The Evening Star.

Vol. V.—No. 1,312.;

Auckland, N.Z, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1874

rPBiCE: ONE PENNY.



Shipping. AUSTEALASIAN STEAM NAVIGATION &$&$ SWj& 00 's Flrst-class Steamers. TO SYDNEY ' AND MELBOURNE, ENDEAVOUR EIVER GOLD DIG GINGS, AND ALL QUEENSLAND PORTS. The iplendld new steamship Rangatira, 750 tons, W. Hill, Commander, Is expected here about the 28th instant, and will leave three days after arrival. For freight or passage, and all particulars apply to H. M." JERVIS, Agent. Through Fares "to Endeavour River, £13. 7*k^ TTOJR NAPIER, WEL- The Australasian and American Mail Steamship Co'a magnificent new Steamship . IVLikaao, SflflO tons, F. Moore, Commander, will be despatched from Auckland shortly after arrival from Kandavu. For freight or passage apply to HENDERSON & MACFARLANE. S. HEEO, FKOM . SYDNEY AND MEL ■flltiWffl' rphig vesge l having entered at the Customs, Consignees are requested to pass entries, pay freight, and "take delivery of cargo, in terms of Bills of .Lading. All cargo not removed by 4 o'clock each day will be stored at Consignees' risk and expense A Sight Entry to clear the vessel will be passed T o ffiO.rrOW(rhUrSdaBRUICKSHANK&CO., Agents. High-street, Auckland, April 22,1874 \*hJk. I^OR SJDNEY AND fSPK-f^s -A? MELBOURNE. 4HSSNk? The fast and favourite s.s. Her o, Captain Looah, will leave for Sydney and Melbourne on FKIDAY, the 24th instant, at 2 o'clock p m. For freight or passage apply to i ORUICKSHANK & CO., Agents.. High-street, Auckland, April 22,1874. A tf OK LAND. AND NORTH OL SHORE STEAM FERRY COMPANY (Limited). Tho TAKAPUNA will run between Auckland and North Shore, as follows :— Leaving Auckland Leaving North Shore 7.30 a.m. 7 a.m. 9 „ 8.30 „ 10 „ 9.3Q „ 11 „ 10.30 „ }S ~ ■ . 11-30 „ 130 p.m. 1 p.m. 2.30 „ 2 „ ■ -3.30 „ S „ 4.30 „*. 4 „ 6.30 „ 5.16 „ NIGHT TRIPS. 6 „ - 7.20 „ .' ■•' 8 „ 8.30 „ * /, 9 „ • • 10.30 „ 11 „ SUNDAY. 9.30 a.m. 9 a.m. • I 10,30 „ 10 „ ■•"" -1 p.m. 12.30 p.m. 2 „ 130 „ 3 „ 2.30 „ 4 „ 3.30 „ . 5 „ 4.80 „ . 6 „ , 530 „ / • , The DIVONPORT will run between Auckland and ■ Woeflside (Stokes1 Point), as follows :— _ "WEEK DAYS. waving Auckland Leaving Wo odside 8.15 a.m. 8.45 a.m. *■-■ 11-15 „ - 11.45' „ 2 0 p.m. 2.30 p.m. §■ 6.10 „ 6.30 „ I ' SUNDAY. 9.45 ami 10.15 a.m. 130 p.m. - 2 pm. 2.45 „ 3.15 „ 5-!0 „ 5.30 „ By order of the Directors. H. W. HEATH, . , j Manager. Auckland, April 21,1874. •,^ CJBIP ALL4JBABAD, If|il\ *O FOR SAN FRANCISCO. Has splendid.accommodation for a ' " h m™d number of Saloon passengers. Will sail about IVEDNE&DAy, 22nd iwtant. ■*PPtyto ; BROWN, CAMPBELL &.CO., Agents. ASMfr ©TEAM TO COEO- ; MANDEL. LallaKoo'kh v .. Leave Auckland for Coromandel. fnday, April 24, at 1 p.m. • •", • Leaves Coromandel for Auckland. Tlmrsday, April 23, at 12 noon April 25, at 12 noon. Aweafter and other circumstances permitting). O'flSchawhT tack* accidents carrying HOLMES BROTHERS, . Agonts, Wharf. Ask TV/TANIIKAU SIEAM «*E*F\ SERVICE. Tarn O'Shanter WaLv^i 8 Government Wharf, Onehunga, for Js^^aoSs.*^'- goods t^A o*6^?nßa0*6^?nßa- Keturnin!? from Waiuku, &c. •"■SS^ao nSS" Thnrsday ' hi^ water JAMES W. WALLER, Agent. 