The Market. AUCKLAND.—June 5.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 47, 12 June 1869, Page 2

The Market. AUCKLAND.— June 5.

Flour and Grain. — Flour, best quality, £14 10s. per ton ; second, £11. Bran, Is. 9d. a bushel. Oats, 4s. 3d. a bushel. Potatoes, £6 a ton. Live Stock. — At the Junction Yards the following prices were obtained : — Fat cattle : 74 were penned and sold ; provincial beef realised 365. to 385. ; Wanganui cattle, 325. to 365. ; and first draft, per Island City, from Queensland, from £8 17s. 6d. to £13 15s. per head. Store cattle ; 30 head, from Wanganui and elsewhere, brought from £i 10s. to £6 12s. 6d. per head. Fat sheep : 743 were sold as follow : — Ex Tawhera, from Poverty Bay, 65, at 12s. 6d. to 175. ; ex Star of the South, 120, 12s. 9d. to 16s. 6d. ; ex Rangatira, from Wanganui, 123, at Us. 3d. to 135. ; ex Wanganui, from Wanganui, 364, at Ba. 6d. to 12s. 9d. ; ex Star of the South, 62, at 9s. to 9s. 3d. ; lambs (inferior), ss. each. Flax, &o. — Mr. Alfred Bucklandhcld his monthly sale of wool, hides, flax, skins, and tallow, this day. There was a fair attendance ; bidding brisk for skins, hides, wool, and tallow ; dull for flax of inferior qualities, but lively enough for a first-rate sample. Tow was in demand, but, the qualities being varied, there was a wide range in the prices. The following were the quotations realized : — 19 bales flax, £24 per ton ; 44 bales, £23 55. ; 27 bales. £21103.; 21bales,unbleached,£12; 9 bales, £2o 55.; 2 bales tow, at £10 ; 4 bales tow, at £7 ; and 10 bales tow, at £6 per ton ; skins, from 6d. to 2s. 9d. ; 7 hides, at 11s.; 11 hides, at 143.; tallow, at 31s. 6d. per cwfc. ; locks (washed), 5d. ; 3 bales merino, 6£d. Our flax manufacturers Bhould be careful to send the article into market bleached, as buyers are not ready to bid if they see it of a green colour. The nine bales above mentioned were really of a very superior fibre, and, after a very spirited competition, were knocked down at £20 55. ; while another lot, said to have come from the same manufacturer, could not get a single bid on account of the green colour.

Westport, Charleston, Brighton, and St. Kilda, by steamer, ns opportunity olFers. Huvelock, Blenheim, and Picton, overland, close at Nelson on the 15th and 30th oi' each mouth, at 4'"30, p.m. j arrive at Keleon on the 14th and 29th of each month. SrifDEr J. Dick, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post-office Nelson.

Tim: TABLE OF LOCAL MAILS. Place. Close at Nelson, Abbiye at Nelson. Appleby Monday and Thursday, nt 830 a.m. Every opportunity by steamer. Daily, at 230 p.m. Daily, at 230 p.m. Monday and Thursday, atß - 30 a.m., and by steamer as opportunity offers. Monday and Thursday, atß'3o a.m. Monday and Thursday, at 8"30 a.m. Every opportunity by steamer. Daily, at 2*30 p.m. Monday and Thursday, at 8-30 a.m. Every opportunity via Collingw.iod. Daily, nt 2-30 p.m. Daily, at 230 p.m. Friday, at 230 p.m. Every opportunity by steamer or sailing boat. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2*30 p.m. Wednesday nud Saturday, at 230 p.m. Daily, at 230 p.m. Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Collingwood Fos-hill Hope Motueka Daily, at 11 a.m. Daily, at 11 a.m. Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Moutere, Upper Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Moutere, Lower Motupipi Richmond Kiwaka Daily, at 11 a.m. Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Slateford Spring Grove Stoke Tudmor Tivkuka Daily, at 11 a.m. Daily, at 11 a.m. Monday, at 11 a.m. Waimea-wcsfc "Wakapuaka Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11 a.m. Wednesday and Saturday, at 11 a.m. Daily, at 11 a.m. Waketteld