AUCKLAND MONTHLY SHARE LIST.

august is isss;

■ — ' 1!:"!' 'per"1 "pVr P %pcr VC' MarS 11m' L Inl -^oo* &• O«**E Share. AnnV 4^.

PRODUCE MARKET. jJjUa&M^flfdcs 10s per ton extra; flacks mUfl 103 to* I"". ( "jj Hobnrt rails. tSSraS r- ftSnea«fc Sydney. « to £9; intal manure, £7103.

rerity and trusting that there is a long and hon ourable ciireer baforo you." (Signed by the saloon pas.-enKeiv.) ' =W- Tho presentation took place ia tho siSSi when Mr Eiss. in the nnmo of tho pa;W Kirs, handed over the nddnaa in a neat compli mentary speech. Tho health of Cnpt. llut.lon was dmut- with onthii3lasm, and that gentleman responded ;n a i-hort but appropriate address? Other toasts were proposed, including "Tlio Giivornment of New Zanlaud." '■ Massra Donald nnd E.ieuborough," and "The ( Ulcers of tho Janet Niccol," a happy hour bolug spout in cclebraiion of tha co:jelutioa of a pleieant voynffc.

SHIPPING.

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

ARRIVALS.

jjlj a-Olnello. waaiiDK uauiutT, llu ™ « iSt-Sumtj, barque, from New\or,c, P.M.S.S.. Dearborn, IISB-KaSne.6bip,Spillo,fromI J ondon, iSJotWanet Nicoll. b.s., Hutton, from SißsttWiii.

DEPARTURES.

Wrffl.-Molley,brlgantine, Harper, for wow f*B.-Cttf of Sydney, P.M.S.S.. Dearborn, iuwitViapwing, brigantinp, Gould, for XwMoid.

LOADING.

bmie. iHp, Scotland, for London illllr, barque, Mnnro, for Lond oa Binllendei, harque, Persson, for London Chrisd, barque, Petefsen, for New York

SOUTHERN SHIPPING.

n«I UHALUKKi", JUiy ZU.-ATllvcu, i)-. imH, barque, 127 "days from New Yoik- Jnr/St-Anived: Cbill. harque, Herd, 107 days (ram Blastoir. Anguat4 -Arrived : Tarasnl, U, from Foochow; Braemar, brißnntine, 103 i»;ifi.m Glasgowi Sailed: Dundee, farqne, to EHrttaui. August 9.-Saikd: Auckland, life. Mold en, for Lorn! oi. S\EtISOTOS, Jolf 23.-Arrived: Coronilla, tone, 121 days from Liverpool. Außust 2.— Sailed: Simttika, for London.

THE MAIL STEAMER.

The P.Map, City of Sydney arrived in iaboor si 1 a,m. on Monday. July 27. She tilled from San' Frascisco. July 5, and dia dmei pilot at 4.13 p.m.; experienced fine rather to Honolulu, ar.d received pilot th°rfl (B tho 12th, at 4.47 p.m : sailed the same day, mddlichaned pilot, at 1037 p.m.; expo.iei c:S to weather toTottfila Island, and ttopped ofF ueulind eleven minnte} to discharge maila for toot and receive maib for Auckland and Sfoney. From I ntulla to Auckland cxperiencrd ißons winds and heavy hoad tea-; oa July 23, Pwai tbe steamer Zealandia at. C.30 a.m., *Ml to tho nurth'watd; received pilot « Auckland at 1155 p.m. Tho City of ■iineyhadMsalooAniiaK.-'ivrn . paasßufcis mm (or Srdno*«id 'ho followlnr for thi-s (mi-CaMa: MrJgSklra Km-!-, M«b«v J. WfflUf!, WV;*»a|li. s. ami C. Miller. mmc: Miss MBlWluu.^. Jleswra J.ihn ton, J Roirdan^C. H. WA'-e. TOO 3. lVrcy, j. ff, Kinlenamaka, B. Nolan, i?. Siiundcr.->, nn. Back, Jaa. Dai'ey, and J. E. Jlalury.

ARRIVAL OF THE KATHERINE.

,™ ""v ttataerrao uate isiron Aoeraairei. Wtotsregiiter, under charter to the S a. and iCompanj, arrived from London on July 27, W anchored off Queen-atreot Wharf. She sadnrra ot Captain Spille. who retortM: -s«tadoaonAprUl9. Had westerly winds mc i the Channel, and cleawd the land »He ninth d»y. Crossed the Equitor »ta 3a dijß out. Passed the Cape fJ3 days «i Ue pasßaee hence to Tasmania Wed 25 days, and from Tasmania !L™Bf' tH4»ynnski<iK the letgtb of tho H* z^^ 1 'Jfe Passage was an nnf.vent- Woae. The tra'e winds were very light A ffi" 6? 161? «a!e was experienced shorLly ffiuP.B ™ channel, and rough weather "rated from the Cace to Ta3mania. The J««»nM hriuirs the following passenger?, all E:iL tM4 M» William Atkinson, Mr and wL LV. na,(amUv' Mr aad Mrß Richard j™S? '«>'%, Charles K. Hist, d, Richard £ m rlel ™!ey' c- B- Griffiths, V. Pat-

ARRIVAL OF THE ISLAND MAIL STEAMER.

i"?' ea, mer Janet Nlooll, with m-iils and pa* SJW fom Tonja, tamoa. Tul.iti end ftaro fflK"?°lMt wUh th<> Guvcruuieut of «J~ Mr)l l "nTfd in hw-bour on Augns.o, wZ 0C!?, ckl mi is tno firflt trio ahd hM Sy« mall steamer between thi. islandaand tare »J:?? d' ai"l lhe voyage, through con-. 2w athr r B,Ld ? BilKht- accid, : i.t to h«r naSrSh? fl«r'caj'"g Karotongi, has been S'^oted. The Ja««t Nicoll, cirrylntr Sl«S 4, i r je?l8V 'eft Auckland on Hatur- CC lVMe,at3p.m ; arrived at Tonzatabu, S&Mtt. Ba.m.; left Sunday, 23th, 720 am. S n l?™s M«n<iv. S»th. 8 a.m.; left simo Pra ■ Ib k^i VOS Apia w<"ln t sd,,y. Ist July, ttSoi».Sn*k a Td,asri llh 3n17- 3 P-m-: nrrivei •«?ed!4 ?M?'{, yf 5, p m-: mttOu i3O p.m.; Ml- ailrtf %m '' TuHwiay, Slat, 2 ?5: ffijOt Au k ok'a^. Saturday, 25th 4 IoaJiXS? Mab? ve- Anokland to ftfflS S^-PMlancea fins weather and wyw ™S. d 8 "early all tho rettof tho «Stwf arL n W:inS, 3 ttnd te"> sea a were Ugly bern „.* rom R"Otong* to Auckand •WytnnSfß encountered and north b7S'ff Bi We? mot accompanied « ffi SSL°' ondir wea'her- The length =»! toTrnn li*"* c»n»o4 the enpply of tll«laettmflil Cir?? a?dllßeii ao fuel during I«WNtoU (ft. Ca? t? in Hutton bri°K9 the Km hw~l. to. P? rt fa BPlendid condition SS»"»«o£]Si« . ' sel5 el|y> aßa Whitcombe, S^Bto ltS? 3' tyitf* Bohu!z-, Meesrs S"S»-Jn>S!S?B)n|ih< Sl** *nd Kinghorn. "^ 16. a°d four

PRESENTATION TO CAPT. HUTTON, OF THE JANET NICCOL.

}«*> tt R»Mi y thß, Ial»"d mail steamer &tt!t 5, Bt«Zti lS riT t ed ln Auoklaod on 4 CaP- Hulton with the S'rWi.ft?^"??- B«: Jmet Niccol.-Dear BS.*«m« S?fe ned, Passengers by the J2JIW TmLta«!fl*f lcool' on *ho occasion of JyttMat erf; w«i e^ contract with tho lio fe'. a«ire to M Ze^. land to the Pacific 2? 9(»l»Md ynti, °n TecelTed (rom you J*hn vSM«ed o n n 7 eSBel- n°r"ig six weeks S^onirtathfa*^ 01 Pas»en ß ers. In pre «S? pt «i» an J,"*? addreaa, we desire you to oi ?ur rcgar s and • lot yow happiness and proi-

THE BRAEMAR IN A GALE.

Tho barque Braemar, Captain Cow, which ar i.nliit Port (Jha'.moro from Gla-i;ow on \na ii-i! ! Oi.:..iinti.!ud •» tcirilin .-a'e iifM'my I»I» on M iriOi I. (>n Uiatiiiiy her fore tnp-Hlhmt mat

«'tt.-n:ar ■> «w.iy. mid m ii« fall sii!ii,h.d the -»' '■•■■■ ' ■■ .v'.i.;i.! /iinl .lid d:!i<t •ju!i*.-i;-i, b-siilia i'-jiui:;:r (!am:iin <>.nv. li.c ?eci.ni'. ( ".tli*>T, .v.ii thiM.c.r.ir.ti'io whoi:!. Duiit'fr \l\>- e<U- ii «■,., lni!io,«;iblo to cl.ni1 the wrcckßKU. which «as s>i,a In .;; i.-iiivtr i'io vi-sj-d'n BliioJ with rtrent violonc. On Iho following il«y unothrr ikuve <u'c sprang up, HUii ihu yes-el v.ns forcv-d to run b-'fi.re It. On the G'.h the ga.U nioderatml, and shn was towed into Siornawn> burbour, and sul.sfquonlly returned u> O'a'eow. The s-:ee.«:d s'art wis more fo:-tunatu. Her pospapu haa o-jcupie(llo3i!aTS.

LAUNCH.

A hinjpome now schooner, of 37J torn regis ter, wai launched on Aucust 12 from Mr D. Oouk's shipbuilding yard, Customs street West. She han been built io tho o-dor of Mr 1). 11. Cr-ickPhank, and is intended 'or one of the inland chiefs, who will kee.p her emoloyod in the in'rr-uland trade, cairyiofr both caw> and r:is3et!Ker^. The dimoneionn of thu vowel are :— 1,p.-gth of leee), 53ft.; lcneth overall. 69ft.; beam, moulder?, 1(J t.; depth of hold, eft. 6in. Shi is c-onstructod on a handsome nuclei, and should prove n rapid sailer. Tho timho;- use:: is of tho best classes, tO frame beini? of pohuta kawa. ai.d tho plauldne o£ kauri. The vessel ii strongly pat ti'irether. being donblo fastened wiih copper. Tho cjir^o spaco is anwrently adequate for all requirements, and there is a capacio is after cabin. The vessel has b'-en schooner risKed. and in every other par 'ioulur mado roady for sea. She will leave tliia port for tho iOandsabout tho end of this week, billus cd. and in charge of Captain O'Kyan. Thu name of ihjschooier i 3 the " Nolu." Tho launch provod a very successful one, and took place shortly after S a.m.. tho christoninß cere mony being entrusted to a little daughter of tho builder. The schooner was subsequently b rthed alons!>ide of tho breastwork for tho piirposj of tubing in balla-t.

