interest and tinking fund, amounting, as before stated, to £2,500,000, which we have to pay out of the colony for colonial and municipal loans and private indebtedness; and for the last two yc-ira it has only Imen a little more than one-third. From this it will at once be evident, as suming our exports to remain the f-iuni', that—unless a sufficiently large influx of capital, the property of settler?, is maintained to justify the continuance of our imports at their average rate, or unless the produce of our local industries supplying the colonial consumption in creases to the extent ot any reduction that may take place in our imports—commercial depression must follow. Now, our exports for the last three years have oeen £6,352,692 in 1880, £6,060,866 In 1881, and I £6,658,000 in 1832 ; while onr imports for 1 tbe same years have been £6,162,011, £7,457,945, and £8,609,270 respectively! Our exports for 1880 were £6,352,692, and for 1882 £6,658 003, an increase of £395,316. < )ur imports for 1880 whre £6,162,011, and for ISS2 £8,609,270, an increase oi £2,447,259. Now, there is resson to lielieve that the introduction oi capital, the property of settlers, was very luge during last year, and to that extent tho increase in our imports was legitimate j but making every allowance for tbia im portant item, it is clear to my mind that oui imports last year were at least £1,000,000 more than they ought to have been to supply cur reasonable wants, that they lave been obtained on credit, and arc there fore pressing very heavily upon the com mercial classes, and through them on the rest of the community. It is,l think, clear, until we have worked off our surplus stock, and this can only be done by producing the means to pay for them, which will be the work of time, we cannot expect full reliei from the present commercial depression, I although the gradual easing of the money market in Australia, as it takes place, wiD give us Borne help, But are there any real grounds on account of the present com mercial depression which undoubtedly exists over a lar^e part of the colony, oi from any deduction which can be fairly drawn from the figures I have just given, to justify us in taking a gloomy view of our future prospects! To that questiop, Sir, my answeris most emphatic. I say distinctly, after a most careful consideration of the whole condition of the country, that there are not only no real grounds for taking a de spondent view ofjonr poßitlon,but',on the con trary there is much reason to justify us in looking forward with a confidence to a future of great promise; No doubt, Sir, we, like other communities, shall havo our ups and dowi s; unusml prosperity will be followed by unusual depression, as is the caso all over the world. No one, 1 think, who sees the steady improvements that are going on all over the colony, who observes the very substantial lo crease in the Saving Banks deposits, the great increase in life Insur ance buiiness, and the rapid development of our manufacturing industries, and who has watched our import and export trade with car«, can doubt that we are providing enough to pay our debts, live comfortably, and gradually accumulate capital. The present state of oar trade is not satisfactory but we might have avoided it almost entirely had our judgment been a little better. No doubt business men were benefitted by cheap freight and comparatively easy money to , over import, forgetting for the moment the effect which would follow the contraction in the expenditure of borrowed money, an ex penditure which I am glad to say Parlia ment has determined to keep within much narrower limits than have been observed in the past. The remedy for such a depres sion as we are now suffering from is in our own hand*. It is bold, very simple, and j thoroughly effective, but unfortunately there is no royal road to it. It consists, ; Sir, in an amount of self-denial and self ' restraint, of which we are somewhat im patient in these day*. The remedy is Mr , Hamlin, to live within our means, both publicly and privately, and there xre, I am happy to say, many Indications that we are really making up our minds to follow the good old plan.

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE OP ORDINARY REVENUE 1883-4.

I I now come, Sir, to the consideration of I the expenditu: c ot the ordinary revenue of the Consolidated Fund for the current year. As regards permanent charges, the amount estimated to be expended under this head during the current year is £1,645,694. of which £1,567,430 is for interest and sinking fund, amounting respectively to £1,309,930 I and £257,509, that is to say, we shall pay £1,309,930 to the public creditors, and set aside £257,500 during the year for the re demption of our debt. Last year (1882-3) |we paid £1,566 441 on this ac i count, being £989 less than the esti mate for the current year. In the year before the amount paid was £1,500,089, or £65,452 less than last ye»r. The amount estimated for interest and rink ing fund during the current year, exceeds the amount actually paid last year by £BS9. As, however, the first year's interest, amounting to £40,000 in respect ot the loan nf one million raised in January lost, I becomes payable this year, it is necessary 1 to explain very briefly how we estimated that we shall only pay £989 more than we paid last year, 'ihe chief reason is that £240,000 which we paid last year for arrears of sinking fund in respect of the Im perial guaranteed debentures does not recnr in tbc estimate In 18S3-84. The amount of appropriations proposed for the year is £2,015,802, as againit £1,997,098 actually expended last year, and £1,608,868 for the year before. These figures show that our actual requirements last year were greater than those of the year before by £298,230, and that this 1 year we propoie an additional expenditure of £18,701, thus making the estimated expen. ditare for the current year greater h\ £316,934, than the actual expenditure of the year 1881-82. This state of things is rather startling at first sight, bnt I hope to bo able to explain to the satisfaction ot the commitee that this apparently large increase of expenditure will be either nominal or practically unavoidable. The Treasurer then proceedod to enumerate the items of expenditure, concluding : The Increase in the actnal expenditure of last year oror that of the year before may therefore be broadly summarized A3 follows, taking the larger items first: — Defence £109,900 inoludiag transfer from loan £75,000; and £31,000 for services on the West Coast of the North Island. Hospitals and charitable aid, £48,000, formerly re coverable from subsides to local bodies now discontinued. Working railways, £43,000, for extended mileage and traffic, and for increase in the rate of wages. Education, £31,000, for.iestoration of the grant to Education Boards to £4 per head for in creased attendance at public schools. Post and Telegraph Department, £20,000 for additions to salaries, maintenance .of telegraph lines, and extended accommoda tion to the public. Property Tax Depart* incut, £18,000 ; for triennial assessment, exchange and commission, £19,000. About a similar amount received for additional tor interest public account charges. Other ser vices £18,000, including the 10 per cent, re duction of salaries in force for the first three months of 1881-82; making in all, £298,000. 1 Hoc. members, in the light of these ex planations, will see that the larger portion ot1 the apparent increases is merely nominal. The amount voted by the House for the services of lost session was £2,066,706, the estimates of the current year amount to £2,015,802, but adding the abatement for recoveries, amounting to £35,772, to which I have referred, they amount to £2,071,572, being £486S more than the amount voted last year, I should explain, however, that the esti mates of lost year included a sum ot £50,000 fpr harbour defences, which we do not pro pose to re-vote ont of revenue, but we shall ask the House to vote out of the Publio Works Fund such a sum as we are likely to require for the purpose during the current year. The increase in the estimates for this year is therefore £54,565, In the vote for railways, there is an increase of £73,647, partly due to Increase* traffic on the Hues, and partly to the extension of tho mileage open, there boiDg now 1,407 miles, as against 1,358 lost year, and in the vote for Armed Constabulary, there ia a de crease of £13,226, our improved relations with the nativos on the We^t Coast haviDg enabled the Government to effect a reduc tion in the number of men in the field force. The vote for hospitals and charitable aid has been increased. The total charge in this account ia now £53,900. Some districts recognising the truth that It is more ble8«od to give than to receive, still continue to subscribe to the local hospital and Benevo lent Societies, but the general tendency, I am sorry to say, is to more and more throw the whole burden of relieving the poor on the State. The Government are not prs pared to submit any law, having for its object to charge the cost of maintaining the indigent upon local or general rates; but with tho view o! helping to form public opinion upon the subjact, I shall ask leave to lay upon the table of the House a Bill for compulsory national insurance, not with J the intention of asking the House to read it a second time, bnt with the hope of getting a debate on Jit, and then distributing the Bill through tho colony for public considera tion, i

