SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATBm^^S^fi-Suit.W SL'NSKT.-Thi.. Evening. 7.8 Ki.'NKlS.C—'l'o-morrow Morning, 4.10 MOON'S AQE.-l.ast Quarter, oth, 11.0 p.m,

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVENING. Ringarooma. s.a., Popham, from Dunedin TODAY. Southern Cross, as., Hutchison, from Tauranga. _~, TH'mmaßuasell. s.»„Helander.fromGlsborne Wellington, 5.8.. StepliuiißOU, from Tauranga

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Te Anau, s.B„ McGco, for Ruasell Macgregor, s.s., Johnson, for Whangarei Wultakl, b.h.. Crawford, for Whangarei

IMPORTS.

Per Ringarooma, from Dunedin—Bso sacks wheat, IS boxes tea, lSUplatea iron, 3tl roll 3 lead, 10 tons pig iron, fil casca whisky, 10S cases currants, 18 boxen tin, and a largo quantity sun dries.

Inwards Coastwise.—Moehau. from Omaha, with (10 tons firewood, 5.00(5 shingles, 1,000 pulinga; Paku, from Talrua, with 23,000 feet timber; Pukapnka, from Tirinin, with 20,151 foft limber; Kolus, from Cape Colvllle, with ballast.

OtMvaros Coastwise.—Mot-hau, for Omaha, Paku. for TaintA; Pukapnku, for Talrua.

Tho four-masted ship Vanduara left London for this port on October 22nd, and passed Deal on the following day.

Tho tonnngo loading on tho berth at London on October 17 for Australia and Now Zoaland amounted to 3G.&>! tons.

The s.a. Herald waa to havo left Greymsuth at 3 o clook this afternoon for Auckland, not for Manukau, an recently advertised.

Messra Staley, Redford, and Co. quote sailing roesol rates from London to Auckland: rough •iiensurenicnt, 30s ; line, 10s ; weight. 30s ; cement, 5s per cask, Stoamer: rough measure liinnt, tr>s; line, 50a.

riiq s.a. llomaa Rnaaell arrived from Gia bornc nHtl Napier at 8 a.m. Sho brought a .mall quantity of general cargo but had no pas icngera. She is announced to return South this evening.

The s.s. Riiiearooma arrived from Dunedin parly Inst evening, -raving made tho passage in V^s 21} hours. Sno brought up tho balance of the Coptic s cargo. The Ringarooma leaves again for Sydney at 5 this evonlng.

A collision between tho steamship Kaikoura and tho barque Union occurred off Durleston Head on tho night of October 19. The Kaikoura escaped without, injury, but tho barque suft'ered very much, and waa subsequently towed into Lowes for repairs.

Iho s.s. Wellington arrived from Tauranga at '."_n.ni. to-day with the following passengers: Messrs Bell, Jacobs, Drew, Loo. Sprlngall, Dale, T. Dalziel. Rev. Watkins. Mra J. W. AVntkins. Miss Watkins. The Wellington waa docked for cleaning in tho morning, and therefore omitted her usual trip to Whangarei.

Tho s.s. Southern Oroaa loft Oamara at 8.35 p.m. on Ist inst. called at Wellington, Napior, (lisborno, Awanuf, Ricks'a Bay. and Tauranga, leaving latter port at 3.7 p.m. on9th, and arrived A uckJand 7 a.m. on 10th. Experienced variable wind to Wellington, high N. winda to Barrier Island, strong XV. winds and heavy sea to \Vhito Island, thenco light winda and calms to arrival. Passengers :— Saloon : Mrs Richardson. Mr Henderson and native. Stf orage: Miaa Irueas, Ah Yeu. We aro indebted to Mr Jno. Waidie, nurser, for reports, etc.

Captain Helander. of the Thomas Russell, ro aorta having passed a white brigantine and wnito fore-and-aft schooner, both bonnd North, oil East Capo on Tuesday morning. They wore protpbly the Sarah Pile and Throe Cheors, both with cargo for this port

THE KAIKOURA.

Tho How Zealand Shipping Company's now steamer Kaikouru. a fine vessel of 1,750 tons register, from London, bound for Dunedin, loft Hobart on Sunday. She is in command of Cap tain Crutehley, and has over 200 passengers in the Saloons, of which tho following aro for Auckland: — First Saloon: Messrs Henry Jtoldtng. Harry Bojlo, \V. G. Doubleday. J. A. Doubleday, James Irvine, Allan McDonald, J. O. Owen, Mr mid Mrs C. Slior land and two children. Miss P. Sharland. Second saloon: Mr and Mra J. A. Airston and infant, MrsW. Airston. Missß. Aatley. Mr and Mrs Cottingham, Mrand Mrs J. T. Freshney and daughter. Mrand Mrs J. K. Geroatand family, Mr and Mrs D. Hydninson and family. Mr fl. W. Parkinson, Miss Annio N. Patterson. Third cabin: Mr D.Anderson, Mr L. Honnett, Mr E. Rutterworth, Mr H. Cadneas, Mr J. Oliit'ord, Mr 11. Clowes, wife, and family, Mrs M. Cnlhoan. Mr P. Corry, Mr G. S. Cowen, Mr F. Cowlan, Mr Croft, wife, and child. Mr J. Eisenbul, Mr Fowler, wife, and child. Mr J. Fraser, Mr E. Zurehda, Mr G. Glower and wife. Mr Gordon, wife and fartiily, Mr J. Green, Mrs E. Green, Miss Green, Mr A. Green, Mr W. Griffiths, Miss A. Hayes, Mr 0. Hurler, Mr E. J. HlltSOn, Mr S. Johnson, Sir J. Enopfel. Mr J. C. Lament. Mr W. A. Lam out. Mr J. Mad dons, Mr F. Maxwell. Mr W. Maxwell, Mr W. Maxwell, Mr J. Mackenzie Miss Mackenzie. Mr J-Nelson, Miss J. Nicholl. Mr M. O'Connor. Miss K. Parkill. Mr and Mrs Parkinson, Miss J. Savllle. Mr J. Schlapfer, Mr J. Tanner. Mr W. "W. cstlako. Mr and Mrs Whinray and child, Mr W. Woodhouae, Mr and Mra W. Wright and child.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

New Plymouth, this day.—Arrived: Roto rtm, from Onehunga, 3.30 a.m. QBETMOUTn, Tuesday. — Arrived: Herald, from Auckland, 3.10 p.m.

COMMERCIAL.

Even ma Stab Office, this day. Under order from tho R.M. Court, Meaara Rlohardaon and Crawley sold by auction to-day, for 5s per aoro, 80 acre 3of land in ihe parish of Owhiwha, near Whangarei. Mr Jonkinson was the purchaser. Mesgrs Cochrane ojid Son sold to-day a num ber ol villa Bites situated at Mountain view, the property of Mr Finch, which realised 30S to 10a per foot. Tl le aolo was woll attended.

Chief Post-office, Auckland.

Mails wir-r, Closr as under—

Tins Day

Per Ringarooma. as follows :— For India. China, Japan. Mediterranean Porta, and Continent ot Europe, at 3 p.m. For Australian Colonies and Unitod King dom, via Colombo, Suez, and Urindiai, for letters, etc, specially so propaid and ad dressed, at 1 p.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, .at 3 p.m. __atelettors for Sydney and Melbourno only, at 4.20 p.m. Tho iJnitod Kingdom mail will bo duo in London on Tuesday, January 27,1555. For Gisborno and Napier, per Thomas Ruasell,

at 4 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at 1.30 p.m,

Thursday, nth inst,

For Thamea, por Rotomahana, at 7.30 a.m. For waiwera, Te Kapa, Craigicburn, Wnrk worth, etc, per Rose Cnsey, at 10 a.m. For Holrianga, etc., per Argyle, at 11 a.m. For Rarotonga, por Kato McGregor, at 11 a.m. For Gisborne, Napier. Southern Ports, and Australian Colonies, per To Anau, at II a.m. For Tauranga, Ohinemutu, and Opotlkl, por Wellington, at 5 p.m. , For Whitiangi. Upper Mill, and Talrua, por Glenolg, nt 5 p.m.

Friday. 12th Inst,

For Woltara, per Hannah Mokau, at 7.10 a.m.

For Taranaki Southern porta, and liOndon via Rio do Janeiro and St. Vincent (per con tract steamer Kaikoura. from Lyttelton on 20th instant), per Hawca, immediately after arrival of s.s. Australia. United Kingdom mail due in London on Feb. 1.

