ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

(Via Brindisi).

[From Our London Correspondent.]

(For the Four Days Ending Novembor 14.)

London', November 14, Tho Late Postmaster-General.

The late Professor Fawcett was a groat authority on all Indian questions, but did not take more than an intelligent interest in Australasian affairs. He had, however, a number of Anglo-Colonial friends, sevoral of whom attended tho funeral at Cambridge on Monday. In the list of those present, I observe tho names of Mr Mundella, Mr Childers, Mr Alex. McArthur, the Agent- General fox* Cape Colony, Mr W. Rath bone, and MrChesson. MrShawLefevro, will, it is understood, be tho new Postmaster - General, and havo a seat in the Cabinet. Tlie position of affairs in the dispute between Sir F. D. Bell and the Post-office re the endorsement of I'-'cw Zealand letters is not materially altered by tho death of Professor Fawcett. Tho decision of such questions rests with tho permanent officials as a rule, though the lato Postmaster- General was very particular, and did not permit any decision lo be formed until the full bearings of the case were explained to him. This (together with the b_ nsqucness of his private secretary, a Mr Dryhurst) mado Mr Fawcott rather unpopular at St. Martins-10-Grand, though his sterling conscientiousness and groat worth were fully realised. Commenting on Mr Faw cett- death, the "Sheffield Daily Tclt graph " says :—" Perhaps the only part of tho British dominions in which tho late Postmaster-General was at all unpopular was in the colony of _New Zealand, where his firmness, or, as tho colonists prefer to call it, his ' obstinacy ' in tho matter of the Brindisi mails, procured for him much hos tile criticism. Now Zealand, jointly with New South Wales, pays a heavy subsidy to steamship companies for conveying mails via Sun Francisco. Thoy therefore wished that all mail matter should go by this route. To this Mr Fawcott would never give his consent,"

A Startling Theox-y.

Mr Jules J. Archibald, the original pro jector and one of the present proprietors of the " Sydnoy Bulletin," is still iv London, but in better health and spirits than he was somo months ago. Mr Archibald returns to Australia in February. Ho is at present interested in ventilating through tho metro politan press a very remarkable theory he has evolved as to the Tichborne case. It is that the lunatic in the Paramatta Asylum is (as the Claimant avers) Orton, and that the Claimant himself is William Cresswoll, The evidence by which Mr Archibald hopes to provo the identity of Orton appears overpowering. For one thing, tho facial likeness between Arthur Orton's two brothers and the Sydney lunatic is something extraordinary. All three mon, too, are alllicted with precisely the samo spinal complaint and constitu tional defects. I will send you Mr Archi bald's statement of the case when it appears in the " Pall Mall " next week. Mooting of Frozon Meat Importers. A meeting of the Committco of importers of frozen mutton, who managed the Hoaltherics exhibit, was held on Tuesday last to wind up affaire. Beforo tho balance sheet was drawn up, tho Secretnry feared another call would havo to bo made on the guarantors; but it turned out, on the contrary, thero was a small sum loft ovor to re-divido. During tho Exhibition 90,000 chops of Now Zealand mutton wero cooked and sold, and the butcher sent samples of the meat to almost every town in Great Britain. The success of the shop proved so great that Tomkins, the lessee, who at the opening was a small retailer in a little street at Kensington, has now four large establishments iv different parts of London, and, as. I told you in a recent epistle, meditates oponing two N.Z. chop houses —ono in the city, and one at the West End.

Tho Committee confess themselves much disappointed at receiving only a diploma of honour instead of the {..old medal. The jury can have known nothing about frozen meat, for all experts allow that Haslam's engine is much superior to Hall's —in fact, has on several occasions been used to re place the latter's defective machines. The Committee do not propose to exhibit noxt year at tho Inventions Exhibition, but will apply for a large space in the Indian and Colonial Exhibition of 18S0. It is hoped by that timo tho refrigerating process will havo been absolutely* perfected.

Imports from the Colony.

The Aorangi arrived last Friday with 10,600 cat cases frozen mutton, in good con dition, and 600 cases of tinned beof from \Vanganui. Tho latter is said to be not as good as the preserved meat that camo from Auckland per Doric, which realises 5Jd lb, or lis per case of 12 21b tins.

Tho first ordinary general meeting of Nelson Brothers (Limited) was held on Wednesday, Nov. 12, Mr E. Montague Nelson in the chair. The accounts showed a net prolit of i' 6,274, out of which a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum was declared. The sum of £379 was written off preliminary expenses, and £775 carried to now account. It was stated that although tho accounts extend over a period of 12 months, yet the Company's freezing operations embrace a period of little over three months. To meet the largely - increasing demand for New Zealand meat, tho directors have made an arrangement for renting , an extensive area with a river frontago adjoining Cannon-street Station, for the storage of meat and the supply of the trade, lor the purpose of extending tho Company's works at Tomoana (whore i tho freezing is carried on), tho directors have acquired an additional 356 acres of freehold land. To purchase this, and to pay off mortgages amounting to £26,000, and for the development of tlu Company's business, the directors arc issuing 6 per cent, debentures amounting to £70,000. The debentures aro a first chargo on the Company's property. Mr Arthur Clayden. Mr Arthur Clayden, whose well-meant but too often prepostorously extravagant eulogies of No-\ Zealand havo at various times done considerable mischief, arrived in England by tho Aorangi last Friday. I hope that if he is going to lecture through the provinces, as ho did some years ago, he will stick as closely as possible to un deniable facts. It is no kindness either to emigrants or colonists to represent New Zealand as a kind of Tom Tiddlor's ground —a place whero any incapable can got on. Writing from Plymouth to the " Daily News" about the fast passage of the Aorangi, Mr Clayden says:—"The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Aorangi has arrived in Plymouth, having made the fastest running on record. The Ruapehu created no smalt excitement by her performance, doing tho voyago from N.Z. in 37 days 20 hours4o minutes, actual steaming tiu.o. Then followed tho Ton gariro, with hor splendid run of 37 days 20 hours 32 minutos. Now tho Aorangi has outstripped the Tongariro by some 10 hours. Such magnificent results of skill and enter prise aro worthy of world-wide record. One word as to this direct steam service to New j Zealand. Does tho English public fully realiso its vast significance ? As a resident . for some years in Now Zealand, 1 can fully testify to its colonial bearings. It is revolutionising everything. My con viction is that in 10 years it will double tho value of all New Zealand real estate. Let the fact respecting this one ship bo duly weighod. On August 2nd last she loft England with a full cargo of merchandise and every passenger berth taken. In little moro than three months sho had mado tho two leading ports of New Zealand—Wellington and Lyt.olton— and returned to England laden with colonial products. Talk of the ago of miracles ! Here is an exploit far transcending any conceivable mediaeval myth, and, if all its bearings are duly considered, I venture to say, far transcending in importance to tho English people any political change that could possibly be effected by Parlia ment;. Hero is a second England brought 5,000 miles nearer than it ever was before. With an area equal to that of tho older ono, and a climate infinitely superior, sho has yet but half-a-million of population to the forty millions of the mother country," i

