A FOSSIL CONTINENT.

jAO^BAUA-ha's A living'fossil'nf the Very , „i(Jesb sorb, a creature Of .tyholly iriihibtnoriai antiquity. The story of its with romanoe history. To those who could '-'apofeclate the facta,, ot,the case it'was juat as:curious arid just as interesting as though y e were now to 'discover-somewhere in an mffljkjWl"! island'or an -Alrican: oasis some ' surviving mammoth, some, belated ine >;#dtHefiurii, or sonic gigantic and misshapen! ' liassic saurian,'-...-Imagine the extinct ani- ' m \s of the Crystal Palace grounds sud-.j denly appearing to:.ouv dazzled eyes in a iropioat ramble} and you 1 ' can faintly pon ; ceive i-the delight- and .astonishment ...of whfn the barrainunda ' jrst,;''swam iv co their ikon, ''in the rivers ■* 0 £ Queensland. To bo sure, in :size I . slid shape : this "extinct fisli," still living' ,aod rgrunting qut.e.fcy,in.,-our midst, &\ '■' criiiiparativoly insignificant "beside the i " dragons. oi,|he prime " immortalised in a ! stanza by Tennyson. But to the! true enthusiast size is...nothing; and. the I is Just as much a marvel and a jnonstwwtheAtJianboiiau'ruahiinself would ..-have- been if he had suddenly walked trooh o£l timo i dragging' fifty. f ee b rff lizaro'liks tail in a train behind him. ? And •. JhiJf- 'is. fche : plain story of that raarvellous of a '! missing link 'I in our 'own < pedigree- In the oldest secondary rocks of ~ .Britain *nd elsewhere there odour ih abund- Ci(p!.ti9.:teelib.ofas enuß of* ganoid fishes 'known as the Ceratodi.' ; (I apologise for , f»poiHi " though "it iS. not t a > "!'Xbß3erteeth reappear from time to time in :!.BBveral' subsequent fohnatibns,"', but! at last .slowly die-out altogether • of qorirse all .naturalists naturally concluded that the ■ <sreatur"St6 which they belonged bad died riut : jjfeo, arid*!; Was long, since numbered with tho ' V 0&Q: and i the mastodon. The; idea that a e!(jaratodn& could still be living, far less th^t itffli'msdan important link u^i^e'^e.t l^)^ ---; niehtiof .rili the higher could never * for a moment have occurred to anybtray. As well expect to find .a-paleolithic man quietly chipping" fiiiits "on a pacific atoll or SfehMiiecover tlie ftricestor of all horses 6n the isolated and cragreneiroled summit of Rq- upeavth ft> real UvO: Ceirato'diis ''frbm'a "modern, estuary. In 1870, however, Mr tbfi-brejith.of scientilic Europe by informing it that he had found f , the extinct gafaoid : swimmihg aborib 4s :j<tfge'as life, and" 6 feet long, without the faintest CQnsev.usness, of dt» own, soientific iha Hver of Queerisland, at the vtmmli ra&Y> uiisbphisticated' aborf . it as barr^imunda^tha ; almost ■ 'eQuauy l igriorant, White' setW«rs it #itn ifreYorent and" urifiliaPobriteiripfe; the .Jgtheacl, j-On i further 'examination, how ever, the despised barramunda proved to be a connecting link of primary rank between the group .of fishes anjl t anjmals like the !,iirigs and ealanaaridersv, Though a true fish it leaves its - native streams at night, and ■! lets out on a foraging: expic^ition, aftei" vegetable food in the neighbouring wood lands. . There it browses on myrtle leaves and grasses, and otherwise behaves itself f-W "« : -manner wholly ! urißecriining its piscine antecedents and aquatic education. To fit it for this strange amphibious life the barraiftunda has both lungs and gills; it •;Cau breathe either air or water, at 'Will^ Wojif, if'it' chpOseiS,, thO: two' together. Though covered with scales, and most fishf I p|^,in.;outline,* it presents points of, ! analoriiical resemblance both to salamanders! iiarid lizartls ; and. as a connecting bend be tween the Nprth A met i ca n- niud-fish on the ! 3 6he band and ;the wonderful: lepidosiren on the other, ifc foims a true menibcr.of the! ling sehes by which the liigher riliimals 1 generally trace their deseoritfrom a remote Tace of "marine, ancestors. It is x&rfyin teresting,;ithei*efore, to find that this living $o|sih Jink between fish and reptiles should lave survived only, in the fossil Bverywhero else it. has long since beeri beaten out of the field. 'by its 'wra rabre developed amphibian descen d»nte,;iii Australia alonoib still drags on a existence as the last relic of an other wise long forgotten and extinct family.— s* 1 C&rtthiil Magazine." ■"

THE AUGK:tAND EVEWINO STAH, FRIDAY. DECEMBER gg 1887.

