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 J 2 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 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 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 Hour, I pound is 1 quart. Indian meal, 1 pound 2 ounces are I quart. Butter, when soft, I pound is 1 quart. Loaf sugar, broken, 1 pound is 1 quart. White sugar, powdered, 1 pound I ounce are 1 quart. Ten eggs.are 1 pound. Flour, 4 pecks are I bushel. Sixteen large tablespoonsful are 1 pint. Eight large teaspoonsful are 1 gill. Four large teaspoonsful are y z gilh 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 y z a gill. A tea-cup is 1 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. —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 ot 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 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 preceedmg the application for certificate. The fees are for Notice and Certificate, £1 2s 6d; Marriage by Registrar, £I ; and 2s 6d 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 repre 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 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 £5 : and Clergymen officiating and not signing Burial Certificates are also liable to a penalty of £5. Any person not attending to register, after 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.J

VACCINATION.

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by an Act of the General Assembly of Now Zealand, it is made compulsory upon every parent to take his child, within six months of its birth, to the Medical Officer appointed by Government for the district, or to some qualified Medical Praciitioner, to have the child vaccin ated, and on the eighth clay foilo" in ; 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 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 line of 40s. Inuo 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-Blouse 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, 1577. If such slaughter-house is within theabove described limit, application lor 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, 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 &ie 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, 1567,” 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 Blouse, 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 taken 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 tucen 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 “The Resident Magistrate’s Act, 1868,” 3d in the £ on the amount last aforesaid. For issuing every warrant of committal under the 9UI 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 exceeding 7s fid. Dit'o not exceed ing £i°° —1 os. For every hearing and order under sections 18 and 19 of “ The Resident Magistrates’ Act, iSfiS,”; for any sum not exceeding £$ —4s ; not exceeding £lO -5s ; not exceeding —Bs ; not exceeding 12s ; 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 ings under “ The District Courts Act.”

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Printed and published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, ..Ashburtjan, November 29, "1879.



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Filing plaint, including pliant • d O 04 0 . ~ 0 W) ir> M S? S? S? s. s. s. 6 in 0 O Cl s? s. 8 »H s? 0 0 in s? s. note, if any ... Filing notice of set-off, accord- I 2 4 5 8 ing to amount claimed 1 2 4 6 Hearing... Payment of money into Court before judgment, according 3 4 6 8 12 to amount paid in Id. in 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 application of plaintiff or 2 2 2 2 2 defendant Swearing witnesses, exceeding 1 2 3 4 5 3 on either side... Warrant of distress or for seizure of specific goods 1 1 2 2 2 (value) Warrant for delivery of pos- 3 4 5 6 7 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 1 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 Where case exceeds 5 folios 10 10 10 10 10 each additional folio 1 1 1 r 1 Swearing or filing affidavit... 1 1 1 1 1 For every search ... For every document required in proceedings and not X 1 1 1 1 enumerated For every folio above 2 of 90 2 2 2 2 2 words each I 1 1 1 r For every copy of any such d. d. d. d. d. document, per folio On every application to the 6 s. 6 s. 6 s. 6 s. 6 s. 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 zoo of Act s 5 S 5 5



NOTICE. WM. PATCHING X>EC-S to inform the inhabitants of |/)iV>. Vshburtqn and surrounding dis tricts, that, having purchased the busi ness lately carried on by Sando and Olsen, he will continue the 4 'MANUFACTURING of TENTS, TARPAULINS, HORSECLOTHS, WAGGON TILTS, &c. LARGE STOCK ON HAND, ■ • T Including — - Druggets, assorted patterns Tents, all sizes . Indiarubber and Canvas Hose . . • ing Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, &c. Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines Headstalls Flax and Hemp Halters ON SALE, .AT UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES '■ • • The following C vTarpaulins and Horsecloths . Oilskin Suits, Men’s and Bojs’ Macintoshes, Leggings Flax and Manilla Rope Blocks, double and single FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS the address — : WM. PA TCHING (Next Friedlanders’), East Street, Ashburton 108 a



Public Notices. C. PERCY COX, T AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANT VALUATOR, u : A SHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for • Union I nsurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. * ■ , 717 -si 5 : ■’ ■ ■ ■' ■ ; 1 THE ASHBURTON HERALD And Borough and County Advertiser 'V ' (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SE.A FIELD “ HERALD ” DELIVERY. ;rS ÜBS ORIBERS to 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 MOUNT SOMERS. tezi'ji - 'j :<.U' ■ - M Subscribers residing in the above dis tricts will be supplied by Coskson’’ coach. Orders received by Messrs. Tisch and R. Morgan. New Subscribers will 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 283. per annum. The Ashburton Herald will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce market reports, and particu lar attention will be paid to the wants of •settlers.- 1 All notices referring to the Borough-Council, County Council, and the Road Beards; will be found in the Hearld. Agencies where The Herald can be obtained: — Wakanui School ... Mr. Ginney Wakanui Creek G. Leadley Sealield Mr. Atkinson "v £ T. M. Jones NewiaitdsJ-. Ed Watkins Spread Eagle Mr. Tisch Mount Somers , , ... R. Morgan ■The Agents, will supply printed forms for i*ew subscribers to sign’



SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, BEG to thank thoir friends and the public of Ashburton for the liberal support accorded them during the past five years, and to intimate that they HAVE OPENED new business premises in East Street neat the Bank of New Zealand, where they will be prepared to supply Agricul tural and Garden Seeds of every descrip tion. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, EAST STREET. The facilities we possess for testing the quality of all Seeds offered by us, and our desire tn extend this branch of our busi ness, will be a sufficient guarantee that all Seeds offered by xis 'will be such as will give the utmost satisfaction. SEALY”BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET. 306 a



