SHIPPING- INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. Kenilworth, schooner, McKenzie, from the Friendly Islands

DEPARTURES.

Prince Alfred, barqueatine, for Lyttelton Ruby, schnoner, for Fast Coast Chanticleer, for Wangaroa and Melbourne Mary Melville, schooner, for Dunedin

IMPORTS.

Per Kenilworth, from Friendly Islands : 7<> tons copra, JO bales cotton, 5 do. wool, 2 tuns oil, Ciuickshank and Co , agents.

The fcargo of tho barque Moneynick has been purchased by Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane. It will be principally used for coaling the City of Adelaide on her arrival from Kandavu. *

The schooner Kenilworth, Captain McKenzie, arrived at 8 o'clock this morning from Tongatabu and the Friendly Islands with a cargo of copra, cotton, &c. Captain McKenzie reports having left Auckland on the 7th April last. Arrived at Tonga on the 15th after a fine passage, in which S.E. and E. winds prevailed. Left Tonga on the 2Sth for Haabai, which was reached on the 2nd May. Here the mate took charge of Ih3 schooner Geraldine, 22 tons, chartered by Captain McKenzie, and went on to Samoa with part of the cargo transhipped. The Geraldine arrived at Apia on the 15th, and having landed cargo, re turned to Haabai on the 24th, the same day that the Kenilworth returned from Vavao, where she had been in the interval. At Habaai loaded 70 tons of copra. Left on the 31st, and arrived at Eva on the Ist inst. Here she took in sixteen bales of cotton, five bales of wool, and one passenger, leaving on the same day for Tonga, which was reached in the evening. Here loaded 100 bags maize and one tun oil. Left Tonga on the Gthinat. Had W and S.W. winds upto Tuesday last. About 10 o'clock that morning sighted the Great Barrier. At 5 p.m., off the Little Barrier. The wind was now strong from the S.E., increasing steadily to a heavy gale. Hove to at 10 p.m., night very dark and land uncomfortably close. At 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning sighted the Hen on the lee beam, and being afraid of drifting on the rocks, it being impossible to weather the land, stood away for Wangarei Heads, under which the vessel was anchored. During the gale split topsail and foresail, and carried away jib. Repaired damages under the shel ter of the Heads, and at 5 p.m. yesterday set sail for Auckland, arriving as above. Passengers : From Samoa —Mr Worrall. From Eva—Mr Young. From Tonga—Rev J. E. Moulton, Mrs Moulton, and four chil dren. (Mr Moulton is master of the college at Tongatabu.) The barque Moneynick is for sale or charter.

The brig Oberlin and the brigantine Camilla hauled alongside the wharf this ■„ morning to discharge their cargoes. SV The schoouer Julius Vogel will sail in Dallas^ t i-morrow for Omaha, where she will be emp-ljied to lighter sleepers for tbe barque East Lothian, about to load there for the South.

The Bchooner Albatross has cleared out for Lyttelton with 65,000 feet of timber, to be shipped at' Wangapoa.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ATtTUVAtS. Go ahead, McGillivray, from "W'altara Phcebe, a s., Worsp, from the South

The s.s. Phoebe arrived in the Manukau this morning from the South with the follow ing passengers :—Mrs Hewson, Miss Kilfoil, Revs. Murphy (2), Captain Daldy, Messrs Murdock, Turner, Langdon, Brown, Williams, DowDall, Townsend, Henderson, Eebble thwaite, Nathan, Byan, Livingston, Lang ford, Eastwood (agent Baehelder's Panorama), Raphael (agent for English Opera Company), and 7 in the steerage. The s.s. Go-ahead arrived this morning at 8 a.m. with a full load of produce from the Waitara, which port she left yesterday at noon. Experienced strong easterly wind with fine weather throughout. Cargo: 40 head cattle, 250 sheep, William Bayly ; 60 sacks potatoes, T. Veale.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Nelson, this day. The Ladybird arrived at nine o'clock this morning from New Plymouth.

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING

REPORT. Business done this day— Bank of New Zealand—Sellers, £17 15s. National Bank—Sellers, 68s. South British Insurance—Buyers, 48s ; spllgts oOs National Insurance—Sellers, 30s. !£._. Standard Fire Insurance —Sellers, 14s. New Zealand Shipping Company —Sellers, 18s. Bright Smile—Sellers, £5 ss. Caledonian—Sellers, £10 ss. Sons of Freedom—Sellers, 90s. Exchange-Buyers, 15s 6d. Watchman —8s ; sellers, 83 3d. Golden Calf (new)— Sellers, 5s 6d. Ditto (double)— Buyers, 10s Gd. Bismarck—Sellers, 9s.

Old Whau—Buyers, £4 8s 6d; Sellers, £4 15s.

