AUCKLAND.

Press, Volume V, Issue 595, 26 September 1864, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

The Southern Cross of the 17th instant reports .— There have been two sales by auction darinsr the ■week, which bare somewhat indicated the state of the market

Some of the prices obtained wrre very fair, but there were 1 »everal instances of goods being sold for far less than Melbourne and Sydney rates. At Messrs Ridings and Dow- < den's butter, in good condition, was sold for 4jd to sjd i per lb. and rice for lid per lb. At Messrs Alfred Woolley and Cos sale, on the 14th instant, sperm candles. iUiht j weights, brought B|d p<>r lb. in a teu-l<ox lot ; full weights of the same brought 10J.1, for a small parcel only; pint I pickles brought ?s 6d, and only one-third of the parcel sold; , Cork butter brought only 5Jd per lb; Keiller's confectionery fetched 12£ d, and Swallow's Melbourne lancy j !>iscuir, ; mould caudles (Melbourne-make), s}d ; maizena. <£d ; Belfast bacon, Ofd ; fine salt. £3 19s to ' £4 5s per ton ; Colman's mustard. 9d ; coffee, withdrawn at *d ; split pea*, lfd—only ten casks sold ; Hunt's single and double and diamond port. 6s to 6d 3d; London and Colonial i Company's stout, ss, duty paid; and Byass's bottled porter, 10s to 10s 6d—sold in small lots of ten casks each. Two tons of Melbonrne silk-dressed flour fetched £21 10s per ton, ( and two tons of Adelaide £22 Ids. at which price it was withdrawn. Many of the above prices are very low. and a* i the market is overstocked with goods, there should at least be some ct-ssation of imports until present supplies are ! considerably reduced. When the fine weather sets in there , will no doubt be a brisk trade done, and until then low prices for goods, in any quantity, must be the rule. There i is no alteration in flour. The recent intelligence from Caafornia will not tend to depress it, and £25 will be the > ruling price for some time- There is about three months , supply on hand, independent of commissariat stores, and a few more shipments will supply the market until the next harvest in the colonies comes "in, which it is to be hoped will be a plentiful one. The firm we alluded to last week as having suspended payment, have been allowed to resume, time being given. The liabilities are said to be about £6,000. MESSRS STYAK AND HCXTER's REPORT. Horses—There waa abont the usual number of inferior horses shown, but few sales were effected, the highest pricps bring £30. Fat Cattle—There was a £rood snpplv of fair quality, and principally ship bullocks. These sold well at prices ranging from £14 15s to £25 2s 6<L Fat Sheep and Lambs—A full supply of fair quality. Sheep sold at 28s to 49s 6d. lambs, at 19s 6d to 225. Dairy and Sheep Cattle—Of dairy cows there were none in the market. Store cows sold at £8 to £9 12a 6d, store heifers, £5 12s 6d to £6 ss. Store Sheep—None in the market l*igs—None in the market.