THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE DISRUPTION: A TALE OF TRYING TIMES. CHAPTER XVl— continued. He tried to find words to declare how far this was from his wish, but only managed to articulate "No.” After a pause, he controlled his emo tions sufficiently to enable him to pro ceed with his explanation, and he said, with earnestness of tone that betrayed the intensity of his feelings—“ No, my own Agnes," it is far from my wish to break off. Heaven alone knows how intimately you are bound up with my happiness, and how much you are to me the charm of life. I have no views apart from you —no hopes of enjoy ment on earth without you; but I feel that it is due to your happiness and my own honor that I should release you from your engagement to me.” “Oh, James!” said the agitated girl, turning on him with a look of reproachful tenderness, “ how can you speak so harshly ? What do you mean by such cruel words ? Why should your honor or my happiness demand our separation ? ” “ Dearest Agnes ! do not let distrust of ray affection for a moment afflict you. It is not because I love you too little but too much—if that be possible —that 1 feel compelled to renounce the bright hopes I once indulged in, in connection with you.” Again Agnes buried her face in her h mds and sobbed as if her heart would break. “ Tell, me, James,” at last she said, “how 1 have deserved this un kindness. You may have seen a face you can fancy more (for, as you say I have grown pale and thin now), but you will never meet a more devoted heart than mine. I little thought that four months’ separation could so far turn your mind from me as to make you wish our engagement st an end. James ■ James ! you could not propose this if you had ever felt as much attached to me as I have been to you.”

“ Oli, Agnes'! these are cruel words. I solemnly"tell you 1 love you, and wil never cease to love you, above al created beings; and why should yor doubt mv word ? ”

“' James Duncanson, you are the last man I would doubt. Ever since I saw you first, your word has been to me as gospel truth, and that, above all else, made me give up my whole heart to you with the most perfect confidence that it was well bestowed. But when you speak of releasing me of my en gagement, what can I understand but that you wish to be released from yours ! ” “Do you remember, Agnes, when you told me that you were an ambitious girl, and that nobody but a nobleman —not a nobleman of Queen’s making, but a nobleman by the grace of God — would please you ? ” “ Ves, James, I mind it well; and, as I thought you one of these, I was frank enough to tell you so.” “ Well, then, it is because I would not defraud you of the object of your virtuous ambition that I speak of part ing. I would not be the nobleman of nature’s making which you took my for, and which I wish to be, but a mean spirited fellov/, if I were to insist on holding you to an engagement after all the circumstances in which it was made are so altered as to make a match between us unequal, and every disad vantageous to you.” “ What do you allude to, James ? ” “ Why should you ask, Agnes ? Surely the disparity which now exists bef.veeu us is easily seen. Last year, v.'hen I presumed to seek your, favor, and had the happiness of being success ful, we stood on equal ground. I was poor and dependant, no doubt, but my prospects w r ere flattering. You w’ere then no richer than myself, and might reasonably be expected to look no higher than to share a humble lot like mine. Now', all this is changed. I am cast adrift on the wmrld penniless and friendless, and at a time, too, when I cannot hope by my own exertions — holding the principles which I have conscientiously adopted—to attain to anything like comfortable circum stances. On the other hand the star of your fortune is rising. I hear—and, from the bottom of my heart, I rejoice at it, Agnes, for your sake, though it but blights my own hopes the more — that a rich legacy ” “ Oh, James, can you think me so mean and mercenary as to ” “ Nay, hear me, Agnes, for I ow r e it to myself to say that in such altered circumstance as we are new placed in —you an heiress, and I a half-educated, poverty struck student —1 will never be so despicably mean as to take advan tage of your simplicity so far as to hold you bound to me, notwithstanding the engagement between us.”

“ This is a cruel kind of generosity, James. You are the same to me as ever, if you really bear unaltered love to me ; so let no worldly consideration come between us. lam yours through good and bad fortune alike, as I fondly pledged myself to be; and never let a word be said about circumstances. If 1 had Jean brown’s cleverness, I would scold you well for ever thinking so meanly of me as to suppose I could wish to be free of my pledge for any change' that had happened, or that ever can happen, except in yourself. I ad mit you have vindicated the nobility of character I gave you credit for, but I must complain that you allow none of it to me.- But you ought to consider, that when I set my heart so much on having a husband of noble feelings, I might"have some share of them myself, and not be a fickle, heartless creature, to be turned about by every wind of fortune.”

