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New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 287, 28 February 1849, Page 1

AUCKLAND AND NEW ULSTER AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Under the Patronage of His Excellency the G OVERNOR-IN-CIIIEF.

- ATa Meeting of the Committee of this So- ■^ ciety, held at the Masonic Hotel, on Saturday, the 24th instant, Major Matson in the chair, it was resolved, that the following Prizes should be given at the Exhibition on the 6th March next, at Mr. Robertsons Rope Walk : & s. d. For the best Thorough-bred Stallion 10 0 " Cart ditto 2 0 0 !# " Thorough-bred Mare ..100 « Cart ditto 2 0 0 " N. U. bred Bull 2 0 0 " " yearling ditto 1 0 0 ) « « Cow 2 0 0 " " Heifer 1 0 0 " Boar 1 0 0 " Sow 1 0 0 " Bacon Pig , 0 10 0 " Long-wooled Ram .... 2 0 0 " Merino ditto 2 0 0 " Southdown ditto 2 0 0 " pen of long woolled ) i q a Ewes, not lessthan 3 j " pen of j Merino ditto, |. i 0 0 1 not less than 3 . . j " pen of Southdown do., 1 t a n , not less than 3 .... J " pen of Lambs 1 0 0 " Plough & pair of Horses") being the property >• 1 0 0 of one person ....) « Plough & pair of Bui- 1 locks, also the pro- [• 1 0 0 perty of one person J " 2 bush. N.U.grown Wheat 1 0 0 " 2 ditto " Barley 1 0 0 " 2 ditto « Oats 1 0 0 " 2 ditto « Grass-seed 1 0 0 " sample of cultivated ) Q Q l'hormium Tenax j 11 N.U. grown European ) n , n ft Flax (dressed)....) U 1U U " N.U. grown Linseed 0 5 0 " " Cheese (not less ) ft 1 n ft than lOlbs j u JJ u " N.U. Grape Wine (6 bot.) 010 0 " " brewed Beer (not | Q 1Q Q less than 2 gals.) j " " Honey (5 lbs.) ..010 0 " " Wax (5 lbs.) 0 10 0 " " Butter (6 1b5.).... 0 10 0 " pair of Turkeys 0 7 0 " " Geese 0 7 6 " " Ducks 0 5 0 " " Capons 0 5 0 HORTICULTURAL, For the finest Melons 0 2 6 « N.U. Grapes, 4 bunches 0 10 0 " " 'Apples, 1 doz. . . 0 5 0 •' <: Pears, 1 doz 0 5 0 " > dish of N.U. Stone Fruits 0 5 0 For the best Nosegay 0 5 0 " Dahlia 0 5 0 " Chrysanthemum 0 5 0 " Cucumbers 0 2 6 " Vegetable Marrow 0 2 6 " Pumpkin 0 2 6 " Potatoes (14 lbs) 0 10 0 " Beets 0 5 0 " Turnips 0 5 0 " Carrots 0 5 0 " Onions 0 10 0 " Cauliflower 0 5 0 " Cabbage 0 5 0 u Peas 0 5 0 " Beans 0 5 0 " Rhubarb 0 5 0 It is requested that the Produce to be shown may be on the ground by 9 a.m., and the Stock by 10. The Exhibition will be open at 12. Admittance, by Tickets, to be obtained from the Secretaiies, at the Masonic Hotel. Tickets, Is. each. Natives will be admitted, free, at 3 p.m. .^^ By oulcr of the Committee, James Baber