Poultry Notes.

The most profitable time for breed, log docklings is in the early spring. Ducklings mature very rapidly, and if fed property are $t to be fed at from nine to twelve weeks old, and if not killed then they must be kept for four or five weeks longer, for soon after the age named they begin to shoot their quill feathers, and when that ccm menceß they mast be kept until the process is over, and, as tins mentis feeding for several week*, without »ny recompense in the way of increased weight, it will be seen that doing this ■will do away with much profit-, if net actually be a loss. Ducklings are remarkably easy to rear under ordi nary eireurastaneei, extremely hot ■weather, however, often proving fa f»v to them, January and February beinfc the two most unfavorable months. They hatch oat well, and seem to thrive for a few days, and then drop off without any apparent cause. At all other times of the year ducklings will thrive anywhere, and those at tempting breeding operations in the months mentioned will have iso provide plenty of shelter and water. The best shelter is thifc formed 1-y trees and bushes, and if this is nob available artificial shade of sma sort must be provided to keep off the aun's direct rays, which are responsible for many midsummer fatalities. Soft eggs are frequently the result of there being an insufficient supply of Bhell-forming material, but sometimes even the most liberal supply of these materials fails to check the production. Some hens are such extraordinary j

layers that they produce more eggs than tbe resources of their system can Bnppljr shell for. In these eases soft eggs art frequently laid at night from the roost. It is best not to attempt to deal with such cases at all, otherwise than by avoiding tbe use of any stimulating food or spice of any kind. If a hen which ia not an exceptional layer constantly produces soft eggs it is an indication that there is inflamma tion or some other ailments in the oviduct. A rest; from laying is the best cure for this, and it is advisable to keep such hens apart, as quiet as possible, and to feed them on non fttimulating food. Let rice, for example, and soaked bread form a considerable part of their diet. A young duck eats more than a chicken of the same age, but it grows much faster, and Is ready for the market much earlier, so that it coats no more to raise a duck than to raise a chickeo. After ducks get their growth they can be fed as cheaply aB hens, and during the laying season (when the ducka are avaraging lib of eggs a week) do not feed them any more than the bens. Twelve JPekin duck eggs weigh as much as seventeen hens' eggs—a little more than 2£ib.

As Others See Us

Tbe Glasgow Mail says :—lt is easy to see that tbe consumption of wedding cake might afl> ct the statistics of deaths from dyspepsia, but its connection with the plague is nofc oVivious. This subtle relation of cause and effect hf:sbeen discovered however, in New Zt aland, and the explanation lies ia one word-— rata. The Postmaster General of that colony has issacd stringent rules against the transmission of wedding cake except in tin boxes, as when in cardboard or in paper packets it encourages the presence of rata in post offices, and rats spread plague. But to be compelled to encompass so delicate a symbol with a tin case—does it not take awaj much of the idealism of the thing ?

WOMEN IN THE RANKS.

