THE FROZEN MEAT COMPANY.

Address by the Cliairman

At the annual meeting of the Frozen Meat Company, partly reported in our last issue, the Chairman of Directors (Mr Bull), n moving the adoption of the re port and balance-sheet, revjVwed the operations of the year, and explained the causes which had produced the heavy loss shown on the balance-sheet. He showed that the direct trading loss properly chargeable against this year was only £2,100, of which £600 arose on the shipment per Tongariro made in July, 1886. The foreign consignments of butter had contributed £1,500 to the loss. Alluding to the amount shown as written off the value of the Company's properties the Chairman said :" It is quite unnecessary for me to refer to the great depreciation in value of property which has taken place Within the past two years, and the Company .is, unfortunately, affected by reason of the large amount of its capital invested in buildings, reclamations, etc. To retain the former values would be simply to continue paying property tax on an amount greatly exceeding what could possibly be realised, and your directors consider the best course to adopt is to make the necessary reductions, and I shall subsequently move that power be taken in our articles of association to enable us to reduce oi» share capital to.a pro portionate extent." He then proceeded: " I come now to the consideration ot our butter business, andforvariousreasons which I shall refer to, I shall hope to be excused for going into this subject at some length. I have already referred to the losses we have sustained in our export business. During the past year more attention has been paid to the local, tirade and we have now properly fitted vans delivering daily to all retail dealers, while the ad vantages we possess by reason of our Cold air facilities will become more apparent as summer approaches. Some exception has been taken to our ex tension of business in this direction, but it appears unreasonable that the Company should be expected to restrict itself to the export business, which, although undoubtedly more beneficial to the com munity, is by far the most hazardous. Your directors have had under considera tion a new and greatly improved method of (Harrying on this business by the establishment of creameries at various centres, the milk being taken from farmers at fixed rates and the cream being forwarded here to be made into butter. The advantages of this system are manifold. Ist The butter will be made at a uniform temperature with all the latest appliances and we shall thus obtain butter of the best quality and even grade. 2. Once made we have the cold^air available to prevent deterioration, while under this system, we shall eventually get rid of the troublesome questions with butter-makers as to the quality of their butter, a matter which has, I think, been, utilised by inter ested parties to the detriment of the Com pany Thereareothercorisiderationsstrongly in favour of this system. Every effort we make towards fostering and developing the butter industry is of direct service to the Company by providing a substitute for the frozen meat business and a revenue for our freezing works in which we have so ; much capital invested. Neither is this revenue to the freezing, works levied at the expense of the producer, as under this system the price proposed to be paid for the milk is equal to B£d per lb for butter delivered at our Works, a price exceeding the average heretofore obtained by the producer for good butter. Our gain will come out of the difference between the value of good butter and the propor tion of inferior butter heretofore pro duced, a difference that has hitherto-been lost to the community. It is need less for me to enlarge upon the importance of this matter, Or to point out that a steady and reliable return from dairying operations will probably solve, a question of the highest importance to the cohntry, namely, the profitable settlement of the land. It is more than possible that in this direction good may come out of evil, and that the low prices which have led to the dis continuance of our frozen meat trade may be forcing us to seek employment for our freezing plant, stimulate and develop the dairying operations for which our moist and temperate climate seems fitted. Negotia tions have been carried on with 7 Or 8 centres most favourably, placed for commencing operations. At some of these factories are already available, necessitat ing comparatively small outlay, but at. others the erection of buildings and plant will be necessary. At all of these centres guarantees of a minimum of 1,000 gallons per day are forthcoming, represents ing the milk.. of.. 3 .to 4,000 cows, the only difficulty being the provision of the capital required for..the. necessary plant and machinery, a difficulty r your direc tors hope to surmount. During the past year the butter branch has dealt with about 180 tons of butter,and has exported about 65 ton s. In the Acid and Manure Works, the de pression in agricultural interests has, no doubt, been responsible for a slackness in sales, ft has been brought to the directors', notice that in many instances advantage has not been taken of the different kinds of manure produced at our Works to meet the requirementsof varying soils and circumstances. The services of Mr Lamb, a practical agriculturist of ex perience.have therefore been engaged to visit the agricultural districts and confer with farmers upon questions of soils, crops and manures suitable thereto. Good results are anticipated from Mr Lamb's efforts,and I may mention that the sales for July and August of the. current' year will amount to about £2,300, as against £840 for corresponding months in '86. The Company continue to receive the best re ports as to the worth of their manures, some extracts from which may be seen in our daily advertisements. The sales for past year have nearly approached 1,100 tons, but all sales above this figure will return a far larger percentage of profits, as an out put of three times the quantity could be made at a very slight increase of expense other than the' cost of raw material. Some considerable permanent improvements have been made and paid for out of current expenses, while it must be borne in mind that imported manures are free of all Customs dues and our industry is therefore entirely unpiotected. With, regard to the Waitara Works, as stated in this report it was with very great reluctance that the directors decided to close these work, as it must be apparent that the main earnings of the Company have Come1 therefrom. It has before been explained that the present price of stock, low as it is, will.not permit the entire animal to be tinned. It may be taken that in order to compete with American tinned meat, the preserving department must obtain its supply at somewhat under a Id per lb. It is a simple matter for calculation as to whether the average of prices ruling will allow meat to be tinned at that figure, unless a con siderably higher price is obtained for some portion of the beast, viz., the prime joints. I do not ' refer to occa sional low prices for small quantities of stock, but for a supply that may be reckoned on to keep our preserving department in steady work, say 150 to 360 beasts per week. Our experience is that such. a supply cannot be ob tained at prices that will,. enable the entire beast to be tinned at the margin I have named, and the sale of the prime joints at an increased price is therefore a necessity, w-hile the heavy losses, wo have sustained hi endeavouring .to get these