. “ You are not only noble, Agnes, but divine. Y r on have hitherto been the sole object of my love, but now, were it not sinful, I would adore you. Still, •Agnes, why should I shut my eyes to the obstacles I see so plainly between us? "/our father, you admit, is bitterly prejudiced against me for the side I have taken in the Church controversy, and there is little hope he can ever be reconciled to me. He is rendering you unhappy on my account, and the thought of this destroys my peace, and makes me feel a guilty responsibility for all you are made to suffer. I can not endure the upbraidings of my conscience for being the cause of plac ing you at variance with your only living parent.”

“You have touched on the source of all my distress, and I confess my father’s displeasure is hard for me to bear; but it need not cause you any remorse, for I can submit to it patiently so long as I know it is unde served.”

While the young lady spoke these words, the sound of approaching voices was heard, which she immediately recognised as those of Mr. Calmsough and her father. Hour after hour had passed away so insensibly with the lovers, that they had not observed that the time had arrived when the two elderly gentlemen might be expected to return. Accordingly, when they came, Mr. Duncanson was still with Miss Montgomery, though he intended to have departed long before; and now that he was taken by surprise, he knew not what to do, and Agnes was greatly terrified, for she foresaw the consequences. Mr. Montgomery was detained some time in an adjoining room, for Mrs. Calmsough had the presence of mind, and kindness so to contrive matters in the hope of pre venting a storm. During this interval, Agnes distinctly heard her father ask Mrs. Calmsough what had become of her, and, when informed that she was in the parlor with a visitor, demanded who she was engaged with. His impatient manner of speaking made it plain that his questions could not be evaded, and that he would enter immediately, to satisfy himself by personal observation. Had theyoung lady been possessed of Jean Brown’s inventiveness and dexter ity, she might perhaps have contrived, for her lover’s escape or concealment, some means which he might have adopted had he been of Robin Afleck’s cast of character. But Agnes had no turn for artifice, and Mr. Duncanson was too high-minded to stoop to any thing of a clandestine nature. They therefore sat still—she trembling, and he not altogether at ease —awaiting the entrance of the angry old man. He was in a more irascible mood than usual; for the meeting he was just re turned from had proved unharmonious and unsatisfactory. It had revealed wide differences of opinion among those who were generally considered united in support of the Church against the innovations of the Non-intrusion party. Mr. Calmsough and a few more had advised conciliation ; but Dr. Snapper dudgeon and others had contended for the propriety of enforcing the laws as they stood, seeing that the Auchterader case had been decided finally, and with expenses, against the Non-intrusionists; while Sir John Baldwin, seconded by Mr. M'Quirkie, and with a few other supporters, had spoken strongly in favor of a new appeal to Government for modification, not the abolition, of patronage. The meeting had been all at sixes and sevens, and had broken up in confusion, without anything having been resolved on. Old Gideon Mont gomery’s severity of temper inclined him to take Dr. Snapperdudgeon’s view of the subject; but he had got fairly bewildered by the diversity of opinion expressed, and his irritability was pro portionably excited. For the first time, he, began to contemplate the disrup tion of the Church as a possible event, and all his long-cherished prejudices and: prepossessions regarding matters ecclesiastical were roused into violence. It was in this frame of mind that he learnt that Mr. Duncanson was with his daughter. In vain did, Mr. and Mrs. Calmsough try to dissuade him from breaking in upon the young, people. Their attempts only incensed him the more, and threw him into a paroxysm of coughing, to which he was very much subject. As soon as he had recovered a little, he, without any ceremony, entered the room where the youthful pair were seated. Agnes rose to. meet him, and courageously introduced her lover to him by name. He knew the young man well enough before, and noticed him now only with a sulky look and a constrained inclination of the head. But to his daughter, •he said—“ Get you to bed, girl; I have something to say to Mr. Duncanson by himself.” Agnes did not dare to disobey such a peremptory command; but, before leaving the room, she had the firmness to take an affectionate farewell of Mr. Duncanson, and to say to him, loud enough for her father to hear, “Re member, James, if you are not made welcome to call on us as often as you find convenient, the fault will not be mine; I shall always be glad to see you.” “Get away, I tell you, you silly girl ! ” said her father in a tone of great asperity which again threw him into one of his fits of coughing. Agnes went away in tears, casting A longing, lingering look behind, and waving a parting adieu to her lover as she closed the door. It was some time before Mr. Mont gomery gathered breath to speak; meantime the student stood patiently waiting to hear what he had to say. “ Mr. Duncanson,” at length said the old man, addressing him sternly, “ I think you must have been long ago aware that your visits to my daughter were not acceptable.” “ I beg your pardon, sir, but you heard what she just now said herself.” “ I don’t care what she says, and neither would you, if you acted in a proper spirit.” “ Excuse me, Mr, Montgomery, but allow me to say I cannot view this matter in that light. I have been in' the habit of supposing that as Miss Montgomery is more deeply concerned in it than any one else, her own incli nation was most to be considered.”

