NOTICE.

HAVING this day entered into partnership as Auctioneers and General Commission Agents at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. The business will be conducted by Messrs. Weston & Hobson, under the firm of Simmons, Weston & Co.

ISAAC SIMMONS
THOMAS WESTON
WILLIAM HOBSON

Sydney, 1st July, 1840.

NEW ZEALAND BANKING COMPANY.

CAPITAL - £100,000.
In 10,000 Shares of £10 each.

DIRECTORS:

PRESIDENT,
James Reddy Clendon, Esq., J. P.

VICE-PRESIDENT,
Henry Thompson, Esq.

Gilbert Mair, Esq., J. P.
Edward Marsh Williams, Esq.
John Scott, Esq.
William Mayhew, Jun., Esq.
Daniel Pollen, Esq.
Philip B. Perry, Esq.

AGENTS IN SYDNEY,
The Commercial Banking Company.

THE UNDERSIGNED.

ARE prepared to purchase to any extent, Black Oil, Sperm Oil, and Whalebone, either British or Foreign.

HENRY THOMPSON & CO.
July 29.

Messrs. Simmons, Weston & Co.

Beg to inform Merchants, Captains of vessels, Settlers, and all parties connected with New Zealand, that having completed their New and extensive Stores, at the South end of the Beach, Kororarika, they have commenced Business as AUCTIONEERS AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, and will be happy to receive any instructions for the Sale of Land, Merchandize, &c., with which they may be honored.

In soliciting a portion of the public patronage, S. W. & Co. offer themselves, that the experience they have attained by many years practice in the profession in the first House in Sydney, will be a sufficient guarantee of their knowledge of the business, and capability of managing and effecting any Sales of Merchandize, Land, &c., with which they may be honored.

Kororarika, 7th Sept., 1840.

FOR SALE,

BY the Undersigned, on board the store ship Tuscan, off Russell -

Rum in barrels of 25 gallons
Tobacco in tierces and kegs
Port wine in hhds. and qr. casks
Pages' bottled Port wine
Wardell's sherry wine
Champagne cyder
Bloom muscatel raisins
Bottled ale and porter in casks of 3 dozen
Half-pint tumblers, wine and liqueur glasses
6-4 and 10-4 heavy blankets, full size
Black and drab beaver, and palm leaf hats.

JOHN J. MONTEFIORE.
Sept. 3d.

FOR SALE,

JUST the Undersigned, on board the store ship Tuscan, off Russell

Brown stout, pale and strong ales
Beal American limit, o. p. in barrels
Rum in hhds., o. p.
Square fig tobacco in tierces
Tobacco in tierces, kegs, baskets and bales
Sugar in casks and mats
Rice, preserved meats, pickles
Gentlemen's and racing saddles
Large pipes
Double barrel guns
Gin in half cases
Tents, lined and unlined
Spades, hoes and tomahawks

ANDERSON, SCOTT & CO.
Sept. 3rd.

GEORGE HULL, Blacksmith

BEGS respectfully to return thanks to his friends and the Public, for their kind favors for the last four years and upwards, and begs to state that he has recommenced Business at the rear of Messrs. G. T. Clayton and Co's stores, and hopes by punctuality, moderate charges, and good workmanship, to ensure a share of public patronage.

Mr. Hull begs further to state, that he has taken Mr. M'DERMOTT as a Partner in his Business, and hopes from Mr. M'D's. experience in Sydney for twelve years as a Ship Smith in-general, and, likewise, since he came to the Bay of Islands, that his abilities as a Blacksmith-in-general cannot fail to be appreciated.

Kororarika, 1st Oct.

NOTICE.

THE New Zealand Banking Company will commence Business on the 4th inst., and Interest will be allowed and charged at the following rates, until further Notice:

INTEREST ALLOWED
On current accounts on the daily balance 1 per cent per annum.
On deposits at 10 days payable at ten days' Notice 5 per cent. per annum.

INTEREST CHARGED
On accounts having more than sixty days to run, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.
On bills not having more than sixty days to run, at the rate of 12 1/2 per cent. per annum.

