SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

&REAI BRITAIN.

San Fbancisc6, Dece&ber \k Sir Joseph Napier died Oh tbe 13th in atant. '■ .-..,■ Lb'rd Houghton is not paralyed, as report ed, but is stricken down with seveje bron chitis,

The Dumbarton (Scotland) Town Hall was burnod on the 12th.

Exceptionally dense fogs prevailed in London on the 12th. Ttalhc in the streets and on the river and railways waa impeded and in some cases suspended, Five persons wero drowned on the Thames OH the ..2th, by breaking through tbe ice while skating. The thermometer was 7 deg'. below freezing point. Warrant has been issued for the arrest of Whalley, M.P. for Peterborough,who failed to answer a summons charging him with obtaining £65 on false, pretences ftOm an hotel proprietor Sir Hugh Alb.-n died siiddenly in Edin burgh on Oeceniber Oth. Frances Maria Kelly,Once the inosit noted actress in England, died on the 10th. lelegraihs from, various parts of the United Kingdom, December 7th, reported atnow storm of unusual severity. Rail way traffic in many districts was almost, if not wholly suspended, A train was snowed up all night oa the 6th, in Cheshire, and the passengers suffered acutely. Tele graphic communication between Glasgow and Loudon was broken, and elsewhere messages were greatly delayed. There were many wrecks on the coast, At Old ham, and neighbouring ports of Lancashire, the storm had not been equalled for thirty ycare. Losses were heavy in many places. Scotland's share of tho storm was of special severity, interrupting railroad communica tion in every direction. The Duke of Edinburgh hts been ap pointed • Colonel •in ■ chief ot tho Royal Marines.

Lord Otho Augustus Fitzgerald died on I the 20th ult. ! London was wrapped in a dense fog on tho 3rd December. It was almost as dark as midnight, and under its cover, it was rumoured, the Fenians intended to make an attack on tho Queen's procession to open the new Royal Palace of Justice. The opening ceremonies were Imposing. Rev. James Cballis, of London, died on the sth December, John Crunder, another "crank," was remandod, .in the London Police Court, December 4th, for writing threatening letters to the Princess of Wales and Mr Gladstone. Stanford Court, Worcestershire, the scat of Sir Francis Winningtoo, was burned on December 6th, together with the valuable plate, pictures/and manuscripts. Anthony Trollope, the novelist,, died in lotidon on December Cth. He suffered from congestion of the lungs and failure of tho action of tho heart. The remains wero Interred in Keneal Green Cemetery. Cno of the larg»st fires for many years oc curred in London en December 7th. It commenced in th« premises of Foster, Port er and Co., wholes .lohosiem In Wood-street, and destroyed the block of buildings bound ed by Loudon wall, Philip iane, Addle street, and Wood-street, Among the sufferers are Peter Ryland, Siabcr aud FUming, the tiarvey Cox and Ide Creosote works. F»stor, Portor and Co., andßyland wero fully insured. Owing to tho serious ness of the conflagration, Captain Shaw, chief of the Fire Brigade, ordered out tho whole of the department. The bnrnt aroa is over two acres. One fireman was killed by the falling walls. The loss is estimated at £3,000,000. The heaviest Itsers among th« Insurance carapanies are: The North British and Mt.rca«tile £80,000; Commer cial Union, £50,000; Phoenix, £45,000; and Royal Exchange, £42.000. On the night of the 6th December, the Royal Alhambra Theatre waß burned, The audience had just retired. Within half an hout from tho commencement of the fire tbe dome fell. The neighbouring houses were gutted. Tho whole equipment ot the Thea tre was destroyed. Uninsured. A fresh outbreak of the fire in Wood street occurred on tho 9th, when a ware-, house b -longing to Sieber and Fleming was 1 destroyed. Frederick Dadloy Ryder, and his brother, the Earl of Harrowby, both died on the 21st November ultimo, Cbadwick and Sons, woollen factors, near Leeds, failed on tho 21st November, with liabilities aiuouuiiog to £70,000. In decorating the troops at Windsor on November 21st, tho Queen said: "Ihme called upon you to-day to express my be*t thunka for the gallantry and devotion yuu displayed iv tho short, but decisive cam paign in »gypt, ond say how proud I nm oi my soldiers and sailors, who have added fresh laurels to those already obta,intd in previous campaigns, and their devotion to their Queen and-'-country." -. When ■ the Queen had finished conferring decora turns, sho piescntcd a . medal to Baton Hogeman, of tho Uerniau Ministry, an attachti of tho British in tfgypt.-'., Lord Penwick died on the 24th Novem ber. Tho railway bridge at Bromley, near London, fell on tbo morning of IKovemb^r 24th. Seven workmen who were beneutk the structure, eating breakfast, wore killed, and several others were injured. Tbo dispute between the Isle of Skje landlords and their tenants is about to be settled by arbitration. The Prince of Wales requests that Brook shaw, sentenced to tan years penal servi tude for sending him a threatening letter, may havo his sentence reduced. Lady istratfora de Redcliffe died in Lon don on the 27th November. - A train en the North of Scotland Rail way, from Macduff, on the af.ernoon of the 27th, foil through a bridgo atFyvrr, Aber deenshire, Fourteen persons were killed, and man; injured. The engine passed in safety, but all the carriages were wrecked. Clevcdon Hall, the residence of Sir Arthur Elton, near Bristol, was burned on the 27th November. The library,' the most valuable in England, was partly destroyed. The steamer Cambronne was isunk by a collision in the British Channel on the 27th ult., and several persons drowned. The recent sale of the Hamilton Palace collection has enabled the Duke to resume control of his estate, Tho Albert mills at Dewsbnry were burned on November 26; loss,, £30,000. The London and North • Western Oar Factory at WolvertOn wore also burned on tho same date ; loss, £100,000. ■■ The West *nd Theatre, South Shields, was burned November 28th. England denies the claims of France to Madagascar. A memorial,, read to Lord Granville on the 28 th ult. by a delegation, showed there were five times as many English there as French, and that the English trade quadrupled the French trade. Lord Granville, in reply, said hu was not aware of any treaty that gave France the right to exercise a protectorate over Mada fascar, Intelligence had been receirod at iondon that two American citizens had been murdered en the west coast ot Mada gascar, at a post to which the Madagascar Government is prevented by the French embargo from sending a garrison. On De cember 6\h Lord Lyons notified France that England would not consent to her forcing a protectorate on Madagascar, Archibald Campbell Tait, D.D., Arch bishop of Canterbury, died on the morning of December 3rd, apparently without suffer ing, in the presence of his three daughters, Davidson, his son,in-law, and Canon Knowelly. On Saturday he remained in a semi-conscious condition, occasionally asking for water. At about 11 o'clock at night ho spoke his last words, "lit is com ing; it is coming 1" He was then seized with a sharp spasm, and his voice was not again heard, although it was believed he was partly conscious to the end. At one o'clock in the morning he exhibited signs ol dissolution, and death soon followed. Muffled peals were rung ia the adjacent town of Croyden, and the mournful event was referred to touchlogly at th? morning service. The deceased Archbishop was buried in Westminister Abbey,

RUSSIA.