Tho barquentine May, which left Wel lington for Greytnouth on Friday, July 31, returned to port on Monday, August 3, owing to bad weather, and tho o iptain reports rounding Point Hatawell about half-past six on Friday ovuning. The steamer Waihora, Captain llcUeo, which left here on Friday evening for Auckland via tho East Coast ports, was in collision with tho May, carrying away that vessel's bowsprit and all the headgear, etc. The bVaihora stood by her until it was ascertained *hat assistance was not roquiroJ, and eho then proceeded on her trip to Napier. Cap tain Forbes does not cave to givo tho exact particulars of the collision until such time as an inquiry ha 3 been held, which will be on the Monday after next, when the Wai hora returns. At the time of tho collision it was very dark, but not thick. There was no one hurt on either vessel, and the Wai hora did not receive any injury.

The stay of tho English barquo Grnsmero in port haa been attended with some sen sational occurrences on board. At mid night on Sunday, August 9, Drs. Evans and McMnllen wore summoned to attend Mrs Raymond, wife of the Captain, who' wus suffering from laudanum poisoning, Her life was saved with difficulty by tho prompt medical measures applied. On the following day somo of the crow took out summonses charging iho captain with threatening them with a revolver. The;o charges were subsequently withdsawn, the captain-paying costs. Again on August 12 somo littlo" excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of the Police Court by the presence of a largo number q{ sailors, who proved to be tho crew of tho Grasmoro, now lying in the stream. They ' expressed thoir deeire to see tho Magistrate, as thoy were in fear of their lives from the captain of the vessel. The men nllegod that the captain had been acting in a mo3t insane m nner; that he chased tho c-rew round the deck with a knifo,. avotfing his intention of killing them all; also that ho locked his wife in her cabin. After the Court ro.co to clay I&cjrien. inter viewed Mr W. Napier and^laced tho ca^o in his hands, and we understand that v number of informations were sworn

.■iU'.t'isst the > r>iitai:i T':\u men, liowevei1, "■titctiia*; thtir *ole object was either to pec their discharuo or receive odequato protection on board. Tne Shaw. Savin, and Albion Ccmpanj'a B.v. Tuinul arrived from Plymouth via Capo I own and ilobart on August?,'he passage, oxoluslvcof detentions. h;ivin« occupied U da^H SO jmnttc3. Sho brings 3,000 tons carKO and 231 paJEenf^r..: —Moon; Dr. Ewlow. S.cond cabin: Misso3 Elder Cablo, Han.ll'on, Hayncs, Uouglac. Rt.rke. Nelson, Mr and airs Hoaford and f.jinly .(5). M«3M Moon (2), Biker (2), Parker Miller (51, Mnir, Fellows. Steorage. F Long DdLong, Pumn, icobinEon, Air t,. j' Powell. Mrs Powell. C. Powel. fm.- Poweil. Winifred Powell, Marlon Powell, Hush Powell Arihur Powell, V, ntkin Powell, John Moatine, Bridgtt Meatini?, Caroino Mo.iting, Margaret Handiside. Alex. Prydo. Mrs Wwde, Mrs Wells, Roland Wells Blanche Well!, Mad K e Wolls. James Aliens, Jamw Stevensi. Mr and Mrs Ball. Thomas Ball, Charles Ball, Wilkinson, B ker, George, R. B. Lye, Mrs Ufa, Ellen l.ye, Monuguo l.ye. Busssll and fnmdy («). Messrs Agones, B9u!ter. Boll.Corkda c, Davws,fiunn Sforheß, Voatcr. Garrett. Harri3an.Hwrnph.ie3, Kitto, MoKellai', S-irainer, Fo:)'er. }\hnem;.n, 'iurnor, Warren, White, VVutkin, Yata), Wol °Pnr ietilara of* Hie drownine r,f six seamen from''the'barque Karl of Do'by during her TOvaae ton London io WolllnuWnar;! mi; Sel^^^^on^SJ 5!,8^ TmymAM IB tat 12 S.. 10..8 81 f. ano«ojj tionally heavy galo was experienced. At 8a m the crow were engaged in baulinz on tns po" braces, ftrd whil« doing bo a awept abowJ SIIIIIB ««rieiH»3^

FIRES.

Isews reached town on August 3 of the total rlßßrruction of the" Masonic Hotel at Whan'aroa by fire. The landlord was, Mr Thomas DavU, and from a telegram received was removed, but has not yet been opened. The Council safe passed through-the fire, and on being opened tho contents were found uninjured. With the exception ofa few papers and maps bQlo?%™%J° U on'B Council nothing was saved. W,altona drapery and the Bank of New Zealaud adjoining, bad a narrow escape. Fortuna tely the night was calm Insurance«i: Hall, £1,000 in the Zealand ; Library, £100 in the same office.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

Ai: tii-"!'- -'n-i..; ;ii-k Kri, ~iv I'-.MO'B the wif •of l.iuui.. Uerhort G. Archer, R N,' ot v (iauahier. BATIiURdT.-»On August 12. Nt hor residonoo, lroUnd-street, the v.Ke of P. Bathur&t of a daughter ; both doing well. Bto"ffir a "° D. Mra Upward BRO^Ton Ai'tmt 11. Mrs John Brown, lata of Whurgupoua, ufa daughter; both dolnK wo".-

GLAtitC.-Oa August 6, at her mother's resi fl.-n.o, Iliighkm Road Pdrnell, the wife of J.* N T. CKrk, enfsiaeer, of Whanßapoua, or n danfjMor. CHANSWIOK—On August 2, at hor roßidonoe Upp r Nclson-atroot, the wifo of W. H. Oanswick of a son. "DANIKL.-On August, 3. at Richmond, Mrs Thomas Daniel o£ a daughter (Elsie) ; both doing well. DAVIB.-On July 11, at Union-street, Mra K. DavU of twin daughters, M-COMI!E.-0n July 20, at Belmont Torrooe lieniucrn, the wifo of '£. \V. Discombo of a daughter. KATONP»On July 23, at Arawa-street, Mra Albert Eaton of a son. ELLIOT. - On Auguat c, at her residence, Vifitoita-stt-eot West, tho wifo of Mr H. J Elliot of a son. GHLOAKT. ' nAuKuatl, at Maaukau Koad Ptirnell. Mrs Francis Geldart of a daughter lIAHTKDT.-On July 20, at her residonco. Gib raltar CreFcont, I'arnoll, tho wifo of K. Haarcdt of a son. H.<; A Yd.—On Auuustj, at hor residence, Napier- Htrcct, tho wifo of C.iptain Hen) s of a son: HUNT. —On Juno 30. at Nuwmarkot-atreet Nowmarkof, tho wife or Alfred C. Hunt of a BUNTER.~On July 12, at hor residence, London-utroot, Ponsonbj. Auckland, tho wife of Mr Thomas Hunter of a son. lIUKT.-On July 21, at hor resldenoc, East- Btroct Nowion, th» wl£o of D. Hurt of a daughter. Ja.MKS —On July 30, at hor resiiiencrl Auck- Und, Now Zealand thn wifo of Kilph G. Janusotason (Hoy Hurley).—London papers pleaso copy. JOXIiS —On Außinl 3, at Anglosoastreet, tho wife <>f It. W. Jor,C3 of a son. LANfiF.)kI).-Oii August 0. tho wifo of Jaraea It!ins rord, Parnc 11, or a daughter, Ll*;.--On July 2<J. at Sunny Brae, Lake Taip vunn, Mrs Leonard Leo of ft Bon. •s'# MASSKY.—On July 17. at Church street PbW 7 Bo:iby. tho wife of J. B. Massoy of a son. MKSCK.—On July 29. at her residence, Ponsonby, the wi.'o of K. L. H. M-ck ot a son. MILLS.~On July 19. at Dock street, tho wifo of S. MillsofadaUßhtPr. MrN'i:HAM.—On Angu'1-. 1, at hor residence, Aburcronibie-street, tho wife of Captain W. S. Min.~ham of a son. MONTGSOMKKY.-On July 23, at horreaidonoe Grt-y-9trpet, Mia J. T. H. Montgomery of a fUuchtar. MOVVHH*.Y.-0n July 27, at St. Georeo'a B R y Rmrl P,ivii"U Wr.i John Mowbrny rtf n son NKV >N - n Jnl' 31. fit ah oily U-'iich Road, the vvifn of John NY yin of a son OROvN -dp Ju'y 2^, :.t HitI's'Ti-ot, Pamcl! >b«> wiCr-> f.i'lt. O:c ; .in or ; daiuihtor. Kif.Ui-.in.lnS ||. >'. Mnunt tide:, Koa<l. the wif-- .-f Wi 1 a-:i !»-::irl of [i iiai.Khtcr HOtilN-s^x.-Oi, ,i.,iy 23 m ••■ictori'iet.rop'

Mr< il Rcihiowip v\t r ran JMUKIts.-On .TnlySl :>, lHTre-"U'nc-,Nnwron Koad, the wifo of Wni, Kogen of n daughter ; SO A! LKN.—On Jnly2.i, nt her rnaldenoe, Pratt ■■ln-ot. th:> v,-if.> of 11. Soallen of a dans;httr. SOUK»3 -On July iS, tho wlfeof-F. \V Souiera of h daughtT : both rioinK woll. WALIjIS —On Jsly 21. at hor re.-iilcKce, Mount i 'den Road the wife of It. M. WVlia of a son. \VILSOM.-')n July 21. st her residence, Cum herliind Villa, ITarxivavos-fctrest, the wife of Pearson Wilsoo of a daußhttr.

MARRIAGES.

