THE EVENINQ STAR, FEBRUARY 14, 1871.



1 CITY OF AUCKLAND ASSESS MENT. GENERAL AND SEWERAGE BATES. City Board of Commissioners' Office, Auckland, February 6, 1871. Notioe is hereby given that the Commissioners, under tho City Beard Aot, 1863, the City Board Act, 186S, Amendment Act, and the City Board Act Amendment Aot. lS6Vhave tnis day made a OENEEAL RATE of EIOHTPENCE per Pound, and a SEWERAGE E ATE of ONE PENNY per Pound on the net annual value of the property assessable tinder the Bftid Acts, for the period from Ist Deoember, 1870, to Stst May, 1871, which is now duo and payable, and aU parties who may consider themselves aggrieved, on the ground or irregularity, unfairness, or incorrectness in the valua tion, or in the amount assessed thereon, are nereDy required, within fourteen days from the date hereof, to jive notice to the Clerk of the Board of such their OD- Hctlons, ana to state explicitly the grounds thereof. By order of the Board. p pHILIPS> Ch^rman. TENDERS FHR, "REMOVING OLD BREAKWATER. Superintendent's Office, Auckland, 7th February, 1871. TENDERS will be received at this office, until Vnr^ «♦ iCTVDVTfsri*'"' *■■ -«. jSxJ from JL 'LALLA ROOKH.' < From ■ I From North Shore, From Auckland. North Shore, Old Wharf. New Wharf.. Bi^ ,«i.ffftter." "HUGH H. LTTBK, Provincial Secretary. EXTENSION" OF SEWER IN ALBEr.T-STE.EET. AND BRANCH SEWEE IN DURHAM-STREET. City Board of Commissioners' Office, Auckland, 13th February, 1871. TENDERS are invited for the above works, and will be received until noon on MONDAY, the SQih February. Plai. and specifications may be seen at the office of the City Board. Each tenderer will require to deposit the sum of £30 (iv cash) as a guarantee for the fulfilment of Ills tender. The lowest tender not necessarily accepted. By order of the Board. P. A. PHILIPS, Chairman. THE LITTLE DUSTPAN, NOTICE. SELLING OFF ! SELLING OFF! GIVING- UP BUSINESS. TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, EOTEL PROPRIEIORS, PRIVATE FAMILIES, AND PEOPLE ABOUT TO FURNISH. HENRY PROBERT Begs most respectfully to inform the inhabitants of Auckland and its vicinity that he has dei id«d upon giving up business, and go into the Country for the purpose of Finning : therefore, he submits the whole of his Large and Well-selected Stock of CHINA, GLASS, AND EARTHENWARE' AT He does this, believing that it will be better for parties to select the goods they may require at Audio i Prices, -without, the incon venience of attending an Auction Sale. H. P. takes this opportunity of again thanking his numerous friends and the public generally for the very liberal support received during the nine years he has been in business in Auckland. Tiie Premises to Let, ok yon Sat/b. Auckland, February 10, 1871. FRENCH DRESS SHIRT MANU FACT< >RY. CD E L'E AU, MoTXNT-STBEET, , 1 doora from the Globe Hotel, Corner of Mount and Wakefield-streets. EXCHANGE BILLIARD SALOON. WH. GALLOP and F. CLIFTON , having leased the above from Mr. Niceol, trust, by civility and attention to busi ness, to obtrin a share of public patronage. TriOß SALE—A PLEASURE-BOAT, with Sj saiis. oars, and everything complete.— Apply to W. H. Skinneb, Vulcan Lane. BOABD and RESIDENCE for a gentle man in a private family, in Upper Queen ntreet.- For address, apply at the Stab Office. TO BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS, STORE KEEPERS, AND OTHERS. T W. HOARE begs to inform the above ■flju that he receives shipments by every «jj»ii.er of MELBOURNE-MADE BOOTS * J SHOES, MANUFACTURED UPPERS, LEATHER, GRINDERY, &c. Melbourne Agency, 12, High-street, Auckland. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. John ho w c l l, BOOTMAKER, FOOT OF WAKEFIELD-STKEET. Opposite Mb. Hosbs', Draper.