prime joints out of the country : preclude further shipments until better prices rule in the .Home markets. During the past 12 months the following stock has been killed ab Waitara,' in round numbers :- Cattle, 5,500'; sheep, 8,000; pigs, 450; calves, 20- giving a total of 4,416,0001bs of meat, of which only 257,5001bs has been sold locally. The meat preserving will in future be carried on in Auckland, and although there will be some increase in cost of stock, yet there will be a large saving, consequent on the concentration of operations at the one establishment. Touching the Sydney Ice Company. I have little to add beyond what is stated in the report, except that we are since in formed that the negotiations therein referred to have been successful. From the various reports of experts and others, there is little doubt that the failures having been owing, not to any fault in the principle of the patent, which has been highly com mended and will be retained, but to in feriority of the iron pipes supplied from England. These were specified as the best steam quality, and we paid an engineer to inspect and pass them. They are now stated to be of inferior quality., unable to stand the required pressure, and the result has been constant leaks. I presume there should be a remedy against the contractor, bub whether it would pay to endeavour to recover IS doubtful. Under the box system the pressure on the pipes is divided and localised, and the danger of leaks reduced to a minimum. There is one other subject I may refer to, and that is the Auckland reclamation. It is probably a matter more or less under stood,' as it was reported in the daily papers. An arrangement has been come to with tho Harbour Board, and the Company has unrestricted power to deal with the land. Although at present there is no demand for building sites, yet the position of this properby renders ibs ultimate value a matter of no uncertainty. Profit and loss Account. — Dr. : To Balance 30th June, 1886, £10,049 2s 6d ; wages and salaries, £4,679 16s 9d ; charges and expenses, £4,685 0s 4d ; interest and discount, £8,524 8s 4d; loss on consign ments, £5,439 5s ; horses, £30 13s 9d ; im prest dividend account, £12 8s 7d ; boat, £10 ; butter department profit and loss, £539 2s 2d ; rates and taxes, £593 16s lid ; bad debts written off. £3,090 8s 2d ; Thames account .loss 12 months, £33 12s Id ; depreciation freehold property, £14,960; depreciation leasehold property, £19,575; depreciation 10 per cent, off machinery, #43 12s: Total, £72.966 6s 7d. Cr.: By freezing ice account, £3,700 4s 9d; freezing ice accounts (ice sales), £500 4s; cash sales, £274 0s 7d ; commission, £190 16s 2d; rent, £125; suspense, £57 10s lid; stock account, trading profit, £12,830 os9d; Waitara, profit 8 months, £1,763 3s 2d ; butter department, -J profit 12 months, £65 6s sd; Acid Works, | profit 12 months, £224 6s; bad debts re covered, £457 17s 3d ; balance, loss, £52,777 16s 7d : Total, £72,966 6s 7d. Waitara Balance Sheet.—To Auck land Head Office; £21,916 5s 3d; debts owing by Company, £694 3d ; balance—profit and loss, £1,763 3s 2d: Total, £24,373 9s Id. By building and plant, £16,990 2d ; cottage, £205 10s lOd ; cash in hand, £16 18s 4d ; stock on hand, £6,512 10s 8d ; debts owing to Company,£64B 9s Id: Total, £24,373 9s Id. Profit and Loss Account.—Eight months ending 30th June, 1887. Dr. : Insurance, £3 : farm, £382 15s 2d ; rents, £368 Is 9d ; rates and taxes, £35 4s 9d; charges and expenses, £1,280 lis 8d ; freights, £401 15s 8d ; interest and discount, £38 9s ; wages and salaries, £3,393 19s 4d; blown, tin account, £327 2s Id ; account adjustment, £33 Is Id ;■ balance profit, £1, 763 3s 2d ; total: £8,027 3s Bd. Cr. :by stock ac count—trading profit, £8,027 3s 8d : Total, £8,027 3s Bd. Butter Department Balance Sheet.— To debts owing by Company, £2,297 8s 5d ; interest suspense account, £42 19s 9d; balance profit and loss,£l3o 12s lOd : Total, £2,471 Is. By debts owing to Company, £603 19s 9d; stock on hand, £1,192 3s ; plant and machinery, £573 Is 6d ; office furniture, £4 8s 6d; cash in hand, £97 8s 3d: Total, £2,471 Is. Profit and Loss Account, Twelve Months ending 30th June, 1887.—Dr. : To charges and expenses, £835 5s 8d ; cartage, £324 5s 7d ; interest and discount, £430 7s 3d ; insurance, £45 Is lOd ; freez ing charges, £497 7s Od ; office expenses, £133 17s 7d ; wages and salaries,£9B6 12s 8d; balance, profit, £130 12s lOd : Total, £3,383 10s sd. Cr :By Glanville and Ellyett, .dividend account, £539 2s 3d; N.Z.F.M. and S. Co. account, £539 2s 2d ; bad debts recovered, £1 lis 7d; stock account—trading profits, £2,303 14s 5d : Total, £3,383 10s sd. Acid Works Balance-sheet. —Liabili- ties:, To, N.Z.F.M..S. Company, Limited, capital, £7,137 5s 3d; Henry Symons, £1,802 10s sd; bills payable, £709 14s lid; debts owing by, Company, £4,038 2s 6d; interest suspense account, £11 19s Id ; balance, profit and. loss, £299 Is 4d:' Total,.;;. £13,998 13s ' 6d. Assets: By land and shed, £600; build ings, £3,768 2d; plant and machinery, £1;326 17s 4d ; stock on hand,£7,326 Is 3d ; debts owing to Company, £977 14s 9d: Total, £13,998 13s-6d.

