%&vtttistmtnts. Public Companies. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Fire Risks taken at lowest pur- - ~\tes. John '.> Cookh;un-house ClmuiU ;-. ''. 714 |'HE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE L SOCIETY GRANTS POLICIES OF LIFE ASSURANCE, And Guarantees the Fidelity of Officials in the service of Government, Banks, &c., 4c., at moderate rates. Agents for Canterbury : 7-3 Barman <fc Stevens. Properties. IMPORTANT TO PAINTERS, Ac. FOR SALE, THE WHOLE STOCK-IN-TRADE, FITTINGS, &c, of a painter, glazier, plumber, and house decorator's business in the most flourishing town in New Zealand. The business has been carried on very successfully for some years, and a capital trade is now doing. To a party or parties thoroughly capable of conducting the business, very easy terms and every facility will be given. Satisfactory reasons will be given for retiring from the business. Apply by letter to Pinxt, office of this paper, Christchurch. 5-10 TO LET, THAT WELL-KNOWN HOTEL, THE CRITERION, situate in Gloucester street, and formerly kept by the late Mr Darby. To be let on very moderate terms. Apply to Mr. Wynn Williams, 4-16 Solicitor, Christchurch. Goods. ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED:— 200,000 feet New Zealand boards and scantling 50,000 feet T and G flooring and lining, and American shelving 50,000 feet V.D.1.. timber, 8 x 3, 6 x 3, 6 x 2, 4 x 2, 3 x 2, and 3xl 150,000 shingles 30,000 V.D.L. palings, 5 and 6 feet Doors, double-moulded and R.P., all sizes Sashes and casements, mouldings Iron-bark spokes and felloes 10 tons Morewood's iron, galvanized, corrugated and tinned —26 gauge, 6, 7, and 8 feet sheets Galvanized iron ridging and guttering Galvanized sorew nails and slate nails Casks Portland cement Fire bricks, stone piles 25,000 countess slates, best quality Hurdles, posts and rails &c, &c, &c. W. Montgomery & Co., Cashel street. March 20, 1867. 3-21 FOR SALE. TXHE UNDERSIGNED has for sale 900 l Yards of first-class Gravel at his pit in Mr Allenton's section, close adjoining the Ellesmere and Lincoln roads. For particulars apply to John Dkabdbn, Springston Post-office. N.B. —The gravel pit is in first-class working order. 5-2 CLOVER SEEDS, &a, (just received per ship Canute) — White Dutch clover Perennial red clover or cowgrass Alsike clover Broad-leaved trefoil or yellow clover Also, Colonial-grown — Prairie grass, cocksfoot, ryegrass Timothy, meadow fescue, sheep's fescue Meadow foxtail, Italian ryegrass Rape, Yarrow, ribgrass, and Unseed. W. Wilson, 4-29 Nurseryman and Seedsman. rTEDGE PLANTS, FOREST TREES, "*—--- AND EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 1,000,000 hawthorn quicks, of one, two, and three years' growth. Also, Oak, ash, elm, lime, chestnut, sycamore, maple, laburnum, and pinaster fir. Also, Laurels, laurustinas, plain and variegated hollies, rhododendron, arborvit®, cypress, &c, &c. W. Wilson, 4-29 Nurseryman and Seedsman. FOR SALE DURING THE PRESENT SEASON, YOUNG AND HEALTHY FRUIT TREES, of the choicest variety in cultivation. A select variety of evergreens, trees, and shrubs Early sorts of peas, and other select garden seeds Orders will be carefully and punctually attended to by applying to William Swaxb, Botanical and Horticultural Gardens, 5-2 Avonside. A RRIVED per Matoaka and Himalaya— Mug wire, M.rton's aM Mi eMj Noa. O, 1 and. 2 Morton's a-anealed dx-a.-w -wire, 23"0e. Mill noil n mini brackets, straining screws Bar iion standards, of all sizes Patent galvanized oval standards Sheep netting, aviary and poultry netting, &C. Entrance gates, field gates, and garden gates Morton's beet galvanized corrugated sheets, gauges 22, 24, 26 and 28 ; sizes, 5 feet, 6 feet, 7 feet and 8 feet Morton's galvanized tiles, 3x2, galvanized cave- guttering, ridge capping, &c., galvanized nails, screws, nuts and bolts, &c., of all sizes. Fencing and roof-fixing tools Patent hematite paint Hair, felt, &c., &c. Bbaithwaitb & Morton, 12-29 Hereford street, Christehurcn. ON SALE, at B. Hale's Sail, Tent, and Tarpaulin Shop, Cashel street, three doors from the '* Press " office: — Rick-cloths Europe rope Threshing do Manila do Tarpaulins Tackle blocks Horse-clotha Tilt hoops Navy canvas Bunting Canvas tents Flags Calico do Pitch Canvas hose Tar Twine Spunyarn Palms Oakum Needles Oornsacki 19*1