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Grey River Argus, Volume 21, Issue 2936, 11 January 1878, Page 4

Miscellaneous. j ripo STAFD this season at my Paddock, -*- Ahaura, the pure-bred CLYDES DAL 3 STALLION YOUNG DOUGLAS, By Sir olin Campbell out of Blossom, dam Violet, oroughbred Clydesdale imported to '.ras Young Douglas is a dark bay, with black points, five years old, and stands 16£ hands with tremendous hone and substance, good action, and fine mild temper. Fedigkef. — Sir Colin Campbell was got by the well-known hoise King Fergus, out of the celebrated mare Scotland's Pride. King Fergus was got by Lord Byron the property of Mr Proudfoot, Dumfrieshire, who gained the prize of £40 at Annan, when four years old. Lord Byron was got by Old Prince Loyal, who gained the first prize at Aber- ■ een, and also at Johnstone. King Fergus was bred by Mr Muir, Kirkcudbrightshire, out of his prize mare, which was brsd by Mr Frame, Clydeside. King Fergus, gained seven firet prizes in 1860, and he had the first prize as being the best animal of the horse kind at the great show at Hamilton. Scotland's Pride was got by the celebrated Clydesdale horse Lofty out of the well-known i Smithston stock. Lofty was the property of Mr Samuel Clark, and gained the premium at Glasgow, open to all Scotland. Scotland's Pride gained the premium of the H'ghlaud Society's Show in 1861, as a three-year-old. She also gained five . first prizes in Canterbury. Terms.— £3 10s for each mare ; paddocking, 2s 6d per week. All care taken but no responsibility. ■ THOS. H. GARTH. "STAMP ACT, 1875.' Bills op Lading and Receipts in Liet;. THEREOF. IT io hereby notified that, after the Ist of J &nuary next, the use of Impressed Stamps on Bills of Lading is compulsory. Such documents must, after that date, be written upon paper previously impressed at the Head Office, and cannot be stamped after the execution thereof. It ia requested, therefore, that Merchants, Shipping A gents, and others concerned will, without delay, forward to this office such ..orms as they may require to be impressed, accompanied y the usual requisition and receipt of the Bank of New Zealand for the amount, less the authorised discount. Information may be obtained at any Stamp Oflice. The provisions of the Act bearing on this point are as follow : — "47. Except where express provision is made to the contrary, all duties are to be denoted by impressed stamps only. "62. (1) A Bill of Lading includes alse any receipt given in lieu thereof from the master, mate, owner, ov agent of any vessel, and is not to be stamped after the execution thereof. (2) Every person who makes or executes any Bill of Lading not duly stamped shall forfeit a sum not exceeding £50." • SCHEDULE. Bill of Lading for any goods, merchandise, or effects to be carried to any place beyond the boundaries of the Colony : For every uch Bill of Lading or copy thereof, ls. CHARLES C. BO WEN. T^ O T I C E STAMP FEE ACT, 1875. Head Office, Stamp Department, 20th March, 1876. Notice is hereby given, that the provisions of "The Stamp Fee Act, 1875," will be brought into operation in the offices of the District Courts throughout the Colony, the Ist April, proximo. After that date an duties, fees, fines, and penalties hitherto payable to Clerks of District Courts in cash, must be paid by means of stamps, impressed or adhesive, as prescribed by the regulations made in pursuance of the said Act, and no cash will thereafter be received for any such fees, &c. Stocks of Law Court Stamps may be obtained from the Deputy Commissioners of Stamps, and from Depositaries in places where sittings of the District Court are held. Forms of Summons, Subpcena, &o, will be impressed at the Head Office for Solicitors ai .d others, on receipt of Requisition D and B&nk receipt for the amount less the authorised discount, together with the forms required to be stamped. R. C. HAMMERTON, Secretary for Stamps. QESINGER'S RHEUMATIC BALSAM The greatest discovery ever yet made for the relief of human sufferers from MUSCULAR or NERVOUS AFFECTION Is SLESINGER'S RHEUMATIC BALSAM. All the advertised remedies and all the prescriptions from the medical faculty for the cure of — Rheumatism Rheumatic Gout Sciatica Tic Douloureux Neuralgia Lumbago Strains and Spraipp, Or pain of any sort from the above affection none of which have been so successful and effectual as SLESINGER'S RHEUMA C BALSAM, As certified by the certificates published in the Guardian, Daily Times, and innumerable others. Price 7s 6d per bottle, which is sufficient to cure in all cases. Wholesale at S. SLESINGER, V.S, Hope street, Dunedin ; Or retail from all the principal Chemists in New Zealand. npHE LITTLE STRANGER The improved LITTLE STRANGER, Hand Lock-stitch (shuttle). THE MUSSEY & CO.'S, New Family Biltnt sewing machina (sht_Ui6). THE NOISELESS TUDOR, For Tailoring and Manufacturing (shuttle) ' WBEELER & WILSON'S MACHINES IVrEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPH REGISTRATION OF ABBREVIATED ADDRESSES.— With the view of saving as much as' possible the cost of the transmission of Telegrams to New Zealand from other countries, a Register will be kept at every Telegraph Station in New Zealand for the Registration of Arbitrary or Cypher, Addresses in the shape of one or more words. No fee will be charged for registration. Persons registering will require to communicate the Cypher or Arbitrary Address to their Correspondents. The Telegraph Companies register names and addresses of telegraph correspondents free of charge at all their Stations, and in London at 74 Old Broad street ; 8 Leadenhall street ; and 42 Finsbury Circus. Addresses may also be registered at any Government Telegraph Office in England or Scotland upon payment of One Guinea, to the Postmaster-General, London. j By order of the Honorable the Telegraph Commissioner. C. LEMON,