SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 5.31. HIGH WATER.—This evening, G 59.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Challenger, 10 o'clock.

DEPARTURES.

W, Napier, ss., Bendall, for Napier.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Lyttelton.—Alice, Se;it. 2. Svunkv.—James Paterson, s.s., early, and Lord Ash ley, s.s., to-day. London.—Excelsior and Beth Shan, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

James Paterson, s.s., from Sydney. Go-Ahead, s.s., from Taranaki. Hero, s.s., from Sydney Countess of ivintore, ship, from Briton, barque, from Newcastle. Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney. Moa, brig, from Sydney. Our Hope, brig, from Melbourne.

The barque Novelty sailed for Sydney last night. During the strong S.W. breeze this morning the brig Gazelle dragged her anchor, and drifted very close to the barque Robert.

The barque Alice has landed the greater portion of her cargo for Auckland, and will sail for Lyttelton about the 2nd proximo. There is a probability of her returning to this port and filling up for New York. The Alice is one of the finest vessels that has visited our port, and we should be glad to see her a regu lar trader between here and London. She has excellent accommodation for cabin passengers, hor saloon being fitted up with the most recent improvements.

The s.s. Wellington left the Manukau yes terday morning, with the following passengers : Mr. C. Watt, Mr. Bell, Miss Westbrook, Mr. Gwynne, Mr. W. Turner, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Alexander, Mrs. Edwards, Miss Gallagher, Mr. Long, Captain Edwin, Mr. Bat.t, Mrs. Roberts, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Coutts, Captain Clark, Mr. Atkin, Mr. and Mrs. Grote, Mr. Brown, and five in the steerage.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star Office, Wednesday afternoon. Messrs. Samuel Cochrane and Son held a sale of valuable freehold and leasehold pro perties situate in the city and suburbs, at their mart, to-day. Thero was a good attend ance, and the sale realised about £4000. The following are the prices realised :— Lot 10, having a frontage of 30 feet to Thompson's Lane, £5 ; allotment 23, section 22, Oily of Auckland, containing 1 rood 4 perches, having a frontage of 111 feet to Hobson-street, with all buildings thereon, let for a term at £50 per annum ; tho Cottage of Content Hotel, the large furniture warehouse, 60 x 40 feet, fronting Hobson-street, cottage of two rooms at back, £305 ; two cottages in Albert-street, subject to an annual rental of £14, £55; tho unexpired leaße of part of allotment 7, section 3, City of Auckland, frontage of 42 feet to Shortland-street, with stone and brick buildings thereon, known as the Orescent Chambers, for £500 ; 4 allot ments in Onehunga, having a frontage of 66 feet to Ihe Manukau road, 10s each ; 1 allotment in Onehunga; Wtitjg a frontage of 66 feet to Spring-street, 20s ; a allotments, situate at Woodthorpe, Hobson's R a y ) £2 e ., c h . —««a acres in the Parish of Aram,.-. alK j ${__ trict t.e aCaioarn- '"•'"""s «-n extensive >~_ frontage, 7s 3d per acre ; 393 acres adjoining the above, with all buildings erected thereon, and in the occupation of Mr. J. Vercoe, £120; 198 Rt.Tes adjoining. Is 9:1 per aero ; allotment 10, parish of Kopuru, county of Ob»Qn, containing 46 acres, with a saw- mill erected thereon, £350; 238 acres at Te Kohekohe, No. 2, Kaipara, adjoining the property of V 7. S. Orahamo, Esq., 4s 3d per acre ; 4 acres at Howick, 203 pci- acre ; 46 acres, Bast Tamaki, 7s per acre ; 4 illlotments, having a frontage to Pitt-street, Drury, 6s each; 7 allotments, section- 7 of Eunciman township, Drury, 15s -each ; 4 acres, Whau, £2 15s per ' acre ; 40 acres, Waitakerei, Is 6d per acre ; 30 allot ments, Kaat Whau, 5s 9d each j 9 allotments, E, 5s each ; 126 acres, Waitakerei, re j 160 acres, Mangapai, Is per icres, Maungakawa, Waikato, 13a 0079 acres, knowiKWjf.he. name 'JLS AND DIVIDENDS, j/ne ionowing are the current calls and divi dends payable in the' companies named be low: — CAMS. £ s. d. datb/ City of London ... 0 10 ...' Aug. 30 Bona Venture ... 0 0, 6 ... Aug. 31 All Nations 0 3 0 ... Sept. 1 Brighton ... ... 0 1 0 ... Sept. 1 Sunbeam ... ~. 0 0 6 ... Sept. 5 ValeofAvooa. ... 0 0 6 ... Sept. 6 Ballarat & Eising : Sun 0 0 6 ... Sept. 8 : Bright Smile ... 010 ... Sept. 8 Brunswick 0 0 6 ... Sept. 8 Middle Star. ... 010 0 ... Sept. 14 Central Italy ... 0 3 0 ... Sept. IS ' Otago ... ... ... 0 10 ... Sept. 18 ' 1 1 t X r 1 * l

THE MAILS.

