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Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 75, 1 July 1846, Page 1

•.. mmmmws^^m'Ma NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, thit the Trust*- e«- ©f the-Wellington-Savings Bank are now. prepared to purchase Government * Debentures afc 20 per cent, discount. Application to be made to A. M'DONALD, at the Union Bank of Australia. : Wellington, Jane 2, 1846. WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, THAT commodious and pleasantly situated Brick Dwelling House, on Te Aro, lately occupied by C. M. Penny, Etq., with Stable, Garden, &c. occupying one acre. 200 acreg first-rate Land in the Wai-nui o-Mate, at a pepper-corn rent for fire yean. . ALSO FOB SALE,A few superior Mules, Horses. Mares, And Fillies. Apply to BETHUNE AHD HUNTER. Exchange Wellington, /fine 5,1846. THE Undersigned is always prepared to pay the highest Gash Price for Pat CATTLE and SHEEP. W. FLYGER. Wellington, May 12, 1846. FAMILIES and single gentlemen can be accommodated with apartments, genteely furnished, with or without board, on moderate terms, at Mrs. Ward's, Wallace's Buildings, KenVSfreef South, corner of Druitt Street, Sydney. February 3, 1846. AGENTS FOR THE " INDEPENDENT." Mr. A. Hesse, Lambton-quay, Wellington. Mr. Burcbim, Rjfer Hutt District. Mr. Watt, Wanganui. - Mr. E. Dorset, New Plymouth. Mr. Williamson, ««New Zealander'« Office, Auckland. Mr. Elliott, "Nelson Examiner," Office, Nelson. Messrs. Statham and Forster, v Australian Office," Sydney. Mr. John Cleave, General News Agent, Shoe Lane, London. _i—-^_: —.. DUTIES. British Spirits....... ss. per gallon. Foreign Spirits. ss. per gallon. Tobacco manufactured Is. per lb. '* Uamanufactured ...... 9d. per ft. Skd-ff 2s. per ft. Cigar 5.......... ........«... 2s. per ft. - Wines ~ 20 per cent. Ale. Beer, Porter, and other*) malt liquors J 15 per cent. On all guns or weapons of any! description, or gunpowder, > 30 per cent. or any munition of war .... J On all other goods,, wares,"*! merchandise, and property, I, 5 „ er cent# except personal baggage,lr*ing f " animals, and spicie'........ J The " Fire Queen " has brought Singapore papers to the 11th September, and China papers to the Bth August. The harbour of Singapore must have presented a tery cheerful and animated appearance, on the arrival of four steamers within a short time of each other, from different parts of the East; the Fire Queen from" Calcutta; the Bragansa with the London Mails from Galle ; the Lady Mary Wood with the China Mails for Europe; and the Batavia. Thelnterest and theimportance of this settlement as the grand depot of the Eastern archipelago, the centre of all communication to the eastward, will be increased in no small degree when another line of Steamers has been established to New Holland, Van Dieman's Land and New Zealand. We have looked in. vain through these papers new received for any notice of the course, objector success of the powerfulsquadron which recently left Us harbour 1 trader the command of Sir Thomas Cochrane.,*