Union Beach—Sellers, 18s. Alburnia (new issue)— Sellers, 445. Queen of May—Buyers, 10s 3d; sellers, lis. Una—Buyers, 2s. Queen of Thames —Buyers, 4s 6d. Thames G.M. Cq., 70s; buyers, 67s 6d ; sellers, 70s. City of York, 9s 2d ; sellers, 9s 6d Cure, 15s ; buyers, 14s 9d ; sellers, 16s.

At Mr Sibbin's sale at the Corner Mart to day 200 bags of fine Canterbury potatoes were offered and realised 5s 6d to 6s 6d; oats, a fine sample of 100 bags, 5s 9d. At Mr IL Arthur's poultry sale in the Market this morning there was but a meagre supply of poultry. Fowls sold from Is 3d to 2s 5d ; Brahmas, 5s to 5s 6d; geese, 3s 6d to _s ; a few ducks at Is 3d. There were no turkeys in the market. At Mr Fenton's we noticed a large supply of Waikato and Taranaki butter; also, a quantity of good Canterbury bacon at easier

prices. At Mr Clark's stall we observed a number of whistling canaries, some pairs of beautiful ball-head tumbler, nun, and fantail pigeons, at very reasonable prices. The market was well stocked with beef, mutton, and vegetables, but pheasants seem - to be getting scarce.

MARRIAGE.

Hughes-Lambert—On May 25, at the Catholic Church, Otahuhu, by the Rev M. D. O Hara, Alfred George, third son of Stephen Edward Hughes, Esq., solicitor, to Alice Mabel, third daughter of Mr Michael Augustus Lambert, both of this city.

DEATHS.

Knewsiub—On June 17, the infant daughter of Richmond and There-a Kn6wstub ; sged, eight months.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

M__x_ will Clows as Undeii :- For Thames, this day, at 6 30 p m. For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, "Waipu, &c, per Lady Bo wen, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Whi.i-_.gi, Talma, Opotiki, and Napier, via Tauranga, per Southern Cross, to-morrow, at 1 p.m. For Napier and Southern provinces, per City of Adelaide, six hours after arrival For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Phoebe, on Monday, 22nd instant, at 10 a m For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonul, per Rowena, on Monday next, at 1 p.m. (Signed) s. B. Bras, "Chief Poitmarte*.

The Evening Star. WITH WHICH ARM INCORPORATED. The Evening News and the Morning news.

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1874.

The mystery of good payable quartz in con junction with a continuance of calls and ab sence of dividends—a subject nearly affect ing most Aucklanders—is referred to in a letter on "Valuable Quartz" published in another column. Our correspondent's views, although perhaps " sicklied o'er" with gloom that proceeds from the experience of mis fortune, is sound in its argument, and will come home to not a few people who are similarly situated with himself. Yet the evil which he complains of, and which all more or less feel is a gigantic one, goes on unchecked, sapping confidence in mining investments. The arm of justice seems .paralysed or totally unable to cope with it, and even re wards appealing to the cupidity of those engaged in the nef.irious traffic are ineffective in the face of the more profitable game which holds out a prospect of wealth and independ ence in a few years with a minimum of risk. It is only when a quarrel occurs among pals or between them and the degraded women they are sometimes associated with, that a corner of the veil is drawn aside and we see revealed a little of tho rascality which guides us in estimating the huge hidden development of the fraud. That it is wide-spread on our goldfields no one can doubt. Mines might bo pointed to which from the experience of our _en_es we know should have been dividend-paying, but which are through the dishonesty of employes still a source of loss to shareholders. It was hoped that the law compelling registration of quartz crushing machines would have effectually checked the evil, but this well-devised measure, as at present administered, is no protection against dishonest machine-owners. The thief who gets his stolen quartz crushed is under a greater necessity for silence and secrecy than the man who does the work for him. It is true the detection of Manning by the only means which can be successful in effectually checking the evil, struck terror into tbe hearts of tbe gang; but this was only momentary ; the police under the snubbing that was administered from the Bench have subsided into a quiescent state, and the specimen-stealers are triumph ant. A total want of confidence in the honest working of our minep felt universally is reflected in every movement of the share market, and it is not unreasonable that this should be bo until investors feel that the crime which has ruined their prospects in the past is surrounded with such difficulties and dangers as form some protection to their interests. At present they possess none what ever, and like our correspondent "Coro mandel Scripholder," they know it to their cost.

