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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 270, 1 March 1848, Page 1

AUCTION SALE OF SUPERIOR ACCLIMATEt) STOCK!!!

Messrs. JAMES SMITH & Co. Have received instructions FROM MR. COUPER, OF PORIRUA, TO SELL BY AUCTION, Oh ?HURSi>AY, March 16. AT Messrs. Bethune & Hunter's Stockyard: — fl*ft SUPERIOR HEIFERS IN CALF, selected from the best of Dr. Imlay's celebrated herds. These Heifers are thoroughly acclimated having been upwards of twelve months in the colony, and can be confidently recommended to dairy farmers, &c. The whole will be sold WITHOUT RESERVE. TERMS AT SALE. Wellington, March 1, 1848.

Huti Church.

DRAWINGS for the Hutt Church may be seen at ,Mr. Burcham's, near the Bridge^ on and after Wednesday next, Ist March. Tenders respectively for the erection of the said Church, and for the supply of such timber as may be required, will be received until Monday the sth instant. River Hutt, 26th February, Ig4B.

On Sale, at the office of this Payer.

THE COOK'S STRAIT ALMANACK

FOR THE YEAR 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, Weaher Table, &c, Statistics, &c. Wellington, January 12, 1848.

Wellington Markets, Retail Prices, Mar. 1, 1848. — First flour, £20 : 0 per ton; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 5d. ; Beef, 7i. 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, 7s. each ; Turkeys, 7s. each; Fresh butter, Is. 6d. ; per lb. ; Salt butter, Is. Od. perlb. ; Potatoes, £4 per ton ; Eggs, 2s. Od.per dozen ; Cheese, New Zealand, Is. 4d. per lb.; Bathurst, Bd. perlb. ; Maize, 3s. 6d per bush. ; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 7d. per lb.; Firewood, per cord, £1.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS. February 26 — Schooner Breeze, 15 tons, Reed, from Manawatu. Same day — Schooner Matilda, 8 tons, from Waikanae. February 27 — H. M. S. Racehorte, 18 guns, Commander Sotheby, from Queen Charlotte's Sound. Same day — Schooner 'Mary Ann, 35 tons. Warren from Wanganui. Passengers — Dr. Montgomery wife and child. Same day— Ketch Supply, 15 tons, Walker, from Queen Charlotte Sound. Passengers — Messrs. Fox, St. Hill, Kemp, Sdroggs, 1 Maori. February 28— Schooner Dolphin, 35 tons, Hatt, from East Coast. Same day— Cutter Fisheiman, 12 tons, Watson, from Wanganui. Passengers— Messrs Holder and Ross. February 29— Schooner Edward Seanley, 25 tons, from East Coast.

DEPARTURES. February 29— Ketch Supply, 15-tons, Walker, for Kelson. Passengers — Messrs. Fox and St. Hill, Mrs. Palmer.

IN PORT. H. M. S., Eacehorte, 18 guns, Commander Sotheby . Schooner Mana, 27 tons, Wakes. Master, Agent. Barque Woodstock, 300 tons, Nicholson. P. M. Hervey, Agent. Schooner Perseverartce, 82 tons, Wood. J. Smith & Co., Agerts. Schooner Ocean, 30 tons, Ferguson. R. Wsfitty Agent. ■'-

Schooner Harlequin, 62 tons, Chinnery. J. M. Taylor, Agent.- l-\l -\ r . * „""."•" Cutter Catherine Ann, 17 tons, Cemino. Master, - AgeDt.- <• ' • ' Schooner Breeze, 15 tons, Reed. W. Fitzherbert, Agent. Schooner Matilda, 8 tons, Brown. Master, Agent. Schooner Mary Ann, 35 tons, Warren. Ridgways, Hickson & Co., Agent. Schooner Dolphin, 35 tons, Hatt. P. M. Hervey, Agent. Cutter Fisherman, 12 tons, Watson. J. Varnnam, Agent. , ' ? Schooner Edward* Stanley, 35 tons, Armstrong. P. M. Hervey, Agent.

IMPORTS, i «* In the Breeze— 2 tons potatoes, 10 coils wool lashing, 1 chest, 8 bags wheat. W. Fitzherbert, Agent. " " In the Matilda— 6 bags wheat, 10 boxes, 1 cask oil. Master, Agent. In the Dolphin— 36o bushels wheat, 10 casks peaches, 30 bags onions. P. M. Hervey, Agent. In the Fisherman — 1£ tons bacon, 6 casks pork, 1 ton pork, 3 kegs lard, 164 sheep skins. J. Varnham, Agent. * ' In the Edward Stanley— 2oo bushels wheat, 14 casks peaches, i ton onions, 30 casks pork, 1 cask lard, 4 casks pork. P. M. Hervey, Agent.

EXPORTS, ' ! In the Woodstock— 293 bales wool, 106 casks black oil, 31 casks sperm oil, 8 casks sperm oil, 238 bdls., 9 bags whalebone, 17 casks tallow, 2 do copper, 4 casks rawhides, 162 loose hides, 6 bales sheep skins, 1 cask - seal skins 50 casks black oil, P. M. Hervey ; 11 bales wool, Morrison & Sclanders; 179 Bdls. 5 do. whalebone, 5 casks humpback, 71 bdls. do., Ridgways, Hickson & Gp«l> 60 bales wool, W. Ktzherbeit ; 12 bales wool^ ? fcdls. whalebone, Samuel & Joseph ; 37 bdls. whalebone 1 do. humpback, A. Hort, Sen. ; 1 tin case, W. S. Loxley ; 1 case, Capt. Young ; 1 case. J. Masters ; 1 case, Lieut. M'Koy ; 1 case Thos. King ; 1 case, W. Lyon ; Lease, A. Hort Sen. ; 2, cases, J. Smith & Co. ; Tease, Capt. Young; 16 cases, D. Isaacs. P. M. Hervey, Agent.