SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

DEPARTURES. Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, E. Wheeler, for Southern ports.

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Taranaki:—For Napier—l box, Miss McLauchlin ; 1 parcel, Braithwaite j 3 cases plants, D. Hay; 3 drums white lead, ' 3 ditto paint, 1 box glass, 1 bale.naperhang ings, Phillipps and Son. For Wellington—-1 case stationery, Bank of New South Wales j ; 1 ditto varnish, Bucholz and Co.; 1 ca,Bp, Mrs. Braham ; 1 ditto, W. Youngs 1 caffi speci men**, Brown, Campbell and _fo.; 9 packages butter. H. Gilfillan; 1 brace pheasants, Mor rison^ ditto,, .E-,WRde*bo«se;. 2 packages, D. Weir. For Lyttelton—l_ packages, E and H. Isaacs; 2 packages, Colonel Bal neavis; _; ditto, J. A. Barber ; 1 trunk, Jas. Con\jaxi„B casks wine, Nathan and Co. For Port Chalmers—l'fTarceJ. E. B. Shalders; 1 box, W. Smith.—Combes and Daldy, agents.

A sail in sight is signalled inside Tiritiri as we go to press. The Novelty is now due. The Keera is expected to arrive from Napier io-day. The barque Shiehdlion dropped down harbour this morning, and will probably sail this evening. The barque Crishna sails for Newcastle to-morrow. There is no appearance of the barque Cantero.

THE STEAMER TAURANGA.

Any news from the North ? Any sign of the Tauranga ? Such are the anxious en quiries made at every turn to-day. We may not have reason for fearing the worst, but there can be no doubt that at the least the. steamer must have been seriously disabled, or we should have ere this seen the Tauranga. The weather has now been moderate suffi ciently long to have permitted her arrival from the Bay. In any case the mystery will almost entirely be cleared up to-day, as the Samson is hourly expected from the North, and will doubtless bring tidings of the missing steamer. ,

DEPARTURE OF THE TARANAKI.

The fine s^s. Taranaki, Captain E. Wheeler, took her departure for Southern ports this afternoon. P.aßSbng_bs : —Mr. Grainger, Mr. and Mrs. Condron, Mr. Flett, Mr. Schauld, Mr. J. Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. Coutts and three children, Colonel Gorton, Mr. J. Gapes, Mr. Winthringham, and ten steerage. , ,

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Oeeice,

Friday afternoon,

Mr. 5.. : Jones sold at his mart, to-day, a quantity, of rice, .tea, sugar, and general oil men's stores. There Was a very large atten dance, and the prices realised were fair and reasonable.

POLICE COURT.

The foUowing is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week endh-ig July 30, 1870:— ■ - Saturday, July 30.—Messrs. T. B. Kender dine and H. D. Morpeth.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

ShOBTLAND'STBBET.

Mai_S will close as under:—

For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to morrow at .B.oo'.___ and s_>o p.m. For Rdssell and Kawakawa, per g.s.'Go . Ahead, this day, at 4.30 p.m. - For Tauranga and Opotiki, per schooner Taurai-g-t/to morrow, the 30th inst., at 11.30 a.m. For Wangarei, &<_, per p.s. Samson, to morrow, 30th inst., at 2.30 p.m. For Russell and. Eawakawa, per 5.3. Tau ranga, to-morrow, the 30th inst., at 4.30 p.ni. For Taranaki. and the* Southern provinces, per; s.s. • Phicebe. on Tuesday, the 2nd . proximo, at: 9 a.m. Late letters and telegrams for transmission from the Nelson , , Station, will be received at this office till 9»30* and*at. Onehunga till 10.30 a.m. J* *j Mails for,-the undermentioned places, per s.s. Wonga Wonga, will close at this .office on Sunday, the. 7th proximo, as follow :— For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia,, United States of America, British, Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, Continent of Europe, &c, i« at 11 aim. For the United Kingdom via San Francisco at 12.30 p.m: For Money Orders, Registered Letters and Newspapers, on Saturday, the 6th prox., at 5 p.m. Late letters for the United States of Ame rica and United Kingdom bearing a late fee, of 6d., in addition to the postage, wiU be receivod at this office till 1 p.m., and by the mail,agent on board the steamer up to the time,of sailing. S. B. Biss, -~ Chief Postmaster. ,;.

