Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 268, 21 September 1864, Page 4

Commercial.

SYDNYY. (From the Sydney Herald, September 10.) Theke has been very little business doing in the share market this week, and prices rule almost the same as last week. The shares of our colonial banks are most sought after for investment, but as money is not very plentiful, the transactions are generally of an unimportant character. Steam shares are very dull of sale, and in order to ell'ect sales lower rates have to be submitted to. Coal Shaves are in rather better favour, aud prices, which for soino time past have been very low, are inclined to advance. T?ie following are the rates at which sales have been made during tho week : —Bunk of New South Wales, £43 per share; Australian Joint Stock Bank, £13 10s. per share ; City Bank, £10 10s., and £10 12s. Gd. per share; Australasian Steam Navigation Company, £'-0 per share ; Jllawarra Steam Navigation Company, £3 17s. lid. per share ; New South Wales Marine Assurance, £3 10s. per share; Sydney Insurance, £3 10s. per share ex oiv.; United File and Marine, 30s. and 295. per share ; Peak Downs Copper Mine, 255. per share.

Dkjjkxtuijks.—Government debentures are unaltered. Intermiuablrs have been sold at US and interest.

Business has been very quiet this week, and with the exception of the flour market, there is very little alteration to notice in our markets. The arrival of the English news by the mail steamer ' Bombay' has not yet induced any speculative transactions, parlies preferring to wait until they are in receipt of their advices. The Raiuiwick Races has to somo extent interfered "with business, and the sales by auction have consequently during the last two days been unimportant.

Fiouit.—Tho market is much firmer, and prices rule about 20s. per ton higher. Adelaide flour is quoted at £23 to £'2o per ton, and sales have been made to-day at £24. Tho arrival of the ' Peter' from Valparaiso, with a cargo of breadstnil's, has not checked this rise, the whole of tho cargo, about tons, having been bought by one of the millers, but the price has not transpired. The millers' quotations for line flour is still £24? per ton. Wheat is also lirmer. Adelaide is quotod at 9s. to 10s.

Candles are lower. The Neva Steavino Company of St. Petersburgh report having reduced the price of their candlcs to 10Jd. per lb. Tobacco.—By the City of Mclbourno ive have our usual advices, by which we learn there lias been considerable speculation in all kinds of marketable tobaccos during the last week. In Sydney (he market remains inert—nothing whatovor doing in the imported article. The following is from the Melbourne Aye:—"The indication of settled weather, which appeared to-day, Ims caused the import market to open out this week with more animation than has of l.ito characterized llie commencement of a week. We learn that the whole of the aromatic Uilmccos ottering have been purchased for speculative purposes; mid, as is usual when a command of the market is obtained by such operations, a very considerable advance is at once established—in the present instance from OUOto 700 packages of pounds and halves have changed hands, and, though the price paid has been kept quiet, we learn tjiatas much as 3s. Gd. per lb. is now asked for Matthew and Wright's aromatic pounds ; towards the afternoon there was inoro liveliness experienced in dark descriptions, and it is stated that an advance on rates ruling at tlio public sales lately was. realised.'

Messrs. Mort and Co. sold to-day by auction about 100 casks of tallow, at iroin to £20 10s. per ton.

A largo shipping parcel, 70 casks of beef, brought £29 10s. Hides were steady, and about 350 were disposed of at from &S. 9d. to 15s. each. Calfskins lUd. each, Hair, (iid. to 73d. per lb. Tallow —40 casks wero ottered, and taken at an advance on tho quotations of last week—thus : Beef, at from £2i) los. lu iiau 7s. (id. per tou ; atation, at. from £i!t> to £29 on. per ton. Hides; tho market is depressed, aud lower rates were accepted. Over i) 00 were offered, the bulk of which were sold. Four lots of lieavv were taken at from 13s. to 150. ouch. Prices ranged from Us. to los. Air. James Graham sold to-day by auction 11 casks of tallow, at £25 to £?7 10s. per ton. Mr. Brewster reports having sold 10,000 store wethers, delivered on New England after shearing, at Ss. per head, cash : and 25U0 head of store cattle, delivered on the Miimmibidgee, at. 'los. per head. The Sea Nymph arrived to day lroin Adelaide with 600 bags Hour and 1230 bags of wheat. Tho following table will show tho closing prices of our securities, as well as the rate at which sales have been made during the month : —