It is entirely right that the public should meet and agitate on every thing of every kind that can create the slightest excitement. It does the people good and does nobody any harm. A slaughter-house is an unsavoury subject, nevertheless it is possible to become enthusiastic even on a slaughter-house, and we shall be very glad indeed if the people derive to-night healthful excite ment from this unhealthy institution. Terrible has the outcry been for the removal of the slaughter-house. A committee of tlje Council chosen from every side and section of the House has recommended its removal, and fixed the site ; and terrible now is the excitement among the knights of the block and cleaver. They will lay the city under contribution forsooth. They will impose a tax on our beef and mutton more severe and universal than the bachelor and house hold tax. Despite the outcry raised they rather like the reeking stench at Newmarket, and as a matter in which they suppose that they are alone concerned they object to re moval to clean premises because the butchers' carts must then give way to the railway train. We entirely commend the fleshers for looking to their own convenience ; but we hope they will not be so unreasonable as to expect that the people who eat their beef and mutton will look at the question in the samo light. It has been asserted that three-fourths of the meat con sumed in Auckland is unfit for human food. Any one that has ever seen and smelt the existing slaughter-house will only wonder how on earth the other fourth has escaped . and if the poison germs of typhoid and other deadly maladies spring from putrefaction our citizen's bowels must be proof against con tagion. Now at least there is the prospect of a new slaughter-house being erected in a position and with appliances such as will enable us to get our chops and steaks un poisoned. We pray our fellow - citizens to not interpose when a little thing might defer the boon for another term of years. Let the butchers storm. They say the pro posed site is too remote. That is simply bunkum. The railway when completed— and that will be before the building is erected—will bring it practically nearer than Newmarket has been in the past. The butchers threaten to tax our meat. Catch them trying it. If they do so we shall simply start co-operative butcheries, and bring them quickly to their marrow-bones. As we have said, we entirely commend the meeting to be held to-night; bnt we trust the public will have too much common sense to be bamboozled by the butchers. I

There is IsomethingJjsiDgularly perverse in the action of the Cross in relation to most of our local undertakings. Nothing better exemplifies this perversity than the manner in which that journal yesterday dealt with the water supply spheme. With an

ill-concealed sense of gratification the ! writer gloats over the proposed esta blishment of a wool-scouring establish- ' ment over the water basin that ia now destined to supply the city with pure water. Whether it is true or not is beside the question, but the diabolical mind that could thus rejoice in the prospect of either the citizens being poisoned, or the City Council being driven from the field, is a , nuisance if not a danger to the community, j It is alleged that Mr Edgcumbo had made an offer of his land to tho Council at a price, and now it is withdrawn, and under oiler t° a woolscouring man. And the Gross "ha ! ha s !" at the City Council and the public. It seems very like an attempt to extort better terms from the Council, and the gush ing earnestness with which the writer in our contemporary takes up the cause of "black mail," smells very much like tip. P>ut pub lic bodies and the public don't like to be bounced like this, and we think the Cross may take his wool-scouring man to another market. We fancy Mr Edgcumbe has acted indiscreetly in this attempt. The springs are on both sides of him, both on Messrs Low and Motion's property and on Govern ment land, and his threats of wool-scouring, or even a slaughter-house, or a depAt for night soil, or any other institution which the " Cross " may suggest to him will have, we apprehend, all about the same amount of influence in driving the City Council into accepting his terms.

THE CROSS ON FAITH AND FINANCE.

The " Cross " this morning goes into the question of the relations of Faith and Finance. The application of its theorising is made specially to the province, but it is sur prising to what an extent the investigation of this question might be pushed, and in how many cases coming under our daily observa" tion we find interesting illustration of the bearing which faith has upon finance. Let us tike, for example, newspaper enterprise, and as a special case, the enterprise of tho "Daily Southern Ciosa" Company. The very conception of that enterprise was, in facf, a triumph of faith. Had it not been for the unbounded faith of Mr. Vogel in the gullibility of human nature he never would have presumed to expect th.it a number of the citizens of Auckland would have paid him four times the value of that paper for the privilege of providing for a term of years a comfortable salary for the very weakest of the gang of literary scribblers who swear by Sir Julius. By faith he saw thnt certain of the people of Auckland would feel flattered by being in vited to be co-partners with the Premier of New Zealand. By faith he sent his mes sengers to tap these on the shoulder, and say Mr Vogel will be very much obliged if you will take a share in the " Cross." By faith he knew that they would also at his bidding accept and appoint him to lecture and in struct the people of this great province, whose dreary writing was too fiat for the phlegmatic intellects of Sleepy Hollow. By faith he knew that in the first gushing moments of journalistic co - partnory they would lift him on their shoulders and fix him there, and well he knew by faith that the lucky rider would stick there like tho old man of the sea, even though the unlucky steed should plunge deeper and deeper into the mire of degradation and impecuniosity, onwards and downwards towards the bottomless pit of insolvency. By faith he knew from experi ence of the man that during the five years in which his bread and butter were thus made Becure at the cost of Auckland flats, his underling would argue that black was white if needs be in the interests of his patron, despite the interests of unhappy share holders ; and that in Parliament he would be the obsequious " fetch and carry," doing the menial business of the "whip" department in accordance with his capacity and flunkey instincts. But this is not the entire extent to which faith has been ex hibited in connection with the Cross. For what could surpass that beautiful exemplifi cation of childlike faith exhibited by gentle shareholders in the reception of the last balance-sheet of the Cross Company; or what could portray in more vivid colours the intimate relations between faith and finance. To those who live not by faith of things unseen, but under the sober influence of sight, the first impulse would have been to get rid of the incubus that has sunk the paper to such a deplorable position. But faith was triumphant. Its debts w ere deferred for five years in the faith that when the ..-.-lucky engagement had expired it might emerge again to the surface ; and as shareholders were believed to have a leaning to things seen, a dividend—whence derived it matters not, and faith never questions— was given while all the commercial world of Auckland stood aghast with wonder at the mighty power of faith. Talk of faith and finance indeed 1 The " Cross" itself is a standing monument to the intimate and powerful bearing which faith has on finance, and exemplifies how possible it is for an edifice seemingly substantial to be reared and sustained on tbe simple faith—com monly known as tbe gullibility—of man.

