NEW ZEALAND STAMP DUTIES.

Useful information.

MOONLIGHT EVENINGS.

The Moon at 3 clays old shines till about 8 o’clock.

The Moon at 6 days old shines till abou half-past io o’clock. The 1 Moon at 8 days old shines till nearly ] o’clock in the morning.

The Moon at 12 days old shines from sun down till about 4 in the morning. The Moon ac 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 till 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 tabled, 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, I pound is 1 quart. Indian meal, I pound 2 ounces are 1 quart. Butter, when soft, I pound is 1 quart. Loaf sugar, broken, 1 pound is 1 quart. White sugar, powdered, 1 pound 1 ounce are I quart. Ten eggs are 1 pound. Flour, 4 pecks are I bushel. Sixteen large tablespoonsful are I'pint. Eight large teaspoonsful are 1 gill. Four large teaspoonsful are % gill. Two gills are %, pint. Two pints aie I quart. Four quarts are 1 gallon. A common sized tumbler holds % pint. A common sized wine glass is % a gill. A tea-cup is r gill. A large wine-glass is 1 gill. Forty drops are equal to I teaspoonful. Four teaspoonfuls are equal to 1 tablespoon ful.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MAR RIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS. —Barents and all other persons pre sent at a birth, are liable under the 'Act for Registration under penalty of £lO ; 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 ti®n, 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 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, 2s 6d; Marriage by Registrar, £l; and 2s bd for Copyof Marriage Registrar. Persons wishing to be married out of the dis trict in which they live, can only do so 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, nr repi e ! sentation before a Registrar, is guilty of mis demeanour. . , ” ; Deaths. The occupier of house m 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 £10 ; but any of the persons liable may depute, in writing, some person acquainted with par ticulars required to attencf .and register ; and the person registering MUST in all cases take to the Registrar the Doctor’s Certificate of i 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* in< r such Burial Certificates within seven days are liable to a penalty of £5 : apd Clergymen officiating and not signing Burial Certificates are also liable to a penally of £ 5. Any person not attending to register, alter notice from Registrar is duly given, is liable to a penalty of There are various other provisions defining powers and duties of Registrar, and imposing penalties for neglect in complying with various provisions of th« Act.

VACCINATION.

Useful Information.

By an Act of the General Assemb’ of New Zealand, it is made compulsory jn every parent to take his child, within six iontns of its birth, to the Medical Officer appointed by Government for the district, or to some qualified Medical Prac.itioner, to have the child vaccin ated, and on the eighth day following to take the child back again for inspection. For breach of this law a fine , not exceeding 40s. may be recovered before any Bench ,of Magis trates. If the child be properly vaccinated, the Medical Officer 01 Practitioner ia. 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 £I o, 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. Ifsuchslaughter-houseiswithintheabove 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 ot such county. No license, fnot 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; bailiffs 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 paken in execu tion, 5 per cent.; advertising sale, the actual cost; poundage on sum for which the body is taken in execution, is.

Taele of Fees to be t iken in respect of Proceedings under “The Resi dent Magistrates’ Act, 1867,” by the Resident Magistrates, Justices of the Peace, or their Clerks.

For issuing every 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 “ Ttie 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.

For every bail-bond under section seventeen of “ The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868”; for any sum not exceeding £ 20 —ss. Ditto not exeeeding^'s0 —7s 6d. Dit'o not exceed ing £lOO —ios. For every hearing and order under sections 18 and 19 of “ The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868,” ; for any sum not exceeding ; not exceeding •5s ; not exceeding^2o—Bs ; not exceeding las j not exceeding ,£lO0 —20s.

For any process or proceeding issued or taken under the twentieth section ot “ The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868,” the same fees as payable in respect of the like proceed ngs under -‘"’he District Courts Act.’*

MPHpr' BHuKBAyV December 2 J, 1879. 1

“ the ashbl’rtoN Herald ■mmiMH—win 11 ii I 11» Hiuri vrf.y^e

I published by HoßAfcr ohm Jnd Charles Dixon, at their Office, j/East Street,- Ashbrtoo, December 2?, 1879.