BAGO=srnOM-RKARDO.V.-On August 4, at h't. Benedict's Church, Newton, by the Very Hey. Father J. C. Downey. K. If. Uagsptrom. of Sweden, to Kathorine, second daughter of tbo late John lluardon. of Auckland. CATTAN ACH—KLLJ3.—On Jvilr 2*. 18?5, at St. Matthew's Churoh, Atinklaud. by the Ray. W. Tchbs. ~1. A.. David Stewart Cuttaimeh.Esn., to Kmnni Maria, yonngest daughter of Captain William Ellis, late Harbo* Master for the port of AuckJand. CRAIG-CRAIG -On July 30. at the Registrar's Onioe, John Kric, son of h -io Crnifr, Princes strict, Auckland, to Frances, daughter of James Johnston- Craig, (if Hynson, Caroline County, Maryland. U.S.A. GULDIK-GOSSHX-On Julr 11, nt Si. Bepul ebroV Chutou, by tlio Roy. J. Taylor. U. 1)., .William Goldle to Maria Jlaajarot Go?set; both of Auckland. lIAHRIS-NORRIS.-On August s.et St. John's. Watinato, lUy of Islands, by Yea. Archdeacon Clurko, assisted by Rev. P. VVnlsb, Robert Finch, pecontl son of tho lato Richard Harris, of KaatwortU Chortsey, Surrey, to Adft ICato, eldest daughter c£ K. G. Norrts, Tanranga. HKNN-ICA YKS -On AugUht I, at thoresidence of Mr W. Wniinsr, Arch Hill, by tho fcev. T. Kpurgoon. Honry Reubon, ooly eon of !ho latn Kmmanuel Honn, Birmlnßhain, to Florence, third dsußhtor of the late Thunias Kavce, liombuy Suttlewent. NATION — CHUKTON.-On Ju'.y 'J3. at St. Stephen's, jMHrtoa, by thn Roy. J. C. Uodwell. Edward 8.-ansby, youngest eon of tho lato Colonel 11. M. Nation, H.K.LC.S.. to Blanohn Jlary, only dan^hier cf the lato Alus. K. Churton, i:t Goorge's Bay, Auckland. STURTKVANT— STUART.—On Jnly 22, at Auckland, George, eldeßt son of Mr B<wko Stur:svant. of iMuvtan, tm Anuio, soooud daughter of Mr Samuel Stuart, of Now North Ro^d. SWAIfSON-DARK.-On August 1, nt SL John's Church. I'ousonby. Au.kland, by tho Kov. T. G Carr, John Swausoa. of Swedon, to Sarah Uri'Rory Dark, of Gloucester, Kn^'land. —Hnßlioh rapers filoaso copy. WA.LKER-WRATT.-Ob July IS, by Rev. P. Bavin, nt the Grafton Road Wealoau Church. John T. Wulker, only son of W. H. Walker, Nowniarkot.toJullnA. Wratr, oldest daughter of John Wratt, Mount Eden.—Waikato and Southern papers please copj. \TRIGIIT-BALL.-O*n August 5, at SL Sepul chre'ti Church, Auckland, by tho Yen. Arch deacon Du'lley. osslsted by Rev. W. Ferclval, Frederic Lunrd. youngeet son ot the lato Roy. 'I'liO'i. Booth Wright, of Broughton Rootory, Lincolnshire, Kngrmd. to Nellie, nn'ydaußhter of W, T. Bill, Esq., of Mount Kden Auckland. —Kiu.liah papers pleaje copy.

DEATHS.

ATHOL.-On Aucuht 11, at the Frovineiil Hos pital, from injuries received by an accident Ht Ciilliopo I ock, William Atliol; aged 12 year?. BAILEY.—On Jifly 28, at tho Auckland Hos pital, Georuina Bailoy ; aged 10 years.—Homo pipors pie* so ci py. BAl'.EY.—On ABgust 2. at Hunily. Waikalo, Ada, tho beloved daughter of Isaac and Jtuiu Hailey ; a*cd 16 months. BEKUKK. —On August 6, at Customs-street Wo*', Isabella Berger, of Franklin Road. BOOTLAN1). —At Siladen, Yorkihiro, Mary Eliza, wifo of W. Bootland, and sister to \V. Jtetealfe, of this city ; sged i 9 yoirs. Deeply r- Kret'ed. •HOMWKLL.—On August 10, at hi<) residence. Laurel Villa, Arch HiVI. nftcr a long and pain ful illness, Alexander Cromwell; aged 72 CA Vt'BKEL -Oa August 5, Ro3e B. Archibald. tlni beloved wife ot Kenncih Campbell; aged I-3 years. CANiWKLL. — On Aufruit 5. at "Wftikomiw. William us -d S! yeaie. OORUKtT. — On August 11, at h»r retldtnco. Arawa-slmci (WV Crifon Giro Koiui), Aui'k l;;n;i. J-ali Max-vvil Claim■i..'ll, ivliet uf t.ht hut: liolv.Tt 'I'Dlfer L'ovbu't, .V.'.i.i,, K.l-M.'.S.P.. .To .'.". f.irmer'.j- .-^'nior ir.w.fn (ila?;nv. lioyal Uiiirniiiiy, mvl lale of Bcooklanfiß, COX.-At lh« Auckland Hospital, fr«-n ir.jurlea received at al«otb«ll ma'nb Arthnr A. Cnx, Jaw ot Te Kopiun ; agotl i 6 ycari. Halifax (Yorkshire) piipera pleagj copy. C >X. -Drowned at Ranifiririon AUfcustß John, tho (lently b.Wved husband of Sarah Ja»B Cos ; aged 37 years. EYKIC—Up August 2at hla parcnte' sesWeso.-!, Oiiauel Sqn-ire, after a short lilacs, Albert Joseph Kyre ; apfad 16 years. FRASE:(.—On AiuustlO, at Vl«w Point Mount BHen, Thon:>ia JWcSenzlc Fraser; nged IB GRAUAM. —On August 5. at Alton Road, Robert Graham ; >-gtd 27 years. HAiiMAN —On July 25, at ChunJhslreet, Ono bunsft, H'irry, neconti ton of William H. and Sarah Ann Harman ; aged 8 year*. HAIK.- On August 11, at Otahubu, Frederick James, infant son of F. W. and E. Htir ; aged 8 months. liANDY;-On August 8, at her mother's resi dence, Elizabeth, the b9lovod wife of WJllam Landy, and daughter of the late Jaa. Braslin : cged 2D years. LIfKDHAM.—"n AuptHßt 7, at hor residence, wakefleld-Btreet, Marl* uocdliam ; agod E6

JA)W&H.-On July 27. in the Hoapii.nl, Cora in ■ndi 1. of nphoid fevor, H-nry Lowon ; iicert 27 v,-are.—Homo papo>H plcaso com. MUIU'HV. (>n Julr 31, nt hor re-drtenna, Chani-t-streo , Hi.nnrah IMurpby ; agert 80 venrp, May horpon! rest In ponce. IiUKRi V. -On .Tub 3i. at rhii rfs'.|onc«o£ Mrs Jarvis, K.i>nl>urt?h street. Newton, Henry I.union' Jlnriny. .'Oimßt'Bi "on of the Mo Jionry Dunrtaß Murray, of CiMi'. Sco land : uitn.il 20 vrart) and 1 months. Nfc.HiL.-On .uiffUHl; 3, at the Auckland Hos- Dit.nl. John Thomas N. ill; ag<;d 2". years. I'KAT P.—On Au^mt 11. at. his lute residence, n'Niil-sireot, I'onronby, Humpjon Pratt; aged Gl ynnra. R v YMQN 0.- On July 2, on board the Graemoro lit Bea, nftcr » ohort illuraa, Marion Ai?nfiH, tho youngest dearly beloved riaughtar of Charle ■r. and Margaret ttaymdnd. KOI3B.—On A nirust 2, at her father' 9 tesidenoo, Qucen-^trcct. Oachunga, Emily Pra»cfß, tho beloved daughter of Jiimes and Jessie Kobb ; need, 19 year?. RtUNKY.—On July 17. at Tamworth, of heart dis'iise, Fanny, relict Of tho latfl Andrew Rooney, of Kpsom : agcdEJyoara. ROGERS-HARRISON. —On August 12. at Franklin R-ond, Xl si Uogers-flnrriaon, the be nved.wife'of J. H. Uoprers-Harrison. SK.VILLE.—On Ju'.y 2(!, etNapior, Janice Moore Seville, formerly of Marohevtor; aged 3J veara —Home piporß please copy. BYMONS.—On July 25. at his residence, Manu knu Bond, Parnell, Joatph Sjmonß; aged 72 >oars. Deeply regretted. SYM.^.—On July 26, at tho residence of hia son (Henry Joseph Syms), I}o. 13, Wakefleld street. Auckland, Joseph Sy m«, formerly of the 2nd Drusroon Guards (Queon'a Bays), native of Wells, England ; aged Biyeara H vUTH.--On August 12. Captain William Smith, t late of p.r. Kawatere ; aued 12 years. THOMPSON.—On July 31, at tho Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Christina, the beloved wife of John Thompson : aged .'8 years. THOMSOtf.-On July 17, at Claremont Villa, CambrifiKe. William John Graeme, tho be loved son of James P. and Annie Thomson ; aeei 7 months. -THOMSON—On August 5. at Lowe Bank, Eaat Tamaki, John, second eon of the late David Thoms»n ; azed 43 years. TURNKR.—On August 6, at Vincont-atreet. the infant son of Robert and Matilda Turner; need 5 months. TUCKHR. —On August 8. at his resldenoe, Randulph-stret. Newton, John, second eon of tho late John Tucker, Royal Artillery. El 3 end was peace. WALSHAW.—On July 20. at the resldenoe ot her fion-inlaw (W. A. Harvey), Charlotte street, New North Road. Ann Walshaw; aged 51 years. D' eply regretted bF all who knew hea.—Sydney papers p ease copy. WEL.IiS.-On August 3, at Onehunja, after a Inn* and painful illness. SeytnoDr Wei's, late cf Pitt-3treet, Auckland; wed 58 yean.

it'Cn L-i=* Kcmpt |, ol ae. P»*r * Co.. Asoata, Auckland.

MERCANTILE.

G-^EOii ;i Oa" < ompany liar- paid a cXvi • itiii iii 10 pv.r cent, oil its first year's opti ations.

Mr Bathgate's State Bank echeme was lliruwa out in the Legislative Council by 21 to 9,

Tho Profit and Loss Account of the Roslyn Iron Company, of Dunedin, shows a credit of £363, No dividend is declared.

New Zealand Shipping Company wit' this y..-ar pay a dividend of 5 por cent., the net profit for tho year being £35,702 16s. The No&jji'Koaland Accident Insurance Company haS-e declared an interim divi dend of .'id for the half-year.

