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She tried to say mat she was glad— tnat she was sorry—that she was grateful-but the words became entangled, and ended in nothing.

Lord Brackenbury smiled,

"Do not name it, I entreat," he Paid diily. "If you are pleased, it is enough In the meanwhile, we understand each other ; which is very dcsireable. And now, before we go in, I have a little request to make. I have never given you a ring, Wini fred—and a ring you know, is indispensable. I ought, in fact, to have given you one long ago. May I hope you will wear this for my sake ?"

Saying which, he drew from his waist coat-pocket a small morocco box containing a massive ring set with ono large brilli ant.

" It is very handsome," paid Miss Savage, drawing hack; much too handsome for me 1"

" That I deny."

" Bnt—but I never wear rings. I never had a ring in my lite." "The more reason that you t-hould have one now. Let us see it it will fit. No; not this hand—the other,"

If Miss Savage had never possessed a ring, Lord Brackenbury, for his part, had never given one. lie may, therefore, be excused forfeelingnot a little awkward when he found himself, according to immemorial tradition, with a lady's finder iv one hand and a ring in the other. However, he put the ring on with a good grace ; pronounced it an excel lent fit ; and, for the second time that day, kisEed the girlish hand that wore it. Thus to the contentment of both, the marriage was deferred for yet two more years. Liberty is sweet; and Lord Brackenbnry, although he had dono his " devoir "as a lover, was not sorry to put off the sale of his yncht. As ho rode home, in fact, that after noon, making a wide ciicuit round the out skirts of the moor, he planned how lie would make an autumn cruise among the Norwe gian fjords; and wondered whether Lancelot would like a trip to the Greek islands in the spring.

CHAPTER XIV. OI,D COUKT. A long, low, antique-looking room, with wainscoted walls, and polished oaken floor, and a huge carved chimney-piece sur mounted by a defaced coat of arms. At the further end of this room, a modern hay window. On the hearth, newly lined with blue and white Dutch tiles, a blazing log fire. On the floor, all kinds of Eastern rugs and mats of shaggy furs; and, on the walls besides innumerable oil sketches and studies finished and unfinished, fiamedand unframed), a heteroeeneous array of curious modiuoval and Oriental weapons ; old brass plates and seventeenth century sconces; Delft, Majolica, and Palissy dishes; Venetian mirrors j Albert purer woodcuts and Fira nesi engravings in old black frames ; and the Dreynkont. Shakespeare, and Blake's Canterbury Pilgrim?, and a magnificent proof of tbe Madonna diban Sißto. _ s The furniture is as picturesque and variou —a medley of high-backed Elizabethan chairs, old Italian cabinets, Japanese screens, stools of exquisite Arab work in rosewood and mother of pearl and painted bride-chests that might be as old as the legend of Ginevra. Here and there stand tables of carved oak or Florentine mosaic, laden with books and papers, and bir china bowlsfuilofmanycolourcdchryfanthemnms. And in the recess of the window stands an easel, and on the easel a picture. The room in short, with its •warmth, its luxury, its wealth of colour, and its costly " bric-a brae," is an artist's studio.

The artist too is tin re, brush and palette in hand. Hfe has been at work in a desultory way ever since breakfast, and hap made, little or no progress. And now the light is fast fading, and the early November dusk is close at hand ; and although he is dissatisfied with [every touch, yet—half in impatience, half in obstinacy—ho etill paints on. In his picture there 5s a female figure, and on a chair close by, a sketch in crayon. This sketch is his model. He re fers to it perpetually, translating it into colour, adapting it to his subject as he goes along. Suddenly — self - dissatisfaction having reached its climax—he flings down the btush, bangs his palette on one of the easel pegs, and, gloomily whtßtlinur, surveys tho damage ho has done. His day's work, he tells himself, has been one long failure. The picture as he left it yesterday was in a better state by far than he leaves it to-day. He waa then, at all events, content with it, as far as it went. To day he has done nothing but mar it. He began by marring it witb the first touch he laid upon the canvas, and he has gone on marring it ever since. What a fool he bad been to persist hour after hour_, when he knew he was not in tho vein! What work it will cost him to repair the mischief—if indeed it can be repaired without scraping down to the canvas and beginning again *" ab ovo" ! ~ ,

There are moments when the masculine mind feels impelled to unburden itself in strong language, and this gentleman's senti ments on the present ocea ion found expres sion in vernacular more forcible than select.

Kelieved apparenty br thisliitle ontburst. he shoved the easel back into a corner, and turned the picture with its face to the wall. He then lit a cigar, matched up abroad brimmed ferocious-looking felt hat, threw open the window, and went out upon the terrace beyond. ry.'.

Tea stranger unacquainted with the place and its history, nothing 'could well be more startling than the contrast between that wcll-f umished interior, and the aspect of the building as seen from outside. Within, all was comfort, warmth, and careless luxury ; without, all was ruin.

The house had been a stately mansion once; but was now a mere shell. Only a corner of one wing was yet habitable, and that part had evidently been patched up and roofed in quite recently. The rest was a picturesque confusion of skeleton walls ; shattered window-frames ; broken chimneys witb carved and clustered columns : battered gargoyles in whose gaping jaws the birds made their nests; blackened fire-places marking the level of upper chambers, now open to the sky. In one comer was a winding staircase, broken half-way up and leading nowhere ; at the opposite corner, a quaint octagonal turret surmounted by a creaking weathercock. Everywhere might be seen traces of fire and smoke and havoc of warfare. A place once reeking and terrible with slaughter; now lovely with green and russet mosses, and yellow lichens, and stonecrop, and the mantling ivy with its clusters of blackberries, and the errant bramble gemmed with scarlet seed-pod*, and the Virginian creepers in a dying glory of crimson and gold.

The terrace—a grassy platform bordered by a broken balustrade—led down by a double flight of steps to what had once been a garden, but was now a hillside wilderness of tangled weeds and clipped yews grown wildly out of shape. Lower still, at the foot ot the slope, lay the old bowling green—a sunken, oblong space of level turf, perfectly preserved and, in curious contrast to the condition of the garden, perfectly well-kept. Beyond and below here all was shrubbery," covert, and broken ground, lioneycombed with rabbit-warrens and populous with partridges and pheasants.

The terrace commanded all this and much more besides-the valley and the meadow flats far below, the little river idly wandering between ranks of stunted pollards, the church-tower pseping out above the trees; while on the upper level, far as the eye ranged, there wa-i seen on the one side a rolling expanse of moorland, and on the other a thickly-wooded park. That pai-k is Brackenbury Park. Those moors are Bra ckenbury Moors. This ruined mansion is Brackeabury Old Court. The artist is Lord Brackenbury's brother. Yes. sad to fay, instead of taking the borough and walkiog inlthat straight Parlia mentary path for which he was destined, Lancelot Brackeabury had elected to be come an artist. Like his brother, he travelled for a year on leaving college ; and, unlikejhis brother, he came back having made choice of a profession. Fate surely nursed a grudge aeainst the fathpv of these two young men, and deligh'ed in disappoint ing him. According to the faith of the ex- Ambassador, Art as a profession was almost as objectional as Liberalism in politics. Was it not misfortune enough that Cuth bert should embrace the one heresy, with out Lancelot embracing the other. Yet Lancelot had talent, and there were some in even Lord Brackenbury's own set who said that the younger Bon might do worse than become a painter. Well, yes he might do worse. He might turn actor, or fiddler, or circus-rider. He might take to open-air preaching. He might marry a ballet-dancer. But to reflect that bad mi|?ht be worse never yet afforded lively comfort to any of us; and least of ail to Lord Brackenbury.

However, Lancelot believed that he had found his vocation ; so an artist he was and an artist he remained, setting to work in good earnest, and beginning with a year or two of hard work in aFrench studio. By and by, when his father died and his elder brother was living with one foot on land and one on sea, he took a fancy to moke a den for himself at Old Court, where the only weather-tight corner was occupied by a gamekeeper. Here he appropriated two httle-rooms ; put an easel in one and a camp-bed in the other, and engaged the gamekeeper's wife to wait upon Mm. It was a rough life; but as tie only nut down

now aou men tor a month's shootino «ft ' Bkf* in S' *> enjoyed the roughnesß and desired nothing better. T^CJ!' however, when Lord Brackenburr'uS'' appeared, and the great house was shut «« and the title and estates were m abeyant' he decided to turn the den into a comfnrf' able " pied a terre." So bo roofed in• t2£ or three rooms, ran up gome stablino ,«•' moved the gamekeeper to a cottage nl"' by, and made his homo ameng the ruirm He had chambers also in London i bat beta • hard at work just now upon a picturefl < the next Salon, he had settled down tZ some months of country life, , * It was his wont to paint till about hilf/ past two or three in the afternoon then to ride or walk till dusk; but on>!{!•' particular day, having gone doggedlv™m!'i till the end of the daylight, he coSS himself with a quarter-deck stroll on-S terrace. Here he paced slowly to and £?■■ He was thinking; and his^lfr, apparently, were not pleasant. There wSi gloom in the set look of hie mouth, ttn d^»f the way his hat was pulled ttown tpon hr brow. There was discontent in hu v «™ walk. ™ Coming presently to the end of.'his <si£* he pitched it impatiently over the bain*1 trade, and paused to look at the darWw sky. It was all aglow a moment eitice^ dappled wedge of plumy cirrostraW, slanting athwart the sky like a vast *£ each purple feather tipped with critniim? but now the last faint flush was gonel tmtx the purples had faded to slaty 'onv, Below, all was mist and gathering dark ness. In the valley a white fog was ctefmJ ing along the flats, and the distant landi scape had already sunk away in a sea of shadow. Mil! <■• 1™ Suddenly, the silence was broken by A loud barking, as of dogs near by and iotfieiS farther away; and presently two' an* followed by a pointer and a retriever tame, quickly up from below, making straight for! the house. As they crossed the waste of garden and mounted the last flight of atewh they proved to be a gentleman andaeami keeper, each with his gun.' . v tnpfi "1 here's Mr Brackenbury, sir," saidthe> man, jerking his thumb upwards in/ the" direction of the terrace. r .:.= . The gentleman who was about to'tiro towards the stables, stopped and I stand' around. ■ ';., ~

