On the one side, a brooding cloud of very distant smeke marked the site of the great pottery district; on the other were visible the massed tree-tops of Brackenbury Park ; while to the noith-east, pale and ghost-like, as though outlined upon the transparent air, towered one solitary peak-the Peak of Derbyshire, more than forty miles away. Sign or sound of human toil ud here there was none. A forlorn-looking gnat was cropping the scant herbage round about the Wicking Stone 3, and a few sheep were scattered over a bare hill-side about half-a mile away; but these were the only livtag thing 3in sight. No moving figure quickened the waste ;no rumble of wheels, no plough bny's whistle, no homely farm-house sounds stirred the wide silence. Enjoying the rest, the solitude, the tar stretching landscape, Lancelot and his friend demolished with disproportionate appetite some biscuits and a flaik of sherry with which Church, the butler, had provided them on starting, " And now," said Cochrane, when they had arrived at the end of this unsubstantial entertainment, "what about these good folks whom we have come so high to see ? Where do they live and have their being?" "Well, they live here," replied Lancelot, drily. " The deuce thoy do ! Are they ( cave dwellers— earth-burrowers—gnomes?" "Gnomes, undoubtedly. You see that hollow where there are some bushes and a fenc* ?' "Yes." "And behind the bushes, a thatched roof ?" " I see the thatch. I took it for the top of a haystack." "That is the roof which shelters your venerable fiiend, Mr Isaac Plant. Near it, but lower down, are two or three more cottages. You can't see them from here. And over yonder, at the other side of that long hill, there is a whole colony of dark tolk. We can go on there by and by. if you like ; but I think when you have paid your Tespects to those close at band, your ethnological curiosity will be sufficiently gratified. They are chaiming people ; but a little of them cocs a long way." " Do they preserve any tradition of their origin ? Have they any peculiar manners and customs? May one question them freely ?" Lancelot laughed heartily. " Manners !' he said. "My dear fellow, they have no manners ; and as far their customs, they are more honoured in the breach than the observance. You are going to be awfully 'ddsillusionneV Instead of characters out of ' The jTalisman' or ' The Arabian Nights,' be prepared to see a brood of lawless settlers just a shade more respec table than gipsies. Perhaps, after all, they are gipsies whose forefathers happened to take root up here a few centuries back. Who knows ? We have but a vague oral tradition to show for the Crusading part of the story." " Oral tradition, handed down through many generations of an ancient family, is not to be despised," said Cochrane. "At all events, I am not dispoied to give up my Saracens." "Your Saracens, anyhow, indulge in a truly Oriental passion for colour," replied Lancelot. " You will notice how it breaks outinshowv kerchiefs and cheap trinkets, and in the blues and reds, with which they make their hovels gaudy." They had clambered down by this time from their perch, and were saunteriug towards the cottages, four of which—mete shanties plastered outside with mud—lay snugly hidden away at the bottom of a steep pilch under the lee of the hill. The young men stood for a moment on the brink of the bank above, looking down upon the weed grown roofs; the patched and broken windows; the rags hung out to dry upon the bushes. On a rough bench outside the door of tho nearest, cottage there sat an old man intently at work upon something which Lancelot's expeiienced eye at once recognised as a gin. "There's aniniauitousold fox for youl" said he. " And that poulterer at Singleton swears he has never seen a feather of a Brackenbury pheasant!— Hang the curs, how they bark! I would have liked to come upon him unawares.—Why, Isaac, man, do you keep a pack of hounds here?" Mr Isaac Plant, dexteronsly dropped tliP gin between hi knees, kicked it under the bench as he >ose to his feet, and hurried forward to meet his visitors. "Eh, Muoter Brack'nb'ry, mind the gap, sir—them gtoanes is loose to tre'.d on! Doon, Snap! Doon, Growler! How'd thy noise, or I'll fettle thee i Beggin' yer pardon, gentleman loth, butth' doant know no better," "Are the poor brutes shut up in that Black hole there ?" asked Lancelot, pointing to a little boarded shed, with a padlocked door, built up against the en.l of the cotago, " How mauy ot them j" •' Just three or fowr, ntuster Brack'nb'ry, an th' owd bitch, an' the pupi. Tho't be m'aiii snug in there, sir." As snug as herrings in a barrel, I should think. Where's Seth ?" ".Seth's gone to Leek, sir, wi' a few bits o hardware for sale." Then, turning to Coch with a scrape and a bow:—"Coom to see th' pup, sir ?" He was a tall, sallow man, apparently between sixty and seventy, with lank, grey hair, and quick, furtive black eyes. Hound his neck he wore a red woollen scarf, and in his hands he twirled and squeezed a shape leoT velveteen cap. Cochrane expressed his wiUiugness to in spect the said pup; whereupon Plant un locked the shea-door, plunged in his arm. and brought out a very small, fat, bewil dered specimen ot the genus bull-dog. " Woant you be pleased t' coom into th1 house to look at un, honourable gentlemen both ?" said he, auxionsly, " Doan't 'cc sit thee doon their in the cowd, Muster Brack'nb'ry, sir. I've a bit o' fire inside." But Lancelot had purposely seated himself on tho.bench just over the gin, and declined to move.. The pup, meanwhile being de posited on the ground was sprawling and blinking with the helpless g.avity incidental to it«i age and position. j, . " A's a prim little pup a-saver,"l said the rat-catcher, admiringly. . " A's the primest little pup as ever I seed or bred—muzzle's as black's1 cwpal. 2 A'rooms on a good stock, sir. T'owd hitch's the ahurtieetS beast- as iver wen,t on fower legs.' A' sticks at nothin " that bitch. Ud 'as lief tackle a boggart as a Christian." To Mr Horace Coohrane, of the Wax and Wafer Department, this North Country tongue was about as intelligible rs a central African dialect. Dimlyapprehendiner, how ever; that the praises of the pup were being sung, he mutterrda vague absent. That interesting animal, meanwhile, was mean dering moodily in the direction of the shed. "A* s a bit gloppened, ye see, sir," said Isaac apologetically. Cochrane cast an imploring glance at his friend. " Arabio, upon my honour—Arabic of the purest water," said Brackenbury, answering the mute appeal,. "How much do you want for him ?" aiked Cochrane, desperately. Old Isaac picked up the pup; balanced it in the palm of his hand as if it were a teniis ball; opened its mouth; pinched its ta.l; turned it this way and that; and finally put it on its legs again. "Lf 11 be worth a matter o' twenty pun' agin's two year owd," said he. " Then you would do, better to keep it." " May happen I woanH; live two year, sir. I'm an owd man/d'ye see 1" " Which being translated, means that the pup hasn't had the distemper," laughed Lancelot. "Come, Isaac, you musn't be too clever." "Eh, Muster Brack'nb'ry, sir; hut pups is a neahG sort o' beases,7 and I'd liefer get shut on 'un as sune as mebbe.B Thot'n but reason." Lancelot, meanwhile, to Mr Plant's evident uneasiness; had picked up a file ! that lay at the end of the hench, and was (absently, as it seemed) trying it upon a piece of old iron hooping, .All at once he stooped and pulled out the gin. |" So this is what you were after just ■now?" said he;"sharpening the teeth of this infernal machine -which, I see, is of home manufacture." " S'elp me, Muster Brack'nb'ry, the gin's not mine, sir I 'Twas my lad Seth, sir, picked unoopi1 the dough, and brought un whoatn. I'm an honest man, sir, an' rat ;catchin's my trade, a,n' I niver seVagin ta myloife sin'l war a b,oy an' Ijnowed no better j an' \ wish Lmun drop down dead if thot's not the blessed truth I'm tellin' you 1" Lancelot looked at him, sternly incredu lous. • "Now look you here, Isaac," he said, .smashing the gin with his heel ;" if there's a base thing in this world which I despise more than all other base things, its a lie 1 And if there'a a cowardly thing I hate above all other cowardly thiDgs, its cruelty to dum creatures, lf you took your gun, and went out and Bhot my birds like a man, I might be angry j but I wouldn't be hard upon you. But that you Bhoul,d trap them in a hellish thing that breaks their legs and holds them alive for hours, and that you should seek to shield yourselves behind a lip—this is what I cannot forgiye. There I—don't open your

