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IroSKucngery. E. PORTER & Co., QUEEN AND HIGH-STREETS, AUOKLA.ND, IMPORTERS OF HARDWARE, FUR NIBHLNG IRONMONGERY, AGRI CULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY, IRON, STEEL, OILS, &0., Have just received from" London, ex Brodick Castle, Dillpussund, Merwanjee Framjee, andLa Escocesa, Large Shipments of the following Goods :— Smith and Wellstood's COOKING 3TOVE Ranges, with double and single Ovens Gas Cooking Ranges Gas Nursery Stove, frcm 33 eacL Fine Cast Register Stoves Berlin Black do Fenders, Fire Irons, &C LAMPS—English, French, and American Table Cutlery- Lockwocd Bros Electro-plated Goods Tea and Coffee Pots, Cruets, Butter Coolers Forks, Spoons, Fruit Knives, *c Nickel Silver Forks, Spoons, Ladl s, 4o Brittania Metal Tea Pots, Mustaru Pots, &c Children's Cot 3. Iron Bedsteads Brushes, Table Mats, Door Mats AMERICAN Apple Parers.JEgg Heaters, Lemon Squeezers' „ Shovels. Bpades, Forks „ Axes, Scales, Churns „ Bits, Augurs.ljLeveu* „ Caulking Mallets „ Chisels, Screw Drivers „ Squares, Rules „ Sash Pulleys, Latohes „ Novelty Braces ani. Glass Cutters „ Fancy Wire Geofls Sewing Machines, from the most approved makers HOLLOWARE- Kcnrick's and Clark's Tinned and Enamelled Saucepans, Boilers, iStew psns, **c. Gardner's Patent SausaKejMachines Do Do Stuffing Do Patent Differential PnUey Block* Patent Self - sustaining Rope Blocks, single, double, and treble Portable 3 and 5 Horse Steam Engines Hydraulic Machinery Portable Flour Mills, with Erench Burr Stones Croquet Lawn Mowers Avery's and Fairbanks Weighiug^Machine Leathern Belting for Machinery India Rubber-"Belting from 2 to 10 in. Engine Packing AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Ploughs, Pctatoe Raisers, Scythes Flexible Chain Harrows, Corn bhellers Chaff Machines and Knives for ditto Bullock Bows of Wood and Iron, Bells, etc. Galvanized Iron Garden Arches Ornamental Zinc Frieze, six patterns Perforated Zinc for Blinds, fancy pattern Brass Foundry, Builders' Ironmongery, and Nails of every description Lithofracteur, Blading and Sporting Powders Perry and Son's Fireproof Safes Cheavins Patent Rapid Water Filters JUST RECEIVED, AT the IRON STORES, HIGH-STREET: Galvanised Corrugated Iren, Sheet Zinc 131 Boiler Plates '2048 bars, 718 bundles Iron, assorted—Fla Round, Oval, Half-round Angle, Hoop and Sheet AQuantity of Tram Rails, 141b ; Truck Wheel &c, &c . • ,r—rKTt £. poiTEia ss co., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRON MERCHANTS AND: IRON MONGERS, Queen and Hioh-streets, AUOKIiAND. TRADE MAKK' "OOTJYER, GXJILLET & CO COGNAC. [ESTABLISHED IN 180 .] MESSRS. LEWIS BROTHERS Auckland, Have secured the AGENCY for this Celebrated BRANDY, so justly considered the finest made. . They always have on hand JHhds. Onarter-casks, Cases, and Imperial flasks. _ . T>UY RECKITT'S FRENCH BLUE." c£\*t [-i 'Ahd Shu that Each Ball 6r : to-Wrappd:ln Paper, bearing the name of RECKITT A»«a,Bplendicl^suality has caused a'host of aoia ny alli.re ß pfcctable Grocersßand Ston>tfp«i