Writing in the Uaiversa! Magazine, Mr Irving Montague, the war correspondent, says:—While as for women whs, disguised as men, have fought tho battles of their respective countries, there are of course a large bumbfr of well authenticated inst ance?, no^b-F one of aDr Barry, who died in IS:S, a very striking inabanceof a woman who through life passed as a man. For nv-vny years at Malta, and latterly at the Oapej ¥ho sarved »s a surgeon to the forces. Inde d Lord Albemarle makes special reference to having met the doctor at the latter place in 1819, when she was Bluff-tsnrgeon to the garrison. She fought two daels ati Malta, in one case killing her oppow nf. The doctor had a favonrite monkey, too, which on one occasion saved her life by clinging to the coffin in which her body had been pieced after whib was supposed to be a f*tal attack of yellow fever, the attendant 8 being defiled by her favourite and unable to close is down before, to their astonishment, signs of returning life developed. The Foraw Guards report ab the time of her actual death was as follow*:—**Dr James Bany, late Senior Inspector General of the Army was a woman aid a mother. I have my self met many women in European armies d'ugulsed as men, women whose effeminacy was asserted in their appearance if not their ac*iofls. A very dashfng example of this was an Aiab girl, who was very much in evidence in the fighting round about Kare a rid Erzeroum in 187? where, with the wild hordes she comminied, she on one occasion saved the life of a Easslan officer whom sha promptly took prisoner, and who in turn was so enamoured of her that he espoused her caoae, and they, wars married there and then. It was a short lived union, however, einoa ahe was shifc in action before tha w<*r was over, while her renegade husband has not, I hear, been seen since. Tn Bhort, as m thers, sisters, sweethearts, and wives, how vasb at all times has been the itfluei.ee of women on that warpath from the contem plation of which with such commendable feminlnehorror she is supposed to shrink, There ara ot courso women and women— and it may bo as well not to forget that pecuitr typo wh;oh seems indigenous to. the battlefield, a creature whom T have never met) elsewhere. Hir hair is as a rule matted, and, the chances are, a rusty black, h^r beadlilp «?y<*s ape set close'to a nose which ia suggestive of a vulture's be,-:-k. Tbia gruesome creature's happiest hoars are spent in the silent watches of the nlghb wl'h the dead, with whom she trams'c^ a one sided business in gold braid, watches and what not. One of these harpies once offered me a handsome signet ring on which a Russian monogram was engraved, undertaking to supply an extra consideration the finger from which it has been taken. It Is needless to say I was proof against the wiles of the gay deceiver—if, Indeed, I deceiver she was.

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I A PECULIAR CASE tJJKDER TREATMENT In the Blenheim Hospital, BUT IX TAKES PLANTEKOA TO EFFECT A CURE. Read the following. It will Interest yon :—•. Beavar Road, Blenheim, Jane 2186, 1900. To Proprietor of Plantekoa. Dear Sir,—Kindly permit me to add my grateful testimony to the value of yoar Great Remedy Flantekoa. My wife waa suffering from a decayed jaw and PovaETr op blood, and waa treated for a month in the Blenheim Hospital. Yoar Representative recommended me to get Plantekoa for her. Almost from the fxest dose she commenced to mend, and is now quite herself again. I consider it the best Medicine I have evtsr known, and shall recommend it to all who suffer. Believe me, yours sincerely, W. Day, «Jraa. It you are sick or Buffering, TRY PLANTEKOA. It will care you. Does your Chemist: or Grocer keep lo If not, call on CIBSON AND CO., Or Austral Botanio Company, Plantekoa Proprietary, Wellington. __________ City Fork Shop, Havelock Street, HAVE just opened New Business in the Pork Lies. Small goods of all descriptions always on band. The public are specially invited to call and inspect Pork Sausages, (fresh.) Daily cash buyers of dairy fed Pork. Old Harness Machine Belting, Eto* SET with a Hammer. From all Iron mongers and Storekeepers. BIFURCATED RIVET CO., Ltd., London, England. Full particulars from Harrison ft Webb Auckland. (Cut this out and show your Ironmonger.) 6 35 wvMJMKjnjri/jL mmxncxWmT* BEEGHAM'S PILLS For Billious and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Sick Headaohe, Giddiness, Fulness and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness, Cold, Chill?, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Coativeness, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling, Sensation*, etc. The Fihst Dose will give Relief in Twenty Minutes This is »e> Fiction. Jffivery sufferer is earnestly invite to cry one Box of these Pills, and they will be acknowledged to be Wortb » 4RUIWEA a JBO3E BEECEAM'S PILLS, taken as directed, will quickly restore Females to complete health They promptly remove any obstruc tion or irregularity in the system For a WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, I They act like magic—a few doses will 1 Work w&ndera upon the Vital Organs ; strengthening the Muscular Syatem, restor ing the longloat complexion^ bringing back the beat of appetite, and arousing with the robueb health the whole physic il energy of the human frame For throwing off fevers ia hot climates they are specially renowned These are ' faots' admitted by thousands, in all classes of Society, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEEOSAM'S PILLS have the Largest Sale of any Patent Mediolne in the World BEECHAM'B PILLS Have for many years been the popular family medicine throughout the British Ooloni«B, and they now atand WITHOUU A RIVAL. j PBsP*BKJ ONLY BY XH9MAI BKKCM.A9Ki ST. HbliM'B,Bi 10 Sold everywhere in bottles—9£d, Is l£d, ar id Is Qdearf- FOR SALE A FARM of 265 A ores, Springfield District, Rural Section 32645, mostly English grasses. For terms and partiuu ai's apply to _^ T BULLOOK t Agßnt., XX7 ANTED KNOWN-A vary large Jrn* if portation of New Floorcloths, Linoleums, Rug*, Mats, 6nd < CarpaOfagp just opened for the Spring Season—NonTH' 0oi« & EmtoMi>,