REFORM OF CIVIL SERVICE.

Hon. members will see übon ei»i»i « the estimates that the whole of the 7* remain the same as those voted ks^fc 611 except in the cases of cadets, whoH«2f • £50 or £60 to £80 or £90 ayelr, accfr to icale, those officers who'are 3E& and some half-dozen extraordinarTcS 1 for which special reasons will be £ lv™^ Ministers in charge of the Depar&k which mcreatea are made. TheV«E.»*£. no increaies are made is nottt.t*^ Government think none are hi - *" sary, but because of the dlmcStv^Dewit want of classification and th7^iff hloa«l» in pay of offi MM doing £rtfa2» same work, which renders K^?,tl» make the increa«e wita^jii'°PMßl2* to of the various department to V® 06" meut have, therefore, aetem« n * Go?rs" the estimates as C^* 01"*"* ask the House to condder . \ Bnd to the re.ojgani, a « on and cLrifiS,? 6 fof the service. Thi, auwtfon i"i? Mlll"» of pcrtanca to Q»^flg2j]£«£ this means we mm Lit, } h, ope b*t by lag from the qC^M Part 7 cnablea to rc-or^ 0 !? M™«™y ba to render it both efltw .^T' 1 *"** * while its status and p,y Jnn, econ?^cal, attract men of ability Lj ibe sach «to ranks. an 4 «Wacter to Its

I bave now, Mr Hiimlin t n v • nothe of the committee the^H th« venue for the year 1833. I JS^H » we shall receive a total ordi oa ™ i^ te ttat £8,673,803 for the enrreStSSS'ffl 18* land sales if out taxation n£&£g** I have thought it prndentnot t^w ci the estimateS receipts from Sm, ? «M more tWaa £20,000 aW the Su&eSLi year, but I hope, looking to aUttmdSnS' stancesofthecolony.Borarritbpote do so. in advance, we may reasonahW«!f 2 to receive £1,620,000 MK&EPI have also estimated an increase of «2Sw Stamps, £7000 on TdegffiJSK*? £18,000 on the Property^nK'g2 valuation. I eitimate thenlSlT renue at £3,573,890, to which 13* balance, £35,549, which Blood£ SftSS at 31st March last, and « uRPi £3,609,339 as the total amffiaffi/S the services of the year. NwftftoS revenue received last year was £Jjm«S& including the balance with whleML S began. Hon. membera will thereto,!« that our ways and mean.fox thecßrreXSr are less than those of last year br m sw The estimated revenue forSSSHS thatofl^by^MOjbut.tlwcSdttK »Uh which we began this yeari£u £163,184 than the credit balance ulth whU we began last year, so that I hate «Id ow should also be remembered ttatUwJajnatt in the receipts from railways ttli Tear in only obtained by the nweisarr Jdlttoa to the expenditure rf, £48,187 fwlheS working expenseaand maintenane*.andlt must also further be borne hnuWby tii committee that it was, only in canteaoencj of the largo surplus on the 31it Birch 1882, that the whole ofZ wJffSm of the Armed Constabulary was for the first time charged agairut the oonioll* dated revenues. 1 have already shown the estimates of expenditora v £3,681,989 There will therefore be a defldt of £62147 as to the means of meeting which I will speak presently.