lips, or I may be tempted to say that yon shall turn out to-morrow, and never set foot on these moors again—and if once I say it, by Heaven ! you'll find lmenn it." Then, turning to his friend, " Come Coch rane, ' he said: "you won't care to rieal with this chap, I know; and time's going." They left tlu rat catcher standing stock still, hia lips pressed hard together, his bony fingers nervously twisting and crushing hig cap. Seeiug them stop at the next cottage he clapped the cap on his head ;' flung the pup roughly back iuto the shed ; picked up the broken gin; and, mut tering to himself, shambled into his house and bolted the door. In the next cottage, -which stood alone at a. distance of some thirty or forty yards, •heir lived a family named Stan way repre sented on the present occasion by an un washed baby, sprawling and crying on the threshold, a middle-aged woman boiling a pot over some sticks on the hearth, and two slatternly girl?, one of whom was making pillow-lace, and the other sitting idle, with her elbow on the table. The men of the family, consisting of a father and three sous, vere out. " Gone t'Mow-Cop arter sand," explained the mother, civiU-/- dusting a chair for " th' master." She was a decent-mannered, untidy body; but the girls were sullen and un. couth, and never stirred till roughly bidden to " adoouO sitten thar afore th' gantlefolk, an' stay th' babbie a-shroikin' I" The young men stayed here but a few minutes—just long enough for Cochrane to note the black hair and eyes and dusky skins or the inmates. The girls were in rags, and looked as if their faces bad Deen left unwashed and their hair uncombed for a week ; yet each wore a string of coloured beads round her tawny throat. Tho house was just as smart as squalid. The floor, the windows, the furniture, were grimmed with dirt; but the walls, which had been freshly gone over witn some sort of blued: whitewash, and the inside of the door and the window frames, which had been pointed bright red, were hideously gaudy. [ji The two la«t cottages adjoined each other, being plticed at a somewhat lower level, and and fenced in by a broken pailing. " No one at home hero, 1 suppose," said Brackenbury; having knocked at the first door, and received no answer. Whereupon a grizzled head, tied up in a staring red and yellow cotton handkerchief, was thrust out of a window in the uext house, and a shrill voice replied : — "Tho' be all gone t' Leek horse-fair, an wunnu' be back afore baggin'-time ;1Q but. If .... Eh, to be s :re, 'tis Muster Brack'nb'ry 1" "Gone to Leek, are tlis\ !" Well, you're, at home, Kachel, at all events; and we were coming to 'see you next. How's the grand mother?" She had hurried from the window to the door, and now stood curtesying on lie threshold—a thin, wiry old woman with keen, black eyes, and a pleasant smile, and a'look of some intelligence and alertness. , "Gradely.l sir, gradely," she replied. "A bit frabbit2 p' times ; but thofs now't; to speak on. Wun yo1 be pleased to coom in?" It was the smallest cottage of the four, but clean and tidy. The bricked floor was freshly sanded ; the furniture was well rubbed ; the plates on the dresser . were scrupulously clean. A Dutch clock ticked in one corner; a cat lay curled up cosily in, front of the fire ; while in a big round wicker chair with capacious arms, there crouched in the chimney-coiner, blinking,, silent, sightless, and bent nearly double, a very aged woman wrapped in a comfortable plaid shawl. . >.! , ... "Thiß.b old Lois Bailey, of whom yon have heard," said Lancelot. " She is sup posed to be more than a hundred ; but pur! parish registers, which were never too well kept, took no account of the 'moor-folk' till the beginning of this present century, ishe', was an old woman, at all events,, when .my. grandfather was a boy." " I'm going on for three-score and ten mysel'," said her grand-daughter, "an' she war reckoned an ow'd 'ooman, nigh paßt child-bearin,' when my mother was born. Eh, you mun hollo to 'un, but she. wunno' take no notice." ;;' ■ • '/' " She's more deaf than when I was here last," said Lancelot; having shouted in her ear without eliciting a glimmer of recogni tion. "Deed; then, I'm noue so sure she .be deaf at a', Muster Brack'nb'ry." " But, my good Kachel, she must be deal, or she would take some notice when spoken to." ''; ■;• .; ; •"; The woman shook her head. :- ;■•'.' " She'll hear a whisper sometimes as well*' nor I do; an' allus when yer least lookinj for un to be listoeD.' She be so ow'd, sir* an' so far away loike," she added, ,witn a touchofunconscionspoetry," that l'vetnbjjfi raony times as how our voices doant allus reach to un." " She must have been borne in the reign' of George the Second," Baid Cochrane j'''inj which case, her great grand-mother might have been a contemporary of Richard the' Third. It reminds one of Walpoie's" ancedoteof the.old Countess oE Desmond !" " She hain't got no cares." continued the grand-daughter, "an' she sleeps o'nights as peaceful as a babby. 'Tis nobbut babies" food she eats, neither—a drop o'broth.an 1; soup, or amugo'boother-milkploongernight an' mornin'." "That's poor.food for a woman of'her years," said Lancelot. l; I'll send you over some arrowroot, and. a. little wine 'aid, : brandy." "Thankee kindly, Muster Brack'nb'ry—' thof we've still a drop left- o' the last; 'anil'1 a power of good it doon her, Mon Ibe so bowd as to ax if you've happened b' no news* o' my lord ?" ■ ' " t! !"~ Lancelot shook his head, " Eh, then I'm afared we'll never, neir&i'See1 un no more. 'Twar a drees day for him, and for the poor youns; leddy that war his^e^t iheartl" "It was a fatal day, Eachel," said Lance-; lot, in a low voice. "He war a' goodness," continued'.;tjje woman, heedless of the pain her well-meant lamentations might awaken. "Ud nowta' spark o' pride about un. Ud sit un doqiiifl :a poor mon's cottage, an1 listen to's troubles,; ;an' talk to th'chithero" loike one of o.urown pelves. I well mirid the'day I last say! un— a bitter snowy day it war, too, an' nigh to, gloaming ; an' I war strainin' oop the pitc'h^ yonder wi'. a big pailful o' wayter,7; when' my lord cam' oop behind ' Here, Kactifej,' says he, ' gie me th'pail—l'm better aWato carry un nor you are !' An' a' ■whippM'iin^ oop licht. as a feether, an' carried un .to th' house door. Eh, then, I little' thowf Td never see un again i"' . :. ,"'',. ■" 1 hat was f our years ago, Rachel,—nesriy ,fivej" said Lancelot (he had heard thisanec dote every time he came to the cottage in'the? course of those years); and I have given up hope at last;." "'Deed, then, hopes hard 'eno' to gi&'np when for the corpse lies cowd afore', one's eyes," said Eachel ; " but it's harder wMn; ther's nowt but.sorrow a.n' waitjn' to. show1 forit. An,' Muster' Biack'nb'ry,■ ■'yo'rti'not* one to tak' comfort in dead moh's shoes." '! " He's no dead, v said a voice that made' them all start; a voice weak and quaver ing, but curiously distinct. " What makes you say tfyat, Lois f'cried. Lancelot, Mains' quickly and bending1 over the old woman's chair. " Why do you say that ? Do you think my brother Jives ?" She had all this time been, not only motionless, but apparently unconscious,; just breathing feebly, as in a placid sleep ; but now, although her chin was still sunk on her breast, her hands were, moving vaguely, like the bands of a blind person; and she was rocking her hody; feebly toand fro, v He's no' dead," she repeated twice or thrice. . "You remember me, Lois»" said the young man eagerly. I'm Lancelot—Master Lancelot, you used to. call me, years ago;, when we first came to Brackenbury. Cuthbert was a young man then, and I waa. ft hoy. You were always fond of Cuthbert,' y ©u know. Poor Cuthbert!—he's been four, years lost, and we've given him' .ujj.'.fpt', dead." ■» i " I'd ha' seen his corpse in my dreams 'gin he war dead," quavered the old :woman." "I seed 'ema'—fathers an'sons, generation; arter generation. He's no'dead, 1 tell'ee —he's no dead $' "Godgvant it, Lois 1 But do you dream only of the dead ? Do you never dream of. the living ?" ! Her bands dropped o» her knees, and she seemed to lapse-suddenly back into tlieola torpor, ■ ' i "Lois I Lois I- Listen to me—have ybir dreamed of him living ? Have you dreamed i of him? Have you seen him? Answer me, Lois I" 1! It ant o' no (good axin* her, Muster, Brack'nb'ry," interposed the grana-' daughter anxiously. " She's far away now; an' may happen she 'ont speak again f*r; weeks. The sound o' yer voice in her ear does nowt but mitherß her." : \ ' : : (1) "Gradely "-nicely. (2) " Frabbif'-peevkb.' (8) ''Nobbut"-only. (4) "Boother-mUk ploongef) —water with oatmeal stirred in it. (5) " Dree J —s»d. (6) "Chither."—children. (7) "Waiter —water. (8) "Mither"—Worry, confnßp. : ■ {To he continue*'<m Saturday) ;'~

