THE EVENING STAK, MAUCH 3, 1871.



MOONLIGHT \ ■j CONCERT. Skcond Series. [\- AID OP TH R AUCKLAND HOME FOR WOMEN, AND HOME FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN. UNDER PATRONAGE. A CONCERT in aid of the above objects will be held i * the Albert Barracks, on TUESDAY EVENING i'text, the 7th inst. COMMITTEE. I jr Pollen Colonel Balneavis T M. Dargaville, Esq. Thomas Russell Esq. H, H. Lusk „ R. G. Wood ihy H. Kissling „ Joseph Browne „ Robert Walker „ O. M. Quintal „ IX GiUes „ G. P. Pierce „ libW. Fleming „ Captain Daldy T M. Stewart „ A. Rose .. Edward Isaacs „ Geo. Thome, jun. „ , William Bell, jun. „ G.B.Owen „ A. Heather „ JamesSto\vart,C..&.,, j Captain Asliby William Rattray „ dj. MowbrsCy „ W. Haskayne Jones,, 1, A. Nathan „ J. P. Dv Moulin „ JW 0. Wilson „ G. Yon der fleyde „ Henry Isaacs „ H.N.Brewer.H.M.C.,, " Thomas Hill, Esq., 11.M.C. Gates open at 7.30. Commence at 8 p.m. ' MILLION PRICES—ONE SHILLING, at the Gates. GEORGE THORNE, W. BELL, Joint Hon. Sees. , ALL WHO DESIRE GEOOERIES Of the best quality, at the lowest price, should call at THE JUNCTION STORE, I 252, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. In consequence of the present depression, the . proprietors of the People's Tea Warehouse, tave re \ solved to supply as under, fjt cash :— !' Best Oatmeal, 3d. lb. Sonp, from 7d. per Bar Best Rice, 3i 1 lb. Salad Oil, Gd. per bottle Sußar, from 56. lb. Matches, 9d. per dozen Mould Candles, 5Jd. lb. Blue, Is. per lb. Starch, Cd. lb. Sperm, P. W., Is. per lb. Tobacco, 4d. per cake, or 3s. lOd. per lb., and other jl articles too numerous to mention. COFFEE GROUND ON THE PREMISES, and packed in air-tight cauls tors, from 1 ib. upwards at Is. *il. lb. TEAS FOB THE MILLION. I Good Useful Tea, Is. Gd. No. 3 Rich Pekoe, full lb. flavoured. 3s. lb. No. 1 Coneou Ten, 2s: lb. No. 4, finest quality, 3b. No. 2 Fine Tea, 2s 6d. lb. 6d. lb. I F. and Co. never had a better selection of fivat-class Teas, imported expressly for their retail trade, which will give satisfaction in price and quality to all who < favour them with their orders. 2d. per lb. discount ! on the 6 lbs. of Np. 2 Tea, and 3d. per lb. en the Gibs. j of Nos. 3 and 4 Teas. Flour and Bran at Mill Pnicts. Quality of all articles guaranteed. Orders promptly executed. Goods delivered. Remember the Address— PBEKCH & CO., FAMILY G-ROCERB, THE PEOPLE'S TEA WAREHOUSE, 252, queen-stkeet, auckland, cobn.kr op Wakefield-street. establi iied 1860. QUEEN-STREET WHARF. E. M (To R E, WINE, SPIRIT, AND BEER MERCHANT, AND IMPORTER. THE PUBLIC AND SHIPPING- SUP PLIED WITH WINES AND UPIRITS OP FIRST QUALITY. MART ELL'S PALE AND BROWN BRANDY Campbellton's Scotch Whiskey Fine Old Irish Whiskey Browning's Celebrated Old Torn Geneva Gin Fine Old Rum, 30 o.p. Curacoa Maraschino Cherry Cordial Cherry Brandy Orange Bitters Orange Boven German Bitters Strong Vinegar, for Pickling Walker's English Ginger Wine Sparkling Hock Champagne, pints and quarts Australian White and Ked Wine BURTON ALE, 11s per dozen PORTER, 4s per gallon ; in botttle, 9s 6d per dozen The Trade supplied with hhds. and qr.-casks. R. M. has on sale a sosall quantity of OLD PORT, of the finest quality that can be had in London. BAY OF ISLANDS COAL COMPANY (LIMITED). NOTICE. THE PRICE of SLACK COAL at the Mines is, from this date, REDUCED to •oyiwJer. * J. A. GILFILLAN, Secretary. Auckland, February 21,1871. pALEDONIAN G-OLD MINING V COMPANY (REGISTERED). Tlie TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED on 'ttIDAY next, March 3rd, at 12 o'clock noon, and "main closed until TUESDAY next, March 7th, « 5 » WVIDEND will be payable at the Com pany's Office, Shortland-street. CHARLES TOTHILL, Manager. Auckland, March 1,1871.