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>■'■"",>■"• ::Bravery, Clothing, &c - : v - ■ !.-... assortment of Ginghams, Fi»noh-&|t£e"SsSvSfcian Sfcrioes in Lawns and ... , the newest shades. Yosenute, Bengal,anrt - >• n) --other light' Fabric*, upecially seleOted for tins climate. ... -,uu. :■'.'.'.:■}■ n .'-.■ .-r<j:.-i:-".i | -. ■. ■... . g v >n.;.'j,i/.v French arid English -Millinery in Exquisite Models f m - ™t- CuttM ' and GMh " I .' l .: in Black and Colours. '.*">' '. "['■{'■ j /'A'" ,'/£^'.''^'- ; j-- ■ • in..: ' - -■..: ■'• -' ■:■.•!• Parasokalf Sunshades in the Newest Designs, - These GOo&'Mihgi amlMpoaedßlfect, will be at prices that . ~,,,; / are of public attention, -, . -.:.i,.)> t to.j Wii^oh,:!^m^ms:-:ani>.': : McCullagh; NEW ZEALAND 1 HOUSE, ! '*?«,/.' 'jj '^■-i^-'^ifeg;-'qu!een street ~, '. ; GEOVE& .!«LOVEB. ~C „ OLOYES.: The Melbourne Drapery Company "I it .:']...v :-.. .'...:;i(i yd •) it*.' I 'V^TT/Oi'N* ■^'" ) ft >rt .H'--.'- ■' • ■ •',••■■ V" ' 2s 111 froms|.to7i #1 A v'- THEHETG'<3p»S..ARE LfcSS fTHAN ENGLISH INVbICE." mHD FO»bl©«*« o aiu*Ttt ofrffi;o» .b ; F;jNi'w zeal and; ■■■ ''"' v it3 ol^ioys.i spf ■■■• ; ;,; . tiv zuu&L ricKl4ot>d'lo make their wills, and any The Estates'Of friends t& receive them. All pflrsohs are. however. nmeS and reslduot« of health imd unimpaired faculties. to instruct their sol Icitort fir to weir fwm, ?>">' m is a . vem6 a-'hy the api»6iilfniont of the Public Inviolable securitVfor the ft»fl«n«»toM ™» the deposit for safe ou»tody of any Will by Trustea. areola ™& Wiilsmay bo deposited on payment U a which the Public TifOSjee . iß A?^ r m onß of "flse Public Trust Office Aots. any oresont trusts* £ or lSv £ Jt dkSSJb iitbe sum lent is over <U.W - <r/ /, j K WM*Qgori JA «nm«,of moady for inveatmeni on real security atonrrentrMeft ; freehold property to the ertent of «ooa Si S aiiw* is: '>'■><?'■■ ' Auckland Agent.



