■^TEW BOOKS. Life and Letters of Rev F. W. Robertson, new edition, IG3 Life of John Sterling, by TIIO3. Carlyle, 2s Gd The Sun Ruler of the Planetary System, by Procter, 17b 6d M'Caw on Cheese-makir.g, 2s Hunted Down, by Charles Dickens, 9d Mystery of Mr E. Drood, by Orpheus C. Kcrr, Is6d Tho Leading Christian Evidences, hy Oh Wardlaw, 7s Aveling on Carpentry and Joinery, 3s 6d Nisbet's Land Surveying, new edition, 163 Reign of Law, by the Duke of Argyll, new edition, 3s Homo Truths, Sermons and Trncts, by Rev J. C. Ryle, Ist, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th sories 5s pe.v vol . , Penny Miscellany, Division 24, 29 Hachette's First French Reader, 2s Hachette's French and English Dialogues, 2s Every Week, vol 3, 2s Bishop Williams' Maori Dictionary, new edition, 10s Gd Miscellanies, by J. H. Nowman, 7s 6d Shortvede's Latitude and Declination Tables, 10s Earlier Years of Our Lord's Life, by Dr Hannay WILLIAM LYON. NELSON CITY LOAN FOR GAS AND WATERWORKS. mENDERS will bo received at this office X until MONDAY, the 15th day of January, 1872, for DEBENTURES to the amount of FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, to bo issued nnder the authority of the Nelson City Loan Act, 1871. Each Debenture will be for the sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, bearing SIX PER CENT INTEREST, and will bo issued in the form, ard subject in all respects to tho conditions as to security and payment of interest, provided in tho above-mentioned Act. Tho Debentures will bo made payablo in thirty years from the date of issue, with interest at tho abovo-mentioned rato, payablo half-yeai'ly at this office. Tenders may be made for one or more Debentures, and must be forwarded under cover, addresoed to the Provincial Treasurer, Nelson, and marked " Tender for Debentures." Tho highest or any lender not necessarily accepted. JOSEPH SHEPHARD, Provincial Treasurer, Treasury, Nelson, November 29, 1871. City Council Chambers, Wellington, Dee. 1, 1871. npHE Lease of tho Queen's Wharf and X Bondod Store for ft term of three years, ' commencing from Ist February, 1872, will be submitted to auction on Wednesday, tho 3rd January, 1872. Conditions can bo seen at this oflico on and after the 11th inst. JOHN RIG &, Town Clerk. ERNEST 8 . THYNNE, Land Agent & Surveyor, Auctioneer, Foxton, Manawatu. Mr Thynno has a thorough knowledge of tho Manuwatu, and is prepared to select toteva or agricultural land. E DONALD, Eden Valo Nursery and • Pleasure Garden, Karori. Accommodation toy Wedding Parties or Single Lodgers,