Auckland to tho front! Last month's customs rovenuo at the chief ports of tho colony was : Auckland, £31,702 15a Gd ; Wellington, £24,500 Oa lOd ; Lyttelton and Ohristchurch, 12,670 2s 9d; Dunedin, £23,478 7s lid.

At tho half-yearly meeting of tho Colonial Bank on July 29, Mr E. B. Cargill, Chair man, thought the shareholders would bo satisfied with the Bank holding A\,s own. The depression was not tosjb'e ascribed to anything peculiar to the country, but was simply tho reflection of what oxiated all over the world. The articles of association were allured to allow tho re-election of directors without a year's iatorval, and to do away with the limit of roprosontation by proxies.

From the roport submitted at the annual meeting of the Waikato Cheeso and Bacon Factory, we loam that them ia a daficioncy on the yoar's operations of £222 lGs 3d. This loss ia chiefly attributable to the fact tint thore is a difference between the num ber of gallons of milk supplied and pounds of cheese produced of some 7,4471b5, which seems to indicate that a gallon of milk will not mako a pound of ripe cheeso. Last yoar tharo was n difference, in consequence of which tho directors docidod to take 10.|lba of milk to tho gallon instoad of lOlbs but owing to the milk not being ao rich in quality as it was last season, the figures before us show that it has taken lOlba. lOozs. Another year it might take far less, but in consequence of this uncer tainty, tho directors have decided to lower tho price of milk to ?>hd por gallon. Had they been paying that price this past soaaon, it in believed tho M por gallon on tho amount they Imvo paid for would have roado a diilorpnoe nf £23!) 15" 6;1, and in terest saved i ' same nbouf .K3, thus giving ii profit lm:ai..-e of £3fi intt, ;■! nf :i In-.; cf C'22'2 od.l. I'ij.'-! : Thi? Imsti'-h hr* loinniod about HS per cenf. profit. LiutiCi' This product has returned .luau! HO per cont. profit. A mceMnp of gentlemen interested in the con;-traction of a tramway nt Dovonport was hold on Tuesday, August 11, at tho Masonic Hotel. The mooting was called by cir cular, and was immensely attended. Mr

John Lawson was called to tho chair, and after reading the circular and stat ing tho object ai the mooting, called in Mr Knox, C.E., who' had surveyed the district, to point out the route proposed, which he did by the aid of carefully pre pared plans. The route suggested ia from Victoria Wharf, along Beach Road, to Chel tho estimate. After considerable discus sion, in which Messrs Edson, Uudar, Mays, Slonny, and Stark took a prominent part, and in which they approved of the proposal, it was unanimously decided that it was desirable to form a tramway company, to bo called tho Devonport Tram way Company, and a provisional directory was appointed, consisting of Messrs Edson, Stark. (Jlenny, Cavo, R. n. Duder, Mays, and E. W. Allison, who woro requested to

take further aation in the matter, and to report at a meeting to bo held on the 19th init. at the offico of MrKnox. Queon-stroot, Auckland, at 3 pm, On tho motion of Mr Stark, seconded by Mr B, H. Dudor, it was resolved that Mr Cavo bo requested to actaa secretary pro tern.

Tauplrl Kxtcmlod Coal-mining Company,

Tho half yearly mooting of shareholders in tho above Company was held on July Slat in Mr F. SchertT's office, F»rt-stroet, Mr John Kobertsoiv Chairman of Directors, presiding. Tho business consisted of the adoption of tbo directors' report and balance-sheot, of which the following is a copy: —

Tho directors beg to submit tho balance-sheet for ilio half-year cndtnpr Juno 30. 1535. The Profitnnd [x>s Account shows that after writ luff oft"£ls'.' ilj for depreciation of plant and buildings, there remains n not profit fortho half yuar of £3,1£0 15j, which the directors rocom iiienrt to appropriate aa follows :-£GTO U pay ment of dividend of 1b rer share, and £900 to buuusof Is W per share, tlie balance *f £1.680 15a to bo carried for ward to new account, 'l'ho divi dend am! bonus will be payablo on the first day 9f AURUfIt.

Phokit avb Loss Account. Junk 30, lfSo — To dividend and bonua on 12.003 Bhnr.-3 at2a Dor Bluro. C1.2U0; investment accounr. £S0O: mining expenses, £." 7Sa 15s 8d; rout and royalty, £SIX) 18i 6d; mioinK plant and buildlgns-written ntFfor depreciation ehargce, £152 93; chftriies. £325 Ha id ; balance oarrlrd to new a-.count. £ii,C93 "c "d: .total, £13,24>J 53 Ul. By balanco. £1 !>O9 12s 7d ; coal sold. £B,!M 13s Sd ; intorott, £1?3 13a lOd: total, £13.219 as lit.

Balance sheet, July ?0, 18S5—To capital, 12.G00 shores nt £1. £12 060 ; i .vostment account, £l),ttO0 ; sundry creditors. £1 001 3e Sd ; profit and lojh account, £0.0.0 7s 7d : total, £26.0 M lfij. By ooal mino leaso. £6,000; Tuor-giiKes, £3.100; fixed deposits, £3,500: mininK plant, enfrines, trsni wuy. wharf, and bulldlnas. fil,"<72 1" tid ; sundry d.-htors. £5.4.57 33 lid: ooah, i» Hank of Now Zea-

lniid. ii2,OJ. tCa G'l; in hand, £fi 14s Id : total, £il,H)l ICa Vr.callßd c p'.ta', 12 000 shares at 7s.- £1,3)0: total, £-'o 091 lGs.

Auckland Gas Company's Half-Yearly Mooting.

The half-yearly mooting of tho share holders of this Company was hold on the 31st July, Mr B. G. Wood presiding in the absence of the^hairman of Directors. The following statement of receipts and expenditure for the half year was road :— lisa ira—Gaa,£lS9S7 lla3d; residuil p-o ---duct, £'J 115 Us'2d; snrip and transfer for», £13 13s Sd; balaueo on fala of gas iUUngs, ,flJ2o 17s 8d : toul, £21 V.i ICB 7d. Kxi'HriDiTUHK - Coals, fS:H" 7s 2d : sfcokors' wages. n.'iJi it 91: purification of pas, £155 Ss 4(1: distribution df «,\r. ?J i Is 81; water at works, tt~>3 IP' lflil ; inaim.ona.soo of work». rentwuls, £1,193 10» 9i : ir.n.iT.nce, f& 1U.^31: dir.iCors luirt su.ii(ur.«. £110: ?;:!f.rie«, Cl.fO? >: i.t:it.ionorr. £1!W YU V.: rent. .-MCfl V: ratfn .i:»l t«::rii. Xl; \;;* 1,1 ; »>tty r.mb, g:'-'> !!>-i M; In l»r?*l. BJ.', .■« Sd; lie:.: i:i>asu, CM 0.1*1: miict- fi:roiliir(> .E1: S.i Id . sun-.:;, f'.'n, <i- !2»tJd total, £13.807 2iSti. H.ildf.c«of pi-otil. £7.515 11.-14. JUvIiK-ml na •■.'8.1--8 sharo3. £I:W3 13« ICd. BaUnco to iiroilt and loss ne^T account. £216 (te Od. The Chairman said the meeting was culled for the purpose of declaring a divi dend. They had now only one meetiDg in tho year at which a detailed report was submitted. Tho speaker quoted tho principal items from tho account?, and said it was proposed to declare a dividend of 8a 6d per s?haro, equal to 17 por cent. Thoy would sco that this was a fairly satisfactory statement. Their expenditure had been very great on capital account. They had just erected at great expenso a now holdar and purifier, Owing to the constant demand, and increasing consumption of gas, it seemed that the expenditure on capital account would be unceasing.

Auckland Timber Company.

The ordimry yearly meeting of the share holders in thu above Company was held at 3 p.m. on Monday, August 3, the Chairman, (.'mjtuin W. G. DaMy, presiding. The Secxtary of the Company, Mr W. l.'al.Jy, ju'.iior, road the following rcpsrt!—

•'Your directors have nmcli pleasure in presenting t.\ the shareholders their eighth annual report, balance - sheet, and Profit and Lo.«s Account for the year ending the 30th of June, 1885. The operations of Ihe Company for tho past jeawliow a net prolit of £17,123 la pel, while tho total profit available for ap. propriation amounts to £35,337 18a Id. V'our directors recommended tho payment of a dividend at the rato of 10 per cent, for tho year, which will absorb tho sum of £10,636 2s Cd (of which tho sum of £4,800 was paid on the Cth February as interim dividend), leaving a balance of £24,701 10* 7d to be carried forward to new account. \Of this sum they recommend that £1,000 be invested outride tho "operations of the of the Company as" the commence ment of a Fire Insurance Fund. Provision for bad and doubtful debts has been made, and the sum of £1,527 6s Sd written off as depreciation making a total of £23,557 8a Id since formation of the Company. The director retiring by rotation is G. Holdship, Esq., who is eligible and offara himself for re-election. You will require to elect auditors and fix 'their lerauneration. The dividend will be payable on (and after Friday, the 17th instant, at 'the Company's office, Custom street West. For the Board of Directors, Wm. C. Daldy, Chairman. Auckland August, 3. The balanco - Bhcet showed •-Capital (net amount called up), £119,447; reserve fuad, £24,000; amounts owing by Company. £58,(98 9a 7.1; balance profit and Toss. £30,637 13a Id: total, £232,683 258.1. Assets: Freeholds, leaseholds, buildings, machinery, wharves oto, £96.633 5a 9i : vessels, £2,9il Os 3d ; stocks, Auckland, £24,817 15s 7d; stocks, book debts, (tod advaoces to contractors at branches, £36 284 lls J book debts (■secured and unseoured) Auokland, £19.754 13s 6d; horses and drayo, £916: offloe furniture, £IX 14a 3d; Insurance premiums, rates, rents, etc., uaexpired, £158 Us 6d; bills JL oe l Kti?.S 6 i'fe: CBBhln *m nJ h1 Prop «nd losa aooount was as followai— o,.TS/nte'im dividend, paid sth February, on 24,000 shares, at is, £4,800; salarioo, rates, rents, taxes and sundries, 26,808 7s 2d; discount, interest and bad debts, £9,787 12a 8.1; deprecia tions, £1,527 6s 8d; flrelosfl, £1.854 33-£24 2779a6d; balance, £30,537 13a Id: total, £54^15isM. By

ba'ance from SOtb. Juno, 1354, £.1!,GJ.1 Us 7d; lest-. ,i Mi nd on 21,000 shares, at 13s £IMSO~ «iK2l,' Us 7.1: h-jpsfer fees £■:' 15s; gro.-i ,r fits. JCW.SS4 :0s: total, £51.515 2j 7d."

