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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 291, 8 December 1893, Page 2

Tho Government of New South Walo s have sustained a dofeat, and are now considering their position, with a view to making a statement of their intentions to Parliamont. The crisis arose out of a de-

bate in tho Legislative Assembly on tho action of the Railway Commissioners in employing private solicitors instead of the oflicial one, especially with regard to the ponding action, Proudfoob v. tho Commissioners, which might involve tho co'ony in the expenditure of a million storling, Messrs Barton and O'Connor, tho solicitors in question, thoreupon relinquished their briefs in tho Proud foot case. Mr Barton referrod to tho matter in the Lo^islativo Asaombly, and explained that he took a retainer more as a matter of Bar etiquette than from personal desire. lie considered, however, the connection between the Railway Commissioners and the Government was a shadowy one. Tho conduct cf the two Ministers was the subject of much commont in tho lobbies, while Sir H. Parkes characterised tho action as a glaring ono and said it must not be tolerated. Mr Lee, who had a motion on tho Ordor Paper on tho subject, declined to accept Mr Barton's explanation, and forced the mattor to a division, whereupon the Government were defeated. Tho Premier (Sir G. 11. Dibbs) stated that tho attack was not upon Mr Barton, but upon the Government, and he was quite prepared to abide by the result. Cabinof is now discueaing the situation, and the Premier will phortly make a statement to Parliumeub an to the intentions of the Government.

At the R. M. Court this morninc. Mr Northcroft, Resident Magistrate, made aij order for paymont by the 15th inst., of a. debt claim in the case Annie Zieglor v. F. McKenna ; amount, £3 Is.

The opium-smuggling case heard at the Thames Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr Eyre Konny, R. M., resulted in the conviction of the Chinaman, Ah Foy, who is now in gaol vtt Mount Edon. Ah li'ay was charged : (1) With the importation of certain uncustomed goods, to wit 20 halfpound tins of opium ; (2) with his dealing in opium ; and (3) with having in his possession 19 half-pound ting of opium. Antonia Sobriui deposed that he was cook and steward on board the schooner Adelaide, and la3t week ho had been fined £100 for landing opium at the Thames. On one occasion when Ah Foy broughb vegetables aboard he tsked witness to geb him sonic opium. Witness aci'* yea ;ho could get it from Sydney, bub it would bo very dear. Ah Foy, however, gave him the order for it, and witnosc* went into a Chinese store in Sydney and asked for the price of the opium, after which he purchased tlio tin now boforo the Court. Ah Foy, in givinf.the order, gave him an empty tin, which witness took across to Sydney, and ou being produced boforo the doaler at Sydney, the latter said, "Oh me gob all the game." Witnosa gob a 201b box and paid the dealer £20 for it. Did not know anything about) opium. Ho brought the tin from Sydney to the- Thames, and no duty had been paid on tha opium in Now Zealand. When tho vossol gob alongsida the goods wharf, Ah Foy camo aboard with vegetables, and speaking to witness asked if ho had brought the opium. Witness said " Yos," and bronghb the opium from the cabin. Ho gave ib to Ah Foy, and witness putting ib in a bag on the ship, All Foy took ib ashore. Ho told him the price and tho next) day Ah Foy paid him £20 for the opium, and £5 for his troublo in bringing ib over. Ho would nob have brought) the opium over had ho nob boon asked. The defendant in his ovidence said that there were about 13 Chinamen on tho Thames. Hehad brought opium personally from Auckland—one or two small tins aba timo, and once or twice a year. Ho had never bought opium before oil a vessel. A line of £100 was inflicted, and in default of paymont>, tho defendant was committed bo prison.