- Miscellaneous. "ESTABLISHED 185 3. EDWARD WAYTE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, 100, QT/E EN ■ SJT REE T. Books for School Prizes Birthday Gifts. School «nd College Books Maps, Globes, School Diagrams, &c. Advantageous terms offered to Country Booksellers, Stationers. Store-krepers, and Book buyers generally. English Papers and Magazines regularly. JOHN gjMITH, DRAPER, SILK MERCER, AND OUTFITTER, ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET (Next to United ServicejHotel), Auckland. OUR LAST SHIPMENT, JUST TO HAND, Contents are as follows:— Nol Cvsk:- CHECKED SILKS, 3s 9d ; Usual price, 5s Gd. No 2 Case :— CHINESE STLKS, 20 yard lengths for 38s ; usual?price, £3. WHITE AND BL.M X SILKS, FROM lid. WASHING MCGODOBF MsT) JAPA NESE SILKS, FROM 2s 4d. TUSSORE SILKS, 2s lid ; Usual price, 4s 9d. In consequence of an unusual depression in trade amongst the Silk Manufacturers, we are enabled to offer these Goodc at the above prices :— No 3 At r> 4 Casi s :— WINCEYS, IN ALL SHADED, Price lljrfd ; worth, Is Brt BALMORAL & ABERDEEN WINCEYS, Is Sicl. No 5 C*SE ;— COTTON AND LINEN TICKEN, From SUfi to Is Sd. No 6 and 7 Casks :— PRINTS, (HOYLES), in great variety. No S >hd9 Casks : GREY LUSTRES, GREY SILK LUSTRES, AND GREY SILK WARPS. No 10 Case:— GAMBEROONS, for Boys' Suits, 10£ d ; Usual price, Is 3d. No 11 Case :— STRIPED AND UNBLEACHED DRILLS, From Is 2d to Is Bd. No 12 and 13 :— WET WOVE CALICOES, HORROCKS'S CALICOES, AT 4fd. .3 No 14, 15, and 1C Cases:— GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. WE^NOiE A FEW 'AT PRTCES UNPARAL LELED:— STRONG TWEED TROWSERS, 9a Gd. STRONG SCOTCH TWEED TROW3ERS, lis Cd ; worth 15s BLACK CLOTH PAGET COATS, 255; worth 403 ANCHOR MOLE TROWSEBS, 0i 6d SH'*FT CORD MOLESKIN 3ROWSERS, 9s Cd WOOLLEN BEDFORD TROWSERS, 10s, And a Great Variety too Numerous to Mention. N.B.—We will still CONTINUE to SELL the GOODS, as advertised in former papers AT COST PRICES!! ! JOHN SMITH, QUEEN-STKEBT. pRUICKSHANK, MILLER & CO., IRONMONGERS, 22 0, QUEEN-STREET, Auckland, Would call attention to the very LARGE SHIPMENTS OP IRONMONGERY, . EX 'INVERALLAN,' ' BEBINGTON,' 'Ckown- THORPE,' AND ' ARGOSY.' AMERICAN GOODS. Falling Axes, Broad Axes, 10 to 12 cut Ship Axes, Bench Axes, Carpenter's Adzes Ship Adzes, Claw Hatchets. Hunters' Hatchets Shiugling Hatchets, Lathing Hatchets Adze Eye Hammers, Farriers' Hammers Novelty Eraces, Angle Borers, Panel Saws 22 Screw Wrenches American Brooms, Broom Handles Axe Handles, Adze Handles, Hatchet Handles Scythe Handles, Hammer Handles Norton's Patent Single and Double-action Gate Hinges. Eagle Ploughs, Bullock Bows and Keys Thermometer Churns, Washing Machines Long and D-handled Manure Forks Garden Rakes Peerless, Dover, and other Egg Beaters Knife and Scissor Sharpeners, &c, ■ ENGLISH GOODS. Mathieson's Trying Planes, Jack Planes Smoothing Planes, Iron-sole Smoothing Planes Smoothing Planes, plated bnfore mouth Compass Planes, Iron-sole Compass Planes Trenching Planes, Filleater Planes, Plough Planes Bead Planes. Bab bat Planes Squares, Bevils, Guages, Turn Screws Spokeshaves, Braces and Bits. Augurs Engineer's Squares, Straight Edges, Rules Saw Pads, Fret Saws, Frame Saws Sorhy's Tools. Hand Saws, Tennon Saws Panel Saws 22 and 26, Rip Saws Firmer Chisels, Bevil Back Chisels, Socket Chisels Firmer Gauges, Joiner's Adzes Fencing Adzes, Screw Augurs Gilpin's Tools, Shell Augurs, Screw Augurs Augur Bits, Caulking Irons, Caulking Mallets. Also, Large Shipments of Mangles, 2 and 3 roller Wringing Machines Leamington Ranges Colebrookdale Stoves American Stoves Register Grates, Fenders, &c, &c. Rowatt's Patent Anuoapnic.Lamps. JDISQTJIT, DUBOUCHE & CO. [Established 1819.] SHIPPERS OF BRANDY COGNAC. 3'[|§Bsflw N HHDS., QR.-CASKS.L'iCASES, AND FLASKS IS'" Sole Aoent in Auckland— L. D. NATHAN & CO. JUTELLOR'S SAUCE. THE ONLY GENUINE RIVAL OP LEA AND PERRIN'B WORCESTER SAUCE. EQUAL IN QUALITY AT HALF COST. • ' 'I. fftr To be had of all Grocers. :-'VU'..- ' G. W. BINNEY/ ';,• .t:o -//A .OIOU // /.-.:-;;; •'-'j£ entj Auckland.