1 Jjsk TTENET ELLIOTT •ifSKy T"1- MARINE SURVEYOR, ©il^Vir LICENBED RECEIVER, & FOR <s^^^^ WARDING AGENT. f «JWwßond? a Storo "c-" *or Goods Warehoused AUa,rf Pment or for Examination. twidea^ 0103 and Sh{PPing Business promptly at ■*m io the N Z. Parcels Conveyance of London. __^_Ween street ai3b|- ,QTEAMPEOM*ATJCK masjjvxv.v LAND TO BTVERHEAD ■ ' AICI> BACK (Twice Daily). A3and^.^ erl ead-Gemini. at~H °'clock a m Bh*SSte8 h*SSte? IV yi1Milr-lidi V"' »t3 o'clock p m filT «head & i IICH BIid-Ecli Pse, at 9 o'clock a m 6ad *° Aactland-Gemini; at 3 o'clock pm irares, each way, 3s * eb*»rT26,1874. J. CASEY. .■0 HEg£H OF ENGLAND GRiMMAR SCHOOL, PARNEL AUCKLAND. jg Established 1855. Ci *0oi»»&J"rfSl V"""' BA- Member of the



Business Cards. M I B~S N~O~B M A N, A ~ r TEACHER OF MUSIC Waterloo Quadrant, Opposite Government House. MADAME MOLLEB, Teacher of PIANOFORTE AND SINGING, " Hbrmitaoe," • PRINCES STREET. pABTIHGTOFS BISCUITS REDUCED PRICES: Cabin Biscuits £20 per ton All kinds Fancy ditto .. 7d per lb. STONE BROTHERS, Agents. AL O' V E T T, • . TAILOR, ETC, • Karanqahape Road, (Near the. top of Upper Queen-street). . * AUCKLAND. J s. o o v bet, *£• CARVER & GTLDER, glass & picture frame manufacturer, 57, Wakebteld street, Auckland. W^RNOCK- BBOTHEEB, Soap & Candle Manufacturers, CHAPEL STREET, AUCKLAND. Jo aJa so. -m, 9 House and Land Agent, Rent and Debt Collector, Stichbury's Buildings, Queen street. JAMES BFTCHBB, Carter, Contractor, &c. Goods cleared and delivered from ships on the shortest notice. Ballast supplied. £ GEOBGEAKEBS. FREEMAN'S BAY SOAP & CANLDE WORKS. Cash Buyers of Tallow. SAMUEL WELLS House, Land, and Commission Agent, Collector of Rents, Debts, Highway Rates, &c. Loans arranged. Office: 129, Queen street (three doors below the Union Bank.) ' WH. SKINNER, • BUILDER, CARPENTER, and JOINER, Vulcan Lane, AND Fort-street. Shop Fronts, Office Fittings, and all branches of the building trade executed. FH. HAMMOND • wishes to intimate to. his Friends and-the Public in general that he has taken over the Business 'lately cairied on by W. J. YANDLE, and trusts by strict attention to Business and the supply ing of a superior article to meet with that support which Lis predecessor has received.. Note the Address: — F. H. HAMMOND,. FAMILY BUTCHER, Junction of Grey and Queen streets. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHES \JC CLEANED. ALTERED REPAIRED, and PRESSED at HARWOOD'S, Tahob, From Melbourne. 49, Hobion-street, near the Governor Browne. P.B.—Gentlemen's Clothes Dyed "VTOTIOE OF BEMOVAL. Messr3 TO"WNSHEND BROTHERS beg to announce to the Public that they have taTten the Premises lately occupied by Mr J. Reid, where they will henceforth carry on Business from thiydate. pHB A P BEDDING. UPHOLSTERY AND UNDERTAKING: Double Flax Mattresses, from 15s each • Single Flax Mattresses, from 7s " Ship's Cushions, per square foot, from Is 9d Adults' Funerals furnished for L 6, Including Hearse, Grave and attendance.* Chairs and Couches Re-stuffed and Repaired. Mattresses Re-made. Note the address:— ■_ HENRY P. HAYWARD, UPPER QUEEN-STREET, • . (Adjoining Lamb's Firewood Yard.) Established 1860. „■ OBSEBVE ! Dressmaking in all its branches economically and expeditiously executed in the newest designs at Mrs Marler's, next to Mr J. Kenden, Bootmaker, Wellington-street, Auckland. . ■ ■ _ <-. S:l, N.B.