COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 65, 24 March 1870, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

EVENING STAR OFFICE,

Thursday After_.oo:_.

Mr. B. Tonics held an extensive sale of oilmen's stores, &c., at his mart, to-day. The trade was well represented, and the following prices were obtained:— English bacon, 6_xl ; light brown crystal sugars, '-.el; Morton's salmon, 13s lOd ; maccaroni, 10s ; Whybrow's salad oil, 7s 3d ; fresh herrings, 7s dozen ; Whybrow's vinegar, 9s 9d ; Keillor s jujubes, 17' cl ; washing soda, 6s ; bicarbonate soda, 14s ;• whiting, 6s ; Barcelona nuts, 6ftll j soft almonds, 8d ; grocer's twine, W ; Batty , mixed pickles, 9s Gd ; L. and P. Worcester sauce. 12s Sd ; Melbourne moulds, 4*d, D. and M. paste blacking, 6s ; D. and M. jar

1 l_lne!;in_', 7s Gd ; candied lemon peel, 15_-d ; jar salt, 5_ ; painkiller, 10s ; Price's Belmont j 'caudles, 11 Ad"; tea, " Frotnm," Is skl; gun{'lowder, 2s 6cl; forest orange pekoe, 2s I'd.

Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son held a sale of property at their mart to-day, which was numerously attended. The bidding, however, was -hii'lc. lllotments 125 and 127, in the Parish of Pukekura, Waikato, brought ss. 6d. an acre ; allotment 46, at Whangamarinb, 2s 3d; lot 117, Waiwera, 2s Od j4O acres at Puhoi, at 2s per acre ; find several allotments at Pokeno brought 15s. Several other properties were offered, but were not sold. Mr. G. W. Bmney sold by auction, this afternoon, the family residence of Mr. John French, College-street, for the. sum of i.175, subjec. to a mortgago of £200.