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FOUND, IN Collingwood-street, a Sable BOA. The . Owner can have the same on paying for this advertisement. Apply at, MR. BALE'S. 3191 Trafalgar-street. NOTICE. LOST, in Bridge- street, the Specifications of Mr Hornby's intended New House. Whoever has found the same, and will leave them at )Mr Hornby's, will be REWARDED for their trouble. 3192 FINANCIAL REFORM LEAGUE. A MEETING of the PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE wiil take place THIS EVENING, Tuesday, at the Bank Hotel, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of agreeing to a Report previous to submitting it to a Public Meeting to be held in the Proviucial Hall to-morrow evening. W. H. BARLOW, Hon. Secretary to Provisional Committee. Nelson, September 10, 1867. 3187 FINANCIAL REFORM LEAGUE. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the Provincial Hall, TO-MORROW EVENIN G, Wednesday, September 11, at half-past 7 o'clock, for the purpose of RECEIVING the REPORT of the Provisional Committee, and adopting measures to ORGANIZE the LEAGUE. W. H. BARLOW, 3188 Hon. Secretary to Provisional Committee. MONUMENTAL COMMITTEE. FINAL MEETING, at Mr Disher's, THIS EVENING, at half-past 8 o'clock. 3176 W. AKERSTEN. TO BUILDERS aud CONTRACTORS. Tenders will be received up to WEDNESDAY, September 1 1th, at 12 o'clock, for the ERECTION of a Shop and Dwellinghouse in Bridgestreet. Plans and specifications to be seen at the house of the undersigned. THOS. ASKEW, Nile-street-terrace. September 7, 1867. 3167 NELSON BOARD OF WORKS. TENDERS will be received at the office of the Board of Works, until FRIDAY, the 13th September, at half-past 3 o'clock p.m., for the following works — GRAVELLING portions of Hardy-street „ of Waimea-road WATTLING near Gardner's Ford. The LIGHTING of LAMPS and FINDING of OIL, &c, for 12 months. Specifications and particulars can be seen at the office of the Board, which will be open from 12 till 2 daily. The lowest tender not necessarily accepted. By order, THOMAS YOUNGER, Surveyor to the Board. Board of Works Office, Nelson, September 9, 1867. 3186 Shortly will be published, Price Is., nnHE HOT BATH FILTH AND DISEASE CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH HAPPINESS. CONTENTS. Introduction. Genera] Observations: Cleanliness — Necessity of resorting to the bath — Adoption of the bath by the Turks — Western cleanliness (?) —Cleanliness of the Turkish "lower orders" — The effects of the bath on those debilitated by disease, on those exhausted by fatigue and on . those who are long exposed to it — Excessive use of the bath by the later Romans Substitute .for medicine — Antidote to contagious disorders — Perspiration, natural or artificial, necessary to hpalth — The use of the bath essential to bealth — Refreshment and luxury of the bath — Low price at which baths might be provided — Baths effective as encouraging temperance — Christianity enjoins cleanliness — Knights of the Bath — Former universality of the bath — Comparison of modern and ancient Governments in their treatment of the poor — Neglect of facilities for cleanliness in England — The bath would be common were it fashionable. The Turkish Bath : The Turks adopted and preserved the bath of the Romans and Greeks — The five operations of the bath: the seasoning of the body, the manipulation of the muscles, the peeling of the epidermis, the soaping, the "bed of repose" — Beautiful effect of the bath — Low price of the bath in Turkey. . ' The Moorish Bath. The Roman Bath. The Russian Bath. Importance of Shampooing. Washing the Head. The Bath for Females. Ablutions of the Turks. Description of a Simple Washing Apparatus. Anecdotes of the Bath. This Work will be published as soon as 500 Subscribers'- names are sent to the Compiler, E. TUCKER, Evening Mail Office, Bridgestreet, Nelson. 3195 BOARD and RESIDENCE for Two Single Gentlemen, at Bridge End, late Mrs Watts'. 3177