The Chairman, in moving the adoption of tho report, said that it was always a pleasure for the directors to meet tho share holders when they had a good balanco sheet to present. In the present, instance, their aeaets amounted to i.5 12* per eharo. It wan the object of the director* to iruke a safe tiado. He might gtute that their mills were in first-class condition, re quiring less expenditure in the future than they had in the past. Tho directors had also improved the town mills by putting a brick partition wall in* order to prevent tho spread of fire, should such a catastrophe occur. They were now making arrange ments with the New Zealand Timber Company to erect a similar wall at their eastern boundary. In addition to this, it was their intention to lay 4 inch water mains all through the mills,

Mr Elkin seconded the adoption of the report, which was then unanimously carried.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

'Frisco Mail Service.

A special meeting of the Chamber of Com inorco, for the purpose of enforcing upon tho Government the importance of con tinuing the 'Frisco mail service, was held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22. Mr Graves Aickon (President) occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of membor?.

The Chairman, in opening the meofcing, said tl it he was pleaeod at the large attend ance, which ho took to Bhow that the com mercin' community were fully awako when an injustice was threatened. The Commit tee of t.lio Chamber bad been informed of an organised opposition to the San Francisco service, and had met to-day to consider the whole question, not from the narrow pro vincial point of view which seemed to actuate the Wellington Chamber, but upon the broad grounds that this service 'was pre-eminently the best for the colony. I'lio figures quoted by Mr Travers at Wellington were meaningless as applied t3 thu'San Francisco Bervice, Booing that they did not apply. It was merely a statement of exports and imports in sailing vossele. Mr Out'iio, in the Wellington Chamber, ,i,!.h out (.he ilifferance in the srvinos to bo only 2J days,

cording to his (tho spenkiir':') i.'m-iis. wliich fft-ro < iiioinl, tho difftvouo-J

They could take

.in f-vmnjile the !ani mail per Ilimuraka. she leit U! hom> aftor tho 'Frisco mail, which loft London m tho 24th May, and tho arrived here fully nine days after, viz , on Bth. lie trusted that the Chamber would show the colony at large we could rise superior to tho petty provincial jealousies. We were not dependent on this seavico for our commercial existence, but we advocated it because it was best for the colony ss a whole. The Chairman con oluded by reading tho following telegram :— The Government strongly eupport the con tinuation of tho 'Frisco service. They quite agree that its continuation is deair ablo, and that the understanding was that it should bo continued.--Junus Vooel.

Tho following statements were also sub mitted :—

For tho twelve months ended May last, tho not cost to the colony of tho San Francisco eorvico was i' 3,330. The post ages collected in Kew Zealand, £19,H92; and from London, £11,074 The receipts from Auetwilian colonies and Fiji, £7,807. These reoeipts are at present at the rate of £14,000 a year. The contract with the direct service gave the following result:- Elovon voyages between Deoember and May last, £4,875 in postages, and £3,320 in bonusos wore paid to the Now Zealand Shipping Company. The not cost to the colony, in respect of the eleven voyages, was £2,619. Tho timos in which tho reapeotivo ser vices wore performed are as follow : Zea landia (London December moil), 41 day*, tho mails were delayed four days on thi* occasion in reaching San Frauciroj ; City of Sydnoy (January Ist), 3S days ; Austin lia (January 29th), 38 days ; Zealandin (February 2(ith), 37 days : City of Sydney (Match 26th), 39 days; Australia (April 2,'ird), 3!l days; Zoalandia (May 21st), 38 days. Averages, 38 4-7 th days. The times of tho direct service were : — Aorangi (London date, Decomber 20th), 41 days to Port Chalmers ; Kimutaki (January 17th), 45 days to Wellington; Ruapehu (February 14th), 44 days to Port Chalmers ; Kaikouri (March 16th), 40 days to Welling ton ; Tongariro(Aprir 11th), 42 days to Port (halmers; Aorangi (May 9th), 40 days; Ruapohu (Juno Gth), 43 days to Port Chalmers. Average, 44 day. The imports from the United States wero: Auckland, £Bf>,7C6 ; Wellington, £53,132; Lyttclton, £71,274; Dunedin, £11f.,2G9. Exports: From Auckland, £484,369. Nothing from other ports. Mr J. C. Firth then moved, "That as the San Francisco line has proved itself to be the bast mail service for the colony of New Zealand, this Chamber strongly urges upon tho Government tho importance of making arrangements for its continuance at tho expiry of tho present contract, That the stoppage of this cervico would be a retrograde stop, highly injurious to the commercial interests of the country, and would closo tho enly existing lino of com munication to tho vast country of North America." He said the'Friacolinehad proved iteelf far tho best we ever had had, and it was maintained at an absurdly low cost to us, vis , £3,300 per annum. It had also tho ereat advantages of thorough certainty, the utmost regularity, and to travellers to and from the colonies it afforded the attractions of a iqund trip. Thoy como from and go to England our way, and return another, thus circumnavigating tho clobo. Everything was in favour of the retention of tho eervieo, and only pitiful Jocnl jealoudeß elsewhere were hostile to it. If through this oauge it were loat, then it would I.<o for the Atiok l.Mid merchants to .'.eiormiuo whether they should not combine in a powerful trades. union to support the Orient, P. and O. and Union Steamship Co.'s as opposed to the direct lino which it was sedulously sought to bolster up at the oxponps of tho 'Frisco lino. Mr Firth went on to dspict the bone fits accruing both to the mother oountry and the colonies 'with tho inter change of commercial relations with our kin in America which thia service had introduced. It was one of the many tendencies to tho growth of a federal feeling amongst the great branches of the Anglo- Saxon race.

After some disoussion the resolution was pasted unanimously.

RELIGIOUS.

BrsHOP Neville, of Dunodin, proposes visiting the South Sea Islands shortly, an-l establishing missions where inqii cd. A special meeting of rhfl rnujrivgafcitin of Grafton Rond We.-loyun Church was held on Wednesday eVening, August S, to connicier tho sweeping away of the debt, of £COO which re.-ts upon the neiv church. Although there whh a small at tendance, great interest was manifested, and about l'2oo was promised during tlv* evening. Tho subscriptions are to extend over a period of twelve months, and it Is ex peated tho whole sum nsoded will be pro raised in a month or so. The recent open ing services resulted in a financial gain of about £140. The old church is about to be converted into a school-room on the c!:is? room principle, and when finished the Wesleyans at Grafton Road will have every convenience for church work.

The new pastor of St. Peter's Presby terian Church, tho Rev, R, Sommerville, was formally welcomed on July 29 at a fruit soireo and concert, the ohurch being crowded. The building presented a neat appearance, in the centre being a heavily laden table of fruit and other dainties, while behind the pulpit was the word " Welcome" prettily worked in white and red camellias and overgreens on a white background. The Rev. Mr Sommerville occupied thechair, and in a humorous speech welcomed himself as the new pastor. He referred to his induotionas the marriage, and supposed that the fruit concert was the marriage festivities. He knew that he was surrounded by a band of earnest worker!, and if success did not come, the fault would not be theirs.. He did not doubt, however, that their infant church would yot develop into a great power for good in* tho fcoin munity. He thanked them gratefully from his heart for the kindly way in which they had welcomed him as their new pastor. Addresses were also delivered by the Revs. McUallum, Jones, Steele, T. G. Carr, and R. F. Macnicol, all of whom expressed their sincere wishes that the laboura of the new pastor might be crowned with success in his fresh field of labour. Apologies were also read from Revs. Fraeer, Munro, and Urrick, who regretted their inability to be present.

DECLINE OF MAN.-Iferrauil Wmloim, Dy.pepeit Impotent B«ual DoUlity. cuiej by WeUrt Uealt^Kclie»er? At SgrunUHi Kemlltliorußi Pro ,«, « Co., Agjuli. Aacklmd.

N.Z. CO-OPERATIVE LAND AND LABOUR COMPANY.

Mootlapc in the Ziiiperanee Hall

Thf.kf. was a larj;e attendance at the meet ing convened for August 11 ia the Tern

poranco Hall in connection with t',l3 com (Jiiny, The nseemblage consisted princi pally of working men. Mr H. FARjuHi wus voted to the chair. The following report, which had been drafted by the Subcommittee, was sub mitted to the meeting : — Meat.—Tho averutje price of meat at present in Auckland is from Id to 4kt per lb. A few of the butchers are selling at cheaper rates for cash, but all meat is sold in Auckland ut a price beyond that at whi:h it could be supplied, and yet leave a profit. Your Committee have prepared tables of costs and receipts, which'ehow that at an average prioe of 3d per lb a pnofit could be made upon the sale of this neces sary article. 'fho following table is appsnded:—

Dr.- Cost of SOOlbo. at las, £G; p-tddookn and slaughtering, 3s ; freight, 8j ; royalty and treat; in?, 10.1; wage 8 and cost for driving, 3s 6d wages etc., for town men, 53 ; clerk and book keeper, 2i ; manager, 2a ; etc, not otherwise charged, 2a 6d ; wagss for preserving, 2]: total,

Cu.-Cost of 75O:bs. at 3Jd, £10183 9d ;hido. 15s; tallow, £1: total. £12 18s 9d. lieduct cost, £7 18s; not profit, £115s 9d.

Beead.—ln respect to this, your Com mittee find that tho usual price of 4d per loaf has in some instances been reduced to 3d, and in one or two to 2Jd, sold over the counter for cash. At the present price of flour, even this could be reduced so as to leave a margin for profit. Tho four-pound loaf could be sold over the counter nt 4Jd and delivered at 5d at a profit. The follow ing table accompanies this report : —

Dr.—Wbrcb. £10; fuel, &c., £5; horso3. carters. &\, £0; rei.t. il'i; gas. &c, £1: shop and munugemont, £,<; ton tons flour at £8 10s. £85: total. £112.

0R.—11,000 loaves at 2jd.-£US 10s Bd. Milk.—The price for this ranges from 4d to 5d por quart. Your Committee have yet to make inquiries as to the cost of obtaining milk from the farms in the country districts, und must therefore defer their report upon this point.

Botter and Cheese.—ln both these com modities your Committee are of opinion thut they might profitably be Bold retail at a leas pries than they now command, espec iatly it' sold at tho samo .-tores as bread and meat.