CROWN DISTILLERY! COLONIAL INDUSTRY !! Cawkwell's ATJCKL \ND DISTILLERY. fgIHE following are SOLD ONLY IN BOTTLE -.— WHISKEY 3s. per bottle BRANDY Ss. Bd. „ ENGLISH ALE is. ENGLISH POSTER... is. [gggT Evpry article guaranteed genuine at the PRINCE ARTHUR HOTEL, f • v,oLDETST CKOWN ' will leave the Queen-street Wharf, Auckland, EVERY MORNING, at 10.30 o'clock sharp (Sundays excepted), and -will leare the Thames at 4 o'clock, AFTERNOON, e ov Auckland. 11 •.-r-Cf> J bin, 7s. 6d.; Steerage, 4s. *"" ' ■"<-<■ fr.sbm). 12s. ~"i NOTICE. T. DALTON 7S~OMNIBUS. FAEES, Is.; RETURN TICKETS, Is. 6v. THE first and only legitimate opposition 'Bus on the Oneliunga Road ; the first to lower the fares and keep them low for eigh teen months. All that is required is a little more patron age. J. Dai-tok trusts to give the public the benefit of riding cheap on the most enjoyable road in the country for a long time to come. N. B. —I think it has been- pretty -well proved that I am not to be run off with impunity, thanks to the Onehunga ladies and gentlemen. Leaves Ouehunga at 9 a.m. and half-past 2 p.m. Leaves Auckland Hotel, Queen-street, at half-past 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. No connection with any other 'bus. No extra charge when steamers are going awaj. £300 REWARD. WHEREAS, on the morning of the 24th of January, a FI RE broke out on board the ship ' City of Auckland,' lying alongside the Queen-street Wharf, under circumstances which rosrgest the suspicion of incendiarism : Notice is hereby given that the above RE WARD of THREE HUNDRED POUNDS will be paid upon conviction of the person or persons concerned in setting the vessel on fire. For the ship c City of Auckland,' WILLIAM ASHBY, Master. For the New Zealand Insurance Company, G. P. PIERCE. For the Victorian Insurance Company, A. G. MILLAR, T>LEACHED SHEETING, 2 yards wide _D Hd. per yard. J. COSGRAYB & CO.'S. INSPECTION INVITED, Comparison challenged, Competition defied, at J. COS GRAVE & CO. 1 OA A YARDU of GOOD STOUT LONG 1/OUU CLOTH, nearly a yard wide, at 3ld.a yard. J. CO3GRAVE & CO. rQ PIECES of BROWN HOLLAND, at f)O 4id. per yard. J. COSGRAVE & CO. rA A PIECES of DRESS STUFF, 6*d. f)UU P^ yard, worth Is. 6d. J. COSGRAVE & CO. ~ A A GENTS STRAW and CHEAP HATS, <t)\J\J from 13. 6d. each. J. COSGRAVE & CO. 1 1 KA YARDS of CRIMEiN FLAN -5 101/ NEL, lOid. per yard. X X COSGRAVE & CO. QAA PIECES of WELCH FLANNEL, Z\j\J at 9Jd. per yard. J. COSORAVE & CO. r(\(\ MEN'S BLACK SAC COATS, OUU Perfectly New, 13s. 6d. V J. COSGRAVE & CO. rr\f\ PIECES of PRINT, warranted to OUV/ wash, at s£d. per yard. J. COSGKAYE & CO. HORROCK'S LONG CLOTH, at sd. per yard. J J. COSGRAVE & CO. OO A PIECES of MAGNIFICENT DRESS OOU STUFF, to be sold at s&d. per yard, worth Is. J. COSGRAVE & CO. NOTES ON DIPTHERIA, By F. A. Habtmank, M.D., LATE Physician to the Norfolk and Nor wich Homoeopathic Hospital and Dispen sary, Member oi the British Homoeopathic Society, &c. To be had at J. A. Pond's, 87, Queenstreet, and C. W. Sanders, 215, Queen- . stieet, Homoeopathic Oh«*Tnisr9. and G. Chap man, Queea-utreet.