1 Mails will close as under :— For Thames, to-morrow, 12.30, 4.30, and 5.30 p m For Tauranga, per Hero, this day, at 4 p.m. '" ' For Whitangi, per Mercury, to-morrow, at 3 p.m *^ or Kussell, per Comerang, to-morrow, at 3 p.m Mails lor the undermentioned places, per s.s. Lord Ashley, will close at this office on Friday, Ist September, as under:— • l FOrJr«J.a„' VM?% Mauritius. Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at 1 p.m. For Australian Colonies, at 2 p m F wH nlted kingdom via Suez'a^'d Southampton (for I letters specially so addressed) at 2 p. m. 1 For United Kingdom via Brin<W at 2.30 p.m * at U°a.m. ' regißteretl letters. "»d newspapers, t Late letters for Sydney, Melbourne, and United King- t dom, via Southampton, bearing an additional fwTnf tm a2n3o6pdm.3PeCtiVelr' WiUberecei^"'S&l I Mails for the undermentioned places per n s N> vada, will close at this office on Thursday' «T« Q 7th instant, as follows:- saay ' tlle J For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia United i States of America, British, Central, and South t America, British and Foreign West Indies and t Continent of Europe via England, at 10.30 a.m. , For United Kingdom via San Francisco, at 10.30 a.m For money order?, registered letters, and newspapers, 1 at 9 a.m. Lata letters for United States of America and United S Kingdom, bearing a late fee of (Jd in addition to the . !,»j. postage, will be received at this office till 11 a.m.- ' tlgWHtfJSaby th»mail agent on board the steamer np to \

ROTA.

The following gentlemen have been summoned to attend to Police Court business during the ensuing week : —■ Thursday—Messrs. Baber and Beetham. Friday—Messrs. Daldj and Dargaville.

The Evening Star.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1871.

" For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrong that needs resistance. For the future in the distance,. And the good that we can do."

The " Distnal " has become absolutely frisky ! " Here we go ! Hurrah for the road !" Such is the buoyant ex clamation with which our usually mournful contemporary the News intro duces a leading article this morning -r>o-*l»«» pnl-ii;« wnnlt. of llio [Jiuvluce. The article is a sneer so broad as to be a grin; and the attempted merriment is of that grim character that makes one feel cad. But our contemporary so seldom essays the frolicksome that a feeling of humanity, not to say polite ness, impels us to laugh too, and, accordingly, we feel very funny. The cause of it all is this.- The Super intendent's Executive have drawn up a scheme _of p.u,Wtc works ; in fact, when,- t^e cat's away the mice rosy play, and the • Ex eeutivej iaving taken advantage of the,-#Dsenca o f the Superintendent, b/ive been playing ducks and drakes frith the/ millions Joan. The memo frmdiim, it is true, is dated August jj^jst, and is supposed to have been /dubtnifcted to the Superintendent, «but this, everyone knows, is ■jl subterfuge, and is a kindly HMe of the Executive to show that 1- 6 no^ at Ta"ance with His r in their views on colonization. 5 ,|« memorandum is jubilant about §'c Government policy, and de pares that the distribution of the |||orks in the manner indicated IFwill largely vindicate the policy of the Government." Of this our con temporary, with the most exuberant gushing, declares that " Mr. Gillies is quite in accord with his Executive in reference to it," but we really do not know whether our contemporary i is laughing or crying—irreverently I scoffing, or in sober earnest. Can we think that His Honor having broken loose from the dismal influences under which he has been held, has really accepted the advice of his Executive as his own policy, and means to honestly work it out ? If this is so, it may account for the ghastly hilarity of our dismal contemporary, Time was when, we believe, Mr. Gillies was like other men, in fact, more—he was esteemed as a public man of buoyant hopes, and real energy. We cannot believe that this estimate could have been formed by the public from a total misapprehension, and we verily believe that the melancholy changa that has come over the once vigorous mind of Mr. Grillies is owing to association with the dismal influences that reign in the office of our con temporary. There it seems to us is the magic wand that has conjured up the weird spectres of insolvency, and presents to the mind of His Honor those gloomy phantom rocks and quicksands on which we are hopelessly driven by impelling fate. Can it be that Mr. Gillies has burst the spell, chased away the blue devils, and shaken off the horrid nightmare, and taking the advice of his political or medical ad visers, begun to look abroad again with buoyancy and hop%? Andean it be W' tn© .dismal n&agioian wfcofi© incan-

tations have been set at naught, stands aghast, and laughs with a wild bewildered laugh as he gazes on the fugitive, and learns that " Mr. G-illies is" quite in accord with Lis Executive." Mourn we for the magician with the broken waud! Pity we the sorrows that find expres sion in the hysterical laugh, " Here we are ! Hurrah for the road !" But if we could but believe the statement made, that the Superintendent is in accord with the Executive, and that he really hopes to " vindicate the policy of the Government;" that the devils have gone out of him, and taken to the swine ; and that he is clothed and in his right mind; then sadly as we should sorrow for the magician whose spell is broken—for the Superinten dent, for the province, and for its pros perity, we should indeed rejoice.

