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Feb. 20, schooner Mary Paul, 20 tons, H. Bro vn, from Wellington. Passengers, Messrs. J. Stewart, H. Day, and R. Day, Mrs. Day and child. SAILED, . Feb. 15, cutter Catherine Johnstone, 12 tons, Armstrong, for Akaroa. Same day, schooner Sarah Jane, 16 tons, Rigby, for Wellington and Auckland. Feb. 17, schooner Despatch, 139 tons, Peacock, for Wellington. Passengers, Miss Peacock, Miss Bruce, Mr. Wallace. Feb. 18, schooner Return, 78 tons, Toohig, for Wellington. Same day, schooner Shepherdess, 40 tons, Swarm, for Wellington, in ballast. Same day, cutter Fly, 22 tons, Cemino, for Wellington. Same day, brigantine Pauline, 107 tons, Bain, for Sydney, via Wellington and Nelson. Passengers, Rev. C. Cutcliffe, Mr. Gordon, Mr. R Wadsworth, Mr. Heaphy and 2 children, Messrs. Brown, Price, Williams and Rouse. Feb. 19, schooner Wave, 15 tons, Underwood, for Wellington, in ballast. EXPORTS. In the Catherine Johnstone, 2 cases whiskey, 1 do. port wine, 1 barrel stout, 4- cases bottled beer, 1 case carpeting, 1 do. matting, 3 boxes luggage, 4 parcels slops, 2 do. shoes, order; 55 sheets corru- . gated iron, 1 keg rivets, H. G, Gouland ; 6 cases bottled beer, Armstrong; 2 cases apparel, Dicken. In the Sarah Jane, 12 tons onions, order. In the Reltirn, 10 whole and 2 half oales wool, Laurie. In the Fly, 1 pian.iforte, W. Lyon. In tho Pauline, 153£ bales wool, G. H. Tribe; 3 do. Rhodes ; 23 do. and 60 skins, Longden and Le Cren, together with goods transhipped from Columbus and William Hyde. In the Mary Paul, 3 tons pototoes, 2 do. onions, 3 casks pork.
Lyttklton Markets, Retail prices, Feb. 7 First flour, 18s. to 20s. per 100 lbs.; Bread, per 21b. loaf, od. ; Beef, Id. to Bjrf. per lb. ; Mutton, 7d. to Sd. perlb.; Pork, 7d. per lb. ; Fowls, per pair, 7s. 6d., Ducks, none ; Fresh butted Is. lOd.; Salt butter, Is. 4d. per lb.; New Potatoes, 51. per ton ; Eggs, Is. 9d. per doz ; Cheese, New Zealand, Is. 3d. per lb.; Maize, 4s. Od. per bushel, Ale, 6s. Od. per two gallons ; Ham and Bacon, 9d. to \od.; Firewood, per cord, 225. to 305.; Sawn Timber, 14s. to 16.?. Sydney Markets, Jan. 2.—The Mills. — Messrs. Barker and Co.: A few loads of new wheat have come to market, which sold at from 4s 6*d. to ss. per bushel. Flour remains at last quotations, I*l. for fine, and 121. for second quality per ton of 2000 lbs. Br»n, Is. to Is. 2d. per bush, Mr. Briellat; The holydays being over, it is expected that some of the new crop will now be sent to market. At present little or none has appeared. The nominal price may be quoted at 4s. 6d. to ss. per bush. Flour is very firm at previous rates, namely, HI. per ton for fine, and 121. for seconds, with a tendency to advance. Bran, Is. 4d. per bushel. Mr. Smart: No alteration has taken place in either wheat or flour since last report. Maize.—2s. sd. to 3s. per bushel, according to quality and sample.
Birth.—On Thursday, the 19th inst., at Lyttelton, the wife of James Edward Fitzgerald, Esq., of a daughter. Married.—On the 15th Jan., at the Forbury, Dunedin, by the Rev. J. A. Fenton, M.A., Henry Jeffreys, Esq., J.P., eldest son of the late Venerable Archdeacon of Bombay, to Ellen Penelope, eldest daughter of W. H. Valpy, Esq., J.P., late of the H. E. I. Company's Bengal Civil List.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 59, 21 February 1852, Page 5
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