The English Agricultural Returns for 1879.

Catching a Spirit.

{Mark Lane Lx press.) The most striking feature of the Agri cultural Returns for 1879, which were issued -to the public in their complete form recently, is the fact that, in spite of a series of bad agricultural years, the area of land under cultivated crops and permanent pasture has increased. The increase for the whole of the United Kingdon is put down at 110,205 acres, or rather, that is the quantity which we get ty^jdediif^iig-the. total decrease from the total increase, the odd hundreds not being reckoned by Mr. Giffen in his in troductory statement. , A considerable % proportion of t the increase Mr. Giffen at tributes to the greater correctness of the Returns ; but it is known that some land has been . reclaimed recently, so that we may safely conclude that there has been a real increase, though a small one. The ■ whole of this increase, and more besides, is absorbed in the area of permanent pasture, all cultivated crops except green crops and flax having decreased in acreage since 1878. From the first table we !

derive the following summary :—For the United Kingdom there is an increase in green crops of .39,361 acres, in permanent .. pasture of 330,511 acres, in flax of 15,984 acres, and in hare fallow of 88,026 acres, the total increase being 473,882 acres. The decreased aieas are corn

crops, 252,716 acres clover and' grasses under rotation, 108,843 acres ; and hops, - 4,118 acres ; a total decrease of 363,677. The increase of bare fallow may he re garded as an accidental circumstance occasioned by inability to get some crops sown on account of the unfavorable sea-

~ sons, and the destruction of others by the severe weather of last winter. Apart from that we find that the net decrease in the area of cultivated crops, 324,316 acres, is absorbed in the increase of per manent pasture, and more besides. Ihe increase in the area under green crops is

chiefly due to a larger growth of potatoes ; but we are surprised to see also an in crease in the acreage of vetches, after a winter.which killed so much of t!ie autumn sown crop. We may account for the in -1 crease in the .growth of clovers “and culti vated grasses, as we may for that of corn down of land in per manent pasture. Rye grass, intended to remain-for only two years, has in many eases been left to become permanent pas ture, with or without the aid of renovat-' ing grasses. Mr. Giffen remarks upon the steady de crease in the growth of wheat, which is

now nearly a million acres less than it was in 1869. Allowing for the unusual de crease of 328,000 acres since last year, as in great part the consequence of an un favorable seed time, there is still a great ■ reduction. There is nothing astonishing in this, as at the prices which have pre vailed for wheat in recent years, there has b©eji no inducement to go out of the way to grow it as there was in former times. Barley lias to a considerable extent > taken the ground lost by wheat, as from

• the comparatively high price of the former grain we might have expected it would. The growth ;of barley as a fifth crop, afier wheat, which has* for some time been an increasing practice, is alone, sufficient to account for the de creased area of wheat and the increased acreage of barley. Where this practice has taken the place of the four-course system, wheat is grown once in five years instead of once in four, while barley is

grown twice in five years instead of twice in eight. Longer rotations have an ap proximately similar result. The decrease in the area of hop gardens is, no doubt, chiefly owing to the low prices ; but there .was a great increase a few years back. , A reference to previous returns shows great fluctuations in the acreage of this crop. Thus we see that in 1868 the area was 64,455 acres ; in 1869, 61,785 acres ; in 1874, 66,000 acres ; in 1877, 71,239 acres; in 1878, 71,789 acres ; and in 1879, 67,671

acres. It will be seen that the area is still larger than it was ten years ago by • nearly 10,000 acres. The increase in orchards to the extent of about 10,000 ‘ acres', is a subject for congratulation. t Turning to the returns of live stock we find those for horses, which were not in cluded in the abstract, commented on in our columns on August 25. We are glad to notice an increase; in the number of horses, as returned by occupiers of land in the United Kingdom, by 28,328. The increase •is chifly, in unbroken horses and mares kept for breeding, and Mr.. Giffen points out that since 1870 the horses thus classified

