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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, 12 May 1852, Page 1

t -~' : ' ■* M JEti A*l*X, & N , • : • - ' COMMISSION AND GENERAL AGENT, Wellington Auction Room, LAMBTO^I-QUAYf IS prepared to receive Goods and Property of every description intended for immediate sale. A WEEKLY SALE is held, or oftener, if required, whenever sufficient inducement is offered ; thereby affording facilities for the disposal of Goods, &c, at the shortest possible notice. As a General Commission Agency Office, the above will be found in every way worthy the attention of parties seeking either to buy or sell Houses, Land, Agricultural Produce, Stock, &c, &c, &c. A Register kept of Houses, Land, &c., for disposal by private contract. Valuations made, Lands surveyed andmapped, and Estate Agencies carefully attended to. April 23, 18)2.

. Freehold Property for Sale, A GREAT BARGAIN. HOUSE, extensive Offices, $tahles, & c .» with Five Acres Cleared Land at Karori. May be had for about one-eighth of original cost. Enquire of JOHNSON & MOORE. March 17, 1852.

Wanted, A SHEPHERD to go to the Ahuriri. Good testimonials required. ( . . Apply at the Wellington Hotel. Wellington, Mavl, 1852.

Just Published, PRICE ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE, " ©i? <£pok's StiTut &Jmanack, - - - - * K)R THE YEARIBS& /CONTENTS— Preface, Signal Station, **-' Eclipses for 1852, Pripcipal 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, Latitudes and Longitudes from observations by Captain Stokes, R.N., Scale of Fees in different Publip Offices, Poundage Rates, Fees, &c, in the Administration of Waste Lands of the Crown Military and Naval Directory, Directory for the Southern Settlements, Postage Regulations, List of Ordinances passed in the General Legistive Council, 1851, Table of Duties of Customs, Advertisements, &c. A few copies interleaved for Memoranda may be had — Price 2s. Wellington, January 1, 1852.

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■ " Wellington Markets. .RETAIL PRICES, MAY 12, 1852. First .Flour, ,£2O per ton ; Bread, per 21b. iloaf, 5d. ; Beef, sd. to 6d. per lb.-; Mutton, 4£d. to-sd. per lb. : Pork, ,sd. to 6d. per lb. j Fowls, per pair, 35.; Ducks, per pair, 4s. / Geese, 4s. each;- Turkey, ss. each; Fresh Butter, Is. 2d. per lb. ; Salt Butter, Is. 2d. perlb. ; Potatoes, JE4 per ton,; Eggs, Xa. per doz.; Cheese, New Zealand, Is. 2d. per lb.; Bathurst, lslperlb.; Maize, ?s. 6d. per jbushel; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 7d. per lb. ; Firewood, j>er.ton, 18s.