Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 289, 15 October 1864, Page 4

Commercial.

AUCKLAND. Messrs. J. S. Macfarlane and Co. sold at their auction mart yesterday, -JO hhds. Coope's No. 3 alo at £3 15s. to £5 per hlid.; 100 eases Byass' stout at 7/i) per dozen; 20 <jr. casks of dark brandy at 7/ per gallon.

AUCKLAND WEEKLY TRADE SUMMARY, October 15. Referring (o Inst week's publication, we are (his '.iine in a position to report a still greater improvement in business during the week just elapsed. The trade is beginning to lay in stocks for (lie approaching summer seaßon, and the reported movements of the troops for a summer campaign Ims induced some of tile contractors to make several large purchases to supply commissariat requirements. Flour.—Some considerable parcels have changed hands at fair prices, and an improvement on our Hist quotations may be reported. To our best knowledge £22 was obtained for Chilian, and £22 10s. for best Australian flour. Tea—.A few parccis of rations have been disposed of at from Is. Gd. to Is. lid. Fine congous are still much wanted, and would find ready sale. Coilce.—This article is still very dull, and wo caunot report any sales, and, consequently, no improvement in prices. Ale and Porter.—There has been a little demand lor good bottled porter, and iirst-class brands lind ready sale ut 10s. Cd. per dozen. For ,ile there has not been much inquiry. In bulk beer there lias been I nothing doing whatever. Wines Ah-11 SiMHiTS.— I'me ports and sherries are still scarce, and fetch fair prices, but no parcels have changed hands. Tlnve-dagger braudv is enquired lor, but holders asking high prices and bemg not willing to submit to a reduction, no sales have taken place. .AH other spirits are dull of sale. Oilmkn's Stokes.—No improvement can lie reported in these goofls, and as large invoices are still coming forward, prices will not rule any higher for tome time to come. "

Tobacco-—lt is reported tlmt .1 Jew parcels o negro! loud havo boon Bold privately, and 3s. ad. to P er in bond was obtained. In cavendish jio sales of any note lmvo transpired. ClGAlw.— I There arc no parcels in tlio market, and vi°" M? mina va^ue c,in quoted, for H. shaped Manillas at i'Oj. ; for cheroots, 80a. to 85b. •

AUCKLAND MARKETS. Friday, Oct. 14. Fa bsi and Dairy Produce.—Milk, per quart, 6d to Bd. ; butter, (fresh), per lb. Is. 6d. j cheese, (colo nial), Is. 3d. ; eggs, per do/,., Is9d.; lurd, per lb., ls6d. ; fowls, per pair, sb. to 65.; ducks, ditto, Cs.; geese, cacli, 7s. to Bs. (id.; turkeys, each, Bs. to 10s. (id.: bacon, per lb., Ib. 6d.; luirna, English, per lb., Is. 'Id. ; potatoes, per cwt., 9s. 6d. to 10s. Butghj'.ks' Meat. —Beef, per lb., 6d. to Bd.; mutton, Bd.; pork, 9d. Bkead, per 21b. loaf, Bd. THE MTIiXJS. "Wholesale.—Fine Hour, (Bilk dressed), per ton £25 ; seconds, £20; sharps, .611. Bran, -e. Retail.. —Fine Hour, per lOOlbs., 275.; seconds 225.; sharps, 13s. Bran, per bushel, 2s. 3d. IIfII.DIKO MATKIIIAI.3. Timber. —Boards and scantling, per 100 feet, 21s. to 245.; boards, tongued and grooved, 265. to 275.; shingles, per 1000, 195.; palings, per 100, 18s. Posts and Rails, per 100, ;ti 10s. Bkicks, per 1000, £6 to £7, delivered. Lime, per bushel, Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET. MR. ALl'ltUD DUCKLAND'S WEEKLY KEI'OKT. During the past week sale of horso stock havo been more numerous than usual. Thoso brought forward have been of middling quality only, but prices have been woll sustained, and for good draught animals highor rates havo b°cii obtained. The sale of the Defence Foroo hor.-ea was very numerously attended, they averaged £1-3 each, varying from £0 to £'10. The market has been fully supplied with fat. cattle of good quality, prices are without alteration. Dairy cows have ollerod plentifully and second class animals have fallen in price; best quality maintain their place, ytore cattle are easier in price and are not likelyto rule so high this season, as they havo usually done in Spring. Napier merino wethers cx ' Beautiful Star,' brought from 22/G to 26/. Fat sheep hare offered plentifully but without alteration in prico, a large number being withdrawn by their owners. Fat pigs were in fair supply and rather easier in price. AUCKLAND STOCK AND SHARE MARKET. Mil. 11. I'. STAKE'S ItKI'ORT. The circumstance which has influenced the share market for several days is still in operation and, until the result of the 51 inistcrial crisis is ascertained little lifo is expected in the various departments. Even tlinn any great expansion of speculative business is considered doubtful; and in the meantime the market remains quiet, as well as inactive. Bank of New Zealand shares are a shade firmer, it having been rumoured that notwithstanding the losses incurred in the South, the profits of the past halfyear, considerably exceed any previous peiiod, and that probably a dividend at tlio rate of ios. per cent, will be declared, and a considerable "sum carried to the reserve lund. Other securities remain without alteration.

