THE HIKUTAIA GOLDFIELD.

Remarks by Warden Stratford. interesting bespbiption of the - *• find:" . SWcli. 3-suit of Assays -OfSclal Opinion of t_e Discovery."

(BY TELEGRAPH. —OWST COrvRESPO^DE-T.)

Thames, this day. As considerable interest has been awakened in Auckland as well as the Thame, re the new discovery at Hikutaia by the prospector Moßrinn, I send you a full report of the re marks of Mr 'Stratford Warden when the ap plication of Mcßrinn for a licensed holding of 30 acres came before him at the Warden's Court yesterday. After describing the nature of a alining lease and its advantages the Warden continued : History repeats itself, and each new discovery (which words, by-the-by, have a significant meaning under the *' Rewards for Prospecting'"' regulations extant) must pass through its stages from infancy to maturity by tests and trials of working men, who, with pick, shovel, dynamite and fuze., with comparatively small means and primitive apparatus, with experi ence, stout hearts, and honest labour, will pave the way to prove whether the property is of sufficient value to call in the aid of capital to introduce machinery to wrest the treasure by more expeditious means. That this method of dealing with mining privileges was the intention of the Legislature, 1 have not the slightest doubt, as 1 find in our present Act and Regulations eleven .different kinds of claims, from the smallest to the largest, and the good sense of it must be obvious to every right-thinking man, more especially when by so dealing with the in dustry we are to a certain extent able to •frustrate tlmdesigns of unscrupulous harpies who, without any bodily exertion, take acb vantage of the toils of other men, greedily grasp the richest portions of a discovery, and By a right royal r >ad apply all the advan tageous sections of the Act to gratify their ayarice, and with a small colouring of truth mixed with a peck of falsehoods spread broadcast their bait to ensnare the unsus pecting victims of 'their inordinate cupidity. It is not only the disrepute a community falls into through the chicanery of these kite-flying schemers that we have to con sider, bub .there should also be impressed on our memories many 6cei.es of desolation in tho homes of thousands of families stricken down for years by this_ p6st, having sacrificed furniture, trinkets, clothes, and even sometimes their houses over their heads, lured on by visions of untold, wealth, by sugar-coated false hoods, I would here mention that I do not desire to reflect personally on the present applicants, who, I believe, are men of good repute, but 1 speak from a' sad experience, acquired through many years of the danger of granting recklessly large areas during the fever excitement of a new rush. The Hiku taia reefs (of which I will speak more fully farther on) promise fairly well. This new find may be the means of removing much of the poverty and its concomitant misery that has been so patiently borne by many families close by "s for several years, and I do trust the bitter experience cf the past will induce those persons who are about to take part in .opening.up Hikutaia reefs to devote their time, money, and energy in extracting the gold from the quartz, and to call to their aid experienced miners at Thames who ■have large .families to support; and that they will endeavour legitimately to prove the value of their property before they at tempt to sell shares, the value of which it is impossible to estimate. The Warden then reverted to the ■ Mining Act, with the view to assist the applicants to secure their bona fide rights without litigation and trouble. . He proceed-- .v -With regard to Mr Mc- Brinn's application for a licensed holding of 20 acres, I have taken considerable trouble to acquaint myself with the merit- of his case, and at the same time the precaution to secure the services of a Government sur veyor to prepare a map showing the salient features of the surrounding country, the bearings of the discovered reefs, also the Crown and native lands; with theresultthat already 1 have learnt that most probably all the present holdings and claims are on Native lands. Mr Wilson, at my request, visited and reported on the new find, and I am very much indebted to him for his promptitude and valuable assistance, which has proved most useful to me in ascertain ing the nature and value of the discovery, and having inspected the scene myself I can vertify his statement i o be substantially correct. Quoting from Mr Wilson's report: "The Prospectors' holding is more than five miles from the nearest quartz reef workings., It is situated, on the branch of a tributary to the Maritoto Creek. The find is about ,2A miles up this tributary from its confluence with the Maritoto, which is about eight miles from Mr Corbett's Hotel,' bearing E.S.E., and therefore the reef is about J.o£ miles from Hikutaia -proper, and at an altitude above the sea of about seven to eight hundred feet. The reef is about seven feefc in thickness, and Had been driven into about 8 feet when I visited tho place yester day. The droop of the hanging-wall is ab an angle of about 75deg., and the reef which hugs it is loose friable quartz, very rich in gold and silver. I stood by while a tin dish full was picked out of the quartz in the tunnel and tested in about five minutes, in a water-hole close at hand, with a result that astonished me, the gold being plainly visible, and preponderating largely in the handful of washdirt left in the dish, I have also had assay*, made of a sample of, quartz supplied to me from Hikutaia by Mr Mc- Brinni the prospector. The quartz weighed 61b; which was well mixed, and parcels of about half a-poUhd each were sent'to the Bank of New Zealand, Mr J. Heighway, Mr Montgomery (School of Mines), and to Mr 'I'-ioihas 'Cayldoii .or assay, with tiie"follow ing results, :-~-"

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. Assay—Gold, 98oz; silver, 1,7750zs per ton. MR HEIGH WAY. Ist Assay--Gold, 630_; silver, l,Blloz per ton; value, £570, 2nd Assay - Gold 9 4oz ; silver, 1,807b_ per ton ; ' value £617. MR MONTGOMERY. Assay -Gold, 83oz; silver. 1,7980z per ton. MR THOMAS BAYLDON. . Assay—Gold, 690z; silver, 1,8050z per ton.