Profit and Loss Account.—Twelve months ending 30th June, 1887.. Dr. : To interest and discount, £753 Is 9d ; wages and salaries, £1,717 16s ; trade expenses, £1,178 12s lOd ; freight and railway charges, £684 10s lid ; printing and ad vertising, £10316s Id ; insurance, £118 14s 7d ; balance profit, £299 Is 4d : Total, £4,855 13s 6d. Cr. :By balance 30th June, 1886, £145 17s Id; cash sales, 4s 6d ; stock account—trading profit, £4,709 lis lid : Total, £4,855 13s odi

Thames Agency Balance-sheet. ~ TO Auckland Head Offices, £4,845 13s sd; debts owing by Company, £467 18s lOd; total £5,313 13s 3d. Cr. : By land and buildings, £3,068 10s; stock on hand, £27617s lOd"; cash in hand, £234 10s 4d - T . debts owing to Company, £1,700 2s; balance, profit and loss, £33 12s Id,: Total, £5,313 12s 3d.

Profit and Loss Account. — Twelve months ending 30th June,lßß7. Dr.: To Auckland Head Office P. and L. account, £2,095 13s 5d ; freights,- £173 9s 3d ; in terest and discounts, £7 13s Id ; rent, £203 5s 6d ; charges. and expenses, £310 5s 9d ; wages and salaries„£4l3os6d ; horses; &c., written off, £96 ; Te Aroha Yards, written off, £14019s Id : T0ta1,£3,440 6s 7d. Cr.: By balance 30th June, 1886, £2,095 13s 5d ; advertising, 6s 3d; commissions, £613 5s ; fees; £87 7s 6d ; stock account—trading profits, £610 2s 4d ; balance, loss, £33 12s id : Total, £3,440 6s 7d.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Election Touting.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—Your able article of the 30th insfc. condemning the practice of touting for votes will, I feel sure, find an echo in the mind and heart of every liberal-minded, honest man. But, Mr Editor,'it strikes me that you purpose to do a bit of touting in your own way, judging by your closing remarks in the said article. What right have you to pass under review the various candidates prior to the polling day ? Why should you, by your able pen, influ ence your readers either for or against one, or any, of the said claimants ? How will you. gage you criticism for or against? Will.it depend greatly, or wholly, oh the amount of advertising done by the various candidates? If 60, then you will be guilty of touting—only in another form to that agairtst which you 60 justly write. Be con sistent, sir. and wait till alter tb -noils have

been declared, then review as much as you think fib, but not- till then.—l am, etc., Consistent.

[The gratuitous insolence of the foregoing epistle Invites consignment to the waste paper basket. We publish it. however, lest the inquiry it contains has been prompted by mental stupidity, and not by the chagrin of an electioneering harpy who sees in the abolition of paid touting the loss of a perquisite. The bushel with which "Consistent" measures the merits of candidates is tlie universal standard of the tribe. So far as newspapers are concerned, however, the candidates in this election will not be ruined by their advertising bills. They have had a very marked advantage over the newspaper proprietors, by doing their advertising gratuitously. in speeches, and keeping a large number of reporters con tinuously in attendance on them at the ex pense of the newspapers, and notof thecandi dates. In no other part of New Zealand' has so much liberality been shown by news papers in this matter as here. Let that pass, however. If our correspondent is so stupid as not to distinguish the difference between discussing the titness of can didates for office, and going to a man and asking him how he intends to vote, we fear we shall not be able bo enlighten him much. We may say generally, however, that while it is the duby of every elector and every public journal to do the one, the man who has the impertin ence to do the other deserves summarily kicking down-stairs. —Ed. E. S. j