N.B.—From and after the loth November ultj the following rates of Posluge must bo prepaid on Correspondence for tho United Kingdom, addressed to bo sent via Brindlsi :— On all Letters one BhiUing por half-ouneoor fraction of half an ounce. ... On all Book Packets and Parcola, three pence for overy two ounces or fraction of two ounces. On all Newspapers, twopence each. Correapondcnce addreased via Suez and Brindlsi, and not fully prepaid, will be for warded via San Francisco. S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster. Chief Post-office, Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

Dec-MHKr 10, 18SJ.

Abbott's Opera Houae—"Leah tho Forsaken." 8 p.m. Tottersalls' Club — General Meeting of Members, S p.m.

Excelsior Entortainment—Franklin Road, 7.80. p.m. ... •■» ' ™ni st. Bop-ioteo'B Church-Bishop Solwyn wm __ddross Sunday-school Teachers and Sonoiara on tne MelaneslanMi»»i»», v._op.m.'--

Working Men's Club-Quarterly Meeting of Bricklayers, T 30 p.m.

St. Sepulchro'a School-room—Sale of Fancy Work (Woaleyan), 4 till 10 p.m.

Birth

LOWNDES.—On December 10th, at her resi dence, Kyber Pass Road. Nowniarkot, the wife of Joacph Lowndes, of a daughter.

Death.

WEBB.—On 10th Inßt., Mary Louisa Webb, in her 19th y ear; deeply regretted. Tho funeral vill leave her paronta' reaidenco, ■Willow-street, Freeman's Bay, on Friday, at 3 o'clock. All friends are kindly Invited to attend.

The Evening Star. WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News and Echo.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1881.

For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can da

A controversy of a most important kind is engaging public attention in Sydney. The Corporation have recently obtained power to borrow for tho laying of wood pavement on the streets, and have let large contracts. The wisdom of this proceeding was challenged on hygienic grounds, and the Government appointed a board to report on the subject. The gentlemen chosen to investigate were men of high standing in their professions : Dr. Mackellar (Government Health Officer), Professor Liversidge, F.R.S., Mr W. Morris (of the Royal Miscroscopical Society, London), Mr James Barnet (Colonial Architect), Mr VV. A. Dixon, F.C.S., F.I.C. (Instructor in Chemistry, Sydney Technical College), and Dr. J. Ashburton Thompson, who holds the Cambridge certificate in sanitary science. The Board have now re ported adversely to the employment of wood for street pavement. In the course of the evidence taken, it was stated that in the principal cities of America wood had been exclusively tried, but in the warm climates there, as elsewhere, it had been abandoned on account of its becoming filthy and wearing out. Twice New Orleans had suffered fearfully from a scourge of yellow fever, and on the last occasion, in 1879, Dr. Raymond, a member of the Washington International' Health Committee, had reported that the wooden pavements of the city were the chief cause of the outbreak, by afford ing a harbour for the fever germs. In Washington, two million pounds worth of wood pavements had been taken up and burned to save the people from typhoid and other forms of fever. The following passages from the evidence are specially noteworthy:—

Afterthe wood had been down sufficiently long to become impregnated with animal matter, a sour smell was sure to arise after rain from the process of putrefaction This had been observed in London, where in the oity proper there were between three and four miles of wooden paving. In New York granite cubes as a rule had been substituted for wooden blocks. In his "Hygiene Navale," page 200, Mr J. Ponssagrives, of Paris, wrote:—"The structure of wood is admirably adapted to receive and hold, and then give off in evaporation very foul Matters which taint the atmosphere and lAajare health ;" and again writing in 1874, Site same sanitary authority remarked:1 YSBhe hygienist cannot look favourably jppp a street. covering consisting of |{J tiorous substance capable of ab- j 'Urbing organic matter, and by its I '.Own decomposition giving rise to noxious f-touma, which, proceeding from so large a ! surface, cannot be regarded as insignificant. ' I am couviofcd th** " "'*" wW* a rlamo

climate, paved largely with wood, would become a city of marsh fevers." Sir Josoph Whitworth strited to the Health of Towns Commissioners in England that "the wood being very porous, and the fibre vertical, or nearly so, the manure, when pulverised by tho action of tho wheels, becomes so cm beddedjin the fibre that it is impossible to remove it except when the wood is veiy dry or very wet."

One witness said : " No amount of good construction could alter the char acter of the wood. According to the weather, it expanded and contracted, and that of itself prevented a wooden pavement being made water-tight. The witness had seen such pavement laid in Sydney with a great deal of care; but the matter taken from some of the blocks on their removal soon afterwards proved, on analysis, to be as bad as that found in any sewerage." On the other hand, the City Surveyor and various witnesses gave evidence of unshaken faith in the wood. The City Surveyor declared that the causes of mischief in the cases mentioned arose wholly from bad laying. Whenever these pavements were properly laid, there was very little porosity or pene tration by water. It was also pointed out that large quantities of wood were being put down in London, where out of 2,000 miles of streets 53 were thus laid, and wood was replacing asphalt in Cheapside. The success of wooden pavement lies to a great extent in proper joints being made. The evi .dencc with regard to the durability of wood blocks appeared very conclusive, and also their easiness for traffic. The weight of testimony, however, was against the blocks on sanitary grounds, and the Board therefore reported ad versely to their employment, and recommended the substitution of asphalt, which expands under pressure, and becomes perfectly impervious to water. In his evidence with reference to asphalt pavement, tho City Engineer said:

Tho asphalt blocks which had been laid down in Sydnoy as nn experiment) had proved impervious to water, and tho on'y objection to thorn was thoir want of dura bility. Some of tho compressed asphalt blocks imported from America woro rotted away by a leakage of kerosono in tho ship which brought them here, and as many as woro discovered were discarded from tho work. Tho roadway made with theso blocks woro so badly that it had to bo takon up in 13 months, and his opinion was that no composition had yot been invented sufficiently durablo to stand the wear nnd tear of heavy street traffic, there being an uncertainty in the manufacture of the asphalt blocks.

The report has produced a very divided opinion in Sydney ; the Cor .poration, being committed to large con tracts for wood pavements, will, no doubt, go on with them; but in all pro bability Melbourne, and other colonial citiesj which had been converted by the enthusiasm in Sydney for wood pave ments, will wait awhile, and allow the experiment to be tried at the expense of their neighbour. The timbers chiefly used in the latter city are tallow-wood, spotted gum, bluegum, and blackbutt.

Address to Consul Griflin.

The address presonted to Consul Griffin to-day by tho Mayor, for tho citizens of Auckland, was a well-merited and graceful tributo to tho Consul's literary labours on bohalf of New Zealand during his iivo years' residonce hero. On three separate occasions the leading mon of Auckland havo shown their appreciation of Mr Griffin's services to tho city and colony, and the resolution carried by tho Houso of Representatives which resulted in tho publication by the Govornmont of a selec tion from Mr Griffin's reports in a handsome volume for public information, stamps thoir character • for reliability with tho officia saai.3_.Oa uublUi: and : noouil grounds, Ivll ariffin'B departure Ti-ltl be" regretted, al though it is a source of gratification that his removal from our city is in order to fill a more important and remunerative post in Sydney, with consular jurisdiction over New South Wales and Queensland.

The stock and share market steady, and quotations tho same, with the exception of Cambria's, sold at 8sc Gd.

Only two tenders wore received by Mr E. Bell for the seating of the Baptist Tabernacle. Thoy have not been opened yet.

Another gty and festive youth has takon his departure for fres pastures within tho last day or two. Singularly enough, it is said that the reason of Ids hurried departure is an objoction to enter into tho matrimonial state.

A good start has been made with tho Symonds - street and Kyber Pass Road works. Tho contractors aro breaking up tho road, and lifting the metal, and ex cavating has already been commenced.

With referenco to the telegram from Wellington a week ago reporting that the Ringarooma had gone ashore at Picton, we learn that the vessel merely grounded alongside the wharf at low tide. At tho time appointed for her departure it was found that she would not float until the tide rose.

There is still every probability that a scratch cricket team will go South during the present season. Arrangements are pro ceeding satisfactorily, and it is understood that the day prior to Christmas Day will witness the departure of the team. Apart from the absence of Lankham, who would bo missed as a first-class bowler and bats man, there is but little doubt that no diffi culty would be experienced in selecting a team much stronger—especially in batting talent—than that which wont South in 1889.

Mr John Lamb is slowly recovering from his recent sovere illness. Tho Mayor made reference to his absence at tho meeting of tho Harbour Board yesterday, and regretted that owing to the distance at which Mr Lamb lived from town, he had been unable to call upon him. Upon inquiry at his office, however, he was informed that Mr Lamb was not yet able to leave home. He moved that the Board should express its regret at Mr Lamb's continued illness, and grant him leave of absence for three months. The Chairman referred to Mr Lamb as an energetic aud useful member of the Board, and his absence was felt. However, from what he heard, he believed it would not bo long until ho would be back. The motion was then put and carriod.

