SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Annsisation of Kow Guinea.

Vogel's Opinion,

[FflOM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IN

LOSDOtf.]

Sir Julius Vooel always takes care to be '•well in the van whenever there is any big colonial question on the tapis. The follow ing letter of his comes from the " Times " of the sth in st., and will doubtless be read with interest in New Zealand. I would draw special attention to the reference to Sir Arthur Gordon, Is Vogel really an admirer of the " most distinguished " one, or Is the remark that Sir Arthur " must be ever dear to the Kanaka race " intended as a sly hint that His Excellency was not passionately beloved by the Europeans?

(To the Editor of the " Times.")

Sir, — Before the annexation of New Guinea is discussed in Parliament it would bo mnst desirable that a report should be furnished fhnwing the cost of tlie naval expenditure in connection with the South Sea Islands. The fleet oa the Australian station h>s been largely, sometimes almost exclusively, engaged, in repressing the labour traffic, and special vessels have b:en built and chartered. It may be argued that tome patt of this expense cau be balanced by the saving of expenditure iD .Australian ports. But X do not think any oue who rellecta on the advantases (sentimental to some extent, but none the less real aud important), arising from the presence in Australian ports of Her Majesty's vessels and officers, will concede that the great limitation of such vitits during late years, arising from exigencies of the youth Sea Islands traffic, can be regarded with favour. la 1875 a proposal was made to form a company, to be chartered by the Crown and to some extent subsidized by New Zealand, to take charge of the South Sea Islands trade and labour trailic. The proposal met with approval in the colony, and Sir James Fergus-.on, the then Governor, regarded it favourably. I believe I may also say that Sir Arthur Gordon, the Bigh Commissioner, was not opposed to it, but the project did not command the support of Her Majesty's Government. Had it been pursued, it would have solved an embarrassing question with the saving of great expense. A xepressive tieet would have been unnecessary and Biitish sway would have been extended throughout the houth Sea Islands with few exceptions. Two or three years since a company was formed ia Germany to deal with the Navigator group ot islands, and Prince tfismarck un dertook to recommend a Government guarantee of minimum profit on its shares. The proposal was duly made, but the Legislature rejected it. The action of the Queensland Government in relation to New 1 Guinea, and the simultaneous support given by the other Governments of Australasia, not only to that action, but to further an nexations, opens the question afresh under conditions more urgent than it has ever before assumed.

The Premier of Queensland, Sir Thomas M'llwraith (probably the most distinguished statesman in point of ability, tact, and courage that Australasia has ever pro duced), has displayed consummate judg ment in the step he has taken, He has made a Queensland question an Imperial question, and be has so cho.cn bis time as to accomplish that rare result -a UDani mous approval on the part of the other Governments,

Experience has shown that the hand of the .English Government requires to be forced lv dealing with Polynesian questions. The British flag was only -planted on the middle island of New Zealand because it \/as accidentally discovered that a French ship was on its way to akaroa for the purpose of making the island a Frer.ch dependency. JNew Caledonia was lost to our coantry because of the disregard ot the earliest representations made by Sir Geoige Grey. Fiji was not adopted as a colony until it promised to become a dis reputable Alsatia. The evils reju lting from tbe los 3of New Caledonia and the advan tage!! arising trom annexing Fiji are so patent that it is not to be wondered at that the fate of the other islands is regarded with intense interest. Greatly additional importance is given to the subject by the prosticutiou of the Panama Canal. When this work is completed some of the groups of islands will possess immense value. A decision upon the subject will be much facilitated by the simple question of what are the possible disadvantages of annexing such of the islands as are worth absoibing, and m are open to such a proceeding. The answer is that the whole subject rests upon a co ißideiation of expense. It is not a matter of responsibility. This the British Govemmeut has assumed by its cruisiDg fleet md by its High Commissioner. 'J he responsibility has been taken without the power to do it justice. The fleet is without the proper vantage paints from which to act, Sir Arthur Gordon, the Hi^h Com missbner, has addressed himself U his duties with a humanity and breadth of view that must for ever pake him dear to the Kanaka race. But it would be easier for one man i;o govern all Europe than for one in dividual to efficiently supervise a number of islands extending over an area greater than that continent. It is too late to think of a chattered company. The present alterna tives are anarchy or British or foreign sway. A number of English colonies means no expense beyond the cost of the fleet it is still found necessary to maintain. Each colony can, at least, be made self-support ing. Tbe cost of the fleet may or may not be somewhat greater than at present. In any case, the present condition cannot last. The Australasian command must soon be divid 3d into two naval stations. Tbe ques tion, then, is resolved into one of future expense and future effect, and from this aspect it is certain that it will be cheaper for Great Britain to occupy the Southern seas herself than by encouraging further European annexation to start up for herself and her colonies a difficult foreign question in this future. Given a number of national controls in Polynesia, and the certain result is a vast variety of complicated conflicts, concerning which the distant nations will have to bear responsibility for the acts of oflicera whom they will ba little able to direct;.

All this, however, depends upon another and paramount and supreme question, It is certain that those who arranged the terms of the Constitutions bestowed on various colonies did so with the view that at some convenient period these colonies shoull quietly slip from the Empire and become independent. Everything was ren dered ucc >nditionally. The colonies have neithor to contribute to the cost cf the British JNavy, nor are the vast estates given to tiem in fee-simple saddled with any charge for immigration. But the people of Grea' Bri'aiu and of her colonies are alike unfavourable to a disruption of the Empire. Yet t.'bt s disruption is inevitable unless some step 3be taken to nationalize the cost of the navy. In bygone times it was the ambi tion of our ancestors that the British fleet should be able to cope with the naval armaments of the rest of the world. Any one -who will study a map of the globe and note the vast extent of the choicest portions of the earth comprised within the British dominions, will be at no loss to think that the policy of a masterful navy is sou ad and well justified. I iut nothing more unjust can be conceived than that the cost o:E the navy required for the purposes of these vast dominions should be exclu sively borne by the people inhabiting a mere dot of their surface.