IlKvd fund, 1883-84. The estimated expenditure chirgeable against the Land Sales Fond is as fallows t -For charges fixed by ids of tie General Assembly. £36,699: for the Crown land*, Survey, and Mines Departments, £lspß9; and for rates on Crown tandi £40,000,amountlBgonthewh(ileto£2S3,880. The receipts from land Bales are mtimated at £275,600 for the current year. To thii amount most be added the balance stand* ing to the credit of the fond on 3! Ft March last. £86,564, making the total estimated receipts for the year £362,164. D> ducting from this the estimated esponflimre, w« obtain a surplus of £128,284, against which, however, la chargeable £100,000, payable to main roads account tor last year, There la, therefore, only available, if the above estt mates are correct, £28,284 for the main roads account under the Roads and Bridget Construction Act for the current year, I shall have to refer to this subject a;ain be fore I conclude. - ' . PBOPOSED INCREASE OF PKOPEHTV. TAX.

I have said, Mr Hamlin, that the estli mated expend it are for the year is £3,061,496, and that without farther taxation the es> timated revenue is only £3,609,349.. It is evident, therefore, that we must either decrease our expenditure or increase our reveaue. The Government see no prospect* after careful consideration of the subject of reducing expenditure for this year below '( the amount estimated, whatever we may hope for trom the rc-orgauisation of the Civil Service to which 1 hive already referred. There remains, therefore, as tho only alter native?, increased taxation or ctiargir g some services on loan. The latter course the Government aie not prepared to recommend. I shall therefore propose an increase of tho property tax of one farthing in the pound, and this I estimate to pro duce £35,000, Adding this amount then to the estimated revenue £3,099,349, we get a total revenue of £3,694,349; And subtracting from this, our estimated ci« pendlture £3,661,496, we obtain a probable snrplun ot £32,853 on the 31st March, 1334. This is not aa large a margin at might b* desirable, bat the fact of Its emallneu will no - doubt render the Government < inn ■; more careful than heretofore in the expeni diture of the votes authorised by, toll Eonie, and will, I trust, insure the Ulilt* ance of the House being given to &a ' Government, in resisting any extraordinary proposal for expenditure which may.n submitted for its consideration. .< , LAND POSD.

I have already said, Sir, that the amount available from the proceeds of the land sales, after the necessary charge for ex penditure cm main roads, under the Koadi and Bridges Construction Act, lave been j dedneie-J, will only be £28,284, This «• suit is decidedly unsatisfactory from one ptlat of view, especially when it Is Mea that!no provision has baen nude in tbaex« pendlture of 20 per cent, at provided b» the Act for opening up new Iwdi, Thli deficiency anticipated nrlies, as Bt-me urn' bom wUI no doubt rea, from th« falling oft in the land revenue, which vu £81,695 lea but year than the estimated amount, ant this year It la only estimated to pr* dnce £275,600. Ibis fitting i'«ff fo the land tales . has ■:•*•*-;, Wf from the reservation as snbildlM for railways under the Act of 18SI « land! which had been previontWiotaniw and prepared for sale, and jtartry'fwai tM principle upon which the Dep«taie»t W been and is being wonted.--The chid consideration whichisnow«ultUiig*«fl«B« administration beiug the s«WenJe«t of tni country in small holding!. '■ ThiKhas htm > lteted large areas being sold and «et «parj for sale under the deferred ' payment syjtem, and also under the' perpetau leases Bystem, The course, however, which we shall finally pursue ißdealiM with our public estate being yet underdid, it would be premature to. mat* WF* posal on the subjeot at present «i», now. ever, clear that as we are adroittiitnpg the Land Department In the iritettMß M settlement, rather than of reyenue, vtrnm also, in the Interests of settlement jam sufficient provision for the main roadi, »• IJshaU therelore propose that there ahoaW be paid to that fund for the current yetf outVthe Public Works Fund,*J sum of £74,000, an amount suffiole»t witt «• available balance of the tend £*•*•«£ up £100,000. With reference to th««P«W"S numbers, was sp«nt last ytv. In oonclusion^K^ -"»■J»t,«* ■ produce, the cneouragement •^^JJ dement of the country in small hoMttg* anftheplpect of an early MdWnJJ JlZof wosß questions which h»w kerned long delayed, the restorationof • f™ seclU of the native portion toe« rule are considerations which jMttfy » aobe'r confidence in the future, andenconßg the leeislature to persevere in the couiw which it has followed with such advantage to the colony of a careful and methodic" finance, of a just and firm but condllawrj native policy, and of the settlement of OT land in such holdings as will promote"* occupation by the people. , Major ATKIHsON moved that the penoo of two months provided for in the PpWW ! Revenues Act w hereby extended for » period of one month, which, after swne o>■.] bate, was put and carried. ■_'. j

(Continued from page two.)

Printed and Published by the PK>prto»or. ffiWj Ebitt, oi Symonds-etreot, at hl» OtDMU PrtatSguflSj, WyndhsnMtoeet. to tteP* vluto of Auckland. New Zealand. TuuH3O4V, JUKI 28. 188%

fBF AUCKJ7AND EVENING STAR, JUNE 28.



