THE STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND. N.Z., NOVEMBER 4, 1882,

The Belle of the Chester Bell.

BY MS DESISON,

"Yes, sir, the old hulk that-lies rotting there I've sailed many a long year. She used to make splendid runs between Bremen and here. A grand clipper she was, a regular ocean beauty in them days. Her name was tho Chester Bell, and she rode tbe wavo3 just like a nutshell, sir. Her captain's name was Tulliver, Tim Tnllivor—likely you've hoard of him. I know sailors, and pretty eood seamen, too, tbat change colour at tbo very mention of that man's name. He was a tiger, sir, a human hyena, a blood-thirsty, bullying wretch, without having even tho saving clause of a bad temper. Why, he could kill a man in cold blood tho same as you'd relish a good breakfast, sir.

" Many's the crew of fine, honest fellows I've seen shipped aboard o' her, to be turned into skulking hounds the minute he'd look at 'em. He'd a pretty little girl for a wife, strange to say—them sort gen ly gits such— and sometimes she'd go to sea witti bira. If anybody could Keep him in order, it waa her; but even she couldn't prevent hia cruelty to the men. With first-rate seamen he was tyrannical, but. great Cossar ! if a greenhorn shipped, let him look alive I He'd as leif take a belaylng-pin to him and knock him in the head as eat hie dioner. I've seen him do it. It was a young fellow that answered him back, and he just laid bis face open from crown to chin. Oh, but ho was a cruel man, sir I " He often took emigrants to the _'nited States—squads of 'em. They gen'rally got served middling well. Pay the captain his money and he'd give you the worth of it— so much for his due. One passage we had rather an uncommon lot-five hundred, I think, young and old—a pretty decent set in all. Fact is, these German passengers, even if they are in the steerage, have their pockets pretty well lined. Commend me to the German emigrant for honesty and thrift. There was families of two and five, and sometimes ten and eleven—a good many handsome young girls among them, too.

The particular passage of which I'm going to _peak, however was in the year '30—a great year lor clippers that was. I wa3 busy tarring some ropes when a family came aboard th_.t made us all look alive. First, there was tbe grandfather, in his old country dress, with hair as long as my arm and as white as tbe foam of tbe _ea under the sun. He and his damo wero as sweet manne'ed and fine-looking as you might meet in a hundred years. Then came tbe sons and daughters and grandchildren. It didn't seem as if they ought to go. in the steerage along o' commoner passengers ; but they did, though they bare themselves like gentlefolk. "Then followed, sir, atween two young men- her brother and her lover, we after wards found out—a young girl not more than sixteen or seventeen. Well, that was the haudsom. st little oraft I ever laid these two eyes on, and I've seen some fine-look ing women in my day, having sailed from every port in the world. She was that prety we christened her on the spot the " Belle of the Chester Bell."

"Behind them came Captain Tim, be having his level best, and there weren't many as oould beat him for a fiae eye and a gallant bearing. He seemed to be look ing out for their comfort—ah, but the little beauty she was 1 Queens and noble ladies might well invy the ted and white of her face, nnd even the way she walked and tne turn of her head. It was a sight to see. Hor brother and her lover wero both right manly, handsome fellows, too, and dear enough they loved her, one could see. '•Wull, we set sail, having beautiful weather for the fir.t few days, and tbe pretty German girl, she wonld come out sometimes for an airing, generally followed by one or the o'her of them two chaps, I was always looking out o' the corner o' my eye, and I observed that the oaptain was always on hand, looking at her in the most admiring manner. I wanted to tell her lover that it wonld be bettor not to show his little beauty so much if be wanted to keep ber out o' harm's way, for girls is mostly that vain if that handsome I " Came the second week out and we-hiid hard weathor. I was taking my observa tions right straight along, for I noticed Capt-iin Tim was always making much of thepld gentleman and his wife. The fools 1 I could a told 'em why he singled them out. It wasn't the captain's place to be in the steerage. I longed to tell him so, for I had a pretty kid of my own at home ; but ■I might havo paid for it with my life. " There were but few passengers in the cabin, one of them, a consumptive lady who had not brought her servant. How it was done I never knew, but the captain managed to get his handsome girl to wait upon the sick woman. Mighty fond of money they must a' been to let that girl go out of their sight, and into_ tho com pany of a man named Captain Tim, "After a whilo I took notice that tho yonng fellow who appeared to be the girl'b sweetheartgrew pale and nervous. He was on deck oftener, and his face seemed to in dicate uneasy jealous 1 didn't blamo him. I wanted to warn him for I could tell how it was with him, poor fel low I If be saw half that I did, I don't wonder not only that he was suspicious ol the captain, but I thought if I wan in bis place I'd make the captain answer for it. He did get pretty well roused up ono timo; but I won't tell that part of the story till I get to it. "Iknewsomethiog of languages—at any rate enough to make out the linge of a German. They say it's the grandest languages of the world; it may be, but jaw-breakins all the same. One day, being down in the steerage, I heard some thing tbat made me open my cars. Just then, down came tbe girl. Oh, but she looked prettier than ever 1 She had on a fine silk apron and a pair of shining rine-s in her little ears. Her hair was all fluffed up, and her face aglow, just like a wild rose on a soft Spring morning. The whole family were up, and their spell of sickness, knitting and jabbering, aud laughing, all but the girl's sweetheait, who, tta minute he heard her footsreps, jumped up lifce a shot had been fired at him, and went to another part of the ship. I see? that she looked after him in that sort of way girls look, somotimes, when they Know they can do just what they please with a man's heart, and I took notice that she seemed flustered. " When the girl spoke, I heard the cap tain, name, and then they all looked anxious and pleased at tbe same time, ask ing and anaweriog questions. AH at once a strange feeling camooverme. I dmn t known exactly what was my duty, for I was as much afraid of Captain Tim's ugly temper as any man could be, but as I listened and listened I couldn't bear it any longer, and going up to the people I said a few words in their own language. Well, I only gave them to understand that the cap tain had a wife, but, perhaps, I had better have held my tongue, for they evidently did not believe me. «'Finding that I could make no impres sion upon them I went after the sweetheart; and let him know what I suspected. I never saw a man so frightfully angry. He crew white as a sheet, and the tsrror and thelhorror made him ghastly. He clenched his hands, and the veins stood swelled out on hia forehead, while his ' Meln Gott I was enough to curdle one's blood. " That afternoon Captain Tim came to wards me, aud I knew what to expect. So I braced my nerves up and determined that, please God, I wouldn't be afraid of him, "So need to repeat bis language—it was enough to Sshake the nerves of a man of brass He guscd all the oaths I ever heard come out of a whole ship's crew's lips in ten voyages, and swore he'd have my heart's blood—tbat he'd send me io the bottom of the} sea, and such like threats. I told him reepsctf ally, as a petty officer should always .peak to his captain, rthat I had done by the eirl as I would by my own filter. I don't just remember -exac.lv what I said, but 1 think words were given," for he looked hard at me, as if he wasn't cf-rtain whether he quite saw -ibrough ray motives, and with one worse threat thau tbe last, and a mouthful more .of dirty oaths, he went off. " Bnt I conld se_ a change in the girl after 4_at ; for I was always on the watch, She

