. There were severalcarved screens standingabout; the coucheswere draped with skins ; thewalls were hungwith antlers, the small, fierce head of a wildbull, firearms of every description, andancient swords and battle-axes. The floor wasof black oak, dotted here and there withIndian rugs or tiger-skins. The effect ofthe whole was luxnriousas well as impos-ing.
An old Highlander, in costume, conductedthe ladies iuto the drawing-room whichopened off this hall, and then hastened to in-form his mistress of the preseuce of herguests.
"I hope we shall not have to stay in thiswretched old den longer than to-morrow,",said Mrs. Dougal, shivering. "The castle isfull of draughts.""And ruts," added her daughter. "I do
hope I'll come into possession soon. I amtired of playing goody-goody to old MissJoe."
A fire of wood logs was blazing on thehearth. She stood before it and surveyed theapartment contemptuously. It was long andlow, with black wainscoting, and dusky wallsabove, decorated with samplei.3 and sil-houettes laid againstwhite paper o.nd framed.There wero many windowsdraped with fadeddamask. The carpet was threadbare; thechairs hard and angular.
" With all her.money, Miss Joe mighthavea better drawing-room," said Mies Dougal."She spends enough on her private rooms.This furniture is hardly fit for a lumber-room."
"Then why do you come here to use it?
asked a squeaky voice, that startled bothmother and daughter. "If you don't like it,why don't you stay away ?"
Mrs. Dougal and her daughter faced theirhostess, for tlio owner of the squeaky voicowas no other than Miss MacKinloch.
She was a little old woman, withvivaciousblack eyes, keen and piercing in their gaze,withered and wrinkled features, and snow-white hair, which she wore under a cap, ofthe mob shape, witha frill surrounding herhead. A black moustacho ornamented herupper lip. She walked with the aid of astaff, but, notwithstanding her eighty years,was qnito able to walk without it. Her in:
telloct was bright and clear. She wasobstinate, as her relative had said, suspicions
of every one, except herold servants, crabbedand vindictive ; nevertheless, under, all herfaults was much of goad. She had originallypossessed a noble and kindly nature and haddevotedly loved a fortune-hunting young manwho had jilted her to marry a wealthierheiress. With him had died moet of hertrust in mankind. Her income had accumu-lated during many years, her estates had in-creased in value, her houses in Edinburghhad let at higher rentals, and fortune-huntersagain hovered about her, endeavouring tomake her their prey. Their success was asyet problematical.
"My dear Miss Joe !" cried Miss Dougal,rushing to her aged kinswoman and embrac-ing her. "lam so delighted to-see you. Tothink you should have heard me commentupon this dear old room ! I'm such a child,t say just what I think."
ilisa MacKinloch released herself with agrimace. Mrs. Dougal then seized upon her.She tottered to her chair, gaspiDg for breath,her eyes twinkling oddly."What brought you here, Jemima?" asked
the representative of the MacKinlochs ab-ruptly. "You were here last spring." •
"I would dearly like to live here always,"sighed Mrs. Dougal. "I don't wonder youcling So the dear old glen, Miss Joe—thehaunts of our ancestors, the scenes of theirglories."
"Humph !" said Miss MacKinloch."I see that the horses have been taken to
the stable," said Mrs. Dougal. "We shallremain until to-morrow at leaet."
"Just ring the bell, Josepha/' said MissMacKinloch.
Miss Dougal obeyed. •
The old Highlander reappeared."Have the Cedar Room warmed and aired,Wattie," said Miss MaoKinloch. "And
now," she added, as the man disappeared,"what brought yon here T Not love forme.I won't believe that, if yo.n talk it allnight.""But that is the very thing," said Mrs.
Dqngal, eagerly. "I give you my word,Miss Joe. You know that I correspond withMr. Graeme, the parson. He wrote me thatyou wanted a companion, and had sent toEngland for one—"
"Humph !""And so I thought youmight be feeling ill
and lonely ; and I came to ask you to gohome with us, Miss Joe, to make our homeyours.""That sounds kind, but I like my free-
dom.,,"No one would interfere with your free-
dom—""I'll take care they don't. I won'tMrs. Doußal lookedblaDk."Then, if you won't go home with us,
dear Miss Joe," she exclaimed, "it is properthat one of your relatives should live withyou. .No hired companion can give you thecare and love of one of your own blood.Josepha will be delighted to remain with youaud attend you as a daughter."
Miss Dougal indulged in a pantomime be-hind Miss MacKinloch's back that expresseda most decided reluctance to remaining.Her mother appeared unconscious of hergrimaces and signs of distress."I don't want Josepha," said Mis Mac-
Kinloch, with refreshing frankness. "Iwant a young woman, who expects nothingbut her salary, whom I can order about as Ilike. If I feel ill-humoured, I can vent mytemper on her. I don't think Josepha willsuit me. You needn't leave her. Whenyou go to morrow you'll have to take herwith you."" 1 don't like this idea of taking into your
house a young woman you know nothingabout," said Mrs. Dougal. "She is sureto be an adventuress, designing, and un-scrupulous."
"I'll watch her. ]f I don't like heractions, Ican send her packing !" said MissMacKinloch, coolly. "The companion is afact, Jemima. I expect her to day, everymoment. The carriage went yesterday toCallender to meet her. She would arrivethere to-day, when the horses would befresh. She oughtsoon to be here."
The. visitors looked at each other."And there comes the chariot now," said
old Miss MacKinloch, briskly, hobbling tothe window. "The young woman is in it.I see the back of her head. It happens verynicely, Jemima. You can see my companionfor yourself, and give me thebenefit of yoaropinion of her. We'll see if you think heradventuress !"'
[To bo continued.]
ODDS AND ENDS.
In the Orient they won't let a fellow seehis girl until the clergyman has tied theknot, and in that way a poor mother has achance to work off her cross-eyed daughters.
Gold bonnets are one of the last Paris ex-tremes. Theyaro made of straw, which isthen steeped in a bath of gold. Thetrimming consists of a large velvet bowand ahumming bird.
The daughters of a laundress are growingpale for want of exercise, and themother saysthey fade because they will not wash.— O.Republican.
A well-known undertaker has issued anotice to his patrons, requestiug the personalfavourthat the occupants of the end mourn-ing-coach at funerals he may conduct shouldnot, even if they smoke, stick their legs outthrough the windows, as their so doing, hoadds, is likely to lead to unpleasant miscon-structions.
Mamma (who has been quietly watchingcertain surreptitiousproceedings) : " Willie,who helped you to that cake ?" Willie(promptly): " Hebben, mamma." Mamma(sternly): "Sh—sh—sh, you naughty boy?how dare you tell such 3tories?" Willie :"Tain't my fault if ic is a 'tory, ma. Didn'tpa tell beggar-man zat hebbeu helped zhosezat helped zeinselves ?"
Tho grandma of a littlo four-year-old hadbeen telling her ono day not to eay thatpeople lied, but rather they were mistaken.Her grandma, to amuse her, told her a bearstory, which was a tough one to believe.After she had iiuished, the little girl lookedup into her face, and exclaimed, "Grandma,that is the biggest mistake I ever heard."
'' There's no harm in sngar," said ascientist. "Ye 3 there is," hotly respondedan old lady: "my son was killed by it.""What au interesting fact ! Pray give metho particulars," said the scientist, takingout his note-book. "Why," was theanswer, "you see he was passing a ware-house, and a barrel of sugar rolled out of athird story door, Jand falling on my son'shead, just mashed him."
A Scotch wife on her return home fromkirk declared the sermon she had just beenlistening to was the fincet discourse she hadever heard. " What was itabout ?" inquireda friend. "How should I ken ?" replied tholady. "But what was the eubject?" askedthe friend." "I'm no sure," replied theHudewife. "But what was the text, anddid he divide it?" still persisted tho friend."I dinna mind thetex," answered the lady,"but, oh, it was a grand discourse, the bestI ever heard, for first he dang with this han',and then he dang with that hau', nnd thenhoatampit wi' this foot, and then he stampitwi' that foot, and aboon a' ho was maistvicious.". The average annual value of the musical
instruments made in Paris during the lastsix years has been twonty-three millionfrancß, divided among three hundred andsixty makers, employing no fewer than fivethousand workmen. Paris turns out everyyear one million threo hundred and twentythousand francs' worth ofaccordions. Pianosfigure for eloven million four hundredthousand francs; organs, for nearly fivemillions and a half; wind, wood, and metalinstruments, for nearly four millions ; butbowed instruments, lor less than half amillion.
A stout English gentleman, a. visitor at afashionable watering-place on the west eoaetof Scotland, was in the habit of conversingfamiliarly with a character of the place, whotook a delight in talking boastingly of bisgreat relations. One day, as the gentlemanwas seated at the door of his lodgings,Donald came up driving a fat boar. " Thatis one of your fat relations you have gotwith you, I suppose, Donald?" said thegentleman. "Wo," quietly retorted Donald,
as he surveyed the proportions of his inter-locutor, "no relation whatever, but just anacquaintance like youreel 1."
"Dennis," said M: ke, "d'ye see that ? I'llfall overboard, and you'll jump iu and rescueme, and we will divide the reward, whichwill bo a pound apiece." "Agreed,,, saidDennis; "go ahead;" and a minuto laterMike was floundering in the river. But nosooner had ho fallen in than Dennis, to hisinexpressible horror, remembered that he didnot know how to swim, and so, instead ofspringing inand rescuing the drowniug man,he stood leaning over the rail, staring at thebubbles where Mike had sunk. Once Mikecame up, but Dennis gave no sign. Twicehe camo up, but Dennis could neither movenor utter a word. For the fatal third timehe camo to thosurface, aud faintly exclaimed,."Denny, av ye ain't moighty quick, it's onlyfifteen shillings aich we'll" get for recoverin,thebody I"
THE FARMERS COLUMN.[Written for the Wm£W News.]
TREE-PLANTING: THE BLUE GUM.To those who take an interest in the advance-ment of the country, it will, bo a source ofgratification to learn that considerable atten-tion is being paid to the planting of bothfruit and forest trees. Of course the workof cultivating trees does not bring in anyimmediatereturns. For a while it is an out-lay of labour and capital; but eventually itwill notproveunremunerative. Our nursery-men, I believe, are doing a good business ;
orders are pouring in from all parts, and Icannot say what numbers of trees are everyweek being packed off. Then, again, manysettlers have raised their own trees, andhave probably some to spare, which net dis-tributed round their respective neighbour-hoods ; and thus the good . work of tree-planting goes on. In open country thismatter deserves particular attention. Evenfor the sake of a supply of firewood as wellas to obtain some material for feociug pur-poses, farmers should see it to be a duty notto neglect this work. How very bareand uninteresting a homestead looks with notrees to embellish it! What a different pic-ture would it present if there were a fewgraceful or lofty trees growing here and there!
Now, in planting out trees, the merits ofthe blue gum should not be forgotten. Itgrows rapidly, and will adapt itself to almostany soil. The timber is of some value, andit is a very easy tree to cultivate. Once inthe soil, it needs no further attention, beingable to stand its ground against any quantityof weeds. It does notrequire tobe protected,as do some trees ; neither cattle, sheep, norhorses having any liking for it as food. Theheight that it obtains in a fen- years is some-thing- extraordinary. Perhaps there is notree that is such a rapid grower, at leastthere is none that has been introduced intothis country. Some time ago the blue gumwas introduced into Algiers, and there theaverage growth of a young tree is nineteeninches per month 3 a two-year-old tree beingfrequently twenty feet in height.I am aware that for various reasons some
people have an objection to it, and they saythat they would not have a gum about theplace. But it is sometimes desirable toascertain how other people regard what cer-tain parties depreciate. Here is an extractto show what is thought of the Eucalyptusin California:—"'Perhaps no other town inthecountry ships moire gum trees than Hay-ward. In looking towards the foothills, thelarge forest of gum trees would lead a personto think they grew wild. Messrs. Stratton,O'.Niel and Baxter are doing a thriving busi-ness with their nurseries, and are shippingthousands of gum tree to different parts ofthe State. . The C. P. E. JR. Company havealready appreciated the value of these trees,have purchased 40,000 trees from G. C. Bax-ter, andhave contracted with private partiesto plant these trees on both sides of theirtrack from Brooklyn to Kiles." The C. P.R. j<. (Central Pacific Railroad) Companyreferred to are planting Australian gum treenalong both sidesof their line, with the inten-tion of having the timber for ties in the yearto come. The road is wide, of course ; theroare no fences ; the lino reserved for the rail-road highway, if we recollect aright, is fourchainswide, perhaps more ; but theintentiouis to have it, as far as theplan can be carriedout, anavenue of trees in places hundreds ofmiles in length.
GUMS FOR SHELTER.The very appearance of trees growing in a
homestead must improvs its value. Hutapart from that consideration, groves andbelts of bush are requisite for the purpose ofshelter. How cold and bleak a farm mustbo when every part of it is exposed to thegales that frequently blow during the wintermonths ! Severe and continuous though thestorms may be, there is no shelter for thestock by night or day. Nothing to breaktho wind, nor protect from the fury of itspower. Now, fora speedy method of obtain-ing shelter, there is nothing like plantingblue gums. Other trees, of course, there arothat might form better protection from thewind ; but they would take much longertime to grow, besides greater care in theircultivation. I could mention plantations ofgums that answer thepurpose of breakwimlsmost admirably. They must, as a matter ofcourse, be planted pretty close together forsuch an object. The fame of theblue gumis spreading to distant countries, and inCalifornia it is being planted for shelter pur-poses. "The latest use," says tho SailFrancisco Chronicle, "which this wonderfultree is being put is that of a shelter fromwind. It may be thought that they growtoo high from tho ground to form any barrierto the velocity of the wind, but such is notthe case. They can be- planted in grovesaround the gardens and farms, and theirwonderfully rapid growth makes them thebest troo where a quick break is desirable.In the upper part of the Salinas valley, inand around the city of Salinas, the uniformetraightcess of the tall and slender trees isremarkable, notwithstanding that the windis so strong as to cause all other trees todwarf and lean, sometimes until the toptouches the ground. They bend almostdouble at times, but the moment the windceases resume the perpendicular. Salinascity willsoon be one vast grove of eucalyptus,and tho wind will then have less terrors."
CUMS AS POSTS FOR WIRE.The suggestion has often been thrown out,
that where fencing timber is scarce, or whereparties do not care about going to the expenseof erecting new fences as old ones becomedilapidated and no longer answer thepurposeof or which they were put up, trees might beplanted that in course of time would becomepermanent posts. Various trees have beenrecommended for the purpose, especially thepoplar and blue gum. There is no doubt thegum would be the better of the two, as itwill grow on most soils, and is not liable tobe eaten by cattle or sheep. If such a methodof obtaining fences were practicable, it wouldafford farmers and proprietors of land aneasy mode of either forming new fences orreplacing those that are going to decay. Itwould be a mode of fencing, too, of a cheapand permanent character, and would do wellfor boundary lines or moderate sized farms ;
and at thesame time provide trees for shelter.Of course it would not be wise to adopt anysuch plan for every paddopk that might berequired, unless they wore paddocks of largeextent, and where trees would not do muchinjury to tho crops byrobbing the soil of itsnourishment. If young gum trees wereplanted at the centro of every alternate orsecond panel of fences, when five or six yearsold they would be "sufficiently strong tohave light iron staples driven into them, andthus servo as permanent posts for wire fencesto be fixedupon. Thestaples, it is suggested,would require drawing out and enteringafresh every five years or so, to prevent themfrom being buried in the growing trees, astheir annual accession of bulk by growth isfrom or on theoutside. Thestretching postsused for tightening thewire should, it is pro-posed, be of strong split timber, and thatonly one would bo required every distance of100or 150 yards, beingfastened in the ground
an equal distance between two trees, so asnot to destroy uniformityof plan. This planwas noted several years since by the travel-ling reporter of The Leader, in his accountof Mr. Hardie's establishment, SouthAustralia. It proved most effective, and Mr.Hardie adopts itwith other kinds of trees,such asthc olive."
The principal objection to using trees soyoung-mere saplings, in fact—would be,that during very heavy gales they would beliable to be blown about, and bent over tothe displacement of the staples and, perhaps,the breakage of the wire,—a catastrophe notso likely to happen where trees are well-established and of good size. The difficultywould be overcome by tapping the youngtrees—cutting sufficient off that the windwould have little effect upon them.
The subject of thus utilising trees for pos'tsis one worthy of consideration. Farmers whofor want of timber have to resort to fencescomposed of wattled titrceand a ditchmight,in the course of a few years, byplanting gumshave permanent posts, and so would be sparedtho expense of purchasing puriri for the pur-pose, which many have to do.
GUMS FOR RAILWAY PLANTING.
It is to be hoped that in course of time theGovernment of this country will see the wayclear, and will determine to plant trees alongthe various railway linen. Timber could begrowing that might in the future be of greatuse in repairing. The large amount of land,a great portion of which is fenced in, wouldthus be usefully employed, and thousandsoftrees' of various kinds would be growing.Reference has already been made to what isbeing done elsewhere in this importantmatter. It appears that gum trees are beingextensively used for the purpose. Mr. J. R.Scupham, who had charge at the Centennialof the excellent collection of CalifqrnianexHibits from the Central Pacific RailroadCompany, sends the following:—"Tfiework of planting the eucalyptus treesalong the right of way of the Central andSouthern Pacific railways, recently com-menced, will probably occupy about twoyears. It is the intention of the companies
to set them out along the entire line of bothroads, where the trees can be grown toadvantage. They will also be planted alongthe various branch roads as faras practicable.Already about one-half of the road throughAlameda county has been set out witc. theeucalyptus globulus, and the work is beingpushed as rapidly as the young trees aresupplied from theOakland nurseries. Thisspecies of the eucalyptus, however, is onlyadaptedto a good soil, and other species willhave tobo used in the differentplaces throughwhich the roads run, accordiug to the natureof the climate and soil. It is a peculiarityof the eucalyptus tree that some of its almostnumberless varieties neem adapted tc almostevery climate and soil. It is partly on ac-count of this peculiarity that the railwaycompanies have selected it for plantino- alongtlieir roads. The eucalyptusglobulus, or bluegum tree, is almost the onlv species of theeucalyptus to be found to any extent in thiscountry, and in order to Becure the variousother species which will be used along theroads, J. E. Scupham, who has charge of thework, has been obliged to send to Australiafor supplies of the seeds of these variouseucalypti. These will be planted in thenurseries here,.and the youns trees will beset out as soon as they are sufficiently grownto bear transplanting."
OTHER ADVANTAGES FROM GUMS. •
It Beem3 to be an established fact that in acountry destitute of trees the fall of rain islargely increased where trees are nuinerouelyplanted. Such, have been the remarkableresults of the introduction of the gum treeinto Algiers that an enthusiastic writer hassaid that with a sufficient number of thesetrees the great Desert of Sahara might; betransformed into a garden of Eden. Now,as the forests of this country are graduallydisappearing, unless other trees are plantedto take their place great changes eventuallymay be brought about in regard to therainfall and droughts, it would be a manifestbenefit to go in largely for the planting ofgums. Lands unfit for cultivation on accountof their broken characteror inferiority of soilmight, in many districts, be set apart for thepurpose. Then, the idea is prevalent thatthe blue gum is eminently useful in countriesabounding in malarial poison, and the peculiarproperty they are said to possess inabsorbingthis poison has already led to their introduc-tion in many places. In Spain, so great isthe popular belief in the medicinal virtues ofthe tree, that the eucalypti in the publicgardens of the great cities arc constantlyguarded to prevent their being stripped oftheir foliage. In Italy, the introduction ofthe eucalypti in the Roman Campagna hasgreatly benefited that malarial country.
METHOD OF RAISING TIIEES.An ounce or two of good seed will produce
hundreds of young plants. A seed bedshould be formed. In making it, as muchcare is required as iu preparing an onion bed.As the gum seeds are small, the earth shouldbe made very line. .Well-rotted manure maybe used, so as to force the plants on. Theseed should be sown in drils, and the monthof October is a good time to sow it; or evenlater than that might do, as it is not well tohave the plants too large when they are beingshifted from the bed. Gums can be trans-planted almostany time, provided the soil ismoist enough, and earth is taken with theroots. It does not answer to have them ex-posed for any length of time, and should ifpossible be removed from the seed bed to thespot to be devoted to their growth. Oncethey have taken root there, no fear need beentertained that they will not grow.
Aoricola.
BREEDING HORSES.It has often been remarked by strangers
visiting this city, " what a bad lot of horsesthere are in Auckland." They are quiteright. If ever you do see a decent horse,upon making enquiries you will find that hehas come from Napier or Wanganui. Thebest horses that I have seen in the colouycome from the latter place. This shouldnot be the case, as the land and climate ofAuckland are equally >vell adapted forbreeding horses as Wanganui, or any otherdistrict in Now Zealand. The simple reasonis, the peopleof Aucklanddo not take anypains in either breeding or rearing theirhorses. They put any class of mare to thefirst stallionthat comes along, or the cheapestthey can find, not caring what kind of abrute, or how unsuitable he may be. Theconsequence is, they not only run the risk ofspoiling a good mare—especially if it hap-pens to be a young one—as maresare veryapt, in future produce, to throw back totheir first love, but they most likely breedan animal that, at four years old, isworth five pounds. They get dis-gusted, and say breeding horses will notpay. In Wanganui and Napier they takepains in selecting their mares and stallions,also taking care of their young stock, thenas four-year-olds they fetch a good price, andare shipped away to other parts of the colony,realising a remunerative price both to thebreeder and shipper. Rearing hacks andharness horses in this climate entails littlemore care or expense than breeding bullocks.If ordinary care is taken in selecting a properclass of mares and mating them with a suit-able stallion, you will produce useful horsesthat at four years will fetch from £2') up-wards, while bullocks at the same age willbring from £10 to £12. They do not interferewith each other, and will do on the same run.In Devonshire, where many of the hurdiestand most useful animals are bred, the youngstock are turned out on the moorlands duringspring and summer to shift for themselves,and they do well on the rough grassthat grows in the gullies and amongthe heather, while the best pasturesare kept for the dairy cows. In winterthey are driven in and placed in somemore sheltered situation, with perhaps ahovel or plantation to run into, and aregiven a little hay, with by chance a fewturnips or mangolds if they are plentiful;they do well on it, and the climate thereis severer than that of Auckland.Last season there were only two stal-lions owned in the Aucklandfit to breed from, viz , Kingfisher'and Knottingly. The former requires bigroomy mares, not minding if they arerather coarse, as he would give them quality.I should not be at all surprised, if theproper mares were sent to him, to see himget very superior stock. It must be bornein mind that a small horse may beget a largeone, from a large mare, whereas, a littlemare will never produce a big foal. Inchoosing a stallion for your mare—First, becareful that he is free from any hereditarydisease, such a3 roaring, grunting, spavins,curba, ring bones, side bones, &c, as theseare almost sure to appoar in their stock.Second, good tempered and free from vice,as a bad-tempered, vicious horse generallytransmits his propensities in a greater or lessdegree to his descendants.as did the Cruioer,Pineapple, Freney, and other notoriousman-eaters in the old country. Can-nobie, one of the finest horses forgetting hunters I ever eaw, the lateLord John Scott's Lord of the Harem, trans-mitted a curious propensity to his progeny,viz., of refusing to go out of their box untilthey werein the humour, aud, what was stillmore singular, of refusing to go into a com-fortable warm stable, set fair with abundanceof the best straw, even when there was arack full of sweet hay inside, and a feed ofthe best corn in tho manger ; and this whenthere was driving snow or pelting rain out-side. A high-couraged horse is no objection,when mated with a great lazy mare, in factho is preferable ; but a hot-tempered marewithout doubt should be put toa quiet horse.Thirdly, always try and the points goodin the horse that are deficient in the mare,for instance, lightness of bone and badshoulders may often be avoided in theprogenyby judiciousmating ; always, if pos-sible, put old mares to young horses, andto those that have not too manymares in one Beaeon, or the produceare very apt to turn out weakly. A mareserved in the middle of the day or afternoonhas a better chance of being stinted than onecovered early in the morning. In choosingmares to breed from, they should not be lessthan seven or eight years old, free fromalldiseases, especially ringbene.3, spavins,curbs, navicular disease, and roaring, goodbone and hocks, good roomy barrel, notslack in the middle piece, and above allthings, abundance of room in the pelvis.Cribbiting and wind-sucking should beavoided. There is great diversity of opinionas to the causes of these diseases ; somemaintain it is a trick contracted by standingidle in the stable ; if so, the mare would soonteach the foal- the same. Armitage, in hisexceedingly clever and useful work on thehorse, puts it down as constitutional orcaused by indigestion, as a cribber nevercarries any flesh,—the mere act of cribbingis not sufficient to cause , that. From myown experience I am of.the same opinion,as I had a cribber that was put into a boxwith nothing that he could .possiblytake , hold of to crib, and-..notwith-standing all the paias that were takenwith him, nothing would make him carryflesh.' In either case it is highly objection-able in a brood mare, and therefore should
be avoided. The foals should have someshelter at firer, such as an open hovel, orshed, to go into during wet weather, as,while they have their first coats on, it isvery detrimental to them to get wet, espe-cially in cold weather, as they take so longto get dry. October or November is quiteeirly enough, in my opinion, for half-bredfoals in this country, as then there is plentyof natural food for the mares, and they willnot require so much care. I have often no-ticed in England that May and June foalswill soon overtake the earlier ones, andgenerallycarry hetter coats when grown up,especially ifcare is taken to castrate themwhen their coats are fine.
If you are breeding for the Turf you willrequire earlier foals, but then both maresand foals require greater care; they oughtto be kept housed every night, also in badweather, and be well fed with oats, carrots,etc. At all stud farms in maresget oats all the year round, as the drain onthe mother is the same whether suckling orcarrying a living foal. It is a great mistakeia this colony allowing the young thorough-breds to run out all night, as I am sare thatgives them a great tendency to rheumatism,which is so prevalent among racehorses in !this country- - a thing hardly known at home,feople say She climate is so mild it cannothurt them. So it may be ; but it mnstbeborne in mind there are heavy dsws mostnights, and that is most prejudicial to youngstock. How would a man feol sleeping ontevery night under a heavy dew ? Wouldhe not rise up in the morning stiffand cramped, never mind how warm thenight would be, and remain so till thesun gradually warmed him � Would he notfeel the effeete in afterlife *. Mostassuredlyso, the same with a, yonng thoroughbredfoal; they should also be well fed from thetime they can firsteat oats until they are putinto training/ then they will be fit to standthe work they have to go through. I haveheard trainers in this country say that thehorses will not stand the amount of workthey will at home, owing to the climate. Ido not believe in that; for look whatjourneys soma of the Maori horses under-take. I have known a Maori, weighing atleast 14 stone, ride 70 miles in one day, onan animal to-look at you would think couldnot do 20 miles. The fact is the thorough-breds out here have not been fed and takencare of in their young days the same as inKngland. Insteadof the trainer having somehard stuS to work upon from the commence-ment, it is soft, so the moment you commencetraining it all comes off, and unless yon stopand waitpatiently tillyou get the horse' intofirm condition before you send himalong, hewill go all to pieces, and most likely becomeuseless, and is then turned away and pntdown as a brute. As a proof of this, lookat many young racehorses that have baensold in this colony for a mere trifle, thai; inafter-life with care and good treatment turnout good horses. If you want horses tocomeout as two and three-year-olds, they must bewell fed and taken care of from the verycommencement. If the cleverest breedersathome are continually disappointed,-thoughthey have mated their mares with thegreatest judgment, how then can people suc-ceed when they breed from any kind oE mare,and put her to the first or cheapeststallion that comes to hand, a3 toomany do in this province? The timeis now coming on for breeding,—let them look out and choose theirstallion beforehand, and hot leave it till thelast moment. I am certain it would paya man well to geta first-classstallion, and lethim stand in theneighbourhoodof Auckland,for at the present time, with the exception ofKingfisher, who would not suit all mares,there is nota decentthoroughbredstallion inthe place; and lam sure there is plenty ofroom for one, if not two more stallions. TheAgricultural Society would be really doinggood if they held a stallion show, say, inAugust, and give their prizes then, insteadof waiting till November, whentho season ishalf over, the same as is done in otherplaces ; but X suppose it is the same withthem as is the case with everything startedin Auckland.
There is one class of animals that might bebred in this country with great success, andthat would be most useful in the colonies—lmean mules. Not the small kind that aresometimes seen in this colony, but the sortof mules that are foundin the Foitou districtof France and the northern provinces ofSpain—great powerful animals standing 15hands 3 inches to 16 hands in height, withlots of timber and substance, any one ofwhich would knock up three such animals asare often seen in harness in Auckland, whilethey are equally fie for omnibus work or thelight cart of the tradesman. I know agentleman at home who had a pair standing1C hands that used to run his private omni-
bus to the station, who conld trot their S) or10 miles an hour, and were used in prefer-ence to horses, as they never caughtcold standing about and -waitiDg atthe station. They are proverbially
■ themost sure-footed animals (hybrid thoughthey are) of the equinerace ; in fact, thereis nogettiDg them down. Before the intro-duction of railways in old Spain, all the mailservice up the country was done by mulesthat could gallop twelve miles an hour, andkeep on at it.' I have seen a pair of mulesthat, in s, tilted pair-wheeled mail cart, havegalloped down a rooky, rough road in one ofthe Pyrenees passes, where a false stepwould have sent mules, cart, passengers, anddriver down an abyss a couple of hundredfeet; but they made no blunder, while theirrate of speed is quite equal to the coaches inEngland. Is prejudice so strong in thiscountry that men wilfully shut their eyes tothe usefulness of these animals ? Does notevery man who has seen a rough campaignknow how valuable mules are on service.In the Crimea there were some spledidmules,and during the hard winter, when the horseswere knocking up and dying by scores, theystill continued packing stores to the frontfrom Balaclava, and many officers used themfor riding on fatigue work, to save theirchargers thatcould hardlycarry them. Duringthe expedition to Taupo there were twosmallmules used with thepack-horses ; the waythey knocked up the horses and the loadsthey carried were astonishing. They willlivo and thrive on coarse food, wherea horse will go all to pieces anddie. Lately they have been more usedin London, and some may be seen infour-wheeledcabs, but the prejudice of thedrivers is so great against them that the cab-ownera can hardly get them to drive them.If such was not the case, little else would beused, but at home, the same as in the colo-nies, the masters are in a great degree de-pendent on their servants. It is a greatpity that some enterprising person does nottry the experiment, and import a good stal-lion donkeyinstead of second-class bulls andrams. I am sure in the long run itwould pay better, and be of more serviceto the colony. I Baw ina recent paper fromhome that a gentleman had given £300 for astallion donkey standing 15 hands high tocross with cart mares and breed mules,as horses are getting so dear andscarce, and the owner of the prizestallion donkey at the Alexandra Show,a gentleman from the neighbourhood ofCroydon, who has started mule-breeding,refused £400 for him. If, therefore, mulesanswer in England, where the ronds are goodand no packing required, how much betterwould they answer in colonies like Australiaand New Zealand, where theroads are badand there is plenty of packing to be done.
Picadok, Jnnr. '
SPORTING.-RACING NOTES.
Theacceptances for the Melbourne Cop willappear on the 7th of August, and are lookedforward to with interest by many people.They should be large ; as, on looking through,the Handicap, no one can deny thai Mr.Barnard has been most emceitlul. and thatit is by far the best of the thive great springhandicaps, by beginning at 9.1. 31bs. withFirst King, he has not ciushed a good horseout of tne race, as it was won by Glencoewith 9dt. lib. If Mr Wilsc n's horae is asgood as he thinks, he cannot be out of it.Mr. Scarr, in the Metropolitan Handicap,has begun 31bs. heavier with the samo horse,which is, 1 think, a mistake, as it is ran somemonths earlier than the Cup. He has be«nmost serere on Laertes, Amendment, JapaD,and others, especially some of the four-year-olds, it being so early in the season. Iαmany cases he differs greatly from Mr.Barnard, as the following table mil shew :—
Melbourne Motrorb'ilanCap. Handicap.
St lbs. St. lbj.FiratKinfr, 4yro ..9 3 9 aChester, 4yri
.. .. 9 il 9 0Calamia, syra ..
.. 8 2 813C»p-a-pie, syrs .. .. 8 8 8 11Macaroni. 6 yrs .. ..80 go"Woodlands, 4 yrs .. 8 1 8 7
. Savin»ka. 4yra.. .. 8 1 8 4Amendment, 4yrj
.. 712 8 5Democrat,Sjn..
..79 8 2
Strathern, 4 yrs .. -.. 79 8 0Black Kasjle, 4 yrs .. 7 3 712Boswoitb, 3 yr«.. .. 77 73His Lordship, 3 yra
.. 7 4 72Habena, 4yni 7 4 7 8
. SJaSS :: :: ?! 5,5I_«rte.,6yrs ..„ 7 „ 8 7«™Hi aged .. .. 7 0" 82Beadimui, 6yrs.. s 13 75Rosaberry. 4yrs.. ..8 13 7 eJapan,4 yrs ....
g. u 8 0Callma, 4yra.... 6ID e 8Signal, og«l .. .. 510 6 8HapparTandy, S yrs ..(Jβ -OβEmily, S years .. .. 6 6 CβJaclc-o- antern, 3yrs .. 5 6 6 2Lord Burghiey, 3 yrs .. '6 4 512Jasper, 3 yrs .. ■;. 8 3 511Sunset, 3 jr* 8 4 .510I>ensia,3yrs .. .62 c 9
Mlmoia, 3 yrs.. .. 510 . 5 9K.O. B.,3yrs..
..510 510Clarendon, 3 yrs
.. S 7 57At.this early period, before the accept-ances are declared, it is utter raßhnes3to try and pick the winner cf a racelike the Melbourne Cup; for two rea-sons—first, many of the horsea are en-gaged in the Metropolitan and other races.
It is, therefore, impossible for anyonenot connected with the stible to know forwhat races they are intended. Secondly,there are many horses engaged that are inthe same stable, and the trainer himself atthis period of the year, cannot tell whichwill be thebest next November. But, as manypeople are taking twenty against the field,when, by the rules of bettiug they ought tohave twenty-five, I willendeavour to po"intoutwhat appear at the present time best in.First King heads thelist at 9it. 31bs., nottoo much for a- good horse, but beingan intirm horse, and difficult to train,I think Mr. Wilson wili find a betterrepresentative on the day. Chester, 9st.,is undoubtedly a good horse, and is re-ported to be intended for the Cud.Should he be the best of .Mr. De Mestre"'steam he will run a great horse. Hehas been backed to win a good sum.Newminster, Bst. Slbs., is well in should heretain hi 3 two-year-old form. • Last seasonhe won the Geelong Cup, carrying Sat.,which was hi 3 chief performance. Cap-a-pie, Bst. 81bs., ran a good horse several timeslast year, and, as Mr. Town bought him inat 900 guineas, at which price NapperTandy was sold, it must be inferred that heis the best of the two. Calamia, Sat. 21bs.,ran at one time a good hurse, when he wouthe Randwick Plate easily, and was secondin the Champion .Race to Pride of the Hills.He is in De Mestre'sJ string, and has beenbacked for a good deal of money. Vaga-bond, Sst. 51bs., is nicely handicapped;and, last year, in the Cup, he lookedas wellas anything to the distance, when Savanakaand Chester challenged him. 1C was thensaidthat he was not quite fit. WoodlandsSet. lib., is one of the most leniently treated,horses in the Handicap, as his performanceswerenearly all first-class, and I think, forcertain reasons, hisrunning in the Cup lastyear mustbe iguored. Savanaka, Sat. lib.,comes of a good family, as he is own brotherto Lecturer and Kingsborough. Though hedid not land the great "coup" last year, hemust be respected now, as he is in a dan-gerous stable. Glenmoriston, 7st. 121b5.,has run wellonseveral occasions, and is fairlytreated. Elsie, 7st. 71bs., belongs to a cleverparty, and bas been nibbled at on the quiet.Habena, 7st. 41b3., if she can be gofc back toher Maribyrnong Plate form, is bound torun well. Ihear that she has lately joinedDe Mestre's string. The King, 63t. lOlbs.,is another well in, as it must be remem-bered that he fell while running well Jasfcyear. Colima, Gst. lOlbs., is also let offlightly, as she has performed respectablymore than once. Darrival, 6st. Gibs., isspoken of as a good thing, also that he hasbeen specially kept for this Cap; but J. mustsay, I have not much faith in pots, as theyso often boil over. Emily, 6st. Gibs.,has been backed for a, great deal of money,and is as good a favourite as any-thing. She was about the best two-year-old nlly out last year, and belonging toSir Hercules Robinson, she will be sure torun to win. Nerissa, 6st. 21b3., was con-sidered one of the best fillies in Victorialast year, and is decidely well in, but atpresent she has only been lightly backed at100 to 3. Of the remainder, Uodee, 7sfc.lib. ; Warlock, 6st. 71bs ; Snnset, 6at 41bs. ;Lord Burghley, 6at. 41bs;; and K.C.8., sstlOlbs., will be heard of to advantage,especially the latter, as he can run fast,and like a stayer in Queensland, heis reported to be the most promising' sonof The Barb that bas as yet been seen, butthat he was not fitat Randwick. I have nofancy for either of the New Zealand horses,as Trump Card is only a fair horse, and Ibelieve it will be impossible to trainLc Loup,he being a very heavy-topped horse, withdecidedly bad forelegsand cucby hocks. Mr.De Mestre, who is alwaye particularlydangerons in the Melbourne Cup, has anexceedingly strong team this year, consistingof Chester, Calamia, His Lordship, Vulcan,fiodee, Jasper, Southsayer, and Habena, thebest of which will probably be the firstfavouriteontheeventful day, and hard tobeat.
Mr. Towns's horsea were sold in Sydneyon the 10th, and realised the followingprice 3 :—Cap-a-pie, 900 guineas, bought in ;
Astarte (sister to Boswortb), 850 guineas,bought in ; Napper Tandy, 900 guineas, Mr.E. JS. Jones; St. John, 200 guineas, Mr.Freeman; Falmouth, 175 guineas, Mr. Don-nelly. The others brought fair, prices.Laertes has been sold to come to New Zea-land. Old Tubfite.
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SHIPPING.PORT OF AUCKLAND.
HWH "Watkb, To-day : 3.3S morn., 4.13 even.HiohWaier, MRnukam: 6.33 m0rn., 7.8 even.Tkb Sun : Kises 6.55 : sets 4.59.The Moos : New, 30th, 9.10 a.m.
AK RIVALS."Wallabi, s.s., Lees, from Wanganui (in the
Manukau).—Combes and Daldy, agents.Maori, s.s., Burnech, from Nelson and New
Plymouth. Passengers: Mr. and Mrs. Salmon,Messrs. Cook, Moore, Murray, 2 boya for train-ing ship, and 2 natives.—Henderson and Mac-farUte, agents. "
.ATgyle, s.s.,Stephenson, from AVhangarei and
Mas.ir.iwui. Passengers: Misscii Rountree Lee,W'ilsoa, James, Martin, Messrs. Cottle, Kuddle,McKfnzie, Boult. Aubrey, Allwrigbt, Bucha-nan, Fulton, and McDonald.—A. McGregor,agent.
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Fanny, cutter, Iticketts, from wangopoua.—Master, agent.
DEPAKTURES.Seagull, brignntine, Marks, for Moeraki
(from tbe Manukau).-J. \V. Waller, agent.Maori, s.s., Bernech, for the South (from the
Slanukau). Passengers :-Mr. and Mrs. Mel-huish. Mrs. Shalders, Mra. Calder, Mrs.Bailey, Messrs. J. A. Tole, M.H.R., Biggs,Smith (2), Kemp, Allen. Bower, Pearce, Keith,Robinson, Johnstone, -Grant, Allison, Wake-field, Hudson.—Henderson and Macfarlane,agents.