" Now then, Cochrwe," sang the master of the house, " where are you going?" is. Cochrane—otherwise Horace Cochratie' Esquire of the Inner Temple, barrister, atf Under Secretary of the Wax and Wafe> Department, Dcwnjng.street—gave his pin to the keeper, and joined hia friend. I

" So you're here, are you t" eaid he.' '"*■{ waited "for you at the Crow's Nest' for the best part of .an hour. Been at work all day?" : ': • :.-!>;,»

''Yes—after a fashion. But I toljf you not to [wait. If I had come at all I should have been there as soon as your self r" •'■■; -■■■ mm

" Oh, it didn't matter. I rather liked iti' There was a queer old fellow there—lsaac Something-or-Another—a sort of rat-catcher or sand-carrier. He told me he was one of your tenants. I treated him to beer and drew him out. He was great'fun."' <J5«5 " I know him," said the [other. "'<lntttO Plant—an awful old blackguard." *J ■'.■■• "So I should imagine." ' ' :'!';i. <-

" And one of tbe biggest poachers out,"'1 "He looks it. I've promised to pay him a \Uit. He has a bull-dog pup for sale.5 Lives somewhere On the moor, does'nt he?" ■ lomMiwl

" Not on the moor—on Barfield Moorj right away on the other side, beyond the colliery. But he is not a n:ce acquaintance; and he'll cheat you if he can. Whatijor^of a day have you had ?" m "Not brilliant. Three bface".;!lol pheasants, two of patridges, and a|couplebf rabbits. I don't care much for' that young retriever 'of yours—the old dog is worth a dozen of him." . ! ; ■■'•'iiinMi

'' You are right—but wouldn't yon rather goi" V " ■ ,' V •'.'. i'": :,, I Mr Cocbrane, however, preferred a -cigar, on the terrace; so they continoed to walk up and down in iv the dusk. ' ,' , & "About that old fellow—that1 Isaac Plant," said Mr Cochrane, presently. . "Is I he one of the queer race you were telling me about the other day—Hyperboreans, Anthropophagi, or something t" 'jj' "You mean the 'dark folks,' as, we', Ml them. Yes, he's one! of them; and amigMy bad specimen of a J mighty bad lot. ■ Bat they're neither Hyperboreans nor Anthroi pophagi, nor do their heads, to far,,as'l know, grow beneath tlieir shoulders." V jS " What are they then ?" , .', !f;' "Well, they're supposed to be b'f ■$$ : Saracen origin—or what is called Sara&i for want of a better term. There's a legend about them—that they were captive* brought over at the time of the Crusade?! and that they have lived here ever since." "And who brought them—one of jtt;: ancestors ?" '.'' „ " Oh no—a Langtrey of the time KjtjOfir >|:fl deLion. The Langtreys are ever boy much, older than the Brackenburys, All these moors were originally their property. : The* dale from the creation of the!world; where as we emerged from nothingness about 'It? time of Henry the Seventh." • ' "ji "And Langtrey Grange—does that |l«0 date from the creation !" , '.'.j ,',,,!.,, " Wait till you have seen it." ' ,' ' ' ,\ ; " My dear fellow, I do nothing but ywij I have been here a fortnight, and I believe I shall go away after all without seeing it." ' ..: V^'-'-v!.: "I will take you over there to-mpp* —' foi d'bonneur 1' It Is the moat wpnjlsJ« ful old place you ever saw." 11 I've seen a good many wonderful olfl places," said Mr Cochrane. ■ .' l,Yjti} "Ay, abroad—but not In the jjay 6f r English mediaeval timber hquseß.',"M|ff; nothing in Chester or Tewkesbnry to Mm pare with Langtrey, Grange. It's X:, thing of its kind in England." . '/, : " You Fay so much about it," tbatTbigin to think I had better not see it at alii".•'^•ld the guest. " I hate to be disappointed." •'You wont be disappointed"thta> time." ' ' ' ' "That's what people always. -ttjii-M: never yet saw a famous beauty thatl«onl4 admire—simply because she had been over* praised beforehand.1' ■■■ • . tUvaS* "Ah, but you're] fastidious •■ about beauty." - . .-. ■ •. , : :-<-"i&sm "There you are wrong, I cannadmW . agreeable mediocrity, when left to ptfttoy | own valuation upon it; but, somehow or ' another, when raptures are trumps fnntVtf can bring myself to follow suit. You: call Miss Savage a beauty, don't ytitfifttiit.iP. j:; " My father admired herimmenselyil-ttO'> ' ■ he was as hard to please as yourseltr. replied Lancelot Brackenbury, coldly. >'■' " Meaning, that you are nottof thesatfß opinion ?" ~..,; i'.-«i "Idon'tsay that." -,!..•■ :.y sutfij* , Mr Cochrane looked at him somewhat curiously. " I have a notion that I shall admire that young lady," he said. "At all events, I i have not been bored by her praises.",.,;. • " One doesn't praise the people,one has I known from boyhood," said Mr Bracken' bury. "One takes all that for granted. I leave you, at all events, to form yony«o«n opinion of Miss Savage—mine is'] *w nothing." ;1 ::) 'z •■■.:' There was a pause. It was getting <mie dark, and Mr Cochrane had come almost to the end of his cigar. !l ' , i, " She can't be very young, anyhoW,; n* remarked presently. -V. " If you mean Miss Savage, she is;»W' three and twenty," replied Lancelot Brackenbury. : "So young?" ■"■'.' r "'i " She is just ten years younger than Bry , brother, and poor Cuthbert would now be thirty-three. How those dogs^ bark I Do you hear anything on the road ?'" n r "I fancied I did just now; but not—yes, surely 1 hear wheels." !-f ,"'■- They stood listening. The dogs baHCett again, and the sound cf a rapidly apprOßcn« ing vehicle became distinctly audible^'''L,, , " A dropper-in," said Mr Cochrane.' . " Droppers-in, my dear fellow, '**,*' ™ rare at Old Court as on Bobinson' Crteoes island," laughed his host. "You: fopt that we are nine miles from everywhere, and that old Miss Langtrey is our1 nearest neighbour. I wonder who it is 1 Let a [ftp round to the gate, and see." ' _ They went round, crossing a payed yam that opened upon a lane. The i*™*s echoed by those in the kftnnels, was strauK ing at his chain and barking furiously. *M kitchen windows gave out a rnddy;ig«>w» and a groom with a lantern was peefiiW from the stable door. Presently, 'i*B* pair of demon eyes, two lights flashed q«re of the darkness at the end of the lane, blazed nearer and larger, and reß°^|*; themselves into a pair of R'g-lanips at-tfl| heels ot a tall raw-boned grey, which pnueo up at the gate. .' " Hollo, James 1" shouted a cheery .voice. "Mind her head, my lad 1 Master at home?" -~ "At home, and delighted to see yoa,' replied Mr Brackenbury, holding open tup gate. "What good wind blows you.w these undiscovered shores! SinßleW 11 market-day? How kind of you,>, cpj£ round this way ! You found the road ff**'" rough, lam afraid. Now then, mind ; ww 3 stop. Allow me to introduce .-i^r :^ Cochrane. Cochrane, this is my old mend, Mr Marrables, about whom I was talking yesterday." (To be 6X>ntinuea' ok Saturday.) ,

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ME AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. NOVEMBER 2*.