—Sole Agent for the renowned England s Queen and Princess of "Wales Sewing Machines. For sale on easy terms to suit purchasers. Lessons given at any time, and proficiency gaaran teed. ;. _^ MB EATJLDEB, Sole Contractor to the City Council for the Emptying of Earth- Closets, Privy Boxes; Cesspits, &c, is prepared to at tend punctually to all requests regarding the above. Persons desiring to have the said places attended to, either weekly, fortnightly, or otherwise, can have the same done by leaving a notice either verbal or written with the Inspector of Nuisances, City Council-Office, Queen-street. ■ ■■-¥71 STABL ISH E D 18 59. ' * PIANOS! PIANOS! ' THE LARGEST STOCK OF INSTRUMENTS To be seen at HOFFMAN'S ACADEMY OP MUS-IC, • Shortland street. Pianos and Harmoniums .for Sale or Hire and on the deferred payment system from Ll4 to L 26. Every Instrument guaranteed, and kept in tune one yea af^X rmeX'-Sev Oer?^s e criptlon Tuned .and Re paired, Bought, Sold; and taken in exchange. piANQ S! _P XAN °S! ■ MESSRS. J.~BROWN & SON, SYMONDS-STREET, Request an early Inipoqllrv. of the flue selection of • PIANOFORTES Just landed ex Norham Castle. Further Shipments expected immediately from the * following eminent makers, viz: MESSRS. BROADWOOD,, _ KIRKMAN. ' HARMONIUMSA*NDMELODY ORGANS. &C.,R&c, at highest markets rates. L. D. NATHAN & €0., •SHORTLAND STREET AUCKLAND AND ONBHUNGA COACHES. The Coaches as above will leave Onehunga at 8 a^n ami. 12 noon, and from Auckland at 10 . a.m.. ana pm ' K. aLLHAM.



Business Cards. . , TJ'REDERICK W. COLLINS, •jl* manufacturing jeweller, queen street (Next the Bank of New Zealand.) Every description of Jewellery Made and Repaired, ' Quartz and Greenstone Mounted to order, Pipes . Mounted, Old-Gold and Silver bought, worked up to order, or taken in exchange. OVEELASB MAIL PAECEL OFFICE, and Agency fob the GLOBE PAECEL EXPRESS OF LOIS DON, Cochrane's Buildings, Fort-street, Auckland. THOMAS~JENKINS, LICENSED CUSTOM HOUSE AGENT. WPHILLIPPS & SON, • OIL, COLOR, and GLASS MERCHANTS, Importers of Paperhangings, Scrim, Paints, Oils, Turpentine, Colors. Varnishes, French Polish, Gold Leaf, Artists' Colors and Brushes, Plate, Sheet, Crown, Ornamental, and Photographic Glass, Picture Frame and Tapestry Mouldings, Clock and Compass Glasses, Glazed Sashes, Doors, &c. Glass cut to size, and carefully packed. 12, Wyndham street. piANoai FiTFol! T. H.- WEBB begs to call the attention of purchasers to his superior and elegant Zeigler Piano fortes ; also to a very fine Debain Piano, and other English Instruments. Harmoniums from twelve guineas. Pianofortes and Harmoniums tuned and repaired in town and country at' the shortest notice. Music Saloon, Wellesley-street, three doors from Hobson-street. 101 I S H E E & C O. -8- Wholesale, Shipping, and Family Butcher Queen street, corner of Durham street, AucK land. Poultry of all kinds dressed to order. Primo Smoked Tongues, Home-cured Bacon. Corned Bee on sale In large quantities. - N.B.