- CHARLES SUTTON, I j qODA-WATER, T EMONADE I AND OOBDIAL MANUFACTUE.EE, Edek Cbeseht. Ginger Wine ! Quinine Wine Toirosend's and Bucksa'o BareapHrilla, ON SALE. LOCAL INDUSTRY INSTITUTION. VENETIAN HOUSE, SHORTLAND-STREET. m.'hoilt6in t Msb*. ' ■ NEIL CAMPBELL TAILOR & CLOTHIER, QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE THE MARKET RESERVE. HQEGrS to return thanks for«past favors, and also to intimate to his friends and the public that ho has received a large assort ment of SUMMER GOODS, and can execute all orders entrusted to him at prices that will defy competition. j» _____________— NOTICE OF REMOVAL. rnHE undersigned begs to iuforsn his friends X and the public of Auckland, that he has THIS DAY REMOVED from 94, to 180, QUEEN-STREET (Opp site Thistle Hotel), •where he will carry on the business as here tofore. NOTE THE ADDRESS— EDWA R D S, HAT AND CAP MANUFACTURER, 180, QUEEN-STREET. January 24, 1871. N.B.—Fats of all kinds Cleaned, Blocked, and Renovated. ICE! ICEJ ICE!* G-. GLEDHILL, MINERAL WATER MtfU FACTORY, Wellesley-street, BEGrS to inform the oublie that he he hus added the manufacture of ICE to the business he has hitherto been carrying on, and is prepared to supply hotels and private families with this delicious drinking cooler, either wholesale or retail. Cubtomers dea'ing with G-. Or. for all the articles he manufactures will find themselves liberally dealt with. ICE ! ICE ! ICE ! JOHN G E E V, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CONFEC TIONER, Queen-Stbeet. T ARCrE Assortment of English and Co _|_J lonial Confectionery always on hand. Storekeepers and the trade supplied on liberal terms. Note tha address : — JOHN GREY, Tkree doors jbelow the United Service Hotel, Queen-street.



ACCIDENTAL HOTEL, VULCAN LANE. CAFE open from nine o'clock a.m. until twelve o'clock p.m. First-class Billiard Faloon, with a new Ai-cock & Co.'s Table. EDWARD PERKINS, Proprietor. ORIENTAL HOTEL, QUEEN-STREET, JOSEPH TRIM BELL, Proprietor. Wines and Spirits, first-class brands. G-ood Stabling. BILLIARD H. ANCHOR HO 1 E L, QUEEN-STREET. mHE NEW BILLTARD SALOON attached JL to the above Hotel, is NOW OPEN. Gentlemen desirous of a quiet game, will find this room suitable in every respect;. Private Entrance. T ABBOTT, 14 cwt. Brown~o. _B,' & c, Flour . 6 cases C^^VeeV ~, j CO NFE C T TO*'B Jan^ &t, SHOHTIANDf-S^fiSßi. a . ; <-—-! Balls, Picnics, and Pleasure Parties supplied at the shortest notice. DR. C. F. FISCHER'S TTOMCEOPATHIO INSTITUTE. MR. CHARLES W. SANDERS, HAVING- succeeded Dr. C. F. Fisohek in his Practice, is at home for Consultation —Morning, from 9 till 1 ; Evening, 6 till 8. 215, QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE THE CITY HAI I . E. G. T E N N AN T, SURGEON, OHUHCH-STKEET, ONE HUNG A. EG-. T. will attend at Mr. Giliman's, . Chemist, daily between 10 and 11 a.m. and give advice gratuitously. STEVENS & CO., -jl/T US I 0 WAREHOUSE, Queex Stheet,; (Next to the Daily Southern Cross). H. CTJCK SE T, lyr usic warehouse, CITY HALL, Qtteen-steeet. JAMES CAMP,' m A I L O R, & c, Juxotiox of Grey and Queen Street. J. DAVB-T, TAILOR, &c, Late of Albert-street, HAS REMOVED TO 61, QUEEN-ST., Next Bank of New Zealand. .T. LEV T, mAILOR, WELLESLEY - STREET. X (five doors from queen-street). Gentlemen waited upon at their own re sidences;- ' M]&S. M. JOHN STONE, MILLINER, DRESSMAKER, AND BRAIDER, Shortland-steeet, Auckland, Nesfc Door to Winks & Hall's. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MAEINEES. ROLL UP, and see your old friend JAMES, at No. 2 West Queen-streefc, who has commenced business as FAMILY BUTCHER. Families and shipping supplied on the most reasonable terms by J. JAMES, late Harbour- Master at Kaipara. Give your old friend a trial. Note the address :— JOHN J A M E 8/ Lower Queen-street. CKOWN DISTILLEfiY, FORT BRITOMART. PURE WHISKEY, at 12 3 . per gallon, duty paid. Al?o FINE PALE BRANDY, afc 15s. per proof gallon, duty paid. Can be obtained, in quantities of two gal lons aud upwards, at the Store, High-street. Terms—Cash on delivery. Kegs charged for until returned. W. J. CAWKWELL, Vulcan Lane.