smiled more seldom, and her colour went and came too easy, Then her step grew Blower, aud she would go stand at the side of the vessel and take long sad looks at the water, as if she were iv a brown study. , Pretty soon alter that her eyes began to look heavy, and once or twice I fouud her in an out-o'-the-way placo crying and sob bing like a baby. Well, I didn't attempt to comfort her—she wouldn't a borne It, for as soon as ever sbe saw mo she would fly off like a scared bird. My heart felt heavy for her, because of the growing weakness of tho poor woman, wbo was dying iv the cabin day by day, nnd praying only to see land before sbe did go.

" One night—ah, air, I shall never forget that night—the moon was nt her full, and sat looking at her reflection iv the water like a queen with a silver crown on, and a veil of white light floated away off on the sea, so that it looked like a bride waiting for her husband. For the first timo !u many days I saw the pretty German girl and her sweetheart on deck together. I could not keep my eyes from her; she looked for all the world like a sweet angel just lent out o' heaven for a little. It was my watch, and my duty to bid them below, but I dont know why it wns, I could't do it. They went foward and sat at the bows. There were barrels there and planks atop, so no one could walk back and forth easily, I couldn't hear anything they said, of course, but I saw by their postures that they were talking very fast. Sometimes be would go close up to her, and she would put out her hand nnd push him away, then cry as if her heart would break. This went en for some time, when at last she seemed tc grow calmer. I saw her throw herself into his aims. I saw him kiss her again and again ; then she seemed to wrench her self away, and quicker than I can tell, over she went.

" I don't know how I got hor, or how the whole ship seemed (o swarm so suddenly with life. 1 remember catching at a dark body that was going over—her poor dis tracted brother, and his falling back into my aims dead as a log, after giving a groat cry. That scream brought the captain and two mates. The captain asked, angrily, what was the row ?

" ' That little German girl is overboard !' I said; and if I had any sort of a weapon that was dead suro, I'd davo laid him at my feet. He knew how I felt—he knew, the scoundrel, the villain. His face changed, his very voice was different, as he ordered 'Bout ship.' "One of the boats was down, and we supposed, through some mismanagement, it swamped, for wo saw nothing of boat or lover or girl; and so that was tbe end of that. It was a changed company after ward... Tha shock killed the poor tick woman, and she was buried tho same day, for sailors can't bide a corpse on board sbip; but I declare to you, sir, that though we put weights in tbat coffin, it stood tip on end, and followed us until midui.ht. I never saw «uch a sight before ; and bope never to again. There it was, rijjht after us, and the sailors watebed it with pale faces, ns one daring to say a word to the captain, who aworo if anyone but looked ot him.

"We all made as if the girl had fallen ; overboard, for the sake of tbe poor crea tures who were left, They conjectured everything, as folks will who go wild with grief. But I think her brother understood, though he wns sick with brain fever all the rest of the voyage. Her mother, poor creature, came near dying herself, and I am sure her heart must have been nearly broken, It was hard to sco that fine-looking old grandfather totter ing round wringing his hands and shaking his gray old Itead while the tears run and run—may I never see the like again. " Next voyage we shipped a green hand. I never suspeoted till we'd been out three days, that it,was the German girl'sbrothor, Then I knew he meant mischief. I told him I kaew him, but he begged so hard I kept his secret. How often siuce I've wished I hadn't, though it might have been no bettor for him. I was sure there was going to be more trouble, and it came soon. He didn't know the ropes, and I think the captain suspected who it was and kept on his guard, for he was mighty careful not to anger him. But ;one day his temper gave way, and, if it hadn't a bin as it was. I shouldn't much blamed him neither, for 1 like good seamanship as well as the next man, and the German lad was as contrary as a mule. The first thing we knew the cap tain struck the man, and the next thing they were struggling together on the deck. Well, sir, we saw blood. Tbo captain had got at bis knife and run the poor fellow through the heart. He never spoke after that and none of us could say anything because tbo captain killed him in self defence. I was that horror-struck that I vowed I'd never step foot in that ship again; and never again I did, although Captain Tim offered me doable wages. Sir, it was a God-cursed ship after that. Mis fortune went with it every voyage, and seemed to strike everybody but the cap tain. That always seemed strange t» mo He lost men, and the owners lost money, but he always came off scot-free. " Well, sir, I am coming to the queerest part of my story. I was once inspecting an insane asylum with a friend of mine from the old country. He wished to see a case of raving insanity, being about to write a book, in which he wanted to describe something of the sort. We had seen several case., when the keeper said, point ing to a double cell : '"There ia the worst subject in this or any other establishment. He is an old sea captain, whose madness is so alarming at about midnight that, in spite of all our pre cautions, we expect every morning to find him a corpse. We are obliged to keep him in this closet, the walls of which are lined tbat he may not clash his brains out. He has been here nearly a year, aud imagines that he is pursued by a girl, aud held under water by her till Mb breath ieaves his body.'

" Well, tho door waa unhooked, and there, despite the hideously-altered and haggard face, I saw my old captain—Tim Tulliver I" "Then," said I, speaking for.the first time, " at last God has smitten him." " Well, I suppose that's not for us to say," continued the narrator, " for I haven't come quite to the end of my stoty," "Some three years after the little German beauty threw herself over iv tbe way I havo told you, I was off duty in a foreign har bour, and, strolling into a by-stre«t, I found a little shop presided over by a woman who was the living image of poor little Gretchen—l believe I haven't spoken her name before. I wont in, and she stared ai mo and I stared at her. I felt myself grow pale, bufrshe flushed rosy red, which put me more in mind of Gretchen than ever, to I said to her in German, to make sure, that she reminded me of st lass I had once known.

