Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 339, 13 December 1864, Page 4

Commercial.

AUCKLAND. Hunter & Co. (late Styak & Hunter), report that there has teen a fair amount of business done latt week. Fat Cattle selling bettor, and'have realised higher prices than they have done for the laet two weeks; medium Provincial bullocks brought from twelve to fourteen pounds ten f-hilling a head, and a« shipments.are getting short from the other Cclonies we anticipate a further rise in prices. Good Dairy Cows sell readily and realise fair prices,'we sold some lots from ten pounds to sixteen pounds a head. 7i ; Heifers sell freely, steers are low in price and difficult to effect salos. Store bullocks are very low in J>rjc« and very little demand for them. Calves sell readily and realise good prices. Fat Shtep —\Ve have to report a fair amount o' business in that class of stock, there is a good demand and satisfactory prices ha ve been realised, -we sold some lots from thiity-firo shillings to forty-fivr shillings a head, the market is rather bare of supply. Store sheep sell freely, and are worth about twentvnvo shillings a head. Fat lambs are in demand and realised good prico« we sold a lot ranging in price from twenty-6vo BhilJi srs to thuty-one shillings a head, market bnrel\ supplied Fat and store pigs are selling well, but few offering Horses are low in price but any thing really goo J that can be warranted brings fair prices; the marke! is bare of good stock, first class hacks and good light harness horse .would sell well, but none offering First class heavy draught torses scarce in the marke! and not much en qui rati for, inferior hack s and light harness h'jrse range in price from eight pounds t< twenty pounds, the market is full of them, we sold e small lot of the cast hom ■ from tha Transport Corps, they averaged about fourteen pounds a head.