A band of about one foot of hard quartz lies next the loose quartz, but is apparently barren stone, and the quartz on the foot .- wall side,, which is about two feet thick and of a Hard "brownish nature, has nob yeb been tested. MrMcßrinn states that he has traced the reef for .about 10 chains, and proved it to- be auriferous. It runs about N.E., and there are others parallel with it which have been discovered more recently. The best proof of its compass bearing con "■■•'*___-__{* consistently is that some miners Started prospecting,.in aS, VV. course, and Were rewarded by picking up the main reef to on "the other .side of a range in Peel's ( „Cfeek, and at a distance of about three miles from Mc_-inn'- workings. Claims have also been marked oft] for at a distance of about two miles towards the Komata Creek, and although there are cross lodes in ihe locality, the b>vo or three principal reefs appear bo raainbain bhe same bearing, vi?.., N.E. M_ Wilso- crossed over bo Hikutaia from Waibekauri, and esbimabes bhe dis bance bo be six miles from bhe Waitekauri battery to Mcßrinn's find. He found evi d^rtbefe of likely gold-bearing quarbz in several places, bub he would nob re commend persons to try the same jotirney, as he not only had to walk up a very rough riinge which; divides Waitekauri A'from Hiftutaia for a distance of 2$ miles gnd/ bo a height of 1,250 feet above the

level of the sea, but also to stay in the dense forest of the western watershed for a whole ni<dit to complete his journey of six miles during the whole of tho next day. I mention this circumstance to show how wild and rough the surrounding country is, and con sequently hard to prospect: but with all tho difficulties in his path, Mr Mcßrinn has made a discovery which deserves the reward he seeks, and I feel disposed in due course to grant him not a licensed holding, for the number of men to be employed on such areas is too small, bub a special claim, if lie choo.es while his holding is being surveyed to alter his application by substituting the words " special claim " for " licensed holding A N the method ot marking- and maintaining! pegs is (under Regulation 22) similar to that for a holding ; and when one thinks of the probable benefit that his persever ance will confer on 75. to 100 men within the next six or eight months, there should be no doubt as to his being allowed peace ably to enjoy- all lie has asked for. No true miner would think of interfering with him. With regard to the other licensed holdings applied for (covering, it is assumed, not less in the aggregate than 130 acres), with my present knowledge of bhe reefs I shall, at the" proper time, after survey and other preliminaries have been completed, positively refuse, but 1 do not think the applicants will be losing money in proceeding with their applications, even after my expressed determination, as I only wishtodlscountenance undue monopoly, and not to prevent the holders from enjoying or dinary claims within their proposed holdings, and which I believe will pay them well, judgingfromthe prospects. If bheapplicants choose to take out consolidated miners'rights so as to have individually control of several claims within the ground applied for, I see no objection ; all 1 desire is to insist that the properties shall not be held for merely speculative purposes—shall not be worked on paper in the Stock Exchange or in agents' offices, but at the place where the go\d is found by means of pick, powder, and bat teries—while the gold in quantities is there waiting to be unearthed, and men are carry ing their, swags about the country seeking for work. Let these reefs be developed for one or two years, and money spent in machinery before anyone dreams of asking for increased areas, but there nan be,no ob jection to protection being granted for a few months, with a few men left to break out the quartz to await the construction of a track to pack it to the nearest battery, and for more seasonable weather to pro secute operations. Those applicants, who desire to take advantage of my proposal will be asked to nominate their surveyors and newspapers for the usual advertise ments.

Those present applauded the Warden at the conclusion of nis remarks, but it was quickly suppressed. An objection lodged by Mr Humphreys will come on for hearing as a plaint at the next sitting of the Court, on the 15th inst.

Mr Moßrinn also applied for permission to construct a water-race at Hikutaia, which was adjourned until the same date, to allow of the formalities of the Act r<e surveys, etc., being complied with.

"OUR RAILWAYS—SHALL WE LEASE OR SELL THEM?"