"' Oh I' she cried, ' I vas sure I couldn't be mistaken—you were so kind to me once, when I was on board that dreadful Chester Bell.'

"■'Then,' I said, completely astonished, and catching my breath, 'is it really Gretchcn ?'

'"Yes, indeed, I am really Gretchen, and my husband is not yet at home; ho has gone to look after our bit of land} but sit down, he will be back in a monent; no, no, csme In here, dinner will be ready before a great while.' "I followed, like one in a dream, and found myself in a neat, pretty little parlour, looking out on a garden crowded with flowers, and beyond tbat the shingly beach, and further the deep sea. Iv a corner at one sido of the tiny fireplace stood a wicker cradle, wherein "slept a lovely child. '"That's my little Gretchen,' she said, with a happy aDd proud smile. " ' I've got three nice children, the eldest quite a lad.' "' Then, please t _11 me, for lam nearly dying wiih curiosity/ I said, 'how comes it you are here, and not at the bottom of th 636"5' „..,__,, i. -j, " ' Oh, thatwa.an awful night? sheeaid, a shadow crossing her face. ' 1 threw my self over because Hans, who was cruelly jealous, wouldn't believe my word, for, you Fee, the captain was very wicked, and I had found him out, and Hans would not listen which drove mo desperate, anil I did not care if I died. But the poor fellow had suffered j but, though I hated the captain, I wa» too ea»y to let him ad mire me., But Hans found me, though I was half dead, and then he kept the boat iv the shadow of the ship till all the rush and

the fright was over, for ho said he would rather die with me in an open boat on the sea than put me in tho power of that bad captain, And so wo should, perhaps, have poris'ied, but a ship came along in the morning and picked us up ; and Hans would never go to America after that. Ho found good fiiends and settled down here.'"

" But your people ?" ! '"Ob, they all cimo out hcte-all but my poor brother—we never knew where he wont; so, you see, wo aro quite as well oil' as iIE wo had gone to America. And I never thought to meet you a^ain,sir, never; are you still on tbat dreadful ship ?' " I told her all but the tragic fate of hei brother, which I thought was better sup pressed ; but you bco, sir, tbore was no real haunting, but tho poor old captuia wa< beset by his own dreadful imagination and the sting of his conscience, for, no doub*-, in his heart, he had willed to do murder and worse. And so there you have the story of the Belle of tho Chester Bell."

How Englishmen Enjoy Themselves.

(Frim Truth).

I THINK people are moro mysterious in tbeir play than in almost anything else. Here is Jones, who spends his life riding about lord Furaehill's straggling estate— he is a sort of general agent and surveyor. His wife tells mo he comes home sometimes in the summer, just beforo (he shooting begins, completely fagged out, .And how does Jones take his holiday? Why, he has got a little nest in the Highlands— quite a rough shanty. He puts his wife up there — she can't walk much — with twenty novels, and Aunt Jemima, who sketches and reads, aloud, Then Jones goes off with his riilo asd that murderous bowie-knife to enjoy himself. After losing his stag about sunset, ho lies in the crack of a rock, soaked to the skin, all night, and about 4 o'clock in the oarly morning gets a shot, which only lames his "meat," and after four hours' mote heavy walking, he gets another shot—misses—and finally brings down his stag, fivo hours afterwards. He returns triumphant about 7, far too tired to talk, and sleeps on the sofa in on ex hausted couditiou till tho following day I Then ho says to his bewildered wue that he has ou joyed himself immensely I Brown undergoes another kind of exhila rating misery in order to catch fish. He U a medical man, and is usually so *~ii_k. Night-work is his chief baue in London. You would think iv bU holidays he would bke to lie quiet in bed; net at all, bis wife complains that night-fishlag is his peculiar weakness. He starts off at about 10 o'clock at night, lays his deep-sea lines out fo> miles, lands on a rocky coast, rolls himself up for a couple of hours iv his blanket, starts off at day-dawn to go the round oi his hooks, and arrives, faint, empty, but happy, with a couple of congers that nobody can eat; several cod, a fish which he never touches in Loudon; and a largo dog Mi that bas torn hia hand, and nearly put oui his left eye with its taiL All this is true Joy I Mrs Brown has long ceased to wonder; she sigh?, aud makes him a little strong tea—a beverage he is always warn ing his palieuts against, but which is, of course, the only thing he can touch after a night of happy sickness on tho deep. I met Wilkinson at Barmouth last week. " Got away from work, I suppose, and en joying yourself?" (Wilkinson is a rising barrister.) W. tappod his side pocket, from which something very like blue paper and ted tape peeped out. " Well, I thought I wanted a change, and this is the right place, you know. I am going through all the briefs that I got last season, and making notes on tho margio for subsequent refer ence. I can sit on tho rocks by the sea, aod get lots of got all tbo time. I don't know when I've enjoyod myself more. I take out a bundle every morning, and floor it beforo lunch." Thisia Wilkinson's "play." Bow, Inoticethatwivesandfemalo friends generally don't understand men's ways of enjoybg themeelves. Indeed, I doubt whether anyone understands anyone else's happiness, unless it coincides with his own. You rfre. iaken to a place—fine air—walk after breakfast—scenery - go up to the Hall —drop In to lunch with *ir Upton Steeple chase—look at his horses—dwaddle in th. kitchen garden -walk home over the downs about five o'clock. What I not like it? Why, no. I like to rend or write for at least an hour after breakfast—perhaps take my cigar or pipo on tho verandah, free from interruption, and just look at the paper,— stocks, yon perceive, or news from tho east, west, notth, or south. I don't much care as long as lam let alone. I don't take kindly to scenery — prolonged scenery. I've been to tho Hall a dozen times this wesk. Sir Upton is a bore. I doa't understand horses, and the smell of tbe stables is not to my nose that celestial fragrance which It seems to ba to Maria's, who is mad about horse flesh. I don't want to see the goosoben.es and peaches, I don't want to walk over tho downs—it is quite enough to walk one way. All my letters waiting, too, and a book I wanted to finish, and—and—well a farmhouse lust in tho opposite direction, whero there is a girl who—well, never mind, I don't care to go into all this sort of thing with comparative strangers. If people could only let one alone 1 I can un derstand waiving ono's own pleasure— giving in or up, or whatover term you choose to substitute for making a sacrifice; but you proposo to amuse me. I am to bave a change, I am to refresh myself. Very well, then, let me choose. When you amuse yourself, you choose. -If we can amnse ourselves together-excellent; but let us clearly undeistand what's up, and don't protend to gratify me by suggesting the sort of things which ought to interest me as a rational or well-eonstituted,being —perhaps I am neither, at loast, not from your point of view. Hear mo, what blunders people do make. We organise recreations which don't recreate—farces that no one laughs at— entertainments that amuse nobody, except, perhaps, tho performers. In pleasure, clearly, cause and effect are not understood. For business you can lay down rules, but for pleasure, no I cxeept thus fur, tbat peoplo must be allowed to do as they please. Even tbe old theory of a perfect change being needful breaks down in practice; the opposite plan eeema to answer almost better with some people. Take tbem too much away, and too suddenly, from their old pursuits, and you simply paralyse them. 'Ihelawyer'sidoaof bliss maybe "briefs by the sea," the doctor's " night work at sea." There must be, it seems, a familiar element along with the change to make it pleasant, a sameness with variety, or the variety itself turns out a failure. 1 walked through South Kensington the other day, and followed a gaping farmer and his boy, Nothiag "fixed" them until the boy espied a common, large old silver watch in a caso with other relics. His delight was at once boundless, " Father 1 father I" he cried, *"eer be a big watch loike grandfather's I" and both wero for some time lost in delighted contemplation, The spectacle of what was familiar touched them more than all the strange wonders. Depend upon it, there is a spice of grand father's big wstch.about most of us. The daily routine trains the brain and nervous system to respond pleasurably in a certain way, and we feel unhappy if we don't get something like our daily oats to grind, even for pleasure. The old horse who went round and round the lime-kiln every day of tbe week is an image of us all. Observe his conduct. on Sunday. Too much rest he felt was not good for him, so after a bit he gat up and began walking round the other way. He did not want to get right away from the lime-kiln, he only wanted-recrea tion in his own way ; so he unwound his brain by reversing his week-day motion. I fancy if there is a spice of grandfather's watch about some ot us, there is a still greater spice of the old horse about more of us. Some weujd doubtless have led N.eddy out t.p pasture ; others might have offered him carrots ; others tried to get bim to lie down again. Well, they would have been wrong. Neddy only wanted to go round the lime-kiln the other wayi and he went round and was happy. And "why not every man ?"