Discount Day—Wednesday at 12 o'clock.

Bills at ten days' Sight are granted on the “Commercial Bank” in Sydney at one per Cent Premium.

By order of the Court of Directors.

A. KENNEDY,
Manager.

Kororarika, 2nd Sept. 1840.

MONEY.

WANTED, the sum of £200 and £400 on good Freehold security in the Bay of Islands. Apply to Mr. LITTLEWOOD, Solicitor, Bank Square.

WANTED,—a Farming Man, who understands the management of Cattle. Wages liberal. Apply to

G. MAIR,
Waimate.

To Correspondents.

Mr. White's communication has been received. A. G., a “Glimpse at” &c.

To our Subscribers.

As it has so frequently happened that the papers requested to be sent at distant places have never been duly forwarded, in future we shall always commit the papers to our distant friends to the POSTMASTER.

The new Building is completed, the Post Office is at the house of Mr. W. W. WILSON, and all letters where enquiries must be made if not duly received.

THE NEW ZEALAND ADVERTISER, AND BAY OF ISLANDS GAZETTE.

HOBSON HOTEL,

MATAVIA BAY, NEAR KORORARIKA.

Michael Fitzpatrick,

BEGS respectfully to inform his numerous friends and the Public generally, that he has opened the above house (which he has leased for a period of years) as an Hotel, for the accommodation of Gentlemen and Private Families visiting the Bay of Islands, and from the retired and pleasant situation of Matavia, combined with several excellent alterations and improvements already made, and also contemplated, he hopes that he will meet with a liberal share of public patronage. His exertions for the comfort of his friends and patrons, will be unwearied, to ensure a continuance of their favors.

The above Hotel is only five minutes' walk from the business portion of Kororarika, and on the high Road to Russell Town. Those who value health will do well to inspect Mr. F's accommodations and facilities for affording comforts; the walk, alone, and the quiet retirement from the bustle of business, may be well ranked among the inducements for Gentlemen and private Families taking up their residence at the “Hobson.”

N. B. Boats from the various Bays and Rivers in the Bay of Islands, in bad weather, when landing cannot be effected elsewhere, put in opposite the “Hobson,” where the waters are always still.

A boat always ready for those frequenting the Hotel.

Matavia Bay, near Kororarika, 16th Sept., 1840.

KORORARIKA:—October 1, 1840.

The Act has now been published which is proposed to be the basis of the Government of British Colony New Zealand. It may be useless for us to discuss this in the present state of affairs.

It is in spite of the evils of legislation at Sydney by persons who have no connexion with or interest in this country, that we live... little or nothing of their proceedings, till they come forth in the form of a law. We believe, these Acts require the confirmation of the Colonial Office before they can be put in force and in the hope that the Ministry may be induced to revise; if not to expunge the Act in question, we will venture to express our sentiments upon the subject without disguise.

It is our opinion, if the Colonists send home a Memorial, the Crown will by no means confirm this Act, for the following reasons:—

First of all, the essential principle and basis of the Act is directly opposed to the solitary object which the Ministers had in view in consenting to colonize this country. That object is most distant and prominent in the whole of the Marquis of Normanby's instructions—it cannot be misunderstood—it cannot be made second to any other in his Lordship's letter—it is the protection of the Native interests. It is true, that by Sir George Gipps' Act a violation of aboriginal rights is taken part of—but it is also equally and most notoriously true, that those rights are—we will not say, at the mercy of the Government—they are altogether mildered and overthrown by authority, and in such a manner, that they can never be recovered if this Act be once applied. If proof of this be required, take the following:

The Act is entirely founded on the non-recognition of aboriginal power over landed property, and of perfect political independence prior to the establishment here of the authority of the British Crown. There can be no question of this; Sir George Gipps in his speeches most unambiguously stated, that this was the ground of his proceeding. It is true that the express denial of the right in question has been withdrawn from the face of the Bill—but it is not the less evident that the whole of the Bill rests on the assumption that the Aborigines had no just, uncontroulable right to their lands.