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Advertisements. Superintendent's Office, Nelson, September 23, 1867. npENDERS -will be received at this office until JL MONDAY, October 14, for LAYING the PIPES for the NELSON WATERWORKS. Plans and specifications may be seen at this office, on and after Thursday, 26th instant. ALFRED GREENFIELD, 3285 Provincial Secretary. FOR BULLER, MOKIHINUL FOX'S RIVER, GREYMOUTH, AND IIOKITIKA. JLJ *sL nP HE steamer 3BBi» KENNEDY, e||i|§|ll|Br will leave positively on WEDNESthe 2nd October, at 12 noon. NATH. EDWARDS & CO. Nelson, Sept. 30, 1867. 3328 NELSON BUILDING, LAND, AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE Eighth ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the above Society will be held at the Fleece Hotel, on MONDAY Evening, Sept 30th instant, at half-past 7 o'clock— To receive the apnual report and balance sheet. To elect five members of Committee, and to elect Auditors. JNO. PERCY, 3301 Secretary. Shortly will be published, Price Is., m H E HOT BATH FILTH AND DISEASE + CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH HAP.PINESS. CONTENTS. Introduction. General 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 health — Refreshment and luxury of the bath — Low price at which baths might be provided — Baths effective as encouraging temperance — Christianity enjoins cleanliness — Kuights of the BathFormer 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. Anecdotes of the Bath. Description of a Simple and. Cheap Washing Apparatus, for private families and for places where the bath is unattainable. This Work will be published as soon as 500 Subscribers' names are sent to the Compiler, E. TUCKER, Evening Mail Office, Bridgestreet, Nelson. 3195 CAUTION. THE Provisions of the Cattle Trespass Act 1866, will be enforced on the ACRE known as PERCIVAL's (adjoining Cockram'3), Waimearoad, on and after October 23rd, 1867. FRED. STOCK. NeUon, September 23, 1867. 3270