CHARLES SUTTON, SODA-WATER, T EMOKADE Li AND CORDIAL MANUFACTURER, Eden Cbe9eht. Q-inger Wine Quinine Wine Townsend's and Buchan's Sarsaparilla, ON SALE. BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS EOTAI HIGHNESS THE DUKE OP EDINBURGH AND HIS EXCELLENCY SIR a. F. BOWEN. T) H. BARTLETT, PHOTOGRAPHER, CORNER OF QUEEN AND WELLES LEY-STREETS, AVCKL A N D. LO CAL INDTJ STET. WILLIAMS'S BLACKING-. CHAELES WILLIAMS BEQ-S to return his sincere thanks to those who have so liberally supported him in this new Auckland w anufaeture. Having now completed machinery for the manufacture of Ivory Black, C. W. will be able to make a truly superior article in any quantity, and at reasonable rates. Merchants, storekeepers, and others are most respectfully solicited to give this blacking a trial, which will not fail to give every satisfaction. All orders will be promptly attended to. Ivory Black or Animal Charcoal, of superior quality, on sale in any quantity at Williams's Blacking Factory, Elliott and Wellesley-streets, Auckland. GEIs TEEAL SMITH AKD SHOEING FOSGE. THE subscriber begs to inform the public that, in conjunction with his G-eneral Smith's Forge, he has added HORSE-SHOE ING-, which will be carefully carried on under his own immediate inspection. Having secured the services of a first-class Shoer, he solicits public patronage in the latter branch of his trade. CHARGES STRICTLY MODERATE. Punctuality and Despatch in Etest Department. normal McMillan, CORNER OF VULCAN & O'CONNELL STREETS. NOTICE OE REMOVAL. THE undersigned begs to inform his friends and the public of Auckland, that he has REMOVED from 94, to 180, QUEEN-STREET (Opposite Thistle Hotel), where he will carry on the business as here tofore. NOTE THE ADDRESS— E D W A E D S, HAT AND CAP MANUFACTURES, 180, QUEEN-STREET. January 24, 1871. N.B. —Hats of all kinds Cleaned, Blocked, and Renovated. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JOHN HOWELL, BOOTMAKER, FOOT OF WAKEFIELD-STUEET. Opposite Mb. Hopbs', Draper. TO BOOT AND SHOE MAKE RS, STORE KEEPERS, AND OTHERS. TW. HOARE begs to inform the above , that he receives shipments by every steau.er of MELBOURNE-MADE BOOTS and SHOES, MANUFACTURED UPPERS, LEATHER, GRINDERY, &c. Melbourne Agency, 12, High-street, Auckland. TO SHAREBROKERS AND DEALERS IN MINING SHARES. T) ELI ABLE MINING TELEGRAMS JQ> will be received at the OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, daily, at 10 o'clock a.m., 3 and 9 o'clock p.m., and will be posted on the Bulle tin for public inspection, large room, or Caffe, devoted to dealers, afternoon and evening. EDWARD PERKINS, _^___^ Proprietor. AUCKLAND CEMETERY AND GENE RAL STONE WORKS. TAMES H. BUCHANAN, having resumed t) the trade, is prepared to execute orders for every kind of STONE WORK. Designs and prices forwarded to the country and ad joining provinces on application. Address: — AUCKLAND STONE WOEKS, Corner of Victoria and Barrack-streets.



