Ths Agricultural Dep; e ion at Home. —Tlie Prince of Wales lias imtifie l to the tenants of the Duchy of Cornwall, through the Clerk of the Council of the Duchy, that, taking into consideration the state of agriculture, his Royal Highness has been pleased to sauction a remission equal to- 20 per cent, per annum from their rent, for a period of three years from Michaelmas last. —It is announced that Sir John Ramsden has been obliged to take into his own hands six of the largest and finest sheep farms on his Badenoch estates, owing to no new tenants having come forward. Arbitei’s have been ap pointed to value the stock which Sir John is bound to take over from outgoing ten ants. The lambing season has been one of the worst on record. —Lord Tolleinaclie has executed an agreement with his Peck fortoii (Cheshire) tenantry whereby he agrees to give them on expiration of their occupancy liberal compensation for all unexhausted manures and improvements effected on the estate, subject to his lord ship’s approval during the time such im provements were executed. His lord ship has added a lease note agreeing to allow his tenants to remain in undisturbed possession of a farm twenty-one years. His lordship’s intention is to induce his tenants to farm up to to their utmost capacity, and tenants, on the other hand, are deeply giateful to his lordship for this -mark of consideration in the present crisis.

promptly attended to. JU7

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Saturday, August 2,. 1879,



New Advertisements. ~V\ 7"ESLE YAN CHURCH, Cameron VV Street.—Service will be conducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning and Evening by the Rev.- T. F. Jones, of llakaia. 203 a T) RIMITI YE METHODIST CHURCH, I Wills-street —Service will be con ducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning and Evening. 204 a npRESBYTERTAN CHURCH—Divine ■ Service* will be conducted in the above Church To-morrow morning and evening and at Wakanui at 3 o’clock. 205 a NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN, Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand Wesleyan ” for August. Price 6d. Sold at the Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. 35 a V. R. In the District Court ok Canterbury Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and of the y bankruptcy of DANIEL EVANS, of Waterton, in the County of Ashbur ton, Farmer, a debtor. OTICE is hereby given that at the sitting IN of the above-named honorable Court next after the expiration of ten clear days from the day of the publication hereof, or so soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, application will be made to the said Court on behalf of the said debtor for an order of immediate dis charge. Dated this thirtieth day of July, 1879. BRANSON & PURNELL, 206 a Solicitors for the debtor. V. R. IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF GEORGE PARKIN, OF ASHBURTON. ALL proofs of claims against the above Estate are required to be sent in to the undersigned on or before the Btli instant. FREDK. PAVITT ) T J. TUCKER ] llustees - Ashburton, August Ist, 1879. 209 a V. R. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876. and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, Amend ment Act, 1878, and of the bank ruptcy of JOHN YOUNG WARD, of Ashburton, in the Colony of New Zealand, Bookseller, a debtor. THIS IS TO NOTIFY' that John Youug Ward, of Ashburton aforesaid, bookseller, has this day filed a statement that he is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. The first mee'ing of creditors to be held at the District Court-house, Ashburton, on Wednes day, the sixth day of August instant, at n o’clock in the forenoon. Dated this first clay of August, 1879. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk of the District Court. J. E. Hyde Harris, Solicitor, Saunders’ Buildings. 21 la Gr EORGE IJIRIOKETT MEANS TO DO BUSI N E S S And the under given figures show that he is in earnest. A call at his establishment, Saunders’ Buildings, East Street North, will give further proof. Gentlemen’s E.S. Boots, 15s. to 20s. Watertiglits, a Superior Fashionable Article, 16s. Balmorals, very best, 20s. Bluchers, the “lie plus ultra,” 10s. 6d. Gent’s. Calf Shoes, 14s. 6d., used to be 17s. 6d. 'Ladies’ Boots of every description, equally low. ,Slippers for all feet—ladies’ 4s. 9d. to q s . 6d. ; Gentlemen’s, ss. 6d. to 7s. —in -leather, felt, patent, and carpet. Leggings, knee-high, 7s. ; Carters, 15s. A large choice of Boots and Shoes (all prices) for the LITTLE ONES. Every description of Sewn, Pegged, and Rivetted 'Boots and Shoes made to order.



