NEW ZEALAND STAMP DUTIES.

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MOONLIGHT EVENINGS.

The Moon at 3 days old shines till about 8 o’clock. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o’clock. The Moon at 8 days old shines till nearly I o’clock in the morning. The Moon at 12 days old shines from sun down till about 4 in the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, and shines all night. The Moon at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 p.m. and shines tijl morning. ' ■■ The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise.

THE HOUSEWIFE’S TABLE.

The following is a very valuable housewife’s table, by which persons not having scales and weights at hand may readily measure the article wanted to form any recipe without the trouble of weighing, allowance to be made for an extraordinary dryness or moisture of the ar ticle weighed or measured:— Wheat flour, 1 pound is 1 quart. Indian meal, 1 pound 2 ounces are 1 quart. Butter, when soft, 1 pound is 1 quart. Loaf sugar, broken, 1 pound is 1 quart. White sugar, powdered, I pound 1 ounce ate I quart. Ten eggs are 1 pound. Flour, 4 pecks are I bushel. Sixteen large tablespoonsful are I pint. Eight large teaspoonsful are I gill. Four large teaspoonsful are l /z gill. Two gills are % pint. Two pints axe 1 quart. Four quarts are 1 gallon. A common sized tumbler holds y 2 pint. A commen sized wine glass is l / 2 a gill. A tea-cup is 1 gill. A large wine-glass is I gill. Forty drops are equal to I teaspoonful. Four teaspoonfuls are equal to 1 tablespoon ful.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MAR RIAGES, AND DEATHS.

Births. —Parents and all other persons pre sent at a birth, are liable under the Act for Registration under penalty of £10 ; failing, the occupier of house in which such birth took place is liable. Births are registered free up to sixty-two days, day of birth and of registra tion, both inclusive; afterwards up to six months, on payment of ss. penalty, and after declaration as to truth of particulars being duly made ; and beyond six months only after conviction before a Magistrate, and on pro duction of certificate of., conviction signed by Magistrate or Clerk to Bench, and within one month of such to Conviction. ; There are other provisions as to registration of children found exposed, and registration of names within one year of birth. ; . Marriages.— Marriages must be solem nized with open doors, between eight in the morning and four in the afternoon, in the presence of two or more witnesses. Persons objecting to be married by a clergyman, can be married in a Registrar’s office by a Registrar. Persons desirous of being married must give notice to the Registrar of the district, and take out a Marriage Certificate; but before doing so, must have, resided in the district three clear days immediately preceeding the application for certificate. (The fees are : —for Notice and Certificate, £1 2s fid ; Marriage by Registrar, £1 ; and 2s fid for Copy of Marriage Registrar. Persons wishing to be married out of the dis trict in which they live, can only do so by residing in the district in which they wish to be married for three clear days, and obtaining certificate from the Registrar of that district. And persons living in different districts must either both reside for three clear days in the same district, or else obtain two Certificates, viz:—one from the Registrar of each of the districts in which they reside. Any person making false affirmation, declaration, or repie sentation before a Registrar, is guilty of mis demeanour.

Deaths. —The occupier of house in which death occurs, and all persons present at a death, are liable for the registration within thirty-one days; and failing these, the Undertaker or person so acting, under penalty of but any of the persons liable may depute, in writing, some person acquainted with par ticulars required to attend and register; and the person registering MUST in all cases take to the Registrar the Doctor’s Certificate of Death. In all cases of burial, the Undertaker or person so acting, must return to the Registrar within seven days, the Burial Cer tificate, duly signed by Undertaker and officiating Minister, or two householders pre* sent at such burial. Undertakers not return* ing such Burial Certificates within seven days are liable to a penalty of £$ : and Clergymen officiating and not signing Burial Certificates are also.liable to a penalty of £5. Any person not attending, to register, alter notice from Registrar is duly given, is liable to a penalty of £2O There are various other provisions defining powers and duties of Registrar, and imposing penalties for neglect in complying with various £ revisions of th 6 * Act.