An impudent theft \va3 committed yeatordny, by a man named Denis Sullivan. ,He wont\ to the shop of LJward Partridge, asked for a cigar, as he was hard up. This was refused, whereupon he'poized one dozen of cigars and two packages of cigarettes, worth four shillings, and left \tlie shop. Of course, Denis soon found himself in the hands oi the police. When ho \ appeared ai the J-'olirse Court this* morning, before Messrs J. Callnan and J. Gordoui, tho prisoner pleaded guilty. Sergeant gamble said tho man had boon about ono day. oafc of gaol. The Bench said tho man wus'cvidonfcly an incorrigible character, and sentenced him to three months' imprisonment With hard labour. Sullivan seemed souiowliat astonished at the seutenco, anil said, "Couldn't you lower it Your Worship to a month. Three months is a long 1 while. ' His eloquence wae, however, withoult effect. Quito a now departure has been t.4ken by tho Wesleyan Church of New Zealand. Under tho ablo compilation of tliffl Revs. vV. Morloy ai»d H. Bull, a. handsomely illustrated sheet almanac, size 30 x 'M, has just been isfiuod. It contains 14 fine photo engravings of some of tho modort^ and historic lay and cleric celebrities ((if the Church; together with views ot leaning churches and institutions. The sheet is beautifully printed, in two colours, on pupor-calendered paper, and is meant, as it will be, as an adornment to the Methodist viomes of the colony. Orders are already in for over 8,300 copies, which at onca testifies that the project is a great) success.

Capb. Edwin telegraphed from Wellington at 12.40 p.m. : " Indications glass [ ialling, with easterly winds." It is notified that e.immon jurors summoned to attend the Supreme Court on Monday, December 11th, will nob be required, and they are discharged. When discussing a quesfciou of costs at the Police Court this morning, Mr Theo. Cooper said thab solicitors had reason to complain of the reduction in fees. Ab one time they received fees that were honouring to tho profession rabher than dishonouring. Registrars of Electors aro now busily engaged Btriking off the rolls the names of a! 1 thoso who did not vote at tho recent general election. Mr G. RoberUhaw has already finished the Parnell roll, 892 nameß having been struck off, 3,302 poisons having voted out of the 4,194 on the roll. Tho Election Committee which worked on behalf of Mr Thoe. Tudehope ab the recent election, met yesterday evening in tho Foresters' Hall. After a vote of thanks had been given to oil who had helped to advance the late candi'iate'b interest, Mr Tudehope exDressed hi* of the way in which his supporters ba'j laboured for him, and his gratitude for ti t.ir help and goodwill. There being no further work for the Committee to do, it was dissolved, after which it was intimated that it was the intention to form a permanent labour political organisation for tho purpose of securing the return of one or more labour candidates next general election. A meeting to discuss the formation of this organisation will be hold next week. As a similar labour organisation exists in Dunedin, it was re--Bolvod to send for a copy of their rules. More than ordinary interest is being taken by local wheelman and athletes in the bicyclo sports which eventuate ab Napier tomorrow atternoon, as Mr E. Keynolds, tho Auckland champion cycli3t, ia among the competitors. It is generally expected thab Reynolds will endea%rour to beat the existing Now Zealand records, from one to ten miles, at tho meeting. On Saturday evening lasb or early on Sunday morning tho To Aroha Railway Station was forcibly entered by some person on plunder bent. Mr Bell, the stationmaster, had left everything safe and sound when leaving the office on Saturday evening, and having occ<..<ion to visit tho station during Sunday afternoon, he found tho placo in confusion. Fortunately, the cash was secure in tho safe and nothing was stolen. Traces of this intruder were also found in other places. It is notified in tho Government "Gazotto" that Saturday 23rd, Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th of December, 1893, and Saturday 30th December, and Monday and Tuesday, Ist and 2nd January, 1894, will be obeorved as holidays in the Government otiicos throughout the colony. At tho quarterly meeting of the Licensing Committee for Karangahape to-day, Messrs H. F. Garrett (chairman), Williams and Patterson being present, the Now Zealand wine liconpe for the district was transferred from J. 11. Pariah to J. Wondell. Mr Stoney was present as clork, and Sergeant Bernard represented the police. The Resident Magistrate's Courb was oocupicd to day with tho hearing of the Little Barrier Island nrson case. Mr H. Northcroft was on the Bench, and Mr George Brown acted as interpreter. The charge p.(?ainsb the two Maoris, named Kiri Tene-t-ihi and Mari Pakitai, who reside at tho Little Barrier island (Hauturu), of having wilfully eet fire to and destroyed a lohare on that island, belonging to Mita Wepiha, was furthor proceeded with, Mr Hugh Campbell appearing for the defendants, and Mr Earle for the prosecutor, Wepiha. The "witness box to-day was occupied for several hours by a native named Ngawati, who gave evidence lor the prosocution relative to the burning of tho house. It is alleged for the defence that tho burning of tho whare was done in accordance with Maori custom, as tholiouso was lapu, owing to the fact that Ncrapt'ra Wepiha's Btep father had died in it recently, and accord- i irurly it was burned in order to destroy the j (aim on tho place. The case was proceeding | as wo went to press this afternoon. I