This was the subject of an interesting paper read by Mr Vaile before the Auckland At-cnamm at the V.M.C.A. Rooms last evening. There was a moderately good attendance, and Mr E- Bell occupied the chair. Mr Vaile said that hitherto Belgium appeared to have been the only country that had in any way recognised the true position of rail ways. Everywhere else they had been regarded either as taxing machines for a Government, or as instruments for private individuals. These he believed to be most serious misconceptions of their right use. Railroads were an English invention, and he considered it very unfortunate that the Government of Britain allowed thorn to be constructed by private individuals-, and for their own particular benetit. It was quite true that the companies were bound down to certain conditions that were expected to protccbthe public, butexperience had shown how inadequate that protection had been. The fatal error was committed of giving up the ruling or command of the road. Those who advocated selling or leasing our rail ways did so under the idea that Govern ment administration must lead to a good deal of corruption, undue intluence, pecu lation, and favouritism to friends. How, he asked, was ib that we never heard these charges preferred against the Posbal and Telegraph Departments '.' Simply because their systems would not admit of it. These departments were not worked on "busi ness principles," with the object of secur ing the highest possible rate of interest out of the public, but bhe greatest possible service to be rendered to the country was the end aimed at. All charges, were fixed, definite, and reasonable, and all the rules and regulations simple and easily understood. Why could not the -ame state of things exist in ourjgßailway Department ? lie unhesitat ingly asserted that railway traffic could be carried on in the same manner as postal traffic, and that ibs charges and regula tions could be made as simple and certain. In the agitation he had carried on for some years past, he had laid down the following axioms for his guidance : Ist, that on the power to move rests the whole fabric of commercial and social prosperity; 2nd, that the commercial and social prosperity of any community or district will be in exact proportion to its transit facilities, jf these prpppeitipns were sound, we Would not commit a greater error than to allow our railrpads to be used for the pur pose of producing revenue for a particular department or for paying interest to private speculators. T.ho dissatisfaction with the past and present administration of our railways was intense and universal, and consequently it "was not surprising that people could be found; advocating the sale or lease of our railways + to an English syndicate- A statement had bean made that "if the railways were,sold, and the money received were uged to pay off our debt, the interest saved. would pay the balance of our liabilities in three or four years." Our known debt when this was written was £32,000,000. Supposing we received £15,000,000 for our railways 5 in terest on this at 5 per cent.—£7so,ooo, less net earnings, saj' £350,000—leaves £400,000 per annum to. pay £17,000,000 in three or four years. Another well-known gentle man dried for the "sale Of bur railways, re duction of our national debt, and half our taxation." Our General Government taxa tion alone exceeded £4,000,000 per annum., so according to the gentleman quoted the realisation on , from £12,000,000 to £15,000,000 of pi-Operty would effect ail .an nual gavingof at least £2,000*000, . State ments like this were so absurdly wild thpfr they would not be worth noticing did they not fairly represent fiiany other*. There Were, however, more capable men who ad vocated the sale of our railways, and such a proposition would no doubt be made during the., next session of Parlia ment. For years past in New Zea land no line, excepting a small coal line, had paid, and. it would be impossible for portions of the trunk lines to pay without the aid of the branches. Any proposal to close the non-paying lines was therefore absurd. H_ (Mr Vaile) could not see ho-w any relief would be obtained by the people from a purchasing syndicate. Would the purchasing syndicate be con tent With the 5 or B_ per bent, that We now paid on the investment? Most certainly not. The railway owners Of Great Britain were . nob content with 4^ .per cent., _nd "Wore exerting all their influence to obtain power to extract larger dividends..

Our position here would simply be a changing of masters a transfer from a taskmaster to an unprincirfled, cruel, and despotic tyrant Instead of experiencing any rebel, we, would soon find that our burdens wore moro crrievous than ever. It bad oeen proposed to sell our railways for £20 000,000. At such a price they could not be made to pay by i_u* means, and it followed that if profit could nob be fairly obtained by a furore, it would o_ ob tained unfairly, by taxing* the commerce .ot the country to the fullest possible extent. The end would be that wo would bo com pelled to buvourrailways back on such terms as could -."agreed, on. It the rails were owned by a company, transit must bear the whole burden, and 7 per cent, on £' 70 000 000 would mean an additional im post of £1,206,000 per annum The general taxation of the country would be educed by £300,000, but what good would that be if the commerce of the country was ruined*; We should soon have to do as in some other countries, subsidise the Com pany in order to have the use of its lines at all The advocates of selling or leasing pleaded that in private hands railways were economically worked, and that the public was better served. In Great Britain and America the railways were exclusively in the hands of private owners. In Belgium, Holland, Roumania, and Russia, Govern ment administration was much thecheapest, and France and Nor.way were the only countries where the contrary was the case. Mr Vaile gave a large amount ot informa tion with reference to the working of rail ways under different systems throughout the world, md treated the subject generally in a very exhaustive manner. It was notorious, he said in conclusion, that onr present system did not pay either directly or indirectly. What we wanted to aim at was the production of a system that woujd pay both ways if possible, but one way at any rate, such a system as would enable v. to bring transit, charges doyvn to tbe lowest possible level **nd greatest simplicity, and encourage us to push railways into every corner of the islands. Then we would have a country worth living in ; but whatever we did, and however hai-d we might be pressed, we must never part with our command oyer our national roads'.' ■ We could not possibly commit a more fatal error. The paper was listened to with much attention, and after some discussion, Mr Vaile was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

FREEMASONRY.-ITS ORIGIN, PROGRESS and TRIUMPHS.

