DEBATE ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

rlajor Atkinson's Onslaught. j [CV TFLKfIKAIMI.—.-i'KOI.U, RF.rORTKR.] Wkllixi.tuv, this day. The House sat at 7.00 last night, when there was a crowded attendance. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Major Atkinson rose, amidst choera from both sides of the House. He said the iirst thing that struck him on reading over the Statement was the failure of the Colonial Treasurer to grapple with any of the great questions before the country. Ho hud evidently sought to make it pleasant to the country without really going into thq_ques tion of the finances. The Colonial Treas urer had given the country to understand that lie intended to make great disclosures, but had dono nothing more than follow the lined laid down by his predecessors, except in one particular. He asked those who had read the Statement to give one ; instance of mismanagement or intricate entanglement. Tho one exception to which lie had referred was the inscription of stock in England. If there was so much intricate entanglement, it was strange that the Colonial Treasurer had brought down his Estimates as accurate. He ridi culed the pretensions of Sir Julius Vogel to having brought down a plain and easily understood statement. He referred to the sum of iSO.OOO on overdue expendi tures, which was wholly omitted from the Estimates, while nothing was said about provision for other debentures which

wore miming due. Sir Julius Yogel told liis friends that ho considered it would be foolish of him to attempt to work out his predecessor's diliiciilties, but he asked if it was not for that purpose that the Colonial Treasurer had been placed in ollice. Some thing was said about tho cleticuncy of £150,000, but lie asked why was not pio vision made to refund it. Why did they not retain the property tax "! Was the glorious discovery the Sinking Fund which they should anticipate? If the Sinking i'uud had been seized last year, whore would have been the deficiency? and would there not have been a surplus '! He pointed out that if the cost of the extra session, the amount which would have been saved by Civil Service reform, and the reduction in the education estimates, were deducted, the revenue would exceed the expenditure. He denied that Sir Julius Vogel's references

to the Civil Service were a reply to the policy of his Government, no such proposals having been made by them. The Colonial Treasurer had not the courage to embody in his Statement anything that was un pleasant to the House. He had omitted any reference to his proposals for the reduc tion of the education vote. The Treasurer claimed they had not been long enough in otlice to say mucli on the question of railways, although there were amongst his colleagues gentlemen who had made almost a life study of the subject. Major Atkinson proceeded to attack the Canterbury members for their action res-

pecting the grain rates, and claimed credit for hits Cabinet for the courage of its opinions. He referred to the Public Works

proposals of the Government, and certain

members interjected. They would get justice. The Major retorted that eight or ten millions would not give what members appeared to consider justice. They were told that the intention of tho Colonial

Treasurer was to let tho public debt stand as it wus, but it should be under stood that instead of doing this they were increasing the debt by tho amount of the Sinking Fund. Speaking in reference to the inscription of tho 5.30 or consolidated loan of '07, he asked hon. members to recall the time in 1877 when he was Coloial Treasurer. He wrote from England with a smiling face and aching heart tolling the Government what great difficulty he had in scraping together a little money, and could only sell 4 per cents, at 80. He reminded them that Sir Julius had even sent the opinion of Sir I'enrose Julyan that inscription could only go very slowly ahead, not more than £100,000 a-year. Sir Julius added he thought it would be done a

little faster. Now he told them it could and should have been done. He then

referred to the time in 1880 when the Houso opposed the intention to inscribe, and reminded members in the following year that the recommendation of Sir Dilloii Bell and Sir Penro.=e Julyan was to inscribe the D.30 in preference to the Consolidated Loan of 1567. He asked if the late Govern ment could be blamed for acting on the advice of their own paid agents. [Mr Homles interjected : " Master ruled by serrant."] Major Atkinson retorted: "Yes, in tho same manner as the master ie often ruled by the lawyer when he goe.B to ask him what to do." It has been aaid that tho colony had been dosing for the last fivo years, but in refutation of this assertion

iie pointed to the great number of paying immigrants, the increase in grain exportiT tiun, the development of the frozen meut trade, the fact that we had two lines of the finest steamers in the world plying to tho colony, the difference in cultivated luml, and the advancement of local Indus tries by leaps and hounds. If the colony had been dozing for the last iivo years, it had been asleep the five years preceding, and if it went on advancing during tho next five years at the same rate, colonists would have nothing to regret. Major Atkinson proceeded to refer to tho borrowing during the last rive years, and said that while a million had been borrowed

to assist the Consolidated Fund the same amount had been spent from, it on public buildings They were told that the Sink ing Fund was to, be relieved and no payments would be required to be made again, but how were they to provide for the neces sary educational buildings, eto. ? Re ferring to tho release of the Sinking Fund and reduction of the property tax, Major Atkinson assorted that tho Colonial Treasurer did not bolievs in direct

taxation, and that he was opposed to the land tax, but the Hon. Premier and thq mombor for Auckland City East were not. They sought to impose a heavy tax with the ultimate view to the nationalisation of land.