in Great Britain alone have increased nearly fifty per cent. With respect to cattle, sheep, and pigs, the complete return gives fuller information than we are able to derive from the abstract, and slightly alters the figures. The increase in the total number of cattle in the United King dom is 200,248, as compared with the number in 1878. In sheep and lambs there is a decrease of 33,000, and in pigs of 589,854. ' ■ We are glad to notice that milch cows in Great Britain have increased in number by two per cent., and young cattle by seven per cent., as an increase in mjtk production and breeding was gppatly to. be desired. With respect to tha'decrease if} feeep tu}d lambs, the fact that sheep over a year in age fiaye in creased, shows that the falling off ip the total for all ages is to be ascribed to the £f*d lambing season, and the losses which ' M fo pigs, with American pork Qoming fjitp the Gpuptyy rd gxtrewfly i OV7 price’s! it iff pq yyopder tfiathOWP breeders should find their palljpg vinrepnmerative, especially as most of there pot yet learned how to manufacture pork suitable fp the public taste —neat small pigs, with a inif Pfppprtjon of lean to the fat. On the whelp, the Agricultural Returns for 187.9 are by no means, discouraging, as they do not show the full extent of the distress which has only attained ifs maxi mum since they were collected- We greaiiy feuf feftH fee returns pf next year " • wiil have a more unsatisfactory tale to tell.- The returns for the present year contain'a great deal of useful information, ' pitlier not previously given, or given ■by epparufe returns fro pi the Board of • f mile. I he statement showing the acre, age under hops in each county in which they are grown, and in each of certain districts of Kent, is interesting. Wp learn from it v that out of 67,671 acres under hops this < year 43,407 acres are in Kent, 9979 in gussexi 5947 in Hereford, 3064 in Hants, 2609 in Worcester, 2376 in Surrey, 90 m Shropshire, 71 in Suffolk, 38 in Glouces ter, 35 in Essex, 35 in Nottingham, 14 in - Berks, 3 in Herts, 2 in Lincoln, and 1 in . Devon. The valuable return moved for by Sir G. Balfour, showing the quan tities anti values of the imports of live

stock dhd meat, and another return show-, ing thb quantities and values of other kind <Vf iinported food are also given in the volume before us. Another valuable new table is that numbered 24, which is a return of the average prices of various kinds of animals, meat, and provisions in each year from 1859 to 1878 inclusive. Tables 25, 26, and 27 are also new to the Agricultural Returns. They give the average prices of corn, wool, and butchers’ meat .respectively, in each year from 1859 to 1878. Lastly, we may’ mention the table which comes last in the volume, giving the population of the United Kingdom, and the value cf the imports of live stock, corn, and flour, and various kinds of dead meat and provisions in each year from 1859 to 1878 inclusiv , with the proportion of value per head of population.

Mrs. Mary Eddy Huntoon, sister of Eddy brothers, the famous materialising mediums, came to grief at ISTorth Adams on Monday night, and local editor J. H. Mabbett of the “ Transcript,” played the

principal pari in the affair. Mrs. Hun toon and her brothei 1 , Webster Eddy came from Chittenden, Vt., by arrangement' with local parties, on Friday night, and took rooms over Quackenbusli’s restaurant on State street. On Saturday evening they gave their first seance, which about fifteen attended, and there was the usual manifestations. Among the audience was Rev. Dr. Osborne, of the Baptist Church, and he and Mr. Mabbett laid their heads together foi the exposure which worked so successfully on Monday night. The, room was an ordinary sitting-room, with a bed room adjoining, and from the bed-room a door led to a wardrobe. The bed-room was utilised as a cabinet, a dark curtail!

being hung up over the doorway, the door of which was pushed back. Colonel Potter and William Hodgskins examined the cabinet before the seance, but no one was in it when the manifestations began. An audience of nearly 30 were present, in cluding eight women. Mrs. Huntoon was bound by Colonel Potter and sat alone in the cabinet when the in anifestatipns took place. The seance lasted about an hour, and a number of figures appeared, one of them purporting to be tfie grandmother of the Rev. Dr. Osborne, who was present. Mrs. Huntoon’s closing materialisation is always that of an Indian chief, who bounds out with a yell into the dimly-lighted

room, in which nothing can be distin guished save the “spirit forms.” Mr. Mabbett has attended several of these seances at Mount Pleasant, and knew j ust when the Indian would appear, so that /when he heard the whoop he sprang from the front seat, and caught the figure when about three feet from the cabinet curtain. At the same instant Webster Eddy jumped for Mabbett and the spirit fell to the floor, Eddy endeavoring to get hold of Mabbett’s throat, while the spirit scratched his face

