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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 204, 30 August 1870, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICES. MAILS CLOSE. For Westport, Greymoutb, and Hokitika — per s.s. Murray, on Wednesday, at 9 a.m. JTorMalborough, Wellington, Napier, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, per s.s. Tarauaki, on arrival. The next Home Mail via San Francisco will he despatched from Nelson, ptr contract steamer, on Sunday, September \. Kates of postage by this route same as by Suez. Note. — The postage of letters and papers for Honolulu and North America, is now the same as for the United Kingdom, viz , 6d. for letters, and Id. for papers. For Stoke, Richmond, Hope, Spring Grove, Wakefield, and Foxhill— Close at Chief Post Office daily at 2.30, p.m.; arrive at Chief Post Office daily, at 11 o'clock, a.m. For Waimea-west — Close every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2.- J op.m.; arrive every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 1 1 a.m. For Appleby, Upper and Lower Moutere, Nga Timote, Motueka, and liiwaka— Close every Monday and Thursday, at 8.30, a.m.; arrive every Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Also, for Motueka per steamer as opportunity offers. For Tadmor and Wangapeka — Close every Tuesday and Friday, at 2.30 p.m , and arrive every Tuesday and Friday, at 11 a.m. Notice. — The following is the rate of postage from this day: — Country letters posted at any office for delivery at any other office in the Colony 2d. per half ounce; for delivery at the office where posted Id. per half ounce. SYDNEY J. DrCK, Chief Postmaster. NELSON RETAIL MARKET.— August 30. Beet, 4d to 7d per lb Bread, 21b loai, 4d Mutton, 4d to 6d Butter, fresh, I s Od per lb Pork, 6d Cheese, col., lOrt Bacon, lOd to Is. Ducks, 7s per pair Ham, Is 6d Fowls, 4s to 5s Lard, Is Od Turkeys, 6s to 7s each Eggs, Is Od per dozen Onions, fid per lb Flour. — Rod and Hounsell quote fine silk dressed Sour at £13 per ton. Redwood's, .£l3 10s. Wheat, 4s Od to 4s 3d per bushel; barley, 4s 6d to 58; oats, 3s to 3s 6d. Potatoes, 3/ 10s to 4/ 10s per ton. Hay, 5/. Beer, 6/ per hhd; 8s per dozen. Bricks, per 1000 41; Lime, per bushel, 3s Od. Boards and Scantling — White Pine, per 100 feet, 9s to 10s; Red Pine, 12s 6<3; Totara. 18s to 10s.; Rimu, 10s. to II 8. Palings— V.D.L., 6ft., 245.; sft., 20s. Kauri— 9 by |, 15s. 9 by 1, 15s ; P. T. and Gr., 15s; wide timber, 17s Gd to 255. Shingles— V.D.L., 225. 6d. The Lyttelton Times says that a flight of hlack swans passed over Timaru, bound southward, on Thursday last, and another on Friday in the same direction. This fact speaks to a large increase on the original stock. Captain Cameron, the British Consul in Abyssinia, whose impi isonment by Theodore led to the expedition against that sovereign, died at Geneva, on the 30th May, after a long illness. When he returned to England in July, 1868, his health in fact was completely shattered by the sufferings he had endured during his confinement. He entered the army in 1846, as ensign in the 45th Regiment, served in the Kaffir war six years afterwards, aud was appointed to the staff of General Williams at Kars, during the Crimean war. In December, 1868, he was pensioned, and left the service.