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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 708, 26 January 1853, Page 1

TENTH RAGE. Prize 51. ss.— Entrance 12s. Gd. For square-sterned boats note ceeding 25 feet keel, pulling four oars. Three boats to start or no race. Same course as that for sth Race. ELEVENTH RACE. Ist Prize 40/.—2nd Prize Zl. No Entrance. For Canoes manned by an unlimited number of Natives. Three Canoes to start or no race. Same course as that for the Whaleboats. RULES. 1. The entries to be made with name and distinguishing Colour of the Boats or Vessels at the Masonic Hotel, on Friday Evening, 28th instant, from 6 to 8 o'clock. Post entries will be received on board the Flagship, on the 29th, on payment of an extra fee. 2. Each boat in the various matches to carry a distinguishing flag (at least a foot square), which must be kept flying during the race. Colors to be named on entering. 3. All sailing Boats or Vessels may carry any and what sail they please. No boat will be allowed to use oars, paddles, or poles; or to take in or throw out ballast after starting. Water ballast to be fresh, and to be examined on coming in, at the discretion of the Umpire. 4. Boats or Vessels on the port tack to bear up for those on the starboard lack. Boats or vessels running free, to keep away for boats on a wind. Any boat fouling another to be considered distanced. 5. Disputes occurring in any of the matches must be made known to the Umpire immediately after the race. 6. The decision of the Umpire in all cases shall be final. 7. Boats tonnage to be calculated by the new measurement, under the Blh and 9lh Victoria, chap. 89; and all boats shall, if required, produce a certificate of their tonnage, under the hand of the proper officer, at the lime of entering. 8. Any deviation from these rules will subject the aggressor to forfeit all claims to the prize. 9. The first Race to start at 40, a.m., punctually. (Each succeeding race at an interval of 20 minutes.) 10. The Committee have the power of postponing the Regatta in the event of the weather proving unfavourable, NOTICE. GUN will be fired from Britomart - Point 50 minutes before the first race is to start. If no gun is fired, the Regatta will be postponed. J. Salmon, Chairman. SECOND EDITION OF "AUCKLAND AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD." OHORTLY WILL BE PUBLISHED, by Smith, Elder, & Co., London, a Second and considerably enlarged and improved Edition of AUCKLAND AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. Including some Account of the recent Gold Discovery, and Chapters on other subjects; with A MAP of the Auckland District, from recent surveys; and a View of the City from the Harbour. Orders for copies to be forwarded direct from the London publishers, to persons in any parts of the United Kingdom, will be received by J. Williamson, Bookseller, £ c. AUCKLAND GOLD. On Sale by (he Undersigned, HE following Lots from ihe Coromandel Diggings - No. 1 -A Splendid Nugget, weighing over 5£ ounces No. 2—A second, found adjacent to the above, originally part of the same piece, over H oz. No 3—A very beautiful specimen, about 3| oz. No. 4—Several lots of rich Dust, about 50 oz. No. 5—A quantity of Auriferous Sand, about 20 pounds. Connell & Ridings, Gold Brokers, Queen-street. AUCKLAND AND NEW ULSTER AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. A PROPOSITION having been made at the last General Meeting to divide the Society, and to form two separate Societies, one Agricultural and the other Horticultural. It was resolved that a further meeting be held at the Exchange Hotel, on Saturday, the 29th instant, at noon, for the consideration of the subject. James Barer, ) Secretaries. Joseph Newman, ) The Society's Annual Show will lake place in the 3rd week of March.