KAIAPOI. W. C. BE S WIC X, GENERAL OQMS¥II3SIOH AND LAND ABENT, sT~GUNDRY, GENERAL MERCHANT AM COMMISSION AGENT, Canterbury Street, Lgltellon. A. E. WHITE & Co., COMMISSION MERCHANTS & GENERAL AGENTS, Port Lyttelton, New Zealand. COHRKSPONnENXS : jS»/</ncy-rMes<vs. Smith, Campbell, & Co. > Melbourne —Wieslgaitii,Ros«i, & Co. Geelong— McKellar & Wood, Auckland —Bainn.&, Biutt, Nelson— Mr. W.R. Nicholson, Wellington -Messrs. P. M. Hervey & Co. London —Messrs. J. Gladstone &,Co., 16, Broad Street/ The Canterbury Joint Stock, Loan, Investment, and Discount Society, / rpHE above Society having issued a fur.i*- ther amount of Shares, the Committee beg to stale thiit there are a few shares undisposed of, which, by the Deed of Settlement, are now open to the public, aud can be obtained on application to ",:■..' -^','■"• V '-'":.-:'-- ■■; ...'■' •'■'■.. ; i.';;;f.;./ .'■•■ ■'■'•' ;:.' ■ S.Gtjndry, Secretary. ■;■; . liyttelton, Feb. 19,1855. ' fT^HE Quarterly General Meeting of the -■-: •■-Canterbury Jockey Club will take place at the Golden Fleece Hotel, on ...Saturday, March 3rd, at 3 P.M., when, after the election of new members by ballot, the'imembers will proceed to the election of a President in the room of JVC. Wilson, Esq.,and of two stewards in the room of J. C. Wilson, Esq., and the Hon. J. Si Wortley, absent from the Province. The Rules of the Canterbury Jockey Club may be obtained of the (acting) Secretary. '■;\; ■'•;■'■ '■ ■■'.'■' Thomas Cass, ■ .. ; ; ■ (Aciing) Secretary; Christchurch, February, 17th, 1855. ■ NOTICE. ON THURSDAY, March Ist, 1855, ; there will be run on the New Course, about a mile "beyond lliccarton Cross Roads, imder the direction of the Canterbury Jockey Club, the following Match, between Mr. Mallock's bl.g. Marco Polo, a#ed, carrying- 10 st., to be ridden by Mr. T. McDonald, and Mr. Lee's bl. g. Tamerlane, aged, to be ridden by the owner; two mile heats. The horses to be at the starting post at Ip.m. precisely, Thomas Cass, - (Acting') Secretary. ChrJstfhurch, Feb. 17,1855. LYTTELTON and PORT VICTORIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. IT is proposed to establish at Lyttelton a Society for the encouragement of Horticulture and Floriculture. Persons desirous of becoming: members are invited to send their names'.to the Hon. SecretaryShould the means of the Society permit, it is intended to have, (luring the summer 1855-56, three Fruit, Flower, aud Vegetable Shows, on days to be appointed according to the forwardness of the season. rnovisioNAi. committee. A. J. Alport, .1. Shvimpton, Geo, Cotterill,, Charles Simeon, Wm. Donald, . J. S powers, B. W. Dudley, R. Wormukl. Wm. Donald, Hon. Sec