When the Government contemplated an nexing Fiji, the Secretary of State asked tiic vurious Australasian colonies if they would be willing to make a small contritra. tion (:o the cost ot government. Their answer was unfavourable, not because of the uneroua na'ure o£ the demand—for the amount wis trifling—but .because they co )sirl«red the Government of the colony should be self-supporting, and that they woul'i be placed in a false pjation if they comribu'ed to it. But a contribution to the cctt of the navy opct,s out widely dif ferent consideiations. Such a request would mean a plain iuteircgauon of "Do you wish to make possible a continuation of ihe union of the Empire, or Will yr>u force on tbe mother country the selection of a convenient period for renouncing all but tier own insular responsibilities?"' The question adniiis of no compromise. Either the ,iuvy must be the navy of the Biitish Dominions or the DouiLiioiiH as they now are must cease to exist,

As to tbe system of contribution, it would, not picas bardly on the colonies if the cost of the navy were divided among the Dominions in proportion to their several white populations. The relief to Great Britain would not at first be large, but it would tteadily increase. Th« relief would not be large, because it would bo a necessary concomitant of the plan to largely increase the Navy—to make it, in fact, as it now only is in theory, a national navy. The colonies would not be losers, Auy cost they may incur will bj

returned to them Indirectly many time= If the question of thoir continued^ nection with the Empire were settled/ tae .' would be such, a rush of capital and pom, latton to them as would materially i a Z^t' their present prosperous condition. I am, &c, Julius Vor»r 135. Cromwell.road, July 2. '

Comments on VogeVs Letter. Since Vogel became a professed Torv'h has seemed to be rather a favonrite with that erratic eveniog journal, the "5? Jamess Gazette." Commenting on th» above letter, the "Gazette" says ■-•••.k letters of Sir Julius Vogel on certain oW turns arising out ot the Government Mli™ in regard to New Guinea is wortWS attentive consideration by those who it, this matter, have proposed to themselves by refusing the Colonial demand, to com bine economy with philanthropy Hfc Julius Vogel shows that nearly the whols of the Imperial expenditure in the Southern Seas is at present incurred through on* self-imposed duty of watching the labour traffic among the island?. The British squadron on the Australian station, instead of administering to that sentiment of loyalty which is now the chief, if not the only, bond of union with the colonies by showing itself at the Australian capitals ig almost exclusively emploie.i in protecting the Kanakas. Bat the Kanakas, as ex. periencj has shown, are better and mora cheaply protected by being taken under the Biitish Government; at once, If wa owe any duty to the aboriginal race in the South Sea?, not to speak of our colonie*, we cannot stop at a cruising lleet in the Pacific aud a High Commig. sioner. These involve responsibility with« out power, and it would be cheaper for Great Britain to occupy^ the Southern Sea* lieiselt tbau permit of further Eino« pean annexations, which must raise up for herself aud for her colonies difficult and irritating foreign questions in the fatnre. Sir Juliu3 Vogei's proposal is that the Im» perial navy shall, in view of the duties re« quired of it io the future, be made a national one, a portion of the cost to be del. frayed by the colonies. A s for forcing the hand of the Imperial Government, which has been regarded as so great a fault in Queensland, Sir Julius Vogei points out that this is a common form in the process of empire. Our entire dominion bat been created by the forced hand. Th« middle island of New Zealand vis only annexed when it was accidentally dla« covered that a French expedition was en route to make it a dependency of France— the act of taking possession preceding by a few days only the arrival of the French ship on the coaet. Fiji was twice rejected, and only taken in hand when it promised to become an ocean Alsatiu, In fact, thli forcing of the hand is almost a necessary ceremony in colonization; no British colony in modern times having been mada without previous unlicensed occupation by Englishmen, strongly protested against by the Government of the period." a lettee from Mr John Ferguson, of Peterborough^ has also appeared in the "Times," warmly commending Sir Julias Vogel's views, aria urging the desirability of the colonies being represented by members iv the Imperial Parliament.

Printing ufflw. Wyndham-etreei, In U»i •» vlnce of Anokland. Now ZsaljnJs^ TOEBD4T. AUfIUST 21..?«.

