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Otago Witness, Issue 4, 22 March 1851, Page 1

DUNEDIN PROPERTY INVESTMENT COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, -that % an Advance of Money will be made, according to the Rules of the Society, on Mon- , day night, 31st March, at Eight o'Clock, in the School Room. By Order, A. MERCER, Secretary. NOTICE. ALL PARTIES "interested in the piece of Street-Way on the Map of Dunedin, being the continuation of High Street, on the North-East of Princes Street, and extending from Princes Street to the junction of High Street and Rattray Street,- aiiP^grequested to , Meet in the Surveyor's Office, on Monday,the 31st of March current, to consider a proposal to enclpse the. same as a Public Market, especially for Fish, Potatoes, Vegetables, and Fruit. , Should the Meeting assent to this proposal, they will be requested to electa pommittee, to make arrangements, and to act in the matter on behalf of the Public. p A Tracing of the proposed enclosure, and of the parts of Dunedin and water frontages adjoining to it, is left for inspection in the Office of the " Otago Witness." W. CARGILL. Dunedin, 18th March, 1851. — A& B CUSTOM-HOUSE FORMS for Sale at the * ' • " Otago Witness " Office. ' :%+ v' ■- Dunedin. I Retail Prices Cu^ptt, March 22, 1851. -1 JEirst-Elour, W&oQi&*£2 45. ; BrevL&» 4lb loaf, lid. ; Beef, 6d. to"6|cL, ty tt>. ; Mutton, 6d.~t0 6|d. ; Pork, 6d. to 6d§d. ; Fresh Butter, Is. 6d. ; Salt do., Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. ; Ground Coffee, Is. 4d. ; Tea, Is. Bd. ; Raw Sugar, 3|d. to 4d. ; Loaf do., 7|d. to Bd. 5 Mould Candles, 7d. ; Cheese, Is. ; Milk, 3d. to 4d. W quai't ; New Potatoes, 4s. to ss. od. #* cwt. ; Firewood, cord, 10s. to 125. ; Sawn Timber, 10s. to 12s. W 100 ft. ; Shingles, 12s. W 1,000; Bricks, £2 ss. W 1,000. CUSTOM DUTIES. British and Foreign, Spirits ss. gal. Tobacco (Manufactured) Is. lb. Do. (Unmanufactured) 9d. Cigars and Snuff. 2s. Wines 20#'cent. Malt Liquors .4s, 15 Munitions of War 30 British Goods and Produce 10 Foreign Goods and Produce 12| Glass Bottles (full), Specie, Bvlbsoid Plants; Live Animals, Printed Books Duty Free. Jg ' ■ ===• * RATES OF POSTAGE. Ship Letters, weighing under £ 03 4d, Do. do. under 1 0z..... Bd. • Do. do. 1 & under 2 oz. Is. 4d. Letters for any part of New Zealand need not be prepaid, and Newspapers are sent Free. STEAM. COMMUNICATION. [From the Times, Sept. 10.] The question as to the necessity of the shortest and most economical steam route to Australia is felt every day to assume increased importance. By a statement in the Times of this morning it will have been seen that the distance, time, and probable passenger rates of the three routes by which steam communication is practicable have been respectively estimated as follows : — Route to Sydney Distance. Time. Fare. Miles. Days, £. Via Suez and Singapore .' . 13,288 75 200. 4» Via Cape of Good Hope . . 13,880 63 not stated. Via Panama 12,690 62 110 £45 second cabin. This comparison refers only to Australia. As regards New Zealand the result is still more strikingly in favor of the W.est India route,' viz. : — l Route to New Zealand. Distance. Time.® Fare. '■ .Miles. Days.? JS , : Via Suez and Singapore . . , 14,488 81 , 215 Via Cape'of Good Hope .. . 15,080 - 69 not stated.' Via.Panama 11,490 sff r 'lfo;or '- . £45.,se,cond cabin. Ui :it also, appears that the^West Indian route is ihe only ,bne thatcan^be put: in, operation, with-,, nin .a- reasonable time. v >The»ob.staclesjinterjJo,sed Ay. . the?^sj;^L\di% c C,ompany.^ye ? delayed; the •