The Emperor and Empress drove through the streets of St. Petersburg on Sunday, November 19th, in an open sleigh to the Micbaeloff Palace. As they passed, the people cheered enthusiastically, Extra ordinary precautions for their safety had nevertheless been taken. Tbo Government has imposed a, tax of 15 kopecks per lb. on pig iron. Foreign coal will aho be taxed. A military tribunal at Odessa has found Colonel Stavraky guilty of embezzling 1,125,000 roubles, and sentenced him to banishment. Forty-six students have been expelled at St. Petersburg for participating iv late disturbances, and their parents placed un der police espionage, Five dragoons of Odessa bave been con demned to fifteen years in the mines for en gagiDg in the riots against the Jews. The Czar has assumed the title of Lord of Turkestan. The Danish Arctic exploring vessel, the Drjmphna, appears to have drifted into

the Darasea, tithe Sooth of Nova Zembln. It Is proposed to organise an expediti"n, with ten to fifteen sledged, and One hundred and fifteen reindeer, to search Jfor the vessel, ■ Darrsen, who was with tlie J'emnette party, will accompany the expedition. It ia calcHlatod that the embezzlements > and robberies, both priva-'e end official, in I Russia, during the year, amount to about j 26,000,000 roubles. A despatch from Berlin, Decmber 7th, \ says a young woman,, lately banished to • v iberia, for complicity in a Nihilist conspi racy, has killed tlie Governor of Trans baikalia , i 'iheMinister of Marine has asked for a grant of 5,500,000 roubles towards the con struction of four mea-of-war. The festival of St. George took place at St. Petersburg m December 28th. All the dignitaries of the Order banqueted at the Winter Palace,.wherea TeDeum was sung. " ho Czar proposed the health of the Empe ror of Uermany, which was drunk with en thusiasm. A theatrical performance took place at A nnitehikoff Palace at hiqht. ihe Czar proposes visiting Copeohagen, London, ahd possibly Paris in the rpriog. An Anti-Termist Association, the object of which is to oppose the projects of tbe Nihilists, has been formed in ft. Peters burs, and branches have been established at Paris, Nice, Genera, Zurich, London, Berlin, Konigsberg, Bucharest, and Con stantinople. Lloyd's acent at Sebastopool,reported on the Bth December, that during the late piles several casualties happened in the Black Sea. 'Ihe Prefect has ordered the police to expel all Jews residing within St. Peter* burg without official permission. The i Senate has decided that Jews are incapable 1 of holding office in Russia. Siberrak»fl', the Rnsi-un millionaire, and patro* of tbe Arctic explerir, Nordcnskjold, has fa;lcd. His liibititio3 amount to several millions of roubles. Tho Kussian Minuter of tho Interior has authorisod the publication of an English paper in St. Petersburg.

SPAIN and ITALY.

A telegram from Rome, November 22nd, states that Farini has b?en elected Presi dent of tho Chamber of Deputies, and thst Maffin Ferrari, Menotti Garibaldi, and other Radical members toek the oath of allegiance. The ' Union" (Rome) published a Ponti fical circular on the 25ih Nov«mb«r, issued in connection with the action of Signor Martinucia against the Papal Major-Domo b; fore the Coutt of Appeal, which confirmed the decision of the Court of First Instance, that the jarisdicti«n of the Italian tribunal extended within the walls of tbo Vatican The circular declares tbat the sentence of the Roman tribunal is in violation of the extra-territorial character ef the Vat;can, snd an insult to th« Pope. * The Spanish "Red Hook" oentalos a note in which Spain demands that the United States shou'd not have the right of exclusive intervention in connection with the Manama CanaL Tho waters of the 'liber Jnvaded the lower pertiou of the city of -Rome on ihe 9th December, During the per'ormaece at the ' Odeon Thaatr*, Barcelona, on the evening of 'De cember 9th, a pewen cri^d cut "Firel" when a panic ensued, n»d many persons were trampled npon. I» the rush to get from the theatre, one person was killed and eighteon injured. Kight thousand volumes were de'stroyei by fire in the Spanish war office at Madrid. Some of tha v»l times destroyed were origi nal MSS. ani despatches, uchtfing several from tho Duke of Wellington, when com mander of the allied armies in Spain.

BELGIUM.

The teatimeny in the 80-nay'i murder case clossd at Brussels, on December 11th. The American employ«ra of Leon Peltzer (tbe party aocused of the deed), te«tified tli dy had such faith in his innocence they wonld glaiilr re-empl»y him. fA Brus>els despatch, December 12th, says Caion Bernard, charged with absconding to America with the funds of the diocese of Touraay, ban enabled the Commissary of Police to obtain 28,000 dollars of tbe abstracted monies from Boston, and 5,000 dollars from New York.

FRANCE.

Louis Diane died in Paris on| December 6th. .- *-. - ---■ .s ' >•-!' J

Dr Brizza's expedition in Africa includes 300 negroes, who will embark at Sese^al. ■ j Uneasiness has beea caused in Paris owing to the dismissal by a*financi»l «sUb li»hment «f 500 clerks, and the closing of maty of its branch hou- os. Business kcuc i a ly i« in a vtry uncertain state, D.Hamcl, chief clerk «f the Comjtoir dE oompte,; absconded on Novomber 24th, with a large sum of money. - Thieves robbed tbe Cathedral of St Dcais, Paris, on Nmember 24, of valuables to vh -amount of 100,000 fraics.: 2000 member* of the Prench Trades Unions as.emblcd in Paris on Sunday, .> ovember 26th, aad cxteided a gioetiig to twelve delegates from the English Unions, who came to Paris to represent the vieirs of the latter bodies in faveur of ihe completion of the Channel tunnel. hi. De Lessepa received the Mnjelish delegates, aad in a little speech to them declared he was confident tbe Panama Canal would be finished iv 1888. A] According to the "News," France is pre parinc a Bpeolfie' demand on England for; compen-atioa for the lapse of the control in' Egjpt. ,- -ii; Andrieux, late Ambassador *o Spain, and Laurenta, editor of " Paris,", fought a duel.with small swords oa December Ist,-! intheßois de Boulogne, The editor was; wounded. The cause of the figkt was that Laurcnta accused Andrieux of weatiig she decoration of the legioa in Spain, whenh did not beleng to him. Several churches ia the department of Maine-ot-Loire were rebbed on December Ist. From the church at Fontrevanlt seven valuable paintings were taken. Speaking of the Ohanael tunnel. Dr. Freyanet says the idea of a French in-; vasion in connection with, it is Inadmissible, as the English wonld rise as one man to. repel it. Moreover, what hestile army would risk an engagement In a hollow tube 40 kilometers long ? - Relative to the iepcrt that the United States Government contemplates. making claims against Franco in regard to the murder of two American citizens at Mada gascar, io a part of the island under French control, the " Moniteur-Univorsal" pub lishes is suiting articles, declaring that the American navy is so reduced by peculation that the United States was recoatly obliged to back down to Chili. France, it says, could ruin every American port. . . There is reasoa to believe, according; to the "Republique Frangaise"of December; 7tb, that the Anglo-French negotiations in ' relation to the Kgyption question, are on the eve of rupture. The water of the Seine at Paris over* flowed and reached the heart of the city-' the mains in the low-lying, quarters were unable to find an outlet, and the water rese to a level with the roads. In the Rue del Uuiversitie tbe water was a foot deep, in places; the cellers.in the Foreign office were flooded, and the Notre Dame quarter swarmed with rats driven out of the sewers, and the people suffered from their depreda tions. The waters also invaded the Chamber of Deputies, ' In an article on December 8, the ■' Re publique Frangaise" (Gambetta's organ) says -that "the uovernment of Gieat Britain continues to pursue its egotistical course in Egypt, to the detriment of France. France will protect her interests in a way Bhe may think best."