' -TA3'DACEB TO-MOEHOW. PIANOFORTE, HOUSEHOLD FURNI °RKNERAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. ■OeaaeSnal Tablos, Kridera. Rocklna Chairg, , tSd Chests Drawers. Wnshßtands, Toilet Ware. B^h, CMir?o« Kitchen Utensils, Safe. Hollow ware. Mangle, &c Also. OtUce Desk. SAMUEL COCHKANE & SON, Auctioneers. W. S. COCHRANE, JAS. DACKK ■Jtf O T I C E. THE SALK OF IMPROVKU FARM AT TAURANGA nAS been ros-rroNRD to WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. BAMUBL UOCHKANK & SON. Acctioncera W, 8. OOCHBANKI UAfl. DAOKB MONDAY, JULY 2. FREEHOLD PROPERTIES. SIX.ROOMED HOUSE and STABLES, JNUGENT-STKEB.T. 570 ACRES, KARAKA. 50 ACISKS, GREAT BARRIEK ISLAND. 10 ALLOTMENTS, POKENO. mUE Subscribers will sell by auction, at X their Rooms, Fort street, on Monday, sad Jnlj, at 13 o'clook. By Order of the Trustee in the Estate of Mrs Susan Robinson : ALI.OTMKNTb 23 and 21. Sub. Lota 8 and 1. t co. 6, Suburbs, having a rrootago of H9 feet to Nugent'St-eet and 100 feet to Quarry Koad, with a well-built Homo ot 6 rooma and large Stabliou erected thereon, Terms Kasy. By Order of tho Executors in tho Estate of — Homo: KARAKA-Lota 2 and 11. containing; 670 notes—a flue Block ot Land, fronting Mannkan Harbour Alao, OKKAT BABEI»R laLAND-N.W. part 75. containing 80 aores POKBNO—IO AUotmontc SAMUEL COCHKANK & SON, Auction Bsr?. W, S. OOOHRAHt IJAB. OAOLB WEDNESrUY, JULY 4. HOUSEHOLD FUKNirURF", IKON SAFE, CASE CUKIOS. npHE Subscribers have received instruc- X tlona from Mr Themw Powell to sell at his Premli Oi), Lowe Q«'.on-3treo(, on Wedni-a -day, 4th Jnly. at 11 o'clock. The WHOL'C uf tis FUIiNITURiC oon" talned In tho DINING KOOMS. Lower (Juoon-strcht, cor.tii-tlr.g of Dlnii X and Bodroom Furnitnro; a New Iron More, by Tann, and a tplendld Caso Coral Shc'ls, Curios, Storps, &ci. BAMTJJEL COCH KANE & SOS, A.uctioaan3. TOMORROW, THE HA\ MARKET. FOR SAL if, at the flaymarket, to morrow (Friday), at U o'clock. A Single-seated Hooded Bu«gy, with lamps; all in good order. Also, Set of Harness. AliFKlil* BUCKLASD. SATURDAY, JUNE SO, AT 1 O'CLOCK. AVONDALE. S7OR SALE (»ithont reserve) on Satur- I" day next. June 30. at ono o'clock, on tho farm occupied by 11. D. Grant,, HIS DAIRY, consisting ol 20 Cows (in milk or calf) Three year old Bull, by Young Robin ' Adair Young Cattle, Horse Spring Cart and Harness ChalE Cutter, Sundries Stack Meadow Hay (abont U tons) Also. The Leasfl of the Farm, containing 60 acres, haviDg three years unexpired, at an annual rental of £60. Luncheon Provided. ALKKEP KUCKLAND. ' WEDNESDAY, JULY 4. £1400 VALUB OF ENGLISH• MADE FDRNITURE, OIL PAINTINGS, LARGE MIRRORS, PIANOS, MUSICAL BOXES, RUGP, MATS, MATTRASSES, PILLOWS, FENDERS, CABPETF, FLATEDWARE, FANCY FLOWER POTS, FILTERS, JEiTHISTIC FLOWMi STANDS, . BRACKETS, TJSA SETS, CLOCKB, &c, &c, &O. E. & A. ISAACS WILL sell by auction, at their Stores, Qaocnet, on Wednesday nest, JnlyUUi, at U o'clock, i?1/lnft VALUK OP DINING, DRAW. *14UU iNG-ROOM, AND LIBRABY BUIT KB; in Velvet. Cretonne, leather, Dunaßk, and Kep; What now, BraoKetf, Table Mats. Chair Gtuhionß, Work Tables, Sponge Baakete, Qallrt. OcoaaloniU Tablos, Bent Wood i Chain, Marble-top Watthatands, Toilet Tables, Klower Pota, Soreons, Folding Cbalia. Gipsy Tables, Foot Stools, Hat Stands, Towel Hones, Clocks,- Commodos, Glasa-b&ok Mnrblo-top Cbeffonlers, Bobk Cases. Bod-room Bnltes. Mnalo Btools, Pianos, Ciblnete, Quilts. Ruga. Hoarthrugs, Bheepskla and other Mata, Horeo halr. UmbraUa Stands. Smokers' and baloon 1 Tables, Card attndo, Workboxea and Writing Deaks, Vesed, CU Paintings, auslcal Boxes. Obimnoy Mirrors, Fecdoif, Carpet, Brao&ots and Tea Sale, Kilters, Pillows, Mat trasses, Blowtr Stands, Sec, &c. No Reserve. E. & A. ISAACS, Merchants and Auctioneers, " - TUo aUtntion if tho public :s purtloulftrly called to ibid exttnsivo and var.otl ehipment, n TONKS, B, O. OABE. B. D, TOWKB WEDNESDAY, JULY 4. BY ORDER OF THK BOARD OF QOVKR NOKB AUCKLAND COLLEQE AND QRAMMAR SCHOOL. -* O ALLOTMENTS & BUILDINGS, I O ALTKN ROAD AND WYNXAHD £\n ALLOTMENTS «.ND HOUSES, «s«> ALPHA, CRACROFT. and PORT ***' I^AND-biRKHTB, PARNKLL. ■" ■ | For Leaeo for 21 Years, On WKDNKBDAY. July 4, atl2o'olOOk. Plans now ready. B, TONKS « O 0., Auctionccri!. TUESDAYS. THE HAYMAEKET.S SALE OF WOOL] SHEEPSKINS' HIDJCB AND TAX.I/JW, enon Tneedaj, all! o'clock. ALFRED BUCKLAKD. DURHAM JCARDS, jL 1T 0B SALE, ut the Durham Yards, ft I? every TueftAar, at 11 o'clock, X 111DKH. TAIiLOW, WOOL, snd SKIN'S. X UUNXUIi i~HOLAH.



