Business Cards. As a beverage, when properly prepared, L is one of the most wholesome articles of , diet. In its power of calming nervous. excitement, of giving rest to the weary and enabling l-iie system to bear any sudden or unaccustomed strain, it far , supasses Tea, and those engaged in. mental occupations will find it a more agreeable and reliable resource than either wino or spirits. BROWN, BARRETT & CO.'S EX [ CELSIOR and STANDARD BRANDS, ' after many years of trial and approval by the public, are pronounced the per fection of Coffees. ' Ask for BROWN, BARRETT & CO.'S EXCELSIOR STANDARD BRAND COFFEE. I Wholesale ouly at our Milla and Agents. Retail at Grocery Establishments in Town aud Country. We guarantee our Ground Poppera genuine, and CAUTION the public , against pepper sold in the market very IjAKGEI.Y ADULTERATED. [ BROWN, BARRETT & CO, \ ELLIOTT-STREET, AUCKLAND. IF. ARQHA KOT SPRINGS. A S a SUMMER RETREAT r\ not one aniniu the .SANATORIA..I N.-w Zealand is sn rap;dly becoming famous as TE ' AKOHA. The celebrity ofits HOT SPRINGS is extending throughout the length and breadth. oI ''WONDERFUL CURES. cflect-d by the Waters in cases of RHEU MATISM, GOUT, LUMMAGO, I.IVKK, ANU KIDNEY COMPLAINTS, INUItiES t TION 1. and Kindred Ailments, are gratefully testified to in the Visitors' Book by Hundreds of Persons who by tlieir use have been lestori'd to Health and all its enjoyments. The place is par excellence the Sanatorium of the People. The CLIMATE m its HISALTH-UIVING ' PROPERTIES is unsurpassed; Ihc COST <SF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATE ; and the locality is easy ot access by kivkr, rah., ort. m,,\]>, from Auckland and the Thames. In ad dition to these advantages there arc for the Kobust abundant means ol enjoyment in Boating, Riding, and Driving, :" while for those in delicate health the neatly laid out Domain forms a most pleasant resort. The followiii"- analysis of the Wat-rs by Mr ). A. i'oNii, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from his report thereon to the Domain Hoard, will be read with interest. The Samples were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the. temperatures of which ranged from lOSdegs. to 319_deIr.s.1 r.s. Fahr :— I I t>4. -j (M.C I .5 5f Analysis. 