The Auckland Hospital

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—T trust you will excuse my encroach ing on your space if I once more reverb to Mr Suiter's letter of 30th August. I had not the figures at my command last night, or I would have added them to my letter. The portion of Mr Suiter's letter to which I wish to refer is that in which he writes: "That some alteration is necessary in the attention to patients is evidenced by the following : "Average number of patients in Hospital, 92 ; number of deaths from January 1 to May 12, 1887, 45—the latest return I have before me. This is a large percentage of deaths." Why Mr Suiter picked out the return for these particular months I do nob know, but such inaccurate sbatements misload the public and prejudice it against the system of having an honorary medical staff at the Hospital. I append the returns in full, showing the true figures, and leave the public to judge of Mr Suiter's motive in putting before it the misleading figures which appear in his letter : — Number of deaths from January Ist to May 12, 1887 45 From May.l 2to August 31 18 Total 63 Pabients admitted January 1 to August 31 573 Number in Hospital on January 1 ... 93 Total ... .666 Total number of deaths ... 63 causes of death. Phthisis ... 7 Typhoid fever 17 Heart disease 10 Accidents fatal from shock, shortly after admission 6 Apoplexy 1 Cancer 3 Total '44 Other causes ... 19 Total number of deaths, as above 63 Of the typhoid fever cases, one died in 2 days, three in 3 days, and two in 8 clays, showing that they had been sent in too late. Almost all the other cases mentioned above were dying when admitted. A case admitted on August 29th died ten minutes afterwards. I now append a table showing the average death rate from 1877 to 1886 :— Year. No. Pat'nts. Deaths. Percentage. 1877 688 79 115 1878 743 99 13 '3 1879 777 77 9-9 1880 . 781 96 12-3 1881 818 92 11:2 1832 911 111 12-2 1883 729 61 84 1884 874 103 , 11-8 1885 872 88 101 1886 827 81 9-8 8,020 887 11 95 per cent, is much below the average, and is only beaten in 1883, when the rate was B'4.—Yours, etc., J. C. MacMullen, Hon. Medical Staff, Auckland Hospital. Alten Road, 31st Aug., 1887.

(Tothe Editor.)

Sir, —Many of the misleading statements in Mr Suiter's letter have been confuted by my colleague, Dr. MacMullen. There are, however, a few other points deserving of attention.

1. The recommendation to provide addi tional accommodation for fever cases came, not from Dr. Girdler, but from the Honor ary Staff in a letter to the Board dated 20th February, 1887.

2. The Honorary Staff recommended tents or temporary wooden buildings. In erect ing the present permanent structure the Board acted contrary to the suggestion of the staff. >

3. In drawing comparisons between Our Hospital and the institutions of Great Britain, it is not fair to mention only the. wealthy and large metropolitan hospitals, leaving the smaller provincial hospitals out of account. There are many of these latter which in point of size- and income are very similar to this Hospital. They work well with, an Honorary Staff selected from the general practitioners in the place. For instance, the Hospitals of Exeter and Bristol, and the Radcliffe Hos pital at Oxford. 4. Each member of the Honorary Staff re gards himself equally responsible.for the cases under his care in Hospital as in pri vate. There is no foundation for the innuendo that social attractions, private practice, unseasonable hours, or / the unremunerative nature of hospital work deters the staff from doing its duty. ~

5. Accidents do not invariably arrive by night.

6. The House Surgeon is perfectly com petent to deal with emergencies, and he may request by telephone the immediate attendance of the Surgeon for the week, if necessary.—l have, etc.,

C. N. Cobbett, M.8., Physician, Auckland Hospital,

The Jubilee Hotel.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—His Honor Judge Ward, in his de cision yesterday re tho Jubilee Hotel case, made a sweeping accusation with regard to myself that I am sure he will very much regret When he hears the reals facts of the case stated before him. The facts are these : lam one of tho Licens ing Commissioners of Newmarket, andinthat capacity adjudicated upon license for the proposed Jubilee Hotel. As a builder and contractor I was subsequently the suc cessful tenderer for the hotel against 14 others in Mr Mahoriey's office, being £45 below the next lowest tenderer. The time that elapsed from the granting of the license until tenders were opened would, be about three weeks. The work, on foundations referred to by

Judge Ward, was dml by Messrs Suiter and^Prothcroe/previous tO the granting ot the licehseyaad was done with a ,view,, p* ascertaining the'depth the rock 13$ trora tlie surface, etc.-,'so as to give.-some data tor con tractors to tender on. Em' J^gC }\ ard to even hint that there was the slightest at tempt at collusion is unjust both to myself and Messrs Suiter and Protberoe, as n'eibhcr they nor anyone on their behalf ever held out any inducement-to me to tender for the job, or, in fact, tampered with me in any shape or form. I wish I could say as much for the parties who are working oe hind the scenes, in opposition to the Jubilee Hotel.—l am, etc., William Edgerlky, Builder.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER L 1887.