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iiUCtIODS. I /COUNTRY CATTLE SALES. I POKKNO-Monday, December 13 Druey—Wednesday, December 15 , rj Papakora—Wednesday, December 29 ALFRED BUCKLAND. , " TO-MORROW^ j THE REMUERA YARDS. FOR Sale, on Thursday next, at 1 o'clock, ISO Hoad Woll-Falted Cnttlo jf 60 Fat Sheep and Lambs f Katandhtore Figs J Uiiiry Cowj and titora Cattlo 1 ALFRED BUCKLAND. 1 FRIDAY, DKCEMBER 10. 7 THE nAYMA RXE T. InOR Sale, on Friday, the 10th instant, ' at tho Haymarket, 20 HKST-PLABS HORSKP, a mixed lot, specially selected for thia Market at Waoganni. ALFRED ISUCKLAND. ' FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10. THE HAYMARKET. IMPORTANT SALE OF HORSE STOCK. FOR sale, on Friday next, at 11 o'clock, at tho Haymarket. 60 H 0 r s c s, Xx ' Lalla KooUh ' aid ' Rowona,' from Wanganui and Now Plj mou h, Comprising :- UNBROKKN HEAVY DRAUGHT, of Superior Quality MKDIUM DRAUGHT LIGHT HARNESS RIDING HORSED ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14. WOO ! WOOL! WOOL! fJIHE THIRD AND PRINCIPAL sale:otothe season Will be hold on TUFSDAY, DECEMBER 14,1880. All wool for catalogue to be in store on Satur day, tho 11th. ALFRED BUCKLAVD. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. FOR sale, at an early date, at the Haymarket, 6 PURE SHORTHORN BULLS 3 PURE-BRED SHORTHORN HEIFJSR3, of the celebrated " Du*e of Brunswick, " Matilda," and " Sammerton " Strainp, from MR HORWOOD'S BRIDSK WATKR PABJC HKRU, VICTORIA. Pedigrees of the above can be had on applica tion to ALFRED BUCKLAND. __ TO-MORROW. TO SADDLERS, DEALERS, AND OTHEBS. GABRIEL LEWIS HAS received instructions to sell, at his Store, on abovo date, at 110 clock, 10 CASE 3 SADDLES AND SADDLBRY, &0., &o-. &o. Terms at Sale. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15. THE JUNCTION HOTEL, KATI KATI. G. W. BINNEY HAS received instructions to sell by public auction, at his Mart Queen-Btreet, on Wednesday, Uecember 10, at 11 o'clock, THE JUNCTION HOTEL, situated on the direcs route between Cambridge, Te flroha.lTauranga, Ohinimutn. Without Reserve. Terms at Sale. X~<T- MORROW. DUE H A U~~Y A R D S. WOOL SALE. December 6th. HUNTER & NOLAN. "T FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10. rpHE subscribers (W i^ c 7 oi. } h* ?%, I ecutor of the late K. T. N. Jenkins) will fixnose for sale, at their Sale Yards, Dnrham fSet? on Friday, 10th December next, at 12 Thetuowing FREEHOLD P{JOI£R™jS =- The well-known, old-established Hotel at Itpsom known as the '' Junction. The Hotel is substantially built of bnck, and baa extensive- Stables. Yards,.and out- Soor accommodation. There is a Pad dock held under lease near the Hotel. APartly^mproved Farm of 200 acres in p"pakur» Vslley. with a comfortable eight-roomed House. toWffS^^n^WK street. ■ HUNTER & SOLAN. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13. PAPAKURA YARDS. SPRING SALE. . TN consequence of tho undersigned being I nnablo to offer for sale all the Tots entered STtheirregula? monthly sale, and atthe request of fhfsettfers, the undersigned will bold a sate, at their Yards, Papakura, on Monday, the 13th of December, when A Largo Number of STORK and FAT STOCK will be submitted for sale. At 1 o'clock. ■ HUNTER & NOLAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17. TH E DURhTm YAEDS. °'OI°BSVsEF nUL HORSES, overland from Poverty Bay. 10 USEFUL HORSES from Wanganui, will be offered. ' Intending Sellers are "^nested to aana '« entrioß for catalogao as soon as possible. HUNTEE & NOLAN. mHAMES CATTLE MARKET. . .., BANKS & : CO., STOCK ASD.OOM?«ISSION AGENTS. Market' each THUBSDAY, atythelr yards, Parawal, at 2 p.m., for sale of Stock of aU des criptions, Produce, &c, ' Conslgneeß «f < Stock can depend upon every ettetitlon Tsetog given, good Paadook Accommo dation, and Pbompt account &ajss (



Auctions. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13. AT NOON. ALBERT HALL. 'O MECHANICS, WOBBLING MEN, AND OI'HEUS. FOR Sale, by auction, in tlic Albeit Hall, Darby-stroet, on the abovo date, (5 BUILDING ALLOTMENTS About 50 x 150 Fket Fach. -p ICHMON l\ Hounded by the Richmond and Ponsonby toads, the Surrey Hills Kstate, and a never ftillnß Fresh Water Stream. Within a Few liutes Walk of the City Boundary. Small taten Mrst Healthy 1 oeallty, and Command; ni Maßnificcnt Viewfl of tho Harbour, Titirangi tangos, and tho Surrounding Country. Terms:-Onc-third, Cash; Balance, 3,5, and years, c? 8 %, Tho Allotments aro Pegged Out and Flagged Lithographio plans can bo had on application. R, C. GItEEN WOO D, Auctioneer. 3.TONKS.] [R- c- CAEI!- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15. m* FARMS AT OPAHEKE. > FROM FIVE ACEES TO TWO HUNDRED ACRKS EACH. For Absolute Sale, on Easy Terms. B. TONKS & CO. HAVE been instructed by H, Chamber lin, Hsq., to sell abovo on Uecemoer 10, at 12 o'clock noon. This beautiful Estate has now beon sub-dividoa, mid plana aro ready for distribution. The Auctioneers strongly adviso intending settlers to visit the Property. . Tho siniHtion is ovorylhing that could bo desirod. Hallway Station on tlio Propoty. Distance from Auolt- Innd "2 mil'S only. Wood mid water abundant. Soil fertile and unoxhausted. A great portion has been laid down in grass, and a good dpil ot fencing done. Post tmd Telegraph Oillces. Church and School cloio to the Property. In fact, for position ond accessibility it may be CTgood tKigTit-roomed House is erected on Lot 31,100 acres. Tirjis Ykry Easy. Plans Now lleadv. b. tonks ■ in. c. carr THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. RUAK AX A TOWNSHIP, TE AROHA. The New Goldfields Township on the Te Aroha Goldfields, immediately ad joining tbe Prospectors' Claim, and runniti" down to, and includ ing, the Landing-place on the Waihou river. B. TONKS & CO. fJ AYE been instructed to sell ABOVE on f.J. Thursday, December 18,atl2o'clocknoon. The position of the above stamps it at once as the site for the settlement of a largo end pros porous population. It is immediately adjoin ing the Te Aroha Goldfleld; is Bituated on a gentle elope fiom tho Te Aroha Mountain down to the river, to which it has an extensive front age ; and, apart from its proximity to tho Gold fleld, it is the centre of a Kich Agricultural District, which will, ere long, as settlement progresses, become the Garden of the Auckland Province. The steamers now land passengers for the Goldflelds on this f roportr. Fiona now ready. Terms Liberal. \V. S. COCHEANE.J [JAMKS DACKE' MONDAY, DECEMBER 13. By Order of tho Registrar of the Supreme Court. ROYAL EXCHANGE HOTEL AND BUILDINGS, ONEHUNGA. r rf^HE subscribers will sell, at their Rooms, JL Fort-street, on Monday, 13th iDstant, at 12 o'clock, All that piece or parcel of Land, being part of Lots 8 and 10, of Section 21, in the Village of Onohunga An& All that allotment or paroel of Land, con taining 1 acre (moro or less), being Allotr ment 7. of Sett'on 20, situated in the "Villase of Onehunca, with the Hotel known as tho ROYAL EXCHANGE, and other Buildings ereoted thereon. SAMUEL COCERANE & SON, Auctioneers. W. S. OOCIIKANB.I [JAS, DACKE MONDAY, DECEMBER 13. By Order of tho Registrar of the Supreme Court. ROYAL EXCHANGE HOTEL, ONE HUNGA. THE subscribers will sell, at their Rooms. Fort-street, on Monday, 13th instant, at 12 o'clock, All that piece or parcel ot Land, being part lots 8 and 10. Section 21, in the Village of Onehunga, with the Hotel known as the ROYAL BXCHANGK, and all other Buildings erected thereon. And All that allotment or parcel of Land, con tainlng one acra (more or Ibsb), being : allotment 7, Section 20, in the Village of Onehunga. Annual rental, £1 15s a week, payable monthly. SAMUEL COCHRANE ft SON, Auctioneers. AUOKLAND Stuu COMPANY (LIMITitD). The following Thoroughbred Clydesdale En tires will Stand at the Company's Farm, Glen Orchard, this season, and will travel in the