Auctions* I TO-MORROW. ET<KVJiN O'CLOCK. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ETC, CARBINES & LUSHER HAVE received instructions from tho Trustees of the luto Mr L. Fournlor to soil by auction, on tho Promisos, Newton Road, near the Bridgn, at 11 o'clock sharp, HOUSEHOLD FORNITUKK & EFFECTS, Comprising— Ilorso-hair Suite, Chests Drawers Dining] l'ablos, Chairs Cirpoting, C'ornicoa Pictures. Child's Cot Guitar. Lamps, Curtains Vaßea, Kitchen Utensils, otc. CARBINES & LUSHEU, Auctioneers. \v. a. cooiibaneTJ [james dagrk. TO-MORROW. 27 BALES PAPER AND PAPER BAGS. Lx ' Fcrngicn.' THE subscribers will stll, at their Rooms, To-morrow (Thursday), at 11 o'olook, i ba!os Straw Brown Wrapping Paper 7 bales Whito Wrapping Papor la bales Papor Bags, nssortod 1 bale Carpet Felt l Japcr SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. W.S. COOlimNE.l [JAMES DACKE. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29. ALLOTMENTS AND BUILDINGS IN ALBKUT-3TRKKT. lii tho Estate of Patrick Lortsran, deceased. THK subscribers will sell at their Land Mart. Fort-street, on Monday, 29th iust, at 12 o'clock, Alukht street—Two Freehold Allotments, «"" " each 13 HnU.o frontfwo by 101 links deep, boinK parts of Lota 10 aud 17. Seotion 15, wit.ri tho Two Dwelling Houses erected theroos. No Reserve. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers TO-MORROW. THE REMUERA YARDS. IJIOR SALE, on Thursday next, at 1 » o'clock, 80 Choice Steera. from Waitara; landed in flrst-rato condition 60 Auckland Fatted Cattle 500 Fat Sheep and Lambs ALFKED BUCKLAND. I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26. THE II A V M A R X E T. f\'Oß SALE, at tho Hay market, on Fri. day noxt, 6 BUCK-EYE REAPER AND MOWERS. ■ . Sizes; 4 feet, i feet 6, and i feet 9.1 ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. WOOL! WOOL I WOOL | ■ I'-HE HAYMA RKE T, rjiHE SECOND SALE OF THE SEASON Will be held on Tuesday, November 30, at 12 o'clock. All wool for the Catalogue to bo in Store on Saturday, the 23th instant. ALFRED BUCKLAND. J;';;" FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26. i: DURHAM YARDS. rOR sale, at the Burham Yards, on Friday next, ■ 1 i-yenr old Colt, Medium JDraught, by 'Matchless' . 2 3-yoar old Draught Colts, by' Matchless' ■ 3 Yearling Colts, by 'Matchless' lJModium Draught Plough More 1 Heavy Draught Mare, staunch 1 Riding Pony I Roan Horse, 5 years, good weight carrying hack 1 Good Hack, carries a lady 2 Medium Draught Colts Also, Hacks. Light Harnoß3and Draught Horses Drays, Spring Carts, Buggies, Harness, Saddlery, &o. I AT 11 O'CLOCK. HUNTER & NOLAN. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2(1 % fi;U RHAM YARDS. OOR sale, at the Durham Yards, on Fri- Jj day next, on account of the expiration of tho vendor's loaac, 1 1 Four-yoar-old Colt, Medium Draught, by Matchless 2 Three-year-old Draught Colts, by Matchless t; s 2 Yearling Colts, by Matchless 1 Medium Draught Plough Mare 1 Heavy Draught Mare, staunch -,il Riding Pony At 11 o'Clock. HUNTER & NOLAN. :Iu .THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. .»*,!'! GEORGE BIBBIN HAS recewed instructions from the Auokland Harbour Board to sell, at the offices of the Board, on Thursday, the 16th December, 1880, at 11 o'olook, THE RIGHT OF COLLECTING TOLLS and Weighbridge Charges upon Queen-street and Railway Wharfs for one (1) year Also, Leases of Shods A, b, o, and d, Queon street Wharf, for one (1) year Tha Lease of Shed b, Railway Wharf, for one U> year Conditions and Draft Lease will he on view at the Harbour Board Offices. ITHURSDAY, DECEMBER 39. ' GEORGE SIBBIN HAS received instructions from the Auokland Harbour Board to sell, at the offices of tho Board, ou Thursday, December 30, 1880, at 11 o'olook, Learou of Allotments Nns. 18,19,20, and 204, • .Broakwator Road, for 2 years Leases of Allotments Nos. 1. 2, 25, 20, . Mechanics' Bay Koclamation, lor Oi ears Lease of Allotment near Wynyard Pier, for .*,,,;'. . ,syears . Lease of Allotment at Breakwater, forl year Conditions and draft lease will be on view at the Harbour Board Office. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13. AT NOON. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. ALBERT HALL. TO MECHANICS, WORKING MEN, AND OTHERS. QQ BUILDING ALLOTMENTS About 50 x 150 Feet Each. i; -piCHMOKD. Bounded by tho Richmond and Ponsonby Roads tho Surrey Hills EBtate, and a never failing Fresh Water Stream. Within a Few Minutes Walk of tho City Boundary. Small Rates. Moet Healthy Locality, and Command tog Magnificent Views of the Harbour, TitiraDgi Ranges, and the Surrounding Country. ' Terms :—One-third, Cash; Balance, 3, 5, and 7 years, @ 8%. The Allotments are being Pegged Out and Flagged. E. O. GREENWOOD, Auctioneer. riIHAMES CATTLE MARKET. BANKS & CO., ; STOCK AND COMMISSION AGENTS. Market each THURSDAY, at their yards, Parav/aCisfc '& P-m., tot sale of Stook of all des criptions. Produce, &c, OcniilgfiCMj o£ f3lock can depend upon every attonUoA being glvon, good Faddook Aceoinmo patios, axid FfiOH^X AQOOVXT Saves. . .. . . -'Sill



AUOCIODB. TO-MOIUiOW, NOON. HOUSEHOLD JUItNITUKE. &c, &c, &o, Symonds-stkeet. K. ARTHUR HAS boon favoured with instructions from tho proprietor, who is leaving Auck land, to soil by auotlon, at his residence, i-lyinoiids-stroet, Known as Windmill Houeo, on Thursday noxt, at 12 o'clock noon, his HOUBRHOLD FURNITURE & EFFECTS, consisting of Parlour, Dining-room, Bod rrom, Kitchen, Gloss, Karthenware, Bod oing, Gas OookinK Stove, Sowing Marhino Washing Machine; tho wholo In good order, but littlo used On vlow mornlnß ot day of salo. TO-MOKROW. SHII"S STOHES 1 SHIP'S STOKES 1 SHIP'S STOKES ! SHIP'S STOKES 1 Ex •Waugauni.' FLOUR, OATMEAL, RICE, i'EPPER COFFEE, MUSTAUD, PIUKLES PRESERVED ONIONS, CAIiKOTP, AND POTATOES SALT, PEAS, SAGO lI\KNESS CASK, BEEF ALE, PORTEK, BRANDY, WHISKY CHAKCUAL BUKNKUS, LAMPS COFFEE GHINDKRS, BROOMS MEDICAL STORES, PUMP LEAD-LINED BATHS. DECK TUBS, ANT) OTHER SHIP'S FITTINGS fee, &c, &c. Also, g2O I'ACKAGKS G E N E 11 A L GROCERIES AND OILMAN'S STORE!*. K. & A. ISAACS HAVE received instructions to soil bj auction, »t their Stores, Fort-street,oi Thursday uoxt, November 25, at 11 o'clock, THE ABOVE. E. & A." ISA A*C S, Morehants and Auctiono re. TO-MORROW. FOOT BATHS SPoNGE BATHS TEA TKAYS SUGAR BOXES LANTERNS BASINS WASHSTANDS FLOWER STANDS SUPERIOR CHAJSDELIER &0., &C, &C. GABRIEL LEWIS WILL sell by auction, on above date at 11 o'c'.ock Bharp, THE ABOVE, TO CLOSE ACCOUNTS Stud. A UOKLAND STuu COMPANY -t3L (LIMITED). Tho following Thoroughbred Clydesdale Kn tires will Stand at tho Company's Farm, Glei Orchard, this season, and will travel in th< immediate neighbourhood as at foot. Gcod Paddocks will bo provided for Mares a> two shillinKß and sixpence per week. Kvery care will be taken, but no responsl bllity will be Incurred. All Mares to be removed by the 10th Januarj 1881. Thoroughbred Imported Stallion MUSKET, Bred by Lord Glasgow in ISG7: got by Toxo philite, his dam by West Australian out o: Brown Bess by Camel. Terms:—Thirty guineas for one or two mares or twenty-lire guineas for three or more, thi property of same owner, payable by approvec promissory notes at three months from date o: service. Musket is v dark brown horse, standing full] 10 hands 2} inohes, and shows immense powei and quality. Musket's performances on tho KngliahlTur: stamp him as an mdoniable good hone at al distances and weights, while hit stock now runninc: prove him to be a vsry great success ai tho stud. Tide p?rformancos of Rifle, wlnnei of Grand National Hurdlo Race of 1,000 guinea: at Sandown; Muscatel; Petronel, winner oi the 2,000 guineas; Musketry, Carbine, anc many others. The Companr reserves to Itself the option oj refuting mares not deemed suitable. Thoroughbred Imported Stallion C A P-A-P I E, By Marlbyrnonsr out of Miss Magus, by Maeuf (imported) out of Georgians, by Cap-a-pie (kn ported) out of Gcorgiana (imported). Cap-a-pie is a beautiful brown horse, six yean old, standing 15 hands 3 inchei, and shows lot! of quality and substance Capa-pie's Performances: Won Squatters Stake?, A.J.C. Spring Meeting, 1877; St. Legei A.J.C. Autumn Meeting. Dead heat witl Chester for Cnmborland Stakes next day, twe miles, weight for age, Terms:—Six guineas for Bingle mares; five guineas for two or more mares. Ths Imported Clydksdalk (i years old) ELGIN. Sire, Luck';, All—late Champion Sire of Scotland. WiDner oJ the first prize at tho Agricultural anc Pastoral Association's Show, held at Ellerslle November 9th, 1879. Will travel this Benson os under: — Mondays—To Panmure and Immediate neigh bourhood Wednesdays—To Otahuhu, and In the af ternooi to Mangere, where by the kind permissloc ot Mr W. Paul, he will remain at his fara for the night. Thursdays—To Onehun ga, Bpsom.and Remuera Tuesdays, Fridajs, and Saturdays—At Gler Orohard. Terms:—Five guineas single mares; H guinea! for two or more, the property of one owner. N.B.—The Company offer a First Prize oi Fifteen Guineas and a Second Prize of Five Guineas for the Best Foal got by Elgin, to be shown and judged at the AucKland Agriculture and Pastoral Association's Show in November, 1881. Payment for Cap-a-pie and Elgin due on the 10th of January, 1881. For further particulars apply to the Managing Director, CAPT. WALMSLTCY, Glen Orchard; Or to WM. PERCIVAI/. Secretary, Auckland. Money- i ]^[ O «_ E Y. Money to Lend on Mortgage oi Freehold Securities.—George Fraser, Public Accountant, Investing and Estate Agent, W. B. Grabame's Bond, Fort-street, and, No. 6, South British Insurance Buildings, corner of Queen and Short and street. MONEY TO LEND on MOKTGAGJS of Flrst-clasa Freehold Seourittep. WM. COLKMAN, Solicitor, Corner of Queen and Shortland-streets. MONEY XO tijfiJNJj in large or small sums at a moderate rate of interest.— Jackson and Russell. Solicitors. ONEY TO LEND, in large or sma sums, at usual rates of interest. CONNKLL & COOPEK, Solicitors, Vulcan Lane. MONEY TO LEND, on Mortgage.— F Ring, Agent, Shortland-street -AM OJSEY TO LEND ON MORTGAGE^ -LtX in sums of £50 and upwards. BEVERIDGE & ALEXANDER, Solicitors. Bank Buildings, Wyndham-street AUCKLAND PERMANENT CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY, Office:—93, Queen-street. LOANS granted upon approved securities o Freehold or Leasehold Properties n sums of £20 to £6,000, principal and interest being re payable in instalments, at the following rates for every £100 borrowed:— Repaymentsextend-p w . Total amount Ing over rer weeK- Repayable. s. d. £ a. 4 years _ .. .. 12 0 130 0 0 8 years 9 2 113 9 2 Byears 7 6 156 7 6 10 years 6 3 102 16 3 Interest allowed on Deposits:—Fixed for 1! months, 5 per cent, per annum; withdrawable at 7 days' notice, J per c;ct. per annum. JOHN BATGER, Secretary. WatcHmaKers and Jewellers. rtLKAKING-OUT HAiiXi FOR ONE \J IWEEK. ? I A N o S, HARMONIUMS, WATCHBS, CLOCKS, and JBWBLLERX arNo Reasonable Offek Hefvssd.j^ i.25 par ocat.!Discount forJCash Buyers, JV HOWD EN, BHORTLAND-aTRKKT. ;