We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the calm and temperate letter signed " Teetotaller." There cannot be a doubt that more injury is done to the cause of teetotalism within, than without the camp. For the motives that prompt to teetotalism it is diffi cult to have any other feeling than respect. But when its advocates beeomo intemperate in Qpeech or action, the friends of temperance often feel irresistibly impelled to range them selves on the side of its enemies, and fling a stone at what appears as fanaticism. To the teetotallers of Auckland we owe the movement that produced the Permissive clause in our Licensing Act—the first instalment, we be lieve, of a great social reformation in the colony. We should like, therefore, to befriend their cause. But if they speak or act fool ishly, they must be treated with rigid impar tiality.

Another of the series Tof lectures in ex planation of the Government scheme of Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments, is to be delivered by Thomas Macffarlane, Ksq., at the City Hall, on Monday evening next.

A very great improvement has been effected ill that part of Upper Queen-street lying between Wakefield and Edwardes-streets, by elevating a row of small, insignificant, wooden buildings, and placing below them a series of handsome chops. These are now occupied by respectable tradesmen, and add materially to tho appearance cf that part of the city. There are many other places in the town which might bo readily improved in tho same manner, at small cost, aud to the great advan tage of the proprietors.

We have just received the Provincial Go vernment Gazette, No. 29. Notifications of the usual kind appear in regard to Mining Leases, Highway Districts, &c. Messrs. P. Simpson and D. H. Bayldon are proclaimed Goldfields and Mining Surveyors, and various matters of merely local and personal interest are settled.

An entertainment, in aid of the Patients' Beueflt Fund, will bo given at the Provincial Lunatic Asylum on Friday next. Mr. Frazer, tbe piper, will attend, also Mr. McComish and several members of the late Volunteer .Band, and the entertainment will bo of tbe usual miscellaneous character. Dancing will afterwards tako place.

Mrs. Colclough (Polly Plum) will re-deliver her lecture on " The Subjection of Women," at Otahuhu, to-morrow evening. The Rev. J. Macky will occupy the chair.

TELEGRAPHING- EXTRAORDI NARY.

We have had at all times n mawi' con viction that the " Telogopliic" of our contemporary the NeWw&a manufactured in Auckland, i'lie items of information wtfi respect to the yield and prospects of claims have been such, and so evident the intention to rig the market, that we bad an entire conviction that the mining news, at least, in the telegrams, never came from the Thames. Anything, how ever, like the *' howl out" iv this morn ing's news we did not anticipate. Tbe ' Telegraphic" is dated from Grahams town, August 29, 8.3) p.m., and among other items of valuable information con tains the following :—" As soon as the proper time comes the Caledonian mine will come to tho front again as well as ever. How soon, it would be bard to predict." This invaluable " tip" for those who are meditating on embark ing in, or selling out from, the Caledonian or the Thames, should be pondered over with great anxiety. It is thoroughly reliable, and tells the latest feeling on the subject at Grahamstown ; for the tele graph wires having been broken at five o'clock, or three hours and a-half before the despatch of the telegram to the News, it was a physical impossibility for the more respectable morning papers to have got anything so late. But really, joking apart, this is scandalous. After the villainous efforts that have been made by the conductors of the News to ruin scores of poor unfortunate people by (creating a panic with reference to the Caledonians, we feel impelled to expose tbe false and lying means that have been use of to effect the dastardly purpose. It must be clear to everyone from this exposure in this morning's Neios that tbe mining telegrams that appear in the two editions of that paper are con cocted in Auckland ; and so bungling is thejmanner of doing it, that the stoppage of communication was not ev<m known in the office of tlie paper. Had tbe conductor of the paper been in the habit of getting any, even the shortest telegrams, at 8.30 p.m., the non-appearance of any telegram might have led to enquiry. But it is 'perfectly clear that this deception is habitually palmed off on the public. We shall see to-day if the false telegram will be repeated in this evening's edition, or if the knowledge svhich every one now has ,of the break down of the wire and the stoppage of all communication till this morning will deter our contemporary from brazening out the audacious decep tion attempted o u the public. If our contemporary had the least sense of shame, we would ask him to put himself right with the public by making a clean breast of it, but we have not the least idea that we could divert him from the "ways that are dark " and the "tricks that are vain."

THE SHARE MARKET.

mb. j. m. Lennox's bepoht. My sales comprise—Caledonian, £130 ; rhamns, £26, £25 10s. Closing sellers : 3fcngo, 82s 6d ; Moanatairi; £5 2s fid ; Caledonian, £130 ; Thames, £26. Closing juyors : Caledonian, £125; Thames, £25.'

KAIPARA RAILWAY.

The great event of " cutting the first sod" of the Kaipara railway will take place to-morrow. The Deputy-Superintendent, the Executive, and a large number of invited friends proceed from the Queen street Wharf at 9 a.m. for Riverhead, in the Lady Bowen, and we understand that theGenini leaves at the same hour for the same place. We have no doubt the important event wiU be celebrated with all tho honors.