,:.' Business Notices- ',''!;..' V!;'!',..___,,;! -^_-B _ <l^___l>i _ l ___ - _ > _____^_ i ___ ( _____ l ____ ll ■ APPEAL. LADIES AND QEfiTLEMEN, , - I wish; respectfully to call your attention to a matter of very grave importance, and at the same tiirie ask your assistance in, at least, countenancing a matter that ought to be.looked into by EVERY PURCHASER OP CLOTHING, viz., . - Are you Supporters of New Zealand Clothing Factories, V. -- ; '' !:io . '''• '■■•.-■ "'•''■• '■ or, ■- ■■ ■■"!•'•-..• ■■' : ■-. ,:''",!"!:'.'.!':'!: Are you Supporters of Australian Clothing ;.;;!'!V.n Factories ? ■ ; '".';,;'' kY ANSWER IS, IT MATTERS NOT TO ~ .'.._ '.!,°'.,'■ R. GRAY, THE CHEAP CASH DRAPER, As in the last.two stocks which I purchased a,bout TEN SHILLINGS. J j ■'J*;' I '-,'* , ..,,' .V:,,,, ~'„ -j ,i.-:..: pOui. ,;.!.'-:-'■ il'-.-, F j ''..',"■;'' '....'. ':■-■■■ ",'.!!,-....'.'.'': j atabuot!.: ......! ■ r<Cu i:> ■■ ■■-■'■ ■■■ ■ v"->.i".-' 7 ! HALF PRICE. 50 MEN'S KAIAPOI ANJ) GEELONG ««LION 6RAND',"• SUITS, i sold I .'■'"" elsewhere6Ss; redrioedto3Bs,9d ,-. ~ i,...- , : ' : .:' i( . ...-. mh4n;>l:i 45 MEN'S KAIAPOI ANtt GEELONG (BRAND??, SUITS, sold elsewhere! 52s 6d; reduced to 37$ 6d . , \yulM; y.'-y-'-'i : . '-'y ■■'■'■ ■', 35 MEN'S GEELONG !"LION BRAND" TROUSERS AND VESTS, sold elsewhere! 26s 9d: reduced to'J7s i9d •'. ':,i; r : -•- -. : . >-t • • 55 MEN'S GEELONG "LION BRAND" TROUSERS AND VESTSj sold elsewhere 3256 d; reduced to 19s 9d '.;..!.;.■-- v mmd laotlmil \\UrtiivvsiV)\ SOMEN'S GEELONG. .«'LION BRAND" TROUSERS,.; Sold elsewhere 17s 6d'; reduced to lis 9d !j.-.-,. ; ' •-■'"• , ; 100 PAIRS MEN'S "LION BRAND" MOLE TROUSERS; xeduced to 4s lid and ;■ / 'Ss-ild:.'..: •: /'■ '' idOO."\f.i ■ .-; ..■; l . ;■' i .-/.!:..-■-_■ rfii Jlii ilgtso'iiii j The above Goods 1 are sold elsewhere for nearly double my quotations, bufc as I am not a sapporter. of■•■ Australian nianufactiires when we can produce A BETTER; ARTICLE FOR LESS MONEY in New Zealand, I am prepared, and in tbe position to sell tho above lines at the prices already quoted, simply because I purohased chem for lis 9d IM THE POUND; J , . t . ~,;,,.,' ~'■'» BY ORDER 'OE ;) .' | ' -c: .ni.u s ;-:-."..! - ; .- ■.»-• ■■"■■ ■"■•"• : ' i ■■'''■: THE CHEAP CASH DRAPER, OPPOSITE BANK OF NEW ZEALAKI). . _ '.-'!'- - QUEEN-STREET,' •.'.,>.::. ;■.;".• ..:'..'.: And at J. QILMOMR'S OLD PREMISES, Karangahape Road, opposite Bank '......',Vi.-!!: "o'f'Neyv Zealand,,-::.'.'. : ..::-:'; ;;i ....-...' ■'i>■ •" 15.8.— In'"reference to my HALE PRICE SALE Of -J. Gilmook's £ps6o Stqak p«r r chased for list/d iii the £, I have the pleasure of thriving my Customers and the public in general for the ready response I have received at' hands,'as witnessed the hundreds, that crowd daily to my stores,, arid heiwvith tender my sincere thanks to all that patronised my i _- : -.;■, -, J : ! "Hilf Price Sale, Promising to give them GREATER BARGAINS still between this and Christmas, as ! BvOrd'er. bid w.vrt sib f.:.i:i r »-i u.uU>.pb..i R GRAY, : The CHfelap Cash 1 Draper, • ,-QUEEN' : - 'STREET " OPPOSITE BANK OE NEW ZEALAND.