Ho attacked tho proposal to release the Sinking Fund, and thought t]p& coun try should bear the present taxation for another year to onahlo the inscription to go on, and avoid the alleged necessity for seizing the Sinking Fund. In conclusion, he said a more unsatisfactory Statement had never been laid before the House. [Sir J. Vogel: " Unsatisfactory to you."] Major Atkinson retorted that as a party man it was rather the contrary. He could not have wished for anything better. The qpple looked very nico on the ou,taide, but the first bite would disclose ashes. At the conclusion the speech was greeted with cheers.

Mr Moss said several years ago he had, with the assistance of 23 othor gentlemen, attempted to stop the member for Egmont from commencing the downward career which he was entering upon, and now tl\ey wero about to plunge more deeply yi the mine. He held that t«\e financial proposals meant an, addi>ioß,al debt of seven and a-lndf i^llions, *wd he asked what i iglit they had to mortgage the position of those who are to come after us. Be moved as an amendment, "That in the existing financial position of the colony it, is not desirable to reduce taxation unless there was a corresponding reduction in thg ex penditure of tho colony." Mr Moss spoke till Ww Ift o'clook ad (journment, The Couinial Treasueek followed. He described the speech of Major Atkinson as that of an old scold. He did not think, as asserted by Major Atkipson, i that any reproach attached to tho govern ment for neglecting to deal with" tho sub jects of local Government, charitable aid, or taxation this session. He thought it was better fchey shculd delay the matter for the present than deal with it; too hurriedly. He would have preforred to do away with the Property Tax altogether this year, but had promised not to raise the question of Land Tax this half session. They had done the best they could to reviso the estimates in the time at their disposal, but it must k,c ve membered that the year \vtw half, gone beforo they came into orfice, and serious ft l- i torations could uoi bo made wjtl-j u j. diir notice #c characterised is •■ dUgrLeful and dworociitlil-V' that the late Govern' ment should havo destroyed the Civil &er vico Bill, which wn.s theproporty of the col ony. Major A tkinsoji had, as it were, danced with light-her,rtedness on the floor of the House, that there were no disclosures made in tho statement. Revelations hatl been going on, which, if they had been made, would have affected the political reputation of the late Treasurer. The financial State ment was a document which was read in Aus tralia and England as well as here, and for the crodit of the colony the Cabinet did not wish to extend those disclosures more IMajor Atkinson : Let us have them now 1 *v ™ V00IJL: Wol1' P u have them The speaker proceeded to say that he had been accused of omitting from the statement the fact that there were £20 000 worth of debentures overdue, but he could not have mentioned that fact without let ting it be feen that £20,000 worth of their bonda were overdue, but were dishonoured [Major AxKiNsoNi No.] [Sir Julius Voo»

repeated: They were. He said the Public Trustee told him that he asked for authority to make the payment, but Mfijor Atkinson refused on the ground tint it w.is not convenient. Ro (gi r : Julio*) h-id since ordered the payment ; of the money, and now described the whole proceeding a.i immoral and illegal, and notably that a voucher was submitted to the Audit Olb'ce for a permanent charge, although no interest was payable. Then it had cometo his knowledge that an amount of accumulated contractors' deposits had been paid into the Consolidated T'und despite tha remonstrances of the Auditor-General and the Treasury. lie declined to recognise the sum as a liability. A further amount of £20,(K/0 was lost to the colony by tha mode of remitting money to England. Ha described Major Atkinson as a baby in finance. Sir Julius defended Sir fieo. Grey from the attacks made upon him by Major Atkinson, ahd saia, as a dispassionate ob server, that the low position of the colony in the London money market several years aga was caused by the selfish action of Major Atkinson in preventing Sir (1. Groy from getting more than two and a half millions when ho asked for foui1. f!u answered tha charges of Major Atkinson a' length, and said that apart from tho support that tha financial proposals had receive*l in tha House, there were evidences from all parts of the colony of the cordiality with which their Statement had been reVoived. Sir Julius was also loudly applaudc-il Mr Wakefikld followed in a clear and amusing speech. He defended the lata Government from the attacks of the Colonial Treasurer, and pulled the financial state ment to pieces. He said there was nothing worth a rap in the statement except bor rowing, and fully seven millions would ba required to carry cut the proposals. Ha ridiculed the new market which Sir Julius Vogel suggested for frozen meat in« dustry, and said that unless stop^ wera taken at once to prevent il blocks of land on the route of the North Wand trunk rail way would immediately be passing into tha hands of private speculators. Mr Holmes moved the adjournment of the debate till Tuesday. At 1 a.m. the House adjourned.

WAIKATO NEWS.

(by teleoraph—ovvx corhespoKdEnt.)