PROVINCIAL PUBLIC WORKS.

A gazette was published yesterday con taining matter of great importance. It is the proposed plan for the apportion ment of the Auckland share of the loan, as prepared and adopted by the Provin cial Executive for submission to the General Government and the Legisla ture. It assumes that £1,000,000 will fall to the lot of our pro vince, and the scheme proposed embraces railway from Mercer to the Waikato Delta, £250,000; railway connecting Kaipara with Auckland, £60,000; sup plying water and purchasing auriferous land at the Thames, £90,000 ; roads and purchase of lands in the North, £150,000; introducing immigrants, £100,000; to be lent for harbour works and supplying water in the city, £150,000; and a sum of £200,000, to be reserved for making a railway between Waikato and the Thames.

THE HARBOUR BOARD.

Yestebday afternoon the usual fort nightly meeting of the Harbour Board was held at the Board-room. There were present: Captain Daldy (in the chair), Messrs. Copland, Anderson, Dargaville, Tonks, Yon der Heyde, Nathan, ifoylan, and Macready. Among other subjects, the main sewer was under discussion, and the report of the committee on the subject was sent back for reconsideration. It was stated that £2599 9s. lOd. was to the credit of the Board, and a statement of the financial condition of the Board was laid on the table. Various matters of considerable interest relating to the wharves, the North Shore ferry, fisheries, &c, were transacted.

GREAT WORLD CIRCUS.

The terribly inclement state of [the weather prevented this favorite place of amusement from being opened last night. To-day, however, has turned out remark ably fine, and the evening will be appro priated to the performances selected for the benefit of Madamoiselle La Ilosiere. The pieces have been judiciously chosen, and we may fully expect that the fair beneficiare will meet a crowded house, as she so well deserves.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

Boucicault's drama of the " Octoroon" was again produced at the above theatre, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather there was a good attendance. Mr. Hoskins, as Salem Scudder, was all that could be desired, and wo have no hesitation in saying that it could jk>-' *>c better rendered. Miss Oolvilk. as Zoe tho Octoroon girl, _n.uyc\£ Willi sucii feeling that an old gentleman be hind, k<y£ exclaiming, " Let me at old dcuddor, " and his friends could hardly keep him quiet. The "VVah- DO-teo (tho Indian) of Mr. Jones was very good, especially on the war trail. Master Ryan, as the boy Pete, was very tunny, and the scenery was ap propriate and gooi. To-night the drama will be repeated.

AM LGAMATION OF TOOKEY TRIBUTERS.

A meeting of the shareholders in the Tookey (Woods', Austin's, and McCabo's) tributes was held on Saturday evening, at the office of Mr. Saunders, Shortland-streot, Mr. D. Nolan in tho chair. The minutes of the previous meet ing (held at Grahamstown) were read and confirmed, and the articles of association wore submitted to the meeting and adopted. It was then resolved that the three tributes bo amal gamated, and bb called " Wood's United Tookey Tribute Company, Limited," the capital of the company to be £6400, in 800 shares of £8 each, £7 LOs paid up. Tho fol lowing gentlemen were elected directors : — Messrs. A. Wardrop, W. Cruickshank, H. Brett, J. R. Carey, and McCabe. Mr. Woods was appointed working manager of the mine ; and a vote of thanks having been accorded to the chairman, tha meeting separated. Both Woods and Austin's tributes have been paying regular dividends, and by the amalgamation with McCabe's party, who hold a large piece of ground adjoining the Belfast, the ground has probably been rendered one of the best properties on the Thames goldfield.

SUPREME COURT.—In Banco.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30. [Before His Honor Sir Gh A. Arney, Chief Justice.]

The usual weekly sitting in Banco was hell this morning. The Hazexbanx Gold Mining Company v. Ckosbib and Otheus.—Mr. Bees for thi company, Mr. Hesketh for the defendants.— This was an application for specific relief bi supplemental bill to authorise a fresh trial and for an injunction to restrain the defen dants from dealing with the property in tin meantime.—Mr. Rees continued the argu ment, contending that Stevenson being i director of the company, and joining Crosbie and advancing him money to take up a new lease, was guilty of a breach of trust The authorities contained numerous caset showing that parties to a breach of trust wen guilty of a fraud. Crosbio was manager o: the company, Stevenson wus director, and ir that capacity advanced money for the purpose of defeating the company, to which he held tin important relation of managing director.— His Honor: There is no doubt that Steven son placed himself in an equivocal position. It was his duty to do all ho could for the company, that is assuming the companj had the most ordinary anxiety for their owi! interests. Up to advancing the money tj Crosbie, Stevenson seemed tho only direeto who was anxious to do his duty. And £ directors would not do their duty, it was ii answer to say that one of them lived atk distance, that one lived in England, or anothfr elsewhere. Then came the maxim t>l law vigilantibua non dormientibus. The whdo of tho facts which wero proved at the trial had been submitted to the jury. It does ii>t appear that any new facts havo been dis covered which would constitute a wholly riw case. The facts alleged to have bonn sp ec disoloaed wore by way of addition to tiflLse already known, without giving my new 'riSfec

tion to the inquiry or to the interests in dispute. How could tho Court be asked, under such circumstances, to place itself in the position of a jury? Have not the plain tiffs a right to come to the Court and ask for a decree ? And would not the issue under which the defendant claims certain rights to exist then proporly come on for discussion ?