TO THE DE *F—A rich lady, oared of her Deafnesa and Noißes in the Head by JDr KiohoJson'sAriifioialEar Drums, gave £500 so his Instigate, bo that the deaf people un able to procure the Ear Drums may have them free. Address No 667 d. The Niohpl bod Institute, Longcoit,Gannerafcury, London



Wado's Woim Figs, the wonderfal Worm worriers, sever fail for adults and children. Price la



NICHOLAS & PICKFO U TTAVE Just Landed, ex t.i. Waimate,' their first shipment of SUMMER GOODS, INCLUDING Ladiei' OroqaetJ unti Tennis Shoes. Gentlemen's^ Tennis, Bowling, *>nd Cricketing SHOES & BOOTS, Inj OanvM, Parramatta, Glace Kid, Back Skin, and Bvisian Oalf. The Beit) Assortment ever Shown in Athburton. Inspection Invited. NICHOLAS & PICKFORD, BAST STREET. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. T 0A N 8 GRANTED F.ROM and upwards, at current; rates. Fait Particulars on application. Office — Tamcred Street * Office Hoars—9.3o * m tilt 4pm First) Tuesday in Month~-9 30 am till pm; and? till9pm ALBERT ROBERTS. Manager FOR~SALE. =5aS Suburban Property 21 ACRES C\l <2 ACRES 4i 2 Good Site for a Dwelling Home ALLENTON BEING Lots 33, 34, 35, and 36 frosting Middle Road and Lot 30 fronting Cavendish Road. Firsb class land for gar den purposes Liberal terms of payment Apply to T BULLOCK. SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. Nicely Situated at the Corner of Eton Street) and Wakanui Road i 3 ROODS 1 PERCH O !ROODS 1 PEROH 0 BEING Lota 42 and 43 on the original Sale Plan, on which is erected a Dwell' i ing of 6 Rooms and Pantry, detached Wash i house, Coal shed and other conveniences, surrounded by garden and Orchard at the back well stocked with fruit trees, the Pro* perty of Mb Ward. As he has removed into town, be ia desirous of effecting a quick Sale on very easy termj of paymenb * Particulars on application W BULLOCK. ~~~~TO L&T, "~" Centrally Situated, m WO Upstairs Rooms, in the new Vlotori L Buildings, adjoining the Arcade Renal, 10s 6d per week ' T. BULLOCK. ~~TO LET. Zetland Lodge Stables, situated r.* of Raoeoonrse and Beit Roads, together with comfortable Cottage of fire rooms Apply to T BULLOCK, Agent TO BAKERS. mOLED ab a reduced rental—Triangle X Bakery and Shop situated near Railway Station. Apoly to _^__ T BULLOCK* O LET, ..looms Id Arcade Cha bera also Office .or Small Shop In the Area T, BULLOCK TO LET, At a low rental, Shop and Premises at tbn corner of the fTriangle, fronting Cmb Strneb and Wakanui Road, leading to the Post Office; at present temporarily occupied by Mr Bryant, baker PoasesvioQ can be given ia about a week I BULLOCK U'OK SALE, SHEEP COUNTRY, SHEEP COUNTRY Some Distance above Mount Somers, Ashburton Gorge. 3018 tSSiI 3018 BEING R.S, 31832, 31833, 31834 and others all in its native state Inspection Invited Liberal Terms Foil particulars furnished on application} T BULLOCK. . __ TO LET FOUR Aoresof land with comfortable dwelling house of five rooms, etc, thereon, itnated on Racecourse Road, •Allenton : Apply to T BULLOCK, __„ Agent. \ TINWALD "" [ FOB SALE, I {\f\ ACRES t\f\ UU ACRES y(J . A short distance \ Below the t Tinwald Railway tatloc * 'originally part of Graham'a Farm, h\ gxpoperty of Mr T Hickman If deaired It can be divided into twt «Uotmenta, making 45 aorea each 0. BULLOOK. TO LET. SQUARE Dwelling House of four rooms, with small stable, fronting Archibald Street, near the Railway Station. aJBIJ^tiOCK Agent 4 Cough Cure, Wahoo, Koolibahand Benjtmin Gam go to Ajh mow Dbc<j O).