The Evening Star. FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1870.

The protection tariff recently submit ted to Parliament has been met with the usual howl —" injustice ;" no ob jection is so handy; none so intelli gible to the meanest capacity; none so adcaptandmn. And, accordingly, whenever it'is proposed to foster any particular production by the tempo rary imposition of a tax on the im ported article, there is a ciy that it is bleeding one citizen to nourish another —in fact robbing Peter to pay Paul. Distasteful as is seeming in justice in legislation, it is incom parably more so if ourselves are the apparent victims of the wrong; for with all respect for our moral sense, we believe the poclcet is more sensi tive than the conscience. A " tax on the people's bread," is, of all others, that which is the most irritating to those susceptible to claptrap ; and, considering the circumstances of Auckland as a wheat-eating but not a

wheat-growing province, there is on endless theme for denunciation in the " iniquitous and cruel" tax proposed on " the people's bread." If we were a flour-growing people, it is needles to say that we should look an the matter in a different light, and freetraders would be asked to mode rate their zeal, and our people would be as earnest advocates of a tax on corn as are the farmers of Otago. There is no use in our disguising it, a tax on imported breadstuff's is mainly distasteful because we buy bread but don't grow it. But waiving this filip to our disinterested freetrading pro clivities, let us enquire wherein con sists the injustice of a tax, even on the " people's bread." In looking into the fiscal scheme of the Government we find the gross results not materi ally altered ; in other words, the gross taxation of'the country under the proposed amendments of the tariff is much the same as before, the duties being simply lifted off one article and placed on another. A man will pay more for his flour, and less for his sugar ; more for bis hay, and less for his weighing-machines. Taken all together he will pay in revenue pre cisely the same amount, with this only difference, that he will pay it on articles which we should and can produce, and is permitted to purchase as cheaply as he can what New Zealand must im port for many years, if not for ever. He may pay a pound more in the twelve months for his flour ; but if he pays a pound less for his sugar, where is the injustice ? It is all very well to fling dust in people's eyes, and ring the changes on sentimental humbug about the " people's bread." But if a man pays four pounds a year in revenue, what does it matter to him if he pays it in buying his sugar or in buying his flour? If fresh taxation were imposed, and more was drawn annually from the pocket by a new and special tax, then there would be grounds for complaint. But no such thing has been attempted; no such thing has been advocated by the friends of protection to our native industries. All that is asked is a revision of the Customs tariff, which will encourage us at nobody's cost to self-reliance and local produc tion. A protective duty on woollen goods imported would raise the price of all woollen goods produced in the country, and so foster our manufac tures, while a removal at the same time of the duty, say from tea, may make a family's annual expenditure precisely the same as before the altera tion of the tariff. It is hard to tax a man's blankets, and so make it expen sive to keep himself warm at night, but by if an adjusted tariff his cotton sheets and counterpanes were cheapened to a like amount, where is the hardship ? The cry of injustice against the pro tective policy is claptrap and will not bear a moment's investigation." It could be made unjust, but for all the possible evil which may attend it, we are not to hold it responsible. And if taxation must be raised, the imposition of the duties on such imported articles as we can ourselves produce, and the free admission of such as we can never produce, does no wrong to any man and is by far the most ready and legitimate way of fostering the growth of infant industry.,

A protest against the result of the re cent election at the Thames has been for warded to the Returning Officer, on the grounds of alleged intimidation-having been used against the supporters of Mr. Tookey. Householders should keep a look out ,for thieves, Who seem to have a penchant just now for eatables; the meat-safes of Mr. Thornton, of Remuera, of the Auck land and Q.C.E. hotels, and of a house in Jermyn-street, having within the past few nights been all relieved of their contents. *^The Thames Directory for 1870-71," which we have just received, appears to hp ft careful and exhaustive compilation

of the trades and names of the residents of our golden city. It is compiled and published by Messrs. O'Leary and Oakey, and printed by Jones and Tombs, and corapris3s Shortland, Grahams town, Tookey's To ni, Tararu, Earaka, Parawai, and other- suburbs. It registers over thirteen hundred names, with occupations, which are;' arranged alphabetically by streets and -by business, with a list of officials and public buildings. The work is exceedingly* carefully and neatly executed, and, being only two shillings in price, will, we have no doubt, be in the hands of almost anyone interested in the Thames townships. ,

The footpaths between the cemeteries are, we are happy to say, in course of restoration, if not of construction, by order of the Provincial Engineer.