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Election Notices. -fVTOTICE OF POLLING DAY. In pursuancs of " The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881," I, JOHN ALEXANDER BEALK, Keturninar Officer for the Electoral District of » EWTON, dohcrebv give notice that by vir'uo ola Writ bearing date the 2Cth day of August, 18$7, under the hand of tho Clerk of the Writs, an ELECTION will be hold for the return of one qualified person to serve as a Member for the paid Electoral District; and that the NOMINA TION of < andidatea wi 1 take placo at Saint Geoiyo's Hall, Great North Road, at noon on the Iftlh day of September, ISS7; and that the POLL, if necessary, will he taken at the several polling-places of the said District on the 26th day of September, 1887. The following are the Polling places for the Electoral District of Newton :— Saint. George's Hall, Great North Road, Newton (principal booth) Tho Victoria Hall, Eden Terrace, New North Road. _ JOHN A. BEALK Returning Officer. Dated ithis 2fith day of August, 1887. OF POLLING DAY.' In pursuance-of " The Population of Elections Act 1881." I, Henry William Francis, Returning Officer for the Electoral D si rict of AUCKLAND CENTRAL, do hereby give notice that by virtue of a Writ, bearing date the 26th flay of August. IBS 7. under the ha"d of the Olerk of the Writs, an ELECTION -will bo held for the return of one qualified pe:rson to serve as a member for tho said Electoral District: and that the NOMINATION of Candidates will take place at Faint Sepulchre's School. Upper Sytnonds street, at noon on the 19th day of September, 1887 ; and that the POLL, if necessary, will be taken at the said polling-place of the said dis trict on tho 2Gth September, 1887. The following is the Polling-place for tho Electoral District of Auckland Central:— Saint Sepulchre's School, UppcSymonds-street. HENRY WILLIAM FRANCIS. Returning Oflicer. Dated this 26th day of August. 1887. "CI DE N ELECTORATE. MR J. AIT^EN~CONNELL Will meet his COMMITTEE AND SUPPORTERS AT THE PUBLIC HALL, AVONDALE, THIS EVENING At Half-past Seven o'Clock. TjIDEN ELECTORATE. MR J. AITKEN CONNELL Will meet his Committee and Supporters at WAITE'S HALL, MOUNT EDEN, . On FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, SEPT 2nd, At 7.30 o'Clock. "jm DEN ELECTORATE. MR MITCHELSON will meet his COMMITTEE AND SUPPORTERS at the PUBLIC HALL, MOUNT ALBERT, THIS' ' E V E N I N G At Eight o'Clock. . . '-~.-I—" Hi ■'■■■■ ED E N ELECTORATE. __ Mr MITCHELSON will address the Electorsof Eden as follows :— In tho School-house, TITIRANGI, on SATURDAY, the 3rd September, at ' 2.30 p.m. -jVTR 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 WAITEMATA I Mr READER WOOD will Address the Elec tors of Chelsea, Birkenhead, and Nortbcote at the Gladstone Hall on MONDAY, September 5. at 8 p.m. mO THE ELECTORS OF EDEN. Gentlemen,— I am a Candidate for the honour of represent? ing your district in the new Parliament, and will continue to address you at tho various centres throughout'the district. • The dates and places of meetings will be duly advertised. J. AITKEN CONNELL. mO THE ELECTORS OF EDEN. Gentlemen,— I have pleasure in offering myself as a Candidate for your electorate; and will, at an early date, do myself the honour of addressing you on political matters. EDWIN MITCHELSON. Auckland. 30th June. 1887. mO THE ELECTORS OF NEWTON. Gentlemen,— Having received a numerously-signed and representative requisition desiring me to stand as a candidate for your district, I have much pleasure In accepting the invitation. I am, Yours truly, EDWD. WITHY. E. W. can be seen by any Elector at his Committee Room, St. George's Hall, Great North Road, on Wednesdays from 7 to 7.30 p.m. mO THE ELECTORS .OB AUCKLAND NORTH. Gentlemen, I respectfully beg to offer myself for Re election to Represent your District in tho House of Representatives. Yours faithfully, T. THOMPSON, i Junel9.lßß7. ~ THE Best Gift for Home friends is Brett's Auckland Almanac, containing a Pictorial Representation of Quoon-street, De scription of tha Provincial District, New Guide to Hot La ice, &c„ „c.