The treasurer of the Orphan Home ac kowledges, with thanks, tho receipt of £1 lis, forwarded through the Evening Star,

The usual monthly meeting of the Auck land Teachers' Association will be held in Mr Fraser's High School, Symonds-street, to-morrow afternoon, when it is hoped a large number of teachers of both sexes, will be in attendance, as a paper will be read by a lady, Mrs Shayle George, on " Female Education.' Mrs George has had great experience in train iug the young, and as sbe takes much interest in the important business to which she devotes her talents, her paper cannot fail in winning the approval of members of the profession. To the Editor: Sir,—l protest against affonlingthat pedantic schoolmasterwho signs himself "J. 8., City West," tho excuse for1 cheaply advertising himself, but as he has been hypercritical enough to take advantage of a printer's error to question the grammar of my letter I cannot resist directing the attention of his scholars to his own effusion in last night's issue, which contains not only ' agross grammatical blunder in the eighth line, but it is so faulty in punctuation as to make it difficult to conceive the sense of it ; un pardonable faults in a certificated teacher and polite letter writer. With regard to the satisfaction he feels at his self-imposed censorship of the press literature, allow me to suggest that the time might be better em ployed in improving his own accent and instilling into the infant minds of his pupils that mental pabulum which report says they so much lack instead of reading the papers in. a carping spirit for every little lapsus calami. Adieu, my twin in signature, and remember your own appropriate classical sentence— Verfnim sal sapienti. j A public meeting will be held this evening in the Mechanics' Institute-Mr B. Tonks iv the chair — for the purpose of protesting against the action of the Provincial Govern i ment in placing the new slaughter-house so I far away from the city, which will, it is conjectured, make a considerable difference in the price of meat, which must of necessity come out of the pockets of the people. During the last four years the population of Canterbury has increased from 45,000 to 59,000, or more than 31 per cent ; and the area under cultivation lias been nearly doub led. The value of the exports during the past year reached the sum of more than a million sterling, or about £17 for every man, woman, and child ! The receipts from laud sales for the year ending September 30, 1871, were estimated at £34,875, and were actually £36,225 ; those for the year to end Septem ber 30, 1874, were estimated at £262,800, but the amount actually received for eight months only, up to the 27th May, was £453,308, or 72 -h per cent, in excess of the estimate for the whole year. Two young fashionable girls were looking intently into a clothier'B window last evening at a quarter past eight, when the proprietor came out, and said : " Vat do ye vant, girls, do ye vant a winter suit, if notgetavay vrom my vindow ." The girls walked away, and one of them replied : "Do you tink ye year breeches '!"

A sensible letter appears in the Bay of Plenty Times taking the Church School Committee to task for not offering their building to the Bey R. F.fMacnicol for the purpose of a Presbyterian service when on his recent visit to that settlement, thus compelling him to pay for the use of Frazer's Hall. Mr M. L. Raphael, general agent of the Royal English Opera Company, which has made a moat successful tour through Aus ti alia and the South, arrived by the Phoebe to-day. So many years have elapsed since an English Opera Company visited this city that we hail with satisfaction the advent of this talented company, and think we may assure them of a good season here. " Yer can't stuff that 'ere down this chicken," from a young lady in Indiana, meant that Bhe did not credit her teacher's statement that the sun is larger than the earth.

The following remarkable case is reported in the Melbourne papers by telepram from Ballarat : —"An investigation was made by the coroner, at Warrenheip, to-day, into a peculiar case. A widow named Mary McGowan lived on a farm with her three children and her brother, Daniel Cahill, aged twenty-nine years. The husband of Mrs McGowan Ij has been dead some years. She died on the 20th inst., and a post-mortem examination showed that she had given birth to an infant whose body could not be found. At the inquest Daniel Cahill was committed, on the coroner's warrant, for concealing the birtb of the child. Horrid rumours are afloat as to the probable father of the child. The remains have not yet been discovered. Cahill is said to have been the only person in the house with his sister when she was confined We notice that Mr Nicholas, of Alten road, has commenced the manufacture of orange and lemon marmalade, of which Mr Fenton of the market is wholesale agent. This delicious luxury is made of colonial fruit, is excellent in taste and quality, and will prove a cheap and agreeable dainty for the breakfast table. The regular monthly meeting of the Loyal Orange Lodge will be held this evening in the lodge-room, Wellesley-street, at half past seven.