Ifiscellanecns. CLARKE BROTHERS, (LATE CROMBIE'S) ROYAL FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERIES, (Opposite Union Bank), QUEEN-STREET, Auckland. First-class Portraits, from C.D.V. to Life Size, at Moderate Prices. Children's Portraits taken instantaneously. A T\ O R N. W ELL . SUPPLIES THE PRIMMEST QUALITY OF %g~ MEAT! AND Delivers Same to all Parts of Suburbs In Specially-Eu;lt Carts, in TIME FOR DINNER. ORDERS TAKEN IN THE EVENING. Primest Roast Beef, 4d, sd, and 6d per lb. Stewing Beef, without bone, 2d, 3d, and 4cl Splendid Legs of Mutton, 4d per lb. Fore-quarters Mutton, 2U\ Pork, dairy-fed, 4d, sd, and 6d. m~ for CASH. PRIME CORNED BEEF, Cured in the Largest and Coolest Cellar in tho Colonies, TONGUES, AT A DISCOUNT ! Smoked, Saltko, or Fresh, 2s. Each. WANTED.—2O Dairy-fed PORK ER S Weekly. A. DOKNWELL, FAMILY AND SHIPPING BUTCHER, COKNZB OF QUEEN & DARBY-STREETS. JJ % CLAYTON, CONSULTING CHEMIST, Mkmbur of tub Pharmackuticai. Socibty of Ghkat Britain, BOTANIC PHARMACY, ViOTORIA-BTREET, Auckland; and st. Peter's, ram a ram a, Great South Road. y\TATOHES i i THATCHES ! ! WATCHES !!! *3" T. RUSSELL & SONS' MAKE, ,"S» 1 have received by the Mail the following GOLD and SILVER WATCHES :— 2 Gold Keyless 3/4 Plate Dome, Hunter's, Jewelled In 8 holes, £35 each.' 1 Silver Chonograph, £30. 1 Gold Calinder Watch, Jewelled In 10 holes, £50. 2 Ladies' Gold Open-face Levers, £15 each. 2 Silver Keyless Hunting Levers, Jewelled, Gold Joints, £16 each. 6 Silver Hunting Watches, First Quality, Gold i Joints, £10 lis. Each Watch is Accompanied with a CEnTreroATB FROM T. RUSSELL & SONS, AND Warranted. ,i F. H. LEWISSON, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND, Opposite the Union B^nk, THE ONLY DIRECT IMPORTER OF WATCHES FROM THE MAKERS IN AUCKLAND, ... ;;. MORE WATCHES TO ARRIVE NEXT MONTH. Monthly or Weekly Payments taken from • good marks. rTTs E AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY, > QUEEN - STKEET, Auckland. JOHN McGARRIIGLE,' " _ ■ MANAGER. TTICTORIA SEED STOB|ES, 1376 CATALOGUE SEEDS AND PJL AN T S NOW READY. Can Bb Had on, Application, .;'.'..'..-.. ,R. BAIRD, i 'l.nl'a''"' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SEED MEB^Ha!nT



.Hotela. POST-OFFICE HOTEL, GREY-STREET, WELLINGTON. Travellers to the South will find first-class aocoif i modatlon nt tho above Hotel. Suites of apartmeo ts for Families. Airy, pleasantly-situated rooms always available. Good dry Sample-rooms, THOMAS URWIN, . Proprietor. TSTARNER'S COMMERCIAL ? V HOTEL, CHRISTCHURCH. Mr F. W. WARNER bogs to inform Intending Visitors to Canterbury that the Improvements that he has recently made render the Commercial Hotsl socond to none in New Zealand A considerable portion of the ground floor of the New Building is devoted ely to SAMPLE ROOMS ; thus affording unusual dvantage3 to Commercial Gentlemen. Families visiting Christchurch will, the proprietoi is assured, find no fault with the Suites of Apsrtmen provided for their accommodation. The Bath-rooms are fitted up with every requisite. The Cuisine is under the supervision of an eminent Chef, and the propriptor hopes that his own long ex perience in tho trade is a sufficient guarantee as to the quality of his Cellar. The new Billiard-room is acknowledged by con noisseurs to bo the finest in the Colony. 