THE AUCKLAND EVEKING STAR, AUGTJST_g£



"~" " Anctione. j ——^isDAY, AUGUST 23. "" T HB BEMUEKA YARDS. jr° RSAL T M^A» r. a^rdp>on Baronei. Imported 160 Head WeU-f attod Cattle COO Fat Sheep .... Dilry Cows, Store Cattle Fat and Store Figs. alfred~buckl»nd. Druky Cattle JTair. Krat for this Season will take plaoe on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th. Kntrles are requsatod to bo forwarded to tha Haymarket previous to SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th. A LARGE MUSTER OF GOOD BTKKRB WILL BE MADK. ALFRED BUCKLAND. FRIDAY, AUGUST 24. At 12 o'clock. THE HAYMARKET. FOR sale, on Friday nest, August 24, at 12 o'clock (the property of the Honourable Thomas Russell, who has left for England), A First-clasa Single-seated Hooded BUGGY. HORSE, and HARNESS. The above are eaual to new, having been sel domosedf __ ALFRED EUCKLAHD. ' SATURDAY, AUGUST 25. BAIRD'S WHARF. FOR Sale, on Saturday next, August 25, at 11 o'clock, SOjOOO FKET OF GOOD BEOOND OIIA.SS QUALITY. ALFRED BUCKLAND. THE HAYMARKET "OEGULAR SALES OF HAY AND f\, STRAW BAOH TUBSDAI AND FRIDAY, At 11 o'clock, ALFRED BUCKLAND, OATXLB SAI.BB. ' PapaJmra—Wednesday, Anguat 29 ALFBBD BUCKLAND. "~~~~ TUESDAYS., THE HAYMA RXE T. C 3 ALE OF WOOL, SHEEPSKINS," O HIDKB AND TALLOW, eaoh Tueßday, MIS o'clock, ALFRED BUOKLAHD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24. THE HAYMARKET. SALE OF HORSE STOCK. FOB SALE by auction, at the Hay market, on Friday, the 21th August. 1, TBK CYDEBDALE STALLION CHAM PION, out of an Imported Maro; 4 years old. A sure foal-getter; well broken and staunch in trace and shaft He la a handsome hoisa, very aotlvo, and free from all vloa. It is needlssa to comment on the quality of Champion's Btook. 2. A FIRST-OLAS3 OLYDESDALW MAKK, by Prince Arthur, S years old. A fine animal, with good notion ; well broken and stannoh. 8, A DRAUGHT MIRE, aged; very good and stannoh. i. A WKLL-BRED GELDING, i years Old. A First-oiaea Lads'a Haok; well-paoed; 15} bands, 5. A CHESTNUT GELDING. 8 yean Old, 16 hands, by Satyr out of a Don Juan mare. A good orosß-country horse; carries a lady; broken to single and double har ness. ALFRED BUCKLAND. DURHAM YARDS. " FOB SALE, at the Durham Yards, every Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL, and SKINS. HUNTER .ft NOLAN. FFIDAY, AUGUST^. In the Bankrupt Estate of R, D, Freeman, FARM AT FLATBUSH OF 88 ACRES. WITHOUT RESERVE. THE undersigned have received instruc tions from the Trustees In the Kstate or. H. D. Fraeman, to sell, at the Durham Yards, THE FARM, tltnated at the Flat Bosh, and containing 88 aorea ot Valuable Land. se«urely tenood, laid down In grass, and subdivided Into Bpaddookf. There are also two good Dwelling' houBOB erooted thereon, containing 6 rooms. The above la an opportunity rarely to be met with for Beonrlng a Bang farm with two gooa Dwelling-honsss. At 12 o'clock. HUHTBB & NOLAN. ' MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. PAPAKURA CATTLE FAIR. The undersigned will hold their IPIEST CATTLK FAIR OF IHE JP SEASON On MONDAY. September 8, at the Fapakura Yards. HUNTER & NOLAN. MONDAY, 27th, at 11 o'clock. •SO BE BOLD BY AUCTION. FOKTY-FOUR PACKAGES OF MERCHANDISE. Ex Ship Kangitikei, from London. AT MEESRS POTTER AND CO.'S, DURHAM-STREET. R. AKTHUR HAS received instructions to sell by nubllo auction, at Messrs Potter and OO.V, Durham-street, on Monday, 27th inst., at 11 o'clock a.m.. a a PACKAGES OF IRONMONGERY, 44: TINWARK MUsIOAL INSTRU WWSTS STATIONKBY, CUTLEHY. GLASS waRE PLATED WAKE, JEWELLERY, •pnTB SCO.. &c.; Iron Safes. Carriaße Lampp, nxnEe Wire Dish Covers Bnd Knife Baskets, H»tcheta Turnßorewß, Hat uookß. Corksorewa. akoklte. Bronze Shovels, BM Tea Hots. QI inrtceta Japanned Oak Travelling Trunks, CashßozF s. Dresslrg Tables. Police lanterns, T?fw Hnrrloane l^ainrs, Tea Pots, Bread Baßkets, Coal Vases. Accordions, Toy Pianos, rffic«V P«db. Pictnrer, Books, Penoilß, Pen hnMßra Albums. Photo. Frames, Watch S: PoSet Knives. T*Vo Knives Eeo.n- Sh <aobleti, Tumblers. Vaaea, Toilet acts, i-rftkt Btanda, Biscuit Boxes, Spoons, Butter tnife' FM T«bles, Binas, Brooches, Shirt mn4s 'Solitaires. Scarf Pins, Purses, Hats, ltoott. Tnikey Spooge. Pipes. Ladl«a' Bags. 53£ Cannon Desks, HumtniDg Tops. 1R flala DraUKht Boards. Whißtlts, Beading OtaS Speotaeles, Mathematical iDstrnmentß. Feedllw Bottles, Assorted Soap, Minors, Cnina WlSnres'Hiif. Cloth, and Shoe brwhesjlnk SSSdI im BolleM. Table vata. Spliced Ufine hand'eß'tß, &o,,fe<'. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23. NOOK. IKIEREST IN LEASE OF SHOP IN QUEEN-STREET. TO CLOBE PARTNERSHIP ACCOUNT. R, AliicHUß. HAS teen favoured with instructions to »BUByauoUon,atWßMart,Qußeiwitreet. on TiuMday next, nt 12 o'clock noon, TO CT.OSK A PAETHEBPHIP ACCOTJHT, XBB INTBRBBT IN LEASB OF THE SHOP In Queen street, now lcranted by Mr Austin as a Boot and Shoe Shop, ad jo'.r ing Arthur's Mart. letma Oaeh, or approved Bills. '



