AUCKLAND.

Press, Volume X, Issue 1193, 3 September 1866, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

The « Southern Crosa," of-the 25th ult., reports :— , ■ ' - w » by mail as to ship, inent* to this market 1B tiot of a nature to affbet prices to any extent, and no great alteratwo**any class of article* can h% lookedfoV

as long as the present dullness of trade continues. Wines and spirits are quoted low iv the home markets, but prices here are not such as to encourage large consignments. As to kauri gum, we learn that the commercial panic in England, and the outbreak of war on the Continent, had made the demand somewhat slack. A« this state of things was pretty well anticipated, prices here will not be much affected. We quote rates at from £13 to £24 ; case gum, scraped, £30 to £35. The Queen of the North sailed for London on the 21st, with a cargo of kauri gum, flax, wool, &c. The declared value of the kauri gum on board amounted to £13,875. Several vessels have sailed for the Australian colonies with cargoes of timber, &c. The same journal gives the following report of the produce market, from Messrs Hurst & Co., produce brokers : — Oats—None in importers' hands ; dealers seek 5s 9d to 6s ; seed dealers ask 7s to 7s 6d, as per quality. Barley—Some seed barley of fine quality has jußt arrived. It realised ?•; dealers require Bs. Bran—Full supply from mills at Is 6d per bushel; retail, per bag, Is 9d. Hay—£4 10s to £5 ; oaten, £4 to £4 10s. Potatoes—Farmers stand out for £4 10s, at the Tftmaki. The stocks are now getting very low. *$|gdney advices quote a good market there at%s. Prime qualities in dealers' hands are worth £6 per ton ; inferior, £5 to £5 10a. For some'imported Hobart Towns, ex Bella Mary, £9 to £9 10s is sought. Flour —Mill, best, £20 ; seconds, £15 ; sharps, £9 ; Adelaide, £20 ; Cbillian, £18 to £18 10a. Bone-dust—Fine Auckland, £10 ; Sydney, £9 103 to £10. Market very bare. Coals —New South Wales, store, 45s to 50s; Wangarei, alongside, 25s ; store, 30s.