—Dealer* ame. upon receipt of order. Families waited on in town or suburbs. "OOBERT GALLAGHEK, PLUMBER AND GASFITTER, Wyndham-street, Auckland (next the New Zealand Herald Office. Every description of work in connection with the above business executed with cheapness and despatch J\ E NTTT T B* T. MR. T. T R~A FFORD, SURGEON DENTIST, WAKBFIKLD STKKET. Artificial Teeth, from One to a Full Set, in Gold or Vulcanite. GEOEGE BLACK & CO., WHOLESALE EOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURERS, REMOVED TO . OORN.IR OF DURHAM AND.ALBERT STREETS. A Stock of Sewn. Pegged, and Rivetted Goods . Always in Stock. AN UK A U- HOTEL ONEHUNGA. MR. HENRY HARDINGTON Begs to intimate to Travellers and others that he will spare no exertion or expense in making the above . Hotel worthy of their support. H. HARDINGTON, PROPRIETOR. #A E E TO TJ IN WANT OF MONEY LONDON LOAN OFFICE, NEXT CITY-HALL. MONEY Advanced on Jewellery, Diamonds, Plate, Wearing Apparel, and every description of available security. The strictest Secrecy observed in every transaction. Fire-proof Safes on the premises for the better se curity of Valuables. MOBEIB MAEKS, PROPRIETOR. T>EED & BRETT'S ALMANAC, J874. The Publishers intimate that only a small number of copies are left, and should be secured at once. This invaluable annual should be in every Settler's home. ■ ■ «Cf T A N D. A R" D-," KJ / GIS B0 R N-E. We have this day been appointed AGENTS for tho above, and intimate that Advertisements are received at this office for the Standard and forwarded promptly. The Standard has ft wide circulation, and is a good advertising medium. REED & BRETT. MEDICO-BOTANIC DISEENSAET. &. BEITTAIN, CHEMIST, DRUGGIST, AND MEDICAL HERBALIST, 65, Victoria Street, Cornbr ot Chaphx Street. Solo Agent for Dr. Coffin's Composition. Stowuu h Bitters, Antispasmodlc. Diuretic andJFemale Restora tive Powders, Indian Pills, etc., etc. A Fresh supply of British and Amer-can HTCTCHS Proprietor of the far-famed WORM POWDERS which are acknowledged to beHhe most marvellous and effectual remedy ever known. V A few copiPS of Dr. Coffin's Guide to Health and Treatise on Midwifery on Sale TjiTJKNITUEE ! . FTTENITUEE ! T. & H~COOKE, CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, AND GENERALFUBNTSHTNGWAREHOUSE. 148, QUEEN STREET, (Corner of Vtotouta rtretzt). auqkland, Have on Sale at Vert Tow Pktcttr A T.ATWE atirl vsriVrl PTPOF o# HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Including— Dinine-room Snitoß, from £12 Drawing-room RtiHps. fr<un £12 12s*' Walnut DrawfTtir-room Siiitfi." T?efl-room Fnrf.'tnve. Matt.rppses, Palliasses FeathfirP.erl.«. HoWerfl.'aiui tmllows, Of tho bfift Quality. Iron ■pprlstearls. Trrm Coti <">ffifle Tables. Hall FnrnH'ire. Matting Door Mat* 'FTfinrcirit.hfi. VpTirtinn TUndg ■• Cane-secit.pd Chairs in great variety, frnm 40s the hajf-dozpn Vrdflive. TJockintr. nnrt Ntirfsire' Chairs Perambnlatnrsi. sirp'e nnrl fionhle TSflssinpttf*, CommnriM.Miipio Stools, Canterbury's Toilet. Glasses, all si7pp o-nd rr'cp.'' ' Toiletware, Warble-topWashstands, &c., &c. Country Orders Carefully Packed. BONES! BONES! BONER? BOTTn-F'T 1. m ariT qnnnt^^on for Cash 'at the T»y TZrvp ~*,mU MONET, to Lend, in laro-p or smnll stittir. at a wry low mt.p of fn'prpst. _ A vyilv t< ■Wr T.aishley. Solicitor, Hlyh cf^ot. MONET TO"LENlTo¥first-claHs freehold poenritv, at low rates of Interest.— B, 0. Drer, Sbortland street.