ENTERED EKWARPS.Maori, sls., 118 tons, Bernech, from New
Plymouth.
PROJECTED DEPARTURES.London.—Spirit of the Dawn and Schiehallion,
barques, early.New York. —Barque Thames, early.San Francisco.—R.M.S.S. Australia, August
20th.Stdney.—S.s. Hero, August 8. ■Newcastle, N.S.W.—B.vrque» Caborfeidh and
Sara Dreyfus, Monday.Samoa.—Brigantine Meg Merrilies, to-day.Tonga. — Schooner Energy, early; Marion,
schooner, to-day.Levuka. —Barque Dunelm, early.Norfolk Island.—Schooner Lsetitia, Monday.Wasganoi.—S.s. SVallabi, to-day.Tauranga.—S.?. Rowena, Mondwy.Napieb.—S.s. Southern Cross, early.GI3BORSE.—S.s. Pretty Jane, early.Waitaba. —P.s. Hauraki, early.
iTAORASGA, GISB9RSK, ASD SOUTHBBX PORTS.—5.3. Hawea, Thursday.
New Pltmodth akd Southerx Ports. —S.a.Taranaki, ou arrival of San Francisco Mail.
RD33ELL.—S.s. lona, Monday; Hawea, Tuesday."WhaSGArei.—S.s. Argyle, every Tuesday.
VESSELS EXPECTED.City of New Tori:, P.M. s.s., from San Fran-
, Cisco, 31st.Hero, s.s., from Sydney, August 6.Hawea, s.s., from the South, Tuesday.Kotorua, s.s., from Sydney, early.Taraiiaki, s.s., from New Plymouth and the.
South, Monday.Morro Castle, barque, from New York, Railed
Cerastes, barque, KLWJ, from London, sailed
Lsbu, barque, JFLN, from London, sailed
Lady Jocelyn, ship, from London, sailed May IS.Mirtha Fisher, barque, "WTKS, from London,
sailed April 15.Langstone, barque, from London, to sail early
in May.Famenoth, ship, from London, to sail June 10.Carrie Wymiui, barque, from New York via
the South, sailed May 22nd.Pareora, ship, from Loudon. to sail in June.3t3g, barque, from Timaru, early.Halcyon, b.irquc, from Lou don, tosail end May."Vision, brig, from the Line Islands, early.Eyno, brigantine, from the Islands, early.Active, brigantine, from the Islands, early.Lapwinsr, brigantine, from Newcastle, early.Linda "Weber, brigantine, from the South, early.Oceola, brigantine, from Newcastle, early.Island Lily, brigantine, from Chatham Islands,
early.Belle Brandon, schooner, from the Islands,
early."Wave "of Life, schooner, from Islands, early.Gael, schooner, from Levuka, early.Nerval, schooner, from the Islands, early.Elizabeth Conwar, schooner, from New Cale-
donia, early.Caledonia, schooner, from Samoa, early.Mary Anderson, schooner, from Samoa, early.Mazeppa, schooner, from Karotonga, early.Blanche, schooner, from Karotonga, early.Talisman, schooner, from Tahiti, early.Coronet, schooner, from Tahiti, early.Magellan Cloud, schooner, from Fiji, early.Ada C. Owen, from Solomon Islands, early.Sea Belle, from Newcastle, sailed 16th.Eliza and Mary, schooner, from Dnnedin, early.Agnes Donald, schooner, from Levuka."Winifred, schooner, from Lavulca, early.Pearl, ketch, from Eiirotonga, oarly.
IMPORTS.; A special charge is made for consignees' names in-
serted iathis colamn.lPer is. Maori ;—From Nelson : 2 plants,
1 oase sundries, 10 pockets hops. From NewPhunoath: 2 cases, 1 box, 1 fan-V.uwer, 1an'ril, 17 kegs and 3cases butter, 2 ktj,'s, 1 box.
EXPORTS.Per s.s. Maori, for the South:—4 bundles
Loop iron, 8 bars, 2 bundles iron, 10 tubs, 3dozen spades, 9 kegs nails, half-dozen buckets,4 cases, 1 bale corks, 1parcel, T. and S. Morrin.
Ixwards Coastwise.—Aiah, kei'h, fromthe Thames; South Carolina, entfer, fromGreat Barrier, with 54 tons vood. i
Outwards Coastwise. — South Cjirolina,cutter, for Great Barrier; Adah, ketch, forThames, with 55 tons coaL
The s.s. Argyie arrived from "Whangarei andBlangawai yesterday morning, with numerouspassengers and the following cargo : —B6 sacksgum, 4 tons j;roduce, 14 hales flax, 4 balestow, and a quantity of sundries. She sailed inthe afternoon for Coromandel.
The schooner LsQtitia'ii timeof departure forNorfolk Island has been po3tpoued until Mon-day.
The schooner Marion will clear at the Cus-toms to-day, and probably sail in the ereningfor Tonga and Samoa.
The schooner Advance willclear to-day, andsjiil for Gisborne with a quantity of Newcastlecoal and general merchandise.
The Saucy Kate having been overhauled andundergone slight alterations, willsail to-day forMercury Bay, there to load with timber forGiifborne.
The barque Sara Dreyfus will be a cleanship to-day, and will sail for Newcastle onMonday.
The barque Caberfeidh will sail on or aboutMonday for Newcastle. The brigantine SeaGullsailed yesterday afternoon from the Manu-kau Heads, with a cargo of railway sleepers forMoeraki.
Information has been received by telegramfrom the Bluff, that the brigantine Swordfish,hence to that port, arrived on Wednesday. Itwill be in remembrance that great fears werefelt regarding the safety of the vessel, as shewa3 oat over five weeks, and no intelligence ofher whereabouts could be ascertained.
The s.s. "TOallabi arrived in the Manukau yes-terday morning, from Wanganui, with a cargoof cattle and sheep. She is advertised to re-turn at 3 p.m. te-day.
The Union Company's s.s. Maori arrived inthe Manukau yesterday morning from Welling-ton and intermediate pou-ts. She brought severalpassengers and a general cargo. After a fewhours' stay in port she returned South.
The cutter Fanny arrived yesterday afternoonfrom Whangapoua, witha cargo of 23,000 feettimber. v
The schooner Mary King is rapidly filling upwith timber, and expects to s£iil for Lytteltonon Monday.
The departure of the barque Thames for NewYork will not take pla.ee until about a fortnighthence. She has ou board 2400 vases of gum,and requires another 1000, which is yet topuck.
Tho dredge, the property of the HarbourBoard, has been laid up for a fortnight, in ordertoreceive a thorough overhaul.
Meesrs. Oxley have received telegram? from"SVhangurei, stilting that their cutter Leo, onleaving Ngunguru, on the 22nd inst., groundedon the Spit. Unfortunately the master, GeorgeAVilliams, has injured his leg—probably brokeit. On grounding, the cargo was at once un-shipped, and the vessel floated off. The cutterHeather Bell proceeded to Ngunguru lastnight to bring up Williams, andl will leave amaster behind to take charge of the Leo.
We understand th*ton the lGth instmt Ngu-nguru was made a postal district, and hence-forward all vessels trading there willrequire togive the Post-office Department the usual 24hours' notice before sailing. This hitherto hasnot been necessary, and Ngunguru lias oftenproved very convenient to masters of collierstrading toKussell. Probably on the dischargeof coal at this port, a favourable breeze has setin, aud to take advantage of it to get toliussellthe raa3ter has cleared for Ngunguru, calledthere aud picked up a few sticks of firewood,and then proceeded to liussell, arriving therewithin 24 hours; whereas, if he had cleareddirect for Kuss«ll he would then havo beenmaking arrangements to leave Auckland."Mes3is. John Darrach and Son, shipbuilders,
3f.lhur.iugi, h.iveon the stocks a fine brigantineof 140 tons reaister, being built to the order ofItlessrs. G. W. Owen Hnd Co., Couplnnd andCo., Captain Short, and the builders, who eachtake equal shares in the vessel. Her estimatedcost ia about£2Goo, aud. she will be launched inabout three lansiths.:-sl'lk> P.M. s.'a. City of New Tortr, from
Sad Francisco, is due here according to time-table on Wednesday next. Sho did not loavountil the 9fch instant, a day behind time; but,aa bLic usually comes in 24 hours ahead of con-
■ tract time, she may he expected to be punctualto iablei'viz., "Wednesday.
The schooner Belle Brandon, from the Islands,is now overdue, and may be looked forearly.
The Union Company's s.s. Hawea bas beendetained at Napier until noon to-day (Satur-day), and wiH not arrive here until Tuesday
-morning. She will leave for Kussell the satnoday at 4 p.m.
The s.s. Taranaki will arrive at Onehungaabout 9 a.m. on Monday, from NewPlymouthand the South. She will le.ive again on arrivalof the San Francisco mail.
All claims against the London barque Schie-hallioo, on account of inward cargo, must berendered to Messrs. Cruicksbank and Co. bynoon to-day, otherwise they cannot be recog-nised.
BY TELEGRAPH.RUSSELL.
July 2C.—Arrivals : Start, Magic, and Fawn.Sailed : Hannah Mokau, for Manukau ; lona,[or Auckland. Passengers: Sir. Jobson, andMisses Christie nnd Beasley.
TAURANGA.July 26.—Arrived, 10 a.m. : S.s. Taiaroa,
from Auckland.NELSON.
July 26.—Sailed; 2.30 p.m. : S.s. 'Wellington,for Picton, with Suez mail.
LYTTELTON.July 26.—Arrived : Speedweell and Nightin-
gale, from the Kaipara ; the Bowbelle (?), fromAuckland.
COMMERCIAL.
New Zealand Hbralb Office,Friday evening.
The Customs receipts today were £543 lGslOd.
Mr. IJ. Arthur's sale of poultry, produce, Ace,was well-attended, and for the best lines smartcompetition. Potatoes of good quality main-tain last week's prices, and a good demand.Butter is still in demand, but to bring thehighest price, must be first class. Cheese of6oodquality sella well; the supply during theweek has not been equal to the demand.Bacon of good description is in demand. Thepoultry sale was moderately supplied. All ingood condition sold well. Fowls sold at Is 6dto 2s 9d: Spanieh, 2a 6d to 3s Sd; game, 2s8d to 3s; Brahmas, 3s 6d; ducks, 2s 2d to 2s7d; geese, 4s 6d ; small pigs, 6s 9d; onions,lid to 3d 3Jd; potatoes, 3s 4d to 4s 6d;carrots, 3s 5d to 3s 9d ; pumpkins, 4s to 4s7d; apples, 2h& to3td; pint; trees, 3d to 8d ;
pear trees, ffd; native-grown tobacco, Bid;cheese, 6Jd to 7id ; butter, ljd to 10d; Can-terbury bacon (bare), 7M to Sd; roll, 8d;chops, 6d; lard, B.Jd ; Auckland bacon, 5d to9d; cheeks, 5Jd; oats, 4s 3d to ss; flour, £12to £14; peaches (tinned), 15s to 16s; gingernuts, 6id; biscuits, 6d ; peanuts, 2d to 2Jd ;
German sausagc3, 8d ; paper, 4d; tea (half-chests), 2s to 2s 4d; salt, 4s 6d; white lead,4+d ; tea (boxes), 21s to 265; candles, 10d to10id; soap, 16s; brooms, 18s. Furnituredepartment sale was fairly attended, and passedoff satisfactorily.
BYTELEGRAPH.
CHRISTCHFRCET.July 20. —A -line of 40,000 bushels of wheat
has been placed for home shipment at 4s Gd, anda similarquantity for speculative purposes, at aprice withheld. Some large purchases are pend-ing between the miller", whose grinding stocksare limited. Flour, £12 (ia sacks); bran, £5;
sharps, £6 (the supply is not equal to demand).Oats are scarce, and the demand heavy. Feedoats, 4s; milling, 4s 3d. Barley is muchwanted ; beat samples are worth os Cd to 6s, andordinary 4s 9(1. Potatoes are held for higherrates. Stocks in several hands are heavy, butthere is little or no provincial demand, andprices are likely to recede as the season ad-vances. Nominal value, £4. Hams and baconare 7M; cheese dull, at GJd; butter, 10d.
DUNEDIN.July 26.—Produce Market.- "Wheat, 4s 3d to
4s Gd; oats, 4s to 4s Gd; barley, os to 5s Gd.Bradshaw reports :—Bank of New Zealand
shares at £23 13s ; Colouial Bank, £2 IGs (cumdividend); National Bank, £4; National In-
surance, £1 17s; South British, £3 10s; New-Zealand Insurance, £4 12s; Standard, £1 2s6d • Mosgiel Factory, £3 10s; Scottish andNew Zealand Investment Co., 18s; NationalMortgage and Agency Co., buyers, £1 ss.
MIXING COMPANIES' GUIDE.
THE MAILS.Mails will tfosi as under :—
For Thames, tuis day, at 9.30a.re. and 5.30p.m.For Coromaadel, jier Durham, this day, at H3)Far Biiaior., per Meg Merrilles, this day, at 3a.m.For Friendly Islands and Samoa, per Mmlou, this
Jar, at 9 a.m.For Waiwera, Mahurangl, MaUkana, Jlangawal,
V.'aipu, Whangarei, undMaogapal, per Anoe Mil-bank, this day, at JO a.m.
For tVnnganuf, per Wallibf, this day, at 10.55 a.m.For Norfolk Island, par Lsetitia, on Monday next, at
10a.m.For liusseU and Kawaknwa, i>or LTaivai, on Monday
neit,ata p.m.For Kussrll, Kanalctwa, Wangaroa, and Mongonul,
per looa, on Monday next, tit 4 p.m>For Whiliangi. Tourunga, Opotiki, and Cliatham
Islanile, vin llercuty Bay, pe* Eowtna, oa Mondayueit. at 4 p.m.
For Taranaki and fouthern Provinces, per TaranaMoa Tuesday next, at 6 a.m.
For Australian Colonies, Uatnvia, Singapore, China,and Japan, via Torres Straits, por Oity of New-York, Immediately after her arrival from Hono-lu'u.
B. B. 8133,.
Chief Postmsster.
DAILY MEMORANDA.— July 27.1 Wlio'a 'Booms—PoDular Lecture anfl Scientific
Entertainment, by Mr. Joslah Martin,7.30 p.m.
COURTS :
PellCe, Iβ H.OT.AMTTSEHENT*. &c. :
Theatre Royal, 8 p.m.
MARRIAGE.Borns—WvLLiß.—On July 2nd, at the resi-
deaci of Andrew Gralmn, Ksq., Guborjo. 11. u.Boylun, e.ldest son ot Th'»m;t3 (.ileuburn,I'ousonby. to Flo™ Italaton. daughter of the lateJames Kalston Wyllie, Esq., Mangapupa, ruvertyBar, and formerly of Ayrshire, Scotland.
THE
NewZealand HeraldAND DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS.
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1878.
Criticism on matters Parliamentarymust this day bo confined to tho Speechwith which Parliament was opened, andcannot extend much beyond enumerationof the principal points. The Speech is,indeed, considerably longer than usual,but every subject is mentioned, althoughlittle or no light is thrown upon thomost important matters on which theGovernment propose to legislate.
The negotiations with tho Kingites areboldly, and, as we think, properly, putin tho very front of the Ministerialmanifesto; thus intrepidly challengingto tho assault all those who have ques-tioned tho importance or the value of themeetings which have been held. Thatthere may be no mistake as tothe point to which these negotiationswere directed. Ministers state thatParliament will "be asked to considerthequestion of extending the North IslandTrunk Railway from Auckland to Tara-naki." This means, we apprehend, thatthe Assembly will be asked, to vote a sumto carry on the work with, and. ifMinisterssucceed, as they think it probable theywill do, in obtaining blocks of land alongthe line on reasonable terms, the con-struction of the railway from Te Awamututo Waitara, a distance of about 120 miles,may not be a very costly matter for thecolony. In any case, even if a strain wereput on to achieve the work, by it theNorth Island would take such a leapahead as would make the cost of con-struction of tho line a mere trifle.It has several times been said thatthis design of a railway to connectAuckland with Now Plymouth was merelyan airy vision of tho future indulged inby the friends of the Ministry; that thenegotiations themselves had not led onestop to the realisation of such a project ;
and that, although thoPremierandNativeMinister encouraged the propagation ofsuch a delusion, they knew better thanseriously to entertain it, or openly to putit forward. They have done so now, atall events. The difficulties with thosepeople of whom Titokowaru is the headare also hopefully touched upon. To ourmind, this is tho moat dangerous phase ofthe "native difficulty" now left, and itit be overcome, and the Waimate plainssurveyed, sold, and settled, a goodwork will have been done for one year.The next two paragraphs in the speechrelate to the progress of the nativeland purchases, which are truly statedto be in an unsatisfactory position.As the sins of the fathers are visitedupon the children to the third and fourthgeneration, so the faults and failings ofGovernments are visited upon their suc-cessors, even if these successors had boonopponents, and had pointed out theerrors when they occurred. Tears ago,it was predicted that the system (if any-thing utterly chaotic can be called asystem) of purchasing land in theValley of the Thames would result inutter confusion and loss. And withinthe last few days we have seen that theGovernment have had great difficulty inpulling anything out of the'-fire. Nativeswho could not possibly deny the fact thatthey had had money for land, tried tomake it appear that it was on someother block, not then before the Court, orthat tho money was paid to them wrong-fully, they not being owners of the par-ticular land for which thoy had beenpaid, while othere, who had not receivedany money, were unquestionably theowners. But whatever reason there maybe to complain of the conduct of thenatives, the Government are unquestion-ably much to blame. In the Thames, torinstance, the payments seem to havebeen made in a scrambling and un-satisfactory style. Sometimes cashwas paid, sometimes native debtswere cancelled with storekeepers, andsometimes orders were given on store-keepers or hotelkeepers. Then the Go-vernment took the extraordinarycourse ofremoving the Land Purchase Agent foreighteen months or more, and thus cut-ting suddenly multitudinous threads ofnegotiation. However, an attempt is tobe made to put all things right, and betterlate than never. Electoral reform isnext referred to in the Speech, butno information is given respecting the
bill After some reference to theprosperous state of the colony andthe successful neg&tiation of the loan.Ministers inform Parliament andthe country that measures will be in-
troduced "to place the taxation ot ithe colony on a more equitablebasis, andthat "the tarifi" will be submitted to re-vision, tending to relieve commerce ofsomerestrictions whichretard its growth.This is certainly the vaguest of phrase-ology. It amounts, we presume, toa statement that a tax will beplaced upon property, but there is
no word of removing any of thetaxes upon the necessaries of life. Theparagraph upon the reforms proposed inthe administration of justice containsmatter of much gravity. Importantalterations have lately been made in Eng-land in legal procedure, and by adoptingsuch changes as are suitable to our cir-cumstances, considerable saving may beeffected, while the public will largelybenefit by an improved administration. Acommission is to be issued to inquire intoand report upon the higher education ofhe colony. The subjectcertainly requiresooking into. Very large reserves werenade out of each of the confiscated)locks, chiefly in the province of Auck-and, for the University of New Zealand,ind the encouragement of the higher edn-jation, and we should think, if theGovernors of our Grammar School were;o look after the interests of the institu-.;ion committed to their care, that some ofshis laud might be secured for, say, thejstablishment of scholarships in thejrrammar School for boye who have at-tendedthe common schools.As a whole, the speech is a good and-
satisfactory one, and the vagueness ofthe statements made respecting impend-ing legislation will soon be relieved. Thecolony is prosperous and contented;labour is plentiful, and well paid ; pro-gress isapparent from the North Cape toStewart's leland, and in no large districtdoes stagnation prevail. For the firsttime for fifteen years, can it be said thatevery district is at peace ; that no settlersleeps in the slightest fear of any raidthreatening life or property.. The vastfertile diatricl; which has so long remainedinaccessible, is now almost within ourreach by peaceful arrangement. Thepublic works have been unquestionablysuccessful. The land of the colony isproving its great fertility, while ourstaple products command high prices.Altogether, New Zealand has every reasonto be satisfied, while the Ministryhas agrand opportunity, by able administra-tion, and by passing useful measures, toraise up monuments which shall preservethe name of every man who k a memberof it.
A large number of salmon are still onbaud at the Opawa fish-breeding establish-ment, Canterbury. They are non- betweenfour and six inches ia length, and theirrapid growth aud healthy appearance pro-miso very satisfactory results, whilst tLeeagerness with which the fish, even duringtho winter, rise to the fly, removes all doubton that point. The food of the salmon andtrout consists now chiefly of meat cut verysmall by one of the new American mincingmachines, by which means a goat a-week isconverted into fish food. The present timeof year is the best for liberating, and at theirnow large size 100 might be consideredequivalent to.looo let out at the usual earlyage.
We regret to say that Mr. John Calder,the artist whose paintings of Thames, Ohi-nernuri, and other scenery, have been somuch admired, lias been for some monthspast suffering from anattack of lung disease,which his Thames medical adviser informedhim had taken a turn which shewed symp-toms of consumption. Mr. Calder has cometo Auckland for change of air and toprocuretho best medical advica available. Withthis object in view, his friends endeavouredto procure for him a private room in thedistrict hospital, but it appears that there
are none available, and Mr. Calder has,therefore, been obliged to go into privatelodgings.
It is in contemplation to present MajorCooper, the officer commanding the Volun-teers of the Thames, whose connection there-with terminates at the end of the month,with an illuminated address, setting forththe Major's long and very successful ser-vices in the cause of "Volunteering in thedistrict, his untiriag energy and devotednessin the work, and the regret nniversally ex-pressed at the severance of his connectionwith the Thames Volunteers.
A correspondent has drawn our attentionto what he calls the facts connected withthe rights and privileges connected withspecial jurors, ono of whom was recentlynned for non-attendance at the SupremeCourt. He points out that the law andpractice of the Supreme Court allows thesolicitors on either side to arrange for theabsence of jurors, or to proceed with anysmaller number than twelve, or, to go onwith the case without a jury at aIL Solong as jurors arrange, with the consent oftue solicitors on each side, for non-attendance, it is Bob incumbent upon them toobey the summons of the Court, and theycannot be fined for non attendance. It isonly fair that these facts ahuuld be known.
At the Bemuera and Newmarket publbschools, yeeterday afternoon, prizes wereawarded to the scholars by Sir. J. P. L.Cox, as agent of the Scripture Gift Assosi-ation, for neatly-written and well repeatedBible exercises. The Rev. G. Muuro, withmembers of the School Committees, and seve-ral lady visitors from the neighbourhood, werepresent, and assisted in the examination ofthe children, tue' results of which gavesatisfaction and pleasure to all, and reflectedcredit on the schools and their managers.The interest manifested by the children inboth schools was considerable,—the numberof eoholars at Remuera taking part being 23,and at Newmarket 26. During next weekthe Mount Eden and Mount Albert schoolsare to be similarly visited.
The removal of the fish depot from Wyn-yard Pier to the firewood wharf is alreadyspoken of by the fishermen in complimen-tary terms. The proposed change is likelyto prove much more convenient to theirbusiness than the old location. As thiswharf is not much patronised by thepublic,the Jatter will not have their oltactorynerves disturbed, but, at tho same time, astrict supervision must be kept over thecleansing of the houses, or themastere of thesmall craft which use the wharf will com-plain.
The toll house and weigh-hridge, whichhave so long stood at the end of Queeu-strcet Wharf, are now being removed to asite opposite the present watermen's steps.
Many of our readers who take an interestin the annual regattas, will learn with regretthat Messrs. Hunt Brothers' open sailiug-boat Brothers, has left Auckland, havin"been sold to llr. Mountain, of Kussell. Thoboat has for many years past carried off moremoney at the regattas than, perhaps, anyother competitor of her size throughoutthe colony, and has proved on every occa-sion, with one exception, worthy of thetrust her backers placed in her sailingquali-ties. She took first prizes at the regattae,and in two private matches, and was beatenon one occasion by Mr. Bsiley's "Pet." Mr.Carr, the builder of the Brothers, hasone in hand for Messrs. Hunt, which it isexpected will prove a worthy successor tothe Brothers.
Mr. 3. Martin's lecture this evening, on"Sound, Musical Instruments, and theTelephone," at the Young Men's Kooms,will commence at h:df-past 7, instead of8 o'clock. Professor M. Swallow willillustrate the lecture by the performanceof overtures and operatic selections onboth the piano and harmonium at thesamo tiire, and some vocal music willalso be introduced. The Board of Educatienhas resulved' to give free admission to alltheir teachers and probationers, &c.
The annual preeent of the setilers ofMauugakarainea and Mangapai to' thepatients of tho hospital was received yester-day, .in the shape of two boxes of pigeons,one containing 70 and the other36 birds.
His" Honor the Chief- Justice sat inChambers yesterday. It is believed thatHis Honor will transact the ordinaryChamber business, and Conrfc business inbanco, until the next Quarterly CircuitCourt.
On Thursday an inquest was held at Cam-bridge, before Mr. B. C. Beale, coroner,on the body of Mary McGregor. Mr. T. W.Hicks acted as foreman of the jury.—EmmaO'Xeilldeposed that the deceased, who waseighteen years of age, was in her employ,partly as companion and a domesticservant.Witness had to go and attend upon amarried daughter in her confinement, andleft deceased alone with her husband. Shewas then quite well. A fortnight afterwitness went home, and found deceased un-well and suffering from a slight cold andpain in the left side. Witness went toHoughton's store, in Cambridge, and pro-cured some medicine. She then left, andsent two days afturwards to inquire howdeceased was, and was told she was better.Witness again went home on the 21sr, andfound her worse, complaining of slightgiddiness and loss of appetite. She wentaws.y again to her daughter's, leaving wordfor a medical man to be fetched. She heardnothing further about deceased until sherecijived a note-on " Thursday, the 23rd,staking she -was worse. She then wenthome, but found that deceased had ex-pired, no doctor having seen her. —
Patrick O'Neill, husbandof thelast witness,deposed that he wouldhave procuredmedicalaid, had it been within"easy reach. Theylived some distance from any medical man.
William Cunningham deposed to havinggiven medicine out of Mr. Houghton'e storete Emma O'Neill, for deceased, who wasstated to be suffering from cold. Gavi3 arepetition of the same medicine on Saturday,the 20th.—Jane Joaes deposed to havinggone in and seen deceased on the 23rd, andto deceased stating she was well cared forand tended, but complainingof a cold.—Con-stable Brehnan deposed to having examinedthe body of deceased, and finding nomarks of violence on the body.—The fol-lowing verdict was returned :—That de-ceased died from natural causes; butthe jurors condemn the very reprehensiblepractice, so common in the district,'_of per-sons not qualifiedprescribing medicines in-discriminately for sick people.
The TaranahlHerald.steles that there issome talk of starting a gas company in New
i Plymouth.Mr. Morton Jones (late of Auckland) has
been appointed, resident agent at Wanganuifor theSouth British Insurance Company.
The Taranahl Herald thus notices a shockof earthquake :—" The slight quiver of theearth on Saturday night so frightened ayoung lady visitor, to the place that sheroused the iamates of the house by herscreaming ; and nothing would satisfy herfor some time but that a man was under herbed."
The Ovens and Murray Advertiser has thefollowing :—" We leara that Mr. W. L.Rees, who for some time was a minister ofthe Congregational Church, Beechworth, andwho was known as perhapsthe beet all-roundcricketer ever in" the Ovens district, being acousin to the celebrated Grace family, andwho afterwards went to New Zealand, andwas admitted as a barristi-r, has beenelevated to the position of a District Judge.'•
Tho Tablet refers to the riots in Californiaincited by Denis Kearney, and says : —"lt,however," was very necessary for the safety ofSan Francisco that Mr. Kearney should bethwarted, and thwarted he was in the onlypossible way. The power of the Church op-posed him. Tlie Archbishop issued a pas-toral denouncing such meetings a3 thoseheld by him, and the attendance, which hadbeen largely swelled by Catholic labourers,immediately fell oIF, and the threatenedoutbreak was averted." We fancy thata very different argument might bebased upon the case of Kearney. TheTablet compares Kearney to Mr. Sheehan,or Mr. Sheehan to Kearney, andadds :—"Now, no influence whatever canreach these men, except that of theCatholic Church ; if it cannot soften them itcan, at least, thwart them. We do not, ofcourse, allude to Mr. Sheehan, for we don'tsuppose anyone connected with the Churchcould for an instant think of thwarting him,and as to softening him, we imagine he issoft enough. There is .'.jdeed one point onwhich he appears mighty hard, but we don'tbelieve he cares one bib more about it thanhe understands in the matter, and that isvery little. He just finds it convenient toact as he does to please the majority, and beon a par with tho rest of the extraordinarysort of an olla we have fora Ministry."
Mr. Knight, sen., foreman of the FireBrigade, received soma serious injuries to hisleg, by a hurt in getting into the building inwhich the lati fire in Victoria-street wasraging. He had only just recovered from anold wound which had been received in asimilar manner, and the fresh injury hascaused very great inflammation and pain.Mr. Knight, from the nature of his business,is necessarily kept a good deal onhis feet,and this, no doubt, renders his recoverymore difficult and protracted.
A match, which has been the snbject ofmuch discussion, will be played in theMetropolitan Ground to day between thefootball teams of Ponsocby and Auckland.Each side is well represented, and the matchwill virtuallydecide thechampionship of theseason.- Xames :—Auckland: Beale, Bindon,Brennan, E. Burgess, Carr, Carter, Colbeck,Cotton, P. Dufaur, Henderson, Lynch,Mears, Alercer, O'Hare, Orchard, Vf. Phil-son. Ponsonby: J. Macky, T. Macky,Coleman,Leopold, Mita, Bravewater, Rabert-shaw, Martin, Cotter, Reece, Davy, Haul-tain, Oalton, Cooke, Highflyer, and Hanna.
The Thames Harbour Boardinvite tendersfor the erection oE a wharf at Kopn, forlengthening the Shortland wharf, and for theerection of silt-retaining works on the fore-shore.
Tho Thames Advertiser states, on theauthority of Dr. Payne, that a severe case ofwhooping-cough exists at the Thames, on theperson of a child justarrived with the parentsfrom Sydney.
The Dunedin Evening Star states :—" Webelieve that Messrs. Conyers and Lawson'areform in the management of Auckland rail-ways will result in a saving of about £6000a-year."
The Chinese Famine Fund in Melbourneha 3 reached £1300, having been increased byover £800 through the instrumentality ofDr. fc-omerville, who collected £100 in cashat a special service at the Town Hall, andgotpromises to pay signed for £700 odd.
Mr. W. J. T. Clarke's contribution to theVictorianland tax amounted to £5600.
As a man, chargedwithforgery, wasbeingtaken to the lock-up in Wellington a fewdays ago, the arresting constable saw himthrow something over a fence. A searchresulted.in peculiar dice being found, eachhaving more than ona 5 and 6 on it, and nolow numbers. These were bad witnesses tocharacter.
The Tablet has art article on Orange pro-cessions, in which it i 3 severe on Macaulay'shero, jit says :—" In the page of historythere is no more contemptible characterwritten than that of Williamof Orange ; themurderer of the de Witts; the midnightassassitf of Glencoe; the Darien betrayer ;
the traitorof Limerick ; a man wholly givenup to selfish ambition, without fear of Godor regard of man. Could we wish for a morefinishedvengeance than to see the men whohate us and our holy religion bowing downbefore sucha riemory as this ?"
A meeting was held lately at St. Law-rence, Otago, for the purpose of taking theChinese question into consideration. Thefollowing resolution was carried :—" That,in the opinion of this meeting, it is unwiseand highly objectionable thatChinese labourshould be employed on any works or con-tracts under the control of the TuapekaCounty Council." A committee was ap-pointed to draft a petition for presentationto tho Tuapeka County Council, and tocollect signatures thereto, against the em-ployment of Chinese labour onworks or con-tracts under thecontrol of the County.
Street preaching in Wanganui isa danger-ous work. A preacher tried it last Sunday,and was put to rout after a stand-up fightaud a disgraceful scene by a crowd of larri-kins. The Wanganui larrikin is an "un-speakable" young ruffian.
Twenty-one adventurous spirits in Wel-lington have determined'to charter a steameror sailing vessel for Nen: Guinea, and arewilling to receive applications from personswishing to join the expedition.
Wellington must be a nice place to live in,if we arc to judge from the state of t'hestreets there. "The condition o£ Lorne-street," says a local paper, "at presentmay be best estimated from the fact that acat was yesterday bogged in it, and wasabsolutely drowned in the aqueous mud.This is a fact, pure and simple."
. The Dunedin City Council have voted£200towards the purchase of requisites for shew-ing the specimens in the Dunedin Museum,
Steps are being taken to form a j7Society in Wellington. -
A testis to be made of Mr. T. C. Bart'method of sewage purification," and the nj/*edin City Council has placed, £100 at «?"disposal of the Sanitary Committee for th!pnrposo.
The Governmenthaving arranged that f>,Justices of,the Peace shall take theP oi;Court work on certain days in Dunedin ■<.appears that a difficulty is alreadw I, *
perienced in getting Justices to do the -rorValthough, the arrangement ha 3 dhly-jJf ,made a few weeks.
Twenty-five shares in the Timarc. <>
Company were sold last week infor £150, being a premium of 30s per 3!:ar e.
Father HeDneberry is now lecturug ;„
Wellington. His text on a recentwas, "Xhe nation that will not aerve Vj»shall perish." Tracing the history „£, t?Christain Church from its foundation tj «/
present time, he cited histo'rieal examolea vprove that dynasties and kingdoms ufc.opposed the CatholicChnrch were overtaWby disasters. - He ascribed the cause o{revolutions to the teachers of philosophicalsystems of ethics, and concluded a long anjeloquent lecture by expressing hia eoa .
viction that the Catholic Chnrch Wonl4survivethe attack of all its adversaries, tniwould ultimately leave the whole of thehuman family with, itsdoctrines andpractice.At the conglosion of the lecture, the rerfather suggested that a new system of sm-porting Catholio educationshould be adoptedin New Zealand, as it -was impossible thatCatholics could send their children to theGovernment schools. There was only oaeplan, to adopt, which was found to be veryeuccesafal in America. The plan heposed was the same as that which had betacarried out in Chriatchuroh, Dunedin, andGreymouth, viz., that Instead of asking forcontributions and making collections, thepew-rents should be devoted for the purposesof education; and wherever this mode o£school sustenance had bees, adopted, the dif-ficulty of maintenance had been found tovanish.
The following tale of blighted hopes an.pears in the Wanganui Chronicle:—"ftseems that the latepossessor of a run, not ahundredmiles from Waitotara, had occasiontovisit a province noted for the attractive.ness of its damsels, and, while there, fell j
victim to the bewitching glances of a fairHebe whe dispensed- refreshments at th;hotel of his choice. . Thegrande pamon wamutual, and mutual vows and protestationof unending devotion followed. The happyday which should crown their bliss wasfixed. The fair one ordered her trou-mw,andpreparations for the interestingceremonywere in rapid progress, when the intendingbridegroom's siatere made their appearance,and from the scene which ensued the w< u'd-be Benedict retired a crest-fallen and hu-miliated man, heartily ashamed or the pas-sion hehad so lately gloried in, and only toowilling to pay £500 demanded by the disap-pointed maid as the price of her blightedaffections."
A man named Heine, says the BruaHerald, working at Canada Reef, had, so iestates, 160z3. of gold under his pillow wheahe went to work with-his mate in the morn-ing. When he returned from work thspillow was there, but the gold was all gone.He has no idea of how it went, as nostrangers were seen about Canada Iteef onthe day in question, but information of thelose has been given to the police, in hopes otthe gold beiug recovered.
The Grey Hirer Argus is informed that apetition is to be presented against the returnof Mr. S. T. George, for Hokitika, on thegrounds ofbribery, double-voting, and treat-ing.
The following paragraph appears in theEngineer of May 17 :—" An exchange saysthat the chief engineer of the Cflicsgo andJS'ortk Western, to test the smoothness ofthe track, placed a full glass of water oa theseat oE a tulman palace car the other day,and carried it right through from Chicago toOmaha without losing a drop. Thinkingthat specific gravity might hare somethicgto do with it, next trip he tried a glass ofwhiskey, and when he examined the glassatthe firet station out, he found it as drya3the desert of Sahara at high noon."
It transpired at a recent meeting of theMasterton Borough Council that one of thenew by-laws provided that "no personshall light a fire in the Borough of Master-ton." The Colonial Secretary desired it tobe amended by adding the words, "exceptin a properly-constructed fire-place." Katherwarm for this cold weather !
The Wanganni Football Club werepiayinga game at footWL They hung np theircoats and Teats in a shed. Some thief wentand rifled the whole of the pocket 3 of tkiicontents—money, knives, and. trinkets.
The Wat Coast Times relates that a China-man, .name unknown, was sharp enough toget on ths Union B&ak one day recently.It appears that a small parcel of gold of anounce or two in weight had just been sold tothe bank, when "John" entered to disposeof a similar lot. The parcel first purchasedwas not emptied from the scales, and thegold-buyer gave the second seller thebenefitin weight and value of the first pircel aawell as his own. TheChinaman was too 'cuteto point out theerror, butquietlypocketed thefull amount tendered him, and now Detec-tive Bro-r'rne has his own work cnt out todiscover his man. It is said that the"Cfeathen Chinee" and his mates havesince had a reunion, when poultry and tantan, together with the banking facilities ofthe colony, were most liberally discussed,the solemn meeting terminating on themutual understanding of "nosaveer." Oneof the Celestial brethren is reported to havesaluted the detective officer with "DoneBrown," while another kept adding to thiaggravation by playing on his banjo, ''Iknow a b*nk."
It is observable that a large portion of theColonial Press are doubtful of the benefitexpected to accrue from the forthcomingMunicipal Conferencein Wellington. Somejournals are bo reprehensibly incredulousthat they represent the scheme as simply atrick to enable municipal magnates to airtheir importance. Thus the WangandHerald «ays :—" About 29 boroughs haredecided to waste puUic money in sendinga delegate to the proposed Borough CouncilConference at Wellington. Wanganui hunot yet joined the league. Let us.bope wisecounsels Trill prevail, and that any im-portant matter that wants attention will;'intrusted to the Parliamentary represen-tatives. These conferences are expensiveshams, arranged for the object of affordingfavoured mayors or councillors a cheap ex-cursion."
There are 100 workmen now employedinthe various departments at the Woods'Mower and Reaper Factory, at HooziekFalls, N.Y. The company is turning out140 reaping and mowing machines dailj",and have orders for 26,000 to meet thedemands of the harvest season of IS7S.
The Hon. Mr. Waterhouse returns to thecolony by the next mail.
The Melbourne correspondent of a con-temporary writes :—Although it appearsthat the Ministry have thought better ofoccupying the session with one measureonly—that of reform, especially of the UpperHouse—it is likely that that will be the testquestion of the. day, being one upon which]the blind followers of the reckless policy ofour rash and ruthless Premier can least ofall form a judgment or hold or express anintelligent opinion. The one of all otherson which the iguorant multitude may bebeet deluded with hopes that it is the onething wanting to render all the working nießhappy by giving them unlimited power overcapital, and bringing abouc a millenniuminthe world of labour and capital. Signs arenot wanting, however, that the Ministerialmajority is not so compact as it has beecOne or two of the most reckless stick-tt-nothing supporters of the Ministry she,*
signs of a "disaffection that may be as a ishadowof greater coming events of a sunilal]kind.