“ I tell you, then, you are very niuch mistaken, * I have no objection to humor her to any reasonable extent, but I will not surrender my authority over her, as a parent, so far as to allow her to throw herself away to gratify any foolish romantic notion she may have formed.”

“ You surely have formed a very bad opinion of me, Mr. Montgomery, when you put the case in this manner.” “ Well, suppose I have, would it not be most becoming in you to act as it you had a good opinion of yourself, and avoid coming where you are not welcome? You know you profess to be a Nonintrusionist.”

“ I do, but I am unable to see how that should be thought a fault.” “ Oh, of course, it will be no fault in your eyes, I’ll warrant —a merit, rather, you may possibly suppose. But you ought to consider, young man, that I, who .have been longi an office-bearer in the Established Church and a member

of it fqr a much longer period, cannot look with favor on one who is laboring to undermine the venerable inst —” “ I beg your pardon, Mr. Mont gomery, but I protest most solemnly that I—” “ Don’t interrupt me, sir; I won’t be interrupted. You have not a word to say for yourself, and I’ll hear no word. Little wonder is it that I, in my old age, should be offended to see boys—striplings—rise to disturb and destroy the peace of the Church which our fathers died for. I don’t know a worse symptom of a youth than a pre sumptuous disposition to meddle with settled institutions. Who gave you, and the like of you, discernment to see the blemishes in the Church, which have never been seen till now ? Who made you and such as you wiser than all who have gone before you ? Can you tell me that ? Och ! hoch! hoch!” —another fit of coughing concluded this indignant tirade. When it was over, Mr. Duncanson ventured to take up the thread of the debate. “ Admitting,” said he, “ that my judgment may be immature, and the principles I have adopted erro neous, still I have not taken thetn up or urged them in a presumptuous spirit, and they have originated not with me or any like me, but with respected fathers of the Church.” “Ay—who are they !” “ Why Dr. Chalmers himself for one.” “ A hot-brained declaimer. That man is sufficient to unsettle a world.” “ And Dr. Candlish.” “ A wind-bag ; a vain pragmatical pedant; a presumptuous cox-comb.” “And Dr. Cunningham. “ A word-twister, a wrangler, a Church-court brawler, a man more in his place among lawyers than divines. Just so, the three C’s are the leaders in this unnatural conspiracy against the Church’s peace. There is not another man of any note can be named as belonging to the party.” “ Sir David Brewster is warmly in favor of our principles.” “ Sir David Brewster ! A crochety egotist—a man never pleased with any thing or anybody. If these be your men, I think as little of them as your principles.” “ They enjoy the general respect of their countrymen, and may be com pared advantageously with any of the leaders on the opposite side.” “ I deny it, sir; I deny it. Och ! hoch ! hoch ! I won’t argue with you, sir. Och! hoch! hoch! You are engaged in a bad cause, and have not the sense to see it or the honesty to own it. But I hope—och! hoch ! hoch ! —I hope the Church will prove too strong for all her enemies, and 1 flourish when they are all forgotten. I am an old man now, and it is little I can do for her, but I will at least make sure that no enemy of her’s shall ever obtain a footing in my family. That is what I can do, sir, and what I will do. I tell you plainly, sir—och ! hoch ! hoch ! —I tell you plainly I would rather see Agnes go to her grave than see her the wife of anybody holding the principles you hold. Now, is that not enough 1 ” “ God forgive you 1 Mr. Montgomery, for these rash words.”

