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Pt.tmouT11, 9th August-GII this port, the NOV Zealand Land Company's

ship Cuba, 273 tons, bound for Cook's `wail s, She carries out the Surveyor- General, (Lieutenant Smith, of the lteyal Artillery,) and a large Surveying- stair, rim the purpose of laying out the first township and settlement previous to the arrival of the emigrant ships, which are to follow, this season. The Ctiba also 11;13 (ill 1/0,11'd a Land-agent of the Company, and a cargo for barter

with the natives. She is a remarkably fast

wrier, a141 carries despatches for

Colonel Wakefield, the Company's principal officer in NOV Zealand.