We are glad to see that our North Shore friend- are showing signs of life, and the Devonport Literary Society is again moving. It has just elected its office-bearers, and a paper will be read by Mr. Mays at the next meeting, on Tuesday.

Last night the debating class in connec tion with the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation discussed the question, Whether it is desirable to have a revised translation of the Scriptures ? After an animated debate, the meeting separated without coming to a decision.

The Carandinis gave some of their best selections last night, which were well received, nearly every piece demanding an encore. Mr. and Mrs. Winter assisted, and met with well merited applause. To night Madame Carandini takes a benefit, and should the weather continue fine, she may be sure of a crowded bouse.

At the Theatre Eoyal last evening, the "Dowager" was repeated to a very ex cellent house. Miss Gougenheim played remarkably well, and the other parts were fairly rendered. "Lady Audley's Secret" followed, and gave Mrs. Jackson an op portunity of fully displaying her abilities. Her impersonation of Lady Audley was exquisite, and drew forth the ecomiums it so richly merited. The other characters were tolerably well sustained.

We perceive by advertisement that Mr. P. H. Lewisson the well-known lapidary and colonial jewellery manufacturer, has in his possession one of the largest pieces of greenstone that has yet been discovered in New Zealand, weighing no less than over 1500lbs. Before Jong this stupendous specimen will be shaped into hearts, lockets, and other appendages.

A well-known actor in this city is the fortunate possessor of a recipe for silver ing. Applied to vessels of the inferior minerals it imparts that bright and lus trous sheen for which the product of Nevada is unsurpassed. Not so, however, when applied to the precious metals. An aged female in this city is the fortunate possessor of a teapot of veritable silver. Relic of earlier and happier days, it i 8 cherished among her household gods. Attracted by the fame of the wonder working tincture, she lost no time in pro curing and applying it yesterday to the ancient but honored teapot; when, lo ! it became black as night, and not all the resources of her domestic pharmacopoeia, nor yet the vigour of her strong right arm, availed to restore its wonted looks. Alarmed and indignant, she folded, in a pocket-handkerchief, the treasured article, and set out in quest of the de stroyer of her domestic peace. Aware of the hostile intentions, and seeing the irate female in the distance, bearing in her hand the hapless soother of her domestic cares, the knight of the buskin precipitately fled ; and now, as we are credibly informed, through lanes and by-ways of the city, from bar parlours and obscure alleys, he is stealthily watching, as against a " bear robbed of her whelps," this avenging fury, in the shape of an angry woman with a ruined teapot.

Resistance to the Vaccination Act. —On Wednesday, at Wigan, Peter Brindle, of Schoies, who described himself as a medical botanist, and who in January last was find for neglecting to have his daughter vaccinated, was again summoned by the registrar for a similar offence. The clerk to the Board of Guardians, who appeared for the prosecution, did not press for a penalty at present, but asked that a day might be appointed as the limit of the time allowed to the defendant. Brindle said it was impossible to have the child vaccinated from the arm of another person. According to the Act that was not vaccination but innoculation. If he were provided with pure matter from the heifer he would consent to have it done, but not till then. Mr. Ackerley (clerk to the Board) jsaid he had nothing to do with the manner in which the vaccination was accomplished; all that was required was a certificate that it had -been done successfully.—The magistrates made an order that the child be vacci nated within a fortnight.—Mr. Ackerley said if the order of the Court was not complied with, defendant would be pro ceeded against for a further penalty. Two large guns, which have been lying for some time past at the Militia store to the credit of the Auckland Artillery Volun teers, were yesterday taken from their resting places and conveyed by cutter to the North Shore, where they are to be mounted on the North Head. They are 40 ---ppunder Armstrongs, commonly known as siege guns. The performance of " Elijah, " which was advertised to come off on the 26fch August, will take place on the sth of August instead. ' ?!'J;..'- ''

Women who instruct their sisters in the art of padding are called professors of symmetry. A clergyman at an afternoon service was asked to read a notice for a -women's rights lecture, which he did in this wise:—"At half-past six o'clock, at the school house in the first district,.a hen will attempt to crow."