Tho shopkeepers in tho lowor part of Wellosloy-stroot West havo a griovanco which thoy aro anxious to have romediod. It would appear to bo tho custom sinco tho trams commenced to run to keep tho relief horses waiting in a small right-of-way at tho sido of Howin's buildings. Thoy aro supposod to be left there in charge of boys, and it is in this connection that tho complaints havo arison. Thi} boys, it is said, neglect their duty for tho purpose cf amusing themselves, and their pranks at tract to the spot youthfullarrikins of all sorts and sizes. The complaints are not diroeted so much against fti 3 horso-tendors as thoir friends, who aro roported to use languago of a most filthy and blasphemous character within tho hearing of people in the streets and neighbouring shops. The grievance is. certainly ono that might well be attended to by the proper authorities.

Tho pretty rural Anglican sanctuary of Christ Church at Ellerslio has been singled out for special display in tho way of artistic ornamentation. Some time .ago Mr Albin Martin wrote Homo to a former prot<_g<_ and pupil, who is now member of the firm of Clayton and Bell (glass painters to the Queen), inquiring if any painted glass suit able for insertion in the windows of tho churc'i could be obtained cheap. With characteristic generosity, Mr Bell has sent out by the s.s. Coptic thirteen windows handsomely painted with scenes from the life of Jesus, and valued in the gros^ at something over £1,000. Thoy came up from the South this week, and in due course will be fitted up in Christ Church, and tho consequence will be to render it the most attractive little tabernacle in tho colony.

The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in the Waitemata County Council for the Manukau Riding was received by Mr Seaman, Returning Officer, at the New Lynn Station yesterday. Messrs George Laing and Alexander Mackie were nomi natedi but only ono being required; a poll will be taken on Saturday next at the School-room, Titirangi, and the Sawmill, Huia.

Telegraphing from Pahi to-day, our cor respondent says : —" Abraui Ridings has been committed for trial for tho three Offences with which he was charged before Justices Ariel'ami Jackmaii. Detective Twolioy appeared for tho prosecution, aud Mr Thoo. Cooper in defence. Accused was liberated in bail of £200."

It seems pretty certain that an Otago football team will make a tour of the colony next season. We arc informod, however, that they will not play at Wellington, owing to Ihb fact that that city has not sent n team South.

It was agreed at tho Harbour Board yes terday to remit the annual pilotage charged upon vessel?, tho masters or mates of which hold exemption certificates. This conces sion, it was said, would moan a loss of £336 per annum at present derived from certifi cates. Some of tho members thought they should abolish pilotage charges altogether, and in order to avoid the trouble of collect ing tho tax and then refunding, the sugges tion was made that they should apply for permission to do away with tho necessity lor charging.

It is with regret that we learn that Mr W. Lanklmm, tho well-known cricketer, ia dangorously ill, lie broke a blood vessel rather moro than a week ago, and has since been in a precarious state of health. Dr. Parkinson, who is attending upon him, is, however, confident that ho will pull him through. This illness will prevent Mr Lankham from playing cricket again during the presont season.

Major Cautley, R.E., who has been engaged in conjunction with the Governor for moro than a year past in devising a system of defences for tho ports of tho colony, arrived by tho Rotorua yesterday in furthor prosecution of his duties. He visits tho North Shore and other points included in tho plan of local defence boforo returning again ■to Wellington—a fow days hence. Tho Governor's recent address boforo tho Philosophical Institute will bo issuod within a fow days in pamphlet form, profusely illustrated with maps, watch plans, and diagrams.

A meeting of tho creditors of E, B. Reynolds was hold to-day. After agreeing t;n allow the bankrupt his furniture, and leaving tho Assignee to deal with tho pro perty as he thought best, tho meeting adjourned.

Messrs Mahonoy arid Bartloy will not re port upon Messrs Grainger nnd D'Ebro's Free Library and Art Gallory plans before next week.

Owners of jiroportica leased from the City Councilor Improvement Trust Com mission should be caroful to notify to the former body any sales or transfers of interestas the original leases continue liable, and if non-payment from any cause occurs thoy may bo put to legal expenses for tho recovory tlieroof, although thoy may not be in possession.

Tho Special Court appointed to try Dud ley and Stephens, tho captain and mate of tho yacht Mignonette, for tho murder of the boy Parker on tho high seas, has passed sentence of death on both prisoners.

Mr Milnor Stephen gives another public healing on Friday night in St. James's Hall, when tho poor will bo treated freo.

It has been decided to hold tho noxt show in connection with the Auckland Poultry, Pigeon, and Rabbit Association, on the last three days in the third week in July. Tho Canterbury show takes placo in tho earlier part of tho month, and tho Auckland show has boen fixed to follow it immediately, so that exhibits may be received from tho South. Mention was mado at tl\o meeting lost night of tho fact that thcro was some talk outside of holding an opposition show.

At tho fijst ordinary general meeting of tho colonial shareholders of tho New Zea land Land niid Mortgage Company, yester day, Sir IT. Whitaker (chairman) explained that thero was no balance-sheet to bo submitted, seeing that whilo tho colonial

accounts woro made up to tho 31st of Oc tober, tho Engli.h accounts were made up to tho 31st Decembor. Ho referred at some length to tho position of tho Company, and said that tho call of 10a por share made by the directors was dono in order to comply with the requirements of tho London Stock Exchange, which would not quoto their stock unless .-CI a share was paid up. The dividend of 7 per cent, would bo payable in February,

Amongst tho recommendations of tho Works Committee adopted at tho meeting of tho Harbour Board yesterday wore tho following&.f;That port charges on Rio and Maili r^^_«nitted ; that Harbour-master t___k-.-»#_■ -*;|»- noil roiwrc wl»mu:,_u v*. tonslon ol'Vfctoi'i:v Wlmi-r; tnatportfott of Queen-street Wharf adjoining outer western teo be re-built by day labour, planking to bo three inches, and that tho part re-built be covered with wooden blocks sot on Port land cement; that a half-tide platform bo eroded at the inner western tee for the use of tho Northcote steamors; that wharfinger and manager bo appointed to supervi.so receiving and forwarding of goods on wharf, at a salary of £300.

Tho popular Irish drama of " Green Bushes was repeated at the Opera Houso last ovoning before a fair house, and its representation appoared to afford tho fullest patisfaction to tho audience. Amongst those who assisted most materially towards tho success of tho performance wcro Messrs Teece, Shannon, Hogan, Mc- Gowan and Ford, and Misses Crawford, Melrose, Frasor, Masters and Mrs T, N. Ford. Several songs woro capitally ronderod by Miss Frascr. "Leah the Forsaken" is announced for this evoning, while a dramatised version of Hugh Con way's "Called Back" is in course of pre paration. Miss Crawford takes a wcll deservod benofit on Friday noxt.

Tho Ark of Eden Good Templar enter tainment was given last evening, but the meeting was not so largo as usual. Mr Sprang, son., occupied the chair, and intro duced the proceedings in a well-framed speech. Tho Misses Craig performed a pianoforte duet, and the elder sister sang, with pleasiDg effect, " She Wore a Wreafli of Roses." Mr Thompson ' gave "The Old Brigade " in good style, and, in response to an encore, "Mary of Argyle." Several recitations and readings by Messrs Tatter sall, Clarkson, Hill, llosser, and others, re ceived deserved attention and applause. A vote of thanks to the Chairman and the " Parting Ode " brought the meeting to a peaceful close.

. Severalnis;hts after his departure from the Asylum, the lunatic Minogue called at a settler's houso in the neighbourhood of Titirangi ranges. He wanted a bed and a gun to protect himself from forty men," who, he said, woro in the "ranges trying to capture him, and whose heads he could see. The settler accommodated him with a square meal and a bed in an outhouse, and promised that he himself would keep guard with the gun while the lunatic slept. It may very readily be imagined that he did not sleep much that night with adangerous maniac on his premises.