“ Well, well, that’s a very good wish, for we all need forgivenness; but don’t think to shake my purpose, for my mind is made up. I have been very civil to you hitherto—very civil and forbearing —but, remember, lam not to be trifled with. I think, in the present state of the Church and of your owm prospects, you might have something else in your head than silly loveraaking; at any rate, there are plenty of young women in the world besides my daughter, and you need be at no loss to find another, if you must have a sweetheart. So, if you please, don’t trouble yourself any more about Agnes.” These wmrds were spoken with a cutting calmness that indicated a settled purpose, and they wounded the student’s high-toned feelings more than any of the old man’s more angry ex pressions. He stood for a moment struggling to muster composure to return a suitable reply, but the effort was fruitless. He was merely able to stammer out a few' incoherent words in a husky tone and with tremulous articulation; and taking a respectful but almost silent leave of Mr. Mont gomery, he left the house. When fairly abroad in the dark, deserted streets, his heart swelling with indig nant feeling and wrung with anguish, he mentally pronounced himself the most unfortunate and miserable of all mankind.

(To be continued—commenced on July 26.)

CHISPA’S LETTER.

I am not yet so bald that you can see my brains.”—LONGFELLOW'.

(From Ashburton Herald, September 4. )

I do like to see men honest enough to alter their opinions when they find them selves in the wrong, and it was a graceful thing on the part of the Racing Club, who were almost to a man opponents of Mr. E. G. Wright in his election, to acknow ledge his services on behalf of the sport ing interests of the County. About this time last year there were great doings in connection with the annual parade cf stud horses. The only move ment I see in that direction this year is the exhibition of cats’ meat in the auction rooms at the rate of a pound a nob. I hear another change is to take place in the personnel of the Magistracy here. In the days when Msllish reigned supreme over wandering cows and in ebriates, matters legal used to be hurried through as if done by contract-eighty cases in two hours was about the average ; and the reason why cases were polished off at that rate is, from past experience, to be attributed to the absence of the frater nity whose stock-in-trade seems to be a copy of “ Addison on Torts” and an un limited amount of brass. _ After Mr. Hel lish’s departure we enjoyed a peaceful week or two with old Daddy Woolcombe as dispenser of the New Zealand Consti tution and its manifold surroundings ; and then came, in all his pristine ignorance, our dear departed Le Grand Campbell, and with him the host of legal luminaries now shining in the Borough. I recollect when the father of our present bar made his advent. He had for some months nothing to do—couldn’t got a case, in fact, and I recommended him to adopt the same principle as was current in another profession (the medicos), and import a rival. He took my advice. One came, more followed, and poor old Le Grand was worried out of Ashburton. He was followed by our present beak, who, in rny opinion, is superior to the quality he is expected to exhibit for the screw he gets, but owing to the attacks of the army

of luminaries who can’t, of course, all ex pect to win their cases, our suave and kindly old stipendiary is to be shelved, and put on a back seat. “Why!” I asked my informant.” “Oh ! Joe Beswick is coming as magistrate ” was the reply. I don’t want to say all I think of this.

A man living on his wits has an incen tive to smartness. I know a man whose godly addresses on the grace of God that giveth a knowledge of all good graces— including also, I suppose, the grace of honesty—have been delivered with a rare unction ; and whose prayers at the street cornel’s have been fervent that other.men should be as holy and good as he ; and whose hymns of praise have been timed upon a highly seraphic key. That was when the land craze was on, and when credit was good all round, and when any thing on two legs could borrow ad lib. These piping times are in the near past, but I fear in the very far future—they are that part of history that does not repeat itself every fourth of the month. . Well, times have changed with that man, and he now lives upon his wits. They seem to feed him well, however, for he loses nothing in flesh, and his face is as rubicund, his smile as benign, as though his cheque were a mandate before which even the Colorado beetle must still bow— and part. Old Barney was out of a job, and his lasfc'LS lay waiting to be used up, without the hope of a fellow- rolling up to take its place. He of the wits met Barney, and asked the pleasure of “ taking his life.” The petition at once pointed in what direction the wits had led the sainted one. “ How can I insure when I am out of a job?” “Insure, and I’ll find you a job. ” Hard work suiteth not your “ moral agriculturalist,” and a fort night’s spade work at L2 a week has no attraction for him. He prefers the culti vation of morals to that of muscular Christianity, so he sent" Barney to a ! job which the poor Irishman believed would last all summer, but a fortnight saw the end of it, and Barney’s policy brought a commission 11! Not bad, that. The same “agriculturist ” some days ago had a horse shod, and to stave off payment thought to frighten the blacksmith by wanting change for a Lo-note. The black smith’s purse was longer than the imagin ation of the agriculturist, who had to con fess his innocence of the fiver.