Morclia/ndise. Q~ N S A fL E By the Undeksigned— Scrim, 45in and 72in Cornsacks, 3 bushels Sulphuric Acid. G. W. BINNEY. Q N~ S A L E By the Undersigned— J. & T. Meek's Flour, in 2001b, 1001b, and 501b bags J. K. Anderson's Flour, 2001b, 1001b, and 501b bags Anderson & Mowat's Flour, in 2001b, 1001b, and 501b bags GEO. W. BINNEY. ON ~S A L~E By ihi Undersigned— Pickles, Morton's and Whybrow's Jar Salt. Morton's Table Vinegar, Morton's Salad Oil. pints and quarts Castor Oil, pints and quarts Raisins, Eleme and Sultanas Figs.i Almonds Malt, English and Colonial Confectionery, Keiller's Cornflour Sardines, quarters and halves Candles, Price's and Brandon's White Starch Blue, in G6lb boxes Brandy, Martell's in quarter-casks Port Wine, in quarter-casks Sherry Wine, in quarter-casks Sugar, Mauritius and Companies Tobacco 10's Tea, in Boxes Chests, and Half-chests Jams, Peak's, Peacock's, and llawkin's Tart Fruits, Peacock's and llawkin's Whiskey, Irish aud Scotch, in cases and quarter casks Sausage Skinp, in firkins Oatmeal, in 251b, f>olb, and 1001b bags Pearl Barley, in 561b bags Candied Peel Vestas, M ood, Plaids, and 250's Hops, Tasmanian and East Kent Hams and Bacon Maize, Bran and Pollard Wheat, Barley Rico (I'atna dressed). GEO. W. BINNEY. m H. HALL & CO. Having been appointed SOLE AGENTS in Auckland for the sale of DUNCAN'S WELL-KNOWN FLOUR, Aro prepared to supply it to BAKERS AND THE TRADE On Good Tebms. WYNDHAM STREET. QNS A L E By the Undersigned. TO ARRIVE PER SERENE: Duncan's FINEST NEW FLOUR „ „ OATMEAL ' Also, NEL3ON HOPS BA RL.EY RYE GEASS SEED PEARL BARLEY CHOICE TEAS McConnell's HAMS & BACON. T. H. HALL & CO. ANDERSON & SON'S PATENT FELTS : SHEATING FELT, . SLATEIt'S FELT, ASPHALT E ROOFIISG FELT, NON-CONDUCTING HAIR FELT for COVERING BOILERS and STEAM PIPES. Sole Agents yon Auckland : T. H. HA L L & CO. NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN TWEED?, BOOTS AND SHO E.S. T. H. HALL & CO, 7, WYNDHAM STREET. TfJ. NOJiHAI OASTLLE. J. WIS-EMAN Will open out shortly the following Goods- Inlaid and other Side-saddles Girls' Saddles Bridles—various Stirrup Leathers . ( Ladies'and Gents' Safety Stirrups v Spurs Whips—Jockey, Gig, Bug?y, &c. Thongs— Greenbide, X angaroo, Four-horse, &o. Plough and Cart Hames and Traced Brushes—Dandy, Water, Spoke, Compo, and Shoe Horse Fly Nets Burnishers Spring Hooks Carriage, Buggy, and Cab Mountings Hammer Heads and Hooks, assorted, for Hunting Crops. ■ p APEEHA3N GINGB, ETC. 50.0C0 Rolls Paperhangings, in every quality and variety of design 15 bales Hessian and Scrim 6 cases Tin'd Tacks . Varnishes—Coach and House Painters, and Cabinet-makers Gilt and Staii-ed Frame and Room Mould ings " ■ Brushes-Kent's, Hamilton's, and other makers Gold Leaf, Bronzes, Artists' requisites, and Trade Ironmongery 600 cases Sheet Glass Polished Plate, Rough Plate, Photo Class Stained, Fluted, Obscured, and Ornamental Ditto Embossed Borders ? ad Rosette 3 20 tons White Lead, in wood and iron Zinc (white), Staining Colours, Oxide of Iron, and Carson's Anticorrosive Paint 40 hhds. and barrels Boiled and Raw Linseed . Oil 100 cases and drums Turpentine. W; P'HILLIPPS & SON, OIL, COLOR, & GLASS MERCHANTS, 19 WyMDHAM STRTCTtT. For Sale. F, < . , „ by the undersigned— ■■..., ■ Hafts, Coals (Bay of Islands and Newca—— jd' CharC°alj& CßAlG, .'. . . Fort street. SAWN KAURI TIMBER. FO X S A LE, In Auckland, 300,000 FEET KAURI TIMBER. 0. A. HARRIS. August, 1873. Yards : Custom-house street and Breakwater Road. Vessels.Loaded at the Mill, Wangapoua, with „ despatch. TfOB SALE, O HEAP- Farm at Papakura fronting main road Farm at Onehunga 2 Five acre Paddocks at Onehunga S Allotmnnts at Dedw.iod, near the Junction of College ard St Mary's Roads . Farm Sections at Tauranga, Kaipara,«and Tokatoka I . 90 acres near Lake TakSpuna, adjoining Mi A. Mackay's Farm. GEORGE & ATKIN, ' LAND AND COMMISSION AGENTS, Fort-street.