Mr A. K. Taylor yesterday waited upon tho Minister of Justice (1) to enquire if cortain land belonging to.him at Wai koukou, which tho Government had noti fied thoir intention of taking for the pur poses of a railway station, was to be so taken, as ho intended tonsk compensation, and (2) how it was proposed to divert the road at Morningsido. Mr Coom (rail way engineer), who happened to bo present, answered the first query in tho ailirmativo, and exprossod sur prise that compensation should bo ox pected, as tho erection of the railway station .would enhance tho value of the rest of Mr Taylor's property. With regard to the second subject of enquiry, the Hon. Mr Tolo said that tho Government had boen communicated with, and ho asked Mr Coom to furthercommunicato with thorn and lot Mr Taylor have an answer as soon as pos sible Mr Pago also interviewed tho Minister of J ustico, and represented to him tho neces sity of a bridge across tho railway lino at Kingsland. Tho Hon. Mr Tolo promised to communicato with tho Minister of Public Works, and roturn his intorviower an answer with tho least possible delay.

At the meeting of tho Harbour Board yesterday afternoon, Mr Knox, civil and practical engineer, submitted a plan show ing a part system of railways laid to the gauges of tho New Zealand Government railways over the existing Queen-street pier, along the newly-formed quay frontage, to the proposed goods_ receiving shed, and connected with the oxisting lines on railway pier. Eeclaimsthatbythesystemformulated a direct railway communication is obtained to and from Vessels lying at cither wharf, and any given point there On. His commu nications woro in all edses direct. He rejected turn-tables or traverses as cumber some hindrances, and heavy ifcemsof expense. He recommended the removal back about 6 feet of the outer side of A shed, to allow the line of rails to be advantageously laid the whole length of tho wharf head, where by two ocean steamers could be accommo dated at one time, and discharge into rail way waggons from any hatch without shift ing. Vehicular traffic would not be inter fered with, and passenger traffic he had somewhat provided for. As a motive power ho recommended a locomotive shunt ing engine. He pointed out that the scheme was capable of being curtailed or extended. The matter has been referred by tho Board to its Works Committee.

) Tho following tenders for a villa in Dun ledin -street for Mr J. Close have been re ceived by Mr E. Bull:—Keyes Bros., £624 ; Creohmar and Small, £420 ; W". Hutchison, £395 ; Wrigley and Hancock, £382; Barri ball and Louergan, £376; Burns and Keunealy, £369; J. J. Pooley. £357 ; F. Reynolds, £337 sa. I Mr Joseph Kitchen, of Wellington, offers I himseif as a candidate on the Central 1 Board of the Government Life Assurance (Association.

At the meeting of the Newmarket Licensing Bench yesterday, a letter was read from the Auckland Liconsod Victu allers' Association, asking that the timo of closing licensed houses should be extended till 11 p.m. Mr Cotter, who waa present on behalf of tho Association, made a strong appeal in support of the application con tained in the letter, but tho Bench without

hesitation decided to adhere to the 10 o'clock closing. Reporting on the Frozen Meat Company;s reclamation yesterday, the Engineer of the Harbour Board said that none of the earth filling had been washed out of the boundary lino of tho reclamation. The contractor had told him that it was liib intention to have a scoria facing placed on the boundary lino. There was no further sign of distress on reclamation wall. Mr McKenzie charac terised the report as incorrect and mislead ing, and said the stuff was washing out beyond the boundary lino.

Owing to an alleged irregularity in the recent Waitemata County election at Titi vangi, tho election for that scat has to take place again. Rather than allow a crooked condition of things to remain, Mr Marshall Laing retired from tho Council, and the new election will bo held on Saturday next. Mr George Laing, father of the retiring mem ber, is a candidate, and is opposed by Mr Alexander Mackio, lately in business as a coachbuilder in this city. Great interest is being taken in the contest amongst the settlers in the district.

The Whau Regatta has not proved a financial success, the statement of accounts showing a debit balance of £2, which, it is said, will be made up by a general reduc tion of the prize-money. One rather dis agreeable featuro in connection with the award of prizos is that E. Bailey, who won the scullers' race, claims £5 and a cup, while the Committee will not recognise their liability for moro than the cup. It ap pears that the claim is based on a state ment which was published in the " Herald," and which the Committee assert is in correct. The matter ia yet unsettled.

Tho lunatic Minoguo was at Big Muddy Crook, in Manukau Hoads district, on Monday night, and at fivo oclock yesterday morning was seen on his way to Helensville, whither he said he intended to go. Now that he is on his way back, it is to be hoped that his capture will bo speedily effected.

Henry Stephen Cuthbert, gardener, of Mount Roskill, consented to an order for the payment of 5s per week towards tho support of his two children who were com-" mitted to tho Industrial Home. An old man named Sullivan, broueht his five grandchildren to tho Police-station, nnd left thorn in charge of the police; stating that his son, Hugh Sullivan, a fish-hawker, and his wife, had decamped, and left the helpless five with him. He was unable to caro and provido for them. The parents aro strong and able, and should be made to support their childron. The police aro in vestigating tho case which will possibly be brought boforo the Court to-morrow morn ing.

Tho anniversary of the Franklin Read Primitivo Methodist Church was celebrated last evening by a tea and public meeting. About 150 persons sat down to tables well provided with good tilings, and presided over by tho following ladies:—Mcsdnmes Wilson, Walker, Hutchins, Biglake, and VVoeks, Misses M. Chambers, J. Chambers, Percy, Hayles, Maynnrd, and Williams, A bachelors' tnblo was provided by Mr Clealand. Thcro was a large attendance at tho after-mooting, tho Roy. J. Boothroyd prosid ing. The balanco-shoot was road by Mr Thos. Walker (sec). Thereceiptsamounted to £144 13s sd, and the expenditure to £134 Os 3d, leaving a credit balance of £.1013s 2d, T 10 r port was of a satisfactory character. Addresses wore delive'.cd by clergymen and others, and suitable selections of music wore rendered by the choir, under the leadership of Mr Booth.

A Hobart telegram to the " Sydney Morning Herald" states that it has been proved beyond doubt that a three-masted schooner named tho Osprey arrived there in

1648, that tho captain's name was F. P. Coinyn, and the agents were Messrs Burns WB-wyihiliit..i»>L,ti>> l T>,^M._i.y,V|in.rf .', film, nn, pearod to be an Amerlcan-buut vessel, as the planking was narrower than is usual in British vessels. These facts have been cortifiod to by Mr F. B. Campbell, of the Hobart Savings Bank. A correspondent writes to the sanio paper stating that " the throe-masted schooner Osprey was sold in Molhourne in 1852, and bought by a man named Barnett, who then kept the Royal E:_changoHotcl,inCollin-stroet, Melbourne. She came to Sydney from Melbourne in December, 1852. A Miss Jessie Munro was then a passenger by her ; she waa also a passenger on tho return of the vessel to Melbourne, when I was on board. We left Sydney on the 18th January, 1853. The o_prey was advertised to sail in the 'Sydney Morning Herald' from the 7th January to the 17th; her agents were Messrs Sheppard and Alger, Packet Office, 480, George-street, Sydney, and she was described in the advertisement as a clipper schooner, which, in fact, she ■bos, but three-masted." The " Herald " states that an examination of their files confirms tho above in nearly evory particular.

Tho annual meeting of the Auckland Poultry, Pigeon, and Rabbit Association was held last evening, Mr Cornwell pre siding. From the report presented, it ap peared that tho Society was in a flourishing condition. It possesses 91 members, after an existence of eighteen months, and has a balance of £18 in hand from the lost show. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as fol lows : — Patrons: Messrs A. E. Isaacs, S. Morrin, and Gresham, of Te Awamutu ; President: Mr G. Cruickshank; Vice rresidents : Messrs Charles Bartley, Clem. Bartley, G. Hulme, J. Cornwall, Cart wright, Martin, Goodacre, and James Whitaon ; Committee: Messrs Teeadale, Craig, A. A. White, G. Pearson, S. Pear son, F. Hulme, A. Doughty, Charles Rollin son, George Towler, Jones, and W. Erring ton, junior, with power to add to their number ; Seoretary : Mr A. O. Stevens ; Treasurer: Mr G. Cruickshank. It was agreed t.iat tho show should be held during the last three days of the third week of next July.

Mr Moss yesterday introduced to Hon. Mr Tole a deputation representing the GraSton and Newmarket portions of the Parnell electorate. The deputation con sisted of Messrs G. Aickin, C. La Roche, J. Mason, W. J. Suiter, and G. T. Keetley. Mr Suiter introduced the matter of the widening of the road at Newmarket opposite the railway station. The residents of the district were very desirous that this should be done. Mr Tole promised to recommend such extension as would not entail too great a loss to the Department. The matter of the filling up of tho hollow in Kyber Pass between the railway bridge and the Gaol Road was then introduced Toy Messrs Aickin and La Roche. It appears the City Council would be willing to deposit 7,000 cubic feet of earth on Kyber Pass Road, if tho Govern ment wero prepared to metal it afterwards. Thoy would also doposit 7,000 yards in the hollow, if the Government would pay the extra cost of cartage The- cost would now bo but £300, while if tho work was to he dono at any othor time it would probably cost from £1,000 to £1,500. Mr Tole promised to communicate with his colleague by telegraph regarding tho matter.