Tne Chamber of Deputies voted urgently for a bill providing a State funeral for Louis Mane, which took place on the 12th. The Republicans made the c.remony as impos ing ss possible, Victor Hugo pronounced the funeral oration. The streets through which the cortege passed were lined with people. In the procession were nearly all the .Republican Senators and Deputies, and over a hundred deputations with draped flags. The remains were interred in Pere Ca Chaise. The crowd exhibited consider able feeling, and often shouted " Vive la Republltjue." There was no-disorder. The Government has asked the Chamber to grant 9,000,000 francs for the expedition to Tonqum, China is making preparations to resist the French.

GERMANY.

A duel, foiced on a Captain Emmerich by a "court of honour" took place be tween himself and a Jew named Herr Meyer at Warzburg, on Nov. 21st. Meyer killed Emmerich. Flocds bave occurred along the Rhine and the Maine. -Kailwsy communication was suspended on November 23th. Tne ,fc hine at Mayence reached the highest point in the century, and at Bonn the lower stories of the hou-es vere submerged. At Coblentz tho wa'cr forced its -way from all sides into tbe ga ilus of the Imperial Palace, aad tin JCn i-ress telegraphed the danger to Berlin, ihe Town Council of Mayence voted ltfigj Ktims for the relief of sufferers in the Hooded districts. Cologne and ttoueu also suffered, as well as Dussel dorf, Thß forts at tbe pl-.ce firrt named were emptied of stores and ammunition,

The Zoological Gardens were inundated. ; Baron ('tho Theodore yon Manleuffel. Prussian B'atesmah; ifi dfead. i, The French language has be'eo interdicted by a vote of the Reichstag— 153 to 119—i n debates In the Provincial Commons of ' Alsace and Lonaine, i Yon Fiotow, author of the opera of ■ " Martha " is stricken with blindness. Suicide is becoming frequent in the Pruso'ao army. Recently a cadet shotliim. self at Richterfield, a lieutenant killed him^ self with a pistol at Pandau, and another Prusalm oilier committed suicide in Paris. Deaths by duelling have also been frequent of late. Victor Hugo addressed tbe Emperor of Austria, December 14th, as fol'ows :—"I havo recc rvedll telegrams from universities and academies in Italy imploring that Overdsnte's life be spared. Let the Eihv j peror sign his. pardon, sftd show himself magnanimous."

TURKEY.

'i he Suit An, in conversation with a politi. • cal personage, denied all rumours of dissen. sions in his Government. He said reports of conspiracies against himself were false. He lived iv no fear of such dangers. The blood of the Ottoman ran in his Veins; and he had his share of the well-known courage of bis race. He knew th? wants and miseries of his people, and bad ordered the vigorous suppression of corruption^' and measures to restore prosperity and order. It had boen stated that the Sultan was in such fear of his life that he travelled in an armoured carriage, and bad shot one of his chief servants, believing bo was,about,to draw a weapon to assassinate him, when lie wa» only pulling a petition for leave of absence.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Intelligence has been received from the Transvaal that the Caffres had been driven into Ohief Wapech's cavos, Gnu cave was destroyed with dynamite, and it is sap. pood fifty natives were kilted. The eldest son of the lata King of Bearer c capsd from Bnrmah December 7tb. It is ben'oved he is en route to Upper Burmah to raise a rebellion. .WfwWtSSs

A telepram from Acheen reports that the Dutch troops, supported by the 'Dutfch fleet, have repuleed the tfagali of Palem bang, with heavy loss to the latter, 1- It has been decided to confer the citizen. ship*1 of Athens upon Gladstone. ;.»-:' Lisps tches received in Paris on December 17'h, say unofficial news from Tonquin re ports that 10,000 Chinese.marching against the Frciob, were surprised in a defile by mountaineers and the rear-guard cnt to pieces. The Chinese then returned- to Kuanzi.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

Ten thousand persons attended the meet-' ing of the Itish National League at Lusk' on November 19th. The speakers were Sullivan and O'Kel'y, members of Patlik] ment. The latter-accused Davitt of trying "tn stab Ireland in the back," and threat en-d to resign it tie oiuntry did not favour, allegiance to Parnell. ' ; Up to the 15th Novambar applications' und-'r the Arrears o' Rent Act had reached

14167. The remaining four prisoners charged w th th« Joyce murder threw themselves on the clemency of the Crown, asking'% life penal servitude. They were sentenced to death on No i ember 21st. but on Decern br 12th the Lord Lieutenant commuted the sentences of five of the condemned tOta-i dercr». " "v' §| After the oonc'usion.ef the Joyce trial, a jurymau, who had been one of the armed party that attacked the houses in Cpuniy* Clare, was aentenoed to seven years' penal servitude. Nee, implicator in tho Joyce murdera.-was arrested in Galway, Nov, 24th. Two fi-rmera were desperately beaten by a gang of men at Clare Morris, Mayo,' "same date. ~.'"' ,7: Sir Dillon proposes to resign from Parlia mentjshertly.aud leave for America; HehWa] brother living in Colorado, whom .he will* join. A final meeting' of the Home' Rule * ssoc;ation was held on the 24th, at which' the organisation was dissolved ahd merged with the National League r. Officially reported to the Government, Nor. 24th, that widespread distress is feared in Ireland this winter. The dis tricts most affected are Sligo, Ballina, Swineford, and the greater portion'Of*Gal way, West Clare and Connaught,-' Tho remittances from America are falling off, being exhausted by the Land. League.' *''' On the 27th of November, Dehi-j Field, a ;jmdr';in tbe case of nyne3, "hanged for the murder of the herder Doloughty, was met in Frederick-street, Dublin, on hia way home-to dinner, by a car containing two men, one of whom jumped off and stabbed him to death. The reason for this act is eaid to bo that while Field -Was acting as juror he handed a note from the hbxM Goddard, of the Kmercency Committee 61 Notoriety, The "Freeman's Journal" magnified the importance of this innocent act. £5,000 has been offered by the Goverif ment for the arrest and conviction-of'the assassin. '' "'^ The murder of Detective Cox, in Dublin^ on the 26th of Vorember, had excited'the greatest indignation. "A number of suspects bad been arrested in connection with the affair. On the 27th of NoYeSi? ber a resolution was passed, on the motion of EL Dwyer Gray,-recording the honjitir: of the Corporation at. the', outrage; arid Archbishop McCabe, speaking -at Hawfdi Cross, on the 96th, denounced the murder in unmeasured terms. He asked the people" to use their influence to drive away secret societies.' Cox's funeral was largely at< tended.'' '''':. '-'■-. ■■>■' >''- ■' ■'■'AAkl A meb on the'night of NovfiAbcr'27t&. attacked the Jervis-streat Hospital, where Dolan, whoehot and killed Detective Har wood, is confined, with the object; it is Vm lieved, bf removing him. The police w themqff . A party of moonlighters attacked a fsra« house near Cashel, County Tipjierary, on the 27th November; but the otcttf ants beitt; them tff, and then pursued and captured the -whale gang. The curfew section of the Repression Aot was proclaimed in Dublin on the 30th November. It authorises the police to arrest all suspicions persons found on the street between an hour after sunset and an hour before sunriße. " 'i'k. Martin, the Government. printer, was arrested-on December 20th, on suspicion di the murder of Detective Cox.: Tho Queen haa sent a letter ot commiseration to the dead detective's family. * "'• Jl ; The counsel for Patrick Higgins,"onwls in Dublin on December Bth as i alleged principal in the Huddy murders, set up in| defence that Farmer Kerrigan was the real murderer. Kerrigan, he said, had&bem"! corrupted by the teaching of theLsed; League, the author of three-fourths of the, crime committed. '" Higgins was found guilty on December 12th, ahd sentenced to be hanged; next; month. At the Cohnaught Assizes, on tho same day, Kilmartin, a farmer oh the Arrafrj Islands, was sentenced to penal servitude* tor life, having been convicted of grievously, weunding a bailiff, and John aud Patrifek Carrol; convicted of killing a' fßnnerj named Hickey, got "twenty years, JudfleJ Lawson was on the Bench. "' The. first arrest under the' "Cutfew; Clause" of the Repression Act, was made; in Dublin on Decemberllth. The prisoner, is believed to be a companion of the mttf-. derers of Detective Cox. " "f '*r-. Justice O'Brien, speaking in Dublitf,; December 4th, said that owing to the itf< crease of undetected offences, the trade'«.; Dnblfn was gradually decaying, and-those.' able to do so are giving up thrir business and fleeing from the city as though it-ffaS; infected with the plague. Wm The Irish members ef Parliament gave A. M. Sullivan a banquet in Dublin.:on; the 4th, December, Mr Stillivan extolled the power of the Irish in America .-Heas_< ticipated the day would com^-jyben ItW'- American Government would rtdaie it. failed to understand why the Ir'?/i|rotjble could not be settled by grautin^Krelanf Government rights, and would wlmSp R" land to a friendly conference on tn,*^JsLi The number of agrarian outrageaTdwingJ November was cighty-niac. jf '■ Dan vers, the soldier who assisted.,the Dublin police in securing the murfflerers of Detective Cox, considers a3 inadejpsf m reward of a few pounds and a goosficondllo' medal. The public agree with "ftim. PameU, on the 12th DecembeSt Ictdgea*. petition in the I and Court for lm >ala« his property in the County of Wiciiloir.-. '. 4