vigorously. Rev. Dr. Osborne .and Col. A. G. Potter, who had agreed to assist Mabbett, at once hauled away Eddy, but the editor did not relax his hold on the spirit, and finally brought out before the audience the Indian figure. At this j une ture by a preconcerted arrangement, Officer Joel 'W. Hunter and Deputy Sheriff Walden, who had been.waiting in the hallway for three quarters of an hour, broke in the door, and when the lights were turned up the Indian figure proved to be Mrs. Huntoon, her skirts and dress cunningly tucked up about her body, and her white drawers showing plainly, while she kicked, screamed, and; cried to her associates for a pistol. The scene was one of the highest 5 excitement and confusion. One woman rushed up and denounced Mr. Mabbett as a “ shameless thing,” and entreated him to put down the medium’s dress ; while he, excited by the confusion, called lustily, “ See her legs !” “ See her drawers !” “ There’s the Indian materiali sation/for you !” After recovery from her hysterics, in which she prophesied her death before morning, she, out of sheer

bravado, explained that there was no deny ing the fact that Mabbett caught the Indian figure, but that, inasmuch as the materialisation emanated from her, it likewise returned to her, and so, instead of keeping the materialisation, he found her in his arms. A few spiritualists pre sent swallowed this as truth. Mrs. Huntoon was advertised for another

seance last evening, and is announced to go to Lee, Tyringham, and o tber places in ■outhern Berkshire so in. Sl.a was in Sandisfield and New Boston last winter, and had a good many believers there. Springfield Republican.

Church Patronage in England.— The Church Patronage Commission has just concluded its labors on the subject of buying and selling next presentations to church livings. The fact of their pro posals suggesting that such sales should be conducted in private, instead of in public, shows ho desire to interfere with the vested interests of private patrons, and lays the commissioners open to the charge of permitting a thing to be done in private, which if committed in public, would be a crime. The whole tone of the report shows a deßire to palliate ad mitted evils. Russia and Europe. —A St. Peters burg correspondent of a leading paper writes The relations of the European States towards each other have undergone quite a radical change after the two great wars that occurred in Europe during the last eight years. Russia seems not only to be quite isolated among all other States, but hag the prospect of two great wars impending upon her. There are some people who are of opinion that a war with Germany is imminent for the spring, but as far as my information goes, I have reason to believe that a war with Germany is not to take place as long as the present Emperor lives, unless, indeed, Austria, under the pressure of Bismarck, gets so mixed up in the affairs of the Balkan peninsula, as to bring about an open con flict with Russia, and be sustained by Germany if Russia were to be victorious in that struggle. Holloway's Pills.— lmporfant for the Delicate. —It is difficult to determine which is the more trying to the human constitution —the damp, cold days of the autumn and winter,or the keen, dry, easterly winds of springs Throughout the seasons good health may be maintained by occasional doses of Holloway’s Pills, which purify the blood and act as whole some stimulants to the skin, stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys. This celebrated medicire needs but a fair trial to convince the ailing and de-ponding that it will restore and cheer them without danger, pain, or inconvenience, as by a timely recourse to them the first erring func tion may be reclaimed, suffering may be spared and life saved.— Advt.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

|'Fit [DAY, JAN f ’ ARV . X) ,1880.



JVleerdags. LONG BE AC ft BO AO DISTRICT. IN consequence V.:' O.i Annua! Meeting of the Longhe-tch ratepayers, adver tised to have been hold -a WEDNESDAY, the 7th inst., having .lapsed through non attendance at I*2 o’clhok noon, 1 HEREBY CALL A MEETING of the Ratepayers of the Longbench Road District to be held at the Road Board office on FRIDAY, the 23rd inst., at the hour of 12 o’clock noon, when nominations will be received of per sons.duly qualified to fill the Three extra ordinary vacancies on the Board, in the room of Messrs. Clark, Taylor, and Wright. . . A poll, if required, will be taken after the nomination, closing at 4 o’clock p. m. This meeting will now supersede the adjourned Annual Meeting called for Wednesday, the 14th inst. JOHN GRIGG, 1 Chahman. Longbeach, Bth January, 18S0. 917 a