VACCINATION.

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By an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, it is made compulsory upon every parent to take his child, within six months ot its birth, to the Medical Officer appointed by Government forthe district, or to some qualified Medical Practitioner, to have the child vaccin ated, and on the eighth day following to take the child back again for inspection. For breach of this i.;w a fine not exceeding 40s. may be recovered before any Bench of Magis trates. If the child be properly vaccinated, the Medical Officer or. Practitioner is to give a certificate of the fact. If the child be not sus ceptible, or unfit to endure the process; another certificate is to be given, which will clear the parents of the consequences. Children, al though vaccinated, whose vaccination- certifi cates are not forwarded to the Registrar of the district are still liable to a fine of 40s. Inno culation .with the virus of small pox is a crime punishable by a penalty of ,£lO, The word “parent ” means father, mother, or other per son having the care, nurture, or custody of the child.

SLAUGHTER-HOUSE LICENSES.

“The Slaughter-House Act, 1877,” pro vides that “no license shall be issued in res pect of . any slaughter-house situated within half a mile from the outer boundary of any borough, unless such slaughter-house has been erected, or was in course of erection for that purpose immediately before the Ist December, 1877. If suchslaughter-house is within theabove described limit, application for the license must be made to the Council of the nearest Borough. If a slaughter-house is within any County, ex cept as aforesaid, the application must. be made to the Council of such county. No license, 'not being the renewal of a previously existing license, shall be issued to any person, unless public notice shall have been given by the applicant for the same, once in each week for one month, immediately preceding the time when such application is to be heard.” -

MAGISTRATE’S COURT FEES.

Table of Fees to be taken in respect of Proceedings under “The Resi dent Magistrates’ Act, 1867,” by Bailiffs.

Service of summons or subpoena, or order or copy of notice of set-off, if within 2 miles of the Court House, 3s ; for every extra mile, one way, is ; bailiff’s fee upon execution of any warrant, or going to| view tenement, upon each view, 4s; executing any warrant, or going to .view tenement beyond 2 miles from the Court-House, for every extra mile, one way, is ; poundage on sum levied or received under distress, is ; for.keeping possession, per diem, any sum not exceeding 8s ; auctioneer’s commission on sale of goods in execu tion, 5 per cent.; advertising sale, the actual cost; poundage on sum for which the body is taken in execution, is.

Table of Fees to be tvken in respect of Proceedings under “The Resi dent Magistrates’Act, 1867,” by the Resident Magistrates, Justices of the Peace, or their Clerks.

For issuing eveiy warrant of apprehension or committal, except in cases hereinafter ex pressly provided for, 6d in the £. For every summons for commitment under section of “The Resident Magistrate’s Act, 1868,” 3d in the £ on the amount of the original demand then remaining due. For every hearing of the matters mentioned in such summons for commitment, 6d in the £ on the amount last aforesaid. For issuing every warrant of apprehension under the Bth section of “ The Resident Magistrate’s Act, 1868,” 3d in the £ on the amount last aforesaid. For issuing every warrant of committal under the 9th section of “ The Resident Magistrate’s Act, 1868,” 6d in the £ on the amount last afore said. j For every bail-bond under section seventeen of “The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868”; for any sum not exceeding £20 —ss. Ditto not exceeding^o—7s 6d. Dit'o not exceed ing £lO0 —los. For every hearing and order under sections 18 and 19 of “ The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868,”; for any sum not | exceeding —4s ; not exceeding - ss; ! not exceeding ,£20 —8s ; not exceeding £50 — ir2s; not exceeding .£lO0 —20s. For any process or proceeding issued or taken under the twentieth section of “ The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868,” the same fees as payable in respect of the like proceed ngs under •* he District Courts Act.”

Friday, December 19. 1579.1

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

Printed and published by HORACE John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, Friday, December 19, 1879.