Tvro Japanese mediums at the Paris Ex-hibition, are to walk with naked led oj«the edgee o£ swords groundto theketnesy"a razor, and also over a bed of live cosis-^--*
The new Government buildings at B!»-heim, including fittings, have cost abou£11,000.
The magnitude of stock movements in tWinterior of Australia is almost incredibleThe Postered Times reports that daring on«week 14L.S-.1l sheep, in 22 mobs, were on tn«
road, goiDg in various directions, and illhead of cattle in eight mobs; and tW=numbers do not, by a long chalk, expresst
total amount of stock movements. ._
The JS'orth Otago Times expresses its sa.i=;faction at the moderate attitude taUeu UP,"-the Attorney-General, who, a3 sPeaKIDSfianthe Cabinet,"evidently disclose 3 anon the part of Ministers to proceed "j t,path of reform truly, but reform. wMW .undue haste, and without anythingRadicalism. ~,
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A final dividend in the estate of «""
Co. iriU be payable on and after the «« o V
tember,at the office of Mr. .B. R CardEO.
The most peremptory citizen cannotaccuse our legislators now assembled inWellington of dilatoriness in passing thebill first brought before the Assembly, an
Act to amend the Native Lands CourtAct having been ran through, bothHouses at their brief sitting yes-terday. The bill was found neces-sary in this way—A large quantity ofland is now passing through the NativeLands Court on which the Governmenthave paid considerableamounts of money,and which they have rightly determinednot to let slip out of their fingers. Lastsession (as mentioned in the Speech), theystopped up a few leaks, and they are onthe watch this session. At the Court atthe Thames on Wednesday last, a block of |land atMercuryßaywasbeing adjudicatedupon, and itbecame necessary to procuretheevidence of Air. John Guilding, inter-preter, to certain payments having beenmade to a native. Mr. Guilding simplydeclined to attend, and upon examina-tion it was found that the Court had nopower to issue a subpoena. SubsequentlyMr. Guilding was prevailed on byMr. Mackay to come and give hisevidence, but no risk is to be run in thefuture. It will easily be seen that theGovernment, or the public, might havesuffered serious loss through the non-attendance of witnesses. If a paymentamounting, it might be, to thousands ofpounds, were denied, and could only beproved by witnesses, and these declinedto attend, the Government would lose theland. In such a case it might beworth the while of the natives to give alarge sum to anyone to keep away, and,indeed, it is said that there are men whowould suggest to the natives such ascheme, and name their price forstayingaway. It would be a curious questionforcasuistical discussion as to whether aman who made such a proposal, and whoaccepted money to decline attending theCourt, might not as well face the Judgeand swear falsely. What a ble3sing itwould be if the Parliament, out of itsomnipotence, besides giving the Courtthe power to compel anyone to .attendCourt as a witness, could constrain wit-nesses to tell the truth when they werethere !
The satisfaction that people have in see-ing "the engineer hoist with his ownpe°ard," is much older than the proverbitself, although that again is much olderthan Shakespeare. To see one who hasinvented a system of action which istroublesome and hurtful to a number ofhis fellow-creatures become himself itsvictim, lias somehow always in it a spiceof satisfaction to imperfect humanity,which indeed manages to exist in theworld because it is imperfect. We allfeel, even, that there is a poetic justice inFrankenstein being devoured by themonster of his own creation. We haveno doubt, therefore, that a grim smile willilluminate many countenances when theyhear that Air. Sheehan, who has been thehead and front, and the preserver, if notthe creator, of what is called theRepudiation Office, is being some-what troubled with its later mani-festations, now that he has donewith it—now that he has undergonea transfiguration into a Minister of theCrown. Mr. Sheehan cannot escape theresponsibility for the Repudiation Office.However many ghosts in the shape ofgrievances appear before the Assembly,Mr. Sheehan cannot exclaim, "Thoucanst not say I did it." Happily, theNative Minister is gifted with a peculiartalent for "laying" troublesome ghosts,and we have no expectation of everseeing him endeavour to shirk hisaccountability.
These reflections must occur to anyonewho reads the report of a native meetingat "Wangauui, at which Mr. Sheehan waspresent. The natives in that districthavo hoard how the old purchases atHawke'a Bay have been ripped up, andhow European purchasers who hadbeen felicitating themselves upon theirforesight in buying laud at an early periodwhich had greatly increased in value bythe progress of the colony, have had to" pay through the nose," and how thenatives had laughed in their sleeves(or in their blankets, in default ofsleeves) at the troubles of the pakohas.The Wanganui Maoris bethink them-selves whether there may not be someflaw in the titles to the land sold by them,—whether, indeed, they were not had"dirt cheap." They havo read Mr.Rees's advertisenieut, saying that "nonative is to write his name to any docu-mentaellingland, orleasing,ormortgaging,or doing anything connected with land,without consultinghim," and that he willredress all their grievances. A word ortwo about this innocent circular. Agoodmany people have objected to it asimproper and unprofessional, as it isagainst the dignity of the profession of thelaw to advertise for business—a very un-neighbourly maxim towards newspapers,by the way. But see what it is to haveto do with narrow-minded people!See what it is to arouse the feeling of pro-fessional jealousy ! Those who object toMr. Ree3'a conduct have not soulsbig enough to give him credit for beingactuated by the lofty motives of patri-otism and philanthropy—to see that hissole desire is to right the wrongs of theoppressed. However, to resume thethread of our story about the Wanganuimeeting. Hoani Mete (son of MeteKiugi) concluded his speech of welcomeby saying :—" He also wanted a numberof the old land purchases to be lookedinto to see if they were correct." Utikusaid :—" He had seen notices of landoffices established in the colony tolook into old land purchases. Hethought it a good thing if such anoffice was established in Wanganui. If itwa3 established soonall wouldbe well, but,if not, there would be trouble, as he was abad man when roused." But Mete Kingi,formerly a member of the House" ofRepresentatives, is still stronger. Hesays : —" They were anxious to obtain anoffice, the same as they had in Napier, asthey had been told the Napier office wassupported by tho Government. Thewhole of the Wanganui block had beensold for £1000, and ever since they hadbeen grumbling at the price. Too muchland was sold for the money. They didnot make any claim, but if the number ofacres in the block was reckoned up, theycould then see what they ought tohave received. If this compensationwas not granted in his day, hischildren would continue to agitate."A pleasant prospect, truly ! It will beobserved that Mete Kingi desires to havethe title to Wanganui attacked (at thecost of the Government), not because theland had been obtained by fraud, butbecause ithad been let go at too cheap arate. '' Too much laud was sold for themoney," he says, and then iie proposesthat they should now calculate what'"they ought to have received." Mr.Sheehan thus answers the cool requestthat the Government shouldset on foot amachinery to endeavour to upset theirown old land purchases : " This circularcanie from Mr. Roes, andhe said if theychosehe would establish a Native.Officeat Wairarapa and Wanganui. Ho (Mr.Sheehan) believed Sir. Rees to be astraightforward, honest man in his deal-ings, and if they wanted a lawyer theycould not do better than employ Mr.Bees. ' But they must remember that ifthey did they would have to pay himthemselves, the same as any other lawyer."Mr. Sheehan should have further en-lightened the natives by handing them acopy of the bill in the Whitaker-Jone3 . case, and have instructedthem as to how often, and at whatcost, a lawyer had to be "refreshed."
The colony must not, therefore, be inthe
least surprised if we find the natives,under the ablest and best advice, en-deavouring to upeet the Wanganui pur-chase, and to recover the .land on whichthe township stands, while Mr. Sheehan,as in duty bound, tries to do the best hecan for the Government. We do not fora moment attempt to justify the acts ofmany of the Europeans in Hawke's Bay ;
on the contrary, we are convinced thatmany of them were indefensible, andthat the law ought to take pre-cautions against their repetition. Butto act for the natives requires muchdiscretion, and to seek to establish omce3
all over the country to endeavour to findflaws in old titles, will be fraught withmischief to both races. The only abso-lutely secure title in that case will be tothe land taken from the natives by con-fiscation. Those occupying, such landwill be the only people who maynot beheld in terror of legal proceedings.
THE NEW ZEALAND HEJRALD, SATURDAY, JULY 37, 1878.4
Name of Company, o= ~3 S'gvs° <o
i £ »-£ s. d
\lburnia 135 4,000 Iβ 0 0 0 0Dβ. (new issue)
..
.. 4,0»0 1 » n o 0
Albion(Tftirua) .. ..15 | lt,000 Iβ 0 6
Bismarck.. ....
13 | 8,000 1 0 1 0 0Do. (preference shares) •• I 2,000 10 l o 0
Black Angel .. ..
» MOO SO 3 13 0Bank .fEngland ..SO 24,000 1 8 0 0 6Bendigo United.. ..
12 10,900 o 1» o e 9BriRufSmile (Cero. 17 10,690 0 10 NilCaledonian .."19 2.8G0 12 0 12 0 n
Dβ (new issue) " -. 2,860 2 0 1 0 0CrownPrincess >'o. 1 " 50 j,O9» 0 10 .30Core ..
--•• ia 900 Iβ 0 15 0
Central Italy ..••
» 7,080 1 » i 9 0Do (second issue).. .. 7,000 1 S e 5 0
Conquering Hero ..83 13,500 IS 9 14 0
Coromandel G.M. Co.'.. 11 7,800 1 • » 1 6Corbv K •■•»» 1 0 Kil.Corby's Hate(Coro.) .. 13 8,000 0 10 Nil.Eureka & Cltinca (Cor.. .. 9.0»0 1 0 0 0 CEmpress (Coro.) o.) .. l»,»00 1 0 0 5 0G.ldenCr.wn . ..
3 »,«W 1 e ! o 0Do (new issue)
.... 9.600 0 10 Nil.
Gelden Arrow .. ..122 10,000 10 0 5 0Good Enough (Coro.) ..
80 12,500 i e e « SGolden Point (Coro.) .. 23 1J.0UD Sβ 4 14 SHapeCre=k .. ..
•• W.aoo o Iβ o i 6Imperial Crown.. .. .. 19,000 5*500
Do (new issue) .... 10,000 1 0 1 « 0
InTemess " --.. 0 11,000 SO 4 15 0
Kuranoi HillUnited..
1S3 30,000 10 0 2 0Leahy 30 13,009 1 0 a o aLong Tunnel .. ..60 28,000 10 0 0 6Moanataiari .. .. 19S 13,000 10 0 9 15 0NonpareilUα ta ..35 l»,80» 10 0 8 6Sew North Devon Iβ 8,000 1 0 e 0 6New MorningStar .'. • 7,800 10 0 2 6New Golden Pah 32 10,809 #10 » 8 2feClM " I « \l 0° 3
1 I£ri£co Imperial:: 6.800 Iβ 0 9 o 0Perseverance i Waite-
kauri) .. .. .. 15 12,0 1 0 6 1 0Prido of Tokatea .. 81 2°.0()0 Sβ 3 10 2Phoenix 4S W 00 0 0 S 0Progress (Cero.).. .. CO 13,500 ° 10 0 0 5Qaeen ol Beauty Ei-
tendea SI 20,000 1 0 10Qne«n 23 16,000 1 e e 8 6Ked Queen (new) .. 8 i2000 0 10 Kil.Royal Oak 6,000 5 0 4 5 9Republic IS 15,000 10 0 0 0Rowe'a Caledonian Tri-
bute 7,000 10 0 0 6Sultan 45 20,000 10 8Smile el Fertnne (Owha-
rea) 15 10,800 18 0 3 0Shannen and Fergus .. 15 12,000 I 0 6 1 0Thames 6,090 10 0 10 0 0Tokatea "0,000 5 0 4 0- 0Tookey 10,000 Paid. Paid.
Do. tribute 28,000 7 6 0 2 6Union Beach .. ..88 8,000 2 0 0 9 6Urited Kingdom
.. 29 15,000 10 0 11Waiotahi 33 6,000 3 0 2 10 0Waitekauri .. ..29 20,250 2 0 12 0Welcome IS 13,000 10 0 6Watchman(Coromandcl) 19 12,000 10 0 0 0 8Young New Zealand
.. 0 9,000 10 0 6
AUCKLAND STOCK and SHABEIIARKET.iMi.viNa Association's Quotations for J»tr 28.
Buslneas Cloring prio "-
: Stocks. d3ne .
I Buyers. Sellers.
Bank of New Zealand — £23 12/8 —
National Rank.. ..— 78/ —
Colonial Bank.. ..
— 68/ —
K.Z. Insurants .. — — 9!/S. British Insurance
..— 71/ —
Union Insurance — — 16/-Colonial Insurance — — 7/Thames Gas ....
— 30/ —
Auckland Gas.. ..— — £10 io/
Vnion Sish and Door,5«/ paid up ...
— £5 7/8 —
N. Z. Loan, new issue — 67/5 —
ilburnia. .'... _ — 49/
Moanitaiari .... —— 60/
New North Clunes..
— 3/5 3/7ThamesG.M. Co. — — 32,'ijKnranui Hill .... — — 12/Corby 27/8 — 23/Union Beach .. . 12/9 — —
Bismarck (old isane) ..' — 5/ —
Charles Alet inder Alex. SoundersKobert Frater J. Friar ClarkeJohn Mowbray - J. B. MnrpethWm. Flood T. Lei 2h WhiteSamuel Vickcrs Ko'jert llorno
' J. M.Lennox.JosephNkwman, Chairman.
CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.The following ar* the current OUls and Dividends
In the companies named below :—
Divi&end— £ s. d. Date.Empress .. .. —
— July 29Buyof Islands Coal ..
0 10 0 — July 30
I Calls—! Prince Imperial ..010 — Anrnst 5
j Golden Point .... ..000 — August !4New Golden ..010 — August It
Special Advertisements.
mHE "NEW ZEALAND HERALD ,
AtPOINTED BYfHIS
BEXCELLENCY THEGOVERNOR
The Newspaper in which all Public Notifications• which have hithertoappeared m the
pßOvixciAt Government Gazetik,Shail henceforth be published in tho Provincial
District of Auckland. •
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LtFBINoUKANCK,
OS IBS
MUTUAL OR PAKTICIPATTNa FBINCIPLK.
CHIErPOST OFFICE, ATTOKLAITD.
All Prolte divided amongst Policy-holders.Surplus on first 5 years' work is £12,191.rnrit dlTi;iOD of Profit* wIU be made in IBSO.The Depiutmen issnes all durable forms ot
Payment of erery Policy la guaranteed by the
on whole Life Policies for £500 withihare In profits.
Yiarlv Dromlum Laid asideAg« tor £600 dally for £500
£ a. d. *\ $25 8 18 9 0 0 6JO 10 1 ! 0 0 J 585 11-15 10 0 0 7}40 13 15 10 0 0 945 Iβ 9 7. 0 0 1150 20 0 10 0 1 11
Larger or smaller sums in proportion. £250 willcost hall the above rateu, or for a small extra pay-mont, the capital sum will be paid to assured on
lurvlving to a given age.Absolute security from loss.—lf from any reasons a
policy-holder i> unable to continue his payments, hecan after having made three annual payments, ob-taina paid up policy, freeof fntnre premiums, foranamount!generally greater than the amount he has
PaFo'r tables, forms, and farther Information applyto anv Poat-ofli™ ;
MclmaDO _Chief Agent and Inspector.
GTTTHRIE AND IABNAOH'SNEW ZEALAND TIMBER AND WOOD-
WARE FACTOKIBS COMPANY (LIMITED;,IIAVE OX SALE,
AT THEIR BRANCH STORES,LOWER QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND, AND
GNEHUXGA:
2SO caslcs Portland Cement (Wliit«'s)30 tons Galvanized Corrugated Iron, 21 and 2G
gaugft, all lengths andbrands50 tons KenclDg Wire, 6, 7, 8,9 gauge
10,000 Countess Slates100 kegs Spi'iej—4, 5. 6 inches50 kegs Koj>i Head Wire Nails
200 i-barroU Blasting Powder10 bottles Quicksilver• tons Champion's Genuine White Lead2 dn. HubDack's No. 1 do.
50 drums Uolza OilSO do. Boiled Oil10 Firkin's Putty
3 casks Patent Driers0 cases Varnish (varioui)
20 bales Paperhangings1 irames SheaihingFelt
100 cases Devoe's BriliUutKerosene200 boxes Chance's olass (ail sizes)400 bags Coarse and FineSalt309 boxes UelmontCaudles
Circular and Vertical Saws (a'lsizis)MillBelting (North British).
Also,Dunedin-made 'Woodwiriis, consisting of Nest?
Tubs, painted and varnished; Buckets.-painted and varnished ; Fancy Buuke s.Cheese Vats, Churns. Butter Flrkina, Kuifoand Washing Boirds, Turnery, Trusses,Store Trucks, Ac, &o.
Inspection Invited.
JAMES W. WALLER, MaSaUEB.
mKICOPHEKOUS FCR THE HAIE.
WILLIAM RATTRAYBeg 3 to inform bis Customers and the General Public
that he has reduced the price of
BARRX'S I'RICJPHEROUS from 2/ to 1/6;Aad that he has aLarge Assortmentof
rimjcel's, pissse and lobis-'s, and otherperfumery;
jouixx maria farixa's eau de cologne(In Glass and Wicker).
OLD BROWN WINDSOR, GLYCERINE, ANDOTHER SOAP 3,
&c, Sα,
-ryILLIAM J>ATTRAY,DEAFER, CLOTHIER, AND SILK MERCEB,
NEW SEALAND lIODSE,
60, UII Jf-3 TBEBT, AOOKLANP.
2EAL vND
TN'DOSTKIES!
TO THE PEOPLE OF AUCKLAND.
■jyTESbRS. TJ ALLENSTEIN "RRO3.
Pesire to inform you tint aISETAIL BRANCn
of the
"VTEW E ALAND r^LOTHIXG
picroßYla SOW OPEN in Qaeen-3treet, opposite
TheatreRoyal.
ToelfectuiUyiatroducethsitfSooii; anddrive out the imported article, they, havedecided to sell a Sikols AiiTi<jLK>t theWholesale Pjuce.
All Goods are marked in Plain Figures,for Net Cash on'y.
Any Article purchased and not approved
of willbe exchaDge-1 with tho same cour-tesy with which itwas sold, or if desired,the money will be returned.
The success which ha 3 attended theNew Zealand Clothing Fictory'a EetallBranches in other towns loads the Pro-prietors to believe that there exists apraUewortby desire on the pirt of the[lublic to encourage New Zealand Indus-tries, especially where superior advan-tages are offered ; and your support issolicited on this understanding only.
J. B. ROBINSON,Wa.iaoek Auckland Branch.
Sole Agont for
wbrtubim's celebrated sewing
MACIUKE3 ;
TIIE BEST MACHINE IN IQK WOrtL".
ON BHU NG A MILLSPRICES CURRENT (Wholesale):-
Sacks. lOOlbs. GOlbs.Fine Silk-dressed Flour, £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Anchor Brand, porton .. .. ..
10 0 0 10 10 0 17 0 0J.8., ditto ditto .. 13 0 0 13 10 0 14 0 0Sharps 810 0 — —
Bran 8 10 0 — —
Flour and Biscuits packed air-tight in tins forIsland trade.
Very Superior Fancy Biscuits, us per prico list,ilways inB oc .
BYCROFT & CO.Quoon-strcot, Auckland.Onohunga Mills, Onehunga.
THORNTON, SMITH & FIRTH'SPRICES CCTRRENT (Wholesale):—
I (Subject toalteration withoutnotice).Sacks. lOOlbs. OOlba.
" Crown Brand" Flour, £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.per ton .. .. 10 0 0 10 10 0 17 0 0
T. 8. F. CanterburyFlour, do 13 0 0 13 10 0 14 0 0
Bharpe,do. .. .. 810 0 ——
Bran, do. ... 810 0 — _
Fowl Whest, per bushel, 4s 6d to ss.Tho nbove prices Include sacks and bags. Sacks
«nd bag* not returnable.—'forms Cash.
Auckland, July 9,1878.
A GREAT PROBLEM SOLVED.—Since thocommencement of civilization, physicianshavo admitted that a wholesomo stimulant was adesideratum in medicine. For many centuries thoanostion was, "whore shall wo find it?" The intro-duction of Udoli'Ho Wolfe's Schiedam AromaticSonNArrs solved the problem. Eagerly, enthusias-tically, tho profession seized upon tho new article;universally they tested it; unanimously they ap-proved it. To-day the faculty considerit the purestand best medicated stimulant extant, and habituallyprcscribo it for dyspopsia, kidney complaints,general debility, and for tho nervous ailments towhich the feebler sex nro especially subject. Of alltonics, diuretics and nervines, it is the 6ufo3t andbest.
•VTEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY.iN
FIRE AlfD MARINE.
Capital £1,000,000.
This Company offers tho following advantages to
thelnsnred:—1. LOW RATES.
2. PBOMPt asd Liberal Settlement?.3. DSQaEITIO.-fABLE SECURITY.4. It B2INO A FUBKLY LOOIL OFFICE.5. All Funds Isvbstsd in the Colost.
GKOUGE P. PIEiICE,General Manaeer.
VTEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILEN AGENCY COMPANY (Limited> On WOOL,X and other Produce, consigned to the Com-
vany fo? sale in London. LIBERAL ADVANCESWlFor particulars apply at the Company's OfficeQueen-street.
BRADS HAWS GUIDE.
Advertisements and Subscriptions received at tbeOffice, Shortland-sireet, corner ol O'Connell-street.
JOHN JAMES.Agent.
EYE, KAR. AND THROAT SPECIALIST.—Dr.ScHWABZBtcH, Devonshire House, flobson-
strce,-, Anckland, until the end of August.Hours, from lu to 1.
rp he w EEKiJr jq-aws(with which is incorporated the WEBKI.T HmUT.n)is the Best Country Newspaper, sad possesses tho
LARGKST CIRCULATION IN THB COLONY.Tho Webkly News was established in 1868, and
now circulates most extensively throughout thoNorthern Districts of Auckland, through the Wai-kato Thames, East Coast, Pororty Bay, Hawko'sBav 'Tftranaki,Wanganni, and other districts intheNorth island, andhas likewise a considerable circu-
lation inthe South Island and Australian Colonies.The proprietore are in a positionto guaranteeto
advertisers a larger bona fide circulation than anyothor newspaper in New Zealand, the amalgamationof the two newspapers having nearly doubled thecirculationof tho Weekly News.
CONTENTS FOB THIS WEEK.
Advertisements .. 1,2, S, i, 5,20,21,22,P23?24
A Nativo Difficulty 15Australian News 7,10AnArtist' 3 Romance 11Agricultural ISAHardCaso 11Auckland Cattle Market ~20Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1BreedingHorses 13Board of Education ..
Iβ
Borongh of Onebunga 19Charge of Fradulent Insolvency 10Country News .. .. .. ... •« 8,15,17Correspondence 5,14Ches 11Courts IβChangosinthe House of Representatives .. 7Commercial 20Calls andDividends 20Dostiuctivo Firo inVictoria street .. .. 15For the Ladies 11Highway Boards 14,17,13LeadingArticles 12Late Telegrams .. .. .. .. ..
17Molaucholy Occurrence 15Melbourne Cup 16Markets 20Meeting of Teaehors 5Notices to Correspondents 12NativeLands Court 18Notice to Subscribers .. .... .. 12O.i Mv Way Round tho World 10Openingof General Assembly —
.. .. 17Our Gold Export 12Poetry 11Post-office—Mail Notices 20Revolt at New Caledonia 10Special Advertisements 12Suez Mail News .. .. 7,10Samo.m News 19Shipping .. 19Stock and Sharemarket 21Sun—Moon-Tides 12
■ Subscriptions fortho Week 12TboNovelist 9Telegraphic 6Tho Week' 8Varieties 11What May Happen to a Special Juryman .. 7Waipa Election: Return of Mr. Moiliun ..
EWaste Laud Board 5
CABLE MESSAGES.EUROPEAN NEWS..
THE DEJMOOiIATIC PARTY IN. ITALY.
• [reuter's special cablegrams."!Rome, June 24. *
The Government has instructed theItalianrepresentative at Vienna to disavow, on-thepart of hia Government, any partici-pation in the recent Democratic meetings,-demanding Trieste and the Tyrol.
GRANT TO THE DUKE OFCONNAUGHT.
-IXDIA ANNEXES SOCOTRA.[special to press agency.]
-v,.. . London, July 2C.<■*: -'The Honae of Commons agreed to grant%oi-the Duke of Ccnnaught a further £10,000
• annually, and £6000 to his widow.Inrjia annexes Socotra, in the Indian
• Ocean.
THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERSAT CREWE.
• ' London, July 25.Australian Cricketers played 22 of
- Crewe. The first innings of the Austra-.lians closed for 13. The Crewo team had• two out for 3.
NEWS.
[risutbr's special cablegrams.]Syiinet, July 26.
New Zealand wheat, 4a 9d to 5s ; oa'cs,4s to 4s 6d ; tobacco", Raven, la 6d ;Jenar candles, 9Jd. Other quotations■remain unchanged.
The leading citizens are subscribing totherequired £107000 for the internationalexhibition, which-wasrefusedby the Go-vernment.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.[FRO&l OCR OWX CORRESPONDENTS.]
THAMES, Friday.Golden Ca:£ tribute: Wilcux, Sozs.; Crown
Princess tribute: Ensor, 13oz. 7dwts. ;
Wayte,42ozs. ; Manukau tribute : Clarkson,30z3. 14dwts.
Alburnia.—SOlbs. of specimens were ob-tained yesterday in the west drive. Thereef is a strong body of stone, shewing goodcolours of gold.
New North Devon.—There is •» great im-provement in the face of the drive. Goldwas seen in the stone this morning.
New North Chines.—Tha reef in No. 1drive is a fine body it stone ; the mineralindications are first clas-v.
[press aouxcy.]NA.riER, Friday.
At a meeting of the Napier BoroughCouncil this morning, it was decided to in-vite tenders at once tor tilling in the swampsections, without wa'ting for the raising ofthe loan. Arrangements are to be madewith the bank for making progress pay-ments.
WELLINGTON, Friday.The GauUe to night notifies that Mr.
Thos. Hendnrsou, ot Auckland, and Mr. P.A. Buckley and Mr. John Martin, of Wel-lington, have been summoned to the Legis-lative Council, It also publishss notes byMr. Thomson, Purveyor General, forwardedthrough Si; J. Vcgel, of an effective modeof destroying rabbits by snares and traps.
There h a re-offer of the rew&rd of £5000for the fiisi 500 tons of beetroot sugar manu-factured in the North Island.
WESTPOE.T, Friday.The Koranui Gold Mining Company has
appointed Mr. Dobson engineer, and i::uledfor tenders to-day for colliery works.
Eight and a-half tons of stone has b-ieugot from the new leader at Maloney'a claim,eight mile 3 from Lyell. It has been crushedwith theresult of 1750za. retorted gold.
CHRISTCHUROH, Friday.The Canterbury Couraing Club held a
meeting to-day. The weather was fine, butcold. There was a large attendance.Hares were, unfortunately, rather scarce.For the Saplings Stakes there were twelveentries. For the Canterbury Cup, thirty -
'two entries. In the Cup match the firstcourses were won by the Christchurchdogs.Goll-Goll beat Bluecap, GellGell beatReuben, Russian Emperor beat Master
' Walter and Spring. The Oama.ru dogs,Laronga, Magic, Mechanic, and Frolic ; the IInvercargill dog, Gazelle~, the Dunedin dog,Cumberland; and the Taka dog, Verbena,also competed.
DUNEDIN", Friday.Theconferencebetween tberepresentativesthe Corporation, Harbour Board, aud
■ Chamber of Commerce met to-day, andfixed upon another site for the railway goodsstation. Mr. Oliver said that the discussionof this question was making the mercantilecommunity of Dnnedin ridiculous in theeyea of the rest of the colony.
James Blythe, recently arrested in Mel-bourne, charged with money, theproperty of the Albion Brewery Co., wasbrought before the Police Court to-day, anddischarged.
AUSTRALIAN NEWS.o
[per 'wakatipp.'][by telegbaph,per press agency.]
Melbourne, July 20.Walkee, the trance medium, who latelyvisited New Zealand, :.8 creating a favour-able impression in Sydney. The SydneyMorning Herald speaks of his "fluency ofspeech, command of wovds, and the excel-lent composition of which he is mister."
The sum of £450 has been subscribed inSydney as a testimonial to Tom Pearce, lateo£ the Loch Ard.
July 19.The New Guinea Colonisation Company
has taken steps to obtain a charter from theNetherlands Indian Government to settle inNew Gninea.
Anugget weighing 1870z3. has been foundat Rock wood.
Sir Arthur Gordon, replying to a deputa-tion from the Polynesian Society in refer-ence to their land claims at Fiji, said that'though the British Government would notrecognise them as having any legalrights,yet that each claim would be investigatedoa its own merits, and that as a matter o£equity alonj some might be entitled to re- Icoujpen sc. I
Splendid coal has been found at Colac. IThe uc-am is 1C inches thick.
THEATRE ROYAL.The comedy, "David Garrick," which be-came far several seasons ao popular at theLondon Haymarket, was produced last■night to an excellent hou3e, and was a com-plete success. Mr. Sothern sastained thetitle role, Mrs. Walter Hill thatof AdaIngot;Air. Musgrave was Simon Ingot, and Mr.Barford Dic".c Chivy. The story of thecomedy has been told, and it ia not necessaryto repeat it. The story of a city beanty whofalls in lovewith an actor, whofeignsdrunken.ness ia her father's house to disgust her,then accepts the hand of the lady who hasdiscovered the ruse, has a s:oice of sarca-im init. Nothing could be better than the ap-pearance of Mr. Sothern in this part. Hisacting, too, was excellentthroughout. Mrs.Hill was graceful as well as sorrowful, aabecame her part. Mr. Musgrave was goodas the "city nabob," but scarcely preten-tious enough to represent the class As tothe other city notables, Brown, Jones, andfamith, the fault to be found with them is,that they contributed to the fan somewhat inexcess of comedy, for they became farcicalrather than absurdly characteristic. Wedo not undertake to say that the bur-lesque may not have been more acceptableto the audience than the comedy. That thecomeay served its purpose by sustaining adisposition to be merry at the demonstrativeexuberance of vulgarity, which set off thefiner manner of the famous actor it is imPossible to deny It is possible that the'farce takes the sting out of the oatire whichmight have been applicable to Mincing LaDeWhichever way be the more correct, theaudience last night seemed perfectly satis-ftecl, and applauded with renewed emphasisJhe^ piece which followed, "A Keeulariix, has been a favourite with "enerations
Ajr' i°them-Hugh <.e Bras, and several times gave evi-dence ot the kind of subtlety which contri-butes E0 much to the effect of his humour.rtT?J .E^SnrPlm m performedby Miss Lizzle Morgan. The fun, of course,rvL^ pr ?an °nß ' ?nd bought to a close an!n! nli eiltertaiQment- Both the comedyand the farce will bo repeated this evening
THE GOLDFIELDS.
i [from our own correspondent.]
J .* Thames, Friday,j Waiotahi.—Driving eastward on So. 5 lodeI kas been resamed. In the face the leader isI pinched up, and is not much more than nine
inches thick. Gold, however, is occasionallyseen in the atone. - The country is verytight, which is probably the cause of thepinching of the lode. In the stopes the lodeis of considerable size, being insome placesfully four feet thick. The quartz hisa mul-.loeky appearance, but is highly im-pregnated with mineral, and crushesvery well—yielding on an averave aboutHozs. to the ion. From the face ofthe east drive to the Cure boundarythere will be about GO feet on the lineof reef, which will give another good blockto be stoped out. In the drive west on thislode a cross-head has cut the lode off. Thecountry is very much disturbed, but themanager ie sanguine of being able to pick unthe lode again shortly. No. C lode hasbeen driven on for some distance with littleor no improvement. The country has beenof a very broken character, which hasthrown the lode about very much. Thedrive oa this lode ia being secured andproperly timbered, after which the reef wiUbe furtberprospected. The western face ofthe atopes, on No. 4 lode is near thejunction with the No, i>. There is alarge body of stone here, fully four feetthick, sad all of it is good "crushing dirt.The manager is of opinion that No. 3 willalso junction with these lodes somewherenear the present face. A start has beenmade to drive on No. 3 on the western sideof the main cross cut. The drive throughthe large lode is being extended. This lodehas been cut into about twenty-five feet,with nosigns of. the footwaU. A trialparcelfrom thecentre gave a return of lldwts. perton. When the lode is cut through, thedrive will be pushed on until it is under theold surface workings. The battery is fullyemployed on quartz from allparts of the mine.Cleaning-up and retorting will take placenext week. It is expected the return willbe equal to last month's.
Watchman.—The company's low-leveldrive has begun to give, which necessitates aportion of it being timbered up. Thelode isnot yet to hand, but it is within a few feetof the face, according tosnrvey. Seorgeandparty have just finished a crushing from theirupper level for a payable return. They nowpurpose to work the lode from the low levelonly. They are turning out some first-classstone which shews gold freely, and will, nodoubt, crush well.
Ohinemcki,- Thursday.At Owharoa a fresh start has been made
in the Morning Light—a party having takenthe mine on tribute. They are breakingout stone that shews a little gold. TheSinilo of Fortune low level is now beingpushed on. The face is wet and rathertight. The tributers in the different partsof the mine are getting out a large supply ofstone. The Mill has been idle for the lastfew days for repairs. In the Radical thetributers are still pushing on the drive onthe leader, which is rather small, but givesgood prospects. In the Ra.vensworth adrive has been started to cut the reef ata lower level than where the crushing justfinished came from. The driving is soft, sothat good progress is being made. Inthe Annie the crosscut is still being pushedinto the hill. The ground is rather tight.The late crushing for the Karaugahake hasproved unpayable, and in all probability thehill will be again deserted, in the Waite-kauri, the tributers are getting out stonefrom the Golden Point and No. 3 blocks,and crushing will be started for these andthe Young New Zealand on Monday, when agood payable return is expected from bothmines.
A miner writes from Coromandel contra-dicting a statement which has beeu pub-lished respecting a crushing from the Britishclaim. The statement made was, that aclaim adjoining Vanderspick's, called theBritish, had completed a crashing of a littleless than 2 fe)E3 for 17ozs. retorted gold, andthat thuy were still working on the leader.Our correspondent states that over fourmonths ago, the owner of the British claim,two men's ground or thereabout, had per-mission irom the shareholders of the Eliza-beth, which adjoins Vanderapick's, to workthrough a tnnnel to his ground, and that the2 to?.s ia question came out of this ground.The shareholders of the Elizabeth claimstopped his working and claimed the quartz,but by a point of law raised, did not recover.The stuff was crushed over four months ago.Our correspondent concludes thus:—"TheBritish shareholders are not working on theleader which gave the above return, andnever will."
BOARD OF EDUCATION.A meeting of the Board of Education washeld yesterday afternoon,— Dr. Campbell inthe chair. There were also present: ColonelHanltain, Messrs. Luke, Moat, and Prime.
Executive Committee.—The report ofthis committee was read and accepted.
Science Lectures.—The application for asubsidy to Mr. Josiah Martin's science lec-tures in the YouDg Men's Chiristian Associa-tion Rooms was considered.
Newto.y.—The tender of Mr. Probert(£9S) for improvements to this school wasaccepted.
Ponsonby.—The tender of Mr. Matthewsfor the erection of a school-building at Pon-3onby was accepted.—The amount of thetender was £2572.
Hamilton East.—The application for onemonth's extension of time to complete theimprovementsbeing made to this school wasgranted.
Hautapu.—Several applications for theteachership of this school were received, buta decision was deferred to a future meeting.
Kaeo.—The application for lining andchimney for the school :it this place was de-ferred.
Maitkf.—An application was made for athird school in this district.—Resolved toconsider the application after a visit of theInspector.
Otara.—The application for a chimneyfor the school at this place was granted.
Parnell.—The consideration of the ap-plication regarding the proposed echool sitewas deferred.
PaKEATtTA and Lucas's Creek.—Letterswere received respecting the dismissal of theteacher.—No action was taken.
Tairua.—The appointment of Mrs. R.Davies as sewing teacher was approved.
Tttakatj.—The application fora water tankand spouting to this school was granted.
The Board then adjourned for a fortnight.
NATIVE LANDS COURT.At the sitting of the Native Lands Court,I at Shortland, on Thursday, in the "Waika-wan case (41,161 acres), Mr. P. Quin de-posed he carriedon business as a storekeeperat Mercury Bay. Mita, one of the ownersof the land, was indebted to him for goode,and Mr. Mackay gave him orders, whichwere accepted by Mr. O'Halloran, Mr.Mackay'a secretary, and paid.
A telegram was received hereby the ChiefJudge, and after perusing ithe informed Mr.Preece that it was from the Government, andwas to the effect that they had consideredhis (the Chief Judge's) representations repassing through a bill, and would takemeasures to have a small bill passed throughon the first day of the session, which wouldgive Land Courts power to issue sub-pcenas. He (Mr. Fenfara), therefore, eug-gested that all tho Crow.i cases stand overuntil the bill pisses, when they could beproceeded with without interruption.
Some of the leaders of the Ngatihaua triberose and expressed themselves very etronglywith reference to tho Aroha case, which wasconcluded on Tuesday. They said thatthey had been deceived when they fligncd adocument which Mr. Mackay had laid beforethem, conveying their share of the Aroha tothe Government. They thought at the timethat the document only meant that their in-terest in the land was to be ceded to theCrown, but they had since found out thatit was not only the Aroha they had signedaway, but also other lands outside this block.They had been deceived by Mr. Mackay.
It was stated that there were several wit-nesses, including Major Drutnmond Hay,Major Clare, and several others, who sawthe document signed by the Ngatihaua, butit seems that it was omitted to write on itthat it had been duly interpretsd to theMaoris by a licensed interpreter. If thishad been done there would be an end to thomatter.
Mr. Mackay said the document had beeninterpreted,and the natives understoodwhatwas said. He claimed tho protection of theCourt, as one of tHe natives had j,ust statedthat he (Mr. Mackay) had resorted to under-hand work toget them to sign the documentconveying their land to the Crown.
The Chief. Judge was of opinion that thonative was privileged to say what he did,and no doubt he would endeavour to sub-stantiate. No harm would be done to Mr.Mackay unless hoproved this.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
GOVERNOR'S SPEECH._
[BY TELBGRAPII, PER PRESS AGESCV.]WELLINGTON, Friday.
The third session of the sixth Parliamentwas opened to-day at 2.30 p.m. by theGovernor. The .place was crowded, andthere were over 200 ladies preseut. Thefollowing is thespeech:—Honourable Legislative Councillors and
Gentlejikk op the House of JRepkesen-TATIVES, —
It affords me much pleasure .again to haverecourse to your advico and assistance, and Iconfidently anticipate that your deliberationswill tend to promote the prosperity and goodgovernment of the colony.
Since the last session I have been uniformlyreceived by the colonists with the utmostloyalty and cerdiality as the Queen's represen-tative wherever I have been able to visit, and ithas been with the greatest gratification that Ihave observed the marked progress in materialprosperity which is everywhere taking place,and which testifies bo manifestly to the in-dustryof the people of this colony.I congratulate you on the fact that peaceful
relations have at last been established with theWaikato and Ngatimaniapoto tribes. Comply-ing with the pressing and frequently-receivedinvitations of the leading chiefs of those tribes,the Premier and the Native Minister visitedthem on eeveral occasions in their own districts,and met thsm also at the "Wnitara. Papers enthi» subject will be laid before you. They willshew that the long period of serious difficultieswith the native race may reasonably be con-sidered to be approaching a termination. Thereis now a fair prospect that before long Europeanenterprise and settlement will be welcomed bythose great tribes, and that they will gladlyavail themselves of the advantages which roads,railwaye, and telegraphs will bring to theirmagnificent territory, by wlrich itu value, andconsequently the wealth and happiness of thatportion of the native race, so long estrangedfrom us, must be largely increased.' In consequence of the deposition thus re-cently manifested on the part of these natives,you will be asked toconsidor the question ofextending the North Island Trunk .Railway fromAuckland to Taranaki. It is probable thatblocks of land of great value will be acquired,upon reasonable terms, along the line.