FLIES AND BUGS, bcetlea„lnsects, roaches, ants, lied bug., nttajmlce, gophers, chipmunks, clean, out by M Rough on Eats." ■___.<_ K«_aithoiu« l Pro_HifeOo.,_-i»U, Auckland A conversazione will be held to-morrow evening in tho Choral Hall, to celebrate the anniversary of St. Andrew'a Preabyterian Church, commencing at half-paat seven o'clock.

A conversazione to celebrate the anni versary of St. Andrew's Church, will be held to-morrow evening (Thursday), In the [Choral Hall, commencing at 7.30. There will be a fruit service. Tho programme, whioh promises to be an interesting and varied one, will oonsiat of nddreeaea, recitations, and muslo by a full choir. ««.■■•

Bishop Selwyn will deliver an address this cvoning in St. Sepulchre's Church on " Mcianesian Misaion," with Btriking Incidents in connection with hia missionary life in the Melanosian Islands.

■ Mr C. Renahaw, late carriage-builder to Right Hon. John Bright, haa begun business in Sumiyside Koad, Eden Vale, Mount Eden. Ho notifies in another column that ho haa been in the trade for thirty-three years, and haa an ex tensive knowledge of public requirements.

A special general meeting of the members ot tho Auckland Club has been called for Friday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of altering rules, &c.

The trade will do well to attend the boot Bale to be held to-morrow, at 11 o'clook. by Mr 6 Lewis. The gooda comprise all the uaual lines for the present acaaon, and should com mand a ready fale.

The compliments of the season may be gracefully conveyed, and will be appreciatingly accepted, if accompanied by some useful pre sent such as ia obtainable in immense variety at Goodson's London Arcado.—lAdvt.J

MINING NEWS.

The Cambria Crushing.

(by telegraph.—own correctondent).

Thames, this day. The "Advertiser" replies as follows to the paragraph in the "Star" referring to the Cambria specimens :—" The strictures of our contemporary on the subject of the Cambria specimen crushing cannot be allowed to pas. unchallenged. Information as to tho quantity of stone troutcd was furnished by tho mine managor on tho day on which the stone was forwarded to Auck land. The attempt to depreciate value of stone will meet with but little credence in the minds of those who had ocular demon stration of their worth. The most moder ate estimates hazarded by men competent to form an opinion ranged from 12 to 15dwts. per lb. Besides the previous parcel, 17-lbe. stone, which certainty ap peared inferior in quality to those submitted for our examination, produced 104ozs. gold, or an average yield of 12dwts. per lb. The assertion that ' many of the stones appeared quite barren of the precious metal' contains an implied reflection upon the mine autho rities. The natural inference from such statement is that the quartz was robbed of nearly every stone in which gold could be detected, but this supposition was disproved by the subsequent satisfactory yield of. general stuff. The concluding statement, ' that the tailings were all Bent to the Thames for treatment,' provokes a smile from those who are well-informed as to the facts,for it ia pretty generally acknowledged that but for the interference of the super visor the highly auriferous sand would have been allowed to waste, ' exports' being under the impression that it was valueless, all the gold having been extracted. Mr Coutts's timely action thus prevented the loss of 660_;8. of gold to the shareholders. Wo quit the subject, regarding it as one of tho mistakes to which the best-regulated directors of companies arc liable once in their career."

Legal Proceedings Threatened. The matter of the Cambria specimens crushing is likoly to eventuate in legal pro ceedings. Mr McLaren, Inspector, has ascertained that tne bank authorities, by whom the atona was treated, were not provided with the requisite license, and has therefore decided to summon them for a contravention of the Crushing Machinery and Inspection Act, the penal ties for which are very severe. The Crown Prosecutor has the matter in hand.

New Prince Imperial.— The westward drive on No. 2 lode of No. 7 .level com municated with the winze this morning, and the manager thinkf that the leader upon which he has driven is merely the forward branch, the main portion of the lode being still in the hanging-wall. The circumstance is significant, as the leader has been some what poor, whereas the main branch may prove auriferous. Young Colonial (Waihi).—This licensed holding, late the property of the Martha Extended Company, has, by some blunder ing, boen allowed to be forfeited, and has been purchased by Mr H. T. Rowe, sur veyor, who has sent out four men to com mence operations. lam informed that tbis is a section of tho mine from the neighbour hood of which the best quartz has lately been obtained by the Martha Conlpany, and tho shareholders will probably require some explanation of the circumstances which led to its forfeiture.

COROMANDEL.

Success.—The mino manager reports that sinco last report he has oponed out again. There is a slight improvement in thereof, which looks better than what it did in tho last, slope, showing loose fine gold. The last two slopes have been vory poor, but a little further ahead in -this one there is good mineral indications about where the run is.

CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

The next quarterly sessions of the Supreme Court for gaol delivery opon on the 7th prox. So far the calondar contains 21 cases, of which wo append brief particulars : —Geo. Andrew Watkin, stealing in a dwelling; Joseph Simpson, larceny; Jacob Hansen, assault with intent to murder; Arthur Collinge, larceny from a dwelling (two charges); John Elgin, alias Smith, false pretences; William John Hobson, shooting a horse ; Robert Young, breaking and entering ; Martin Swallow, indecent assault (two charges); Huiatahi, forgery; Harry Moody, l__«>o_.> (t_u_<ii charges); James Eeenan, larceny ; Wm. Wenlock, embezzlement; John Driscoll, larceny ; Paul Louis, larceny as a bailee ; Thomas Johnson, forgery ; Robert Evrott Franklin, burglary.

SPORTING NEWS.

Owi_.u to several of the Southern horses not having jet put in an appearance, specula tion on the Auckland Cup has been dull this week. The quotations are as follow -. —6 to 1 against Black Rose and Adminis trator (tk), sto 1 (off); 6 to 1 Welcome Jack (off); 7to 1 Turquoise (off); 10 to 1 Salvage (off); 10 to 1 Libeller (wtd); 10 to 1 Necklace (tk and off); 12 to 1 Tigredia (tk and off); 14 to 1 The Poet (ofi). The stakes won at the Takapuna Spring Meeting will be paid over on Friday night. A general meeting of Tattersall's Club takes place to-night to consider new rules. W__i_lington, this day. Liverpool has been scratched for the Wellington Gold Cup.

TABLE TALK.

Men of standing—Tjram-car conductors. Early peaches were ripe in Sydney three weeks ago.

Dr. Keyworth has been appointed surgeon to Napier Hospital. The Paris police prohibited a Baby Show on sanitary grounds. Christchurch citizens are arranging for a banquet to Sir Julius Vogel. Major Cantley is in Auckland on harbour defence business.

An intercolonial draughts tournament opens at Dunedin shortly. The foundation-stone of Auckland Syna gogue is to bo laid on ISth inst. Tenders for the construction of loco motives in New Zealand will be called within two months.

8,000 carcases of frozen meat are to be sent from Dunedin by the steamer Kai koura.

Some Auckland citizens want the Go vernment House ball-room fo"r an assembly on New Year's Eve.'

He who was coined as a farthing will never be a shilling1. The Governor presided last night at n lecture delivered by Mr E. Wakefield, M.H.R., at Christchurch.

During last month 15 Chinamen arrived in New Zealand, and 10 took thoir depar ture from the colony.' A public meeting in celebration of the Wycliffe quincentenary was held at Buhodin last night. Wm. Waring Taylor was charged at Wellington yesterday with misappropriat ing shares to the value of over £10,000. Prisoner was further remanded until to-day. During November laat 444 persons arrivod in Auckland by sea, and 148 took their departure, showing a clear gain of 296. ' '

The Government grants to counties for roads North of Auckland for expenditure during the period ending' December 31 1860, roach a total of £70,000, of whidh £8,200 is for tho Great Nbrtrfßoad.