New Advertisements. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. BY Deed of Assignment, dated June 9 h, 1879, filed in the Supreme Court of New Zealand on the 11th day of June, 187!', and assented to at a .General Meet ing of Creditors on the 2nd day of July, 1879, the Partnership hitherto existing between Thomas Hooper, junior, and Alexander Oswald Aitken, trading as “Hooper, Aitken, and C 0.,” is hereby dissolved. THOS. HOOPER, Junior. A. O. AITKEN. Signed Ashburton, August 2nd, 1879. 210 a DIARIES. —A Few Commercial and Scribbling Diaries on Sale, Cheap, at the “ Herald ” Stationery Depot, East Street North, near Railway Station. Meetings. ASHBURTON RACING CLUB. A MEETING of the Members of the above Club will be held on THURS DAY Evening, 7th August, at 7.30 p.m., at the Road Board Office. Business : Consideration of Balance-Sheet, Appoint i nient of Officers for Spring Meeting, and other Important Business. A Full Meeting requested. JAMES WILKIE, 185 a - Hon. Sec. Tenders. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. SEPARATE Tenders are invited for FIVE CHAINS of ROAD FOR MATION and LEVELLING South-East side of Baring Square ; also, for Fourteen Chains of Wrought Timber FENCING round same. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of Messrs. Fooks and and Son, Borough Engineers. Tenders, accompanied by a guarantee deposit of £5 (either cash or a marked cheque), and endorsed respectively “ Tender for For mation and Levelling,” and “ Tender for Fencing,” to be sent in to the Council’s Office, before noon, on THURSDAY, the 7th August. CHAS. BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Ashburton, Ist August, 1879. 201a—1 ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. nnENDERS are invited for the Supply X of TWENTY (20) LAMPS, for the Street Lamp Posts, and fixing same to posts. Specifications may be seen at the Town Clerk’s Office, where tenders, ac companied by a guarantee deposit of £5 (cash or mail ed cheque), are to be sent not later than 9 a.m. on MONDAY, the 4th August. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Ashburton, Ist August, 1879. 202a—2 UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited by the Board for the following works : No. 36.—Shingling 120 chains (more or less) of roads leading from W. Green’s farm to the Alford Forks School and the Alford Forest Road, Green street’s, including repairs on the former road. 37. —Re-formation of portion of road below Digby’s, Winchmore Road. 38. —Forming SO chains (more or less) of road through sections 28497,27051, 28496, Hinds River. 39.—Forming Road, North-East and West Town Belt to the Racecourse. 40.—Ploughing about 5 miles of Furrows on Road from Winchmore to Pass more’s. 41.—Forming 150 chains, more or less, Cross Road from Winchmore Road, opposite Bland’s, towards Rakaia Road. Tenders, addressed to the Chairman, must be sent in not later than noon, of TUESDAY, sth August. For specifications, &c., apply to ROBT. D PULLAR, Cleric to the Board. Westerfield, July 24, 1879. 175 a To Let. TO LET, ONE Five-Roomed House and one Four- Roomed House ; moderate rent. Ap ply THOS. CLARK, 208 a Burnett Street. rpo LET, a Two-Roomed COTTAGE in 1 Burnett Street. Apply at 193 a ASHBURTON HOTEL. TO LET, FOR CROPPING. 1000 ACRES of Good Stubble Land, in the Lagmhor District. For particulars apply to 138 a DONALD McLEAN. For Sale. SADDLE FOR SALE. FOR SALE, a Strong SADDLE, quite new. Price—£3 15s. ; worth £5. • ALFRED HARRISON, 122 a Auctioneer. PIANO FOR SALE. FOR SALE, a First-class Trichord PIANOFORTE ; a Bargain. Gua ranteed. Apply to H. J. WEEKS, 168 a “ Herald ” Office. £2 ss. PER ACRE. Messrs, saunders brothers have had placed in their hands for sale 993 Acres of fair Agricultural Land, within 5 miles of the Dunsandel Railway Station. The property adjoins a railway reserve, and water can be obtained within twenty feet of the surface. To effect a 1 immediate sale, the proprietor will accept £2 ss. per acre. Full particulars on application to SAUNDERS BROTHERS, 29 a Ashburton.