Affidavit or Declaration 0 2 6 Agreements, where the value is of £20 or upwards. 0 1 0 Ditto, deed, ios. counterpart Annual License, Joint Stock Com- pany, on every _£ioo of nomi- nal capital ... 0 1 0 Appo ntments, of power over pro- perty 0 10 0 Bill of Exchange, on demand 0 0 6 Ditto, ditto, inland, not on demand, for every .£50 or part thereof ... 0 1 0 Bill of .Lading, or receipt, or copy... 0 1 0 Certificate of Incorporation 5 0 0 Cheque or dra t for any sum 0 0 1 Conveyance for every or part thereof 0 5 0 .Deed of Settlement, fot every £ 100, ; • or part thereof 0 5 0 Deeds not otherwise charged 0 10 0 Lease, without premium, for every i£S°y or I ,art thereof annual irent 0 2 0 Ditto, with premium, with or with- out rent, or with premium an annual rent of £20 or more, ;same rate as Conveyances, on :the premium and rent : Coun- teipart of Lease ... 0 2 6 Policy of Insurance, Marine, tor every /'too or part there- 1 of... 0 1 0 Ditto, not exceeding six months for every is. ; 12 months ... 0 2 0 Power of Attorney ... 0 10 0 Promissory Notes on demand 0 0 1 Ditto, other than to bearer, on de- mand, not exceeding £25, 6d ; not exceeding is ; and for every additional £S°> or part 0 1 0 Receipt for £2, ot upwards 0 0 1 Transfer of Shares, where purchase money does not exceed £20, is; £5 6, 2s 6d ; 5s; exceed- ing £ IO ° f° r every .£50 or part thereof 0 2 6 Transfer of station or Run, (except as a mortgage) for every £ 100 of value b 10 0



o' S3 d d o' 0 N u-| S3 S* Q O S3 0 . ° O 0 0 S3 S3 S3 s. s. s. s. s. Filing plaint, including pliant 8 note, if any Filing notice of set-off, accord- ing to amount claimed 1 2 4 5 1 2 3 4 b Hearing... Payment of money into Court 3 4 6 8 12 before judgment, according to amount paid in ... id. m the £ s. s. s. s. s. Judgment 1 1 2 4 8 Summons to a party Summons to a witness (to n- 1 3 4 5 6 elude one name) Order not being in nature of .2 2 2 2 4 final judgment ... Adjournment of hearing on 2 2 2 2 2 application of plaintiff or defendant 1 2 3 4 5 Swearing witnesses, exceeding 3 on either side... Warrant of distress or for 1 1 2 2 2 seizure of- specific goods (value) 3 4 s 6 7 Warrant for. delivery of pos- session of tenement Filing agreement (as to juris- 4 4 4 4 4 diction) ... Filing memorandum of claim 2 2 2 2 2 by landlord for rent 1 2 3 4 5 Order for t e-hearing 2 2 2 2 2 Older giving leave to appeal Settling case for appeal, not 2 3 4 5 6 exceeding 5 folios 10 10 IO 10 10 Where case exceeds 5 folios each additional folio 1 1 1 1 1 Swearing or filing affidavit... 1 1 1 1 1 For every search ... For every document required 1 1 1 1 1 in proceedings and not enumerated 2 2 2 2 2 For every folio above 2 of go words each 1 1 I 1 1 d. d. d. d. d. For every copy of any such document, per folio b b 6 6 6 s. s. s. s. s. On every application to the Court, not being a hearing Filing notice of any such 3 5 7 9 12 application Filing, &:c., of bond under 1 2 3 4 5 Sections 89 and 100 of Act 5 5 5 5 S



Tentmaker. NOTICE. W IVI. PATCH IN G BEC*-S to inform the inhabitants of . vshburton and surrounding dis tricts, that, ' having purchased the busi ness lately carried on by Sando and Olsen, he will continue the ■, h . MANUFACTURING of TENTS, -r-.,- ; - ' . TARPAULINS, WAGGON TILTS, &c. LAkGE stock on hand, Including— Druggets, assorted patterns Tents, all sizes . , Indiariibber arid Canvas Hose ing .• Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, &c. Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines Headstalls Flax and Hemp Halters ON 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 NATIONS, _ ■ \ the address — WM. PATCHING (Next Friedlanders’), , East Street,; Ashburton ■ ‘ ‘ 108 a Public Notices.