Mmc Cailhava is dead. A few years ago she created quite a sensation in France through her attempt to discover hidden treasures. Sho had come to believe, on the strength of a dream, that vast treasures were buried somewhere in tho crypt of the ancient cathedral of Notro Dame, and she professed to be able to dis cover tho exact spot by means of a magic wand in her possession. Tho ex cavations which she proposed woro authorised by tho French authorities. Mme. Cailhava went to work with a will, and in a short time she had seriously im perilled a portion of the foundation of the tho building, without discovering anything. The Dean of the chapter at length inter fered, and the silly proceedings of tho sorceress wero put an end to, but not till a great deal of money had been spent and a great deal of mischief had been done.

THE PANAMA CANAL.

Doubts About its Completion.

The American correspondent of tho " Du n .ll edin Star," in his letter by the last mailj ■ j says :—" The Parisian puhlic, gulled by riv the subsidised Parisian press, appear to m_ tho only community that retain confidencg M in the plans of M. De Lesseps for the con-' struction of the Panama Canal. Success*, succeeds, and it is natural to believe that - tho man who in tlie caso of tlie Suez Canal ': overcame all tlie obstacles and all the pre. | dictions of his opponents knows what he ig , about in the Panama enterprise. But § the opinion of tho best investiga- ■ tors is increasingly against M. De Le S .< ;. sops's chances of success. The new loan-.. for which ho applied recently to the Parisian capitalists was easily obtained—- §1 indeed, no one but Do Lesseps (we are told 11 by the London ' Times') could, in the . present depressed condition of French's! finances, have obtained a Joan in that city. 11 But if what is told by the American engi'-..., necrs and naval officers who have lately ' visited his work be true, the confidence of '-. tho Fronch backers of Do Lesseps is based 1. on a suppression of the truth by their news- Se papers, and by tho director of the project.'. '. "Kcar-Admiral Shnfoldt, of tho American I navy, has made an inspection of tho progress -II of the excavations, and lias returned with i. the estimate that not less than £80,000,(100 r* v.ill be required to carry out tho scheme, _ and then it will bo dono only by tho entire ii abandonment of the plans for a sea-level . canal, and by the change to a canal with : locks. Money enough will build tho canal, _ he says, but the canal will never pay any If profit on tho enormous sums it will absorb. _' Tostimony to tho same effect, but with more fulness of detail, is given in an article pub- If lished in the 'American Engineer' of'; Ciiicago, and written by a gentleman who i has given several months to the careful study of tho Panama Canal on tho ground, m and with special facilities for seeing the in- 1 side of the thing. He reports that on.May | 1 last, after two years of excavation, there.. had been dug only 4,000,000 cubic metres' _\ out of a total of 130,000,000 needed. That 1 which has been done is tho easy work, At * least half of the excavation that re- | mains to bo accomplished is through-: tlie hardest kind of rock, and, what i is worse than rock, a tenacious clay^ I which, whon wet, is so sticky as to be § almost impossible to handle. Another part 1 of the job which awaits the energies of the | Company is the construction of a dam which must bo built to turn the waters of the Chagres Rivor at Gamboa. For this De Lesseps allowed £<1,000,000. It is to be.. of stone ; is to be 130 ft. high at the greatest elevation, and two miles long. Tho writer | in the ' American Engineer' declares that*. J judging by the variances from the original : estimates already observable in tho various parts of the work, this dam will cost not*. less than £1*2,000,000.

"It is hard to resist the conclusion that, complete bankruptcy is the inovitable des tiny of the De Lesseps Company, when we listen to tho revelation of the cost of the littlo that has been dono. The cost of the works already completed—and that partig. only done in a shabby, half-and-half sort of away _has been ;-15,8_0,000. Tho rocks, the clay, and the diversion of tho waters cf tho Chugres remain to bo attended to. De Lcß.eps'._ original estimates of the cost was, and is, £30,000,000. The writer in the ' American Engnoer ' calculates that cer" tainly not less* than twice, and probably thrice, that sum will bo necessary to com-" plcto the Canal. Admiral Shufeldt's esti mate of C 50,000,000, quoted above, is a moan between their figures of £60,000,000 and £90,000,000. Even with this enlarged expenditure the completion of the Canal is an impossibility, unless thoro are radical changes made in tho plans and in the manayornent. " Against this melancholy exhibit of the Panama enterprise the advocates of the Nicaragua route put their surveys, which show that their canal could bo built in-live years, at a cost of not moro than £15,000,000 ■;•

CORRESPONDENCE.

Is Romanism Increasing in the United Kingdom?