Conveyances. OPPOSITION THE SOUL OF TRADE. REDUCTION IN FARES. TH. BREWER, in thanking the public . of Ashburton, Longbeach, and Water ton, for their liberal support in the past, begs to announce to his numerous customers and friends, that he intends running his Coach DAILY as usual ; and he now in tends making considerable Reductions in the Fares. T. H. B. relies on tho support of his hitherto numerous patrons to enable him to cany out the above motto. T. H. BREWER, ' Proprietor. 895a—333 ~ NOTICE. TH. BREWER’S 'COACH leaves , Longbeach for Ashburton DAILY at 8 a.in. via Waterton, 8.40 a.m., Ashton, 9 a.m., Wheatstone, 9.15 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10 o’clock trains. The Coach returns by the same route, on arrival of the 3 p.m. train from Christchurch. Booking Oflice —Cox street. All orders, parcels, and telegrams punctually attended to. T. H. BREWER, '•*'' Proprietor. 896a—347 171 COOKSON, Wills Street, runs the \'J , MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m. ROYAL MAIL COACH. ASHBURTON TO LONGBEACH. Great Reductions in Fares. NEW ARRANGEMENTS, JANUARY Ist, 1880. GEORGE WILLCOCKS begs respect fully to announce that he will com mence running the Royal Mail Coach, from January Ist, 1880, between Ash burton, Tinwald, Wheatstone, Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, carrying Pas sengers and Parcels at considerably re duced rates. 1 Having engaged an experi enced coachman, thoroughly acquainted with the district, the public can rely on all orders for parcels receiving careful and prompt attention. Passengers will be carried at prices within the means of everyone, and by so doing the proprietor trusts to receive a larger amount of patronage ftom the Town and Country. Booking Offices—For Passengers, at Quill’s Commercial Hotel, Ashburton ; for Parcels, at the “Guardian” and “ Herald ” Office, Ashburton and Post Office, Longbeach. 826 a GEORGE WILCOCKS.



Publications. AGRICULTURAL PAPERS. rpHE PUBLISHERS have much pleasure in intimating to the Farmers of the Couuty of Ashburton, that they intend to issue on SATURDAY, Jan. 10th, a reprint in pamphlet form of a selection of . AGRICULTURAL PAPERS Read before the Lincoln Farmers’ Club, compiled by J. Stanley Bruce, Esq., Price One Shilling. ’ Orders for the above pamphlet, ac companied by thirteen stamps, should be addresssed to WEEKS & DIXON, Publishers, East Street. NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “New Zealand Wesleyan” for January Price 6d Sold at the Herald o f?iee, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, ' Agents. IF O IR, 18 3O _ THE PRESS ALMANAC And Diary Can be obtained from the undersigned. Price—One Shilling. WEEKS AND DIXON, Herald Office, Near Railway Station. utr^ .n I™*——rp—f 1 “ TTT7~ANTED. —The Herald tells your V\ Wants in 20 words, for 1/-. THE Cheap Advertiser—the Ashburton Herald with its 20-words tariff. ■



Public Notice. FOR SALK BY PRIVATE TREATY. Xx J E have the following Properties YV placed in our hands for Private Treaty : TIN WALD : 150 Acres improved land, It. S. *21609 '' situated li miles from Tinwald, par in crop, and a permanent stream of water running through the pro perty. 131 Acres improved land, R.S. 18997, 20307, 20366, 233G8, situated vs mile from Tinwald, fenced and sub divided into 3 paddocks, with two streams of water running through the land, also a nicely well-finished three-roomed cottage thereon. 300 Acres Education Reserve, in crop. HART’S RUN : 260 Acres Unimproved Land. WAKANUI : 127 Acres Improved Land. SUBURBAN BUILDING SECTIONS, ASHBURTON TOWNSHIP : Lot 93 E. Belt, with four-roomed cottage. T. S. 458, Burnett Street, with three roomed cottage. TINWALD : Lots, 182, 183, 66. WATERTON : Lots 102, 103, 104, 105, 'lO6. WAKANUI : Lots 74, 75. HINDHOPE: Lots 1,2, 8, 10, 13, 15. TREYORTON: Several Sections. For further particulars apply to EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, Auctioneers and Estate Agents. SALE by the undersigned— -50 Bags Potatoes Grain Strippers R. and G. D F Ploughs 50 B*ales Wool Packs 100 Bales Corn Sacks And all kinds of stores, &c., &. Agents for the Marsh Rearer and Binding Machine EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, Auctioneer, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J: LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Offices, Saunders Buildings, Ashburton. 737 a



To Let and for Sale. TO Persons desirous of renting GRASS LAND near town, 120 ACRES to Let, situated close to the Racecourse. Rent low. T. BULLOCK. TO LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. SALE, 50 Acres GRASS, suitable ' for Seed or Hay. T. BULLOCK. , TO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. <T. BULLOCK. T O LE T , WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, . ACRES ’ 458 Which would make, a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby’s. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to 2— 866 a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and rea-ly first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Longbeach Estate For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with J a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 150 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. WANTED Known, the, “Ashburton Herald ” circulates throughout the Provincial District of Canterbury. T7IULL of Reading Matter is the Herald Jj Eyery Evening. A RCHERY MATERIAL.—Bows from ss. eacl). Arrows from ss. doz. H M. JONES, Stationer,.Baring Square. HINIQUY’S LECTURES.—H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring square..



