NOTES FROM QUEENSLAND

(by our own correspondent.)

Toowoomba, Queensland, July 26th, 1884. Queensland is the youngest of tho colonies of Australasia, and has had a separate oxistonce of its own of loss than twenty-five years. At tho timo of its severance from New South Wales the population was about 34,000, while now it may be reckoned in round members at more than a quarter of a million souls; that is, speaking roughly, about one half of the population of New Zealand. The area of Queensland is enormous, being no less than 430,000,000 acres. Since 1868 a continual effort has been in force to settle people in the colony, but tho results would seem to havo scarcely repaid the labour and money expended. About six million acres have been alienated so far; and four million more are held under the conditional and homestead selection system. This* is but an infinitesimal proportion of the whole ; so that it may bo fairly said that the public estate of tho colonists still remains intact, to be dealt with, if the new Land Bill be comes law, on the principle of leasing. In the unsettled districts under pastoral leases there is an area of 304,000,000 acres, producing an average of 9s Id per square mile per annum, or one - fourth of a farthing per acre. In the settled districts arc 7,000,000 acres held at a rental of £1 ISs 4d por square mile, or fd per acre per annum. The total amount received from tho wholo extent of this immense pastoral holding is about L 240,000, which it is cer tainly within tho mark to call inadequate. It is quite timo that another system of dealing with tho Crown lands should be tried in placo of tho old ones, which have been found wanting. The novel scheme is contained in the Land Bill now before the Queensland Parliament, of which I sent you a resume last mail.

Every endeavour is being made to induce peoplo to come out from the old country to pottle in Queensland. Shiploads of as sisted immigrants arrive in Moreton Bay every week or two, and find employment in various parts of the colony, but not at a very rapid rate. Immigrants seem to remain on hand at the various depots as if the demand for them was not very brisk. At tlte date of writing three ships from British ports, bound for Brisbane, are on the way, bringing 624 "bounty" immi grants, as they are called. The Govern ment intend to take a new departure with regard to immigrants. Arrangements are being made for the soleotion of suitable peoplo on the continent of Europe, and for tho engagement of them on certain terms, and for a specified time. It is hoped by this means that the labour question may be solved, and the necessity for the extensive introduction of Asiatics into the colony avoided. It will be interesting to watch whether poor Germans, Italians, etc, will cut out the Chinamen, and forestall the Tamil labourers whom somebody proposes to import.

The labour problem is one of the hardest that Queensland has to solve. Recruiting is now confined to the South Set. Islands— that is to say, New Guinea is a field which must not be touched; and the present flovernment have made the regulations controlling tho traffic very stringent. These wore, it was supposed, likely to put an end to it altogether. Vessels novo, how ever, fitted out and sailed under tho new regulations, though it remains to be seen whether the latter will be literally observed or dexterously evaded. It is pro bable that tho labour trade will continue for somo timo under any circumstances. The sugar planters will soon be in a des porate condition, and no doubt prepared to pay fancy sums for labour to keep their plantations going. So far, and in the North especially, alt attempts to employ white labour on the plantations have proved utter failures. It has not been a question of wages so much as the impossibility of inducing Europeans to engage in the ex hausting labours of the cane brake at all.

The sugar industry of Queensland is seriously affected, and likely to be retarded l:y the difficulty in procuring labourers. Kanaka labour formerly cost the importer from £10 to £12 per head, but now it is reckoned at £25. The expense of housing, feeding, and overseeing them is estimated to average littlo, if anything, short of a pound a week each. In many instances the recruits are mere hoys, and unsuited for doing a man's work; in many others thoy aro diseased, and have to lie by a good deal of their time and receive medical tittf ntion and nursing; and frequently, with nil tho care possible, they die wholesale on the planter's hands, thus in curring a heavy loss to the employer. Kanaka labour, it vt ill thus be seen, is not cheap labour ; its only redeeming quality is its reliability. No other labour as yet tried is nearly so reliable. The " boys " work cheerfully and well under European over sight ; anything they may be put to is all die same to them ; and when the stress of labour comes upon them they serve their masters without worrying them by per petual strikes and foolish agitation. An other trouble of the sugar-planter is the fall in the price of his product. A short time ago the average price of a ton of sugar was fairly estimated at L2O or even L 25 ; now, however, it has dropped to Ll7 and Lls. Within a few months therefore the outlook has seriously changed. Capital is not forthcoming for the development of the industry, and the banks refuse to advance money on sugar plantations. Sugaropolis —as Mackay is so frequently called—is at tho present time the embodiment of dull ness and depression. The town wears the appoarance of having outgrown require ments, and of being very much overdone.

In Mackay, G2smiles from Brisbane, theie aro over twenty mills in operation, and the output of sugar last season was 14,&_0 tons, against 10,712 in 1881-2. One result of the depression has been that planters who formerly converted their juice into sugar now merely crush their cane, and send the juice elsewhere to be manufactured. On one plantation in the Maryborough district vacuum-pan sugar was manufactured last year, giving constant employment to twenty-two Europeans, besides about sixty Kanakas. This year manufacturing will be abandoned, and the number of hands required for crushing operations merely will be six Europeans and the plantation's pre sent complement of Kanakas. The quantity of sugar exported from Queensland during twelve months ending June 27th last was 22,355 tons. In 18S1 this export was valued at L 207.210, the valuo of 7,596 tons. The acreage under sugar cane was 28,026 in ISBI. Ten years before there were 9,581 acres, so that it is evident the industry has grown very rapidly, Mackay is the chief sugar-producing centre ; Bundaberg is the next, a place with about a couple of thousand inhabitants, situated on Burnett River, 270 miles from Brisbane. Its output last season was 7,467 tons of sugar.