Nine tenders were received to-day by Mr S. M. Horapath, architect, for erection of shops and 'alterations to present dwelling in Karangahape Road for Mr M. J, Wilkes as follows :— W. Scott, '£495 ; Reyes Bros ' £467 ; E. Salt, £455 ; Leigh Bros., £433'• Mcintosh and Walker, £421; A. T. Craie' £402; C. M. Crocker, £389; Burns and Kehealy, £388 ( J. Pooley, £383. jj r Pob'ley's tender was accepted. 1

The following tenders for a brick villa residence at the junction of Symonds-street and Wnkefield-street were opened to-day by Mr W. H. Skinner, architect:—Farrell £2,025 j •Wilson, £1,797; Rose and Clarke' £1,795; Kay,- £1,776; Smith, £1,775. Todd, ' £1,750; Leigh Bros., £_ 687: Corbett, £1,680; Holland £1,675; Ke,es Bros., £1,674; Gibson and Co., £1,650- Heron, £1,600; Cblebrook, £1,585 ; Machin' £1,559 ; Healey and McCarthy, £1 551' Smith and Beattie (accepted), £1,505.' '

"An Eye Witness" writes that our Thames correspondent was in error in stat ing in his Monday's telegram that John Lindsay, who has just died at the Thames, was the ijian from wfyom Dr. Phpson con tracted blood poisoning when operating.

At a meeting of tho creditors oi-Jafcez Edward Thomas to-day, the bankrupt's offer of 10s in the £ cash, and 5s in the £ additional by endorsed bill at three months, was accepted. '

_ ROUGH ON CORNS. "-Ask lor Wells's "Bough on Coma.'* Quick reli... complete, permanent cure. Corns, warU, buuluD-, _____ Ktmpt-O-iia, Prosier a Co., Agents, Auckland.

CABLEGRAMS.

[IIV CABLE.—COPYRIGHT.]

CANNIBALISM AT SEA,

The Captain and. Mato Sentenced to Death.

London, December 9. - The Special Court to-day passed sentence of death on Captain Dudley'and the mate Stephens, of the yacht Mignonette, for the murder of the boy Parker. (Received December 10-11.30 a.m.) Frtedom of the Niger and Congo. Berlin, December 9.-The International Conference has agreed to the freedom of the navigation on the Congo and Niger rivers. The international control, however, is to be confined to the Congo, nhile Eng land will control the lower and France the upper waters of the Niger.

The Egyptian SlnUlng Fund. Cairo, December 9.—Judgment has been given aga nst the Egyptian Government in the action brought by the French, Austrian, and Italian members of the Caisse of Public Debt to prevent the suspension of the Sinking Fund. Earl Dufiferln's Welcome to India. Bombay, December B.—Earl Dufferin, who succeeds the Marquis of Ripon as Viceroy of India, arrived here to-day, and received a cordial welcome. New Financial Socretary. London, December 9.—Mr J. F. Hibbert, M P. for Oldham, and Political Secretary at tho Home Office, has been appointed finan cial Secretary to the Treasury, vice Mr Leonard H. Courtney, resigned. Sir William Jervois.

There is no truth in the report current that Sir W. D. Jervois, Governor of New Zealand, was to succeed Lord Augustus Loftus in the Governorship of New South Wales. England and France on tho Niger. At the Berlin Conference, it was decided that England should conlrol the lower and France the upper portions of the Niger. Tho Small-pox Epidemic. Sydney, this day.—Additional cases of small-pox have occurred here. Melbourne, this day.—No fresh cases of small-pox ha/c occurred here during the last three weeks, and the only two patients in the Hospital aro now convalescent. Parliamentary Obstruction. Sydney, this day.—ln banco to-day, judgment in favour of tho plaintiff was delivered in the appeal case, A. G. Taylor (member for Mudgee) v. the Hon. Edmund Barton (Speaker of the Legislative Assem bly). The Bench held that the Assembly had no power either to adopt from the Imperial Parliament, or to pass on its own account, any standing orders giving itself authority to punish any obstructing mem ber, or remove him for any period longer than the sitting during which obstruction occurs. The Viotoriaa Railway Bill. Melbourne, this day.—On accountof the Legislative Council's, amendment on the Railway Bill, Government have abandoned the measure, and, adopting English prece dent, a new bill has been introduced em bodying the Council's amendments in order to avert a crisis.

Tho Dispute in tho Boot Trade. Melbourne, December9.—Tho lockout in the boot trade continues, and the breach between the master bootmakers and the operatives is widening.

GRAFTON NEW WESLEYAN CHURCH.

Sale of Gifts,

The salo of Christmas gifts and fancy work, n aid of the funds of the projected new Weß.eyan Church, Grafton Boad, was com menced yesterday afternoon in St. Sepul chre's School-room. About two o'clock the Rev. R. Bavin and Mr John Chambers opened the sale. Mr Chambers, in a neat speech, referred to the purpose of the undertaking, and said tho goods dis played to so much advantage before them would be sold at reasonable prices, and the proceeds would go to the new church fund, less expenses; and goods un aoldjvould at the wind-up be disposed of the sale open, and wishing the promoters every success. Rev. Mr Bavin informed visitors that every game of chance was pro hibited, not only by law, but by tho Confer ence of tho Wesleyan Church. The room was nicely decorated for the occasion, and' a handsome banner waved outside as a silken invitation to inspect the treasures within, which were abundant, and highly creditable to the skill and good taste of the many gentle workers. There were nine stalls, six laden with miscellaneous gifts, a refreshment stall, a flower stall, and the "drawing-room." Many of the gifts were exceedingly beautiful and costly. The centre stall was presided over by Mrs Hunt, assisted by Mrs Burton and Mrs Parkinson ; No. 1, by Mrs J. H. Smith and Mesdames Rose and Groom. The flower stall was under the care of" Mr John Walker, Kyber Pass. Other stalla were entrusted to the care of Mesdames Frnude and Rose, and the Misses Allies, Rose, and Eckley. Three of tho stalls were in tho hands o: the school-teachers and senior scholars, under ,the management of Mr White and Miss Lawry. The fi uits and delicacies stall was under the judicious management of Mrs Bavin, Mrs John Burton, Mrs J. L. Wilson, and several young lady assistants. "Our Drawing-room" was under the superin tendence of Mrs Lawry, and consisted of screens, music-stools, and drawing-room articles. An excellent tea was provided at six o'clock, and during the evening a string band under the direction of Mr Impey added much to the' pleasure of the evening. The.receipts yesterday exceeded £100. The sale will be again open this evening from 4 till 10 o'clock.

HARBOUR BOARD.

The Board mot yesterday afternoon. There wet present:—Messrs G. Aickin (Chairman), McKenzie, Niccol, Owen, Mays, Reid, MacKechnie, Winks, Devore, Clark, and His Worship the Mayor. • j

Correspondence.—Letters were read and dealt with as follows :-(l) From Samuel Freerson, offering to insert en graving of Board's new offices in A ustralia illustrated, if Board would take 100 copies at Is each,—Declined. ' (2) From Daniel Tookey, offering to supply method to pre vent ravages of sea Worm On timber "in wharves.'—-Mr Tookey was requested to communicate with the Engineer.the latter to reriort to tho Works Committee. (3) From Stone Brothers, asking for use Of berth to westward of Dock for barque Pelham.— Granted^ subject toper mission by contractor ; use of Dock granted at ordinary rates. (4) From Engineer Of Wellington Harbour Board, requesting in formation with respect to the necessity for sheeting totara piles with muntz metal.— Agreed that the information requested be supplied. (5). From G. N. ■ Brassey, complaining' that a man' named Osborne had a stock of bricks on the North cote wharf, and Would not remove them. They were stacked' in a dan gerous place. Ho recommended' that an in formation be laid at once.—-Agreed that Mr Osborne'be informed that if. he offends in future, arid if goods are not removed within 24 hours, an information will bo laid against him. " • •'.

"Seiavyn Terrace Wall.—The following tenders were received for this work :—John H. Evans, £733 18s; Jas. Morris and Co., £787 ; George Fernleigh, £795 ; Wells nnd Gardner, £858; Albert Woblley, £597. EVans's tender -was accepted, although the amount enclosed was not equal to the deposit required. Wall por New Offices.—The following tenders Wore received for construction ot dwarf wall, ornamental iron railing, and fencing, for new offices: —George Fraser £585; J. T. Knight, £64313s ;J. G. Kelly £687; Jas. Wilson, £695; Chas. Hawkes wood; £799 13s ; Connolly (informal). Mr Ross's estimate: was £388.-^-It was agreed that the deposits be returned and the matter recinsiderod 'by the Works Com mittee.

MR CONSUL GRIFFIN'S AP. PROACHING DEPARTURE.

Presentation of Complimentary Address.

A large and influential gathering of business men and representatives officials took place this afternoon in the M Chamber of Commerce rooms, for the pur- ; po?e of lending eclat to the presentation V of a complimentary address to Mr G. W, 8 Griffin (U.S. Consul), who ia on the eve of ■ hia departure to Sydney.