C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON approved freehold security Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. ■*** v . v .. ■■ 717



THE ASHBURTON HERALD An t d Borough and County' Advertiser (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) ASHBURTONy WAKANUI, AND SE A FIELD “ HERALD ” DELIVERY. Subscribers t© the Ashburton Herald, residing at and between the above places will, in future, be supplied by the Boy, at their residences,; every Tues day and Friday. ‘ GREENSTREET, WESTERFIELD, UPPER ASHBURTON, AND HOUR T SOMERSi ■: Subscribers residing in the above lis tricts will be supplied by Cookson'* coach. Orders received by. Messrs. Tisch and R. Morgan. ?.: j <i. |• a fA. 71 Ar' ! New Subscribers (wjllf please forward their names to any of the Agents, or our Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or Boy, Bs. 6d. per quarter; in advance, 7s. 6d. per quarter ; or 28s. per antmnr. The Ashburton Herald will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce jnarket reports, and ; particu lar attention will be paiffi to the wants of settlers. All notices referring to the Borough Council, County Council, and the Road Be ards, will be found in the Hearld. Agencies where.THE Herald can be j obtained i -■■■ Wakanui School ... Mr. Ginney Wakanui Creek.. G. Headley Seafiekl Mr. Atkinsob j} T. M. Jones Newlands ... ... Ed Watkins Spread Eagle Mr. Tisch Mount v ... R. Morgan The Agents supply a primed forms for to. sign.



Business Notices. Office Requisites, STATIONERY, &c., JUST OPENED. OOPYING PRESSES, Letter and Foolscap Size®. OOPYING BOOKS, BRUSHES, Oil Paper, Ac. STEPHENS’ WRITING INKS, Blue,'Black,'Violet Rod, &c. y EDGERS, CASH BOOKS, JOUR NALS, DAY BOOKS, &c. ANK H.M. NOTE AND LETTER PAPER AND ENVELOPES. Envelopes, BlUe and White, Commercial and Fancy.



J)ENS, GILLOTT’S, MITCHELL’S, Waverley and Pickwick. N' OTE AND LETTER PAPERS Cream and Blue, Fin©* Ruled. ~ Superfine, Ruled. ~ ~ Extra ~ ~ ~ ~ Waterlined. Vellum Antique, Extra Superfine, plain ! Foreign Note, Colored, &c. WEEKS IMPORTERS OF COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, Herald and Guardian OFFICES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



General Merchants. NEW IRONMONGERY BUSINESS. ORR AND Co., WILL open the Premises lately occupied as their Drapery Depart ment, corner of East and Tancred Streets, on Saturday, the 13tli December, with a well assorted Stock of HOUSE FURNISHING jLND GENERAL IRONMONGERY. The Success attending this Depart ment of our Business has induced us to give it special attention. To do this more effectively we will devote the Premises as above to this trade only, and trust r that our sedulous endeavours to meet the growing wants of this important district will in future, as in the past, be amply repaid for this addition to our Business. The following leading lines, as well as the numberless useful articles in an Iron mongers stock, will be found in value to bear favorable comparison with any other house in the colony : McCORMACK’S REAPERS AND BINDERS. Harvesting Tools Bolts and Nuts Files and Rasps Lard and Castor Oil Machine Fittings Sewing Twine Weighing Machines Spring Balances Chums and Buckets Tubs and Cheese Vats Ranges and Grates Fenders and Fireirons Sash Cords and Weights Brass Foundry Hammers and Sledges Copper Rivets and Washers Spanners and Wrenches Blacksmiths Tools Carpenters Tools Bedsteads and Cots Perambulators Bolts' and Springs Axes and Hatchets Gate Hinges Nails and Washers Mortice Locks Rim Locks Padlocks Augers and Boring Machines Braces and Bits Hedge Knives Rope and Ream Cord Lawn Mowers Sheet Lead and Zinc Plain Sheet Iron Galvanised Iron Bar and Rod Iron Pumps and Piping Washing Machines Wringing Machines Mangles Tin Goods, all kinds Kettles, Boilers, and Saucepans Boilers and Frames Baths and Sponges Portable Forges Guns, Breechloaders Guns, Slug and Double Barrel Powder, Shots, Caps, &c. Preserving Pans Stew Pans Plated Goods Cruets Table Cutlery Spoons and Forks Scales and Weights American Stoves Colonial Ovens Camp Ovens Fencing Wiie Ploughs and Harrows Chaffcutters Horse Gears