FOB H ALE (CHEAP. /GOODWILL of Leaee {Ferpetnai, of 640 Aorei fintol»t« Sheep Country, well fenced nod watered, with good house of 4 roomi. Steok cap be taken over at valaa* fcioa E. W. HANMBR. A. AOER ABCHJTECT. ARCADE OHAMBBBS ASHBURTON. TF you want a NSW HOUSE, 9t[Alb*n , tloni, or Newest Style of Deaoratloni, I CONSULT MR AGER, Oftll tod iftfl the NEW FIBBOSE BLIND Imttetioßol VenetUn, »t Imlf the pilot,



CHARMING SPRING NOVELTIES. JUST OPENED: . 50 CASES NEW GOODS. "ftfßW MILLINERY,! FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RIBBON, *a N«» Drtu Fabrlas, Berget, Ooftams Cloth; will Dot ihrink^cr ipot^wlth rain. Novelties la Zephyrs, Prints, Faooy Piques, Spotted Mailtos, Laabtss, plalnl&gfigwred. Sp«cUl Valne in B!»ck Drew Good* of all kind*. Magnificent Assortment of PUIn and Figured Silks, Matitlti; Oorieti, P D'and 08, and also various other makes; Lao* Cartains, White Oonntwpanw Umbrellas and Sunshades, all prices. Up-to-date Millinery, very ityllih. DBK6BMAKING.—LadIes leaving their olden are getting feverv [satisfaction in fit and style* r' AILOBTNG.—A thoroughly up to date Stock of[Suitlngs andlTroaaeringt In Eugllih, Sootch, Irian, and Colonial Twwdf. Satisfaction Guabanuusd. 10 Oases [of LINOLEUM and CARPETS just opened. ■■■MaaiM*n*«MMMMM» AND RE W OUR. G. MEDDINS, " THE PEOPLE'S IRONMONGEB," Opposite Arcade, Bnrnetfe Street. BOWLS BOWLS. BOWLS. TAYLOR'S First Quality and Presentation. Inspection Invited. SHEEP SHEARS. SHEEP SHEARS. BBA, TTJS, -II A, and Shepherd Brands. Oil Stones, Raddle, Lamp Black, Branding Oil, and all Requisites for the Shearing Season. LAWN MOWERg~LAWN MOWERS. The Latest Improved—* 1 The Pastime," eaiieet running Machine made. Also, New Easy, Orescent, P & N, etc. Australian Mutual Provident Society THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT JUST ISSUED, DKOI/JSES -1. An increase in the jfcEW BUSINESS for the year of ... £168.620 2. An increase In the ACCUMULATED FUND of 895,691 3. An increase in the ANNUAL INCOME of 94,660 4. An increase in the smonnt ef ANNUAL CASH BONUS of 26,440 5. A net gain in business in force of 9013 polloiea assuring ... 2,102,088 DUKINGthe year 15,238 NEW POLICIES were issued, being the LARGEST NUMBER yet written by the Society in any one year. The New Assurances Issued amounted to £3,955,685, a sum IN IXOBSS tf that granted in any year since 1891.' The Total Assurances in force (including Bonus additions) now amount to £54,343.821. The Ket Increase to the volume of bnsinoss in force is THE LARGEST in any year since 1891. The Accumulated Fund amounts tc. £16,074,740, and tha ANNUAL INCOMF, to £2.259,357. The Reserve set) apart for the possible DEPRECIATION OF SECURITIES now stands at £266,692. The Divlnible Surplus for the year amounts to £506,182, yielding REVER. SIONARY BONUSES of about £942,500. , The Death Claims for the year were exceptionally favourable, while the EXPENSES of MANAGEMENT were very moderate. BRANCH DIRECTORS:—The Bon. Morgan 8. Grace. M.D., 0.M.G., M.L.O. (Chairman); the Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.O, (Deputy Chairman); Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Eaq , the Hob. Edward Richardson, 0.M.G., John Danoan, Esq. . EDWARD W, LOWE, Residenb Secretary, Branch Office-OCSTQM-HODSE QUAY, WELLINGTON. JAMKS HAIR, District! Secretary. District Office—OHBISTOHUROH. HOLLO WAY'S OINTMENT IS A REAL BOON To Bufferers from LtiMBACO, SCIATICA, GL^NDt'AR SWELLINGS, PILES, FISTULAS, &t. Its soothing and healing powers are simply marvellous, and THERE IS MAGIC !N ITS TOUCH When applied to mJRJIS, SCALDS, CUTS, POISONED WOUNDS, <*fe .jMifarfmred only at 78, New Oxford Street London. Sold by all Chemists and Medlolv* Tuiflui