His Worship the Mayor presided. In. V opening the proceedings he said :—Gentle men, we have met this afternoon for the purpose of presenting Mr Consul Griffin I with a farewell address, prior to hia de- ' parture for Sydney. As you. are all no V doubt aware, the President of the United States of A-erica has recognised bis long V service and ability by promoting him to be the Consul for the colony of New South Wales. I think you will agree with me that it is a promotion in every way 1 deserved by Mr Griffin, and I am sure that § all those who have come in contact' with that gentleman, either privately or pub licly, will join with us in wishing him every : success in his new home ; and from what we know of Mr Griffin we may be assured that though absent from New Zealand its interests will not be forgotten. His Wor ship then read the address, and presented it to Mr Griffin. The text was as follows:— 1

"To Gilderoy W. Gkipfin, Esq., United States Consul in New Zealand.

"Sir,—The President ot the United V States having marked his appreciation of your distinguished services by promoting" you to be Consul in the important colony of E New South Wales, wo cannot permit you to depart from amongst us without expressing our regret that we shall no longer have the advantage of your ability and industry in aiding the development of the colony:of m New Zealand, by bringing its resources and its capabilities prominently before the M world. m

" We shall not, however, permit our-re grets to prevent us from congratulating you on the promotion you havo so well and so 1 justly earned. .. : " To say that your official duties in this colony have been fulfilled with the prompti tude and ability so necessary in commercial affairs, may be Bcant praise; but when fwe-1 are enabled to add that your actions to- . wards all classes in the varied relations in. cidental to your office have been character ised by the kindly courtesy, which distinguishes a gentleman, we we only A paying a tribute to which you are fully in titled, rs :;

" Groat as your services in these respebts I have been to New Zealand, they have ; had a far wider range in drawing closet the j bonds of amity between that portion of the .. English-speaking race dwelling ia Austral asia and the fifty millions of English-speak. 1 ing people who are playing so distinguished a part in the United States of America. • "We rejoice to think, therefore, that your removal to New South Wales will-, afford to your energy, to your sympathy, and to your culture, a wider sphere, in which you can not only aid the industrial development of that great colony, but,a above all, in which you can foster senti-1 ments of goodwill, and promote a closer | union between the dwellers in your 'new __ home and 'our kin across the sea,' in your native land. This 'closer union' may hel as yet only an aspiration, but evidences are not wanting that in the coming time' it may develop into a great confederation of the English-speaking races all over the wodd. V

"In bidding you good-bye, whilst con gratulating you on your new and wider sphere of usefulness, wo venture ito say that your efforts can hardly be more appre ciated than they have been in New Zea land.". - \ ~ •

[Here follow the signatures of the Mayor of tho City of Auckland, the Chairman of tho Harbour Board, Auckland, and the Presidents of Chambers of Commerce of Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and? Wellington,] The address has been very handsomely engrossed and illuminated by Mr W.Gul liver. It is written in antique text, sur rounded with a floral border of conventional design, bearing on the right-hand side Mr Griffin's crest and motto, *'_Yon crux, sed lux" ("Not cross, but light"); on the left-hand side the arms of the U.S. Re public, and at the foot the seal of the City Council. -

Mr Griffin, who was received with loud applause, said:. Gentlemen,— The pleasure I feel in accepting thia .uw^Ljf-^f^g-u3'. iiVi^it:'^!!^: (Mr Waddel), a gentleman whose superiol. abilities and exemplary conduct have won for him such a large place in the hearts of his fellow oitizens that they have twice chosen him almost unanimously to preside over the destinies of Auckland. It is also a great source of pleasure for me to know that the Presidents of the Ct ambers of Commerce in various parts of the colony have instructed my friend Mr Reid, the President of the Auckland Chamber, tri Bigo their names to this address. I know full well how little { deserve such honours, but I assure you that there is no part of New Zealand in which I will not always talse the' warmest interest. There is ho other country in the world that possesses a finer climate, or one in watch the birth-rate is so large and the death-rato so small. The variety -of. your products is absolutely _rtartlfr_jjY New sources of wealth an» being digcoverefl every day. No matter in which direction I turn, I find substantial evidence of prpg. perity. Look,-for instance, at the vast increase in the postal statistics; of the colony. 'In 1880, the number of letters posted and delivered in New Zealand was £ 10,963,012. In 1883 it wa5'17,768,357.' The number of newspapers during the same period increased from 10,272,917 to 13,030,563, and the private telegrams .in creased from 824,737 to 1,379,483. In 1880 the amount of deposits in the Postalßavines.' Bank was £864,441. In 1883 it wis £1,178,474. In the other pavings Banks the deposits in I§BQ were £179,802, In ISB3 they were .1374,87.9. Of: thy last amount Auckland alone had £264;516. During the same period the amount-of postal money orders sent from the colony increased from £320,260 to £402,555, In this increase Auckland again takes the lead, she having irfcreaeed Her £29,795 la 9dtd £44,184 18s 2d; 'while Dtfnedin, the nokt highest on thelist.'ittcreaised her £32:661 14s lid to £36,701 |3s 6d. The growth of the shipping interests of New Zealandis another striking evidence of her prosperity. Between 1880 arid 1883 the number of Ber vessels that cleared outwards increased from 782 to 851, and the tonnage fr0m'424,041 tb 507,565, and her crew list from 15,633 tb 18,291. ' Of the vessels that cleared outi wards in 1883, Auckland had 285, with a tonnage of 129,373, and a crew listof 6J95& Lyttelton had Iso vessels, torihage 120;§__&, crew list 3,005. ' Wellington had 89 vessels, tonnago 70,780, crew list 2,226. The Bluff Harbour- had 67' vessels,- tonnage 601633, ------crew list 1,284. In the list of mortgages; Auckland also exhibits a striking contrast to that of any other district in the colony. For instance; Canterbury, with a populaV turn of about 112,000, secured during thel year 1884, by mortgage, £9,003,926 j and- Otago, with a.population'of 134,000, had £4,999,453 ; whilst Auokiand, Withapopti- ; lation of abput lOOjOOO, had only £2,371,143. In the matter of population, New Zealand I has surpassed any other country in the world. According to the last cenßus, the number of' Europeans in New Zealind ..Jo".™ 6?''^ in S iixo previous decade, from 248,400 to 498,992, or at the rate of 97 per cent; ■ The increase in the colony'of-fe toriaduring the shme period Was only 18' per cent.1, and that of the United Stat'tss -a per cent. To make the'subiebt clearer T will go back still'1' M iwl* «a?r- _.c? mPave your- growth with: that of Victoria, so long the premier &U ony of Australasia. In 1857, the total population of Victoria was 410,766, about tho same time the total European popula tion in; New Zealand-was 59,412, and if the aboriginals were added, as in ■ Victoria, the: number would not exceed 100,000. 'Sin* then New Zealand has increased her popu lation fran less than one-fourth of Victoria tT j nfearly fwdrtliirds of that of Victoria 1 of to-day. A few Weeks ago I had Occasion to quote from an essay hy that eminent statistician of England, Mr Mulhall, in which he cites the amazing fact'that the united States possesses' 4,008,907 land: owners,.about 1-I2th of hertlopulation. It __ will surprise1 many toknow that New Ze_ landhas62,3l2landowners, aboutl-Sttt of her population. These are- some of the . tacts that havo given me such faith in the •future greatness of your colony,, but they are not all. Your new dock at Calliope l omt will be completed about the time the lanamn Canal will bo opened to the com merce of these seas Then a canal will have to be cut through the neok of land lying between the Waitemata and the Manukau, which Will-not only facilitate the trade with- the Southern ports, jjut enabto thp large yessols from Britain and America to pass to and from Ausrfrato without going round the North Cape. In this great work there should be unity of action. Not long; ago a small faction at Onehunga objected to the two harbours being placed Under one management, on V the ground that the harbour dues would b«

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER £0, 1884.