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

MEETING OF PROPRIETORS. - li. accordance with advertisement, a general meeting' of the proprietors of the the Bank of New Zealand was held at noon to-day, at the company's banking house in Queen-street, for the purpose of considering the propriety of increasing the capital of the company by the creation and sale of new shares as provided by the 13th clause of the company's deed of settlement.

Thomas Russell, Esq., in the chair. There was a very numerous attendance of shareholders; the shares represented on the occasion by the holders or by proxy being 31,555. The chairman drew atten tion to the progress of the colony, its in crease in trade and population, and the de sirability of placing the bank in a position to meet the very large wants of the public. In the nine years since the establishment of the bank the population and imports of the colony had doubled, the exports trebled, and the amounts of cash deposits in the banks of the colony had also trebled. He moved a series of re solutions afflrmingthe desirability of giving power to increase the capital of the Bank to £1,000,000 sterling, which was seconded by James Williamson, Esq. It was moved by James Watt, Esq., that the increase should be limited to £100,000, and subsequently, that the premium on the new shares should be fixed at £5 instead of £3, both of which amendments lapsed for want of a seconder. The original resolutions, with certain verbal amendments sug gested by Captain Daldy, were carried by a majority of 25,767 shares. It was announced by the Chairman that the difference between this number and the. 31,555 shares voting, was only in respect to the amount to which the capital should be raised.

AUCKLAND GAS COMPANY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The annual general meeting of the above Company was held at the Company's office, Nelson-street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Mr. C. J. Stone in the chair. Tho minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Secretary read the fol-

lowing

Report of the Directors of the Auckland Gas Company (Limited), to the eighth an nual meeting of the Shareholders.

The accounts for the last year, now laid be fore the Shareholders, shows that very satis factory progress has been made in the Com pany's business. The incomo for the year ending 30th June, 1869, was £6,949 7s. lid., and the expenditure £4,016 12s. lid., which left a profit of £2,932155. For the last year the income has been £9,545 9s. 5d., and the expenditure (allowing for bad and doubtful debts, and £500 for wear and tear) £4,965 ss. lid., leaving a profit balance of £4780 3s. 6d. The Directors propose to pay a dividend of 15 per cent, for the year. In January last 7i per cent was paid on account, leaving 7k per cent to be now paid. This will absorb £4,275, giving a balance of £823 Bs. 7d, to be carried forward to the credit of the current year's account. The Directors also propose to give to the consumers the benefit of the Company's in creased prosperity by a reduction in the price of gas. The liberal deduction of 2s. 6d. per 1,000 feet for prompt payment has answered so well that it is proposed to extend the prin ciple ; and for all gas consumed after tho first week in September next, the Directors intend to allow a discount of 5s per 1,000 feet, on compliance with certain conditions as to prompt payment; so that although the nomi nal price of gas will still be £1 per 1,000 feet, the price will, in reality, be then reduced to 15s. per 1,000 feet. Messrs. Dignan, Mackelvie, and Wilson are the three directors who retire by rotation ; they are eligible for re-election. Two auditors must also be elected for the current year.

The dividend will be payable at the Com pany's office, Nelson-street, on the 30th inst. FEEDE. WniTAKEB, Chairman of Directors.

The balance sheet and profit and loss account was then read, after which the meeting proceeded to elect directors, &c, for the ensuing year.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

FRIDAY, JULY 23. [Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.]

The usual -weekly sitting for the recovery of small debts was held yesterday, when the following cases were heard.

Judgment fob Plaintiffs.