!It is to be trusted that the Auckland 11 Harbour Board authorities will be led to ' | .-<oo the urgent necessity which exists for \ i dredging the Auckland harbour, now that • j tho Board's steam dredy:o No. 121 has re--1 I turned to this port from Melbourne. The I dredge has been absent, from Auckland for I j about three years, during which time she I could probably have been as profitably om- | played here in keeping tho berths at and ■ approaches to the wharves properly dredged, I 1 instead of oarninc a pittance from the Vic--1 ; torian authorities by dredging work ab ! ! .Melbourne. Now that she has returned, 1j wo boliove that ib is the intention of the 1' Board, or at any rate of a section of tho j Board, to send her away again, this time 'to Lyttelton, the Harbour Board of which port has opened negotiations with the 1 local authorities for her charter for a considerable period for dredging work ab the ' Canterbury port. This arrangomont would bo all very well if it were not for the undeniable fact theb a great deal of dredging I work is absolutely necessary at the present '! time at and about some of tho Auckland | wharved, and especially in view of the proposed new scheme of berthage^ for large vessels. There is, we believe, ] sufficient work to keep the dredge | for many months bo come in clearing I 1 and deepening tho approaches to tho ! wharvos and the bertha for deep-water '! vessels at the principal tees. It is well 1! known that the approaches to some of the i toes aro mere narnfitv ditches, and that if a 11 vessel gets outof these channels whilecoming 'in to or moving out from her berth—more | especially ab the Quay-streeb Jetty—she is 1: almost certain to " stick in the mud." The i approach to the Hobson street Wharf and 1: the Auckland Graving Dock also needs j dredging badly. In any case, tho inevilableaccnminulation of eilb generally at tho apprcachos to the wharves renders ' periodical dredging, so as' to maintain a i uniform depth of wator, imperative in tho ■ I interests of tho port. ft is advisable that I the Harbour Board should sefc the hopper i dredge to work hero as soon as possible, for ! tho small Friestmau dredge is hardly fitted i for extensive silb-lifting operations. If the j Board should decide to continue the system of hiring the big dredge out, then ib _is j about timo that they sold the "white elephant " altogether, for ib is very questionable economy to keep a dredge which i cost sorno £20,000, the interest on which | has to be paid regularly, without giving her i work to do at home. Tho £1,200 per j annum which the Board received from Vicj toria for the hire of the dredge was quite j inadequate in view of the expenses. \ The Treasurer of the Women's Homo, \ Parnall, begs to acknowledge the following ! "übpcriplions received in November :—Mrs Snelling £1 ;Mr J. L. Wilson (Hobson's | Bay), £1 Is :Mr Gay. 10s ; Mrs Thornton (Cambridge!, £2: Mr E. V- Cox, £1 Is. Also useful gifts from Mrs Lllison, Mrs Dawes, Mrs F. Walker, Miss Lodge, Mrs I Judd and Miss Sparling. !Mr J. M. Cook, of tha celebrated firm of Thomas Cook and Son, is aft present in Auckland on business in connecbion with Cook and Sons' Tourist Agency. Mr Cook is at present o:i bis first visit to Australafcia. His visit to the colonies is in order to perfect the arrangements for colonial traffic. Mr Cook is accompanied by Mr Harrison, General Manager for Australia. _ They leave by train tomorrow morning for Rotorua, and thence to the South overhand. steamer Vivid loaves tho Queenstreet Wharf at 1.30 p.m. to-morrow on a fishinuj excursion. TheVonsonby Bowling Club will open thoseaebn ab 3 p.m. to-morrow. Wests Band havb volunteered their cervices. i