(To the Editor,)

Snt, —In your issue of last evening, under the head of "Tablo Talk," appears a para graph to the effect that the names of three thousand Protestants who had joined tha Roman Catholic Church during tho present century has beon published in London. Such a statement may lead to the belief that Romanism is increasing, and that it will ultimately become universal ; but such is not the case, as the following figures will prove:—ln 1841 the Protestants in Great Britain wore 18,000,000, in Ireland 1,503,3-3, or in United Kingdom 19,563,353. In 18-1 thei c were in Greatßritain 28,000,000, in Ireland 1,200,807, or United Kingdom 29,206,807, being an increase of 9,643,454 during the period referred to. In 1841 the Roman Catholics in Great Britain were 600,000, in Ireland 6,614,771, or in United Kingdom 7,214,771 ; in 1881 in Great Britain 1,500,000, in Ireland 3,951,888, or in United Kingdom 5,451,558, being a de crease of 1,762,553. Putting together the increase of Protestants and the decrease of Roman Catholics, we have a relative gain by Protestants in 40 years of 11.406,337, These statements, placed by the side of the ono submitted by you last evening, will give another side to the question, and enable your readers to come to a conclusion as to whether the statement that 3,000 had gone over to the Church of Rome need cause them any uneasiness or not.—Yours,' &c, Protestant.

SKINNY MEN.-" Wellß'B He..ltl_ Rpna vrer " restores hnltk md vigour, cures Dj__-_isi_, Im.-ttence, Oel-llty. At llnisrgistt, ; Keuipt-O-ue, l'ro__ _ Cu.. _____ut_, Aut-U-U- ~,

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, iBBS

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Auction* TO-MORROW, At 12 o'clock. SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ] AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE HON. J. A. « TOLE, NELSON-STREET. GABRIEL LEWIS HAS received instructions from tho Hon. c J. A. Tole to sell at lite residence, j. Nolsonstrect, on above date, at 12 o'clock, j HIS HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND j EFFECTS. J FRIDAY, JANUARY 0, n At 12 o'clock. CUTTER YACHT SPRAY. GABRIEL LEWIS HAS received instructions to sell on tho above date, at 12 o'clock, at his Rooms, - Queen-street, THE WELL-KNOWN CUTTER YACHT SPRAY, -1. tons, complete with sails, gear, spars, including 1 ton Li.nd ballast, as she now lies on the hard in Mechanics Bay. (For further particulars apply to J. SINCLAIR, By moods-street, TO-MORROW, NOON. STUART-STREET, OFF VERMONT STREET, NEAR PONSONBY ROAD. I HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, SEWING MACHINE, TOOLS, LADDERS, PAINT OIL, &c. R. ARTHUR HAS boon favoired with instructions from Mrs Edwards to sell by Public Auction at her residence Stuart street, off; Vermont-Btreot, near to Ponsonby Road, on Thursday next, at I*2 o'clock noon, HER NEWLY-SELECTED HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, all in good condition — Horsehair Suite, Mirror, Tables, Carpets, Rugs, Mats. Fender and Fireirons, Lor Table, Sowing Machine (White's). Brack ets, Ornaments, Lamps, Glass, China, and Earthenware, Platcd-waro. Cutlery, Iron Bed steads, Palliasses, Mattrasses, Marblo - top Washßtand, Toilet Tables, Toilet Sets, Chests of Drawors, Looking Glasses, Cano Chairs, Enamelled Boiler and Stand, Tubs, Buckets, Cooking Utensils, &c. Lot of Timber, Corrugated Iron, Joiners' Floor Cramps, Boring Machine, Joiners' Tools, Tressols, Benches, Ladders, Nails, Paint Oil, Sec, Sec On view on the morning of the sale. " FRIDAY, JANUARY "J, At Half-past Twelve o'Clock. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, AT ARTHUR'S MART, A LARGE DWELLING - HOUSE, built of wood, with kitchen range, grates, tanks, &c„ Chapol-stroot, opposite Mr Maries's, Plumber. To be Removed in Threo Weeks. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 18S5. MAGNIFICENT BUILDING ALLOT MENTS, NORTHCOTE, NEAR THE WHARF. R. ARTHUR HAS received instructions Irom tho Trus tees of tho late Mr Charles Major to sell by auction at his Estate, Land and Houso Salo Rooms, Quoen-street, on Thursday, January 15, 18S5, at 12 o'clock noon, THAT VERY DESIRABLE PROPERTY situate on the main road at Northcoto, near the Wharf, opposito Miss Hall's, and adjoining " Bartloy. The Choicest Sites for Building, tho Viows boing Beautiful, Varied, and Extensive The greater part tile-drained and planted with Pino Sheltor Trees. A white picket fence runs along the front. The Property is cut up into Allotments. Lithographic plan 3 may be obtained at the Ofllce of the Auctioneer. Terms.—One-fourth cash, balance for three years at five por cent. Also, I Allotments near tho Northcote Hall, front ing the main road and abutting on the harbour. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. SUPERIOR FAMILY RESIDENCE, CLEVELAND ROAD, PARNELL, R. ARTHUR HAS received instructions from Mr Thos. Milner, who is leaving the colony, to sell by auction, at his Sale-rooms. Queen-street, on Thursday, January 22,1885, at 12 o'clock noon, THAT VERY DESIRABLE FREEHOLD HOUSE, most pleasantly situated in Cleveland Rood, Parnell, commanding a fino view o£ the harbour_and only 20 minutes' walk from Queen street. The Residenco contains drawing, din ing, and morning rooms, 6 bedrooms, 2 dressing rooms, fitted with lavatories, also bathroom, large kitchen, scullery, wash-house,! pantry, and other conveniences, with gas and water laid on. The garden is well planted with shrubs, fruit trees, &c. H desired, a portion of the purchaso money may remain on mortgage. Cards to view from the Auctioneer. W. 8. COCHRANE] [JAS. DACRE TO-MORROW. TAPESTRY CARPET, MAHOGANY OVAL TABLE, MARBLE WASHSTANDS, OVAL MIRROR, SINGER SEWING MACHINE, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AT PAT PESON-STREET, FREEMAN'S BAY. THE Subscribers will seli;by auction at tho residence, Patteson-strect, Freeman's Bay (near Billingtcn's Corner) on Thursday, January 8, at 11 o clock, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, consisting of- Mahogany Oval Table. Wool-worked Ottoman and Stools, Tapestry Carpet, Fender, Damask and Rep, Window Cur tains, Iron Bedsteads, 2 Feather Beds, Feather Pillows and Bolsters, Mattrasscs, Oval Mirror, Mahogany Commodes, Blankets, Counterpanes. Blinds, Oilcloth, Pictures, Dinner Ware, Decanters. Cructß, Cooking Utensils, Singer Sewing Machine (nearly new) &c, &c, &c. BAMUEL COCHRANE & SON, Auctioneers. W. S, COCHRANE.] [JAS. DACRE. MONDAY, JANUARY 12. Br Order of the Registrar of the Supreme Court. FREEHOLD PROPERTY, TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE. THE Subscribers havo received instruc tions from tho Registrar of tho Supreme Court to Bell by auction, at thoir Rooms, Queen-street, on Monday, January 12, at twelve o'olook— ALLOTMENTS 72. 73, 71, 75, and 77, in the TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE EAST, Parish of Hautapo, County of Waikato, having oach a frontage of 250 links by 100 links, containing 5 acres, with Dwelling-house erected thereon. Part Lot 587. Town of Cambridge East, Parish of Hautapo. County ot Waikato. having a frontago of 13 1-10 links, by 161J links deep, containing 10 perches, with two Shops erected thereon. For further particulars apply to SAMUEL COCHRANE & BON, Auctioneers, ' FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1885. DURHAM YARDS. "BIOR SALE, on Friday noxt, ex Oreti, _■__ from Taranaki, Bay Maro by Ravcnsworth Chestnut Colt, Syrs, by Isaac Walton i Brown Colt, oyrs, by Garry Owon, good , jumper Pair First-class Buggy Horsos 2 Light Harness Horses 3 Draught Horses, guaranteed staunch . 2 Good Upstanding Hacks 10 Hacks. HUNTER & NOLAN, Auctionoors. MONDAY, JANUARY 12. I POTTER'S PATENT WOOL-SCOURING MACHINE COMPANY (Limited), I HUNTER & NOLAN TTT AYE been Instructed to sell immedia .-TI tely after* the Wool Sale on January 12, 1 MACHINE, complete, and free of royalty. i A machine, in working order, may be soon at Messrs Hawkcswood & Co.'b Foundry, Hobson street. HUNTER & NOLAN will hold their ■V-EXI WOOL SALE AT THE DURHAM YARDS !•.. ON MONDAY, JANUARY 12, j At 2 O'clock. I HUNTER & NOLAN.



FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, At 11 o'clock. REAPERS AND MOWERS. FOR SALE, on Friday, January 9, at 11 o'clock, 3 COMBINED REAPERS and MOWERS. namifacUired by that celebrated makor, tobort Wallace, of Ayr. Scotland. Also, 2 HORSE RAKES. These Machines' aro largely in use la tho Southern provinces of this colony, as well as in _ngland and Scotland, and so confident aro the mnortora of thoir many good dualities •"atthoy "ill glady givo a written guarantee with each Tho above is a good opportunity for obtaining t really drst-clasa Machine. ALFRED BUCKLAND, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9. THE HAYMARKET. FOR SALE, at tho Haymarkct on Fri day next, January P, A VERY HANDSOME BLACK MARE by Kingfisher; quiet, and carries a lady. ALFRED BUCKLAND. TUESDAYS. THE HAYMARKET. __ALE OF WOOL, SHEEPSKINS, SlilDKHt TALLOW, HAY, aud STRAW, each TUESDAY, at 12 o'clock. ALFRED BUCKLAND. 17.0R PRIVATE SALE \ ON LIBERAL TERMS IN LOTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS: Farm Lots from 20 acres and upward-, noar Piikokohe Station . from tSI Ms to *10 an ecte. Farm, Lot 130, Awitu, contelninß 1331 acres i, ■eouroly fenced; is noar othor homesteads, awl -ood land; £2 an aero. ,„.._„„ tthi *a J*arm of 150 acres on tho Pukekoho Hill, ad joining that of Mr Jacob Wright's; considerably i 7tot dcia_^rar*rirhalf-waybctwoenKihlklhl and To Awamutu. containing 680 acres, with choice applo orchard. Availab.o and Fertile Farms, ranging from 1 500 to 10,000 aores, at prices varying with Im piovemonu. from £1 %gfi|^ PCT a--_m R. 0. OABR.] lB- »■ TONKS* WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, ISSS, At 12 o'clock. CENTRALLY SITUATED CITY PRO PERTY, CORNER OF VICTORIA AND COBURG -STREETS. ROSEBANK ESTATE, ON NORTH SIDE OF MOUNT VICTORIA, NORTH SHORE. B. TONKS & CO. HAVE beon instructotl by Mr Thos. J. Harbutt to sell on tlie above date, His Valuable Property at tho NORTH SHORE, known as tho ROSEBANK ESTATE. This is about the last centrally situated Block in the district; for situation unsurpassed, with good commanding views; soil volcanic. On tho Property are erected two substantinlly-built Houses of Eight and Nine Rooms respectively, fitted up with every modern convenience; each has a concroto tank to hold a,OOO gallons of water. On tho Victoria frontage, and directly opposite tho Takapuna Road, aro two Cottages ot 5 rooms Tho proporty is flagged, and plans will bo "Also, the centrally situated BUSINESS SITE at tho corner of Victoria and Coburg-streets, CITY, and on which is also erected an Iron BuildinK, at present occupied by Messrs Ingram and Co. This site is admirably adapted for a Storo or Warehouse. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21. T7TLLA <^ITES ! VTILLA OITES ! X^ILLA 1 "13 EMUEUA. A BYNDICATK HAVING I'UKCHABKD THE WELL KNOWN AND VALUAUI.i: I'HOI'EBTY (AT BE.MUEBA), OK Till- HON. J. WILLIAMSON, R. C. Greenwood HAS RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO CUT IT UP INK "VTILLA AND -DESIDENCE QJITES AND OFFER THEM FOR SALE BY AUCTION AT THE OPERA HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 AT NOON. Those who wish for Magnificent Views, Healthy Locality, Close Proximity to Town, Three Minutes from Railway Statios Gas and Water, Choicely Planted Allotments, besides being in the pick of the kisin and fashionable distbict o** REMUERA, Would do woll to VIEW THIS PROPERTY, o there is no other proporty anywhere around Auckland that has so many advantages to recommend it to tho public as this has. THE ALLOTMENTS ARE OF GOO] SIZE, ' and will be offered for positive sale on WEDNESDAY, 21st JANUARY, ISSS, IN THE i OPERA HOUSE, AUCKLAND, AT NOOf Terms will be made easy. Plans in course of preparation, R. C GREENWOOD, Auctioneer. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, AT NOON, BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. AT SIBBIN'S MART, QUEEN-STREE -4 VALUABLE ALLOTMENTS A' NORTHCOTE, threo minutes' walk froi I the Wharf, adjoining tho residence of G. _• Brassey, Esq., and opposito Captain Slattery new Dwelling-house, being Lots 22, 23,12, an 13,66 ft. x 132 ft. e-ch. Nos. 23 and 42 are Cornt Allotments. Will bo Leased for 21 years. HALF THE VALUE WILL BE GIVEN FO. THE HOUSES AT THE END OF THE LEASE. GEORGE SIBBIN, Auctioneer. DURHAM YARDS. POR SALE, at the Durham Yardi every Tuesday, at 11 o'clook,' HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL, and SKINS HUNTER AND NOLAN 1 TTIOR IMMEDIATE SALE, a Butcherln X 7 Business, doing a good cash trade. In tb centre ol the city: a low prioe will he taken.- Apply to John Soppet, Land Agent, No. i Qu-wn-stree. W. L » i BOOK BINDER, PAPER RULER, ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER, XIDU-R DOORS ABOVE " STAB " OWICM. MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOK! I..tBUH_-.CE and Mrsma Reqistbr Boon Specially Rdled and Bound. Muslo, Magazines, Publio Libraries, and Bui day School Books well bound. BAKERS' SPECIAL RULED DAY BOOK! Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books Re-bound. BAND AND CHOIR MUSIO BOOK x — ayi_fp^*«-ii—;____.