— Tea Merchants. Unapproached in Quality an<* Cheapness are tl*e TEAS Boinnv IT may not bo universally known that without Advertising, TMWUng. or Pufltoff, pOBERT NEAL has obtained in a few years tho Largest Retail Sales ok Teasi inthe Province of Auckland. This tact is unmUtakublo proof of the PURENESS andl SUPERIOR QUALITY of the TEAS SUPPLIED. As the result of forty years1 English and Colonial experience in the trade and by careful selection of the best of the various growths of INDIA and CHINA TSTAB, ROBERT NEAL is able to give his Customers EXTRAORDINARY VALUE. ■ The Blend of Tea at Is. 10a. IS UNEQin E H D e m ■ _ , , o m i o irt . Is the Best Importad this Season. The Blend of Tea at As. lud. A TNat to connoisseurs. The SUPERIOR QUAMTY of tho Teas sold by Robert Neat, are bo self-evident to those who have tried them, that no scientific analysis is necessary to proclaim their Gonuina Purity and' Excellence. Theatre Royal Buildings, Queen and Victoria Streets, Auckland. pa i %<a^c i i\i ' ' ' dsnP?ur Nelson' Moate * Co^ pURE IJLENDSP fII CELEBRATED It has Wo Equal for T.u* Natural Q H ALLENGE Flavour, Valuo, and Strength. 2/-,2/4 ? 2/S ir § ft J :- 3/-, 3/4, 4/- "' o # II f 1-tb. and J-!b. Packat*. j-y £1' |f j I HHkSI HALF-CHESTS. BOXES. ' |LJ| I Jin "PRESS," I "Mr. Nelson is a Professions! Taa Taster and Blender." u>hbw| ya COLD&SILVER MEDALS. "*" ™ NPT^n-NT HffoATPAfo PEEK-STREET, AUCKLAND, ELSOU, JfJOATE & (/). Next New » Zealand TEA MERCHANTS, Clothing Factory. CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON. AQENTS-EVERYWHERE. Drapery, &c. __ t _ FIRE! HREN F.RE!!! COMING DOWN Imperative Clearing-Out Sale OIF1 READY-MADE CLOTHING Ami MEN'S MERCERY. lg|*on account of tho great fire next door and of OUK PREMISES COMING DOWN, we arc obliged to SACRIFICE Our Large & Well-assorted Stock of Clothing AT HOME COST i Ecmombov, as wo are not ablo to secure other Promises in Queen-street, we MO f»UJI(J to CLEAR OUT OUR ENTIRE STOCK AT ANY SACRIFICE. AVo arc not going to England, but are bound to vacato our present shop, and MO bound to Clear Every Lino in ONE MONTH. Our Stock comprises every requisite iti Men's, Boys', and Youths' °* our wolJ known Superior ReadV-innde Clptlling. Every Article has been elected with tho greatest regard to Durability, combiiiod with Good Workmanship and tho Latest Style, NOTE THE ADDRESS:— J. LEVY, 214, Queen Street, "%s£*"'• N.B.—Established since 1809.) | (Sale commences 23rd June. GREAT FIRE IN LONDON SALE OF SALVAGE STOCK. J. M. M CLACHLAN, 222, QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE UJSITED SERVICE, Baa Just returned bom London, where he remained two months, In orraer to take adrantant or thb IMMENSE SALE OF SALVAGE STOCK From the great Wood-atreet Fire. Two Million* weie paia by the ft»ui»nos Compulu al Compensation, bat the Lobsob far eiooed that amount. The Catalogue! »nd Viowa ot Fire mar be seen In Mr Molaohiaa'B windows. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNTRY BTORBKEEPBHB TO REPLENISH THEIR STOCK. hUV OF HOMK O» run BARGAINP. ALL NKVV AND FABHIONABLK UOOD9. FOR CASH ONLY. DRESSES— £1,0.10 worth of RH.KS, at 25 per oont: rtlecnunt ....... .. 0 i TOMAN BBOCHK. In sil the New Snides, with plain to matoh Now Shades. ()>>I.UURKD URr 3 ukain. 8a lid : rtKUlir orlop. 6>6d I BUCK. BATIN, from ita 8d to Vl* 6d ; regular orino. J. 6d to 178 01 BLACK BILKm. warranted not to oat or vet oblney, rodooed from 17s Bd to 11s »d and 12a Od BROO*DfflS rOTTOWAN SILKS, 5s lid to 12j Bd : uroat prloo, 7s Od »o 17a6d BbAOK SATIN UK LYONS anrt BLACK BHTIN KHtOiMKB at tame KauoUonJ 1 case VHLVKTKKNS. all the New Bhsdeß. 28114; Jenolar prloo. la w nutoa "*" - l 8 6(J> Thege atQ Bo(e , nd wa , m looking, and ve^y faahionahle 1 case BLACK C «-SHM KW. S <very good). 15 Inches wide. Is 9d to 2a 6d j worth 2i 8A to3a fld 1 case New Shades FRttNCH CA3UMKtt*S, Cream, pink, &c, da 3d; worth la 0d FURJNISHING- . 60 pieces Wliio and Good Whlto CALICO. 3a lid per dozen: worth 5d per jard 60 pleoea Horrook'd Beat A CALICO. 8a 9d per dozen: worth 6J Por yard Boantital dsilgna New BRUS 1«L8 OABPiiT. 38 3d Bast BRU-BEL3 SAILED. 4a 3d 20 piooea Beantlfol TAPHS rhY OABPKTS, Is UJd: regular price. 3a 8d 3 bales Beat BLANKJCTS. 9-4, wolghs 81bs Boza. for 12s 8d: worth 181 Kxtia Snp»r 121 BLANKKTa. welaha Wibs, 37«: worth 15a i alao. all pr. 088 between 20 SDlndiea FKOKRING WOnL (Rood chade), 2s 01 head: usnal prloe, Ssfid f)ne Ywd Wide Imltfttlon WeMi Klannel, U. worth la 6d Wide Army Flannel, a Splendid Artlole, la Hid. worth ia 9d CLOTHING- A SPKCIAL PDKOaABB OK *6!0 WORTH, OOnsUtlng Of -100 Boyß' Norfolk Xweed SUITS, 10s 6d; wonh 16s EOO Hojf,' sin trio Broaet sao SUITS. 13a lid; worth 20a 200 Youths' ditto, 17s 6d; worth 23j 61 100 pairs Mend Tweed ißODawia, 5s lid; worth 8a 150 Worsted i button Saca. Papetn. and Galatea COATS, all at 18a Gd: worth 24a 59 pairs Mor.'s Cnloured MOLES, 53 lid; worth 7s 0d IUO pair- Kxt'a 8t ut ditto. 7a lid: worth 9a 6d 40 Wotorprooi Tweed MACKINTO3HKB. from Ms to 355: usual prioe, 35b to 15s £0 Superior Pawn and itlua Caahmera MACKiNTOBaK3, the DKBl' MADK, reduced ! from 63s to 53g, Varueet dza ; smsller Bizes at lower prioea i Mt'n'rf Rlack CiOlli & KOOE. GO ATH, for Clorg/men or Professional Men, 50a Meu's 4-Bucccn WORST>cD COAT aid Vest to match, splendid fit and Quality, 60s Boja' Knitted Knlcker and Jtmr aUHS MILLINERY AND MANTLES -1 case Gents' DOUBLE SILK UMBRKLLA.B, 9s 6d; worth 15s aid Most Fashionable Gooda. and ars a Wondertal Bargain. THE WHOLE STOCK REDUCED TO EFFECT A CLEARANCE, J. M. M°LACHLAN, 222, QUEfENSTREBT, ttEXT CRUICKBHANK, MILLBK & GO'S.



