SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 180, 1 March 1860, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED. | Feb. 26, brigantine Sea Gull, 62 tons, Captain Farnie, from Wellington. David, Sarah, and Emma Castell, Thomas, Mary, Emma, John Thomas, Tobias Peapell, Joseph and Mary Ahue-Robinson, James Mason, and George Cheshire. Taylor, Watt, and Co., agents. CLEARANCE. Feb. 24, brigantine Emily Allison, 99 tons, Captain Langley, for Nelson. Passengers— Mr. and Mrs. ft. Taylor and 3 children. R. Taylor, agonf.

IMPORTS. Ter Sea Gull—9 casks, 20 drums, 3 bales, 28 bundles, 39 cases wiiie, 2 qr. casks do., 5 kegs tobacco, 46 cases, 392 bags salt, 1 cask bath bricks, 1 case drapery, 120 pieces timber, Taylor, Watt and Co ; 2 octaves 3kerry, 1 qr. cask port wine, 12 cases, 4 casks, S. Curtis and Co.; 4 cases, H. Hurley; 1 case, il/cWilliara ; 4 half chests tea, 4 kegs drugs, W. T. Owen;-5 casks, .2 mats sugar, 1 crate earthenware, D. and P. Bell; 1 case pictures, E. Lewis; 1 cask horse shoos, 18 bars, 3 bundles iron, Baraber; 4 bundles bags, 16 boxes soap, Order.

EXPORTS. . Per Emily l Allison—29 head of cattle, 3 qr. casks whiskey, R. Taylor.

The “ Emily Allison” is still detained at the heads by contrary winds. We are. informed by the agents here, that the repairs’to the ‘‘ Wonga Wonga” have been completed at Wellington. She was to sail last Tuesday evening for Napier, and' on her return would be desqatched to Wanganui on or about Monday next.

WANGANUI MA/JKET REPORT.—Feb. 29. Wheat haf been brought to town in considerable quantities, by the river, and from Waitotara; we qudte it at 8s per bushel for old, and 7s for new. A few tons of potatoes have been disposed of, in retail lots, by the kit. Peaches, apples, cucumbers, pumpkins, &c. are plentiful at low prices. Flour— ln consequence of heavy imports, and of the mills getting into full work, there has been a considerable decline in the price of flour. First quality has lately been sold at £25 per tou. Oats—old are worth 4s to 4s 6d, new 3s 6d per bushel.

Canterbury Markets. —Feb. 9. Flour Market. —Since our last quotation flour has fallen £2 per ton, being now ,£26. It is sure to have a further fall to £24 during the present week, and the price of bread will be reduced accordingly. Wheat stands temporarily at, white, 7s per bushel of 60 lbs; red do., 6s 6d, in consequence of a limited demand from Wellington per last steamer; but these prices are not expected to hold long. People are already.mentioning 6s as the utmost figure of the present standard. —■Canterbury Standard.

Nelson Markets.— Feb. 10. . The Mills.— Mr. White’s, flour, £22 per ton, 23s per cwt. retail. Bread, 4lb loaf, is 2d; Butter, fresh, Is per lb.; eggs, Is 4d per doz.; cheese, Is to Is 4d per lb; lard, lOd to Is per lb ; beef, 4d to 7d ; mutton, 4d to 7d ; veal, 7d to 9d; bacon, Is to la 2d; hams, Is 3d; candles; home-made, lOd; potatoes, old, £5 per ton # new,,4d. per lb ; cabbages, each, 2d ; fowls per pair, 4s to ss; ducks, 6s; geese, each, 5s to 6s ; turkeys, 7s to 8s; onions, per lb, 4d. —Nelson Examiner.

Auckland Markets.— Feb, 2. Farm and . Dairy Produce. —Milk, per quart, 5d., Butter (fresh) per lb., 25.; Cheese (colonial) per lb., Is. to Is. 6d., eggs per dozen, Is. 9d., lard, per lb., Is., fowls, per pair, ss. to 65., ducks per pair, 5s to. 75., geese (each) 55., Turkeys, Bs. to 10., Bacon, per lb. Is;, hams, per lb. Is. to Is. 6d., potatoes, per cwt. 35., onions, per lb., 3d. to 4d., hay, per ton, £6 103., straw, £4. Butchers' Meat- —-Beef per lb. 6d. to 7d., mutton, 7d. to Bd., pork 6d. to 7d. Biscuits (cabin), 34. per cwt. Bread, per 2-lb. loaf, sd. to 6d. THE MILLS. "

Wholesale. —Fine flour, £22., seconds, £20., sharps £9 per ton., bran Is. Bd., maize (cracked or whole) 4s. 6d., wheat, nominal. Retail.-— Fine flour, 245. per 100. lbs., seconds, 225. do., sharps, 11s., do bran, Is. 6d per bushel., maize (cracked or whole) ss. per bushel.

Building Materials. —Boaids and scantling, per 100 feet, 15s. to 165.; boards tongued and grooved, 215., shingles, 14s. per 1000., palings, 145., posts and rails, £3 to £3 5s per 100., bricks, £3 ss. to £3 10a. per 1000., lime, 13. Bd. to 2s. per bushel

Melbourne Markets. —Jan. 28. . The Mills—Business continues brisk for trade requirements, and prices continue steady. Fine flour,’ £l9; Haxall and Callego, £22 per ton ; bran, scarce, Is 8d per bush ; wheat, but little offering for sale, 7s 9d co 8s per bushel. :

Ketail.—Bread, lOd the 4lb loaf; beef, 4|d to 7d ; mutton, 5d to 6d ; veal, 9d to 10d ; pork lOd to Is per lb ; eggs, 2s 9d to 3s per doz. Hay.—The supply brought in during the week, although ample, has been considerably less than at market last week. Trade has been tolerably brisk, and but few loads have remained undisposed of at the close of each day. Best hay brings from £4 to £4 10s, inferior rnd coarse from £3 to £3 15s per ton.

Adelaide. The corn market continues firm; the farmers keep back the wheat, and supplies are vjsry limited. Millers are giving 6s 8d to 6s lOd per bushel for dray loads, and 7s is given at the port. Flour. £l6 10s to-£l7 per ton.

companied by Testimonials, addressed to the Proprietors; care of Messrs. Powell ami Co.; on or before the 3-Ist Miitcli; 18G0. Wangamii, New Zealand* Jan. 26, 1860.