While negotiations with these tribes havebeen progressing, the interests of those thathave long been loyal to us have not beenneglected, and many of the principal nativesettlements have, during the recess, been visitedby the Premier or the Native Minister. Severallong-pending questions, out of which more orless ill-feeling has arisen, have been fiaally andsatisfactorily settled.
The question of the surrey and settlement ofof the West Coast of this Islaud has been firmlytaken in hand. One large block has been sur-veyed, and will shortly be opened for sale, andthe immediate survey of the Wainmte plainshas been ordered. Whilst the utmost con-sideration for the former native owners will beshown in dealing with those' lands, a largeextent of valuable country will be available forsale and settlement.
My advisers have found the position of theGovernment native land purchases to be veryunsatisfactory ; aud but for the legislation oflast session, which enabled the Governmenttemporarily to protect lands under negotiationby the Crown, many blocks, upon which largesums of public money havo been spent, wouldhave passed into the hands of private specu-lators. This is a question with which you will becalled upon tc- dsal, and information sufficient,it is hoped, to enable you to conserve the in-terests of the colony in this respect will beafforded you.
Measures for simplifying the procedure in in-vestigations of title to native lands, as well astheir alienation, will be submitted to you. Theprinciples of those measures have been discussedwith many sections of tho nativo people, and itis believed that the effect of them will be toplace upon an equal footing nil the Queen'ssubjects who may desire to purchase native
The threatening aspect of European affairscaused the Imperial Government to assemble inLondon a committee of scientific officers to con-sider the question of colonial harbour defences.Those officers made recommendations for thedefence of tlio chief harbours of New Zealand,hqli tlis substance of thoßO recommendations w.\stek'graphed to me by the Secretary of Statefor t!ie purpose of ascertaining whether thecplony would carry them out. On tlio adviceof my Ministers, I liavo replied that New Zea-land accepts the duty, and the necessary arma-ment will shortly arrive in the colony. Paperson this subject will be submitted to you.
Measures havo been prepared, and will bebrought before you, dealing with electoral re-form, which it is hoped will tend to place thefranchise and the method of electing membersof the Housb of Kepreaentatives upon a satis-factory basis.
Gentlemen- or the Honsn op .REPRESENTA-TIVES,—
The estimates which will bo laid before youhave beeu prepared so as to promote economyand. effective administration in the several de-partments.
You will find that there ia a large increase ofrevenue, which indicates tho prosperity of thocolony, and its progress is rendered more certainby a. marked extension of the export trade.
The successful issue of tho loan authorisedlcisc session 13 & lurtiier proof, tHo opinionenter-tained in other countries of the stability ef ourfinancial position, and of the general prosperityand peace which prevail in New Zealand.Authority has been given to the agents underthe Consolidated Stock Act to convert NewZealand securities of a miscellaneous characterinto long-dated debentures bearing a uniformrate of interest.
Measures will bo introduced toplace the tax-ation of the colony on a more equitable basis—apportioning tho public burdens according tothe capacity to bear them ; and the tariff willbe submitted to revision, tending to relievecommerce of some restrictions which retard it3growth.
HONOUKABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS ANDGentlemen of the House or Reprsenta-TIVES, —
The Government have found that, in order tocarry out any ro;il administrative reform, theremust be an amalgamation of offices, as well asa simplification in their administration. Thishas been specially felt in the department ofJustice. To effect a saving of depart-mental expenditure, and at the same timeto increase the efficiency of the adminis-tration of justice, a Bill extending thejurisdiction of the inferior Courts has beenprepared, and will soon bo laid before you. MyMinisters have eudeaveured by this Bill tosimplify the proceedings in the local Courts.Steps have also been taken to obtain a simplifi-cation of the Supremo Court proceedings, andthe Government hope that the benefits obtainedin other countries from amending the proce-dure of tho higher Courts of Judicature, will besecured for this colony.
Areport will bo laid before you shewing thoeffects so far of the Education Act passed Instsession. Tho time that has elapsed sinco it3passing has been too short to allow a fairestimate of its working to be arrived at; butthe Government do not believe that anymaterial amendments are at present expedient.
The question of higher education deservesmost carefulconsideration ; but, as a prelimi-nary thereto, it is necessary that the mode ofworking and the effects of existing institutionsshould be ascertained. It is intended, there-fore, to appoint a Royal Commission to inquireinto, and report upon tbe operations of theNew Zealand University and itsrelations to thosecondary schools of tho colony. The report ofthis Commission will, if legislation be neces-sary, enable Parliament to deal effectively withthe subject next sesion.
Arrangements have been entered into with theGovernment of New South Wales for modifica-tions in theSan Francisco mail servicecontract;and as to coming within the terms of the PostalUuion In conjunction with New South Wales,the Government have also negotiated with Col.Glover, the representative of the Eastern Ex-tension Australasian and China Telegraph Com-pany, for a duplication of the cable from PortDarwin to London, and for a reduction of thetariff on the New Zealand cable. The presentstate of these negotiations will bo shewn bypapers that will be laid before you.
Tho goldfields of the colony are still prosper-ous, and there can be no doubt that thero areyet numerous and extensive auriferous depositsthat only require population and enterprise fortheir development.
You will, I have no doubt, join with mo inthe hope that the proposal to establish directsteam communication between New Zealandand the United Kingdom may prove successful.
The results of the gradual extension of thorailway system have been such as to justify thecolony in undertaking its large indebtedness forthe prosecution of those public works.It is gratifying to find that the District Rail-
ways Act of last session is being taken advan-tage of, and that the faith of the people of NowZealand iu railway extension is being shewn bymany important lines in different parts of thecolony being undertaken by private and localenterprise. This spirit of self-reliance, myMiniiiters think, should be fostered, and youwillbo asked to make eome slight amendments,with the view of offering facilities which ex-perience has shown to be desirable.
During the recess various changes have beenintroduced into tho management of the PublicWorks and .Railway Departments, which I ven-ture to hope may prove beneficial to tho publicservice.
I commend to your serious consideration thevarious measures and subjects that jr.ay bebrought before you for your advice and action ;
and I nfay that the Spirit of Divine 'Wisdommay so order your deliberations that peace andhappiness may be promoted throughout tholengtti and breadth of thecolony.
THE OPENING.About seventeen members of Council
took their seats, including thonewly-createdLords, tho Hons. Martin and Buckley.
In the House of Representatives, somefifty members attended. All the members
of theMinistry were present except the Pre-mier, who was reported ill.
NEW MEMBER.■ The following members took the oath andtheir seats:—Mr. Seymour George, Mr. F.J. Moss, Mr. E. Turnbull, Mr. R. "F. Hobbs,Mr. G. E. Bartoa, and Mr. W. -H. Button.
Notice of the usual sessional committeeswas given, and a number of papers werelaid on the table.
A couple oE petitions were presented.native lands act amendment bill.Mr. Sheehan obtained leave, after eoine
discussion, to put through all its stages aNative Lands Act Bill, for amending theNative Lands Act, 1873. The object of thebill, he explained, is to compel an unwillingwitness to give evidence regarding certainland purchases in which the Governmentarelargely interested. After a few slight alter-ations, the bill passed through committee.The same bill having been similarly dealtwith in the Council, and brought down tothe House, the House adjourned till 7.30p.m. on Tuesday next.
THE ADDRESi.In the course of the proceedings, Mr.
Seymour Georoe gave notice thathe wouldmove the Address in reply. It is under-stood that Mr. Hobbs will second.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.WELLINGTON, Friday.
THE MEMBERS ON BOARD.When the Hinemoa arrived off New Ply-
mouth, the Taranaki mem'bers, Major Atkin-son, Mr. Carrington, and Hon. Mr. Scotland,of correspondence celebrity, came on board.There were anxious inquiriesabout the Waipaelection, but none of the expeeied telegramswere received. His Worship tho Mayorpeculiarly pasßed the word that Whitakerwas in by 22, barring Raglan. A goodlynumber on board believed this, andwere rather pleased than otherwise, notleast Mr. Whitaker's "pater," who got outof bed to ascertain the true state of the case.Major Atkinson had heard nothing of it ;
but surprise gathered on sundry faces overwhich tho lamp-light streamed at WellingtonWharf, when Mr. Seymour George and Mr.J. C. Brown very appropriately told the" long and the short" of it,and that McMinnwas in by41.
THREATENINGS.It is whispered that Mr. McMinn's elec-
tion will be made the subject of some ques-tions in the House. Members of the Oppo-sition say that there- was undue Ministerialinfluence exercised, that Ministers weredivided as to the propriety of advocatingMcMinn as against Whitaker, that therewas undue delay in the issue of the writ,and that sundry polling-places wereopened to suit the Government can-didate. Tbat, I am told, will be theground taken up, and it is aswell to state that this is on the cards.There may also, it is hinted, be some legalquestions sought to be started about thespecial train aud the luncheon at Mercer(which is " treating" by the statute), andwhich some people here have already gothold of. But that was a mutual arrange-ment, and, if it was illegal, one party was asdeeply in the mud as the other is in themire, and therefore probably it would bebetter to let that particular point alone.Parliament (Mr. Stout on cabs aud public-homiea notwithstanding) is rather adverse todealing rigorously with a kindly treat oreven payment of a voter's railway fare,though railway fare has moro than once un-seated a member in England. There willprobably be a little talk, and there au end.The man is iu (thanks, I fancy, to tho perti-
nacity of Mr. John King), and the miuoritywill be apt to accept accomplished facts.
THE NEW LORDS.The Times this morning is rather severe on,
at least, one of the new Lords—Mr. JohnMartin. It contrasts him with "TimonofAthens," declares Ministers have bungled inthe appointment, aud indicates a hope thathe will again return to private life. It ob-jects to Mr. Buckley mainly onaccount thatthe Lords will have toomuch of tho firm ofHart and Buckley—seeing thatboth partnersare now in. ■
GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING.There is some clever writingin the Times,
but it is tinged with nota sma.ll spice of spite.It continually harps on the "subsidised"papers, as it calls those papers which getGovernment advertisements. There is notalittle feeling among both parties touchingthis advertising restriction. Some of the Go-vernment's friends think it a mistake, and,as regards the value, the departments are sopenurious on advertising that tho saving isnot worth the stir that is made. I amcreditably informed that the N<w Zealander'sadvertiseinentefroniGoveramentonlyaverageabout 503 a T.veek, and they get all theobloquy, and the grumblers have a grievancewhich it is not worth while perpetuating.I think Mr. Fox will take thie question up,and strive to litholate Mr. Ballance, who ishimself a-newspaper proprietor.
TAKING UP POSITION.After the House assembled, Major Atkin-
son, Mr. Whitaker, Mr. Richardson, andMr. Fox stood for somo time together inclose confabulation, and now this powerfulquartette have chosen seats close beside eachother, on the left-hand side of the crescent,near the "Noes" gangway. Mr. Cuttenand Mr. Moss, who now enter, renew cor-dially their old Otago friendship. AllMinisters aro in their places except SirGeorge Grey, who is too Ul to attend.
THE SC3NE.A fanfare of trumpets and tho anthem by
the band are heard, and, glittering with sun-shine on red and blue and gold emblazoning,cocked-hati] and feathers, the Governor andhis staff come drivingin an open carriage,and enter tho Legislative Council, where abrilliant assemblage was waiting,conspicuousamongst whom was Mr. Krull, iu full uni-form, as Consul of the German Empire, Theladies gathered in largo numbers. Thespeech—a more than ordinary long one—wasread by his Excellency in a voice not quitedistinct enough to reach all ears. It seemsto me that Ministers shouldgive his Excel-lency a copy of the speech to study with careat least thenight before the Parliament sits,for, otherwise, that due regard to intonation,emphasis, punctuation, and inflection, whichis necessary for goodreading, is not likely tobe attained. You may judge from this thatthe reading of the speech was not a marvelof elocutionary excellence.
THE SPEAKER.I have said tho scene was brilliant, bntthe
central figure below the bar at the head ofthe representatives (who all presented brightlooks and generally well-shaped and intelli-gent-looking heads), most attracted my at-tention—Then lileo& graven im&Sfo Fi'zlierbert held hisplace.Throughout all those long three pages offoolscap print, in his long black gown, withhis hauds crossed before him, his thin visagebent towards the floor, his eyes half-closed,and exercising that wonderful faculty hepossesses of eliminating every expression—he stood sphinx-like, immovable. Thosewho know him—and who that's not un-known himself does not?—will understandthe picture. After the speech was read themembers trooped out and returned to theHouse.HOW THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE
SUMMONED.It ought to bo mentioned that it is not the
aide-de-camp or private secretary to theGovernor who nummons tho faithful Com-mons to meet his Excellency in the Lords,but an Usher of tho Black Rod in tho personof Captain Humphries, of the Volunteoi-s,and who has seen service, who enters tlieHouse in evening dress, white-gloved, andwith the long black wand of office, and in-timates his Excellency's desire to meet themembers.
THE NEW MEMBERS.After tho re-assembling of the House, Mr.Seymour George was introduced by Mr.
Brown aud Mr. Stout; Mr. Turnbull, byMr. Tesohemaker and Mr. Montgomery;Mr. Mo&s, Mr. Cutten, and Mr. Barton, byMr. Macandrew and Mr. Stout; and Mr.Hobbs, by Mr. Sheohan and Mr. HamlinThey ehook hands with the Speaker, whodid not descend from his rostrum to greofcauother New Zealand-born member in theperson of Mr. Hobbs.
By the way, there aro four born andbred New Zealandors " in the House,and they all hail from Auckland. Theyare, Sheehan, Williams, Hamlin, and Hobbs,andall aro goodnative scholars* Tho nativelanguage has been very useful to some,who, haviug brains, and knowing howto ueo them, have made it a stepping-stoneto greatness. On the other hand, somenative linguists make rather a mess of it,and not a few pakeha-Maoris that could benamed are not likely to sit in seats of theLegislature, Messrs, Sheehan and Ham-
lin, in introducing Mr. Hobbs, formed a triowhich, in the cirenmntances, never occurredbefore, and ia not likely to occur again foryears to come.THE FIRST BILL.
Apropos of which remark -there ie a casein point, and it refers to a new Act broughtin, discussed, read a firstand second time,passed through committee; read a thirdtime and passed, sent to the Upper House,passed through it, and returned with areport of its passing to the House of Repre-sentatives, and all within the space of anhour, including half-an hours adjournment,to allow the Upper House to pass the bill.Some native interpreter or other at theThames is protracting the sitting of theCourt, because he refuses to give evidenceregarding certain land claims and certainpayments of money, and the Court wasplaced at a standstill.
Mr. Sheehan, after the sessional com-mitteeswere given notice of, moved for leaveto bring in and pas 3 through all it 3 stagesthe Native Land Act Amendment Bill, ashort Act of three clauses, intended toremedy this evil, also to allow ofcounsel appearing for native claimants.Mr. Sheehan pointed out the necessityfor compelling the attendance of reluctantwitnesses. The bill passed through all itsstages, after some discussion relative tothe propriety ofpermitting agents for nativesto attend the Land Courts. Mr. Stoutdoubted the propriety of it. Mr. Bartonopposed it, but Mr. Sheehau shewed it wasnecessary, as barristers generally knownothing of the matters with' which nativeagents were well acquainted. The bill willbe superseded by a new Nrtive Land Courtbul
kaipara railway.I hear it ia whispered that, after all, the
Kaipara extension is to take the islandroute. It is stated that this comes fromMinisters. A number of Auckland mem-bers doubt the propriety of this route, havingreference to the further extension hereafter.
WORK FOR TUESDAY.The following are the notices of motion
and questions, irrespective of the SessionalCommittees, for Tuesday evening next: —
Sir It. Douglas to ask the Minister ofPublic Works if he will layon the table allthe returns, reports, or other documents hemay have which refer to the constructionof a tramway or railway-from Katno toWhangarei.
Sir K. Douglas to ask the Postmaster-General,—(1) If it is true, as reported, thata guarantee by private persons has been re-quired by the Government before they willundertake the erection of the NorthernWairoa telegraph ? (2) If a guarantee hasbeen required from other portions of thecolony in which the telegraphs have been, orare about to be, constructed? (3) If he re-members that Sir jR. Douglas was assured inthe Houso that no guarantee would beasked ?
The Hon. Mr. Stout to move for leave tobring in the following bills :—(1) Au Act toexplain and amend certain provisions oE theActs in force relating to the Civil Service ofthecolony. (2) Anli.ct to amend the Mer-cantile Law Amendment Act, ISGO. (3) AnAct for the regulation and management oftrades unions in New Zealand.
NATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.Eighteen members are to form theNative
Affairs Committee.
EMPLOYMEMT OF FEMALES.A report by a Royal Commission to in-
quire iuto the operations of the Employmentof Females Act, 1873, and amending Acts,statesjthat the legislation was necessary, andhas effected great comfort ainonget thefemales, and improved the health andsocial condition of women. They objectto any alteration from 8 hours a-day to 54 hours per week. The law,however, is not effectively carried outin various workshop?, and they areof opinion that the provisions of the Acts,which they consider salutary, can ocly beeffectively guarded by a thoroughsystem ofinspection. They complain that the viola-tors of the law have had their offences prac-tically condoned by mere nominal fines, andthis tends to render the law a dead-letter,when employers choose to set it at defiance.They recommend that the minimum penaltyshould be forty shillings.
THE HOKIA.NGA ROLL.Ihear that Mr. Williams ia to make somo
stir.onthesubject of the 400 natives suddenlyadded to the roll at Hokianga, regardingwhich there is considerable feeling among asection of the Bouse. It will raise thewhole question of native voting, audthe incongruity will be fully dis-cusszd of having special representativesfor the Maoris, and at the same time givingthem equal rights to vote at elections ofEuropeans, which is felt to be a doubleright,denied to Kuropeans. It is believed thatthe result will be analteration of the law.A select committee is likely to be moved foron the subject.
HOW THE SPEECH 13 REGARDED.. The speech, is taking with the public, andthe portion which refers to native lands isspoken of ae seeming to indicate the inten-tion of the Government to sell native Inndsby auction. This idea is founded on thatpart of the speech which states that themeasures will have tho effect of placing"upon an equal footing all tho Queen's sub-jects who may desire to purchase nativelands."
THE NATIVE LANDS ACT AMEND-MENT BILL.
[by telegraph, from our special corres-pondent. J
Wellington, Friday.The following is the text of the bill passedthis afternoon, leaving out the formal parts :
Clause 2.—TheNative Linda Court, or anyJudgethereof, shall have aud shall be deemedto have had, from the date of tho passing ofthe aforesaid Act, the same power of sum-moning and compelling tho attendance ofwitnesses and the production of documents,and of punishing persons wJio may hereafterbe duly summoned fornon-attendanco or forrefusing to give evidence or produce docu-ments, and tho same means of enforcing theobservance of its orders and rules, as is ormay be possessedby the Supreme Court orany Judge thereof.
Clause3.—Notwithstanding anything con-tainedintheNativeLandAct, 1573, theNativeLand Court, or the prosiding Judge at anysitting thereof, may from time to time allowcounsel or agent to appear for either partyin a case, and to conduct such case on be-half of such party.
The words in italics were added in com-mittee. There was a little disputation onthe terms of thebill, and it was the generalbelief that tho bill was directed againstMr. Mackay, and both the Hon. Mr. Stoutand Mr. Barton were opposed to theidea of agents being permitted toact in theCourts. On this latter subject Mr. Stoutdiffered from his colleagues ; but then, Mr.Sheehan, in reply in committee, stated thatthere were special reasons for giving powerto counsel or agents to appear for thenatives ; but it would not do to restrict theappearance to barristers or solicitors, be-cause, in many cases, they would knownothing of the business, while the nativeagents were well informed. Mr. Barton spokeagainst the principle of admitting to practicein tho Court agents who were not solicitors,as it was anew thing, and requirod great con-sideration. As regards counsel for nativesat the Lands Court, Mr. Barton said therewas no need for the Act, as they couldattend under tho ordinary rule. Mr.Whitaker said the existing Acts prohibitedthe attendance of counsel, and Mr. Sheehanadded that the natives, if they wished it,had a right to counsel, for the Crownhad counsel, and the Crown wasnot always right, and might be wrong,but the natives without counsel wouldbe prevented from taking advantageof their rights. When listening to Mr.Barton, it struck mo that ho feared thepossible incursion into the ordinary Courtsof agents, who were neither solicitors norbarristers, and that possibly somethingof this kind might be in store under the newActs foreshadowed. A question was put asto whom the bill was directed against, andMr. Fox asked if it was Mr. Mackay to whomthe bill referred. The Hon. J. -Sheehanreplied that it was not Mr. Mackay, butthe native interpreters, and that Mr.Maekay was now at theThames, and render-ing the most active assistance he could totheGovernment and the Court, and givingvaluable information. It was necessary topass such a measure, in order to give properpower to the Court to compel the attendanceof witnesses.
ODDFELLOWS' ORDER. —ELECTIONOF DISTRICT OFFICERS.
A sueting of membersof the1.0.0.F.,M.U.,of the Auckland District, was held yesterdayafternoon at the Cook-street Hall, for thepurpose of electing district grand officers forthe ensuing year. The following wereelected and invested : — Brother ThomasHolland, Provincial Grand Master; BrotherO. Mahon, P.D.G.M.; BrotherH. J. Smith,re-elected. P.C.S. The following specialauditors were elected:—Brother L J. Bag-nail, P.P.G.M. for Thames, and Brother G.Pi. Macnab P.G. for Auckland. The pro-ceedings, although many of theoffices werecontested, were conducted in the mostorderly and harmonious manner.
THE BANQUET.A banquet was held in the Lome-streetHall in the evening, to commemorate the oc-casion. The spread, which was provided
by Mr. Little, proprietor of the ThistleHotel, was a most excellent one. No-thing was omitted which could tempt theappetites of the guests ; the quantity wasmore than ample, and, above all, the wait-ing wa3 prompt and well-arranged. Infact, the whole arrangements reflectedcredit on the caterer and his assistants, andthe guests were by no means sparing of theeuloL'iums which they passed. The out-going Provincial G.M., Brother J. J. Holland,presided, supported on his right and left bythe newly-elected officers, and Brother G.Leahy, P.P.G.M., occupied the vice-chair.There were in all 40 seated, amongst thembeing the following guests from the ThamesLodges :—Brothers P.G. Potts, P.G. Vowels,P.G. Taylor, and P.G. Gentles, and BrotherP.G. Lock wood, from Coromandel. ■
When the tables were cleared, the Chair-man proposed successively the toasts of the" Queen and Koyal Family," "Hia Excel-lency the Governor," "Sir George Grey andthe Ministry," and the " Army, .Navy, andVolunteers."
Lieutenant Mahon, of the Victoria Com-pany, responded to the latter toast. He saidtherewas no necessity for his referring to theArmy and Navy, but with regard to the Vo-lunteers, they had done well in the past, andwould, he believed, do so in the future, iftheir services were required. In Aucklandthe Volunteer movement had not receivedthe encouragement from . the citizens towhich he thought it was entitled.He had now been a Volunteer for ISyears, and during that time he hadseen many ups and downs. The companywith which he was now connected, in 1863—the time of the trouble—mustered 80 or 90men, and it was then, he believed, the finestVolunteer Company in Her Majesty's do-minions. He wasas tall then as at present,and he occupied the position of centre filein the rear rank—the position of the smallestman in the company—so they might judgeof the physique of the company. Hewas glad to say that, whether on account ofthe Eastern Question, or from some otherreason, Volunteering had improved duringthe last six months. He thanked the com-pany for the manner in which they had"responded to the toast.
Dr. Dawsox also responded, and referredto the good example set by the Thamescompanies, and their fine turns-out andtheir regular attendance and efficiency.
The Vice-Chairman proposed the toast of"The Mayor and City Council!" TheCftAiRMvN first apologised for the absenceof'the Mayor, who had gone to Wellington.The toast was responded to by CouncillorsWaddel and Flsming.
The Cii irmks proposed the toast of"The Grand Master and Board of Direc-tors." They were now sitting consideringthe affairs of the Order, and no doubt theyshould hear of their proceedings in a fewdays.—The toast was drunk with thehonours of the Order.
The Vice Chairman responded. He saidthat as those present, with very few excep-tions, were membersof the Order, there wasnonecessity of his entering on any explanation.Its members exceeded one million, and theOrder had from £3,000,000 to £4,000,000 toits credit. It wae not necessary to go iutodetails, but in responding he felt his positiona pleasing one, and he trusted that everymember of the Order in Auckland, and thosewho would join in future, would be auhonour to the Grand-master. He wasproudto say that neither in numerical strength,nor for funds, nor philanthropy, was thejtfanshester Unity beaten by any friendlysociety holding under the British flag.
Brother Fleming, P.P.G.M., in a* fewwell-chosen remarks, proposed the health ofthe new P.G.M., to which the latter re-sponded.
Brother T. Holland, promised to do hisutmost for the-district during his term ofoffice.
The toasts of "Brother J. J. Holland, theretiring P.M.G.," "Our Thames Guests,""The Sick and Distressed," " The Ladies,""The Press." "Ihe Corresponding Secre-tary," "The Ho3t," and "The D.G.Warder," were proposed, and duly honouredand responded to.
Songs and recitations were given in theintervals between the toasts, and a verypleasant evening wasbrought to a closewiththeold song, "* Auld Lang rfyne."
POLICE COURT.—Friday.[Before U. C. Baretow, Esq., IE.M.J
DRONKENNES3.—Four persons were punishedfor this offence.
Licensing Act and Abms Act.—FrederickWilliam Sidwell, a storekeeper at the Wade,was arraigned to answer three charges. Ist, abreach of the Licensing Act, by selling alcohslicliquor, withouta licence, to John Angus An-derson. 2nd, a breach of the Arms Act, bysoiling blasting powder and percussion capswithout a licence; and 3rd, a further breach ofthe Arms Act, by selling gunpowder to Ander-son, without a licence, on or about the 20th Stay.Mr. Dufaur appeared for the defendant, aHdasked for an adjournment toprocure the attend-ance of an important witness, but Mr. Pardyobjected, on the score that all his witnesseswere present, having come from the Wade ;
and the Bench ruled that if the adjournmentwas granted the defendant must pay the costsof tho day. After some further discussion, itwas agreed to take the breaches of the ArmsAct, which were indictablo cases, first. Mr.Superintendent Thomson said he would not ob-ject to a remand after the evidence for the pro-secution had been heard. Mr. Thomson was thenexamined. He was the Licensed Commissionerunder the Arms Act, ISGO. He put in theGazette proclaiming his appointment and bring-inj the Act into force. The defendant had notprocured a licence to sell the articles alleged.Cross-examined: The defendant's house hadbeen searched, but no blasting powder or ammu-nition, except a few percussion caps, had beenfound on his premises. John Angus Anderson,a saddler, residing at the Wade, deposed thatabout the 20th of May ho -.vent to defendant'sstore, in company with a man namedJohn Morell. Defendant and his wifewere there. Witness purchased some blast-ing powder and fuse, and half a pound ofgunpowder. The latter Mrs. Sidwell put intothe flask (produced), and the price of it was 3s.In cross-examination by Mr. Dufaur, witnesssaid ho was not sure regarding the date. Itwason a Monday. It might have been tho 27th orthe 14th, but ho was sure it was not so early asthe 7tb, and he believed it was the 20th. Hehad two glasses of grog and a bottle of rum atthe same time, and the whole of his purchasesamounted to 15s Several other witnesseswere examined, but the evidence was of so con-tradictory a nature on material points, and sovague, that his Worship, without calling for adefence, dismissed the case.
Wife Support.—James Poulter was chargedwith failing tosupport his wife. Mr. S. Heskethfor the plaintiff, and Mr. Tyler for tho de-fendant. Mr. Hesketh applied for an adjourn-ment, but Mr.Tyler objected, nnd stated that theparties had led a most unhappy life. Mr. Poulterhad made un offer of sufficient maintenanceallowance, which his wife declined. The Courtrefused the adjournment, and Mrs. Poulter notbeing in a_ position to go on with the case, it wasdismissed.'
Wife-beating.—Ralph Harm was chargedwith assaulting his wife at Panmure. Mr.Pardy asked for a remand, as Mrs. Harris wasin a delicate state, and unable to Attend. Thecase was remanded for a week.
In another column will be found the usualannouncement respecting religious services to-morrow at various churches in the city andsuburbs.
An effort is being made to form the Cam-bridge district into a county. A meeting is tobo held on Saturday next in the CambridgePublic Hall for that purpose. Tho area of theproposed county is 470,000 acree.
Robert Swanton lioycroft, contractor, Tau-piri, has filed a statement of his insolvency.
THE NEW ZEAUND HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1878. 5
In England thetelephone wirecosts £2 permile, and tho instrumental portion of them7s Gd. Thus it pays any manof business toadopt them,
Dividends.
RE WARD & CO.'S ESTATE.
A ural Dividend in the above 'Estate will be pay-able at the office of tho undersigned on and after IstSeptember next.
By orderof the Trustees.E. E. CARDNO,
Fort-street.
IN THE ESTATE OF BARNETI? ANDLEVY.
Oα and after tho 29th July, a second and finalDividend will bo payable In tho above Estate, at theOffico of John Lamb, No. 1, Queen-street.
B. TO.Nr KS, 1 Trustees in Bar-JOHN LAMB, !■ nett 4 Levy'sB. BROWN, J Estate.
Public Notices.DISTKICT BOARD.
Notice U hereby g'v n that It Is the iatenlion ofthe shove Board, at a nicetm? to be held in the ortice.Devonport Hull, on WEDNESDAY, 7th day ofAngu't next, in tir.-ns A Section 40 of the Hat sAct, 1878, to L-.vr a Entc of One Shilling ia thePound upon the Rateable Property in the Uevinportttiehway uisirict, for the yeir commencingJuly 1.1878,and ending Juno 30, 1879. according to Valua-tion Li<t now in force in the said I istrict: and thatthe said Rate wM become payable, in one sum, ondemand,to the Collector, on tho Sod day o!S»p!'em-ber next, IS7S: and that the Hate-book is open forinspection daily, froai 10 s.m. to 4p.m., at the Post-office, Devouport.
W. H. BROWN,,Chairman Deronport District Bo ltd.
DEBTOR* IN LEWIS BROTHERS'ESTATE are requested t-> Settle their Ac-
of E. & K. Isaics, when all Out-stindinV Axonnts
recovery.3DWAUD ISAACS,!F. KUMbIEk. J-Tiustees.HERUiN BBOWS.J
mo THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THEPROVINCIAL DISrRICr OF ACJOKLAXD.
WOLFE V. HART.Take notice that Mr. Wolfe, the propiietor of
Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, has recentlyebtalned an injunction, male on hearing of bothparties, against Mr. Henri J. Hart, of Melbourne, Inthe Supreme Courtof "Victoria, restraining Ur. Hartfrom offering, or exposing for«ale, or selling any ofhis Schoappj inbottles similar to those used by Mr.Wolfe, or only colorably differing therefrom, or inpaokagw or parcels similarly got op, or with labelscolorablj imitated, and that It is Mr. Wolfe's in-tention to proceed against all penons making orusing such imitations in this colony; and, further,take notice thereof to forthwith desist from makingsale, or disposing of, or offering, or exposing for saleany imitationof Mr. Wolfe's manufacture,the pro-d.ction of Mr. Hart, or of aay other person, as youwillanswer the same at your proper peril.
Dated at Auckland this 24th day or July, IS7S.L. T>. .NATHAN & CO.,
Agents.
Ecclesiastical-
Xjy ESLEYAN CHURCHES.TO-MORROW (SUNDAY).
PITT-STREET-Morning, 11, a Student; Evening,6.30, Evangelistic Service, when addrra.es will bedeliver?i by several Ministers.
.—Morning, 11. a Student; Evening, 6.30,Mr. Beaumont.
GRAFTOJST RO AD — Morning, 11, Rev. G. Tond ;Evening. 6.30,a Student.
UNIOh'-STREET — Morning, 11, Rev. J. Waliis ;Evening, 6.30, Mr. Jessop.
PONSONBY—Morning, 11, Mr. J. Wills; Evening,0.39, a Student.
NEW NORTH ROAD—Afternoon, 2.30, Rev. G.Bond ; Evening, 6.30, Mr. Olphert.
MOUNT ALBERT—Morning, 11, Rev.H. H.Lawry
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BO IT BuiLD&it, tJuSTOiI-UOUSK-STREEX * Or
MR. JAS. BATTY,
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March 30, lii/8.
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3.000 sacks OaU600 sacks Bran.
OHEAP COKRTJGATED IRON,SUITABLE Foil OTvßLlire, OUT-
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!>EAD THIS TWICE!!Slfssu". J. BROWN & SON, Piano and Music
Importers, arrt giving up BOBiNEss Every articleiu the Shoo must be sold during the xext tewwekks. This is tho last orpouTUsrrv for getting aHUST-CLASS PIANO by a standard maker (whichis the only guarautoe for durability) at a low pricethe last opportunity for getting Sheet Mosio atiialf-f-ricbl Slake up your mind at once, as thetime willsoon be cvst. Coscektixas, FiUTRs, Cok-xbts. Clarionets, Flut(X\s, German AccordionsViolins, and the Best Violix Strisos in Auckland.Kbajj all tuh Twice !
THE AUCKLAND GAS COMPANY,LIMITED,
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GAS.The Companyopen tho Street, Tapthe Main, Provide
and Lay 10 feet of Service-pipe into the pre-mises, make goodthe street, foot-
path, and premises,And
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WITHOUT ANY CHARGE WHATEVER.Office of the Company:
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J£LUFF H AR¥(rrJ7t ~i oZr~C.JS'OTIOE TO PILOTS. .MA,TE'.S OF V£S3ELS,
.Applicantito ,uu.whether th«7 hnld certiacat". of"of the Blnff .Harbour Board. New Z-a-land, and to bi in not later than th» Ist September,
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OEO. WM. JOKZS.July20th, 1878.
Secretary.
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ARTHUR PITTAE,Winstone's Building?,
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THE MASSACRE AT NEW CALEDONIA.Wβ make the following extracts from thecorrespondence of the Sydney Town andCountry Journal:—
• "On the 26th' of June, I left the ' Raiedes Pirogue,' accompaniedby my daughter,in Roland's-schooner, for Noumea, andarrivedat 10 p.m. on (the same) that to bseverremembered (in this colony) day—nowcalled 'the day of the massacre.' I bundlednp mv traps on the wharf, handed them tomy Kanaka servant, gave my daughter myarm, and made tracks for the house of myfriend, Mr. Caborn. Onarriving and knock-ing at the door, I observed Mrs. Cabornstatue-like, and as if struck dumb. Aftersome moments she said, ' Good God, comein quick. Have yon all your family ? Thenatives have risen; they are murderingthe whites, and marching for Noumea.'This was the first intelligence I received of■what hadjiappened. The Nouvelle'Caledonleof the same day lay on the table. I quicklyperused it, and saw that already 31 weremurdered at La Foa. I took my hat and■walked out to get some further information.I at once observed from the quick movementof persons in the street, the rushing past ofmounted gendarmes to and froin Govern-ment House, that some fresh intelligencehad arrived, I proceeded on towards theclub, and saw some twenty or twenty-fivemen on horseback. On inquiry, I learnedthat Bouloupari had met the same fate asLa Foa, and that those men assembledwere volunteers waiting for arms to marchon and avenge the death of their fellow-settlers. The excitement was so intense Ireadily perceived the impossibility of gettingany definite information, so I returned tomy friend's house, where I was requested tostay for the night as a means of protection,Mr. Caborn having gone on an errand ofmercy to bring in the family of a friend. Iretired to rest, or rather lay on the bed withmy clothes on, rolling and tossing, lookingfor daylight and terribly anxioua about mywife aud boy left behind in the bush, andnot far from the ' yatta' Kanaka track fromthe west to the east coast. At the firstpeep of daylight, I jmnpedout of bed, randown to the schooner, and told the mate notto discharge, as I wguld immediately returnback for my family. At once the thoughtstruck me, what about a permit? How amI to get one in this moment of excitement ?
TheGovernor being so busy ordering men ofwar here, troops there, and scores of peoplerunning in and out of Government House. Isent a request to the postmaster, which wasimmediately forwarded on to the Governor(Captain Olry), and, to mypleasing astonish-ment, I had the permit in less than twentyminutes.
"On the morning of the 29th I set towork to get something really definite respect-ing the wholesale slaughter of men, women,and children, when 1learned as follows : —AtDezarnauld's station resided a jjan namedChine. He took a black woman (some saythe second taken by this man) from thetribes Maudai. The natives demanded her,and an angry altercation arose. The resultwas Chene and his family wore murdered onthe 19th of June. On the 21st, 22nd, and23rd, tho gendarmes arrested some chiefsand detained them as hostages uutil themurderers were given, up. On the 24th andthe 25th the natives rose en viasse, attackedthe gendarmerie at La Foa, and killed thegendarmes, numbering five, captured theirchiefs, took all the arms and ammunition,and having tasted blood, commenced ageneral raid on all the whites at GoindeDogny Boizzot station, also Millett's, andwith, tho assistance of Atai's tribes, marchedon to Bouloupari, where one of the mostfrightful massacres on record was committed,sparing neither man, woman or child, neithergendarme, convict or settler, and whichended up in a scene of conflagration, andalso mutilation of bodies, too revolting andsickening, to describe here. Although wehear of the natives having marched on toTomo, I know of no other killing of whitesthanthose.alluded to, excepting poor ColonelGally-Passebosc.
"On the first news of the rising, theGovernor, with great celerity, despatchedtroops in all quarters to surround the Ataiand Bouloupari tribes, and sent on CaptainServan to head the Kanala tribe, so that ajunction might be made, and hem them in,and flying columns of mounted volunteers,headed by Messrs. Bontan and Moriceau,were immediately forwarded on to harassthe tribes. I am informed that the retalia-tion will be something frightful—there areno prisoners wanted, exterminate with fireand sword is the order of theday. News ofa minor engagement has come to hand, inwhich the Kanulu chief was wounded. It isto be regretted, that in avenging the Boulou-pari massacre, some five mission natives,including their chiefs, were met with in thesugar cane at Dombea, and were shot.These poor creatures werecoming to mass inNoumea, and, itis now known, were quiteinnocent.
"I hear that theofficer who ordered thesemen to be shot really regrets the occurrence,and that bis Excellency also has expressedhis regret at the shedding of innocent blood.I know from the mission priests, and alsofrom Mr. Kama Joubert, that these poorfellowswere quiet and inoffensive, and quiteignorantof what was going on. I trust thatthe avengers, in meting out punishment,will spare the women and children. Theymust remember that two wrongs never makea right—that one race is savage, and thattheother has all theadvantages of education,religion, and civilisation—that one race arethe invaded and the other the invaders.Great regret is expressed at the death of theColonel Commandant.
