FRANCE AND CHINA.

The telegraphic intelligence published ! during the past few days has been of such • a character as to justify the most serious j fears of an open rupture between France ' and China. The present trouble, as our ' readers are aware, originated about March . last, when M. Lacour intimated that it wa a the intention of the French- Goverment to '. take possession of certain portions of Ton quin.andin the following month instructions * were given that the French squadron at Hong Kong should proceed to Tonquin. This was no new resolve on the part of the French. They had for a very long time past been desirous of carrying out a similar plan, for they have thoroughly recognised the com mercial advantages to be gained from pos session of the fertile soil and the excellent harbours of Annam, and they have made repeated but unsuccessful endeavours to secure an ascendancy in the empire—the first as far back as the days of Louis XVI. In April last the French ambassador left Hue, the capital of tho empire, and measures were at once taken for the occupation of Tonquin, the ostensible reason for the French interference being, as expressed in an oflicial letter from M. Grevy, that the Government felt called upon to take this step and to control tho relations of the Amiamese empire in consequence 0- the i-Opote ice of Tuduc, King of Annam, to carry out exist', ing treaties and to preserve order in his country. The French Government, M. Grevy further intimated, would collect all customs duties and internal taxes, and by way of compensation would pay to King Tuduc an annual subsidy. The proposal was peremptorily declined, and the Amia mese evincing a determination to resist any attempt to carry it into effect, active steps wero taken by the French to obtain pos session of the Tonquin territory. A vote of 5,000,000 francs (1200,000), which was thought sufficient to defray the expenses of the expedition, was passed by the 1 rench Chambers. In May hostilities were com menced, and the French troops, who made a sortie from the Fort of Hanoi, were re pulsed by the Annamese. Operations were conducted in an irregular and indecisive manner for a few weeks, when the French were met with a new difficulty, tbe Chinese Government, who have long exercised a sort of suzerainty over the empire, having, in response to an appeal from King Tuduc, sent a formal intimation that unless France would seek to act in conjunction with them in settling the dispute they would have recourse to hostile measures, and assist the Annamese in re pelling the invasion. Hostilities were suspended pending negotiations vith the Chinese, which, however, resulted in nothing, and the French garrison at Hanoi, which meanwhile had been reinforced, re sumed operations, and driving the Annamese away they set fire to and completely de stroyed the town. Just afterwards a heavy flood in the Hanoi River destroyed all the French fortifications, and prevented thoir troops from following up the Annamese, A few weeks later, the floods having sub sided, operations were again renewed, the French being generally successful. Mean time the Chinese Government had been sending troops to the frontier, and a formal demand by the French that they should be withdrawn being disregarded, the French decided upon making a naval demonstration at Canton. Just at this juncture further complications arose through the death of the Kingof Annam. Prince Phudac was appointed to succeed him, but the Chinese Govern ment refused to approvo of this nomina tion, and proclaimed Vianlan as king of Annam. The Chinese troops continued to mass on the frontier, and finally to the num ber of about 18,000—a number many times in excess of the whole French forces in the territory—they proceeded to march on Hanoi. Further reinforcements were sent to the French, who took Namdhin, one of the forti fied positions at the mouth of the Red River. The French ambassador at Pekin was with drawn owing to the utter failure of the nego- i tiations, several of the principal ports of Anam were blockaded ,andHaidzuong, oneof the chief towns in the kingdom, having a p«pulation of 30,000 inhabitants, was captured. Tho French also had met with several reverses, and experienced con siderable difficulty, owing to the recurring floods and the weakness of their forces, which General Bouet declared were quite inadequate to cope with the Annamese them selves, to say nothing of the dangor to be apprehended from the Chinese. Subse quently the French suffered a defeat at I'huhim, the news of which caused con siderable excitement at Canton, where serious affrays occurred between the Chinese and Europeans. Another important de velopment then occurred. Hue, the Anna mese capital, was bombarded by the French; the Chinese gave additional evidence of their determination to exercise apotentvoice in the settlement of the difficulty by sending a body of regular troops into Tonquin ; but Vian lan, their nominated king, proved weak, and fled from fear on the bombardment of the capital, and Phudac, the pretender to the kingship, tendered his submission to General Bouet, offered the services of the Annamese troops in restoring ordor, and agreed to pay a war indemnity to the French, to whom he also conceded the right of establishing a protectorate over Tonquin, and of controlling the financial administration. The Annamese, however, refused to endorse this capitulation, as did also the Chinese Government, and the former broke out into open rebellion.

This was the position of affairs at the com mencement of the present month, when General Btuet, in face of the unmistakably hostile attitude of China, forwarded another urgent appeal to his Government for con siderable reinforcements, for the despatch of which immediate orders were given. The large body of Chinese regular troops who had entered Tonquin were marching on Hai phong, one of the French garrisons.and there appeared to bo every reason to anticipate that, failing some arrangement satisfactory to tho Chinese Government being arrived at, a severo war, the consequences or extent of which it would be impossible to foretell, would bo the almost immediate result. The French, according to a telegram sent to the London "Times," had notified to the Chinese Government that unless the troops ; of tho latter were immediately withdrawn from Tonquin, tho French fleet would be instructed to blockade Canton and Pak Hoi. What would be the outcome of such an action as this it is not easy to say, but the blockading of the Chinese porta would be a matter which would affect, not so much the Chinese themselves, who were never anxious that they should be opened, but tho commercial interest, of other European nations, who would, almost to a certainty, be bound to interpose. Should the result that has been feared ensue, France will find herself committed to a task that might well cause stronger nations than herself ix) reflect before enter ing upon it. The military and naval forces of China are estimated to bo as follows:— Tbo Chinese Army and Navy. The Chinese navy, which dates back to a period beforo the foundation of the British navy, is no longer (says a New York con temporary) a navy of war junks with high bulwarks and pentagonal portholes, and ! with guns mounted on immovable carriages. Chinese naval architecture is now not un like that of Powers of advanced civilisa tion. Millions have been spent in tho con struction of war steamers of modern type, and in the establishment of dockyards and arsenals in which munitions of war of all kinds