NEW ZEALAND INSUKANCB COMPANY. ESTABLISHED ... ... 1859. CAPITAL—ONE MILLION THE Premier »&d Wealthiest Colonial Company, Noted for Promptneie and Liberality Paid-up Capital and Reserves, £400,000. Fire and Marine Risks, Aleo,— I Risks on Growing Oropa. Threshing Machine*, etc, accepted at lowest current rates. E. W. Haniner, AGENT MRS ALCORN ii now ehowing a beautiful aitortment of new Millinery new Mantlet, new »Dreei Goode, new SHke etc., in the enlarged premiiei, Ladiei and ohildrem Pinafores, Aprone, and Under* otbing i atook, and made to order WANTED Known—The rapid lightning Bhirt Globb has by far the Invert tale in New Zetland—John Oa» and Co and, SIIABVAN&BO*



WILLIAM PATCHING, BAST k BURNETT STREETS, ASHBURTO& SADDLER & HARNESS MAkjSR. " '■'x^-t ■""""""""" "■ ,„ ' TI/TY COMPETENT STAFF now indjades FIRST GLASS COLLAR AND SADDLE Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed. Repairs Executed Promptly and at Moderate Rates J. SEALY & CO., THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED SEED FIRM IN ASHBURTON. , Jn O /~\ ARE still to the front, and are prepared to supply their many •O« Ou \jO* Patronß with reliable SEEDS, of every description, THAT WILL GROW, at lowest market rates. SEEDS FOR THE FARM, VEGETABLE SEEDS, FLOWER SEEDS, & GARDEN REQUISITES of every description, Direcb from the Gbowbbs and MANtrFACTOREBB. Oar Stocks* of NEW SKASON'B SEEDS are from the Celebrated Firms, James Cabteb & Co, London, and Peter Lawbon & Son, Edinburgh, and they are of jthe beat quality obtainable. ■ FKUIT. FRUIT. FRUIT. LARGE STOCKS of all Seasonable FRUITS always on hand, at BELFAST AND FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST piOR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be macb for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. MANURE CAN BE SUPPLIED IN 1 Owt. or 2 a owt. SACKS Orders received b/ f^KIEOX./VlVl3JfciilHt BKOH., Limited., DAVID THOMAS, OR T'MIIQ «.!». FA.BMEBH CO-i»PJfIRATIVE A BI9OCIATION OX 1 CAJNTEIiUUIiY, Limited., CANTERBURY FKOZIN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY. LIMITED. 8 80 P. WAYMOO Secretary. NEWS BY FRISCO MAIL. f IRS*" PRIZE PARIS EXHIBITION. AWARDED TO OJKYHCiV TE3A. GACTJDEIINSS COMPANY MAHARAJAH TEA SOLE AGENTS—Hondai-Lank a Tea, Co-^ipany, Dnnedtu, N.B.—This ii one of the Ceylon Packed Teas the Tea Blenders petitioned Parliament to Tax an extra twopence perjlb. "It is not blended for exora profit at your arpenie.' ~ "mlb, l l or's ZE A LANDIA BOOT STORE -—«^jrl I ■ 1 '■j r FHB only Up-to-date Boot Shop fn Ashbuttonv For real good Value, Style, and Fitting try the <'ZEA.LANDI BOOTS Bvery pair guaranteed* Remember oar Price is the CHEAPEST, and oar Stock the LARGEST in Canterbury. If you want good Value for very little Money, than be ante yon GOTO TVTfi 1!" T OTt'^ ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, tEANORED BTPBET, ASHBUBDON B SMOKE ONLY NEW VENUS I (o) I • ■ A PERFECT TOBACCO.