immediate neighbourhood as at foot. Good Paddocks will be provided for Mares at two shillings and sixpence per week. Kvery care will be taken, but no responsi bility will be incurred. All Mares to bo removed by the 10th January 1881. Tbobouoihbrkd Imported Stallion MUSKET, Bred by Lord Glasgow in 1867; got by Toxo philite, his dam by West Australian out of Brown Bess by Camel. Terms:—Thirty guineas for one or two marep, or twenty-five guineas for three or more, the property of same owner, payable by approved promissory notes at three minths from date pf Musket is a dark brown horse, standing folly 16 hands 2} inches, and shows immense power and quality. Musket's performances on the EnglishlTnrf stamp him as an undeniable good horse at all distances and weights, while his stock now running prove him to be a very great success at the stud. Vide performances of Rifle, winner of Grand National Hurdle Race of 1,000 guineas at Sandown; Muscatel; Petrone', winner of the 2.000 guineas; Musketry, Carbine, and many oihers. The Company reserves to itself the option of refusing mares not deemed suitable. THOROUGHBRED lME0R?BI> STALLION • CAP-A-PIE, By Marlbyrnong oatof Miss Magus, by Manna (imported) ont of Georgiana, by Cap-a-pie (im ported) out of Georgiana (Imported). Cap-a-pie is a beautiful browfi horse, sixyears old, standing 15 bands 3 inche?, and shows lots of quality and substance. Cap-a-pie's Performances; Won Squatters' Stakes, A. J.C. Bpring Meeting, 1877; St. Leeer A.J.C. Autumn Meeting. Dead heat with Chester for Cumberland Stakes next day, two miles, weight for age. Terms:—Six guineas for single marea; five guineas for two or more mares. JTjjb Imported CKDRSDitE [i years old) ELGIN. Sire, Luck's AH—late Champion Sire of Scotland, Winner of the first prize at the Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show, held a/; Kljerslie, November 9th, 1879. Will travel this season os under;— Uondnys—To Panmure and immediate neigh bourhood iVednesdayß—To Otahuhu, and in the afternoon to Mangere, where by the kind permission of Mr W. Paul, he will lemain at his farm for the flight. 'hursdays^'rpOnehUDga,»psom,aDdßemuera, 'uesdays, Fridajft and Satordays-At Glen Orchard. Terms :-Flve guineas single mares; H guineas i>r two or more, the property of oneflwner. N.8.-The Company offer a First Prize of Ifteen Guineas and a Second Prize of Firt Uiineas for the Best Foal got by Hlgin to bo hown and judged at the Aucuiand Agricultural nd Pasfcor&l Ajssocjation's Show in November, 381. Payment for Cap.-a-pie and EJgin due on the Oth of January, 1881. For rurther particulars apply to the Managing Mrector, \ ■ ;.! OAPT. WALMSLEY, • Glen Orchard; Or to WM. PKECIVAI/, l Secretary. Auoklandd



Dampier's Wonderful Bargains^ rADI E S ! Remember wo open now at .. and cloao at 6: anil on Saturdays wo close at 10.30. Coroo and see tlio large nico lot of Wonderful Fresh Bar gains commencing with Ladies' Auckland Made Kid Hoots, at 8s tlio pair; Pompadour Ribbon. M tho yd.; Satin and Faille Roverß able ltibboii, Gd ; Largo Lot other Summer Rib- pi bong fid to la; Very Wide Hash Ribbon, (id tiio al yd • Leather Tatilo Mats, la 6d tho Bet of G; ai Knives and Forks.Gd the pair; Hooks and Kyes, 2 cards for Id, or 5d tbo doz. cards ; Glass Inlc p Bottles, with tnoial lids, Gd ; Rlack Bracelets, 3d v tho pair; the Fashionable Snako Bracelet, la tho pair; Silvered Snake Bracelets, Od each; f< Nieo Lot of Table Oilcloth, In tho yd. Toll your _ husbands to look in tho Wakefle d-stroet Window at my Black and Summer lfolt Hats, at 2s each. lam rot awaro that Ivo had sikii a cheap lot of Felt Ha» before; Boyo do., tho fame price; Black Lustre, Cd and Is tlio yd.: J Hoys' summer Suits,' 53 and 7s; Grand Metal Dress Holders, 2d; tho now fashioned Ladies Girdles, Gd; tho Ladies' now fashionod lliick Beaded Necklaces, la Gl; now fashioned Brooches (black or coloured), Gd; Ivid Woves, IB tho pair; splendid lot of Joßcphino do. Iwlnto • and coloured), 2s; nlco lot of Hiding Whips, Is each ; Largo Cards of Children's Tools, (id the card; Playing Cards, fld tho pack; Jjnndsonio J Money Boxes, Gd; Workboxes, nicely filled with Scissors, &C./23; Toy Hell 3. 2.1 ; l>arao do., suitable for Tablo Bells. 4d; Largo Grand China J Tea Sets, 23; Diapor, Is tho yd.; Crochet Anti maccasars, Is 3d ; Toilet Mats, la tlio set or 6; * Omnibuses, Gd each ; Hair Brushes, Is; C am brie Handkerohiofs, Gd; Trumpets, 2d each: 1 Punch Clappers, Is; Kngines, Gd; Turkey 1 w 11, la; Framed Oleograph Pictures, la tho pair; a Brand Pin Cushions, 9d; Large Jars Ilimmel a Pomade, 61; Victoria Mats, 2d each; large i nice lot of Lakes' Oloves. IM ; Superior Finccor Rings, 6d; Infants' Feeding BoUlesM each; ' Children's Patent Leather Bootß, 2s: Children s Prunella do., size Gto 9, 3s; Ladies' X.9. Boots. 5s Gd; Prunella do., GsGd; pretty bottles Smell ing Salts. 9d; largo cut gloss bnttles Scent Is Gd; 150 yd. Reels or Thread, 3d ; 200 yd. Heels of Cotton, 2d, or Is lOd tho doz.; Crochet Cotton, 2d and 2Jd; Buttons, 12 doz. for Id ; Cloth Vest Buttons, 12 doz. /or dd; Ladles' and Girlß Thimbles, 2 for Id; Brown Windsor Soap, 7 for Is; Glycerine liavs, 7d the bar; a fow Blind Tnsaels. 2d: eood size Picture Crosses. 2d; massive 3cornored glass Ink Bottles, Is: Lid'""", and Girls' Umbrellas, 2s; nice Lot of Ladlos White Straw Hats, Is 3d ; Girls' do., ll)d and Is; Men's do., Is and Is Gd: Sheets of Pins, o ( ]t. Ladles' Har.dsomo Silk Squares, Is Gd; Morlcy's Knitting Cotton, Nos. fi to IJ, Is 9d the lb.; Infanta' Feeding Hottlc», 9d oach; Kook Mnslin, 5d and G'; Sto»l Knitting Pii s, 1 for 2d : booS sizo Tin Wallers, ; Pretty Kgg Cuds, 0 for la; few Hall Presses, a liitic soijort, ie : Men's Wa'klrg Sticks. UGd ; Roy» do., <Jd ; Kloctro plated Forks. Is; do. Spoons, -Id, 0(1, and 9(1 ; Boys' Wido framed Slates, 2d; 2 \loUnn, witli Uows, 20s each. ——- —~— and a Lot of Ladies' Moot Blocks, Is tho pair • nico Lot of Hoot Trunks for anyone, 2a 01 to ss; Wash Leal how, Is each; about IS doz. Tomahawlifl loft for Is oaoh ; Flaying Cards, 9d the pack; nico Lot ot Gorman Silvor and btei-1 Spectacles, Is tho pair, worth 2s 6rt ; Slate Pencilß, Id the doz. or Gd for 100; Hair Nets. Id; another Lot of tho Black Velvoteon, 2*bdthe yd • Lot of Sarcenat. Is tho yd.; Gents Satin Bows. 6d and9d; Neckties. Id; Ladies' Scarves, 9d t3 Is Gd; Peerless Glos-, to shino the boots without brushes, 9d; nico Lot of Mon s West Knd Collars, size 14,3 d (good quality); Black and White Borliu Wool, 3d the doz : all the boau tiful colours. 4d; Ladies' Sta^s. Is Gd tho pair; Calico, 4Jd; Towelling, lid; Fresh Lot of Win to Raok Combs, id and 6i: Mensirh'rts, Is 3d to 2s Gd the highest prico; Boys do., ditlorent sizes oheap; Ladles whito Hose 3)d ; Unbleached d0.,6d; Other colours, Gd; Very Wido White Window Holland. 9d per yd.; "reen Striped do., Gd; Come Ladie3 and bco tho Lovely Lot of Ladies' Summer Gloves I am felling at Gd the pair • Childron'fl Gauntlot Gloves, <!d ; Ruche, different colours, 2d the yd.; Lidies'andeirls Petticoats, 2s; White do., 4s 6d: Boyß Dux Collars, Blze 111, 3d tho box; Men's Grand Puggaree". 9d; Splendid Lino of Men s Braces, Is-no higher mice; Little Boy's do., Gd; Putr Boxes, with puffs, 9d ; Towels, 2d to2Jd; Large Honeycomb do., Gd; Turkish do., Is; Navy Blue, Maionta Miroon, Green, Brown, and Lavender Merino, Is 3d the yd.; Ladies Bolts. 