With regard to the present season the prospects are good on the whole. The older plantations, where the soil has been ex hausted, can hardly be expected to look well; but the newer lands carry as heavy a crop as usual. Prices are expected to rule low.

The following extract from the " Queens lander " newspaper will give some idea of the capabilities of the soil of Queensland :—" By comparing the results of trials with various fruits in the different latitudes of the colony, reliable information is gathered as to where they may be grown to most profit. It was once thought the orange would never be thrifty and productive in a very wide range of locality ; facts, however, show that in suitable soil it does well in all latitudes, at any rate as far as Cooktown. Both European and mandarin oranges, the product of the surrounding country, are sold in Cooktow*n, and quite equal any from tho southern portions of the colony, or New South Wales. The area in which the lime can be profitably grown is more limited. The warmer portions of Queensland suit it admirably, and anyone with a little capital and the needful pluck and spirit might make a very good thing of growing limes for limejuice somewhere between Cardwell and Cookte wn, Bananas and pineapples are best grown where frost is unknown, and that would bo anywhere north of Mackay, The apple, pear, and plum, with very few exception., will not be worth growing any where within the tropics, except around Herberton, or such places, wheretheelevated character of tho land would cause a reduced average temperature. Of the peach and the grape tho same may be said, and although both are grown with a degree of satisfaction beyond the limit mentioned, the results are not altogether pleasing or profitable. The coldest districts of the colony are alone suited for growing the cherry, gooseberry currant, and raspberry ; butthestrawbeny enjoys a somewhat wider range. Coming to tropical fruits, tho mango has about as wide a range as any, but it will not stand many degrees of frost, and should never be planted in the south of Queensland except where the frost is ex ceptionally light-...., on the tops of hills no ver on the flats or ill-drained land The mangosteen, the dutfon, the breadfruit and jackf ruit will be limited to the extreme north, nowhere south of Cardwell; 'go also

The list of agricultural products abovo given is a tempting and varied one, and by itself would mislead tho unthinking. So many things may be grown, it is true, but under what disadvantages '/ I will try and answer this question in my next letter.

CAPTAIN JACKSON BARRY MOBBED.

StonCT "larrikins"—young and middle aged— have an unsavoury reputation in the whole of the colonies, and an " old iden tity," Captain Wm. Jackson Barry, will doubtless by this time have accepted the popular view of the question of " preced ence " in all kinds of ruffianism. On Sun day, 3rd inst., several thousands of people wero in Sydney Domain listening to "stump " orations by various friends of the people. Things were proceeding tran quilly enough until the sudden appearance of tho irrepressible- Captain Barry, who turned up at the very moment when the audience were amusing themselves by listening to the facetious jeremiads of their favourite "stump," Mr H. Brown, who, when he is not giving vent to his oratoricai rage, gains an honourable livelihood by superintending the early morning labours of the Corporation scavengers. Captain Barry, in seeming forgetfulness of the rough hand ling he received at the hands of tho crowd last Sunday on the same spot, and with a boldness which does n^tre credit to his temerity than to the prudence which is generally attributed to a man of his ex perience and years, ventured to interrupt the How of Mr Brown's eloquence by de manding an account of the manner in which the funds collected on behalf of the unem ployed had been applied. Now, apart from the inopportuneness of tho question, it was hardly a fair one to put to the soi-disant future candidate for East Sydney, who is not one of those who collected the said funds, although he has at times contributed his mite towards them. It was soon seen that Captain Barry hadnotdone wellinthusbeard ing the lion in his den, for no sooner had the orator perceived his interlocutor than he began to launch out againsthim in language more forcible than complimentary. Tho result of the orator's tirade was to fix the eye of the crowd upon the subject of it, and the unfortunate captain was no sooner " spotted " than he was " rushed." Tho gallant captain wielded his walking-stick about the heads of the aggressors in a manner worthy of Jack Shaw, the Life Guardsman, but all in vain. He was hemmed in, and hustled and jostled about, backwards and forwards, o,nd from right to left, in a manner which seemed to indicate that the mob was bent on something more serious than a frolic. The affair began to assume a most grave complexion, when several courageous gentlemen, including an honour able M.L.A., seeing the imminent danger in which Captain Barry was in, made a rush towards him, and succeeded in getting close up to him, surrounding him as best they could, struggling and lighting with the in furiated crowd ; and availing themselves of the different trees they were thrown against as coigns of vantage, they managed to prevent the poor captain from being thrown down and trampled under foot. The undaunted behaviour of tho captain's protectors seemed to scare tho crowd, which must at this moment have numbered at least 2,000. Thoy fell back for an instant, when an attempt was made to get the cap tain inside the Art Gallery ; but the atten dants and policemen, seeing the captain (who now appeared to be very exhausted) supported between two gentlemen, and fol lowed by a howling and hooting mob, very wisely concluded that the art treasures under their charge would be in danger if the fugitive and his pursuers were ad mitted to the building together, and they, therefore, very prudently and promptly shut tho doors. With great difficulty Captain Barry managed to gain the porch, where the mob overtook him,and were about to drag him forth when the museum atten dants, assisted by a policeman, managed to squeeze him through the door whiclr wag slightly opened for the purpose, then imme diately closed again. The crowd had now increased to about 4,000 persons, who re mained outside in the hope of seeing tho captain appear. In this, however, they were disappointed, as he left by the rear of tbe building, by which he gained the Go vernor's garden, whence he made good his escape ; upon which he has very good reason to congratulate himsolf, because had it not been for the courageous behaviour of the four or five gentlemen who protected him, he would assuredly have been subjected to serious violence, and possibly knocked down and killed by being trampled under foot by the heedless, surging crowd.