The schooner Kennilworth arrived early this morning from the Friendly Islands bring ing news from Samoa up to the 20th of last month. The gold discovery turns out as we anticipated—all bosh, The residents on the island did not even know of the specimens being taken away by Mr Williams. That gentleman, we hear from our correspondent's interesting letter published in another column, is dying in Sydney. He had not returned to Apia since his arrival here, and this fact explains his not writing to us, as he promised, to inform us how the asserted discovery turned out. What comes of the story told by Mr Williams that he had received the specimens from a man who said that the finders had a bag full of them, we are unable to speculate, for had anybody on the island been left in possession of such a secret it is extremely improbable it would have been kept so long. Our corres pondent informs us that it was only two months a_jo that the residents heard of the specimens being brought here, and then the news was conveyed to them by an Evening Star, which found its way to Apia What w ill our precipitate friends down South think of themselves now? It seems clear now that the specimens must have been imported from New Zealand, and it is evident that there has been an attempt to work a swindle somehow.

Janus Swindles, a lace manufacturer, who was sentenced lately to ten days' imprison ment at Nottingham for defrauding his cre ditors, has since died in his cell, his death being accelerated by the disgrace of his posi tion preying upon his mind. The Banbury News says "All little boys are not indifferent to the v ants of their little sisters. There is an ingenious lad on Pine street who snow-balls obese pedestrians with a view to making them dodge. The strain they are thus subjected to breaks off more or less of their buttons, which he industriously gathers after the victim's departure and gives to his sister to put on a string."

The reporter of an Irish paper, after being three days engaged writing reports of races, attended church last Sunday evening, where the blow-boy of the organ was unequal to the task. The result was the following report : —" At one moment the organ would be galloping to keep up with the choir, and the next minute the choir would get up a tremendous burst of speed to catch the organ. Finally the two started off side by side as they went into the doxology, but as they reached the latter part of the second line, and were going finely and squarely, the wind of the organ gave out completely, and the choir had to finish the race alone, which it did in excellent time."

The native population of Fiji is 140,000. The white residents number 1786, comprised as follows : Males beyond municipality of Levuka, 1066; women and children, 150 ; ratepayers within the municipality of Levaka, 260; women and children, 150 • fluctuating population, 160. It was estima ted that the foreign residents held 862,967 acres of land, 13,245 of which were under cultivation, and 849,722 not under cultiva tion.

The Councillors are wont to meat, and what of that Urgent business to be done, or chit, chit oHat • "flat 0"8 moved' " Wlthhol<i the tin" from ParneU On bended knees make ParneU sue, 'tis tit for tat. What right I say to think that they would have a rap that WaS ° bef°r° Fa,vaM ' >ti% Plain 'twas It being so, so let it be, says Yankee chap, «o, not a cent let there be spent. Bravo, cri?s Mao fA^vx.J

The approaching football match, Parnell ' v. North Shore, is exciting some interest, and will be played at the North Shore to morrow afternoon, play to commence at three o'clock. The Parnelites will meet on the wharf and proceed by the half-past two ferryboat:—Messrs Gore (captain), T. Philson, Evens, Coates, Hetley, Jackson, Yon Tempsky, King, Kempthorne, Haultain, Paris, Tonks, Mitford, Beale, Kelly, Nation, Woodhouse, Tonks, junr., Castelli, and Geo. Blaydes will represent Parnell. The North Shore team consist of Messrs Rees (captain), J. Nolan, R. H. Nolan, E. Burgess, H. Bur. c is, W. Hales, G. Hales, H. Niccol, R. Niccol. Thorne, F. Wells, A. Whitaker, Caverhill, Cochrane, and R. H. Duder. , In answer to numerous inquiries regarding the solution to a paragraph conundrum which appeared in our last night's issue we give it, namely—" glass." i The Taranaki Herald of a recent date says :—-" During the stormy weather on Sunday last hail stones as large as good sized hen's eggs fell, doing much damage to the windows of houses against which they happened to strike. The hail storm in this insi ance was inland ; but, had it passed over the town there is no saying what destruc tion it might have caused. Mr A. Colson, who was near Mr Upjohn's place when the hail stones—or, rather, pieces of ice—fell, brought several into town with him. Some of those we saw would not go in an egg cup. They took all manner of curious shapes ; some being pointed, whilst others resembled small kerosine hand lamps. Such a storm has never been witnessed here before, and it is to be hoped that we shall never again be visited by another." A Frenchman has constructed a railway carriage with a pate it buspension which pi events the passengers from feeling any in convenience fromjoscillation. fUA funny scene occurred in the Bowery Theatre, New York. The scene was a bed room at midnight, with aD old gentleman reading a letter. To the sound of slow mu sic a villain entered the room, and with a cat-like step approached the old man, clucth ing in his hand a glittering knife. He ap proached slowly, and the excitement among the gamins in the gallery becsme intense. Just as the would-be murderer was about to make a deadly plunge at his unsuspecting victim a boy who was leaning with open mouth far over the railing of the gallery, sung out with frantic earnestness : " Look behind you gov'ner. Theer's a feller goin' to stab yer." The assassin dropped his knife and roared with the audience, and the curtain dropped without anybody being murdered