Wade's Worm F!g«, the wonderful Worm worrisre, never fail for adult* and children, Price U _■ ______ — NOSEGAY TOBAGCO. The Latest and Beat) Maunfactnred by 0 WILLIiMS&C© Riobv >-ad, V A _^ KAYE & GARTER ARE CASH BUYERS, highest current rates, nil FARM PRODUOB. Agents tor BUTTON'S Mid LAWBON'S Unrivalled Seeds. New Season's Supplies of RAPE, TURNIP, MANGEL CLOVERS, fto, &o, JUSU LANDED. LARGE STORES at ,LYTTIELTON. EXTENSIVE CLEANING MACHINERY, CORNBAUKB always on hand. KAYE & CARTER, OHRIBTOHUROH. 9 67 Wfhat Oh! She Bumps. fTtHAT's jusb when YOU an WRONG* X Oar Lawn Mowers Do nob bump* They juit slide over the Lawn as easily as yon could fall off a log, and they fairly skati the gran off. We have all sizes and prloes, bat only ONE QUALITY: THE BEST. We guarantee all our goods, and If, after a trial, you are not satisfied, yon etn retort | them, WE ALSO STOOK- McCORMICK BINDERS, j MOWERS, DAISYS, HAY RAKES, LITTLE WONDERS, Ac. Morrow, Bassett & Co, ASHBURTON M, PRIEST, Manager MKB JOHNSTON rpEACHER of the Pianoforte and Sirring, Hayelock Street. THE DAINTIEST LITTLE WHEEL THAT EVER WAS" " The Rambler." HAVING sold oat of my old etoek'of thete superior Bicycles, I hare use o ened np a fresh consignment of the LATEST PATTERN " RAMBLER" SPECIAL LIGHT RACERS, ROAD BAOftRS, A ROADSTERS n all sizes and all fitted with the evet acting G & J detachable Tyre> •• XHJIS HA MJBJUJKI*.' h AJSD INSPEOI THE STOCK. Price Easy, Riding Easy. : Machines* the Strongeafc Jon Earth. ACCESSORIES IN STOCK. OTHER MARES FITTED WITH G & J TYRES* D. THOMAS. NICOLLBROS. F Niooll. E F Niooll, L A Niooix. Merchantfl & General Agenta, BUYERS OF FAT SHEEP & LAMBS. AGE NT 8 P0 R— Chrlatohuroh Meat Coi, Ltd Islington Fertilisers Little's Sheep Dip Ocean, Accident and Guarantee Corpora* tion, Ltd United Inanranoe Co., Ltd. (Fire and Marine.) GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION We shall be pleased to receive samples from farmer* who hare parcels for disposal. Station Books Kept and Auditid. We have received sums of Trust Monies, ranging from £100 to £1000, to lend on Freehold Securities at 4£ and 5 per cent* FRUIT. We reaeive regular Consignments from Auckland, Sydney, and the Islands ,and have in stock Apples, Pears, and Frolt tn season all the year round* SEEDS. We stock Cloven, Ryegrass, Bape, and Turnip Seed of reliable quality. HB~~OHRIBTCHUROH (MEAT Qo£ Limited. ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for WHEAT, TURNIP**, RAPE and any other crop, and to^suit any description of soil Greatly increased production'wherever used. Satisfaction given everywhere* Niooll Baoa. store five varieties of kh celebrated fertiliser. Price on application Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NICOLL BROS, Bistriot Agmto,