Dampier's Wonderful Bargains. r A D I E a! Remember wo open now at _ and oloeo at 6: and on Saturdays wo close at 10.30. Gome and boo tho largo rioo lot of Wonderful Fresh Bar gains, commencing with Ladles' Auckland Made Kid Hoots, at Ss tho i>alr{ PoinpndoUr Hlbbon, 3d tho yd,; Satin and Faille BeVerw able ttibbon, Od ; Large Lot other Summer Itlb- Ijoiis, 6d to Is; Very WMe Saah Ribbon, fld tno yd.; Leather Table Mat". Is (id tho s6t of li; Knives and Porks.Od the pair! Hooks and Kyes. 2 cards for Id, or 5a tho doz. oardß; Glass Ink 1 tottlcß. with metal Uda, Od; Blaok Bracelets, 3d the pair; tho Fashionablo Snake Bracolot, Is tho pair; Silvered Snako Bracolots, 9d onoh; N ioe Lot of Table OUoloth, la the yd. Toll your husbands to look In tho Wukeflold-stroot Window nt my Blaok and Summer Kelt Hats, at 2a ouch. lam rot awaro that I've bad bu «h a cheap lot of Folt Hats boforo; Hoys'do., tho name prico; Black Lustre, Pa and la tho yd.: Hoys' Bummer Suits," Bs and 7s; Grand Metal Dress Holders, 2d; tho now fashioned Ladles Girdles, Od; tho Ladles' now fashioned Thick Boadod Necklaces, Is Ori; now fashioned Brooches (blaok or coloured), Oil t Kid Gloves l Is tho pair; splendid lot of Josephine do-. UVhittS and coloured), 2s s nice lot of Wdtnft whip*, 1b each ; Largo Cards of Children's Tools. Od tho card* Playing Cards, !k\ tho pack; Handsome Money Boxes, Bd; Workboxcs, nloely lillod with Stissors, &c.,'2s; Toy Bollg, 2.1; Larao rto., suitable for Tablo Bolls, Id; Largo Grand China Tea Sots, 23,; Diaper, Is thnyil.; Croobot Anti maccasarn. Is 3d; Toilet Mats, Is tho set of 6; Omnibuses, Cd each ; Hair Brushea, Is; Cam brio Handkorohiofs, Cd; Trumpets, 2d each; Punch Clappers, la; Engines. Gd; Turkey Twill. Jst framed Oleograph Pictures, la tho pair; Grand Pin Cushions, Bd; Largo Jars Hlmmel s Pomade, O'l; Viotoria Mats, 2d eaoh; largo nico lot of Ladles' Gloves. 6d j Superior Fluitor Rings, Od ; Infants' Foedlng Bottles, Od eaoh ; Children's Patent Leather Boots, 2a: Children s Prunella do., nlzo oto 9. 3s; Ladios' E. 9. Boots, 5a 6d ; Prunolla do., Os fid; pretty bottles Smell ing Salts, 9d; largo out Rlass bottles Scont, Is Gd; 150pd. Bcols of Thread, 3d ; 200 yd. Kools of Cotton, 2d, or la lOd tho doz.; Crochet Cotton, 2d and 2Jd; Buttons, 12 doz. for Id; Cloth Vest Buttons, 12 doz. /or id; Ladles' and Girls' ThimWon, 2 for Id ; Brown Windsor Soap, 7 for 1b; Glyoorino liars, 7d tho bar; it few Itllnd TnsM Is, 2d ouch; Rood Bine Plcturo Crosses, 2d; masslveS-cornered glass Ink Bottles, Is; Ladles and Girla' Umbrolihs, 2s; nlco Lot of Ladios' Whito Straw Hats, Is 3d: Girls' do., lOd tlnd Is; Men's do., Is and Is Od: Shcols ot l'ins, 2 for Id or6d tho doH i LartlbB1 Handaomo Silk Squares, Is (Id t Morloy's Knitting Cotton, Noa. (i to H, Is !*d tho lb.; Infanta" Foedinj? Bottles 9d oiioh; Book Muslin, ad nnd fil ; Sto»l Knitting Pir.s, i for 2d; Rood sizo Tin Walters, I ; Pretty Kru Cups, 9for Is; fow Hall Drosses, a littlo Hoilu<J, Is ; Men's Wa'klng Sticks. It) Od ; Hoys' do., 9d • Electroplated Porks, la ; do. £poot.s. Jd. Od. and Oil: Boys' Wide framed Slates, 2.1; 2 Violins, with Hows, 20a each. Toll tho Shoemakors I havo a Nioo Lot or Ladlon' Kid Boot Uppers. 2s tho pair, and a Lotof Lntlies' Boot Blocks, Is tho pair; nice. Lot of Boot Trunks for anyone, 2s O'l to sj; Wash Leathers, Is oach; about 15 doz. Tomahawks loft for Is oaoh ; Claying Curds, Od tho pack; nioo Lot of Gorman Silvur and Sto»l Sueotaolos, la tho pair, worth 2a Oil; Slato Pencils, Id tho doz. or Od for 100; 1 lair Nets. Id; anothor Lot of tho Blaok Volvtttoon, 2j Od tho yd,; Lot of Sarcenat.ls tho yd.; Gents' Satin Bows, Gd and9d; Neoktios, 4d; Ladieß' Scarves, 9d tD Is Od; Peorlass Qlos.\ to shine tho boola without bruihos, 9d: nico Lot «t Mo»'s West Knd Collars, »izo 11. 3d (good quality): Blaokand Whito Berlin Wool, 3d the doz ! all th» b»a« llfulcolours. Id; Ladles' Stays, In Gd tho pair; Ualioo, 4}d; Towelling, Hd; Fresh Lot of White Hook Combs, Id and On: Mens Shlrte, la 3d to 2s Cd the highest price ; Boya do., different sizes oheap; Ladieß White Hose, 3Jd; Unbleaohod do., 0d; Other colours, fld ; Very Wldo Whito Window Holland, 9d per yd.; Oreon Striped do., Od: Como Ladles and sco tho Lovoly Lot of Ladies' Mummer Gloves I am tolling nt Gd tho pair ; Chlldro»'s Gauntlet Gloves, 4d ; ltuohe. different oolouts, 2d tho yd.; Ladles' and •IrV Petliooats, 2s; White do., 4s 6d: Boys' Dux Collars, size IH, Sd the box; Mom's Grand Puggaree*, Od; Splendid Line of Men a Braces, la ;mo higher pifqp; Ll»tlo Boy/a do., Gd: Puff Box«s,with puffs, 9d ; Towals, 2d to2}d; Largo Honoyoomb do., 6d; Turkish do., Is; navy Blue, Majonta, M*roon. Groen. Brown, and La vendor Merino, Is 3d the yd.; LadUe' Bolts, Od and Od : Men's do., If ; Boy'i d»., 9d; Hair Pads, 3 f»r Od ; Satin Tub«Ur Trimming, Id the yd.; Reeding Glasses, to hold In too hand, fld oaoh;Nico Lot ot scent, 6d the bottlo; Piping Cord 18 knots for Bd; Fingering Wool, 3d tho hank: LadJos' md Men's Stand-Up Collars, size 15,164. and 10,2 d tho box; Kmbro iderod Mats, 0a; Notepaptr, 2d quire ; Flannel Is3d.—W. H DAMPIBR Oueon-fltreet OunsmltUsi DEVITT, GnnmaJcer, f44, Queen i Btreet, Auckland, opposite tho Market house. Established, 1859.—Always in Stook and to arrive by direct Importation from England mado to advertisers own order,—Choksbore Breech-loading Guns, Double and Singlo Muzzle loaders, Bieooh-loading Revolvers, Breech-load- Ing Rook and Rabbit Rifles, Game Baas, Gun Cases, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, and every article necessary to complote tho outfit of a sportsman. An assortment of every description of Revolver Cartridges, and all the best Brands In Sporting Powders are imported direct from the makers by tho tho advertiser, who can guarantee their good quality. Cartridges for the Knflera, Snider »nd Terry Hiflos. Metaluo Cartridge Cases, Chilled Shot and other speci alities always on hand. Country dealora liberally dealt with. GunsKo-stookod.Brownod, etc., and every other kind of Firearm Repaired at reasonable prices. Notice.— Just to hand, a lot of good serviceable C. F. Chokoboro Hreeoh loadlng Guns cheap. Tho largest stook In Auckland to choose from. Also, in stook, a large assortment of Fireworks of the best duality. Fishing Tackle Portmanteaus FO JR T MIA "NT E |AfcU SI PORTMANTEAUS 1 W. BHATFIELD, Manufacturer of all kinds of Portmanteaus' {Ladies" Travelling Tbcnkb, Bonnet ■*•■<•«• Boxes, Hat and Gun Casks. Travellers' Sample Cases, and Leather Capes of every description, mado to size and order. Gentlemen's Portmanteaus always kept in stook in great variety; manufactured from tho Best Colonial Leather and Sold at Knglisn Prices. tar Repairs neatly and promptly executed. 25, Geey-steeet. Auckland. Venetian Bunas. AUCKLAND VENETIAN BL*ND FACTORY, OOKrffiß OF COOK AND GREY STREET VENETIAN BUNDS I VENETIAN BLINDS I Made of the best Caltfornian Pine, guaranteed nottowarpor twkt. Our Blinda surpass all Imported Blinds. Wood or Iron. We have a very large stook of well-seasoned Pine Tim- SriVml 0 °. Laiß° 8t»0b Ot VBNETIAN BLINDS on hand, assorted sizes. Wlra Gauze I linds mado to order, and forward to all parts otthe Co) »y at the shortest notice. A. & A. BUSBY (Late K. Horton Busby), VENETIAN BLIND MAKERS ANDI WTRB WORKERS, COIiNKK OF COOK AND GRKY STREKTS ]^J R S. T\ O W N UPPER HOBSON-STRBB.T. Established 1861. Every Description of Stay Cossets, &o. sukbioal bklts, upon the ilatebt Improvements. Shoulder Straps Made to Obber. iarCountry Orders Punctually At ton ded WANTED, my Customers to take par ticular notice of my Christmas Holidays' ast of Bargains, comprising a grand assort ment of Fashionable Millinery Honnets, and acme of thcChoapnßt Trimmed Ladies' Hata in Auckland. My house]is celebrated for selling the best and cheapest Kid Gloves iv town. The following list of prices will be a sure guarantee that the articles will insure themselves to the public, especially Bohemian Kid Gloves, an ex cellent quality, in all sizes, price Is 9d per pair, worth 3s Gd; one line of Twilled Flax Shirting, at7d peryd., worth Is; Summer Fancy 2-Button 2s, worth is per pair; a Good Dark Kid Glove, 2-Buttoned, 2s, worth 3s 0d; a spleDdid value in Ostrich FeathO's. 5s od, worth 10s 0d; a large stock of Long White Ostrich Feathers equally cheap ; 1000 yards of Dress Mohair, for Summer wear, 7d per yard, worth Is 6d ; 30 dozen Si)k Scarves, Is each, worth 2s ; 50 dozen Lace Col larets, Is, worth 3a ; a good'line in Black Kid Gloves, 2-Button, Sa, worth 4s Gd per pair; Men's and Youths' Ventilated Straw Hata at Is, worth 3s; a splendid lot of Boys' Straw Hats, 9d each. This is the only house in town that has U'Ot the new Chinnelle Frilling for Ball Dresses; ulso, a great variety of Gold and Silver Lace; tho Gont.'e Now Tuscan Hats at Ss, worth. 7s Gd. A. lot of heavy Flax Shirting, at 7d per yard, worth is.-WM. BYRE! Victoria-street.



