AUCKLAND.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2885, 24 October 1866, Page 4

AUCKLAND.

Daily Southern Cross office, Tuesday Evening, The Customs receipts to-day amounted to £800. Messrs. Arthur and Son sold to-day a large quantity of groceries, oilmen's stores, &c, at the stores of Mr. M. Somerville. The following is a list of the prices obtained : — Mixed pickles, pints, 12s. 3d. to 12s. 6d. per dozen ; Oriental pickles, 17s. 9d. to 18s. 3d. ; French capers, half-pints, 10s. ; French capers, 40z., 7s. 6d.; assorted sauces, half-pints, 9s. 3d.; Harvey's sauce, 10i.; essence anchovies,

lls.; mushroom catsup, lls. 3d.; mushroom catsup, pints, 175.; Dutch anchories, 10s. 6d. ; whifce-wine vinegar, quarts, 125.; salad oil, pints, 15s. 3d. to 15s. 6d.; salad oil, half-pint-i, 10s. to 10s. 3d.; ealvesfoot jelly, pints, 225. 6d.; calvesfoot jelly, quarts, 335.; salmon, llb.tinn, 17s. 3d. to 18s.; potted meats, assorted, 10a. 3d. to 10s. 6d.; assorted jams, lib., 13s. 6d. to 13s. 9d.; assorted jams, 21b., 20s. 6d. to 21s. 3d.; red currant jelly, lib., 15i. 9d.; blackcurrant jelly, 15s. 3d.; anchovy and bloater paste, Bs.; potted meats, assorted, lls. to 12s. 9d. ; tart fruits, 16s. 6d. to 17«.; Worcester sauce, pints, 255. ; Worcester sauce, half-pints, 13s. 9<J. to 14s. 6d.; sardinei, quarter-tins, 9s. 9d. to 10s.; assorted meats and vegetables, 12s. per dozen ; assorted soups, 15s. to 17s. ; salmon, 17s. to 17s. 3d. ; curry powder, 41b. bottles, lls. 3d. ; curry powder, Jib. bottles, 65.; clothes lines, assorted, 16s. 6d.; paper bag*, s£d. per lb.; thumb blue, \oz., 9d. to 94d. ; No. 1 starch, 4|d. to 4|d.; superior mustard, 41b. bottles, 9s. 3d. to 93. 9d. per dozen ; superior mustard, lib. bottles, 13a. 9d. ; superior mustard, 71b. tins, Is, Id. per lb. ; fine London mustard, £lb. bottles, Bs. 3d. per dozen ; fine London mustard, lib. bottles, lls. 3d.; black lead, 7d. per lb.; soluble chocolate, quarter blue, Is. s£d. — in. bond, Is. l^d. ; soluble coooa, tinfoil and gold, lOd. — in bond, 6d.; soluble cocoa, hexagon, 9d.; homoeopathic cocoa, Is. s£d.; Robinson's patent groats, lls. 3d. per dozen; Robinson's barley, 7s. Gd ; bottle blacking (Is.), B. 3d.; bottle blacking (6d.), 4s. sd. to 4s. 6d.; paste blacking, Bs. 3d. per gross ; assorted confectionery, 61b. to 81b. tins, 11 id. per lb.; assorted confectionery, 41b. to 81b. tins, 13s. 6d. per dozen ; assorted biscuits, 21b. tins, 2s. 3d. per tin ; patent corn flour, 40z., Boz., and 16oz. paokets, in 141b. tins, 9£d. to 91d. per lb,; assorted biscuits, 2s. 3£d; to 2s, 44d.; baking and egg powder, 6s. 6d. per dozen; saltpetre, ll£d. per lb. ; soap powder, Bs. 6d. to Bs. 9d. per gross ; Hudson's washing powder, ss. 6d. to ss. 9d.; broom handles, 3s. 4d. per dozen ; solazzi juice, Is. 4d. per lb. ; cloves, 7d. ; fine tapioca, 10d.; ground rice, s|d. to 6d.; small sago, 3d. to3£d.; mixed spice, Is. 9d.; Jordan almonds, Is. 9d. to 2s. 04d.; arrowroot, 94d. to lOd. ; canary seed, 3fd.; bleached Jamaica ginger, Is. 3^d. to Is. 4d.; linseed, sid.; linseed meal, 3id.; Dutch caraways, 64d. to 74d.; herrings, 2-doz. tins 2s. 9d., 1-doz. tins 15.7 d., per tin ; Belmont sperm candles, Is. OJd. to Is. o^d. per lb. ; night-lights, 10s. 3d. per doz ; real sperm candles, Is. 9d. to Is. lid. per lb. ; rennets, 19s. 6d. per jar (1 doz.) ; carbonate of sod*, 2^d. per lb. ; oatmeal, 3d. to 3£d. ; pearl barley ((kiln-dried), 3d. ; split peas, 2.|d. to 2£d. chicory, 3d. per lb. in bond ; whiting, 7s. 9d. to Bs. 3d. per cwt ; Eleme raisins, 6|d. to 64d. per lb. ; Muscatel raisins, IOJd. ; figs, BJd. to 9d.; Sultanas, 11 4 d.; Muscatels, 10£ d. to lid.; currants, 54d. to sfd. ; Barcelona nuts, sjd. ; mixed peel, Is. 3£d. ; Carolina rice, 4|d.; Java rice, 34d.; loaf sugar, 6fd. to 6£d.; crushed loaf sugar, s£d. to 6d.; congou, ex 'Queen Bee,' 35.; congou, ex 'Bengal,' Bs. 2d. to 4s. Id; congou, ex 'Berwick,' 2*. 9d. ; congou, ex 'Dunmail,' 3s. 6d. ; gunpowder, ex ' Glengairn,' 3s. ; fine salt, ss. 6d. to 6s. Id. per owt. ; coarse salt, ss. 3d. to ss. 6d. ; table salt, 9s. 3d. per dozen jars ; patent opaque gelatine (assorted), 4s. Bd., 9s , and 12s. per dozen ; patent refined isinglass (assorted), 9s. sd. and 18s. ; gelatine lozenges, Is. 6|d. per lb. ; Kent hops (1865), Is. Bd. to Is. 84d. ; soda crystals, lls. 3d. per cwt. f The attendance was large and the biddings brisk. It was the most satisfactory [sale that has been held for some time. Messrs. Turrell and Tonks held a trade sale of drapery, at which the following prices were realised : — 72in. Croydon sheetings, 2s. 3d.; Turkish and huckaback towels, 10s. and 165.; Hoyle's prints, B|d.; Horrocks's long cloths, ll^d. to 114 d.; dressed Hollands, lid. to ll^d. ; slate Jeannettes, Bsd.; fancy oil baizes, 17s. to 19s. 6d.; toilet covers, 2s. j furniture shintz, 6fd.; French twills, 9Jd.; twill and Crimean shirts, 7s. 6d.; coloured lustre* and Coburgs, 9Jd. and lOd. ; black alpacas and Coburgs, B£d. to9?d; knickerbocker suits, 103. 6d.; cochineal handkerchiefs, 7s. 6d. to 9a. 6d.; Clarkes reels, 18s. 6d. per gross ; braids, Bs. 6d. to 10s. 9d. per gross ; silk handkerchiefs, 10s. 6d.; women's hose, lls. 6d.; men's half-hose, Bj.; crinolines, ss. 9d. to 65. ; gloves, 75. ; linen collars, ss. 3d. per dozen ; paper collars, ss. a gross. Mr. L. W. Eaton sold 25,000 feet of boards and scantling, at from ss. to 7s. 6d. per hundred.