may be produced. About 14 years ago M. Miguel, an officer of tho French navy, began building a dockyard on the River Mm, a few miles below the treaty port of Foochow, and which can be easily fortified. At the end of seven years, iron works, rolling-mills, engine factories and building-slips—in fact, all the plant of a naval yard—were in full working order, in which time the engines, and in some cases the armament, for no less than fifteen vessels were built. There was also a school for naval officers formed; also a training ship was attached to the establishment. In 1876 a navy yard was established near Shanghai, and though thereare afewEnglish men and Americans holding posts in it, the control of it is exclusively in the hands of the Chinese. The Chinese, however, do not rely upon their own dockyards and con structors alone, for, in addition to the fleet of native production, they have recently had constructed in England a series of gun boats of the latest types, armed with the most improved and heaviest guns. In 1878 Sir William Armstrong built for the Chinese Government four gunboats—the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta. The first two are 118 feet in length, 27 feet beam, 7_ foet draught, 319 tons burden, and each carry ing a 26J-ton gun. The two latter are 120 feet in length, 30 feet beam, 8 feet draught, 400 tons burden, and each carry ing a 38-ton gun of British pattern. They are built of iron, and carry 00 tons of coal and 50 rounds of ammunition. Four other gun boats were built on the Tyne, and wero delivered to the Chinese Government in 1879, each being armed with a 35-ton gun of the Armstrong type. They are sub stantially of the same design as those described above. The most important difference is that they aro built of steel iinstead of iron, and are double-ended (that ::s, their stern and bow lines are of tho same model, and fitted with rudders on each end), to enable them to steam forward or ■backward with almost equal facility. They were originally named the Epeilon, Zeta,'

Eta. and Theta, but were afterwards re* named to something more Chinese—the Chin Pei, Chin Nan, Fel Ting, and Lurg Lang. Their principal dimensions are: 125 feet in length, 29 feet breadth of beam, 12. feet depth of hold, _£ feet draught of water, 440 tons burden, and with an effective speed of 10 knots an hour. Each has two pairs of compound engines, and is propelled by twin screws. Their hulls are divided by four transverse bulk heads, and by longitudinal central bulk heads forward of the engines, thus giving them 9 distinct watertight compartments. The engines, boilers, and magazines are under tbe water line, and are further pro tected from the shot and shell of the enemy by a horizontal under-water deck over them. The 35-ton gun is pivoted for ward. Besides this heavy gun, each has two 12-pounder breech-loading guns astern and two 10-barrelled Gatling guns of 45 calibre, to be fired from various positions, broadside or raking astern. These Chinese gunboats are primarily m l tended for coast defence, but will no doubt give a great deal of trouble to the French war vessels should they attempt to invade the sanctity of the Celestial waters. The Chinese also have eight small iron gunboats of from 100 to 200 tons each, and each carrying from two to seven breech loading guns. At the Foochow arsenal have been built 17 composite (wood and iron) vessols, each mounting one seven-ton or one nine-ton gun, with other light guns • also one composite.corvette carrying if guns —one of 11 tons weight; also three steam transports. The Chinese have also built at Shanghai two wooden frigates and five iron gun vessels. Tho Chinese have also had constructed a supply of torpedo boats, each 52 feet in length, 7 feet in breadth of beam 3_ feet draught of water, and with a speed of IG knots an hour. They are built of steel, in watertight compartments, and ar ranged to work three spar torpedoes. Two years ago the Chinese Government had built two steel twin-screw cruisers of 1,350 tons burden each, drawing 15 feet of water and with a speed of 10 knots an jjour. Each vessel is provided with four broadside 40-pounder rifles, and two 10-inch breach loading pivot rifles, placed at the bow and stern respectively. They are 213 feet in length and 32 feet breadth of beam. The Chinese also have several steel torpedo boats rigged for the Whitehead and spar torpedoes, 90 feet long and 16 feet beam.

The " Times " of India calls attention to the gigantic stride which China has made in the development of her practically unlimited warlike resources. She is supposed to have a standing army of 1,000,000 men, but the despotic ruler of 300,000,000 people need never look for soldiers. Thero is no such thing as a Chinese army in the sense in which we speak of an English or a Prussian army. Each province finds its own army ' ■■*. complete in itself, the Governor acting as generalissimo, on whom the efficiency of. the force depends. Hence, while there are some provincial armies which constitute a mere rabble armed with seventeenth century weapons, there are others whioh have attained a high state of efficiency and are armed with the best of modern rifles. Thus Li Tsung Tang, Governor of the* I province of Pich-li, has under him a force of 70,000 very efficient troops, armed with the Remington rifle. We have already shown the efficiency of the Kan-su Army with the great military reformer, Tso Tsung Tang. The weak point in the Chinese military system is the officers, the soldier's profession ranking very low in Celestial 11 opinion. Nowhere is the sentiment of Anna cedant togas more forcibly carried into effect than in China. Still, though the Celestials do not imitate the radical reforms inaugurated by their 71 neighbours in Japan, it must not be sup- , posed that they lag very far behind. Of 7 late they have despatched numbers of young ;' men to England and Germany to learn the art of war by land and by sea. China is well supplied with ordnance of the best European manufacture, Krupp having already supplied her with 150 siege guns /! and 270 field -pieces; and with guns in posi tion the Chinese can fight well, as we dis covered to our cost at the mouth of thePei-ho, A number of seaboard towns, such as Tien tsin, Shanghai, Canton, _c,containarsenels where guns, both light and heavy, are cast, and where breech-loading rifles of the newest pattern are turned out in thousands, with ammunition to match. At the arsenalof Kiang-Nan, Chinese workmen produced in . 1870 20 40-pounder Armstrong guns, which on being tested by European engineers, H were declared to be equal to anything that had ever left Elswick or Woolwich. The" I approaches to the more important seaport. ; 'J are guarded by heavily armed forts, which France would have considerable trouble in "negotiating." Nor could the French 7 have it all their own way on the coast. 7 The French Army aad Havy. The effective strength of the French army in 18S2, according to tbe budget of ;i the Ministry of War, was 498,483 men and 120,075 horses, but tho Gendarmie and the I Garde Republicaine, numbering dtogether 26,512 men and 13,013 horses, were in cluded in those figures. The amy pro perly so-called was therefore in 1882 only 471,971 men and 113,062 horses; and oi these 52,015 men and nearly 16,000 horses ~ were assigned to Algiers and the various colonial stations. The French navy in the same year consisted of 57 ironclads, 264 ironclad screw steamers, 62 composite steamers, and 113 sailing vessels, carrying vi altogether 2,554 guns.