J. COSGRAVE & CO. T>EG- to inform the inhabitants of Auck land that, prior to then Stock-taking, they will hold a O]E3::h?.a_:f» s-ajliEs OF THEIB SUM M B B DMPEET .&' CLOTHING, FOR FOURTEEN DAYS, when exory article will be SOLD LESS THAN ENGLISH COST. Thej adopt this c©uree in preferenoe to keeping Summer G-oods over until next Beacon, as they are determined, no matter at what sacrifice, to CLEAR OUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS STOCK. The Ladies of Auckland are requested to : inspect our G-RENADINES and FRENCH MUSLINS, >J .. - And to secure some of the B^E A T ,« lfc!> i*.« w . AI F S We are offering in all our DRESS US. A -S 3D El ah g y , j as we are confident DOa^^cse in the Trade \ can offer the sameinduoeaients. _ . .. — ~ „.,, j THE SALE COMMENCES THIS DAY. QUEEN-STREET HOUSE." CLEABING- OUT SALE OF SUMMER DRAPERY. R, B. SHALDERS & CO. Have determined to CLEAR OUT their STOCK of SUMMER DEAPEEY AND CLOTHING, AT GREAT REDUCTIONS. No Sham ! No Puff !! REAL BARGAINS TO BE HAD. . A Quantity of READY-MADE CLOTHlNG adapted to the Seajon, MUST BE CLEARED OFF. An Early Call is Invited. Country obders promptly attended to. Observe the Address— E. B. SHALDEES & CO., 200 <fc 202, QUEEN-STREET. Auction Sales 7 TO-MORROW. 11111 The subscriber will sell, at his Mart, at 11 o'clock, 9 A SIDES PRIME BACON (WU 100 bags Potatoes SO New Zealand Cheeses 12 kegs Prime Butter 10 cwt. Rice 20 boxes Cigars, Regalias G cwt. Onions 30 tons Tapioca 1(3 ditto Lemon and Orange Peel 15 balf-cheits Tea, Blue Jacket 50.bags White Sugar, duty paid 25 cases Kerosene 17 tons Black Pepper 2 tons Soap Cocoa, Salmon, Flour, Paint &c, &c, &o. G-EORGE SIBBIN, Auctioneer. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, WRITING TABLE, &c, &c. The subscribers will sell, at their Booms, Fort-street, on Friday, 17th inst., at 11 o'clock, QUPEEIOE OFFICE TABLE, |O Six Chairs, Rare African Parrot and Brass Cage, Couches (stuffed), Cane,, Chairs, Tables, Oil Cloth, Fender and Fire Irons, Matting, Glassware, Dessert Service, Crockeiy, Hearthrug. . ". 'rlt Staud, Plated Tea and Coffee Service . . . Iron and Wood Bedsteads, Palliasses, Tables, etc. ; Tinware, viz., Nests, Billies, Basins, Baking Dishes," Jelly Moulds, Tea Pots. SAMUEL COOHRANE & SON. Auctioneers.