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, JAN; 10th. Messrs buchanan and co. have received instructions to Sell by Public Auction on the above date h ACRES STANDING OATS f* Situate on N.E. Town Belt. 100 ACSSS OATS iqo : ; ■ Near Moiia'i'-EifMill,- Wakahui... ■ Sale at 12 o’clock. i ,916 a J. E. BUCHANAN & Co., Auctioneers. SATURDAY, JAN. 10. Messrs j. e. buchanan & co. have received instructions to sell by public auction, at their Rooms, Havelock street, on the - / . New and Second-HandEurniture li’on and Wooden Bedsteads Bedding &c. , Ac., Ac. 915 a Educational. "fc'/TISS S JEANS’S CLASSES in IVI General English Studies, compris ing History, Geography, Grammar, Com position, Paraphrasing, Dictation, General Science, Arithmetic, and Writing, will be resumed on WEDNESDAY, 7th, and MONDAY, ,12th January, 1830. Private lessons in any of these subjects, and in Music, French, or Drawing. Terms moderate. The Pupil is encouraged t<» lean on her self and to persevere. OXFORD VILLA, Burnett Street. 887a—337 Business Notices. JOSEPH W A R D, F A M I L YBUTCHER,. PETER STREET, (Opposite Journeau's Smithy) BEGS to inform the Public of Ash -1 burton that he will Open the Shop j lately occupied by G. Pike, < n JANUARY 3rd, as Family Butcher, and trusts by supplying none but a good article, to merit a share of public support. Families waited on daily for orders, which will receive prompt attention. JOSEPH WARD, 892 a Butcher. FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, &0., &o. NOW OPEN. F. FURNESS BEGS to inform the public of Ash burton that he has-just opened a NEW STOCK or FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY IN THE SHOP NEXT TO HODDER & CO.’S, Saunders’ New Buildings, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Dates, Nuts, Almonds, Confectionery, Biscuits, &c., &c., &c. 678 a DIARIES ! DIARIES 1 ! DIARIES ! ! ! W E have just received a splendid assortment of LETTS’ DIARIES for 1880, an inspection of which is invited. OFFICE DIARIES, POCKET DIARIES, SCRIBBLING DIARIES, 1 JIAIvIES of every description WEEKS & DIXON, u Herald ” and “ Guardian ” Offices, Near the Railway Station. il TIN WALD. gHEARER ' AND GALLOWA Y i MILLWRIGHTS, AG RICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, ■ Great South Road, Tinwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove. COACHBUILDING. Orders received for making or- repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used, AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reap ers and Binders, Chaffcutters, Bruisers, &c. BUILDING. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, ' Tinwald. 165—041 a



Business Notices. NLW IRONMONGERY BUSINESS. Oi'lFi. Co., W"ILL open the Premises lately 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 1 ' ' ...... AND 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 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 othi r house in the colony : McCORMACKS REAPERS AND BINDERS. Harvesting Tools holts and Nuts Files and Rasps I.ard and Castor Oil Machine Fittings Sewing Twine Weighing Machines Spring Balances Churns and Buckets i 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'! arid 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 'lron 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 1 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 8z General Merchants ASH BURTON AN D RAKAIA.



Business Notices. JUST ARBXVED, A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF OFFICE AND HOUSEHOLD STATIONERY, PAPER BAGS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, DIARIES, &c. To Meet the Requirements of the County of Ashburton, WEEKS & DIXON Are now Importing, direct from the makers, Every description of Commercial, Law, and General Stationery, which, they are in a position to supply, wholesale or retail, at prices that will compare favorably with any house in lhe Colony. The Goods now being opened up include a Choice Assortment of Plain and Fancy Note Papers and Envelopes, and some very superior kinds. 10 2 CASES STATIONERY BALES PAPER 10 2. Commercial and Law Stationery Notepapers in great variety Envelopes of the newest styles Inkstands and Bottles Pens and Penholders Pencils and Pencil Cases Account and Pocket Books, Et«. Biscuit Bags Flour Bags] Milliners’ Bags. '■<% Wholesale and Retail. LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH. BOOKS •." »' ■ l (SCRAP, ALBUMS, Ac., &c.) We have a small lot of the above, ami being desirous of clearing out these articles, we shall be glad to dispose of them at VERY LOW RATES, so as to make room for incoming consigments of / General Stationery. WEEKS AND DIXON ' Saunders’ Buildings, EAST S' T R E E T, ASHBURTON.