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i Auctions. TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. »' g A DDLES, BRIDLES, STIRRUP Iff: LEATHERS, SADDLE STRAPS, • &c, &c, &c, ;!'. GABRIEL LEWIS WILL sell, at his Rooms, on above date, at 11 o'clock, 1 .CASES LADIES'and GENT'S SADDLES, ■Hi Complete !m' 1 cases bridles, stirrup lea j p vatß_rs, coat straps &c„ tec, tec I Terms at Sale. j AT AN EARLY DATE. Ex S.s. Doric. Il I mRADE SALE OF SUMMER BOOTS HI X AN:D shoes. Particulars in future issue. GABRIEL LEWIS, Auctioneer. TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. THE REMUERA YARDS, FE SALE, at the Remuera Yards, on Thursday next, Dairy Cows, Store Cattle l". Head Well-fatted Cattlo 700 Fat Sheep and Lambs fat and Store Pigs ALFRED BUCKLAND. ViOUNTRY CATTLE SALES. Pukekohe— Monday, October 1. Wttluku-Saturday, October 7. Horn uera CatUo Fair—Wednesday, October 10. Pokeno—Monday. October 15. 1t I Dn «T— Wednesday, Ootober 17. | papakura—Wednesday, October 31. ALFREDBUCKLAND, THE HAYMARKET. !■ J T3EGULAR SALES OF HAY AND !jj J_\ STRAW t BACH TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, At 11 o'clock. ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAYS. THE HAYMARKET. I C.ALB OP WOOL, SHEEPSKINS, i ffi © HIDES, and TALLOW, each TUESDAY, At 13 O'clock. .ALFRED BUCKLAND FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, DURHAM YARDS. TTtOR SALE, at the Durham Yards, on JC Friday next, 8 FIRST-CLASS STAUNCH DRAUGHT HORSES, from Wanganui. Heavy trials given. These arc a very suponor ■ lot of horses. HUNTER & NOLAN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. DURHAM YARDS. TTtOR SALE, at the Durham Yards, on JD Friday next, 18 USEFUL HORSES, from Wanganui and Waitara. i HUNTER & NOLAN. MONDAY, OCTOBER 1. SECOND CATTLEFAIR OF THE SEASON. fT_IE undersigned will hold their BE&OND CATTLE FAIR OF THE SEASON at Papakura, on Monday, October 1. N.B.—lntending Sellers will please send In their Entries for Cataloguing before Friday, the 26th Instant. HUNTER & NOLAN. _ _ DURHAM YARDS. l/lOR SALE, at the Durham Yards', -H every Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL, and SKIN.*-. HUNTER & NOLAN. .j MONDAY, OCTOBER 1. • 11 AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD, |l LEASES OF ALLOTMENTS OB I BREAKWATER. .| R. C. GREENWOOD if TTAS been instructed by the Aucklane || XX Harbour Board to sell by publio auction 'II st the Offices of the Board, on Monday, tha Is' 111 day of Ootober, 1883, at 11 a.m.. Ml THE LEASES FOR A TERM OF FIVI if YEARS OF ALLOTMENTS Nos. 1 to 10 II Inclusive, situate on the Breakwater Rail j'.' way Wharf. ]| Plans, conditions of sale, and draft loases wil | be on vlow at the Offlce of the Board. H W, 3. COCHRANE.] [JAMES DACBB j, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1. JRREEHOLD PROPERTY NEAI CAMBRIDGE, WAIKATO. if By Order of Registrar of the Supreme |ll Court. 1 rT_EE Subscribers have received instruc 7 X tlons from the Registrar of tho Suprem* Court to sell, at the Land Mart, Fort-street, oi ! 1 Monday, October 1, at 12 o'clock, 346 ACRES OF LAND, being Part o Hinuera. No. 2 Block, a few mile boyond Cambridge, with Dwelling-hous< !and eut-bui—ings thereon, at present oc cupled by Mr Thomas Norris, and adjoin ing the well-known Gorton Estate. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. W. 3. COCHRANE.] [JAS. DACRE MONDAY, OCTOBER 1. COTTAGES, PARNELL. . rrpiHE Subscribers will sell, at thei: I Rooms, Fort-street, on Monday, October 1 at 13 o'clock, By Order of the Executor in the Estate o the Late Margaret Allison, ' ALLOTMENT 6 AND PART LOT 5, o m Subdivision Lot —, Parnell, frontin; Earl (lately Windsor) street, with tw Cottages erected thereon. Fuller particulars In futuro issue. SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. W. 8. COCHRANE.] [-JAS. DACR MONDAY, OCTOBER 1. BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF A I TRUST ESTATE. THREE VALUABLE FREEHOLD 1 SUBURBAN VILLA SITES. REMUERA. ! •'■ mHE Subscribers have received instruc X tlons to Soil by Public Auotion, at tht Land Mart, Fort-street, on Monday, October Ist at 12 o'clock. I • ALLOTMENT U6, SECTION 16, Suburbs ol p Auckland, containing sa. Or. 86p. with the j j Dwelling House thereon. . Allotment 117, Section 16, containing sa. Ir. 22p. Hi Allotment 118, Section 16, containing 6 acres. _-v™ %_%?*■ caßh' bala,lce to 3 montlls Si's - N.B.—Thiß property la situate In «,« --.I ji. Si Increasing Sub _£ ot -emuo^^^ff^SJ'Wlr. 3 c-n-an—- v most exto-asiv-Tvl-^?% t-TS?^ £_» fejur North Shore, &c. -*_M_-s_Sgi£? H Mr D. Harford. The ground Ibfenced!___? I down in grass, &c. Hi SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, |Hgft Auctioneers.



Auctions* TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, At 11 O'clock. CARBINES ■_ TAYLOR HAVE received instructions from Mr Heap, who is retiring from the Grocery Business, to sell by auction, at his residence, Upper Symonds-street, THE WHOLE OF HIS STOCK-IN-TRADE OF GROCERIES, consisting OiP Tea, Sugar, Rice, Starch, Oilmen's Stores, Flour, Oatmeal, Paper.Honey, and sundries, Scales and Weights, Desk, tec, &c. CARBINES & TAYLOR. TO-MORROW, • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, At 11 o'clock a.m. GROCERIES, TEAS, STARCH, JAMS, ARROWROOT, VINEGAR, HOPS, EARTHENWARE, GLASSWARE JOHN REID k CO. WILL sell by auction, at their Stores, 26, Queen-street, on Thursday, 27th in stant, at 11 a.m., to close consignments, 100 Half-chests TEA, "Ejuibitlon-'Kalsow 17 i( „ " Westward Ho Congou 25 ',', „ "Eagle" 50 Cases White Starch 100 „ New Jams, assorted, lib tins 10 ~ Queensland Arrowroot 25 „ Osborne's Vinegar, quarts 8 Bales Nelson Hops (superior) 15 Bags Opotiki Maize (fowls feed) 25 „ Feed Oats 12 Cases Red Herrings in tins 5 „ Ginger Wine 200 Boxes Figs (with all faults) 14 doz. Brown Earthenware Teapots 2 Cases Cut Tumblers 2 „ „ Sherry Glasses TO-MORROW. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, At Noon. RAWLINGSTON. MOUNT EDEN, PROSPECT RISE. VOLCANIC SOIL. SPLENDID PROSPECX. FASHIONABLE AND FAST-RISING NEIGHBOURHOOD. R. ARTHUR HAS been favoured with instructions from the Trustees of tho late Mr H. Raw lings to sell by public auction, at his Estate, Land, and House Sale-room, Arthurs Martl Queon-street, on Thursday, September 27, at,l2 o'clock noon, HIS VALUABLE ESTATE, situate on Pros pect Rise, at tho foot of Mount Eden, immedi ately adjoining tho property of Mr \\. R. Brldgman, and bounded by the properties of Messrs Cranwell, Buddie, and Mitchell, com manding an extensive and varied view of fine suburbs, mountains, hills, and water. Subdivided in nine fine allotments: on one a four-roomed Cottage Is erected. Tho soil is v-canic, well cleared; a number of well-grown trees are on the property. An opportunity which should not be missed for procuring line Building Sites conveniently and healthfully situated, closo to the city, with -USSO3 passing every half-hour. Also, To be Removed, The STABLE, SHEDS, &c. TITLE, LANDS TRANSFER. Lithographic Plans are now ready. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, AT NOON. VALUABLE FREEHOLD CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTIES. G. W. BINNEY HAS received instructions from Peter McNab, Esq., to sell by Public Auction, at his Mart, Queen-street, on Friday, Ootober 5, at noon, LOT 1.-WELLINGTQN AND NELSON STREETS—Part of Allotmont 12, Seation 42, City of Auckland, being e»rnor of Wellington & nelson-streets, having a frontage to WELLINGTON STREET of 3fi feet 7 inches, and a frontage to NELSON-STREET of 100 feet 3 inches. Lot 2.—Part of same Allotment, adjoining the above, having a frontage to WEL LINGTON-STREET of 30 feet by a depth of 100 foot 3 inches. Lot 3.—Part of same Allotment, adjoining Lot No. l, having a frontage to NELSON STREET of 10 feet by a depth of 72 feet | 7 inches. Lot 4.—Part of same Allotment, adjoining Lot No. 3, having a frontage to NELSON STREET of 10 feet by a depth of 72 feet 7 inches. Lot s.—Part of same Allotment, adjolnisg Lot No. 4, having a frontage to NELSON STREET of 49 feet by a depth of 7. foet 7 Inohes. Lot 6.-STANLEY-STREET-Part of Sec tion 11, City of Auokland, known as Al lotment No. 7, having a frontage to STANLEY-STREET of +8 feet, by a depth of 88 feet, with tha COTTAGE and Large STABLES thereon; also, ad joining thereto, part of Allotment -no. 19 of same Section (No. 11), 85 feet 6 inches, by4ofeet; and also, adjoining tho last mentioned parcel of land, Allotmont No. 19 of said Section No. 11, 250 feet by 80 feet. Lot 7.-AUotmcnt No. 9, of Section No 11, City of Auckland, having a frontage to STANLEY-STREET of 57 feet by a depth of 80 feet, with tho cottage thereon I creoted. Lot B.—Allotment No. 10, ot said SectioriNo. 11, adjoining Lot No. 7, having a frontage to STANLEY-STREET of 67 feet by a , depth of 80 feet. Lot 9.—Allotment 30, Section 6, TILLAGE t OF DRURY, containing 1 rood atid 4 perches, more or less, corner of Wharf and QUAY STREETS, with a fromtage 5 to SLIPPERY CREEK. • Lot 10.-Allotment No. 19, PARISH OF WAIPAREIRA, County of Eden, eo» ---taining 220 ACRES, more ot less, and 1 growing thereon a large number of KAURI TREES. The land is in an ac cessible locality, with Bail ef good quality. ; Terms : One-half the purchase money of each * lot may remain on mortgage for three years at eight per cent, J Title and further particulars may be seen at the offices of Devore and Coopor, Solicitor!. Quoen-Btreet. G. W. BINNEY. c n B. TONICS.] [R. C. CARR.] [b. D. TONKS. f i wednesday, october 3. _ Surrey Hills Estate. mHE FIRST SALE r of ALLOTMENTS In this Estato will take place on WEDNESDAY, if 8 October 3, at 12 o'clock noon prompt, o All information can bo obtained of Mr Board man, at tho offlco of the Company, Shortland street; or, of the Auctioneers, from cither of whom Plans can be obtained. B. TONKS & CO., Auctioneers. 3 t. TONKS.] [R. C. CARR,] [B. D. TONKS, FOR SALE BY AUCTION, > EARLY IN NOVEMBER NEXT, ABOUT * 1,000 Als# D S of EAGLiN (BICH VOLCANIC SOIL), 1 IN VARIOUS SIZE FARMS, ,j 1 AU having frontage to main road from Raglan >t\ «> Hamilton, well waterod, and partially 41 grassed. To—us very easy. Apply to B. TONKS & CO.



Auctions. _. TONKS.] [R. C. CARR.] [b. V. TONKS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, At 12 o'clock noon, Re the Estate of Harcourt and Co., Brewers. FREEHOLD PROPERTY. IMPORTANT TO BREWERS. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. MESSRS B. TONKS & CO. HAVE received instructions from the Proprietors, who are dissolving partner ship, to sell by auction without reserve, at their Mart, on Thursday, the -th October next, TIIAT FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT No. 33 of the sub-division of allotmont 8, Secton 5, Suburbs of Auckland, situate in Oxford-street, off tho New North Road, Eden Terrace District, together with Brewery erected thereon, and all ths Plants, Materials, and Fixtures connected therewith, and Outbuildings attached thereto. Tho Brewery and Plant are quito new, having only recently been erected, and comprise all the plant necessary for carrying on operations. The Brewery is also supplied with a good spring of suitable water. Medical. "V- E R V 0 U S D E B ILIT V . Dr. E. C. 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Auckland. _i____ii____- PRICE HALF A CROWN Established in Australia in 1864. i A MEDICINE to be taken in ternally, and used externally, for all NERVOUS DISEASES and INFLAMMATORY ACHES and PAINS, composed of the choicest Aromatic Herbs, Healing Gums, Balsams, and Vegetable Oils. Cures Rheumatism Sci atica, Gout, Neuralgia, Cholera, Spasms, Headache, Coughs aud Colds, etc. »_£._ -*■—__:•.-—«»_ ••„; stuiKOfc TT" E A TING'S pOWDEK, KEATING'S POWDER KEATING'S POWDER KEATING'S POWDER KILLS BUGS PLEAS MOTHS BEETLES. Tins Powder is Quite Harmless to Ani mal Life, but is unrivalled in dcstroyiiiK fleas, bugs, cockroaches, beetles, mollis hi furs, and every other species of insect. Sportsmen will And this invaluable for destroying ileas In their dop;s, as also ladies for their pot dogs. This Article has Found so Great a Sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article in imitation. The Public arc Cautioned that tho tins ot the genuine nowder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS , _ . A Purely Vegetable Sweetmeat, both in aphearancc and taste, furnishing a most agree able method of administering the only cer tain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It Is a perfectly safe and mild pre- Saratlon, and is especially adapted for Children, old in Tins by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor: THOMAS KEATING. London TZEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES, COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM. Composedofthepureßtarticlos.TheseLo„onges contain no opium nor any dcletorlous drug, there fore the most dolicate can tako them with por feet confidence. Their bonoflcial effect is speedy and certain. This old unfailing family romedy is daily recommended by the most eminent physicians. (In uso nearly o*l years.) MEDICAL TESTIMONY. Jul v 25,1877, 22, Cold Harbour Lano, London. Sir,—Your Lozonges are excellent, and the beneficial effect most reliable. I strongly recom mend them in casos of Cough and Asthma. You are at liberty to state this as my opinion, formed from many years' experience. J. BRINGLOE, M.R.C.L.S., L.S.A., L.M. Indian Modlcal Service. Mr T. Keating— Dear Sir.