'Bußses paa3 the door to and from every hour daily. Prompt attention paid to all communications addr'.'Hßed to MR. W. F. WARNER, Commercial Hotfll, Catheural Square, Christnhurcb. S THE ARGYLL HOTEL, GTSBORNE, Opposite the Bank of I«'gwrZealanU. The undersigned begn to intimate that having completed extensive alterations and addf jojib to bis well-known and favourite hostelry, he is new pre pared to offer accommodation second to nun h. the district. S. M. W. being in a position to importuii Wines, Spirits, (Sic, direct, none but the beat Brauuß are kept. Spacious and Lofty Dining and Commercial Rooms A suite o cheerful well-ventilated Bedrooms have also been added to the promises. Bath and Billiard Room (one of Alcook s best Tables. Civility and Comfort Combined with Molcrate Charges. SAMUEL MASON WILSON, Proprietor. IT II E ~ lOcNtTS~H HOX EL, W A I U X U, Tb now replele with every comfort and convenience for Travellers and Victors. Paddocks and Stabling. Agent for s.s. Tarn o' Shanter. T. S. SEDGWICK, Proprietor, A MERICAN SEWING MACHINES. THE "HOME" SHUTTLE-LOCK STITCH. THE PERFECTION OF MECHANISM. SIMPLE, COMPACT, EFFICIENT, DURABLE, AND COMPLETE. I sews with the least possible amount of labour, and a girl of twelve years can run it without fatigue. It is a Triumph of Mechanical Genius. "THE HOME" SHUTTLE Is the only practical Low-price Lock-stitch Sewirg Machine ever invented. TM3 Unequalled Machine uses a straight needle, makes he " Lock-stitch (alike on both sides), has a self-adjusting tension and is adapted to every variety of sewing for any wear, from the lightest muslins to the heaviest. And will even Sew Leather. It will hem, fell, bind, cord, braid, seam, tuck, ruffles hemstitch, nnd gather. This machine will sew on and gathor at tho same time, and will work equally well on Silk, Linen, Woollen, and Cotton Goods, with Silk, Linen, or Cotton Thread. It is not necessary for us to endeavour to detract from tho merits of any other machine. Wo claim to sell The Best Family Sewing Machine in the Market, WITHOUT RKGARD TO PRICE, And we feel confident that whenever persons wishing to buy Sowing Machines give the "Home" Shuttle Sewing Machine A fair trial, in competition with other machines, w will have the preference. With tho Machine is furnished—Hommer, Braider Shuttle Bobbins, Oil Can, Oil, Screwdriver, Five Needles, Guage, Table Clamp, and directions for use. All securely packed in strong case with hinges. PRICE:— Complete In box £4 10 With Table and Treadle £6 16 With Table and Treadle, Half-Cabinet, with Cover, Lock and Koy j£S Some thousands of these machines have now been old in New Zealand, and they have given the utmost possible satisfaction, as testified to in numorouH testi monials, which we forward on application. In proof of their superiority over all other machines we guarantee them for live year& To bo had nt all SEWING MACHINE DEPOTS, And of all Storekeepers Throughout the Colony L. D. NATHAN & CO., SOLE AGENTS. TSulialsi;! iv.Nifibl BOJNUO! Bought In any quantltieafor Cabct at the Freeman's Bay Bono Mills, and at No. 101,1 Lower Queen-street, / J^ft J^oppet.