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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 288, 3 May 1848, Page 1

Maiden Ewes,

CATTLE AND HORSES. MR. G. M'CI.YMONT having rechartexed the barque "RAYMOND,' 1 Captain Hart, this first rate Stock-carrying ship has sailed for TWOFOLD BAY direct and may be expected in Wellington in from Five or Six weeks from this time, with a cargo of Steers and Heifers from 2 to 3 years old, Maiden Ewes, Horses and Mares for Draught and Saddle. Parties desirous to contract for delivery of the above Stock are invited to apply to D. M. Laurie, At Messrs. James Smith & Co. "Wellington, 14th April, 1848.

FOR SALE,

A GOOD' CHRONOMETER, warranted.— Price — Thirty Five Pounds, cash.

Apply to James Smith & Co. Wellington, 25th March, 1848.

! New Zealand Company's Office, [ 20th April, 1848. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the Owners of the undermentioned Preliminary Land-orders or their Agents, that the land chosen as Native Reserves, but gi'/en up by the Natives, and any other land within the Porerua prant, not already chosen, may be selected, in rotation, according to the Order of Choice, in lieu of the sections previously chosen by them in the said District, which have been excepted from the Crown Grant and reserved for the purposes of the Natives. Nos. of Land Orders. 38 108 191 55 110 204 72 113 205 79 119 211 87 128 287 90 140 779 92 148 845 103 182 Plans may be seen or further particulars known at the New Zealand Company's Offices. Parties desirous of availing themselves of this re-selection will please to send notice of their intentions to the Principal Agent of the New Zealand Company, on or before the Ist of June next, when the selections will be proceeded with at the Company's Survey Office, at 11 o'clock a. m. W. Wakefield, Principal Agent, New Zealand Company.

TO LET, A FIVE ROOMED HOUSE, situate in Cuba Street, Te Aro. Apply to W. W. Taylor, Herbert Street, Te Aro. Wellington, Bth April, 1848.

On Sale by the Undersigned.

SHEET LEAD, Lead Pipes, a arious sizes Window Lead, Fret Lead Perforated and Sheet Zinc Also a Variety of Brass Cocks, viz. : — Tapping Cocks for Beer Machines Lock, Stop, Bib, and Ball Cocks, Washers and Wastes Whiting, Oil, Paints and Colours, &c, &c. Jabez Dean, Plumber, Painter, and Glazier, Lambton Quay. Wellington, 11th March, 1848.

On Sale, at the office of this Paper.

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. A few copies interleaved for memoranda may be had, Price 2s. Wellington, January 12, 1848.

A GENTLEMAN who is acquainted with Book-keeping, &c, is desirous of an engagement in a Merchant's or Public Office, for a fevr months. His object being to occupy his time during the ensuing winter, he will be satisfied with a moderate remuneration. Address (with particulars) A. 8.C., Office of this Paper. April 19, 1848.