"The excitement in New Caledonia isintense, but all hiaVe the greatest confidencein Governor Olry; he has commanded thestrongest admiration by his remarkablecoolness, arid with the great promptitude hedisplayed in despatching the troops in everyavailable direction. The Governor has agrave responsibility,-a terribleresponsibility,on his shoulders. Only two tribes, perhaps1000 men, have yet revolted; all the others,are quiet, and the mission Kanakas haveoffered to figfcit against the rebels, asking tobe led by a French officer, in conjunctionwith their priest; but then there is noknowing what one false step might do.Fortunately the prisoners are quiet, butsome sympathy must exist with them, andif the tribes all revolted, and marched onNoumea, the consequence would be frightfulto contemplate." The cause of the rising—this is what I
am so anxious to get at. Now, fromwhat I can learn on this subject, I find asfollows :—'Che nativesasked for their limita-tions, and were satisfied with them; butthose limitations were never observed by thesettlers ; and the settlers neglected fencingin their land, aud allowed their cattle to de-stroy the little reserves of the natives, eattheir taro, -yams, &c, &c. Also somesettlers have been tampering with theirwomen; and worse than all, I believe thesettlers have had little or no regard for fheirgrave-yards, Ibelieve in one or two instancesploughed them up. If this is the case, a sadmistake liau been committed. Then as well—I believe young commandants and officers.in charge of the districts, have been ratherdictatorial and harsh on them—these griev-ances have been rising for some time, and onChene taking the native women a burst wasth« result, andanother sadmistakeoccurred,when Chene was killed, in arresting_thechiefs. The natives of this island veneratetheir chiefs far -more than a good many ofv.B do God Almighty; and if a hand in angeria placed on one of them the tribes will notstODat anything to have revenge. I don't'mean to say that any grievances the nativeshare to complain of would justify them inthe frightful maesacre committed, butI meanto say in talking of generalextermination itid our duty to inquire into the causes andinto all the grievances of the natives. Lettue tribes in revolt get a severe lessonby all means, but I call it nothing less thanmurder for men to go on shooting black menand women because other black men killedthe whites. We must consider that ■ theAtai tribe was never christianised, norwould Governor Gillonallow the tribe to bechristianised. I believe, on the contrary,he had some young children of this tribe, asan experiment, educated without religion.
"Several persons have stated to me—'.Wehear from private sources that the scenes be-held at Bouloupari were something horrible.Is it true or not V As I atn asked tho ques-tion, I regret I am compelled to go more intodetails on this matter than I would wish, forthe description given me by an eye-witnessisso heartrending and revolting, it makes onesiok to think of it. 1am certain the horriblesights—the hacking and the mutilationof thebodien, are even more frightful than anythingthathappenedeven duringthe Indianmutiny.One gentleman says as follows :—' I ftlt my
' senses leave me on hearing my horse's hoofscoming thud, thud on the dead bodies, mauyhalf burned, some so black that at first sightI thoughtthat they were the remiios of theblacks. Then thestench, for the bodies were
■ aereral days laying about under the hot sun.3 iitoopeddown,and I saw the pigs aud dogsl.ad been eating theremains, but, good God,when!saw the remains of theMoatini family,especially the young girl about 16 years ofage (her inside had been cut out, and; filled-
with broken bottles), I said tomy companion,' For God's sake, come away; this is hell.'On putting spurs to my horse I happened tolook round, and in the midst of this frightfulcarnage I beheld one sight I cannot readilyforget. It was that of a babe as if sleeping,with such a heavenly smile. I could havekissed it. lam by some considered an infi-del ; perhaps so. I looked at mycompanionand said, pointing to the child, ' This is God'sangel. . Wo rode - away, I don't knowwhere.'
"We have every confidence in the Frenchauthorities, moreespecially as GovernorOlry,who, by-the-bye, at this time of excitementis the only one in Noumea that carries a faceso cool that not even a muscle moves ; butstill, considering the vast amount of Britishinterests at stake in Noumea, I consider alarge man-of-warshauld immediately be sentdown to New Caledonia. Ipromised severalgentlemen o£ influence in Noumea 1 wouldgive the matter a shove in the Press."Details of population in 1577 : —2753 civil
(say 600 English or colonialin this number) ;
military, 3032; deportees, 3536 ; trans-portees, 5993 ; and labourers, 1281. To thismay be added, say, 1000'more convicts sincearrived, so we have military and civil in loto5755, against convicts of all classes, say,12,110, with a native population of, say,25,000 of all tribes."
THE PROSPECTS OF UNDER-WRITERS.
Thk year of grace, 1878, unless each changeof the moon brings with it a new era of pros-perity, will be an unfortunate one for under-writers. In a time of great commercialdepression, such as that through which weare now passsirig, a body of business menlike underwriter:) must, as a matter of course,expect to find their annual profits sensiblydiminished. They cannot hope to escape theblight that extends te every branch of tradnand industry. And itwill thereforesurprisenone to hear that marine insurers join in thegeneral chorus of complaint that business isslack, and that, to use the expression that isrepeated ad nauseam, "there is nothingdoing."
The public confidence, Btrained to theutmosfi in 1577, has broken, down in the con-templation of the black cloud of war that,looming in the horizon at the beginning ofthe year, ha 3 since drawn every momentnearer and nearer to us. Our markets areplentifully stocked; the warehouses of thogreat cotton lords are filled with yarns andcalicoes; but there are no buyers. Theprice of every commodity wo can offer to theworld decreases every month. Our shipsarerotting in dock; freights are scarcely worththe earning ; and the value of vessels of allclasses has deteriorated greatly. Not only,then, do we every day supply our customerswith less goods than before, but the legitimatesubjects of insurance—ships, freights, andcargoes—have become depreciated in value.
All these causes operate against the under-writer, even more than the merchant. Forwhile both find therespective spheres of theirbusinessoperationscontracted to thenarrowestlimits, yet, as far as their mutual relationsare affected, the latter reaps the benefit ofthe alteration. The market is stocked withindemnitiers ; the demand is small, andaccordingly the price is but a moderate one.In other words, owing to the necessary com-petition amongunder writers forwhatbusinessthere isto be had, tho premiums of insurancedecrease.
This is precisely what has happenedduring the last few months. The resultcannot be profitable to underwriters. It is afirst principle of the System of insurancethat premiums should, to quote tho words ofa great authority on these matters (Mr.Manley Hopkins), "be so adjusted to risksas to leave a reasonable margin of profit."The current rates, although subject tofrequent fluctuations, have been so calculatedas to leave the insurer a balauce of profit;but they have sunk so far below the averagerates now as to extlude all hope of profitablereturns. But what are underwriters to do ?
It is all very well for the old establishedcompanies, the Rothchilds of insurance, towait patiently till trade revives, and to de-cline to make any large reductions in theirrates. The smaller fry—the vast body ofprivate underwriters—must take risks, mustdo work, if they wish to live. Accordingly,they run the desperate hazard of acceptingthe miserably inadequate and probablyunremunerative premiums that merchantsand shipowners now offer.
-To -"aggravate the case," the law ofchances (with respect to disasters at sea) has'not been observed. The number of totallosses has not declined in proportion to thediminution of business; and, last month,entailed exceptionalbadluck onLiverpoolandLondon underwriters. Two large steamers—the Childwall Hall and the Mangrove—bound to Bombay, with generalcargoes fromLiverpool, were totally lost. The grossvalue of the property destroyed, nearly thowhole of which was insured in LondonandLiverpool, was over a quarter of a million,and tne underwriters chiefly interested can-not possibly recoup themsslves this year onrisks to and from the East Indies. Let it beadded that over 100 vessels were lost in themonth of April; that between sixty audseventy of these were British property, andpresumptively insured, therefore, for themost part in England ; and, that thelowestestimate of the value of the property des-troyed, places it at £700,000; and it willthen be seen that these are "hardtimes"indeed for those who indemnify shipownersand traders against losses at sea.
We entertain very strongly the opinionthat the unfortunate position in . whichunderwriters are placed, is taken undueadvantage of by their clients. The rates ofinsurance are lower even than the generalslackness of trade will justify, and supposingthat the present depression continues for acouple of years, merchants will find that, ifthey wish to insure, they must increase thepremiums. For, two years of the*<currentrates would fill the listof bankrupts with thenames of members of Lloyd's, and send allthe young insurance companies into liquid-ation.
Our columns are closed against the discus-sion of nationaland political questions, but itmay be pointed out that the interests of theparticular class of the community for whichwe write, depend on a peaceful solution ofthe Eastern Question. Wu doubt not thatthe general body of underwriter!! will befound neither deficient in patriotism, norreluctant to make sacrifices, when thehonourand interests of the nation are at stake, butthey have suffered greatly already, throughthe dulness of trade, and would share largelyfrom the benefits that would arise from thedissipation of the war cloud and the ensuredcontinuance of peace.—Bevieiu.
THE BLACKBIRD DISASTER.The Melbourne Argus, of the Ist July,says r—" We believe that those who haveattentively read the evidence given beforethe Steam. Navigation Board with regard tothe events which preceded, accompanied, andfollowed the wreck of the steamship Black-bird, will have come to the conclusion thatthis disaster couldonly have occurred in oneway. It is hardly possible to imagine thatanyone holding such aresponsible positionasthe commanderof a vessel does could exhibitthe carelessness, recklessness, ignorance, andfolly which are proved to have been dis-played. Captain M'Conachyappears to haveneglectedevery ordinaryprecaution necessaryto safe navigation, and to have wound up bymistaking a flashing light—a light which wasclearly recognised by two of his seamen as anintermittent one—for the fixed light on Wil-son's Promontory. After goiDg ashore once,he proceeded under full steam and a press ofcanvas, he knew not whither, and when themate again Baw breakers ahead, and calledout ' full speed astern,' this most comicalnavigator repeated the cry after the mannerof sailors to let it be known that he heardand understood tho direction, but left tbetelegraph unaltered, and allowed his ship togo ' full speed ahead' to destruction. Towhatconclusiondothese circumstances point?However, if we admit that nothing but care-lessless and error led to the catastrophe, is itpossible to imagine more culpable neglect orwant of judgment? If all vessels were to benavigated after Captain M'Conachy's fashion,it would be "about as safe to use a powdermagazine for a smoking-room as to go downto tbe sea in ships. And what punishmenthas been meted out for this shameful con-duct 1 Simply a suspension of certificate for12calendarmonths. This penalty is perfectly
farcical when considered' in connection witbthe offence which led* to it. No man whocould demean himself as Captain M'Conachydid is fit to be entrusted with the charge ofhuman lives and valuable property. TheBoard, -we .think, is greatly to blame for nuthaving cancelled tho certificate altogether,and so rendered it impossible for its possessorever to go to sea again in command of aBritish ship. The sentence is so totally in-adequate to the offence that we trust theAttorney General will see the necessity oftaking further proceedings. We a|;ree en-tirely with a correspondent ('Boiithooli')whose letter we inserted recently, who verilybelieves ' that were tho coast as thicklyplanted with lighthouses as Boiirke-s tr'eefc is,with gas lamps, tEafc captains will run on:blindly in the dark, and lose their ships as of
yore, until some fitting punishment be foundwhich will make such recklessness a cautionto them.' We do not urge a prosecution inorder that a great offender may get his-deserts, but simply in the interests of thosewhose businessor pleasure takes them to sea,and whose lives may be sacrificed at anymoment, because the arm of the lawhas nottaughtmaster mariners the dutyof caution."
THE TRIAL OF VERA ZASOULITSCH.Vera Zasocxitsch, the young lady whorecently attempted to assassinate GeneralTrepoff, the chief .of thepolice, hasbeen triedat St. Petersburg, and acquitted." The trialhad excited great interest, especially as anillustration of thestate of society in Russia.It shews both the terrorism by which thatcountry has been - governed, and the newspirit of freedom which is moving among itspeople. The girl's history is a romance,which would be incredible anywhere else.
The daughter of an officer in the Russianarmy, she completed her education in aboarding-school at Moscow, but appears tohave commenced her career as clerk in theoffice of a subordinate judge. Thence she.went to St. Petersburg, where she supportedherself by bookbinding, while attending thelectures at the urWersity, and qualifyingherself for tho post of mistress of a primaryschool. The girl-student had, however,already fallen under the espionage of thopolice, for she had formed at Moscow theacquaintance of a student named Netchaieff,the brother of one of her school-fellowe, whotook'anactive part in a conspiracy discoveredin that city. Netchaieff, after shooting theman who, as he believed, had denouncedhim, had fled to Switzerland, and VeraZasoulitsch was suspected of being themedium through whom he maintained atreasonable correspondence with his friendsin Russia. She was at length seized, andwhen only 17years of age throwninto prison,where she was detained for two years. Nocharge was made against her, and at last shewas liberated, but only to be re-arrested afew days afterward, and in May, 1870,shewas transferred to the fortress of St. Peters-burg; and in March, 1871, she was againliberated as suddenly and arbitrarily as shehad been arrested. But her enlargement wasof the briefest duration. It was during thefifth week in Lent that Mademoiselle Zasou-litsch was set free. In the course of Easterweek she was again seized by the police, andhurriedoff, at 1 o'clock in the morning, to aprison for convicts destined to deportation.Thence she was senb, in custody, to a placecalled Krestay, where she was appointed to"reside"—being at the time almoetpenniless—under police surveillance. Subsequently,she was permitted to rejoin her brother-in-law, who was likewise a political exile, atTver; but thisgentleman, getting into troublefor distributing seditious pamphlets, wasbanished to the government of Koshoma,while Verawas re-arrested, conducted to St.Petersburg, and thence exiled to Soligalitch.In December, 1573, the police sent her toKharkoff, which, it may be mentioned, is atleast a thousand versts from St. Petersburg,where she romained until September, 1575,''studying midwifery." For the last fewyears, she has lived in retirement, broodingover herwrongs, aud watching political move-ments with the eagernea3 of a miail quick-ened by misfortune. She had returned to St.Petersburg, buthad not forswornher Nihilistsympathies.
Iu the summer of last year her indignationwas fired by the treatment to which a poli-tical prisoner, Bogoluboff, was subjected byGeneral Trepoff. It is said that this Bogo-lubofif was her lover, but the statement seemsfounded ou inference rather than fact. Theintensity of her feeling is explained by thesympathies engendered by her ownsufferings.The man had been condemned to penal servi-tude for plotting against the Government,and had been temporarily confined beforeundergoing his sentence iu a House ofDetention attached to the Ministry of Justice.This place, which is not subject to theordinary police, was, however, often visitedby General Trepofl". He happened to seetwo prisoners walking and talking togetherin tho prison yard. This was a breach ofrule3—why was it permitted, tho generalwished to know. One of the two, Bogolu-boff, wished to explain without taking offhis cap while ho did so. The general toldhim to be silent, and struck at him. Bogo-luboff let his cap fall off in avoiding theblow, coolly replaced it on his head, and leftthe general todigest the affront. The indig-nant prefect of police ordered Bogoluboff toreceive 24 strokes with a birch—an orderwhich was probably altogether illegal, andwhich seems to have stirred up somethinglike an insurrection in the prison. The de-tails of the punishment were described iu thecourse of the recent trial as sickening andrevolting, the rods with which tho strokeswere given appearing to form almost assevere au instrument of torture as the legallyabolished knout. For it should be remem-bered, as a indication of Russian progress, inspite of this arbitrary rule, that the decree ofthe Emperor Alexander for the abolition ofserfdomwas followedby an ordinance abolish-ing the punishment of the knout, and forbid-ding all corporal punishmeat except in a fewexceptional cases, such as those of mutinousconvicts. The unhappy sufferer in thisinstance had no hope of redress, for he waspolitically dead; but his punishment was in-flicted in the prison-yard, and visible from allthewindows of the male and female prisoners.While in the House of Detention, prisonersare allowed to see their friends, aud it seemsthat one of them, a political prisoner', a ladynamed Tcharouckine, gave an account of thespectacle as she witnessed it, which foundits way into the St. Petersburg newspapers.The facts did not pass unnoticed in thehigher circles, and a commission had beenappointed to inquire into the affair. VeraZasoulitsch had not heard of this. Shedeclaredin her evidence that she had waitedsome time to see whether the high authoritieswould take any notice of General TrepofTscruel and tyrannical conduct; but she foundthat "no oue thought it worth while to callhim to account, and that he was altogetherirresponsible." Then, through the mediumof a friondwho, she said, knew nothing of herplans, she purchased a revolver, asked anaudience of General Trepoff, as if for thepurpose of presenting a petition, and visitinghim in his reception-room, shot him in theside.
There is no dispute as to tho facts of thoassassination. The excited woman—nowabout 26 years of age—had fired at GeneralTrepoffat a distance of onlya yard, and in-flicted on him an all but mortal wound. Forseveral weeks his life was in great danger.The case was tried in a crowded Court,before a public of some 500 or 000 persons,all of whom had received tickets of admissionfrom the presiding judge. Prince Gortscha-koff, and many of the most distinguishedpersons in St. Petersburg, were present,including literary aud scientific men, highofficials, aud people of fashion. The trial byjury is part of the new system of criminalprocedureintroduced by thopresentEmperor.In this case the jurywas composed of men ofeducation and good social position—morethan half were Government functionaries,two were merchants, one was a noblemanof independent position, and onea studentof the University. Yet Vera Zasoulitschwasacquitted, and this verdict was receivedwith applause in Court.
A crowd had assembled in the streetsadjoining, and the cheering was loud audenthusiastic when Vera Zasoulitsch emergeda free woman. But the rejoicing was sulliedby another tragedy. Tho y St. Petersburgcorrespondent of theDaily Nexus, writing thenext day, gives tho following occount of thislast scens :—"Without waiting for thodeparture of the crowd of Nihilists andstudents who blocked up aud surrounded thebuilding in which the Court sits, the chan-cellor immediately caused Mdlle. Zasoulitschto be set at liberty. Scarcely had she setfoot in the streetwhen she was loudly cheeredby tho mob, and tho curious, who alwaysassemble on such occasions, began to followher, ehouting all the time. Seeing this, alocal functionary shewed her into a vehicle,that she might return home in peace. Butimmediately the boldest of the studeutsendeavoured to mount upon the vehiclo andtake the place of the driver. Being preventedfrom doing this, they followed for some dis-tance, and at last the mob became so densethat the vehicle was obliged to stop. Mdlle.Zasoulitsch alighted from it; then, thepoliceendeavouring to restore- the circulation, anaffray took place, amidst which two shotswore fired, one strikinga student in the fore-head, and stretching him on the ground stonedead ; the other wounding a woman. Mdlle.Zasoulitsch herself re-entered her resideucesafe and sound, but this morning she haddisappeared. Tuo police are searching forher, and the authorities are making inquiries.Aβ is invariably the case, it has been reportedthat it was the agents who fired. This isdenied, however, and it is explained that therevolvers with which they are furnished areof a large calibre, and the twoballs extractedby the surgeons from thearm of tho woundedwoman and from thohead of the studentwhowas killed, liave been declared to be of asmall size-, and diameter, exactly fitting thebarrel of therevolver found in thepossessionof the dead student. It is asserted that justas he-was,drawing the trigger his arm wasknocked'aside by one of the police, and that
he thus involuntarily shot himself. Theinquiry which has been instituted will nodoubt throw light upon the matter."
Meanwhile the St. Petersburg newspapershave expressed satisfaction with the resultof the trial, and some of them with suchenthusiasm of language that four of theirnumber have received warnings for articleson the case.
There are rumours of riots also in severallarge towns, the most important being atMoscow, where students appear to have ledthe disturbances. The Nihilist propaganda,it is stated, ie extending. A secret associa-tion, Btyling itself a National Government,has published a proclamation, containing arevolutionary programme, and calling uponthe Russian people to take up arms. Nearly150 persons have been arrested at Warsaw asaccomplices of the Nihilist Secret NationalGovernment. Russia would appear to beentering on a new era. The political ques-tions which have been so. fiercely debatedduring the last century in Western Europe,are now making themselves heard under herautocracy. theprice she muet pay if sheessays to be in any form the champion ofcivilisation.
SINGULAR POISONING CASE ATEDINBURGH.
The Times gives the following particularsof this remarkable case :—
The trialof M. Chantrelle, at Edinburgh,for poisoninghis wife, ended on Friday, witha verdict of guilty against the prisoner.The evidencein the case waa almost whollycircumstantial. M. Chantrelle wasa teacherof languages, who had been living in Edin-burgh for some time past, and had beenmarried about ten years ago to the womanhe had poisoned. It was at thebeginning ofthe present year that the crime was com-mitted. Up to New Year's Day MadameChantrelle had been in good health. Onthat day she became slightly unwell, andwent very early to bed. Uhe next morningshe was found by the maid-servant in a stateof partial insensibility, unable to speak andmoaning loudly. M. Chantrelle, who hadbeen sleeping, as he generally did, in anotherapartment, was at once summoned to hiswife's room. The servant, who had leftthem together fora minute or two, observedon her return that M. Chantrelle was nearthe window of the room. He complained ofa strong smell of gas, but the servant hadperceived no such smell when she first wentinto the room, and was scarcely able todetect any. M. Chantrelle then went for aphysician to attend his wife for what hedescribed as a case of coal-gas poisoning.When the physicianarrived, ho came at onceto the conclusion that the case waa not whatithad beenreported tohim, but that MadameChantrelle's symptoms were due to narcoticpoison. She was taken to the infirmary, anddied on the same day. On the Saturdayfollowing her husbaud was arrested on acharge of wilful murder. He was put on histrial laatj-il'uesday, and hag now been foundguilty by the unanimous verdict of the jury.
With regard to this case there were twopoints that needed to be established—thereason of Madame Chantrelle's death, andthe part, if any, which her husband hadplayed in causing it. As to the former ofthese, the medical evidence left very littleroom for doubt. There were the symptoms,in the first place, which pointed to narcotic'poisoning, aud not, as the prisoner had sug-gested, to poisoning from the effect of gas.it is true that no trace of the presence ofnarcotic poison could be found in her bodywhen it was examined. This, however, wasjust what might have been expected. Anarcotic poison would speedily bo absorbed,and the traces of it would accordingly dis-appear within a few hours after it wasswallowed. If coal gas had been the causeof death, it would liave been discovered bythe smell of the breath, aud still more cer-tainly by the smell of the body when it wasopened. There was no such smell, aud nopossibility, therefore, that the death couldbe put down to the cause M. Chautrelle hadassigned for it. But, besides this, there wasdirect evidence that opium in some form orother had been administered to MadameChautrelle, or had beeu taken by her, on theday of her death or on the eveuing before it.The servant who first went to her roomobserved a stain on the sheets, apparentlyfrom vomit. This stain, when subjected toanalysis, was found to contain opium. Wemay take it, therefore, as certain, from thepositive aud negative evidence of the case,that the cause ot Madame Cbantrelle's deathwas an excessive dose of opium. Thisestab-lished, it remained only to make out whetheror no her husband was the guilty party whohad administered it. Tho evidence on thispoint was indirect, but taken altogether itwas very strong indeed. Her husband, itwas proved, had opium in his possession.He had bought some in tho November cf lastyear. That he had administered it to hiswife was a way of accounting lor the factthat she had taken it. It was certain, too,that he had endeavoured to put the medicalwitnesses and the police on what we mayterm a false sceut. The gaspipe in his wife'sbedroom was found broken, and in such amanner that the fracture could not havo beenaccidental. The case for tho prosecutionwas that he had broken the pipe bimself byway of furnishing what might appear a suffi-cient cause for his wife's death. His pro-testations of innocence beforo he had beenaccused of anything were, moreover, such aswould not havo been likely to proceed froman innocent man. Wo must now look back&. little to the previous relations of the hus-band and wife. Their marriage, which, aswe have said, was solemnized about ten yearsngo, had not been a happy one. It hadbegun badly, and had gone ou badly. Theirfirst child was born when thuy had beeumarried about two mouths. Long beforeMadame Chantrelle's death she had been asutferer from her husband's ill-usage. Hehad abused her without reason, had struckher on several occasions, and had beensystematically unfaithful to her. Once hehad presented a lcided pistol at her, and hadthreatened to takrf her life. The threat thathe would poison her ho had used severaltimes. It was in his power, he said, toadminister a fatal dose which no expertcould detect afterwards. The poor woman,it appears, had gone latterly in constantterror of her life. Nor, apart from the badterms on which husband aud wife had beenliving, was there wanting a more specialmotive to the crime of which Cbantrelle hasbeen foundguilty. In October last he insuredhis wife's life for tho sum of a thousandpounds in theAccidental Assurance Associa-tion of Scotland. The policy was so framedas to take effect only in the case of her death.There was no provision for compensation forinjury, as there usually is in such insurances,and the policy, accordingly, had been issuedon lower terms. Now, if Madame Cliantrellohad really died, as the prisoner wished it tobe believed she had, from tho accidentalbreakage of a gaspipe in her bedroom, thesum for which she was insured would havebecome duo from the Association. Therewas thus a double motive to account for theprisoner's conduct. Ho desired to secureher death, and to make the appearance of thecase such as would be in every way most use-ful to himself. Tho main attompt has beenonly too successful. Madame Chantrelle'sdeath has been brought homo to her husband,and in some part from the very precautionshe tookto turn attention to the wrong cause.The evidence of his guilt has been almo3tentirelycircumstantial, and this is a kind ofproof on which juries are not apt to lookfavourably. It is often, however, the onlykind of proof which, from the nature of thecase, can bo forthcoming. It is enough ifthe whole chain is complete, and if eachseparate link of it holds well together withthe rest. These conditions, wo may be con-tent to believe, have been satisfied in Chan-trelle's case. .His motives for tho crimo ofwhich ho has been found guilty, his abilityto commit it, his various ineffective attemptsto hide it afterwards, all combine againsthim j and, in the absence of any other possi-ble explanation, they have been held to bequite sufficient.
Side by side with Chantrelle's case, thereliiS been a trial in courseof- precedure atParis for a crime of the same character.Danval, a chemist, who was accused of hav-ing niurdorod his wife by repeated smalldoses of arsenic, has just been found guilty,but with extenuating circumstaucee. Thefinding of the jury is a very singular one.If Danval was guilty of the thing imputed tohtm, his case was about as bad as could beimagined. The death Cuantrellu indictedwas speedy and comparatively painless,while poisoning by arsenic is a prolongedtorture, and involves a degree of cruelty andmalice for which no punishment can b>s heldexcessive. That a man who had been con-victed of it Bhould, nevertheless, be recom-mended to mercy, and should escape withhis life in consequence, can be explainedonlyin a way not vory creditable to the jury whohave brought in the verdict. Their findingprobably represents either a sentimentalhorror of tho punishment of death or u vaguedoubt whether tho prisoner was really guiltyat all. There was some difference of opinion,it appears, among the medical witnesses atDanval's trial, and ho may bavo had thebenefit of it in a side-way. Theact ofwhichhe was accused has been brought home tohim sufficiently to justify a conviction. Tlie
doubt with which the case was surroundedhas so to say, taken of the edge of thesentence. He has been pronounced guilty ofa murder the most horrible and the mostfiendieh, but the hagne has been substitutedfor the guillotine.
THE CUST DIAN OF JUGGERNAUTSENTENCED FOR MURDER.
The London Globe reports that the Rajah ofPeoree and four of his servants have beensentenced to transportation for life. Theywere convicted of murderiug. a religiousbeggar by torture. The Kajah, as the guar-dian of the Jnggernaut, has been a person ofconsequence and a "holy roan," and thismode of dealing with him has proved, it issaid a convincing proof to the inhabitantsofBengal of the strength of the Government.The following particulars are given regardingthe alleged torture and murder of the Babajiby the Kajah of Pooree:—The statementsand depositions show that the deceasedBabaji had the reputation of curing all sort3of distempers, which attracted the notice ofthe Dowager Hani, whose adopted son theKajah is ; and that the Rani, on a certainoccasion, sent a message to the deceased tocure the Rajah of what she believed to besigns of insanity,or, to quote thewords of theBabaji, the Rani believed "the Rajah waslosing his senses." The Babaji then sent atulasi leaf, with an intimation that the Rajahwould be cured in eight days. It wouldthusappear that there was some misunder-standing between the Dowager Rani and theRajah, and this trifling matter was, fromwhat fell from the Rajah's own lips at thetime of assult, gravely misrepresented to him.Influenced by this misrepresentation GopiSingh, peon of the Kajah, accompanied byanother servant, was sent to fetch the de-ceased, Siva Das Babaji, from Damodurpur,a villageabout five miles from Pooree. Hestarted on February 29 and returned withBabaji. While passing the Pooree policestation the head constable, Giridhari Lai,accosted the Babaji, and requested him tosit a while at the station; but the Babajisaid he had been sent for by the Rajah, audwould, if possible, call at the station on hisreturn. Babaji was then shown in, his fourcompanions (his disciples) being ordered toawait at the main entrance. The Babaji wasthen taken to the Kajah's private gymnasium,situated in a secluded part of the palace,when he was ordered tosit down. No soonerdid he so than about 10 or 12 servants of theKajah fell upon him, and commenced a seriesof brutal tortures. They belaboured himwith clubs and fists, filth being put into hismouth, the mouth tied up with a piece ofcloth. Then a number of pieces of pith wererammed into the intestines by means of astick—the manpassed thirty-nine such piecesbefore his death. He was then burned by atorch and thrown out by a back door into alane behind the Rajah's house. From thisplace he managedto crawl to the lion gate ofthe temple, a distance of about GOO feet, andwas completely overcome there. He wasobserved at 12 p.m. by two night patrols andtaken to tlie police station. The man wasthen carried in' a palki to the police stationand then conveyed to the hospital. Accord-ing to the statement of the compounder themau died on March 8.
CONSTANCE KENT.The Pall Mall Gazette states that Dr. J.Buckuill, in closing the second of his Lum-lcian Lectures on "lusauity in its Illegal.Relations," before the Royal Collage ofPhysicians, said : —lt is a happy circumstancefor U3 professionally that we nave noc oftento give direct evidence of crime. It is pain-ful enough to have to give negative evidencewhich is incriminating. The mostremarkablecase in which I have been concerned, notexcepting that o£ Victor Townley, was thecase of Constance Kent, who murdered heryoung brother and escaped detection. Afteran interval of several years a truly conscien-tious motive led her to confess, and the mostpaiuful and interesting duty fell to my lot ofexamining her for the purpose ascertainingwhether it would be right to enter the pleaof "not guilty on the plea of insanity." Iwas compelled to advise against it, aud hercounsel, Mr. (now Lord) Coleridge, on read-ing the notes of my examination, admittedthat I could not do otherwise. By her ownwish, and that of her relatives, I publisheda letter in the (Times, describing thematerial facts of thecrime ; but, to save thefeelings of those who were alive at the time,I did not make known the motive, and onthis account it has been that the strangeportent has remained in the history of oursocial life, that a young girl, not insane,should have been capable of murdoring herbeautiful boy-brother in cold blood andwithout motive. I think the right time andopportunity has come for me to explain awaythis apparent monstrosity of conduct. Areal and dreadful motive did exist. Thegirl's own mother, having become partiallydemented, was left by her husbond to livein the seclusion of her own room, while themanagement of the household was takenover the heads of grown-up daughters byahigh-spirited, governess, who, after thedecease of the Brat Mrs. Kent, and a decentiuterv.il, became Constance Kent's step-mother. In this position she was unwiseenough to make disparaging remarks abouther predecessor, little dreaming, poor lady,of the fund of rage and revengeful feelingshe was stirring up in the heart of her youngstep-daughter. To escape from her hatedpresence Constance once ranaway from home,but was brought back ; aud after this sheonly thought sf the most efficient manner ofwreaking her vengeance. She thought ofpoisoning her step-mother; but that, onreflection, she felt would be no real punish-ment, and then it was that she determinedto murder the poor lady's boy, her onlychild. A dreadful story this, but who canfail to pity the depths of household miserywhich it denotes? At her arraignmentConstance persisted in pleading "guilty."Had theplea been "not guilty " it would, Isuppose, havo been my most painful duty tohave told tho Court the tragic history whichI now tell you, in the belief that it can giveno pain to those concerned in it, and that itis mischievous that so great and notorious acrimeshould remain unexplained.
THE "TODDYGRAPH."The Cincinnati Saturday Night gives aninteresting account of one of Edison's inven-tions, thus (Kdison, it mustbe understood isthe inventor of the telephone and phono-graph) :—"lmbibing a mint julep in thesaloon adjoining, a brilliant idea flashedthrough his brain, and before he left theplace he invented an instrument that islikely to revolutionise the entire saloonbusiness. It is a machiue so constructedthat when a person who has just been par-taking of some spirituous beverages breathesinto it, the action of his breath upon apeculiarly prepared substance (also theiuvention of Mr. Edison), made to revolveby means of a small crank, makes such animpression that by again applying the lipsand turning the crank tho other way, theeffects of the drink can bo reproduced asmany times as desired, no matter how greata length of time may have elapsed. A manprovided with one of these instrumentscould prepare himself with cocktails for along jonruey, simply for the price of onedrink. Edison christened it the "Toddy-graph." Of course tho saloons will fightagainst it bitterly, as ib must inevitablydestroy the business of ninety-nine out of ahundred of them. A person can mix hisdrinks just to suit himself, and then stockhis toddygraph ■ with a supply of differentbeverages sufficient to last him a lifetime.And when he has drunk himself to deathwith it, his children can bring the instrumentout occasionally, and revive tender recollec-tions of their parent by turning the crankand getting a whiff of theold man's breath."
A FIGHT BETWEEN ALLIGATORSAND CATTLE.
The Port Cenison Times, Queenslaud,lately received anaccount of attacks made byalligators upon cattle. About the middle ofApril last the Strathmore people had occasionto cross the Bowen Biver to muster cattle.Whilst in the act of crossiug a huge alligatorsuddenly made his appparanco, but after agreat deal of shouting, waspersuaded to moveon. It took a few hours to muster the cattleon the other side, and then they returned tothesame crossing. They had alreadycrossedhalf of the largo mob, when an alligator arosein the midst of the stream and caught a largobullock by tho thigh. The beast made adaugerous plunge at the timo and managed toescape as the alligator's hold was not firm.Finding himself baulked of his prey, thesaurian turned his attention furtherdown thestream, where apowerfully framed cow wasleading the second mob. He took a fewseconds to glide down therapid curront, whenhe juujped out of the water, and seized herby the neck. At this crisis the cow hadfooting, being about four or five feet of water.A terrible struggle then ensued, the alligatorendeavouring to pull the cow under and thecow to reach the other bank. For a fewseconds the..contest was. doubtful, butthe cow having gained some footing theweight . oE the alligator,' instead of
pulling her under, seemed to give herextra force to stem the current. She strug-gled bravely on, gaining additional strengthas the water got shallower, and draggedherenemyright np on the opposite bank, thecow jumpingand bellowingall thetime. Ihesaurian finding himself out of his element, re-leased his hold, leaving wounds thatare likelyto cause the cow's death. ■ • .
BRUTAL MURDER.The Houston Telegram, of the 11th of April,gives anaccount of the murder of a "full-blooded young negro," namedWalterDering,as a punishment for endeavouring to marrythe daughter of a farmer named Maguire.The negro and the girl had for some timebeen attached to each other, and Deringhadgone to a magistrate to obtain a license tomarry, when ("miscegenation" not being alegal offence in Texas) he was arrested onsome other charge, and taken back to farmerMaguire's neighbourhood in charge of a con-stable, who took him to an unoccupied house,"locked a trace chain round his neck, drovea staple in the floor, and locked the chain tothat also." The key of the house was thengiven to Deputy-Sheriff Morriss, who, aftersupper.in company witha mannamed John-son, went to the house where the negro wasthus confined. They were here met by aband of about fifteenor twenty men onhorse-back, one of whom, drawing hill shot-gun,asked for, " the key of the house where thatnigger is." The key being delivered to them,the men dismounted, "hitched their horses,"and ordered the depuby sheriffand his friendto leave the spot. Morriss and Johnsonaccordingly retreated a short distance,"when they heard, one of the men, who hadnow entered where Dering was, strike theprisoner. It was a dull lick, as if some ofthe partyhad struckor stabbed him with aknife. It was followed by the rattling of thechain on the floor. The prisoner had evi-dently been asleep, and the blow had beengiven to awaken him. The dull sound wasfollowed bya loud exclamation of -', Oh !' fromtheprisoner. In a few secondsthe shootingbegan with shot-guns, not pistols. Therewere quitea number of shots, probably fifteenin all. At every report the negro ecreamedand hallooed till thelast four shots, when hisvoice was hushed. Immediately after theshooting the mob left, and remounting theirhorses, rode away iu the moonlight. Fifteenminutes later thedeputy-sheriff, with John-son aud Justice Holland, whom they called,walked over to look at the negro. Theyfoundhim lying dead on the floor, hie clotheson fire. He had in hi 3 body more than twopounds of lead." JusticeHolland, with muchfeeling, closed the door, saying he would holdan inquest in the morning.
THEY TACKLED THE WRONG MAN.He wasrather an uncouth-lookingindividual,aud as he sauntered into the store the crowdsitting ou the barrels winked at each otherand made remarks about his person. "Wheredid it come from ?" asked one, pointing tohim. "Somebody left the door open aud itblew in," said another. " I don't think it'salive," said a third. "Touch it and see,"remarked a fourth. "Yes, it's a man—seeit move?" queried the first. AH handslaughed boisterously. " I'm a- poor man,and 1 don't want to have any trouble withanybody. I'm a Christian, and I don't be-lieve in turmoil and strife and cau't partici-pate in it. I pray you, worldly mindud peopie, that you will allow me to depart iupeace," said the now arrival. One of thecrowd, more daring than therest, hammeredthe man's hat down over his eyes, audanother dabbed his nose full of molasses froma barrel staotliog by. Theu the poor Chris-tian took a small volume from his pocketand began reading the Scriptures in a draw-ling, siug-soni; toue. While he was engagedat this the crowd played all sorts of trickson him. One put some >2ggs in his pocketand another mashed them. Then thebiggestman iu the house poured sume oil on his hatand lighted it. Then the clerk hit him underthe nose -with- a codlish. Then that manquietly put the little volume in his coat tailpocket, aud the clerk went head first intothe molasses barrel. When the biggest manin the house picked himself up from underthe counter it was next toan impossibility toguess where his nose left off and codfish be-gan. No. 1 made work for the glazier, andhit a ventilator iu the window. Xo. 2hatched out.half a barrel of eggs, and No. 3got up on the pie shelf and stayed there.As No. 4 walked out of the door on his backhe wondered how muchit would cost to makehim as good as new, and the poor Christianremarked—"The next time you folks pickmo up for a slouch look out you ain't in thewrong pew. Good day, fellers." The clerkis waiting for them to come round and settlefor damage done, but they must havo forgot-ten where the place is, as they pass right bywithout looking in, and their bills remainunpaid.—Shcnandoah Herald.
HOW TO KEEP A PIANO.Otto Brunning writing to the Journal dejUusique in Paris, says :— "The piano is con-structed almost exclusively of various kindsof wood and metals, cloth, skin, and feltbeing used also in mechanical portion. Forthis reason atmosphericchanges have a greateffect on the quality and durability of theinstrument, and it is necessary to pretect itfrom all external influences which mighteffect the materials of which it is composed.It must be shaded from the sun, kept out ofdraught, and above all. guarded againstsudden changes of temperature. This latteris a most frequentcause of thepiano gettingoutof tune, and the instrument should be kept ina temperature not lower than 54deg, and nothigher than S6deg. P. When too cold, thewood, cloth, and skin swell, and the mechan-ism works badly; when too warm thesematerials shrink and 'produce clinking,and other disagreeble sounds. Moisture isthe greatest enemy of the piano, and it can-not be too carefully guarded against. In avery short time damp will destroy everygood point about the instrument. The tonebecomes dull and flat, the wires rusty andeasily broken, the joints of the mechanismstiff, and the hammers do not strike withprecision, and if these symptoms are notattended to at ouce, thepiano is irretriev-ably spoilt. Therefore, do not put yourpiano in a damp ground-floor rooin, or be-tween two windows, or between the doorand the window when there is a thoroughdraught. Never leave the piano open whennot in use, and, above all, when the room isbeing cleaned. Do not put it near a stove,chimney, or hot-air pipes. Always wipe thekeys after playing. Never pile books,music, or heavy things on the top. Becareful when usiug the soft pedal not tothump the notes. Do not allow five note orother exercine of a small compass on a pianoyou have any regard for. A leather covershould be kept on the instrument when notin use, and removed every day for the pur-pose of dusting. A cushion of wadding or astripof flannel laid on they keys will help tokeep them white and preserve the polish.Never leave the piano open after a musicalevening or dauce. If you are obliged tohave it in a. damp room, do uot place itagainst the wall, and raise from the floor bymeans of insulators, and always cover itafter playing. Employ the best tuneryou canget, and if a new instrument, let it be tunedevery two months during the firstyear, andat least three times a .year afterwards.Always have it tuned after a soireo if theroom has been very hot."