Review.

Prices of corn in Oxford in the beginning ofthe llth century; also, from the year 158. to too present timo, to which aro addod somo mis cellaneous notices ot prices In othor places. Collected from MSS at Oxford, by tho Roy. •W.F.LIoyd.M.A. Printed at tho Univorsity Press.

THE general reader.judging from tho above title, will be iv danger of reckoning the book as belonging to the dty-as-dust order. This, however, would be an unjust conclu sion, though to the reader in search of tbe sensational and exciting, this little book offers but few inducements. By tho student and lover of history, on the other hand, it will bo found highly interesting and of great service. For from the lists of figure _ can be inferred with reasonable accuracy informa tion of a varied character respecting Eng lish agriculture in by-gone ages, and the condition of the lower and middle clas.es. Herein lies the chief value of the compila tion before ns. Let us prove this statement by a few examples. In Ostober, 1654, the highest prioe of corn in Oxford market was 18s per quarter, and' the weight of the penny white loaf fourteen omnces. In November, 1630, tho highest price was 74s 8d per quarter, and there were only4Jo__.. contained iv the penny white loaf. From the wide difference in prioe and weight here we can at once infer that in the year first uamed the weather during tho summer was' favourable, that the harvest was exceed ingly plentiful, and that during the follow ing winter the poor fared well as those times went. They could eat wheaten bread since it was ■» cheap, and save money to purchase other neoeaaaries. But in the year 1630 wo can suppose the reverse ot this pleasant state of things occurred. Tbe harvest was bad, and the lower classes suffered grievously during the winter and ensuing spring and summer, Tbe inferences just made are guesswork, but that they are probably correct can be shown in this way. We have the means of checking these lists ia Borne cases, and seeing that high prices followed wet, stormy weather, and indifferent harvests. There remain iv the Aahmoloan Museum, Oxford, a number of MSS. which were written by Dr. Simon Forman, physician at Sarum, in tho latter part of the 16th century. Ho makes notes of tho weather, and jots down the prices of things, though the bulk of the MaS. con sist of astrological predictions. He notes that the harvest of 1555 was lato by reason of the wet, that "tho corn was full of weeds, and did yield but badly," Wheat rose rapidly. At Lady Day of that year its prico at Oxford had been 2s 5d per bushel; at Michaelmas the price had risen to 3a 6d. Tho following spring was an unusually anxious time for tho peasantry and paupers. Corn soemid likely to rise to famine price. Wheat, bnrlcy, oats, malt, and all kinds of grain increased in value, and would have risen higher, so says Dr. Foimao, " had not tho justices kept down the market, and made tbe farmers to thresh out their oorn, nnd bring it to the market." As it was, wheat at Oxford on Lidy JUay, 1586, fetched 4s 2d the bushel. The summer of this year again turned out wet, with no hot wcathor; and as a consequence the harvest was once moro deficient, and wheat at Miclindmas. 1586, was worth 4s lOd at Oxford. Dr Forraaa says, " mauy poor (are) like to starve, and make uproars for want of bread, and sime hangod themselves." Wheat oontmucd to rise, and six months later it had readied tho prico of .3 (3d per bushel at Oxford, that is, 44s per quarter of tight bu«hels. It must bo remembered, that to estimate these prices according to our money standard, tho figures must bo multiplied by four or fiTC. Tho lot of the poor under such a con dition of things will thus bo the better per- C-IVGU. Tho prices of boef and ale for over thirty years (1618-1645 nnd 1653-1655) are given in tho tables contained in Mr Lloyd's book. During 1622-23 tho labourer was obliged to limit bis potations, for beer waa consider ably above average prioe. Double beor cost 10s tho barrel, and alo over 5s ,the quarter (barrel?) {Broad fwas also dear. At one itirao Jonly fivp and a hall ounces wero contained in tho penny while loaf. Tho poor follow had, no doubt, either to content hirusolf with "siugla" beer (the cost of which was about half that of double), or else go without. Probably, too, he and his family had to mako shift with bailey or rye bresd, though some times the maltsters wero in tbe habit of buying up all the barley brought to market, and in this manner raising tho ptice dis proportionately. To prevent such abuses, the authorities of Oxford took measures to limit the number of maltsters, a measure whioh would be considered rather high handed, and indeod ultra vires, iv these days. Thehiuhostpricbsof wheatgiven in these lists will be found in tho early years of tho present century.during the continuance of the Napoleonic wars, and tho provalenee of those high old Tory doctrines which tho Anti-Corn Law agitation undor Gobden swept away for ever. On Lady Day, 1801, wheat at Oxford was £10 the quarter of 9 Winchester bushels. On September 20, of the same year, it had fallen to £6 1«. The former is the highest price to b. found in tho book, In 1812, at Lady Day, the figures were £8 Cs, and at Michaelmas, same year, £7 4_. Only once since then has tho former price been reached, and that was in the spring of 1817, ncirly twoyears after Waterloo, wheu jvhoat fetched £8 6s 6d.