Cambridge, Friday. A chief named Matbkino Piripiri, of tha Ngatikoriki tribe, died suddenly yesterday of heart disease. He was conducting busi ness of his tribe in the Land Court on tha previous day. A tangi is being held today, and about £100 worth of liquor has beea purchased. As the time for making ad vances on the Maungatautari Block has not yet arrived, the question is—Where doea tho money come from? Owing to tha tangi, the Land Court ha 3 been adjourned until after the funeral to-morrow.

The election of Town Board on Tuesday resulted as follows :—Hewitt, 132 ; Lewis, 131 ; Houghton, 131 ; Gillett, 114 ; Hughes, 113 j Richardson, 99; Johnson, 98 ; Read, 42 ; Moon, 29 ; Williams, 29 ; informal, 6. The first five are elected.

Mr J. B. Whyte has written to the Chair man of the Town Board to the effect that ha has been strongly urging on the Minister of Public Works the necessity of a vote for the* purpose of putting the Cambridge-Rototua Uoad in proper repair. Ho furthur states in respect to the Te Aioha-Mbirinsvilla Railway that the Minister Speaks favour ably of the work. T'ne reply uWen by tho Minister to Mr Wbyto in re spect to the opening of tho Te Aroha railway bridge for public trallle is some what extraordinary. He stated that the bridge would bu thrown open for traffic in, a few days, whereas it cannot possibly bfl comploted for the next three months.

A GOLDEN WEDDING.

(BY TEr.KOR.VPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Christcht/rcit, Friday. A OOLDEf wedding is to take place at St; Andrew's Church to-day. The parties who are to renew the vows made by them so lone ago as September, lS3i, are Mr and Mii Hepburn, who were married at the village of Utnny, Ayrshire, Scotland. The happy couple have eleven children, eight of whom are in New Zealand ; fifty-four grand. children, forty-three of whom are in tha colony ; and two great-grandchildren. Tha couple have reached the age of seventy three years, and are both halo and hearty.

The Budget.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,-I was engaged on ar, analysis of the figures contained m the. Financial State ment when your paper of this evening arrived, and I re*i your leading article! with every word oi which I entirely a-ree! ThostatOTwnt which Sir Julius Vogel mada with respect to "able financiers" and their views on sinking funds is a very specious one. Both Mr Gladstone, Sir Stafford Northcote, and Mr Clulders, under the name of Termin-" able Annuities, make large use of sinking funds for the extinguishing of debt. Very considerable operations of this nature hava lately taken place in conneotion with tha English National Debt. Out of a total annual charge of £29,000,000, nearly £8,000,000 are for Terminable Annuities! and since the present Government came into power in i§SO, reductions of £20,000,000 have been made in the National Debt. It is, of course, open to question where a country is borrowing at the rate we hava been doing since December, 187Q, and also in view oi the large sums contemplated - m the immediate future, wither we shouldt trouble to tie ourselves up with a sink ing fund if we. can do without It is a question oi contract at the" time the loan ft raade, and the conditions that lenders impose on borrowers. But, grant ing for the sake of argument that the Trea surer will induce our creditors to give up the sinking fund, what a miserable use ho makes of the £.i>44,000 placed at hia disposal ! With such a sum and tha present coalition of the colony, an "a.Ue financier" would have evolved something very different to the solitary reduction of. £131,000 property tax, with » promise of increasing our stamp and Cus toms duties and starving the education vote. Sir Julius is a generation behind hia time m seeking to revive drooping trade by repealing direct taxation and imposinz protective duties, lie is charmed with the beauty of. the woollen goods produced in the colony, and so he ought to be, for thoy cost the colony vast sums of monew each year. I estimate that in thfc one industry alone on amount is extracted from.the revenue which would s^ftce to pay the interest on the contraction of tha North Island trunk rai\ Way to Stratford. Then we are told the growing of beet and sorghum must i»e protected through tha sugar d-itk s i surely this cannot be -with tuts frmcujrence of the Sugar Company, wha have just started their works here, and will be importing their own from Fiji! They will never be satisfied to have their, operations handicapped by a protective duty used against them. If 6nr ; Treasurer, would learn to leave industries alone, and allow, th.e(ift. to develop theaj : selves on their to merits, h& would render i a great service to the trade of this country With such a curplus to woik upon as tho abohehing the Sm^ipg Fund gives, I can imagine a l>eel or a Gladstone costing 1 about and seeing v.'!. era they might, by lightening indirect tav.^*, touch the springs of industry, and by this meats revive tjwje, Supposing he had taken a little of, the prop away from this woollen to. j dustry and. reduced the import duties by one half, or instead of threatening*'.increasa the stamp duties, he had, * O r instance send a 12oz. letter for 4d ; here it costs £ It is worth the experiment to see th* celerity with whioh, commerce makes good w; <. ?aeriiieo on . fc ,tf The telomph? might have been experi- JWfttsd with on the same lines, and sfon tjUriugh the whole of our imposk I look SCA So^ hSea wwHSk Lm vttmos. twaddle. Kr,wrally we oughlj to command that iiude, hut by our tariff wq put ourselves out of the running ttUogeJ'n er Sydney,, with her free iraport, h aS t>* itn's share OUhattrad, n nd Z '«J the Whole. Jt J|3, I kllO'.V V,w iinnnnnW towntethis^tisn.^^^S scivls * nf>'" bo abl° t0 hel P our-

