The committee of the Horace Dean testi monial have fixed upon Thursday, the 10th of -Mircti, for mating tin complimentary testi monial t. the head ot Dean's minstrels in connection with a conorrt. ihe affair will o.m. 01l In tho Choral lla'l. and will ba under tho patronage of tlio Mayor and Council, Mr ■superintendent Hughcßiind the members of the Auckland Kite brigade. Thi minstrels lave done gi oil during the three .cu rs of their com bined vocil existence, and MrDc ha*, on all occasions, poved himself an c. .Nt and onorgo'lc manager — hoi co the ...-* ot a testimonial.
American Photographic Sttniiu has re turned to tho oil stand. Grey afreet, Auckland. All the latest Improvement* In the hciiutiful Kerro Photograph will be executed In tho shortest time, at the old prices, viz : 25 Gem*. 2a 6d; 12 Doublo Gems. Is; 12 Sunbeams, 6-j 12 Cards, Ss ; Gem Album, 2a,; 12 Cabinets. 1S1; ljirg i Kramed. 12_; Largo Framed, 15s. Open Wednes<lny, February I), lgSl,—Lovcwell, Wing -CCO.-|AI)VT.|

SCINTILLAIIONS.
"Ho brief; Icr li is wtu words as with sun beams: tho more they aro condensed, tho deeper they burn."—fc'ouTHEV.
The Tauranga Regatta takes place on March 17th.
Tbe new Indian loan tor £..,..00,000 was sulßciib:d for more than tour times ovei in otic day in Louden.
A butcher in Edinburgh has opened a " Kepublican Soup Kitchen" as a con venient mode of giving expression to his political opinions. A City luminary has lately made an estimate of the gross annual income of the London charities, and puts it down at -1 millions sterling.
Mr I'lini-oU's election expenses at Liver pool in August, when he was defeated by Lord Claude John Hamilton, amounted to more than £4.000.