W. Brown v. B. C. Beale, £1 Is.; Imperial Crown v. Cutbru-h, ss. ;!;H. W. Watling v. H. E. Rice, £15 15s'; W. A. Clarke's estate v. C. H. Vivian, £3 3s. 6d ; Imperial Crown Q-old Mining Company v. Graham, 5s ; North Island Gold Mining Company v. Clarke, £5; Dornwell v. Blackmore, goods, 16s 5d ; Dornwell v. Francis, £2 8s 8d ; Kin lock r. Mitchell, £7 4s 8d —one half by order, one half in fortnight; Swanson v. Tucker, promissory note; and interest, £16; North Island Gold Mining Company v. Pye, £5; Phillips and Son v. O'Brien and Lord, goods, £6 3s lOd; Nimmo and Co. v. Cook, goods, £4 lis 8d ; Watt v. Manders, £3 19s 6d. Defended Cases. T. B. Hannaford v. G. Rodgers, claim of £5 16s 6d, for rent alleged to be due. An agreement between the parties was produced, and evidence received from plaintiff and de*v fendant. Judgment for defendant. The Court then rose. Nonsuited. Scrutton v. Vaile, £9 18s; estate of Clarke V. McAnally, £2 16s 6d. Adjourned. Dawn of Hope v. Davie (calls), £16 17s 6d, for 12 weeks; T. S. Morrin v. Lundon, £14; Imperial Crown Gold Mining Company v. H. Christie. _8_ 10s. Abbiteation. Bacon v. Ford—claim £19 13s ; award for plaintiff, £18 13s 4d. * j

POLICE COURT.— Friday.

(Before James Naughton, Esq., and S. Keinp thorne, Esq., J.P.s.) VAO-EANOX. Elizabeth Lynch was charged with vagrancy, pleaded guilty and finnd £10, or in default of payment ordered to be committed for one month. DESERTION. George Weston was charged with beiug a deserter from H. M.S. Rosario, while that ves sel was lying at Tauranga. Remanded for one week, or until such time as one of her Majesty's ships of war come into the harbour. . SPECIMEN STEALING. James Wilson was charged with stealing a quantity of specimens, value £20, the pro perty of the "W hau Gold Mining Company. . Remanded for one week. This was all the business of the Court.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

Desibous as we are of encouraging local production, we have much pleasure in submitting the accompanyingeffusionfrom a local poet. Pity it were that an ode so elegant in diction, flowing in rhythm, and ranging so from sublimity to bathos, should be lost to the world through the non-appreciation of a contemporary: — to the Editor of the Herald. Papatoitoi July 27th 1870 Sir I see that the letter I rete to you on the 17th of this month is gon your lenth I have sent sevarels letters to you but saw no acount of them and as that letter is not suited to your columns I can uphold what is in that letter to bee correct therefor I have to state to you that I have petition the council 4 times and I have rote to his honour the superinten dent mr. gillies 3 letters and has got verry litle satisfaction therefor A trick was don and don it was And wise was he that don it let no one no that nos it not But dont do it no more that done it I requist as a brtist soldier and A loyal subject to Her majesty that you wiU be so kind as to issue this theise fu verses in your valuable columns H Do-Ghebty come all you good peopl And lison on to me to I relate as true a tale As ever you did here consarning of a tragedy As you shall understand I never thought it was my lot to lose my cottage and land I have been many a yeare writing thinking for the beter when first this case it did began it was all a bout a letter I never don anything Desgraceful to meself or fa'milye But because I spoke of 2 pence it proved my Distance I have been so much tormented that my hart was feld with grife to see my fue potatoes throwing out on to the street my case went to the council Before men of great renone And many a trip the tok out of me By going to the town they made to me good promeses I thought it was no joke But it all went by without a lie gust lake a botle of sraok 0 thanks be to the almighty god that brought meself and family tlirou the man that don this deed on me He leves in otahuhu Hes name for to.make mension its no created for to say god will reward him for what he don Again the judgment day He is the man that don the crime And that he cant deny And ef he thought anything of himself He wood let me pas by there is one thing more I hare to say that I wood wish to mension 1 never don that heinous crime for him to stope my pension And a3 for meself that I can say A loyal subject I have been it is my prayers both day and night for god to save our queen H DOTJGHEBT-

Sir this will bee Verry interesting to your readers As I hop and trust that you will Be conferring upon me a favour of great magni tude be publishing my requist and you will obedent servant

Hugh Doughebtt

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We are not responsible for our Correspondents opinions.)

THEATRE ROYAL.