In an appendix to his book, Mr Lloyd prints extracts from tho rolls recording pro ceedings at tho bread assizes held in Oxford. By aa an sneient statute, entitled "Judi cium Pilloriae," an inquisition was to be made at intervals into the weights and measures used in taverna, and by millers and tradesmen, and also into the weight of bread sold. Offenders were to be rigorously dealt with. The vendor of bread under weight, or ot beer at too h'gh a price (the weight aod price being proportionate to the market vaiuo of wheal and mail), wore to be fined for tho first three offences, but for frequent transgressions they were to be subjected to corporal punishment, viz., the baker io the pillory, and the brewer to the tumbrel. Tho a.siza notifications ran somewhat after this fashion :—"The price of wheat agreed to (be at 47s the quarter, the pen. y white loaf is to ba seven ounces, and tbe rest to be made up weight propor tionably; this assize to begin the 12th of this present month of September, 1G37." Tho orders for the boor assise wero after tbe following form :—"Malt being at 17b 4d the quarter, tbe barrel of double boor is to be at 8s Sd, aud the middle and single beer proportionable, viz.:— ■

Double beer Middle beer

s. d, 8 8 6 6

Single beer ..4 4 and the ale at 4s Sd the quarter" (barrel ?). The latter order was made on April 20, 1620. The assize reports as entered on the roles are rather quaint. Tho following is ». specimen. It belongs to a period much eariier than the orders just quoted. "Temp tatio p»nis facta dio Sabbati, in vigilia Pentecoites, anno prtonotat., per sacra mentum JKicardi de Moretone, Thomao Somer, Thorno. de Moretone, Koberli de la Bache, Williclmi atto J»oke?, et Henrici le Lemuner, juratorum : Qui dicunt, per sac ramentum suum quod die Mercurii proxima praecedente, quaiterinm mcliori. frumenti sevendebitur pro los; s.cundi molioris pro 9s 6d ; et tenti melioris pro 9b : Panis quad' de wastello, inventus in maoibus Williolmi Bagardo, doficiens in prodere 3s Gd. Paras ob de coketto Johannis de Thomele, del. in pon. 18d. Panis donarr de int.gro Galfridi de Uovele, def, in pon' 4s, etc." Ihe following is a rough transla. tion of the fo.-o-going entry :—" Testing of bread made on Sunday in tho vigil of Pente cost, in the year aforesaid (i.e., Whitsun tide 1310), on tbe oath of Bichard de More tone, Thomas *omor,Thom-'.B de Morctoae. Robert do la Bache, William at Noki_, and Henry le lemuner, jurymen : who say that on the Saturday preceding, the quarter of better corn sold for 10s ; of second quality tor 9s Gd; and of third for 9s. Fal th ing wastel, found in the hands of William Bagarde, deficient in weight 3s 6d. Halfpenny cocket *f John de Thnnrele, deficient in weight 18d. Penny wheateo loaf of Ualdrid de Covele, deficient in weight 4s, eto." ■ What the wastel loaf was is by no moans certain. It was not common white bread, and was probably baked in a mould The cocket

was plain white bread, of leas value (be cause not made up bo elaborately) than the wastol. But the precise difference between the varieties of bread mentioned in these and similar ancient records cannot now be ascertained. By another entry it appears that tho household bread of a certain Johannes de Tiwe was found deficient in weight, and the following remark follows: —" And because it has been found by the record of this roll tbat the eamo Johannes has transgressed many iitnea against the aseize of bread; therefore it ia decided tbat the same Johannes be subjected to the penalty of the pillory, which punishment he has undergone," At another time Robert, the aon of Henry tho gaoler, a frequent offender, waa condemned to the pillory, and tho aentonce was cariicd out on St. Frideswide's day. On several occaaions no deficiency was found in the bread offered for sale. Tha above short notice, we trust, will give some notion of the vise of Mr Lloyd's unpretending publication. It would be well if tho market records of other ancient place, wero examined in the samo way, and tabulated particulars a. to prices and the like made accessible to the public. Unless this ia systematically dona, it will not be possible to writa a full and accurate history of tho English peasantry.—J. D. DAYIS.

Story of the Fenayrou Murder Case.