A dreadful calamity is in prospect for the colony. The praiseworthy efforts of the Civil Service Commissioners in reduc ing all salaries 10 per cent., however pleasing to. Parliament, don't §eem to be palatable to those most deeply interested in the arithmetical problem hingeing upon the matter in question. From the auto cratic Commissioner Conyers, down to Bill Jones, the engine-cleaner, a howl of indignation at the mean intentions of the powers that be has been yelled out all over the colony, and as the big guns in the service get bonuses to help out their miserable dole of, say, £1,200 a year or so, they don’t say a great deal, but exer cise their spare (?) time in doing amateur detective work. For instance,' a big official, say a Railway Engineer, not having any engineering to do, travels along the line and interviews the class who are described in a general way as “ under the grade of station-masters.” These serfs of- course in answer to stock questions, and with the fear of sacking before their eyes, tell the big gun that the reduction is quite to their taste, and that they are patriotic enough to feel that it is good for themselves and their families to accept the reduction ; also, that if the Government had reduced the wages to a pea soup and milk and water gauge they would have felt more grateful. But a Nemesis travelled in the wake of this highly intelligent superior officer, and the Nemesis happened to be an eight bob a day man, who also interviewed the “strikers.” He was a delegate, also doing amateur detective work, and was told by the ten per centers that they would kick over the traces to a man. I the employees’ stick out, there will be a grand opening for coaches for a day or two.

Weeping Willows. —The introduction of weeping willows into New Zealand, according to the Bangitilcei Advocate, is en veloped with a tinge of romance. An early English ship en route to New Zea land had to put into St. Helena. One of the passengers landed to visit Napoleon’s grave, and took some cuttings of the wil low’- that ’dropped over' the illustrious tomb. These slips were brought to the colony and planted, and in the course of nearly half a century, have been dis tributed far and wide.

Smart Telegraphy. —A nothern con temporary says : —The cable message con veying Home the news of the capture of the Kellys reached London five, hours before it was put in at Sydney ! The tele gram was despatched from Sydney at 12.30p.m. (Sydney time) on 28th June, and it reached London at 7.33 a.m. (Greenwich time) on the same day. Allow ing for the difference of time betw'een Sydney and London—Sydney being ten hours and five minutes in advance of Greenwich time—the actual time occu pied in transmission w T as five, hours and eight minutes, thus enabling events at the Antipodes to be published in London on the day of their occurrence.

Hollow' ay's Pills. —These Pills are more efficacious in strengthening a debilitated con stitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from -weak digestive organs, or whose health has become deranged by bilious affection, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no time in giving these admirable Pills a fair trial.' Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath are also within the range of the sanative powers of this very remarkable medicine. The cures effected by these Pills are not superficial or-temporary, but complete any permanent. They are as mild as they are efficacious, aud may be given with confidence to delicate females and young chil dren. Their action on the. liver, stomach, and bowels is immediate, beneficial, and lasting, restoring order and health in every case.— Advt

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1880.

