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Alluding to the : beche de mer and o*ber trades of the Pacific Isles, tbe Southern Cross gives the folio wing : — It is very surprising, to contemplate the diversity, :0(. -the ". -little games " wherewithal to make money, inaugurated by men who "do business in the great waters " „pf -South Sea. Par example, there is .-that of a master "^tu-|jcier known] to\me,c-whojgoes by the name >of the '? DustrauD," happening in this manner — -Certain of. us, on one .occasion K -v*rded this man at sea, and being ...invited -into- his cabin, found everything covered with a fine impalpable powder. It was everywhere — npou. I the-._dack, , upon -the 'table cloth, in the glass tumblers, in the soup; the<iaptaid*s bair> and beard-- wore- full of it, the black steward's wool was encrusted with it, and his skin seemed to have contracted a drab color ; every! man in the. ship -was ihe same. " What could it be ?" we inquired of one another. >Not guano, -for it did not smell; not sulphur, for it was too light, and of the wrong,colQg? iAsbesl that's •what it wa«. This -man had found a great deposit.of iron' a volcanic island W^Bnl-y in eraption. _ He_had filied-his vessel, and was on his way to Europe with it, aod it proved the most valuable cargo he' had ever carried in his life, for fhe Russian. Government purchased it at a high .price, for . tbo purpose of making cement to lay between the stones of their fortifications. But as concerns heohe de mer, men may stroll about, the seas looking for islands whereon to-cut wood, or to dig asheß or guano, to * make barilla, or to pick fungus, or-to" gather shells from youih to age," as the poet says, but what say you >;to catching snails ? a singular operation , verily 1 but an immensely profit a vie /me, ludicrous as the thing may appear. Calcr'aft the celebrated English hangman, .fays the New York Herald, having become anxious, being very old, to give up his trade, a number of persons show^a desire to succeed him. Among these is aMr Anderson, a physician, and a man of independent property. He' has/for years been an intimate of Calcraff, and haa assisted him in several executions. At the triple execution in Gloucester, England, Anderson act-ed-alone for Calcraft, to whom he sent the fees,) retaining for; himself only the allowance for personal expenses. .Holloway's Pills. — This medicine has triumphed over every obstacle with .which time, prejudice, and vested interest have opposed it, and it at length stands forth victorious aa the most reliable remedy for those derangements of the system so common at the change of seasons. When the air grows cooler and the functions of the skin are retarded, an occasioral dose of Holloway's Pills will induce the liver acd kidnoys greater activity, and compensate the system for diminished cutcanous action. As alternatives, aperients, and tpnics these Pills have no equal, To every aged and delicate person, whose apetiteis defective, , indegestion infirm, and tone of health low, this method will be a precious boon, conferring both ease and strength. 1044

General NoticesNATIONAL FIRE AND MARINE " INSURANCE COMPANY oe NEW ZEALAND. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of-Wie SHAREHOLDERS oi this Company wilfbe held rat.FAßLEY's'Hall, Princes-street, Dunedin, on -the 18th -day of May, 1874, at Two o'clock in the afterncon. r Business :— To receive the ; Balf-yearly Report and Balance Sheet, and to elect - 'Auditors and Directors. N,B —Every .person holding a proxy must be a Shareholder, and the instrument appointing- him Bhall be deposited at the Registered Office of the Company not leas than twentyfour hours before the time appointed for the Meeting. By order, of the 1 Board of Directors, A. HILL JACK, General Manager. Dunedin, April 14,, 1874. 1003 •'TWA HOURS AT BAME !" SONGS OF SCOTLAND. MASONIC HALi , NELSON. COMMENCING MONDAY, 27th APRIL. MR. KENNED V, the SCOTTISH VOCALIST, will-give his Entertainments on the . . SONGS OF SCOTLAND, assisted by, the following Members of his Family. :— Miss Helen Kennedy Soprano. Miss Marjory Kennedy ... Contralto. Mr. David Kennedy Tenor. Mr. Robert "Kennedy ... „. Tenor. .Mr. Jahbs Kennedy Baritone. Pianoforte ... Misses Kennedy. Entire Change of Programme each Evening. Admission :— Front Seats, 3s. ; Body of the Hall, 2b. - Commence at Eight. Children in arms not admitted. 944 THO-*. KENNEDY, Agent. Publications. JUST PUBLISHED— PRICE, 1/LUCAS'S lelsonAlianac AND YEAR-BOOK . . , EOR -18 74. ITS CONTENTS COMPRISE — -.The Calendar — Diary — Garden Calendai —Farming Operations — Statistics — Itinerary—Law Items — Lighthouse Dues— Rates of Pilotage — Mail Routes — Port Signals — POBtallnformation-r-Sailing Directions for the Middle Island — Stamp Duties — Tariff — Telegraphic Charges — Tide Bourn and ■ Ranges— Compass Variations— Useful Tables — Principal Events— Cattle Trespass Act — ' Eclipses — Directory— Wharfage Regulations ' —-Weather Table— Business Addresses— Land Transfer Act— Trade Advertisements— aad a variety of useful information for all.