The "Sydney Evening News," which occasionally panders to the larrikin element, is decidedly rough on the gallant captain. It says :—" He has only himself to blame in the matter, because he had no right to go and recklessly disturb a meeting in the manner he did. The speaker whom he interrupted was not alluding to him, and it was the height of bad taste on the part of Captainßarrytointervenewithhis irrelevant interruptions. If the captain has got some fad about the unemployed funds, he has a right to air it if he chooses, but not to make it a pretext for disturbing other people. We are not aware that those who contributed the funds in question ever complained of the manner in which they have been ap plied. On the contrary, there is every reason to suppose that they wero honestiy devoted to the purpose for which they were given; but even supposing such were not the case, the subscribers have not, so far as we are aware, deputed Captain Barry to inquire into the uses to which their money has been put, and in arrogating the right to do this on his own responsibility, he is assuming too much. This is the second time that Captain Barry has been the cause of riotous and disorderly scenes in the Domain on Sunday afternoons; and though it is unpleasant to animadvert upon the conduct of a man of his years, we are bot «d to say that his conduct has been rash, puerile, and altogether unjustifiable; and, as he does not seem to be capable or willing to accept the lessons taught him by his ex periences in the Domain, it is satisfactory to learn that the policeauthorities are taking steps to prevent him provoking a breach of j the peace there in future.

Printed and Published by the Proprietor,. Heniiy Brett, of Symonds-street, at his' General Printing Offlce, Wyndbam-street, isl the Provinoe of Auckland. New Zealand, Saturday August 16, 18$4.