SYDNEY MAJJKET PIECES. Bauk —1/0 to 5/ per cwt. Beeu—liurton ale, £8 per hhd. ; ditto, second bmuds, £7 5/ ditto; bottled ale, 0/ to 10/ ditto, .second brands, 8/ to '.)/ per doz. ; London porter, ;C0 15/ to £7 per hhd; bottled ditto, 11/; ditto eider, jUarzctti's, 13/ to 1-1/ per doz. Iskkai>stl*ffs —IStead, 21b loaf,/5J ; biscuit cabin, 30/ per 100 tb; ditto, navy, 2'-/ ditto. Ilun.iUNO iMateuials—liricks, 1) x 3 x 4-\, 45/ to 47/0 ; slates, ladies, .US to £ 10 ; ditto, countess, 20 x ltl, £13 to £14 ; ditto, duchess, £15 to £10 per 100U ; cement, 17/ to IS/ per barrel ; window glass, 17/0 to SO/ per 100 foot. I!i'Tciiki:s' Mtat.—l'eef, /h to /li; mutton,/2j to /3 ; pi irk, /.I to /(i; veal, /4 per lb. ; lamb, 4/0 to ti/ 0 per (luartcr ; roasting ]>igs, (>/' to 7/ each. Canvas.—liest navy, Nos. 1 to (i, 1/1 to 1/2 per yard; three-bushel bags, 3 Hi., 12/ to 12/0 ; gunny, li/ to 7/ per dozen ; wool-packs, 10 11), -1/ to 4/0 each ; woolbaggiug, /5 to /7 per yard. Cordage.—Coir, in sizes, £30 to £45; Knglish, £10 to £45 ; Manilla, £10 to £<10; woollashing, £20 to £2o per ton ; seaming twine, 1/ to 1, ti per lb. UiUKD Fhl'lTs.—Currants, /3 to /li!j ; muscJitcl raisins, /7 to /fc> ; cleme ditto, /5 to /li ; iigs /-3 to/ti; apples, ,0; Jordan ahnonds, I.'J; Valencia ditto, 1/; so It shell, /7 to /X ; .Barcelona nuts, !\ \to /'5; walnuts/7 to /7i per lb. Ilitviis, i;c.—Tartaric, acid, 2/0 to 2/!); sulphuric, '•> to -Opel- lb.; Iji-earbonate soda, Hi/ to IS/ per cwt. ; cream (artiir 1/7 to l/'J ; liquorice, 1/4 to 1,!) : saltpetre, English, /7 to ,0 ]ier lb. ; soda ash, £12 to £1-1 per ton ; castor oil, in hulk, /5 to/(i per lb.; ditto, half-pint buttles, 0/0 to 7/" per dozen. l*'isii —lted herrings 20/ per barrel ; ditto, in 2 dozen tins, 2/0 to 2/0 ; white ditto, 23/ (o 21/ per hull-barrel ; dried ling and cod, /I to /li ; fresh salmon, in tins, ]At to 1/7 ; salt, ditto, in barrels, /(>.',■ to/7 per lb. ; sardines, half-boxes, D/U to 10/ ; ditto, quarters, 0/3 to 0/0 per dozen. i'Loi'n—l-'ine, silk dressed, £21 ; seconds, £22 per ton of 2000 lbs. I''okage—Lucerne liay, 7/0 to 0/; oaten, 7/0 to 0/0; straw, 5/ to 3/0 per cwt. ; green food, /10 to 1/ per doz. bundles. Fkuits—Oranges, /•]• to /'J; lemons, /•!• to 1/'; bananas,/I to 1/1 ; passion tniit, /2 to/I ; citrons, 1/; pineapples, (best), 15/' per dozen; apples, (best), 0/to 10/; lofjuats, 7/ to 12/ per case. Ghai.n, iV—Jiran, 1 /li; oats, 3/0 to 4/; barley, 3/to 3/0; maize, •!