Auctions, 'XO-MOKKOW. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22. BLANKETS! BLANKETS! SHIRTS AND SHAWLS, W, DOIVDEN WILL sell by auction at the Exchange Mart on WedneEday next, 22nd tost., at 24 BALKS BLANKETS,SHIRTSLBHAWI*. B, TONKITI[ira*CABK-J TB. D. TONKS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23. EX KABT LOTHIAN. FROM LONDON. SUPERIOR EBONIZED SUITES IN VKLVBT AND TAPKSTRY, Old English Cabinets, Oak Dining Room Suite. V/atant Drawing-room Snltea In Tapestry and IMish Toilet Tabloß, Davonporta, Whatnots, Moblo Stools. Loo Tables, Card Tables, &c. &<>„ &0< Thn Anctfoneors wonld npeclallr cnll f" 8""0" ilnlsh, B. TONKS & CO., Auctioneers. Ironmongery. fIBXAF JTABDWARB £jpus" J. a J Dtosn HAVK FOX BAIK BO WAT1 a ANUOAPTNIO IIMPS AIBO, 83. BOBMKKS, FOHTB, GLOBES, AHD WIOIB And a Oreat Varl6ty ol Chlmnls a. BODOIB'fI LOOK WOOD'S, AHD \?IOBULS TABLB AND POOKKTBKT, JOHHSOK's CEIiBBRATSI* SOIBKOHS OL tllll'B BOUSXRB BAUOEPAKfH. fee, GBimTH'a PATBHT TIA AHD QOttfß POTS, STAMPED TINNED MbA* AHD FlI DISHXS, BASINS AND MILK PASS (al • bls«j), Buckets, Tubs, Pails, and oyins, bboohs, sobtjbbsbfl, whisks, &0 UAIK, OLOTH, AND Mill BBUSHH& PABK'S, JJiACKfI, AHD LYHDOH'B SPADES AND DIQGINCI HARDKN UOKS. RAKffiS, ANU SROWiSLS. Land and Estate Agents. QHAS. T^ IJUii AMSON, HOUSE, LAND, AND FINANCIAL AGENT Yuxoan Lane, Auckland. Bankets:—National Bank of New Zealand. BHHTB u( IHTHEHST Collected, MONKY Invested lor Capitalists on flnt-oUBi secnritlen. WITHOUT Charbb. SIX Pel oenl Bilowed on deposit* until forested, MORTGAGES and LOANS Negotiated. BHARJC9 Bought or Bold to order. ■STATUS Hanaeed tor Absentees. ALLOTMENTS Bought, and Houses Built on the Weekly Payment System. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS FOR BALK 19 m root i— Bootland-Btreet, 80/ West-Btreet, 80/ Mount Eden Road, £6 Hepburn-street, 80/ Bond-street. 20/ Llgar Plaoe, 66/ Berosford-nreet, 90/ Richmond Road, £3 Penrival Parade, 45/ Ayr-street, 16/ Reclamation, S6 Farnell, SOa Howe-street, 85' Conquest Place, 6& Haokett-skreet. 45/ Valley Road. 16a Kortboote, 10a William street, 80s And In mlmm other itreeti at low ralaa. -PdflflO T0 LEND, in Sums of £10 and np **uuu wards, on good securities. ONE POUND per acre. — Small Farm at I'ukeutua for solo; lot 53, Forty acres. A bargain. BROWN - STREET, PONSONBY. — Very Comfortable Six-roomed House for Sale. City water laid on. Fine view. HOBSON-BTRKKT— New Ton-roomed House for Sale, fitter! with all conveniences; large allotment; splendid position. Greater portion of money cm remain on mortgage. NEWTON.-Flve roomed House and Bcnllery for sale. New workshop. Allotment 10 x 200, planted with lamons and oiliar choioe fruit trees. Pr10e.4300. PONSONBY.— Five-roomed Homo For Bale (new), at £250. Six-roomed House and Btable, £340. Lmua Six-roomed Mouse for £100. LAhQK ALLOTMENTS For Sale a North oota; ten minutas from wharf Bunny aspect: fiverhiins deep. Price £39. DKVONFOKT.-Hocse and 1 acres garden for ealo. Fralt irees In fail bearing. DAIttY FARM TO I,Hi* BK.-15 aorts. Beven roomtd Honee and all oonvenlenoes; vory Huitable tor market gardener or nnraery man. Owner will take oat rent la milk, poultry, vegetables. &o. i 08, 6d. WKBKLY-New House of 5 rooms x** for Sale In Kiog-street j never falling well. i?i cii-HOUSh and Allotment for Bale in jjivv William-slreet, near St. J&mes's Church; a bargain. PIRN ELL—Freehold Allotment for Sale, 200 feet deep. In a oholoe locality; sunny aspect and sheltered from cold wlndp, Price only £70, HKPBUBN-STRKH/T-New Housa tor dale with verandah and bow window. View ol harbour. Price, £259. IRHSLAND-stkkk T-New Foar-roomed flonso for Sale; good view ol harbour. Kasy terms oan be arranged. PARNELL-Slx-roomed ilonno (new) for Sale In Kntland-atreet; pleasant view of har bour. Price. £325. K»By terms ol payment, WELLINQTONSTKKKr-Sroomed House for Sale, with 2 large aUotmenta. front garden. Prloe£lso. HOUSE at Mount Eden with about two aorea ground, having a main frontage of 117 ft.| orchard, garden, cow-shed, pigsty, fowl-house ota Prloo. £675. Kosy tonne. PON SONBY.—Five-roomed House for Sale in Clares oe-etreet; well finished; good garden. Prloe£3oo. Gas laid on. TJAMILTON (W3ika»o)-HoußO and aore of n ground for sale, two minutes walk from Bank of New Zealand, for £95. Lot 331. WAIKIICKIK-Klfc-hty Acres at Walklekle for £66. Splendid chance for working rran, TKTORTHCOTK — Seven- roomed House, out -11 buildings, See, and SO acres of Land for Sale. Veryoheap. Grand view Of the harbour. Also; Ntw 7-roomed House and nearly 6 acres. DSVOmPUKT, Lake Koaa — Herersi very choloe Villa Bites for Sale, having road and sea fro&i&tjca, t-at pc3de£slng (he iinunt landscape views to be band srocori Auoklhnd. Mcn-i NIOK NEW COXTaUK In New &£i)\) son tat Bale, with large Bhed, allot ment 10 x 2901 ret! checv. WAITKMATARIVKR FRONTAOB.-Land for Sale a; £3 pe<* norei In large or small blocks. K&B7 terms. nn*7O~UOVES for Balo In WUUlam-rtrßet, *)& I v aea* St. James's Ohurcdi. Also, Very Comfortable Soven-roomed House, bath-room, &&, price £450. tt> PBOM—Oflntiemsc'ii Villa Residence, «evsn (Li fm.i;,i, ccaoa-hooBB, BtabUag, &c £1200. BRiaBTON ROAD, FarneU - Six-roomed Hmiza for Bale, Blllotment 10 z 1001 wetei laldon, Prioa,eSoo. -poN'3ON!?Y-Ne-ff EJx-j.'coaina Honse and f- Wortahoß tor Bale i twoaUotmentsi two f.-oaiogea | eaay tsrma. XfiASMB also For Sale at Walkomltl, Pare (Thnrin^°4n WaL tatereli Mahnranal, North Miore. PaDabQTB. &o. Also, sea list In New Zealand Herald and Weekly iVews. |CH AS. \Y m UMSOK, BBTATK AQBNT, VULCAH.LAHB,