The long-promised lecture of the B«v. E. H. Gulliver, M. A., upon the above subject was delivered last eyeping in the City Hall. The drees circle was well patronised, many Mason, being present decked out in the regaliu of bhe Order. Brother W. Lodder, D.D.G.M., E.C., presided, and Brothers G. P. Pierce, P.G.M., 1.C., Dr. F VV. E. Dawson, and Past Masters Dr. Erson, J. P. Clark, G. H. Pooley, and others were pre sent upon the platform in regalia. Brother Lodder briefly introduced the speaker. He also apologised for the non attendance of Bro. Sir Frederick Whitaker. He felt sure that the words of the speaker would be listened to with interest upon such an important matter as Freemasonry, which was founded upon bhe principle- of brotherly love. The Rev. Mr Gulliver, on coming forward, was received with applause. He referred to the fact that the lecture had already been twice unavoidably postponed. He said that the object of the lecbure was a charibable one. Ib was to assist the lodge formed ab Obahuhu a year ago. Their brebhren there had been compelled to build a hall in order bo hold their meetings with thab greab secrecy which was ne cessary to the welfare of the Order. He eaid that there was nob unnaturally a pre judice against secret societies, butsbill they had always existed when and where the liberty of mankind was endangered re ligiously or politically. Freemasonry was different from other societies in the fact that it was not connected with any par ticular faith. It was nob political save thab ib enjoined upon the brethren to uphold all good government in the country 111 which they lived. Of course, wherever there was secrecy there was also curiosity, and on more than one occasion the secrecy of the Order had been discovered by ladies, who had to be initiated into the Order, and who also kept the secrets —although that mighb seem strange. The origin oi Freemasonry had been ascribed both to the Devil and the Druids, thougn the latter had since been proved a fallacy. They re quired some firm basis to find the origin of the Order. They had that in 1717, when the first Grand Lodge was started. The earliest Masonic records they had in Scot land were dated 1599, but the Order had existed long before that date. Still, it was safest to start where they could not be challenged. When they had to -lean upon tradition the work- was very difficult when they tried to discover the origin of anything. Freemasonry bore within itself the remains of earlier systems, but what those systems were remained a mystery. There was something occult, mystical, and theosophical running through Freemasonry. There was also something operative collected with the old guilds of the middle ages. He would. try. to trace the operative element. The lecturer then referred to bhe old .Roman Colleges which were propagated in Britain, and were undoubtedly the origin of the guilds of the middle ages. These colleges were not interfered with by the Saxon in vasion Later on they found (these colleges in England, under the names of guilds, and were thus perpetuated through the middle ages bo modern times. To most people, the old monks seemed a lazy set, but to give them the}r d ue, they wef"e most important factors in civilisation. They settled in great forests and drained swamps, and "prepared the country lor civilisation. Their simple houses became more magnificent, unbil cathedrals were erected, and towns formed. Such buildings required skilled labour, and these men were attached to the monasteries. Christianity in the hands of the'monks, therefore, was the cause of the great archi tectural works of Germany and other .por tions of Europe. As time went on the monastic orders became rich and de clined, and at length the monastic labourers separated bhemselves from the monks and joined the guilds. This occurred in 1549, and Strasburg became the centre' These Stonemasons consisted of masters, fellows, and apprentices. The Stonemasons were of course an apprentice body. Albertns Magnus, who lived in Strasburg in 1230, was said to have been a Mason. If bhab was true it meant bhab bhe learned must have been admitted to the Order of .Stone masons. Freemasonry was English, but still there was much in common between the English Freemasons and the German Stonemasons.' He would now consider the second element, the occult or mystical -element, which pervaded the Order. As the English were weak in imagination, ib must be evident that this element came from the^East. The lecturer then described in an eloquent manner the Elusisian mystical ceremonies as performed in bhe temple ot Ceres iia Athens 25 centuries agp. Nothing certain Was known as to the origin or meaning, of these mysterious rites,-which Were possibly brought from Egypt. Some of these mysteries were similar Ito .the higher ritefe of MaSOnry- only on a more magnificent scale. The question was : How Was the system transmitted to these modern days ? It would, be extremely inberesUng we're they able to trace the system through tbe middle ages. In the 16th and 17th centuries a wave of occult science passed over the world* Many hard-headed philosophers were ca,pbi yated by ib—even John Locke did not quite escape, lt seem, d as if the mystery of __.V l.^,_ _ .. TT ..... - • - . *

ancient Egypt had been grafted on to Free masonry. It was thonc-ht by some Ijigh, authorities that the Rosicrueiamsm mys- j beMes had been added to the operative | Masons, and operative Masonry had parcel ; away and been replaced by speculative Masonry. That brought them down to, 1717, but he would not. refer to the historic , period since that date, as it could easily be ; read. He would, however, »feP tQ fw,| triumphs ot Freemasonry- Look ty "* •-. World at present. The outlook was stormy, and gloom overspread all civilisation. | They could not. of course, hope that ever the time woulil come when all mankind would be Freemasons, but the only hope in the future was brotherhood—the foundation of Fi-eeniasonrv-and God. That was the j only true basis upon which the future could ; be successfully built. The sp* aker then concluded his lecture ■ by delivering in an eloquent manner a stanza from an appropriate poem. At the conclusion of the lecture, the audi ence indulged in prolonged applause. Tho Chairman proposed a vote of thanks to the speaker, which was seconded by Mr j Pierce, and carried by acclamation. i A vote of thanks to the Chairman con- j eluded the proceedings. ;

G. S. JAKINS'S ESTATE.

ltfeetins. ot Creditors

A largely-attended meeting of the credi. tors of Geo. Sargent Jakins was held at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Mr G. W. Binney's office, Fort-street. The Official Assignee, who presided, read the following report by the accountant (Mr J. Milne):

Re G. V. Jakins and Jakins and Sop. To the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy,

Auckland. Sir,— I hereby acknowledge the follow ing instructions received from you, moved by Mr Ivey, seconded by Mr Lamb:— " That the affairs of the debtor G. S Jakins and also, as far as possible, the affairs of G. V.Jakins, be investigated by an accountant as from the 31st December, 1885, and the result reported to the creditors as soon as possible." Report. In accordance with the abovo instructions I have made as thorough an examination of the accounts as the limited time would per mit- I have had the assistance of Mr C. A. Jonas, with whom 1 have a working ar rangement, and he for the whole period has given his undivided attention to the work, and is able to answer any question regard ing the accounts.