FEMININE BREVITIES.Some scribbling wretch says: "It takes asmuch wit not to displease a woman as ittakes little to please her." Put h-m oub.Emma Thuraby declares thatit is a mistakefor a woman artist to marry, einoo either theprofession or the husband must suffer.Baroness Burdett-Coutts is presidin" overexperiments in the art of slaughtering'cattleinstantaneouslyby the use of dynamite,Koniton lace returns with new favour fordress trimmings and is exhibited in elaboratedesigns and profusequalities on rich robes.Miss Smith, daughter of Lord Beacous-tield's First Lord of the Admiralty, haspassed tho highestexaminationat the Oxford"Local."
A Detroit woman is being reduced to herlast dress because silk is so high that shecan't afford it, and calics is so cheap thatshewon't wear it.If Dr. Mary Walker over dies there will bomore said in her favour ia one day that sh«can expect in fifty years while living. Moral:Live on, doctor.
The Housewives' Union in Berlin fed4000 families from its co-operative storeslast year, and made a profit of 2300d01.This union also owns and. publishes a news-paper.
DISCLOSING SECRETS.A MERRY EVENING WITH THE PHONOGRAPH.
It happened that Mrs. Barstinglow was goingdown to Keokuk for a few days, and Mr.Barstinglow wa3 inconsolable. At one timehe protested she should not go, he conld notendure the lonesome house in her absence.And then again he declared that if she musteo, he would neglect his office, and let hisbusiness-go to the bow wos, andJie would gowith her. At length, however, shepersuadedhim to be reasonable, and on repeated as-surance that nhe would not remain away-longer than three days, he consented to lether go. He even bought her ticket,.andordered the carriage and paid for it twodays ahead, lest bis resolution should giveway, and he should forbid her going fromhim. And from that time till the'morningof her departure, Mr. Barstinglow spoke insubdued tones, and moved about with theair of a man whose heart was buried undermountains of grief.
Before she left the house, Mrs. Barsting-to'n set the phonograph in the sitting-roombehind the clock. Then she kissed her dis-consolate husband, and begged him to pre-serve his precious life for her sake while shewas away, and then she was gone.
Every day, dnring her three days' .visit inthe Gate City, she received a letter fromher mourning husband, begging her to comeback, and telling her how lonesome he waswithout her,' and how like a grave theempty house seemed, and how the hoursdragged over his aching heart with leadenfeet. And in three days she came home andfilled the solemn house with uunlight andlaughter again.
The evening after her return to iSur-lington, she took down the phonograph.
"I wonder," she said, "what we saidlast in its hearing 1 It must be somethingwhile we were discussing isy vieit. Or maybe it has caught some of your poor, longingmeaningswhile I was away." ■ -
And then she turned the crank."Lord no," croaked the phonograph, m
tones of hearty reassurance "no danger ofthat; she's safe in'Keokuk for three. days ;
saw hersafely off mvself, this morning. Lightyourcigar while i light another lamp andmake the room look cheerful."
"Why," exclaimed Mrs. Barstinglow, in acountenance of amazement, "what on earthis it sayingf'..
"Oh, some nonsense some of yonr visitorshave talked into it some time or other,"replied her huaband, nervously, " peopletalk all kinds of stuff into a phonograph, youknow. They say anything for talk."
Mrs. Barstinglow, looking only half con-vinced, gave the crank another turn.
"This is devilish good whisky, Barsty,"ejaculated the machine; earnestly. "Youdon't get itin Burlington, do you?"
Mrs. Barstinglow gave a little 3hriek." My dear," said her husband, looking
now quite as worried as he had looked whenhe was begging her not to go to Keokuk," put itaway, somebody has had it out inthe stable, and it might say something per-fectly shocking, you know. Put it away.'
But Mrs. Barstinglow, upon whom thespirit of investigation had descended withgreat power, ground away, and the phono-graph, in a voice marvellously lik« hernusbaud's. went j-euiorslessly on.
".Not much, they don't make this kindnow. It's some old Monocgahela, copperdistilled, that Mrs. Barstinglow's mother
uave her for medical purposes three yearsa;;o. Fill up, there is pleuty of it, and leanreplace it with any kind of beverage, whenit's gone. The old girl won't know thedifference."
Mrs. Barstinglow felt herself turning tostone, but the next turn of the crankbrought out an uproarous—
"jda, ha, ha! Here'a to the o. g. !
That fanned her cheelta into a name.".b'or mere,!'a sukr, Malachi Barsting-
low," she shrieked, " what does this mean?"Mr. lSiirstiuglow now looked as though hereally did wisli she had never gone toKeokub." It's just as I tell you," he said with an
effort to look unconcerned that was like ahumourous book, a collosal success so far asits utter failure was concerned. "Some-body has been talking all sorts of nonsenseinto it just for talk's sake. How else couldit get hold of such dreadful stuff in our dearlittle home, lovey ?"
Mrs. Barstinglow didn't say, but sheturned away, and the phonograph askedcarelessly :
"Throw round for the deal?"She thought she would faint, but she
didn't, and the pitiless machine proceeded toremark, with a variety of voices :
"It's my age.""You'll have to straddle that blind if you
come in.""I'll see your little one aud raise you a
couple."" Give me two cards.""Chip one.""Push the bottle this way, Ben.""Ain't you going tostay in, Harry?""Can't stay in ona pair of sixes.""Call you."
; "Two small pair, kings tohead."Tens and deuees. Take the pot.""Barsty, get U3 something to eat. Old
girl left the cupboard keys, didn't she ?"'
"Lord, yee ; told her I was going to keepbach at home to save expenses and keep butof bad company."
"Ha, ha,"ha. Ho, ho, ho.""Oh," yelled Mr. Barstinglow ,, unable to
contain himself any longer, while his wife,more dead than alive, leaned over thephonograph and ground away at the crank ina dazed kiud o£ way. "Oh, keep it up.That's right. Keep her a going. Grind itall out. Dog gone the diabolical piece ofblack art and the vile asss-asin that inventedit. Keep it up. That's right. Believe asenseless, diabolical piece of monstrousmechanism rather than . your husbandlKeep it a going.' Keep it up."
And Mrs. Jiarstinglow did keep it up.She kept it up and listened to that phono-graph swearand shout and howl; aho heardit shriek, "Oh my eye, my eye!' Sheheard it tell some one, to let some one else"have it again in thesame place." fche heardit warn somebody to "hold his head overthe stove-hearth and not let bis nose bleedon the carpet," and at the last, as it as-sured her very thickly and with somedifficulty, that it was "a ban' of jorry goodfuffuf-fellows," and that it " won'-hicwon'go 'ome till morning," she ground it intosilence, and sank back, speechless, andbreathless, while Mr. Barstinglow took thephonograph out into the back yard andsmashedit into so many aud so small frag-ments that it couldn'treproduce even a steamboat whistle.
And now, when people go over to the Bar-stinglow's to spend a pleasant evening, andhappen to say: "What have you donewith the phonograph, Mr. Barstinglow Vitaffords the visitors entertainment for therest of the evening to study the differentexpressions which creep over the faces ot Mr.and Mrs. Barstinglow, while Barstinglow,as he answers the question, thinks he wouldgive 10,000 dollars if he could find out howthe membersof the Paragraphers'Associationtell lies so easily and make them sound somarvellously like the trath.—BurlingtonHawke-eye.
A Yankee conple celebrated their silverwedding in Vermont of whom it was saidthat they never exchanged a harsh wordduring their wedded life of twenty-fiveyears. The most incredulous will believe itwhen it is stated that they are deaf mutes.
The 3?aris newspaper Figaro is mostflatteringin its mention of English women atthe Exhibition. It says that "their decidedwalk, the crdnerie of their appearance, theirair of interest, frankly shewn; the cut oftlleir garments, is altogethervery picturesqueand fresh." The further exclamation" that out of teneight are generaliy youne;,and five actually pretty," completes the ele-gant compliment.
Ben Taylor, a coloured man living in thisplace, has lately returned from Washington,whither he had been to secure a patent fora steam engine, which he has invented, andwhich, if the judgment of many experiencedand scientific men to whom, he has shewnhis model is correct, is calculated to revolu-tionise the present application of steam.The engine is rotary, having the steamapplied at the circumference of a wheel,giving thus treble the force o£ ordinaryengines, with no diminishing of powerat thevarious stages of the revolution o£ thewheel.This invention dispenses with all themachinery except the oue wheel, which, an-swers at "once the purpose of cylinder anddriving wheel, and two steam-boxes throughwhich the steam is applied. Ib is estimatedthat enginesof this plan can be manufacturedat one-fourth, or less, thecost of those now inuse, and their simplicity and the possibilityof making them of extremely light weightwill extend the use of steam engines beyondthe present limit. Ben Taylor, the inventor,is a sort of, mechanicalgenius, having teforemanifested an insighb into mechanics of noordinary degree. Hie invention, if nothingfails, and the probabilities are in his-favour,will rack him among the first inventors of
I the day.—liosedale, Miss., Journal,
NEWS IF BRIEF.At Leicester gas ie 2s 10d per lmn „„■. -feet. . CUll« i
Phosphorus has a sedative effect on n, *brain. - he jj
There are 72 postmistresses in thelJVi IStates.
"m*i |The wisdom tooth in man is bein» or.i '-■
ally lost. • IThe electors in the United Kingdom„
%ber 2,909,677. , nnill - i
The tenacity of alumniumis found to fi> *
equal that of steel: . °% %
At Oldham a woman has succumbed to ftvegetarian treatment. lti ''The literary classes of England are indjt
ingin "Shelley worship." ?•
Picrammate of ammonia impartscertain advantages orange shades to textile,
At the present time there are eight ne*, -papers in England more than a centuryold." Bishop. Claughton has ]ust -sixty persons in the Episcopal churchy,«
The Folk-Lore Society, London, has c'lL ;into possession of a collection of Japanese- %
nursery tales.There are fifty-five Baptist churches ia •"
PhUadelphia. Of these seventeen are acßentirely free of debt. _
Talmage says Russia is puffed up, ■'■:thinks that because she can carve a turkey
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she can slay a lion."■ The Paris International Literary Congrea•will be composed of 326 HSerary member.186 Frenchand 140 foreign.
For the firet time within the memory 0[any living physician in Londona death bjyellow fever has occurred there.
A case of hydrophobia in the human 'ject has be successfully treated bycatuiijthe patient to inhale oxygen. ;
- Rapid cures of diphtheria by means t [ Jinhalations of turpentine are reported by a 'prominent New York physician.
At the recent marriage of the King o! iSpain, the Duchess of Santonia wore a he&J. idress which had taken seven years to make. y
Deacon Block, of Atlanta, was suspendedfrom church membership because he allowedhie family and gueats to dance in his parlour.
Thenew alloy, knownas manganese bronz»has been found to greatly-exceed in tensilestrength both Muntz or yellow and gjjmetal.
Within a few days upwards of 34,000 o!the "Improved Domestic Telephone" havebeen sold by the London Stereoscopic Com-paDV.
In Germany there are Gardeners' Socictieiall over the country, and many of them artbanded together in a Unity, with au organof its own.
The name of Mme. Patti (alone with thatof Malibran) has been inscribed in the Bookof Gold of the Philharmonic Academy ofBologna.
The dentists of Schleswig-Holsteia areagitated over the question whether or notsalicylic acid is to be recommended as adentifrice.
Twelve of the missionaries sent outby PopeLeo XIII. ■ for the conversion of CentralAfrica have left for Zanzibar, soon togo tothe interior.
One of the most ingenious forma of locknow made is constructed without keyhole,with changeable kev, and is useless to allbutthe owner.
Upwards of 500 street aiabs have memo-rialised the Glasgow Po'ice Board, prayingthat measures should be taken for theirsupervision.
Joseph Livesey, of Preston, the founder ofthe movement in favour of total abstinencefrom all intoxicating drinks, completed hisS4U) year lately.
Some live roots of shamrock, from the HiUof Tara, Mcath, were bronght ouc by tieChimborazo to Melbourne, and landed iahealthy condition.
According to various chemical analyses,the presence of magnesia in drinkable waten:does not produce so hurtful an action as hasoften been supposed.
Geologists, as wellas others, are naturallymuch interested in the fact of coal havingbeen discovered in latitude 81° 44' north andlongitude 65° 3' west.
The intellectual ablilities of the Japaneserace have been evidenced in a strikirgmanner by a quartet of students from thatcountry now studying in Berlin.
Recently, in a West-end church, th»preacher incidentally said a few words iupraise of the Emperor of Russia, whereuponseveral persons left the' building.
"George Eliot's" manuscript is said to be"beautiful, clear, and full of character;"while that of Mrs. Oliphant is in 30 fine Jhand as to be very difficult to read. •
The Early English Text Society willpnb-lish a photo-lithographic fac-simile of themanuscript of "Bcowuli," the earliest Anglo-Saxon poem, which- is now in the BritishMuseum.
Mme. Christine Nilsson has accepted anengagement by W. Pyatt for nine concertsin the English provinces next autumn, withSims Reeves, Mr. Santley, and other emi-nent artists.
Thewife of Profeseorßassett.of WatnmpkaAla., recently found, on the bank of theCoosa River, a diamond of enormous size andremarkable purity, which has been appraisedat 75,000d015.
It is said that the boarding out of pauperchildren is taking a decidedly favourable
.place in the popular, and even in the official,mind. In Scotland alone no less than 5,000children are boarded out.
Mr. Arthur Arnold, in an address on"Free Land," at Bolton, said thatso,ooo,oooacres—nearly four-fifths of the United King-dom—know no freeholder. These acres arethe patrimony of thelanded gentry.
In consequence of reports concerning thewonderful bass voice possessed by a youngclerk in the customs at Berlin, Herr vonHulsen, after hearing himsiDg, directed thathis musical education should be completed »tthe expense of the Koyal Opera House.
' Atone of the gre.it tin establishments inBohemia an alloy o( iia is now made contain-ing the greatest possible quantity of phos-phorus that the tin is able to retain withoutlosiag any of it upon repeated meltings, andthis compound is employedinthemanufactureof phosphorus bronze.
The vitalstatistics ot France for IS7-4hivejust been published. They shew that therewere 966.GS2 birihe duringthat year, 534.074deaths—sa that the increase of populationamounts to 132.60S—and 291,366 marriages.During the same period England's increase ofpopulation was 205,000, half as much againas that of France, although the latter countryhas 50 per cent, more people than that o£England. _In England there was one birth toevery 2S inhabitants, while in France theproportion was as 1 to 36.. In a longarticle on the military and naval
resources of England, the Neue Freie Prtslsays that the great point in favour of the lat-ter is that if at first she could only put snequal number of troops into the field withRussia, the combative resources of the latterwould gradually decrease, whilst those olEngland increased. Without taking theestimate formed by Englishmenof their ownstrength, it is an undoubted fact that theBritish infantry is the best in the world, andmany experienced generalsare of opinion thatthe British soldieris individually equal totwoFrenchmen or Germans. In any case, ic issafe to assume that 300,000 Bussians vronldhave their work cut out to drive 200,000British troops into the sea.
The market for livings seems to be lookingup, or else people are getting anxioas to "re-alise." In the Times of the 27th April thereare no fewer than twenty-tw.o advertisementsrelating to the sale of advowsons. Here wehave "prospect of immediate possession;'"incumbent aged 77;" "incumbent agedabout 80 ;" in one case livingbeing valuedat£2117 a year—" the iuenmbent is inhis 7Stbyear." And who would not be temptedwi"lthis ? "The rectory house, with entrancelodge, has been recently built, contains foar-teeii bed and reception rooms, ample domS-tic offices, replete with every comfor ; !stabling, &c. It is mostpleasantly situate onthe knoll of a hill, immediately adjoining" l',church, surrounded by terraced walks,pleasure grounds and gardens." Who willbuy?
U: ptain de Winton, of Graftonbury, 3"srHereford, has recently lost an interestingpet, which has fallen a victim to its overrul-ing passion for the combat. Accordingly tothe Hereford Times, Captain de iVinton, h&for some time had in his possession a finespecimen o£ the ichneumon or inongoo=e>
which woulJ presist in breakingoutand »W'bling the neighbourhood, when woe beanything in the shape of poultry, pis eo? 5'cats, or any other auicnal of moderate s»This placky animal at Graftonbury seems »
have proved that the estimate placed D Jnaturalists on hiscourage is not ex»gg era'e>
r"Unfortunately for this mongoose, howe*f •he broke out on Saturday and, meetinga shepherd's dog twenty times his sizf'v otgave him battle, aud the contest w '"x - j,™aud furious. The mongoose got the do,the side of the face above th? eye ami law
open to the snout, and at one time seemhave the best of it, as the dog ww |
to retire ; but resumed th<! tight, tn
themongoose over, and, catching nuobrisket before he could recover, lnnicre"-injuries that death was the result.
THE JNEW ZEALAND HERALD, SATURDAY, JULg-27. l^B.6
The explosion of a torpedo, when well directed,is not more certain in its work of destructionthan the ravages made by a neglected attack ofRheumatism, Ggut, or Liver Complaint. Themoat valuable remedy in these diseases is to befouml in those medicines known, as "Ghollah'sGueat Indian Cuues." Ample proof of this isfound in the numerous testimonials t;ivon by oldwell-known and respected Colonists, who havebeen restored to health by their use after 15 and20 years of suffering.—[Advt.]j . - ■ •
WAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL.of the.Waitemata County Council§k|s held yesterday at Mr. Lamb's store,Hpp 1,- Queen-street. There were present,O. Mays (chairman), Inlworth,||pmb, Sinclair, Gibbons, Mackay.
&iw Members.—The Chairman read theWj&blt of the election for the Wade Biding,St& Mr. Bond took hi» seat instead of Mr.SQrayd, resigned.PgbbRRESPONDENCE.—The Chairman readBjfi|jh:iut-going correspondencesincelast meet-
|rl§£at I.RIMK North.—At its last meeting theJ&»Bicil had granted timber for 14 culvertspSgufHired oh the A rarimuroad. Theyapplied
and now asked to have iron?|JKgSr,: including bolts, nails, &c , as well.—fjSfc|jwaß agreed to grant the request ; thejCTtfek to be done under the engineer's super-|jjltiori; the engineer to report on what iron
wasrequired as soon as the timber was<KljQieground.SffIy.yJSKHE'AD Wuakf.—Mr. Lamb said on
he" observed that Captain CaseyfcJlfiSluJSoved in the matter in the Harbour
was agreed that thn Councilthe approaches if the Harbour
the structure.f sCSs'r|jCNOT.— The Chairman of the localBoard<fo)gS ,aTded receipt for £S, a contribution to
or making of a bridge.sjJjPgßi.ic Works.—Several letters were re-•pexSSi\froTa the Minister of Public Works.
Riding.—There-was anapplicationthe candidates for election of the Wade
ifeSiding, asking to have the meetingpostponedJ;«i!j|al the member was elected.45&JIOB30NVILI.E.—An application was madefrfSjra contribution to the wharf. The resi-£jjxeHta had expended £50 on the wharf.—lt
to refer the matter to Mr. AU-rrigillt to report as to cost.'tsfel(B(H'if TY Conference. — The Chairmanamoved, "That Mr. J. S. Macfarlane be.re-CfWaested to represent this Council in the
Council Conference at Wellington, toearly in August."—The motion was
SstjColided,and someconversation took place.—~/Kietterw;!s read from theWairarapaCounty
stating their opinion that the'-jr'Sovernment Rhould be urged to guarantee*ilw3((s for county purposes—There were alsorjjioftera from other County Councils, contain-
as to the course of action toJjjje taken, amongst others, on the question ofSjjije&erves for county purposes.—lt was agreedjjjio^instruct Mr. Allwright to ascertain
there were any reserves availableIjlUjJihe County of Waitemata.—Mr. Lamb"jinoved, as an amendment to the Chairman'ssfsntiition, "That the Chairman representspots} Council in the Conference." —- Mr.i|SuSßlair seconded the motion.—The Chair-s-Joan said he could not promise to go atKiHSisent, but he would inform the FinancejrsCpinmittee iu sufficient time to enable themspSfjnaake other arrangements.—lu this formgUgifamendinent was agreed to.pSIaAsSESSMENT Godrt.—The order of theg#fipf<!«afnpTi+, Court relative to the WaitematallQJjttilty, already published, was read.—The
said all the preliminary workjpLSJjl|;been done, and valuation lists, &c,Ijftiwarded to the various ridiugs, and the
lists had been returned. TheregyraS':nothing more to do but to appoint aStoilector. The rate le»ied on the portions ofS;tttt/;.~ County where there were no RoadSgEy»ds, would amount to £3SO or £400.3|jif&FPßOPiiiATioNS.—The Chairman moved||tfi;e"xesolutionstandingin his name : —" Thatlitjjiesfrevenue for the current half-year beS'ajjjipropriated as follows :—Works in RoadlEßSard Districts, £561 19s 6d ; bridges andJlfqaination (Wairau), £150; Great North;&ESacl (Stokes' Point branch), £150 ; Ararimu
£500 ; portage, and adjoiningroadsIJflCaipara), £250; works (Waitakerei andSStation road), £300; Great North" Roadsjfiffaitcuiata to Rodney), £200; Titirangi,SSlßiddy Creek, and Huia, £350; GreatS;2j!jirib. Road (general), £500 "—After someSjJLscnssion, the motion was agreed to.eJlSßaiiavay station. — Mr. Lamb moved,gplEhat the Auckland and Waikato Railway
be extended to Queen-street Wharf,p.iKJitti. A3 little delay as possible, and that che(jfjnsaolntion be forwarded to the Government."fiylreSpoke at some length on the subject, andgranted out the importance of having thef?3iilway connected with the shipping andcvjjorfc-—Mr. Sinclair seconded the motion,feliact was put to the meeting, and agreed to.
Lamb moved, "That the KaiparaijfjSulway should be extended northward toi|nisiieifCounty of Rodney from the most acces-sible point on the present line."—Mr.jffiibbons seconded the motion.—Mr. SinclairIssgoke on the subject, and pointed out theScourse which, in his opinion, the railwayfjextfinsion should take, and moved as anIjafiiendment, "That the Chairman be em-Upowered to sign on behalf of the Council ajggetition which he held in his hand." It wasiaiffollows :—
\T6 the Honourable the Speaker and Members'l jt. of the House of Representatives of New>, Zealand in Parliament assembled.Ij-The petition of the undersigned merchants,
teettlers, and others interested in the Kai-vara ind surrounding districts, humblyahewetli :—l. That, in consequence of the
of the ground having necessitatedi the stoppage oF the works .at the new terminus
the Kaiptua. railway at Stewart's Flit, andtbs abindonment of the original plans, your peti-tioners would most respectfully urge the great
t desirability of extending the line to the junction« o£jtho Kaukapakap.% with the Kaipara River.j2, Thac there is a suitable site for the terminus;ai Kaukapaknpa, and chat there would be no
difficulties in the way of the pro-jposed extension, which we believe could be con-'Jrtnicted at the same average cost per mile as'ilhe present line between Riverhead and Helens-villfi. 3. That the proposed extension would
exceed two and a-half miles, and wouldaave about seven miles of a tortnous tidal creek,■*infT7hichgreat difficulties and delays are often
by vessels between ECaukapakapa''and Helensville. 4. That the terminus at Kau-'fapakapa wonld be on a Government reserve,
c «*ataining 354 acres, and adjacent to a block ofland comprising upwards of 3000
.licrea. 5. That, in the event of the railwayJoeing carried further North, Kaukapakapa'•would afford a most eligible starting point for
' future operations. G. That, should the forego-'lßg petition be granted, great public con-
would be conferred on Kaukapikapa".and surrounding districts (who at presentf, scarcely use the railway at all), while, at the-issnie time, great advantage would be secured
whole of the more northerly settlements: Je!n.*tlie Kaipara and its many tributaries. 7.illiat, for these and many other reasons thatBlight be given, your petitioners humbly trustithat their prayer may be granted ; and, aa indutybound, your petitioners will ever pray, &c.
a petition adopted at a public£meeting held at Kaukapakapa.—Mr. Lambyteplied, and Mr. Sinclair withdrew his
and substituted, ""Tnat >
j-COJJJ£ of the petition be signed andfoiWarded by the Council to the House of
jgßepreaentatives."—The Chairman said the'motaan and amendment did not clash, and_rMri,sJ3inclair's Blight be put as a separate
Mr. Lamb's motion was then put,Qiifdagreed to, and Mr. Sinclair moved his
|jnotlon.—Mr. Lamb objected to adoptingpoint. He would leave that
,|lsattor in the hands of the engineers.—Mr.seconded the resolution, and it was
JFje&ried.IfrslTbis concluded the business.
To Broil Oysters.—Use a double gridironthat folds together.; grease the bars whichprevents sticking, then dip each oyster intomelted butter, place them upon the ironenough to cover it, have a brisk fire, andbroil; constantly baste with butter whendone, serve, on very hot toast, in hotdishes. Use no crackers or crumbs of anykind.. . \ ■'/;._':;-■,,.:: ■■■ ■■ ■ ■ ■. -.
Good Templary.—The Hope of Wha-ngarei Lodge having nearly completed itsthird anniversary, resolved, at a meetingheld on Monday evening, to hold the anni-versary in September, when the Rev. S.Edgar, from Auckland, is expected to bepresent. The mode of celebration has notyet been decided on. The officers for thenext quarter werealso electedat themeeting.
Railway.—A monster railway meetinghaving been advertised to beheld on Wednes-day, the 24thinsfc., a large numberof setclersand others met at the Hall. Mr. FinlaysonSmith was voted to the chair, and Mr. It.Mair actod sis secretary pro tern. After thesecretary had read the notice convening themeeting, Mr. G. E. Alderton, as convener,read the petition thai was proposed to besent to Parliament, asking for railway exten-sion.—Mr. R. S. Carter proposed, secondedby Mr. J. Griffin, "That the petition beadopted." Carried. —Mr. J. Harrison thenproposed, seconded by Mr. J. Griffin, " Thata committee of gentlemen (whom he named),to the number of 13, in addition to thechairmen of the Road Boards in thecounty, to canvass the district for signa-tures to the petition. Carried unanimously.—Several gentlemen present spoke on thesubject, and all seemed favourable to thescheme. Amongst those who occupied theplatform were Messrs. T. Smith (chairman ofthe County Council),.E. Cafler, It. Reyburn,J. O. Richardson, H. C. Holman, J. Smea-tOD, George Fraser, AVilliam Caitcheon, J.Harrison, R. Mair (Secretary CountyCouncil), and others. Abont 100 personsassembled at the meeting, which was closedwith the usual votes of thanks.—[Own Cor-respondent.]
'.&i£}s&. writer in Truth saye :—" I was walkingPall Mall a few days ago when it was
/growning dark. Before me I remarked anjo|3. man tottering along, with bent back andAweary air. What attracted my attentionjjpwfts the bright glossiness of his coat andfelds hat, which contrasted sadly with thepaged gate of their wearer. Sudden7y'SfiKe figure straightened itself, and the legs,7j£sßumed a jaunty movement. It nodded to
friend, and then again relapseddecrepitude. I passed it, and looked
see who it was. It was the Premier.j&Keara and hard work are telling on him.HJPyiiat a difference there is betweenthe Earlgrjpith the eyes of friends and enemies on him,ifcand this lonely, feeble old man creepingftjhome through the darkening streets."igfThe large list ol food fishes in Europe isjpfoon to be increased by the introduction intojpJSjanceof a, new species, the setz, one of theJplbat valued varieties found in Chinese|i|ffaterß. The fish belongs to the carp family,g*nd attains a weight of forty pounds.Experiments recently made in the Jardin d'Kcchmation have shewn it to be well adaptedCO. a European climate, and that it increasesSjttpidly.pA writer in the Baltimore Bee is of opinionghat black-eyed ladies are most apt to bepassionate and jealous. Blue-eyed, soulful,aflruthful, affectionate, and coufiiling. Gray-«yed, philosophical, literary, cold-hearted.jHazel eyed, quick-tempered and fickle. Ajwomanis either wortha good dealornothing.||i: good for nothing, she is not worth gettingJjealous for; if she be a true woman she willfgive no cause for jealousy.jpfShe was sitting on a porch at Saratoga,Jgwl her buff percale over her bit of whitepetticoat looked cool as winter sunset over aSpowy horizon. Her blue eyes Vrere large■gad luminous; roses had blushed on theSgxeam of her cheek; her lips were the
of raspberries rare ripe, and when ehe!|||as asked to go into dinner, she said, "No',"gs§;tnakes my jawu ache so." .
WHANGAREr COUNTY COUNCIL.Tiie ordinary meeting of the WhangareiCounty Council was held inthe Court-houseon Wednesday, the 10th inst. All the Coun-cillors wore present. A large amount ofcorrespondence was read.—A letter was re-ceived from John Munro, Marsden Point,offering to superintend the building of thewharf at Whangarei Reads for 2J per cent,oncost. Accepted-—From John A. McLeod,making a road from Mr. Aubrey's to FerryPost, £10' 10s. Accepted.—Letter from Mr.Neil Campbell, shewing the advisability ofmaking two culverts on the main road fromMaungaturoto to Waipu.—Mr. Rowlandsconsidered that the present expenditure of•4J2 would save much greater expense here-after. Permission granted.—A letter waereceived from Mr. John Munro, complainingof excessivevaluation. The Councildeclinedto interfere.—A letter from Mr. D. Kay, ofParua Bay, claiming compensation for aroad passing through his property. TheCouncil considered the claimreasonable, andthe chairman, Mr. Finlayson Smith, gaveinstructions to the clerk to write' to thePasua HighwayBoard to ascertain how muchthey would contribute.—Mr. F. Willis ap-plied for compensation for a road passinuthrough hie property, or that the old roadshould be conveyed to him.—The Councilconsidered that Mr. Willis received greatbenefit by the road, and that the land takenwas of little value.—The tender of Messrs.Elliot and Cooke for metalling a road atWaitawa Creek, £5 103 per chain, wasaccepted.^—On the motion of Mr. Siesons,seconded by Mr. J. I. Wilson, the accounts,as presented and passed, were ordered to bepaid.
New Rate.—The Chairman said that hewas anxious that the Council should nowstrike a, rate.—Mr. WakeliD, with a greatmajority of the ratepayers, was averse todoing away with the Road Boards. Thepublic were in favour of a6d rate. The Israte was too heavy. It was a tax on im-provements. He was already taxed £12,andit was too much.—Mr. Rowlands wasaware that the people at large wereagainst a high rate. — Mr. Hill : If•we only levy a small rate we will have asmall subsidy—"Heaven helps those whohelp themselves."—Mr. H. S. Wilson saidrating by the valuers in Highway Districtswas lower, knowing that the County ratewas coming.—-Mr. Wakelin -was aware thansome valuers had forgotten the solemn 1declaration they had made. . They werebound to make a fair valuation. He wouldkeep his eye on some of the valuers. Whatwas the good of swearing valuers for thesake of dividing rates ?—Mr. Brown advo-cated a Is rate.—Mr. Sissons was in favourof Is.—Proposed by Mr. Rowlands, secondedby Mr. Wakelin, " That the rate be Cd."—Amendment by Mr. Brown, seconded byMr. H. S. Wilson, "That the rate be Is."—For the amendment, 4—Messrs. BrowD, H.S. Wil3ou, J. S. Wilson, and Hill. Against,3—Messrs. Wakelin, Rowlands, and Mc-Kenzie. Absent—Mr. Sissons.
Ferry. — Proposed by Mr. Sissons,seconded by Mr. Brown, "That the ManaiaFerry be discontinued."—Carried.
The Government Bonus.—Proposed byMr. Hill, seconded by Mr. H. S. Wilson,"That the sum of £150 be expended ou thatpart of the main road in Fairburn's survey,between the native reserve bridge and Mr.Carter's, Mangapai; the amount to be takenout of the £2222 placed to the credit of theCouncil."—Amendment by Mr. Rowlands."That, iu order to prevent squabbling forthe money, £2000 be divided equally amongthe ridings, as had been done among thecounties."—Seconded by Mr. McKenzie.—Mr. Sisssons would object to the motion onsuch terms. He thought the division shouldbe according to the rates and mileage ofroads in each riding. If the motion waspressed he would fall back on a resolution,proposed by himself and seconded b3' Mr.Kowlands, that the money should be appor-tioned pro rctta in accordance with rates.—Mr. Rowlands: That motion referred tosubsidies, not to the County Fund.—Mr.Hill would support the motionas the fairest.—Mr. J. S. Wilson spoke in favour of theamendment ; also, that a portion of themoney, £222 4s od, be retained as a r.-serve.Manriis had received but little ; Ngungururequired a good sum to open up Governmentland: ; Hikurangi had received hundreds ofpounds.—The amendment was carried.
Ki.no Tramway.—A petition from theKamo settlers re tramway was read. Thepetitioners thought £1000 would be ample tosave the roads from ruin and form the tram-way.—Moved by Mr. Wakeliii, seconded bs-- Sissons, "That, if the tramway grantbe available, the Council to erect a newshoot further down the river."—Carried.
Miscellaneous. —The following motionswere also put and carried : —Moved by Mr.Hill, seconded by Mr. H. S. Wilson, "That£40 be expended in completing the roadfrom Kay'a ( Mareretu) to Waipu."Moved by Mr. H. Wilson, seconded by Mr.Kill, "That tenders be called for formingthe road from Puwhere to Mangapai withculverts." Moved by Mr. Hill, seconded byMr. H. Wilson, "That the Government berequested to place on the Estimates £1000for opening a road, from Mangapai to thesaw-mills at Aratapu and Te Kopuru"—thata copy of this resolution be sent to the Hob-son County Council, seeking their co-operation. Moved by Mr. J. S. Wilson, secondedby Mr. Rowlands, "That a bridge be madeover the Kerikeri river, Maunu district."Moved by Mr. Rowlands, seconded by Mr.McKenzie, "That a road be surveyed fromNorth river to Marsden Point road, and theroad made, provided the claims for compen-sation are not unreasonable." Moved byMr. Rowlands, seconded by Mr. McKenzie."That tenders be called for building theMiller's Bridge dam, to be taken out of the£400—"Waipu's share of £2000." Movedby Mr. McKenzie, seconded by Mr. Row-lands, "That the extra work on Marsden'sPoint road be immediately done with thesurplus money available for that purpose,Mr. John Munro todraw plans and specifica-tions." Moved by Mr. Siasons, seconded byMr. Brown, "That about £100 be grantedfor farther outlets on Hikurangi S tramproad."
Main Eoad.—ln answer to a question byMr. Rowlands as to when the contracts forbridges, &c., on the main road from Man-ngaturoto to Waipu, tenders for which hadbeen called at a meeting of the Councilheldtwelve months ago to-day, were to be pro-ceeded, with, the Chairman replied therewas nomoney. He believedit should comeout of the £2000.
Albertland to Waitit.—Mr. Rowlandssaid he had long ago written to theChairman that the timo for doing thework would pass, and that the moneywould be spent. The answer was, " Therewould be plenty or time, and plenty ofmoney." The season has, however, passed,and it appeared the money was spent.—TheChairman said he would apply to the Go-vernment, and send word to Waipu.—Mr.Brown, seconded by Mr. J. J. Wilson,"That bendera be called for felling bush onNgunuru road, also forbridgeacross Huranuiriver."—[Own Correspondent, July 13.]
HIGHWAY BOARD MEETINGS.
WAIRAU.The annual meeting 'of ratepayers of theWairau district, County of Hobson, was heldin the school-room, Maungaturoto, on Wed-nesday, July 10,—Mr. W. Little in the chair.The chairman of the retiring Board (Mr. J.Hurndall) read the report of income and ex-penditure for the past year, as follows :
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rteceipts: To balance, £57 13a Id ; ratescollected, £79 193 2d ; subsidy from Govern-ment, £13G 8s ;. from County Council, £45 ;from Paparoa Highway Board, £5 : total,£324 0s 3d. Expenditure : For bridges, cul-verts, earthworks, and gates, £137 4s;surveying, £5 os; compensation, £30 3a GJ;paid for collecting rates, £4 14s 7d; salaries,£9 6s ; valuation roll, £2 10s; printing andadvertising, £7 2s 9d ; sundries, £9 13a'9d;balance, £118 0a 8d: total, £324 0s 3d. Asummary of the expenditure on works, inwhich was specified the amount of each,together with the locality and name ofcontractor, which had been preparedby the treasnrer, Mr. J. Gummer, wasalso presented for the information of theratepayers. The balance-sheet, as read, wasthen passed; after which considerable dis-cussion ensued as to the opening of a road toa landing-place at deep water; and the in-coming Board were (on the motion o£ Mr.Boot, seconded by Mr. Hill) instructed toeffect that object without delay.—Thenewtrustees were then balloted for, and the fol-lowingpersons weredeclared duly elected :—
Messrs. John Hurnball, Eobt. G. Hill, JohnJ. Gunner, W. J. Bailey, and W. M. Flower.Messrs. VV. Little and R. Boot were ap-pointed auditors, and 6. Griffin aud R.Howard fence-viewers.—A resolution wasalso passed authorising the trustees toaccept statute labour in lieu of rates.—Varioussubjects affecting the welfare of thedistrict were then discussed, and the meetingclosed with votes of thanks to the chairmanand the retiring Board.—The first meeting©t trustees wassubsequently held, when thefollowing appointments were made :—Mr.John Hurndall, chairman; Mr. John J.Gummer, treasurer; Mr. W. M. Flower,secretary; Messrs. J. Moginie and R.Howard, collectors.—[Own Correspondent.]
