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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 314, 2 August 1848, Page 1

ON SALE,

At the Stores of the Undersigned:— £Z(\ Hhds. Prime Old West India R^um 5 puncheons American Ifcum*'^^15 tons Sydney and Van Diemen's Land Flour 2 pockets Hops 3 tons Hoop Iron, assorted Negrohead, Cavendish and Brazil Tobacco Dip and Mould Candles, Vinegar Manilla Sugar, Coffee, Congou Tea Sauces and Capers, Mustard, Butter & Cheesa Kip and Sole Leather, &c, &c. Also, 20 Hhds. West India Rum, to arrive 15 tons of Hay 10001b, Mixed Grass Seed. ' W. B. Rhodes & Co. Te Aro, June 24, 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.

Ex RALPH BERNAL,

And on Sale at the Office of this Paper, THE following first rate Assortment of Stationery and other Articles, consisting of Music Books, various sizes, superior bind ings Music Paper, assorted Drawing-books and Drawing-blocks, various sizes Parallel Rulers, various sizes Antiquarian Drawing-paper Best India Rubber, superior quality Morocco and Russia Leather Pocket-books Metallic Memorandum Books Morocco Book Slates, Plain do. Indian Ink, Ackerman's Water Colours Wafers, Envelopes C-hristison's, Collins and Fisher's Ready Reckoners Camel Hair Tools, Flat and Round Carpenter's Spelling Books Mayor's, Vyse's and Fenning's do. Best Red Sealing Wax Ivory Reading Knives Visiting Cards Parchment, very superior quality Gold Leaf Wellington, 18th January, 1848.

SIGNAL STATION.

MOUNT ALBERT. The following are the Signals u«ed at the Flag Staff at Mount Albert. A Square denotes a Ship, "I When tht ACross «' a Barque, EEfjL A Circle " a Brig, l^l fr, « A Triangle " a Schooner, fj*^/ 1 * A Diamond « a Cutter, S£ 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 Heads, 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 ia the centre.

Wellington Ma rkets, Retail Prices, Aug. 2, 1848. — First flour, £16: 0 per ton; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 5d. ; Beef, 6d. to 7d; per lb. ; Mutton, 6d. to 7d. per lb. j Pork; sd. to 6d. per lb. \ Fowls, per pair, 45. ; Ducks, per pair, ss. Geese, 7s. each , Turkeys, 7s. each; Fresh butter, Is. 9d. , per lb. ; Salt butter, Is. 4d.perlb. ; Potatoes, £4 per ton ; Eggs, 2s. Od.per dozen ; Cheese. New Zealand, Is. Od. per lb.; Bathurst, Bd. per lb. ; Maize, 3s. 6d per bush. ; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 7<J. per lb.; Firewood, ptr cold, £1.