Tea crime for which Marin, Lucien, and Gartielle Feuayron were tried aud con victed at Versailles, in Augast, was of such an extraordinary nature, and the result of the trial was in one respect so diflerent from the usual result of great criminal cases, tbat it is permissible to disregard the rule which condemns remarkable causes to oblivion after the lap*e of a few days, and to speak of a conviction which took place as long ago as last week. Seldom has a more hideous tale of mystery and honor been told in a court of justice, and strange to say, in spite of all that a court of justice —and tbat a Fenoh court—-could do, it still remains but bu'f told. Usually when there is a conviction in a great criminal case the facts are fairly cleared up, and littlo room is left for any reasonable cleubt on im portant points; but in Vajfaire Fenayreu tbe trial bas not by aay means thoroughly dispelled tho mystery which eoveloped tho crime. That Marin Fenayrou deserved death; that his wile was, if passible, mere guilty than he, and merited the same punishment; and that Luoien Feuayrou deserted, at the very least, the sontence he received, can hardly be disputed by any one ; but why they oommitted tho murder is not easy to Mty. In aplte of all that the French pelie., the President, aud the ' rocureur de la K.publiquo could do, only conjectural reasons could be found for tin* horrible act, and the ghastly story r«maina likti the opening chapter iv a criminal romance, in which the true causo of the crime is studi.usly cencoaled from the read.r, who is lefc to exercise his ingenuity in guesting. In order to show how peculiar thia very roma-kab'e'ease was, aud to Indicate the possible lessons for tbe murder, it is nocesaary, at the risk of repeating what is familiar, to recapitulate mo facta some what f-Ily. From tho evidence given in tho trial which to»k place at Versailles on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in last wdek, it appeared tbat Marin ."enayrou, the principal assassin, was a druggist by trade, and that for soma time he boro a highly rsspectablt» character. In 1869 he cnterod the sorvise of a woman named Gibon, who ownud v druggist's skop, aud she apparently found hia character ooutrast most favourably with that of other assistants whom sbe had previously employed. Aftor a time he bought tho shop fram hor on credit, and with that combination of business and a. n timent which is so peculiarly Froaob, atked for the baud of hor daughter Gabrielle iv marriage. Mme. Gibon scorns to havo given him her ckild willingly enough, but the girl, who was only seventeen years old, was stid greatly to dlsliko the match, and even U havo an aversion to Feoayrou. Al though, however, as after avosts showed, ready onough to commit hideous siu, sho waa not propared to disobey her mother, and sh* married him. In 1872, [ Aubort, the man who waa afterwards murdered, entered Fenayrou'a service, and ho lived for two years on intimate I terms with him and bis wife. From the reports of the cose, it does not appear that '■ during this time there waa anything wrong In the rotations between bim and the young Mme. Fenayrou. In 1874 M. Aubert left tho shop for the necessary peri>d of mili tary service. In 1876 he returned, and after a timo becamo the lover, or rather one of tho lovers; of Mme. Fenayrou, and apparently he and bis mktress bohaved in such a way that their llaieo- became known to many. It waa strangly maintained by the prosecution, and to some extent shown by evidence of no inconsiderable weight, that form an early date Feuayrou must have been aware of the relations be tween Auber and his wife. These, itrdeed, were so notorious that he teeeivod a nick name iv his quarter, In the year 1879, anonymous letters wero sent him. Frionds gave him bints, if indeed they did not give him more definite information. His brother in-law stated that he was aware of the intrigue long, his brother Lucien was alleged to have spoken to him about it, and indeed he himself seems to have felt or af fected indignation at times. The portress stated that she had oftea seen Gabrielle kiss her love, and that all the house joked abou! tho affair, There was then very strong evidenco to justify the State Prose cutor's emphatic assertion that Fenayrou was for long aware of the adulterous ia trigno between his wife and ths assistant, and from thsir verdict the jury clearly seem to havo considered that this assertion was borne out by the evidence. .It should, however, ba stated tbat in tho confession, which will be presently spokon ot, Fenay rou aud his wifo declared that he knew nothing of the relations between her and Aubert until March ia tha present year. They had very obvious reasons for making this statement, which was directly contra dicted by part of the evidence for tho pro secution, Amongst tbo great mass of evidence which was adduced was some very remarkable testimony, which indi cates the clue to i_e whole mysterious crime, Dr. Durand, in practice at St. Aubin-sur-Mcr, knew Aubeit's mother, and heard apparently of what wa. going on, and desiring, it would seem, to give the youug man frieudly advice, said to him once when he waa at Anbin-Bur-Mer tbat when people had set up in business they should avoid amourettes, especially with married women, Aubsrt answered that when one had people in one's power one did not fear them ; and thia singular reply, and the manner in which he made it, seem very deeply to have impressed his well-meaning counsellor, who drow tho conclusion that there was a secret, perhaps relating to pois.ning, between Fenayrou and Aubert. In the years which followed Aubeit's return to Fenayrou's shop the business of tho latter gradually declined, and wont from bad to worse. He neglected it himself, betted and gambled, cheating at cards, according to one witness, At last ho got into such desperate straits for money that he forged Jabe's of the Hunyadi Janos water, and put them on bottles which he filled with some concoc tion of bis own, Tbe_ fraud was discovered, and Fenayrou was tried and imprisoned for it, Beforo this misfortune befell him he had fallen out with bis assistant, who, he alleged, had become overbear ing and impertinent; and, after a good deal of quarrelling, Aubert was dis missed, After a time the relations betweon him and Mme. Fenayrou seem to havo became much colder, and before Fenayrou re-olved on murdering him they had apparently ceased altogether. The woman took another lover, and, in the curious Fro. cb fashion, Aubert advertised for a wife. After the quarrel between Fenayrou and his assistant events occurred which seem to confirm tne surmise that Dr Durand. Hubert had in his possession some letters which the Fcnayrous were very anxious to gft fiom him. According to the Procnreur de Ia K.publique, they made numerous efforts to obtain possession ef chen. The woman's mother, Mme. Gibon, game to their aid, visited Aubert at his shop, and demanded the letters from him, He refused them; whereupon she

called him canaille, stiuck him in the face, aud told him he would repent acting thus. Aubert after this wrote to Mme. Fenayrou a very guarded letter.in which he demanded an interview with her and her husband. It is tobaobseived that this seems just such a course as might be pursued by a man who desired to tell hia enemies that, if they con tinued to persecute him, he would reveal everything, come what might, but who was too cautions to put the threat ia writing. If the letters were nothing but the silly effusions of Mmc, Fenayrou, who. probably had written love letters to mauy men, it is difficult to sco what was to be. gained by the interview which Aubert asked for.