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Public Notices. PROSPECTUS OF THE Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Com pany, Limited. CAPITAL, £IOO,OOO, IN 4000 SHARES OF £25 EACH. . DIRECTORS: > /.j Isaac Wilson, Esq., Chairman, G. H. Blackwell, Esq., E. Parnhamj Esq.,, And Two to be Elected after the Allotment of New Shares. • • BANKERS : Bank of New Zealand, SOLICITORS : Messrs. Garrick and , Cowlishaw. Registered Office ... ... Charles Street, Katapol THIS Company was established in July, 1878, with a capital of £15,000 in 15 shares of £I,OOO each, to carry on the business of Woollen* Manufacturers, and accepted the offer of the Hon. J. T. Peacock, for the purchase of the Premises and Plant of. 'the Canterbury Spinning, Weaving, and Fibre Company at about half its original cost, since which, timebeen made tothe buildings jmdplajit, the latter now comprising four sets of Carding Engines, and shitty-five; 'Looms • with necessary machinery, which, with the addition of machinery -just 1 arrived, makes 'the plant well-proportioned and very complete. The siim of £1,200 'bag been paid'since stock-taking, for last additions to buildings and machinery 3just received per'Doch Awe., . ‘ •- ; " ’ it* 'g ' The Manufactory, with the addition of the machinery per sLoHi Awe ; 'though , com plete in Rself, will not however enable the Company to meet r-tfie greatly increased demand which has arisen for their goods, although, as hitherto,...continuing; to rjw.ja large portion of the machinery night and day, and having conclusively present heads of departments are capable of working a Mill twice the size of 'the lpre sent one at a saving of at least £2,000 a year on. the general workingof the Company’s business, . they have with a view to providing extended premises and- appliances, decided to increase the Capital from £15,000 to £loojooo, the whole to be represented by 4000 shares of £25 each, of which the existing shareholders will be entitled to 825 fully paid up, in exchange for the shares now held by them (including the accumulated profit thereupon- amounting to £3^744); of the residue, the Directors propdse to issue at present only 1,600. : : _ ; 1 ■■; The increased capital will be applied, to the following purposes,* viz ;—Paying.of exist ing mortgage of £7,400 ; enlarging , present premises and plant; establishing pre mises in Christchurch ; and for the general purposes of the Company., - - The following may be enumerated among the special advantages in favor of Sharq* holders, viz.:—The original plant was purchased at about half-cost, the staff is-mow - , well-trained and efficient, which will obviate the difficulties and avoid a repettion’.df the losses experienced during the first eighteen months of the Company’s while the whole of the dead stock was cleared out previous to stock-talon^’ July Ist, 1880. i ; • , : • * r A good and safe .business has been developed, which is steadily increasing, india capable of being worked up to a much greater extent. All the risks and con nected with the formation of a new company will be avoided, and, as can hf seen by a perusal of the last balance-sheet, the new Shareholders will at. once pnt« into possession of a good paying concern. The present Shareholders; shew their faith in the concern in the most practical manner possible by taking the amouiit qf.£Ji?44. (accumulated profit, equal to 16 per cent, per annum oh the paid up Capital) hffully paid up shares, instead of drawing the amount which they are entitled to do. ' Tho Company now offers tog investors an opportunity *to develop a Cjlonial Industry which has established for itself a good reputation and meets* with Popular support, and which will, it is expected, shortly employ about 400 hands,: andat. the ißaffle time securing to Shareholders a good return for the Capital invested. Intending Shareholders can obtain any information, with ah: order* to viw -the Factory, from the Directors, or on application at the Office of the Company. ... The Share List will close on October Ist, 1880. ■ . . In making the allotment the Directors will take into consideration the tder in which the applications are made. . -■■■ ■ ,j . -i, , ft. The sum of £1 per share will be payable on application ; £2 10s. per share a allot ment; and the balance in calls of not more than 60s. per share at internals ofibt less three months. ■ : ~ In this manner the time for fully paying up will be extended to not less tlh tw6 years and three months. All Applications with £1 per share deposit/to be fovarded to the Chairman of Directors not later than October Ist, 1880. BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30, 1880.



LIABILITIES. £ s. d. To Paid-up Capital, viz. „ IS Shares of£x,ooo each ... 15,000 o O. „ Mortgage to the Hon. J. T. Peacock ... ■ ... 7.4°° 0 0 ~ Bills Payable ... ... 40 19 2 ~ Debts due to sundry trades men... ... ... 282 3 9 ~ Interest on Mortgage, half year .. ... 333 o 0 „ Advances on Wool Ship ments ; ... 700 o o ~ George Ramsden (Loan)'... 658 15 o „ Cash due Bank of New Zea - land - ... v ' 2,'24 12 I „ Profit and Loss Balance ... 3,744 7 9 £30,283 17 9 STATEMENT OF, PROFT • ' : , For-' Half-year end £13,475 2 1 Examined and found correct W. P. WILSON, Forms of Application may be obtain letter, at . the Offices of the Company. 1230 GRATEP UL—COMFORTING. ■E PPS'S COO 0A . BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of thenatural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful I application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided bur breakfast tables with a delicately j flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every ten pency to disease. . Hundreds of subtle , maladies are floating around us ready to : attack wherfeyer, is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft, by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame. See article in the Civil Service Gaxette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold, only in packets or tins, labelled : JAMES EPPS AND 00., HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMIST, LONDON. 91 Oo F F P OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, IN FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, IN . .. FLUENZA, COLjQS, &c. OWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. Duo he Montabor writes ;—r' **' Chateau de Moiitabbr, Aveyron. Sir, —Having suffered for some time from an obstinate cough, accompanied with fever, continuous head-aches, and sleepless nights, I resolved after having vainly tried several other medicines, to have recourse to your BALSAM of ANISEED. I cannot resist, sir, the desire of making you acquainted with the really marvelous results which I derived 1 from it. From the first dose I felt great : relief, the bad symptoms grew feebler, the ■ irritation of the throat was calming down, and I recovered the sleep which had ] nearly left me. The third dose delivered me completely, and I am now completely restored to health. : Receive, sir, with the expression of my ; gratitude the assurance of my, distinguished sentiments. DUO DE MONTABOR