—Having tried your Lozonges in India, I have much pleasure In testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of Incipient Con sumption, Asthma, and Bronchial Affections. I have prescribed them largely, with tho best results. ~ ,-,, „ *\V. B. G- , Apothecary, H.M.S. Keating's Cough Lozonges arc sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having tho words "Keating's Cough Lozenges en graven on the Government Stamp. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. A purely Vegetable Sweetmeat, both In ap pearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain romedy for Intestinal or Thread Worms. It is a per fectly safe and mild preparation, and is espe cially adapted for Children. Sold in Tins dy all Chemists. Proprietor—THOMAS KEATING, London, Export Chemist and Druggist. Ironmongery. cs|B^^iil*tSil§if g" r f«_^* ~ ,"',-" -■?-*_.™> tjj JB. B L A I X I E, _ Victoria-street, IMPORTER OF BUILDERS* & FURNISH ING IRONMONGERY Direct from Manufacturers, Has for Salo, at Low Rates— Carpcntors' Tools Nails, Locks, Hinges Kitchen Ranges Register Grates, in great Variety Marble and enamelled Slato Mantelpieces Largest Stock in Auckland Marble, Electroplate, Curb, and othor Fenders Galvanized Iron, Sheet Lead, and Zino Slate, Cement, and Plaster INSPECTION INVITED



NELSON MOATE & Co. DRINK OUR Pure Ble_tded Tea It has Mo Equal for Trua Natural Flavour, Value, and Sirang.h. PRICES 2/-, 2(4, 2/8 7;. r 3/-, '3/4, 4/- _ t-lh. and .-lb. Packats. HALF-CHESTS. BOXES. "PRESS," "Br. Kelson Is a Professional Toa Taster and Blender." AWAEDED COLD & SILVER MEDALS. lelso^loate&Jo. TEA MERCHANTS, CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON. ySE-TS-EVERYWHERE. New Teas. d INDIA AND CHINA TEA I WAREHOUSE," No. 95. Victoria-stkeet. In the matter of TEA, Queen-street is not Auckland. It may suit the few to have it th-iffht so, but a discriminating public have determined Otherwise. AUCKLAND, in fact, la becoming a large City, und narrow id<-8 won't do. The undcrsi«ned cannot boast of havinttinadc a TEA TRADE by going, mend. cant fashion, from door to door, encouraging people of limited moans to get unnecessarily Into debt, but with steady purpose baa songht to servo the public need in supplying a GEN h INE ARTICLE at REASONABLE RATES. Tho singular success that has attended tins unob trusive way of carrying on business (in a second-rate street) is a source of unfeignod satisfaction. Thcfactof Imvingimported 1- Un- THREE TONS OF TEA (Ship's Measurement* during the last 9 months speaks snfilciently of public appreciation. The undersigned has en larged his premises, nnd facUitios for a still greater output. Not being ahlo to get it into, Ens had made in tho building a very large TEA BLENDER, so that In future he trusts to arold the occasional irregularities of flavour obscrv ablo In tho past. F. W. sinccroly thanks hta customers in all parts of the ftovinco and assures them no effort will bo spared to satisfy erery legitimate demand. TEA PRICES" CURRENT; " VERY RICH DEEP BROWN TEA, Per 3/- Pound. " FAMILY MIXTURE," Per 2/6 Pound. ; " TEA EXTRAORDINARY," Per 2/— Pound. " DARJEELING FLAVOURED MIXTURE,* Per 1/8 Pound. " SEMI-BROKEN PANYONG," Per 1/G Pound. "TEA SIFTINGS, PURE CHINA," Per 1/2 Pound. Re No w Tobaccos, I regret that my " Premier " •raallty this year haa the earns label as ordinary " Venn*," but should any entertain doubts of tho DIFFERENCE IN QUALITY, I rofer them to MESSRS P. HAYMAN te CO., through whom tho order was indented. In point of fact, lt ls a Grand Article, and Smokers are cautioned not to be led away with tho idoa that tho ORDI NARY "VENUS" IS EQUAL TO IT. FSEDK WHITEHEAD, TEA MERCHANT, AND GENERAL IMPORTER, AUCKLAND. N.B.—F.am i !ir.-, wa i ted on for ordors, and goods dolivored within t'-'-vn radius, and to Steamers and Railways, Willi attention and dispatch. r I-QUOR TEA COMPANY, AHANDSOME VOLUME IS GIVEN AWAY WMI- EVERY THREE J'OUNPS OP " L I - Q U O R" " L I - Q U O It" TTTTTTTTTTTT TT TT TT TT TT TT 3/6 * lb. tt 3/- * & TT TT TTTTTT W. S. COLLINS, AGENT, Manukau Road, I-knell, Auckland. Terms, Strictly Cash. Horticultural. Per Dome: / / J?/ new /&y AGRICULTURAL. /S / A" J'/ I 11&E< -So/ /$?/§ & /q?/^^*/ and /■W/ -F^A-OWI-R SEEDS, If " / I / "§ /VYholesale te Retail _Wo J. MOSS AND CO., HOUSE, LAND, & ESTATE AGENT, Shoktland-stheet. Intending Buyers are respectfully invited to inspect our List of Properties. Money to Lend at Current Hates ol Interett,



Ironmongery. HANDSOME TILE GRATES - SHOWN IN WINDOWS. WINGATE, BURNS & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMONGERS, CUSTOMS-STREET, jz* AUCKLAND. H ' 6 l 1 MODERATE PRICES RIGIDLY ADHERED TO. | | *"""•—-"*—"—*"---------- -mmmmm_mmm_mmm----mmmmm_^_mmm-_^_ m _ mm mm fc O t 3 FURNISHING IRONMONGERY FURNISHING IRONMONGERY w Q FURNISHING IRONMONGERY FURNISHING IRONMONGERY % «3 FURNISHING IRONMONGERY FURNISHING IRONMONGERY fc f< FURNISHING IRONMONGERY FURNISHING IRONMONGERY a i i • _____«_»__________-_-___-______-_ w E SPECIAL CONCESSIONS TO CASH BUYERS, i § P i CARPENTERS' TOOLS Carpenters' Tools CARPENTERS' TOOLS rj CARPENTERS' TOOLS Carpenters' Tools CARPENTERS' TOOLS CARPENTERS' TOOLS Carpenters' Tools CARPENTERS' TOOLS Jj CARPENTERS' TOOLS Carpcntors' Tools CARPENTERS' TOOLS 'I . 'J 'J RANGES, REGISTER GRATES, AND COOKING STOVES. Tea Merchants Theatre Royal Buildings, Queen and Victoria Streets. ] THE DARJEELING ATEAOF STER BLENDOF LING QUALITY. pure teas. ROBERT NEAL . If _&_*_ Announces that ho has received direct from ■■ I«B| I"^ fla Foochow, per as. Holhow, his First Suip- | J I fl B ill i MENT ot over SIXTEEN THOUSAND 1 I 1 1 D I JL%__P POUNDS OF TEA. This, with hisLAROB 000 J oSmi I *** stock oif INDIAN TEAS on hand, offers I I ono of tho Best Selections of Tea in the UNEQUALLED Colony. 6UPERIOR TO INNEWZEA- pn^^Tm'AT TEAS ADVER LANDATTHE ROBERT NEAL, TISEDATMUCH PRICE. THEATRE ROYAL BUILDINGS. HIGHER PRICE.