-Drapery. 1 /CHEAPEST SHEETINGS IN AUCKLAND. CHEAPEST BLANKETS IN AUCKLAND. CHEAPEST QUILTS IN AUCKLAND. CHEAPEST CALICOES IN AUCKLAND. CHEAPEST MANCHESTEE GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS IN AUCKLAND. H. ATKINS Having a Labob Keseevk Ovra Stock ot SHEETINGS, QUILTS, BLANKETS, LONG CURTAINS, CALICOES, TABLE LINENS, WINDOW HOLLANDS, FLANNELS, AND GENERAL MANCHESTER GOODS, IB PREPARED TO SELL AT LOW PRICES. N.B.—ln Finlay's Sheetings, Toilet Ouilts, Blankets, Crewdson'a, Finlay's, and Horrock' Calicoes, Table Linens, and many other kinds of MANCHESTER GOODS, The same numbers and qualities are kept v gold by H.A. for many years. ear the quality and wear is in every INSTANCE GUARANTEED. LARGE BUYERS OF i . ■ : HEAVY GOO DS- Can Purchase at WHOLESALE PRICES, And small Buyers at a very small advance on COST. A CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION MADE TO PURCHASERS OF WHOLE PIECES OF CALICOES, SHEETINGS, ETC., r 4 Or by taking a Quantity of General Goods. H.A. is open to do a Large Trade at a Small Profit, BLACK SILKS REDUCED IN PRICE, Anj' Goods left over In SUMMER DRESSES. SHAWLS, SILK JACKETS ETC., Will be Sold at a Discount. SUMMER CLOTHING TO BE CLEARED OUT AT A REDUCTION. NEW AUTUMN CLOTHING NOW BEING OPENED. ~«■ . JUST OPENED, * AN ENORMOUS STOCK OP WTNSEY, FRENCH MERINOES,^ jii -^ i7lanksls, Etc, Etc., '. . . Etc .SUHABLFi FOB THE COMIN« ,S*A9CW, Which will be shown in a Tiir^da . i "' , ' ' H. ATKI NS, Latb Hay and Honitoait



I • Government Tenders [Extract from New Zealand Gazette, April 9, 1874. TSSUE OF £50,000 NEW ZEA LAND GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES, UNDER " THE WESTLAUD LOAN ACT,-1873. "' . Treasury, "Wellington, ■ April 9,1874. TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the whole or any portion of Fifty Thousand Pounds New Zea land Government Debentures, issued under the Act of the Legislature of the Colony, entitled " The West land Loan Act, 1873." By the Act above cited, the principal sum to be raised, and the interest theron, are charged on the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony ; a special block of land, 250,000 acres in extent, being set apart as security to the colony for the amount to be raised, The Ter deis will be received and the Debentures issued subject to the under-mentioned conditions :— 1. The Debentures will be payable to bearer, and will be issued in sums of not less than One Hundred Founds each. 2. The Debentures will bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, payable half-yearly, on the 15th day of April and 15th day of October in each year, at the Treasury at Wellington, or at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand in New Zealand, on notice given at the Treasury one month before the due date. 3. The principal sum will 'be payable on the 15th day of April, It 94, at the Treasury at Welling ton, or at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, at the option of the holder, six months' notice being required, pre vious to maturity, of the place at which pay ment is desired. 4. Tenders will be opened at the Treasury at Wel lington, at noon on FRIDAY, the Ist day of May next, in the presence of such of the Ten derers as desire to be present,—the minimum price under seal being first placed on the table. In tKe event of. equal Tenders being received for a sum in excess of the issue, a pro rata distribution will be made. 5.' The amount tendered for must be paid at the Treasury at Wellington as under:—Five per cent, accompanying application; thebalanceon or before the Bth May. On payment of the balance of purchase money, Debentures signed by the Agents appointed under the Act will be forwarded, at the risk of the Govern ment to purchasers or their nominees.. Half per cent brokerage will be allowed to brokers through whose