^ rp nJS "U JN i) Jfi R S I(JN ED HA V E O N SALE— PORT—Superior Old Red. in wood and bottlo SHERRY—Superior Qualities and brands, bottled and in butts, hhds, qr.-casKs, and octaves BRANDY— Hennessy's and MartoU's, iv wood and case. Also, fine old Vintages for private faniillos and Blsquit dv Bouche's Oe Laage Fills, and Courvoisier. in bulk and flasks and half-flasks W.I. BUM—3O 0.p., in hhds and qr.-casKs WHTSKY — Dunyille's, . Greenless and Colville's Sherriff's Islay, John Eraser's Brackla, and Jame son's in bulk, and Lome's Highland, Dunville'a, and Stewart's in cases OLD TOM—Browning's, in bulk Booths', Burnett's, and Bernard's, in case SCHNAPPS—AdoIpho Wolfe and Co.'s and Henke's, quarts and pints GENEVA—John de Kuyper and Son's Anchor Brand, In red and green cases ; J. H. Henke's Hollands, In stone jars and glass bottles, and Cologne Gin GINGER WINE, in qr-casks and cases CLARET—Medoc, Chateau, Margeaux, St Julien.Ac MARASCHINO—Noyoau, Curagoa, orange and white, and Sarsaparilla BlTTEßS—Seiner's, Angostnra, Orange, and Pomer anzen CHAMPAGNE—OIiquot'g, Perrier Jouet's, Moet' Collin's, and De Lossy's SPARKLING MOSELLE—Dlenhard's | quarts and pints LINDEMAN'S CAWARRA HOCK AND CLAIiET Ist growth AMERICAN LIGHT WINE (Muscatelle) BOTTLED ALE—Bass's, Devenish, Tennant's, Allso'pp's, and Ind Coope's BOTTLED STOUT—JByass's, Blood's, and Guln ness's , . "''",. , GROCERIES, comprising—Belmont, Orakerit, and Field's Candles, Crushed Loaf Sugar, Bennetts Saltpetre, Blacking. Blacklead, and Sardines Reckett and Son's FRENCH BLUE -'','.. TEAS and SUGARS ~ PALE ENGLISH MALT VINEGAR— Champion's No 24, in half-hhds. CIGARS—No2H.S.,in 500 boxes, La Caobas, Al beurne, iquilla de Oro, Alonzo Carecbe, Sir Robert Peel. Flor de Solor, La Perla def Tabaco, Verguero and Erota Conchas TOBACCO—Various brands PAlNTS—Carson's Anticorrosion, red and stone colour; Blundell, Spence and Co's Genuine Ground and Nos 1 and 2 White Lead, Red Lead, White Zinc, Mid Brunswick Green, and Yellow Paints, Patent Driers, &c. Hodson and Co'i White Zinc and White Lead, in 281b drums OILS—Raw and Boiled Linseed in drums and barrels Colza in drums, and Downer's Kerosene NOBLE'S AND HO ARE'S VARNISHES OAK VARNlSH—Blundell, Spence and Co's, In cases, containing 16 1-gallon tins CORDAGE—Europe, Manilla, Bolt Bope, and Gal vanized Wire Rope Composition Nails for Muntz Metal Morewood and Rogers' Corrugated Galvanized Iron 7, 8, and 9 feet lengths Sheet Zinc, Nos. 10,11. 12. and 1* Planing, Shaping, and Drilling Machines Power Geared Screw Cutting Gap Lathes, 15,16, and 26 feet beds One three hundred weight Steam Hammer. B. C. & Co. have now adopted the method followed by the large hondon Houses of VATTING their WINES and SPIRITS, this having been found to secure the delivery of a higher standard of quality than otherwise obtainable. Original packages delivered f(um Bond as heretofore when required. vJ Indents executed for all kindsof goods. BROWN, CAMPBELL £ CO.



