MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross Office, Saturday evening. THE SHAREMARKET.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4406, 9 October 1871, Page 2

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

Daily Southern Cross Office, Saturday evening.

THE SHAREMARKET.

Messrs. C. Arthur and Son held a sale of produce, &C, at their mart to-day. The following are the prices obtained :— Fowls, Is 9d to 3s 6d ; Spanish fowls, 4s 9d; clucks, 2a 4d to 2s 7d ; geese, 5s 3d ; turkeys, 4s to 5s 3d; onions, 3jd per Ib. ; potatoes, 5s 8.1 to 6s per cwfc. ; Hour, 14/. per ton ; Auckland bacon, 4^d to 7id per lb.; Wairoa cheese, 3}[d to sd ; hali-chosts tea, Is 9d per lb.

Mr. Martin Sholl reports as follows :—"Demand for leading shares rather dull. Buyers of Caledonian at 115/ ; Thames, 23/. ; Tookey, 211 10s. Sales of Bright Smile, at 605., numerous buyers ; holders asking advauced price 9. A small parcel of Shotovers changed hands at 1 Is, at which there are several buyers All Nations offered at 5/. 17s 6d ; Central Italy, 503. luquiries for Peep o'Day, Green Harp, Pacific, and Venus, Coroinandel." Mr. J. M. Lennox reports -.—"The sharemarket continues quiet. Caledonian and Thames stocks fully maintain yesterday's quotations. My saleq comprise— Caledonian, 1172. 10s to 115/.; Thames, 23/. 10s; Tokatea, 41. 15a." Mr. Saunders reports sales this day : — " Waitemata, Bs, 9s, and 10s ; Caledonian, 115/. ; Tokatea, sellers 955. Buyers : Waitemata, Bright SmileB, Albvruia, at current rates." Messrs. Scott and Co. report :— Very fewactual sales to-day, and scarcely any sellers of leading stock. Caledonians, 1152. ; Thames, 23/. j Nonpareil, 5/. 7s 6d ; Bright Smile, 60s, in request ; Multum in Parvo, 9a." Mr. George Bennett reports: — "Caledonian, 117/. 10s; closing, sellers, 115/. Thames, 23/. 10s ; closing, buyers, 23/. Tookey, 28/.; Waitemata, 10s, buyers 9s ; Bright Smite, GOd, 655, closing strong, buyers 60s ; Pacific, ]os. Messrs. J. andG. Mowbray report :— " The sharemarket firm at about yesterday's prices : "Caledonian, 115/. to 117/. 10s; Thames, 23/. 10s to 23/.; Tokatea, 955; Nonpareil, 5/. 12s Gd ;• Bright Smile, 553 to 60s, closing sellers, 65a, Pacific, buyers, 7s Od. Alburnia, buyers, 51. 10s ; sellers, 5/. 155." Messrs. A. D. McTavish and Co. report of Coromandel stock as follows: — "Tokatea, j 95s to 5/., cum div.; Bank of New Zealand | (now Bank of Tokatea), 3s to 4a ; Peep o'Day j and Day Dawn, 3s ; Pride of Tokatea, Is 9d; i Little Wonder, 3s 6d ; Harbour View, 14s ; JNil Desperandum, 6s; JSxcelsor, 10a; Conquering Hero, 2s. Beach Claims : Green Harp, 3/. 10s ; Golden Pah, 15s, 16s, 17s 6d, to 1/. ; Venus, paid up 103, contributing 2s 6d ; Golden Harp, Is 9d; Shamrock, 2s; Pacific, 7s (id. The marketsince lastreport hasfluctuated considerably, but the demand for Coromandel stock of all kinds is increasing. Tokatea s dividend will be 7s, with a balance in hand, and excellent specimens are being taken out from the stopes on the Coromandel side of the range. The paddocks are full of quartz. — The Bank of New Zealand (Tokatea) are now in 90ft. The mine manager reports having struck a vein trenching towards the Tokatea, with, a similar underlie. — Little Wonder have again gone vigorously to work under the direction of a new mine manager. — Conquering Hero are sinking a shaft to cut the old Alpha and Omega reef, at » lower level.— Jones and party ou Murphy's Hill, adjoining them, haying come upon good stone, secured their ground by application for a lease ; and a company has been formed under the name of Murphy's Hill Goldmining Compony. — The prospeots of the Green ■ Harp continue good, and another crushing of 20 tons is intended. — We are informed the Venus have struck.gold in, the drive, and their prospects *re improving.—The Golden Pah .fclaiM (prospectors) * is steadily gaining favour, and shares are in demand. - • Coromandel stock during the week haa been attracting attention." '„, ,*'-'', „ :

Otag,o.~ The Daily Times, pi' October 2 reports: — "For most Hquida there is * cdta.tinued dull inquiry/ «pMts rera*imng in a) depressed state. Hennessy's brandies have: been moved in light lots ; but of these, as of other items, it ii difficult to make quittance,'

the. reaion that in firisfc ha^di there are no ■tookt. Second holders Tv», however, obtaining . well, maintained r*t«s. In ,teas,. thei*. has been- also— »- light badness, aoij fro» ijcaroity description of ■ stock,- bat ■ because wholesale house* are determined to defer purchases and soft tip fronu- the ■ new oongous, whioh will wrdotfbt'tis rttflaMe this month.. Transactions in kero»uie and, candles have bien of ho- aoobunt-^the forinir in tracle lots still stands at 2g 2d. In I)andeo coo ds ; there is a moderate trade doing. Woolpacka have been movtd at a price nqt I named, but prtbably about '4s '9d t which is the present Take of full weights'. For oornsaoks, the demand seems to hare ' declined .to a mimmum ;' and, in the absence of sales, it is difficult to report an exaot value, A few fainsized lines of oilmen's stores and small' grocery goods have been reported, all, however, at prices showing little or no deviation from last quotations.' The produce market shows no change. Holders of wheat seem disinclined to push sales, and what little has been done* has been done at last rates. Gopd feeding oats are quoted at 2» 2d. The inquiry for flour' has been quite local, and the rate at which Bmall parcels have been selling has been that of the preceding week."