The only conclusion a careful examina tion of the budget 1 can come to is that a splendid opportunity has been lost of proving that our Treasurer is an "able financier," and tho inevitable is seen ia every part that for selfish reasons he has produced a scheme which will make a job for him to return to England and carry out financial operations at our expense; and the final question ia—Can we trust him?. Yours &c, JLM. September 18, 1884,

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" Ancitomu —- ~■■---' W. 3. COOHRANK] | JAMES I) ACRE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. BY ORDER OF THK GKNKRAL CHURCH TRUST. ALLOTMENTS,ST. STEPHEN'S ROAD AND RPJOHTON ROAD, PARNELL. TO BE LEASED. THE Subscribers have received instruc tions to oflfer for Lease by Public Auction, at tho Land Mart. Queen street, on Monday. • JUth instant, at 12 o'clock. Fur ;i term of WJ yearn, ALLOTMENT No. 2a, 79 feet frqntaiie to Ht, Sleplmn's lloiid. uiMinted bcfweon the residence! of Major Tiadull and Mr C. Y. Cox. •VIKO. For a term of 21 year?, ALLOTMENT Xo. Sa, 51 feet frontage to Brighton Koad, adjoining the Deanery. Conditions of leasing and plan can bo seen at th« offices of SAMUEL COCHKANE & SON, Auctioneers. W, 8. COCJIKAJJK.I IJA9. DAUB* MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. LEASEHOLD ALLOTMENT, WELLESLEY-STREET. THE Subrfcribcr.-i will sell, at Uicir Ilooms, Queen-atvcct, on Monday, Sept. 2>, at 12 o'clock, ALLOTMENT 20, Wellraley street WO9t-33 feet frontaKe. held under Lease from City Conncil for II years, from August 13, lS&i, at a ground rent of *:S.O a year. Valuiiiion clause of onelhiril value of improvements at end of lease. For further particulars apply to SAMUEL COCHRANE AND SON, Auctioneers. . W, S. COCHBANE ] [JAS. UACRf. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2-2. BY OP.DER OF THE RKGI3TRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND. NORTHERN DISTRICT AT AUCKLAND. THE undersigned have received instruc tions to sell at their Mart, Queen-street, Auckland, on the above date, at twelve o'clock noon, by order of the Registrar of the above named Court, ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND in the Parish of OKAIHAU, in the Countyof ilokianga. in tlie Provincial District of Auckland containing 133 sores, and being Allotment number 11 of Ilie said Parish. For conditions of Sale, plan of property, and farther particulars, apply to Mr X, T. Dufaur. solicitor. Queen-street, Auckland, SAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. B. 0. CAKR.] [n. D. TONKS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. LONG BOAT, RIGGING, CEA^ .iNS. Salvage from Rio Gp^ At Stona 8r03.' 5T' ard, Breakwater. B. •" PAVF iONKS & CO. received instructions to sell, on jlonday next, at 11 o'clock, LONG BOAT WIRK RIGGING CHAINS &c, &c, &c. Bale at Stone Bros.' Yard. Breakwater, where Salvage is now to be seen. R. C. CABB] I"- «>• IO!JKS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, At 12 o'clock. TO BICYCLE CLUBS, RIDERS, AND OTHERS. THE " ROYAL MAIL" BICYCLE. MESSRS SHAKESPEAR & CO., hav ine decided to give up the business, placea the WHOLE OF THMBjSTOra^W BICYCLES In onr hands For Sale on the above date. • THE "ROYAL MAIL" BICYCLE. Further particulars in a few days. B. TONKS & CO., ' Auctioneers. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. MESSRS RICHARDSON & CttAWLEY XTAVE received instructions from Mr J~l Alfred Pooley (in consequence of his Jiving up housekeeping), to sell by public Suction, on the premises, Welles ey-strcct East oppostti Wyrryord Arms Hotel, at half-past eleven or twelve o'clock. V ' P WHOLE OF ms HOUSEHOLD FUR- Nl IK AND EFFECTS, consisting of rich toi•■ i! verstrung Trichord Piano, In black and uolc! .y Nenmeycr; English Harmoninrn, J rbv. o reeds, by tho celebrated maker, Gilbert L.-*iiauer; handsomo walnut, framed Patent ■rHchord, by Hopkinaon ; splendid Oil Paintings, lit., by Harrison, R.A., and Hollingdale; Books. Music Sets, Mu»ic Shelves, Sofa. Chairs, Oval Table, Oak-leaf Dining-room Table. Bebsteads, Chest of Drawers. Looking-glasses, Washstands MndFltUngß.Bedding.SpringMaUrasses.Clocks, Oss Stovo, Ornament*. Table Linen. Kitcheii ~ Utensils, Crockery, Cutlery and Plate, Mat ting, &c. , , . Sa!o at twelve o clock sharp. RICHARDSON AND CRAWLEY, Auctioneers, 81, Queen-street. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. DURHAM YARDS. rpHE undersigned will sell by auction, at I. tho Durham Yards, on Friday, September IDth, at 11 o'clock, Ex Argyle from Taranakl, THK CLYDESDALE STALLION, "TRUE BRITON." True Briton, was foaled December, 1875, and la l.y Old Lofty (imported from Scotland), dam Kite. Kate was awarded First Prize at the >Vanganui Agricultural Show, 1873. True 1 irlton is a quiet and staunch worker; stands IBJ hnods high. HUNTER AND NOLAN, Auctioneers. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. * AT THE RESIDENCE OF MESSRS LILLYWALL, WEST TAMAKI. PfiAD AND LIVE STOCK, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, DAIRY UTENSILS, &0., &C, &.13, ffiHE undersigned have roceived instruo JL tions from tho Messrs Lilly wall to sail, on their Farm, West Tamukl, on Saturday, tho tTh B.ptember, TUB WHOLE OF THEIR, LIVE AND DEAD STOCK, consisting of— 201 Choice Young Dai' y Cows, forward in calf 1 Woll-bred 3-year-old Bull 1 Young Mare, quiet to ride and drive, thoroughly staunch, and a fast trotter 1 Upstanding Mare, thoroughly good in all kinds of harness 1 Useful Harness Horse 1 Good Hack, splendid jumper 1 Foil 4 Young Breeding Sows, in pig to a first-class Berkshire boar 1 Young Podigroe Berkshire Boar 7 Young Pigs (by same) 1 Light Pagnail Cart, nearly new Dray Hrfrnoss, Spring Cart Harness, Riding Saddle, Grlndateno, Garflon Tools. Hay Forks, Bcythes,.Dairy Utenslis, Poultry &c, &c. Tr->-.,-.. . "~ AIBO, Jf»*- Household furniture, Pictures, Cooking Utensils, Sec. At 12 o'clock. LUNCHEON PROVIDED. HUNTER AND NOLAN. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. HUNTER & NOLAN I WILL HOLD THEIB j; "YY EEKLY SALE I THE NEWMARKET YARDS, 1. Jnnotton of a rant South and Onoliunga Roads, I »AT AND STORK STOCK, DAIRY COWB. I BHEEP, AND PIGS. I- DURHAM YARDS. \w -■ " '. ■ ' " ——-— ffi^^ "I^Oiß, BALE, ot the Durham Yards. gM^* every Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, B HIDBB, T.\tLOW, WOOL, and BKJNB B . HUNTES AND NOLAN,