A letter on the locking up of lands in Tau ranga addressed to Henry Clarke, Esq., Under Secretary of Native Lands, Welling ton, per favour of the "Bay of Plenty Times," thus alludes to the acquisition of lands by Government officers:—" There are certainly two individuals of whom you are well cogni zant who have succeeded in acumulating for themselves valuable estates—one of them a member of your own department, who now possesses lands known, I believe, as Native Eeserves —comprising, all told, 1627 acres, for which the same fortunate individral now wants pounds for every shilling he gave the owners ; and which lands are said to be the choicest and best in the whole district, and are interspersed in the centre and all around the block selected by Mr Stewart."

AMUSEMENTS.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE,

The sentimental drama of " Black-eyed Susan" was put upon the stage last evening in a very creditable manner, and despite the wet weather there was a fair attendance. Mr Douglas admirably sustained the character of the devoted William, whose heart, like his compass, was ever true to his Susan. Mr Douglas is a good actor, and we believe is destined to shine in other circles than the small dramatic sphere of Auckland. Miss Busche came out very naturally in the sympathetic representation of SusaD. Mr Collier took the part of Hatchet,.and Mr Booth that of the Captain, with credit. The subordinate characters were performed very fairly considering that the play was brought forward on the spur of the moment without the necessary preparation. "His Last Legs," a lively comedy, by several of the company, brought the entertainment to a close. Charles Dillon's popular drama, in four acts, entitled, " Belphegor," will be presented this evening. Mr Douglas will play the leading character, and Miss Busche will exhibit the peaceful character of Made line.

bachelder's pantascope

This excellent and instructive series of views of various parts of America and the colonies was well patronised last evening by an attentive and appreciative audience. The grand stereoscopic view of various parts of the busy city of San Francisco, with the Broadway and Golden Gate, also the Farra lone Islands, attracted much attention. The evening scene on the Sandwich Islands, with Honolulu in the distance, was not only eminently attractive as a picture, but really good as a work of art. Bachelder's pantascope is a capital entertain ment for young persons especially. The songs of Mr Verten assist greatly in the success of the entertainment, whilst the acrobatic exhibition can be looked upon with out any nervous fears that the performer will break his neck should he perchance make a false step and fall on the stage. To morrow afternoon Mr Bachelder will give an afternoon matinee in order that children and schools may have an opportunity of seeing the pictures and hearing the music at half price.

St. Matthew's,

An entertainment will be held this even ing in St. Matthew's School, Hobs m-street, to consist of music, singing, and recitations.

VALUABLE QUARTZ.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir, —It may at first seem paradoxical when I assert my opinion that the rich returns from a small quantity of stone disclosed in the report of the Union Beach Company, published at length in your columns last : night, furnish the clearest possible reason why mining in Coromandel, unless in ex ceptional cases, will not pay. 1 think} how ever, 1 shall in a few words be able to make my argument good. From the manager's report it appears that only 161 tons of, quartz were crushed, which yielded 938 ozs. 15 dwts. 12 grs. gold, and of this no less than 724 ounces were the pro duce of only 8 cwt 44 lbs stone. The gold realised £3 Is Id per ounce, so that every pound of that stone represented over £4 to the shareholders Herein lies the secret of Coromandel's failure. The gold is known chiefly to exist in small but enormously rich runs of specimen stone, and it thus readily becomes a prey to the specimen stealinggang j who have waxed wealthy at the expense of goldmining speculators. The same applies, of course, to the Thames, but there, in addition to specimens, the gold is distributed over large bodies of stone, and it is only when such has been fie case that mining companies have paid ; but to prove that at Coromandel it is otherwise I have only to point out the Cnion Beach, Excelsior, Bis marck, City of Auckland, and a host of others that have yielded some of the richest stone obtained from our goldfields. Except for

the facilities given for that dishonest^ 5 has left hundreds besides mvaelf lS* . there is no disadvantage in S, TH A concentrated in a «_&! ran Z?\t %h ■*& '" rather the reverse. The gold in fe^ ' Beach specimen stuff for :«_*».-,_. * •, U ° on been spread over a and still have proved prolitfble to 1K pany working the ground, and the£> being conhned to a small body of S*tU actually a great saving 0 f expense i« *M ing. Yet had the manner not rll been m deposing from time to SS? stones were picked out, of this vl^ eight hundredweight among a numb? 1? ' mm^\ Whe K the han^ome%um of £2,rt thousands of pouSaTdk&ffiß this same mine prior to the era of prlfe that seemed to dawn upon tKoEg simultaneously with a chancre in the m7 P y ment. Whether the U_ffbLSSS example m point orno there are many^ in the same district in which xLS and uncontrolled theft have been SI causes of the present impecunious £jfi and disappointment of yours, &ca COROMANDEL SCRIPHOLDER. '

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT This Day.

