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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 542, 12 October 1850, Page 1

Per "MARINER," Captain H»rlaw*> From London,

O A-% BARS Best Iron, Ux § sizes , . . <%'**J- Do. <jO,j 0 , do. 1x J * 3Platelron_ J 15 Bundles Sheets assdrfed 28 Barrels Pitch 1 Tierce English Cheeses And hy same Ship,

18 Cases, each containing 3 dozen, bottled in the London dock, from a pipe of very choice Port, and will be found a very fult bodied, soft wine. R. J. Duncan. Pipitea, Sept. 4, 1850.

Van Diemen's Land Seed Outs for Sale* £tf% BAGS best quality Seed Oats. "" Apply to Robert Waitt. Wellington, August 24, 1850.

Just received, And on Sale at the Office of this Paper, A SELECT Assortment of Stationery, consisting of: — Ledgers, Journals, Cash and Day Books Cyphering and Copy Books M emorandum Books various sizes Foolscap, Letter Paper, Sealing Wax Made Pens, Slate Pencils, &c. &c.

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

Price — One Shilling and Sixpence, THE

COOK'S STRAIT ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR 1850.

/CONTENTS.— Preface, Signal Station, DvV>* 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 in the Southern Hemisphere, Eclipses for 1850, Scale of Fees in different Publio Offices, &c, List of Ordinances passed in the General Legislative Council 1849, Abstract of Ordinances passed in the Provincial Legislative Council 1849, Military and Naval Directory, Directory for the Southern Settlements, Principal Occurrences of 1849, Directions for restoring Suspended Animation, &c. A few copies interleaved for memoranda may be had — Price 2s. Lambton Quay, 29th December, 1849.

Wellington Athenseumand Mechanics' Institute.

THE Committee have much pleasure in announcing that they have made arrangements for Lectures to be delivered in the Hall of the Institute as follows :— Oct. 17— Mr. Woodward on Banking and Currency. „ 31 — Mr. Fitzgerald on Chemistry. Nov. !4 — Mr. Robeits on Electro-Magnetism. „ 28 — Mr. Hart on Terrestrial Magnetism. Admission to Members (upon production of their tickets) and Ladies — Free. To NonMembers — Is. each. Doors open at seven, to commence at halfpast seven o'clock. Gilbert Pickett, Hon. Sec. Wellington, August 7, 1850.

Wellington Markets, Retail Prices t Oct. 12, 1850. —First flour, £16:0 per ton.; Bread, per 21b. loaf, 4d. ; Beef, 4d. to sd. per lb. ; Mutton, 4d. to sd. per lb. ; Pork, sd. to 6d. per lb. ; Fowls, per pair, 35. ; Ducks, per pair, 45. ; Geese,, 4s. each ; Turkeys, ss. each ; Fresh butter, os. lOd. perlb.; Sait butter, Is. Od. perlb. ; Potatoes, £4 pel ton ; Eggs, Is. Od. per doz. ; Cheese, New Zealand, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Bathurst, Is. per lb. ; Maize, 4s. od. per bush.; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 76. per lb. ; Firewood, per ton, 18s.