Drapery, &c { "waistted7 MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! PROCLAMATION, NO. 2. TO ALL IT MAY" COITOIEIBIT. Be it Known to all Men,'% THAT AS WE lIAYE SHORTLY TO VACATE OUR PRESENT PREMISES, WE SHALL OFFER, FOR A FEW WEEKS ONLY, PRODIGIOUS BARGAINS In Men's, Boys', and Youths' Clothing. ALSO, SPECIAL CHEAP LINES IN GENTLEMEN'S MERCERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. OWING TO THE HARD TIMES, AND TIGHTNESS OF CASH, No Reasonable Offer will be Refused. ItS" NOTE THE ADDRESS :- J. LEVY, 214, Queen ■ street, OPPOSITE McARTHUR'S WAREHOUSE.



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Uliapproached in Quality and Cheapness are the TEAS SOLD BY ROSSRT., ITEAL, IT niay not bo uhlvc'rsally known that without Advertising, Tiokctinrf, or Pufflnpf, ROBERT NEAL hns obtainod in a fow. years tho LARQBST Retail Sat.i:s of Tkas In the Province of Auckland. This fact Is unmistakeable proof of tho PURENESS and SUPERIOR QUALITY of the TEAS SUPPLIED. As tho result of forty years' English and Colonial experience, in the trade, and by careful selection of the best of tho various growths o( INDIA and CHINA TEA 3, ROBERT NEAL is ablo to give his Customers EXTRAORDINARY VALUE. The Blena of Tea at Is.. 10d. 1S UNEQir T E H D E «,«. The Blend of Tea at 2s. 10d." lhi Tt^ZcZ^Zs. Tho Super-OS Quality o"f tho TEA 3 sold by Robert Neat, , aro so self-evident to thoßO who hare tried them, that no scientific analysis is necessary to proclaim their Geuuino Purity nnd Excellence. ...... Theatre Royal Buildings, Queen and Victoria Streets, Auckland. Ironmongery. 1 i . 1



HANDSOME TILE GRATES - SHOWN IN WINDOWS WINGATE, BURNS & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IKOMONGEKS, CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND. § I g MODERATE PRICES RIGIDLY ADHERED TO. » ■a , 5 & t M O 3 FURNISHING IRONMONGERY FURNISHING IRONMONGERY FURNISHING IRONMONGERY FURNISHING IRONMONGERY ► 0 » 5 FURNISHING IRONMONGERY FURNISHING .IRONMONGERY . FURNISHING IRONMONGERY FURNISHING IRONMONGERY g 3 1 SPECIAL CONCESSIONS TO CASH BUYERS. " 5 : 1 CARPENTERS' TOOLS CARPENTERS' TOOLS CARPENTERS' TOOLS CARPENTERS' TOOLS CARPENTERS' TOOLS CARPENTERS' TOOLS CARPENTERS' TOOLS CARPENTERS' TOOLS RANGES. REGISTER GRATES. AND COOKING STOVES.



Gunsmitn. Sewmu M&ctiin«a GrUNS! GuNSI GrUNSI hy speoiai, J^^fj^^ appointmbmt. SHOOTING SKASON, I*JB3. (ESTABLISHED 1855.]! TO BPORTSMEN. D. EVI T T GUNMA XI B, n"Y ™ Tl - n Hi, WEBN-STREKT. AUCKLAND. THE CELEBRATED Opposite the City Market, / V Offen FOR aALB, at Unusually Low Piloesi- X DOMESTIC") Doubla Breeoh- \ MACHINES. / j@Bffi%SS>k l t& loadlna Guns \ / jw'M^fjfflsp Donble JVlnzzle- /*% ,1^- -H BtaKle^M^le- The Kasiost^ Simplest, Boat Mado. and Most iFW^ loadlnnGu'ns Durable. liw^Wy cnrtlaand Harvoj'a Dla- tawcwct r.ttnw pnnM ra iraw 21fl h***^. mond Gunpowder LAKOJibI f'!K)vV-ItI)UM IJN MEW f^SUv'1 ■-./ \ Plgou, Wllkß & Laurence ZHAI.AND. \t s^^^M'?Si^ssJl Alliance Gunpowdor R»!PH4|b^W Walker's, Parker and Co.'B -jh only Sowini? Machine which lms novor boon I BUShSEK. J 1 no* , jo^ 1 boaton In compotitlon. * I -X !liiWr >=*^ Newcastle Chilled Shot . L.M' jja.T4|) Eley'a Cartridgoa and Car- Solk Aqknts in New Zealand 1 ■ 'MJ Bley^Cap^andWaddlna SKAKESPKAR & CO.. if-^1 Loading Macblnea, Ko-cmi- Qaoon-streot. (ppoßito the VarVot hi r -JP t)erß,&o. ■ . .1.1 ,■» . , — m I » Powder Flaska and 3ho Pouohes ~ a Game ssgs and Gun Oases . _i"_.l" i-~»^j- —>mi mmm- Air Guns. Formoaca in Morto. Gun wort of every kind done on the "RJEW ZEALAND FEIiNS IS Premises, WorkmsnshipUnsurpassed JJf (Unmountod, or , 1 1 In the Colony, and Prices Keauonable. Tastefully Monntod in variotiß ways), ! EBtabUshed 859. 12 np to 120 Varieties, **-" j FOB SALH by Opposite thk Oit? JVUbkkt eric.'okaig, princes - street. T I.QUOB TEA COMPANY M^^f^l^Uf IB QIVIIIN AWAY WITH EVERT THBBK S»—* m POUND 3OF LI-QUOR SHBKHI DOOBB ABOVB "BTAB" OTIIOI, TTTTTTTTTTTT MXROHANTO ACCOUNT BOOKS. TT TT TT IWBUHANOB AND MININO REOISDSBB BOOKS O in TT 3/ Spboially RniED and Bound. Z/D^lb, TT IV a. Mnale. Magarines. Pnbllo Libraries and Sondar TT aohool Books won bound. TTTTTT BAKERS SPBOIAIi RULBD DAY BOOKS. Blblea Prayer, and Hymn Booki W. S. COLLINS, AGENT, Rn-bom.d. MAHCKAU BOAD, PABNKLL, AVCKLAHD. BASSANI] CHOIR MUSIC SOOKS Teimß Strictly Cash. BULKW