THE LIVER STIMULANT.-A COMPOUND EXTRACT OF EUONOMVN AND PBDOPHYLLIN WITH TARAXACUM —IS INCOMPARABLY THE BEST TONIC FOR BILIOUS NESS; TORPID LIVER, DYSPEPSIA, FLATULENCE, AND LOSS OF APPETITE. 2s. 6d. PER BOTTLE, HMCMH'S, CV.UMSI. -UEEH 'S\«M.I..MICKUHO t ■ »■ ■ » ___ ' -• ; mHB -^TAR'S" CIRCULATION. ACCOUNTANTS' CERTIFICATE. Auckland, 17th November, 1884. '" ' We hereby certify that we have examined the Books and Vouchers of the " Evening Star " Newspaper, and And the Weekly Sale averages 59,197 Copies, and the Daily issue 9,866, and that it Is an increase of 1,106 Copies daily on the circula tion in November, 1883. -.'-: JNO. MILNE ) Public j: WAYMOOTH f Accountants TO BE HAD AT DUNNE, HALL & Co.'s Y'/TH E A P fAA SH.a'AL E:- Chlldron's Summer Frooks at Is 6d and Is lid Infants' Braided Pique Dressoa from la Od Infanta' Braided Pique Pellaes from Ss 6d ': Children's Waahlug Sun Hats reduced to la Od Children's Washing Sun Bonnets reduced to lslld Children's Pinafores, MJd, Is 3d, la lid Fashionable Dross Materials at reduced prices Special value In Black Caahmeros Special value in Black Broch_> Silks ' Corsets and Uaderolothlng at reduced prices V Lakes' and ChUdron's Glovoa and Hosiery; beat makes, fashions, and shapes, at . raduoed prices Shetland Wool, Wraps, greatly reduced ''''. Trimmed and Untrlmmed Hats and Bonnets at unusual reduction A >»oo Assortment of Neck Frilllngs, Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons, &c, at ... reduced prices. AS WE INTEND GIVING UP BUSINESS, ALL THE ABOVE LINES ARE MARKED . DOWN AT CLEARING PRICES. dunne, Hall & co. ■KTOTIQE CF REMOVAL. GOVERNMENT . LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE. REMOVED ■ ' iro . : 76-Q UEEN-STR EET, -75 _ . .N___CB-birth's mill. - John andl Hugh K,eir, 'bus drivers, who have just filed Bankrupts' potitiona, show their liabilities to atrount to £270 2s 6d I while their assets consist of a promisory taote for £25. Mr A. Heather was tho only (secured creditor, but he is only secured to tho extent of £180 for a debt of jf*280... b



ONEHUNGA AND AUCKLAND! LINE OF COACHES. ADVERTISEMENTS ) May be placed in tho handsome and eommo diouß Conches wbioh run at short intervals throughout the day between Auokiand and Manukau. For terms and particulars apply at the office of Mr J. H. WITIIEFORD. Shortland-street,' Auckland, or to R. P. IIOLLIS, Onehunga. NOT T3ANKRUPT QTOCK ! NOT TJAMAGED BY JTIRE AND WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN HAS JUST PURCHASED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT POUNDS (£158) WORTH op THE NEWEST STYLES CASHMERE, OTTOMAN, SILK BROCHE, LACE CAPES, and DOLMANS, Which have been Purchaaed at a HEAVY DISCOUNT, and will be SOLD, in many instances, 25 PEK CENT UNDER WAREHOUSE PRICE, From J3 6d to 00s. AN EARLY INSPECTION IS INVITED, OS tho Goods will soon be Sold at tho Prices Marked, 10 doz. Coloured Sunshades, from Is. 40 Black Satin Sunshades, heavy laco trimmed, 3s lid, worth 6s 6d. LARGE LOT OF CHEAP JOB LINES. I JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE. 1 UPPER QUEEN STREET. WHY NOT DRESS WELL, When you can get n J MOSGIEL TWEED SUIT, made to measure, for £3 3s. . Latest Style and Perfect Fit a uarantoed. . This is another instance of tho power of Ready Money. 1 WOOLLAMS, 1 Ready Money Tailor, Sydenham House, > Foot of Grev-stroct. 5 T\ R. WILK IN S. F. R. C. S. ' AJ Consulting and Operating Suegkon, j la at his Surgery for General Practice, also , Eye, Ear, and Throat Diseases, I Mornings, Afternoons, and Evenings. : Consultation Fees very Moderate. Pr. Wilkins apent seven years at Mooroflolda : Eye Hospital, London, under Mossrs Bowman , and Crichett, two at Throat Hospital, London, ' .even years Honorary Surgeon Albert Hospital, ' and eight years at Eyo, Ear, and Throat In armary.Melbourne. Adjustsapectaoleatoßighta. . — Consulting Rooms, Quee'n-strcet (near Poat -1 oifloe), Auokiand.



jj " x ' D ° R l °- MILNE & CHOYCE Have juat received a Supplementary Shipment of 12 cases, per Doric, of the LATEST LONDON NOVELTIES 1 caae VISITES and MANTLES 1 case MILLINERY, CAPES, &c. 1 case FLOWERS and FEATHERS 2 caaes STRAW HATS mid BONNETS 1 ease GLOVES and HOSIERY 1 ca3o LACE GOODS 1 caße PLASTRONS, NECK ARRANGE MENTS, and DRESS TRIMMINGS 1 caae CHINA SILKS. SHOT SILKS, &c. 1 case LINtiN TABLING and BLEACHED CLOTHS 1 case COSTUMES, VERY HANDSOME. *_r The Bulk of above Ooods were bongh a Job at the end of the London Season and will be Sold Correspondingly Low THE EXHIBITION GAUNTLET GLOVES, which onght to be marked 30s per pair, are 'a special novelty. THE?PLASTRONS AND DRESS TRIM MINGS aro also spj_o____li__-j»»t >__» ... ..33&/.-.--1 ■ ... O*VZAaH._ . - MILNE & CHOYCE, LOBNE AND WELLESIES- STREETS



WE FURNISH HOUSES THROUGHOUT. GARLICS & CRANWELL'S CHEAP FURNISHING WAREHOUSE. JUST OPENED, BSSAUTH. UL ASSORTMENT OF BRUSSELS TAPESTRY, AND B__DDERMINT3TER CARPETS. SPLENDID LOT ... ' OB1 BEDSTEADS, __ Just Recolve"d, IRON AND BRASS. NICKEL-PLATED. QARIICK AND QRANWELL, FURNISHING. WAREHOUSE, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. - T\ R A P E R Y. FIRE ! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE ! FIRE ! FIRE ! FIRE ! FIRE I J. COSGRAYE & CO. We beg to announce that it is onr intention to entirely relinquish the CLOTHING TRADE. And in consequence of the FIRE which took place on our premises we have been enabled . TO SELL ALL CLOTHING, MEN'S MERCERY, &o„ AT HALF THE USUAL PRICE. ; This splendid opportunity should immediately be t iken advantage of, as owing to a future arrangement of our Departments the STOCK MUST BE CLEARED OUT Before the .IST JANUARY, 1885, When aU that then romains will be DISPOSED OF BY PUBLIC AUCTION. Note tho Address— GREAT SALVAGE SALE ! GREAT SALVAGE SALE ! GREAT SALVAGE SALE! • _ OREAT SALVAGE SALE! J. C 0 & o .204 AND 5506, .QUEEN-STBBET.



TJEFORE PURCHASING YOUR ■ CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, INSPECT THE LARGE AND VARIED . STOCK of NOVELTIES! / NOVELTIES! NOVKLTIKS ! N OVKLTIES NOVELTIES! NOVELTIES! SOLD RV THE MELBOURNE DRAPERY AMD CLOTHING COMPANY. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING JAPANESE CABINETS AND TRAYS JAPANESE GLOVE AND HANDKERCHIEF BOXES ALBUMS WORKBOXES FANg PLUSH and LEATHER HAND-BAGS PHOTO. STANDS DOLLS MUSIC CASES CHRISTMAS CARDS SILK SCARFS AND TIES LACE AND SILK COLLARETTES KID AND SILK GLOVES SILK HANDKERCHIEFS APRONS HANDKERCHIEFS in Fancy Boxea THE ELECTRIC LIGHT EACH EVENING. 1 milE TMTELBOURNE TARAPERY AND pLOTHING /COMPANY, DIRECT IMPORTERS, , QUEEN-STREET. F. D. WOODROFFE MANAGKR.



CATARRH OF THE BLADDER.-stwins ~_iw Hop. lnßainniatlon, nil KJd»ey aDd similar Conn .aims, cured b> " Buclm-paiba." Al Dniggl ;U, ' Kemothom v _'__«__. * 00.. Aseuta, AueklMtiL Concrete paths and yards ensure perfect drainage and baniah mud, dust, and weoSs. The coat is email, tho comfort great. Concrete build ings, foundationa, retaining and garden walla tanka. etc., are cheap. Eatimatea and circulars explaining treatment supplied tree to those using our lime; refrencea given to concrete workera. On aale, hydraulic and other limea bricka, aand,cemont,pipea,eto. Our tradebeinsf large, we can guarantee good freah lime; All Mahurangl limes ore not alike.-John Wilson and Co.. 75. Queen-street. Office and Yard- Cuatoma and Hobson atreets.—lAdvt.] . Buy the new Wilson Sewing Machine.—D a Chambers.—[Advt.l ~;,.,, , ■' °*