The new business for the year amounted t0L729,013. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE. '

The best index to the pullic con fidence in the office is in the increase In the number and value of the estates placed in the office by wills or instru ments of trust, and these properties at the close of the financial year had in creased in numbe* from 381 to 392, and in va1uefr0mL543,238t0L586,813 By the Act the functions of this im portant office are so clearly defined, send the powers of the Public Trustee so enlarged, as to render the office capable of affording services of a wider scope and of being more attractive for the purpose for which it is mainly designed.

ADVANCES TO SETTLERS. The total applications to June 30, dealt with by the Board were 1552, for L 559.855, and of these 965 were gran ted for loans amounting to L 354,907. MINING INDUSTRY. With the view of affording encourage ment for the expenditure of capital on mining in outlying districts, it is pro posed to introduce & Bill to provide for granting areas for a limited time to persons with sufficient capital to enable them to carry on prospecting operations on a large scale. It is also proposed

to increase the subsidy payable to individual, prospectors under the exist ing regulations, in order to encourage mining associations and local bodies to send out prospecting parties in their irespective districts.

LAITO FOR SETTLEMENT.

The total territorial revenue for the year on current and new transactions was L 316,166 lls 9d, an increase on that for the previous year of L 3107 4s lOd. There is an increase in the arrears due to the Crown of L 3783 5s lid, which is due no doubt to the low prices for stock and produce, which have prevailed during the past year. During the coming year the Govern ment will offer for selection some very good lands in the Awarua bloclr, and Others in other portions of the colony, for which many people are waiting, it is expected that some of the recent acquirements in what is known as the King Country will be sufficiently ad vanced as to survey and reading to be thrown open.

IMPROVED FARM f ETTLEMENTS,

Up to the present date eighteen set tlements have been formed, the area set aside being; 21,202 acres, which will be allotted to 193 settlers ; but up to March 81 the actual allotment of 9730 acres to 107 settlers only had been completed. The area already felled is 40J8 acres, and the area grassed is 1469 acres. The amount advanced to settlers up to March 31 was L 5698 4s lid, and fche value of the improve ments on the land, including the Go vernment advances, was L 6964 19s 3d. It is intended to introduce the half time system into all these settlements as soon as it can be arranged. Several are already under it, and it is hoped by this means to find sufficient employ ment for the settlers to keep them going, whilst at the same time to allow them time to improve their farms. It is believed that the system just started will offer te those who are not in a position to secure lands otherwise, a chance of obtaining a, home and at the same time relieve the labor market from congestion.

LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT ACT

The estates purchased ancf arranged to be purchased number eighteen, iiyith a total area of 53,701 acres, at an esti mated cost of L195,5G1 2s 4d plus whatever additional cost there may be for surveys and a little roading. At the present time there are several de sirable estates under offer with which the Land Purchase Board will soon proceed to deal.

RECIPROCITY WITH OTHER COLONIES.

The Government believing in the true policy of ratification by Parlia ment, entered intq reciprocal tariff's with South Australia and Canada, by ■which interchange can be effected with them of some of their products. An agreement had been made with South Australia by which that colony would accept free of duty barley, oats, horses and hops, and New Zealand agrees to accept free from South Australia wine, olive oil, dried and fresh fruit-, and there was an understanding that the I admission of wine to j»his country will cease should prohibition at any tiii)e become the law of the land, The nmn features of the treaty with Canada are that there will be a free market between Canada and New Zealand for wool and woollen manufactures, blan-1 kets, tweeds, rugs, flannels, live stock, frozen and fresh meats, bacon and hams, fish, hides, condensed or pre served milk, flax, barley, oats or wheat, i flour, seeds, bindertwine, coal, kerosene oil, safes, organs and pianofortes-*, tal low, lurnbe-f an 4 timber. Jn addition $o the articles on th,a free list named above, concessions in favor of the following articles are made —should a duty bo placed in New Zealand upon agricultural imple ments they are to be admitted free from Canada, and a con cession of 2| per cent below the general tariff rates is also provided upon twine of all kinds, ropes and cordage. As Canada is a large manu facturer and exporter of binder twine, ropes and cordage, the competition ynich will ensue in this country in tbat industry will remove any frictiqn that may have existed, and insure at least a fair value upon this article. Thera will also be a deduction equal to 10 per cent off the Customs tariff upon leather, and o per cent upon boots and fhoes, harness and saddlery between the two countries. The Treasurer estimated that he would not have to provide during the current year for more than a sum of LI 1,000 to make up for any deficiency that might arise as the result of. the concessions of duty &h such ar'tiulete. To enable the trade t>jitwpe,n panada and New Zealand to be successfully carried on it was con sidered advisable that regular steam communication between %\\e two coun fir|e§ shquld be established,. With this view an agreement between the Cana dian Pacific Steamship Company and the Government would be submitted to the Honse fjr approval. It ia proposed that the line of steamers should run either to Auckland or "Wellington, and in return for a monthly ije?viqe fa fc^ conducted, with a view'to ftebab&ary expedition alntl < accommoda tion touching at' Fiji and Honolulu, to give the company a subsidy of L 20.000 per annum for a period, of years to be feed, Ja the meujopMwni referred