urapery, <kc. ______ ; BP X I N G G O ODS. I SPRING GOODS. ■! SPUING GOODS. ' '■■ MRS- BUTTERWORTHi MILLINEF, Queen-street, Wishes to inform the Ladles of Auckland and Country Friends, THAT SHE WILL HOLD HER FIRST SHOW OF TVTEW /^OODS JMkw \jtoods ON SATURDAY, 18th INSTANT, Consisting of— LONDON, TAUIS, AND AUCKIjAND MILLINEItY BONNETS JIAT3 FEATfIKJtS FLOWKRS j STRAW GOODS 3VIILLIN ICItY TRIMMINGS o£ every dus oriplion, in nil now designs. ALSO, Ladies and Children's COSTUMES JIAISY LINEN j UNDERCLOTHING, in great variety. .Business Notices. rv> PEACOCK, ! « OPTICIAN HAS IN STOCK SPECTACLES AND 3YK GLASSES of every description. AN Accurate Fit Guaranteed, Compound Microscopes & Telescopes, Powerful and Cheap. ANEROID BAROMKTKRS, I"HERMOMETKHfI, Kleotrio Bklps, Batteries, and Fittings, Maa«ot3 KTeotrlo Machines and Medical Colla OPBftA GLASSES, BINOCULAR, FIELD and marine glasses. Theodolites, Compasses, Sextants, Splrl Hydrometers, Saccharometew, Sallnomoters, Argentoraeterg, &c, &0., &o AaKNt rOR 2K WXJK'S PATENT BEWING MACHINES and EXTRAS. OPPOSITE THE POST • OFFICE, SnORTLAND-STRKBT' -■:'■■ ". -/ n V. ' ''jLElHil'^"l^?!^ J« B. -B LAIK IE. VICTOEIA-STREKT, IMPORTER OF BUIMHCKH' JS FUBNIBB IN» mONMQNGKRY Umnai moM MANcrAoroKßiw, Has for.Sale, at Low Katsa— Camenturo' Toola Nalln ( Locteß, Hinges Kitchen i^ns^B Ke«later Grntoo, In Rreat Variety Marble b.id Knamolled iilats Mantlepleoet Larsoat Stock.la Auckland Marble, Klocuo-Plato, Curh. and other Fendeif Qalvanlao'l Iron, Sheot lißi\d, and Zlso Slate Cemoni, and Piaster INSPECTION INVITHD. /^KAHAME'S PUBLIC BOHDKD \JT STOKE, KOKT-SrRHEr. Tho Commercial PnbHo are Informed thai this bond i« now carried on under the the direc tion of Mr Louis KlkmminO, who has tor soveral yews boon engaged In the Warehouse, and is intimatoly acquainted with the wtab.ee and ruuulromoota of all the ooatomers. importers may rely upon every oare and attention balng given to ttelr '°^^ HAMK F. 4, Moss & Co.. HOUSE. LAND. AND ESTATE AGENT HHOBIUHD-BTBEm, 'ntenfllr.a Buyers are rospeotfally Invited lnivioct our Lla» of Proportles. Mor.oy to Lond at ourrant rstea of Interest. Conveyances^ MULLIS & BROUGH'S LINE OF COACHES. Loavo Auckland I Leavo Onehnnga I 9.15 a.m. B.D a.m. 11.0 a.m. a 9-0 a.m. l.Up.m. S 9.30 a.m. 2.0 p.m. m 10.0 a.m. i.Op.ra, tS-^ 12.15 p.m. 5.0 p.m. 1h 1.30 p.m. G.Op.m. R2 4.0 p.m. 7.0 p.m. K<j 6.:! Up.m. Monday, 11 p.m. <!i< Mondays and Satur- Saturday, 10 and kg. days, CO p.m. 11 p.m. f^2 ~ Sundays: |h Sundays: 10.0 n.m. E3 8.30 a.m. S.ii p.m. 11.30 a.m. 6.0 p.m. 1.0 p.m. Bußgics, Carriages, and Saddlo Horses for hire, at, Manukau stables, Lower Quoon-stroet, Onchunga. HOLLIS Sc BROUGII. Proprlotora. r'p .l M 1 Ta B v ii. BAINBEIDQB'S 'BaSSKS. From Union Bank—22 minutes past the hour and 23 littmiiu > tv the hoar. From The Tiiiikk Lamps-7 minntos to the hour, and every hour. Night Trips from Town—J-past 8, 1-paat B. 4-iiQßt to, and i-pnet 11. ?rom l'luoo Lamps—B. 9, 10, 11. From Union Bank to Sheixtt Beach —I minutes pant 9, 7 minutes paßt 11, 7 minutes past 2, 7 minutes paat-J, 7 minutes past 6, 23 mlnntes past G and 37 mlnntes past 7. From shelly Beaoh—ri.SO a.m., 8,45 n.m. 10.30 a.m,, 1,80 p.m., 3.30 p.m., 4.30 p in,, and 7.15 p.m. SATURDAYS FROM SIIKT.LY BK4OH-B.SO a.m. 8.45 a in.. 10.30 a.m., 1Z.30 p.m. From Union Bank-9.7 a.m., 11.7 a.m , and 1.7 P.m. J. KELLY'S (late C. Codlin'i • OOAOH Leaves Onehudga— Leaves Anoklanfl— 8.30 a.m, 10.30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 13.16 p.m. lp,m. 3.15 p.m. 5.30 p.m. 1,30 P.m. Saturday night— Satnrdaylnlght— 0.30 o'olootc 11 o'clock BUGGIES and Carriages for Hire at the Ezohange Hotel Stables, PrlnooMrtreet, Onehunea. W_ KSIiLY. Propriotor. rpELEFHONE Tine of koyal X MAIL COACHES. ALTERATION OF TIME-TABLB, NORTH SHOKE AND LAKE TAKAPUNA. TIMK-TAItLE : WINTER MONTHS. The Lake ' '■nn.au will, on and after Ist May, Wi, and mail further notice, run to the follow ing Tlmn table :- Loave Postcflloe, Devonport, at 9.30 a,m, and l.'Sf) p.m. Leave TaUapuna Schoolhouae at 10.30 a.m. and 6.15 p.m. Sundays (v^o-ther permitting), leave Post illnn it 10.20 am. and 3 p.m. Leave Takapuna 11.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. )f. J. QUICK. Proprietor TiOYAL MAIL LINK OF COACHES. ALTERATIONMOF TIME-TABLK. The Royal Mall Coach (carrying passengers) will on and uttor Ist January, 1»3, and until further notice" run to the following Time tablei— Leave Cambridge for Hamilton Junction Rail way Station daily at 8.15 a.m.; roturning from Station to Cambridge on arrival ot Train from Auckland. Loave Hamilton for Te Aroha on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 2,30 p.m.; re turning Jroui To Aroha on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, ;'. ■ s m. Booking Offices i Gwynne's Hotel, Hamilton West; Cowman o tol, Te Aroha; and at my Promlsos, Kirk oodandLako-streota. c|m^^J, ER) Proprietor, Cambridge. D omber >_1^ 2 npKLEGRAPH LI~nTFOF COACfIKS". JL —— LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES, Kihkwood and Lake Street, Cambiudqb Waiicato, New Zealand. W. K. CAKTER, iroprietor, W. K. C. boga to rotnrn hla slncoro thanks to hla nmnoroiiß friends and tho publlo generally for tlio liberal support ho has received since comm(!ninn'.; business, and haßto inform them that, in onicr to meet tlm roqniroiiients of this rapidly advancing district, he 18 at present IJUITjWNG LAItGR ADDITIONS to Ilia PREMISKB. whloh, when completed, will mako them second to none in tho North Island. Tourists for the Hot Lake Country supplied with Saddlo Horsea and Buggies on the shortest notice; also, experienced guides and careful drivers. Buggios and Saddle Horses always on hire. Orders by telegram or otherwise punctually attended to. Cambridge. December 22,1882. iii j-uirrs iims TABLK .1? a ~ Lsmo AioU Hill— g,isatn "9<Soam ntun 1.80 9 ra S D.m 4.15 pirn Mi D m lieare National. Bank m •RUitu ll.Wsm w s.4Spn Ciipm SJOpm isseap* Tufis-asTs Bcfl rhurgaan, whaa Uw from ATic^lESiL' ?,<-,& 10.(0 bom Asylum • wiu Bti ta bd4 team urn Wban.