MAUKU.The annual meeting of ratepayers was held,
on July 20, at the hall, Patumaboe. Mr. H.VV. Hill, having been voted to the chair,called upon the chairman of the Board, Mr.H. Crispe, to read the report, which statedthat the trustees had not been able to doagreat deal, being short of funds, and theGovernment grant coming so late in the sea-sod, they left it for the new Board to expendin the early part of the summer, as theywould receive a balance of £160. Thetreasurer, Mr. Maunder, next read hin report,which showed : — Balancereceived,£S2 03 5d;
current rates collected, £40 Is 3d; arrears,£S 2s 9d; sale of timber, £1 ; share ofcounty fund, £83 5s Sd : total—£2l4 10s Id.Expenditure: — South end of district,£35 13s Oil; settlementroads, £3 15s; Druryand "Waiuku road, £33 6s; Waiau road,£1 10s ; new road, £13 3a 9d; Titi road toWaiuku, £S 2s 4d ; • Boundary road, £5 ;
Union road, £2 9s ; Spring's road, £11 Sβ od ;
odd works, £6 17s ; advertisements, £7 S3 0d;
legal expense, £3 3s ; salary aud commissionon rates collected, £8 83 ; rent, stamps,stationery, £3 12a 6d; balance in hand,£6S 13a Id : total—£2l4 10a Id. Receivedsince, £92 Gs lid, making a total balance of£101. The report and balance-sheet beingadopted, the meeting adopted a one shillingrate for the current year. A good manynames were then proposed as trustees, whiohwas brought down to seven, when a ballotwas taken. The following were declaredelected: —Messrs. H. Crispe, J. Clark, G.Johnston, W. Thompson, and J. Brown.Auditors : Messrs. Maunder and H. W.Hill. Major Lusk theii brought forward thequestion of amalgamation with Pukekohedistrict, and tried hard to show the greatadvantage it would be to Mauku to take inPukekohe, —have a large district, and beable to do large works; but he failed to con-vince the meeting, and could only get aseconder to his motion pro forma, Mr.Maunder, who said he could not at all agreewith the motion—in fact, threw a largeamount of cold water on it. Mr. H. Crispemoved, as an amendment, "That au amalga-mation with Pukekohe would not be advis-able," which was taken up by tho meeting,and, on being put by the Chairman, wascarried, only two hands being held up for theoriginal motion. Major Lusk then moved," That thenew Board endeavour to have theMauku boundaries changed so as to go to therailway station ;" but anamendment by Mr.C. Kavanagh, "That the Mauku districtremain as it is," was carried, only t\Vo, a3before, votiug for the original motion. Avote of thanks to the Chairman brought themeeting toa close.—Thenewly-elected Boardmet immediately after, when Mr. H. Crispewas chosen chairman, and Mr. J. Johnsontreasurer. It was also decided to hold theBoard meetings as heretofore on the fourthSaturday of each month.—[Own C'orrespon-dent.]
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FOLLOK.There not being the required number of
ratepayers present to form, a quorum, themeeting was adjourned till Thursday, theISfch day of July, at 2 o'cclock p.m., onwhich day the annual meeting was held.—Mr. Dick, being called to the chair, read theadvertisement convening the meeting.—TheSecretary then read the report for the pastyear, the substance of which was, that theBoard, after paying its necessary workingexpenses, placed to its credit in the bank,along with the Government subsidies, all themoneys received as rates, for the purpose ofbuilding our mach-needed wharf. Also,that the Board was happy to state, thatthrough the influence of Mr. JS. Hamlin,M. H.R., the Colonial Government voted£150 towardthe expenses of thesame object.Having received instructions from the Hon.the Minister of PublicWorks to proceed withthe expenditure of the above vote withoutdelay, the Board advertised for tenders, tobe received up till Augußt 5. Some itemsof a secondary nature were noticed, and thereport was adopted.—The Treasurer theamade a statement,of income and expendi-ture :—Receipts : March 29, 1877, to balancein bank, £5 7s; March 10, IS7S, Govern-ment subsidies, £24 13a 4d ; June, CountyCouncil, £38 193 lid; rates collected, £23Os 10d: total, £92 Is Id. Expenditure :
June, 187S, by advertising, stationery, &c.,£4 3s Gd; by paid valuators, £1 4s ; repair-ing roads, &c, £3 9s 3d; balance, £S3 4s4(1:-£82 Is Id. The above being adopted,the following gentlemenwere elected trusteesfor the ensuing year: —Messrs. ThomasCochrane. Robert Hudson, Thomas Meikle,Alexander Clarke, and Thomas Brownleo.Auditors: Messrs. John Dick and JamesHedly. Fence-viewers : Messrs. RichardDeans and James Hedly.—lt was agreedthat the annual meeting or the ratepayers,for electing office-bearers and transactingother business, be held iv the month of.April for the future.—This closed the meet-ing of ratepayers.—lmmediately after thenewly-elected trustees held a meeting, whenthe following were chosen office-bearers: —
Messrs. Thomas Brownlee, chairman ; Alex.Clarke,secretary; Robert Hudson, treasurer;Thomas Cocharane and Thomas Meikle, in-spectors of works.—This concluded the busi-ness.—[A Correspondent.]
OPAHEKE.On thci 13th instant the annual meeting of
the Opaheke Highway•District was held inthe school-house, Ararimu,—Mr. A. Rossoccupying the chair.—The. Chairman calledon the retiring trustees to render an accountof their proceedings for the past year.—TheSecretary read a detailed account of incomeand expenditnre :—Receipts : £217 7s Id;expenditure, £137 17s lid; balance in hand,£79 19a 2d. The accounts as passed by theauditors were adopted. Eight ratepayerswere duly proposedand seconded as trustees.Messrs. Thompson and Uallaghan acted asscrutineers. The following five were, bythe Chairman, declared duly elected :—
Messrs. F. Man:ler, M. Shaughnessy, M.Kelahar, John Markbain, and VV. Stanley.Messrs. Laurence Callaghan and HughDonahoe were elected auditors ; and Messrs.Thomas Heath and Alexander Townsend asfence-viewers.—Mr. Keaney proposed a votoof thanks t;o the chairman, which terminatedthe meeting.—At a subsequent meeting ofthe newly a| pointed trustees, Mr. F. Mauderwas elected chairman of the Buard, Air. W.Stanley treasurer, and Daniel Brisbane secre-tary and collector.—[A Correspondent.]
PUKEKURA.Ata public meeting of the ratepayers of
the Pukekura Highway District, held inPukerimu School-room, at 2 p.m. ou tho13th July, a majority of ratepayers being
present, trustees, fence-viewers,and auditorswere elected for the current year.—At ameeting of trustees, held afterwards, it wasagreed that Mr. Edward Lake bo re-electedchairman.—On the motion of Mr. JosephGane, seconded by Mr. E. B. Walker, itwas agreed that Mr. Hugh Fitzgerald be the•ollector and secretary. —[A Correspondent.]
. . .TAUHOA. ~.., .'......
■; -The annual meeting of the ratepayers was
held at Mr. Western's house, Tauhoa, onMonday, the 15th day of July, at 11 o'clocka.m. Mr. John WiJeon was voted to thechair. Mr. J. S. Buctton, chairman of theretiring Board, read the annual statement ofits affairs, as follows :—Receipts : Balancefrom previous Board, £3 9a 6d ; rates (local),£43 3s 3£d; rates (absentee), £19 Os 9d ;
subsidy from General Government, £71 18s4d; subsidy from County Council, £17 2s :
total, £159 13s IOJd. Expenditure : Clear-ing bash roads, £42 4s 6d; surveys, &c,£5; repairing roads, £13 ss; bridges,culverts, and earthwork, £80 3s 8d; adver-tising, rate-book, &c, £5 7s 8d ; legal ex-penses, £1 Is ; stationery and stamps, 17s 9d;collecting rates, £4; valuing, £3 4s 8d;clork, 7a 6d ; balance ia hand, £4 2s !Jd :total, £159 13s lOJd.—After a short discus-sion the accounts were passed.—The follow-ing persons were then elected trustees :—
Messrs. J. S. Buckton, C. Parker, C. V.Green, Levi Fletcher, and R. Goodine-Boler. Auditors : Messrs. E. Harnett, andC. Parker, jun. Fence-viewers: Messrs. L.Legg, and G. Grant.—The meeting thenrequested the incoming trustees to levy arate not exceeding 9d in the pound for thecurrent year.—Several resolutions of localinterest only were then passed, and themeeting closed with votes of thanks to theretiring trustees and the chairman.—At ameeting of the newly-elected trustees, heldimmediately afterward, Mr. J. S. Bucktonwas elected chairman, and Mr. R. Goodine-Boler secretary and treasurer of the Board.—It was resolved that the Board advertisetheir intention to levy a rate of 6d in the£1 for the year ending 31st of March, 1879—[A Correspondent.]
WHATAWHATA.The annual ratepayers' meeting of the
Newrastle district for 1878- has come andgone, with the result of three new memberson the Board. The new Board will probablyhave a better time of it than their pre-decessors have had,—with repairs needed inevery directioa, and scarcely any funde towork with—for what do the whole rates col-lected in a scattered district, under thepresent Rating Act, amount to ? Very littleindeed. The late Board have had somedifficulty in keeping even the main roadsopen, but, before the next annualmeeting, great changes will have takenplace. The Government seem dis-posed to assifc the settlers in opening upthe country,—witness the vigour withwhich the Raglan Road is being pushedon. Then there is the £500 grant to theTuhikarameadistrict, which will give a largenumber of the Waipa settlers directaccessto the railway ; and then the £680, which isour portion of the £40,000 grant. This lastwill complete the road from Whatwhata toHeather's Creek, and this has, so far, beenthe impassable section. The new road fromWhatawhata to.Ngaruawahiais being pushedou. Toward this section the NgaruawahiaTown Board contributed largely. There isone question, however, which is receiving agreat deal of attention, and which reallyaffects the country settlers more than anyother—that is, the presentRating Act, withthe difficulty of collecting rates fromabsentees. The eystem, from the beginning,is unfair to the settler, for it collects moremoney from the 100 acre improved farm thanfrom the adjoining 1000-acre block of wasteland ; but when that small amount cannotbe collected from the big block by reasonof the owner being au absentee, thenit seems the most unjust lav thatcould be made, and there is littledoubt that this unfair plan of taxinglandhas done more to paralyse progress incountry districts than anything else. If theGovernment would bring in a measurewhich would enable Highway Boards to levyrates on all lands fairly, and at the sametime be able to collect that rate withoutdelay, whether from absentees orresidents,they would do more service to the settlersthan by an occasional money grant, which,in many cases, is spent in opening up land,for the benefit of those who have never con-tributed anything, either to the district orto the country.
TOWN OF RAGLAN.At 3 o'clock tho ratepayers of this district
met on the 20th inst., in the Court-house,Raglan. Mr. T. B. Hill occupied the chair.Tho financial statement of the past yearwas read, which shewed that tho re-ceipts had been : Balance in hand, Julv 1,1577, £2 I4s 9d ; rates, £18 lGsId ; from'Go-veruinent, £42 Is : total receipts, £63 11s 10d.The expenditure had been £25 5s Sd, leavinga balance in hand of £3S Cs 2d.—Upon themotion of Mr. Powell, seconded by Mr.Schnackenberg, tho report was adopted.—The following persons were duly electedtrustees, viz. :—Messrs. Galvan, Allan, Gil-mour, Hume, Powell, and Sutton. Messrs.W. H. Wallis and H. Duncan were electedauditors, and Messrs. M. Harsant andRichard Philps fence-viewers.—Proposed byMr. Schnackeuberg, seconded by Mr. HenryDuncan, and carried, "That the newly-elected Board be requested to prohibit therunning at large of sheep and pigs in thestreets of the township, and that 2a 6d perhead per annum be charged on cattle andhorses."—Proposed by Mr. Powell, secondedby Mr. Galvan,and carried, "That this meet-ing expresses its desire to invite the co-operation of the adjoiniug districts, and tourge upon tho Government the necessity ofextendiug the telegraph to Eaglan."—Afterpassing a resolution relative to the wish ofthe district to have tho game laws abolished,a vote of thanks to the chairman terminatedthe meeting.—[A Correspondent.]
KARIOI.The annual meeting of the ratepayers in
this district was held in the Court-honae,Raglan, on the 20th instant. There was alarge attendance. On the motion o£ Mr.\V. Duncan, Mr. W. Johnston was voted tothe chair.—After reading the advertisementconvening the meeting, ho called upon thesecretary to read the annual balancesheet,which, on the motion of Mr. T. B. Hill, wasadopted.—The following is an abstract ofreceipts and expenditure of the past year :
—Receipts : Balance in hand, July 1, 1877,£1 12a 2Jd; general rates, £35 2s ; RoadBoard grant, £43 Usßd ; County fund, £59I9a 2d ; dog tax, £4 : total, £13S 3s OJd.Expenditure : Forming roads, £22 10s;bridges, £57 53 2d; other works, £13 5s ;
salary, printing, and sundries, £29 Is 7d ;
balance in hand, £16 Is 3£d. The followinggentlemen were then elected trustees for theensuing year:—Mes3rs. W. Duncan, J.Bugman, J. W. Ellis, K. Pegler, and EdwardBridgman.—The new Board were recom-mended by the meeting to transmit to theproper authorities resolutions expressingtheir entire disapproval of the present gamelaws, and also to impress upon them thedesirability of getting the telegraph con-tinued in to Raglan.—At a subsequent meet-ing of the new Board, Mr. \V. Duncan waselected chairman, and Mr. La Trobe secre-tary and collector.—[Own Correspondent.]
MATAKANA WEST.The annual meeting of ratepayers in the
above district took place in the Public Hallon Saturday, the 20th inst., at 2 p.m., andwas attended by nearly all the resident rate-payers.—Mr. Alexander Carrie wan voted tothe chair. He called upon the retiringtrustees to give an account of their doingsduring the past year. —Mr. G. Cruickshank,chairman of the outgoing Board, read thestatement of accounts, and gave euch otherinformation as was asked of him.—The trus-tees elected were :—Messrs. S. Meiklejohn,T. Carrie, H. Tiuda'., T. Vipond, and A.Carrie. Messrs. JosephVipond and C. Fry
• were elected fence viewers, aud Messrs. T.Braithwaite and David Cruickshankas audi-tors.—Mr. C. Fry proposed, and Mr. J.Anderson seconded, "That the newly-elected Board be recommended to take theneceesary steps to have a public poundestablished in the district."—The resolutionwas paesed.—At the first meeting of theBoard, Mr. Alexander Carrie was electedchairman, and Mr. John Came treasurer.—[A Correspondent.]
TE ARALThe annnal meeting of this district was
held on July Bth., at the schoolroom, at 3o'clock p.m. Mr. W. B. Farrand occvpied thechair. The minutes of last annual meetiDgwere read and confirmed. The minute re-lative to the dispute between To Arai andNorth Albertland, concerning a small bridgeon the boundary of the two districts, waskeenly discussed, and the incoming Boardwere directed to endeavour to get the ques-tion settled by arbitration. The accountshaving been read, were approved. Theywere aa follow:—Receipts : Balance fromlast year, 7s 10d; rates collected, £15 Gs Id;Government grant, £33 8a ; County grant,£5 : total, £54 Is lid. Expenditure : Post-"age and stationery, 17s ; advertisements, £15s 6d ; valuation, £1 1 Is Gd ; commission,14s 4d ; road works, £44 15s sd; balanco,£4 18s 2d. A letter was read fromMr. Logue, asking that a bridge builtby him on a Government road, whichhe valuedat £7 18s, might be taken as a set-
off for arrears of. rates on land which he hadrecently purchased. The incoming Boardwere requested to settle the matter in theway desired. The correspondence betweenthe Board and Public Works Office,relative to £300 to be spent on the mainroad, was then read. It caused considerablediscussion, but the opinion of the meetingwas unanimous that the Board would bemore likely to carry out the work economi-cally and efficiently than the County Coun-cil sitting at Warkworth, and a resolution tothat effect was carried. —Mr. Somerville hereput in a memo, of charges, made by aneighbour, for cattle trespassing on his openor uncultivated land. Mr. Somerville andothers stated thatif such charges could reallybe enforced the settlers would have to giveup entirely.—After same angry passions hadbeen exhibited, the subject dropped.—Thefollowing persons were duly elected :—Trustees: J. Brown, W. Lawrence, O. Shan-non, W. B. Farrand, and C. Hazelden.Auditors and Pence-viewers : J. Y. Redmanand G. Jennings.—The incoming Board wererecommended to levy a rate of 6d in the £1for the ensuing year.—Votes of thanks to theoat-going trustees and to the chairman ofthe meeting concluded the business.—[OwnCorrespondent.]
CORRESPONDENCE.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN GIRLS'SCHOOLS.
TO THB EDITOR.Sib, —The subject of corporal punishment inschools, especially the dangerous practice ofboxing boys' eare, taring been prominent and
very justly condemned in your columns, I wouldbring under the notice of your readers thestillmore objectionable practice of using corporalpunishment with the cane, &c, in girls'schools.Two or three cases of this have come under myobservation. I think it full time that the Boardshould interfere and put an entire and immedi-ate stop to it; for the plea, urged among boyswill certainly not avail among girls. One ad-vantage in the employment of female teachersis, that they can exercise a moral influencewhich dispenses with the need of corporal chas-tisement, and thus retain a little refining ten-dency where thereis so much of thecontrary. Onno consideration would I allow any child undermy care to attend any girls' school where eucha method of discipline is in vogue. A woina.iiwho is obliged to take the cane to aid her inteaching girls had better quit the school-roomas deficient in the highest art of education. Ihope the day is not far off when a recognisedpart of education wi.'l be the influence of a
tone ns of more importance to a com-munity than any amount of knowledge, and forwhich no better field exists than our schools.In that day all corporal chastisement will belooked upon aa the exploded mistake of an un-enlightened age.—l am, &c,
Samoel Edgeb.
KAIPARA RAILWAY.TO THE EDITOR.
Sir, —Ycur correspondent, " Mahurangi," inthis day's issue, is astray as regards the localitieshe writes about. Was he ever in them ? Whoon earth would travel fiom Mahuraugi byRiverhead to Auckland, when the distance isprobably 15 miles longer than by the NorthShore, and raore expensive. I agree with yourcorrespondent that it is a mistake to run rail-ways alongside watercommunication, for whichreason it would be folly to make one from theNorth Shores to Mahurangi in the face of regularsteam and siiling boats, able to compete withthe line ; and for the very same reason the rail-way coast-line to Riverhead should be aban-doned, not to have to compete with watei-, andtho through inner line, not calling at River-hear;, should be adopted. It is damaging tothe country for engineers, who never farmed anacre, to cry down the land along the line, andtell the public that no traffic nearer thanWairoa is to be expected. Why, the importanceof Auckland will and must eventually cause tholands within twenty miles to be taken up. Thewater-power and timber of Waitakerei will alsocome into use, and the vine, and the orange,and lemon tree will grow in many of itssheltered hollows; excursion picnics will alsotake place to the shade of the primitive forest.Let me inform "Mahurangi" that when theKiiipara railway was projected, some years ago,it would have been sheer nonsense to havetalked of a railway to his locality,—the peoplethere did not appreciate good travelling, theyavoided the steamer, and patronised the slowcoaches, the sailing vessels. Did "Mahurangi"ever hear the following extract from the log ofthe eteamor Lady Bon-en :
"Left Mahuraugi at1 p.m. ; wind fair, N.E. No passengers.Freight, an old saddle and 3 pumpkins?"—I™, Sic, Waitakerei.
July 26, IS7B.
COLLEGE AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.TO THE EDITOR.
Sir, —"Paterfamilias" presents himself as aparent, objecting to the fee for his boy in theCollege and Grammar School being raised. Nodoubt all tho parents of the 230 scholars theretaught would gladly support him in his protest.It is openly said that tho fees cannet be raisedto a level with those in other schools, becausethe scholars then wilt fall off to those schools.Thus, this school sets itself to the task of under-selling the private schools, and, as far as it can,shutting them up. It is us if the Governmentwere to decide upon importing meat withpublic funds, and selling it so cheaply that thebutchers would become bankrupt. Tho Go-vernment, thus, would gaina monopoly, and we,the beef-eaters, would, fora time at least, bedelighted at our cheap meat. What they do in
one case, why not do in all, till at last thepaternal Government absorbs everything intoits own hands ? As soon as they started thepresent school (which we fondly hoped wouldbe for the purpose of encouraging and develop-ing education in tho province), they succeededin shutting up two flourishing privateschools for young gentlemen. They thentook the masters of those schools intotheir own stuff, and with them gained alarge increase in the number of their scholars.They then picked a quarrel with those unfor-tunate masters, and sent them off, for ever lostto school work. They are now. it appears,teaching 140 pupils, who might more fitly beleft to the mastern of primary schools, and outof tho public funds are maintaining a "dircc-teur"—a. " walking head-master," at a, salary of,I believe, upwards of £700 per annum. Anablo University man, like the head of the NelsonCollege, who knows the needs of a higher classeducation, and who teaches himself, is what wewant. But I fear that; little can be hoped forfrom the present Board. Not being Universitymen themselves, they cannot forma judgment ofwhat an Unirersity education means, and canonly, like the shopkeeper, thiak of shutting-upa rival. —I am, he., .Graduate.
THE KAIPARA RAILWAY.TO TUB EDITOR.
SIR, —Can you inform me if the Northernrailway is made expressly for Mr. Lamb, or iait for tho settlers, because I intend to use it agreat deal, and object to go up to the rangesevery time I travel by it, anil be an hour longeron the journey. Thanks to Mr. Macandrew forlooking beyond his nose, and fixing the linewhere it should be. I venture to say that if cheparties who are to use the line were canvassed,that it would he found that thero ia not one inevery hundred who would bo in favour of theinland line. It is all very well fora meeting ofthose who want the line to go to their door, toadvocate the inland line, but why should theNorthern settlors have to go so far out of theirway to pick up half a-dozen farmers who wantto go to Auckland two or three times a-year.If they have timber they want to send tomarket, let them tako it to the railway likeother people, and not spoil the railway by takingit miles out of the way merely for their con-venience.—l am, kc,
A Helensville Resident .
THE SPARROWS AND THE PRODUCERTO THE EDITOR.
Sin,—Touching the above vexed question,allow me to make one or two remarks. Sometruth there is on all sides of the subject. Thomischief these birds do no rational Going, whohas ever attempted to grow grass-seeds, candeny ; neither cun anyone deny that they alsodo Bomo good. I have been a serious sufferer.First, then, covering or soaking the seed in red-lead, tar, or any other matter not to the tasteof these destroyerii, is an old remedy, but isonly putting oft the evil day—as the youngshoots are even raoro enjoyed by thesebirdsthan the seeds. In the old country farmers andgardeners protect themselves by keeping boyswith old guns constantly on newly-sown crops,until these are up out of harm's way. This is asimple affair there, where, for Iβ 6d a-weekeach, he can procure any number of theseboys ;
but this is an impossibility here—for boys inAuckland would undertake it neither for lovenoi money. If things go on as they are going,I suppose it will have to be accomplishedsomehow, or starve ; for there is littledoubt that it 13 fast becoming a questionas to whether wo are still to sow and thesparrows to reap. One other matter has oftencrossed my mind. These birds are natives ofEurope, and the producer there has to do thebest he can with them; here was nothing. If,therufore, it was expedient to wage war withthe insect pests of the colony, why introducebirds so difficult to determine as to whetherthey be good or evil, when so many varietiesexisted of which there could be no doubt?"What costs nothing is nothing worth,"and "I suppose it was tho old " chenp andnasty" question again. I seem to hoar thesatisfied chuckle of the persons procuring theprecious consignment, as they got puid by thefarmer (ridding his corn-stack yard of theruinous pests), as well as by the deluded pur-chaser for export. In tho thatch and in thericks sparrows could be "netted" by themillion, whilst on the other hand these knownvaluable varieties are widely distributed, diffi-cult to catch, and still more difficult to trans-port.—l am, &c, . F. S.
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POULTRY OF ALL KINDS DRESSED ON THESHORTEST MOTICB.
j Scarlet Ox Tongues, Home-cctredBacon,Corked Beei-' (tsrkeo oh tterce).
DEALER IN GAME.Lite Pheasants Forwarded to 'All Pabts ok
Bkcbipi of O&dee.
FAMILIES WAITED ON IN TOWN OKBUBURB3.
N.B.—Okdbes from the Couxtry;, by telegram op
otherwise, willreceive prompt attektion-.
Rβ. e ' e v e s,• WHOLESALE, FAMILY & SHIPPING-
BUXOHES,Corker of Victoria and Chapel-streets,
families in towjs or sobtjbbswaited uponDAILY.
•Shippixo Supplied dpon rai Shortest: Notice.ALL HKAT GCJARANTEED.
Corned Beef in Steek.
R& W. HELIi AB T,• WHOLESALE. SHIPPING & FAMILY
butchers,
Shortland-street, Auckland.
A large stock of Prime Corned Beef and Pork
''Sggg^gan^uburbs.Gunsmiths.
T\ E V IT T,GUNMAKER,
QUEEN-STREET, OProeiTß tub makset. '
■\
SINGLE & DOUBLE BREECH-LOADING FOWUNaPIECES
SINGLE AND DOUBLE-IiUZZLE LOADERSSMALL-BORE RIFLES
MRISOBBPISTOLS '
POPE'S PATENT RIFLE AIR PISTOLSCase, Wadding
&0.. of the best branrtsCylinderWire CartridgesforBrojch-teadera
Game WGun Cases <ad CoversFiehinir thrkle; ,
FIREWOBKSr
THE JNEW ZEALAND HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 2 f} lH7b8Sales by Auction.
MONDAY, JULY 29.
AT THE EESIDK > CE OP MR. JOHN KEIKEAiST TAlt >KI.
HORSES. CATTLE, SHEEP, BUGGYHOUSEa'.'LD FURNITURE, ETC.
'
The undersigned have received imtructlons tosoil atthe residence of Sir. John Keir, E»st Tamakl,
4 DRAUGHT HORSESfl I iglit Horses -
■ STUiry CowsYoungSlock
100 Sheep, mixed sexes .b Jhuggy and Harness-
' J-. Forinltij ImplementsTTonsrliold Furniture, consisting of Tables, Chalre,(h.ffoDler. Pier vvlass. Mmble Clock and Globe.C ri et, ( urUius, Pcle, Venetian Blind, Pictuios, bed-room jjuraiiuic,Swing Cot, Kitchen Ut-nsilf, sc.
At li o'clock.. HUNTER & NOLAN.
TOESDAY, JULY 30.JITN:G TI O N YAR DS.
;O/X PRIME CATTLE AND 200 FAT" %9» r . SiHEEP, ex ' PVotty Jane ' from G «borne'27 Prime Cattle and 227 Fit Sheep, ex ' UauraM,
from WaitaraSO head Fat Ctitle, from Lower WaikatoDairy Cows, Cslves, Yoariing., &c.
120 Fftt Sheep, principally Wfhers, fromWaikatoF.t and Storo ligs, Sc.
At 1 o'Cloclr.
hunter & nolan.
: monday, july 20. '
comfortable vine - roomedhouse, nelsin-street.
Aeehold allotments,: ponsonby.
Thesubscribers hivo reccived instructions tosell bypublic auction, at tho Land .Mart, Fort-street, on-Monday, July 2», at 12 o"cloek,
, TOART OF ALLOTMENTS 9 and 10,JL Section 33, < ity of Auckland, 30 feet 10inchesroomed House ere ted thereoo, fitted with cup-boards, sinks, ac. Gas liid on throughout thehouse, and good w* 1 of water on the propenv, nowin the occupation of Mr. w. R. Robinson.
Also,: Lots 63 to 67, ard part of 6S, of Suba.vision ofpirt
of Allotments 12Ri,d 13. Sec:i n 8, Suburb* of Auck-li-nd (Ponso..bv), 20 > i_eet fiontago to Milford-street,
' 150 feet acijoiuing 31r. iJowsid's residence.
SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON,Auctioneer*.
\ B. TOXKS.] [R. C. CAKK.TIE3DAY, JULY 30.
PRELIMINARY NOTICE. -
rpKADE SALEOF
GROCERIES, WH7TING,CLOTECES PEGS, WASHING SODA,
MARMALA.OE,SALMON, MILK, BAKL-JSG POWDER,
&c, &c, &c.
B. TONKS & CO.,Auctioneers.
TUESDAY, JULY 30.COMFORTABLE DWELLING.
Is the Estate of Messrs. Lewis Brgthep.s.
E. & E. ISAACSHave received instrt:cMon3 to sell by auction, at thenStorei, Fort-sirtet, on Tuesday nest, Jnly 30. at I 1o'eloel;,
THE LEASE OF THE COTTAGE,aijoinin; "V/ynj ard H-uic," Eden Crescoct
OEciil 3ay.
The Auctioneers beg tocall the attention ofintend-ing purchasers to the central situation or" the aboveproperty, which also commands a sea view, ithasonly recently b>en tlio-onghly renovated, awl hasGas laiU-on ( together wMi Garden (back and front),Water Tank, Well. &c The lease has still 17 yearsto run, at ft irrouh ■ rental of 103. per week ; asd. bypermission of Mr. I. Alexander (the present tenant),may be viewed between 2 and 1 o'clock daily.
WEDNESDA Y, JULY 31.
THE FIRST WAIROA CATTLE SALEWi'l be held n the erected by Mr. Hyde, nest
the House of Accommodation, on Wednesday, July31,at 12 o'clock, ' '
. 1 K A HEAD will be yarded, amongJLCP\J tliama number of Grown Stetrs.
An Eiprsi,. «.'.ll leave f e Papaku-a Station onarrival of Tn'in, carrying passengers to the Bale andreturn, ;
ALFRED BUCKLAND.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3.THE WAIUKU SALE.
Forsalo. without reserve, on Saturday, August 3, atone o'clock,
THE FARM, Lot SO, next the Tifci andB»ld Hills, containing 236 acres 2 rood*, known
S3 Grigg's. There is a good forest on the land.
ALFRED AUCKLAND.
, : Saddlery.
HUNTING AND (JJ HOOTING.O •-
J. WISEMANHas a Good Selection of
Saddles, Bhidi/es, Breastplates, Whips,Spurs, G-ami! Bags,
Caktbidges, Belts, Gaitebs, 4c, &c,For the approaching Season.
113, QTJEEir-STKEET, AUCKLAND,AKD
BRANCH ESTABLISmrSNT HAMILTON EAST.
J."W. Las bought some Largo Lots of
Ej«glisii Saddlery oj. Various Qualities,at-xess than english cost,
■which he will ssll cheap.
A ■ S PEOIAL I T Y.
£3 10s S TATION gADDLES.
THEB.E BEING NO DUTYOH
. IMPOKTED SADDLE MATERIALS,
fain able tocompete with the Englsh Mannfastyrsrs- of this class of
HIGH KNEE-PAD SADDLES,x -&EATHER BEING CHEAPER 2IEKK,
•';■•■■ And having
Ye-EIOUS APPLIANCES OF MY OTVS INVEN-TION FfE SAVING TIME.
Publications.TVfTAP OF THE NORTH ISLAND OFJ",JI - NEW ZEALAND.
• COMPILED FBOM THE BUST OyFICm MAP OP TanColony, i.-suei> ey the Public WorksDIPiBBIIM, iXU COSUISIKO ins
- LATssr Isfohmation.The Map is 35 x 25 inches, andis suited forvarnish-
ing and raountiug. (In It arc marked the boundariesof tie various counties in tlje .North Inland, thedifferent sett'exvnta. riveis, lakes, harbours, and
: trigonometrical utations as well as the lines of rail;wiy that are opeii for traffic, thoje incourse of con-'afcrnctlon,-lines siirvey«d 'aud proposed, roads made»and those partly mode : It also indicates tho qualityef -the soil at, vsii'jis ilaces, the character of theVegetation on the »urfuc,\ the existence of gold, hot'springs, oil sprinji, anu oilier usefnl information.
ifiito-ii'hsA at.ths- Hkkaijj Office, ana of the
&;a#SJP:Bio E sixpence.
Building Material, Fuel, esc.
COAL! g~l O A L !
• 0F
SUPERIOR QUALITY
FROM THE
jyfINE, \YAIKATO.
NOTICE.
F. G. CLAYTON has forSale best HOUSEHOLD
COAL, from the Taupiri Mibe, in quantities to suit
Newmarket, May 23,1878.
WE HAVE ON SALEBOUEtIOLD COALS,
A3 follow* :
Newcastle, Bay of Islands, Waikato, r.nd Wnns»re ,
Abo,Charcoal, Tanks, Firewood, Posts, Rails, Palings,
Shingles, House Blocks.BOYD'S DRAIN PIPES AND TILE GOOD.
Bricks, Lime, Sand, Garden Shells.Carting of all kinds done, and Goods Stored, uponreasonable terms.
W. & G. WI N STO NE,CUSTOM-HOUSS-ST R EKT
WAIKATO COAL COMPANY(LIMITED) are now delivering BEST
HOUSEHOLD COAL from their Mines atKuawaro,Hnntiy Station, a? follows:—
5 tons and under25 tons ....
17s 6d per ton25 tone and under50 tons .. .. 16sEd per ton60 tons and upwards 16s 0d per ton
Slack 12s6dpertonDelivered at Auckland or Onehunga RailwayStation. Steamers and Manufactories subject t»special arrangement. Orders may be sent to Mr.JamesEonju-dson, Manager, Hunlly. Waikato- or lo
W. 8. LAURIE, Agent.7, Wyrdham-street Auckland.
ON S A. L E:400 casks Cement100 casks Plaster (Auericin)
Slates, Fire Briik-. (Stourbridge)Fire Clay, Lime, Sand, &c.
Screw Jacks and Scaffolding on hire..Experienced 'Workmen in all Branches sent to all
parts of Town or Countiy.
KEANI2 & JENKINSON,Builders. Vigtoria-btekktEast.
E SHIPMENTS.20,000 ENGLISH SLATES
650 CASKS CEMENT,Ex ' City of Auckland' and ' Famenoth."
JAS. BLAIKIE,Victoria-street (-J doora from Union Bank).
TAUPIRI COAL.
Having been appointed SOL"! AGENT for theTATTPIRI COAL COMPANY, I find it necessary toinform the public that all Waikato Coal does notnecessarily mean Coal from the Taupirt Co.'s MineA cheap, inferior Coal is being passed off by somedealers a3 Taupiri Coal, and against this impositionthe public are now warned.
Coal fromthe second scam may now be inspectedat'the Breakwater Depot, whero all orders will bereceived.
The Trade liberally dealt with.E. W. HAMMOSy>.
QHEAP TIMBER ! CHEAP TIMBER !The Undersigned are selling SASHES, DOORSand MOULDINGS at the VBKI* LOWEST BAThS.Have also on hand a very large and superior stock of
First and Second Class Building Timber of allK1.1D3, at lowest rates.
Wood Turning inall its Branches. Chair Lossand Backs. Table, Bed and Sofa Legs at very low
Price Lists on application.
THE UXIOX STEAM SAW MOULDTXG, SASHAND DOOR COMPANY (LlillTED),MECHANICS BAY.
K.B.—Town Orders can ba leftat No. 30 InsuranceBuilding?
rpo BUILDERS AND OTHERS.Auckland timber company (limitfd),
late g. holdship and co.,Sawmill Proprietors, Sash, Door and
Moulding- Manotactitrers,Are now supplying Building Materials at lowcsrates, andwltii dispatch.G. HOLDSHI?
Manager.
Booksellers and Stationers.nEAMPTAIOUP & riOOPEI!,
STATIONERS AND BOOKSELLERS,Have received New Supplies ofArtist Material, Draw-ing Paper*, Tinted Crayon Papers, BEST FRENCHCOLOURED CRAYONS for Landscape Drawing,Sabla Brushes. Colours, Cake and MoLst, VereFoster's Drawing Books. T. Squares, ic. AccountEooks, Comraerdsl Stationery, Mounting BoardsCaric lie Visit* Mounts, Tinted Mounts, CabinetMounts, Hymns Ancient and Modern, all pricesDesks, Despmoh Boxes, and Tonrisis" Caaes.
80, QT3EEN-STREET, AUCKLAND.
XO-EALF,'S SCIENTIFIC SERIES.SECOND LIST.
Mechanism anci Machine Toe's, 35—93Mcneoiatioo and Measuring for Practical Use, 2s-03ilcaiure3. Weights,- Moneys, of all Kaliios, 2s—]olaTetallurgy of Silver and Lead, Asmying. 2s 6.1- -133Metallurgyof Copper-smelling, Mining, &c., 35—134Alodern Workshop-Practice, by Winton, 3s fld—lo4Metallurgyof Ironand Stcol.by liauerman,5a 6d—170Mineralogy, General Propertiesof Hin-rals, 3a td-4Mellusca, Kecent and fossil Shell?, 7s 6d—72Mmic, Kudimentary axa Practical, 3i—69MiniogandQuarrying, Sciences Connfcted, 2s-62Modeling Architecture, 2s—lC7MiuiDg Tools, Manufacture. Uses, Qualities 3s—l7"Naval Arcliitec, Principle of the Science. 4s 61—51Natural Philosophy for regit.ncrs, Tomlinson, 2e—2Navigation, Bow toKeep LogandFind Lai.., 2s Gd—slNavigation and Nautical Astronomy, Youug. 3s 99Navigation fc tfamical Astronomy, 2s-iO)Opticil Instus., Telescope, Microscope, &c, 23—169Painting (fineart), by Gullick and 'limb-, 6s—lßlPaintUg, Bouse and Decorative, eld pUtes, 2aol— 2Painting on Glass, The art of, Is6d—4l.Painting on Glass, or GliSs Staining, Is Cd—4o '
Projection, Orthographic, Topographic—l79Perspective simplified, for Amateurs,2s Gd- 20Physical Geography, byRostloclco, 2s od—l7BPhotography, Stereoscope and Photographic, 2i— 79Pianoforte, Tiie Art ofPlf.ying, exercises, 1» 6d—7l ■Plane Trigonometry, Elements of, by lUnn, la 6 t—9lPower of Wat<rforMills, Turblihs, &c, 2s od—B2Power inMotion, Horse, Wheel. Bands, S3—lCsPneumatics forBeginncie. by Toiulioson, 23—12Quantities & Measurement, Workman's Uuide, 25—150Kai way Working, Cepitiiland I ividenrts, UGi—eiBaiUay Construction, The Scienceof 3iod—o2HeaJy reckoner, for Admeasurement of Laud 2s—olHeady Keckoner.forMlUflrs.Merchants.&c. Uod 131Biversand Torrpnte, anflAavigjible Canals. 35—1213oad Making and Uepairtag. by ilurgoyne,2a—4 .Koads and Streeti (Construction), 53—1973oofs, Construction of, by Robiuson, 25—124liLips. PJatos for Construction of, 93—53Sailsand SallmaMng, Westing, Hlgging, &c , 33-149Shells, Recent and JCossii,by Woodward 7» Od—7»Ship Building and Naval Architecture, Peafce, 4 —51Ships, Construction of, J'orOcein and itiver, 1, 0i1—53.■■'hps and Boats, the fforrae of, with models 2s-85Ships, Anchors, with illustrations, by Cotsell, 2s—lPßSlide Rule, How to use it (with slide rule), S3 Oi—IDSSteam and the Steam iCnglue, by Clarke, 43—190Sewage,Irrigation, orFarming, by S. Burn, 35—140Soils,Manures, Crops, or Modern Farming, 2s Od 1*)Surveyingand Astronomicil Instruments, 25— 170Steam Engine, for beginners, by Lardner. Is 0'1—34Steim Engine, Matheniatical Theory, 2s- 139Steam Boilers, Construction and Management, 23—59Statistics and Dynamics, &c, by Baker, 25—97Subterraneous Surveying, with 76 diagrams, 35—117Surveying Land, Engioeeriug, practical use, 2s Gd—6oSurveyingand Astron. Instruments, Uector, 2s 170Tredgold's Carpent.-y and Joinery, by Tarn, 4s 0d 182Timber, Glass, Stone, &c , completemeasurer, sj—lSsTubular and Girder Bridges, by Dempsey, 25—43Trigonometry, the elements of Plane, Iβ 01—91Trigonometry, Sfh'rical, by Hann, Iβ 6ll— 92Telegraph, Handbook or Manual of I'eleg.. 3s Cd—l3BWarming& Ventilntion 3uilding»&Mines, 3s Od-57Water rower, as applied toMills, st, 2i o(i—B2Waterworks for Supply of Citiesand Towns. 4s od—SlWeights, Measures, aMoneys, ofall Nations 2i—lolWell-sinking, Boring, and Pump-work, 23-31Workshop, Mod. Prac. Engines, Docks, &c., 45—164Burghs Steam Engine and Boilers, 5sProctor's Pocket-book Marine Knginc3, 4sHurstV Architectural Sarveyora" Hand book, &nBeaton's Potket Estimator, 2s OdSpon'o Engineers' T bles, Is OdBrewstsr en the Stereoscope. 3s OdWard on the Microscope, 3) GdFaraday on the Vaiioaa Forces of Nature, CsLee's taws of Shipping &Insurar.ce (tdition,lS77), 163Brand's Dictionary, Literature, Art,3ro!s, 63*Uie'a Diet. Arts, Manufactures& ilining,Bvols, 105sUasEcll'e Technical iducator, 4vals, 483Proctor s Handbook of the Star?, DsLeo's Mamialfor shipmasters, 85Roiser'e Lunars and Lunar T«bles 10jKaper'R Practice of Navigation, Sc , 20sMorrle's Complete Epitome ol ifaviga'ion,203Kver's Navigation in Theor» and Practice, 3a
Prydo's Navigation, 7s 6dNow Zealand Pilot, new cd., 7sHolland's EngineersOoice and Cabin CompanionPigeta Method ofJuigingship'a Positiou, 3s 6dA)nnJey s Local Marine hoard Examination, 9sAinnley's JSnginecra'ManualLorrimer's Letters toa Young Mariner 03
Urawlngfor Metal Pl.te Worker!? 33 'ModelDrawing, by Davis, 3s GdEiemeuts of Piactlcil Persp. stive5tive 3s CdLinear Drawingand Pra=tfc»i Geometry 2a 61Elements of Builds Oonstrictlon72 3 odDrawing for Stonemasoas, 2 OdCassell's Popular ±dacator, vols., 40s.