NEW STABLISHMENT, THE TRIANGLE, Wakanui Road, near H. M. Jones’. G. J. F. LUBLOW, PRACTICAL TAILOR AND HABIT MAKER, Begs to announce to the public of Ashbur ton and the surrounding district that he HAS COMMENCED BUSINESS, and is prepared to execute orders equal to anything in the Colony. _ One trial will be sufficient as to Fit, Styik, and Workmanship. < ' Dress Suits, in various styles, and latest fashions. Tweed Suits of every kind in latest styles. Fancy Coatings and Vest ings. Cord Pants; Trousers strapped and cuffed. A good assortment of Tweeds and Cloth m Stock. Reasonable Prices will be charged, and satisfaction guaranteed. : the address— G. J. F. LUBLOW, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. 283 a Gasfitters, &c. PUBLIC NOTICE. TRADESMEN and others who intend using the Ashburton Gas Company’s Gas should give their orders at once have their premises fitted with Gas Fittings, to ensure no delay when the Gas is brought into the town. J. C. DOLMAN, LICENSED GASFITTER, Plumber, Locksmith, Whitesmith, Bell hanger, Zinc and Tin-plate Worker, Hot and Cold Water Engineer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. N.B.—Artesian Wells sunk and Pump? fitted and repaired ; O. G. Guttering fixec at Current Rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitted. Orders punctually attended to in town and country. 812 rjUILORING E



Fruiterers, &c. lx W. T. DAVISON, f'i REENGBOCER & FRUITERER, Has on Sale— Good Oranges Lemons Dates Rhubarb, in any quantity Cocoanuts Good Potatoes Onions Cabbages Turnips Garden Seeds Thyme and Sage All kinds of Herbs Orders delivered in any part of Ashburton. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (next to fowler’s, grocer), TANCRED STREET, ASH BURTON. 563 a Public Notices. IN BANKRUPTCY. J^'OTICE —The “Ashburton Herald” is a Gazette for all notices under the Djbfcors aul Creditors Act 3. IF you want anything known, put it in the “ Herald ” —Twenty Words for a Shilling. ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. gUBSCRIBERS are requested to make known any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which Bhall be immediately remedied. Country Sub t Bribers along the Wakanui Road to the school, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart very Tuesday and Friday.



ft f; iSt «)t fft |i’ >i ;■ ORR AND CO., ASHBUItTON AND lIAKAIA. BANKRUPT ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & Co. £5,345 10s. id ORR AND Co., HAYING Purchased the Whole of the abqve Stock from the Trustees, will offer it for SALE on



SATURDAY, At the Premises Lately occupied by J. H. PASS AND Co. THE GOODS ARE ALL QUITE NEW AND IN SPLENDID CONDI TION, AND WILL BE SOLD AT Less Thaw Half Price FOR CASH. COME AT ONCE, AND Secure Bargains COME EARLY, ON SATURDAY, 27°?- —BBBBBWHWaßaaHßMa——ggtMtwgEgacgassyOaaaaDßaßßMtisgg ORR AND OCX IMPORTERS, ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



I > L t G 1.1. '.> CANTERB Uk V .R ESTA URANT, Papnnui Hoad, near Post >tliee, Christchurch. M K A I, $ AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. Board and Lodging, 175., 18s., £1 a week. BEDS & MEALS— Is. Each. 452 CHBRTSEY. A. R. ;M A R K H A M (Next Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER, HAYING taken over the store of Messrs. On* and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery. etc. Agent for THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 Medicinal. DTE EDM AN’S SOOTHING POWDERS D 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 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 : 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, Walworth, 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. EPPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “ By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application oi 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 tne judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack- wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fata shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pare blood and a properly nourished frame.” —The Chit Set vice Gazette.



SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO Ilomcepathic Chemists, London. BUGS, PLEAS, MOTHS, BEETLES, And 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, noth in appearance, and tastG, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INT.E S T 1 NA L or THREADWORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for 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. HEATING, London, REWARD AND CAUTlON.—Whereas fraudulent imitations of -this umsurpassed remedy have been sold, 1 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. W r EEKS & 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 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 of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman. A MAN is not wise if lie don’t advertise, PL And Twenty Words cost a Shilling.



ASHBURTON HERALD AND' ' BOROUGH & COUNTY ADVERTIS R (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE EAST STREET NORTH, ASHBURTO (Near the Railway Station.) -• ’ T|THE Proprietors beg to intimate that they have imported a first-class “ATLAS” TREADLE Printing Machine, FOR JOB WORK ONLY, ’ CAPABLE OF THROWING. OP 2000 IMPRESSIONS AN HOU R Unrivalled and unequalled in the estima tion of Printers. A It is capable of executing the finest ,/ s j r t . . •> T . work in Colors & Ornamental Planting And the cost of production will, by means of this labor-saving Machinery, be GREATLY REDUCED, BILLHEADS, / . i,! RECEIPTS, NOTE HEADINGS, ‘ ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, ADDRESS LABELS, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS ; \ CATALOGUES :every DESCRIPTION OF PRINTING in the y.:.. BEST sYyle;, and at Prices which cannoi tail to GIVE SATISFACTIONJ WEEKS AND JDIXON PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street N®rth Ashburton.