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Suites in I-igM Wood, Walnut do, Ta pestry, Plush, Velvet, Repp, Border I leather: assorted colours in Settees, Cromwell, Spoon-back, Stuffed-back, lOpen do; Loo Tables, Woik and Occa sional Tables, B'ack-and-Gold Chairs, Card Tables, Davenport Whatnots, Cor ner and Square do; Tnglish Cabinets, Folding and Croquet Chairs, Mahogany and Oak Sideboards, Cheffloniers, Hall Stands, Chiirs, Washstands, Chevol SI Toilets, Full Bedroom Suites in Ash and Walnut, Wa'rdrohcs, Book Cases, Gilt 1 Mirrors, Btack-and-Gold dn, Toilet j Glasses, Music Stoois, Pillows, Horse- II hairs, Austrian Chairs, &c, &c, &c, GABRIEL LEWIS 11 \hf seR at *"s en above date, |! 'Tf commencing at 11 o'clock, jl A LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF ABOVE. || For Positive Sale. ii .„__________________ _ r TO-MORROW. BO 0 £ SI B O 0 X SI PICTURES, &c. W. DOWDEN j | "nriLL seU by auction at the Exchange !TT Mart, Queen-street, on Wednesday next, 10th Instant, at 11 o'olook. 300 VOLUMES BOOKS, oonnistlrigof Newest Vublioations, Including The Peo ple's Cyclopedia, Coasell's Family Bible (500 engravings). Domeßilo Cyolopedla, Parlour Menagerie. &c, &c, ALSO, A very flee lot of Oleographs. Scrap Book Selections, Long Fishing Net, Deep Sea Lead, Sco. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17. . HOON. . I COTTAGE, HEPBURN-STREET. SHOP, SYMONDS-STREET, jI. COTTAGE, SYMONDS-STREET, X, O. GREENWOOD j TTAS received instructions to sell by I I t~l public auction, at his Mart, Queen-street, ill next Messrs Fisher ar-d Co.. on Wednesday, -I tf th inst., at noon, the following Valuable Pro- I perty, oomprlPlDg— . 1 LOTS 35 and 38 of subdivision Into lots of |p allotments 5 and 6 ot section 62 of the City I cf Auckland. The lot 36. Hepburn-street, <$ has a Flrat-olt ss S ven-roomel House, with all necessary ont-hou 63 erected thereon, nearly new, and bavlcg S3 yeard lease to 1 ran, at an annual ground rent of £10 eaoh : lot. The house is lot for 20s per week. £220 I may remain, at 7 7, for 6 years. 1 LOT Bof BUb-dlvlsion of lot i, section 7, 1 Symonds-street, 33 fees frontage by 120 feet deep, having thereon erected tho oommo dlous Store and Dwelling-house known as uaeell'B Fruit UepOt, let to' a good tenant for S years, at 253 per week per annum, and tbe commodious House ot — rooms adjoln i log, with yard, garden, and all conveniences, let for 12a Cd per wsek. The shop and dwell ing, and house adjoining, will be otTei ea in one lot, the whole making a sure and safe Investment. _ HAMILTON {Walkaic..-t ota 10 and 203, town ot Hamilton Bast, cost lning one acre each, both being valuable allotments. MONBONUI.-80 acres of iiush Land, being middle portion of lot 88. parish ot Kohu maru, county of Mongonui. NGARUAWAHIA.-Town Lot 381. Ngarnawa hla,iaore. j EARLY IN FBBRUARY.* ;TO FLOUR MILLERS AND CAPI TALISTS.' ' ■' THE Undersigned: have been favoured with Instrnotlons from Messrs Hally Bros subsequent on dlßßOiution of partnership) to sell by Fubllo Auction, early in February, unless previously disposed of, ALL THAT VALUABLE PROPERTY - known as the Cambridge Flour Mill, with -'never-falling water-power, driving three pairs ot Btones: lt la In thorough working order, and * replete with modern appllanoes, oonatltutUg it a First olbbs Flour MIU, row doing a luorattve business, having a large native and local trade ' In Flour, with a ready sale for Miller'a Offal, Also, a Well-finished Beven-roomed Dwelling Houee, With tastefully laid-out grounds, and about 10 acroa of good grazing land. Full parti ; . culare on application to the Auctioneers, Auok ! land and Cambridge. CLARK AND GANE, Auctioneers, Tbe Auctioneers confidently reoommend t above Property an affording a rare opportunity tor securing a flourishing business In the beat District of Waikato. " TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6. mHE ANNUAL OHEEP ||VAIR • Will be held at ~ ,", THE REMUERA YARDS, TDESDAY, FEBRUARY.6. J Bntrlee to be previous to Thursday, February 1, ALFRED BUCKLAND. pOUNTRY CATTLE SALES, TildenV—Wednesday, January 10. Pokeno— Monday, January 15, Drury—Wednesday, January 17. Papakura—Wednesday, January 3L " ALFRED BUCKLAND, "~ • TUESOAYb f H ft" H-'A'Y "UK RK.B S, 1 43 ALB :O* WOOL, SHEEPSKINS I C 5 .HIDEB, and TALLOW, eaoh Tuesday, el lltfeioav. .:■'■...'""' A"-' ALFRED BDOKLANP;: I 5E= ' . == Tp IMB T A B LE, Job baihbridge's .'Busses, From Union Bank—7 minutes past the hour, ana 23 minutes to tl-e horr, From The Thrkb Lamps-23 minutes t.i tbe | bonr. and ovtry hour. Nioht Tkips from TowN-i-past 9, i-paet 10, (1 and 4-pust ii. A From Union Bank to Shei,ly Beach —20 i^ ulnntes paßt 11, 20 minutes past 2, 20 minutes &Sh peat 1,10 minutes vast 520 minutes past 6. j X From Shelly Beach—i to 11, ito 2 J to i, UK 8.1 to c. ■