Ironmongery. _________^__ lE. ZPOIOTBH &c CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMONGERS AND IRON MERCHANTS, QUEEN AND HIGH STREETS, AUCKLAND. ENGLISH AND. AMERICAN PLATED WARE. RODGERS' & LOCKWOODS CELEBRATED TABLE CUTLERY. Eleotro-plate find Nioklo Spoons nnl Forks, Sllver-pUtefl Hosscrfc ana Fish Knives and Fomb, Id Ivory and Pearl Handles, in Hots or Oubos, Silver Plated on Best Nioklo, Entree Dishes In beta. Flan Siloes and Carvers. Napkin Klnga, Steak Dlsho.9. Cruet Frames, Liqueur Frames, EinbOßSoa and Engra^od Trays, Tea and Coltee Bervioeß, Case and Cera Baskets, Vino dcla-iors. Nutoracks, Calery Stands, Sugars aud Croams, Tart Sorvera, sardine Boxes, Bottle Holders, Sugar Bitters, Frnlt Spoons. Salad Knlvea and Forks, Bridoaoike Kuivos, Jally Spoons and Dishes, Child ron'a Cupa and| Seta. MEAT and VEGETABLE I "EUREKA" ; CLOTHES CHOPPER. i WRINGER. These Choppers accomplish With ease In tbrao Kvory family elionld prsiess a mlnntes what roaolrea half-an-hour'u labour CLOTHKB WEINQKB. with a Chopping Knlfo and Tray, and bio un- Beoause It 1b a relief to the hardest part 01 fionbtedly tho baat machino for ohopplnp; mlnco tLo washing day, and helps to wash tho Clothes meat, huh, Huh. trnlt, and vegetables, as woll as dry them. GARDEN TOOLS. From thk risST Makkiis. pa n SPADES, !', LAWJX MO WEBS, j SHOVELS, . GARDEN ROLLERS, HOES, - EDGING KNIV£S, j if KAKES, GARDEN SHEARS, \ §SHAY FOBKS, %Wj PRUNING KNIVES, |jjr| SCYTHES, and I DKA.INLVG SPADES, Jill HANDLES. t\ GARDES FORKS. '''' BLACKSMITHS' AND MINING TOOLS. Anvils with Vice w.n.nlnod, S*wo Blooka. Hearth Baoks, Water Tairo Irons Torninß Lathes for Iron and Wood. Stocks Mn' Pics, screwing Maohlnes for !:j!w jui! Hpoa Lriliing .Maohlnob. fto. COOKING STOVES AND RANGES. a niiiffl^if^niTiini § OUR LARGE STOCK OF STOVES COMPRISE- O W Smith ana Wellstood'n. Watson. Gow and Co.'s. American Oooklnu Btovos. with latest Imprave mente, tor Coal or Wood. K. P. & Oo.'a Self-setting Cottage Kangoa with oven and boiler; Ranges with 2 ovens and boiler, suitable for large families and hotels. MA.RBLK MANTKLPIKOKB In Carved Statuary, White Vein, &C. iwfel^B^n^K^r^^^ STEAM ENGINES AND STEAM PUMPS. Just Landed, a Shipment of the above, from TANGYE BROS1., comprising '-SoWK^^^^ Phosphur Btonsea. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LANTERNS, FOR OIL, CANDLE, AND KEROSENE. Lanterns, Uurraonno Lanterns Farm Lnntetv :->. ; isb'e Luutems, Packet .Luiiterns Bull's eyo 1 auteivs. Tubular Lanterns can be filled, lighted, and regulated without removing tbe globe. lE. POETEE & CO WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT RETAIL DEPARTMENT : HIGH-STREKT, | QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. BRANCH STORE: NEWMARKET, J ALL ORDERS DELIVERED IN TOWN AMD SUBURBS,