T.&S.MOKM&Co. Furnishing Ironmongers and Ship Chandlers, QUEEN STRRET. 111 ''^ _ j ■ l!i:!:!!;:n.%Wfff;;i9 si iM m ;"j i ; | Ij I j II all T. & S. MORRIN & CO., Limited, Have now unpacked THIS SEASON'S STOCK of KEROSENE COOKING STOVES, ETC., comprising a LARGE ASSORTMENT of the most useful sizes, etc. NO SMOKE. NO SMELL. AS EFFECTIVE A8 GAS AND MORE ECONOMICAL. Genuine English and American Electro-plated Ware. Now on View, a beautiful selection of Useful and Ornamental Articles, suitable for Christmas Gifts, Sports, etc.', etc. ICE CREAM FREEZERS 1 ICE CREAM FREEZERS! ICE CREAM FREEZERS I T. & S. MORRIN & CO., LIJVEITjSr), QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. ' SMITH & CAUGHEY/ cri Having disposed of the lease of their UPPER / r+J QUEEN STEEET PREMISES, and as the / *4/ / Purchasers, according to agreement, must have / **\J I . immediate possession, it is found necessary / *-^*, / to remove tho ENTIRE STOCK imme- / *^ / diately to their NEW AND CENTRAL /pU I PREMISES, / -07 / 239, QTJEEISr STBEBT, / / (Late Mrs, J, Smith) I I I / '* ~* / Where it will be re-marked and / /// / / _______», a offered for SALE at such Lj / / 111111 EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTIONS/ /V / W 1 m from original prices as must / Z^^ / l____M speedily turn it into money. / /y* / ___v 83T In closing these pre- / /Tr / '" mises it is the intention of / /// / S. and C. to concentrate / **^ / The the whole of their at- / I character of SMITH tention to the develop- / V-^ / & CAUGHEY'S Stock - ment of their business / I as t0 quality is so well at / /**«• / known by the Auckland 2 3 9 ■> / Jr^** / Public that comment on QUEEN STREET / D /.. i / / -T^"' / this score is unnecessary. (Late Mrs. J. Smith). /£7 /mi n T J- '_ r / / They would, however, direct ■a / **««»_/ / attention to the fact that IT IS m li ALMOST ENTIRELY NEW AND SEASON- R i I *>4^ / ABLE, and was purchased on __\% /-O / tllG best CASH TERMS for the Sum - HH / O / mer Trade of 1884-85, and undei V# / " I the most favourable circumstances. - / C_J / THIS \ „ /GREAT SPECIAL SALE 5, / | •'V / / _-S^ / is isro-vsr oasr /;> / —— s & / SMITH & CAUGHEY, ' DRAPERS, OLOTHIERS, SILK MERGERS, j. \J I WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, »| / 239, QUEEN STREET AND AT NEWMARKET.



INSPECT BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. / API.LV / $jf W GULLIVER, Queen Street. / f* / — »— /<)'/ /_/ X.' / The best / /C? / PROPERTY. /A> / $* In the /j 7 / $ffift> i MARKET / jCV / ®m^, / Aty / ™mtt ALLOTMENTS, 66 x 132./ /%} / / 'X/ / Terms very easy. MOUNT EDEN DISTRICTVVy / /fy / Title-Land Transfer. if* / / Roads 66 feet wide. ■/&/ — / (^/ / INSPECT BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. $f / AFThY / W. GULLIVER Queen Street. THE WONDERFHI* S Latest Improvements. Valuable Appllancos. Ten Yearo' Guarantee. Patent Automa.lo Winder. Patent Drop-Roller*. Patent Looee-WlndlDg-Whoel. Patent Thread Releaeor. Wer thalm Ma.hlnos kept In Repairs for three yoar* FREE or OH AUO*- -Uaamtaa CatalO-raes and Samples of Workfraa V-FR-IBE-M -IV IKG KACEIM AGri. CV. W. J. BEALE, 170, QUK en. B treet, AUCKLAND.