Your Committco ate of opinion that co operation upon the terms and conditions sugguirteel by Mr Roos, i»:ju laid down by thy memorandum and articles of the New Zealaud Co-operative Land and Labour Company (Limited), is calculated to be eminently useful and successful. They con sider the joinder of the three factors of pro duction in one ownership as likely to pro duce a great and beneficial change in the social economy of the people. The tables appended show the cost of meat and bread when the raw matorial has to be purchased from others, but they believe that when the supplies are drawn from the stations and farms of the Co-operative Company, the cost will be much less, while the very pro duction will improve the value of the landed property of the Association. They are nUo of opinion that joining the pro ducer, the capitalist, and the consumer in partnoruhip of property and profits will solve the question of modern social difficulty by giving to cuch portion of the industrial community tho full value of its labour. They therefore unanimously advise that shareholders should be at once enrolled in Auckland in the Now Zealand Cooperative Lund and Labour Company (Limited), and that working committees should be formed to canvaes the city and suburbs for the purpose of obtaining adherents and sup port. The reasuns which weigh with your Committee in thus roitnmmending tho Com pany to you and to ilio public are : — 1. Tho union of laiil, labour, and capital in one proprietary. 2. The joinder of producer, capitalist, and consumer as partner* in the production and distribution of wealth.

3, The universal naturo and scope of the Company, which will prevent monopoly, or local or olacs prejudice.

4. Because in this undertaking the capi talist will receive interest and a thuro of ths profits.—the industrial class will receive, in addition to its wages, a fair proportion of the accumulated wealth of the Socioty, including besides the yearly Ciah profits the increased value of land and improvements - a principle never before proposed, and the consumer will bo entitled to profits over and above the goods pur chased by him. 5. Tho probability of continuous suitable employment being afforded to all classes and individuals willing to work, G. The prospect of a widespread settlement of the waste lands of this colony, and of the introduction of large amounts of English capital for reproductive investment in every department of human industry.

7. Your Committee would point out that tho purchasers of the first, issues of shares will occupy the position of the promoters of ordinary com panies, inasmuph as the high rate of interest, 10 per cent, being added to the preferential dividends,will by the time 100.000 shares are issued, make those shares yield 20 per cent, per annum before the general profits are divided. Such inducemonte,although largo, your Committee thinks to be proper because the first shareholders ore Epwing seed and planting trees from which future members will literally reap harvests and gather fruit.

In conclusion, it is submitted that the people of Auckland an,d New Zealand are to be congratulated upon thus reducing into a practical and concrete shape a scheme which bid.s fair to revolutionise and reform in peaca and quiotness thq social economy of largo portions of the Anglo Saxon world. The following resolution, adopted by the Sub-Commitleo, wus appended to the report:—Mr Phillips moved, and Mr Jenne seconded, 'That within twoh-o months a central Board of Directors be formed, to consibt of delegate from kraal Board.*l of Director*, and that in the meantime local Bonvds l.avo power over all fuiuis raised in their districts, and thin resolution be added to the report of the Sub-Committee." Mr W. L. Reek, who was warmly re ceived, moved that tho report now read be adopted. Mr C. Wright seconded the resolution, and trusted that the scheme would have the sympathy and cooperation of those pre sent.

Rev. W. Tebbs said that when he came to Auckland, he was surprised at the number of men whom he saw out of employ ment and willing to work. And when he went up-country, he was more surprised to Bee thousands of acres of land uncultivated, and not yielding anything towards the support of tho numbers in wan^. *?he evil had only intensified with time, and at his door or in the streets ho mot with more and more of these men who, drawn from every walk of life, were unable to fiud employment ami sibsii-tei-.ee. Ho had gone into Mr K*ed's ■<otu>Bie, and whatever the practice might be, bo believed tho theory had not a flaw in it. Nothing had come before us previously thut had given such promise of success as ihia scheme. It was qa\d that'every man had an equal right' to the land in the country, but he pointed out that there ! were vested interests that must be respected. Every scheme of confiscation was a scheme of robbery. But there was nothing of this kind about Mr Rees's scheme, and hence he warmly approved of it. It was something entirely new, and was what ho called the truo uaUqnalisatlon of the land The speaker illustrated iho value t>f cooperation by several anecdote?, and pointed out that tho assistance of the humblest and smallest member of a com munity could bo of value. New Zealand had plenty of proporty, but no income, because they could not bring the two things together. The pcheme pro posed that night would attain the object in view, and for the good of our own and our mother country we should do all in our power to help the thing on. The resolution for the adoption of the re port was put and carried unanimously. Mr Gerald Peacocke moved, " That shareholders^ tbe New Zealand Co-opera tive Land and Labour Company (Limited) beat once enrolled, in Auckland, and that local directors be appointed." Mr H. Phillipps seconded the resolution, and said that the scheme would be a noble" one if it only relieved men in their old age. The resolution was put ,An,d carried unanimously. Mr Jcr'v nsoyed " That all industrial and friendly organisations in New Zealand be requested to join in tbia movement, and also that they ba asked to pass resolutions calling upon corresponding associations in the United Kingdom, other colonies, and the United States to do the same," which was a'so unanimously carried. Mr Rees asked those who were willing to 00-operate in the canvass to give in their names at the close of tha meeting. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

"ROUGH ON RATS."-Cl«ni mitnU.mla.iwAM, SiM niils.'t*.l-bus?. beetles, lu;ccl*. efcuuks, jacU-r&l>mWff?V»«: *' At trujj Wi. Kempthoru , r PrcMer 4 0,,, x^b, AucU ,Di

OBITUARY.

Citizens of Auckland generally, outside the congregation of St. David's Presbyterian Churoh, will learn with sincere i-egret of the rieath of the Row Thomas McKenzie Fraser, who far four years past has occupied the pulpit of St. David's Mr Fraser's demise was not irumedintely expected byhis friends. Only on August 9 he appeared somewhat better., but the promise proved but the tern porary brightening of the flame of life before its final exit into tho shadow-land. The diseasei which carried him off was affection of the liver. He diud at New Manse, View point, Mt. Eden, into which he moved from Grafton Road about eight weeks since. Mr Fraser was a native of Inverness, which is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland, surrounded by memories of Scottish history and scenes of beauty and grandeur. A short time ago, in his intro ductory lecture to the St. David's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society, en titled " When I was a Boy," Mr Fra3ertold very graphically the romantic story of his early life in Scotland, and his educational years at tho famous ChriHt's Hospital, lOadon, familiarly known as the " Blue- Ccut School." He quitted lias school for King's College, Old Aberdeen, where he distinguished himself as a Greek scholar, carrying off the highest prizes, three years out of four, and leaving with the degree of M.A. His theological studies were prose cuted at Edinburgh, under the celebrated Dr. Thomas Chalmers, as he told his audience in St. James's Hall, in his able lecture on Chalmers. Before he had closed his studies under his eminent preceptors, he was choßen minister of ths Free Church in a neighbouring dis trict, the congregation agreeing to wait,, until he should receive his license from the Presbytery of Edinbnrgh. "In tho quiet parish, Ye3tcr," he said, " I.spent tho first eleven years of my ministry, the monotony of which was varied by frequent visits to Edinburgh, where I enjoyed the society of my sister, Lydia Falconer Fraser, who became the wife of Hugh Miller, the well-known geologist, and author of the 'Old lied Sand stone.'" In Miller's "My Schools and Schoolmaster*," (ho story of this lady is poetically related. Mr Fraser for several yearx contributed and reported for Hugh Miiler'n "Christian Witness." Mr Fraser was so attached to his country and the quiel udc of the parish that he declined to accept several tempting offers at Islington and Elsewhere. In 185G Mr Fraser was selected by his friend, Dr. Guthrie (the philanthropic friend of the ragged and Jiomolees children of the Scottish capital), to go out to Singapore. MrFraser accepted the po:ition, and spent four years and a-half in that beautiful island, where he success fully established a mission to the Chinese. In 18G1, with the view of having his family abaut him, he resigned his charge at Singa pore and went to Victoria, whoro he re ceived the appointment of minister of the High Church, Geelong.andtherehe laboured for 19 years, and founded tho Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund, which he said gladdened the old age and broken health of about twenty superannuated pastors, and now amounts to the respectable sum of £14,000. Mr Fraaer also assisted and strengthened many other benevolent insti tutions. He also originated the Loan Fund for assisting in tho erection of churches and mansea throughout the colony, and which distributes upwards of £2,000 per annum to struggling congregations During his ministry in Geelong, he pub lished a volume, "Sermons for Colonists," which had a wido colonial circulation. On leaving Victoria for this colony, chiefly for the benefit of his health, his old friends presented him with an address and a purse of 400 sovereigns. Shortly after arriving in New Zealand, he accepted tho pastorate sf St. David's Presbyterian Church, Auck land, whore he continued to minister with much acceptance to the period of his death. Since Mr Fraser has laboured at St. David's the con grogation has largely increased in numbers, and his sermons and lectures on Scripture characters have been exceedingly instruc tive ami attractive in style. He was more over, a linguist, a correct scholar, with, apparently, v ready commanl of the choicest and most forcible language, while his manner was characterised by earnestness, eloquonce, and clearness of utterance. His presence will be long missed by those who listened to his teach ing?, both in tho church and the classo.s connected therewith. For somo weeks past ho experienced intimation of the approach ing end o.f his earthly journey, and at last expressed himself prepared for the great change During his illness he has bcon visited by Bishop Cowio, Yon. Arch deacon Dudley, and other ministers and frionds out of his denomination. Dr. Stockwell was his medical attendant. He leaves a widow and five daughters to mourn their loss. The funeral took placo on Wednesday afternoon., August 12, anc} was very largely attended. A short mortuary sorvico was conducted by Rev. G. B. Monro before the funeral left the house, Tho ooftln waa carried to the hearse by Messrs Wilson, Angus, Patterson, Batger, and Macpherson, the elders of St. David's Church. Another short sorvico was held in tho church, which was filled. v,'\th members of the congregation, Ej!«ny oi whom were visibly affected. The pulpit waa draped in black. Amongst thoeo present were the following clergymen : — Yen Archdeacon Dudley, Revs. W. Tcbbs, D. Bruce, J, Bruce, W. Macrae, T. Norrje, P. Mason, G. B. Munro, R. Sommervjlle, J. Macky, R. F. Macniccl, A. MeCallum, Boyd, D. J. Steele, A. Oarrick, D. W. Runciman, T. Hamer, T. Adams, R. Bavin, T. Spurgeon, J. K. Davis, J. S. Hill, J. Robertson, A. Reid, S. Alucfftrlane, Long, Whewell, and Jones. Bonar'a hymn, commoDcing "A fovv more years shall roil," wiis given out by Rev. J. Macky, and sung, after which Rev. Mr Ranpjman re j.-I the 90th Psalm, Rev. Mr McCallum offered prayer, Rev. Mr Sommerville read a portion of the Epistle to tho Corinthians, and Rev. Mr Carrick briefly addressed the aasoin blatte. H,o referred feelingly to the great loss St. David's had sustained, and.speaking on behalt of tho Prosbytery, he said he cor.ld hardly convey to thorn the sonso that his brethren ontertained of the. worth of docoasod. Rev. Mr Maoky having offered prayer, the coffin, which was covered with chaplets of fiowere, was carried by the mem bers of the Church Committee to tho hearse, and the funeral cortege, proceeded to the Cemetery. Rev. R. F, Macnicol conducted the burial service

