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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 276, 22 March 1848, Page 1

' FAT STOCK ! ! FAT STOCK f ! ! TO GRAZIERS AND IMPORTERS. rpHE UNDERSIGNED is a Purchaser of X Fat Cattle and Sheep for Cash. William Couper. Wellington, 19th February, 1848.

TOWN and COUNTRY SECTIONS, or parts of either, to be Let, with the option of Purchase, or Sold :—: — Nearly one acre in Wellington Terrace, part of land order No. 483. The Town Acre No. 684, nearly adjoining Mount Cook. The Country Section abutting on the river at Manawdtu, land order No. 9. The like in Horokiwi Valley, abutting on the New Road, No. 17. Apply to Mr. W. Bromley, Karori ; Or by letter, at Mr. Finnimore's, Willis-street. Wellington, March 4, 1848.

JUST RECEIVED FROM LONDON, Ex Saghalien, Victoria, & Ralph Bernal, And on Sale at the Office of this Paper, AN Extensive and varied Assortment of STATIONERY of the best description, consisting of — Ledgers and Account-Books of various sizes Superfine Demy Writing Paper, ruled & plain Do. Foolscap Do. Letter Paper Do. Note do. Envelopes, various sizes and patterns* Initial and Motto Wafers Superfine Sealing-wax, black, red, and fancy colours Steel Pens (magnum bonum) Pott Paper, Elephant, and Cartridge do. Black and Red Ink, India Rubber Slates and Slate Pencils Best Hambro' Quills, Superfine Playing Cards' " Pasteboards for Bonnets, Copy-Books assorted Millboards, Marbled and Coloured Paper, various patterns Gentlemen's and Ladies' Card Cases Portfolios and Envelope Cases Antiquarian Double-Elephant and Imperial Drawing Paper Best Black-Lead Drawing Pencils Memoranda Books, Wafer Stamps Also,

An Elegant assortment of handsomely-bound Pocket Bibles and Testaments Cheque Books, Promissory-Note Books, and Books of Bills of Exchange &c, &c, &c. December 25, 1847.

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

SIGNAL STATION.

MOUNT ALBERT.

The following are the Signals used at the Flag Staff at Mount Albert. A Square denotes a Ship, "1 When the ACross - a Barque, •—*, A Circle a Brig, V A Triangle " a Schooner, \fjf ii T D8 A Diamond " a Cutter, \'£mbe A Parallelogram" 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, Mar. 22, 1848. — First flour, £20: 0 per ton; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 5d. ; Beef, 7 d. to 8d; perlb.; Mutton, 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Pork; sd. to 6d. per lb. ; Fowls, per pair, 4s. j 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,