Commercial Record.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1740, 8 November 1862, Page 3

Commercial Record.

Nkiv-Zkax.andrr Office, Friday, November 7^ l » 1802. There has been but one foreign arrival during the week,—the schooner Sea lireeze from her mission lour among the Melanesian and other South Sea Island*. , The barque Alice Cameron, from Sydney, is looked for hourly; and the William Miles, the third ship of the Nonconformist party, having been now a hundred and one days at sea may be considered fully due. The departures were the mail steam siiip Lord Ashley, and barque Kale, both for Sydney with colonial produe. The splendid ship Hanover, which it was supposed would be ttlteti up for convuyancv of military invalids to I'.nglantl, lias

cleared at the Customs* her destination having been changed to Calcutta.

The amount of produce received coastwise during the past week amounts to 1,222 bushels wheat, 210 bushels maize, 24 cwt. bacon, 4$ tons pork, 150 lbs. butter, 250 lbs. lard, 2J tons potatoes, 20 dozen egg«, 8-1 head cattle, 4 tuns oil, 1 cwt, whalebone, 1 cwt. flax, 12 tons firewood, 5 cwt. wool, 27$ tons kauri guru, 1(H) rail*, D.OOO feet sawn timber, 10,400 shingles. The Customs Revenue received during the week ended the Ist instant, amounted to £2,290 4s. lid.

Mr. Alfred Buckland sold at Newmarket, yesterday, the ten Leicester rams imported in the Indian Empire, tbey were of good quality and occasioned considerable competition, realizing an average of £33 each ; the highest price being £55, and the lowest £3l. A large number of cattle, 201 head, were penned principally from the neighbourhood, but including the cargoes of the Excelsior from Napier, and the Sylph from the Bay of Islands, Late prices were not entertained by 10s. or 15s. per head, those by the Excelisor averaging £ 11, by the Sylph £8 10s., the whole number brought an average of £'ll 10s. each. Jnt cattle were plentiful and easier in price, 20s. per head. Dairy cows sold high and are in request. The sheep was fairly supplied, prices obtained were high, particularly for fat sheep ; lambs were scarce and brought from IDs. to 245. each.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.

Auckland Stock Exchange. Coromandel seems at last to be advancing in public estimation, which is evinced by the greater support that has been given to one or two of the more recently formed associations. The Victoria Gold Mining Company has just been registered under the Joint Slock Companies Act. lis nominal capital is (t‘9oo, divided into 90 shares of £ll) each. No call has yet been made towards its working expenses. A few shares in it have already realized £ls premium each. The leader in this claim, where last laid open, was about 0 inches in width, and was found to be extremely rich. A new “ prospcciing” Association has this week been formed under the title of the “ New Zealand Gold Mining Company” with a nominal capital of £T,00() in 190 shares of £To each. It is not intended I believe, to register the Company until a suitable claim has been chosen. As a proof of the extreme richness of some of the Coromandel quartz leaders, I have this week smelted 2 lbs. 1 oz. avoirdupois of quartz and obtained therefrom 9oz. 2 dwl. of gold of 17 carats 1 grain standard, which at £‘3 Is. (id. its value, would amount to £'27 15s. Od. I will at some future period again revert to the important subject of reducing the quariz obtained from the various leaders, and point out to the diggers the way to secure for themselves the maximum amount of gold therefrom, at a minimum cosi. New Zealand Bank Shares are now firm at 30s. premium, and New Zealand Insurance Shares have realized £‘4 premium each. Auckland Gas Shares have this week changed hands at par. New Zealand Stock.

Osaiunu Lewis, Queen-streei, November 7G>. Stock ami Share Broker. RETAIL MARKET, Biscuit.—Cabin, 275. Bread, pet 2ih. loaf, 5.1. Butchers’ Meat.— Beef, per lb., Dd. to 9d. Mutton, 7d to Dd; Fork, 7d to Dd. Farm and Dair\ Produce.—Butter, (fresh) per lb., Is 3d; Cheese, (Colonial) per lh., Is. to Is. 4d ; Eggs, per doz. Is. OJ.; Milk, per quart, 5d.; Bacon, per lb., Dd. to Is,; Hams, per !h, Is to Is Od; Potatoes, per cwt., 3s. to Is; Onions, per lb, 3d to 4d ; Hay, per ton, £7 to t"7 Ids.; Straw, £'4. Buu.oinu Materials.— Boards and ‘ cmtling, pci 100 feet. 14s. to 17<, Boards, tongued and groove a, 225; Shingles, 12s to 13s Od per 1000 ; Balings, 12s; Post! and Rails, £'3 to £'3 5s per 100: Bricks t'3 5s to £3 Ids'per KiOO; Lime, Is 4d to2s per bushel. THE MILLS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Wholksai.k.— Fine Flour £'l9, Seconds £l4, Sharps, £d per ton, Bran Is 31, Oats /»• crushed, Maize, (is crushed. Retail. Fine Flour 21s, Seconds 10s, : Sharps IDs pet inn lbs,, Bran Is Oil. Oats o s . Od. STOCK IN THE IIONDED WAREHOUSES, At the Port of Auckland on 7tu Nov., 1862.

Amount raised. Annual inreiest. Geu. Gov, Ooligaiions. ifi-v; £ 300,000 4 tpi cent. Diuo ditto, 1KC0 • • 150,000 0 tjit. cent. A l!CK .AND Siocic. 1 Amount issued. Annual i-ilee-d. Provincial Gov. Del)Oiilu r es ■f ‘45,000 10 per cent. City of Auckland do. 15,000 7 ditto Auckland Harbor Trust do. 25.000 7 ditto Auckland Debentures 11102, \ ( 6 dido i‘U0,(H)0 null', to be issued SnaiiK List. Amount Amount Current Capital. tp> share. paid. prices. Hank of Ne.v Zealand £ 500,000 £ 10 £ 4 30s. prem. N. Z. Insurance Co. - • 250,0(10 100 (i IH)>, pie.p. Wailiolhoi Coal Co. ■ 10,000 5 5 Auckland Gas Co.-- - 20 000 5 IDs. par Keven’s Qtz. Ileef Co. 10,000 100 70 Kapangn Q.z, Reef Co. 2,000 50 £•25 pre.n, AuckM. Gold Mining and Qiz. Cruslig. Co. 2,000 100 35 Union Gold Ming. Co. 1.2(H) 1(H) Albion Gold Ming. Co. 1,400 11) Viclori i Gold Mp, Co. 000 III ,■£15 prem.

| 5= D P 5= ~ = 1 « 3 | 55- - i (Joods. gsseggsr 8*S«8 E i r : j \:z F Balance from last week. Received into store. SiSiSSiS F :f . •- '-F Delivered for Home Consumption. « ; i- “ 'F- — — F ' f - -- --F Delivered for Exportation or removal coastwise. PPP| J- : F - : F Balance.