POLICE COURT.—Wednesday.

[Before Thomas Beckham,. Esq., Resident Magistrate, and His Worship the Mayor. 1 Deunkenness.—One person was fined 20s and costs, with the alternative of forty-eight hours imprisonment; and .Tessie Bell was sent to gaol for seven days for a third offence. Laecenjt. ..— Catherine Reynolds alias Elizabeth More, charged with stealing wearing apparel valued at 32s from John Olive, pleaded guilty, but said she had intended to return them.—John Olive stated, that on the 28th inst. lie left his house unprotected, and on his return missed a number of articles (produced.) —Detcctivo Ternahan deposed, that when he arrested prisoner she was weaving the clothes, respecting which she gave conflicting accounts. —Ueing an old offender, she was sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labor. Beeaoh or Mtjnicipai, Poiice Act.—Franz Scherffwas charged with placing two large cases on the footpath of Forts-treet.—Mr. Beyeridge appeared for defendant, and ex plained that the cases were very heavy, and had been delivered late at night when it was impossible to have them removed. —Moreover the street was a very retired one, and there was literally no thoroughfare at night.—The Bench thought it matter for congratulation that the retired streets were receiving the attention of the police.—ln future they would not deal leniently in such cases.—ln the present, defendant was fined five shillings and costs. Beeach of City Boaed Act, 1863.— Christopher Greenway was summoned for city rates, amounting to £7 ss. 6d.—Mr. Reos applied for an adjournment as he was obliged to attend the Supreme Court.— Postponed accordingly until Thursday, 14th September, or any subsequent day which might be convenient to Mr. Rees and Mr. J. B. Russell.—Frederick Williams was summoned for non-payment of city rates, to the amount of £6 18s. 9d.—Mr. J. 13. Russell for plaintiff, and Mr. McCormick for defence. —J. W. Diddums, collector of rates, produced the register of rates, and deposed that defendant was indebted in the above amount for ground in Queen-street.—Mr. McCormick objected to the reception of tho rate-book as evidence.—Mr. Russell replied, and a long argument ensued between counsel, which resulted in its being tuken. In cross examination, witness said that he was valuer as well as collector. The last valuation was u.ade by him in 1864, and he made the requisite declaration. The annual value of property has fluctuated since that time. An estimate of the rate for 1871 was made in accordance with tho 43rd section of the Act, and was based on the vuluation for 1864. Some of the rates were increased without a fresh valuation having been made. Witness bad in individual cases rated property at a higher value than in 1861, without making a renewed declaration. The property for which rates urtv-now demanded is a building in Qucn-sw-eci.. Witness was not certain that it had btspp erected since 1864. If there was no house th-3 land would have bv^vated. Mr. MeCormiok sirgued thtU*-* ifesh valuation ought to be ma^'vvwy yaar, in consequence of the fWuatiou of the ftiluo of property. Jet Eusseli replied, pointing out that a mere trifling alteration would thus impose a heavy eXBOU^fi nr, tl.n JWd. and that t.here w«j. „n necessity imposed by the Btatute fo> doing so. If so, this was the wrong Court to go to, and defendant should have appealed to the Supremo Court.—Judgment was reserved, until after Crrcenway's case had been heard, and a similar esse against Robert Huy wood, for £22 10a, was also put off.

MEMORANDUM BY THE PROVIN CIAL EXECUTIVE OF AUCKLAND IN RELATION TO THE IMMIGRA TION AND PUBLIC WORKS ACT OF THE ASSEMBLY.