(Before T. Beckham. Esq., R M) JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS. James Halydayv. R. Riches, claim £8 iq, 6d, goods; Henry Gilbert v. Edward T Webbe, claim £6 10s, promissory note GFOKGE WILSON V. TIMOTHY BRENAK This was a claim for thirteen weeks'a rears of rent of a cottage occupied bvdefJT dant at 4s a week. l Jm** Defendant acknowledged the claim bnt said that in consequence of the sinking of his boat in the storm three weeks agehi. had been unemployed since. He would nay 2s 6.1 a week. ™* Plaintiff urged that the debt had been long standing, and defendant had put Mm to a good deal of trouble. He would accept 5g a week provided defendant paid it into Court. His Worship gave judgment for plaintiff with costs £1 4s. H. T. SOLOSHIN V. JOHN LUKDOH. ; . Claim, £5. Mr Thome for defendant. In this case plaintiff deposed that aba_t two years ago he came up from the Thame, with defendant who solicited him to sell shares for him in the Royal Oak Gold Mining Company, which he did ; and he met defen dant at Mr Whitaker's office with the money £200. Lundon then told him that th. business was out of his power,; and in the hands of Mr Whitaker, sen., to wb«>n>he paid £195 deducting his commission of £5, To this Mr Whitaker objected, hence he paid him in full,, Mr Lundon promising to pay him on that evening or -the next day. He subse quently offered him £2, which he indignantly refused, when he said he should have nothing. Hence he brought the matter.into Conrt...'._■> Mr John Lundon remembered coming lp from Shortland with plaintiff in the steamer when plaintiff said he wanted to get shares in the Royal Oak, when he told him that hB had disposed of his interest in that mine to Mr Whitaker. Mr Lundon denied the state ment of pl&intiff in toto, who sharply cross examined defendant upon the various points. His Worship to plaintiff: Have yon any w ltnesses ? : • Plaintiff: None here, your Worship! His Worship : I am afraid you must take a nonsuit ; both of you tell trneh different stories that it is impossible to tell which is speaking the truth. Nonsuited. This was all the business.

POLICE COURT-This Day.

(Before P. A. Philips, Esq., E,M.)

DRUNKENNESS,

Dennis Sullivan, John Pepper, and Wm. H. Follet were each and all convicfa_<jf being in the public street in a state of intori cation, and were each fined the risM. amounts with the alternative of short terms of imprisoment. i ~.:

BREACHES OF MUNICIPAL POLICE ACT.

William Galbraith pleaded guilty to; a charge of allowing two mares and one foal w be at large in Parnell Road, Auckland, on the 9th June, and was fined 5s and costs. ' Henry Whimp, for leaving a load of sooria ' ash on the footpath at Newarket, and there causing an obstruction, .was fined Is costs, - Defendant pleaded guilty. This was the business.

APIA, SAMOA.

THE GREAT GOLD DISCOVERY ALL BUNKUM.

(From our own Correspondent)

„ 20th May v 187^1 The departure of the Geraldine, which a.t? connect with the Kenilworth at Haabai,' enables me to send you some fe» particulars of the state of trade here and other news. In the first place I most tel. you that we have been much amused by the receipt of tidings by an AucMwa Evening Star which found. its W,h«? some six weeks ago, that Mr Wuhan", our consul, had brought to Auckland from Samoa some rich specimens of golfrbearu* quartz, said to have been found on h"6B™* on this island. You will be surprised when I tell you that this is the first we harehearo of such riches being at our elbow. The WW that there is gold here has been pi-V-Jemwr. long while, and a good many searchpwnw have been out but tbey have ■n.wWJJ without success. The last party went °« in March. The idea seemed dying ont wn° we heard of Mr Williams's ■peainM*. *» gentleman has not returned since. WM Hallie Jackson, schooner, which V^lffi on the 18th from Sydney, we hear ,w he is lying in a dying state in v^MJI . son is taking charge of baj«ffiis Trade has been rather dull hero lately.^ the storekeepers complain of *$2*»& little to do. A gold rußh wft^JTl thing if the gold were only here,-Pg am afraid that it is improbable^ », , Godeffroy and Co., the Gertm ,|| who have up to withm the M*ffl months done all the business here aw threatened with powerful oP-^JvJ'iSi ought to operate very beneficially g^ place generally. An American firm • Francisco, Messrs Diamond and w '/ efirt t started some vessels to trade here,* .^ of which, the brigantine Kallao, .s%£& the port of Apia with fgaggi cargo on the 2nd inst. Having tbfl her cargo she has sailed for a trip.^^ islands collecting copra. She w,<; eff ill . back in Apia in a few days, W $# thdn fill up, and take in passengers/ Francisco. Besides this oppositw without Messrs Godeffroy b»ve a r» dfljiW in Messrs Edemann and Co., ,$*MMf here, who are also commencing^ ££._,■ produce. It is time that we bad^ j A blood infused into our trade,, ■M^jg.EJ ting very stagnant. The n^SJS*^ their own way. It is they who are rwj°_ „ for our wretched coinage. _ A~° M & W8 they are called, are merely «m*vr^ jf metal MtMATtm '*wr. : f ffjm