i Nelson, IVloate s Co.'i CELEBRATED CHALLENGE TEA ■SB W-H —mm— w—tmm -*- —» _T__ QUEEN-STREET AUCKLAND, Next the New Zealand Clothing Factory. Coaclibuil-crs, &c. THAMES CARRIAGE AND DRAY FACTORY JAMES MACKIE, Proprietor, VICTORIA-STREET EAST, AUCKLAND Repairs of every description in Wood and Iron neatly executed on the shortest notico. Springs made and repaired. Always on Hand—A largo quantity of Lamps, also IronbarU Shafts and Siiokcs, Red Gum Felloes, and Hobart Town Hardwood. N.H.—Country Orders punctually attended to COUSINS AND ATKIN, DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS *-- ~! -v fA_i3&k%____oll&i_ [ft—BSs_£glb se^ a *~* OF ENGL ASH, AMERICAN, FRENCH, AND ANY OTHER STYLE OF CARRIAGES. ESTAIILISHKD 1861. BOYS' VELOCIPEDES, 225; PERAMBULATORS.- IBs: INVALID CARRIAGES, nil kinds (Wholcsalo and Rpinil); BARY SLEEPING CARRIAGES; Also, BICYCLES (best English make), ROCK ING HORSES, teC R. ANDERSON, PARRAMATTA-STREET, S ?DNKY. Awarded Four Prize Medals. " '■" '■ " ' ' «*■* <-imsm..li. /"NUNS. GUNS. GUNS. SHOOTING SEASON, 1883, TO SPORTSMEN. D. EVITT, GUNMAKER, 251, Queen-street, Auckland (Opposite the City Market), Offers FOR SALE, at unu.ually Low Prices: _ t a___Sß_^ Double Breech —loo*'r^^tiVi loading Guns .—3sl**--__i3—P* Double Mu.xle __S_Wj^b_ _—_t—M loading Guns _ hWvfc&kWp^^^ Singlo Muzzle fv J&^SySr loading Guns _'i';7w;'V'f Curtis and Harvoy's Dia- Jfo)'Mf- tS,&BP~\. mond Gunpowdor f, " . _sW \ Pigon,Wilks\& Laurence »*_—_■*■_»£—_■__ Alliance Gunpowder PwfS Walker's, Parker & Co.'s IfSll__lfr~^ Newcastle Chilled Shot SjH|sSlS} Eley's Cartridges and Car s' "i>li -wirMi tridgo Cases gSj S§!_rs&f Eley's Caps and Wadding Igpjfflr Loading Machines, Re-cap |HJ*' Powder Flasks and Shot Pouches Skb Gamo Bags and Gun Casos jfjj Gun work of every kind done on the MM Premises. Workmanship unsurpassed JlS&_i in the Colony, and Prices Reasonable. Ijt§§ Established 1859. OPPOSITE THE CITY MARKET. Optician, &c. TP E A C O C X, • OPTICIAN, HAS IN STOCK SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES of ovory description. An Accurate Fit Guaranteed COMPOUND MICROSCOPES te TELE SCOPES, Powerful and Cheap. . Aneroid Barometers, Thermometers, Electric Bells, Batteries, and Fittings, Magnectic Elcctrlo Machines and Medical Coils* OPERA GLASSES, BINOCULAR, FIELD AND MARINE GLASSES, THEODOLITES, SEXTANTS, COMPASSES, Spirit Hydrometers, Saccharomoters tec, tec, tec AGENT for TAYLOR'S PATENT SEWING MACHINES and EXTRAS. OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE, Shortland-btreex.



Sewing Itlacliincs. T>Y SPECIAL APPOINTMENT (ESTABLISHED 1855.) BUY ONLY THE CELEBRATED / DOMESTIC \ \ MACHINES. / I_e Easiest, Simplest, Best Made, and Most Durable. LARGEST SHOW-ROOM IN NEW ZEALAND. Ihe only Sewing Machine which has never been beaten in competition. Solk Agents in New Zealand : SHAKESPEAR & CO., Queen-street. ODDOsite the Market. W. C DENN ES, THE GREAT SEWING MACHINE IMPORTER, ilas just received a Large Shipment of tho Challengo Machine of the World— rilE WHITE CO.'S SEWING MACHINE, rhe Most Silent The Cheapest rhc Most Rapid The Highest Arm I'he Most Simple The Largest Table l'ho Mast Easy to Work Tho Best Cover I'he Most Durable The Siniplost Shuttle I'hc Most Elegant The Neatest Stitch Treadle Machines, feom £5 10s. DENNES'S CHALLENGE BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES. pfT^jl TRICYCLE, WW f ft fromffl2«ta. .Li**—a3Bsi«_ai' 'i_# s' BICYCLE, -Bin„ from £12 10. fc§M[i£2f-i CASH ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS. 30 Days CASH SALE OF SEWING MACHINES, TREMENDOUS REDUCTION. HAND WERTHEIM £3 15s, FRISTER AND ROSSMANN, from £1 it. FRISTER & ROSSMANN TREADLE MACHINE, from £0. STANDARD TREADLE MACHINE, £0 10s. mHE riREAT nEPOT, QUEEN-STREET. '" Land and Estate Agents. Chas. Williamson, HOUSE, LAND, & I .NANCL.L AGENT, Vulcan Lank, Auckland. Bankers: National Bank of New Zealand. RENTS and INTEREST Collected. MONEY Invested for Capitalists on First class Securities without charge. Six per oent, allowed on deposits until invested. MORTGAGES and LOANS Negotiated. BUILDING SOCIETY SHARES and Mort gages Bought. ESTATES Managed for Absentees. ALLOTMENTS Bought and Houses Built on tho Weekly Payment System. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS FOR SALE AT FEB FOOT t— Scotland-street, 60s West-street, 50s Mount Eden Road, £6 Hepburn-street, 80s Randolph-street Lignr Placo, 56s Bond-street, 2Us Ayr-street, 46s Bereaford-stroet, 90s Parnell, st's Percival I'araile, 15s Conquest Plaoo, PA Reclamation, £6 Valley Road, 16s Howc-strcet, 8.5s William-street, 80s Hackctt-streot, 15s Customhouse-street Northcotc, 10s And la various other streets at low rates. » £1000 TO LEND, In Sums of £10 and upwards, on good securities. CROSS-STREET-New 6-roomcd Houso For Sale, with verandah and balcony, fitted with all conveniences. Prico, £350. PARNELL —Houbo For Salo, near Union Sash Works. Prico, £260. Eaßy terms. GROCERY and General Business for Salo In Main Thoroughfare—lncludes Shop and Five roomed Dwelling, Stable, &c. Eicollont posi tion ; or will exchange for country property. ROCKY NOOK-New Cottago for Salo in most salubrious portion of tills fast rising dis trict; fitted with roglstor grate, colonial oven; very easy tonus can bo arranged. HOHSON-STREET-New Ten-roomed House For Sale, fitted with all conveniences; large allotmont; splendid position. Groatcr portion ot money can remain on niorteaKc. NEW lON—Fivc-roomcd Houso and scullery For Sale. New Workshop. Allotment 10 by 200, planted with lomon and other choice fruit trees. PONSONBY—FIvo-roomed Houso For Sale (new), at £250. Six-roomed Houso and Stablo, £310. Large Six-roomed House for £100. LARGE ALLOTMENTS For Salo at North coto; ton minutes' from wharf; sunny aspect; five oh—ns deep. Price £30. DEVONPORT—Houso nnd 1 acrcßgardon For Sale. Emit Trees in full boaring. Also, Fottr roomed Homso nnd scullory. Quito new; larre allotmont. Price £265. Grand view of Auckland. DAIRY FARM TO LEASE-15 acres; Tery —iltablo for market gardonor or nurseryman. Owner