Auction Sales: WEDNESDAY, 6th AUGUST, 12 o’clock, ALFRED HARRISON has received instructions from Mi*. F. Doherty, who is about to remove into a smaller house, to sell by public auction, at his residence, Peter Street (opposite Quill’s Hotel), his Furniture and Effects, com prising— A VERY HANDSOME DRAWING-ROOM SUITE, (Complete) REAL MOROCCO, DARK GREEN, nearly new, Centre Table (cedar), feet beautifully carved, Velvet Pile Table Cover, Lamp, Handsome Carpet and Hearthrug, Fender, Fireirons, Cur tains, Ornaments, &c. Also, Double Bedstead, with brass fit tings, Hair Mattress, Feather Pil lows, Bolster, Palliass, Blankets, Sheets, Washstand, Looking-glass, Tables, Carpets, Curtains, &c., &c. Sale at 12 o’clock, WEDNESDAY, Gth AUGUST. ALFRED HARRISON, 196 a Auctioneer. Bottlers. ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES. In connection with the ASHBURTON BREWERY, WOOD and CO Have on hand a Larg: 1 cclc of ALE and STOUT, in Bulk and Bottle. Business Notice. SEALY BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACI-I ROAD, MOORE STREET, ARE now offering their Stock of Trees at prices that will compare favorably with those ruling anywhere in the Pro vince. OUR FRUIT TREES Are all budded and grafted in the most approved manner, and arc perfectly clean and true to name. Prices ranging from 15s. tolSs. perdoz. THE FOREST TREES And Shrubs of all sorts have been REPEATEDLY TRANSPLANTED, which secures to them FineJ Boots, so essential to their SAFE REMOVAL. Prices from ss. per 100. Persons about to plant on the Plains would consult their own interest by pro curing trees locally grown, as they will withstand the drought much better than those grown like reeds on the swampy land about Christchurch and Papanui, which perish in the first nor’-wester after removal. you buy elsewhere, compare pi’ices. SEALY BROS., ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, One Minute’s Walk from the Belt. 167 a SANDO AND OLSEN’S ASSIGNED ESTATE. DEBTS due to this Estate must he paid to Mr. G. D. Boileau, Ac countant, Saunders’ Buildings, without delay. S. SAUNDERS B. HALE | Trustees. Ashburton, 9th July, 1879. 86a N O T I C E. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. ESTATE OF J. H. PASS & CO. mHE Undersigned begs to notify that JL the UNPAID ACCOUNTS in the above Estate are in process of recovery by law ; those who desire to save extra expense, should pay at once. J. H. TWENTYMAN L. E. NATHAN • Trustees. Per W. Stringer. N.B.—Office removed from Old Bank Store to premises next Messrs. Fried lander Brothers, East Street. 177 a Public Notices NORTH ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. Applications are invited from persons competent to discharge the duties of CLERK and OVERSEER to the above Board. Applicants to state Salary required. House free. Applica tions will be received up to noon on Saturday, 9th August, addressed to the Chairman of the Board. H. T. WINTER, Chairman. Ashburton, July 28th, 1879. 188 a IMPOUNDED. IMPOUNDED from Mr. McLean’s Station, South Ashburton, One BAY HACK GELDING ; no brand visible. If the above is not released on or before August 7, it will be sold to defray ex penses. W. B. COMPTON, 213 a Poundkeeper. WASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply arly. 590



Auction Sales. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY will have a VERY PRIME LOT of FAT SIIEEP to offer at the Ashburton Sale yards on Tuesday, sth August, 1879. 149 a SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 th. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY will hold his USUAS SALE OF MERCHANDISE ON SATURDAY NEXT, Particulars in Future Advertisements. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, 195 a Auctioneer, &c. Business Notices. C. PERCY COX, AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANE - VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. TO LET OR SELL— CBO Acres first-class land (limestone) with good house, large stables, woolshed, sheep-yards, granaries, etc., etc., com plete ; very convenient. 320 Acres reserve, first-class land, part sub-let, sufficient to cover the whole of Government rent, etc., leaving upwards of 200 acres rent free for 2 years. Low price wanted for goodwill of lease, or would be let to a suitable tenant. 2,500 Acres ring-fenced, to be let in one block for grazing, or in blocks to suit purchasers for cropping, with or with out purchasing clause. Town and Suburban Sections sell or let in Ashburton and Hindhope. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 T. R. H ODDER & QOMPANY’S, TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT Is now under the management of Mr. E. W. Tomkins (from West End, London), Cutter, Practical Tailor, Breeches, and Riding Pants’ Maker. Orders promptly attended to. Exact fit Guaranteed. jSSfA Lai’ge Assortment of Tweeds, Doeskins, and Coatings on hand. 150 a IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS ok TO LET and FOR SALE. SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473,' I7INVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN ll VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. 55 Coal and Firewood. CHEAP TIMBER AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS. BALANCE of Timber unsold at tlx Auction Sale. Also, 200,000 fee to arrive, now lying at the Waimate Sta tion, will be disposed of AT REDUCED PRICES AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, East Street, Ashburton. 1027



Auction Sales. NOTICE. BULLOCK & CO. bfg to intimate that the Business Vt " carried on by us for the past twelve months under the style of BULLOCK & Co. Will in future be conducted under our own names as EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. C. J. EDMISTON. P. A. EDMISTON. W. H. GUNDRY. Ashburton, July 1, 1879. 82a EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH EIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £1 ,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack. TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. rjdHE Undersigned have on Sale :—- Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., Ac. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY.- East Street. Fruiterers, &c. W. T. D AV 1 s 0 GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, HAS ON SALE Onions, Good Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, Herbs. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (Next to Fowi.er, Grocer) TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. 79a Tentmaker. N O T I C E. RE-0 PENI N G. WM. PATCHING BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding dis tricts, that, having purchased the busi ness lately carried on by Sando and Olsen, he will continue the 1 MANUFACTURING of TENTS, TARPAULINS, HORSECLOTHS, WAGGON TILTS, &c. LARGE STOCK ON' HAND, Including— Druggets, assorted pal terns Tents, all sizes Indiarubber and Canvas Hose ing Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, &c. Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines Headstalls Flax and Hemp Halters O N SAL E , AT UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. The following : Tarpaulins and Horsecloths Oilskin Suits, Men’s and Boys’ Macintoshes, Leggings Flax and Manilla Rope • Blocks, double and single FLAGS OF ALL NATLONS. the address— W M. PATCHING (Late Sando & Olsen), East Street, Ashburton. 108 a Public Notices. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 a



