Commercial Record.

New Zealander, Volume 10, Issue 909, 30 December 1854, Page 2

Commercial Record.

Nkw-Zealasoeii Office, Auckland, December 2!>, 1854. The Markets tire without change ; and trade continues languid. We have ...id three foreign arrivals since our last. And the arrivals of produce coastwise during the week have been 350 bushels wheat, ISO bushels maize, lOcwt. ban,, and bacon, 4 tons pork, 200 lbs. lard, 25 tons firewood, 2 tons onions, t tun potatoes, 10 ewt flux, 17,000 feet timber, and D'J sheep. Mr. Newman held his usual fortnightly sale of stock at Newmarket, on Tuesday. The morning was a moist one, and the supply limited, possibly because of the inactivity that obtains durh:,g the Christmas Holidays. At all events the sale was comparatively dull and the prices realised rather lower. Forty wethers fetched 80s. a head. Five calves averaged £2 KSs, Two yearling heifers sold for $5 each. A cow brought £ll 10s. Four two year old heifers, fat, averaged 12,'. is. (id. each. Five Oxen averaged (,'l2 I~s. each. The proceeds of the day's sale amounted to £2O'J 17s. M.

Mr. Newman, likewise, had a sale at Otahuhu, on the following day. A very nice herd of quiet ca'.lle, — the heifers mostly in calf—was upon that occasion brought to the hammer. The season of the year, however, is clearly inopportune. The farmers were busy. The dry season has set in, and the grass begins to feel the influence of summer. Lower prices have, therefore, to be submitted to, to the extent, on Wednesday, of say ten shilling a head : Twenty three two year old heifers averaged £8 9s. 1 Id And other twenty three heifers of a like age were sold in a lot at £8 17s. 6d. a head. Twelve two year old steers averaged £8 Bs. 9d. each. Three cows £9 10s. each. A cow, with a calf at its foot, £l3 15s. And a two year old bull £7 ss. The total amount of the day's sale was £549 17s - 6d. AUCKLAND MARKET PRICES. F/uiday Evening, DiiCiiVBEE 29th, 1354. The Mills.—Mr. Fletcher's Steam Mill:—Flour first quality, £35, seconds, £3O per ton. Wheat, may be quote t from 10a to 10s 6d per bushel; oats (a limited supply), Bs. to 10a. per bushel; barley, very scarce—in fact none; maize, 7s. to Bs.per bushel; bran, 2s. 6d. per bushel. Messrs low and Motion : —Flour, first quality, £33, seconds, .€3O per ton ; wheat, 10s. to 10s. 6u\ per bushel; maize, 7s. to Bs. per bushel; bran, 2s. Cd. per bushel. Mr. Partington's:—Flour, first quality, £33, seconds, £30 4 per ton; wheat, 10s. to 10s. 6d. .per bushel ; bran, 2s. Cd. per bushel. AgiuculturalProduce.—New Potatoes, ,£lO to £l2 per ton ; wheat, 10s. to 12s. 6d. per bushel; oats (scarce) 9s. to 10s, per bushel; maize, Bs. per bushel; barley none ; clover seed (white), very scarce; red, 112s. per cwt.; grass seeds—rye, ("scarce), 155.; mixed, Bs. to 10s. per bushel; straw, £5 to £b 10s. per ton ; hay (pressed for shipment), £l2 to £l4 per ton. Dairy Produce.—Butter (fresh) 15.6 d., salt la.3d. per lb.; cheese (colonial), Is. to la. 3d. per lb.; hams, Is. ; bacon, lOd. per lb. ; fowls, os. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per couple; duckj (scarce), 7s. per couple; geese, 7s. tc Bs. each ; Turkeys (scarce), 12s. to 14s. each; lard, 91, tolOd. per lb.*; milk, Bd. per quart; eggs, Is. 9d. to 2s. per dozen. Provisions.—Beef (fresh), Bd.—retail—9d. to lOd per lb. ; Irish (wholesale), 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Sydney £6 10s. per tierce ; mutton, Bd. to 9d. per lb.; veal (scarce), lOd. to lid. per lb. ; pork, (fresh), 7d. ; 9d, ; New Zealand salt ditto, 6\d. to 7d. per lb. lamb, per quarter, 6s. to 7s:; bread 9d. per 21b. loaf biscuit cabin, 425. ; ship, 385.; pilot 40s. per cwt. Stock.