THE AUCKLAND JKVENING STAK, SATURDAY AUGUST 1(5 1881

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I MONDAY, AUGUST IS. I UNREDEEMED PLEDGES 1 ___ , lUN UNREDEEMED PLEDGES! I JREAT CLEARING-OUT OF PAWN | (»« BROKER . a STOCK. R,. ARTHUR HAS received instructions fi'oT» S. A. Asher. of City Loan Office (who has dis- Hnd of his busincsl and is leaving Aucklaud) ' o iell by auction, at Arthur's Mart, on Monday ■ ie%t. at 11 a.m., __ ftrir BALANCE Of his STOCK-IN-TRADE. io^?S^eUNREDEEMBDPLEDO^ lonsistlngof Largo Quantity °£J^^Jv^-j ensive Asßortmer.t of N<3wand Second nana llothing, Merchandise, Sec, Sec. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, AND FOLLOWING DAYS. COMPULSORY SALE. COMPULSORY SALE. B On Account of Giving Possession to Con tractors. NO RESERVE. j I DRAPERY, CLOTHING, and GENERAL I MERCERY, 1 GABRIEL LEWIS I Ti"AS received instructions from Mr S. i ;'; I"L Coombos to Sell, on the premises of his ! 1 tiiotblng HaU, opposito tho Bank of Australasia, I § c unmenomg at 11 o'clook, ITHE WHOLE OF THE STOCK-IN-TRADE %3 ABOVE, TO SUIT PURCHASERS. THIS IS A, SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE BARGAINS, A3 THE GOODS MUST BE SOLD. | I TUESDAY, AUGUST 19. 1, HUNTER & NOLAN lU WILL nOLD THEIR I TTTEEKLT QiALE II at the newmarket yards, i : Junction of Great South and Onehunga Roads, OB* • j KAT AND STORE STOCK, DAIRY COWS. ?| SHEEP, AND PIGS. 1 [DURHAM YARDS. UTjIOR SALE, nt tht Durham, Yards, M A every Tuesday, at 11 o'olook, _ IIDES, TALLOW. WOOL, and SKINa tj r* HUNTIR ft NOLAN. f.t E. O. OARR.] |B. D. TONES \\ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. 1 AMERICAN ORGANS | AMERICAN ORGANS 1 I BY THE NEW ENGLAND AND PALACE 1 ORGANS COMPANIES. j B. TONKsTft CO. I "\}Sr iLlj Sell on Wednesday, the 20th, at I W Eleven o'clock, m 12 AMERICAN ORGANS, from 2 stops up ■s}' . wards, by the above celebrated makers, ! ; noted for their Organß being powerful M. - Instruments, combined with purity of : if tone. B W. S. COCHRANE] fjAIKS DACRE 1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. I BISCUIT MACHINERY. TTIOR SALE, at our Rooms, Queen-street, JJ on Thursday, August 21st, at II a'clock, 1 BISCUIT MAKING MACHINE, with Cutters, Mixing Machine and Rollers, complete, nearly new. SAMUEL COCHRANE ft SON, I Auctioneers. i . W. S. COCHRANE ] .JAS. DACRE MONDAY, AUGUST 25. FREEHOLD CITY PROPERTY. - ALLOTMENT, GREY-STREET. IrTIHE Subscribers will sell by auction, at JL their Rooms, Qneen-street, on Monday, 25th inst., at 12 o'clock, A VERY VALUABLE BUILDING SITE, having a frontage to Grey-street of 29 feet 5 inches, situate at upper end of street next Mr Potter's. For further particulars apply to SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. . WB. COOHRANE.I [JAMES DACBB, MONDAY, AUGUST 25. VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY. SPLENDID BUILDING SITES AND BUILDINGS. WATERLOO QUADRANT. EDEN CRESCENT. TTIHE Subscribers have received instruc 1_ tions to sell by auction, at their Rooms, Qneen-Htreet, on Monday, 25th instant, at twelve o'clock, THAT VERY VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, being Allotments 6 and 15, Section 7, City of Auckland, subdivided into 1 large allotments, as follows :— Lot 1. having 38 feet U inches frontage to Waterloo Quadrant, by 208 feet deep" with large Dwelling-house ereoted thereon. Lot 2, having a frontage of 38 feet 11 inches to Waterloo Quadrant, by 200 feet deep. Lot 3. having a frontage of 76 feet 11 Inches to Eden Crescent, by 152 feet deep, with Dwelling-house erected thereon. Lot 4. having a frontage of 77 feet 4 Inches to Eden Crescent, by 156 feet deep, with Dwelling-house erected thereon. These very desirable Building Sites are situa ated Immediately opposite Government House ■end adjoining Mr David Nathan's. From Lots 1 nnd 2 fiero is a magnificent view which can never be shut out, Such an opportunity as this for purchasing land in this locality very rarely occurs. ; For further particulars apply to SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1884. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. PRIZE BILLIARD TABLE, CURIOS, PICTURES, CHAIRS,'&c., &c. R. C. GREENWOOD HAS received instructions from Mr D. Lynch (who is removing to his new ■ (..finises) to Bell by auction, on Tuesday next, at 11 a.m., on the promises, Occidental Hotel, Vulcan Lane, PRIZE BILLIARD TABLE, Lot of RARE CURIOS, Pictures, Furniture, Chaira, Tables, &c, &o. R. C GREENWOOD, Auctioneer. MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1584. R. C. GREENWOOD HAS received instrnctions to sell, at Dowden's Mart, Queen-street, on above date, at noon, by Order of the Mortgagee, A Good 4-roomed House with cellar, con veniently situated in Sussex-street, Newton R.iad, on Lot 112 of a Subdivision of Part of Allot ment S, Section 7, Suburbs ot Auckland, having a frontage to Sussex-street of 31 feet by a depth of 111 feet Also, the Building known as the Nor hcoto Public Hall (built of wood, with shingle roof), together with Freehold Lot, being Lot 1 of Lots 2 and 3 of Allotment 30, Parish of Takapuna, County of Eden, having frontago to Qneen-street of 33 feet by a depth of 136 feet. Also. Mount Albert: About 11 acres of First-class Lund, good loamy soil, at Mount Albert, being Lots 4 and 5 of Section o of the Subdivision into I Aits of Allotments 13 and 83. 84 and 85, of tho ' Pa- ish of Titirangi. County of Eden, The land I'all ploughed, fenced, and planted. There is a magnificent view from the property. p. R. C. GREENWOOD, Auctioneer. f • aa #*. TP E A C O 0 X, • OPTICIAN. :,-' HAS IN STOCK SPECTACLE. AND EYE .GLASSES of every description. | Aw Accurate Fit Goakantkkd. - COMPOUND MICROSCOPES ft TELE SCOPES. ■ Powerful and Cheap. AiriROID BAItOMKTERS, THERMOMETERS. ; Euwrßto Bills, BATnatnc., and p";. . . • FrrriNoa. ,; ■ .'". ,' Magnectic Electric Machines and Medical Colls. <H^Es t jraopu-xA_nmw' I. ( __ AND MARINE GLASBEB, I T •IHaODOLH'ES, SEXTANTS, COMPASSES. ij SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.^TAYLOR'S a .. SEWING MAOmNHS. ■ *^_S!ftvS!^ of J* 0* * ■*•»*-» excellent ■ Mr^nfa-SSKS 8 *»_«^nM will be sold at 2. a jJJJ^e»«f"Wrn«. Nearly 600 In use in Auok -1 OPPOBITE Tia'ioST-OFFICB. B •teoßTuifMrj WW j,