(o m the accompanying note, respecting the improved commercial relations and reciprocal tariff regulations as agreed upon in conference, held informally in Ottawa on the 10 h June, 1895. between Sir McKenzie Bo well, Premier, and the Hon. George Foster, Finance Minister, as representing the Canadian interestSj and tho Hon. J. G Ward, Treasurer, as representing New Zealand interests, subject to the approval of the Government and Legislatures of Canada and New Zealand respectively, the following named articles, when the produce or manufacture of New Zealand and imported direct therefrom into Canada, and when the produce or manufacture of Canada and imported direct therefrom into New Zealand, are to be admitted in both cases free of Customs duties :—viz.~~(l) animals (live) except hogs (2) frozeu or fresh meats, (3) bacon and hams, (4) fish, (5) hides, (6) milk (condensed or pre served), (7) wool and manufactures composed wholly or in part thereof, viz: blankets, flannels, tweeds and rugs, (8) flax (phormiuin), (9) barley, (10) oats, (11) wheat and wheat flour, (12) seed, (13) coal, (14) kerosene oil (petroleum), {15) safes, (16) organs and pianofortes, (17) tallow, (18) lumber and timber planks, boards and dimen sion stuffs rough or manufactured, in cluding doors, sashes and blinds, (19) binder twine. The following articles when imported under like conditions and in like manner to receive in both countries preferential tariff treatment as follows, viz. :—(1) Agricultural implements, including also axes, hatchets, scythes, forks, rakes, hoes, shovels and spades, if made dutiable under the New Zealand general tariff to be free; (2) twines of all kinds, ropes and cordage, a rate equal to 2h per cent ad valorem less than the general tariff rates current at i date of importation; (3) leather, a i rate equal to 10 per cent off the rate current at date of importation ; (4) boots and shoes, harness and saddlery at 174 per cent ad valorem, or if the general rate in both countries be 25 per cent the preferential rate to be 20 per cent; (5) furniture at 20 per cent ad valorem. Agreement made this 22nd day of February, 1895, between the Hon Joseph Geo. Ward, Treasurer, acting for the Government of New Zealand, of the one part, and the Hon Ohas. Cameron Kingston, Attorney- General, acting for the Government of South Australia, of the other part, whereby it is agreed as follows :—That is to say (1) during the term of this agreement South Australia shall admit duty free the goods referred to in the first schedule, the produce of goods re ferred to in the seconi schedule, the product of South Australia ; (3) during the term of this agreement neither New Zealand nor South Australia shall reduce the existing duties leviable on thG goods referred to in the said schedule the produce of any other country or colony ; (4) this agreement to commence on May 1 next ensuing, and continue for seven years from such data, subje3t to determination by one year's notice on either side; (•)) sche dule I—goods to be admitted duty free by South Australia —barley, oats, horses; schedule 2—goods to be a-J ---mitted duty free by New Zealand— wine, olive oil, salt; (6) for the pur pose of giving effect to this agreement until fully authorised by an Act, each colony will refund any duty collected on goods herein agreed to be admitted duty free; (7) Esther party to have the right to, cancel this agreement by notice to the other any time on or before noon of Wednesday, Febru ary 6, 1896.— J. G. Ward, C. C. Kingston. It is hereby further agreed subject to confirmation as per original agreement, that the following com modities shall be included in the arrangement for free interchange be tween New Zealand and South Aus tralia, namely, New Zealand to admit free of duty South Australian grown fresh and dried fruits, South Australia to admit free of duty New Zealand grown hops, South Australian grown grapes to be guaranteed free of disease, in event of disease to be prohibited until free of disease; for New Zealand, J, G. Ward; for South Australia, J. H. Gordon, Chief Secretary. j INSCRIBED STOCK. A saving had been effected of L 3600 per annum on the cost of management of our inscribed stock with the Bank of England, 3XTINGUISIJING THE PUBLIC DEI*P, Referring to the advantages that would follow a general oonversion of our stock into 3 per cents the Treasurer stated that the large annual saving in interest thus obtained would repay our indebtedness, and it would give greater stability to this country were the Government, when the right time arrived, to ado.pt an effective system for the extinction of our in debtedness.