6d and 9d: Men's do.. 1p j Boy's dp., 9d; Hair Fads, 3 for Gd; datin Tubular Trimming, Id tho yd.: Reading Glasses, to hold in the hand, 9d each; Nioe Lot of scent, 6d tho bottlo; Piping Cord 18 knots for Gd; Fingering Wool, 3d the hank; Ladies' and Mei?s Stand-Up Collars, size 15,15 J. and IG, 2d tho box; Kmbro idered Mats, 9d; Notepaper, 2d quire; Flannel la 3d.,—W. H DAMPIKR Queen-street ■• • ■ - - WANTED, my Customers to take par. tioular notlceof my Christmas Holidays' List of Bargains, comprising a grand assort ment of Fashlonablo Millinery Bonnets, and some of tho Cheapest Trimmed Ladles' Hats in Auokland. My house is celebrated ror Belling the best and cheapest Kid Gloves iv town. Tho following list ot prices will be a sure guarantee that the articles will Insure themselves to the public, O3peoially Bohemian Kid Gloves, an ex cellent quality, in all sizes, price Is 9d per pair, worth 3s 6d; one line of Twilled Flax Shirting, at7d peryd,, worth Is; Hummer Fancy 2-Bntton 2s worth Is per pair; a Good Dark Kid Glove, 2-Buttoned, 2s, worth 3s Gd ; a spleodld value in Ostrich Feathe>s. 5s 6d, worth 10s 6d; a large stock of Long White Ostrich Feathers equally cheap ; 1000 yards of DreSß Mohair, for Summor wear,7d per yard, worth Is Gd ; 30 dozen Silk Scarves, Is each, worth 2s ; 50 dozen Lace Col larets, la, worth 3a ; a good line in Black Kid Gloves, 2-Button.Bs, worth Is 6d per pair; Mens and Youths' Ventilated Straw Hats at Is, worth 3s: a splendid lot of Boys* Straw Hats. 9d each, This is the only house in town that has got the new Chinnelle Frilling for Ball Dresses ; also, a great variety of Gold and Silver Lace; tho Gent.'s New Tuscan Hats at ss, worth 7s 6d. A lot of heavy Flax Shirting, at 7d per yard, worth is —WM. EYRK Victoria-street, Watonraaisei's and Jewellers. T M P O R 1 ANT IFOR WATCHMAKERS! IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY! The Rodanow Manu fupturipg Company (Limi ted—Capital $2,OOO.00Q), Boston, America, will forward, hereafter, even one single'watch to any part of the world at wholesale ptico, i.e., 3o per cent, cheaper than any watchmaker, as nono of thorn is manufapturir.f; watches himself, but only buying them fiom here, We call tho par ticular attent;oh of everyone intending to pur chase a first-class reliable watch to our following price list: KEY-WINDING WATCHES. & s. Siivbr Watcii, Crystal glass, seconds hand 010 " " Hunting case, engraved highly finished .. 014 >< !" Skeleton movement Ex tra Jeweled, stout double cover .. ~ 10 GoiD Watch, Jeweled, Maintaining Power, Crystal glass.. 110 " " Half Hunter, Enamel,or Gold Dial, Lever es capement, .. .. 116 " " Huntinaf Case, Superior Nickel Movement, best quality with all the latest improve ment, 3 Gold Coyer*, 2 3 KEYLESS WATCHES, (STEM/WINDER. S) The Keyless mechanism to a watch is one of the groat modern Improvements In watch work, it does away with tno old-fashioned key, with which ao many persons have ruined their watche?. The watoh is wound by turning a nurled knob, placed on tho handle or bow, in stead of by the ordinary means; the hands are set in the same way. The advantages of these Improvements are obvious, the cse, which never need be opened in winding, is made air tight and. dust-tight, thus preserving muoh longer the fluidity of the oil, add greatly pro longing the intervals between ths neoessary Cleaning of the watch. * S. Silver KEjrLJBSWATcn.Lever MovS ment, Flat. Jew eled, Crystal Cfiass, .. •.. VI " " " Double Cover. Knamel or Orna mented Silver Dial, ~ ~ 1 5 • ■<»■;. i» 'i Superior Skelp tojj Movement, Extra Jeweled, Stout Double , • • Cover, .. ~ 115 Gold Keyless Watoh, Open Face Le .■■: • ver Escapement, Ten Jewels, .. 2 5 • " " Half Hunter, Best Movement, all latest im ■ . Drovements, 15 Jewels 0 " " " Two Stout Gold Covers, Chrono meter Movement with Center Sco ; ,/>■■ ond ! Hand, a . : splendid Watch for presentation 315 " " Ohronometer,3 Gold Covers, Moveinentoffln est workman flhjp. Centre Seo ond Hand,renpat ipg" hours and quarters .. .. 310 ■ ■ >' 'f " ImpkbialChro nombteb, showing days, date, weeks!'and months on dia(. repeating hours, quarters, and eights, 3 heayy Oojd'Covers, warrant ed for o years, and without doubt the best; and handsomest watch in existence .. 16 0 OBSERVATIONS. 1. All the above watches can be had in smaller size to suit for ladies' wear at the same price. Monograms, Initials,' arms, etc., engraved on thebaok of the watch free of charge. 2. All our Watohes are thoroughly finished and ready for immediate use and will be cent securely packed in Morocco case, post frea, to any part of the world, together with spare mainsprings, glasses and keys, those being a great convenience, as in many out-of-the-way places,itisalmoßta matter of impasaibility to replace one of these arl.iylfu. jj. Every watch' is accompanied ty a wri ton wa'sramy 'guaranteeing ' the regularity and uperioriuy cf US w6rkman»bip fortrirco yeara, dtfrin? which time pO charge will be made for repairing' if th ( e watish is returned post 'if 'All our Gold Cases are IS carat gold j the Silver Cases are of the best sterling Silver. 5. Six per cent, discount will be allowed on orders foreix or more watohes. 6. All our watches have compensation balance, which renders them equally accurate in either hotor cold climate. 7. All watohes may be ordered with or with out seconds hand, with engraved, plain polished or engine turned cases, without difference of price. 8 No orders from abroad filled unless aicom ptmied by a remittance to cover the amount, or a reference .on a Bos top house. Persons residing Jn any p"aft of the worW peed '■ not hesitate to forward thejr orders to this establishment ftSthey piay rely up,6n_ receividg ; the exact watch ordered by them, which if not i approved, will be exchanged tree, and safe by J post, or money refunded. The best means of I sending money is by draft on New York, PMis j } or London, which can beproonred at any banker , ; and every where,—or enclose the amount in | i bank-notes, gold coins or postage stamps of any I , couatryof the world. All orders, the smallest j aswfillas thpmost important, will receive the Burne particular attention and will be forwarded , without delay. We respectfully ask for a trial | order. ',» ( " THE RODANOW MANUFAC- 6 TURING COMPANY, I 5 AND 7, PORTLAND,STREET, BOSTON- U.S, OF AMMUQA,



Land an i Estate Agents. I prr H. KETCAIFB KSTATEE& GENERAL COMMISSION AGKN I. I No. 29, Insurance Buildings. Tho advertiser, having had 17 years' cx crience, and being intimately acquainted with II properties now In his hands for sale, cim (Iviso intending Settlers in thnir choice of land. FARMS.fvom 50 to 8,000 aCiM, on hand, lull arriculara on applicaiion. Sorcral good ln eßtmonts for CapitaliEta. Commisaionß of ovory dsscrlptlon executed orCountrv Settlers at low rates. pitOPERTIES FOR SALE, BY J, JR. RANBERSON, Broker and uommission A gent : JTATIONERY BUSMKSS, with two Freehold Shops; ostablislicd 10 yearn. About £100 cash required. rWO substantial well-built Sovnn - roomed HOUSES, with nice grounds, William and 1-1 nwo streets. £100 each. IHR.KSC SHOPS. Victoria-atroot, leasehold, 38 ycara unoxpirod. Cheap. SKUHiNT-S'l'ltEET—Fiv<!-roomod Houso for sale choap. ITOUR-ROOMKD HOUSE, Woststrcot, Now ton; £175 S8 ACHES POKENO. FJno Kami. Terms ex ceptionally eaasy. Price £350. WAIKATO—Lots 51 and 62, iiomakarau, ICO acres; £200. 20,000 ACItKd, Groat Barrior Island, farming and timbor land, from 9s per acre : choice elections. 3EVKN-ROOMED HOUSE, GreatNarth Road; £100. CORRUGATKD IRON COTTAGE, Newmar ket ; £150. TWO ISLANDS, Port Fita-oy, 130 awes; £100. FOUR-ROOMKU 11 O U 4 X S, irivo-roomod Houses, Six-roomed Houbuj, In Nuwton, Pnnsonby and olsowhoro. Numerous othor PropcrtiCH In various pnrta of tho Provincial District. MANGKRK—Uno Farm, cboico land ; £2J an NINK-ROOMICD lIOUSIC, freoliold 100 x 175, Hcmncrii; £175. aLTjERaLIK-Allotmonl COxlll, only £10. iItONMONHKHY UUSINKsiS in Orny-stroet, Kood opportunity. Stock at valuation, TWO ljiiruo HloekßNative Land. Hay of Plenty ttJ.\. RoKiutcrof I'ropurtioH can bo inspocti:dat tho blllco—s, tiisui'tinco ; uii(lin«u. £jOCAHll,balnnco Weekly PiiymonU ainfireeil Pleasantly titiinlud suburban iwjidcnoc, lino uariennml orcbiml attached. rntoiCKt, only Koven per cent. Jlust bo eocn to I>j be liov^d. SUBURBAN RICSHnCNCK, with 20 Acres Vol canlo Land, 2 inilos from Auuldurt, throe minutes' wulk froin'ltailway f-tation. Tho Houso has H cvn ttooins, and is nearly now, cow-Bhod, stablo, workshop, dairy (with sorvants' bedroom over), oarrlaue liouho, barn, piKgoriep, &c ; BUb divided into eight paddooUe, of which soven aro cleared of fitono. and all in good Bras*). This is a boiutiful property, such ns is seldom offered to tho public, within half-au hour's walk of Quccn-st cot, 'busses pusninK six times daily. Price £1,150 : £600 cash, balanoo at two and a half fur cent STATIONARY, TOBACCO, AND FANCY OOODS BUSINKSS, in Freoliold Shop- Established 10 yearß-about £100; Cuah requited. WANTED: To purchaeo, a Freoliold Sito or Shop, In or noar Quoeu-stroot; (?ood price. Fivo-roomed CottaKO, with froehold, about Hob son-street ; must to choau. Purchasora for Stocks and Shares; also for Farms and other Properties. Good Hills for Discount at Reasonable Itatoa. Freehold Securities for varbua sumß ot money, at Current Rates. J. R. RANDERSON, lvnd and estate aglcnt, 5, Insurance Buildings, Auckland. ff J. muss and 00. 