ESTABLISHED 1859. /O \ AVv\ 204/O /ueenS^A 206 HOUSE. j BAENETT & LEVY, PEOPEIETOES OF THE ABO YE ESTABLISHMENT, BEG- to inform their CUSTOMERS and the GENERAL PUBLIC that they are still keeping up the REPUTATION of their HOUSES, by selling the best articles at the lowest possible PEICE3 that they can be sold at, and in order to meet these DEPRESSED TIMES, intend to sell at the following low prices:— SUGARS, from 4kl. to Gd. OUR BEST TEA, at 3s. (season, 1871), which has always given universal satisfac tion, is mixed with all rarest teas obtainable. OUR NOTED TEA, at 2s. 6d., is mixed with the finest Green and Pekoe, not to be equalled in AUCKLAND. GOOD STONG FAMILY TEA, at 2s A EEDUCTIOIN made on 61b. parcels and upwards. AUCKLAND SOAP, largest bars, Id, MELBOURNE, WELLINGTON, and DUNEDIN SOAPS, 9UI. and IOJd., large bars. FULL WEIGHT SPERMS, Is. per lb. FLOUR, best quality, 6ibs. for Is. PICKLES, 10£ d. per bottle. BEST SCOTCH OATMEAL, 3d. per lb. TIN MATCHES, 2d. per box. PLAID MATCHES, guaranteed, 9d. per doz. PEARL BARLEY, 4d. per lb. CORN FLOUR, equal to Brown and Poison's, 7d. per lb. lib. tins ADELAIDE JAMS, 7id. per tin ENGLISH MARMALADE, 9*d. per tin. BEST CAROLINA RICE, 3£d. per lb. BEST CAVENDISH TOBACCO, 4d. per cake, or 3s. 7d. and 3s. 9d. per lb. STOREKEEPERS, COASTERS, AND WHOLESALE BUYERS, SUPPLIED AT LOWEST PRICES. ALL G-OODS CAREFULLY PACKED AND DELIVERED FEEE WITHIN TWO MILES OF AUCKLAND. igg° Note Ottb Addhess— BARNETT & LEVY, 204 and 206, QUEEN-STREET, WHOLESALE AND EETAIL GKOCERS, NEXT TO THE THEATRE ROYAL} AND OWEN-STREET, GRAHAMSTOWN. FARMERS' PRODUCE BOUGHT.



OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, VULCAN LANE. CAFE open from nine o'clock a.m. until twelve o'clock p.m. j First-class Billiard ir'aloou, with a new Alcock & Co.'s Table. EDSTARD PERKINS, Proprietor. , « OEIENTAL HOTEL, QTJEEN-STHET3T, JOSEPH TEIMBELL, Proprietor. Wines and Spirits, first-clasß brands. G-ood Stabling. BILLIARDS. ANOHOB HOTEL, QUEEJVf-STREET. mHE NEW BILLIARD SALOON attached X to the above Hotel, is NOW OPEN. Q-entlemen desirous of a quiet game, will find this room suitable in every respect. Private Entbance. J. ABBOTT, p R O O E E, &c, Corner of Hobson and Victoria streets. i CHAELES GEEY, CONFECTIONER, & a., Shortian-d-street. Balls, Picnics, and Pleasure Parties supplied at the shortest notice. DR. C. F. FISCHER'S HOMOEOPATHIC INSTITUTE. | MR. CHARLES W. SANDERS, HAVING- succeeded Dr. C. F. Fischer in his Practice, is at home for Consultation —Morning, from 9 till 1 ; Evening, 6 till 8. 215, QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE THE CITY nAII, E. Gh T E N N AN T, SURGEON, CHUiJCH-STREET, ONEHUNGA. EG-. T. will attend at Mr. Gillman's, , Chemist, daily between 10 and 11 a.m. and give advice gratuitously. JAMES CAMP, m A I L O R, & c. .• I Junction of G-hey and Queen Street. J. DATET, m a i l or, & c, X Late of Albert-street, HAS REMOVED TO 61, QUKI4N-ST., Next Bank of New Zealand. J. LEVY, mAILOR, WELLESLEY - STREET. J_ (I\LYE DOOHS FKOSI QUEEN-STfiEET). Gentlemen waited upon at their own re sidences. MES. M. JOHNSTOFE, MILLINER, DRESSMAKER, AND BRAIDER, SITORTLAND-STIiEET, AUCKLAND, Next Door to Winks & Hall's. JOHN GEEY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CONFEC TIONER, QtTEEN-STBEET. T ARG-E Assortment of English and Co- I A lonial Confectionery always on hand. Storekeepers and the trade supplied on liberal terms. Note the address: — JOHN GREY, Tkree doors below the United Service Hotel, Queen-street. GUINNESS'S XX DUBLIN STOUT. ;nnEN Hogsheads of the above, just received _|_ direct from their celebrated Brewery, I now offer for sale at 4s per gallon (in quantities of two gallons or more), or 9s per dozen, by JAMES OLDHAM, Wine and Spirit Merchant, High-street, Auckland. C. MA JOE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER, COENEB OP WeMESLEY AND CHAPEL-STBEETS. FRENCH DRESS SHIRT MANU FACTORY. ODE L'E AU, MoITNT-STEE£T, . 7 doors from the Globe Hotel, Corner of Mount and Wakefield-streets. GEOEGE BLACK, ABERDEEN BOOT FACTORY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOT MANUFACTURER, Weliebeey-stbeet, six doors from Queen-at. Trade Supplied.



ON SALE. OA CWT, SPLIT PEAS 100 half-chests Tea, extra choice season 1870-71, ex ' Eliza Firth ' 14 cwfc. Brown & Poison's Corn Flour 6 cases Candied Peel 10 cases Peacock's Jams 80 cases White and Blue Starch 15 cases Morton's Salmon 11 cases Morton's Pickles 15 cases Morton's Salad Oil 5 cases Day and Martin's Paste Blacking 6 cases light and dark Blue 15 kegs Carbonate Soda 2 cases Tartaric Acid 10 cases Bottled Fruits 10 cases Yeslas 5 cases Cocoa (Taylor's) 20 cases Chicory 6 cases L. & P. Sauce 50 boxes Candles 5 tons Company's Sugar 12 tierces Prime Mess Beef Otago Oatmeal, Pearl Barky, Paper, White, Grey, and Brown Paper Bags Groats Stockholm Tar Bed Lead Soft Soap Oil, Colza, Neatsfoot, Castor and Linseed Cotton Waste Tia Plates Flooring Brads Unbleached Ginger Gingerbecr Bottles Lemonade Bottles Lemonade Corks Cochineal Ess. Lemon, Tin Foil Bottling Wire &c~, &c, &c. EX ' QUEEN BEE.' 60 boxes Price's Candles 6 cases Capers 6 ditto Curry Powder 20 ditto Cornflour 10 ditto L. & P. Sauce 34 casks Goodheart's C. L. Sugar 50 cases W. Starch 5 ditto Peel 3 ditto Figs 25 casks Currants Oakum Muntz Metal Sheathing Nails H. B. MORTON, CUSTOM HOUSE-STREET.