The Hon. J. G. Ward, accompanied by Mr Crowe, his private secretary, left for Welling ton by the Talune at 2 o'clock this afternoon, having concluded the departmental business which brought him to Auckland, Mr Ward expects to be in Auckland again aboub the middle or end of January nexb. An inquest was held on Deceuibar sth at Kihikihi, Waikabo, before Mi Thomas Gresham, District Coroner, and a jury of six, on the body of George WeQuay, who was found dead in a drain near Kihikihi on Monday. Medical evidence w as given to the effect thab death was due to rupture of the stomach, probably caused by deceased's horse falling on him, A verdict was returned to this effect. Mrs John Baillie desires to acknowledge with thanks the sum of £12 from Mr J. S' Laurie, being the proceeds of a concert and dance at New Lynn on November 10th. A very successful sale of work was held in the Parnell Wesleyan Church Schoolroom yesterday for the purpose of raising funds to pay off the loan. It was opened at 3 o'clock by Rev. S. J. Serpell. There was a choice display of goods at a number of stalls. During the evening a large number of persons were present, and business was brisk. The congregation stalls were presided over by Mesdames Singer, Buchanan, Mclndoe and Miss Singer, and tho Sunday-school stalls by Misses Keetley and Worsley ; Christmas tree, Misses Ada Schofield and Russell ; flower stall. Misses Mclndoe, Annie Schofield and F. Smith. A very choice and well-supplied refreshment stall was presided over by Mrs and Miss Schofield, and attracted much attention. Choice selections of music were given on the fairy bells by Mr Bentpn, who also gave a song in good style. A string band from Devonport, under tho leadership of Mr E. J. Schofield, played appropriate selections. The sale will be continued this evening, when a good programme of music and other attractions will bo given. Tho Wesleyan District Meetings held in various centres of this colony are by no means unanimous on the subject of Methodist Union. At Nelson it was decided to make no recommendation to the Conference on account of tho want of unanimity, bub the Wellington meeting believes the time to be opportune for the consummation of such a desirable object, and strongly recommends the holding of a Methodist convention for thab purpose. Public meetings have been held in Wellington and Napier to raise funds in aid of sufferers by the Hawke's Bay floods. Ab Wellington over £100 were subscribed in the room, tho Mayor, MrH. D. Bell, heading the list with £20. At Napier aboub £900 hnve been collected. It is said at least £2,000 will be needed to ueato immediate requirements. The youth Clare, who was supposed to have been drowned in the Ngaruroro, has turned up safe.

The service of song " Only a Gipsy " waa given lant night in St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, Surrey Hills, in aid of the annual festival fund. The Rev. R. Sommerville, the pastor of the church, presided, and read the narrative. A number of vocalists and instrumentalists provided the musical portion of the service of song with credit. Mr John Bell was conductor, and Mr D. Sommerville presided at the harmonium, the othor instrumentalists being Mr Prescotfc (violin), Mr Watt (flute) and Miss MePherson (violin). The duefa " Father Lead mo Day by Day" was well sung by Misses Bertha Sommerville and Daisy Farrell and Miss Jessie Kirk wood wrs heard to advantage in the solo "To Beds of Anguish." Misses Sommerville and Taylor and Messrs Taylor and Bell gave in a feeling manner the quartette " One There is Above All Othera," Misßes Silvia Arnold and Mabel Pitkethley and Master Horace Sommerville sang " God Make my Life a Little Light." The entertainment was a thorough success. The foreman of Cameron's Tobacco Factory, Melbourne, made a shocking discovery on entering the factory on Friday morning last. In one of the rooms which had been locked up all night, under the bond regulations, he found a workman named William Donald lying upon the floor in a pool of blood. The body had been horribly disfigured by rats. Medical aid was at once obtained, but McDonald was found to have been dead several hours. Death was probably due to the rupture of a blood vessel in the lungs. It appears that the unfortunate man was inadvertently locked in the room. When he found himself a prisoner he probably called loudly to attract attention, and getting no response, became excited, and made violent attempts to force attention, which led to the rupture of a blood vessel ] and consequent death. M'Donald was a cigarette maker, 47 years of age, and waa a single man. Selling rerated water in & bottle marked with another man's name may nob seem a very serious offence, but all the same it is a breach of the Patterns, Designs and Trade Marks Act, 1889, and the penalties are severe. A man named James Wilkie was charged at the Police Courfa thia morning before Messrs J. Callnan and John Gordon, Justices, with having been unlawfully in possession of aerated water with a false trade description, namely, in bottles bearing the name John Grey and Sons. Mr Wilkie pleaded guilty. Mr Theo. Cooper appeared on behalf of the complainant and said that he would only ask for a nominal penalty as the case was really a tesb one, Mr Groy being determined to put an end to the practice of persons selling aorated water under his name. Mr Wilkie was not the one who had caused tbe most inconvenience in fact he appeared to have used the bottles carelessly rather than with intent to defraud. Mr Cooper pointed out also that the penalty for a second offence was £50 or six months imprisonment. The penalty for a first offence was as high as £20. The bench inflicted the nominal penalty of 20a and costs. News from South Australia states that on the 15th October, 1893, the body of a man, name unknown, was found in the Murray River, about three miles from Morgan. The head was gashed and throat cut. The body had apparently been in the water ten days or more, and, as the river was flowing strongly, probably drifted a long distance. Description : Foriy years of age (perhaps less), about sft 6in high, medium build, good teeth (one deficient in lower jaw), hair, most of which had disappeared, apparently a light brown ; the sleeve of a whito shirt was tied round the neck. The body was clothed in a brown merino singlet, a navy blue cotton shirt with darrow red and white stripes, a brown merino cotton sock, a black diagonal cloth sac coat with cloth covered buttons ; bound pocketa ; both sido eeams of tho coat had been ripped and resown, evidently by a man's hand ; a common groy blanket was tied like a shawl around the shoulders. The body was minus hat, trousers, boots, vest and one sock. In tho coat pocket was found a skein of black thread, doubled and knotted as though intended for a fishing-line. Nothing was found on the body that would lead to identification. The clothes are in possession of the Morgan police, and may be inspected. An inquest was held, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." The Adelaide police authorities would be glad to hear from any person who might be ablo to supply a clue to deceased's identity. The Auckland police have been advised as above. A special meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board is to be held to-morrow morning, with reference to the future employment of dredger No. 121, which has just returned here from Melbourne. I