A F." FK 8 & B1?*?3a"; A» Ih WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. AT DRURY SALE YARDS. FOR SALE, at tho Drury Yards, on Wednesday, August '20, m THREE-YEAR-OLD WELL-GROWN STEERS, from Rangirlri. ALFRED BUCKLAND. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. THE REMUERA YARDS. C.ALE OF DAIRY STOCK £_. FAT AND STORK CATTLE SHEEP AND PIUS ALFRED BUCKLAND. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22. THE HAYMARKET. FOR SALE, at the Haymarkct, on Friday, August 2_. Tho Property of John Leonard, Esq., KENILWORTII — For pedigree see Stud book GREY MOMUS—WeII-known 'Chaser XANTlPPE—Pedigree see Stud-book SHOTOVER—Upstanding Gelding, good and fast, over country, and a first-class Hack CAPELLA — 2-year-old, by Cap-a-pie—Xan tippe, with her engagements. ALFRED BUCKLAND. pOUNTRY CATTLE SALES. Pokeno—Monday, August 18 Drury—Wednesday, August 20 Papakura-Wcdnesday, August 27. ALFRED BUCKLAND. FOR PRIVATE SALE, on liberal terms, tho Estate ot Wm. McLaughlin, Esq., containing about 3.000 acres, in lota ot 10 acres and upwards, as may be agreed upon. This proporty is near the Papatoitoi Station; has been in grass for about 20 years; is woll adapted for agriculture, and Is in good heart for cropping as woll as bearing good grass at the present time. Terms: One-third Cash balanco can remain at 6 por cent.—Apply t Wm. MoLaughlin, Esq., or ALFRED BUCKLAND. FOR SALE, a Choioo Farm, fenced, and In grass, equally near the Kihikihi and To Awa mutu Townships, containing 5811 acres. ALLOTMENTS Nos. 31 and 35. containing 100 acres, at Whiriwhiri, near Wainku; substan tially fonood: fronting the Maoris' road loadln to Waikato Heads. FARM — Lot 95. Whangaroa, County of Raglan, containing 300 acres; good Homestead, considerably Improved (adjoining tho farm of W. Harsard); price required, £700. Also, about 700 acres adjoining tho abovo. ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAYS," THE HAYMARKET. SALE OF WOOL, SHEEPSKINS, HmKSr-TALLOW, HAY and STRAW, eaoh TUESDAY, at 12 o'olook. ALFRED BUCKLAND. .Established 1855.] st bpeciai, $_____$__*?& appointment we have tiie largest, cheapest, anp best selected stock of Bicycles and "Tricycles IN THP COLON?. Gentlemen desirous of obtaining any particu lar make for the ensuing season, wc shall be glad to INDENT by the next mail for any responsible buyer, and weundertako to delivor at 20.0r 25 per cent, lower than the prices now charged in Auckland. For example: "A 52 or 51 inch No. 1 Rudgo is charged at £22 Or £23. Wo will deliver the same on arrival r,t not more than £15 ---probably less." , Al*s. r H. SHAKI*SST>JBt*.H & CO., QtJEEN-STHEJ NS. D. E v J T T« gunmaker, t_^9M Queen - street, _f flßfmmW^^^^ Auckland Ipjfily (Opposite the City Market). '£s^C" f\ Established 1859. n^Hl^V Intending Buyers should in- R-HflUr J BPect the lakob stock of -MM-HCT"* ' Breech and Muzzle-loading E!"Ssjß|| Guns on hand. Thoy will see j*&l^rffi_! the BEST VALUE in Auckland. llllllWTW Every gun thoroughly examin ■JHlflßf edand guaranteed before deli- H W Hammerlesß Guns, with Siomen'B UK Patent Steel Barrels, 12 and 20 gauge; he Silver'sPatentAnti-recoilßnttPlatesi WSJ Webley's Bull Dog and Irish Consta- Bg bulary Revolvers, also his New Patent Bte Self-extracting Revolver; Kynoch's Mv Patent " Perfect" Reloading Metalllo ■agf. Cartridge Cases and Crimpers; Kley'a nj Revolver Ammunition and Metalllo Cartridge Cases ; Newcastle Chilled Shot; Curtiss and Harvey and Pigon Wilk's and Laurence's Gunpowder; Eley'a Wadding and Cartridge Cases; Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, Game Bags, Gun Cases, Cartridge Belts, Gun Oil, Tow for Gun Cleaning, Ferret Muzzles and Bells, Saloon Rifles, Air Canes, Breech-loading Implements, Fishing Taokle, Cutlery, Fire works. REPAIRS, Including Browning and Re stocking, specially attended to, and satisfaction ruarantetd. *'• JitYJ-LL, Gunmaker & Impoetkb, 251, Queen-street. Auckland. TIGHT HARNESS HORSES, SADDLE J HORSES, and all kinds of SPRING VEHICI-ES. Hired, Bought, and Sold, at CROWTHER'S VICTORIA WXTV-BS. Wei nfllßV-Htr^Bl COUSINS AND A T X I N, COACH BUILDERS, Elliott and Albert-streets, Have in Stock- Double and Single-seated Buggies, Hooded Phartons, Vis-a-vis, Waggonettes, Dog Carts, Second-hand Phaatont and Buggies, Also, lfanr Thousands Seasoned Finished Spake*, tht Beat Stock in Auckland. pHESTS OF DRAWERS Very Handsome Chests of Drawers, in Rich Mottled Kauri, are now selling at the following prices for Cash:—The Duke of Edinburgh Chest of Eight Drawers (the bonnet drawer richly panelled with totara, bird, and rowa rewa) J36 10s; Five Drawer Chests, £4. The above articles have always given great satisfaction, and be oome more beautiful with age, W. NORRLE, Top of Shoetland-strkkt. P F. M. BURROWS. ARCHITECT & BUILDING SURVEYOR, A.M.P. Buildings QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND (Over Goodson's Arcade). Mr P. F. M. Burrows (lato Government Architect) begs to announce that ho has resumed Practice at the above address, and to assure his mends and patrons that all works entrusted tc Offl tntr* will be carried out with flmtk" —*-**'• and expedition. aO O ~B A T ]_" «Hnv*)?.r] 0T 1 ?'l l TPc, U1i LIC HOT* C(>LD, AND SHOWER BATHS, VicTORtA- street East Chargo-ONE SHILLING. Open aWek days rwna'.* 1* 1* 1*.'?,,? A m" aa(!!-SUNDAY MORN ; INGS from 6 till 10 a.m. The Bath-rooms are all private, and supplied with every conven , lenoe, Turkish towels, flesh and hair brushes, | oombs, respirators, soaps, &o. Select Bath rooms (private) for Ladles every day, at all hours, with female attendance, One Shilling and ■ Sixpence. Please note the address—Victoria street East, above the Oreyhound Hotel, and noxt tho Cheap Bedding and Furnituro Mart Auckland. N.8.-Barber in attendance.