Election Notices. ran- o t He c l c c t or s OF - ...... NEWTON. - Gentlemen. I beg to offer myself for Election as your Representative in Parliament. Many of you have been my constituents for a period of over eleven years past in the late Electoral District of Eden, and if e'ectcd I shall serve you as faithfully as heretofore. I will Address you at an early date. I have the honour to bo, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, J, A. TOLE. '." ' ■-~ mO THE EDEN ELECTORS. Gentlemen, In reply to false reports and statements which I find are being industriously circulated amongst the Eden Electors, I beg most dis tinctly to say :— 1. That I have no connection whatever with any land rings in Otago, and that my interest, in land in that, provincial district consists merely of some ten acre 3of highly improved suburban land upon which my late residence was built, and which I have been and am desirous to quit and dispose of. 2. That in coining to Auckland it was and is my full intention to remain hero with my family for tho rest of my life. 3. That no politicians, land owners, capitalists, or other person, or persons whatsoever in Otago, have agreed to contribute, or been asked to con tribute, a single farthing to the expenses of my election, these expenses being borne by myself alone. 4. That no person whatever in Otago was even aware of my intention to contest a seatin Parlia ment, until I issued my address to the Eden electors, previous to which no person in the Colony, excepting the Eden electors, asked, or suggested that I should stand for Parliament. 5. That the motive which alone induced me to seek election, was my personal desire to take •part in the public affairs of the Colony, with the intention of faithfully and efficiently serving tho Colony and the constituency for which I stand and in which I have resided for two years_ 6. That ff elected I go to Wellington as a North Island representative, and should the in terests of Otago or the South Island be at any time in question as against those of the North Island,l shall esteem it my duty to contend to the utmost of my ability for the interests of that part of the colony of which I should in such a case consider myself the special representative, viz., the North Island. Pormlt me, gentlemen, in conclusion, to say that I roly confldont'y upon your intelligence to judge mo fairly, and that as a result you will place mo at the head of the poll by an over whelming majority. Yours, faithfully. J. AITKEN CONNELL Business Notice?. HOME-MADE BREAD, CAKES, SCONES, HOP BEER, &c, easily made by using , y CROOK'S AMERICAN DRIED YEAST.; Cheaper and more desirable than .Baking Powder. It should be sold in every country store, used in every country home. Full direc tions on each packet. Sample packets by post, 3d, from J. T. JOHNS. Seymour-street, Pon sonby; Auckland. Wholesale Agents—l* D. NATHAN & Co. -VTORRIE AND KEMP LA V, -*-' Proprietors of THE EDENDALE MANUFACTURING Co., Manufacturers of Woollen Hosiery and Underclothing, Importers and Commission Agents, 21, ELLIOTT-STREET, AUCKLAND". J. BUTCHER.] [j. GROOM. TI7 E HAVE FOR SALBi- Rod and Bar Iron, Wire Nails - . . Fencing Barb Wire, Roofing Iron' rl Sash Weights, Buckets, Tubs Springs and Patent Axles Coarse and E^ine Salt , , . . 110 h.p. nominal Portable Engine, by Walli3 and Steevens, with duplicate wearing parts Hoisting EnKines, from 3to 5 h.p., with reversing gear. GROOM, BUT 6 HER, & Co., FORT-STREET. Telephone 211.] OSBORNE AND LEV 01, CHEAP UMBRELLA REPAIRING DEPOT, 314, Upper.Queen-street.. : All Ribs, 9d; Sticks, from is. China and Glass neatly rj. vetted. Cutlery of every description Ground. Saws Sharpened and Set. •p.0.b.284] [high-street & customs-st. w. J^ R T H U R ajjr A S V, MANUFACTURERS' AGENT AND WHOLESALE GLASS MERCHANT. ORDERS INDENTED. GOODS IMPORTED DIRECT. QUALITY GUARANTEED. Window Glass " Plate Glass WireNaila. Portland Cement China ware . Havanna Cigars, etc. FOR SALE, 1.000 CASES WINDOW GLASS (assorted size) — — —'■• -, . :'':'" " "'.;;,. BY COMMUNICATING WITH US, -,DV-,& eote c VANS will be in attendance at IKAlj\. SHIP, or wherever wanted, to rereive ' FURNITURE or other Goods, which will bl forwarded as instructed, or (if required) stored and insured: for any term. ON SALE, Taupiri, Westport, and Newcastle Coal Firewood, Charcoal, Coke Bricks, Lime, Sand Pipes, Slates, Tanks Fencing of all kinds. W. AND G. WINSTONE, CUSTOMS-STREET. C* ,»0 ,T O B AT H \JT to ROTHS PUBLIC IloT. COLD AND SHO W-Ji BATiIS, VICTORIA-STUEET ' EAs£ Charge—ONE SHILLING. Open all week days from- 6 a.m. to 9 p.m„ and SUNDAY MORNINGS lrom-S till 10 a.m. i The bath room- areall private, and supplied with every convenience, Turkish towels, flesh and hair brushes, combs, respirators, soaps, &o. Select Bat !i-rooins (private) ■ tor ladies every day; at-all hours, withfomale attendance, one Shilling and Sixi once, j jefieaaenote the Address—Victoria* street East, above the' Greyhound Hotel and next the Cheap Bedding and Furniture Mart. Auckland. N.B.—Barber in attendance; BE not deceived by, specious represeii^a. ..,. tions. Sec that you get Wolfe's Schnapps. Accept no other. •



