CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.
Mails will Close as Under : For Thames, this day, at d.30 p.m.; and to-morrow, at 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, per Argyle, to-morrew, at 2.30 p.m. „.. , , _, For Waiwera, Mahurangt, Matakana. Manga wai, Waipu, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Anne Milbank, on Saturday next, at 10 a.m. For Taranaki. and Southern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Taranaki, to-morroAV, at 11 a.m. ._..,,«. For money orders, registered letters, and neAVspapers, at 10 a.m. Late letters for Southern Provinces and Melbourne will be received-till 11.20 a.m. Per s.s. Wanaka, on Wednesday, 22nd inst., as follows:— ~,,._. -r, For India, China, Mediterranean Ports, ana Continent of Europe, at 5 a.m. For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, Austra lian Colonies, and United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton (for letters specially addres sed), at 5 a.m. .„.„.. For United Kingdom a"ia Brindisi, at 5.20 a. m

For neAvspapera, at 5 a.m. For money orders and registered letters, the previous eA-ening, at 4 p.m. Per s.s. City of Sydney, on Wednesday, 29th August, as under :— For SandAvich Islands, United States of America, Canada. British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at noon. For United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, at noon. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at 10.30 a.m. Late letters, bearing an -extra fes of 6d, in addition to the postage, will be received by the mail agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.
The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED "The Evening News," "The Morning News, and "The Echo."

THURSDAY. AUGUST 16, 1877.
«_r the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs icsistance. For the future in the distance, Aad the good that wee» do.