1. Tim inmigration and public works policy of the Colonial Government appears to con templatcthe expenditure of about four million pounds .sterling upon immigration, public works, md the purchase of native lands during tho nex few years. The census just coin" pletod srves to show that the population of tho proiuce of Auckland numbers very ncarlv one fouth that of tho colony as a whole • while tjat population, as can be easily demon strated is of a class likely to bear its full share jf the public burdens of the country. It woud therefore nppear reasonable that one fourtlwf the amount about to be expended on inmigration and public works within the cifony should be so expended in connec tion litli tbe province of Auckland, seeing that jo reasonable doubt can exist that the peopljof this province will be called upon to bear t least one-fourth of the burden of debt coutrpicd. The amount to which this pro vincatwould in this wav be entitled would amoifit to about one million pounds (£1,00,000). P 2.fThe works as yet authorised by the Proyncial Legislature in connection with tbe colojial policy may be regarded as being only thrd—a railway from Auckland to Mercer ; thebontinuation of that railway through the Wakato district; and a water supply for the Tlitaes goldfield. Of these it is understood tha the Auckland and Mercer line is likely toibe constructed upon the principle of gutanteed interest on the capital ex pended, a mode peculiarly suitable in tht case of a line such as this, which ha been partly constructed already. Tho Vttikato extension of this lino, if carried to tb frontier settlements, would probably cost abut £250,000. The sum asked by the Uovinoiai Council, in its last session, for the apply of water to the goldfields amounted to .60,000, and it is hardly probable that the ?tual cost of the work will largely exceed tat amount. To these may be added a mall sum of less than £1000 advanced for' Ind purchases, principally within the gold telils districts. On the whole, therefore, the (.mount to which the province has taken steps ;o participate in the colonial loan does not at present much exceed £300,000. f 3. The Executive feel strongly that while fthe Assembly may adhere to the feature of ! the loan policy of last year, which provides for a gradual expenditure of the money over a series of year's, there is every probability that the works upon which the great propor tion of the loan will be expended, will prac tically be decided upon during the approach ing session. The uncertainty surrounding the question of tho negotiation of the loan" accounts, in the opinion of the Executive, for the reluctance of the Froviucial Council, in its last session, to recommend tha construc tion of public works within the province. It j appears certain, from events that have since transpired, that the loaii will be successfully ! negotiated, aud that the aid proposed to be ' given to the construction of public works in the several provinces, will be readily available i to the full extent anticipated by the fratners 1 of tho financial policy of last year. Your J .Executive did not feel justified in advising f ( your Honor to summon the Counoil to a 1

[ session previous to the meeting of the Colonial Assembly, considering that the short time that would have been avail able for the discussion of the important subject of public works, would not, in all probability, have sufficed to gain for it such a consideration as would materially have strengthened the position of the province in the matter; they have therefore taken upon themselves the responsibility of preparing and submitting to your Honor such a scheme of public works and immigration as in their opinion is calculated to advance the interests of the province, and is likely to command the approbation of the Council at its next session. 4. By means of the railway between Auck land and the Waikato frontier, nearly the whole of the country south of the Provincial capital open, or likely for some time to be open for settlement, will be provided with cheap and speedy communication with Auck land. Tho amount asked for on account of Thames water supply will, it is hoped, prove sufficient for tlie purpose, and by providing an abundant supply of gopd. water, remove one of the most serious .obstacles to the full development of the goldfield. Should the cost of the work prove greater^ however, than that contemplated, the Executive would still be prepared to urge tho construction of the works, the additional cost of which might be provided by the curtailment of the scheme now submitted to your Honor in some other direction. 5. The large area over which settlement has extended in this province,-and tho peculiarly difficult character of much of the oountry, has at all times rendered the question of public works a difficult one when an attempt has been made to deal with suoh works as parts of a great whole, and not merely as small local efforts at improvement. For this reason, the Executive feel that any scheme which con fined itself to the construction of a rail road to the Waikato and a water supply to the Thames would be most unjust to other parts of the province, ignoring, as it would, the claims and grievances ef the North, and wholly overlooking tho existence of the im portant settlement at Poverty Bay. The position of settlers in tlie Northern districts of the province, has for years been one of great hardship, if not of considerable injustice. The expenditure connected with the native war of 1863, while it benefited and opened up the Southern districts of the province, was worse than useless to the North. Its districts were too often deserted by its settlers, who were tempted to the neighbourhood of tho.Pro vincial capital by the ephemeral prosperity introduced by the war expenditure. Its farms were left uncultivated, owing to the high price of labcr near Auckland, and the many inducements which led its settlers to seek success in some career —civil or military—less toilsome and more profitablo than that of bush farming. Even the cessation of hostilities did nothing for the ■ North, as the opening of the Waikato with its greater accessibility turned the stream of capital and labour in that direction, and away from the Northern districts. The Pro vincial half-million loan, while it improved the city and harbour of Auckland, bridged the Tamaki, erected large public buildings, and partially constructed tlie Auckland and Drury railway, did nothing for the North beyond introducing a number of a/wiitsd"immigrants. Some of thw immigrants, no doiibti found their .vay ,-liito the Northern districts, but owing to the absence of all means of commu nication, and to the inferior land op which, in most cases, they were located, very few have become permanent settlers. It is not, indeed, too much to say, that ever since a revenue has bean raised in this province, available- for pi.blic works, the Northern districts bave received me scantiest justice in comparison with other parts of the province*; and the re sult is that the macadamised roads which extend some forty miles to the south, are found to cease wholly within seven miles to the north of Auckland. This is. the more re markable, because for many years the north furnished the principal exports of the pro vince ; while even at present it contains, besides a large and peaceful native.population —not less than 12,000 inhabitants, or one third the population of the province, exclusive Of the inhabitants of tho city aud goldfields. These considerations appear to demand, in any provincial scheme of publictworks, that a generous recognition should be given to the wants and claims of the north. ~-•■ 6. The character sf the country north of Auckland, as well as the ciroumstitnoes of its ownership, appear to call for a different policy in relation to public works from the southern disliicts of the province. In the north, Euro pean settlement of a partial and very scat tered character extends for- a distance t&'f'1 about 180 miles from Auckland, and is generally confined to a narrow fringe' of settlement, which on tho eastern const borders the sea, and on the wost<*the waters^ of the Kaipara and Hokianga estuaries, with their tributary rivers. The general characteriof the country is broken, hilly, and densely wooded, and a large proportion of the land! ia still id the hands of native owners, although the title to very much of it'has been' individualised through the agency of the Native Lands Court. In tho present state of settlement,'any ex tensive system of railroads through the north would be manifestly impossible.. Jt is doubtful whether a practicable line could be obtained from Auckland to.the ,Bay of glands, even were it conceivable that sound policy could dictate a lino of railroad extending about 130 miles through a country scarcely settled, and much of it unfit for settlement. The only railway work which the Executive would be prepared to recommend for the north at present is an extension of the line about to be undertaken by tbe province, to connect the waters of the Kaipara and Waitemata with Auckland. The distance from Auckland to a point near the , southern terminus, of the Kaipara railroad line would not exceed 18 miles ; and when it is considered that the cost would not be likely greatly to etoeed'£6o,ooo, while the result would be to give a direct con nection with Auckland to all tho settlements on the Kaipara estuary' and' its tributary rivers, it can hardly be doubted that the undertaking would be of the grealest practical: benefit to the country as a whole. Perhaps the largest extent of really fine land in the province is to be found in the district between the Wairoa r.ver (where it bends eastward) Hid the Avvaum river, to the north of the settlement of Mongonui. . This .laud is chiefly volcanic, and lies'in rich, but notdeep, valleVsi ' jharacterised by great richness of soil and mild ness of climate. It is comprised within a district jxtending for about 70 miles in length, by a rarying breadth of from 10 to 20 miles, and If "°f r'y *U, i» fche. hands, of native owners : but there is htUe, if >y, doubt tliatt couch of it could easily be purchased at 'fam although ' not at excessively low rates. LTo be continued.] ■ V T''K: ■ -.yvgTTT? s I>V