E^r^d Estate Aflrenttf _j _ MONSYlnvestcd lot Oa.ltr istflo , „ leouritlea, J2*s^Jn tawEtea, SgTATßaMstsMJeaiarA.fc^v | A LLOTMKNTSBo^^H^« **» 0D A tho WeofelT FsymenS S; ft.m. " <-"""'■ -j ■ - ! POR BALE I Sotland-str^CO/ toTOcmonnstreot. le/ "ru.,/pjaoe. 68/ Bjnd-stroet, I.;' K OTfO&-3treo»' «.' Aw ie-atreet, 16« nSweeS.«" Psrclval Parads. 46- »' gdonßW« « Reclamation. £« '^lWrPas%fiß. .. H;«e-stroot, 80/ . Mo£nai*f Roa<L W ■:■ «Tnd BwMw V**™**. «i tow «•« „ TO LBSD, taWO* of 310 anUCP *4OOO S^T^-Nc^i^Fout- Acres KOSKBANK X3TATU. r» * Rmnd -level for Eel* lrom AT , c klan«. law', fenced, in «'={, Let In Princes-street, S HgSSpS?*SS! K^hape uoad. Kyber StaS?^iSH»^ fOW T' l3 S 8 6 fl Vo BSSS-. with and good garden. S^gSSSFIbOBS tOT fa'°£ terms ot Sg^S^w^vouwrcoaca Bcusi anil t}C>F.f\— Nli'V I>-J '_ , lth jp,o:i Ktirden. *251;,J vS^!^moiVA-t«o Homos ft* rmAPSL-a ITRSSB^ Price.*l2S. sale near'TOS tar Pa i o ' hou-o con- SUBURBAN BTOIUB .»« ■ tho . talus six 6650. roughfaro, sp'onoidw^ ~, _ g(JVOO . WKLLK3LSI - r tw■ .y, y evs , 7 con. HoaWnfte.S,MaS«a* barzaln. , I j deposit required; . ■„ „. d Two AllO*- QsVBN KOOMGD S?2 B„„.^r 01' anbom.-'a Q ments for sale, within OUHterot ba walk of Queen-street, lws? teriuo wrangod. oww"—Now and vflvT con- BB^Kip^^earCon 8 ro K a. ional Ohuroh. On «asy terms. , ft fiSOO-SfKWVery ionvenle. it, water laid on; easy terms. „ anfl norß ot HAMILTON Ov*lkai?,':*^Sos walfeOcm uroundfor sale, two mlnntw ™» w S3l Bank of Now Zealand, ior *>lw- Hamilton West . , T,wafl for Sola for IjUNUA-KiKhty AK£S or a'or •. v H £65. Also. Klghty &«^JSw«S man. •oriKS. A splendid chance fot' S Houee, out &ORTHCOTK - Hw»iMg* S°l^d for N buildings, &C wfl SO am ye or ale. Very cheap. Grand view il- Vl . IT Bole near the Tfcrw irfimos, las? terms ot payment fi , Ter , D Kih°oKi fe«sSijr2 W8 „ W^or al « p«r i»rei'« >««» or B ma. « Sale to Wllllmo^eeT. £V and BPlendid ji^" ... „.,-. si*.«na»r.«rtl £> Eeuse lot- »'.;, *-tlnvrao^s * v - wo^ ™n-only-^ »«s-W»«! H«nw «a also J-o-- Sais tti >»;^^' .-.Jaia i tcoromo, cioi.'.ii'ti Jt-Oit:.., >» u.oti. *• A.., anKI, Nortb Bbore, Papc?:crj. ftc. --.'i,. b^j,,. a a a b. Public Notices. THE HELENSVHT.7. TIMBER COM PANY, LIMITED.! WORKS'. HKIENSVIUi AUCKLAND OFFICE COLONIAL BANK BUIt NGS. Having a Railway Siding running jnto their Works, are open to supply contractors and others with Sawn Timber, delivered at any station on the Kaipara and Waikato Railways. A Wharf with deep water frontage to tho river, the Company aro enabled to load vessels along side the Mill for Southern ports and Australia. Have special facilities for supplying long lengths on short notice. All communications to do addressed to JOHN MILNE, Secretary Colonial Bank Buildings, Auckland. F. J. MOSS.] IW. F. O'SULLIVAN F c J; Moss & Co., HOUSE, LANP, AND ESTATE AGENTS, SnOKTLA3DBTRES:f. Intesdinx Buyers are rusp'.otfally invltod tc Inspect our List cC Properties*. Sloney to Leu? at Curran? Hatoa o* Interest. 7t| E..TEOMAS liOLDEK, A ITKOT. CUSTOMHOUSE-STRTET WEST, '~J HENUEKSON, HOUSE, SHIP, SIGN, AND GENERAL. DECORATIVE PAINTER. No. 8, Wyndham-steeet.. . /-lIIIN.1", /ILr'.S3 & TL-. ARTH EN WAR'S EDWARD LEWIS AS DBTBIiMINBD TJ KEHNQWISU HIS RETAIL BUSINESS IN CUSTOM-HOUSE STSKST IN Above Dotartments THK STOCK HA3 JUST BEBN TAKEN AND THB - SELLING OFF 00MMKMOBB AT ONCE Tho TRADH1 and EVERYONE ehould there fore ovoll themselves of TBI3 BRAND OHANOK to supply themselves at Prices Nbvfr Before Knowh in Auokland. THE STOCK IS VERY BXTBNBIVK. AND GOOD, AND WILL POSITIVELY BE CLEARKD, This Advertisement means exactly wliat it states. ltf-EW ARRIVAL OF (pOODS. f'MR3.: Down, STAY AND CORSET . MAKER, Upper Hobsin-st eet EBtabllsbed 1864, Evory Description of Stay I Corsets, &o. f Sar^ioal Belts upon the latest improvements. Shoulder [-traps Made to Order, rsiHE KIVERSDALE MAMUFaCTOR i ING COMPANY (LIMITED), 11, GRKY-STRIEET, TANNKRS, CURBIBK3. LSA-THKH AND GRINDERY MERCHANTS AND IMPORTEBa The above firm have just landed, ex various :. late arrivals, SPLENDID VALUE In Frenoh. Germen, and English Calf, Kid, Patens Calf, East Indian Calf and Kip, Butts, Blßßtlo, Web, Boot Webbing and Uninger .fl nd a Variety of GRINDERY AN HOE MERCERY GOODS. Will also nave regular shipments cf above arriving from the best Kntzlish, Amarlcaa, and Continental Houses. Colonlal'lamied and Cur ried Leathers alwnys on hmd, "?hoh,M. Co, (Limited) tire Caatt Purchsaers : of Wool. Skins, Hideo, and TaUlow. Now Landing, ox ABtorion. oscollaut; /atua In Linings. Kyolet?. Heol Tips, gaud ..sr.isley Tools of all descriptions. Telephone No. 95. WM. 3. HAMMOND, Seoreta-ry. •DEDUC'I'IOK IN FIRS KATES, SEW ZEALAND msURANGS COMPANY. ' CAPITAL......pISS MILLION BTBRLUJiSI i FIBE RISES take.-: on tha most LIBEHAL 1 TBRMS. 'PROMPT BKTTL'ItMSNTS, \ UNUOUR?BM 'BBOOHITY. " OKO. P. PIERCE, !■':.■' Manage