To the Hediter of the Stab noospaper,

Deab Sib,—Have you a 'art ? Ino you _▼ got a 'cad, for I seed it with a kind smile on it when I've bin on the stage, & it is that smile ■which indoocis me to take this liberty, in this morning's 'errald. the gent wot does the critic calls me a dummy, and says I was a hinsult to the haudience. now, Mr. Stab, I was put on in that character at a minnit's notis, cos they did'nt have a real old un. ex plain this to the lightning audience of this surburban city, and as to a dummy, (that's the pincher), I'm sure I seed that young gent wot critics, act in " Money," & if he'd bin a dummy then it wouldn't ha mattered much, there, now, I'm easy, & I know 4 on us as will be waiting to purchia 4 copys of this, con taining the communication of A Yours, Sincerely?" Geoboe, the Milkboy.

THE EVENING STAB,, JULY 29, 1870.



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TENDERS FOR PRINTING. City Board of Commissioners' Office Auckland, July 28,1870 1 TENDERS for PRINTING, in terms rf "'' specification to be seen at this Offic-! will be received until MONDAY next ft' Ist proximo, at 12 o'clock noon. .' I Each party tendering to deposit, alon. with his tender, the sum of five pounds fin cash), in terms of the specification.' Tenders to be endorsed "Tender for Print, iug." '7 By order of the Board. P. A. PHILIPS, Chairman. 77 7 THE GREATEST WONDER OF THI AGE ' '*' Can be Seen at ,7 ; ' ; FH. LEWISSON's • in the shape of the Largest GREEI?! B'"** STONE over found in New Zealand. Weieht 1,5001b. B ' ; Mb. CHARLES W. SANDERS, CONSULTING HOMOSOpATH, t Assistant to Dr. C. F. Fischer; nn_-yearg 7 '■. assistant to Dr. Powell, of London, '\.T'A' Hours of consultation: Morning, from 9to T. Evening, 6 to 8. * 215, Queen-street, opposite the City Haft. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO CIATION, WEI*LES3__. STEEET. ' ,! ' ./ 7 ' 1 A NNUAL COURSE OF LEOTUBES. Aug. 12—Rev. E. N. Beee, M.A.: "Popular- .>, Education, Rehgious and Secu- '■ lar." : i„-.,iif}j * Sept. 9 —Rev. J. Bttleeb: "Our Young Men." Oct. 7—W.L. Rees, Esq.: "A few He- * ments of Greatness." 7 , . P.S.—Dr. Hector will deliver his lecture, ~, on his arrival in Auckland, of which due;'^. notice will be given • I M The tickets for the course (pr|ee 35.,) to • admit bearer aud lady, may he obtained from Messrs. J. Wayte, J. and H. Upton, E. B. Shalders, Queen-street; at tho Rooms of the Association, or from the Members of the Committee. ...iv[ Lectures to commence at 7.30 p.m. i ;!• SINGLE LECTURE, ... ...6d. . . —_ _-. .;^-j> H. FUG ATE, : "RED BOOT," No. 70, QUEEN-STREET,, (Opposite Bank of New Zealand). '<•" HF. has now on Hand, Immense Stock *.•■*,■■._ of . LADIES' AND GENT.'S A BOOTS AND SHOES Of every, description, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. H. F. Warrants all Articles sold by him as the latest importations from England, or newly made in the colonies. . * ."' .- Always on hand, a large assortment of CHILDREN'S BOOTS & SHOES Of every Description. '< -. A liberal allowance made to country Store keepers and Coasters. • '*. Boots and Shoes of every description Made on the Premises. Please note the Address— ' H. FUG ATE "RED BOOT," 70, QUEEN-S TRE ET, ' (Opposite the Bank of New Zealand). , ~ _____ Red Boot painted on the Window. »:



NOTICE! IRONMONGERY. EEDUCTION OE STOCK, PREPARATORY TO THE RETIREMENT OF MR. E. PORTER FROM THE BUSINESS. . r , E. PORTER & CO., IN consequence of the above, have deter mined to REDUCE PRICES according to the times, and offer their \| large and varied STOCK oi? FIEST ■ CLASS IKO_.MO_.GERY j OF EVERY DESCRIPTION SUITABLE FOB THE COLONIAL TRADE. E. P. & Co. will thank those indebted to them to settle their accounts without delay; and also request that all claims agauist tho Firm, or Mr. E. Poetise privately, be ren dered, when they will be paid forthwith. Auckland, July 25, 1870.