Q. 8. Jakins, Balance-sheet, 31st Decem bee, 1885. (Marked A.) The books and balance sheet at this date have been carefully examined, and a fresh balance-sheet drawn, which shows that on handing over the business to G. V. Jakins there was a nominal surplus of £282. Immedi ately before leaving, however, Mr Jakins obtained a further advance of £1,000 on the security of the new store, keeping in the accounts the original valuation only. This had the effect, on adjustment of the figures, of showing a capital of £1,233 left by G. S. Jakins. I would remark that a claim of £300 set up by T)r. Jakins, of London, was taken in as a liability. On Mr Jakins going into partnership with Mr Wilcox at Christ church, he withdrew the interest he had in thß barque Notero,standing at £2,657, from G. V. Jakins and transferred it to Christ church. This had the effect of converting thus surplus into a deficiency of £1,424. He, however, made such arrangements that his eon had sufficient facilities and resources for carrying on the business. G. V. Jakins, Ist January, 1886, to 31st May, 1887. (Marked B.) The statement of affairs as on 31st May, 1887, have, with considerable difficulty, been extracted from the books, and a stock account has been arrived at by an adjustment of the stock as taken on 31st July. The statement shows:—Total lia bilities, £10,383 ; total assets, £5,506 ; de ficiency, £4,877 ; and of contingent liabili ties on bills receivable, £5,268. The ac counts were not closed or any balance struck on Mr G. S. Jakins resuming his position. All accounts were allowed to run in the ordinary manner, the firm of Jakins and Son discharging all liabilities as they matured, and collecting the assets. It is right to observe that the large deficiency is rcduceable by the sum of £1,424 mentioned above, showing the net deficiency £3,453. With the limited time at our disposal we have not been able to investigate as we should like the causes of this deficiency, but observe bhat the drawings of G. V. Jakins in excess of £250 credited to him as allowance are £722 ; also that no stock book was kept. The books were kepb by single entry, and, for such a system, they were, on the whole, well kept.

Jakins and Son, Ist June to 18th August, 1887. (Marked C.) The filed statement of af fairs has been examined. The figures were generally correct, but by a proper adjust ment of the various accounts, and adopt ing the valuations made by order of the Official Assignee of stock -in - trade, „c, and making provision for contin gent liabilities, we make the deficiency to be £2,868. The valuations of the in terest in the barque Notero, and of the properties of the new and old stores, still remain at bhe amounts put on them by Mr Jakins. We observe that the private drawings for the 2l_ months have been— G. S. Jakins, £340 ; G. V. Jakins, £493. Any further explanations you may require I shall be glad to supply. I am, sir, Yours faithfully, John Milne. Finally the Assignee explained that the accountant had made up f*om the books the following apportionment of the liabili ties .G. S. Jakins, £570 19s lOd $ G. V. Jakins, £2,986 Os Id; Jakins and Sons, £6,247 8s 3d. Total claims, £12,519 lis 2d.

Mr Young (representing j, and T, Meek, of Oamaru), moved: "That the stock be sold and book debts realised forth with by the Official Assignee, with the co operation of Messrs Laybourn and Laurie, Wbo shall endeavour to have this work per formed within one month from date."

Mr J. Lamb seconded. , Mr Laurie suggested that Mr Jakins should make an offer for the estate.

.Mr Hugh Campbell, solicitor for the bankrupt, replied that Mr Jakins wou d bo prepared to make an offer, if the credi tors so desired, after he had had time to go through the accountant's report. That offer would be as near as possible bhe full value of the assets. If Mr Jonas could state what that value was, the offer might be made at once.

After a pause Mr Young's motion was put and carried. • The bankrupt was then sworn, and under examination by Mr W. Coleman (acting for the Bank of New South Wales), said, in explanation of the statement thab his own living for 2^ months had cost £347, while his son's living for the same period had cosb £493, bhab his son had been guilby of great extravagance, largely due to gam bling. His own living had been mo derate, its apparent lavishness being accounted for by the fact that he had had to pay calls on 100 Apple Farm Co.'s shares, and the expense of removing furniture and paying passages from Christ church. His furniture niignt have filled 52 cases, but he did nob value ib ab moro than £100. A piano Worth about £40 belonged bo his wife. His furniture and clothing had cost him clOße on £600. The clothing was worth about £30 for each member of his family. £30 did «ob go far with fche clothing of growr---*--* d_n£!i.