applications sales are effected. Applications by telegraph, received not later than 10 o'clock a. m : on the Ist May, will be accepted, pro "•vided'tney are accompanied by a telegram from the Manager of any Branch or Agency of the Bank of New Zealand notifying that the necessary deposit has been paid into' the Bank of New Zealand to the credit of a Loan Deposit Account. If no allotment be made the 5 per cent, deposit will be returned in full, and if a portion only of the amount be allotted the surplus will be applied in payment of the balance. JULIUS VOGEL, i • Colonial Treasurer. FOEM OF TENDER. I hereby tender for £ New Zealand Five per Cent. Debentures, at the price of £' for each £100 of such Debentures, and I agree to accept the same or any less amount that may be allotted to me, and to pay for them in cash at the Bank of New Zea land (a) on (a) The same of the place at which the purchaser undertakes payment of the balance to be inserted. £50,000 8I3™CENT- DEBENTURES. j . THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND,^ ACTING FOR THE AUCKLAND IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS invite TENDERS for the whole or any portion oil Debentures representing Fifty Thousand Po'indj?, bearing six per cent, interest, payable half-yearly. The Debentures, by " The Auckland Improvament Act, 1873," are made a first charge on* the lands and rents of land vested in the Commissioners, which at present comprise about forty-nine acres, including the Albert Barrack Reserve, being the m ost valuable part of the .pity, and affording undoubted security to the holder. The Debentures have coupons attached for each half-year's interest, which, with the principal, may be made payable at any of the Chief Branches of the Bank of New Zealand in New Zealand, the; place of payment .to be declared by letter addressed to the Secretary for the Auckland Improvement Commissioners within three months from date of acceptance'of Tender, otherwise to be understood to be payable in Auckland. The principal will be repaid at par by a one per cent, cumulative Sinking Fund, applied by annual drawings to the extinction of the debts. The drawings will take place in the month of October in each year, commencing in 1876, at the office of, and on a day to be notified by the Improvement Commissioners, and will be conducted in presence of a Notary Public and any of the Pebenture-holdeis who may please to attend. The Debentures drawn, will be paid at par on the 10th January following. The Commissioners declare their minimum at par, and Tenders at er above that rate, in accordance with the form annexed, and addressed, " Tender for Six per cent... Debentures," will be received by the Bank of New Zealand, at Auckland, up to TUESDAY, the Soth. of June next, * when they will be opened in presence of any of the Tenderers who elect to attend. Payment will be required as follows— On application, 5 per cent, on amount applied for. On 15th July, equal to 60 per cent, (inclusive of deposit) on amount allotted. On 31st July, 60 per cent. The Debentures will bear interest from Ist July, ,1874. Copies of the Act-authorising the Loan may be seen at the Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, New Ply mouth, Wellington, Napier, Nelson,- Blenheim, Christchurch, and Dunedin. For the Bank of New Zealand. D. L. MURDOCH, Inspector. Auckland, 13th April, 1874. i . FORM OF TENDEE.* I hereby Tender for £~ of the Auckland Im provement Loan of £50,000, subject to the conditions in the advertisement dated 15th April, 1874, and for which I undertake to pay «t the .rate of £ for every £100 Debenture. I enclose herein the sum of JS .feeing 6 per cent on the amount applied for. Name Address.... ?.', Date.......... ON S A-. .L ■ E BY THB'TjNDKRSiaNED - , B X P H CE B B: 50 sacks Nelson Malt 10 bales Prime 1874 Nelson Hops.