S— IJSS^ Ironmoi jgery, B , POETEE '&■ CO., WHOLESALE /AND RETAIL IRONMONGERS AND; IRON, MERCHANTS, QUBE&. ANB SIGfB STREETS, AUOKLAND. ffliA LARGE ABSORTMPNT OF JHJF (NIS^ING IRONMONGERY ALWAYS IN STOCK. ENGLISH AND* AMERICAN ELECTROPLATE, ' Cruet Stands oa and Coffee Sots Butter Coolers Biscuit Boxes . Fickls Frames EggFrnmos Sordino Boxes. Candle Sticks ,Cake Baskets Fruit Stantja Dish Coven. Toilet Sets Fifih Knives Spirit Stands Napkin Rings Trays andiSalvom a KNIFE CLEANING MACHINES. Bapid Water Filters Housenialds'Jßoxcs Knife Boards and I olish Patent Cinder Sifters Sausago Machines Coffee Roasters and Mills Sausage Fillers Indittrnbber Knife Boards Mincing Machines Silversmiths' Soap Padding and Jelly Moulds Brunswick Black I Lady Help Knife Cleaners Emory Cloth and Black Lead NOVELTY AND EUREKA WRINGERS. Spring •& Lever' Manglea j^^^^^^__ ><jJB^ Bradford's Weblog Mn- Combined Mangles lu*dJWr>" ; , --'' chines nr,d Mangles ' Washers jPPw^^fiF* Em AmcrlcaaTnbs&Buckets | Copper Furnace Paos Tt^P Cast Iron Baths Mrs Fotts's Cold Handle \||^T|««aiaSHi'^S^^l' rnWBl K°Her» Sad Iroßß Hn %f Bhowejt and Plunge Baths Laundry Stoves Htr"o^ Ilffl j^ Sad Irons Wash Boards and Clothes Jg <"Q eureka- IlgjM' B<ith Sp.onpes I Fluting Machines t^w^t,*,- VF Goflering and Pinking Wire Clothes Lines Irons .BIRD CAGES AND AVIARIES. Braes and Iron Bird" -V Hoso Iteela for winding Cages j| garden hoso Brass and Iron Parrot -Jj&L^ Garden Shears 00868 $ou!m!^ GirdenßoUea Wire Ell Traps <JlffMl\ TTMTuL, „ a * » am. « vrrfi-wAL AAX&tT&T' harden Seats and Chairs FlyCatchers MvUmX- 4-lE£w*v n. a b V st^&2W^3L Garden Syringes Garden Arches ! :ii^^AELj^ =3§A-PAP?§?' r, - m. ! ,\f^33^^SSSS^T Frumng Shears i Galvanised Wire Seedf ' I jj i "TT|Y """ T r Protectors I _ _M_ ' S°ytho6 aßd H»ndl«« Metallic Labels and Gar-, .IgSff |ii%|i^ Mfc % Hoso Baches ■ den Fega I^^NNSFPrM^ n , - . Pffl^sj^^tvdbiS<£^^i -Onrsy Rakes Watering Pots zd^ffi! B&IM^" '\ 'V f&t.,- » t ~■ v SHR" rail wwas* s!w syjfß Don Plow er Vasee Philadelphia Lawn ' i ' - v.\ ~JOA . T „ i: Mowers HtlsJ^^^ Cast Iron Fountains Lawn Edge Clippers Garden Engines Lawn Sprinklers tSbSSM^^' Spades, and r BS^'gWPiir;-"- Trowels COAL VASES IN IRON AND WOOD. MARBLE AND SLATE MANTELPIECES, TILE HEARTHS, REGISTER GRATES, PLATED FENDERS AND FIRE IRONS, PLATED ASH PANS KITCHEN FINDERS, KITCHENERS. BROS ZED HAT UMBRFLLA STANDS, MARBLETOP TABLES, ENAMELLED AND IRON SINKBI LAWN TENNIS. CRICKET. LAWN TENNIS ■»yf KSBRB E. P. ft CO. have Jnat received, per Wave Queen, their Annual Shipment ot|the above goods, direct from the Manufacturers, comprising— MATERIALS FOR Cricket, La- w n Tennis, ETC., ETC, ETC, ETC. Cricket Bats, Balls, Stumps, Leg Guards, Gauntlets-, Batting Gloves, Scoring Books Cricket Nets, &c. . Tennis Rackets', Tennis Poles and Nets, Tennis Calls, Tennis Sets in Boxes, tugby Foot Balls, Boxing Gloves, &c, &c, &c, LAWN TENNIS. CRICKET. LAWN TENNIS. ■ ■ lEL POETEE & CO., WHOLDSALE DEPARTMENT: RETAIL DEPARTMENT: QUEEN'STBEET, QUEEN-STBEET, AUCKLAND. ALL GDODS DEL VEXED IN TOWN AND SUBURBS, j i