Land ami Estate Agents. | Tp J. MOSS AND CO. LAND AND ESTATE AGENTS, CORNER Off O'CONHELL , AND SHORT LAND STREETS |;(NbXt adove Bank ok New South Walks). Properties entrusted to us for Salo will have tho additional advantage of being placed on MOSS, RAINE & CO.'S CENTRAL REGISTRY In Wellington. OQ AAA TO LEND, at current rates of In 30O)UUU terost, in sums of £100 and up wards. CITF. SUBURRAN, AND RURAL PRO PERTY forsalo In all parts of tho Province and tho fullest Information to bo obtainod by intending Settlors or Invo'tors. F. J. MOSS & CO., Shortland-stroet. New Zealand agricultural COMPANY. Wo aro Agonts for this Company, whtoh has 160,000 nores splendid ARrloul tii'iil Land open for solootion, In blocks to Butt settlors, an<* to bo obtained on tho easiest tormn. Plans to be «oen nnd further Information obtainod on application. F. J. MOSS & CO., Shortland-itroct. "PROPERTIES FOR SALE. TOWN AND SUBURBAN. PARK ROAD.—B Roomed Houbo, now, and with tlno viow. RBMUEHA.—B-Roomod Houso, with ono Aoro o( Garden and Orchard. 7-Roomod Houip, with 5 Acres-garden, orchard and pad dook. ONEHUNGA.-l 1 Aoro", valuablo for a fiictoty. 21 Aorofl and Largo Houa", beautifully Bitn at d, and with lino Garden, Orchard, and Paddocks. 8-roomod House, with 1 Aero of Oardon nnd Orchard. 10-Uoomod Houso, with lino Oanlon, Or chard, and largo PmUloek. 12J Acres lino Building or Garden Land. PONSONUY 7-roomod Houae, with Grjuruls— 1 Aore. 8-Roomed ITomo, with 1 Aore. 0-Uoomcd Housn, with J Aero. 6 Hoomed llouso, with J Aoro 10-Roomod Ifouse, wltn a Acres of Orchard and Grass Paddock. WKLIjESIiBY-STRHKT') Dos'rab'o Puildlng lIOWK-I'I'RKBT > ScclloiiH in tin so VIOTORIA-STRKUT ) Btreotß Kor Snlo. KAItANGAHAI'E R0A1).~7-Rooincd Houso and Qivdon. NEWTON.—G-Kooinod Houso and Gardon. LAKE T4ICAPUNA.—Ftrmsof from 30 to 10 Acres, beautifully situated, umlsoinoinhlgh cultivation, for sale In this favourite dlitrlot. GRBAT KOUTH ROAD.—A oholco Farm of 03 acros, within 6 miles of Auoklaml. REMUBRA.—IS Acres, in wholo or lm part. ~„„.,„ , T ~„.,,.,. Houßoa and Valuable Pro- MOUNT EDEN \ P. m, ramdlv irowl'r k NORI'IIROAD j I'lKirb" KloW"g Rural Land. WAIKATO "\ Sovoral Valuablo Proiwrtloe, oul- WAIPA ti v»tod or only partly improvrd, WAITOA J- and ranging from 150 to 2500 HIaKO I acres, fur sale in thono easily WAIHOU J accessible districts. WAIKATO.—2 Valuablo Rlocks of 0,000 and 5,850 acres. To bo sold In tho wholo or in A&o. a valuablo and woll-dralnod Farm, ro olalmod from tho flax swamp, and tho best land in tho district. PAPAKURA 1 PAPATOITOI Farmß of varlod extont _ ro^Tn/VrYSnTTTM \. from B0 to 800 acros-ln S^uiSut? 001 tboso well-sottlcd and MAUKU well-known districts. WAIUKU ) WAIROA NORTH.—An KBtato of 1200 acros, very lino land, a groater part in cultivation. 800 acres very rich land, woll grastsod and cultivate!. 600 acres, with right to grazo over 20,000 acres adjoining. AWITU.—2OO aoros very fine land. KAIPARA.—I2OO aores fine llmtstono oenntry. r.OLAN.- 1700 aoros fine llmestono country, olose to the township. BAY OF PLKNTY.-2600 acres, near Taurango. POVERTY BAY.-9000 aoros flno land, well grassed, and a splendid sbeop run. HAWKK'3 BAY.-30,000 aoros flno sheep ooun try. KAIPAR A.-ll.oooacres catblo run, to bo bought at a low figure KAURI FORKST.-Somo flno blocks of kauri timber land, and various other properties on easy terms to suit purchasers. F. J. MOBS & CO.. Shortland-streot. TO! O R SALE. A faithfully built Stoamor of 75 tous, anil In complete order. F. J. MOSS S CO., Short land-Btroot. LAND, INVESTMENT, AND TRUST AGENCY. ;UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF GEORGE FKASEU, INVESTING AND ESTATE AGENT. AND PUBLIC AUDITOR AND ACCOUNTANT. Ofkicks : - No. C, South British Insurance Buildings, corner Queen and Shortland -Btroetu and W. *. Grahoino'a Bond, Fort strcetJjAuckland. For the Salb of City, Suburban, and Country Properties. The Investment of Money In Land, Mort gages of Freeholds, Bank, Insurance, and other Dividend paying Companies' Stock. Tho Managhmknt of Estates for Trustees and others. Money to lend on Mortgage. Several Sums on hand at Low Rates. Special Facilities for Re-payment it doeired Bnyers and Sollera aro requested to Noto that to those desirous of Acquiring, Exchanging, or Increasing Freehold Interests, and thus placing themselves and their families in tho near future In a position of independence and above tho impending struggles of tho mass of a teeming population, this Aqkncy is in a. pobitio* ro oiv« Sfkcial Facilities for the Purchabk of Property (of a First-class Character Only) entrusted to it kor Sale. FOR SALE—THE FOLLOWING PROPER TIK3;— First-class Farm, Main South Road, abou 350 acres very richest volcanic coll, cultivated! fenced, and subdivided, with a beautiful real denoe and all necessary outbuildings, with line orchard and garden. Price very cheao, a bargain, and terms easy. Farm, Pukekoho, 350 aores, largo par culti vated, with good house and flno busb. Farm, Pukekoha, HOO acres, unimproved, but partly fenced, well watered, and near Railway Station. Farm, Wairanga Valley, 150 acros, large part cultivated with house, orchard, csttlo ehed, &c. Farm, Pokeno, 320 acres, mostly cultivated, and in grass, all fenced; galvanized Iron sheds and barn, railway convenient and good main road. Farm, Waikato Valley, 303 acres, partly fenced and in gross, good house, garden, and orchard, railway conveniences. Farm, Waikato Valley, 429 acres close to Rail way Station, good deep soil, easily cultivated. Farm, Razor Back, 63 aores, first-class land, fenced with house and necessary outbuildings. Farm, Tuakau, id acres, with excellent bush one mile from railway station. Surbnrban Land, Stokeß' Point, 80 aores. Form, Maungaturoto, 3PO acres, good land, choap, rail and water communication. Farm, Waikato, 200 aores, partly in grass fenced, large river frontage. Kstato, Waikato, 6000 aores, first-class land, large river frontage. Kstate, Waikato, large Freehold and Lease hold property, with J farm buildings, stock, horseß, cattle and sheep., A number of other properties. Fuller descriptions with Particulars on appli cation to GEORGE FRASER, Investm nt Land and Trust A* etaoy ■pROPERTIES FOR SALE, BY •". R. RANDERSON, Broker and commission Agent : RBGENT-STREET—Five-roomed House for sale cheap. FOUR-ROOMED HOUSE, West street, ;New ton: £175. 88 ACRES POKENO. FJno Farm. Torms ex ceptionally eaasy. Price £350. WAIKATO—Lots SI and 62, Komakarau, 100 acres; £200. 20,000 ACRES, Great Barrier Island, farming and timber land, from 9s per acre; choice elections. SEVEN-ROOMED HOUSE, Great North Road: £100. CORRUGATKD IRON COTTAGE, Newmar ket; £150. TWO ISLANDS, Port Fitzroy, 150 aores; £105. FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES, Fivo-roomed Houses, Six-roomed Houses. In Newton, Ponsonbyand elsewhere. Numerous other Properties in various parts of tho Provincial District. MANGERE—Fine Farm, choice land; £20 an acre. NINE-ROOMED HOUSE, freehold 100 x 175, Rerauera; £175. ELLERSLIE—AIIotment 6G X 111, only £10 IRONMONGERY BUSINESS in Grey-street good opportunity. Stock at valuation. TWO Large Blocks Native Land, Bay of Plenty daj. Register of Properties can be inspected a the Office—s, Insurance Buildings. £50 CASH, balance Weekly Payments as agreed. Pleasantly situated suburban residence, fine garden and orchard attached. Interest only seven per cent. Must be seen to be be Moved. COMPACT LITTLE FARM of 20 Acres Vol canio Land, 2 miles from Auckland, thirteen minutes' walk fromJßollway Station; with good Seven-'Oomad Houso (nearly new), cow-shed, stable, workshop, dairy (with servants' bedroom over), carriage house, barn, piKgerie?, &c: subdivided into eight paddocks, of which seven are cleared of stone, and all in good grass. This is a beautiful property, such as is seldom offered to tho public, within half-an-hour's walk of Queen-st eet, 'busses passing six times daily. Price, £1,150: £500 cash, balance at seven per cent. WANTED: Fo purchase, a Freehold Site or Shop, in or near Queet-stroet; good price. rive-roomed Cottage, with freehold, about Hob son-street ; must be cheap. Purchasers for Stocks and Shares; also for Farms and other Properties. Jood Bills for Discount at Reasonable Rates. freehold Securities for various sums of money, at Current Rates. J. R. RANDERSON, land and estate agent, 5, Imsubahce Buildings, Auckland,