According to the culprits' confessions, it was only a abort timo before the sceno with Mine. Gibon that Fenayrou became oertain of his wife's infidelity with Aubert. He picked up,it was said,an envelope addressed to her iv Aubert's baudwriticg, and there was a violent scene between tbem. Three day. afterwards, on the husband's promis ing to forgive whatever might have hap pened, the wife confessed everything, and the husband declared his intention of kill ing her sometime paramour, and said that if she refused, he would kill their two children. Awed by this tremendous throat she agreed to help to assassinate Aubert. Tbe mother then made the attempt to get possession of the. letters which baa just been described, and,after it had failed, the plan for the murder was devised. Fenayrou hired a lonely house, at Chateau, near Paris, and bis wife, by his direction, wrote an affectionate letter to Aubert pro posing a rende_vous. No answer came to this, and a second letter of the same kind wa. answered by a frigid refusal to see her. Thereupon Fenayrou declared, acoording to his own account, tbat since the man could not be enticed by sentiment, he should be enticed by mercenary means, and a third letter was written offering Auoert 2000 franca if he would come. It is not necessary to point out the extreme improbability of parts of thia story. We do not gather from the reports whether the third letter to Aubert was fouud and produced iv court, but, iv any case it is certain tbat by some means Aubert was induced to promise to meet Mme. Feuayrou, To kilt him the husband made full preparation. He first of all bought a wolf or wild boar trap, in which he intonded literally to catch his victim ; but ou consideration be abandoned tin's idea, and, fearing that he and hia wife might not be able' to do the work between them, called to hia aid bis brother Lucinn, who t with astounding facility, oonsonted to aid him. On May 18, the day fixed for the murder, tho three went to Chatou and got everything in readiness, and then roturn.d to Paris and dined tnnquilly at a restaurant. When dinner wa< over, the brothers startod again fur Chatou, and Mme. Fenayrou went to church, where sho remained for an hour. At the appointed time she met her former lover in the Passage dv Havre, and they went down to Chatou together, After they entered the house sbe contrived ' that he should leave his hat in the passage, so that bis bead might be bare for the mur derer to strike, f rem the passage she iel bim into tbe room where Fenayrou wns concealed, and lighted a candle there. Aa sooa aa she had done this her htuband appeared from behind tbe door, and struck Aubort on the neck with the hammer. Whether Mme. Fonayrou actually held him in her anna, ao as to prevent him defending himself at this moment or later on, and whether «ho or her husband finally stabbed him with a sword-stick, is not clear. Fenayrou declared that ho stabbed him, saying, "Miserable, tv mas fait souffrirp.r le cc»ur ot tupdrira.parle cosur," which isljust such a piece of melodramatic rubbish as a French criminal would be likely to invent. What is oertain is, tbat the man's skull was beaten in, and that he was also stabbed. When the butchery was finished the body was stripped, some lead gas-piping waa wound round it, to make it sink, and it was carried away and thrown into tho Seine. The lead-piping used was not, it seems, heavy enough, aud in time the corpsero.o, and trftel tho police, who do not Beem to have been very oxpedi tisus in the mattsr.had made full inquiries, the Fenayrous were arrested. Wbat is extraordinary about their crimo, and distinguishes itfiom moat of the great crimes ou record, is its apparently motive- Übs character. It may bo said, of course, that /enayrou killed Aubert because Aubert was his wife's lover, and tbat a strouger reason for killing a man tban this can hardly be; but, as we have endeavoured to point out, the evidence does not support this view, simple as it seems at first sight. It was apparently shown at the trial that Fenayrou must havo beeu cognisant for , long of his wife's infidelity. The ovidonce , tended to prove tbat, though now and then roused to anyer, ha was In tho, main indifferent to his wife's irregularities, grow aa they were; and, when Aubert grew _old,[ahe Immediately consoled herself with'snother lover withsut seemia^ly any objection on tho part of ber husband. It seems absurd that a man who ignored a liaison which was tbe talk of the whole nolghbourheod, and then another which followed it, weuld suddenly be aroused to frantic joalousy by the eight of an envelope addressed to his wife, aud it so.ras equally absurd that a husband who put up with his wife's infidelity for years would, when ono intrigue had come to an end, and had been succeeded by another, suddenly turn round and kill the first paramour, while acqueisc ing iv, or at all events remaining singularly blind, to the second liaison, ft seems difficult to doubt that the State Prosecutor was right in maintaining that the desire to be revenged for a foul wrong was not what prompted Fenayrou to murder Aubert. What, then, was the motive for this hideous assassination 1 The question will never be answered with certainty, or with any thing approachingjto certainty, but we have endeavourod to show that it may bs an swered conjecturally. Perhaps this great crime points to another and equally dark crime behind. The strange expression used by Aubott to Dr, Durand, the strenu ous attempts to obtain the letters, the de termination to get rid of the man at alt hazards, his desire for an interview, all tend to enow that he had some power over Fenayrou, due perhaps to the knowledge of a crime committed by Fenayrou, which provoked thelattertodesperralioo. This view was taken by the Judge, and must havo been taken by tbe jury, as they must have thought that Fenayrou did not kill Anbtrt because Aubert was his wife's lover, or they would not have found him, as they did, guilty et murdor, and have allowed extenuating circumstances in tbe ca?e of the wife. French juries have no tolerance for marital infideli*y,and have considerable sympathy for husbands who avenge their wrongs by killing the men who have out raged them. The jury, then, must have the arguments of the Judge pnd of the State Prosecutor, and probably they were right iv doing so. It cannot, how ever,] be said.' thaj the matter was liladc clear, or noarly clear, Although [there are some grounds for the hypothesis we have put forward, its truth is far from being demonstrated. Wben French justice takes a ease in hand, it usually gets to the bottom of it; but here it does not possess le mot de I'enigme, and a further confes sion bythe convicts explains everything, the Chatou murder will probably remain one of tho most mysterious crimes on record.

French Harems.

A common scandal in Paris is that of tbe Oriontal practice of well-to-do Frenchmen. Comte de la Mo the had established a private harem in a suburb of Paris. His excellent wife, the Countess, discovered the little side-show, and decided to brine a setious action against her husband. The pair ap peared befo*e the tribanal of Correctional Police, and the high tribunal scon dis covered that the private life of the lady was not irreproachable. As to the sins of the husband, they wero real enough, in fact they were admitted. Tbe Judges, probably because the wife was not what she ought to be, were indulgent, and sentenced the de fendant to a fine of £10, and the three odalisques, all of whom were brought into Court, had to pay a fine of £4 each. This is regarded aa equivalent to legalising the harem besiness.



"|Ho\. we are Governed" has been re cently published for 2s 6d. Well,we should naturally expect it to be under a Crown,