PubUc Notiootj. TSMSBURSrs aOZLOSSa • ytyZ%j&77< ' ' Vfe, 0— MARK A?Z.^^A . IA 0 X SAL E, 1 Four-w healed Dog uart (nearly cewl 1 Two-wheeled Uog Cart (nearly new) 1 Larue Ladj's Phaeton Double-Beatoa Bnggy Want d lo Purohasa, Double-seated Hooded Bugg.y PAIN'S \ * Wholesalesj Retail W.H. HAZARD, Gnamate, Queen Street, Auckland, Agent for jfAKBB PAIN, London, n»OTGq>'-, ) |, T TO THB ROY.lt. T»OHT ttaUAOHOH. *J KSRrBAHTS, W B paaS & Sow, ?8 ft 97. QnBK».-SX35»i:. AWOKIiAKD, RT,*,, iMPORTHSa o» P4PJJR H -ÜBISan Paao! ivnrratiens, <3LAi: S-PRUuhad,'Savsred, end Rotteh susn 3ZngUnh RttS Oi>ttJta«Bt«l Sheet Photo. graphlo, ffla^-B Bhadee. WRITE LSAD. Ooionw. Oil, VAKNIHHBB Bmshss. Mixed Poiuti o&rson'e Astlcoir. reslve »md Patent SUlwte Palnte, « 0 U LUIK RS-lilts, iltaisfld, Venearel, foe Plotare Frame and Room sJs*»n»Monn, JTsnej? Framw ior Oafclrwt nail OJ3.V, PiosoiEKa o! evers flfftsrfptlan En cieoi TosleS? 3(K/rs~Pheto.« sail Qolowei. Albuma for Pbctcst. ffio., fce^ St«, sull-out er Overlay Monata, «11 place i CAbbut nnd O.D.V, atsnnts; Arttote* RequkssK. W. P. JK S. Sftvinc itivrays a«i haad me iart-u*t noob cf She aboro goorta to the North Zabwj tjf Sow Xealand. ore abla ta eiooute either whole, mle or retail ordsrc en the roost favourable terms, ttemplef of Paporfcaaalngn from opoe «co!r. or of orlgiasi paokanns, sent on appltm- Slon, New setllors la Auckland should inspool icr usees: ol Paperhru!slns?s and Piotur-M bo'are attlnss up tbalr now bomea; thoy w!U Sod Brain thins *n oaf* She meaM of fftrerjrOPA W. PHILLIPPf? & SOE, gosii«i-<;i:«.mi«. Aamnsukitf. eft! >«° fc-l fi o~bson-strke r steam c ffee MILLS.- H. P. GIUBO.^B and CO., Tea. Colffie, and Hploe aiorchiinta. Wholesale and Family Orocora. Co^l, Flrawoort, ana Produco Deaiors.-H. P. GIBBONS and CO., Hobson street, Auckland TORRID GE~C"ON"TItACTORB, BUILDER 9, ETa 1 ho undertltrncd, hr-vlnu spoclal maohlnery I for tbe manufaetnre of Holt*, lias supply of all I lenßths iv stock at cheapest ratoo; also. Regu lation Voranrinh Posts. Irnn Tabular Fiold I Gato3, price E'i Ids. to ba l>afi from X, and 8. I Morrin ft ''0., Cruloluhank, MUlor ft Co., and at tho Works, , ' A. TAIT. i Lorno-atreot Bolt and Goneral Iron Workß. I AIiuAMSH OAKtUAOR AKD DRAY j S ■ -FAO£OBX. ! JAMKH MACKIB, PBOFRSWTOJt, yietbrJA<sxßKß7 Eaht, AnoiXLa:-'^. -Uv-i-ii^ ii r'ifi' descrfiiiUMi n Wood and Iran ;--e.%lSj szcouted on :n* »c«t notloe. 3vi;lKi?i! madr. ana repniri-.d- ya on hand, 4 :*xxe tjuautlty of Lautpu. 'ibu Jronhnrk iihafts atiU epofces, Bed Gum FoHoes, and Hobert i'own slardwood. W.B.— Oenntry crdwe pupoiuoU tttwafled to, %»/ &KHUUII »at '■>t n ,>■ ft a. V ▼ 9O A P AHD OAS aL B SLAH UFACTU HERB O.OX'S CiiEKS, SICHMOR-* 0»WOB I DtTHUtM-nTSSHK. AOOCIABIS. Oeuh Purohasora ot Toiiixt, Wool. QheepeMM. Bind iu.aiio, r|lO CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. WELLS BROS., Devonpobt, Aro prepared to supply nt Lowest Ratos Bricks, Lime, Sand, Shell, Ash, Puriri Posts and Houso Blocks, &c, &c. Contracts mado for tho do livery of Timber, &c, from tho mills to any art of Dovonport Dtatriot. Address: WELLS BROS., Carters, Dovonport. THE AUCKLAND FORWARDING AND PAROttL DELIVERY AGRNOX Despatoh Gooda and Parcels of all desoriptlnns to ovory port of the Town and Suburbs Cheap Kate, and with Rnaranteod regularity. The following ere tho Booking -Agencleai— A. R. Ladd, Cabinetmaker..Karangahape Road W. H. Young. Gr00»r..,......'.. P0m0nby Road R. Birnlo. Baker Aroh Hill J. Reid, Cabinetmaker....Comer of Kyber Pass and Symonds-sl 8. Reid, Grocer.......Corner of Kyber Pass and Grafton Road. W. B. Collins. Grooer..ttAv...5;.......... ParneU A. Heldt, Cabinetmaker ~_Nowmarket DBUVBRKS:— Town i Hourly, f üburban 111 a.m. and S p.m. No 70, Telnonono ExohanKe. HE id OFFICE t Nathan's bond. Custom. homo- treat. • AUCKLAND SELECT RIDIPQ SCHOOL, Nkw North Road, riding mads easy and graceful. The Auckland Soloot Riding School, tor the Study and Practice ot the Art ot Equitation In all its broncho?, was Opened on MONDAY, 21ST AUGUST, 1882, Ladles and Gentlemen desiring to enter ag ptpllaare BOllcltod to forward their names to the proprietor on or before that dote. Terms, and hours of instraotion and praotloe, may be ieamod on applloatlon, ... Pupila supplied with Horses, and appoint ments lor School Lessons if requbred, or Horse Appointments supplied to order from flrst. Class Samples at the Sohool. Tho proprietor has compiled an Aid Book tor the use of Pupils and othora, whioh may be had on application, Price, lfl. Special Arrangements for Children. Fkhalb attendance fob Ladies. G.H. has also oommonood business as Horae- Trainer, Every Horse entrusted to his charge will be properly Broken and handled either as Ledy'%or Gentleman's Charger. G. HAZE LL, Late Kodsh Ridin Sebsbaht-Mmob. ahd Ist Class Equitation Instructor, 13 Years In H.M. Eorv ITVTKT? SBALAND FEBHB LS Unmoujitea, or Sastefnlly Monnted la various way*. BBOJ6 li Vl' SO 120 VA3 STIES. | Of liols by B R. I 0. ' 0 B- A I fi, PBmOSS-STEKBI, mHI! Ha"t■ MA R KE T I? irS.'QUBBK'-aTRBET, AUCKLAND ON fIALB. AttBIVKO Psm COROMANDSL Asm A-.- -ROMAN EMPIRE,- , WWto Clover, Red Clover, Alsyke Clover, Oow« stobs, Meadaw Foaoue, Meadow Foxtail Created DogstaU, Rape, TrofoUiua Inoaraatum (Scarlet Olovorl. FROM AMERICA DIRECT- Timothy. Kentoolcy Blaegran <Poa Pratensli). Poverty Bay Ejesrass, Canterbury Ryegrans. OcokriMS, Pralrlograss, Rnttoll. 3ARLY SEED POTATOES, AS FOLBOWHII -. Ashlcaf Kidney, Taylor's Kidney, CaDJe^ bury Flutes, Pattorsori'e Victoria, L.fcTER VARIBTIEa-Hohart, BttMOtt'B M«K auia Boauai. Sattou'g Flower Ball, sio. AKSC), 0853, Barle?, Biwaea trad Slowk Bead. Combo, Ftaa ana Rook Salt, -Bran, Sharps, Now Zea land Flax- Tow, dacou: «nd Horns. BONEDUST tvn BONSffLOUE of all grades. SBLANIJ iws ??SSUVIA33 GUANO, 860,. ibft BEBSBSH 6 .AIT KB Hi