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

THIS DAY.

[fbom otm rrs coEKEspouDEijji^i

GBEA! FLOODS!

BURSTIN(jOF TEE MOANA-

T 111 CULVERT.

400 TONS fALEDONIAN TAIL. ING-3 f ASHED AWAY, in

80 LBS SPE TMENS EBOM THE

CALEDONIAN,

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lIMENS EEOM THE

ASATAIKI.

NONPAE^L CEUSHING—I,^1 03. EXPECTED. y :a

GIUHiMSTOW.apS.

The heajpjj fall of rain throughout yesterday-Jial caused great floods and landslips in bveral parts. Four hun. dred tons of Caledonian tailings have i been washed tway through, the hurst- j ing of the Jjoanatairi culvert. Go. vernment arefco blame for not impro* yin g it, after he .former accident. A large nunber of dwellings have been washed away, but no'persons have been iojired at present.. ~ .., -, Tlie Moamtairi have taken out 1 cwt. specimeks this morning. .^ They have now 8 swt. ready for crushili^ ■to-morrow. The Nonpareil expept 100)3 ounces froir <-<pecihieii'4..and 400 ounces from general stuff. /*. . . i, „ The Caledonian have cut through the lode, but no gold was seen. j Eighty pounds of specimens Am ■•§ been taken out from the main lode.

SPECIMENS FROM THE MULTUM IN PARVO.

The Multum in Parvo took out jester- I day 70 lbs. weight of rich specimens.

AMONG THE FAIRIES.