News from Capetown states that H.M.s. Sparrow returned to Capetown recently after a cruise on the east coast. She destroyed two native villages, and during an engagement with the natives, Sub-lieuteuant Jervis, of the Sparrow, and Sub-lieutenant Fitzmaurice, were wounded slightly. They have since fully recovered. A stoker belonging to the Sparrow was killed, and the other casualties among the white men were 16 wounded.

Ib is announced that two of the oldest shipmasters in the service of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand—Captain Alex. Kennedy and Captain E. Wheeler — retired from the service. Both these veteran commanders are well known throughout New Zealand ports. Captain Kennedy is probably the oldest mastermariner in continuous service on the New Zealand coast and in the intercolonial trade, as he was master of the s.s. VVongawonga in 1857. Captain E. Wheeler ranks next to Captain Kennedy in point of length of service in the intercolonial steam trade. Captain Wheeler for many years traded between Sydney and Auckland in the old days. Ho first arrived in New Zealand from London in September, 1858. as chief officer of the e.s. Lord Ashley, and for nearly four years was chiefly engaged in running between Auckland and Sydney, and subsequently in the interprovincial trade. In 1866 he brought the . first s.s. Kaikoura, a fine 1,500-ton brig-rigged steamer, belonging to the old Panama, New Zealand and Australian Mail Company, out to New Zealand and Sydney from London, on her' maiden voyage. The old Kaikoura, which was a splendid vessel for those days, was a sister steamer to the Ruahine and Rakaia, belonging to the same company. Afterwards Captain Wheeler was in command of the 5.6. Prince Alfred, which vessel maintained regular communication between New South Wales and New Zealand for upwards of two years, after which he became maßter of the s.a. Phcebe for some four years, at one time sailing under the "Circular Saw " flag, till, finally, the Hon. John Martin became sole owner. On the formation of the Union Steamship Company, he joined that service, and was despatched to the Clyde in April, 1876, to bring out the s.s. Hawea, which he accomplished in one of the shortest trips on record up to that time. There are few, if any, men who have been more popular on the coast of New Zealand than Captain Wheeler. His career of 36 years has been an exceedingly fortunate one for his several owners, as ho has never met with any mishap and the vessels under his charge have cost less for damages than any others. For over 12 years he was iD charge of the s.s. Wakatipu, but was given the charge of the p. 8. Manapouri when Captain Logan left the Union Company some two years ago, and has subsequently had other steamers of the " red funnel " fleet.