THE MILLION AND A HALF LOAN. In respect of the one million and & half loan the result was foun4 to be satisfactory. Applications for L 5,960,400 at prices varying from LIOO to L9O were sent in, and of these about 33 per cent of the tenders at L 94 8s were accepted, those above that prico being allotted in full. The average price realised was L 94 8s 9d, and the amount payable was L1,416,e0J 2s. ' •'

TSOW, hqn. geijtleiuen may think 1 that as the raising of this Iqan was attended with so much success the operation itself was of a simple character, but 1 can assure you that such was by no means the case, | In the first place the determin ation to fix a lower rate of interest for our new loau cauts-d, as you may imagine, great anxiety, and was only decided upon after the most careful consideration. { shr v ll not be aceussd of divulging matters of a confidential nature when I assure the House that some of the highest financiers in London were of opinion that a 3 per eenfc Iqan would, nqt be ! likely tq prove successful It is my pleasurable duty to state that our loan agents were indefatigable and untir inw in their exertions to insura the success of the loan, after we had de cided upon the rate and the minimum price of issue, and in connection with the splendid result I am not dqsjrous of faking to myself any credit which prdperly he'longs to them. I have alfcjo to thank the Governor of the Bank of England for this valuable advice and assistance, to the General Manager of the Bank of NewJ^ealand, then in Eondon, aod to the local