■p EM EMBER 111 S| If you are sick, Hop Bittera will sorely alfl Nature in making you well when all elso fails If you are costive or dyspeptic, or are suffer. ing from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault It you remain ill, for Hop Bittors is a sovereign remedy in all such complaints. If you are wasting away with any form ot Kidney Disease, stop tempting Death tbll moment, and turn for a cure to Hop Bittera. If you are sick with that terrible sickness ' Nervousness, you will find a " Balm in Quoad" in the use of Hop Bitters. If yon are a frequenter, or a resident of a miasmatic district, barricade your eastern against the sconrge of all countries -malaria^ epidemic, bilious, and intermittent fevers—by tbe use of Hop Bitters. If you have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pai ns and aches, and feel mlmraMa generally, Hop Bitters will give yon fair skin, rioh blood, and sweetest breath, health, and comfort. In short,they cure all Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves. Kidneys, Bright* Disease. £500 will be paid for a case they Trill not cure or help. Druggists and Chemists keep,' That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister, mother, or daughter, can bo made the picture ot health, by a few bottles of Hop Bitters, costing but a trifle. Will yon let them suffer ? Nurserymen. _^i THE PLANTING 4§B| THE PLANTING SEASON. SSSpf SEASON. iir ILLIAM MASO N, Yt PONBONBY M7KSBKIKB, Inoonsoquotco of retiring from businesrs; \flQt offer tdo whole of his maeniflcent stock at very low price?. A GENUINS OLKAIIINGt OUT. XEB L4.SI iSKiSON AT THE PONSONBZ NURSBKIE3. Inspection Invited. All Fruit and other worked Trees true to namtL - being worked from large standard Fruit bearing Trees growing on the place, and consisting if the Lurseet and Choicoßt Collection of FRUIT TREKS, SHBLTKR AND ORNA.* MICNTaL TKK.iS AND SHHUBS, FLOWERING PLANTS. HK "iBS, ROOTS, &CL SOO Varieties ot the Very Best APPLES, Worked on Northern Spy and Msjetln Stock. ears. Plume, Peoches, Apricots, Figs. Grapegi Nectarineß, Loquats, Quavas, Quinces, , Medlars, Currant^, Gooseberries, oranges, Lemons, So,, &o. Oaks, ABh, Oriental Plane, and Poplar, suitable for street planting. Oamblmas trom Is uowards; Azalias from per dozen. Hedge Plants at lowest prices—Quick, Aftlou Box-thorn, Obarea, Eiseagnus, Liguatrom (Chlnensls and Vu'gan), Rossi;: (150 varieties), all worked, snd ot tha very choicest collection, to be sold at is per dozen, or 25a per hundred. WILLIAM MASON, New Teas. TEA. SKILL in the art of combining the growths of INDIA and CHINA la far from common; long experience in Sorting and proper facilities for Mixing ]. are not always at the command of tho dealer in Tea. The best Teas in the ■ cup are the product of many sobib. ' Twenty years' knowledge of the trade enables the Subscriber to place the very best value at the service of bis Cus tomers. Very much extended areas of cnltin tlon. and quicker means of transit, hare lessened considerably the first cost of all Teas. The amount of duty is 4d. per lb. on all sorts and qualities. The vm finest varieties are now sold by the Subscriber at lower prices than ever. SEVEN POUND BOXES Of Pnrg. I Indian Tea for twenty shillings. SEVEN POUND BOXES of Blended Tea (of extraordinary merit), fifteen shillings and sixpence. SIX POUND TINS of Family Tea, eleven shillings each (cash). TWO POUND TINS of Unrivalled Tea, four shillings each (cash), Robert" rew, City Tea Mart, Victoria-street, TTEATING'S COUGH LOZBHGKS. COUGHS, ASTHMA, - : BRONCHITIS, ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM. Composed of tho purest articles. These I** enges contain no opium nor any dwetenOM drug, therefore the most delicate can take am with perfect confidence. Their beneficiall effect is speedy and certain. This old unfailing UiW remedy is daily recommended by the m 0" eminent physicians. (In use nearly 60 yearw - ; MEDICAL TESTIMONY. July 23,1877, 22, Cold Harbour Lane, London. Sir,-Your Lozenges are excellent,,anat™ bouoilcial eflect most reliable, I strongly reoo™ mend them in ca°O3 of Cough and Asthma. i«".. are at liberty to stato this as my opinion, former from many years' experience. J. BRINGLOE, M.R.C.L.S., kS-Jk^JL Indian Medical SerTie* Mr. T. Kkatiko, _ _„_, i n Dear Sir.-Havlng tried yonr' f9« n f gSJS India, I have much pleasure in tf sufyine»«"£ - beneficial effects in casea of Incident ConsttHßJ tion, Asthma, and Bronchial Affections, im™ prescribed them largely, with the best resuia. W. B. G , Apothecary, BJAM\, ■ Keatlng's Cough Lozenges are sold by*" Chemists, in tins of various sizes, eafhM™ the words "Keating's Cough Lozenges'engraT*" on the Government stamp. HEATING'S WORM TABLETS. A purely Vegetable Sweetmeat, Mthto tj£ . pearance and taste, furnishing a mo; ta*[?Z^ methodof administering the only ccr«inrenw. for Intestinal or Thread Worms. B » *«; fectiy safe and mild preparation, and Is vv** ally adapted for Children. P Export Chemist and Druggist