QINGER SEWING MACHINEi. Saloa In 1882......603,292 Machines. „ 1881 061,030 „ Inoreasi.. .-.42,256. MT THREE OUT OF KVERY FOUR MA CHINES SOLD IN THE WORLD ARK SINGER'S. UPWARDS OF THREE HUNDRED FIRST PRIZES UI AND AT CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION TWO GOLD 4 TWO SILVER MEDALS. TO be obtained at PER 2/6 WEEK PER 2/6 WEEK OjIXT At 261, QUEEt._TRI.ET, AUCKLAND, BEWARE OF GERMAN AND OTHER IMITATIONS. -UNQBR SBWINO MACHINE*. TEAT. Unrivalled /0) is /o7 OU R/%/ / n/ A l\m/ TEA I /CO/ ABOUNDING /O/ » /ry Strength / AND TIIGH QUALITY. D. E v ' T '• OUNMAKKR, QCXEN ■ BIRWfj g _W_f_f** m^^ ACOBXAHD EJ^l^f (Opposita the City Marks* __a_\%ss§f'\ Kbtab-JSHisd 1858. -I_!_v____^__,*v Intending Buyers should l«t> gßlffltßSfef J. spoot the Lilian stock ol _.iS_t_B_TC_^~*'^ Breooh and Muzzle-loading §Hg™||Ss' Guns on hand. They will se• &gis||p]|| the best VALint In Auokland, |BBfflssiP Every gun thoroughly examln- Ef_S*«r ed and guaranteitt bsfor* dsll li||&r Hammerloss Guns, with Slemsnl Pis Patent Steel Barrels, 12 and 20 gangs i rag Silver_ Patent Antl-reooll Butt Plates. mm Webloy's Dull Dor and Irish Const*- EDS? bulary Revolvers, also hla New Patent wsS| Belf-extracting Rovolver; Kynooh's M§m Patent " Perfeot" Reloading Metalllo vMI Cartridge Cases and Crimpers; Elay's EBBS Revolver Ammunition and Metalllo *^ Cartridge Cases; Newcastle Chilled Shot l Cnrtlss and Harvey and Plgon Wllk's and Laurence's Gunpowder; Eloy'a Wadding and Cartridge Casts; Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, Hamo Bagß, Gun Canes, Cartrldgo Bolts, Gun Oil, Tow for Gun Cloanlng, Ferret Murales and I Bells, Saloon Rlflos, Air Canes, Breech-loading Implements, Fishing Taokle, Cutlery, Flrs trorks. REPAIRS, Including Browning and Ra itooklng, speolally attended to, and satisUoUoa ruarantoed. _______ U, tiyXii, GtmuAKM as iupomTn, Ki. Qpy— ' FOR IMMEDIATE SALE, in Victoria streot West, two Houses and Shop with double frontage, will be sold a bargain: terms oasy.—Apply To John Soppott, House and Land Acrant, No. 8, Qnecn-Btroot. t^evonport, north shore, wellsTbros., DARTERS AND EXPRESSMEN. BRICKS. LIME. "SAND. SCORIA ABH, POSTS, RAILS. PALINGS, SANI TARY PIPES, ex., Sec. N.8.-FENCING DONE AT LOWEST RATES, ESTIMATES GIVEN. YARD OPPOSITE DEVONPORT HALL. LIGHT HARNESS HORSES, SADDLE HORSES, and all kinds of SPRING VEHICLES. Hired, Bought, and Sold, at , OROWTHER'B VICTORIA BXABIiEa Wei "f_#T-l»tflB»'



m pc a c o c k, A • OPTICIAN. MATHKMATICAIi AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, SHORTLAND street. ALWAYS IN STOCK- Bpoctaclcs and Eyo-glosscs of every kind J nn accurate fit guaranteed . Opora Glasses of superior quality Tolc-copes, Binocular Field Olnsacß and MicroßCopcH, powerful and cheap Thoodolitcß, Mining Compasses, Drainage Levels Abnoy Lovel-, Prismatic Compaesca Drawing Instruments, Scalos, Parallol Rulers Shipa' l_ogs i.oxtauts, Compasscfl, Pinnacles Barometers. Tnormometors, Hvdrometcrs Electric Hells, Batteries, and Fittings Magnetic and Galvanic Mcdicul Machines Magic Lanterns and Slides, Hand Magnifiers Stereoscopes and Slides, Graphoscopcs Stoaiu Ganges and Tubing, Salinomctcrg Amateur Photographic Cameras JUST RECEIVED-Solf-rcf. storing Aneroid Barometers instruments of every kind repaired. OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE. JB. BLAIKIE, c VICTORIA-STREET, IMPORTER OF BUILDERS' & FURNISH ING IRONMONGERY DIRECT! FROM MANUFACTURERS, Has For Salo, at Low Rates, Carpenters' Tools Nails, Looks, Hinges Kitchon RangOß Roglstor Grates, In groat Variety Marblo and Enamelled Slate Mnntelplooea (Largest Stock In Auokland) Marble, Eloctroplato, Curb, and other Fondors Galvanised Iron, Sheet Lead, and Zino Slate, Cement, and Plaster. INSPECTION INVITED TTB4 TING'S T_» 0 VV D E R. KEATING'S POWDER KEATING'S POWDER KEATING'S POWDER KILLS BUGS FLEAS MOTHS BEETLES. This Powder is Quite Harmless to Ani mal Lifo, but is unrivalled in destroying fleas, bugs, cockroachoa, beetles, motlia in furs, and every other species of insoct. Sportsmen will find this invaluable for destroying fleas in thoir dogs, as also ladies for their pot dogs. THIS ARTICLE HAS FOUND SO GREAT A SALE that it has tempted others to vond a so-called article In imitation. Tho Public aro Cautioned that tho tins of tho 'genuine powder boar the autograph of THOMAS KEATING. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS A Purely Vegetable S WEKrMEAT, both in appearance and tosto, furnishing a most ngra: nbfo inothod of administering the only certain romedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a porfectly safo and mild pre- Saration, and is especially adapted for Children, old in Tins by all Chemists and Druggistß. Proprietor: THOMAS KEATING. Lon__v, ■jITAPS, BOOKS, ATLASES. EDGAR WILKINSON, Map & Bookrelleb, 1, Exchange Chambers, Queon-street (Entraneo in Durham-street), Invites everyone to call and see his seleotion of above. Books ov Travel, Popular Novels, Children's Books, Albums, Furtsiiß, Ladies' Companions, &o. -NOTICE TO GUMDIGGE.RS. Any Persons found TRESPASSING on my Land, situated in Mataicohk and Omaru Parishes, for GUMDIGGING OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, will bo prosecuted. H. BRETT. DEVONPORT LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES. CHANGE (3F PROPRIETOR... I BEG to intimate that I havo disposed of my Coach and Omnibus Business to Messrs DAVIS BROTHERS, nnd trust that tho support so genorously accorded mo in the past will be ■ oontlnucd to my successors. Thanking all patrons for thoir Bupport, I recommend the I Messrs Davis as well qualillcd to manage and develop tho trade. I P. J. QUICK. Auokland, 13th November, ISSI. J\ A V I~S B ITo THE RS, COACH PROPRIETORS, DEVONPORT, Bog to announce that having purchased the business lately carried on at North Shore by Mr F. J. Quick, with tho Horses and Carriages, thoy havo amalgamated tho buiho with thoir own BiM-nc-s, and aro now carrying it on in all tho branches. Omnibuses betweon Devonport and Lake Takapuna as usual. All kinds of Carriages, Saddle Horses for Ladies or Gontlomon. always ready for Hire. 'Busses, Drags, &c„ Supplied for Picnic Partios. Goods delivered by Drays or Spring Carts, Removals Undertaken, and Cartage Contracts entered into. Davis Brothers hope by close attention to business and moderate charges to secure the public confidence and support. Devonport, 13th Novembor, 1881. OR IMMEDIATE SALE, A Really Nice Littlo Farm of 52} Acres Good Land, subdividad into 7 or 8 paddooks, nil fenced, prin cipally thorn fences; a 6-roonicd Houbo and Shods, Sec, ioi 12 cows, and a splendid stream of fresh water, capable of driving very power ful machinery ; also has a largo frontage to tho harbour. Only ll miles from Qucen-stroot Wharf, and will bo sold cheap.—Apply John v ...and Agent, No-9 "•—_n-street. FOR SALE, a really good Dairy Farm 100 acres good land, well-fenced, good grass, and plenty fresh water all the year round, comfortable dwelling-house, and numerous out buildings; all in good order; }_uil ifrom rail way station. IS miles from town, and will bo sold cheap.—Apply to John Suppet, Land Agent, N*). 8, Qneen-atree