J 3 < y } 135 AT'P MOKEY ARTICLE. ' fFrorn the Sydne;/ Iforntnv Herald,, "tToy. 22.] The cargo of flour 03c Charlotte Andrews -wa c offered nt auction to-day by Messrs. Li. E. Tbrelkeld and Co., hut, the bids being Mow the reserve price, the whole of the cargo was withdrawn for the present The arrivals to-day have been the Marion, from °nn Francisco, with 3,282 bags of wheat, and 100 flasks of quicksilver; and tho Gravina, from Yalnnrniso, with 14,800 bugs of flour and 421 bigs of ■walnuts. Wo havo papers from San "Francisco to the 2Dt'n of Tho following is from tho Daily Alia Califnra in :— As a peneral rule, tho markets for tho week endine to-day. have shown a fair degree of activity, while operations in several leading articles of merchandise havo been quite extensive, and tbo aggrreento of transactions from first, liards has been considerable above the average. Jobbers have also been busy in filling* country orders, in addition to tlioir regular citv trade. Imports contir-uo lißlit. A large fleet of vessels now on tbo way, and overdue, from Eastern ports, mav be expected at any moment. In the details of tndo movemerts. wo note continued dullness .in tbo baps and bnggine, with transactions reported from first hands confined to a sinjr l " parcel of 233 bales standard grunnv bags, Candles are in favour nt old prices, and large placements havo been made. The demand for ease goods with the exception of ovst"rs, is limited. The rrcenl advam-o in eoflee is fully maintained, thougrh few sales are reported. Coal receives little or no attentior and prices rule low. In cordage thero is nothing at prpsent doing, asido from the regular sales of homf manufactuio. Fish nTO in fair request, and sales o! No. 1 mackerel havo been made at advanced rate Tho market for metals continues dull, thouch sonu transactions havo t'<krn vlaee in Scotch pigr iron, a: low figures. Coal oils meet with fair demand fron the trade, at previously quoted prices. Tn provisions -we note "ctivitv, thougrh formei prices are well susta'ned. The demand for Isthmu! butter lias, since our Inst, shown an increased decree of firmness, and considerable parcels have chang ( hands at 30 to 31 lc, per pound. Pome holders, how ever, decline selling at these prices, and demand i material advance. The rice market remains unchanged : prices obtained for parcels disposed of a auction indicate firmness. An improved demand ffr domestic spirits may hi remarked, with fri e sales of alcohol, pure spirits brandy, &c. In foreign gords, though no sales o round lots are reported for first b.nul--. a stendv job b : ntr trade is burp dore. and transactions in this win amount to a very fair business. Fugars are still it nctive icquest. Tiie pr'ce of Fan Francisco Circle / has been advanced to IfUr., at which fignire larci sa'es have bcrn made. The proprietors of the Ba\ 'Refinery find ready sale for all the Golden C and granulated thov ran turn out. The arrival! dnrinc the ircrk, of the Young Tleftor and Yankee from Honolulu, with cargoes of fupar. came in gcec time, as the stock of this class of gceds in first hand; had become ncaily exhausted, and many of the job bor* were running low. "Wines of foreism production are doing better, anc nlihou>rh no heavv sales are made, the aggregate o sales done in ,j- bbingr w; y nwkce a eood showing. The mmket for wool is moderately active: out while IniTiy goods are unsaleable, parcels of good tc choice staple, in good condition, find roadyplfiormenf The Fall clip is now romine in quite freely, and find: buyers nt 14 to 17 cents, with an occiisional lot bringing as hieh as IS cents. Choice spring wool ccm mands 20 cents. Ilides are dull, and quotable at If to 11 cents per tt>. Since our last a decided advance has taken place ir flour and wheat—more espicinllv the latter. 13es1 brands of city extra flour have advanced 25 cents pei barrel, ard quotations are —New. 10 dollars to K dollars 7o cents per barrel; Superfine. Odollnrsto f dollars 95 cents. "Wheat clcses at 3 dollars 50 rent: to 3 dollars GO cents per 100 lbs. The demand foi feed grain is. for the moment, sb'ck. and, under tin influence of liberal receipts, prices show a tendency t<' weakness. We quote new barley nt 3 dollars 2f cents to 3 dollars 25 cents, and choice old brevinpa; 3 dollars 50 cents to 3 dollars GO cents her 100 lbs. oats at 2 dollars 75 cents to 2 dollars 85 cents pei 100 lbs. Of financial mattrr3 wo have no new feature t( remark. The money market for last steamer ocensior was decidedly easy, and all requirements forle<;itimiiti business purposes wore piomptly rret at Bank at 1! per cent, per month interest. Bars were in ligh request; gold ruling at 830 to 8-10, and silver at 1 per cent, premium to 3 per cent, discount. A lijrh business was done in sterling exchanpe at 48d to4p-}< for hankers' fO days' bills. Commercial ruling nominally at 49d to 49} d. For co : n drafts on Fasten cities the usual rates of to 4 per cent. 7->reminn were prevalent. Currency bills veic done at 100 pe: cent, premium on gold, 3?ates for telegraphic trans fers were sJto 0 per c<~nt. premium. In simpafln with the rapid deck'ne in cold, legal tenders during the -week have risen to 53 rents to 55 cents, leaving ofT fo-dav at 51J cents to 52J, cents. The following is the latest con mereial telegran received at California from New York and datc( September 27th:— At the auctions of dry goods to-day, there was i marked fall in prices, amoxmting to 33 to 40 per cent less than regular prices thieo weeks ago. Goldopene< steadier this morning, and the price has been sutaine< by heavy purchases to cover shorts. There wer rather lively times among importers, auctioneers and buyers generally, owing to the feverish state o political and financial affaiis Many kinds of good fell some 10. 50, and 25 per cent.—for instance, Pau de Cbeveeh [r], woollen filings, -which two weeks agi brought 85 cents were knocked down to-da; at 59_ cents, some lots being? consequently withdrawn inferior qualities of some articles heretofore com manding from 60 to 80 cents, went down to 42 to 4cents. A few lots 40-inch bagrging and burlaps soli from 15 to 20 per cent, below prices. Do mostic goods are firm in crmparison with foreign articles. The panic in gold unsettled everythinc Find in a few cases the fall v/as 33 to 40 per cent, fron the regular pi ice three w<eks ago. Tho reduction ii the rate of domestic goods was not so great.—i\V/ York, Sept. 27.