/ pel* bushel ; split, peas, (of 00 lbs.) 12/0 ; pearl barley, /3 ; .lava rice, 28/ to 30/ per cwt.; l'atna ditto, 23/ to 21/ per cwt. ; Scotch oatmeal, 21/ to 20/ per cwt. Jlidks and SUKKI'SKI.VS—Hides, 5/to 10/11; sheepskins, /OA to /'J J. lloNEl'—/7 per lb. Houses—Dralt, £13 to £30; carriage, £2.1 to £10; hacks, £7 to £15 ; harness, £1.1 to £30 ; common unbroken, £5 to £8. Metals—Scotch pig iron, No 1, 2, ,tM to £5; iron bars, in sizes, £11 to .U2 ; ditto plates, £1 ;1 to £10 per ton ; copper sheathing plates, 1/5 to 1,0 ; sheathing metal, 1/2 to 1,3 per It). ; lead pipe, £2S to £20 ; sheet lead, £20 to £27 ; ditto zinc, £32 to £30 per ton; block tin, 1/3 to 1/7 per lb.; tinplates, charcoal, assorted, •11/ to -IS/ per box. Oilmen's Stokes—Sperm candles, /10 to 1/ perlb: pickles, pints, 7/ to!)/; ditto, quarts, 13/; bottled lruits, 13/ to 13/0 per dozen; jams and jellies, 12/0 to 13/ per lb; mustard i lb, 0/6 to 8/!); ditto, 1 lb, 12/0 to 1-1/0 ; olive oil, pints, 13/0 to 11/perdozen; vinegar, No 21, 2/ to 2/2 per gallon thumb blue, No. 1, /10 to /11; starch, No. 1, /5; Orlando Jones' patent starch, /<»&" per lb; soda lti/to 18/; Ijiverpool soap, 20/ per cwt; Stockholm tar, 50/ to 00/; ditto pitch, 22/0 to 25/; resin, 37/0 to *10/ per barrel; gunpowder, blasti'lg, /7 to /S per Il>; linseed, in drums, 4/ too/; turpentine, ditto, 13/ to 1.1/ per gallon. i'OL'LTltiT, itc.— l'owls, '1/ to *1/0 ; ducks, !)/ to f>' geese, 7/ to 10/ ; turkeys, 8/ to 15/; pigeons, 1/3 to J/t! wild ducks, 3/0 to 4/ ; teal 2/ to 2/0 ; rabbits, 3/ to -1 per coupk:. ruovtsuiNs—Butter, /<); choose, /0 to/7; hnroii and hams, /G to /7 ; lard, /5 to/G per lb.; eggs, /10 to 1/ per dozen. Salt—Liverpool, £3 1,5/ to £1 ; dairy £ 115/ to ■Co ; roclc, .C l 5/per ton ; jars, 8/ to 8/ti per dozen. Sue ah—Crystallised, £50 per ton ; snowdrops 52/; crushed, 52/; refined loaves, 02/ to 05/; No. 1 pieces, 45/'; pampanga, 32/; clayed, Sty; '.Mauritius, crystahzed, 41/; ditto, brown, 32/ to 34/ bright, 30/ to 38/; molasses, IS/; sugar-houso, 25/ per cwl. Tallow—licet, £20 to £29 5/ ; mutton, £30 to £32 ; station, nominal. _ I'ka ami Coi'i'i'.i-: —Congou, £7 to £!) per chest ■ ditto 21/ to 28/ per ten catty box ; hvsonskin, £5 to £7 per chest; eoll'ee, Manilla, / LOi; Ceylon piantation, /VI to /12i ]ier lb., in bond. Tohacto a Nil Cioahs—(ln Bond) .Hariri's hallticrccs, 5/ to 5/0; other brands, 3/0 to 5.11; cavendish, 2/0 to 4/per lb; cigars, .Manilla, .No. 2, «J.l/ ; llavannalisliaped,'Js/; clay pipes, I/O to 2/0 jiei* gross. "Veg ETAI'j.ES—l'olatoes, G,/ to 7/ ; onions, 12/ to I.V per cwt-.; cabbages, 2/ to 8/ ; cauliflowers, lo 8/ ; lettuces, l/(j to 2/ ; pumpkins, •!•/ to 10/'; marrows, 2. to 3/ per dozen ; turnips, S/ to 2/0 ; carrots, 2/ lo 2/0 ; parsnips, 2/ to 2/0 ; leeks, 1/ to 0/; celery, 0/ to 10/ ; beetroot, 2/ to 4/per dozen bunches; green peas, 8/ per bushel.