Land and Estate Agents. Wf ~~n. m. E T~C AHE KSTATBI& GENKRA.L COMMISSION AGBNT, No. 20, Insurance Buildinos. Tho advertiser, having had 17 years' ox pefionoe, and being intlnmtoly acquainted witti all properties now in hia iiands for salo, can adviso Intending Settlors in thotr choico of land. FAHMS.from 50 to 8,001) acres, on hand. J ull particulara on application. Sevoral good In vestmonta for Capitalist 3, ConiraiSßions of ovory fi.?scriptlon oxcoutea forCountrv aottlcra ftt low rates. "INSTATE AND iJN VESTMENT -*^* A G 15 N C Y. D. F. EVANS (Late of Tanner & Bvans). Estates Manauod and Supervised for Exe» cutors and others Salo of House, Land, and other Proportlos Loans and Mortgages Negotiated Insurances Kffeotod at Current Rates Monop Invosted in Bank Bharoa and other Stock (without charge to invostor) FOR SALE : MOUNT ALHKUT, near tho Station. - A Choloo Property • good houso (G rooms), &o.; stable, biiKKy-hoiise, &c; about i acres garden and paddock. , IirOODSTItF.KI', I'onsonby.-SplondU Itosl- VV denrc (8 rooms), fee; iltUd woll j ovory convonionot; nuvguillcent viuw of city and har bour ; lki-go allotment, laid out in fruit and orna mental truos mid flowoi'H (very choice). rriOP OF FIIANKLIN JIOAU. —llandsomo A Villa Koßldonco and largo garden. pRAUK-STKHIKT, ] Jonsonby.-Pfolty Villa VT and largo ulloliiicnt. DiCVONPOH T.-Hploudld Soa-hlilo Hcsidonoe, rupleto, orooied on 2 uoros good land, ltild out «b gavdon, &o.; moro land available if ivouiioit SVMONDS-STUKKT. — Commodious llouso, 10 rooniH, &c; good iiouillon 01 itKY-STUKItTI'.- ilouao 8 rooms, woll built, X good position I">ON3ONUY. — llouio, 7 rooms, butli-r >om, pantry,atitblc,mil outhoiiiiOH;larno gai'dun and vadtloelc, with frontage lo two utrcuis. L WO<n)ONHTIUUCT. I'ONSONIJY. - Ifand uomo Hoii-uldo ltosideuo, Has, and ovory uonvonicnoo NICVVTUN Cottago ami Corner Allotment, for firjfl. lUKLANU-aTItKKT, I'ONHONHY. - Now lloutto, with verandah back and front. HMO OPOTIHI.— SOiutuh Good Land, uuimiiroved, near tho township. Only Hi per aoro. \\/"AIUKU KAbT.—Abjnt 200 aonn Uniin >T proved hand, water frontugo. Clioap. It' KA t MOUNT UOdKllA.—Homo, S rooms, n tie , 7 ucri'H volcanic laud KAItANHAIIAI'JC HOA1).—IIoubo, Brooms, &o.; ru'ur Upuo' Uuoen-nlrcot KUUUIUCA.— A aplonUld lltllo Uairy Farm, uliuut 11! uorod NKW'ION.— CotUge, S rooma, &0., in good position, and almost now ; allotment 'Si by 100. Price, only iiiSO. W'OOU-STUKiiiT.— llouiio, 7 rooms, splendid garden, &o Only £500. MAUNUAKAItAIViret. — 278 ncrcs good mixed Livnd, Hltuotcd btttwctm Mangapai uud tlio Walrcxi River. o»ly £1 per acre. lloßldos eeveriJ otlior I'roportioß, situatod In Honsonby, Nawton, Parnell, fie, and obolco Farms In Wolkato and other districts. Fall particular's on application to D. F. EVANS, E3TATK AGKNT. 71, Qubkk-btkubt, Upstair (Oppotito Bank of Now Zealand.) Painters, Glaziers, &o. JUST O1"EN ED, AT OUIt PLATIi GLAS3, COWVR, P A P E R HANGING, Gilt Mouldiho, and Picture Wakehousk, 540 PACKAGES pAINTIO 11 8' jyr ATEItI AL S, Including a Choloo Collection of Photographs (plain and coloured). Chroma Lithographs, Oleographs, Studies for Artists In Colours and Crajoas. Artluts'Buiidrion. Fancy Frames, Ladies' Doaka, Photo. Screens, Pkoto, n«d Scrap Albums, Sea., &c, and A NUMBEH OK NOVKLTIKS. Tho Pictures were solcctod by ono of our flrm while In London, and huvo been pronounced by local artists tho bc>t over lmportod; and, having roccivad with thorn a Splendid Assort mont of N«w, Fancy Mouldings, wo can Frame to suit all ÜBtos, at Vory Low Prices. An Insi'kction Invited. W. PIIILLIPPS & SON, & 07. OUKKN-STHKKT. "IVTEW PAPEK HANGINGS Xl »OK 18SC. Largo and Small Huyers of Paporhangings wll do woll to call at HOLLAND & IiUTLEH'S PAPSRUANaiNns, Oil, CoLouit, & Glass Wakkhouhk, 28 & 30, VICTOIUA-STItKKT, AUCKLAND, Where may bo Inspected ono of tho largest and beat-selected Htooku of Puporhangings in Now Zealand, From Id por pioco to tho most costly. GILT & STAINKU PIOTUKK-JfKAMK MOULDINS' In Groat Variety. PICTUKB-FnASII.Va IN ALt, ITS nRANCOBS, At lowest posslblo rates. Oils, Colours, Glass. Varnishes, Uruahvaro, Sorlm, Glass Shades, V/ax Flower Making Materials &c, &o. HOLLAND & BUTLEK, Oil and Class Merchants. ■ 1,1 iMrULo j» tin WS. JONES • Havlne just landed ex ' Fernglen, Loch Doon,' and ' Scott'sh Lassie' a largo assort ment of nil kinds of HARNESS MOUNTINGS ho is now prepared to oxecuto all ordors foi Carriage. Buggy. Single or Pair Horae, Gig or Dog Cart, Single or Tandem. STRONG DURABLE STOCK SADDLES, Our own mako, complete with Mounts, from £3 ss. Oct. Always on hand, a Larcik Stock of CAB, SPUING CARP, DftAY AND FARM HARNESS W.B.J. has always a largo general stock, com prising Hacing, Steeplechase and Hunting Saddles and Bridles, Stable Requisites, Summer nnd Wintor llorsoclothing, Valises, Portman teaux, Courior Bags, Waterproof Paste for Saddles and Harness, Compos, Oils, &c. ELLIMANS EMBROCATION, JUST ARRIVED. A large stock of latest improved extra Etron« PACK g ADDLES always on hand. From 60s. Five per cent. Discount allowed for Cash. W. S. JONES, QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND. Ootiee naerc&xamjß JJ»ROWN, BARBSI'V & CO.'S AUCKLAND BTEAM <C'£OTEE AND SPICE MILLS. COFFEES. IC IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY KNOWN THAT GOOD COFFEE is tho best stlmulatinn Beverage both for Winter and Summer. To obtain what you really want, ask for our Beßt Brands, the KXCKLSIOB or STANDARD, which have sustained their good names over Ton 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. tsa. Wholesale only at our AtiHs and Agentl «L Retail at all Grooery Establishments In Town and Country. _£_ %"£ » Our best H«o Excels Brond,groenlabel I qualities. TjoC Stanaard „ red >Everypkgo a'So Lion „ pink „ I withonr ?*%, ' slgnaturo jl! pa-" ) Otu loweß g~ff A-chor „ smoe „ f qualities, a B-j Ci-of-a „ j'£sllc\7 „ (without our o-g g ) signature. Our PSPP3E3 atiS. EPIOffiH wo guarantee Of Best Quality, iind i'roo of adulteration. BKOWN, BAERKTX & CO. KlUott-stroot, 7ulv, 13th. 1879.