Drapery, etc. \ Important Ahnoukcemjbnt. S?ALT7I I QAL I ' I | BEGINS ON MONDAY, JUNE 25T H, CHEAP (VHAPKRY QALK. HKAP JL/RAPERY OALK. POR OWE MONTH, ALTERATION TO PREMISES. Everything Marked Dowsr During This Sale. White and Brown Calico, 2{d Wlnoey.BJd,iJd.6d,aßdßa Flannels, from Cjd to Is 6d Hollands, from 4id . Honeycomb Towels, from Si oach Twill Cretonnes, from i Jd yard Good Chintz, iijd yard Fanoy Drees Plaids, 6id yard l&l Pieces Ribbuns, 2d yard ISO Warner'* Celubratoa Oorseta, 3) lid 121) Ladlet' Blict Cioth Jaolieta. 6s 6* to 27a SO Ladles' Black Uoal Bkln Jackote, Ss 6d CO Utldß' and Girls1 Ulaok Beal Hklu Jackola ft* fid Men's White ShlrW, from 3d lid (0 0< Bd Men's flax fclilrta, from Is 6d Men l Flwinol bhlrta, Irani 3* 6d Men's Tweed Trouiers, from 8a 6d Men's Ttoojers »nd Ve«w, Us Men's Tweed Suits, 27* Woollen Tweeda, from Is 3d Blue Serge, 3d yard Unbleaotied Sheeting. B}4 yard Laos Curtains, 7a 9d to 25s Ice Wool Squares, i educed to Is oach Irish Crochet Trimming. 8d doz Mou's and Boys' ClothlnK marked down under oost Girls' Bi&ok Cloth Jackets at half price Lsdieo' Uuen Hundkorchlefa Rsmnants In all Pieoo Goods at CLEARING PRICES. Broohe Silks, Satins, Velvets and Velvoteens, Ribbons, Laces, Fancy Goods, Hosiery and Gloves. Mantles and Ulsters, AT CLEARING PRIOEa D. M'PfIOIOH, DRAPER AND CLOTIILHR, HAEAKIUnIrE ROAD. MEN'S TROUSERS TO AIEABURE, 13a Cd. MEN'S SUITS TO MEASURE, £3 15s. Tha lUMENSH SUCCKS3 which has attended the 1 New Zkalanu Tweed Cosipany since opening, enables them to MEASURE AT THE ABOVE PRICKS. JOSEPH MOSES, MANAGER. Ironmongery. [ riHEAE OABDWAHI JOTOUIII. m, QusßN>STßnnr J * ft J DIOKH UAVK FOR BAL* -1 BOW AT18 AJMUOAPTHIO UAMI'S usa. z\ BOURBB, FONTB, OLODIB, iSIi WICM I And • QrMl Varies vi Ofclionlß BODUIE'B LOOKWOOD'S, AHD WIQfAUS MUM) AND POCKBTKKX. JOHVBOM'ti OKLBBKATKI) HOISBORS tt^LIUCS BQliaHB BAUOKPAHH, fci) tJU:>-ifija'S Vi SNX T«A AHD OOFiKS fc»OTB| STArdPED Tf.'.'i.B« ilKA'f AHD Vn DiSKitt:, iIiSIHS AKD &UK PAKS '»:! .-ii-ii,), Hi-'C'ilJt'J^, XUMS, FAEL9, A*r. uviisß, iiuooiaa. scuDJißKJta, Wuiskj, kc, hair, Cloth, ahd Nail BBnsnJu fAUK'a, BLAOKB, AHI) LYMUOH'V aFADBS AND UIUUINd OARDRN HOBB. iUKKM. AND XKOWKLr. AUQDBS, PLAhJCa.HAZoHSBS, BBAOI3, iwim Aim PAinm Him (all sifecl. LOOKS HIKGJSB, NAHJ?, AMD iiK.iBSWABB Scorr's Gbsdihs Whits LstAH, HAir abd noiiiKr ;.ihsssd fO's, j i fiVSS PKR CBKT. USflOdCrSX] j Aiiovroa to C«fc iuri.Jiirsi* on all Ssis ; «m nntlr,» to 50s- act? w«j< — ] I | UNION OIL, SOAP, AND CANDLE COMPANY LIMITED). j MAN FACTURKRB OV COMMON AND TOILET SOAPS, [ OANDLKS, PEANUT, AND OTHHB LUBRIOATINQ OILS. Boap and Dandle Works I Pabnbll Oil Works i OusTOHHouBB-Bißjun West, i Warehouse and Offices! Lovn ALBEBX 81-bekt. Gash Porohuere of Tallow. Jollvery taken at their Parnel' Works or Wtuehouie.