manager, I am also indebted for the ] courtesy and Information they so willingly extended to me. LOCAL WDIES LOAN, The Government proposed, after | due notice had been given, to readjust, ■ the lending rates of the Government departments, and to take the necessary steps to relieve such local bodies as have funds provided from these insti- i tutions for carrying on their finance. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The Hon. the Premier will at an early date submit for the consideration of the House important proposals for the improvement of local government in this colony. It was proposed to take over the main roada of the colony, and relieve local bodies entirely of this work. Mr Ward moved resolutions to give effect to the proposed alteration in the Tariff Oe said that he was following the usual custom in asking the House now to agree to the new duties. The discussion on the whole Financial Statement would be taken at a later date. Resolutions from the Committee op Ways and Mb ins :— Customs duties.—Resolved that there should be levied, collected, and pud to and for the use of Her Majesty upon the undermentioned goods, wares, and mer chandise, on importation in New Zealand, or on being cleared from wareh -usp for home consumption, at the time of making a perfect entry therefc, on Mil after July 31, 1895, che several altered <>v additional duties of Customs undermentioned, viz :—- Candied peel and drained peal, 3d the 1b ; confectionery, chocolate in plain trade packages, 3d the 1b; confectionery in fancy packages or small boxes for retail sale, L 25 per cent, ad valorem ,* fruits (fresh), namely currants, raspberries, gooseberries, blackberries and straw berries, -|1 the Iti ; fruits, preserved in juice or Nyt-up, L2o per cent, ad valcrv.ni ; fruits, preserved by sulphurous acid, Id tha 1b ; gelatine, 1 qaorice, cayenne pep per, e»rraw»y seeda and isinglass, L2O per eetib. ad valorem ; jellies, solidified or tablet, 4d the 1b ; pickles, 3i the imperial gallon ; sauces, 4s the imperial gallon ; rica and rics fljur, 4* the cwfc. ; rice malt, id the lb ; vimgar, 6<i the gallon up to 4 par cent, of acidity and Id addi tional 1 per cent, the gallon ; ale, beer, l porter, cider, and perry, 2j tho gallon ; spirits, the strength of which can be ascer tained by Sykes'd hydrometer in balk, 16 * the proof gillpn ; spirits in bulk, sweetened or mixed, also cordials, bitter?, and iiqueura in bulk, 16's the liquid gallon ; cjffde, raw, 21 the lb ; coffee, essence, L2O per cent ad valorem ; syrups raspberry vinegar. L 25 per cent, ad valorem ; tea in bulk, 51 per lb ; tea in packets for retail sale, 6d par lb ; acid, acetic, Id the lb for every 10 per cent, of acidity • drugs not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem j tine:urea and .Tiodicinal spirits containing more than 50 per cant proof spirit on and after Jvimry 1,1890, Is the lb ; tinctures and medicinal spirit containing less than 50 per cant proof spirit on and after January 1, 1896, 61 the lb ,- druggists,' sundries and apothecaries wares nit otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent ad valorem : chemicals, not otherwise enu merated, I 20 par cont ad valorem ; baking ; powder L2O per cent ad valorem] essences, ' flavoring spirituous, 16j the gallon ; gly cerine refine!, L2O per cent ad valorem ; s c 'h?rine (except in the form of tabloids or tablets), Is 6 1 the ( z ; names of articles of apparel made by British or foreign tailors to the order of residents in the colony and intended for the individu \\ use of such residents wlmher imported by tho refii'.lents themselves or through an im porting firm, rates of ctury L4O per cent ad valorem ; hats and caps, L 25 per cant ! ad valorem ; cotton piece goods not other wise enuni3rated, including shirtings, LIQ i per coat ad valorem, ; cotton, piece goods, namely, tapsstry, cretonne.", chintz, art cr*pe, fricu3, velvets, dairjisks, tqwellngs, prints, Mcquefctp, Utrecht, a.nd Genoa velvets, muslins, all kinds window nets, lases, hollands and blinds, diapers in piece, cotton tick and colored Belgian co'ton tick, L2O: Hmnelettes, alsolUnn^l, shirtings, t'mi ac-.on it innel, raised cotton, •-n 1 soft spun piece goods, L2O per cent ad valorem ; union shirtings, without distinction of value, L2O. per cent ad valorem ; laca of all kinds, except gold md silver lace for military trimmings, L 25 percent ad valorem ; boots and shoe?, •'flip pers, goloshes, cl^g-i and ptttens, van^p'j uppers and Sacea, Lss pet pent, a 4 valorem ; heel and tqe stifFdnars and pUtes, L 25 per cent, ad yaloren] \ bags of leather or leather cloth, L2q per cent. ad. valorem : harness and B.iddie>y, whips and whip thongs, L 25 per jent. ad valorem : leather, viz , belting and belt leather, harness, bridles, leggings, bog kip (other than East India), buff split, 4d the tb ; cordovan levant leather, roans, sheep skins, morocco not otherwise enumerated, basil, sole leather, 31 per lb ; Kaafc India kip, Persian lamb skins and goat skins, dressed, other tha,n morceco, kangaroo, and WaHahi (dressed), stained and colored e*lf, 2*l per lb \ leather net other wise enumerated, Id th.c lb \ leather chamois L9Q per cent ad valorem \ leather board or oompo, <il the lb; leather cut into shapes, L 25 par cent ad valorem ,• leabherleggings, £2fi percent ad valorem ; leather manufactures not otherwise enumerated, L 25 per cent ad valorem ; portmanteaux, trunks, othei' than iron, travelling and carpet bags, L 23 per cent ad valorem ; carpets, druggeta, floorcloths, mats and rmtting, L 2) par cent ad valorem ; furniture, knife and plate powder and p, )lish, L 20 y per cent valorem ; bricks of all kinds, L2O per cent ad valorem ; glassware, also glass plate, polished, coloured aad other kinds not otherwise enumerated, and globea and chimneys for I imps, £20 per cent, ad valorem ; limps, lanterns and lamp wicV, L2O per cent, ad valorem ; artificial flies, L 25 per cant, ad valorem ; jewellery (including precious stems cut or uncut), greenstone cut and polished, L 25 per cent. ad valorem ; musical instruments oi all kinds L2O per cent, nd valorem ; per fumed spirits, LI lU$ the gallon ; piccures, paintings, drawings, engravings, and photographs, picture and photo frames j and mounts, L2O per cent. $d valorem ; pipes, tobapco, p;gar and cigarette holders ai< I cases, for cigarette papers and cases, L 25 per cent ad valorem 5 plate, gold or stiver, L 25 percent ad valorem ; calendars and show oasas of all kinds, L 25 per cent j ad valorem ; card board boxes complete or card board cut and shaped for boxes, L 25 per cent ad valorem ; directories of New Zea'and or any part thereof, L 25 per cent ad valorem ; newspaper supplements, L'4o per cent ad valorem ; names of articles, stereotypes and matrices, L 2,5 per cent ad valorem ; printed matter relating to patent or proprietory medicines, trade catalogues, and price lists for firi^s or persons in the colony, £25 per cent ad valorem; stationery manufactures, vi?., account books, manuscript boofcs, billhead, in voice and, sta,teradnt fomis, printed or rut id pipar, counter book, cheques and draft formal, tagsat.d labels, blotting pads, sketch books, copying letter books, mani fold writers, albums other than for photos, diaries plain or fanfcailed, ruled bocks, printed window tickets,' other prin'ed, |ith.ograp,hed or embossed stj^ tionery, and Oh'istr)Q'-*g, Slew Year, birth day a.nd. oth«r almiiar cards and booklet?, £25 per cent ad valorem : fjtationery and writing paper not otherwiaa enumerated: £20 per cent ad valorem ; paper wrapping, vi« , blue candle glai^d,; cap glaaad, casings, small h^nd tissue, 6s cwt; paper wrapping (other kinds including brown, cartridge, aqcl sugar papers), 53 cwbj