Ml IVIHINfI »EAfe FRIDAI, JtfK 1 10, IMI



ROYAL TNBTJBAJSTCE COMPANY. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. The Office of this Company has been REMOVED from No. 15, Shortland-street, to Hobson's Buildings, on the opposite side, immediately adjoining the Post office. GEO. WM. JONES, ■Agent. - Auckland, May 8,1874.



Jj^Oß SALE OR TO LET, VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, SITUATED IN COLLING WOOD-STREET, Close to Ponsonby Ro_j>. Seven-roomed FAMILY RESIDENCE, consisting of Drawing-room, Parlour, Dining-room, and four Bed-rooms. Tue rooms ore large and well ventilated. There are three registered stoves, and the rooms are handsomely papered and painted throughout. The Allotment is 66x 100. and is planted with about 40 choice Frr>it and Fancy Trees. There is an Out-Kitchen, with Chimney and Colonial Oven for washing and cooking. lleasonablc terms are offered—Apply to WM. BEAUMONT, Collingwood-street; Or at Evj-ning Stat, office. AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD. CADETSHIP. Harbour Board Office, i Auckland, May 26, 1874. The Examination of Candidates for Oadetship will inMe place at the Board of Education Offices on WEDNESDAY, the 29th day cf July, 1874, at 10 a.m WILLIAM C. DALDY, Chairman. A PPOINTMENT OF STTPEEIN -£*- TENDENT OF A CITY FIRE BRIGADE. 31 SALARY AT THE RATE OF £250 PER ANNUM. City Council Offices, Auckland, June 11, 1874. Applications, accompanied by Testimonials, from persons qualified to undertake tho formation and manogem^nt of a Fire Kiitade will bo received by the City Council until noon on MONDAY, the 20th JulyproX' F. BRODIE, Town Clerk. A ~MUBTCAT, AND LITERARY ENTERTAINMENT Will be meLD at the NKWION HALL ON TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1874. ADMD SION, Is 6d. Doors open at 7.30, to commanca at 8 o'clock. Tickets may be had at Mr E. Wa) te's, and at the Newton Post-office. DLAiKETS! BLANKETS. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN Beg to notify that they have now landing IX 80.-MRELL, And to open up in a fewdavs, 10 BALES SUPERIOR BLANKETS IN AIL SIZhN. To which they it vite particular att ntion of intending purchasers, bfciug to Iheir order direct from the manufacture s. nnd will bo sold at the LOWEST LIVING PROFIT. Also. LAROR STOCKS ON HAND, AND TO OPEN IN Flannels, Crimean Shirtings, Winceys, French Merinoe", New Fancy Dress Goods, White and Grey Calicoes, Plain snd TwM.d White*andOrey Sheetings, White Toiht and Marsella Quilts, Toilet Covers, &c. Childrens', Girl's, and Ladies* Winter Hosiery, New Black Straw Hats, Flowers, Feathers, and Ribbons, New Fancy Wool, Collarettes, Ties, Scarfs, infants' Tutbans, Hoods, Boots, Bootees, &c. A SPLENDID STOCK OK NEW CLOTHING, - CRIMEAN SHIRTS, and GENTLEMAN'S HOSIERY. HEAVY TWEEDS, Suitable for Winter Wear, &c , &c, &c. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN (LATE R. HOBB_), Wholesale and Retail Drapers, Clothiers, Ac JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, (Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel,) Upper Queen-si beet, Auckland. [Established 1864. T"\ STEPHENSON & CO.'S CELEBRATED COFFEES, "EXHIBITION BRAN D," " RAGLE BRAND," "CROWN BRAN D," Are {to be procured at all respectable Grocers and Stork keepers throughout the Province of Auckland. D. STEPHENSON & CO., wyndham street, Auckland. "O ETIRING FROM THE RETAIL. J. COSGRAVE & CO. Are giving up their Retail Business In Queen-street. A SALE of the Goods will be held TO-MORROW, tbe 14th of March, and will continue un.il the entire Stock is disposed of. We are now landing THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS WORTH of DRAPERY and MEN'S CLOTHING, purchased by Mr CosaßAva from the English and French Manufacturers, which will be SOld at UNPRKOEDENTKDLY LOW PRICES. No credit will be given during the Sale. ONEHUNGA PERPETUAL LAND BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Investing Shares £20 each, by payments of One Shilling per week, hawing eight per cent interest with profits. Money a ivanced without delay on approved Mortises, repaid by weekly instalments of principal snd interest. Offices—Onehunga. J. D. JACKSON. Secretary.