£ Affidavit or Declarer, n ... ... Agreements, where he value is of 5 2 6 or upward . Ditto deed, ios. counterpart Annual License, Joint Stock Com- j 1 0 pany, on every of nomi- nal capital ... ... 0 1 0 Appointments, of power over pro- perty 0 10 0 Bill of Exehange, on demand Ditto, ditto, inland, not on demand, 0 0 6 for every 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 Conveyance for every .£50, or part 0 0 1 thereof ... 0 5 0 Deed of Settlement, for every ;£ioo, or part thereof 0 5 0 Deeds not otherwise charged ... Lease, without premium, for every ,£50, or part thereof annual 0 10 0 rent 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 £100 or part there- 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 Ditto, other than to bearer, on de- 0 0 1 mand, not exceeding £ 25, 6d ; not exceeding ,£?o, is; and for every additional A'5°, or part 0 1 0 Receipt for £2, or upwards Transfer of Shares, where purchase 0 0 1 money does not exceed £20, is ; 2s 6d; 5s; exceed- ing ,£100 for every or part thereof 0 2 6 Transfer of station or Run, (except as a mortgage) for every £100 of value 0 10 0



6 S? 0 d d N CO 0 0 8 s? 0 0 cn w 01 s? s. S. S. s. S, Filing plaint, including pliant note, if any I 2 4 S' 8 Filing notice of set-off, accord- ing to amount claimed I 2 3 4 6 Hearing... 3 4 6 8 12 Payment of money into Court before judgment, according to amount paid in IQ. n the A s. S. s. s. s. Judgment I 1 2 4 8 Summons to a party I 3 4 5 0 Summons to a witness (to n- elude one name) 2 2 2 n 4 Order not being in nature of final judgment ... 2 2 2 2 2 Adjournment of hearing on application of plaintiff or defendant I 2 3 4 5 Swearing witnesses, exceeding 3 on either side... I 1 2 2 2 Warrant of distress or for seizure of specific goods (value) 3 4 5 6 7 Warrant for delivery of pos- session of tenement 4 4 4 4 4 Filing agreement (as to juris- diction) 2 2 2 2 2 Filing memorandum of claim . by landlord for rent 1 2 3 4 5 Order for te-hearing 2 2 2 2 2 Older giving leave to appeal 2 3 4 5 6 Settling case for appeal, not exceeding >5 folios IO 10 IO IO IO Where case exceeds 5 folios each additional folio I 1 I 1 1 Swearing or filing affidavit... I 1 I 1 1 For every search ... I 1 I 1 1 For every document required in proceedings and not enumerated ... ... 3 2 2 2 For every folio above 3 of 90 words each I 1 1 1 1 d. d. d. d. d. For eveiy copy of any such document, per folio 6 6 6 6 6 s. s. s t s. s. On every application to the Court, not being a hearing 3 5 7 9 12 Filing notice of any such application 1 2 3 4 Filing, ixc., of bond under Sections 89 and 100 of Act 5 5 s S 5



Tentmaker. * " ' ' >J m '■ " ■ I'** V ’”' '■ V NOTICE. If%-V ' ■ •'• ■ V • . Mm • I*'* h . ~ M. PATCHING to inform the inhabitants of ■Ashburton and surrounding dis jjthat, having purchased the busi ilely carried on by Sando a md Olsen, 1 continue the MANUFACTURING £§• [\RPAULINS, . IQ: >-y HORSECLOTHS, IWAGGON TILTS, &C.*- lIarUE STOCK ON HAND, £|._ Including— assorted patterns Pints, all sizes Hmdiarubber and Canvas Hose mg Canvas, Calico. American Puck, i Drill, Clo ? thes, Gi f>Headstalls 1 Drill, &c. CloThes, Garden, and Plough Lines Ifilai and Flemp Halters lift •' "y 0 N SALE, [T UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. / The following : I Tarpaulins and Horsecloths ! Oilskin Suits, Men’s and B.ojs’ Macintoshes, Leggings Flax and Manilla ’P.ope 'j Blocks, double and single FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS ■♦Note the address — WM. PATCHING (Next Friedlanders’) East Street, AshburtonJ ioßa m Public Notices. C. PERCY COX, jir AND AND ESTATE AGENT AND ! JL, VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND our PPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717