Regulations have been made by Sir John B. Thurston, the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, prohibiting British vessels carrying more than one rifle and one pistol for every member of the crew, and , for every bona-fide passenger (other than a native) within the waters of the Western Pacific Islands. These islands are as follows : — The Union Islands, the Phoenix Islands, the Bllice Islands, the Gilbert Islands, the Solomon Islands (not included in the German protectorate), and the Santa Cruz Islands. Professor Carrollo's annual picnic and sports take place to-morrow ab Motutapu. An excellent programme of sports has been prepared. The firsb boat will leave ab 9.30 a.m. and the second ab 1.15 p.m., each boat calling ab the Victoria Wharf, North Shore.

A couple of days ago we published an account of the wreck of the British barque Spirit of the i)awn on the Antipodes Islands, to the south-east of New Zealand, and the rescue of the survivors of her crew by the Government steamer Hinemoa. The story of this wreck is one of those incidents of the sea which will probably continue as long as there are ships sailing the stormy seas and desolate islands in their track. As an instance ot previous sensational nautical disasterson the inhospitableoublying islands to the south and south-east of the New Zealand coast, it may be of interest to recall some disastrous wrecks of past years on New Zealand's " lone lands." On the Auckland Islands, which are close to the rock-bound Antipodes, many terrible shipwrecks have occurred. The British ship Invercauld, 1,100 tons, bound from Melbourne to London, in February, 1864, struck on tho rocks at the Auckland Islands, and went down. Nineteen men were saved and six were drowned. Three men died at Porb Ross, on the main Auckland Island, at shorb intervals, while eleven of the other 3, who started out to explore the island, were never heard of again. Theirs must have been a terribb death from cold and starvation. Only three were rescued, after an exile of twelve months, and were taken on to Valparaiso by a chance ship. Some years afterwards the* Melbourne eealing schooner Grafton was wrecked at Carnley Harbour, Auckland Islands, and the crew remained on the island for over 18 months waiting for rescue. Three of them managed to voyage to Invercargill, hundreds of miles away, in the ship's boat, and brought rescue for their suffering shipmates. In tho year 1866 the British ship General Grant, 1,200 tons, bound from Melbourne to London, with a crew of twenty men, a full complement of passengers, and £30,000 in gold bullion, struck one pitch dark nighb on the terrible rocky cliffs of the Auckland Islands, and went down with all excepb fifteen eouls, one of the saved being a woman. After six months' detention four of the men left in the pinnace for New Zealand, bub were never heard of again. One man died on the island, and the remainder, bwslvo months later, were rescued by a eealer and taken to the Bluff. Five years ago another large vessel, a barque of 130 tons, bound from Geelong to .London, was lost) on Enderby Island, the northernmost of the Auckland Islands, and tho survivors of the crew remained for three months in full view of the provision dep6t at Erebus Point starving, but unable to roach it for want of a boab. They were subsequently rescued by bhe usual eealer and brought to New Zealand.

The cargo eteamer Naronic, that left Liverpool for New York on her maiden voyage, is thus referred to: —"September Ist,- IS93.—A bottle has been found off Natal, Brazil port, in which was the following declaration : 'The Naronic foundered rapidly in the North Atlantic after being in collision with an iceberg.' " The Naronic •oft Liverpool bound for New York with a large and valuable cargo of assorted merchandise on the 11th February of this year. Including Captain Roberts, the company of the Naronic numbered 55 men. She had in addition 12 or 15 returning cattle caretakers, but no other passengers. From that day to this not a word has been heard of the ill-starred vessel and her crew. Professor Rentoul, who was a deputy from the Victorian Assembly to the receut Pan-Presbyterian Council in Toronto, states that he found when he got there that the Secretary of the Council did not know where Victoria was. Professor Rentoul was described on the roll as from Melbourne, Victoria, New South Wales, and in ordor that there should be no jealousy his fe)io*v delegate was described as from Ararat, Victoria, South Australia. Professor Rentoul tried hard to instruct the Secretary in geography, and the resulb of his exertions was that in the volume of reports of the Council, the papers read by himself and others were attributed to N.W. Australia. " Reliable Teas " are sold everywhere at 2s per pound. Indian, Ceylon, or Blended. An extra quality ab 2s 6d per pound, Ask for it. v 7