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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 219, 4 September 1847, Page 1

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Published at the •• Spectator" Office, price On* £$infng, THE COOK'S STRAIT ALMANACS FOR THE TEAR 1847. Contents — Preface, Signal Station, Duties, Principal Articles of the Calendar, Almanack, Gardeners' Calendar, Right Ascension, Declination, and Meridian Passage of the Principal Stars in the Southern Hemisphere, Eclipses for 1847, Principal Occurrences of 1846*, Directory for the Southern Settlements, Statistics, &c. A few copies interleaved for memoranda, may be had, Price Is. 6d. ' Wellington, July 28, 1847.

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SIGNAL STATION.

MOUNT ALBERT.

Tht following are the Signals used at tha> Flag Staff at Mount Albert. ' ' '

A Square denotes a Ship, "1 When tht i%°*? :: •s ? ? w ess. A Circle " a Brig, I ATriangl. " a Schooner, «/£,% A Diamond " a Cutter, inibe A Parallelogram" 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 Mail 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 or 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.

Wellington Ma&ksts, Retail Prices, Sept* 4, 1847. — Eirst flour, £20:0 per toA^ Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 5d. ; Beef, 74; to Bd. per lb. ; Mutton, 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Pork, 5d., to 6d. per lb.; Fowls,, ppr pair,, £■„.; Ducks, per pair, ss. ; Geese) 7s-. each; Turkeys, 7s. each ; Fresh- butter, lsi 9dSi per lb. ; Salt butter, Is. 6d. perlb. ; Potatoes, £7 per tpn ; Eggsjris. Gd.per assen; ChepiJ, New Zealand, Is. 4d. per lb.; Bathurst. Bd. perlb. ; Maize, 4s. 6d per bush; ; Ale^ 2*. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 7& perlb., Firewood, per cord, £1. <

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