ESEiMllaneeii* W. C. D~E N N E S NOT BEING AN AGENTjBITT I M P O R T E S£ 9 Has Determined to Make Immense Reductions in all Treadle Sewing Machines. felT OBSERVE— THE "SINGER" FROM £7 12s. 6d., THE LOWEST PRICE IN THE COLONY. _____ Every Purchaser Fully Instructed by the Best Machinist in the Province. iar Machines kept to order for Twelve Months free of charge, advantages offered by no other Dealer. *SS REPAIRSWONE WELL AND CHEAPLY. WASHING EXTRAORDINARY! BY THE ROYAL PATENT WASHING MACHINE, Every MONDAY and THURSDAY, at 11 a.m., in the Shop. N.B.—Ladles will oblige by sending half-dozen pieces of Soiled to be Washed. o w. c. _o_Gisr_srEß Me Arthur, Shera and Co.'s New Buildinos, Queen-street.



Miscellaneous, p H E A V- N S WORLD'S HIGHEST PRIZE IMPROVED SELF-CLEANSING RAPID WATER FILTER. The undersigned has just received his first shipment of the above, which will purify the most offensive water with astonishing rapidity, and are the ONLY ONES CAPAULE OF REMOVING Animalcule and Sbwage, being so constructed as to prevent the passupe of the most minute bodies. They also MATERIALLY REDUCE HARDNESS, and are tho ONLY FILTERS WHicH DO sot RENDER the WATEK FLAT AND INSIPID, as Instead of withdrawing carbonic acid from the water they impart it. There is no water which they do not render Sparkling, Wholesome, and agreeable. Their principle advantages over all other Filters are their simplicity of construction, rapidity and regularity with which they perform their work, and the facility with which they can be jioroughly cleaned by anyone in a few minutes. 'JOLE AGENT FOR AUCKLAND : a w.r S. Jo n-e S. ' 1 Wholesale Saddlep and Importer, ilr'i'i'ni ,*3Br" " Z Queen-street. .' H.P.H. bas'REMOVED to the foot of i Grey-street. \\T R. HA YWAR a D, I TT « Mattrebbmaker, | CABINETMAKER, AND "FUNERAL | UNDERTAKER, g WYNDHAJtf - B_T BEET. 1 Residence:—" Eureka Store,",.behindrtbe 1 Catholic Cemetery. § t3/f~}' N.B.—Grave Fences Made. § T)IANOS! T) I A N O S! BY BORD, OF PARIS, IH HANDSOME WALNUT CASES, FROM £33 EACH, AT HOFFMAN & SONS, SnOBTLAND-STBBET. j.... . ■ :<' . TJYCROFT'S STEAM-MADE BISCUITS. tT TRY— BYCROFT'S WATER CRACKERS. BYCROFT'S FANCY mx®D biscuits, BYCROFT'S DIGESTIVE BYCROFT'S PICNICS ! BYCROFT'S rowroot. BYCROFT'S BISCOTTS i : '» : ' JXT O T I C E. I Wm. Stevenson has much pleasure in informing !the public of Auckland that he has commenced husineßs as TAILOR and HABIT-MAKER, In jtemporary premises opposite Dr Dawson's. W.B. having been" seven years superintendent in the cele jbrated house'of Poole and Co, Saville Row. London, jean offer some guarantee that all work entrusted to ;his care, will be executed in a style not to be equalled |in the colony. Gentlemen's own cloth made up. [Testimonials to be seen on application. MJ'tTNT HOBSON NURSERY, RE M U E R A. tttm*. C. T. WREN thanks his friei.ds in that I jjSgSlsfgL he is enabled to state that he has sent out | j|»§i!§k more NURSERY GOODS this Season than ; ffif«l|p?=kat same date In any previous year, and ' 'SaSlßEwHsS'having Extra Stock, of good quality, he if j *»wta&m»~. consequently in a position to offer several j lines of Ornamental, Shelter, and Forest Trees, &c,, : &0., at 25 to 35. per cent, reduction, according tc ; quantity. The exuberant growth of the past summer render | Ing it advisable that they should be cleared, to make ; room fori younger stock. W. J. Hurst and Co., Town Agents. 21st August, 1876. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. Capital, paid up and Invested... £240,000, Insurance against LOSS BY FIRE of every dcs cription of Property may be effected with this Com pany. Hulls Insured for th. Voyage or Time. Merchan dise, Goods, and Freiyut I-ioured, by steamers and sailing vessels. Risks oa Specie subject to speoial arrangements. x <: LOSSES'PROMPTLY PAID. GEO. P. PrERCE, Manager.! !



