Account sales will be rendered and proceeds paid over promptly within Six Days of the Sale. We act as Selling Brokers only, and make careful valuation of every lot, large or small, prior to the sale, and as every department of the business is conducted uuder our personal supervision, the best guarantee is afforded to consignors that no lot will be sold below its full market value, and that their interests generally will be thoroughly protected. Our stores offer advantages for the display of the wools, which must ensure the highest values beiug obtained. The charges on Wool offered for sale and not sold are nominal, being One Shilling per Bale Onlj', which includes receiving, ware- housing, and delivering. No storage charged ' on lots held over, aud no commission charged on lots unsold. Ail produce is held fully i covered by insurance during the time it is in store Our arrangements are such that all goods Consigued to us at Dunedin will be forwarded at once to our stores, whether advised or not, and will receive our utmost attention upon rrival. We are prepared to make liberal cash advances at the lowest possible rates on growing clips, or on Wool consigned to ns for sale either in Dunedin or to our agents in London. Wool Packs, Corn Sacks, and Station Stores supplied at the lowest rates. DONALD REID & CO., Auctioneers, Stock and Station Agents, and Wool Brokers, High Street, Dunedin. FERN LEA, (njeajr port chalmers), SELECT BOARDING SCHOOL for Young Ladies, combining all the ad- vantages of a Seaside Residence. The half year will commence on the Bth February, 1882. Prospectuses on application to Mrs HOOPER, Principal. IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS. THE Q. C- E- RESTAURANT (Quietness, Cleanliness, and Economy) Maclaggan .street, Dunedin (next door to the Bull and Mouth Hotel). THIS Establishment is noted for its scrupulous cleanliness, and everything put on the table is the best that money can procure. AU Meals, 9d. Plain Breakfast or Tea, 6d. Two people met, and one asked the other — What is the meaning of Q. C. E. 1 Ans. Queer Customers Excluded, or Queer Coun- try Entirely. HENRY MILLS, Restaurateur. GOVERNMENT LIFE INSUR- ANCE DEPARTMENT. INDUSTRIAL BRANCH. THIS IS TO NOTIFY that Mr W. J. 