table appended:— Bushels 1900-1. Bushels 1899-00. Wheat 6,527,154 8,581,898 Oats 19,085,837 16,325,832 Barley 1,027,651 1,585,145 Rve Maize 31,169 52,214 502,697 669,696 Peas 214,211 241,090 Beans 99,964 115,488 Kye-grals 475,418 993,181 Cocksfoot 5,401,7631b 9,026,9061b Potatoes 169,042 tons 222,124 tons



Williams & Settle, LIMITED HEAD OFFICE: NAPIER PASfORALISTS’ AND FARMERS’ AGENTS, AND GENERAL MERCHANTS. iDVANCES made on STOCK, ensuing Clips of WOOL, etc., at LOWEST CURRENT RATES. FOR SALE. foelpacki, Seaming Twine and Needles, Sheep Sheers, Turkey Stones, Washita Stones. COOPER’S SHEEP- DIPPING POWDER. In cases to make 1000 gallons, or to make 100 gallons. IIiTION AND FARM REQUISITES Of every description at lowest current MM. Agents for lhjgEY Harris Co's Agricultural Implements. Williams & Kettle, Ltd. HOLD AUCTION SALES OF TOOL, SHEEPSKINS, HIDES, AND TALLOW, At NAPIER, every third week. Coaiignments should be made to Williams and Kettle, Ltd., Spit Rail tj Btation.” LIVE STOCK SALES. lilitms and Kettle hold auction sales d Live Stock monthly at Waipawa end Waipukurau. larly entries will ensure publicity. Henry Williams and Sons, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Ironmongers, MS AND METAL MERCHANTS Natick and Hastings Direct Importers of Mtish, Continental, and American Hardware toilers’ and Contractors’ Materials ’oachbuilders’ Furnishings of every description itorekeepers’, Station, and Dairy supplies Sheet Lead, Sheet Zinc, Tin and Copper Manufacturers of toonial Ovens, Lead-headed Nails 'Pouting, Ridging, and Down Piping torugated and Plain Water Tanks Ware of every description ALL QOODB AT LOWEST MARKET RATES. H. WILLIAMS AND SONS, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. _ 76 WAIPAWA LIVERY STABLES, (Late T. Brineon’s.) i COACH meet. EVERY TRAIN. * Letter* or telegrams promptly Med to. GOOD STABLING. Weggonetteß, Sulkiee and Buggiee **J* on hire. 0. ELFORD, Proprietor. 33



PLENTY OF IT. LOTS MORE PROOF LIKE THIS AND ITS ALL from New Zealand. “ The proof of the pudding is in the eat ing of it.'* If any city or town in the colony has sufficient proof on the following subject it is Waipawa. Genuine merit is finding its reward in the hearty endorsation of local citizens. • When people right here at home, friends and neighbours of our readers, give a statement like the following for publication it is proof convincing for the most B'teptieal. Read this testimony Mrs Cochrane, Richmond Park, near this town, states “ For twenty years I have had a pain in the small of my back. 