Business Notice. ORB AND CO. BANKRUPT Stock OP J, PI. Pass & Co. GREAT SALE OF DRAPERY, BOOTS AND ' SHOES. £3,000 Worth TO BE SOLD AT HALF PRICE. ORR & CO. HAVING SECURED THE STOCK OF J. H. PASS & CO., Will RE:OPEN the Premises lately occupied by them on SATURDAY, JULY 26, And will Continue the Sale until the Whol of the Stock is Cleared Off. AS THIS IS A GENUINE CHEAP SALE, THE GOODS WILL BE SOLD AT SUCH PRICES AS WILL ENSURE A SPEEDY CLEARANCE. Intending Purchasers should therefore CALL AT ONCE. PREMISES OPEN DAILY DURING THE SALE Proji 10 a. m. to 0 r.ar, ggCTgjgßjgjgaggiaigjjßjg'ggagjgjHSjgßgggajrejgirjggiMgjjjregyi ORR AND : CO.



Hotels. O RAM'S SOMERS E T ; COMMERCIAL y,« / •] AND FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF Sir George Grey, K.C.8., Premier of Nev| Zealand. i Sir James Ferguson, Bart., late Governor p New Zealand, AND ' ‘ _ - Sir Charles Ducane. late Governor of Ta T HIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounce to be one of the finest in the Southern Hem sphere. The cuisne is under the supervision an eminent chef, and the proprietor hopes tbl his long experience in the trade is a sufficie guarantee as to the quality of the contents ,| the cellar. • • ' • • R. W. SHEARMAN, PROPRIETOR. * i, THE ASHBURTON HOT (the oldest established in the. V DISTRICT) •''.! s•* . . t't If HAS been Re-erected and Enlarged, and now offers to. 5 vellers and the General Public Accoihi dation -of a Superior Class, f no expel having been spared' in making it se’cj comf oft j * - I to none in the Ashburton for comfort ] eonvenience. SUITES OF PRIVATE ROOMS M FAMILIES.''-^ LIQUORS OF THE BEST QUALM ONLY IN STOCK. ‘ ’ ‘ttT'v 2 V*j The Proprietors trust; by strict aij tion to business, combined with MODERATE CHARGES, to meet with a fair share of pj patronage. : MUTCH & : MeKENZI^I Proprietors. JOSEPH BALDWINS Begs to inform his friends and theq that lie Has Opened & THE CENTRAL HOT^j ... . ; . AT THE JUNCTION, WILLS STRES WAKANUI ROAD;, ASH BUI&j |HIS commodious hotel is si] within three minutes’ waljp Railway Station. Table. d’Hote p.m. Luncheon on the table frof 2p.m./ : The Jug and Bottle will be made a special featurfe‘’J bottles and small quantities being s| at the lowest remunerative rates,| the best quality of Wines, Be&cj Spirits procurable will be kept. f /?t J. BALDWIN^} 540 Proprietor. THE PRINCE ALBERT. BOARDING HOUSE AND M ROOMS, / Vills Street, Near Railway (Late-Clark’s). s now open for the convenience ders, Commercial Travellers,' the Public. HE House is entirely new, anl fully fitted up with All C<f Every attention will be paid to ,pi « f] ' FIRST-CLASS TABI#j 'A' : AND TER M S LIB E|(i Families accommodated with prjtva Breakfast, 6 a.m. to 9 a. nf. 12 (noon) to 2 p.m.; Tea, 5-30’tj M E A L S-P, Breakfast or Tea, Is. ; Dinner j Board and Lodging, 255,, 205.,l .SERVANTS REGISTRY f)\ No Charge. FRANK BROW, Proprietor. % Poulterer, &c. ]* RABBITS! RABji P . HARPE: FISHMONGER AND POl Near .the Ashburton Hotel, BEGS (to unform the ini Ashburton that he HAS in the above line, and trust attention .to business, and six' articles of first -class quality merit a share of public patron OYSTER SALO- Hot Fried Fish and Stewes, to 11 every nigltt