,a :. »•« bst si ».i v, uhA wni THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, TiIF: RTSMUERA YARDS. FOR SALE, at the Rcmnora Yards, on Thursday. Sept. ->">, at 1 o'nloek, DAIRY COWS, STORK CATTLE 200 Head K.it Cutlle 700 FntShecDiiml Lamlis Fat and Store Pigs ALFRED BtJCKLAND, /COUNTRY CATTLE 8 ALE 3, I'apakura—Wednesday, Hcptimiber 21. ALFRED UUOKLAND. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. L A N U SALE. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. FTUTE Undersigned have received is^rue- \ -"- tions, from tho Now Zoalacd Natlvo j Land Settlenifint Company (Limits*]), to offer ' for sale by public auction, at tho itoymarket. on | Wednesday, Sept. 21, prox., TOWN, .SUBURBAN, AND COUNTRY j LANDS, j AT I GISBO R N E. : Lithographic Plans of tho lamia are being pro , pared, and lull particulars of the sale will lie j given in a fuinre advertisement. ALFRED BUCKI.AND. Auckland. August 1!), ISSI. f TUESDAYB, j XHii IiAY&IAKKET. j QAI.K OF WOOL, BME£,<#H.INB, tO HIDKS, TALLOW, HAY a\-A, STRAW i eftOhTUKBISAY.nI 12 o'clock. "™oln&n- : ALFRED BUOKI^diBX--. ,4iicti;>a.v. MONDAY, il,o,clqcka.m. STO\ ES V SKATES, TOOLS, &c, ALBERT-STREET, R. ARTHUR TTAS been favoured with instructio as' fi- Ms sssa&g &ss fK'S d ScheuUon Monday nITA MONOAy, one o'clock. "' CJf!LARIN(U)UT SALE. JEWELLERY, CLOTHING, Ac. R. ARTHUR WILL Sell by Auction at his Matt, Queen-street (first floor), on Monday ext, at one o'clock p.m., THE BALANCE OF CONSIGNMENT OF NEW JEWELLERY. Watches (Gold and Ml vcr). Diamond and Other Kings, Brooches, feels. Alberta. &c. Plated Goods and \\ arc. See. NEW CLOTHING-Gents' and Ladies Bags, Boota. Shoes, &c. Good D.B. Gun, Single Gun, &c. THURSDAY. 25th, NOON. NEWTON ROAD. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. FREEHOLD PROPERTY & COTTAGE. R. ARTHUR HAS been favoured with instructions from the Trustees of the late Mr Thomas Rowe to sell by auction at his Estate. Land, and Houbc Sale-room, Arthur's Mart, Queen-street, on Thursday. 25th, at 12 o'clock noon, A WELL-SITUATED FREEHOLD PRO PERTY in Newton Road, being Allotments. No. 98 and 99, having a frontage of SI feet, with the Cottage erected thereon. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, At 12 o'clock. MAGNIFICENT BLOCK OF LAND AT PAR.AHIRAHI, BAY OF ISLANDS. COTTAGE AND ALLOTMENT, JOHN-STREET. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS IN PROS PECT AND SHEEHAN-STRBETS. D. F. EVANS HAS received instructions to Sell, by Public Auction, at his Land Mart, Queen street, on Tuesday, September 23, 1881, at 12 o'clock, ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, boinff the eastern portion of Block 2730a, Parahirahi, Bay of Islands, and containing 3 000 acres, more or leaa. In addition to a good payable Gum-field, there are valuable deposits of Quicksilver and other minerals on the property. Also, All that Piece or Parcel of Land, being Lots 93 and 117 of Sub. of Allotment 21 Sec. 8, situated in ProspectandSheehan- Btreets, and having a frontage to each street of 40 feet. Grand building allot ment ; quite close to the Three Lamps. Also, Nice littlo Cottage and Allotment, situated in John-street, Ponsonby, with frontage of 40 fact, quite close to Jervois Road, being Lot C of Subdivision of Allotment 22, Section 8. MOUNT ROSKTLL ROAD - First-claBS Building Allotment, 50 foot x 118 feet C Inches, quite level and cleared; volcanic land, and grand view; Lot 10 of Block 1, Belwood Kstato. Further particulars in future advertisements. D. F. EVAN S, Auctioneer. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. • STEAM LAUNCH. STEAM LAUNCH E. & A. ISAACS HAVE received instructions from the Marino Department, Wellington, to sel by auction, at their Stores, Queen street, on Wednesday, the 21th instant, at 11 o'clock, THE GOVERNMENT STEAM LAUNCH recently in use (by tho Harbonr-mastcr at Kaipara, as Bhe now lies at Helens villc. The vesaol is constructed of iron, and was built in 1875 by Messrs Frascr and Tinne. Sho Is S7 feet on the keel, 7 horse-power, with high pressnro engines. Delivery will be.given at Hclensville. For further particulars apply to E. & A. ISAACS, Merchants and Auctioneer?. Insurance. THE COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED. AUORtAND OFFICES : 139, QUEEH-STREET. DIRECTORS: Auckland.—J. M. Shorn (Chairman), S. Thome George, F. J. Moss, M.H.U. Dunbdin.—E. J. Sponca (Chairman), W. J. M. Larnach, C.M.G., M.H.H.; lion, tJcorge Mc- Lean, M.L.C.; Hon. Robert Stout, Premier. THE COLONIAL MUTUAL has added to all the ordinnry forms of Aasuranco fiEVERAL DISTINCTIVE, FEATURES, and is the only Colonial Life Office which issues TONTINE INVESTMENT POLICIES. The "Absolute" and "Modified" Tontine Policies of the ColuuLil Mutual secure advan tages not offered b> any Foreign Company, Colonial Mutual Policies aio IN CONTEST. ABLE FROM DATIfi OF ISSUE, being en tirely free from obnoxious conditions as lo travelling, residence, occupation, mode of life, or manner of death. 11. 8. H. LYALL Secretary for New Zealand. HHESTS OF DRAWERS Very Ilaudwiiiie Chests of Drawers, In Rich Mottled liauri, are now sellin;; at the following prices for Cash:—Tl.o Duke of Edinburgh Chest of J'Ji;;ht Drawers (the* bonnst drawor richly panelled with UKata. bird, and rewa rewa) M 10s; Five Drawer Ckouta, £J. Ti^ above article* have always given grunt e&iU.'actton. and be pome more beautiful with ugu. \V. NORIUE, TOP Of SHOBTtiKU-STRKinr. W« Leys, BOOK BINDER, PAPER RUI,KB, ACCOUNT BOOK JJLAJiTOFACTTJKSSB, THRBB DOORS ABOVE " STAB " OITICK. MBROHANTB' ACCOUNT BOOKS, IHBUIUNOB AND MINING REGISTER BOOM SPECIALLY RULED AND BOUHD. Mmlo, Magazines, PnbUo Libraries, and Sun day Sohool Bookß well bound. BAKERS1 SPECIAL BULEH DAY BOOKS. Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books Kb-bound. BAJBD AND OHO IB MPBIC BOOKB BuUTJU