Auction Sales WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15. EXTENSIVE SALE OP HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, BILL IA R D TABL ES, GLASSWARE, CROCKERY, PLATED WARE, &C, &c., &C. or the AUCKLAND CLUB. The subscribers have received instructions te Mil, &t tho Auokland Club, 6hortland-stre«t, on "Wednes day, 15th instant, at eleven o'clock, mHE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD JL - FURNITURE, etc., comprising— TW VALUABLE BILLIARD TABLES, in first class order, with all requisites, etc., complete .Benches, Small Tables, Dining Tables, Dining Chairs Clock, Oilcloth, Hearthrugs, Couches, Easy Chairs, Stuffed Chairs, Carpets, Register Grates, Fender and Fireirons, Table Covers, Waiters Matting, Spittoons, Bath, etc., etc. An Assortment of Choice GLASSWARE, CROCKERY PLATED WARE, etc., comprising-Exhibition Flower Stands, Fruit Stands, Celery Stands Salad Bowls, Sugar Basins, Jelly Dishes, Glass Jugs, Cream Dishes, Claret Jugs, Decanters. Careffres Salts, Mustards, Bitters Bottles, Vases, Port and Sherry, Champagne, Hock, and Claret Glasses. Six Handsome Engravings. Dinner Service, Green Dessert Service, two Xarge Filters, *, Cruets, Tea Cups and Saucers, Electro-plated7 * * Entree Dishes, Dinner and Dessert Knives and Forks, Tea Pots, Gravy Spoons, Tea and- Coffee Sets, Toast Racks, >iut Crackers, Pickle Frames, Glass Mugs (plated rin^) j Cruet Stands, Egg Stands, Hot Water- Jugs, Pewter .Mugs (glass | bottoms); Dish Covers, Ivory-handled Knives, . i etc. • SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. y: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. FARM AND HOMESTEAD AT MAHU RAifGKL The subscribers have received instructions to sell, at the Land Mart, Fort-street, on Thursday, 16th instant, at twelve o'clock, A VALUABLE EAKM of 490 acres on the Kaipara Flats, Parish of Koruo whero, Mahurangi, with a frontage to the Albertland Road ; 100 acres laid down in grass, fenced, and sub divided into five paddocks. A portion fenced and planted as an orchard, with every variety of fruit trees. On the property are erected an eight-roonied verandah House, detached dairy and store rooms, large barn, cowsheds, pigsties. Also, A FARM of 183 acres adjoining the above, prin cipally good bush and fern land. SAMUiiL COCERANE & SON, Auctioneers. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22. BY ORDER OF THE CURATOR OF INTESTATE ESTATES. IN THE ESTATE OF — FLETCHER, OF MONG-ONUI. The subscribers have received instructions from John Williamson, Esq., Curator of In testate Estates, to sail, at the Mart, Fort si reef, Auckland, on Wednesday, 22nd instant, at 10 o'clock, iv the Estate of —» Fletcher, of Mongonui, deceased, 19AAAA FBET JUNK TIMBER lOuiUuli squared, and now lying some at Mongonui and some at Orewita. Also, A number ol Jacks, Wheels, Blocks, and Tackle &c, &c, &c. SAMUEL COCHRANE AND SON, Auctioneers. THURSDAY, MARCH 2. BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEE IN THE ESTATE OF EDWARD MARSH WILLIAMS. The subscribers have received instructions from the Trustee in the Estate of Edward Marsh Williams, to sell at the Land Mart, Fort-street, on Thursday, March 2nd, at 12 o'clock, 1 A{ 9 ACRES OF LAND .L.TC-LO in the County of Hokianga, situate at the confluence of Manaia Creek with the Wai tangi River, Bay of Islands, with the Dwelling house and Outbuildings thereon, subject to a mortgage of £700. Also, 6 Acres of LAND, situated at Waitangi, Bay of I Islands. SAMUEL COOHRANE & SON", Auctioneers THURSDAY, MARCH 2. PROPERTIES AT RAGLAN AND TITIRANG-I. The subscribers have been instructed by the Trustee in John White's Estate, deceased, to sell at their Land Mart, Fort-street, on Thursday, 2nd March, at 12 o'clock, A LLOTMENTS 1 and 2, of S action -TV. No. 16, of the Township of Kajltn, CDrner of j West and Creek-streets. Three Fine Allotments, Township of East Whan, Parish of Titirangi. SAMUEL COOHRANH & SON, ... Auctioneers.