PSk-Vo IfJtOUGHON CATARRH" corrects offensive odoors at once. Complete C(SMBiOfiWOEst:chroriio cases; also*.unequalled as sargle for diphtheria, sore throat. fOul S"' S "i"".'". --" J) ; Before making, your purchases inspect Smith and i>nghejfß i immense stock of clothing and gent's mercery. [Advt]. ,-, in, gaa ~i r ;i" l|f ""''-"' aassj -~. Business flo,tice«. ~ i ' .i II i ____ —' - 1 - j_M__ ________ ' ' ' : n „ r! ~„,..« I. A EXF/EiK A":-- -,'T BicAr'k-i D E'R Makes Wholesome JL Pastry. '..,_' MAKES AT IGH;T CJCONE, PI Dalghtful O Cakes- MAKES. A ,' -tXTBTTE " ,43 CONE, S Wtf Sold'by VT the , £3 Trade. F Manufacturer \\T in New' Zealand : . , RED K. W HITEH E AD, -P Thirty-tw6 yeara beforfe the English public. I V.'(.'■• Sole 1 Proprietor of ' Tarawera" Sauce. ROWIVS ;y;::-; ] j . bob. ' | CHOICE'TEAS GROCERIES. te ",-'>' ■' L«» ROBERT NEALi - ; ,;;': W4—^—..... '°' ' . ' j;"" —t'i. .!•■ ... -■• li -Mb ■!„ „-„„.. .'"■''■-'iAJEBM ifflW 1 , Mb j ','..- ■-- . '. ._ '' '"."* - \T,:. ,6.7 .N i ;;U-:> ,M ? >- JE /-*N i'J T S ', ITAMAN AND VERMONT MABBLES, AND , ABERDEEN. ~, fiftAtf Mf , g HEAOSTONES ißiftK.ToSlßlßAll/WGS AT MODR»ATte PKiofs «:Prioes and Design* sent post free. Country j p. '.;.-. ..■ orderscarsefullypkeked.' ' , lif ,u TAIT BROTHERS, /! " a " Monumental. Works, corner of Rutland, and *H»ttil("streets (n«7tr Oncefc-slreet Junction), iir'* i' •'.'■" r - : Auckland/ I -■ '■' ''''■'■'• /} ' l, ' .. - r •i- i |-„ - .- ■ .')";•' ' *': '{" i.l.' '" — ; i.v.V. il-.'j '(Hil-H-iTUEE'V <fc 9USIOMS-ST. W. .- A . ' ';]j|)[' JA . S Y » I .AGENT" 4 "; AND GLASS MERCHANT^ <U& DIRECT. QUALITY GUARANTEED. j. WindowGlaEff'"- '' id ' .._.!. fea-TT-rPlate Glesa ... - • .r-'H.. '.tn!> ■" f "-'-> '■'■{:, ....,-,.Wire' iftOlß. ". ' ~, V-. ~..-;,.,.,..-.-■. .-.A<i v.i' , Phrtlanjl Cement., . ' .••-. .'•/ : '' ■' - ft'!|.Y. .■ "' China ware..'. ~- .•. ?» /,< - i •.' ■ ii : i '.:"',-''" , . ac .'.;/.,„ Rayanna, Cigars, etc,.,,.-, .', /.< i ■ .ji_ ; ■•'.;,_■',,' FOR SAi>C', r " rri yjaJl , WlNDOVY.GLASS^asgortedsize.; / / ' 1 *--•" ; M^SSRS"STONirBROS;^ rr '^' f> |3f^ S q t . l -i -.:- (Mir-AgeWM'i-' ■ •','_' fl .,'-'. '"v"' y^^c'^|iq^E%,^p,R ~ Stow' o?Jw»



Architects. -..;-.:..:[ ■p. HEHAPATH, K.K,nB,!A.] [s. M^llKniPAtn P'' jiyHIERAPAT-H -:;AND\ !S:6'N, ••ti ARCHITECTS. .. . Colonial Bank Uuildingr, . ; Yjl" D W~A R D BAR TL EY, ARCHITECT, t , $TJCBBURVS BUILDING 3, Q UEEN-STiriEET. npiDWARU "IIAHONEY - "AND SON, AB'CHITE H3, ' ; ::' : ;t "; l ,1 QITEION-STRBKT. AOCttLAWD M~" r R~"P. B~UR ROW S, ARCHITECT AND BUILDING ; i SURYIiiYOR. 317. "VjCTOfIIA AItCAnE. . B. SKINNER AND SON 1 f Builder 3, Carpenters, and Joiners, • Vulcan Lane. j Allßranches of the Building Trade exeoutedby Experienced "\Vorkmen. '.';-' . m Shop Fronts. Office Fittings, &ic. ' ' :' '""• F. B U R R O,W S, f 'DRAiTGHTS]\iAN. HERALDTC ARTIST.! •'« ILLUMINATOR; I)ESIGNB& ; ; > International Patent ahd Trade Mark Agency* | Auckland Offices: HILL'S CHAMBE.RS, QUEENrSTREET ; (next; A.lli;P:lnßitrahct> Bnildlnt?»). vijr i jlTlj am_~~S k RT n,gt.qn, M.lnst, C.E..M.lnst. M.E., c 6 n'-s v l't i n'C h.bb.'b»<i AUCKLAND.



