Commercial Summary.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 6, Issue 332, 8 November 1862, Page 6

Commercial Summary.

At the large sale of land held by Mr. Janisch on Thursday the 30th ult., the following properties were disposed of :— The Napier Steam Mill, for £1450, Mr. J. M. Stuart • Block of land adjoining the Mill, having 132 feet frontage to Shakespeare Road, £305, same purchaser. Block of land with house, having 66 feet frontage to Shakespeare Road, near the Union Bank of Australia, and lately in the occupation of Mr. J.Rose, for £250, Mr. S. G. Brandon ; House and land in Shakespeare Road occupied by Peter Searles, for £130, Dr. Grace? Lease of Shakespeare Bakery, with 11 years to run, for £150, Mr. J. Doherty. Of the remaining properties put up, two cottages and land in Shakespeare-road were bought in at £85; 330 acres near Puketapu, at 15s. per acre; and 1 acre lots 39 and 69, township of Havelock. at £20 each.— Herald, November 1.

Our harbour has once more assumed a lively appearance, several vessels haviug arrived from Auckland, and the Sea Serpent and Esther from Wellington. Both of the latter bring goods transhipped ex Princess and Asterope. The Victoria has brought a timely supply of timber for some of the carpenters.

The event of this week has been a large sale, by Mr. Janisch, extending over four days, at the stores of the late firm of Messrs. Stuart, Kinross, & Co.— the most extensive one Napier has ever witnessed, and indeed large enough to be compared with an auction sale in any town in the colony. The sale being a bond fide one, the bidding was kept up throughout with great spirit, the attendance from town and country being large. On the whole the prices realised must be satisfactory to the sellers, for full market rates were obtained in many instances, while the loss on old stock may be calculated at a very fair medium rate. The whole of the stock has been disposed of, and we think it cannot fall very short of from £12,000 to £14,000, a sum about ten times as large as that realised at any previous sale of merchandise w Napier.

The following are quotations of prices realised for moßtof the current articles :— Sugar, 22 tons Manilla, 44d to 5d per lb, London crushed, 6W per lb, Dutch, crushed, 5d per lb, Mauritius, 4}d to 5d per lb, Company's pieces No. 1, Sid to s£d per lb, No. 2, 4£ d per lb, and No. 3, 4|d per lb— the whole duty paid; Tea, chests, £7 to £7 18s, i-chests £8 10s to £3 17s 6d, boxes £2 to £2 6s ; Tobacco, under bond, 4s 3d to 4s 6d per lb ; Belmont sperm candles, Is 2d to Is 8d per lb ; Currants, in casks, 5d per lb : Manilla rope (a splendid lot), 61s to 65s per cwt.; Raisins, in boxes, 6d to 6id perlb; Flour, best crown brand, £21 per ton, Adelaide, £16 10s to £18 per ton, Greenmeadows, £19 10s to £20 per ton; Maize. N.S.W , 5s 3d per bushel ; Rice, best Carolina, Sid to 4d per lb, Java, 2%d to 3d per lb ; Salt, fine, £6 15s to £7 10s per ton, coarse, £5 10s to £6 per ton ; Soap, Sydney, 86s to 37s per cwi., London, 35s to 36s per cwt, Irish, 28s to 81s per cwt; Pearl Barley, 3 tons sold at Ud per lb— a good article; Peppercorns, white, 9|dper lb, black, 7d to 7sd per lb ; Starch, 94d per lb ; 5 utmegs, 2s 6d to 2s 9d per lb; Tapioca, in cask, 2* per lb, in tin, 7d per lb : Oatmeal, in barrel, 2Jd to 2}d per lb ; Epsom Salts, l}d to 4d per lb ; Chicory, in tin, ssd per lb ; Fancy biscuits, in tin, 8d to lid per lb ; English cheese (inferior) 9d per lb; Manilla cheroots, £3 10s per thousand; Confections, in tin, Is Id per lb; Mustard, in tin, BJd to 10£ perlb; Candied peel, Is 8d perlb; Letchford's vestas, Isßdper doz.; Ginger, bleached, lOd perlb: Fancy soap, Is. per b ; Castor oil, lls 6d per doz ; Pickles, 1 8s per doz ; Sardines, small tins, 8s to 8s 6d per doz ; Bed herrings, 2s 9d to 3s Id per tin; Sauces, 9s to 12s 6d per doz; Pipes, T.D., 2s to 5s Sd per gross; Wool packs, half size, 2s 9d to 8s 9d each, large size, 5s 3d each ; Corn sacks, 13s to 14s per doz; American buckets, 24s to 26s per doz; American tubs, 28s to 80s per nest; American brooms, 20s to 24s per doz; Arsenic, lsd per lb; Clover seed, ■white, is 3d per lb; Colza oil, 5s 6d to 6s per gallon, Raw and boiled oil, 5s 3d per gallon; Wines and spirits, —all under bond, Brandy, Marten's, 15s to 15s 3d per gallon ; Whiskey, Islay, 6s to 7s 6d per gallon, Campbelltown, 5s 3d to 5s 6d per gallon; Bum, in hogsheads, 8s 9d to 4s per gallon, in qr.-casks. 4s per gallon; Sherry, best pale, 10s 3d to 10s 9d per gallon, inferior dark, 3s 9d to 7s 3d per gallon ; in bottle, 14s per doz (inferior) ; Port in qr.-casks, 10s to 10s Sd per gallon, in octaves, 9s 6d per gallon; Old Tom, 19s 6a per doz; Geneva, 21s per case; Ginger wine (inferior), 17s per doa; Assorted Liqueurs, 22a to 27s per doz; Claret, in bottle, 19s to 223 per doz; Champagne. 53s per doz ; Ale, in bulk, £8 15s. to £10 per hogshead (duty paid). An immense variety of rarniture, ironmongery, cutlery, crockery, and drapery, indeed comprising every article in trade, sold at a quick rate, andif agooa many articles

did not come to«ost price, others reached cost, and not a few were knocked down at above full retail prices. A lot of fencing wire sold at £21 per ton. Dog carts at from £18 to £20 each.