ters. Until ho came up here he did not know of his son's gambling transactions. In answer to Mr Jowitt. bhe bankrupt I said that on coming to Auckland he had i taken the cheapest 10-roomed house he! could find, viz., Mr Lurkins"s, at Remuera. j with 12 acres of land, for a rent of £120 a j year. He had taken it for three years, and' he believed that tiie proceeds of fruit,horse | feed, etc., from the land would enable him' to save about half the rental. j In further answer to Mr Jowitt, the bankrupt said thab when he drew out of ' the bu. ines3 at Christchurch to come to Auckland, he had only £170. He did not j then know that his son's business here was involved, otherwise he should have let | IG. V. Jakins paddle his own canoe. He. would have put his neck in the noose, and j i would not have been seen in Auokland at j lall*' ' , ~ _ I ! The accountant's statement that !_-. b, , Jakins's drawings had been £340 for B£ j months, and G. V. Jakins's drawings £493 | for the same period,, was challenged by the bankrupt, and Mr Jonas then admitted j that 24 months was a mistake. It should ! be 18 mouths. In answer to Mr Coleman : His son drew | £557 in the first year (his furnishing j year), and this year up to the 30th of May he drew £160. Between the 24th \ June and the 18th July his son drew £60, while he himself was away in the South. He attributed the deficiency largely to his son's gambling habits. One gentleman saw him lose £150 in one betting trans action. He discovered that his son had given £50 to one young member of the legal profession who had to leave Auckland. That legal gentleman had been a school fellow. He believed that lie required a ten roomed house because he had a large family of seven children. , . Mr Jowitt reminded the bankrupt thab he had previously stated'that he had been making £1,750 profit net per annum. He also thought it a very singular thing that a man coming .here with only £170 should take a 10-roomed house at a rental of £120 a year. It looked as if he considered that he could nob live in less style. Mr Jakins replied thab he could geb no bhing cheaper. The fruib, horse feed, and pasture for a cow would enable him to save half the rent, and the size of the house would enable him to take in a married couple as boarders. Mr J. T. Garlick said that if tho bank rupt's family possessed £300 worth of cloth ing as well as furniture, the clothing should be added as an asset, seeing that the Act only allowed him £25 value of furniture and clothing. Mr G. W. Binney (amid laughter) recom mended the bankrupt to put tho clothing upon his children, and let Mr Lawson take it off them if he liked.

After some further discussion Mr Binney moved that the previous resolution allowing the bankrupt his furniture should be con firmed. Mr Jowitt moved as an amendment, "Thab Mr Jakins be allowed to choose furniture to the value of £75 (that is £§0 over the allowance provided for by the Act) according to the valuation of Mr George Sibbin, taken for the Official Assignee, Mr Jakins having the option of paying the balance, if he elects, to keep the whole furniture, within seven days; otherwise the balance to be sold by auction forth with."

Mr Ivey seconded. The amendment was declared to be lost upon the voices, whereupon Mr Jowitt called for a division, with the following result:—For the amendment, six creditors representing £2,345 of claims ; against, 11 creditors representing £1,323. The motion was therefore carried.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER H. 188.

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Election 1-otire-- TtY D E N ELECTORATE. MR J. aTcONNELL Will have much pleasure in meeting ELECTORS OF- WAIKOMITI Favourable to his Candidature IN THE SCHOOL-HOUSE, WAIKOMITI, ON SATURDAY EVENING NEXT. 10th inst.. At 7 o'Clock, For tho purpose of FORMING A COMMITTEE. -p DEN ELECTORATE. A J MR J. aTcONNELL'S COMMITTEES AND SUPPORTERS WILT, MEET AS UNDER *— WAIKOMITI — School-house. TO-MORROW (Saturdny). MOUNT ALBERT-Puhic Hall, MONDAY. September 12. MOUNT Ef __V — Waite's Hall. MONDAY. September 12. THREE KINGS - School-house, TUESDAY. September 13. AVONDALE - Public Hall. WEDNESDAY, September 14. MOUNT EDEN - Waite's Hall. FRIDAY. September 16. At 7.30 O'clock Each Evening. Any Electors desirous of joining the various Commit-,ees are invited to attend. T&/|"-1 HEADER WOOD will Address the Electors of Waitemata - At the School-house, Lake, MONDAY EVEN ING, September 12, at half-past 7. At Lucas's Creek, TUESDAY EVENING, September 13, at half-past, 7. At the Wade, WEDNESDAY EVENING, September 1., at the School-house, at half>past 7. 11R READER WOOD'S COMMITTEE will MEET at the Committee-room, Devonport, on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS, at 7,30 p.m. All Electors interested in his return are invited to attend. mO THE ELECTORS OF EDEN. GENTL*-MBJ.,- I have pleasure in offering myself as a Candidate for your electorate, and will, at an early date, do myself the hotioUr of addressing you on political matters. EDWIN MITCHELSON. Auckland, 30th June. 1887. mO THE ELECTORS OF EDEN. Gentlemen, A I pm a Candidate for the honour of represent ing your district in the new Parliament, and will continue to address you at the various centres throughout the district. The dates and places of meetings will be duly advertised. J. AITKEN CONNELL. mO THE ELE CT;,O R S OF . AUCKLAND NORTH. G-NTLEMEK, I respectfully beg to oflfe. mysel! tot Re election to Represent put District in the House of Representatives. Youri* faithfully, T. THOMPSON. June 19. .887.