Mr Joeeph Syms—father of Mr ]jl. J. Syias, tailor, of Wakefield.Btreet, formerly Sergeant-Major of the Auckland Police,— who died on Sunday, July 27, at the ad vanced age of k5, was an old settler, having arrived ifi Auckland from London in the sh'ip,Sir filbert Sale, in 1847. He preserved his vitality till the last, having until within a year of his death worked at his trade. He was for many years a Sunday-school teacher at St. Matthew's Church, and till (ho time of his death was a Good TempUr, financial secretary of tbo, Havelook Lodge, and a member of tho Exeautivo of the New Zealand (gonatitution. Mr Syms entered th'j army in the 2nd Dragoons ro 1335, while in that regiment he met with an accident by which his akull was fractured. After being laid up for three years in con sequence of those injuries he was discharged. He took an interest in military matte-a, ' however, till the end, coming to New Sea- i land when volunteers \yi!;e called for during Hoke's war, going out voluntarily during tij.e Waikabo campaign, and finally ! joining tho Veteran Corps lately when the military jftowe caused by the Russian alarms oaused the old poldierE to polish up their weapone. The deceased was buried on Tuesday, July 27, with military honours, tho funeral being attendod by tho Veteran Rifles, the Veteran Association, Navals, and representatives of other companies. There was also a good attendance of Odd fellows. Messrs Henry, Joseph, Thomas, and vVilliam Syms, the four sons of deceased, were the chief mourners, and, bosidea these there were grandchildren and great-grand children , amongst tbe mourners. The burial service was conducted by Bishop Cowie, chaplain of the Veteran Rifles. Another old resident passed away on Aug urt 9at the ripe age of 72 years. We refo'r td Mr Alexander Cromwell, of Arch Hill, father of R. Cromwell, baker, Queen-street. This gentleman arrived here in the early daya of the polony, and succeeded in amass ing considerable property in various parts of of the city—the premises occupied by his son and those lately occupied by Mr Waters, oonfeotioner, Queen street, being amongst tbe most valuable. Certain sections in Hob eon-Btreet also belonged to the deceased. Aboutten years agohe purchased a quantity of land at Arch Hill, and formed a home stead, where he remained until his decease. He lsavea a wife, twa sons, and four daughters to mourn their loss. Deceased was a native of Scotland. Mr Alex ander Cromwell arrived in Auckland by the ghip Jane Gifford in 1842, and was there fore a fellow passenger with the latehobert Graham, Esq. By perseverance and in dustry he gained a competency, which, un like many old settlers, he reta'ned for his old age, He was a kind friend and afiec tionato husband and father. Two of his daughters are married, while two atill remain single,

NEW MEAT CANNING COMPANY.

About ninety Waikato settlers attended the meeting at Hamilton on August 5 to oonsider the question of the proposed new meat tinning and canning company. Major Jackson piesided. In opening the meeting, Mr W. A. Graham said that unless they could geta profitable sale for their beef, they might as well give up farming altogether. He re ferred to tho report of the Frozen Moat Company to show that the demand fortinned meat was so great that the Company could not overtake the accumulating orders. As to the capital required, wooden buildings would be suitable for freezing chambers, as they were used at Orange, Now South Wales. Still, he thought they would require nbout £20,000 or £25,000 to have cooling chambers and all requisites to carry out an extensive business. Their plant should be able to tin two and a-half tons a day. They might not require to tin and can so much at first, but would soon do co. As far as he oould glean, 100 bullocks were killed weekly in Waikato. As two-thirds of tho meat could be tinned, the consumption would be increased to 300 per week. A letter from Mr Craisr, San Francisco, was read, show ing the cost of tinning plant to work up 2i tons of meat per day would be £5,000, and a cooling chamber would cost £5,000 more. He, Mr Graham, believod the capital re quired would not be )es3 than £20,000. Mr 'jiabam moved—"That a committeo be formed to obtain all the necessary informa tion required to form a correct estimate of the capital required to start a meat pre serving and tinning factoiy for Waikato, and to ascertain the amount of support the movement would receive, and lay before another meeting, to be convened by the said committee." —Mr J. P. Barngh seconded the motion —Mr B. Roche moved an amendment, affirming the de:-irability of the establishment of slaughter yurd3 by the Co operative Association, and the addition of a tinning factory to the business. The amecdment was, however, considered out of order, and was sub sequently withdrawn.—The Chairman said it was certain that the farmer could not live unless a better price were obtained for his beef.—Captain Steele thought £5,000 should be sufficient to establish a sufficiently large tinning establishment for Waikato. Tho resolution was passed unanimously, and a committee was then formed, consist ing of Messrs W. A. Graham, Westney, Rutherford, H. Roche, Major Jackson, J. W. Elli?, J. D. Hill, Thomas Wells, John ICnox, Captain Runciman, O. Hutchinson, Captain Bockett, W. Taylor, S. E, Seddon, Captain Steele, George Clarke, J Gano, R. Reynolds, Henry Reynolds, Grice, Storey, S. Gnodfellow, P. R. Fraser, C. Day, Ger mann, Hodgson, J. Brooks, C. Gould, Thos 11 ill, J. Fisher, J. J. Barugh, E. W. Han mer, E. Y. Cox, J. B Smith, S. Seddon, with power to add to their number?, five fo form a quorum. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Graham for his movement in the matter,

ACCIDENTS AND INQUESTS

A bushman named Thomas Brown was brought to the Thames Hospital on August 12 from one of Pagan's contracts, having been dreadfully crushed between two logs. He died next day. The body of a boy named Charles Adams, son of one ef the employes of the Aratapu mill, was picked up on July 27 in the Ara tapu Creek. Thedeceased had been missing since about a fortnight ago, when the creek was in flood.

Mr J. Hebden, editor of the "Canterbury Times," injured in the coach accident on July 22nd, died from his hurts late on Aug ust 3. He was conneotad with the " Times " office for Ofor 20 years, and was only 43 years of age. Mr Cooper, a fellow-pas senger, is in a critical state.

A curious oase is puzzling the doctors at Kihikihi. Recently a, little girl of eight years was kicked by a horse. Part of her skull was broken, and some of her brains knocked OHt. The child is alive, conscious, and able to speak. Shs appears to be doing well, and there is some chancs of her re covery.

The body found in harbour on Monday, August 10, has been identified as that of Guorge Alcott, alias George Martin, a single man, about 60 years of ago, a native of Scotland, and labourer by occupation. He had no friends in the colony. Nothing new has transpired to show how_he came to lose his life by drowning. .News has reached town of the drowning of a Churchill settler named John Cox, in the Kangiriri Creek, near Hangiriri, on Satur day, August 8. Ho was returning from the railway station in a boat in company with his mate named Wilson, and while they were in the a.ct of setting the sail the boat capsized. Wilson managed to savo himself, but Cox was drown^j,

An accident occurred on August 10 at the Calliope Dock to a pattern-maker named George Athol, in the employment of Messrs Fraser and Tinne. The unfortunate wan was working at a height <?i 40 feet from the level, when £>6 suddenly fell from the top tv> the bottom on to a hard substance of brick and Btone, As no nsecjical gentleman was at hand, Con stable Hutchinson procured a conveyance without delay, and the man was removed in an unconscious state «o the Hospital. He died the next day,

Information was recoived on August 12 by Inspector Keily of a sad poisoning caso at Mercury Bay. Two childron of Robert Henderson, of thatplace, managed to got hold of a quantity of tutu berries while they were playing about outside the house, and cat them unobserved. Tho children were taken violently ill, and although reicodias W6re applied, the oldest of the two, \yho was five years of age, died. Th,o other, who is only three years of age, is ia a precarious state.

Inspector Kielfy received information on Wednesday, August 12, of a fatal shooting accidont near Moagonui. Tho viotim is a man named Nelson ! armer, who resides at Kaitaia. From the telegram to hand, it appears that hu loft his house on Monday, and wont oiit pigeon shooting. Ho did not return at night, and fears being aroiueii for his safety, a search was instituted with the result that the deu.l body of the poor follow was found on tho rangea. There was a gunshot wound in the head, and it wa3 apparent that tho charge had passed through the head. It ia believed that the occurrence fyas purely accidental.

A fatal boat accident occurred at Taupo on Monday August 11. Mr Ashman, road-over seer of the Taupo Napier Road, and Mr Klngsford, lineman, went out boating on the Lake, when a heavy squall capsized their craft. Both clung for two hours and a-half to the boat, which was being continu ally rolled over by the sea. Mr Ashman ultimately sank from cold and exhaustion. The lineman was washed ashore with the boat on some rooka under a high bluff, and even then ha had great difficulty in saving lnKself, The body of the drowned man has not yet been recovered. This sad accidont haa cast quite a gloom over this place, as Mr Ashman was a gentleman well knovfn and respected. A child of eight months, son. of Mr Frederick Hair, of Gfcabuhu, died aud denly on Tuesday iilghf-, August H, under circumstances tijat load to the belief that b? waß poisoned by eating j, wax matches. Tho child was found dead in bed early this morn ing. A search was made in the bod, in the hope of discovering some thing that would throw light upon the mysterious death. Five caatches wore found, and there is reason to believe that the child had got possession of a quantity on the previous night, and had swallowed them before going to sleep.