ORR AND CO., Importers & General Merchants ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA,



Business Notices. BLIG H’S CANTERBURY RESTAURANT, Papanui Road, near Post Office, Christchurch. MEA L S AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. Board and Lodging, 175., ISs., £1 a week. BEDS & MEALS—Is. Each. 452 CHERTSEY. A. R. MARKHAM (N- Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER, HAYING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply hrst-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery. etc. Agent for THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 Medicinal. TEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS 1 FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWaRD APPEARANCE so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are genuine:— 1st —In every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd —Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, John Steedman, Chemist, Walwo:th, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. 4th —The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. Sold by Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. 490



GRATEFUL—COMFORTIF G. gPPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application ol .he fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by tne judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a coastitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating arcund us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fata shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.” —The Cizit Set vice Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO Homcepathic Chemists, London. BUGS, FLEAS, MOTHS, BEETLES, fcAnd all other Insects are DESTROYED by* KEATING’S INSECT POWDER, which is quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating Beetles the success of this Powder is extraordinary, and no one need be troubled by those pests. It is per fectly clean in application. Ask for and be sure you obtain “ KEAT ING’S POWDER,” as Imitations are Noxious, and fail in giving satisfaction. Sold by all Chemists in Tins, is. & 2s. 6d. each. KEATING’S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, ooth in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted tor childien. TESTIMONIAL. Medical Flail Gildersome, Nov. 28th, 1876. Mr. Keating, Dear Sir, —I think it nothing but my duty to inform you of the immense sale I have for your Worm tablets, - which I may justly say is enormous, and in every case gives the greatest satisfaction. I have now in stock two bottles containing the Round Worms brought me during the last few days by customers, one Woral 40 yards long. I dare not be without the remedy. —yours respectfully, M. A. Walker. Sold in tins by all Chemists and Druggists Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, REWARD AND CAUTlON.—Whereas fraudulent imitations of this umsurpassed remedy have been sold, I hereby request any one knowing the vendor of the same to com municate with me, on conviction of the offender a liberal reward will be paid. 637 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. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY EOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman. A MAN is not wise if he don’t advertise And Twenty Words cost a Shilling.



Printers and Publishers. THE ASHBURTON HERALD AND BOROUGH & COUNTY ADVERTISER (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE EAST STREET NORTH, ASHBURTON (Near the Railway Station.) rpHE Proprietors beg te intimate that they have imported a first-class “ATLAS” TREADLE Printing Machine, FOR JOB WORK ONLY, CAPABLE OF THROWING OF 2000 IMPRESSIONS AN HOUR Unrivalled and unequalled in the estima tion of Printers. It is capable of executing the finest work in Colors & Ornamental Printing And the cost of production will, by mean* of tins labor-saving Machinery, "be GREATLY REDUCED. BILLHEADS, RECEIPTS, < NOTE HEADINGS, ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, ADDRESS LABELS, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES EVERT? DESCRIPTION OF PRINTING} in the BEST STYLE, and at Prices which cannc« fail to GIVE SATISFACTIONS WEEKS AND DIXON PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFIC E East Street N©rth Ashburton.