—Working Bullocks from 30/. to 45/. per pair. Calves 40s. to 605.; nwes 255. ; wedders 225. ; Horses for the plough 501. to 00/.; cart 70/. to 90/. ; Hacks 25/. to 35/. Groceries.—Tea Congou, £8 per ehest; bjsonskiu (little used), £6 10s. to £7 per chest; sugar, raw 3sd. to 4JU. per lb, ; loaf, 6d. to 6Jd. per lb.; per refined, Cossipore, 5Jd. per lb.; sugars of the common qualities of brown, are deficient. Of other qualities, there is a fair supply. Coffee, lOd. per lb.; soap, 40s to 45s per cwt. candles, (Sydney mould), lid. behnont sperm, per lb. Is. 6d' to Is. Cd, per lb.; sperm, «s. to 2s. 3d. per lb.; salt (Liverpool) £6 to £6 10s, per ton; dairy salt, £8 per ton ; pickles, pints, (fair sale), 12s. to 12s. 6d. per dozen ; salad oil. scarce ; tobacco/a fair supply, Is. to Is. 3d. in bond ; duty, li. per lb.; soda, crystals, 21s, per cwt'; sperm oil, none; black oil, none; 3-bushel bags 2 la. to 27a. per dozen. Wises.—Champagne. Claret, and Madeira very dull Port, £7 to £H per quaiter «ajjgjg££- in cases, dull; sherry nominal. Spirits in Bond, Duty 6s. —Brnndy, (full supply) Martell's dark, l's. to 15s, per gallon; Geneva, (full stocks) 20s. to2ls. per case ; rum, (very bare) 7s. to 10s. per gallon; wbi-key, 10s. to 12s. per gallon. Bklii.—Ale, Bass's Burton, (barely supplied) £9 (a £lo 10s. perhhd; colonial 41. per bbd. London bottled los. to 16s. per dozen ; porter, Truman's, XX, (heavy stocks) £7 10s. to £8 per hhd.; colonial, £4 10s. per hhd. : London, bottled, 14s. to 15s. per dozen. Boots and Shoks. —Both men's and women's (l»#avy) are in demand ; Napoleon's 355. to 40s. per pair; Wellington's English, 3 s. to 32s ; colonial, 355. to 40s. per pair; Blucher's and Oxford, Euglish, 12s. colonial, 14s. per pair ; Women's cloth boots, Bs. to 10s. per pair; shoes, 4s. 6d. to 6s. per pair. Building Materials.—Timber, 255. to 275. per 100 feet ; shingles, 15s. to 20s. per 1000 ; palings, lßs. to 20s. per 100 ; bricks, £lO per 1000. Sundries.— Firewood (on the decline), 9s. to 10s. per ton ; coals, £4 10s. to £5 per ton ; post 9, £6 ; rails, £l per 100; fhix (very scarce and in demaud). £3O to i.'4o per ton, accordingly to quality; kaorigum the decline and quotations nominal), £l7 to £2O per ton. Labour. —Masons (per diem), 12s. tc 155.; bricklayers (per diem). 12s. to 155.; carpenter* (per diem), 125.; cabinet makers (perdiem), 12s. to 135.; farm servants (with rations), from £35 to £.=o per annum ; female servants, Bs. to 12s. per week ; lay labourers, 7s. to Bs. per diem. Cart and dray hire (in town), from 3*. 6d. to 4s. 6d. Wellington* Markets, (Retail Prices, Dec. 6, 1854J First Flour, £3O per ton; Sread, per 2lb. loaf, Bd. : Beef, 7d. to. Pd. per lb.; button 7d. to 9d. per lb.; Pork, Sd. to !);!. per lb.; Fovls, per pair, 4s (id. ; Ducks, per pair, (is, ; Creese, 7s each ; Turkeys, Bs. each ; Fresh Butter, Is. 6dL perl.; Salt Butter, 2s-. per lb.; Potatoes, £23 per ton ; Ejgs, 2s. per doz.; Cheese, New Zealand, Is. 4d. perfe.; Bathurst, Is. per lb. : Maize, 12s. per bushel; Ale, 2s. 4d. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, Is. to ls.2d. per lb.; Firewood per load, £l. Nelson Markets.—Wheat, which is becoming scarce, is now selling at 1 Is. o'd. to 12s. abushel; oats, 7 s.; Hour is £32 a ton ; sawn timler, 17s. Gd. to 20s. per 10D feet; green peas, Is. 3d. pa peck ; new potatoes, 4d. per lb. ; beef and mutton,Ba, to 9d.