lusincss IVotices. TT E A COG X, • QPTIOIAN. MATHEMATICAL AND NAUTICAL NSI'IiUMI-N- JIAKt-K, SllUU'l'L_.. U-&T LIU&V, ALWAYS IN STOCK- Spectacles a...v uiju-^.a-soca ot i-voi-y kind an accurate ut> guaraiueeU Opera liiassca o_ aiipcri-i- quality TeioscoiJO-, iiinocuiar Eiola "J laases, nd Micro. scopes; powerful and cneap Theodolites, Aiming Com passes, Abney Levels Drainage Levels, Prismatic Compasses Drawing ln-trunients, Scales, Parallel Ruler^ Slaps' Logs, Sextants, Compasses, Binnacles Barometers,'_ hermomcters, Hydrometers Electric Bells, Bat'eries, and Fittings magnetic and Galvanic Medical Machines Magic Lanterns and Slides, Hand Ma^iufior- Stereoscopes and Slides. Graphoscopes Steam Giiages and Tubing, Salinometot- JUST RECEIVED- Settlers' TelescopeSnrpowertul, portable, and cheap, lis Settlers' Aneroid Barometers—strong and good _6s (id Settlers' Misck'o3copes. magnifying 1,750 times. 2s (id Also. Steam and Electro Motor Wort-lug Models and Steamer.?. iNSrKUMI_XIb OF EVER* KIND KEFAIBED. OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE. p,UNS! GUNS! GUNS Rifles Rifles revolvers revolvers GUNPOWDER! Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wadding, Wikk Cartridges, Loading Apparatus. AMMUNITION Of > Every Description Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Fireworks, && The best and cheapest House in Auckland.or the above Is at .<i.,EVITT't>, 264, yUEEN-STRKKT. Repairs and every description of Gunworkdons llhe lowest possible prices, aud sacisi'autiou guaranteed. D. EVITT, Gtomaker, QUEEN-STRKET, .AUCKLAND (Opposite Uiu Market House) PRICE LISTS SENT TO ANY ADDRESS. W. L' -£ Is; BJOKBINDEit, PAPER RULER, ACCOUNT LOUi_ AIAN UFACTUi.i_-t. WVNDUAM-dTKKET. MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOKS, Insurance and Mining Register Books Specially Ruled and Bound. Music Magazines, Public Li braries, and Sunday ' School Books Well Bound. BAJ-J-RS' SPECIAL RULED DAY BOOKS tSiDles, fraver and. Hymn Books Re-bonnd. BAND AND CHOIR MUSIC BOOKS RULED. P A . _ B tf A -./G I _. P S. W. PHILLIPPS & SON HAVKRKCEIV__L*.__X LATJS ARRIVALS , 185—PACKAGES—i«5 CONTAININGI 55.000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS, CONSISTING OF NEW PATTERNS For Drawing, Uinlng, Bed- Rooms, Hall and Staircase, suitable tor th Mansion or Cottage. BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS, AND BEST VALUE -EVER OFFERED IN PaFJ-KH a jn Gil- GS. 916 __-.a_j_.AGES—9l6 SCRIMS AND HESSIANS PLATE AND SHKKT GLASS, WHITE LH.AD, OILS, TURPS, VARNISBKS A-D ALL TRADE SU-MURUS-di. W. PHILLIIPS & SON, 95 AND 97, t^UEEN-STREET, ____MERICAN Ic-ORN BKOQM CO. EXMOUTH STREET. "Vl7" GARRICK having started a Manu • factory for making a Mineral Soap, known- as Garrick's Patent, it is used for all househo'd purposes, and it surpasses anything ever produced or brought into the market, and being a local article, ho trusts that everybody will give it a trial, Sold at all Grocers'shops. D. NORDEN. Agent, Woodbine Cottago, Grey street, mO TOBACCO GROWERS. SEED. SEED. SEED. The undersigned has just received a parcel of new Tobocco Seed from America, containing tho following varieties: Kentucky, Broad Leaf Connecticut, Golden Leaf, and Dark Virginia (these descriptions having proved most suitable for the various districtsin this colony).. Packets containing surticicrit seed for one acre, of any. of these varieties, may be obtained on application; pri6e, .s por packet. _.„* ' >: AUSTIN WALSH, July 23,1887. Tobacco Factory, Audfjand^ TO TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS. PRESENTS FOR HOME. Very beautiful Inlaid Table-tops, Cabinets, Fancy Box Erf, etc., all made front the pick of N.Z. rich Native Timbers. Other. Collections carefully packed and shipped for liome. ' W. NORRIE, Cabinet worker, In New Zealand Timbers only, .TOP OF SRoitTLANP-STREET. EDWIN-'JON.BS (Late E. and A. Jones), House, Furnishing, and general IRON MONGER, Ponsonby Road and Pompallier Terrace Auckland, N.Z. Agent for tne Phosnix Fire Qflica Advertiseii-cnt Agent for Auckland Evening Star. Post Office Savings Bank, Money Order Office. Telegrapli Station; -telephone Buaeau. X> ICHM ON D HOU S. E JQ; P >N-ONBY ROAD, AUCKLAND. W. COCHRAN, Senb., ._____. FAMILY BUTCHER. fi ROU N D LIM E. GROUND LIME FOR SALE :■„,■_ SOUTH- AT E'S MAHURANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND ROCHE LIME, - ln any quantity, lor Concrete Paths, b too , . Cellars, _cc, lucxt to stone llagging is utt rivallod tor durability aud hard-setting qualities). For tankß and other wet work it is a Hrsi-class material. a keane, Tole ag nt CUSTOMS-STREET. STILL'-. Milk Bread, Milk Bread, .• sweet and nutritious, and Farm House Home-made Bread, Mil- Sconos and Cakes delivered daily, and canbe had at the Burlingtog Victoria Arcade, and at Eden Terrace, or at tne Bakery, TUdy*a Farm, Mount Eden. agent* Wastes,