I cartridge, 10 to 24-bore, 3s per 100; ' cartridge cases, Is 3 1 per 109 cartridges ; I not otherwise enumerated, £20 per cent lad valorem ; copying presses, £20 per cant ad v. 1 -rem : weighing machines, £20 ! per cent ad valorem ; firearms, £20 per I cent ad valorem ; gasometers and other apparatus for gasworks, £20 per cent ad valorem ; iron fencing wire, 6d the cwt ; iron barbed wire, Is the cwt. ; wooden ware and turnery, venpera, L2O per cent ad valorem ; traction engines, L2O per cent ad valorem ; kerosene, 53 the gallon; axle grease and solid lubricants, L2O per cent ad valorem ; paints and colors mixed ready for use, 61 per cwt ; varnish and gold size, 2-j the gallon ; tarpaulins, tents, rick and wagon covers, aprons and eleva tors for reaping and binding machines, L2O per cent ad valorem ; horned cittle, 10s each ; horses, LI each ; linseed, L 2 'he fcon ; onions, Ll the ton ; potatoes (except for sea purposes) Ll the ton; prepared calf meal, Ll 5s the ton ; brooma and bushes and brushware not otherwise enamera'ed, L 25 per cent ad va orem ; i corks cut (including bungs), L2O per cent j ad valorem; fljck, £10 per cent, ad valorem; marble, granite and other ntones dressed or polishtd, and articles made therefrom L 25 per cent ad valorem; matches, wax * plaid vestas' in cardboard boxes containing under 100 matches, Is the gross ; ' pockes vestas ' in tin or other boxes containing under 100 m itches, Is 6J the gsoss ; ' sportsman's ' ' ovals' and ' No 4 tin vestas,' in boxes containing not irore than 200 marches, 4s the gross ; other kinds, for every 100 matches or fraction thereof contained in one box, 2a the gross ; sausage skins, 3d the 1b (in cluding in brine or salt); spirits, methy lated in the colony, fid the gallon. In ad dition to any duty chargeable by law or any goods imported into the colony, a further duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem shall be charged when the goods are prison made. The customs duties now levied on the undermentioned articles are now to be abolished from the 81st Inst.—Nam^s of articles — Mutton birds, manures, alumina, sulphate of bluestone or sul phate of copper, catechu or kutch, chlo ride of calcium, iron sulphates, gall nuts, potassium, cyanide of potassium, chlorate salamoniac, soda acete, soda ash, soda nitratfi. so3a silicate, sodium sulphate and sulphide of sulphur, turmeria, tere bine, zinc chloride, surgical and dental instruments, and appliances, scientific and assay balances, ratorts, fihsks and oiher appliances for chemical analyses and assay work, hatimkera' materials, namely, hat leathers, hat linings, hat blocks, moulds frames, ventilators, tassels, lace, gold and silver for military clothing, canvas of linen or fltx, hessian plain or striped, crotchet, darning and knitting cottons, and angola mendings, tailors' trimmings. The following; items are to be substituted for fel 036 in Schedule B of the Act of 1888 namely—plain, coloured and imita tion hair cloth, canvas plain, Verona and Italian cloth, buckram, wadding and pad ding si'k, worsted and cotton, bindings and braids, stay binding, Silesia drab slate and brown jeans, pocketings, slate and black unions, slate aid black linens, umbrella makers' materials, namely gloria and sal in not less than 44m in width, also piece goods other tfvn those mentioned in Schedule B of the Act, 1888, on such con ditions as the Commissioner may approve, fur skins green or sundried, boo linkers' canvas plain and coloured, saddlers' collar lining known as collar check and the same article plain, cork soles and sock soles, carpenters' baskets, bottles empty, plain glass not being cut or ground, jars nofc exceeding 3 inch in diameter at ths mouth jars containing free goods or g>ocs sub ject to fixod rates of duty provided they are the oid nary commercial packages for such goods, sensitised surfaces for photo graphic purposes, zinc plaks andui«raved glass plates for photolithographic work, magic lanterns and lenses and slides for same, musical instruments spocially im ported for volunteer bands, mjcro. copes-5 acid astronomical telescopes, oloth-Uuecf boards np.t less th.iii royal, cloth.lined paper and enamelled pijrv nut loss than demy, b,an,d-.made cheque p<per, ivorite gelatine and m-taliic paper no£ less than demy, butter p per known ns parchment papor and watered paper, band sawa and foldi.l2 saws including frames, bicycle and tricycle fittings in the rough and not machined, bolts 5-inch by i »_-ineh and under and nuts for t!;o same, dia exemp tion in Schedule ■'■ of tho ac.b of 1888 in favour of bolts aril nuts for carriage mak ing and ship-building to be withdrawn, butchers' saws and cleavers, sheep shears, reaping hooks, soldering jrona, paper-, hangers' scissors, pic^s, mattocks, and qiartz and l>na,pping hammers, oaps ■percussion, chaff-cat rers, QQrn*Qrushers, corn-_3heUerß, ,^r4 seed-.eteaners, crucibles, pJa,tintim, bucldes of all kinds, emery grinding machines, iron drums (tmpty) not exceeding 10 gallons in capacity, eye : lets, fishhooks, blacksmiths' fans, iron and brass wove wire and wiro gauze, iron and zinc, perforated oi. 1 cellular sheets, engines I dairies, machine pumps for mines, j machines for flour mills, woollen mills, rope a; d twine making, dredging, saw miUins;, plauing^nd wood working (includ • ing lathes), scathe bandles } sat screws, engineero' studi and split pins, spiral springs, Bteam and hydraulic pressure and vacuum gauges, furnf.ee flues, tinsmiths' fittings to include stamped or blocked tin, timber, namely, lancewood unwrought, wooden tubs of all kinds, cirriage iron fittings, excluding Steans, lamp iron, daeh irons and seat rails, wooden, Saddles for tools, shalQ oil an?»a ma suitable for gas making, turpentine snd friers, woolpacks s^nd woolpcckets, apparatus and appliances for teaching purposes as may be approved by the Comnrssioner, hawsera 13m and over, net-makers' cotton' twine, brushes for crpara separators, card clothing for woqllen mills, couch roll jackets, machine wires, heater bar ai^d trainer plates for paper mills, aniline dyes, belting for machinery other than leather bel ing, jute bagging, sacks, wool packs and wool pockets, paper-makers' felts, tea packing lead, tubular woven cotton cloth, official supplies for consular officers of countiies where a (similar exemption exists in favour of British consuls, spirits; rendered non potable by manufacture into perfumery, etu., this exemption to cease after the Slat December, 18,95. The resolutions were agreed to on the voices. Tl(e Hottae rose at 9.45 p,m.