Business Notices. npHE TMPERIAL QCHIEDAM qCHNAPPS, • A PURE AROMATIC SPIRIT, Distilled and prepared In Schiedam, Holland, from an Original Receipt, end Sosseaslng Bore Medicinal Qualities in all DISEASES os- THB KIDNEYS, BLADDER, AND URINARY OKGAJVS. A Tonio, Dluretlo, Ahtl-Dynpeptlo CORDIAL, by the redOmmgndetlon of the Leading Continental Physicians, and is now ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE LATEST AND MOST VALUABLE REMEDY FOE GRAVEL, GOUT, & CHRONIC RHEO MATISM, Tho Trade and Conoutnero ore cautioned against spurious imitations, the genuine only bearing tho signature and address of the pro prietor. HENRI J. HART, MELBOURNE, d in the Melbourne HOsnltfcl, anil awardod by the Jury first PRIEb at the Mel bourne Injar'nfctlonai Exhibition, . . ,i)R. HABSALL'B REPORT. ' Tbo Analytical and Sanitary Institution, "W, Holbora Viaduct, 8.C., "London, 9th May. 1877. Report ot a Sample of Imperial Schiedam Schnapps, reeolved from Mr H. J. Haft. "We hove aublooted a sample of the above named artlole to a very o jreful chemical analysis and examination. " The results Ot the analysis, whioh are set forth In aoeparate report, show that thia spirit la ot good strength, praotloally free from acidity, and that le contains but traces of solid matter In solution. It possesses a delicate and agree able aroma, and a pura and mild taste. Mr Hart's Sohiedam Schnapps ls a very superior artiolo of Its class, ls well purified, and quite genuine, •' (Signed) Arthur H. Habsall. M.D.. " Author Of' Food and its Adulteratioou,1 &c " Otto Hxhnkr. F.C.y., " Public Analyst." Wholesale Agent I ARTHUR H. NATHAN. <JJ_ O •»* v a A"A v *3t to Roth's Public Hoi, Cold, and saawer BsUu, Victoria-street East. Oharga, Oct Bhiehho. Open all week days from 7 a.uu to II p.m., and Buitda* Moawmos from 3 till 18 a.in Tho Bath-rooms aro all private, and supplied wilth every eonvenlenoe, TurMeh towels, desk and hair brushes, combe, respirators, soxpz, && Select bath-rooms (private) for Ladla* every day, at all hours, with female attendaaos. Own Jurw.iHU and Bixphnor, Please now the address i VlotorUntroet Koat, above the Grey hound Hotel, and nest the obeap Bodflins on* BTaraltui-e Mark. Ausidand. N.B Barher in attonrtanno. QUPERIOR CORRUGATED TANKS. J. L. KEAN Has for Bole a number ot tbo above, with Tape ready for übo. price 31s, at hlB shop, Kllioct strnet. Largo uantltles Of Spouting. Ridging, and Down Plpoa, always In Stock, vorandan Iron curved at the shortest Botlae. Country orders will always ruoolvo hia prompt attention. Lead washers always on hand '/ nraaoß. j ttarbuxt, THB KAPAI UORH BROOM FACTORY, OtTSTOM-HOCWMaiI Prices I Wai. From liyfl pel doo, UADV L E R V C. F. ConPER, 877 & 279. UPPER QUEEN-STREET, First Pbizb Auckland Snow, 1881 Manufacturer ot svery Bosorlption of CARRIAGE, QUI, BUG3Y, OART, AND PLOUGH HARNESS. Ladles' and Uont-' Snddloa, Pack Baddies, Bags, Valines. Leggings, &c, Sec, on hand and made to order. Bridles, Whips. Sen'm, B!u. Brushes. Elllman* Bmbrooation, fee Bteepleohas4 and Race Saddles made to order. ■Tp P B A O O C X JL * OPTICIAN Has n Qtoo* SPECTACLES AND STR SLAFjSEB of every description, an Accural* Fit Guaranteed, OOMPOUND MIOROBOOPJS3 AND TBLH | BCOFKS, Powerful and Ohoop. AKBBO ID BABOMETBKB. TlI8«l(0MITaB>, KLKOTKIO RXLLS, lUTTKRIKS AND FnriwGfl, Ma^r.oio Electric Machines and Medical Colls, OPERA O-^AS'^KS. JiINOOULAS FIELD AND MARINE GLASSBB, THKODOLITKS, COMPASSES, SBrrANTP, Spirit Hydrometer*, Saccbnrcmeters, SnlinometHrs, Argentomaters, &c,, &«.,&». A6KN* s-OS TaYLOii'B PATENT BBWINB IJIAOHINKS & BXTRAHi Instruments aad Sewing Machines repaired. Qpposmn tub Pas* Omm. Bhortlnnd-»tw»t- Jas a■■ aUTo «a *■ OARTKK. COMTRAOTO fcO Soodii Oarwd :iu.i J.vMvarod tram ship's aide On Shortoat Notice. Boilvt Supplied, Kuwoabtije -INK Mas ot 7slahua Ooai Alio Birggood lon> an annnti ren»onebl9 jp ROu a v LIMB. GROUND LIME. .FOR SALE, SOtfTHGATK'S MAHURANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND ROOHK LIMB, In any Quantity, far Uonorete, Paths, Floors, Cellars, eto. (next to stone flagging, Is un rivalled for durability and hard-sotting qualities!. For tanks and other wet wortc It la a flmwilam material. B. KEAftR,■ BO' L X AGENT. On*-TO*7-HOUHK-»rrKic»rr. O"«KUaA'Jt*» SA«S.» 3 -j» A 3 X -3 B HA3 FOR HAM a aambes at nbs «bo»a. miV- Tm. road! Sot una. .«( tett xtDvrncde, ■ At bis Btsam Wosks. VTosoßut-aTßtases. si his Bhoo w«^j«BJi!P«BB«««ai Large qtutatisieK of Svoutlen. Kldstinr. and Down pipes olwayn in etoo1:, Vemndoh Iron oorred at ohortcm aettee, Manufacturer ol Lead and. Oompo Pipe. A chain ralcatios of Chandellcn, he. «t hit WeUesley-atreet shop, Oanntrr order* -will always wceive hts nrompl aCtanUon EMoasad to in w> watm Bar,* PATBima off ram Impbovbo Lbad Wdob Rinonitt. UIYINIVU OUHOIBIi BBLBUXIONB FROM UPBRAB. BONBB, DUBTS, *n„ fto Every Penon can havetheeein eheiiown Hamt by calling cm 3, HOWDXN, Shoeotand-strkki, and PtmoßAß«n oca of ids Hstwav-ltsvoßnD PIANOS TAMES QLARE, Having returned from Friendly Islands, wishes raapecttnlly to inform the publlo that he has STARTED BU3INKSS AGAIN IN HIS OLD SHOP, Cu6TOM-HOU»E-BTabet West, and will be most happy to boo his old customers, aud any new ones who will favour him with their patronage. Ail kinds of Yachts and Boats built to order on tho shortest notice. Boats repaired, N.B,—A Small Slip .on the premises. J. CLARK. YACHT AND BOAT BUILDER, eUSTOM-HOUSE-STBKKT WEST, fkebmah's bat. rMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. - Just Received, per 'Loch Awe,' a Splendid Assortment of Violihb, Bows, ahd Fittings, Mblodianb, Conokbtinjb, and nil kinds o MDBIOAIi INSTBUMENTB, at THOS. E. CARTER'S, 82, VIOTORIA-STREET, AUCKLAND (Six doors above Albert-street). TEACHER, Tuner, and Repairer of Pianoforte, Cornet, and VIOLIN, 1 Terms and Testimonials on application. Tuner and Repairer of all binds of Muslool Instruments. by special J^^^BjS^litmbmmni pEORGE DIXON (AwardedPrizeMedal Sydney Exhibition), Mantjfactuber of . DOUBLE JERATJSD WATERS S CORDIALB Cuba-streeti Wellington Ask for his celebrateii GINGER ALE, be had in all parts of the Colony. 'tsU-OTICE OF REMOVAL —W. and E. AM Basten beg to inform their Patrons and tbo Publlo generally that they have Removed to their New Premises in Wakefleld-Btroet, While thanking their Customers fur the liberal support accorded them In the past, they doslre to Inform them that by tbe introduction of the latest appliances in the Trade, tbey hope to pro duce Carriages of All kinds, wbiob, for Style, Durability, Finish, and Moderate Prices, are not to be surpassed, Note the address—W. and X, Basten Coach-builders WakeHeld-street, Auokland..