Tea Merchants.'. THB - ONLY - GOLD MEDAL PURE BLENDED TTTTTT' FVT'I'T V ' TTTTPTTPTnTTTTTTP TT'I1 TI IfFT TT : TT TTT TT XTT TTT TTT TTT TTTTTTT DRINK (I^ELSOH, [VJOATE r w Co.'s SPECIAUTY BLEND. ar TRY OUR MATCHLESS COFFEE [KINO BRANS], SOLD IN lib., 21b., 41b., 71b,, and 281b. TINS, At Is. Bd. per Ib. NELSON, MOATE & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TEA MERCHANTS. BLENDERS, AND IMPORTERS. CBBI3TOBDR3If, DUNEDIK, WlLfclXOSOlf, AMD 156, QUEEN-ST., Auckland. AOKNTS KVKRYWIIBRB JUST PURCHASED, 11,000 POUNDS Olf EXTRA CHOICE MONING, PACKLUM. WOOdUNG, AND PANYONU CONGOUS. AT A VERY HEAVY REDUCTION. Characteristic Advantages to my Customers. Some people are rcry anxious everbybody should know they get their Teas from China. For my whereabouts in buying, I would simply Bay: The shrewdest Tea-man I ever knew wat the London Quaker Tea Morohant I served three years' apprenticeship with. Ho made a large fortune before I left him, and ho nover bought a Package of Tea in China. FJREIIK. WIIITEMEAD, TEA MERCHANT & FAMILY UHtieEK, »»«Tio^A«- 55E . A ro.«».B« Unrivalled /0) is /oy OU B.M/ i W- I /vQf ABOUNDINO /o/ - A/ Strength / AND WHOUALITY.: T IGHT HARNESS HORSES, SADDLE