Mercnanflies. I G. Wo O* KN & C°" QUKEN-STREKT WHAKK, HAVE ON SALE (EX KECENT ARKIVALS) ! A LARGE STOCK OK rpEAS, gUGARS, Q.KOCERIES, AND OILMEN'S g TORES, Comprising— FINK TEA.*, in half-chests and boxes Victoria and Sydney Companies' SUGft.ua Mauritius and Fiji ditto CANDLHIS-Belmont, Do Roubaix, &c, SCO. Starch, Bluo, Soivp, Soap Powdorg, «c. Currants, Figs, Barcelona Nuts, &c. Klcmo, Musoatoll, and Sultana KAISINS Jaraß, Oundlod Peel. Marmalade. JeHios Hrown & Poison's and Drown s CORNFLOUK CONFECTIONERY, Jujubes, Jfesenccs Van Houtcn's, Taylor's, and Fry's COCOA andOHUCOIjATK NoavosFood, Malzina Salad and Castor Oil, Hair Oil, &o. Pickles, Sauces, Currlos, Capors, &C Blacking, Hlacklead, Vestas KIOE. SAGO, TAPIOCA, ARIIOWROOI Salmon, Lobstor, Sardinoa, Cod-ilsh, Ling, «c. Butter, Chooso HAMS and HACON ■Washing and Carb. Soda Tartaric Aci;i, Croam of Tartar Papor. Paper Bugs, Confectioner s Bags AMERICAN CANNED FRUITS, &o. &0. &O. KO. G. W. OWEN & CO., QUEEN STKEKT WHARF, HAVE ON SALE : 300 sacks Moek'a Crown Brand FLOUR 800 ~ Wilson, Hurra way fc Co. a FLOUR 100 „ It. Anderson's FLOUR SOO „ Auckland Ground FLOUR 1011 .. Wood's "Star" KLOUK fiO tons ~ Make, &c, in Small Bags 800 Backs HHAW OATS sao „ Tartarian sKicn oats ffliOU „ BRAN iinil SHARPS 100 , FOWLS' WUBiT , 800 bags Wostorn and Weatalla FINK and COAKHK SALT 200 cases KERO3IN K OIL ;)5 bales Grey, Uluo, 1 'ink,and Brown PAPKR and PAPKR BAGS G. W. OWEN <fc Co., QOEEBN STItBKT WHARF, HAVE ON SALE : 1(0 caaos Prime CANTKRUURY CHEESE 80 cwt. Prime HAMS and BACON 10 tons CANTERBURY POTATOES. TRO H IKON IKON TANKS I TANKS ! 1 TANKS !1 I S. P A B X B B, lIAB FoH SALK (UIIKAP) \bontJ6S of thcCabovo. Also, SUPERIOR CORRUGATED IRON TANKS, From IVI and v ward Oompleto wit.i lap ready lor use; also, A Lakuk Stouif Of _~,_ SPOUTING, KIUGING, DOWN-PIPE, *-.<:.. SCO., tCO. Always on Hand, at his GALVANISED IRON AND LEAD PIPE STEAM WORKS, Victoria - irritßKT Ka»t Auckland Sewin.Br Maoliinos. OBWIHU jy|auHlNEß TAYLOR'S PATENT SEWING MACHINES H TTg a? 3 Those Machines havo now boon so long bofor the public that thoy havo established a reputa tion for thomsolvo* and can bo confldently recommended by hundreds who possess them as HUporior to all others for domostio use. Tho now KUlutio bhuttlo Movement in acknowledged on all hands as the simplest quietcHt, and most boaulKul motion ever In, vented for the pnrpose. The now Patent Shuttle has only one hole to thread, and la larger than most others. Soi-k Agknti T, PEACOCK, Optician, Sbortland-street. nasi V Si'wino MicmwKS Kkpairhd. Notfor an ago, but for all time ! OINGER'S QEWING T|/|"ACHINES. SALKS 1875, (IN Fouk i'EAKS) SALES 1870 219,852 < nkakly I 43J.167 MACHINES. ( DOUBLED!! j MACHINES LARGEST SALE in the WORLD LARGEST MANUFACTORIES IN THE WORLD! w « PATBNT T/.UPLK ACTION BALANOB WHKEL, and may have, when required, tho New Patent Cocoon Shuttle (In etead of the Bobbin Shuttle). NEW FAMILY MACHINE on Pol-H ished Walnut Tablo, with Drawers, Stand, and Treadle. Prlco .. _ £5 17 0 ACCESS JIUKs'giVKN WITH EACH ■ MACHINE. 1 Follor 1 Ex. Check Spring 1 Set Hommcra &Fi Idor 0 Shuttlo Bobbins 1 Tuok-niatkor „ Vi Needles 1 Quiltor „ 1 Screwdriver 1 Braider " 1 Bottle of Oil 1 Straight Guide 1 Oilor 1 Sorew for Straight Guldo 1 Book Instruction 1 Kxtra Needle-plato Other Accessories for special classes of work are Bupplied at a small extra charge. Price Lis font post freo. SEWING MACHlNEs"for"all classes Of work t. fitted to work by hand, foot, or steam power. Tho Sewing Machines made by the Sinner I Manufacturing Company are acknowledged by common consent to be by far the best Sowing Machines that mechanical ingenuity ha* been able to produce. Although the Singer Sewing Maohines are comparatively late in the field, yet the exlrao.dinary demand for them during the past few years—as indicated by the successive annual sales—has obliged tbis enter prising company to increa "their Factories to an extent that scorns almr a t incredible. The largest of their Factories is at Elizabeth, New Jersey. Here, the main building has 1100 feet fronrage; Gorging Shops, 700 feet; Foundry,6oo foet by 100 feet; Cabinet Shop, 200 feet; Paoking Shops, 200 feet; Tho main building has four floors; the Cabinet and Packing Shops have each three floors. Entire works employs 3.5.0 men. The yard contains G miles rai'road tracks. There aro also Factories at, or near, the City of Glasgow, and the dimensions of these works may bo imagined, when we say that 2,500 hand here, as at the American works, find constant employment. Tho turn-out'of Maohines alone is 10,000 every week, or, at the rate of 600,000 (half a million) for tho current year. The various parts and new aoco'jeories. needles, on, &c, &o, required for tho 3.500,000 Sewing Machines, which aro in use a!l over the world — those demand special attention and much labour. A Stair of Skilled Mechanics and Sew ing Machine (Kxperts is always omployed for the sole purposo of making every possible Mechanical Improvement on tho Machines and accessories. 4nd notwithstanding tho VjikyGreat Re duction in Pkicks, tho Company continues to give Wonderfully Kasy Torms to Purchasers on the Hire or Deferred Payment System, (to bo continued.) BRANCH OFFICE: «T FORT STREET, Auckland, "B« KELLY'S KOYAL MAIL LINE of COACIDSS to Ohinerautu, Hot Springs and Tauranga, leaving Tanranga every Mon day Wednesday, and Friday, at 8 a.m.: and returning every Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur day. Through to Nauior, Wednesday, at 8 a.m. Fare, £5. Livory and Halt Stables, Spring-street, Tanranga. BnggiOH, WaffKnr.uttos, and Vehicles of all kinds for liirj. Booldng Office, Spring street.