will take out ront in milk, poultry, &c. 12s 6d WEEKLY-New House of 5 rooms for Salo in King-street; novor failing woll. £160-HOUSE and Allotment For Sale in William-street, near St. James' Church. PARNELL-Frcohold Allotmont For Salo, 200 f cot dcop, In a choice locality; sunny aspect and sholtcrcd from cold winds. Prico only £70. IRELAND-STREET—Now i-roomed House For Salo; good viow of harbour. Easy terms. PARNELL—Six-roomed Houso (new) For Sale hi Rutland-streot; pleasant viow of harbour. Prico £325. Easy terms of payment. WELLINGTON-STREET - 9-roomod Honse For Salo, with two largo allotments, front garden. Prico £125. HOUSE at Mount Edon, with about two acres ground, having a main frontago of 417 ft.; orchard, gardon, cow-shod, pigsty, fowl-house, &o. Price £750. Easy terms. PONSONBY—Five-roomed House for sale In Claronco-stroot; well-finished ; good garden; Price £300. Gas laid on. HAMILTON (Waikato)-Houso and acre of ground For Sale, two minutes' walk from Bank of New Zealand, for £95. Lot 321. WAII-lEKIE-Elghty Acros atWalklekie for £65. Splondid chance for working man. NORTHCOTE — Sevon-roomod Houso, out buildings, &C, and 30 Acres of Land, For Sale j Vory Cheap. Grand view of the harbour. Also, Now 7-roomed House and nearly 6 aores. DEVONPORT, Lako Road - Several Tory choice Villa Sites For Salo, having road and sea frontages, and possessing tho finest iandscapo views to be found around Auokland, £250-A NICE NEW COTTAGE in Newton For Sale; allotment 10 x 100; very cheap. WAITEMATA RIVER FRONTAGE-Land For Sale at £2 por acre. In largo or small blqoks. Easy tonus. £270_HOUSE For Salo in William-street, near St. James' Churoh. Also, Vory Comfortable Sevon-roomod Houso, bath-room, &c.; £450. EPSOM—Gentleman's Villa Residenco, seven rooms, coach-houso, stabling, &o. £10-0. BRIGHTON ROAD, Pilrnell - Six-roomed Houso For Sale, allotmont 10 x 100; water laid on. Prlco £301. PONSONBY - New Six-roomed Houso and Workshop For Sale; two allotments; two frontages. Easy terms. FARMS also For Sale at Waikomiti, Paremo remo, Waitakerei, Mahurangi, North Shore, Papakura, &c. Also, soo List in " Now Zealand Horald " and " Weekly Nows." CHAS. WILLIAMSON, ESTATE AGENT, VULCAN LANE. MT. CLAYTON, • HOUSE, LAND. COMMISSION AGENT AND SHIP BROKER. Allotments for Salo at Hamilton, Newcastle, Alexandra, and North Shore. Money lent on good security. Office: 30, Insurance Buildings. JOHN SOPPET, House, Land, and Goneral Commission Agent, No. 8, Queen street, has for immediate sale (really choap) :— 1 comfortable 5-roomed Cottage, Ponsonby; (terms very easy); also, 1 7-roomed House, 1 5-roomed Houso, 2 .-roomed Cottages, and 1 small Store, In town; 2 Dairy Farms, 10 miles from town; 2 partly-improved Farms, one 310 acres, the other 150 acres, about 12 miles from town; and several other City and Suburban Properties at equally Low Prices. UNION OIL, SOAP, AND CANDLE COMPANY (LIMITED). MANUFACTURERS OF COMMON AND TOILET SOAPS, CANDLES, PEANUT, AND OTHER LUBRICATING OILS. Soap and Candle Works: Parnell. Oil Works: Customs-street West. Warehouse and Offices: Lowmt Albert street. Cash Purchasers of Tallow. Dellvferjr taken at their Parnell Works Ot Warehouse.



Business Notices. IT-IE NEW ZEALAND TOBACCO A GROWING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Limited). Head Offlce and Factory: AUCKLAND. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. Tho Promoter oil the above Company ig de slrous of communicating with Farmers and others who are willing to grow Tobacco. Genuine Havana and American Seed, and all information, furnished free, which can bo obtained at my ofllce, Mercantile Chambers, next to Bank of New Zealand. Mr T. Gayton Clarko will attend to the grow Ing of the Tobacco. AUGUST VOLLBRACHT, Promoter and Manager pro tern. September 21,1833. THE PRUDENTIAL MUTUAL, SICK* AND MEDICAL BENEFIT SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA (Under the Friendly Societies' Act), Head Ofllce .. . - Collins-street, Melbourne. Presidont: Hon. Henry Cuthbort, M.L.C. ; Trustees: Hon. Graham Berry, Hon. R. Richard son, W. lloynolds, Esq., J.P., A. Young, Esq., 'Auckland Branch—l 72, Queen-street (next Rattray's Buildings). Life Assurances, with Sick Pay and Medical Attendance; Juvenile Benefits; Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Payments. PIANotI J. HOWD EN, PIANOS. PIANOS. I QUEEN-STREET, PIANOS, f PIANOS. Next PIANOS. PIANOS../ Bank of New Zealand. DOUBLE OVER-STRUNG IRON FRAMES, By Asherberg, Manthey, and Neufeld, Very Cheap, and Superior to any ho has over Imported. THE HAYMARKET, 105, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. ON SALE, Arrived per Coromandel and Roman Empire- White Clover, Red Clover, Alsyko Clover, Cowgrnss, Meadow Fescue, Meadow Foxtail, Crested Dogstall, Rape, _re—"Hum Incarnatum (Scarlet Clovor). From America direct — Timothy, Kontuoky Bluegrass (Poa Pratensis). Poverty Bay Ryegrass, Canterbury Ryegrass, Cocksfoot, Prairiegrass, Rattail. EARLY SEED POTATOES, as follows :-Ash leaf. Kidney, Taylor's Kidney, Canterbury Flukes, Patterson's Victoria. Late— Varieties—Hobart, Sutton's Magnum Bonum, Sutton's Flower Ball, etc. ALSO, Oats, Barloy, Garden and Flowor Seed; Coarse Fine, and Rock Salt; Bran, Sharps, New Zealand Flax, Tow, Bacon and Hams. BONEDUBT and BONEFLOUR of all grades, ISLAND AND PERUVIAN GUANO. &c, &c, tec hesketh & aitken. Coffee \ Coffee \ Coffee i s. c. BROWN, DrnHAM-STKKET, AUCKLAND. FLOUR MILLER AND COFFEE AND SPICE MERCHANT, Has Always on Hand and Fob Sale flour, in Sacks, I,o's, and ."Hi's, "Blue" brand FLOUR, in Sacks, 100's. nnd nil's, "Rod" brand BRAN AND SHARPS RAW AND ROASTED COFFEE PEPPER AND SPICES. In the matter of COFFEE, tho attention of the Public is called to the excellence of my , Brands, and a trial solicited. The Mixtures ar« composed only of the Best Plantation Coflea and Uie Best Chicory procurable, and may bo characterised thus:— " Eagle '■ (my best brand), nearly puro coffee "Ship" and "Camel," medium coffees of great strength and flavour " Castle " and " Leopard," low medium and common