Wixf. AXD.Si'ilUTs—Port, in bond, 11/ to 13/; ordinary ditto, 0/ to 10/ pur gallon ; London bottled port, duty paid, 23/ to 50/ per do/on ; sdiurry, in bond, 12/0 to 15/ ; ordinary ditto, <!/ to 8/ per gallon ; London bottled eherrv, duty paid, 'ZbJ to 40/ pur dozen; cliam-

pagne, 2- r >/ to 40/; claret, 17/6 to 30/ per dozen; nun, W. 1., 10 0.p., 3/ to 3/3; ditto, 30 0.p., 3/9 to 3/11 ; ditto, colonial, 2S 0.p., <lut_y paid, 14/3 to 14/0; white spirit, colonial, 50 0.p., ditto, 19/; brandy, fllarlell's, in bund, 12/0 to 13/; gin, 3/ to 3/0 ; whisky, 4/ to 4/0 ; geneva, 4-gallon case, 12/ to 1;;/, in bond. Wool.—Superior clips, 1/8 to 1/LU; fair to good, 1/6 t<> 1/7 ", low to middling, 1/2 to I/O; grease, /8 to /ll; locks, pieces, broken wool, &c., nominal; handwashed, nominal; scoured, 1/6 to 2/2.—Sydney Mail, Sept. 10. SYDNEY RETAIL MARKETS. Sept. 10. Tim Mills.—The mills quote silk-dressed Hour, at £14, and second quality, at £22 per ton of 200q l!»s. Bran, Is. Od. per bushel. Biscuits.—Mr. Wilkie quotes cabin at 30s. and navy nt 225. per 100 lbs. Mr. Hamilton—cabin 20s. navy 225. Bread.—s-ld. per 2-lb. loaf. Bark, 4s. yd. to ;3s. per cwt. MAITLANI) MARKETS. Filidav Sept. 9.—Business.—The wholesalo trade during the week has been brisk and a considerable quantity of goods lias been forwarded up tho country, 'l'he retail tiade lias also been brisker. The markets are quiet and without any change worthy of notice. Wool.—A little wool has arrived during the week. Quotations: greasy, lod. to lid. pur lb.; washed, Is. 6.1. to Is. lid. per lb. Flour.—The demand for flour continues to be good and prices are, consequently steady, there not having been any arrivals of breadstull's to affect the market. The stocks of the principal holders are moderate, and they are not disposed to force sales, but at tho same time they do not appear to anticipate that prices will again advance to any great extent owing to tho probability of the importations being equal to the consumption, until next harvest. Fine Flour is quoted at 245. per 100 lbs. retail. Wheat.—Some small lots of district-grown wheat havo changed hands at 7s. lid. to Bs. per bushel. Butchers' Moat.—Beef 10s. per cwt. wholesale, 2d, per lb., retail ; mutton 3d. to per lt>. wholesale, 4d. to ■>11. per lb. retail; pork -3d, to bd. per lb. retail; lamb 4s. Od. to ss. od. per quarter ; veal Gd. per lb. Leather Market.—Maitland sole leather lOd. to Is. per lb.; Sydnoy solo leather Is. to Is. 2d. per lb. ; Maitland and Sydney kip Is. i'd. to ?s. per lb. ; calfskins 3s. to os. per lb. ; French and English do. os. to os. per lb. ; harness leather Is. Id. to Is. 3d. per ll>. ; basils 12s. to 18s. per dozen. Hides, Gs. to 10s. each.—.V'yilney Herald, Sept. 10.

• Closing Hi'mkk&s CA1-ITAL Co.Ul'ASIKS. IMUCKS. WISE. £ M .C Thinks 000,000 AiLstruljisin -CIO 73 to 73 — 3-0,000 Commercial 25 50 — 500,000 Kntf. Scot. & Aiwt. 20 20$ to lilfr — 500,000 Joint Stuck 10 13} 13i 1,000,000 Loudon Chartered. -0 20 to 27 — 2.000,000 Oriental 23 til to 03 — 1,000,000 Union -10 to 50 — 750,000 New* South Wales.. 20 42$ to-13 li> 250,000 Now Zealand 7 13 — 2,000,000 A K ni iiu.l United i f)0 128 t() K1 ;j _ Service f n 2(K),000 City Bank !. 10 10£ to £• 10g, to 10* Straw Cow panics. 210,000 Australasian 20 20 20 50,oi)0 Clarence & Ilichmd 10 10 to 11 — 55,000 Hunter ltiver 10 Hi — 50,000 lllawjirra •. 5 3J to 3} [)} Insurance Cox, •100,000 General .Marine 5 0 to 9i —' 100,000 N.S.W. Murine 2 3.} 3* 250,000 Sydney Tire. 2 3j; to 3} 3i ox div. 500,000 1'aeillc i'ire \V Marine 2 ft £ 500,000 United l-'iro & Murine 1 12 to* U,29s. Miscellaneous Cos. 31)0,000 Cias Light. C 13 — Ditto, new -1 0 ox div. — •50,o:H) Sydney 10 0* to 7 \ — 60,000 ryrmont Bridge.... 5 4)lo4.J — loo,000 Wullsciut Coal 10 0-i to 7 — oo.ooo Wuratali Coal 0 4 to 1} — 20,01*0 Moruya 3 — — Ditto "» — — 100.000 I'oak Down Copper 1 l<tol£ U 00,000 Cjtdianmulong 10 i t to J pm. — Ditto 1 i to £ pm. — Debentures. 12,500 GoverinrcuL duo'") in 1600, 1871, j 1373, ls74,1«70, r ,C 1SSS, lSOl, and | 100 lOOto 101 — 1MW J Interminable 100 OS to OS?, Ub Queensland Govt... 100 lot to 105 — A -?-^;. Co " '.'.'A loo looi io loi j. — 1800, and 1801) f 2 City of Sydney 100 OS to 100 — Tyrmont Bridge*) Co., due in 1S03 [- 100 100 — and lM>t ) Col. Sugar Kuiln#) Co., due iron. V 100 lOOto 101 — 15»(W to ISO* ...) Newcastle Coal «s » Copper duo in [- 100 — lSOO ) lllawjirru Stciun ! due in 1K05 f 100 101 — Tomato Coal, 100 102& —