Thn most elegant anrt inecmous specimen ot thecoachbuilder'shandicraftever turned outof a New Zealand workshop wns recently on exhibi tion at Mcsbi-s. Cousins and Atkin'B factory in Klliott-street, and on July 25 it woe shipped hv the Hawoa for the Industrial Exhibition at Wellington. It is a perfect model of ease and Brace, handsome to look upon, and in its manu facture revoaline a. wealth of contrivanco that evidences groat preparatory thought and ro markable skill. The carriage is a flvo-glass lamlau.supcrbly upholstered.and the body mado of the indigenous mangaio (Totranthera Calig caris), which the firm have for years past fonnd to answer singularly well for coach-building purposes. Tho wood is highly polished and artistically painted, and is admirably set off by tho silver mountings and bright ironwork. In design the vehicle is quite original, and contains bo many noveltieß and improvements, tha direeij outcome of Mr. Chas. Atkins inventive facul ties, that a patent will probably be taken out to protect the rights in thorn. There are lining protections, automatic folding fronts, head and automatic lights tyui Venetians, Elliott "con cavex" [i.e., both concave and convex) boot and neck, vrith somi-elliptie and C springs at back anefft solid iron tubular king-bolt and"platform springs for the front of the carriage. There are also two iron whiffletroes. with concealed and safety hinge in place of the ordinary splinter bars, and Atkins patent premier centripetal brake (an invention that is already causing a revolution) has been applied to the front wheels. The vehicle hag cost not less than £100 in con struction, and it reflects credit not only upon the firm who manufactured it, but also upon the whole city. Messrs. Cousins and Atkln are also Bending to Wellington a handsome tax-cart, which has been purchased by the Hon. J. Lar nach (Minister of Mines), and samples of hubs, spokes, bent Umbers, etc., as well as specimens oil manzaio, both fa Its rough and French polished states. Tho firm will undoubtedly be well represented, and Mr. A. Porter, who has already gone to Wellington, may be depended on not to let their light li? hidden under a bushel.

MISCELLANEOUS

Lkad is said to be plentiful in a number of To Aroha reefs.

Danedin Refrigerating Company declared a dividend of 10 per cent

Sir G. S. Whitinoro is gazetted Inspector of rl Vn] f *

An Otago rabbiter named Smith has com mittsd suicide by taking poisoned grain.

The Aloorhouso statuo for Christchurch ia said 10 be most unsatisfactory.

A test of Karangaiiake silver ore gave a roturn at the rato of l,ooooz to the ton.

Four antelopes from Foochow for Dr, Bathgato, of Dunedin, have reached Wel lington.

Lieutenant Colonel Fearco has resigned tho command of the Wellington Volunteer District.

Dunedin Refrigerating Company froze 129,519 sheep last year, one-third being at Oamaru,

It is expected that by next season the eettleis of Cambridge West will have a cheese factory erected.

Sir Win. and Lady Jervoishare consented to become patron and patroness of tho Auck land Amateur Opera Club.

Customs revenue for July last wa3 £118,525, against £132,027 for tho corivs ponciii.g month last year.

Mi-J. C. Johnson proposes to erect an ex tensive sawmill plant, imported from ling land, noar Sandy iSay, in Wiiangarei dis trict.

Mr T. D. Blake, who represented the County of Waterford for UO years in the House of Commons, has been in Auck land on a brief visit.

Hon. JP. A. Buckley will probably visit Ireland at tho end of tho present year. He has boiiii asked to contest an Irish con stituency in tho JParnellite interest, and it is thought likely he will do so.

William Gallagher, a young man of twenty years, has been drowned while proceeding from Wairoa South to Auckland in an open centre-board boat. It is believed the boat capsized while he was reefing. Mrs Asse&son and son were lost in the Mauriceville bush, Wellington, and no:, fonad until four days afterwards. They had no food during the whole time, and suffered very severely from exposure. Government have granted tao director!? of the Tauranga and Hotorua Railway a further extension of cix months, to enable them to complete their arrangements for raising the requisite funds in the London market.

The following are the brief educatio:m'» statistics of the Auckland provincial dis trict for tho quarter ending June 30th nil: — Number of schools open, 229 ; teachers, male 211, femalo 371 ; total,-552. Sowing teachers, 41, Number on roll, boys 10,249, girls 9,677 ; total, 19,926. Average attend ance, boys 5,263, girls 7,640 ; total, 15.909. The N.Z. Society of Old Blues held their annual dinner oa-July 27 at llobson's Dining Rooms. Present:—Messrs Trollop, Dennes, Clark, Shirley, Watkins, Williams, Nesbitt, Stafford, Parish, Rawlings, onci Fox. After the minutes of the last meeting were read they sat down to a good repast. During the evening they went through tho. usual toasts of "The Queen," "Old School," " The Society," " Absent Friends," coupled with the name of Mr Hugo. A very pleasant evening was spent with songs and talking over tho good old-school days. The dinner was brought to a close with " Auld Lang Syne" arid "God Save the Queen,"' with true Blues' loyalty, Mongonui has long been spoken of as ons of the bo3t districts in the colony Sor fruit growing, and this haa proved to be no idlo boast. As an example of what can be pro duced in this district, there is at present on view in the window of Messrs Steadman aud Co., Queen-street, a branch of an> orange tree, about one foot in length, oa which aro no less than sixteen oranges nearly ripened. This was taken from a tree grow ing in the orchard of a Mongonui settler named Mclntosh. It would bo advisable for settlors in that district .to go in for orange culture, which, if successful, pays well.

Colonel Whitmore and Major Badham were passengers by the steamer Wairarapa, which arrived here from Southern, portion August 11. They intend to remain in Auck land for about ten days on business con nected with their respective departments. Colonel Whitmore i 3 on a tour of inspection throughout the oolony, commencing with Auckland, foi the purpose of reviewing the Volunteer system, and whilst here he in tonds to make arrangements with the view of a field-day for Volunteers, as near the Piince oi Wales'a Birthday as can be arranged with convenience 'to the Volunteers themselves and citizens gener rally. Colonel Whitmore will endeavour to prevent the proposed review from clash ing with tho agricultural show, but con siders that no serious inconvenience would arise were the former held on the first day of the' chow, Novombsr Bth,- when tho judging takes place, and whon very few of the public attend. How ever, tho date is ot present quira unsettled. Tho wholo of the Volunteers will take part in the review, which. w«U be of an extensive character requiring the presence of one of the Govern ment steamers, which has been arranged; for, and also the use of the defence works already erected. Major Badham's visit is in connection with the further defence of this port, iacluding arrangements for the erec tion of new guns now expected. These in clude 23 additional guns, 10 of S inches and 13 of 6-inch calibre, which, when placed in position, will make this port as strongly, defended as any jjort in Australasia.

The usual yearly meeting of the o<3d fellows, Manchester Unity, Auckland Dis trict, took place on July 31 at the District Chambers, Oddfollows' Hall, Cook-street. The Provincial Grand Master, Mr S. 11. Matthews, presided, assisted by tho Doputy G.M., Mr W. G. Connolly. Tho following' deputies were prosent—Fountaia of Friend ship Lodge: Georgo Leahy, P.P.G.M. ; T. Gee, P'P.G.M. ; Hobaon, P.P.G.M, W. Guird, P.P.G.M. ; C. S. Wright. P.P.D.G.M. Good Intent Lodge: C. Rutfo' P.G. ;D. K. Carter, P.G.; W. Lewis, P.O. ; Rulo, P.G. Parnell Lodge: P.G. '* McConnell, Fowler, and Brucewell. Charles Brueo Lodge : P.G.s Trayes and Hughs^ Waikato Lodge : P.O.'s Curtis, Moorej andj Fishor. Delta Lodge : Brother Cheriton. National; Past Secretary Salmon; Howick,., P.G. Andrews and Whito ; Ponsonby, P.GJ** Allen and P.N.G. Smith; Warkworth* P.P.G.M. Syms. The Secretary's report waß road, showing that only twelve out of sixteen lodges had forwarded returns. According to these, the receipts amounted to £3,729 Cs Cd, and the expenditure £2,482 12b 6d, showing a Rain on the previous year of £1,246 14«. The value of the Lodge's Sick Fund was £23,911 17a; management fund, C 7.604 Gs Gd ; district funds £5,021 5s 7d: Total value of assets for Auckland District, £36,537 9a Id. Number of members in the twelve lodges, 1,242; admissions during the past year, i 54. The election of officers then took place, and resulted in Mr W. G. Connolly being elevated to the position of Grand Master,' and Mr George Akers as Deputy (}.M. A. tribute to the memory of the. Sate District Treasurer, Mr Alex. Fleming, was feelingly given by the presiding officer, after which Mr George Leahy was elected to tho vacant office. At the conclusion of tho business tho members proceeded to Robson's Dining Rooms, and partook of an excellent dinner Mi- S, Matthews, P. P. G. M., presiding. The remainder of the evening was devoted to> toasts and songs.

Quite recently a writer in tho "European Mail" complained that of all the Austral asian colonies Nsw Zealand was the only ooa that did not appear to have a recog nised shield ami armorial bearings and that tradesmen who de3ired to mark'their connection with the Britain of the South by using its shield were vainly besieeine tho Agent-General's office for informatiojT on tho subject. The publicity given to this complaint seenn likely now ta bear good fruit. Mr \V. Gulliver, of Queen street, perhaps tho be«» heraldic artist in the entire colony, at once addressed him eelf to the patriotic ta.°k of supplying the deficiency, and ho has now drawn up and had framed a suitable shield, which will be forwarded to tfte Government next weofc The quarteringa are as follows :—lgfc." Ob an azuro ground a pick and shovel in Battier proper {i.e., crossed); 2nd, on an argent or silver ground, a cornucopia or (is ,horn cfplonty ingold),orfructed proper (Manns fruit); Jrd, argent, a ship proper; 4th, a bee-hive or, with bees volant (flyimrV proper. These caibiema B i gni f y m mm/ pursuits, plenty, commerce, and induf try. In the centre of the shield there h an escutcheon of p lv tence gules (red) on a cross argent boaring four mullet* argent (i.e., four silver stars). The sop. porters to the shield are-dexter (right) a moa proper and sinister (left), a tatooed Hun with feathers in hair, distinctive mat over shoulder and loins, and holding in. the sinister hand a greenstone mere proper. The crest is a fern-tree proper. oVer the orest there is tho motto '•&&. vanca New Zealand," and a space U left for another one under the ooat of arms. Any. one who eeea the shield will readily concedg tbat Mr Gulliver has done bis work in first, lass style, and that tho armorial bearing* he suggests are very happily conceived-

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATUHDAY, AUGUST 15, 1865.

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