THifi ASRBUIJTON GUABDIiN : WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1896.



j- Many stubborn and aggravating cases of I rheumatism that were believed to be in curable and accepted as life legacies, have yielded to Chamberlaii/s P.iin Balm, much j to the surprise and gratification of the sufferers- One application will relieve the pain and suffering and its continued use in sures an effectual cure. Far Sale by the Ashburton Drug Company. I



I One Box of Clarke's 841 Pills is warran ted to cure all discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either sex (acquired or consti tutional), Gravel and Pains in the Back. Guarranteed free from Mercury. Sold in Boxes 4s 6d each, by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors thronghout the World. Proprietors : The Lincoln and Midland Counties Druo Gompahy, Lincoln, England



1 endars. ~a"nama~road district" fPENDERS are invited for the Forma- J- tion of three miles ten chains of the , North Hinds Road. The specification can be seen at the Mail Office or at Mr Ootkerie's, Valetta, where Tenders must be delivered before Noon on SATURDAY, August 3. EDWARD G. WRIGBT, 7 155 Chairman,



ASHBURTON COUNrY COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited for— / I—Ploughing 40 acres Hinds Township. 2—Ploughing 36 acres Ruapun^. 3—Erecting wire fencing, PudTding Hill and Ruapuna. / 4—Supplying standards^ and wire, Mathven and Ealin^f . 5-Planting 22,00G|tr«ii, Pudding Hill Specifications at fc^wncil Office, and tenders, addressed to Chairman, to be sent in by 11 o'clock a m , FRIDAY, August 2, next. By order, WILLIAM BAXTER, 7 165 County Engineer.



ji,ntertainments. "ELGIN SGHOOL~hSzb" FUND. A CONCERT AND BALL, in afd of the above, WILL BE HELD IN THE SCHOOL ON . FRIDAY, AUGUST % | Admission—Concert Is j Ball 2s 63, to admit iady and gentleman. Refresh ments provided. 7 60 LOYAL WATSRTON LODGE. THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY. NEWMAN'S DRAG will leave Somer set Stables on FRIDAY, August 2, at 6 30 p,m. for Waterton. Ladies (dancers only) free; Gentlemen 2s. Intending passengers kindly botk early on Thurs day. 7 181



Mr D. Thomas. SPECIAL HORSE FAIR. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1895. T GIVE NOTICE to Farmers and I. others that I will hold a Spec?*! Horse Sale at the above date and fixture. Those wishing to dispose i f any good stock l^indly furnish me with full p.u'ticu laje. Scale of charges—Entry foes and Advertising, 2a 6d ; Halters, Is; Com mission, five per cent if sold. Numbers will be given on payment if entry fees, viz , 2j <».i, to tun in order. DAVID THOMAS, 7*185 Auckneor.



Clearing $a.le. BU L.LO OK'S~ARCAD B. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1895. MR DAVID THOMAS has received instruction^ from a Ciijnt to Sell by Public, Auction at the above date and fi:Cur«,-^. A L&RGft T.OT OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE & EFFECTS, Consisting of Beds, Bedding, Tables, Oilcloth, Fenders and Irons, Stretchers, Mangle, Lamp, Crockery and a layge tjuantity of Kitchen Ufceasils, and a lot cf Sundries. Sale to start at 11 o'clock. 7 182 DAVID THOMAS, Auctioneer



Public Notiois BLACKSMITHING. I HAVE STARTED BUSINESS in the Shop recently occupied by W. H. Paget (behind the Post Office), where I will be> glad to sea old friends and new ones. | Good workmanship and moderate charges. Shoeing—Hacks, 5a ; draughts, 6s.