Miscellaneous. TADIES! TADIES &r THE CHEAPEST DRESSES -®* EVER OFFERED is AT DYSON'S, j^l FULL DRESS, 12 YARDS, ONLY 9s. lid., Worth about double A most suitable Dress for between the Seasons. NO FICTION, But Genuine Bargains !!! o'ome early and secure them 84, Queen- street, Next Waters', Confectioner. E. W. DYSON, IS NOW OFFERING THE GREATEST BARGAINS In Direct Importations of -DBUSSELS AND rj»APESTRY QARPETS, FELT CARPETS, all widths, KIDDERMINSTER CARPETS, Hearthrugs, Floorcloth, BLANKETS, SHEETINGS, QUILTS, &c. t&~ The attention of Hotelkeepers and PartieE Furnishing is especially requested, as the Goods'are to be sold Unusually Cheap ! 84, Queen - street, Opposite the Cabstand. SINGE E'S gEWING J^[ ACHINES! STONE BEOTHEES Have the pleasure of announcing that they have bee authorised to make a SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION [THE PRICE OP THE SINGER machine. SEWING SINGER S3" MACHINE. "©8 SEWING SINGER machine. SEWING BJ 03 2. h S <*> a I r « g § 5? — 3- 2 >> H O WITH A FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR CASH The Supreme " Excellence of the GENUINE SINGER has been amply proved by the unequalled amount of Public Patronage it has received, and by the Host op Imitators who ■ ' vainly attempt to copy I its Merits, The temptation to practise FALSE ECONOMY, b; Purchasing Cheap Imitation Machines, is now don away with by the REDUCED PRICE Of the SINGER SEWING MACHINE Which is admitted to be The Best Machine in the World ! For further particulars, apply to Stone Brothers SOLE AGENTS FOR THE PROVINCE OF . AUCKLAND. ■ HHHE JtfEW nTEALANI FIBBE COMPANY (LIMITED), Are Now Mahutactoring at their Mills j ; KAIHU, KAIPARA:— FLAX MATTING, similar to coir equally cheap, and mare durable, suitable fo every purpose to which Coir Matting i applied. Is in use at various Public Building in Auckland, and may be had of ail Furnish i ing Houses. STRONG WRAPPING PAPER extremely tough, suitable for Ironmongers I use. i npwiNE, of Various Kinds. SOFT SPUN MARLINE, similar t< the imported article, well adapted for Thatcb ing and other purposes. CLOTHES LINES, of varioui Qualities and Sizes. H. B. MORTON, Agent in Auc kla nd. SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINI INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL..., £750,000. The popularity of the South British among In . surers is clearly shown by the large and stead' increase o" <ts business. The receipts on Premiun • account have 'seen: I First Tsar ~ £84,032 I Second Year £69,041 Third Year £95,184 Lowest rates. Prompt and liberal settlemenffstil specially attended. t A. BOARDMAN, Manager.