'land and estate agents, SHORTLAND STREETS (Nex Till jvk Bank ok Nmv South Walks). no r\f\(\ TO LEND, at current ratosof In- SDOjUUU terest, in sums of £50 and up w»rd3. , CITY. SUBURIIAN, AND RURAL PRO PKRTY forsalo in all parts of tho Province., and iho fullest information to be obtained by iutondlng Settlera or Invettors. F. J. MOSS & CO., Shortland-stroet. "pi O R SALE. An Eiglit-roomed House in Park Road, new and with fine view. An Fteht-ioomod Hotiso in Remuera, beauti fully situated, well built, nnd with ono acre Rarden and orchard. A Valuable and Splendid Property of twonty four acres, with line large House, at Onehunga. A large and convenient Roslilenco, with »ix acres beautifully planted and fino orohard, An Eight roomed Houso and ono acre garden and orchard, in excellent position. And Boverul other Suburban Properties, On oasy terms. F. J. MOBS & CO., Shortland-streot. FOR SALE, A wnll-built Dwollinir-houso and fino gar den, in Edlnburtfh-stroot, Newton. To bo Bold on easy terms, and for only £380. F. J. MOSS & CO., Shortland-ftroct. TE AWAM UT U. —For Sale, ono of the Finest Properties in this fertile district, comprising 180 acres in first-rate order with lar«o and convenient dwel ling-house, fine orchard, etables and other out buildings, of most complete charactc. 'forms to suit purchasers. F. J. MOSS & CO., fchurtland-sh'oot. A FINK BLOCK of 370 acres in tho bust part . of the Piako district; naturally fencod on two sides, and soil of first-rate quality. For s-ale. —Apply to V. J. MOSS & 00., Shoi'tlnnri-gtrcot, BUILDING SUCTIONS, at Urißhlon'fParnell). to bo sold on application to F. J. MOSS and CO., Shortlandstrect. T EASKHOLD FOR SALE.—Tho Loaso of JLI 15 acres, in quo of tha most boautiful and commanding positions, for CO years, at £21 per year.-F. J. MOsS & V<J., Shortland-stroet. VVT A I li A T O. 090 ACRIS—A very Una property, near a rail way station and with reßUlar steam communi cation, lhla HBtate is luiyely improved, with oxoellent dwelling-house and farm bui ding?. A 1 c 0, dcO ACRE? of the best reclaimed flax swamp, in a first-rate position. 230 acres in grass and with dwel ing-house and farm buildings. These Properties will bo sold at a low pricp and on easy terms—Apply to F. J. MOSS & CO W Shortlat d street. T) AGLAN DISTRICT.-A fine property of 200 XV Acrps. SOlacrcs cleared, and in splendid grass; the rema'ntler bush: will tako grass by Burface sowing. DweUing:lipuspand nil noceß sary farm bujldinss.-F. J. MOSS & CO., Shortr land-street. PROPERTIES FOR SALE. TOWN AND SUBURBAN. PONSONBY.—7-roomei House, with Grounds-' WELLESLEY-STRKET} Des'rab'e Puilding HOWE-STREET } Sections in these VICTORIA-SiREKT I streets For Sale. LAKE TAKAPUNA.—Farms of from 30 to 40 Acres, beautifully situated, and some in high cultivation, for wlein this favourite district. MS RT rperUro^^'^cS NORTH ROAD } XUT^ Rural Land. WAIKATO "\ Several Valuable Properties, cul- WAIPA tivatedoronlypartlyimproved, WAITOA \- and mnginsr from 150 to 2500 HtAKO I' acres; for sale in these eaallsr WAIHOU ; accessible districts. ' J WAIKATO.-2 Valuable Blooks of 6.00Q and 5,850 acres. To be sold in the whole' or in PA?AKURA. watroa qnTTTH I /rom 60 to BCO acres-in nrTHnmi U f these well-settled and MAUKU well-known districts. WAIUKU ) WAIROA NORTH,-An Estate of 1200 acres, very fine land, a creator part in cultivation. 800 acres very rich land, well grassed and cultivated. 600 aores, with right to graze over 20,000 acres adjoining. KAIPARA.-1200 acres fine limestone country. BAY OF PLENTY.-2600 aores,near Tauranga. POVERTY BAY.-0000 acres fino land, well grassed, and a splendid sheep run. HAWKtt'S BAY i—30,000 acres fino sheep ooun- X AIPAR A .—in,ooo acres cattle run, to be bought at a low figure. KAURI FORKST.-Somo fine blocks of kauri timber land, and various other properties on paay terms to suit purchasers. • F. J. MOSS & CO., Shoitland-streot. Ootree .Merchants TL>KOWN, BABB15X3: & CO.'S ? AUCKLAND] BTBAM GUVBWi AND SPICK MILLS, COFFEES. H IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY KNOWN THAT GOOD COFFEE is the best stimulating Beverage both for Wlns'or and Summer. To obtain what you really want, ask for our Best Brands, the EXCELSIOR or STANDARD, which have sustained their good names over Ten Years, and have very much increased in demand—a sure proof o their being consumed and appreciated in all households throughout and even out of our province. ■a. Wholesale only at our Alillß and Agents ci Retail at all Grocery Establishments in Town and Country gsjo . Oar best Sb>o KxcpUj Brand,groftalabel I qnalltlea. Ego Stauaflrd . red ).Kverypkge |lVU»: i r>m j,■/■*"££« BoS ) Oni lowea &M Sf Anchor ' ■• pnoe „ [ qualities, iM Crown .. yeUow „ fwithout onr pli'ti . - I signatare. Our PEPPERS and SBK3BM wei gnaranteelol S»WS2Sfe> oo BUlott-street, i Tnly,l3th.lS3;9.|j



Land ani Estate Agents. I AND, INVESTMENT, AND TRUST 1 AGKNCY. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF GEORGE FKASER, VALUATOR, [NVESTING AND ESTATE AGENT, AND PUBLIC AUDITOR AND ACCOUNTANT. For the Pale or Purchase of Proparties. Tub Investment of Money. 1 he Manaqembnt o£ Estates for Trustee! and others. SKILLED SELECTORS AND VALt ERS FOR PURCHASING AND SELKCTING. Tim attention of persona seeking investments, combining profit with security, und of Colonists and Immigrants desiring to aottle on really good land, ia requested to the fact that this Agency has now for sale, amongst, a number of other properties of a valuable character, soveral very excellent Agricultural Farms ready atoncofor occupation, having nearly all tho rough work done, fences erected, and comfortable farm housoT built, and large part ot tho lo'id laid down in grass, at rcasonublo pricr?i, in settled difvicts, anil possessing Kailway and other facllitio3 for bringing produco to market. FOR SALK-TIIK FOLLOWING PROPER- Tires. Al-Birst-olassFarm,Main South Road, ntout3so acres vory rioh volcimiosoil.cultivated, fenood and subdivided; with a beautiful Koßidenoe, und all nccossary outbuildings with lino orchard and garden. Piico very ohoaj; a bargain, and terms easy. AB—Upper Walkato, largo Improved Farm, of 810 acres, with house and necessary outbuild ings, nonr Railway Station. Contral and ti«inpr district. A23—Kino littlo Farm, 75 acroil, in Bombay District; llrst-class volcanic soil, nearly all In grass; goo 1 iiouso. (JU'ered exceptionally cheap. , . , /25— Largo farm, 1120 acres, iirftt-olass volcanio soil: 100 acres bush; soil undulating. Price moderate Knsy termp. A3S-Karm, Walkato Valloy, 303 acres, partly fenced, and in gra«s; good liouso, garden, and oruliant. Railway conveniences. Als—Pnkokolio District, 1180 acres unimproved, undulating, volcanio land; 150 acres bush, with valuable timber. Will be sold cheap. A'lo-Uesidonoonnd vulimblo allotment, Kyber I'iiS) Roxl, near St. Sormlohro's Now Church. A3—Hciunifnl Farm of 350 acres, with largo family rraidonco; fenced, Bubdivldea, large part cultivated und in graßs, noar Railway Station, within may d'atanco of Auckland. Very chesnp. All—Fino Oountiy Rcsidonco, with 9 acres of land (7 acres In gooi gra3B, and 2 aprca In orchard), nardon, avenue, and Blirubborio3; orchard in full bearing, and houso oX 7 rooms, with man's room, stable, coaohhouso, etc. Fuller descriptions with Particulars on appli oation to GKOIIGK FItASBR, Investment, Land, and Trust Aflfsncy. Mone-y- M~ ° * E V Money to Lend on Mortgage ot Freehold Securities.—George Frasor, Publio Accountant, Investing nnd Kstato Agent, W. S. Grahame's Bond, Fort-street, and, No. 6, South British Insurance Buildings, cornor of Queen and Short qnri-atrout. _____ MONEY TO LEND on MORTGAGE of Flrßt-olasa Freehold Seonritles. WM. COLEMAN, Solicitor, Cornor of Quean and Shortland-streets. MONEY TO LiiiNu iv »arge or small sums at a moderate rate of Inteießt,— Jaokson and Russell. Solicitors. ONEY TO LEND, in large or em a sums, at -.laual rates ot interest, CONNKLL & COOPKK, Solicitors, , Vuloan Lane. MONEY TO LEND, on Mortgage.— _F Ring, Agent. Shortland-street M~ ONEY TO LEND ON MORTGAGE] in Bums of £50 mid upwardß. BKVERIDGE & At tfXANDER, Solioltoi Bank Buildings, \V yndham-stroet A UCKLAND PERMANENT A. CO-OPKHATIVK BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY, Offiok:-93, (Jukbn-strket. LOANS granted upon approved securities of Freehold or Leasehold Properties n Bums of £20 to £6,000, principal and intorest boing re payable In instalments, at the following rates for every £100 borrowed:— .