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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Issue 532, 7 September 1850, Page 1

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Wellington >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H X Dwelling House^rtin^^^^^^^^H Oriental Bay, lately occupiedl^^^^HJ^H Esq. BETHUNE & HUNTEBM Exchange, Wellington, 27th April, 1850.

' Price, 2s. 6d. M A MANUAL FOR NEW ZEALAND 1 BEE-KEEPERS. 1 | By the Rev. W. C. Cotton; W.A. May be had at the Spectator Office, arid Messrs, Johjison & Moore's, Lambton-quay. A few copies with Uee-Register, price 3s.

Price — One Shilling and Sixpence, THE COOKS STRAIT ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR 1850. /CONTENTS.— Preface, Signal StaW.' Du- \-/ ties, Principal Articles of the Calendar, Almanack, Gardener's Calendar, Latitude, Longitude, &c, of the Harbours in the Southern Province of New Zealand, Table for finding High Water, &c, Right Ascension, Declination, and Meridian Passage of the Principal Stars ia the Southern Hemisphere, Eclipses for 1850, Scale of Fees in different Public Offices, &c, List of Ordinances passed in the General Legislative Council 1849, Abstract v of "Orcjir nances passed in the Provincial Legislative Council 1849, Military and Naval Directory, Directory for the Southern Settlements, - Pria-r cipal Occurrences of 1849^ Directions for restoring Suspended Animation, &c. A few copies interleaved for memoranda may be had— 'Price 25.. Lambton Quay, 29th December, 1849.

Wellington Athenaeumand Mechanics' Institute. THE Committee have much pleasure in a?inouncing that they have made arrangements for Le.ctur.es to be delivered in the HaU of the Institute asTollows:- 1 - Sep. 19 — Mr. Marshall on Phrenology. Oct. 3 — Mr. Marshman on Astronomy. „ 17 — Mr v Fitzgerald on" Chemistry. „ 31 — Mr/Woodward oh Banking and Currency. , Nov. 14 — Mr. Hart on Terrestrial Magnetism. „ 28— Mr. Robeits on Electro-Magnetism. Admission to Members fupon production of their tickets) and Ladies — free. To NonMemberi — Is. each. Doors open at seven, to commence at halfpast seven o'clock. Gilbert Pickett, Hon. See. Wellington, August 7, 1850.

Wellington Markets, Retail Prices, Sept. 7, 1850.— First flour, £16:0 per , ton;' Bread, per 21b. loaf, 4d. ; Beef, 4d. to sdi ■ per lb. ; Mutton, 4d. to, sd. per lb. ; Pork,, sd. to 6d. per lb. ; Fowls, per pair, ,3s. $-„ Ducks, per pair, 45.; Geese, 4s. eacV»\ Turkeys, ss. each; Fresh butter, Is. 6a*'. perlb. ; Salt butter, Is. 4d. perlb. ; Potatoes/ £4 pei ton ; Eggs, Is. 3d. perdoz. ; Oheese, New Zealand, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Bathurst, Is., per lb. ; Maize, 4s. Od. per bush,; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to Yd. , per it; ; Firewood, per ion, 18s.