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PROSPEOTUS or THE HELENSVILLE FLOUR MILL COM PANY (LIMITED), CAPITAL .-... £20,000 IN 20,000 F.HAKKS OF fit EACH, •' Paya i,_ as follows :—Ten Shillings per Sh_.ro to ba paid during tlie first Twelve Month.; One shilling on application; One Shilling on alio ______; Two .hillings on Ist February; T fib -hilllnas on Ist May: Two Shillinga on lat August; Two Shilling. o_ lit ol September, 1833. Pbovisional DmitcH-ns: Mr John Foster Mr H. P. Kavanagh Mr James Hand Mr Is__o__cl_e._' Mr D. MoOlonnan Mr William Adams Mr K. A. MoLaod. With power to edd ta their number. Banker.: National Bank ot New Zealand. Solicitous : Messrs Dlgnan and Armstrong', SECRETARY p. . loin, I Joseph Griffiths. The objeota ol the Helensvllle Flour Mill Com- Sauy (Limited) will Oa tha erection ot a Flour tilt and Grain Storo, and the Importation of Grain from tho South or any other part of the world where they can purchase with advan tage. Tbe advantages tbat tbe proposed Company would poaaeea over all other, in the provlooe are patent. Vessels coming from the _cut_ to Kaipara Ports for Urn. ar are, aa ar ule.f relghted with (.rain, and the He_enuvllle Timber Com pany's mills being now in fall operation would be a grefti; inducement for that olaes of v. .sele to run to Ho'.ensville, and yrti aid enßure cheap freight-, whilst the oonaumption of flour in the Kaipara n.lone will guarantee a large trade to the Company. OROS PECTUS OF THB • AUCKLAND NATIVE LAND 3 COLO NISATION COMPANY (LIMITED), CAPITAL ..AA....A. .....£500,000, IN 500,000 SHARES OF £1 EACH. MO.COO SHARES ARK NOW OFFERED TO THK PUBLIC. 300.000 SHARK? TO BE RESKRVKD FOR NATIVES AND FUTURE ISSUE. One Shilling payable upon Application; One Shilling upon Allotment, Calls not to ex oeed One Shilling each, to be made at Intervals of not less than Three Months. Phovisional Dibbotobs : J. Chambers W. R. Vines C. C. McMillan T. T. Masefield V. B. Claude John Reid Geo. Boldshlp Kennedy Hill Hulroma Puke Franz Scbe.ff J. B. Whyte, M.H.R. Major Jackson a. a Morris. M.H.R. Captain Colbectc Ko Kaukluta (With power to add to their number), Bakkkrs : Bank of New Zealand, Solicitous: Jaokson and Russell. Secretary, pro. t km, : Franz Soherfl. The objects of the Auokland Native Lands Colonisation Company (limited) are tho acq.nl iltlom and settlement of Native Lands in the North Island of New Zealand.upon terms whioh will be to the mutual advantage of the Native Owner., of the Shareholders in this Company, and of the Colony In general. In order to carry out this obleot It Is pro posed— • Ist,—To acquire Interests' in land In such way as tho natives may prefer, either by purchase, by lease, or by acting as their agents on Buoh terms as may be agreed upon. Bn_.—To pay for such interests acquired at the option of the native owners, either oaah, paid-up shares, or debentures for the wholo or any part thereof, aa olr oumatanoes nnd mutual advantage may dictate. Srd,—To allow tlie native owners who take up paid up shares Interest atthe rate of -poi-oent. upon tbe amount of the paid up abares in exoees ot the amount paid up on contributing shares, 4th.—To issue to any native owner declining to take OMh or paid up shares deben tures of stipulated amounts, bearing' in terest at S per oenc 6th.—The capital required tooarry oa neces sary ODor.itiona of the Company to be provided by Oolonlal and European shareholders, and euoh capital shall be emp'oiod In defraying expenses of management,completlng titles, effecting surveys and subdivisions into faims and township lots, openln* means ot acoees, oocduotlng the sale and leasing of lands, promoting the formation of speolal set tlements, and generally in utilising the lands vested In the company to the best advantage. Bth.—To Bet apart and legally secure ade quate and Inalienable joaervea for the benefit of the native owners. 7th,—To convey to the Government an agreed percentage of laud aa required for publlo works, and other purposes, at a figure slightly In advanoe of coat prioe. Bth.—To Induces native owners to become lerge shareholders, to nettle permanently upon lands, the titles to whioh have been Individualised, and to bo repre sented on the directorate. It Is a well known fact that tha profits arising from the purchase and sale of native lands in the North Island are e_o.r_.u9, and It 1b equally welt known that such profits have up to the present time been confined to the capitalist alone; bso_-_e of the many obstructions arista;; from the laws relating to native lands, anil to the large expenditure of money required for purchasing the _am_, Tho Auckland Native Lands Colonisation Com pany (Limited) presents to small investors ad vantages ldentioal with, and In excess of those enjoyed at present only by capitalists, the shares having been fixed bo low that men of email means may be placed on the same footing as the capitalist. No more fitting opportunity than the present oould be seized for the purpose of attaining the ohjeota aimed at by thia company, because :— Ist.—The quantity of fertile Crown Lands In the North Island at the present time available for settlement ia insufficient to meet the demand. 2nd.—Tha Government have ceased opera tions In purchasing native lands. Srd.—The natives owning land In the King country are almost unastmons In their desire to bring their valuable lands under tbe operation of the Land Court, and dispose ot them to Europeans. _th.—lt Is confidently iftotlolpcted that the Government will favour the establish ment of this Company, which will go far to rolleve them from all anxiety about providing for the future wants of the natives. This Company will place all land acquired under "Tho Lands Transfer Act." se that the title will be Indefeasible, and It will then be able to dispose of the samo at great advan tage. The land will be sold for oaah, or on deferred payments, or disponed of In tbe manner most oonduolve to the Interests of shareholders. Under these olrcumstances, It 1b believed thai the establishment of the Auo> land Native Lands Colonisation Company (Limited) will provide for the natives the readiest and moat beneficial method of plaoing their lands for sale, leaso, or settlement. Tbe ever-lnoieaslng demand for lands. In >ow Zealand amongst all clashes of oolontets and Intending emigrants from Grea' Britain, tho rich quality of the lands.in the King oountry, the faot that they are within easy access br rail from Auokland, their suit ability for occupation, and their annually inereailng value, are considerations which pressnt to investors a prospeot of remuneration unequalled probably by any proposal ever sub mitted to the public. Applications for Shaw, will be received by the Beoretary, at his offices, Fort-.troot, until TUESDAY, the 31st October, 1882. THE HELENSVILLE TIMBER COM PANY, LIMITED. works; _telensvi_lb. atj.eland office colonial bank btj_li.i_._s. Having a Railway Siding running into their Works, are open to supply contractors and others with Sawn Timber, delivered nt any station on the Kaipara and Waikato Railways. A Wharf with deep water frontage to the river, tho Company are enabled to load vessels along side the Mill for Southern ports and Australia. Have spocial facilities for supplying long lengths on short notice. All communications to be addressed to JOHN MILNE, Secretary. Colonial Bank Buildings, Auckland, "OEDUCTION IN FIRE RATES. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL ....ONE MILLION STERLING! FIRE RISES taken on the most LIBERAL TERMS. PROMPT SKTTLBMENTa UNDOUBTED SKOURITY. GEORGE P. PIKROB, '- Qeaorai Manages. J YOUNG, Family Grocer. Shortland-street, » Auckland. - EST Place for Ranges, Ovens. __ive_.*Bii_ Blapk.mlth'B Work.-R. NICHOIiS, 82ft Uppei Qaeen-Btroql; r^»""



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