•fames S^ur^ess, GENERAL BLACKSMITH & SHOEING SMITH. 7 184 HINDS DISTRICT. FOR SALE—The Laase of 50 acres, part of reserve 1371, not far from the Hinds Railway Station, formerly in the occupation of G. M. Peatce. T. BULLOCK. NOTICE Is hereby given in pursuance of the Public Reserves Act, 1885, Glauses 5 and. 6*, that the Ashburton Domain will be set apart fit the Ashbar ton Football Club's macch on THURS DAY, the Bth day of August, 1895, on which day charges will be made for admission thereto on the following scale, viz.,— ' For each Adult... ... One shilling : For each Horse One shilling For each Trap One shilling J. SEALY, Chairman Ashburton Domain Board. 7 187



Pure Blood is the Secret of Health Gordon's Biood Pills cleanse the system of all impure blood, cure iudigestion,con stipation, liver complaint, pains in back and sides, biliousness, sick headache; remove pimples, scrofula, sciirw. etc. Larpe boxes as, two boxes, 10s, post fres, J W Qlayton, Box 234 Dimadin y'^rlton Cornwell, foreman of the Gazette, Middletown,' N J, believes that Chamber lain's Cough Remedy should be in every home. He used it for a cold and it affected : a speedy cure. He says ;■ It is indeed a grand > remedy, I cam recommend ifc to a-1. I have I also seen it used for whooping cough, with the best results. Par sale by the Ashburton Eyug Company,



ON THE SAFE SIDE. This account shows that its owner is on the Safe side. There are tens of thousands of people in Australasia to-day op the side of Warnor's Safe Carea. They know that Warner's Safe Uemedies are made and sold o^ nonor—they know that Warner's Safe ture is recognised in five continents as the proven specific for Bright's Disease, Liver and Kidney Trouble, and Majam. Warner's Bare Pills, Safe Bhaurnatic Qute, Safe Diabetes Cvtje, and Sate Nervine are in feeble curatives of the diseases to which, they particularly apply,, Are you ou, tl)e. Safe side ? You cac't be safe unless vouif* l».th? *% oi, tbe 4Q^ "* *



Hoixoway's Ointmkst.—The great cli matic variations which soldiers and sailors experience rende/ them liable to a variety oi; diseases, the development o% which' is favored by exposure and hardship—often, it is to be feared, by their" carelessness m well. E^olly.way's remedies afford a aafe and easy means oi euye. lor those constitutional and local maladies which are so frequently engendered by residence in unhealthy climates and by incautious living. The Ointnuntiau. wonderfully healing applica tion, aa it cleanses th y surface of foul sores and ulcero, Eo.o.the's the throbbing and pain in awey of inflammation, and checks the progress of skin diseases. The Pills purify the blood, cleanse the liver, and remove »,U noxious matter in the system.



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Clovers. Oloyers. CLOVERS.



f HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAND My Season's Supply OF | WHITE CLOVER, TREFOIL, ALSIKE, TIMOTHY, COWORASS, RED CLOVER, Aleo, a Large Variety of— , COLONIAL-GROWN CLOVERS, RYE GRASS SEED, COCKSFOOT, Etc, Etc. Samples and Quotations of Clovers, Rye* grass and Cocksfoot on application.



A Complete Stock of GROCERIES, TEAS, ANT PROVISIONS i Always on hand and SOLD FOR CASH At Ghristchuroh Prices,



IRONMONGERY, FENCING MATERIAL, PLOUGH SHARES, RAW AND BOILED OILS, CROCKERY, AND GLASSWARE, In all Branches. "WINES AND SPIRITS Of Every Discription. I have Always for Sale— CRUSHED OATS, OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, (in Large or Small quantities) OATS, BRAN, SHARPS, AND CHICKWHEAT. i



'Henry Zander, GENERAL MERCHANT AND DIRECT IMPORTER. AGENT FOR— Ban Firo Insurance Oflice Australian Mutual Provident Society J T Ford and Co



Sport jig. TTNWALD HARRIERS. SPORTS~MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE KENNELS, TINWALD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. (To be run under the Rules of Racing) -PROGRAMME.— (Approved by the C.J.C.) 1— Light We'ght Hunters Steeplechase —For trophy value 5 soys, with a sweep stake of 5s to go to second horse. For qualified hunters that have never won an advertised race of the value of £30. No weight under list 7lb. About three miles 2—Welter Hunters Steelecmase — For trophies value 5 soys and 1 soy. For qualified hunters. No weight under 14st 7ib, About two miles 3—Ladies' Bracelet —Of value of 5 soy and 1 soy. For horses, the bona fide property of farmers resident in the Ashburton District that have never started in any advertised race under C.J.C. rules. Entrance 2s 6d, to go to second horse. No weight under 12st 71b Five furlongs



4]— Farmers' Hack Hurdles —Of the value of 5 soys, with a sweepstake of 5s to go to second horse. For horses the bona fide property of farmers in the Ashburton district that have never started in an advertised race under C J.C. rules. One mile, over four flights of hurdles. No weight under 12st 71b