Kuslness Notices. mPEAO O C X, ■ . -■*••■ OPTICIAN. MATHEMATICAL AND NAUTICAL Nti'i'HUM—NT MAKER, . SUOItTIiAND-STBireT.' ALWAYS IN STOCK £pectaclcsaau_yo-_n«>aes oi e/er/ kind an accurate lit guaruiiieuu j Opera Glasses Oi superior quality Teiesqopcs, Binocuiar Ij'iela liiasses, nd Micro. scopes; powerful and eft'eap Theodolites, Mining Compasses, AbpeyLevels Drainage Levels, Prismatic Compasses Drawing Instruments,. Scales, Parallel.Rulorji Ships' Logs, Sextants. Compasses, Binnacles Barometers, Thermometers, Hydrometers Electric Bells, Battories, and .Fittings Magnetic and Galvanic Medical Machines Magic Lanterns and Slides, Hand Magnifiers Stereoscopes and Slides, Graphoscopes Steam Guagcs and Tnbinßr. Salinometoi's JUST KECEIVED- Settlers' Telescopes—poweriul, portable^ and cheap, lis Settlers' Aneroid Barometers—strong and good . 2os lid Settlers'Miscroscopes, magnifying 1,750 times, •;2s(id \ Also. Steam and Electro Motor Working Models and Steamers.., ... INSTKUMESTTS OF KViSRY KIND KEPAIKED. I Opposite the post-office, I ■■■.:- r. ■ GUKS!.' GUNS! GUNS Rifles Rifles REVOLVERS REVOLVER 3 GUNPOWDER! Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wadding, WiKE Cartridges, Loading Apparatus, AMMUNITION Of Every Description, Fishing' Tackle, Cutlery, Fireworks, &<j. The best and cheapest House in Auckland Cor . . i. the above is at 3. EVITT'S, 204, ( I JUEEN-STREE'r. Eepairs and every description of Gunworkdona ttke lowest possible price's, and satisfaction guaranteed. D. EVITT, GoimAKER,' QUEEN-STREET, , AUCKLAND (Opposite the Market House) PRICE LISTS SENT TO ANY ADDRESS. c | s> BOOKBINDER, PAPER RULER, ACCOUNT BOOK MAN UFACTURES. WVNDHAiI-STKEET. MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOKS, Insurance and Mining Register Books Specially Ruled and Bound. Music, Magazines, Public Libraries, and Sunday School Books Well Bound. BAKERS' SPECIAL RULED DAY BOOKS Bibles, Prayer and Hyiiih Books Re-bonnd. "■».;• _ BAND AND CHOIR MU3IC BOOKS RULED. "P A P E R IT AN G I N GS. W. PHILLIPPS & SON HAVE RECEIVED, EX. LATE ARRIVALS 185—PACKAGES—185,, CONTAINING 55,000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS, CONSISTING 6% ( NEW PATTERNS For Drawing, Dining, Bed- Rooms, Hall and Staircase, suitable forth • Mansion or Cottager BEAUTIFUL D KSIGNS, AND BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN PAPERHANGINGS.:. 916 —PACKAGES—9I6 SCRIM S A ND HES S I A NS PLATE AND SHEET GLASS, WHITE LEAD, OILS, TURPS' VARNISHES. - "'--> i AND ALL TRADE SUNDRIES 'W. PHI L L li> S;■-.* SbN, ' 95 and.97, Queen-street, v . American GOBN BEOXDM CO. . EXMOUTH STREET. ■ •■■.,/ / - ■-. :.",;:■.. "IST" GARRiCK haviiig started a Manu • factory for making a Mineral Soap, known as■Garripk-'s Patent, it.is used focall household purposes, and it surpasses anything ever produced or brought ihtp the market; and being a local article, ho trusts that everybody wiu'givei it a trial. Sold at all Grocers' shops. , D. NORDEN, Agept,-, Woodbine Cottage, Grey street, mo TOBACCO GROWERs: SEED.. I SEEDT SEED. The undersigned has j ust received a parcel or new Tobocco Seed from America, containing the following varieties: Kentucky, Broad Leaf Cbnneeticut, Golden I^eaf,-and Dark Virginia (these descriptions having proved most suitable for the various districtsin this colony). Packets containing sufficient seed for one acre, of any of these varieties, may be obtained on application; price", .sperpacket. «- ■■■'■• AUSTIN WALSH; July 23,1887. Tobacco Factory, Auckland. mO TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS. JL PRESENTS.FOR .HOME...- .. Very beautiful Inlaid TABHp-TOPs, Cabinets, Fancy Boxes, etc., all made from, the. pick, of. N.Z, rich Native Timbers. Other Collections carefully packed and sKipped for Home. W. NORRIE, . Oabine^w>o.bkee, ■ In New Zealand Timbers only; TOP OF SHORTLAND-STREET. , ED W ;,,L, N> JO NE S . i (La,te:E..and A. Jones), 1J House, Furnishing, and General ■•/.^r \<:- IRONMONGER k ; ■ Ponsonby Road and Pompallter Terrace^ Auckland, N.Z. Agetlt, for the Phoenix Fife Office. r Advertisement Agent for Auckland Evening . .'. ...■•. . S'IVAR....- :.., . b >; ' I Post Offipe Savings Bahk,Money Order Office. Telegraph Station, J-'elephone Buaeau. T> 1 C H~SI ON I> 7h OU S E XX) P )NSONBY ROAD, . SJ AUCKLAND. w. Cochran, sesr., FAMILY BUTCHER. ri R O U N D • L I M E; ©ROUND LIM& FOR SALE! SOU THO ATE *S MAHURANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND ROCHE LIME, In any quantity, lor Concrete Paths. Floo i, j Cellars, ix,c, mext to stone fiaggingisun rivalled for durability and hard-setting qualities). For tanits and other wet •■-, ~-.'- work it is a lir-st-ciass material. a K;E A N E,, S OLE --.AG -' N t"' . i CUSTOMS-STREET. U TILLS ,Milk Bread, Milk Bread, *^* sweet and nutritious, and Farm House Hdme-madle' Bread; Milk Scones and Cakes delivcreddally.and can be had at.thie Bm'llngton Victoria Arcade, and at Eden Terrace, or atlhe Bakery, Udy's Farm, Mount Eden. AOENTB WAJiXaO ,



