Daily Southern Cross Office, Friday Evening.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4330, 1 July 1871, Page 2

Daily Southern Cross Office, Friday Evening.

There is really very little to report this week, as the full quotations given last Saturday remain unaltered. The shipping trade has been unusually small, a few South Sea Island traders, and the 'Prairie' from Hobart Town, being the only arrivals worth noting. The 'Flirt,' which sailed for Levukaon Monday, took a good cargo, consisting chiefly of provisions and timber. The^teade between these islands and Auckland' is not so large as -we should like to see it, or as the relative positions of the two places should give rise to. Of the present state of trade at Levuka the Fiji Times of the latest date received remarks :—: — "The past week has been a dull one, very little business having been transacted. As the pioking season approaches, planters do not care to leave tneir homes, but soon we look forward to briskness in trade, as very shortly cotton will be brought to market, and realised on, and planters will lay in fresh stocks. The arrival Sf the 'Sarah Pile' and 'Meteor,' from Sydney, will sort stocks, and make business look a little brisker for a few days. The scarcity of cash, and th« absence of a banking institution, are an insuperable bariier to the progress of the place." There is unquestionably an opportunity for Auckland enterprise to supply in a measure the requirements of the place, and thus^extend the commercial connection amd influence of this port. In harbour the snip ' Alexandrina 'is rapidly taking on board a cargo of New Zealand and South Sea Island produce for London. She has already on board the cargoes of the schooners 'Midge' and 'Edith,' and is now. taking in the barque 'Albion's' cargo of sperm oil. Her loading will -probably be completed in four weeks. The only arrivals ofJbreadstuffs during the week have been 20 tons of wheat from the Bay of Plenty, and 30 tons of flour from JTobart Town. This month the imports of , breadstuffs at Auckland have amounted to 1,005 tons, pf divided as follow :—From Canterbury, 651 tons of wheat} «nd 82 tons of flour; Adelaide, 89 tons of wheat and 133 tons of flour; the Coast, 20 tons of wheat ;"Hobart Town, 30 tons of flour. Flour remains firm at lasfc quotations—ls/. to 17/. per ton Auckland-mauufactured. We ha?e heard of a parcel of Adelaide being quitted as hjgh as 181. per ton ; arid from 161. to 18/. may be quoted astheruling quotations. Hobart Town fiW is worth about 16£ per toa. For Canterbury flour there are various quotations. Meek's and AndersoiLand Mouats brands fetch highest rates, and these may be qoSted at about 161. Other brands from 13?. to 161. are worth from 3s 3d to 3s* 6d. pex bushel. . The arrivals-during^the, month •mount te 8,962 bushels.' Of, barley, about 8,540* bushels -Vere imported'tßis month Maize * fully supplied, ancbis yftrth from 4s to 4s 6d per bushel. In geaeriil merchan- _ disc there is nothing {special $r note; The auction sales of groceries durmeiaiji'week have been unimportant: Hennessy'sbriWdv in bulk has been quitted at 7s 7d, per gallon ia»bond j in case, 30s 6&; proof mm, 2s 7d mbdhd Mr Alfredßuckfandheld^Slepf flax and wool to-day, *JChe favourable newlj received byjast mai^rgftarding woolcausedl a better inquiry thanp^te/and^aslrgli:![' Bid. perlb. was obtttn^^ o>j^6%in greasVf

j bat •omo parcels were sold at a -payable i fignve afterjihe auction sale. Messrs. Samuel Coehrana and Son held an OKtwisive sale of household furniture, &c, ; afe the mart, Fort-street, this day. The attendance was nnmercwg. Mid priqe> show [ an advance .orT previous 'qubfamons; good furniture -* specially being in demand. Rosowood,pi»Boforte,liyAucher, brought GSZ.; , drawing-room jsuite (8 pieces), 26^.* 10a ; musical boxes^ 22.- ss, 31. sa, if. 15s, 8/., *nt*IGI. each; theodolite and stand, 117.; pris- ; matic compass, SI. 12s 6d,j compass, 21.; guns, 51. and 51. 10s ; revolver, U. 10s ; binocular, 41. 103 ; atlas, Si. 2s 6d ; 100- j table, 41. 15s; Brussels «carpet, 5s 3d*pcr> J yai'd : and a large quantity of general house- i hold furniture at equally satisfactory prices. '