H. P. Stakk, Share Broker. Queen-street, Auckland, October 14, 18G4. OTYGO. [From the " Times," Oct. -fth* - ] Business has opened this week with some little activit}-. Flour. — ijeycral largojiwcfTs of Adelaide have changcd hands to-day at£2!) to £30. Galvanized Iron.—A slight improvement, has hegun to manifest itself in this articlo. To-day a pa reel of Scotch 24 guage was placed at £25: "the price is certainly low, hut it may be regarded as the first sign of returning activity. Beer (Bottled and Bulk)- —Enquiries continue to bo made for both, and finest biands aro ready ol' sale at full prices. "We notice the arrival of a cargo of guano from the Chinebas. This is the /ir-1 direct importation of this valuable munuro we havo had, wo may tlierefi.ro anticipate for it a speedy sale. Our Invercargill files to hand aro to Saturday, October Ist. The Daily of that date reports —" Several parcels of goods have been transmitted to the interior during the day. Best Adolaide flour is firm at £30; Tasmaninn fioui £27 to £28. LYTTELTON. [From tho " Times," Oct. 6th.] Messrs. Burnell, Benne't and Spj-ot report that phey had yarded, at Riccarton yards' on Friday tho 38th ult., 174 head of cattle, when tho following trices were obtained : —1 fat hulloek, very largo and prime, £25 10s.; 1 ditto, prime, £22 ; 2 ditto prime, each, £23 10s.; 1 ditto prime, £22; 2 fat cows, good, each, £15 ; 2 ditto, fair, each, £14 10s. ; 10 steers, over two yeais, good condition, each, £12 ; 13 ditto, about 2 years old, £9; 22 eows, fair, each, £8 15s. ; 9 stcors, 18 months' old, each, £7 15s. ; 5 lidifers, do., each, £7 ; 55 cows and heilors (spayed), cows poor, heifers 15 months', each, £G 10s. ; 7'steers, bullstags, very coarse, each, £C ; 8 young stock steers, under 12 months, each ,£4 12s. Gd. ;24 ditto, steers and heifers, ditto, each, £ l 2s. 6d. ; 13 ditto, heifers, do., each, £24 ; making an average of £7 7s. per head— 4 calves given in.

llie first mouthly salo of tho applied for section in tho township of Selwyn was held at the offices of Messrs. Burnell, Bennett and Sprot, on Saturday last, ■the Ist instant, when a large3iumhcr of sections Were disposed of at. prices from £12 IDs. (the upset) to £25. Ihe attendance was fair, and it is worthv of remark in the present tightness of the money market, that nearly cvciy section went considerably above tho upset price, and tho auctioneers have already booked a. number of applications for next sale, on "the first Saturday of next month. One-third of the township is now sold, and this, notwithstanding that no attempt at a settlement has yet been made on the spot ; that obstacle is now being rc-moverl, as timber is supplied at 2'.'s. per 100 feet.

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