VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. [From the Australian.]
Hobart Town journals to the 25th, and Launceslon to the 21st ult., both inclusive, came to hand yesterday. There was little or nothing doing in the markets. The highest quotation for wheat at Hobart Town was 4s. 7d., and at Launceston 4s. 3d. per bushel. Fine flower £11 per ton. ! It was stated that the "Probationers" were to be allowed a ration of " tobacco and pipes," in lieu of a reduction in the ration of flour.' The order, however, we find by the latest ac-^ counts, has been shelved till October next. The hop plantations at Port Arthur had been dismantled. A manufactory of bags, woolpacks, &c, from New Zealand flax, has been commenced at Hobart Town. • ~ ' A cargo of wheat, sent from Launceston to the Cape of Good Hope, realised twelve shillings and sixpence per bushel. The crops in Van Diemen's Laud are said* to look well. The Rev. Mr. Hill, a Roman Catholic priest in Van Diemen's Land, refused to marry a Mr. Lillie, because he would not ceaseto belong to the Freemasons.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 226, 29 September 1847, Page 2
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181VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. [From the Australian.] New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 226, 29 September 1847, Page 2
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