Notices. TJDOL PH:O WOLFE'S AROMATIC SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS THE PUREST STIMULANT IN THE WORLD. CAUTION. To prevent FRAUD wo would recommend 'th public to purchase by the BOTTLE, and to see tha the signature " UDOLPHO "WOLFE" is on the wrapper and on the label of the bottle. WOLFE'S AROMATIC SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Are to bo purchased of all Wine and Spirit Merchants. L. D. NATHAN & CO., AGENTS. __ ~- - - FOB ONE MONTH ONLY! AT REDUCED PEI.OBS, OP SINGER'S NEW NOISELESS LOCK-STITCH FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. M. A. ALDRICH, AGENT, S H O E T L A H" D S T B E E T. f\ NEHUNGLA AND AUCKLAND \J EOYAL MAIL COACHES. THE ROYAL MAIL COACHES TIME TABLE. Leave Onehunga—9 a.m., 2 p.m. Leave Aucki land—l 2 noon, 5 p.m. Night Coaches on Saturdays-? 6.30 p.m., 11.30 p.m. • ~ Booking Office:—Lendrums Stables, lateMearss, Queen-street, Auckland. W. WHITE, Pkopbietor. N ~S~ ALE By the Undersigned^ 603 boxes Candles, Brandon. Deßobeux, and B6lmon 400 barrels Cement . " 500 bags Salt, coarse and fine 200 barrels Resin 1000 Fire Bricks, Stourbridge 20 cases Muntz Metal, 14oz to 240z ■ : 20 "kegs Sheathing Nails ' _ Carbonate Soda, Tartaric Acid, Cream Tartar Sulphur, Saltpetre, Flour, Oatmeal ' Hams and Bacon, Butter Tea, half-chests and boxes, Sugar» assorted Tobaccos, Pipes, Barcelona Nuts, Almontls Lea and Perrin's Sauce, Soap Blue, thrim and ball, Soap Powder " TO ARRIVE PER HYLTON CASTLE -480 fathoms Chain Cable, 6-8 to 7-8 200 kegs Ewebank Nails, assorted 10 kegs Flooring Brads, assorted 18 kegs Horse Nails, assorted. JOSEPH TOT.TER, a DURHAM-STREET. . . POOTS! ioOTS! BOOTS! STEPHENS <8f gAItTEE, (LATE CATTBR), ' " Having completed their EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS, Beg leave to tender their sincere thanks to their numerous Customers and the Public generally , for their kind patronage since they have been in business, and hope by civility and strict attention to merit a _, continuance of the same. STEPHENS & CARTER ' AS.E NOW OPENING UP THEIR WINTER STOCK j or LADIES' & GENT'S BO OTS * AND SHO ES, Which they will dispose of at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES1 BOOTS AND SHOES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDER. CHILD REN'S" BOOTS AND SHOES IN GREAT VARIETY. ' . STEPHENS & OAETEE, . . ■ (LATE CATER), 800 T M A X E R S, 136, QUEEN-STREET, (O ppo s i t'e Uni* o n Bank). WD O W D E Ni • ....,■■ AUCTIONEER, ■ ■. ■ AND .■ q COMMISSION AGENT, QUEEN STREET, (Near the Union Bank), Begs to inform Ms Friends and the Public that he has " COMMENCED BUSINESS IN AUCKLAND, I And will attend with promptitude to any Goods placed in his hands for auction or ; . . private sale. Auckland, April 10,1874. < i '. . ■ - ■ ." ■■ " -.■ C£-:^ Tj> XPREBS "MAIL CO A O B:, ; Ali AVAILABLE FOR 10 PASSENGERS. • ' .. TO THE WADE AND HOT SPRINGS, TWICE WEEKLY. Leaves Stokes' Point on arrival of Steam Ferry from Queen's .Wharf, 8 a.m., every Wednesday and.: f.i»turdav; arriving at Wade, 1.30 *Xc ivts Wade Post-office Tuesday and Friday, 9 a.m. I il. meet Steam Ferry, Stokes' Point, 2,30 . -. Fare,, 3d per mile ; parcels, 6d under 101b; and so on | N.B —Eor parties of three or more the Express will proceed from Wade to the Orewa ; or, if tide suits, to end of Long Beach»two miles from the Waiwera : Springs, at 6d per mile fare from the Wade.-*Wotice •if such parties intention to be left at Mr Compton's, • —i «? •—'""—''■ iv or Friday.