G. T. CHAPMAN,BOOKBELLEK AND STATIONER,
AUCKLAMI".
. . Breadstuffs, Grain, &cYJTTAITEMATA FLOfcJR MILLS.
PRICES CURRENT (WDOI.'eSAI.E).Subject to Ai.tbiiation WiTir.'-iT Notice.
Sacks. fi's. 50' c.£ ». d. L s. d. £. s. d.
Fine Flour, per ton .. 1C 0 0 1C 10 0 17 0 0J.h. Flour, per ton .. 13 0 0 13 10_0 14 0 0
Flour, per ton ..13 0 0 — — .
Sharps, per»ton.... 8 0 0 — —
Bran, per ton .. , S 0 0 — —
The above prices Indudo sacks and bags. Sacksand bags not returnable.
Saloon Biscuit .. .. .. ....-.
..4d. per lb.
A LAKGE ASSOETMENT OF FANCY BISCUITSas per Price List.
Flour and Biscuits, packed in tins (air tiglit),lor Ships' Use and Island Trade.
Terms: Cash.JOHN LAMB.
Office : No. 1, Queen-street, Auckland.June 1, 1878.
XTICTORIA FLOUR MILLS,j SYMONDS-STREET.
PARTINGTON BROS.fIAVE ALWAYS ON lIAND,
FLOUR, SHATIPS, BRAN, OATJIEAX, WHEATAtELAX, MAIZEMEAX, &C :
OATS AJH) MAIZE CRUSHED.
RICE, PEPPER, &C.| GROUND.
: Nurserymen.j. —~~
\ PPLES! APPLES! ! APPLES! !!In ad ition to his own collection, which has been,
to say the least, unsurpassed in Auckland, C. T.WHEN has made purchase,of a very fine steck ofnomi'. 3000 Trees, all on Blight-proof Stocks andperfectly clean ; producd by Mr. W. J. Palmer andin the carefulcultivation of wh'ch C.T.W. has everyconQdince. combin-d with his own -tock h« cannow offer somn 5000 or 0000 1, 2, 3 and 4 yenrs oldTrees, at from 13 8d to 3s Oil each, rejulaled hy Bge,strength, and kinds, with a reduction of 10 per csnton 50 and npwaids. They embraceabout 1000 WinterMagetin (root and top) and Northern -py(root andtop), of 2 to 3 years , growth and 1000of the same insmall teres ; thege latter at 40s to 6:'s per 100. These:ae two excellent Apple 3, and aro BLioiiT-rnoOFThey are described m ■• ilclntosh's Book of theGarden"as follows :—
'MTINTKB MAGKTIN-α cooking apple; colourgreenish hrown, striped with red; form ronndi-h ■size large ; quality first rate ; in usn from Januaiy to
"NOKTHERtf' SPY—A dessert appln; colouryellowish inthe shade, nearly coveredwith rich darked, marked with crimson andpurplish stre:iks where
exposed to the sun ; formconical, much ribhed : sizelarge; quality excellent; in use fr.-m December toMay ; tree hardyand bears well " Themouths men-tionei of courso refer to English seasons, and toatime here when fruit is most in demandand valuable
Also, several thousands of trtes of ihe mostnopnlarand excellent kind; ibo who'o on BliouttkoofStocks, and hoaitliy and vigoro: s.
Address: C. T. W6.EN,Mount Hohson Nursery, Remuera, and Peed W-.re-house, nt-xt B:ink of .New Zjdland,Queen-street, Auckland.
DH A Y & SONe Eespecttully invite attention to the\r
GENERAL COLLECTION' OP NURSEKY STOCK(Now inexcellent condition forremoval),
Comprising:All the Jfosi Useful isd Favoukite
CONIFERS, ORNAMENTAL TREES, SIIROBS,GREENUOUSE, BKCORATIVE, AND CLIMBING
PLANTS,AZALEAS, CAIIELIAS, KOSES, BtTLBS,
TUBERS, ETC.
In the various classes ofFLOKISrS FLOWERS-A Stlksdid Collection.
Our ANNUAL & BIENNIAL FLOWER SEKD3Are allof this year's growth, and of the verv bo3tdescription.
This FRUIT TREE3We offer include the most popular varieties andaro
Clean, Healthy,and Well-rooted. '
Orders, per post, receivo careful and prompt alten-tion-Catalcgnes on application.
..
E\VMA RK E T NURSERY.In drawing the attention of intendingplanters toy General A'urstry St'ick, 1 beg to inform them
that it is of very superior quality and well preparedfor removal.
The Conifer section embrace sevf.ral splendidvarieties of Pines, Cypresses, So., from two to fiveyears old.
Flowering shrubs in variity, aho a beautiful collec-tion of Camellias, Rhododendrons, fricasClematis, &.C., &c.
Camellias are a speciality in my Nursery, and I
to three years old. They are alt in perfect healthandwill live with ordinary care.Orange, Lemon, and Fruit Trees in variety.I wish to draw particular attention to mr Apple
Trees. They are fine, strone, healthy p'ams - allgrafted on thi Blight Proof stocks a BOV£ thecroundand nro all transplanted every year.
The extra trouble I bestow upon them Is amplyrepai 1by tho exutssed satisfaction of mycustomers,and the increasing demand for these plants
Tho prices ofplants vary, of courso, wlih regar.l tosize, age, quality, &c, and my price is as moderate asgood cultivation and correct nomenclature wiilpermit.
Inspectionis invited wh**ropracticable ; but personssending orders per post orotherwise may restassuredthat their orders will bn executed with honesty andpunctuality.
Telfgrams lo Newmirket.Catalogueson application.
C. S. SIcDONALD.
001 l THORN QDIOKS,4 *P\yy\y\?\J 1, 2. and 3 yeais old.
MflftA FRUIT TREES- Applo. Fear, Plum,} \J\J\J cherry. Peach, Nectarine, Apricot,
Qu Dee, LoquKt, Mulberry. Fig, Wal-O(\ (\(\(\ FOREST TlttES—Ash, Elm, Oak,/i>\J,K}\J\J Sycatnorn, Kerch, Birch, Lime
HorsH Chefnut, Kvergreen (.'ak.19 flfifk PIN US—lnMgnis, Maritime, Hale-X<l,\J\J\J peu »i3, pjnea, Cauariensi., Longi-
folia, Excdsa, &c, &c.K flAft CUPBESSUS — Macrccarpa, Govi-OjUliU niana, Lawsoniaua, Horizontal!*,
tc, &c, and a great variety ofother Conifers—Sea price list.
4AAA KOriES—Lippiatfs Prizo Collection—,\J\J\J Spe.-.ial OfTer. Piice per 10c, 70s£0. 42s 0d ; 25, 22s 0d ; dozen, 12t.3 Ann EVEKGKEBN and FIOWBKING)\J\J\J SUUVB3 will bo sold at a very low
price.Also, a choice lot of Azaleas, Caraellas, Daphnes,
Rhododendrons, Ficu9, Holliea, &c, &=.
Pbick List Fokwabued ok Appl,ioatio».
JAMES WHYTE(Late R. Baird), Nurser-oian&, Sekdsjiak,
VICTOKIA-STEEET.Nuksery — Mkcuakics" Bay.
"IUST RECEIVED, in Splendid Condition,*J» MY
SEASON'S SUPPLY OF SEEDS,Comprising all the best and newest varieties Incultivation.
Descriptive Catalogues forwarded free on application
JAMES TWHYTE(Late R. Baird), Seedsman & Ndkserysian,
VIOTO RIA-STREET.
Musical.
ipssiiirPIANOFORTES & HARMONIUMS,
from £8 upwards, on terras to suit purchasers.tI.JJ. — Some splendid Debain's Pianos, also Bord's, atgreatly Iteduced Prices.
WEBB'S MUSIO SALOON,WELLE3LEY-STKEET.
"piANOS, ORGANS, & HARMONIUMS.
gOFFMAKK & gONS,QUBEN-STREET,
Have the LARGEST and BEST STOCK of
PIANOS, ORGANS & HARMONIUMS;And
SELL CHEAJPEE THAN ANY HOUSE INNEW ZEALAND.
Oall and Ses the Phioe3 Befobb PtmariAaiKa.
SOLE AGEHTS FOU MAI3ON & HAMIOTSOROANa. '
Merchandise- . ■-.
WAREBOL SEMEN,
WINE AND SPIRIT AND TOBACCOMERCHANTS,' ■ v
IMPORTERS OF GENERALMERCHANDISE,
SH ORTLAND-STBEET, AUCKLAND.
Indents forEnglish or Foreign Goods executed onavourable terms, under the personal supervision ofoar London Firm.
Lombom Ornoi : 10, CoLEMJ-N-erKiirr.
lANDED, EX ' SPIRIT OF THEJ DAWN , ANT) 'QUEEN OF TEE WEST,AND LITE ARRIVALS.
GitOCERY DBPAETJIENT.WHYBROW'S Bed Herrings, Salad Oil, Zpgle
Pickles. Crystal Vinegar,Curry PowderKEILLOR'S Marma'ade. Assorted Confectioner/MORTON'S Salad Oil. BottledFruits, Curry Pow-
der, Table Vinegar. Castor oil, CiperaLBA. and PBRUIN'S Worcestershire Sauce, half-
. pints and pintsCOLMAtTS Mustard—Durham. Superfine, and
DsF. In Jib., lib, and 71b. tinsCOLMAN'S White nnd lilue etarcli, "Windsor BlueTAYLOR'S Homceo. and Maravilla Cocoa, Cocoa
KsseDce, ChocolateFRY'S Rock Cocoa and Clock Rook ChocolateBrown nndGroy Piper Bag», assorted, lib. to Uib.Wrapping Papsr, brown, gray, and whiteNELSON'S GeUtine L'zengeiand GalavlneBATTY, S Nabob PfcklesEPFS'3 Homos •: CocoaVAN HOUTKN's Cocoa :
CRO*SE and BLACK WEL 73 Salad Oil. RaspberryVinpgar, Black and Hed Currant Jelly, Cilves-foot Jelly. OrientalPickles
/OR ROCK'S Old Surrey SaucePRICK'S Belmontand ParaffineCandles, Self- Fitting
and Carriage Candles, NightLightsDβ Roubaix Jenar CandlesBRVANTand MAY'S Vestas—Plaids, 250'f1, Ovals,»nd Fanry BoxesBELL and BLACK'S Plaid Vestasli. HELL ami IO.'S 260sDAY and A) AKTIN'S Blacking, Paste and BottleKnglish-Chopi ed Sug«f, in 71b. and 141b. tinsTartaric Aclu, Cream of Tartar, WhitingBiciibonato oi eod», Soda Crystals, SaltpetreSplit PeasItaw and Boiled Linseed Oil, casks and drumsCastor Oil, 111 TurpentineGenuine White Lβ tdand PreDarei White PaintClay I'ipes, Fancy Cutty. TDand largj TOoaKKY'3 We)linglou Knife PolishNIX.EY'B Black LeadNEAVE'SFood forInfantsHKSI'LK'S Miln FoodR<iBINSOV.- Patent GroatsMILLAR'S Baking Powder -
SYMINGTON'S Prepared PesflonrBROWN and POLsOfv'S Cornflour
S> HWEITZEU'ri CocostinaSir It. B UK NKITS Vinegar, bulk and casoJordnn Almonds, Arrowroot,Tapioca. SagoAnglo-Swiss Milk, Chocolate and Milk, Uoffeo and
Milk, Cocoa and MilkCarruwayand • aniry Seed, Cloves, Mixed SpicesOVKKALL'S Essence of Coffee »nd CaviareStilton and Double Glo'uter OheasoLIKB.G'S l>*tractof MeatJamaica Ginger, b'oached and ground, NutmegstSuuvii Jelly LiquoriceSlaucarcmi, VermicelliKlonies, Sultanas, Muscatels, CurrantsRice, Carolina, in kcgj, and Jiipao*drcsscdCoar.e and Fine SaltHaRPERTWELVKTREE'S Soap PowderIiRODIfc'S Patent Riveted Spades,
&c, &c, &c.
TO LAND,EX 'SCHIEHALLION'
AND
'D -IT N E L M '
(Fovr Discharging)Cossftques at.d BonbonsCOLiViA.N'S Mipertiiio nnd D.S.F. MustardVltlCE'.s Hclmont Candk'jIsi.th .'lickaGOODALL/s Yo'kthire IreliihCheddir Loaf ChcwesPINK'S Assorted Jams, in tins and fancy glass,
Dutch Anchovies, Assorted Pickles, Rtdacrrines
DUNK'S Iceland Aloss Cocoaiiussorah DatesCurrants, Kleuics, SultanasAnßlo-swisa MilkBUYANT and MAY'S 250 VeetasKKILLKK'S MarmaladeIHLLAK'd Worcestershire SauceSardines, quarters.MORTON S Castor Oil, Cod Livtr Oil, FreshHertings, Kippered HrrrinßS. Cods' Roes,
iinnon Haddocks, Potted Alc.its, Spaaisholives, Ground t\ict», Green Peas andAsparagus,in tins. Crystallized FruMß, in bottles
KtILLJSU'a Asjoited Confectionery, Tinlt andJams, Canili.d Peel, Confectionery,' in fancyboxe3 nnd pnekets
TAJfLOK'S Soluble' ChocolateNKLsoa'.s Gelatinu and uelatine LozengesSINCLAIR'S Urns and BaconCliO-SB and BL.ACK.rt'ELL'S Picklc3 and Rod
Curraut JellyDE RhUBAXX'j CandlesWire Nails.
TO ARRIVE.PER 'MARTHA. FISHER,'
Dui Eaely in Jdly:NEWSOII & CO.'S Curry Powder, Tapp Sauce and
Assorted ChutneyCay Pipes—Ori-oU ID, medinm and large TDBleached Jamaica GingerCanary and Hemp SeedDutch AnchoviesChyloug l'resorvtd Gingor, Comquata, and Chcong-
lveung GiuiicrBloatcrine and KipperineFre.-h .Mackerel, Sprats, Herrings, Finnon Had-docksSmoked Coils' Uoes, Kippered MackerolDigby Chicks, Ham-cured HerringsTable Jellies and Flavouring KsseocesAnglo-Swiss Milk—Cocoa, Coffee, and. Chocolate
au.i MilkDβ Roubaii Jenar CandlesSardines, quarters and halvesBUYANT and M AYS Vestas—Ovals, 250's, and
PlaidsPERHY & SON'i Iron SafesPortland CementIron i'unka.
COLONIAL pfiODUCE.JL200 Kngs PrimeSn.lt ButterWnlk.uo uud kelson HopsHobart Town Jama—Knight Bros.' and Johnson's '
Wairoa CheeseiIKNMEand TEV'S BiscuitsCoffee, Pepper, ground and wholeWlLsoN's Celebrated Baking PowderItoseland Honey, lib. ana 21b. tinsLimfjuice.bulk and bottloWAIIMIOK BRO:».' Soap and Candle 3Preserved Meals—Beef, Mutton, Brawn, PottedHead, Shecps' Tongues, Soup3TomatoSaucoOatmeal,
StJGAE—Sydney and Yarr*ville Company's Whiteand Light Yellow. MolassesMauritius and Queensland Counters and Crystals.
—
A MERICANON HAND.
Salmon, lib. and 21b.Lobsters, Oysters, Dried ApplesClothes Pins, KeroseneClocks, Lorors, Gothic. A'arums, &c, &a.Chairs—a large variety ot patternsPERRY DaVIS'S PainkillerALT.EN'S Tung BalsamBRI3TOL'3 Saraaparilla
i, Sugar-coateel Pills,&c, Sic, &c.
mo β-accos.
Stock on hand consists of tho Finest VirginianBrands from Cameron, Watson and MacGlllWiUiams. and other celebrated manufacturer.*.VENns-Tens, in|, J, andi boxes ; Navy Pocketpoces. Mxes, ljoublo-thlck Fives, Pocketpieces. Twist, .Sα, &c.
Also,A Splendid Assortment of Black Tortoiseshell andAromatic in Teas, Sixes, Fives, Pockot-pieces,
Double, Thick Stuffs, Twists, and other fancylinesCut Tobaccos, in Tins and LooseHavanah, Manilla, Swiss, German, and EnglishTobacconists' Sundries.
E W TEAS OK SALE.Half-ehests Finest First Crop Assam Congou, ex
•Lydla, •
Half-chests First Crop Lapsang Souchong, ex* Jamfis Wilson'
Chests Finest First Crop Ankoi Kaisow, ex ' JamesHalf-chests Choicest First Crop Hankow Corcrou.
ex'S. S. Bowen'Halfch.sts Choice First Crop Kaisow Congou, ox
' Kiioda'Half-chests Choice First Crop Fruity Congou, ex
' Hhoila'Half chests Kaisow CoDgou, ex 'Irazu'Chests Choici. Kaisow Cougou, ex • Irazu'Half-chests l'ine Itaisow, ex • Hunico'Half-chusts Fine Kaisow, ex *E. M. Young.'
Caddins Finest Jfirat Crop Scuchong, ex 'JameaWilson'Boxes Finest First Crop Kaisow Congou, ex 'Jer-
falcon.Boxes Choico First Crop Kaisow, ex 'Gaston
Auger'Boxes Souchong Congou, ex ' Wandering Minstrel'Boies Finest First Crop Souchong, ex 'O. HardenBoxt-a Strong Souchong Congou, ex ' E. M. Young.
Finest Foo Choo Pekoes, Java Pekoes, SouchongsJava Souchongs, Assam Farmings, BrokenAesam Pekoes, Assam Company's FloweryPekoes, Young Hyson, Gunpowder and. otherTens,
. Merchandise.
rrpOLPHO; T£T 9 u v E ' S
AROMATIC
{§CHIEDHAM ScHJS^PPS,A SUPERLATIVE TONIC, DIURETIC. ANTI-
. DYSPEPTIC, AND .
INVIGORATING OOKD&iAL,
'Specially patronised and recommended for Medlcinapurposes or theMedical Faculty.
L. D. NATHAN* CO.,AGENTS.
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM,IHS.HIMIS; FOB CCBIHO
CONbtTMPXION, GOUGH3, BRONCHITIS,ASTHMA, AND CROUP.
AS AN EXPSOTOBAJJT IT DAS NO EQUAL.
ItIs composed of the active i. rinciplee of roots andplant;, which are chemically extracted, boas toretainall their medical qualities.
MINISTERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS,who are so often afflicted with throat diseases,willfind a sure remedy In this balsam. Lozenges andwafers sometimes give relief; bnt this balsam, taken ■a few times, willensure a permanentcure. . i
Will all those afflicted with coughsor consumptionread the following, and learn the value of
ALLEN'S LUNG BALBAM.TVHAT THZ DOCTORS SAT.
Amos Woolly, M.D.,.of Kosclnsko Co., Indianasays :— *' For three years past I have used Allen'sLun? Balsam extensively In my practice; and lamsatisfied that there Is no better medicine for lungdiseasesin use."
Isaac R. Doran. JT.D. of Logan Co., Ohio, says :—
"Allen's Lung Ba3alm not only sells rapidly, butgives perfect satisfaction in every case within myknowledge. Having confidence in it, and knowingthat it possesses valuable medical properties, Ifreely use it in my daily practice, and withunbounded success. Aβ an expectorant, it is mostcertainly far ahead of any preparation I have everyitknown."
Nathaniel Harris, M.D., of Middlebnry, Vermont,says:—"l have no doubt ii will scon become aClascal remedial agent for the euro of diseases ofhe throat, bronchial tubes, and the lungs." ,Dr. Lloyd, of Ohio, surgeon in the army, during
the war, from exposure, contracted consumption.Hβ says :—" I have no hesitation in stating that itwas by the use of yonr Lung Balsam that Iam nowalive andenjoyinghealth."
Dr. Fletcher, of Missouri, s*ys:—"I recommendyour balsam in preference to any other medicineforcoughs : and it gives satisfaction."
DR. A. L. BCOVILL.who has for many years been known to the publicthroughout the United States as the inventor ofremedies for the lungs, recommends Allen's LukgBAI.BAH as surpassing any thin; that has ever beenoffered to the public for the cure of lung diseases.He has used it in his own family with great success,in the case of his sister, who was supposed to be inthe last stages' of consumption. This lady is nowwell, and has been permanently cured by its use.
Physicians who have railed to cure their patientsshonld: 7 this medicinebefore the}' give the case up,as we know very many valuable lives have been savedby being persuaded to give it atrial.
Don't despair because all other remedies havefailed ; but try this remedy, and you will not bedeceived.It will euro when all othftrs fail.Directions accompany each bottle.
L. D. irATHAN & CO.,Agents.
Soid by al' Druggists and Storekeepers.
milK LARGEST SALEIN AUSTRALIA
REDUCED PRTCH LIST.
THE "UTOME" QHCJTTLE
ASIEKICAN LOCK-STITCH
SEWING MACHINE.THE BEST AND MOST EASILY WORKED
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE IN THEMARKET,
wrrnooT reoard to pbioe,
Ind we feel confident that whenever persons wishingtobay Sowing Machines give the
"HOME" SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINEa fair trial, acompetition with other machines, it will
have the preference.
In proof of their superiority ovor other machines,we Guarantee them forFive Years.
With the Machine is furnished—Hem er. Braider3hnttle. Bobbins, Oil Can, Oil, Screwdriver, FivfNeedles, Gauge, Table Clamp, and directions for useAH securoly packed in strong case, without extrjcharge.
It will hem, fcll,blnd,cord,bra'nt,soatn, tack, raffle,hemstitch, and gather, and sew on and gathe; at thes»me time, and will work equally well on Stlic Linen,Wooen, and Cotton Goods, with Silk, Cotton, cjDotton Thread.
Wo. t-H AND MAC HIN E, Reduced to £i.N.B.—This is also adapted oruse on tablesand Treadle which we will supply at anytime, ofelegant American manufacture for£2 Ss..
Vo. 2_MACHIN]S for Treadle use only, haying thevery great advautago of being set lerel withthe table, complete, with elegant Orna-mental :tron Stand, with handsome polishedtop, complete, reduced to £0 6s.
No. 3-MACHINE, as above, with polishedcover tolook and protect machine, reducod to £" 7s.
Where tho genuine "HOME" SHUTTLE Mi.OHINE3 »re notproiurable we willsend them directtapurchasers on receipt of remittance or reference.
JjJVERY Q.EKUIKBHOME-SHUTTLE
SEWING MACHINEIS STAMPED
Me M° s s & C °-
SOLE-AGENTS.
SYDNEY, N. S. W.
Cβ-. BEWARE OF -ffiaGKEMAN AND BIEMINGHAM IMITATIONS
SOLE IMPOKTERS I
L. D« * (jo.,ATJCKXAND.
Wβ have appointed the undersigned Sole Ketall&$e ?\ &r Auckland, where the genuine HoieShuttlo Machines are procurable fey time payment-!Illustrations, Speslmens. and Tuition free of chaiieT'J. V. BREDA,
SHOSTLA»D.BTREET,
Merchandise. <
ESTABLISHED I.V 1832. : jTSRISTOL'S: QARSAPARILLA:
''•■' THE GE3AT PUEIFIEK OF THE BLOOD, i: lT BTAJJDS ■ ON' ITS OWN WELL-EIRNED REPUTA-
TION gainedby a Ion? series-of woND-atFoii CURESextending over a period of more than40 YEARS, andwhich have been performed by it inevery section of
the globo. In this colony we hwo the WK.t.AUTHENTICATED C'RTIFIOATES frOH. citizens WIDELYKNOWW to the public, on whom the most starti-inocukes have een effected in esses, of diseases whichhad until then proved incurable. On these proofswe base our assertion, and on these proofs we invitethe sick and affected to put their Srust, well knowing,from long experience, that when once perseveringlyufed, Bbistoi/8 Sabsapakxiaa. will never disappointthose who rely upon it.
"AND WHY IS THIS VTho reply comes without hesitation, with a full
knowledge of its truthfulness. Ueoiuse-Bristol'sSabsaparilla is the 3KST, because it'effectsCURES WHEN ALL BLBE DAS FAILKD TO BELIEVE,beoinseit does rstcisiLT wbai 13 promised fo«it, because it is a oemuini phabmacsotical pre-paration made according to theestabi.i3Ue»usiLkSof the Faco-lty, because it is prepared by thoroughlyeducated DRUOQISTS who understand their businessinall its branches, becanso its tion on disease isalways ii' iFoBKaodRKLiAELB, whileother so-cilledSarsaparillas are irregal«r in laeir action, and uure-iable, sometimes seeming tobenefit, SOMETIMES Aor-inoAS a poisow, and doing h ooa hakm, but as arule, inert In action, having no effect whatever.BhlsTOl/s SAB3APABII.LA is NEVER INERT, and Ulninety-nine out otevery hundred cases it willeitherbenefit, relieve, orcure. ■■• ' .
BRISTOL'S SARSAPARILLA,• you SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS & StoKEKERPSJIS.
Wholesale Agents :
L. D. NATHAN & CO.
TIRISTOL'S dtJ GAR-CO A JED
t>ills,
GUAEANTEED PUEELY VEGETABLE,y Arc the only pills which contain
LEPTANDRIN AND POBOPBTHIKThese two powerful antibilious plants are a sure
cure for all diseases of the St>mach. Liver andBowels, Headache, Indigestion,Dizziness, Painn the Sidk ON Back, and especially
BILIOUSNESS. \ahoy never weaken nor gripe, unless the stomach
s very foul, and they areEasy to Take.
For Sale bt. all Druggists and Dealers inMedicines.
Wholesale Agents:L. D. NATHAN & CO.
XMPERISHABLE TpIRAGRANCE.
MURRAY & LANMAX'SCELEBRATED
FLORIDA \yATER,The richest, most lasting, yut most doliciteof all
perfumes, for use on the
HANDKERCHIEF, !At the TOILET,
And iu the BATH,As there itro imitations and counterfeits, always
ask or the Florida Water prepared by the solepropiietors,
LANMAN & KEMP,NEW YORK.
For Sai.» Br all Perfumers, Dru(iqi3T3, andDealers in Fancy Goods.
Wholesale Agents :
L. D. NATHAN & CO.
A FAMILY MEDICINE.
We call the special attention of oar readers to thedirections for the use of that favourite home remedy,
PAIN-KILLER !
It has been before the public over Thirty YEABstand probably has widerajd better reputation thanany other proprietary medicine of the present dayAt this per od there are but few unacquainted withtho merits jf the Pain-killor; bnt, while some extolit as a linicicnt, they know but little of its power ineasing pain whon taken internally; while others useit internally with great snecess, but are equallyIgnorant of its healing virtues when applied ex-ternally. Wo therefore wish to say to all thatIt isequally successful, whether used internally orexternally, and it stands to-day unrivalledby all thegreatcatalogue ofFamily Medicines. It ia sufficientevidence of its virtues as a standard medicine toknow that it ii now used in all parts of the world,and that its sale is constantly increasing. . Nocurative ngent has had such wide-spread sale, or givensuch universal satisfaction.
DAVIS' PAIN-KILLER is a purely vegetablecompound, prepared from the best and pures,materials, and with a earn that insures the -rao3tperfect uniformity in tbo raed cine; and, while it iaa most efficient remedy forpain, it ia a perfectly safemedicine, even in the most unskilful hands, and hasbeen tested in every variety of climato, and by almostevery nation known to Americans.It is emluently a FAMILY MEDICINE, and bebeing kept ready for immediate resort, will save
many an hour of sufferingand manya dollar in timeand doctors' bilfe.
After thirty years' trial, it is stillreceivinc theunqualified testimonials to its virtues from persons ofthohighestcharactcrand responsibility. Physicians ofthe first respectability recommend it as a mosteffectual preparation for the extinction of pain Itis not only the b».st remedy over known for BruispgCuts, Hums,Ac , bat for Dysentery or Cholera, nr anysort of liowo) Complaint, it is a remedy unauri>assi::lfor efficiency and rapidity of action. In the src.itthe standard medicineforall such complaint;, as wellas for Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, and otlieikindred disorders. For Con{-h3 and Colds, Canker,Asthma, nnd Rhematic difficulties, it has been proveilby the most abttndixnt and convincing tobe nn invuluable medicine.
Wo vronM caution tiie publicagainstall imitationsof our preparation, either in name or style of puttingap.
The PAIN-IvILI.ER is sold by Druggists, Apothe-caries, and Dealers in Family medicines inall purtsOf the world.
L. D. NATHAN & CO.,Auckland, N.Z.,
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
AAUriOlf TO THE PUBLIC.
The deplorableeffects which have followed tha usoof vile compounds, sold under the name of' Schnapps," shoald prove a caution to the public lo
purchase only that bearing tho name of "UDtfLPilOWOLFE," to which four thousand physicians havecertified its excellence and purity over all othei"UDOLPHO WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS" has been aquarter of a century before the public, and its sal-steadily increasing, while
UCSDBED3 OP IMITATIONShave appeared and disappeared, leaving only ruicand disgrace toall connected with them. The publkshould no longer bo duped by injurious cheap flerpcoiapocuda with forged certiucates, manufactured inhe Colony.
To protect consumers against imitations ofXTDOLPHO WOLFE'S AROMATIC SCHIEDAM
SCHNAPPSille.jajc
toJSSSTJfiSRn"*' PUrChMerS t0 Pr°tectOrioisai. Unopekbd BorrLFa ok Caskhand thus sacute the fuU advantages of this
rXTF.AOr.DIKAJIv MEDTOAL BEVKEAaE.Wholesale Agents;
L. t>. N ATH AN & CO.
4J£ASS'S PALE ALE.Br Read Brothers.
London.(" Bull-dog" Bottling Mark.)
Bass's & " Bull-dog" LabelsNeither the Brewers nor the Bottlershave spared any trouble or cost trmake this tho Finest Ale in the
TV" 1* EDth capital and ak/ll arelence. *"a atand«d of excel-
mmimi L" D - NATHAN & co..Solb Agents,
AUCKLAND.
4O.UI2OTESS'S STOUT.By Read Brotheds,
Lokdon.(" Bull-Jog" Bottlinz Mark.)
"Harp"&"Bdij,-iloqIoq Labels. ,
L. D. NATHAN & CO.,Sole AoEKTfI,
. ■ ACCKHKD,
Merchandised - '"•;'. I
■:■: b 1878-79,: fr.;;^!.IX 'KIIiIiABNEy,' . . :
Hare been .
BSPSfeIALLY SELECTED SOTI LOCAL EEQUIBE-' MENUS,••■■■...
.And comprise the
EXTRA CHOICEST FIRST-CLASSkaiiOWS, " ; .
CONGOUS, .... .;
AND
SOTTCHONGS, -
With each and a'X their differentcharacteristics.
SAMPLE 3 FOK LIQUOKrNG NOW KKADY. ;
OWEN" & GRAHAM. '
ry W E N Alf D R A H A M
HAVE TO, AEBrVE: ;
» PKR « SCASTHA FISHER ' AND ' LADY- . JOCELTN,' . -.....■'■
Keiller's Confectionery ..".,'
Keiller's Candied Peel . i. vKeiller's JnjuDis
Morton's Capers, Assorted Pickles, Tablefait, Vin'gar, Bottled Fruits, Black"andBed Currant Jelly, Essences, Maccaroni,Vermicelli, Half-pints and Pints Curry,Half-pint Capers, Ha'.f-pint Castor Oil
Crosse and Blackwell's Esrsnces : Half-pint,Pint, and Qa'acts Salad Oil, AssortedPickles, MiredPickles, Mnstard Pickles,Bottled Fruits (carefully assorted),Bloater and Anchovy Paste, CayenneCastors, Half-pint and Pint Carry, Half-pint French Capers •
Colman's Mustards, Starch
lea and Perrin's Worcester Sauce, haU-plntsand pints
Harper Twelvetrees' SoapPowdersHoffman's Soip Powders
Hudson's Soap Powders.
Heave's Food
I-Hxey's Black LeadBathBricks
Oakey's Knife Polish
Brown and Poison's CornflourBurnett's Vinegar
Bryant and May's Small, Medium, and LargeFancy.pvals
Bryant and May's Plaids and 250 Ve3tas
Bell and Black's Plaids and 250 VestasPatent S^feiies
Currants, caseCurrant;, cask
Eniiins, Elemes and Sultanas
FitfsMuscatelsSott Shell and Jordon AlmondsBarcelonaNutsCrushed Loaf SugirLoaf Sugar
Price's and Brandon's C&adies
Anglo-Swiss MilkWLybrows Red Herrings, Warranted and
Eagle Pickles, Popular Eelish£pp3's CocoaPaper Bags, in biles of 2, 3>Paper Eags, „ 8,10,14Paper, Grey Boyal Hand, Brown, in 50, CO,
£0, and 100 Boim3T.D. Pipes, J.D. Pipes, Fancy and Assorted
Cutties. Large Bowl African Junk
Sandeman'3 PortDavls's SherryHennessy's 1 and 3 Stat BrandyIJcnne:sy's Quirter-caskTooth's a*d Burnett's Old TomXowndcs's RumHod Star RumFlisk and rialf-flaaka BrandyEob Roy WhiskyI). IC. Terrier's Carte Blanchc.aud Imperial
JilleryChampagneCabby's Pale Ale
rdmond"s Pig StoutBaxter's Flour Big*ScrimsDucks and TicklenburjlisPlainand Striped Hessiias.
OWEN & GRAHAM.
gEASQ,J\ ipaAS.J3SB- 1878-79, -ss.
Samples of our New Teas, ex 'Killainey,' are readyfor '" '
OWEN & GRAHAM.
QWEN ANDTO ARRIVE PER ' CARRIB TPrJJAJf,'- ERO3S
NSW YORK —
KeroseneClothes Pina.ChairsAxesDried Apple3Sarsapwilla
Oal
American Longc'oths~ Shsetings.
OWEN & GRAHAM.
E & P *L_G I A L-H)9 casks Cement, ex ' Lady Jocelyn*
1,000bags Sait, ei 'Lady Jocelya,
SO tons NewcastleCoke, ex 'Lady Jccelyn"Slates, ex' Carrie Wlsman ,
OWEN & GRAHAM.
QWEN ANB Q.RAHAMHAVE TO ARRIVE, VIA SYDNEY,4-4, 5-i, and C i China Mattings, in white,
efceck, and fanoy ditto.
AND CO,°NSALEX ■■.■*
SPIRITS—
jtsk7 «' k" h,sky- Irish and Scotch; GoneviJDKZ Schuapp. Cr o«-n brand and othersALE AND PORTER—
WINES—
;;■•:,;_ 3i^;ffl 'Merchandised .-.~~~"
rf\ HE; E N COBE WHISHT"The following satisfactory and most convinorndence shewn the absolate parity and safety,,?* e ,*l
an Alcoholicstimuli£<»• «t.—" Kemarkably free Jrom fMel oil
': ~
wb<<le«om<v and pleasant" '■ »iI4British MedicalJoum.l.—"Removalof the fn, iU most complete»ndefHc.idousi." Insil oilM dical Time* and Gazette.—" Wβ can hfehl,„ mend it as well fitted for medicil ÜBT' B*
pnre, wholesome, and pleasant." -' eiDS Teij
Medical Jtr.M and Circular.—••Pare and whcW,and nncontamlaated with the mUtmea"S? "ftused toRive fictitious age and aroma." ret -Qei itlj
Me ■■Uα! Record. —- Must rank foremo3tas Mm -
Practitioner.—" Perfectly free from fusel oiltrenv ly mild,anda safe alcoholic stimulant -
*
Sanilarn licc-rd.—"Snch an excellent dietetic ,i,-lant d'ServfS a wide-spread reputation '• m"
Public Health,-J' Exceptionally pure. 'It w .fortunate for the health of the communitT-r V>
. general use." „
7 u utbrlrliealth should use it" u *no Tala
Dt. H. C. Butleti, F.C S.—"Contaioed Jess tn-that feletenoas arid poisonona milter far, ,.0, 1than any spirit I have tuMnitted to a* Lsearobinp investigation. The medica crofpTf"shouVd recommend to their Pati.ntsVo iftwhich does not coine up i o tni.ataudard"
"
Dr. O. K.-O. Ticbborne, P.0.8., Tr.nity Coll.,Dublin.—"Careful y exanOned for ,u3fl ii,Ui S"none could be di-covered. Perfectly fre, '. Uipoisonous metal< that are freaaenMy foind ?
. whiskies, : and which are very deleteriom pUmarkablygoodqniiity." • C!
Dr. Paul, F.C S.—-Perfectly free'from fusel oil „other iniuriJOS substance." ou> 0'Dt. Stev.naon Alacidam.--" Very pure and whole. come,andof exceedingly Lnc quality " le
• This Wiiiaky is not only a pleasant anl wholeso™,utimulant forordinary u,e. bat fordeUcitecSjtions it is invaluable, a> it uiUagree with suc h"hSno other alcoholic sdmulaat will, whether in ti!form of wine or cogn3C.' It is used almost cidnsitriin tte practice of many of tie most eminent men IItho jnedtcilprofession. ™ u
tvery Gal:ou Guaranteed £q.cally PureMiNCPJCrORBD BY BEKKABD UD CO 'rgrrt
DisiiLtKßy, ij:rrir, BCOIT.AND '■■ its ISAACS, t'oi>street,
...Sole At'ents.
"We have appointed Mr. Thomas llackt 'Winand Spirit Aleichaut. Fort-street, oar to dbpo3e of the £nore Whiaky, in quantities to suit tmchasers. *
THE Famous WALTEAM WATCHE!obtained three pri>rj Mrdals at the greatPhlladelphiaexhibition. JSoted for their durability ancorrecuieai.
B. & B. ISAACS, Fort-street,. Sole Agents.
Can be had in any quantity from Messrs. HowdetAlexander, iley, sjchwarz, end Adams, Aucklandaud of A. XEaac*, Cambridge, Waikato.
BOUD'S CELEBRATED PIANO?extra-tolted, and manufactured expressly
tho Hew Zea and climate.E. it H. ISAACS, Foit-street.
Sole Agents.
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DITEKMISED ATTEMPT TO f>p«v OSB OF J. TaSS":••Reliance" Safes.
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