GENERAL STORE. KNIGHT and HAIR respectfully intimate to their friends and the inhabitants of Puit Nicholson, that they have on sale, at their Store, the. following articles, which they can with confidence recommend, viz. . — Sugar, teas, flour, butter, cheese, lard, rice, coffee, tobacco, almonds, currants and raisins, together with a general assortment of groceries. Also, a supply of hardware, haberdashery, and drapery of every description. N.B. — A supply of refined sperm oil just come to hand. Mr. K. has on hand, a 1-rge assortment of Agricultural and Garden Seeds and Implements, all of which he can with confidence recommend, the seeds being all of last year's harvest; and as lie will be continually in receipt of fresh supplies from his relative, the well known Nursery and Seedsman m London, he hopes to be favored with the patronage of the Colonists. Britannia, Oct. 16, 1840. WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. IMPORTED GOODS. CORRECTED OP TO FRIDAY EVENING. Rum : P. B. P., duty free, per gallon 0 9 0..0 12 6 Gin: Pale 0 8 6 .. 0 12 0 Case, 4 gallons 4-5. 1 1 0 . . I 5 O Brandy : First quality, per gallon 014 0 . . 016 0 Second quality.. 0 13 0 .. 0 15 0 Third ditto 012 0 . . 013 6 Brown Stout : Trueman and Co. 7 0 0 .. 7 10 0 Porter : Dunbar, in bot. per doz 016 0 . . 018 0 Ale: In bottle, per doz.. 0 16 0 .. 0 18 0 Wine: Sherry, per pipe .. 28 0 0 ..40 0 0 Ditto, per dozen. 1 5 0 .. 2 10 0 Sugar: Mauritius per cwt. 2 5 0 .. 2 8 0 Brown 0 0 0 . . 1 15 0 Refined loaf, per lb 0 0 10 .. 0 0 11 Tea: Hyson, per chest ..10 10 0 ..12 12 0 Coffee : Java, per lb 0 1 3 . . 0 1 6 Rice: Common per cwt. .. 11 0 .. 1 3 0 Good 1 5 0.. 1 8 0 Tobacco: Negrohead, per lb 0 1 8 . . 0 2 3 Cigars : Manilla, per 1000, duty free, very scarce 5 0 0.. 0 0 0 Havannah none in market. Chinsurah 4 0 0.. 5 0 0 Salt : Liverpool, per ton .8 0 0 . . 10 0 0 Soap : Hawes's ' London, per ton 70 0 0 . . 75 0 0 Candi.es : English wax, per lb 0 3 0 . . 0 3 6 Mould 0 1 0..0 1 4 Pork : Irish, per barrel . . 5 0 0 . . 0 O 0 Hams. Yorkshire, per lb . 0 1 1 .. () 1 6 Buttek: Irish, per lb. ..0 I 8 .. 0 1 10 Potatoes. New Zealand, per ton 5 0 0.. 7 0 0 Cheese: Cheshire 0 1 3..0 110 Pine Apple 0 1 4..0 0 0 Starch: Per lb 0 1 9..0 2 0 Oil: Linseed, per gallon . 0 9 0 .. 0 11 0 Black, per ditto ....0 4 6..0 5 6 Pitch : Stockholm, per barrel 1 15 0 .. 1 18 0 Tar . Coal 115 0..2 0 0 American 3 0 0..4 0 0 Mustard : Per dozen ....116 0..0 0 0 Pickles : Assorted, per doz., quarts 1 2 0 .. 1 10 0 Muskets: Walnut stocked 1 8 0 .. 0 0 0 Beef: Fresh, carcase per lb 0 1 0 .. 0 0 0 Mutton : Carcase per lb . 0 1 0 . . 0 0 0 Pork: Fresh, carcase per lb 0 0 5 .. 0 0 8 Flour: Per ton 42 0 0 ..45 0 0 Milk: Per pint 0 0 4 .. 0 0 0 Plank: Poit Nicholson, per 100 feet .. 018 0 .. 1 10 0 Hokianga 2 5 0..2 10 0 Scantling: Per 100 feet.. 0 18 0 .. 1 5 0 Shingles: Per 1000 1 10 0 .. 2 5 0 Boat Hire: Per day, without hands .0 16 0 . . 1 5 0 Wages : Mechanics, per week 116 0^.2 8 0 Labourers .... 1 10 0..0 0 0 The New Zealand Gazette will, for the present, be published weekly, every Saturday morning. So soon as it is sufficiently supported, it will be issued semi-weekly. Subjoined are the terms : — Price of the Paper. — Forty shillings per annum, payable in advance ; or one shilling for single numbers. Advertisements. — Six lines and under, 3s. 6d. for the first insertion, and one shilling for each subsequent insertion ; from six to ten lines, five shillings for the first, and one shilling and sixpence for each subsequent insertion ; above ten lines, five shillings for the first ten lines, and fourpence per line for the excess of that number ; and twopence per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements will not appear in the ensuing number, if received later than Friday, 10 o'clock, a.m. Advertisements will be continued and charged until counter-ordered ; such order must be sent to the Office three days before publication, and must be in writing. All orders, advertisements, and communications to the Editor, are requested to be addressed to this Office.
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New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume I, Issue 28, 24 October 1840, Page 4
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