$o Hotel and Restaurant Keepers it is of the utmost importance, as it does away with the recipes for making Stock Soups, Mr Dellman, the well-known cook, of Sydney, at present engaged at the Legislative Council Chambers as chefde cuisine, has commended the extract as in the highest degree an article for invalids. The medical men of the district will appreciate and direct its use. We may observe that the medical officers of the Syd ney Infirmary have sanctioned its use in that Institution, and much gratification it affords us by the daily proofs of its value, both to the ?trong.and feeble. Agents' names in every district will be published. Any commands will meet with immediate attention. This Extract contains the soluble constitu eats of 30 times its weight of fresh meat. It is nutritious, convenient, economical, un altered.by time or climate. A omall saltspoonful of the Extract in a breakfast cup full of boiling water, with a little Bijlt added instantly, produces Beef-tea. Agents for Otago: ROYSE, MUDIE AND CO., Manse street, Danedin. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. METALLIC PEN MAKER TO THE QUEEN, By Royal Command. JOSEPH GILLOTT ** begs most respectfully to inform the I commercial world, scholastic institutions, and the public generally, that by a novel applica tion of his unrivalled machinery for making Steel Pens, and in accordance with the scien tific spirit of the times, he has introduced a new series of his useful productions, wiiich, for excellence of temper, quality of material, and above all, cheapness in price, he believes <svill ensure universal approbation, and defy .competition. Each pen bears the impress of his name as a of quality; and they are put up in the usual style of boxes, .containing one gross.each, with label outside, and the fac simile of his signature. At the .request of persons extensively en gaged in tuition, J.G. has introduced his WARRANTED SCHOOL and PUBLIC PENS, Which are especially adapted to their use, being of different degrees of flexibility, and with fine, medium, and broad points, suit able for the various kinds of writing taught in schools. ■ .. , - , 1 Sold retail by all Stationers, Booksellers, and other respectable Dealers in Steel Pens. —Merchants and Wholesale Dealers can be. supplied at the: Works, Graham street; 96, jfew street,1 Birmingham; .JT©, £1, John street, New York j and at. 