Colneiwithmetothemasiedell r"1 fT'Yftf It : Whete happy throngs of fairies dweV, 7 K| 1 If I * Come with me when the moon Is bright, ' - '■ ~*- if The fairy's day is the mortal's night. So, come with me, B -" And you shall se* ;rivi:ii ;;,| i-:.,;'! .'■';";<■ * B | -~, A wondrous puzzling fairy sight. .., -l-:y f 1 1 Bright's the moon in the azure sky; viJ ol § Fair fleecy clouds are fleeting by , "... , .; I Sweet's the air in the scented glade, ' I ; 'i 'When eventide begins to fade;} oj sB ; And murmurs sweet ,l; 9 1 The senses greet . ..■ ._ 7 From waving bough and lowly blade. ;"•,£ Hark! a tound .His the fairies come! ' ' , I A sound like beetle's whirring hum; „•'■> ' j ' 1 See the curious ma^ic throng— •■•' _v 1 fcocg A Hear their wild and serial song,—• ,r | '■,'.] " Trip, fairies, trip ! " -.. ' .:.: Skip, fairies, skip I' - . .■; | _~,',- t.'.',/. To bluebells' merry ding and don;.:; | j'tokpsO I The queen is there, in fairy state, . M A daisy bending 'neath her weight. Butterfly's wings bedeckJier rare ;-^ A silkworm's'thread confines hertoai*^- Suoh golden liair! ,K_f .'-ar So fine and fair ! So light, at jny gnat jni?ht!bear,l n o q || g ■ And on her head she wears a crown Of sunshine weaved with thistle down. m In magic shoe* her feel are cased, And by a spider's art are laced, H .. .And. when she trips, ■■ p | ;•.•'"/• [JJIB 1 Or dancing skips, " v Her fairy footsteps can be traced. . Her eyes, like sparkling rubies, glance Delighted as her subjects dance -r- j., i A bout Mr in a joyous ring, I». !.IXI V t While gaily aU in chorus sing "Trip, fairies, trip, I Skip, fairies, skip !"| ; . irr.-.b '■■ tf'X'lO And at her feet fresh violets fling . (J. I A beautedus'tjueen ! surpassinn fair! A wondrous crowd surround her there | : it ,iilill 1 Arrayed in robes of ev'ry hue From acorn cups they quaff the dew i ~[,,,J I And honey sip •• ' ■■!'•■■ From sweet cowslip, ,:. -u I And gambol on a fairy crew. • Faint in the east some streaks of dawn ■•'■ '■'''• Of coming day the fairies warn. , The queen commands—her car one brings,: ' Made of dragon-fly's glistering wings. E She takes her place With fairy grace, While the dingle lone with music rings. Her car, by" four queen-bees is drawn ; By Kay birds it is up-borne. A thousand thousand butterflies, './ A- Fluttering, fan her as they rise ; While clustering round. With buzzing sound,' '■ ' :': ■:■■ '» >■ Are wasps who guard her as'she flies, ' Away ! away! the coming day i V j___ [ I Must find no loit'ring fairy stray. v" ' 1 ■ • No fav'rite flower has been missed ; V" I The lastlov'd buttercup is kissed ; . . ] .■■•'- The dance is o'er; _ j Up, up they soar, ~ f S And vanish in themorning mist. . 0 Away ! to f ally realms,- away i v^» k! They hie with haste, from mortal's day, They'll come again, when bats do fly- When fleecy clouds are fleeting by— -" I To yonder dell, ' 1 l A night to dweU— - When bright's theinoonin wure sky. .1 '. _ . „ -■ - ' . v' Eanoklot Booth I Prince of Wales Theatre.

'' By the existing regulations, issued under im order cf counoilin May last, for. the regulation of the sale and ■ disposal of the confiscated, Jaiids in' the oolony, those of the Province of"' Auckland were exempted from their operation. .jl gazette issued on the 19th inst. declares (hat the Province of Aucklandshall be included fvithin-the scope of the regulations, from the,f Ist September next. } A call of three shillings per share has been ' made in the Central Italy (jfold Mining" Coin *»S|i payable on or before the. 16th September

IHE EVENING STAR, AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1871.



" Slap bang, hera we are again!" — -Wordsworth. ON SATURDAY next will be published another and greatly enlarged series of Comicalities by the " Lunatics," entitled— RHYMES WITHOUT SEASON. Words by the Idiotic Poet, Pictures by tlie Insane Artist, and Yells of Laughter by the Hilarious Hauhau. Contexts. —The Jovial Polywogs, a legend of the Domain ; The Carte do Visite, a muni cipal ditty; Tlie Kalipomaniac, a ballad of the primeval bush ; Who killed the Share holder? a nursery rhyme for baby brokers 5 Ride a Cock Horse, a rhyme in tirtie ; Ode to ' Polly Plum ; Vice-regal Verses ; De Lunaticis Inquisitio ; Locus Sigilli; Stanzas, in Strait waistcoats, &c, &c, Illustrated excruciatingly and profusely. Pbioe One Shilling. EOR PRIVATE SALE, LOT OF HOBARTOWN SEED POTA TOES, EX. 'JANE,* Upset price, £8 per Ton. No charge for bags.—Apply to GEORGE SIBBIN. JVTOTICE OP EEMOVAL. The Caledonian Mutual Mining Investment Com pares Offices has been REMOVED to 61, Queen street. B. S. CORLETT, Secretary. AugiWt 30, 1871. pEINCE OF WALES THEATRE. T H tfß~i"t) A Y. BENEFIT TENDERED TO MR. HOSKINS. THE EMBLEMATIC FLOWER SON(^t the Circus To-night! WANTED-A Female SERVANT for the country.—Apply to Mrs. Somkevillb, top of Shortland-street, between the hours of 9 and 12 10-morrow.



We are informed that the store of Mr. llahoney, near Belmount, Ohinemuri, -was jurat clown on Friday last. It is said that ibout £140 worth of stock was consumed.— Advertiser, August 29. We are glad to hear that a place of worship ■s-to-be erected.atTararu.'. Mr. R.-Graham las given a convenient site, and the Rev. J. i ' .W\ M. esa.w- Steadman .and McKenzie, j »UMted yesterday the;stnS'oT^iSa for-tlnj I ?uuaing.— Advertiser, August 39, I