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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 264, 9 February 1848, Page 1

GARDEN ENGINE. A LARGE powerful Garden Engine for Sale. Price— £l4, cost— £24, may be seen at P. M. Hervey's warehouse. . Wellington, January 22, 1848.

JUST PUBLISHED,

THE COOK'S STRAIT ALMANACK FOR THE TEAR 1848.

Contents — Preface, Signal Station, Duties, Principal Articles of the Calendar, Almanack, Gardener's Calendar, Latitude, Longitude, &c, of Port Nicholson and Nelson, Table of Port Establishment of the Principal Harbours, &c, of New Zealand, Table for finding High Water, &c, Right Ascension, Declination, and Meridian Passage of the Principal Stars in the Southern Hemisphere, Eclipses for 1848, New Zealand Itinerary, List of Whaling Stations, List of Ordinances passed in 1847, Principal Occurrences of 1847, Military and Naval Directory, Directory for the Southern Settlements, Weather Table, &c, Statistics, &c. A few copies interleaved for memoranda may be had, Price 2s. Wellington, January 12, 1848.

On Sale, at the office of this Paper.

T ADIES' CREAM Coloured Note Paper, JLi tinted edges Do. tinted Letter Paper, gilt edges Tinted Demy various colours Wellington, January 19, 1848.

TO THE PUBLIC.

"DOOK, CARD, JOB, and every other -^-* description of Printing, executed -with neatness and despatch, at the Office of the "Spectator," Manners -street, Te-Aro, at moderate Prices. ,

TH F. Prison Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle fcnblished at Nelson,) is regularly tjnnsm"rre<l t<. Wellington, and .may be had at 'lit* OHi< c n| this paper. The Ne.'oon Fr'immer will be found an excellent medium U'\ ad'. ertisers. Terms for the paper, ten shillings per quarte payable in advance. Orders for the paper and advertisement will be received at the office of this paper. April 18, 1845. ~

SIGNAL STATION.

MOUNT ALBERT. The following are the Signals used at the Flag Staff at Mount Albert. A Square denotes a Ship, ~) When tht A Cross " a Barque, v . ess .f % * Circle a Brig, V „ _, A Triangle " a Schooner, \f* * D * A Diamond ~" a Cutter, I % [ e LA ° A Paral lei ograln" a Steamer, J lowered. Remarks. — A~ White Flag at Mast Head de notes 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 or outside the deads, 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 Markets, Retail Prices, Feb* 9, 1848. — First flour, £20 : 0 per ton? Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 5d. ; Beef, 7J. to 8d« per lb. ; Mutton, 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Pork» sd. to 6d. per lb. ; Fowls, per pair, 45. » Ducks, per pair, ss. ; Geese, 7s. each? Turkeys, 7s. each ; Fresh butter, Is. 3d. » per lb. ; Salt butter, Is. od. perlb. ; Potatoes* £5 per ton ; Eggs, 2s. Od.per dozen; Cheese*New Zealand, Is. 4d. per lb.; Bathurst* Bd. per lb. ; Maize, 3s. 6d per bush. ; Ale, 2sJ per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 76. per lb., Firewood, per cord, £1.

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