__ Repaymontsoxtnnd- ~„ ~.,_ Total amount ing over hor " oeK' Repayable. s. d. £ s. 4 years _ .. .. 12 6 130 0 0 6years 9 2 143 9 2 8 years 7 6 156 7 6 lOyoars 8 3 162 16 3 Intorest allowed on Deposits:—Fixed for 12 monthß, 5 per cent, per annum; withdrawable at 7 days'notice, pcrc.ct, per annum. JOHN BATGER, S :,nrotnry. iftadaiftry. WS. .TONES • Havins: just landed ox ' Fernglen.' Loch Doon,' and ' Scott'sh Lassie' a large assort ment of all kinds of HARNESS MOUNTINGS ho is now prepared to oxooute all orders for Carriage, Buggy, Single or Pair Horse, Gig or Dog Cart, Single or Tandem Harness. STRONG DURABLE STOCK SADDLES, Our own make, complete with Mounts, from £3 ss. Od. 1 Always on hand, a Larqr Stock of CAB, SPRING CARf, DRAY AND FARM HARNKS.S W.S,J. has always a large general stock, com prising Kacing, Steeplechase, and Hunting Saddles and Bridles, Stable Requisites, Summer and Winter llorßeblothing, Vallsoe, Portman teaux, Courier Bags, Waterproof Paste for Saddles and Harness, Compos, Oils, &c. fly nets in grkat vabikty. elli^ians embrooationi just Irriyku, A large stook of latest improved extr-a Btrona; PACK g4UDLES always on hand. From 60b. Five per cent. Discount alloned for Cash, i W. S. JONES, QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND. Venetian Bunas. AUCKLAND VENETIAN BLIND FACTORY, COKrtER O COOK AND GREY STREETS VENETIAN BLINDS! VENETIAN BLINDS I Made of the best Califorman Pine, guaranteed not to warp or twint. Our Blinds surpass all Imported Blinds, Mjpod or Iron. We have a very large stock ot well-seasoned Pine Tim ber: also a Large Stook of VENETIAN BLINDS on hand, assorted sizes. Wire Gauze | linds made to order, and forward to allparto of (the Co) »uy at the shortest notice. A. & A. BUSBY (Late M. Hortoh Bcbby), VENETIAN BLIND MAKERS AND WIRB WORKERS, OOUNKII OF COOK AND GRKY BTRKHTS i~ILEAEING-OUT BAjLiB JTOR. ONE \J iWEKK. P I A N o S, HABMONIUMg, WATCHKB, CLOCKS, and JEWELLERY MTNo Reasonable Offer Kefused.jei [25 per oOat.'Discount forjCash Buyers, J« HOWD EN, SHORTLAND-STREET. GO Tv o A T H to RoTß'a'Pnpllo Ijo(;,Oold, and Shower baths, Vlotoria- street East. Charge, ONB SHILLING. Opon all week days from 7 a.m. to B p.mi, and Sunday Mornings from 6 till 10 a.m. The Bath-rooma are all private, and sup plied with every convenience, Turkish towels, lesh and hair brtuhes, combs, respirators, soefl, Sco , Seleot bath-rooma (private) for Ladles oven? day, at all hours, with female attendance, Oirn Shilling. Please note the address i—Victoria street East, above the Greyhound Hotel, and next the Cheap Bedding and Fnxniture Mtrt' Auckland



Oil and Colour Merchants- ] JUST OPENED, AT OCR Plate Glass, Colour, PAPER HANGING, Gilt Moulding and Picture Warehouse, 540 PACKAGE pAINTERS' lITA TERI AL S, Including a Choice Colleotlon of Photographs (plain and coloured), Chromo Lithographs, Oleographß, Studies for Artists in Colours and Cray ons. Artists' Bundties. Fancy Frames, Ladies' Desks, Photo. Screens, Photo, and Scrap Albums, &c, &c, and A NUMBER OF NOVELTIES. The Pictures were selected by one of our firm while In London, and have been pronounced by local artists the bo>t over imported; and, having received with them a Splendid Assort ment of New, Fancy Mouldings, wo can Frame to suit all tastes, at Very Low Prices. An Inspection Invited. W. PHILLIPPS & SON, & 7, OTJKEN-STRKBT. -\tk w papekHangings. IX FOR IBBC. Large and Small Buyers of Paperhangings wil do well to call at HOLLAND & BUTLER'S PAPRBHANGINOB, OIL, COLOUR, & GLASS Warehouse, 28 & 30. VICTORIA-STRKET, AUCKLAND, Whoro may bo inspected one of the largest and bcst-soloctod Stooks of PaporhangiußS in New Zealand, From Id per pioco to tho moat costly. GILT & STAINED PICTURE - FRAME MOULDING In Groat Variety. Piotubk-Fkami.vg in all its dranohbs, At lowxsst possible rates. I Oils, Colours, Glass. Varnishes, Brushfl are, Scrim, Glass Shades, Wax Flower Making Materials &c, SCO. HOLLAND & BUTLER, Oil and Class Merchants. Sewine Macliin.es. QEWINU «/■ auHINEB TAYLOR'S PATENT SEWING MACHINES These Maihines have now been bo long before the publlo that they have established a reputa tion for themselves and oan be confidently reoommended by hjndroda who possess them as superior to all others for domeßtio use. The new Elliptic bhuttle Movement Is acknowledged on all hands as the simplest quietest, and most beautiful motion ever.,. In, Tented for the pnrpose. The new Patent Shuttle has only one hole to thread, and Is larger than most othora. Sole Agenti T, PEACOCK, Optician, Sbortland-otreet, «F BEWINQ I'M MINKS REPAIR ID. Not frr an ago, but ror all time 1 QINGER'S QEWING Ty/TACHINES. SALES 1875, (In Four Sears') SALES 187S 249,852 | nearly j. 433,167 MACHINES. ( DOUBLED I! j MACHINES LARGEST SALE in the WORLD LARGEST MANUFACTORIES IN THE WORLD! ?4 I Kla * PATENT TUtPLK ACTIUN BALANCE ; WHEEL, and may have, when required, . ' the Now Patent Cocoon Shuttle (in- I ttoa-l of tho Bobbin Shuttle). NEW FAMILY MACHINE on Pol ished Walnut Table, with Drawers, Stand, and Troadle. Price ... „ £5 17 0 ACCrcaSOR!Es"GTvRN WITH EACH MACHINE. 1 Feller 1 Ex. Check Spring 1 £et Hemmers & Folder '6 .shuttle Bobbins 1 Tuok-marker „ 12 Needles 1 Quilter „ 1 Screwdriver 1 Braider 1 Bottle of Oil 1 Straight Guide 1 Oiler 1 Sorevt for Straight Guide 1 Book Instruction 1 Extra Needle-plate " ~ Other Accessories for special classes of work are supplied at a small extra charge Price List tent post free. SEWING MAOHINES*fo7aU classes of work Kflited to work by hand, foot, orsteiun power. The Sowing Machines made by the Singer Manufacturing Company are acknowledged by oommon consent to be by far the last Sewing Maohines that moohanioal ingenuity hai been able to produce. Although the Sin-rer Sewing Machines are comparatively late in the field, yet the extraoidinary demand for them during tho past few years—as indicated by the successive annual sales—has obliged this enter prising sompany to inorea i their Factories to an extent that seems almog t inoredlble. The largest of their Factories is at Elizabeth, New Jersey. Here, the main bulldiog has 1100 feet frontage; Korging Shops, 700 feet: Foundry,6oo foet by 100 feet; Cabinet Shop, 200 feet; Packing Shops, 200 feet; The main building has /our floors; the Cabinet and Packing Shops have each three floors. Entire works employs 3,500 men. The yard contains 6 miles railroad tracks. There are also Factories at, or near, the City of Glasgow, and the dimensions of these works may be imagined, when we say that 2,500 hand here, as at the American works, find constant employment. The turn-out of Machines alone is 10,000 every week, or, at the rate of 500,0110 (half a million) for the current year. The various parts and new acceitories. needles, pu, &c, &c. required jortlip 3.5,0,0,0,* Sewing MaohiJioa, which arein uae'aU over the world - these demand speoinl attention and muoh labour, a Staff of Skilled Meclmnloa and Sew ing Maohine .Kxport-i is always employed for the sole purpose of making every possible Meohanitnl Improvement on the Machines and accessories. And notwithstanding the Very Great Re duction in Pricks, the Company oontinnes to give Wonderfully Kasy Terms to Purchasers on the Hire or Deferred Payment System. (To be continued.) BRANCH OFFICE: tr FORT STREET, Auckland. ■» Gurwmittts. DEVITT, fernamakcr, 244, Queen • street, Auckia: a, opposite the Market house. Established, 185 \ —Always in Stook and to arrive bydireot. importation from England made to advertisers cwn order,—Chokebore Breech-loading Guns, Double and Single Muzzle loaders, Bieech-loading Kovolvers, Hreeoh-load lng Book and Rabbit XiKi 'os, Game Baits, Gun Cases, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, and every article necessary to complete the outfit of a sportsman. An assortment of every description of Revolver Cartridges, ana all the best Brands in Sporting Powders are imported direot Irom the makers by the the advertiser, who can guarantee thslr good uallty. Cartridges for the Khfleld, Snider and Terry Rjflps. Metallic Cartridge Oases, Jhilled Shot and other speci alities always on hand. Country dealers liberally dealt ffith. Gunsße-atooked.Browped, etc., and every other kind of Firearm Repaired at reasonable prices. Notice.-Just to hand, a lot of good sorv ceable C. F. Chokebore Breech loading Guns cheap. The largest stock in Anokland to choose from. Also,-in stock, a large assortment of Fireworks Lot Lthel best quality. Fishing Tackle1.



