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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 276, 21 November 1877, Page 4

It may be instructive, as well as i interesting, to o.tir lady readers, to give them a little insight jnfco, the , oosfc of an j evenings entertainment ia some of the great houseß of London. Xba entertainments referred to. took place during! the present season, and the figures re- j present the total sums paid. . A,q even-f ing party at one of the great hauaea, in ' which the hostess ia of high %q&, andj which waa attended, by some 4001 guests, cost as follows :—&Uchea de-> partmeot, £140 5s 8d ; fraifc ; — | £180 5a 8d ; wine £27 10s; mineral! water £4 10a— £32 j oil, £4; candles,! £1,3; gaaandmen, £7— £24; hira of glass and china, £6; hire of chairs, £3 2s— £9 2a; extra cooks, £22; extra! waiters, £27; police, £3 9s 6i; oar-j pentera, £9 4s— £62 3a 6J; band, £70; sundries— ale £2 IO3; washing, £3 IO3; ice £3— £9; total, £386 lla 2d.i A concert at one of the best of what; may be called the ordinary partygiving housea in London costs as follows : — The singers being Albani, Thelberg, Capoul, and five others, and the gueats being about 250 in number: — Singera and condutor, £400 • sapper! including hire of everything necessary, £156; wine, &c, £45, total £601. JAj bill at one of the great ". houses/'! with 600 gueata present, cosfe as followsj^T-Kitche.u » department, £187; 18s; wine, £62 5.3; extra waiters ,and: cooks £28 15a; candlea £14 83 oil £li 13s 8d; gas, £17 7a; flowerg, £120; band, £42 153; police, £3; hire of chairs, £9; sundries, £11— £468 Is 9J.i' -A ball at one of the base' ordinary,; houses, with 350 guesia, ooat as followa' — Supper iacliiJiog hire of everything' £225; wine, &c, £75; music aay £15;; decorations, |£300— £645. I6, r ;wjll be observed that the cost of the @atertainmeat at the great "house" is considerably leaa io proportioQ ibaa a£ the! ordiaary house for while a6 the formerj the evening party cost at the rate of 19a 6d per guest, at the* smaller house the concert cost at the rate of over 48s per guest and the ball ae die -rate' of 35s per guast. JTfeis of course, arises arises, from the fact that in the greatj house a great establishment is always kept oh ' foot, and that C tier e is but little occasions to hire estra seats .or to provide extra decorations. 1

How many are the miseries and vretched-' nesses through a neglect of ourselve^ which are . constantly being witnessed and experienced, and which could have, .been averted by the timely aid of the Medicinal Art, and if ,those who have .been benefitted by the use of Ghoix aii's GtKeat Ijsdiak Cores would recommend them to others whd are suffering the tortures and miseries of Rheumatism, Itkeumatic Gout, Liver Com-i plamts, Biliousness, Sick Headaches, Gout; &c. in the like manner to testimonials sq frequently published by the Proprietor, and one of which is now appended, an amount o£ kindness and sympathy would bo exerted: to influence the poor sufferers to use these Indian Medicines for the restoration of

Naw ZaAJiAjso Ilysctrajsce Company UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS. CAPITAL: £1,000,000. PAID-UP CAPITAL, £200,000. | RE-INSURANCE FUND, £100,000 The whole of the funds are invested in the Colony, making the above a purely Colonial Institution. The Undesigned are prepared to receive PROPOSALS for INSURANCE ou PROPERTIES in Town or Country at Tariff R 9te s, or as LOW aa any fiber OFFICE in NELSON. J Every information afforded by Mr. T J. THOMPSON, Sub-Agent, WAIMBA. Mr. 8. B JCHHOLZ, Sub-Agesi, MOTUEKA. n ft. U9BINSON, Sub-Agent, MOTQPIPI ako TAKAKA, CURTIS BROTHERS, AGENTS, NELSON