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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, 23 October 1850, Page 1

Per " MARINER," Captain Harland, From London. O/£"| BARS Best Iron, 1} x } sizes mrmJL 80, do. do* lx * v 3 Plate Iron J 15 Bundles Sheets assorted 28 Barrels Pitch 1 Tierce English Cheeses' And by 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 full bodied, soft wine. R. J. Duncan. Pipitea, Sept. 4, 1850.

Van Diemen's Land Seed Oats for Sale. £t£\ BAGS best quality Seed Oats. ** V A,lply to

Robert Waitt. Wellington, August 24; 1850.

Just receive d, And on Sale at the Office of this Papery A SELECT Assortment of Stationery, consisting of :*- Ledgers, Journals, Cash and Day Books Cyphering and Copy Books Memorandum 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, jifid Meisrs, Johnson & Moore's, Lambton-quay. A few copies with Bee-Register, price 3i.

Price — One Shilling and Sixpence, THS

COOK'S STRAIT ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR' 1850.

/CONTENTS.— Preface, Signal Station, Du\_y ties,' Principal Articles of thi 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 Public Offices, &c, List of Ordinances passed irt 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 Occurrence? of 1849, Directions for restoring' Suspended Animation, &c. A few copies interleaved for memoranda may be had— Price 1 2s. Lambton Quay, 29th' December, 1849.

Wellington* Athenaeum and 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. 31— 'Mr. Marshall on Phrenology. Nov. 14 — Mr. Fitzgerald on Chemistry. „ 28 — Mr. Robeits on Electro-Magnetism. Dec. 12 — Mr. Hart ori Terrestrial Magnetism. Admission to Members (upon production of their ticket*) 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 JVt'&fj; Oct. 23, 1850. — First flour, £16:0 per ton; Bread, per 2lb. loaf, 4d. ; Beef, 4d. to sd. per lb. ; Mutton,' 4d. to sd. per lb. ; Fork, sd. to 6d. pet lb. ; Fowls, per pair, 35. ; Ducks, per pair, 45. ; Geese, 4s. each ; Turkeys, ss. each ; Fresh butter, os. lOd. per lb. ; Salt butter, Is; Od. per lb. ; Potatoes, £3 peV ton ; Eggs, Is. Od. per dog. ; Cheese, $ew Zealand, Is. 4d. per lb. ; Batnurst, Is. per lb. ; Maize, 3s. 6d. per bush.; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, QA. to 7d. per lb. ; Firewood, per ton, 18s.