__^pyffiy3fy /GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE. Head Owiok: PROVINCIAL BUILDINGS, Wellington. ehb oni__ -tew zealand ___s o-tiol, GOVERNMENT SECURITY, MUTUAL INSURANCE, LOWEST PREMIUMS. Tho Ordinary Branoh offers an Insurance Ot £1,200 at the premium charged else where for £1,000, equivalent to AN IMMEDIATE BONUi OF '8200 In addition to Full Participation In Proflt-. WORK MAN'S INSURANOB Specially provided for In the INDUSTRIAL BRANCH. Policies Issued from ._> upwards, ___■ «. PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS. JU PREMIUMS PAYABLE WEEKLY, For which a Collector will call. SPECIAL TABLES FOR CHILDREN. Polioioa of £20 and upwards, after Three Years, can bo surrendered for Cash, or lor • Froo Polioy. liberal regulations, NOTE.—The Government not only brings Insurance within tho reach of nearly every man, woman, aud child in the community, but pro vides tho description of policy and mode of pay ment best suited to tho requirements of eaoh. D. M. LUCKIK, Commissioner. HOTOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE SCENERY. Burton Bros.' "New Zealand Tm.ouaii the Camera." Ovor 2,000 Separate Views to select from. Mounted, 21s por do-.; single copies, 2s. Un mounted, 18s per doz.; simile copies, 2s. Purchasers taking S2 Views of this series in weekly instalments, or the wholo at once, can havo them for Is each. Burton Bros.' "Camera in the Coral Island*.." A Scries ot Views of Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. Mounted, 25s per do*..; single copies. 2s lid. Unmounted, 21s per dos_ i single copies, 2s, W. R, ROBINSON. WollC-loy-Btrcet East. •(s.JOlina pun pn_iiPH B)isoddp) _)on_ns-tiuojoiA 'Z'.\ '-oqiunia pasuaopr 'e.-Nlf.-tHH *H *W .V-'sooud avo. _Moa W '_loo_9 uj 81'suo.n notion J_ JO BIJOU irv *ootiou jsowoqs aqj no ouop ji_o_- auiqiuusuij, pun Hniqiiraia jo eprnj* ny *S-.*X!4 joijo sip uo_i xir jo; jjodoa vi jdo_| sdßj, .pura pij s_ uiojj *sdiij, iaoA.ion pub doifi : qono pg mo.y 'sae_ pun •spnog "8-AOqiH i ioo; joil pf moil jn pr_[ sadia •uavoi vi ostioq Am? um{% .lodus go uo pi _[ ii i n i cf, v m i ]j_gxvM ' >iaxv-_V\ MANCHESTER EIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Established 1821. CHIEF OFFICES: 98, King-street, Manchester, 96, Choapsido, London. Agents for New Zkaland : Messrs W. McARTHUR & CO., AUCKLAND. The undersigned is prepared to accept Risks at lowest ourrent rales. All losses promptly settled in tho colony. FREDERICK NUTTER, General Manager, 35, Inauranco Buildings. Auckland. QUPBRIOR CORRUGATED TANKS. j. lTkean Has for Sal* a number of the above, with Taps, ready for use, prioe 355, at his Shop. Wellesley street East (oe-l doer to Crowther's Stables). Large Quantities of Spouting, Ridging, __< Down Pipes always hi Stock. Vorandah Iron mured at the shortest nettoo. Country orders win always receive his prompt atteatloa. ____*. Washers always oa band. rtHRIBTMAS Tj.RU ITS. Cablo Address: [ Tolophone Exchange: "Eagle," Auckland. I No. 55. JOniV BUCHANAN, WHOLESALE GROCER, TEA, COFFE, SPICE, and PROVISION MERCHANT, CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND. Begs to announoo that bo has JUST RECEIVED, Ex s.s. Coptic nis FIRST SHIPMENT OH NEW SEASON'S FRUITS, NEW SEASON'S FRUITS NEW SEASON'S FRUITS NEW SEASON'S FRUITS, NEW SEASON'S FRUITS, NEW SEASON'S FRUITS, NEW SEASON'S FRUITS, NEW SEASON'S FRUITS, NEW SEASON'S FRUITS, COMPRISING — MUSCATEL RAISINS SULTANA RAISINS IMPERIAL FRENCH IPLUMS ELEME FIGS CURRANTS TO ARRIVE (exported in a few days) Ex s.s. Kaikoura, BARCELONA NUTS JORDAN ALMONDS SHELL ALMONDS VALENCIA RAISINS SAMPLES ON VIEW AT THE WAREHOUSE. JOHN "DUCHANAN, CUSTOMS-STREET, AUCKLAND. THAMES CARRIAGE AND DRA_ FACTORY. JAMES MACKIE, Proprietor, VICTORIA-STREET EAST. AUCKLAND. Repairs of every description In Wood and Iron neatly executed on tho shortest notice. Springs made and repaired. Always on Hand—A large quantity Of Lamps, also Ironbark Shafts and Spokes, Red Gum Felloes, and Hobart Town Hardwood. N.B.—C___fc_T Ord-»_» __________ ati-___t_-_ to* COACH FROM DEVONPORT TO LAKE TAKAPUNA. Additional Runs, to meet the convenience of the Publio. TIME-TABLE. Coach leaves Devon- Coach Leaves Lake port Post-offlce. School-house. 8.20 a.m. 9.5 a.m. 10.30 „ H. 15 „ 2 p.m. 2.4$ p.m. 4.30 „ 5.15 „ Sundays. 11. 0 a.m. H. 15 a.m. 3 P.m. 5 p. m , DAVIS BROTHERS, Proprietors. T> UTC HE R AND (To. ±_? Fort-st. and Quben-St WnARP, STEVEDORES, RECEIVING AND FORWARDING AGENTS wooI STORED AND DUMPED FOR SHIPMENT, x BALLAST SUPPLIED. I