T. & S. MORRIN & CO. (LIMITED), Hardware Merchants, * Importers op* ENGLISH AXD AMERICAN IRONMONGERY, CEMENT, CORRUGATED IRON, SHEET, HOOP, PLATE & BAR IRON, SHEET BRASS, SHEET COPPER COPPER RODS AND BARS, BAR STEEL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Buggies! Carriages I Waggons! T. & S. MORRIN & CO. Havo now on view A LARGE SHIPMENT OP 2W **f!!d__^, > Sis M™* alaa o qB R !!!**! ft &a Ma &o:&■■•>,s&* ' - \ __*_ *gfa %s*{ '*J? |* BRADFORD S PATENT COMBINED MACHINE FOR WASHING, WRING ING, AND MANGLING. SUMMERSC ALE'S IMPROVED COMBINED WASHING AND MANGLING MACHINES. COOKING _STOVES AND RANGES. Now Landing, ex Rangitikoi, an extensive shipmont of COOKING STOVES AND RANGES. New aiid Improved Designs. LEAMINGTON RANGES A LARGE SELECTION OP g rrS Jii.,7l "^ ir- s I b* ALSO, ONE Sft. LEAMINGTON RANGE, WITH Covings and Plate Rack, Wrought-iron High-pressure Boiler, largo Wrought iron Oven and Roaster, strong Grilling Stove (complete), with Strong-framed Hot Plate, l'ipcs, and Taps. MARBLE MANTEL PIECES. Tho Grandest Show of Marblo and Ena melled Slate Mantelpieces in New Zealand. Very olegant designs ; choice colours. Designs quito now. T. & S. MOREIN & CO. Would draw special, attention to these Mantelpieces, being tho lirst shipment of tho kind ever seen in Auckland ; and prices very littlo abovo thoso of good wooden Mantelpieces. TILE-LINED GRATES, Tile Hearths, with Fenders and Fire Irons to match. COAL VASES. COAL VASES. ' COAL VASES. BRONZE ORNAMENTS. Elegant Bronze Ornaments in great variety. MANGLES. American Table Mangles, English Table Mangles, Two and Three-Roller Mangles, Wringing Machines, &c, 40, LAUNDRY STOVES. LAUNDRY STOVES. LAUNDRY STOVES. Charcoal Irons, Box Irons and Heaters, Mrs Potts's Sad Irons, Nickel-plated, &o. PACIFIC RUBBER PAINT. GENUINE PACIFIC RUBBER PAINT (in all colours) in £, _, and 1 gal. tins. Mixed Ready fob Use. GENUINE WHITE LEAD AND ZINC WHITE PAINT. Oils, Colours, Varnishes, Turpentine, Driers, Putty, Paint Brushes, &c, &c, &c. Now landed, a Large Stock of ELECTRIC BELLS AND FITTINGS. Cheap Electric Bells, with simple instruc tions for fixing. T. & S. MORRIN & CO. (LIMITED), QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND,



Tea *tlcrchantß. JOHN BUCHANAN WHOLESALE GROCER, Tea, Coffee & Spice Merchant CUSTOMSST., AUCKLAND. Telegraph Address: 1 Telephone Exchango, "Eagle," Auckland. I No. 55 0 M %\ Bk^a_a\%S6SW^mmmWan^i The Advertisor desires special attentio. to his Celebrated Brands of BLENDEC INDIA AND CHINA TEAS. Since tlieii introduction tho greatly increased detnant for them substantially proves their excel lenco, and confirms tho high esteem whiel tho Public havo justly accorded them Tho following distinctive brands all boai his Trade Mark on the labels, and art packed in lib and Jib packets, also in 61b 101b, and 401b tins, viz j— Blended India & China Teas. Household Countess Duchess Princess Empress Brands. Blended Pure Indian Teas. Zemindar Brand. BAKING & YEAST POWDERS. Tho Advertiser also wishes to brin*. beforo tho Fublic his Baking and Yeas Powders, which aro meeting with genera favour, and requests attention to tin following Analytical Report : — Laboratory, Ilobson street, Auckland, Jttni 13, ISM.—I have .ainplctl the Halting Powder it tho bulk, prepared by Mr Jultn liuclianan Merchant, Auokland, anil have analysed tin same and find Hie constituents puro and well proportioned. The result ot my cxatnitintiot proves litis article to bo superior to any eithc imported or colonially prepared thnt has beet submitted to me, and I can, therefore, con fldently recommend it to the public—(Signed J. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst. Each Tin* Beaks his Registered Trade Mark. Sold by Grocers and Storekeepers Genorally The STOCK of GENERAL GROCERY and Oilmen's Stores comprises a Splendic Assortment, which is constantly beinf replenished by importations from European American, and Australian Markets. Catalogues on Application. SPECIAL TEA NOTICE NEW SEASON. ISS4-5. I have Received MY FIRST SHIPMENT of tht NEW SEASON'S CROP, EX S.S. TAMSUI, from Foochow, via Wellington, And shall bo glad to Forward LIQUORINC SAMPLES on application. The QUALITY of THIS YEAR'S CROP ii of Very High Character Compared with tin previous years. To thoso about to commence business attention is drawn to the great advantagt of being in a position to offer the Cclobratee and Popular Brands of Spread Eagle Teas Baking and Yeast Powders, etc., and te securo other special inducements which '. am prepared to offer. JOHN BUCHANAN, WHOLESALE GROCER, Customs-Street, Auckland, OAPERHANGINGS W. PHILLIPPS & SON HAVE RECEIVED, EX LATE ARRIVALS 185-P A C X A G E S—lßs CONTAINING 05,000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS CONSISTING OK NEW PATTERNS For Drawing, Dining, Bed-rooms, Hall ant Staircase, suitable for the Mansion or Cottage. BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS, AND BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED I> PAPERHANGINGS. 916—PACKAGES—016 SCRIMS AND HESSIANS PLATE AND SHEET GLASS, WHITE LEAD. OILS, TURPS, VARNISHES, AND ALL TRADE SUNDRIES. W. PHILLIPPS & SON, 95 and 97, Queen-street. JB. BIiAIEIB, • YIOTORIA-aTRM*. IMPORTER OS- BUILDERS' ft FURNISH ING IRONMONGERY Brstxcsr rooM Manu-taotu-ums, Has for Sale. tX U>m Kate- Carpenter.' Tools Nail*. Lock., Hingse Kitchen Ranges Agister Grates, la great Variety Marble and enamelled Slate Mantelaleeei Largest Stock la Auokland Marble, Electroplate, Curb, and other Fenfleiw Galvanized Iron, Sheet Lead, and Zfau Slate, Cement, and Plasta. INSPECTION INVITBD SUPERIOR CORRUGATED TANKS, j. lTkean Has for Sale a number of the above, with Tape, ready for use, price 355, at his Shop, Wellcsley street East (next door to Crowther's Stables), Largo Quantities of Spouting, Ridging, and Down Pipes alway. to Stock. Verandah Iron curved at the shortest notice. Country orders wIH always receive his prompt attention. Lead Washers always on hand JOHN SOPPET, House, Land, ana General Commission Agent, No. 8, Queen street, has for immediate sale (really cheap) :— I comfortable 5-roomed Cottage, Ponsonby; (terms very easy); also, 1 7-roomed House, 1 6-roomed House, 2 i-roomed Cottages, and 1 .mall Store, in town ; 2 Dairy Farms, 10 miles from town; 2 partly-improved Farms, one 31<' aores, the other 150 acres, about I*2 miles from town; and sevoral other City and Suburban ' Properties at equally Low Prices, ammmwaammmmmmaaaaaam



