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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 54, 18 October 1845, Page 1

BRITANNIA SALOON.

THE Public is respectfully informed that the above Saloon is opened on every alternate Wednesday, until further notice. The performance on Wednesday next will commence with the highly popular French drama, entitled—

THE CROSS OF GOLD,

THERESA'S VOW. To which will be added the celebrated Scottish drama, entitled the

Warlock of the Glen.

FOB. PARTICULARS, SEE HANDBILLS.

A series of Private Boxes are in an active state of preparation. October 18, 1845.

TO THE PUBLIC.

X>OOK, CARD, JOB, and every other ■*-* description of Printing, executed with neatness and despatch, at the Office of the Spectator, Manners- street, Te-Aro, at the Prices recently charged by the Printers of the Independent. August 16, 1845.

STATIONERY, ON SALE AT THIS OFFICE :— Foolscap, various qualities Large thick Post, wove and laid Thin Post, „ „ Fine Bath Post, Gilt edge Note Paper Envelopes, various sizes Antiquarian, Dble Elephant, Imperial, Royal and Demy Drawing paper Quills and Steel pens, Black lead Drawing Pencils, Coloured do. Carpenters' do. Portfolios, plain and embossed Royal Hand, Dble. hand brown, and Royal brown wrapping paper Ledgers and account books, various sizes Invoice books with indexes, do. Cash books ruled double, do. India rubber, bottle and patent Ivory holders and Knves Ladies' work boxes Writing Desks Sponge, wafers and wafer stamps Black lines for letter-writing Memorandum-books of all descriptions Black and red ink, writing fluid, ink powder* Children's copy-books Ladies' and gentlemen's card cases Ditto ditto tinted and embossed cards Wellington, October 4, 1845.

SIGNAL STATION.

MOUNT ALBERT.

The following are the Signals used at th« Flag Staff at Mount Albert. A Square denotes a Ship, ' "1 When the ACross « a Barque, Ifflgg. A Circle a Brig, V „ A Triangle " a Schooner, if^i?** A Diamond " a Cutter, $« £ A Parellelogram" a Steamer, J lowered. Remarks. — A White Flag at Mast Head denotes a sail in sight; when the class is ascertained, the descriptive Signal will be hoisted at the Yard Arm. English vessel of war, Union Jack at Mast Head. Foreign vessel of war, Union Jack at Mast Head, with white Pendant. ■ Government brig, white Pendant under descriptive Signal. When a vessel is at anchor, either inside ov outside the Heads, the flag is lowered to half mast. A vessel in distress, or on shore, descriptive signal half mast. Fore and aft schooner, a triangle, hollow .in the centre.

DUTIES.

British Spirits ss. per gallon, Foreign Spirits ss. per gallon. Tobacco manufactured Is. per lb. * Unmanufactured .... 9d.- per lb. Snuff i. ........ 2s. per lb. Cigars 2*. per lb. Wines 20 per cent. Ale, beer, porter, and other! J5 * malt liquors J .r. r On all guns or weapons of any 1 description, or gunpowder, \ 30 per cent* or any munition of war . . J On all other goods, wares, « merchandise, and property, I 5 v ' except personal baggage, j r living animali, and specie; . "*