.Drapery. | ft/\AMEN'S New Bannockbum /5 \J \J Tweed Suits at 29b 64 ; worth 60s. At Coombes,' 92, Queen-street. •VfOTICE.—To be Bold tor Cash, Fifty jy Dozen Men's Flax Shirte, 3s lid, worth 03 6d\ *t Coombes', 92, Queen-atreat. TO WORKING MEN : a Bargain.—soo Pairs Printed Mole Trousers, at 7s Cd worth 10a 6d), at Coombep', 92, Queen-street. CALL and See me ? I Cau Give You Three Pairs of Youths' German Thread Sox, for 2s Cd; splendid valua. — Samubl Coombes. City Clothing Mart, 92 Qncsn-street EBP YOUK HEAD COOL.-Pith Helmet Hats, from, 3s lid, at Coombes 2, Queen-street. BEFO.KK Making Up Your Outfit for the Melbourne Kxhibition. Call and In spect the Stock of American Travelling Irunka, at Coombes', 92, Queen street. WANTED KNOWN, 500 Men's and Youthß' Fashionablo Hats. Bought a lot, to be sold at 2s 6a, worth 7s 6d, at Coombes, 92, Queen-strett. WANTED KNOWN, that Samuel Coombes has just Opened up his Btock of Summer Cluthintf, which will ba sold Chrap. for Caah.-City Clothing Mart, 92 yucen-sinet. \\7ANTfcO KNOWN, Just Opened a V* Large Lot, of Gnnts1 Btr.iw Hats, from 6d, at COOMI) -a' City .othing Marr, 92, Queen street. \I7ANTRD KNOWN, 300 Men's and V* Hoys' Cloth Ciipo, at 1b : a lot worth 3s 6(i, at CouMli-s', 92, Queen street. WANTED KNOWN, Just Opened up a Splendid Lot of Youths' Regatw Shirts, all aew Patterns, at Coombbs Citj Clothing Mart, 92 Queen-street. W~~ ANTED KNOWN, You Can Get i Good Pair of Sox for Bd, at Coombes' 2 Queen-street. «T EIIESLJUT HOUSE CHEAP DRAPERYAND MILLINER! ESTABLISHMENT. Now Opened for the Spring and Samme; trade, the Newest Styles in Uress Material* comprising Galatea and Boatrico Stripes, Pom padour Prints, Idro .Stripes, Attalea Twills Angira Cloth, Grenadines, Lustres in all th< leading shades, &c. Black Silks, from 2s lid t( 108 Od. Our Btock of Ladies' and Children1! Hats and Millinery is larger than usual, am every novelty of the season. Ladies' ant Children's Underclothing. Corsets. Baby Linen a very nico assortment. Lace and Muslin Cur tß.inß, from 4s 6d the pair; Toilet Covarsanc Quilts, new raakoß. Cheap Tweeda, Drlllß, anc Serge for Boyß' wear. Always on hand, i well-assorted stock of Hosiery, Haberdashery Trimmings, and Fancy Goods. All ROodi marked at less profit than usual to meet tin times. Wo shall also eontinuo to allow 6 per cent Discount for Cash at time of purchase oi parcels of 20s and upwards. Country Orders carefully [r nJ promptly oxe euted. A. LOV2 TT, Welleslry-btrkm. Auckland. Ol TDARENTS & GUARDIANS will find wo havo the Largest, Most FASHIONABLE, and CHEAPEST Stook of BOYS' fnd YOUTHS' CLOTHING in Auckland. Wo have the Handsomest and Cheapest Btock of Men's TROUSERS and VESTS in Auckland. "The Wonder of the Age,'— MEN'S SUITS (Double-breasted Ga latea Jackets, Trousers, and Vest), 25S THK WHOLK SUIT. pHILLIPS' jITART,' QUEEN-STREET. MeroliancliO9. G. W. O WEN & C°- QUEEN-STREET WHARF, _'....'; HAVE O N SALE (EX RECENT ARRIVALS): : A LARGE STOCK OF rjiEAS, gUGARS, Q.KOCERIES, AND QTLMEN'S gTORES, Comprising-^ FINK TEA*, in half-chests and boxes Vlotoria and Sydney Companies' SUG 4.KS Mauritius and Fiji ditto CaNDLks—Belmont, De Roubalx, See., &o. Starch, Blue, Soap, rtoap Powders, &o. Currants. Figs. Barcelona Nuts, &o. Kleme, Muscatell, and Sultana KAISINS Jams, Candled Peel. Marmalade, Jellies Brown & Poison's and Brown's CORNFLOUR CONFECTIONERY. Jujubes, Weßences Van Houten's,: Taylor's, and Fry'B COCOA . . and CHOCOLATE . , ~.•■■ ■ NearesFood, Maizina . ... Salad and Castor Oil, Hair Oil, &o. ', Pickles, Sauces, Curries, Capers, &o.- ■ Blacking, Blacklead, Vestas RICE, SAGO, TAfIOCA, ARROWROOT Salmon, Lobster, Sardines, Cod-fish, Ling, &c. Butter.'Cheese HAMS and BACON Washing and Carb. Soda Tartario Acid, Cream of Tartar Paner, Paper Bags, Confectioner's Baga AMERICAN CANNED FRUITS, &o. 50.., &c. tea. G. W. OWEN & CO., QUEEN STREET WH^F, HAyE QN SALJI: . . 800 aapkfl Meek's Crown Brand FLOUR • 60Q „ Wila»n, Harraway « Co.'s FLOUR W ~ R. Anderson's FLOUR 400 „ Auokland Ground FLOUR 109 „ Wood's "Star" FLOUR 600 ~ TARTARIAN SEED OATS 600 „ BRAN and SHARPS 100 „ FOWLS'. WHEAT ; 800 bags Western and Westall's FINE and COAKSESALT 200 cases KERO3INE OIL 35 bales Grey, Blue, Pink, and Brown PAPER andIPAFER BAGS . G. W. OWEN & Co., QUEKKN STREET WHARF, HAVE ON. SALE: 30 cases Prime CANTERBURY OHEEBK 30 cwt. Prime HAMS and BACON 10 tons CANTERBURY POTATOES. P. O R T. M A 'N T E AI,U S PORTMANTEAUS 1 W. BHATFIEIiD, Manufacturer of all kinds of Portmanteaus" Ladies' Travelling Trunks, Bonnet : Boxes, Hat and Gun Casks. ■ Travellers' Sample Cases, and Leather Cases ot every description, made to size land order. , Gentlemen's Portmanteaus always kept id stook I.in great variety; manufactured from the i Best Colonial Leather and Bold at . English Prices. '/ ' j; . ! VT Repairs neatly and promptly exeouted. '•' 25; Grey-stkeet, Auckland,



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