IRONMONGERY. IRONMONGERY. F. PRIME'S MOISTER CASH SALE FOR FOURTEEN DAYS. fi.tiOO ROLLS PAPERHANGINGS AT COST PRICE. No. 1 SCRIM, 1.. YARD. LEAD AND OIL AT REDUCED RATES. RANGES AND COLONIAL OVENS SACRIFICED. FURNISHING AND BUILDERS IRONMONGERY AT A REDUCTION. MOSELEY'S AND AMERICAN PLANES AND TOOLS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS AT A LARGE DISCOUNT. THE WHOLE STOCK MUST BE CLEARED PRE PARATORY TO ENLARGEMENT OF SHOP. F. PRIME, IRONMONGER, NEWTON.



Tin Merchants. THE - ONLY - t GOLD MEDAL PURE BLENDED I rrrrr|ir|ir|ir|ir¥imr|ir|irpr|i Tri v ITTTTX , rT¥ TT TTT TT I.! TT TTT TT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT | TTTTTTT DRINK Nelson, Moate & Co.'s | SPECIALITY b i p n n 3o»a?' Soaao b__!ti!3 t! \_ La** 7 c ? 1,7 TRY \ OIK MATCHLESS COFFEE [KING BRAND]. " SOLD IN I 11b., 21b., 41b., 71b., and 281b. TINS, n ; At Is. Bd. per Ib. NELSON, ■ fVIOATE & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL I TEA MERCHANTS, BLENDERS, 1 AND IMPORTERS. * CIIRISTCIinuOH, DUNBDIN, WbIAIVCITO.*', * 156, QUEEN-ST., Auckland. AGRNT3 EVKItYWHIERE X 8 i_c~_L« / : Unrivalled /fy) /07 iOU.R/f i / /fy/*■ lim/TEA I /yQ/ ABOUNDING • A7 m /ry Strength I / AND "HIGH QUALITY. \ JUST PURCHASED, 11,000 POUNDS OF EXTRA CHOICE MONING, PACKLUM. WOOSUNG, AND FANYONG v" CONGOUS, AT A VERY HEAVY REDUCTION. Characteristic Advantages to my Customers. Some people aro very anxious everbybody should know thoy got their Teas from China. For my whereabouts in buying, I would simply Bay: The shrewdest Ten-man I over know was the London Quaker Tea Merchant I served three years' apprenticeship with. Ho made a large fortuno before I left him, and ho never bought a Package of Tea in China. FJREDK. WHITEHEAD, TEA MERCHANT & FAMILY GROCER, No. 05, VICTORIA-STREET, and PONSONBY ROAD AUCKLAND. '■* A UCKLAND HOSPITAL COMMITTEE: Elected : Appointed. His Worship W. R. Wad- Hon. Col. Haultain del, Esq. (Chairman) Arthur Bull, Esq. J. M. Clark, Esq. Captain Daldy K. A. Maokochiiie, Esq. Sydney Dando, Esq. T. Peacock, Esq., M.H.R. Applications for admission by persons snffeiv ing from diseases and requiring medical treat ment will bo received at tho Hospital on any day between tho hours of 9a.m. and 10 a.m. , In eases of accident or emergency, patients will bo received into tho Hospital withoutdelay, beds being kept ready for urgent cases. Patients ablo to do so will be' required to pay for thoir support at the Hospital according to their position and circumstances. Subscriptions will bo thankfully received by any member of the Committee and by the under signed. H. N. GARLAND, Secretary, i,v'™^v,.w,. B t ree t, STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS FOB CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of thta well-known Family Medicine has been largely tested in all parts of tho world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of fifty years. Its well-earned extensive sale . has induced spurious imitations, some of which in outward appearance so closely 1 resemble the original as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor, therefore, feels it due to the publio to give a special caution i, against tho use of such imitations. Purchasers are therefore requ .Bted carofuUy . to observe the four following distinctive ohar j acteristics, without which none are genuine :— i Ist—ln every case the words John Stekd j man, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, are en- I graved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet - tod—Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words John Steedman, * Chemist. Walworth, Surroy, printed thereon. 3rd—Tho name Steedmau is always Bpelt with i two EE's. 4th—Tho manufacture is carried on solely In 1 Walworth, Surrey. > Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medicine ' Vendors, at Is I'd to 2s Od each. 1 Agonts: Kkmfthorne, Prosser and Co.. 1 Auckland, Wellington. cib»»«t»ijur<:lj, mm Duuedln. i