YIHITIAN BLINDBJ :l;i^Sj, IBIJI WISE GAUZE BLINDS AND PERFORATA MiV HE Eil> AT THS AUCKLAND VENETIAN BLIND A ULJtIjA MANUFACTORY, nntWTB. OF COOS AND GRBV-STOBOT9, to any number from Ona to*J Of any dimens^ms^ m *»y bagt HU^t«BonSl.rices, and sent to aU parts of Nw leriamt Terms^h.' Estimates returned by ort^ M. H. BUSBY, 3^ , M.^nf»Atnrer and Importer of the Material. S oCaL^i Rhnd Maker and Wire Worker, < mM ,' PraCt a lC^t a Wished at City Road, London), Manufac years es of Window Blinds, Plato turer of every descrip" QW B]inds cl and Ornamental W« . wr, VEKETIArf j gousi c^rnS Cookiand Grey-street, Auckland.; j Tp U R NI T U BE, HENRY 'PEOBEET'S CHEAP AND SOT/YD' -,-_._ FUNITURE & BEDD iJW 'ESTABLISHMENT, v-~ Bottom of Shortlard-street." Having completed the alterations of my rpreral«e» and just received a large and well-selected stock of English and American Chair?, Sec., of every descrip tion, I am now in a position to offer yon special advantages in good, cheap, sound FURNITURE. MATRESSBB, and SHIP'S BEDDING, *c. To people about to be mnrri<-d, new arrivals, and of hen requiring the above, You are most respectfully invited to inspect the same before you give your orders else where, and as all poods are marked in plain figures, you will be able to judge for yourselevs. Good, sound Chairs at 4s. 4s 6d. ss, and upwards, warranted to give satisfaction, or the money returned. 3 Furniture, Mattreses, and Bedding of every de cription made to order, and guaranteed to give every ■ satisfaction. Mattrssses Re-made, Eining and Drawj ing-room Furniture Recovered and thoroughly renc vated. N.B.—The business of China, GJass, Earthenware; and Kitchen requisites, etc., will be carried on as usual in the Old Establishment by Mrs Probert, • where every order will receive the very bestf atten tion. IV Note the Address— H. PEOBERT, BOTTOM OF SHORTLAND-STREET, * "AUCKLAND ,M" E. T. TRAFF 0R D, surgeon dentist, Wakeeield-strekt. Teeth extracted without Pain by Dr Clover's Patent Oxide Gas. Artifical Teeth (from One to a Fuß Set). JTMoCTJLSKT FUNERAL LNDER-rAKEK, [ TOP OF HQBB ON-BTREET. *» ■ drio*a fiJCKKB Q.HOLLAH'. S ORE AT INDIAN CURES, c '(Lately Introduced into New ZeaxAKdJ. THESE EXTRAORDINARYtMEDICINES I Since their recent introduction and use in the SOUTHERN PROVINCES. Have done an amount of good SICK AND SUFFERING jtfever before known in New Zealand. Cases of RHEUMATISM and GOUT that" hid ; baffled aU available skill, Have been Cured! Although the sufferers had been distressed and tortured for 13, 14,15. and 16 years. ) These invaluable INDIAN MEDICINES wul shortly be introduced into the Auckland Province, 0 which due notice will be given bj the I, THE ABOVE MEDICINES HAVE AKRIVED. 0 BROWN, BARRETT & CO, » Wholesale Agents for the Province, r : F~cT 0 , o 0~0 ROLLS OF PAPEEHANGINGS. W. PHILIFpFs AND SON 95 AND 97, Qubbn-strbbt, Have Just Opened, ex late arrivals, 80 Paokage* 3 _ New Pattemß of t . , PA P ifi RHANG ING S, >| ) And to make room for Shipments to arrive !*?„-/ 1 Carnatic' and * Glenlora,' offer special induceme*-... J g to purchasers. Cheap Hessian and Scrim . Gilt Mouldings, a large assortment, new design* Artists' Colours, in oil and water; Canvas, P»Per Mounts, and Sundries Engravings, Oleographs, Photographs, and Scrsp Balance of stock of Ohromo Lithographs, be p Publisher's price. ■i Silvered Plate Glass, from 136 x 72 • Polished and Rough Plate, Sheet, Ornament! and Photographic Glass GLASS SH ADES, Paints, OUs, Colours, Vara sh Brushes, Patent Silicate, Oxide of Ir<ta Antdcorrosive and Nelson Hematite Paint, and a kinds .of Painters' and Decorators* Sundrie Portland Cement. ' '■• i jy Wholesale and Rbtail, PtltUUltV *! s oN,