Auction Sales TO-MORROW. AT ARTHUR'S MART. Bi' AUCTION. TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON. POULTRY-Powk, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Pigeons, Canaries, Dogs, Small Pigs, Goats, &c. PRODUCE-80bagsPotatoes, Onions, Cheese, Butter, Bacon, Flour, Oatmeal, Wheat, &c. GROCERIES—Jams, tins and jars. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, new and second hand—2 Double-barrelled Guns. FRIDAY, MARCH 10. PADDLE STEAMER 'CLYDE.* L. D. NATHAN AND CO. Have received instructions to sell by auction, at their Stores, Shortland-street, at 12 o'clock precisely, on Friday, the 10th instant, mHE Well-known Paddle-steamship JL ' CLYDE,' 27 tons, 30 horse-power, as she now lies alongside the "Wood Wharf. Terms : One-third cash ; two-thirds by approved stamped promissory notes, at three and six months' date, bearing 8 per cent, interest. L. D. NATHAN & CO. Have received instructions from Messrs. Keesin Doitsh. & Keesiso, to sell by public auction, at an early date, A LL THOSE VALUABLE FREE -I\. HOLD PROPERTIES in Queen-street, now in the occupation of Messrs. KEESING, DOITSH and KEESING, being Lots 3, 4,s,a^dC, of the subdivision into lots of Allotment 1, Section 4, of the City of Auckland, with all the BUILDINGS thereon erected. Lots Nos. 3 and 4 have each a frontage of 26 feet to Queen-street. The extensive Drapery Stores of Keesing, Doitsh & Keesing are erected thereon. On Lots Nos. 5 and 6 substantial Buildings are also erected, and these allotments are immediately in the rear of Lots 3 and 4, divided from them by a lanq leading into Shortland-street and the City Club. All these premises are well known, and were erected at a large outlay. Plans may be seen and particulars obtained at our office, Shortland-street. Intending purchasers may inspect the Premises from 10 to 12 daily, when the Proprietors will giv every facility for inspection of the Property. TO BE LET, ON LEASE, mHAT FIRST-CLASS HOUSE, in Napier, JL Hawke's Bay, known as the " EMPIRE HOTEL;" splendid Billiard Room, Sample Rooms, and every convenience for carrying on a first-rate Hotel business. The present Pro prietor is retiring from the business. The Hotel does the largest business in the Province, For particulars, apply to the Proprietor, G. H. SWAN, Napier j or, to E. & H. ISAACS, Fort-street. FOR SALE, THAT beautifully-situated MARINE RESIDENCE, at the North Shore, now in the occupation of Mrs. Shepherd, con taining seven, rooms. The allotment has a frontage of 75 feet by a depth of 110 feet. For particulars apply to SAMUEL COOHRANE & SON. mO LET—The Duke of Marlborougli Hotel, Queen-street. —Apply to B. Home, Canada Buildings. DAVIS & BROOKING, Sharebrokers, Legal Managers, Commission and General Agents, Rent and Debt Collectors, 6, Wyndhani-street, Auckland. MARTIN H. BURRELL, North Shore, will give instruction to Masters of Vessels desirous of learning NAVIGATION. Terms, £5 ss. for the course of study. N.B.—A free passage will be given in the p.s. ' Devonport.' EVENING STAR PUBLISHING OFFICE, QUEEN-STREET, NEXT SIBBIN'S COENER. Advertisements received till 3 p.m. NOTICE. MR. W. M. OHAPPELL is authorised to CANVAS for ADVERTISEMENTS for the Evening Stab. . REED & BRETT, Proprietors. THE "THAMES ADVERTISER" May be obtained at the OFFICE OF THE "EVENING STAR," Queen-street, (Next to Sibbins' Corner), Immediately on the arrival of the Steamer from the Thames. Rked & r.KETT, Agenta for Auckland. mII E F IJ^£ TIMES. The Undersigned have been appointed Agents fo the sale of the " Fiji Times" in Auckland. Advertisements received and forwarded by the earliest opportunity. REED ANDBJRETT, "KVENING STAR" OFIFCE, QVEEN-3 T B X E T.J