Ironmongery. E. PORTER & 00. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMONGERS & IRON MERCHANTS, QUEEN & HIGH STEEETS, AUCKLAND. English and American English and American PLATEDWARE. (_\ffiSm PLATEDWARE. ft »W| 2 CO J^lwl. 2 <3 __. T^________________^ W (/) 0 Jbool^ g E. POETEE & CO. Have Just roccivod a largo assortment for the coming Season of LAWN MOWERS and GARDEN ROLLERS The Mowers compriso tho Philadelphia, Easy, Pennsylvania, and Excelsior, all of which are tho moat modern machine.". If you wish your LAWN to LOOK WELL you cannot do without a MOWER. PRICES OONSIOERAIILY ItF.DDCEI). E. PORTER & CO. In our SHOW ROOMS will bo found almost every roquisito of tho KITCHEN, including ROTARY KNIFE CLEANERS. *■ -«-?isi!!S2s!!flv th£ servants ffl/f,vo- 5 is Sites suitable for Family or Hotels, &c. Can be opened and closed In a second Sausage and Mincing Machines • FOR FAMILY USE. FILLERS@BB^^^^« CHOPPERS KNIVES H!k.'__^ 1 ' Butchers' Use E. POETEE & CO. Have in Stock a Large Assortment of AVERY'S, FAIRBANKS, & HOWE'S SCALES and Weighing Machines. "9 Portable Warehouse Scale. Union, or Family Scale. - n s Count.** Scales. , ________________________ Steel-yards. E. PORTER & CO. Havo always in Stock a Variety of Washing, Wringing, & Manglmg Machines. The "Phoenix" W__Z^. BRADFORD'S MANGLE W WfipSm. Lever &. Spring Mangles w hi I Th ? /¥»"'" - - .jj*ls!taro ll Combined almost unbreakable. ■■* ■SBWkj A* m^m . I Charcoal Irons. PORTABLE BOILERS 1 " __ and j j NICKEL-PLATED FURNACE PANS. jfj^lr^l.Jpfcs SMOOTHING IRONS. PRICES ALL REDUCED. Retail Department: 1 Wholesale Department: QUEEN STREET. j HIGH STREET. Branch Store: NEWMARKET, WHERE A LARGE STOCK IS KEPT AND SOLD AT TOWN PRICES. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, mmßaaaaamuMammmaamammmaaaaaaaaaaaamwamumh!!



Einll Frese's Hamburg Tea. * THE GREAT GERMAN FAMILY MEDICINE. RELIABLE, SIMPLE, EFFECTUAL. » The woH-V-nowr. TV. *.„« prov,--*! ttseHtobea Moßt Certain and Efficacious Remedy for suoh diseases as Sudden and Severe Colds, Coughs, Fevers and Ague, Asthma, Phthisis. Headache, Bowels, Kidney, and Liver Complaints, the Piles, Congestion, &c, caused hy an impure state, or a superfluity of blood. It t use rcmovei Scrofula, Contancous Eruptions, limples on the Face, Blotches, Bolls, Rheumatic Pains, and Pains in the Bones and Joints. It is a Preven tive against Contagion, and destroys Inhaled -.-; Miasmatic and Contagious Vapours.. Itpurifiei the Blood, cleanses tho Stomach and Bowels, and gives to the whole system a healthy, easy tone. It opens the bowels in a very mild ana certain way. IE works on the system generally, causing little or no discomfort, It will proven, almost any disease if used at least once a month. It restores tho appetite, it removes tht distross caused by eating hearty food or over loading the stomach, and will be found effectuoJ as a Family Remedy where a simple purgative only la needed, HAMBURG TEA RELIEVES and CURES SICK HEADACHE J SICK HEADACHE SICK HEADACHE ] HAMBURG TEA RELIEVES and CURES BILIOUSNESS BILIOUSNESS , BILIOUSNESS I ■• HAMBURG TEA~RELTEVES and CURES CONSTIPATION , CONSTIPATION ' CONSTIPATION HAMBURG TEA RELIEVES and CURES INDIGESTION INDIGESTION INDIGESTION HAMBURG TEA IS SOLD BY ALL CHEMISTS AND STOREKEEPER! THROUGHOUT THE COLONIES. PRICE: One Shilling and Threepence a Packet. Wholesalo Depot for Auckland: M. LEVY AND CO., QUEEN-STREET. "fT.HE AUCKLAND STAR* riP'1" ISA $■» GAZETTE fOR THE PUBLICATION OS* ALL NOTICES IN RELATION TO flfftiOUGH COUNCILS, COUNTY COUNCILS HIGHWAY BOARDS &a