/".HARLES LLO V* D, AUTHORISED AND MINING SURVEYOR, MINE EXPERT. 18 years' Experience of Alluvial and Reef Mining. Confidential ADVICE given on receipt of 10s 6d and atampod envelope addressed. Reference: Any Resident of Coromandel. December 22,1851. _______.; fl. & R. D UDER* DEVONPORT WHARF, HOUSE, LAND, and COMMISSION AGENTS, GROCERS, GRAIN, COAL, and FIREWOOD DEALERS. - U CARTAGE CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS' ; MATERIAL,. POSTS, RAILS. RAILINGS,, SHINGLES, AND SANITARY PIPES. , Sec, Seo. Sec. . PROPRIETORS OF DKVONPOBT BRICK! YARD AND SCORIA PIT. '; mO BUILDER il CHURCH-STREET, NORTH SHORE. _ EDGAR BLUCK, BUILDERS' AND FURNISHING IRON MONGER, has on Sale— •,•]-•; Comont, Gunpowder, Kerosino. Carponters Tools, Nails.Corrugatcdlron, Registered Grates, , Kitchen Ranges; also, China, Glass, Earthen ware and Fancy Goods. i AA X _>. F. M. BURROW S | Arch_ebo- Am. Building Surveyor, , Over Goodton'B. AUCKLAND. j| DREW & C O.'S, SEAMAN'S OUTFITTING - AND JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT,, ..' (Under Sailors' Best). ~. WHARF, AUCKLAND. And at, Elizabeth-street, Melbourne, i READ. BEAD. READ, Tho Far-famed Erhardt Hunting Englißh Lever, in Sterling Silver Cases, at..3lloseach. I'ho World-renowned Kolhctham English j Lever, fit 10s. Waltham Levers, £3. American Hunting Levers, in Silver Cases, £288. Ladies' Gold and Sivcr Goods at Unheard Prices.- RKMEMBEU. REMKMIiKR. Every Watch Guaranteed for three years.. Sent to any part of Now Zealand Post Free A Competent Workman kept on tho premises tor all kinds ot Repairs at Melbourne Charges. Please forward Post-oflico Order. .•.■/ / Note the address— ■';■ I DREW & CO., WHARF*. AUCKLAND. "'"', I And Elizauktii-ktukk'!' Mkliiouhnk. DISEASE - SMALLPOX, FEVERS,; Etc.—All porsons wishing to keep from those horrible diseases should at onco procures i packet of WARNOCK'S colcbrated DISINFECT I TANT, as "Prevention is better than Cure."— 1 Sold by al' Storekeepers, Chemists, Rtc, Si the Packet. ____. EP. HOLLIS'S L|INE' OFi '• COACHES. '■■■'"/'. LEAVE ONEHUNGA-Manukttu Hotel-T.Sjl 8, 8.15, 9.15.9.15,10.30,11.15 A.m., 12.15,1.1.30,2.30, 3, 4. 5, 6 p.m. Mondays—s.3o p.m. Saturdays— 5.30, 6 p.m. Sundays—B.3o a.m., 12 noon, 4.30 p.m. LEAVE AUOKLAND-GroyhouDd Hotol -9.9.45. 10.30,11 a.m., 12.15. 1, 2, 2,15, 3.15. 4,4-45. 5.15.6,6.30.7 p.m. Mondays—ll p.m. Saturdays■■_ —10,11 p.m. Sundays—lo a.m., 2, 6 p.m. Singlo Fare, Is; Return Faro, Is 6d. __ ."■. .-. Tickets aold by the dozen:—To and from One hunga, 7b ; to and from Greenwood's Corner, 6s to and from Brown-street, Epsom, ss. R. P. HOLLIS Propriotrr. ■■■'■.