■ ' Sewmtr M&cnmea. BX SPECIAL .-•^%i|S?'£v:'«, APPOINTMENT. [ESTABLISHED 1855.] BUY ONLY THB CELEBRATICD /domestic\ \ MACHINES. / The Kosleat, Simplest, Best Mado, and Most Durable. LARGEST KHOwTJKOOM IN NEW Ztf ALAND, Tho only Sowing Machiiro which has nevor been beaten In competition. SOLK AORNTS IN Nls\V ZEALAND I SKAKKSPKAK & CO., Qnoon-street, \ Oppoijito the Market Lime &c 1%/rAHURANGI UYJUKAULIC LIME. The WiRKWORTH CItMKST COMPANY beu to acqunlnt their cumeroua friends that thoy am now able to exeouto all orders wiih despatoh, tho sudden increase In their business lately havln« led to many disappointment.—J. P. KIUI). 83, Qaeen-Btrtet. SoioAßont Town Vuril i (hu tuniluuiso-btreei Went (next Sims and Bfown'a). Qi;oust> Lime. GROUND LIMB, FOR SALE,:'. SOUTHGAT E'B MAHURANGI HYDRAUIiI GROUND ROOHB LIMK, In any Quantity, for Concrete Paths, Floors Cellars, etc. (next to stono flagging.- Is un rivalled for durability and hard-setting qualities). For tanks and other wet work 1 la a iirst-class matorla B. KEANE, SOLE AQBNT, Cdstom-hotjse-street. mAKK NOTICS-Tlmt notwithstanding J nil that 1> said In favour of other Mahn rangl Llmos, tho ctoady bat incroasing demand from «!1 rarta of .Auoklind and Provinoe, South and tuitrtUi, la & sufllcient (/uarttntee as to the gennlnwa nr I'ULHAM. Ds.WNsTITNK ANU <X).'-i HYDKAUMC I.IMK »or Walls, floors and O^rdeu Paths it Cannot uk Kubdbd UOT. —For nlrcalara Mid fnrthtii- hJormatlou apply al Anotlnnd llranoh. CnHlom-hcuiKiftroet West. Muaicnl. JUST jjANDBD, A -loantlfuJ Assortment of BOHU' Ko- 8 ROBBWOOD S WALNUT PIANOS, Also. HARMONIUMS 1 HARMONIUMS Snrpooslnsr «H rtofnro Importoil for sweetnew of tono. oonib'jiai with power. Price from «10 toßoOuiiio«j, with two Uowra of lioya In Kle gant C«*w, nhloh will bo sold .it a Keduotlon (ur C»ah, or on the Uoforriyl Hyatein of Pay- Dill, VJf.iß AND CO.'t MUBIO BiXOON, I.YCiU.J HALL. HonsnK BTithKr. Tiear vlctorlr.-»trpet T3UILDINSS COMING DOWN. In connequenoo of the Oily Counoll having sold tho linlldUMCs, J. HOWDIiN Is oomriOlißft to O;ear Oot his Stock of WATUHKH, OLOClid. JItWSIitiBEY, tIASKJJ, OKOAN3. fc HARMON IUMS, Kto., Km As no Roasonablo OiV.ir will be Refused to Oaßh, ho trusts tho I'ublio will take advan tage of this, his First Hale for S3 years, and give him a Call at onob, Shoetland-strhkt, Business Notices. TIIHKK DOORH AD'IVK "8TAB" OrTIOB. MKUOIIANTM ACCOUNT BOOKB, iNSOKiNi'B AND Ml!«lNQ HeOIBTKB BOOECI Spvcmiay Uulkd and Bound, Music, MakXEines. Public Libraries and Sunday Uchool Hooks well bound, BAKKRB BPKOIAXj RULKD DAY BOOKS. Bibles Prayer, and Hymn Books Kc-bound. AND ANU CHOIR MUSIC BOOKB RULKD' Formosa In Morte. XTEW ZEALAND FKRNS XI (Unmountod, or Tastof ully Mounted In various warn), From 12 np to 120 Varlotloa. FOU 9AIJE BIT ERIC CRAIG, PRINCKS-STRKKT. J* 13. Blaiku VIOTOEIA'STBKKT, IMPORTER OF BUIItDKRS1 ft FURNISH INQ IRONMONOKRY uibbot moM MANurAtwuiuiiw, Has for Bald, at )-ow Rat««- OaMienters' Tools NalUi Looks, Hinges Kttohon Ranges ltctrfstor Grates, lv great Variety Marbla and Bnamollod dlata Mantlepleosß, JLargent Bf'jck lv Auckland Marble, Klootro-Hete, Curb, and othor Fonderi Galvanised Irun, Shoot Lead, and Zino Blates, Catnsnt, and Pl&utur PKOTION INVITK f g* P E A 0 0 0 X, J « OPTICIAN HAS IN STOCK SPKCTAOLK3 AND KYB GLASSKS of evory description. AN Accurate Fit GnAHANTEKD. Compound Microscopes & Tblbscopm, Powerful and Cheap. ANBTROID BAROMRTH.RS, THBRMOMHTKafI, Klbotbic Brt.fs, Battbbibs, and Fitttingb, Maßtioto Kleotrlo Machines and Medical Colli. Theodolites, Compasses, Sextants, Bplrl Hydrometers, Sacoharometorß, SaUnomotors, Argontomotors, &c, &c, &o AQBNT TACH^W^BIa 8^1110 OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE, SnOUTLAND-RTRBBT, KBTABWSH*E IN nr.ABGOW, SCOTLAHD, 1881, BAMES X E R R, r9 GHNBIIAL WOKKING CUTIiKR, Weii.ksluy-rihkiit Kast (Sooond Shop from Quoon-ytrcet). Razors, SolbeciM. and Knivss Rroand and sat, Pocket Knlven re-blaaed, and all kinds of Cmlory repaired, &o. J. K. win alwayx hove on hand a First-class (■'tookof (-JnuHohold and Pucket Catlery to suit nil clauHOs and a capital stock of ttpootaolos to BUit B'l eights, Bpeotaclos fitted with New Wyes end (fides. AI,L WuKK GUAIUNTBBD. •fe Wt f^ICHARDS & CV, YMONDS-STRKKT (Opposlto St. Sepulohro's Schoolroom), GENERAL SEEDSMEN. Hay, Corn, and Chaff sold, as well as all de scriptions of Seed, including Seed Potatoes, at Lowest Possible Prices. TO ARRIVE, ExHolen MacGregor, from Cantorbury 580 Sacks Oats 1500 do Maize 120 Tons Potatoes,



