Carpets, Floor Cloths, Mattings and Door Mats will be sold at lower prioesjthan ever. NEAL AND CLOSE. Boots, Shoes and Slippers, speoial value. NEAL AND CLOSE, IMPORTERS, NAPIER. 164 GRATEFUL — COMFORTING. EPPS'S (BREAKFAST) COCOA. "' |_J V a thorough knowledge of the natural J3 laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap- plication of the fine properties of well- selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to re- sist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."— The Civil Service Gazette. Sold only in Packets labelled JAMES EPPS & CO., Homoeopathic Chemists, London. ■PBEDEEICK ALGAR, WEST CLIVE, COMMISSION AGENT, Rent and Debt Colleotor. Tradesmen's 42 Books kept,



SHIPPING. THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY [LmriED]. Branches Throughout the Colony. Head M^m^S London - 11fMil_Ms Branch:— ojwiok: dfsßcM vll P^-LIL 84, Bishops- Chrlßtohurohi^g^^^jg^^ gate- street NZ ill within. THE COMPANY'S FLEET| Consists of the-rr tiaronui ... 1054 Waikato ... 1063 Matauta ... 898 Wsimate ... 1157 ODaw??.. » 1 131 Waimea ... 871 BSrT Wsl Waipa 1057 ObS ... ... 1053 W-lroa 1057 Sreora. 879 Waitangl ... 1161 £_Si_ •'..•. 1037 Wanganul ... 1136 Rangatlkel ... 1227 tfiHESE magnificent clippers are of the I highest class at Lloyd's, purchased or Especially to meet thy rjqubementa of the trade between the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The saloon and state cabins Are superbly .fitted and arranged, and pror vided with every requisite for the comfort of the passengers, who are provided with l>edding^dan cabin fittings; The dietary scale 6 most liberal. Second-olass and steerage accommodation is all that could be desired, and the shi re commanded by experienced masters. The Company also charters ships of the highest olass as required, and vessels are despatched from London to each of the pnn- dpalporta of the colony with strict punctu- ality every month. The Company has also ships loading homeward from New Zealand. 