WM. RATTRAY. WILLIAM RATTRAY begs to announce that his first skip \ ments of SPRING NOVELTIES for all Departments are NO IV I \ OPEN. He respectfully invites an inspection of these Goods, aihich have been carefully selected and | marked throughout at Strictly 1 M ODER ATE Prices. 178, 180, 182, Queen St.



Dress and Fashion. FIRE. FIRE. FIRE. i ! ESTIMATED VALUE : £7,000 WOBTH WOBTn £7,000 | OF I DRAPERY CLOTHING. ! DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. | DRAPERY CLOTHING. DRAPERY CLOTHING. DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. DRAPERY CLOTHING. THE S^HLTV^GKH] STOCK OF W. VAILE & CO. Id NOW OFFERED FOR SALE! FOR SALE ! FOR SALE! AT OUR PREMISES, CANADA BUILDINGS, QUEEN r-STI!EET. AND AS THE GREATER PORTIOX OF THIS STOCK WAS ONLY DAMAGED BY WATER, CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TUB ADVANTAGE OF SECURING SOUND GOODS AT ABOUT QUARTER THE USUAL PRICE. REMEMBER! THE SALE IS NOW ON AT THE PREMISES, CANADA BUILDINGS. SALE NOW ON. SALE NOW ON. SAMUEL COOMBES & CO. i I



TP B A 0 0 0 X, • OPTICIAN, HAS IN STOCK SPECTACLES AND KYK GLAKSKH of every description. AN ACCUKACT ttT GUARANTEED. COMPOUND MICROSCOPES & TELE SCOPES, Powerful and Cheap. Ahikoid Bakgmetsmb, TnanMOMBTSBB, Klehtiuo Hells, U<rrßitii£B. a,vd KITTINUI*. SJaefncotlo l-.liiutric Machines and Medical Colls. OPKHA CU.ASHKB, KINOCULAK, FIELD A.N'll MARIN'M GT^ASSIKS. ( THKOJ)OIJTICS, SiCXTANTS, COMPASSES. . BPKCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. —TAYLOR'S SIOWINQ MACIIINKS. Ti)B C»!sin-'u of atock of those oxccllent Hbuil und Treadle MnchipfM will be sold nt 2J Sf.r cunt illsaov.aU Ktmr'.j 000 In use inAuck tad. OPPOSITE TnFFoSTOFFTCB, y»WHT[.4Mr)fITKBKI. CO US I N 8 AND AT E IN, COACH BUILDERS, ESXIOIT AKD £l&gBT-8TBHRf, Have In Stock— Double and Sisgle-eeated Bnggloa, Hoode/l Phatona, Vis-a-riß, Waggonettea, Dos Caria. Sooond-hsrid Pbtotoni and Riißsff«t. M*Bf Thowanai 8oano»od-l'inl9h»(S SfsSej. Kit SwtStM&UAstklMO.