Iroumongery. I E. POETEE & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMONGERS AND IRON MERCHANTS, QUEEN AND HIGH STREETS, AUCKLAND. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PLATEDWARE. RODGERS' & LOCKWOOD'S CELEBRATED TABLE CUTLERY. Eleotr--plato an a Nioklo Spoons and Forte, Bilver-platea Dessert ana FI B h Knlywwjjl Forjw. In Ivory and Pearl Handles. In Bets or iimos. Siivnr Plated on Beat Nlokle. Entree uishea In y . Beta. Fiat! Slices anil Carvers. Napkin Kings, Steak Dlshaa. Cruot Frames, Liqueur Frauds, Hinbosrol and Knuraffld Trays, Toa and Coffee Services, tjaKO and Card Baskets, Vino ticlsiors, Nntoracks, Oelory Stands, Sugars and Creams, T«rt Server.!, Hsu-dine Boxen, BofJe Uoldorfl, Sußsr Sifters, Fruit Spoons. Salad Knives end Forks. Br'.doscake Knives, Jally Spoons and Dishes, Child ren's Cnpa and, Sois. WHITE WIRE GOODS. E\GLISH AND AMERICAN TOOLS. From thb Usst Makbbs. H.mmers^hj»ls G &^ Itsn PfcnS. Plow PUnw. N Ickel-plstoa Bit Braces. Patent Kstchot Braces and Broast Drills. English and American Hand Saws, Boxwood Kules. Compasses, and Callipers, inc., Sea, BLACKSMITHS' AND MINING TOOLS. „ i *. • <*• ■!*« Purtib'e Korgee wl'!i Pan !>!.-.at. Ilydr&nlic t'upchoa acd Machine Sail li. iln In »nfl Uottlo Jaokß. N'jwly »< signed dniltha' Hearth Anvils, all wefcjhts, Av.vlls withVlco ninijinod Bwaae Hlook-i. Hearth Backs. Water Tujre Irons, Turning Jjftthps for Iron and Wood, Stocks and Dies, f crowlns: Machines for Holm »nd I'lpoa LrlUiDg Machines. So, COOKING STOVES AND RANGES. OUIi LAUGE S rOCK OF STOVES COMPRISE- Q W Smith ani Wellstood's, Watson, Qow and Do/8. American Oookinft Stovos. with la'ert JroP*?**1 mi>nts, for Coal or Wood. K. P. & Co.'s Self-ntting Cottntra Ranges with oven and boiler; Manges with 2 ovens and boiler, raitab'e for large tamlllee and hotels. M ARBLX MANTKLPIBOKS In Carved Statuary, White Vein. So. XMAMKLLKU BLATg DlttOi In Black and Gold, and Other NBWSjrWfc NBW DBBIONB In TUo Heartha. Tiles lor Shops. Baths, rotaUnre, tun. SX, STEAM ENGINES AND STEAM PUMPS. Just Landed, a Shipment of the above, from TANGYE 880B1., compri.lng Phosphor Bronzes. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LANTERNS, FOR 01.-, CANDLE, AND KEROSENE. Tubular lantern.", Harraoano Lanterns. Fuim lanterns, 6tnb!e lecterns, Packet i.ai tome Bull's eye Lanterns. Tubular Lantorca can be llllod, lighted, and rcsubtel without reinovtau toe globe. lE. POETEE 8d CO. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT RETAIL DEPARTMENT : EIGH-STKHKT, i - QUKKN-STEEET, AUCKLAND, BRANCH STOKE: NEWMARKET. ALL ORDERS DELIVERED IN TOWN AKD SVBURBS t