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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 158, 3 February 1847, Page 2

■JTust Published, 18mo., price 3d., SCHOOL BOOK No. 1. Being the first of a Series now in the Press which will speedily be published consecutively Spectator Office, Manners-street,

Wellington Mkrkeis, Retail Prices, Feb. 3, 1847. — First flour, £15:0 per ton; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 4d. ; Beef, 7<J. to Bd. per lb. ; Mutton, 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Pork, sd. to 6d. per lb, ; Fowls, per .pair, 45.; Ducks, per pair, ss. ; Geese, Bs. each ; Turkeys, 7s. each ; Fresh butter, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Salt butter, Is. Id. per lb. ; Potatoes, £4 per ton ; Eggs, Is. '9d. to 2s. per dozen ; Cheese,NewZealand, Is. 4d. perlb.; Bathurst; Bd. perlb. ; Maize, ss. per bush. ; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 7d. per lb , Firewood, per cord, 12s.

DEBENTURES.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Trustees of the Wellington Savings Bank are now prepared to purchase Government Debentures at 10 per cent discount. Application to be made at the Union Bank of Australia. By order of the Superintending Committee, Jas. Inglis, Actuary. Wellington, September 9th, 1846.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS. January 30. — Cutter Royal William, 43 tons, Lovett, frem Akaroa. January 31.— Schooner Dolphin, 30 tons, Hatt, from Poverty Bay. February 1. — Schooner Mary Ann, 35 tons, Warren, from Auckland.

DEPARTURES. January 31.— Cutter Hero, 30 tons, Griffiths, for Wanganui. Same day.— Schooner Mana, 30 tons, Munn, for Porirua. February 2.— H. M. S. Racehorse, 18 guns, Captain Otway, for Auckland.

IN PORT. H. M. S. Calliope, 26 guns, Captain Stanley. Barque Hope, 377 tons, Marsha 1. Bethune & Hunter, Agents. Schooner Gipsy, 25 tons, Storey. Johnson & Moore, Agents. Brig Julia, 110 tons, Clarke. R. Waitt, Agent. Government Brig Victoria, 200 tons, Richards. Brigantine Comet, 97 tons, Cork. W. M. Bannatyne & Co., Agents. Cutter Fhherman, 12 tons, Joyce. Master, Agent. Brig Bee, 137 tons, Addams. W. M. Bannatyne & Co., Agents. American Whaling Ship Superior, 406 tons, Hart. J. Smith & Co., Agents. Schooner Susannah Ann, 79 tons, Unthank. W. Fitzherbert, Agent. Schooner Ariel, 70 tons. Sturgeon. W. M. Bannatyne, & Co. Agents. Brig Lord Hobart, 200 tons, Johnson. J. Smith & Co., Agents. Cutter Royal William, 43 tons, Lovett. J. M. Taylor, Agent. _ Schooner Dolphin, 30 tons, Hatt. R. Waitt, Agent. Schooner Mary Ann, 35 tons, Warren. Ridgways Hickson & Co., Agents.

IMPORTS, In the Royal William.— A tuns oil, 4000 feet boards, 8 cheeses, 2 kegs butter, 6 bales wool, 4 bdls. bone, 1 keg butter. J. M. Taylor, Agent. In the Dolphin.— 33 casks pork, 350 bushels maize, 90 bushels wheat, 15 cwt. onions, 15 cwt. hams and bacon, 3 casks lard. R. Waitt, Agent. In the Mary Ann.— Tart of original cargo, 3000 feet kauri timber. Ridgways, Hickson & Co., Agents.

EXPORTS, In the I don't know.— s3 casks black oil. J Smith & Co., Agents. In the Catherine Ann.— 4 cases sundries, 1 bdl. spades, 1 keg tobacco, 1 wheel, 15 axes, 1 keg tobacco, 1 cask oil, 1 keg rum, 20 packages sundries, 8 barrels ale, 2 cases wine, 2 do. gin, 2 bags sugar, 1 do. coffee, 1 do. barley, 7 barrels ale, 7 packages sundries, 7 bags flour, 1 do. sugar, 1 cask gin, 1 chest. C. Sharp, Agent. In the Carbon.— 4 tons flour, 3 do. salt, 1 case wine, 1 do. brandy, 1 keg gin, 1 cask rum, 1 do. bottled gin, 2 chests tea, 1 bale blankets, 1 do. calico. 1 bundle prints, 7 casks bottled beer, 1 keg Geneva. J. M. Taylor, Agent. In the Katherine Johnstone. — 1 ton coals, 14 bags salt, 5 boxes raisins, 1 hhd. colonial ale, 4 bales slops, 2 bundles spades, 5 doz. iron pots, 2 kegs nails, 2 bdls. leather, 1 case hardware, 1 do. mustard, 1 do. starch, 1 do. soda, 6 grindstones, 2 bags sugar, 1 hhd. rum, 10 bdls. iron hooping, 1 cask sundries, 1 cask 1 case oilmen's stores, 1 plough, 4 packages, 2 casks tobacco. Master, Agent. i In the Hero.— 3o bags flour, 40 iron pots, 5 bales blankets, 1 case tobacco, 2 tons salt, 1 ton military baggage. R. Waitt, Agent. In the Mana. — 1 hhd. rum, 4 cases gin, 3 barrels biscuit, 2 bags sugar, 2 do rice, 1 case, 2 tons flour. Master, Agent.

Auckland Shipping. The Sir Robert Peel arrived at Auckland from Hobart Town January 4, with Lieut.-Col. Gold and the detachment of the 65th, 11th, 58th and 99th Regts. The Sam Slid arrived at Auckland from the Feegees January 5. The following vessels were at the Feegee Islands when the Sam Slick left there : The American Barque Samos, Archer, loading for Manila ; The Am. Barque Catherine, of Boston, Pratt, loading for China; the Am. Schooner Warwick, of Salem, Cheerer, loading for Singapore ; the British Schooner Ariel, from Tahiti ; the British Schooner Sir John Franklin, Wright, from Auckland ; the Am. Barque Zoliff, of Salem, Wallis, loading for Manila ; the British schooners Venut and Mary and the cutter Stranger were awaiting orders from their owners.