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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 669, 31 December 1851, Page 1

WELLINGTON BRANCH Company, ... t London. - ' f Established by Act of Parliament, March, 1824. CAPITAL—FIVE MILLIONS STERLING. Board of Director* >— Presidents Samuel Gurney, Esq. I Sir Moses Montifiore I Bart Directors George H. Barnett,Esq | John Irving, Esq. Sir E, N. Buxton, Bart. I Louis Lucas, Esq. | Thomas Masterman, Sir R. Campbell, Bart. Esq. Sir George Carroll. Baron L.de Rothschild The Right Hon. G. R. M.P. Dawson. Sir A. N. de RothsJames Fletcher, Esq. child, Bart. Charles Gibbes, Esq. Oswald Smith, Esq. - William Gladstone,Esq Melvil Wilson, Ess Samuel Gurney, Jun., Esq. The Undersigned have the pleasure to inform the public of Wellington that they have been appointed Agents of the above Company, and that they are authorized to effect Fire Assurances at the rates of premium and on the conditions laid down by the Board of Directors. Hervey, Johnston & Co. Agents. Lombard Street, 10th October, 1850.

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Wellington Markets, Retail Prices, December 31, 1851. —First flour, £ll per ton; Bread, per 21b. loaf, 4d.; Beef, -sd. to 6d. per lb.; Mutton, 4|d. 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. per lb.; Salt butter, Is. 2d. per lb.; Potatoes, £6 pei ton ; Eggs, Is. 2d. per doz, ; Cheese, New Zealand, Is. 2d. per lb.; Bathurst, Is. per lb.; Maize, 3s. 6d. per bush.; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Haj# and Bacon, 6d. to ?d. per lb.; Firewood, per tert, 18s. -