AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 20, 30 November 1858, Page 6

AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

From the 15th to the 30th November. We have had no arrivals from Sydney, or any other part of Australia, since we last wrote; but we learn incidentally, from New Plymouth, that there were no alterations in the flow*and grain markets; and, a* ike harvest was fast approaching, no advance in prices was looked for* The arrivals of wheat front Hie coast have •f late beew limited. We are unable tocoojecturewbethei* this arises from ati exhaustion of last season's crops or front arc unwillingness of holders to-part with their grain. Re it from whatever cause it may, the Millers are complaining,, and unless more wheat shall come to hand tbeprobability is that aw importation of foreign flour must take place, a j circumstance very greatly to be deplored, j In Auckland, the late advance of 4te» per ton on flour is fully maintained 20* aud \6l per ton being the present quotations. The onry arrival* have been the schooner .yacht Southern Cross,. 76 tons, Captain feuslins, with the Bishop-of New Zealand, the Rev. Mr. Patteson and Air. Dudley and 51 youths from the neighbouring South Sea Islands who have been brought to-St. John's College for the purpose of social and religious instruction; and thesteamsuip Lord Worsley„ *a-2 tons. Captain Johnson; from the Southern ports* with 250 bushels malt, 207 sheep, aud 2 passengers* The departures have been the ship Avalanche, 692 ions,,Capu Stott v for Guam, mi ballast; the brig Gertrude, 119 lons, Captain Dunning, for Syduey, with- 3 tons flax,

43 tuns humpback oil, 13 terns kauri gum, 600 lbs butter, and 9 passengers; tUe ship' Mary Ann, 723 tons, Captain Asbby, for Portsmouth and London, with 86 tons kauri pum, 8 bundles whalebone, 4bales flax, 180 tons 13 cwt copper ore, J 301 lbs wool, 13 ounces 13 dwis gold, a quantity of merchandise and military stores, 8 private passengers, and 20 officers, 29 Serjeants, 173 privates, 15 women, and 21 children ofthe 58th regt., which embarked, Tram the Queen Street Pier, in the most exemplary manner under the command of Major Thompson, a very large concourse or the inhabitants accompanying them thither to manifest the high esteem hi which they held the regt. andtottsiify their regret at parting with such old and valued friends;—the schooner Pegasus. 45 tons, Captain Brier, for Napier, with 2000 bricks, 2700 feet timber, 4 ions flour, sundry merchandise, and 4 passengers,; the schooner Eliezer, 56 tons, Captain Kean, Tor Napier, ! with 5£ tons flour, 22,125 reel sawn limber, and sundry merchandize; the barque Breadalbane, 224 tons, Captain Philip Jones, for Sydney, with 1400 bushels bran, 24 cwl flax, 7 cwt. wool lashing, 2000 lbs cheese, 20 tons kauri gum, sundry merchandize, and ! 12 passengers; the schooner Erne:aid Isle, I 30 tons, Captain Oakes, for Chris'cburch, with 24,000 feet sawn timber; the'brigMoa, 237 tous, Captain Bowden, for Sydney, with 9680 lbs wool, 66 cwt. 23 lbs flax, 32 tons kauri gum, 270 hides, 1283 bushels bran, 168 lbs cheese, 300 gallons oil, sundry merchandise, and 5 passengers; the steam ! ship Lord Worsley, 422 tons, Captain John- ! son, for New Plymouth and Nelson, with sundries, and 4 passengers;—the cutter Aquila, 26 tons, Captain Austin, for New Plymouth, with a quantity of merchandise transhipped from the Harwood from London. There arrived from the coast 52 vessels of 1328 tons wiln 409 passengers, and 4546 busbls. wheat, 480 bttshls. maize, 230 bushels shells, 4400 bushels lime, 300 bushels sand, 30 bushels bran, 9£ tons potatoes, 40£ tons bark, 54 tons kauri gum, 67 cwt salt pork, 56 cwt bacon and bams, 30 cwt flax, 9 cwl salt beef, 200 lbs lard, 4 cwt honey, 40 gal* : loos gooseberries, 4 box eggs, 4080 gallons oil, 13 sheep, 13 pigs, 5 horses, 66 bead cattle, 5 spars, 470 toiara piles, 1750 posts and rails, 2260 palings, 123,200 shingles, 32,350 feet sawn limber, 496 tons firewood, 700 bricks, 2 boats, and 11,770 lbs wool. Ttoe departures for the coast were 48 vessels of 4119 tons, wHh 4-20 passengers, and tile customary trading cargoes.

the subjoined are the Market Prices Current corrected lo * , . Bread Stuffs. Flour, fine, ' : . . . . . 202. per ton. Fluor, second Flour, of native manufacture, from HI to *6 Biscuit at from . . 2 is. lo 28s. per cwl. Bread per loaf of 2lbs. . . . » . 6d. Bran . ... , : -Is sd. per bl. Groceries. Tea .... 9/. to 9 •iOs. per chest Sugar . . . , 7d. to Bd. per lb. CoCfee .- . . w iOdi per.lb* Rice ... . 2d. taSJ per lb. So*p • i . • 355. per cwt. Candles. . . . lOd.perlb. tobacco ." ~. . . 2s. 6d. to ss* per lb. Farm Produce. Wheat . . . 7s. to 7s. 6tl. per bushel Maize . . . . 3s. 6d. to 6s. per bushel Oats V . . ... . 7s. per bushel Potatoes (new) '.". .... 71, per ton Onions . . .-. 6di per lb. Hay (plentiful) . . 5/. per ton. Kauri Gum . . : . 9£ to iOJ. Live Stock. . Sheep from : . 235. to 345. a head. Dairy Cows . . 81. to 12/. each. Calves from . . 255. to 40s. each. fteef and Mutton from . 6d. to 7d. per bl. Pork (fresh and salt) .' . sd; to 6d. ditto Dairy Produce, Butter .... Is. lb. Egg* • • %. . is. 3d. per doz. Poultry . .■. ." 35.6 d. per couple