riozmu. mHISTU JJOTEL AND WINE AND SPIRIT STORK. Above Thkatrr Royal,! QUE KN-STRKET, AU CKUIND. M. GALLAGHER [Lath; Thames and Cosmopolitan Hotels]. PROPRIKTOR. FERRY HOTEL, NORTHCOTE, LATE STOKES' POINT, J. MAXWELL, Fkopkiktok. Accommodation for Travellers. Saddle Howes on Hire /UEESON'S CTOTEL, OOKNKB OF CUSTOM-HOUSE AND LOWER HOBSON BTRBET3. Board and Roeldcnce, £1 per -week; Single Rooms, £1 sa. Suites of Apartments on application. Marshall ad Coupland'a XXX Dunodln Boer in draught or other niss. Dunodin Beor supplied at Od per bottle. THE BALL ALLEY. Tno Ball Alley is the first of tho kind established In tho province, mid i« a'so tho finest in the colony, P. GLEE S0 N, PKOJ'BIKTOR. TERMINUS OTEL, NORTB HKLENSVILLE. ■F. Clark Staff bees to inform Travellers und others that tho Now Railway Station if now opon for trailic, and th»t tho Btoarocrß 10.' Wairoa, Port Albert, uml Pabi, now lie at the New Wharf; also that tho Pott and Tolegrapr Ollleos aro situuto within fifty yards of th< Tho' Hotel is oommodiouß, and no effort wll ho Bparod to conduoo to tho comfort of iti Good'stahllnsr. Winoa and Spirits (the besi procurable in the market). F CLARK STAFF. ProDrlotor. T>ACK FROM THE SOUTH •\xr harf ttotel, Next tho Large Mill, Lowkr Quben-strbet, MR. FREDERICK AROHARD (Lato Brltomart Hotel, and lastly of Glsborno) Wishes to Inform hia old friends that he hai taken tho abovo Well-known Hotel, where Wines and Spiuits of the Best Quality will be kopt. EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR TBAVKLURB Ouo Faces Always Wblcomb. STEAMERS FOR'THE NORTHEBN WAIROA OTAMATKA. Ana all Stations in the Kalpara District, Start from the Wharf at WALKER'S KAIPARA HOTEL, Railway Station, Helensvlllo. Paa engera for Northern Wairoa or Otamatea, lca\ 1 ) Auckland, per City of Cork, at 3 o'clock Mondays, and for Northern Wairoa or Porl Albert, per Cltr of Cork, at 3 o'olook on Wed' nesdays, will flnd first-class accommodation, and ovory guidance, at the above Hotel. A large and well appointed addition has been made to the Hotel. New and woll-ventllatod Single and Double Bod-rooms. Prlvato and well-furnished SlttinK-rooms uj stairs and down. First and second-chins Dining-rooms. The Billiard-room is now. and fitted with ont Of Hopkins's and Stevens'!) beßtiTables, with every requisite for tho game. Ales, Wines. Spirits, Waters, and|Cordlals, ol best quality only. Saddle Horses. Stabling. rrrAiwERA. (hot springs). LAKE HOUSE. BOTORUA. Tho Best Place in tho Australian Colonies tc Spend your Holidays. Fishing, Shooting, Boating, Bi.liards, Lawn Tk.vnis, &c. jjraperv. YT7" ELLESLJS,/ MOUSE. CHEAP DttAPERY~AND MILLINERY ESTABLISHMENT. Now Oponcd for the Spring end Sammot trade, tho Nowost Stylos in Uress Materials, comprising Galatea and Boalrlco Stripes, Pom padour Printa, Mr* Strip?s, Attalea Twills, Auru-a Cloth, G'"undines. Lustres in all the leading shade, A■; Black Pilks, from 2s lid to 10a 64. Our stock oC Ladles' and Children's Hats and Millinery is larger than usnal, and every novelty of the season. Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Corsets, Baby Linen, a very nice assortment. Laos and Muslin Cur tains, from la 6d Iho pair; Toilet Covers and Quills, nowmakos. Cheap Twoods, Drills, and Serge for Hoys' wear. Always on band, a well-assorted stock of Hosiery. Haberdashery, Trimmings, and Fancy Goods. All Roods marked at loss profit than usual to meet the times. Wo shall also continue to allow S per oent. Discount for Ca«h at time of parohase on parcels of 20s and upwards. Country Orders carefully [i»nd promptly oxe cuted. A. LOV3 TT, WELLEBLKY-STRKEV AUCKLAND. JUST ARRIVED, BY THK FERNGLEN,' AND 'LDTTERWORTH OUR QPRING AND OUMMER OUPPLY OF y"OUTHS', AND I,; M KN ' /^LOTHIN/^t ■DOYB' AND Y OUTHa' QLOTHING OF KVBRY rjOLOUR AND QUAJCITY. ■£> HILLIP S1 j\£AK T, QUEEN-STREET. g V R I N G, 18 80. F. ITOMLINSON IS NOW SHOWING HIS FIRST PARCEL OF SPRING GOODS Suitable for tho Spring Season comprising all the Newest Textures and Matkkials IN Galatea Stripes, Beatrioo Stripes Attalea Twills, Dress Twills India Stripes, Dress Sateons Imperial Reps, Gala Stripes Plain Porcolos, Pompadour Sateens Pompadour Prints Also, The Angira rioth, the Newest Material for tho Season, very stylish, and recommended to wear well Theße Goods are marked at Prices to Suit the Times, and to ensure a Speedy Clearance to make room for further Goods to arrive. INSPECTION INVITED. F. TOMLINBON, DRAPE B. ■ Warwick: House, Pabnkix. GO IV d A" T H to Roth's PnbUo hot. Cold, and Shower BHTi Bfmn tOn a"strf l et K^> SSI jHILUNG. Open all week days from 7 a.m. to » p.m., and Sdnday Mornings from 6 till 10 ai mi T«e Bath-rooms are all private, and snp plied with every convenience, Turkish towels. Mali and hair bnuhes, combs, respirators, soan! fco Seleot bath-rooms (private) for Ladies every lay, at all hours, with female attendanoe, On» Shilling. Please note tho address i-Victoria. street East, above tho Greyhound Hotel, and ' Aneklanilo P Beddinß *n& S^miture JftS?