ri ,H AR L e"s, OM I T*H ' ~ Has the Largest Selection of the IMP'R OV ED BASSINETTES in AaoWand'; The . PRIdBS ARE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE : Consistently -with Quality and Workmanship; The factthat J Giurahteeand-Keepiu Repair ForO n 9 Year is a suffiejeat proof of their excel* TO* PRESENT OR! BEIN<* ,", mgsmp : upon".-;.\''m ! /''.';/. ivith worthless imported tjoods, which aredeatf at any priqe»tho Public aro Ros.peot£nlly t , b ",!■-... -■< solicited to ; ' -. PVyDIRECT FROlf THE ffACTPRTf., , I Perambulators of any make Repaired or taken I in Exchange. Counti-y Orders -Receive my I Special Attention, Price list post free;



: "-'r "*■ ■■**-*-■ ■■-*..i,.r J *r«-v*si.'*-... -^/%».-«,. S ' ; ..jvr-m ■- v .-.-rtart-av -~ - ...-c" ■ ' -" ''" v ' " :: -' ■ - ■-"■"-"■■ - : "-'"' i --' - '-' '■-■■-■ . __J______ j _____^__^_ iilMlllMMMl^,M i lM^^M^^M^ew^g _ w ' a _ ~ ,_ iU .„ „ M i»M i■ ■ "— mmtm " _ % .-■* .. „-_J .*"-- E. PORTER AND CO., ' . Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers, Iron and Steel Merchants, "■A'-Xhy.:..: \ ■' QUEEN AND HIGH STREETS, . : : :';•-* ' ; ™.'- : .""'''":'"'-..-..'-AT.F»o 3STE3-WTO3ST, IM _UJ W IMLAJKgJIT .A-ISTD STTMOISriJS STIKKET, - TV /rESSBS v ,E. PORTER AND CO. havea sTlendidTssortment of ELECTRO-PLATED WARE, embracing all ? Latest Design* o, .. AvVIL-TirriSimental and useful! articles most suitable for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Inspection Invited.. -:,..:,,.,: .. ; , /.:::";:;: ::'!;, : j.. . r ySy, ':- ;--'-;; .. : E. PORTER AND CO. Queen and High Streets, Auckland, also at Newton, Newmarket, and Symonds Street,



LONDON AND BERLIN PIANO CC'S SHOW ROOMS, Corner Hobson Street, •* Corner Cfook Street* jf r V- f " r J •-* ■,'- 5 ; ! ! :' _\ ; ; / A I : ' ;' Jt •:; ''"'•"• ;H ' • ,; ' '"' : v f "..",' ie; r '. jida Ift JJC*-: Lly3 St \;"":':' ! 'i!-'! .£. .. JL AL|' ■■ £ ■'- ' ■.' -- > ■'■ -- -*- * »-*■■- -* *• j ' L " -. \ i./.. ■ ■'■ ;*~ ' ; .!"■'•';-:.;, ■'"■ -'■ '" t - / ■■' '_' .. * _ . " ... t ' ' f ■ '- ." APPLY FOB NE¥ CATAXOOUES...., Iron Cottage Grand Pianos ## „ # .. £4Q 3 A^erieani;<Dpgans,sff j •.♦• •'" £15 ; ;;Pianos in stock, from: Sf..^..';;,•■" w"" : ».« £25 f.-K'i ■-.;* !". i haa) h': <{ viiitji- :•■ '•'•.::'.: ...,.,;;,; ;m ■.•.;*• LiliiCf s foivs al>j.; io'.' ■'-.''- '.', <.. ~; ;•-■•; -v.*- :■ . ,*--.-,-=1 -~-.. .'., ~t * ■'■ ■" '. ~,.-;" .' .'. ~ .-[/ 1 ~.'*.. I■. ....'■'''. .-' ■ ! ,'...'..' ■'; •' .. ir 1 Oil J HI V-.- »'■•''* '•'-"'.. !--'---- - i ..J...;Ji'ii ii. Alt Instruments can be purchased on our 20 months' Hire System from 20$- a month. "W". HI. "WBBiBB, Messrs. Webb and Co., of Oak House, are in. no way connected with jbhis Company.



-.- -~:■:■, I; "■■ i ' ' ■ h + , '- : ■ ~—"-..... ' , ' , _ ■ Industry* '!.'■!!!.';.'' '■,'■'.''. '..'.' ' '-,' "'.''.' \ "' % .." '"" 'CHARLES ' SMITH, . * OP, BASSINETTES*- ~ PERAMBULAT&RS. JLNyALtD ' '"CARRIAGES, &c. 0 .«FAX3TOBY, ,- Victoria-street * (Near Bay). ■ : «; NOTE.-Tflose ( wanttnga,gobdPeranihnij lator should Buy Meet frofnUie factory; *«#- Support " ' ■. ty: '" ! '" : ■'■ ~