ASSETS., ■ ' ,* .A d. By Freehold Land... 34 : r 6 „ Buildings Ac , count £3>993 *7 8 ; Less depreciation, 59 r 8 - i : 4. ' A ■ ■■■■: ■■■-;’ - 3.9339, 7 „ Plant Account 10,273 ;,4: 3 o j ;; > Less depreciation* 256 16 7 . ! -i . — ; 8 ~ Stocks on hand— rj.: Wool ... 4,840 I 0.., ;.,iv Manufactured ■■ , : j'.: arid in pro- . ' ‘i-, cess ... 5,924 ;t8 : 7 ' * ■ 7 - Oil ... '39 *7' 7 ’*.! Coal ... : 35- .0 o Soap ... 76 o o *|. Materials ... 29 0 9 ■ Dye Goods ... . 400 o o , r, jti,34j7 n ~ Sundry Debtors ... „ Wool Shipments— :i ■ Ex Waimate 510 5. .7 " |, Ex Waitangi 41114 4 ' : 9219 11 „ Loom Cash and Petty Cash ‘ 39 2 - 9 T AND LOSS ACCOUNT/ ling June 30, x 880. “ s 4 By Balance, December 31,’-1879 ■ 1,04*7 1 ~ Profit on Wool, ; Shipment • No. 1 ... ... 3012 It „ Profit on Wool, Shipment i No. 2 ... ... 150 a ~ Manufactures Account ... 11,98 2 1 * , Auditor. led by applying, eiihet: personally! by ISAAC WILSON, : i Chairman of Dirors. KEATINGS GOUGH LOZiIHpS. Goughs, asthma,, rronqtis, ACCUMULATION OF --PIEGM. Composed of the puiest. articles.-j These Lozenges .contain no; opium nor anydeerious drug, therefore the most delicate.. )! taka them with perfect confidence. Their leficial effect is speedy and; pertiuni. f i Thisjd un ■ failing family remedy is daily recomtiided by the most eminet Physrciansj, ‘ {ln iiancarly 60 years). . ■. ■ '• ‘ V ‘ MEDICAL TESTIMONY^ July 25th, 1877. 22, Cold; HarbotLane, London. ■ Ai Sir,—Your Lozenges are excelk, and their beneficial effect most reliable. Irongly recommend them in cases., of cotlf and asthma. You are at liberty to state my opinion, formed from many years expence. £ J. Bringloe* M.R.C.S.L;, ! L.S.A ) p.M. Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical §dce. Dear Sir,-Having tried • your kenges in India, I have much pleasure in testing to their beneficial effects in . cases of cipient consumption, asthma and bronchial actions. I have prescribed them largely, withie best results. ■, r ! ■ W. B. G, —*—-, Apothecary.’jHLS. KEATINGS COUGH. are sold by all Chemists, in tins’ of varib sizes, each having the words, “ Keatirigs’Cough Lozenges ” engrrvenon the governmeptamp. Proprietor, THOS;. KEATING, bndon, Export Chemist and Druggis ENO’S FRUIT SALT.—** After Ifferlng for nearly two and a httlf <yei from I severe headache and disordered stornh, and after trying almost everything-and lending much money without, finding, lanyi befit, I was recommended by a friend *to trjJBNO’S FRUIT SALT, and before I had'fimed one bottle I found it doing me.a great deaif good, and now I am restored to my usuahealth; and others I know that have tried it'ave not enjoyed such good health, for years—Yours most truly, Robert Humphreys, Pc Office, Barrasford.” . H Agents for New Zealan| MESSRS. KEMPTHORNE, PASSER, AND CO. ■ -4