MONEY TO LEND liT^^ —.VLB. sump, upon tw .TTi^-lJjroß n »~ -3: repayable eitner wwfife 'rfrt £ a term of yeHraJ-A^^^thePT^tia of New /-alandjSS*K**US^ JVrONEY-TQ LEND °^ ______ N^^2SBSs-? gSM^ffi, te* 30 '«»AS&_ QUEENSLA N D^ TGAGEr^ IBAKBV-STKEKTJOUQ^^ . HEAD OFFICE. B ;L -^ ■ACKNdES MONEY advanced fronj „ nn , !, any amount required, to siilm , tfw^ta i PERSONAL; FREEHOLD< fe^N i any TANGIBLE SECrißgy^ptC ;■ way as may be arranged e 'iKS , MONTHLY, or (JUAi^agSl%{ lowest curreatrates.. lutaiW9a^ c ADVANCES madeon FUU ff lT y removal; also.-onalllciudsbfMl.^f^^ll including BOND W_ hilTst &Bsm •BILLS DISCOUNTS at curij^ Interviews arid communicafinn, „i„ strictly eoujideuiiav < 7* ao™-*HIwS«J __ Oefxce HS^&rJWfi jt Bank of England-Not'—l'if^Jii:'-' -~ J. ONJJON MORTGAG^g^ JLi DISCOUNT BAvir P 50, SHORTLANIVSTREKIvfiReR^. (Opposite A.' Cta?_ and Boas' <CT3#B And Licuo CoiiiusVt.; _oiuuuruc '' LOANS' are advanced fro^ ih'^um Personal, Freehold, ; aud_ i Lea?®lii;'S - Repayable by : .. a^mJ, Weekly, Monthly, or, Qaartefly iMtkfmWi , -— At Lowest CurrentMßs; Advances iuade' on Furniture without » mm i - and all classes of M^handtifr-^ Mnl Loans granted upon Life Policies,^ LmmK ,-„i Interests un«ei\t7ili37^^ Mj Bills Discounted at OORRKNTiut'i* Loans upon Deposit of bands. Hepaymeatioi .Easy InatilmenUv Advances on Lite Policies.1 : - M" ONEY- LENT, ON PBOMISSGItf NOTES, HOUSES, FUltNllUltßrto BILES, DISCOUNTED DAILiT" . MORTGAGES NE&O'rIArJ!). JOHN W. BARDIE, ..... Land, Commission, aiJd Estate A6_jt;' . HIGH.-STREBT, Auckdand. , INDUSTRIAL AND PROHBESI PERMANENT.B.UILDING. -U\D JINB INVESTMENT SOCIETY Off AUCKLAND, Repayments;- i.,' xi'^i^'M Total amount extending over rer ; w J s- aiepajaM 1 year .. ~ £2 0 0 £10f 0 0 2 years .. .. 1 0 10 H« H 3 years .. .. olt 7 ; U3IH 4 years .. .... 011 '8' '• 121 6 8 5 years- ■:. ■' v - 0 10 0 130 0 n 6 years .. .. 08 9 13616 9 . 7 years ■... .. 0 711 -;> Itttf f ■ B.years .. .. 0 7 1 11713 9 -~ IQyoars... :.. 06 3 18*IM„ The Board has power in cases ofklckppof Want of Employment to SnspetidPaymenti Borrowers Share in Profits. -« . Part or whole, of the: .advance may. be'je^i at arty time. Interest coatees On the Jortta repaid. .: . - -;■ •- .- " "*/S*l . '' A member who has obtained "anadwee i» & liberty to sell His property at any ™a'«ra day off his mortgage; or may, if he deaf*.-»» his property subject to'the mortgage to in "°Co>ncr"of QUEEN-STRE'iI,;&S! V6_tJlH LANE, Auckland. .■' "' __. jar „.„»! AUGKLAS© PERMANENT % ,!OPERATIYE BUILDING & «VB» MENT SOCIETY. ____. Office: 147 QoEEN-srBKSrt1. LOANS granted upon approved ;W#f ?! Freehold or leasehold Property, to £20 to £5,000, principal and ffl!g|!g_ able' tri Instalments'-at tlw'^MgJfflß Rates for repayment of each £100 borto*«r -'-'1 year -•"■' I ' 2't'f ' I 2 years „ ... ,1, OW. |j| 5 years i .. OH--7: ; .-.Ji? «t 1 years- ;. W' |J'{' 6 yearn.. .. 0 8.9,- »«!<; '■8 -years- a 01 i; {glf; 10 years.... .. . ■o.> : __-ffi#ja And In the same proportion foMIMJ* «-, -", .-■■ ■': pr-JftrKorlOa'piO'J fZa C'i| mrfoslTS -The Society xeo&fc'yWlM flSit For' 6 hibritbS; S¥r •<*«<« W« r Seeret__, a BTHUR »OCH>* 2i;;':iSHORTLAND-STREK? ;>OA $ ~ (Three door past Stab Oflieel. !-o^«S^g land I charge 2i per cenUonimission. ..^ lam prepared to « S |**^ froni£2sW£b.CCKJ. Ad^cesmaaeon^Und,EngM^ . policies. vVill^ in sums from iSO to ANY A'WJ^gAjggpfc —-aajßrtftssT"- BlniMfconrited^tCurrent^. . Thtsßant^iUwceive Defr^P . .. tog rates of Interest:- .-. BP^g months- •• •• ~ 7p«f«St emonths .- •• '. 6flffgk _j_7»_^S^jh bTatedßlcndof Choice leas Victoria-street. .;,, -^i^frxt) Tf/llNtf jrj. siwi-M|P|f •