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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 261, 2 May 1855, Page 7

MISS E. CLARKSON, (Late apprentice! to Krs. Colling, Lyttelton,) BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Canterbury, that she has taken the business lately carried on by Mrs. Culling, ia the Straw Bonnet line, and hopes, by strict attention, to merit a continuance of their past favour and support. London Street, Lyttelton, April 5. J. LONGDEN, AUCTIONEER AND GENERAL COMMISSION A6ENT Lyttelton and Christchurch. ROBERT TAYLOR, BEGS to inform the public that he has just received a few Double and Single 4-Post Maple Polished Bedsteads. B -. Also, a few 8-day Clocks, of the best make. On sale at Robert Taylor s, builder, &C, Oxford Street, Lyttelton. CHRISTCHURCH Horticultural and Agricultural Society. rpHE Atjttjmnai, Exhibition of the -*- above Society will be held at the Cricket ; Club House, Christehurch, on %tttmto>f? May / idtfl, when Prizes will be awarded as follows: j HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS, Ist Prize. 2d Prize. 3d Prize s. t. t. Melons 10 .... 5 ... 0 Peaches 5 ... 3 ... 0 Grapes 5 ... 3 ... 0 Apples...... 5 ... 3 ... 2 Pears .. 5 ... 3 ... 0 Cabbages 3 ... 2 ... 1 Cauliflowers ......... 3 ... 2 ... 0. Brocoli 3 ... 2 ... 0 Celery 3 ... 2 ... 0 Onions 5 ... 3 ... 2 Garden do., best ... 5 ... 3 ... 0 Prizes -will also be awarded for any Flowers, Boquets, or other Horticultural productions which may be deemed worthy of them by the Judges. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. \ Ist. 2nd. 3rd. s. s. s. Cheese 20 ... 10 ... 0 Butter (salted in kegs) 20 ...10 ... 0 , Do. (fresh) lib.. 10 ... 5 :.. 0 Wheat 10 ... 7 ... 5 Barley 10 ;. 7 ... 5 Oats 7 ... 5 ... 3 Field Peas ......... 7 ... 5 ... 3 Do. Beans 5 ... 3 ... 0 Potatoes 10 ... 7 ... 5 Turnips (Swedes)... 5 ... 3 ... 0 Carrots 5 ... 3 ... 0 . Parsnips 5 ... 3 ... 0 Mangold Wmzel... 5 ... 3 ... 0 WOOL. CO3IBIKG WOOL. '-. ' , j£ s. D. The best fleece of rams (grown in the colony) 2 0 0 Do. Ewes do. 2 0 0 Do. Hoggetts do, 2 0 0 CLOTHING WOOI,. ! The best fleece of rams (grown in '• the colony) 2 0 0 Do. Ewes do. 2 0 0 Do. Hoggetts do 2 0 0 Of all Grain not less than one bushel must be c ** "♦ed, and of Roots not less than half a cwt. All articles. ;ntended for exhibition must be staged before 10 o'clock, or they will be excluded from competition. Prizes will be paid by the Treasurer fln,.the day.,jjf..exhibition between the hours of two and .- three, p.m. The exhibition will comraence at half-past , twelve o'clock. Admission 6d. each. - It is particularly requested that all subscriptions for the current year be paid immediately ; the year commences in June. C. B. Fooks, ) ~ s C. Da vie, } Hm' beCS" Christetiurch, April 20, 1555.