THE ASHBURTON HERALD Axd Borough and County Advertiser (With, which is incorporated the , Evening Echo.) ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA FIELD “HERALD” DELIVERY. OUBSCRIBERS to The Ashburton J. O 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 MOUNT SOMERS. r , Subscribers residing in the above Its ' tricts will'be supplied by Ccsksor - coach. - Orders received by Messrs, risch and K. .•Morgan. New v Subscribers will, please forward ; tbehvjiames to any of the Agents, or our Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or Boy, Bs. 6d. ■per quarter; in advance, 7s. Gd. per quarter ; or 28s. per annum. ; The Ashburton Herald will contain all ■ . the latest telegi-aphic and other news, grain j : ; and produce market reports, and particu l lar attention will he paid to the wants of ! settlers. All notices referring to the Council, County Council, and the icards, will be found in the Hearld. s'oies where The Herald can be ..., . . . obtained . I . Wakanui, School ... Mr. Ginney mm .'.Be! -b B/-Wakanui Creek.. o>vlands: ’ ... G. Leadley Mr. Atkinson T. M, Jones' ? Ed Watkii-.a' •kd Eagle; ... - ... Mr. Tisch ... R. Morgan 3i;puly printed. form* to »ign. ■ .



Business Notices. Office Requisites, STATIONERY, &c., JUST OPENED. pjOPYtNG PRESSES, Letter and -Foolscap Sises. /"COPYING BOOKS, BRUSHES, Water wells, Oil Paper, &c. STEPHENS' WRITING INKS, Blue, Black, Violet Red, &c. T EDGERS, CASH BOOKS, JOUR NALS, DAY BOOKS, &c. B ANK H.M, NOTE AND LETTER PAPER AND ENVELOPES. 'jgINVELOPES, Blue and White, Commercial and Fancy. P ENS, GILLOTT’S, MITCHELL’S, Waverley and Pickwick.



OTE AND LETTER PAPERS : Cream and Blue, Fine, Ruled. Superfine, Ruled. „ „ Extra „ „ „ ~ Waterlined. Yellum Antique, Extra Superfine, plain Satin Note, Chamois, Waterlined. Foreign Note, Colored, «&Q. WEEKS AND DIXON, IMPORTERS OF C Herald and Guardian OFFICES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



General Merchants. ' NEW IRONMONGERY BUSINESS. ORR AND Co., WILL open the . Premises lately 1 occupied as their Drapery Depart* ment, corner of -East and Tancred Streets, on Saturday, the ,13th December, with a well' assorted Stock of HOUSE FURNISHING and ; GENERAL IRONMONGERY The Success attending this Depart ment of our Buainess 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 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 McCORMA.dK 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 Chafifcutters Horse Gears



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



Business Notices. B L I G H’S CANTERBURY RESTAURANT, „ Papanai Road, near Post Office, Christchurch. MEA L S AT ALL HOURS OP THE DAY. Board and Lodging, 175., 18s., £1 a week. BEDS & MEALS—Is. Each. 452 CHERTSE Y. A. Rv MARKHAM (N Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER, HAVING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery. etc. Agentfor THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 Medicinal, TEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTICN 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 YEARb. 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 : Ist—ln every case the words JOHN STEED MAN, 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- j cine Vendors. Sold by Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. 490 GRATEFUL—COMFORTIN G. •p^PPS’S* BREAKFAST, COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of die 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 tue judi cious use. of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist eveiy 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 bicod and a properly nourished frame.” —The Chi. Service Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO Homoepathic Chemists, London.



BUGS, PLEAS, MOTHS, BEETLES, And all other Insects ate 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. 637 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 children. TESTIMONIAL. Medical Hall 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 Worm 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. KIEATING, 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 ol> TO LET AND FOR SALE. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 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 valuable information, and should be hands of every Tradesman,



Printers and Publishers—- 7' H E ' y ASHBURTON HERALD . AND BOROUGH & COUNTY ADVERTISER (With which ia incorporated the Evening Echo.) GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE EAST STREET NORTH, ASHBURTON (Near the Railway Station.) rjIHE Proprietors beg ie intimate that they have imported a first-class “ATLAS” TREADLE Printing M achi rie, 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 df Ornamental Printing And the cost of production will, by means of this labor-saving Machinery, be GREATLY REDUCED. BILLHEADS, RECEIPTS, NOTE HEADINGS, ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, ADDRESS LABELS, [CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS. CATALOGUES EVERY - j DESCRIPTION OF PRINTING ') in the BEST STYL and at Prices which cannot fail to GIVE SATISFACTION WEEKS AND DIXON PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, THE ASHBURTON OFFICE, East STRS'Cfr Neßiif Ashburton.