5 — Farmers^ Open Handicap —- Of the value of 10 soys, with a sweepstake of 58 to go to the second horse. For horsss the bona fide property of farmers resi dent in the Ashburton district. About one and a quarter mile on the flat 6—Open Welter Handicap—For a trophy value 5 soys with sweepstake of 5s to go to second horse. Minimum weight 13st. One mile (flat) Handicapper—Mr F. Heafy



Entries can be made with Mv F. P. Claridge, the Konnels, on or before MONDAY, August 12. Entries iinaliy close with Mb V. Hkaly, Henry's Hotel, at 9 p.m. on Monday, August 12. Professional riders must carry a penalty of 141b Any horse may be re-handicapped The Master reserves to himself the right to refuse any entry. 7 50



Oaborn €oombe t PIANOFORTE TUNER A^ EXPERT (Late of Lonbon) MAKES quarterly visits to Ashburton. Intermediate visits can be ar ranged by application to Mr Llewellyn Ow-bn, Agent, 7 13'J



LAZAKUS'S SIGHT TESTING AND SPECIALITE SPECTACLES. Sole a^ent for Ashburton Bistriet, S> S A 1 E K. JEWELLER, 1 EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. LAZARUS Patented System ensures comfort and correct sight. Don't [spoil your eyoa by using badly fitting : Spectacles. 5 97 TO LET, dwelling house of five rooms, j corner of Cameron and William Streets, t \ T. BULLOC&, I



WALL PAPERS! WALL PAPERS!! J'tTST Arrived pet' a.s, " Star oi England," a beaueifdl selection of the Cheapest •Paper-Hangings for 1895, direct, from the English Manafac arora. Cheap mamtuwy Papers A SPECIALTY. Inspection Invited. Also a Large Stock of SILVER PLATE GLASS Cub to any Size. J. WILSON, CORNER OP ARCADE AND BURNETT STREET. 8 122



CONTINUAriOJN OF BEATH'B GREAT SALE. FUETHEE REDUCTIONS. Blankets, Blankets, Blankets, Wonderful Bargains in White and Grey Blankets. Overcoats, Overcoats, Overcoats. Tweed Overcoats at Bidiculous Prices, Macintoshes, Macintoshes, Macintoshes, Newest Styles all Greatly Eeduced. Dresses, Dresses, Dresses, The Entire Stock must be sold, Beath's Qreat Sale... . TANCBJiD STBEET.



GREAT SALE COMMENCES AT "THE COR NEB," *V£IHS*VV : JH\K SO, 1895. WTT /"""'OLLIER being at the present time in London purchasing a • 11. V-*. i ar go stcck and the present stock being very h«avy, a BIG SALE will be held to reduce the same. A few lines are quoted to give some idea of the value which will WITHOUT EXOKPTIO.N be offered at p-ic?B lo surpass any thing hitherto .-hown in Ashburton, The below mentioned goods have been bought at a large discount and will be offered accordingly. Intending purchasers will kindly note that we have fully anticipated a great demand for the lines emumerated below- Colonial Flannel, (all eolore) B|d s Black Cashmere Gloves, 6i usually la usually Is Tan X d Gloves I just opened), 2s 6d Black Cashmere Hose, Is, usually la 6d usually 3s 6i Dress stuff from 9d, usually Is 3 I Black Velveteen, Is, usually Is 6d I Heavy Tweed, la, usually 1b 6d Coir Mats, (large aiz*), 3s 6d, usually White and Grey Calico from Is lid, 7s 6d usually 3s 6d Twilled Cretonne*, 4|d, usually 7|d Boys' Overecate 13 to 2, 8s 6d, Boys' Tweed Knickers, Is, usually 7s 6d usually 15s Boys' Knicker Suite, 4s lid, usually 8s 6d Boys' Serge Caps, 6d, usually Is . Men's Nailed Shooters, 9a 6d, asosJly Girla Elastic Side Boots, 2s 6d usually 63 | 12s 6d Ladies' Felt Hats, from 3d Good Ulsters and Waterproofs, from 4s lid Ladies' Warm Slippers, Is 6d Evening Shoes, fiom 2a 6d. BLANKETS and all Woollen Goods will be cleared at greatly reduced priaes. The above ate only a few of the PLUM LINES we are offering, a visit will con vince that our prices and quality are nnsurpassed. W> H. COLLIEK, THE "COHltfl2.il."



BOOTS. BOOTS. GREAT SALE OF BOOTS. BARGAINS. BARGAINS. Andrew Orr HAS Purchased the Whole Sample Boot Stock of Messes Saucood, Sou, and Ewkn, and Messrs Bing, Harkis <fc Co., Ohristchurcb, at 25 percent off cost price, amounting to a about 700 pairs Boots and Shoes. THE3E GOODS ARE TO BE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC OK SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK. These Boots, being all of the STANDARD Make, will be sold at prices hitherto unheard of for New Goods. COME EARLY, WHILE ALL SIZES ARE IN STOCK.