D. E v l T ■• QUNMAKER. g |ffj|3ggP^^^^ AUOSLAND Vm^^ST •OWo^totteOltjrMMkStJ. Estabi-7s^cd 18S9. IS^^^S^V standing Buyers should In- SIWBHHST J SP°Ot the tAROK BTOCK Of wSKky Brecon and Muzzle-loading 3Ji£»Hf Guns on hand. They will see toNhWsI the BKBT VALCI •" Anokland. m *lwi^ Every gun thoroughly examin- X W Hammerlesa Gune, with Slemen's £ Silver's Patent Anti-recoil Butt l^la tea; W«bloy's Bun Don and Irish Consta ffi bnjary Revolvqj-o, also his New Patent m fielf-oxtracllng Revolver; Kynoch'a j M Patent "Perfeot" Reloading Metallic « & Cartridge Oases and Crimpers; EJert H Revolver Ammunition and Motalllc Cartridge Cases ; Newcastle Chilled Shot J Cnrtlsa and Harvey and Plgon Wilk'a and Laurence's Gunpowdor; Kley's Wadding and Cartridge Cases; Powder Flasks, Shot Ponchos, Oarae Bags, Gun Cases, Cartridge Bolts, Qua Oil. Tow for Gun Cleaning, Ferrot Muzzles and Bellß, Saloon Hifleß, Air Canes, Breeoh-loadlna Implements, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery. FlrS worka. REPAIRS, Including Browning and Re stocking, Bpocially attended to, and satisfaction V, hi Vll 1 , G UNMAKBE & Impob,,,^ <W4. QUBEW-BTKKBT. AtTOIOuUnj. rj|»y AyPOrHTMKNT TO HIB BXpBLLWfW 188 QOVKHNOB. riLBDHILL'S GINGBB ALB, PIUTS AND QUARTS. FBIOE-LIBT ON APPr.ICATIfW. ' G, GLEDHIH, W^U.BfS»KT-»TUin.



Ironmongery. . PORTER & 00. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMONGERS &. IRON MERCHANTS, QUEEN & HIGH STREETS, AUCKLAND. English and American jßjlj English and American PLATEDWARE. ffmk PLATEDWARE. E. POSTER & CO. Have just received a largo assortment (or the coming Season of LAWN MOWERS and GARDEN ROLLERS The Mowers comprise tho Philadelphia, Easy, Pennsylvania, and Excelsior, all of which are the most modern machine?, ROLLERS jWr^ MOWERS II you wtah your LAWN to LOOK WELL you cannot do without a MOWER. PRICES CONSIDERABLY UEDUCED. E. PORTER & CO. In our SHOW ROOMS will bo found almost every requisite of the KITCHEN, including ROTARY KNIFE CLEANERS. •g - TTTH' -in-■ ■ linn II i■ - !■■■ r t)B S/«« lultable for Family or Hotels, &c Can be opened and doted In a ticoni Sausage and Mincing Machines FOR FAMILY USE. BAUSAQE /S^\ ' i&kk FILLERS^E^^^K CHOPPERS KNIVES Sfeiil^iiijM Butchers' Use E. POETEE & GO. Have in Stock n Largo Assortment of AVERY'S, FAIRBANKS, & HOWE'S SCALES and Weighing Machines. "2 Portable Warehouse Scale, Union, or Ijqnfllu Scale, * * ■.-..• . . ..... ■■■•• ' CD - . ' Counter Scales, Steel-yards* E, PORTER & CO. Havo always in Stock a Variety of Washing, Wringing, &. Mangling Machines. The'! Ph«nix« | iS rr=?sr -^.Jit^ BRADFORD'S MANGLE ■ i ~- - - _ m^^M Lever & Spring Mangles constructed of / \ r^~:^^ I^S|| ~~ Wrought Iron Tubes, fl}^ --.-7 'rSU Coni!)ined being Jl^ "' MfJI WASHERS & MANGLES. almost unbreakable, s ** ~T" ~ \ I I LAUNDRY STOVES PORTABLE 80ILERS j Charcoal Irons. and .. Ji 4^r^s I!I ,j NICKEL-PLATED FURNACE PANS. , |.t ~^^A SMOOTHING IRONS. PRICES ALL REDUCED. Retail Department: I Wholesale Department: QUEEN STREET. | HIGH STREET. Branch Store: NEWMARKET, WHBJUD A LAEGB STOCK IS KEPT AND SOLD AT TOWN PRICES. AUCKUND, NEW ZEAUNP.