COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealander, Volume XIX, Issue 1995, 17 October 1863, Page 3

COMMERCI AL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCKLAND RETAIL MARKET Friday evening, October IJ3. Butchers’ Meat.—Beef, per 1)3., 10d. to Is.; mutton do. 7d. to Bd.; pork, do., lOd. Biscuit. —Cabin, per cwt, 275.; bread, per 2lb. loaf, sd, F A i;.m and Dairy Produce.— Butter (fresh), per 113, ' 2s. cheese (colonial), none in the market; eggs, per doz. Is. fid.; milk, per quart, fid.; bacon, per ID., Bd. to Is.; ham, do.. Is, to Is. 9d.; lard, do., Is. fid.; fowls per pair, ss. to Cs.; ducks, do., Gs.; geese, each. is. turkeys, do, Ss. to 10s. fid.; potatoes, per cwt 11s. Od onions, per lb, 3d. to 4d.; hay, per ton, £7 to £/ 10s, straw, £4. Building Materials.—Board and scantling, per 100 ■ feet 14s. to 175.; boards, tongued and grooved, do, 225. ; shingles, per 1000, 12s. to 13s. fid palings, per 100 125.; posts and rails, do, £3 to £o os.; bucks, per 1000, '£4 ss. to £5 10s.; lime, per bushel, Is, 4i, to 2s. THE MILLS Wholesale. —Fine flour, (silk dressed) per ton, £lB seconds, do, £ls; sharps, do, £lO to£l2; bran, per bushel Is 9cl ret vil.—Fine flour, per 100 lbs, 205.; seconds, do, 17s. sharps, do, 12s. to 14s. ; bran, per bushel, 2s. PORT ALBERT MARKETS — See. 3. The attendance to day was only moderate. A considerable number of natives attended with produce of various kinds IVs fetched 7d. per 18. alive; wheat, Bs. fid. bushel • kumeras, 9s. to 10s. cwt.; seed potatoes, 12 s ; now do.. I Is. fid. ; pumpkins, 2s. 3d. to 4s kit; about 4d. each Mr Brown attended with seeds and shrubs ' Prices CrRUKNT.-Bcst flour, 245.; meal fid.; bran, 3. • maize. Bs. fid.; wheat, Bs. fid. per bushel; butter, fresh, 2s. Id.; salt, 2s. 2d.; tea, 3s. ; coffee ls.Bd ; o, ; , cd.to 7d.: treacle, 7d.; candles, mould 10L: sperm, Is. Od.; soap, fid.; split-peas, 3d.; nee, od.;

le;if tobacco. 3s. 9d. per lb.; cavendish, 5 lbs., St. George’s brand, 3s. sd. ; cavendish, 5 lbs.. Annabel), 35.; J boxes Cockade City, 3s. sd. to 3s. 7d. ; chairs, 4s. id. to 4s. 2d. ; Collins’ axes, 6s. 3d. to Gs. 7d.; axe handles, 9s. 3d. per dozen : Horn’s hair oil, 9s. to 9s. 3d.; English preserved lobsters, 10s. 6d. to 10s. 9d. ; American, 10s. 6d. : castor oil. |-pihts, 4s. 3d.: 1-pints, 7s. 7d.; salad oil, j-pints, 10s. ; pints, 13s. 6d.: anchovies, Bs. 9d. to 9s. : tea, 2s. to 2s. 3d. ; 7-lb tin mustard, lOd. patent groats, 9s. 3d. to 9s. Cd. ; bottled fruit, 16s. 3d. per dozen; paste blacking, 7s. per gross; liquid ditto. 3s. Bd.; crushed loaf sugar (Goodhart s), 6d. per lb. : bottled vinegar, 9s. 6d.; -casks vinegar, Is. 9jd. per gallon : anchovy paste, I Is. 6d. per dozen : tacks, per package : preserved vegetables, Is. 3d. per 11b. tin.

Mr. J. S. Macfarlane sold by auction on Wednesday, property at Wangarei, now in the occupation of Sir Osborne Gibbes. It comprised 270 acres of land with houses and improvements. The price realised was £735. Mr. Joseph Cochrane also sold by auction at bis Mart, a quantity of Boots and Shoes. The sale was very dull and the prices obtained were below the average. Messrs. Ridings & Dowden had an extensive sale of Drapery, Clothing, &c. There was a large quantity of purchasers, and the prices obtained appeared to be satisfactory.

On Wednesday, Messrs. Jones & Co. sold a large quantity of Furniture at Messrs. Cruickshank, Smart, & Co.’s new store, High-street. The following are some of the prices obtained:—Mahogany Chelfonier, £4 7s. G.; Walnut do., £8 2s. 6J. ; Toilet Glasses, Gs, to 3Gs. each; Beech Chairs, ss. 9d. each; Imitation Rosewood do., Gs. each ; Spanish Mahogany do., 225. to 40s. each; Mahogany Sideboard, £9 55.; Do., open, £9; Rosewood Table, £8 2s. Gd. ; Pianoforte, £2B ; Carpeting, Is. Id. to 3s. 7d. per yard ; Rugs, Bs. Gd. to 19s. Gd. each; Oil Cloth, Is. Bd. to 3s. per yard.