coffees. To lovers of really fine Coffee, I strongly re commend the " Eagle," but to Uie general taste —odium Coffees are found to be most accoptaole, and I say. therefore. Try the SHIP Brand Thy the CAMEL Brand, Procurable from all Merchants and Store keepers, loose, and in tins, —lbs., 2.1b5., lilbs., "lbs., dibs., libs., .lbs., and lib. Coffee ! Coffee j Coffee i T AWES'S SUPERPHOSPHATE THE BEST MANURE FOR POTATOES, ROOTS, OR CEREALS. Prico—£7 per ton; 5/ per ton Discount for Cash. By referring to the lectures of M. Goorges Ville, one of the best nnd moat practical writers on Artificial Manures, it will be plainly seen that Superphosphate is not only Indispensable but that a greater benefit results from its proper application, at a far less cost and In a much shorter timo, than from that of honoflouror dust, the use of which, as another writer has justly re marked, is simply manuring for posterity. Wo subjoin one- out of many testimonials received. CLARK & GANE, SOLE AGENTS FOR AUCKLAND AND CAMBRIDGE. [Copy.] " I havo used Lnwes's Superphosphate nt Matamata with great advantage. As a Manure for Turnips and Wheat, followed by Clovor, it is unrivalled. I consider that Superphosphate by reason of its being more soluble, is at once avail ablo for Plant Food, and gives more immediate roturns than the majority of other manures. (Signed) "J. C. Firth. **"*a*M^Oo_-?_RbF"cUSTOM3 AND ■*H * &___= li Pro S h f£a IMF- 5 g r* O M-^'jJi'-—? W ft t_ 5 Wm_\ ■? ° COMMERCE-STREETS, Auckland. TO BE HAD FROM ALL STATIONERS AND STOREKEEPERS Wholesale Only from the Aghsntb, P. HAYMAN & CO. News Agency. TMPORTANT NOTICE. ■V KW "7EALAND AND TNTERCOLONIAL VKWS AND ADVERTISING AGENCY. The Manager of tho above Agency, which has branches throughont tho Colonies, and in all the prlnoipal centres of population in the world, begs to announce that it has been established with a view to moot tho -wants of commercial men, as well as consumers, by the exercise of sound judgment and practical skill in the economical, judioious, and prompt distribution of advertisements. with the object of pushing business. From his long residence in the Colonies, his intimate acquaintance with the reqnirements of advertisers, as well as his cordial relations with newspaper proprietors, tho Manager is able to offer the following advantages :— 'I'he services of an expert. Greater economy by means of an organised agency than can bo secured by individual efforts. Energy and mothod in the pushing ot new commercial undertakings. Careful supervision of the Interests of adver tisers. Selection of the best advertising mediums and most conspionous positions for advertisement- Prompt, honourable and conscientious treat ment of advertisers and newspaper proprietors, in order to protect their respective interests and reputation. Gteneral News A genoy. By securing the services of literary men of ability, and by combination with news agen cies in all parts of tho world, the Now Zealand and Intercolonial Agen *y will bo able to snpply to newEpaper proprietors leading articl-S news letters, telegraphic summaries, &o, WILLIAM SYLVESTER PTJLFORD, - -.. -~ Manager. Box 216. P. 0., Aucl-laad.



Conveyances. WJ. KELLY'S TIME TABLE. 7 Leaves Onehunga: Leaves Auck_—D : 8.30 a.m. 10.30 a._. 10.30 a.m. 12.15 p.m. 1 p.m. 3.15 p.m. 2.30 p.m. 1.30 p.m. Saturday night— Saturday night -6.30 o'clock 11 o'clock. Buggies and Carriages for Hire at the Ex change Hotel Stables, Princes-street, Onehunga. W. KELLY, Proprietor, TDAINBRIDGE'S TIME TABLE. From Union Bank—22 minutes past the Inl and 23 minutes to the hour. From The Three Lamps—7 minutes to —8 honr, and every hour. Night Trips prom Town—J-pastß, J-pastß, "■-past 10, and .-past 11. From Three Lamps -8,9,10, 11. _ From Union Bank to Shelly Beach-*/ ; minutes past 9,7 minutes past 11,7 minutes pjs! t, 7 minutes past i, 1 minutes past 5,23 nm—Wi , p*st 6, and 37 minutes past 7. From Sheik B_.cn—B.3o a.m., 8.-5 ft.ta.l 10.30 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m., ..30 p,m., and 7.45 p.m. Saturdays fbom Shelly Beach-AW WW 8.-5 a.m.,10.30 a.m., 12.30 p.m. From CHIOS ; Bank—9.7 am., 11.7 a.m., and 1.7 p.m. mELEPHONE LINE OF COACHES. NORTH SHORE AND LAKE TAKAPUN-U TIME TABLE: „„ Leave Post-office. Devonport, at 9.30 ajn. ; and 1.20 p.m. Leave TakapunaSchoO_-0-J» at 10.30 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. ~ Sundays—From Post-office at 10.20 a.m. ana 3 p.m.; from Takapuna at 11.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ■ F.J. QUICK, Propnetor. HOLLIS AND BROUGH'S LINE OF COACHES. Leave Auckland Leave Onehotga 9.15 a.m. . 8.0 a.m. 11.0 a.m. S 9.0 a.i_ - 1.0 p.m. . 9.30 a.m. 2.0 p.m. .2 lo.oa.n_ 4.0 p.m. 2 - 12-15 PJ -5.0 p.m. -g 1.30 p.m. ao p.m. Hl_j 4.0 p.m. 7.0 p.m. Si? 6- 30P-I -V.(-, Monday, 11 p.m. £« Mondays and Sat- Saturday, 10 and bIA days.,6.o p.m. 11p.m. g« - Sundays: do Sbndats: 10.0 a.m. Sf* 8-3°a-*m' 2.0 p.m. 58 11.30a_J. 6.0 p.m. M« 4.0 P.njv „,_ Buggies, Brakes, and Saddle Horses for We, at Manukau Stables, Lower Queen-street, one hUUga * HOLLIS & BROUGH, Proprietors. -POYAL MAIL LINE OF COACHES. ' TIMETABLE. Leave Cambridge for Hamilton Juncßonß^ way Station daily at 8.15 a.m.; retundng g»» Station to Cambridge on arrival of Train rwm ALealx Hamilton for Te Aroha on Tag** Thursdays, and Saturdays, at.2.30 cm., rg*** ing from Te Aroha on Mondays, Wednesaai and Fridays, at -*_.m. Bookino Offices „.,._„. Gwynne's Hotel, Hamilton West; golems^ Hotel, To Aroha; and at my Premises, K-rinro-V and^o-^^ i Cambri^ Eß> LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES. Tourists for the Hot Lake Countryxan be »|£ piled with Saddle Horses and BuggiM oa «£ shortest notice. Experienced Guides and ca™ fn Ordno Vr| rb'y telegram or otherwise V^ct-tSf attended to- cARTER) p..^.^ c^bricge^ A UCKLAND GAS CM**** £L (LIMITED), ESTABLISHED 1862. PURVEYORS OF LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER. Tho Company sell and cr set■»"£"&!* -hiding gas apparatus and Bas-po»ei|W" d Stock includes Otto Gas Eng-es.-01-ce-- Show-rooms, Fort-street. _~ :