MONEyTO_feS,>I a term o£ vear_ r~ I *rof aHTiIS_: I and 0, MorcaVmiecte *u4 |W, 1 of New I MONEY. TO s?^ I :.,._ Nationall-40^ QUEENSLA^Ho^^ T.r C .- AND "•$. PS HEAD OFFICE: OP* Acencies -uckl^^^ MONFA'a^anceafromflUn' any amount req'airal, tosuim^ PERSON AL. FREE Slu l&*s any TANGIBLE SECliaiTy WmC way as may b. arrauged eith_.sS&S MONTHLY, WiAjSS lowest current ratts. ADVANCES made on KURNttitd removal; also, oaall kiudsofMMftS__l^ including bond W_vi(;itlis^Xa^ • BILLS •WSqOUNTI!!. M curre^ i____Tffi^ _Office Ho.-S-lw Otllloo^ Bank oi. England Not*,'r-'v.* *-. X ONDON MOimlS^te, JU DISCOUNT BAhK W* ** 60. SHORTI^NL.STRKET ; UGKr .., n tOppositeA. Ula-kaad*.,,. VV= ° AnU kiiUu ■JpiHiw-dt.. LOANS are advanced from flu to is*, Upon *"|W) Personal, Freehold, aud Leasehold o^. "T'A Repayablo by —• 5 * Weekly, Mohthly," or Quarterly Jtnstalm*,h AtLowest Can-entßatei Wl Advances made on Furniture wlthcntr.i«»_i j. '- and all classes ofMerohufi M I Loans granted upon Life Policies, I^aU. ,*. Interests un-W Willi* W!**' I BILL 3 DISCOUNTED AT COHHRNT 8111 l Loans upou Deposit of -.weds. RjpayiMMj/ .<: **iy In-iimentft ■:■■<■, -, I ' Advances ou Life _ oliciei MONEY LENT ON PROiUSSM! NO'fE-.-HOUSESi.URNITaKIIito B'l-tS DISCOUNTED DAM, MOKTUAUES 'N,Eil'ol'l BD, ■ JOHN W. HARDIE, LAXD,' COMMISUO!., Alto -STATS _Q_T HIGH-STR-ET: AirauAKD, INDUSTRIAL AND PROUDEST PERMANENT BUILDING, LAND AX* INVESTMENT SOCIET- OF AUCKIia Repayment?, p Wp k TqWpoiil extending ever «r wbbk. k^]_ 1 year. •',.,A... £3 6 0; illl 2 years .. .. 1 Oil) Ufl 6 8 3 years .. ... QUa .1131511 i years.." .. 011 8 Bill 5 years.. .. 010 0 130 0 5 fryears;. .. 0»A 136183 7 y ara'.A .. 07 11 JU M 8 years.. .. 01 I n'TOj 10 year. ;~ : ,... 06 3 I_|BL The Board ha| power in cases of Step« - Want oi: Employment to Suspend PapW ~ Borrower? Share in Profita. Part or whole of the advance may-ton*^ at any Uwe. lutewc xxwaeS an WW™ repaid. . , ~ ■ "A"'.' A member Who has pbtained an adfrtejl"« liberty to sell his property tit W.!___&* day off his mortgage; or.may. i. WfW his property subject to the mw _s_« to ffl S cSSr of QUEEN-STREET and*BHH LANE, Auckland. A DCKLAND P-ftWASHin!fo A OPERATIVE BOILUiNO _.»Tl* MENT SOCIETY, _. , ' o_*ff|Oß:;U7 QDEBN-TBKPf. ' , "LOANS gwted«Wffl»Sft<rtli Freehold or Uasqho 4 '^I^&gjS,. £20 to £6,000, JBto^ffiSS able iv instalmenta>tthe foimwog w. Rates tor repayment oTeacn «» oonp»»> 'Re^ove*^S !=£ 3 years .. .. JJ" , l3 |j 3 years.. r »* I ISi 11 ♦ years _. .'• «»j ,391! 6 years... .. g» » I*7 IS * 8 years _• .. 0< i ief 111 10 years ~■■■.. ; 0 f" I -J-—-1 And in the same proporlion for.wa to or jan-tir !nnn '—J^-^^^H^ 1 LAND AND MONETARY ,ig« I ' 24, SHOBTiAND-STBIEET (Three door Ofltol. j __T__SV--—• irSofAnstato^ Havin? Agents^n aUW^^^Bjrta FRBB HO_DAND^ G FIRST AND S^ ANY Al B L E feiferAhf ri ;^-Md?of«^ a^S.fti^i ton<L BiUsbiscount^fff^^^^l -rVU Bank-will receive Depo81" . I i^Soi intent:- ~ ■ g-. ——' giiooffl" 1011 '