Commercial

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 554, 22 August 1865, Page 4

Commercial

AUCKLAND, New Zealand llekald Office, Monday erening. At the sale of the Eastward Ho'a ! cargo, held at Messrs Harris and Laurie's Customhousestreet, to-day, the bidding was very dull, and prices ruled low. Hams brought from lid. to Is. per lb. ' ba on, Bd. to 9d. The consignment of rum was not told, there being no offer made for it. SYDNEY. (From the Jlcralil, August 12.) Flouk.—The market this week h:is been rather firmer, owins; to the absencc of arrivals from Chili, and stocks decreasing. Adelaide first brands are quoted at, £21 to £22 ; Chilian, £19 to £20 Wheat is also firmer; Adelaide-, 9s 9d to l"e ; Chilian, 9s. LmQClds —Ale in bulk is dull of pale, and prices have given way .5s t" 10s per hlid. ; first brands £7 to £7 ss. Filter in bulk is soarce, and sales have taken place at £7 lis. Bottied ale and porter are dull of sale, ami to effect large sales lower rates have t > be submitted to Brandy i- rather firmer, Martell's 7s 9d to S.s Hum is in better r.-qu.-st, »nd as stocks are small and hiuhcr prices ruling in London, an mip ovement isexpected 3u o.p.,fs 5d to 3s 6d. Geneva is st ailv at 10s r>d for first brands of low strengtas and small quantity's. Teas are very firm, and fine teas have an upward tendency. Low < ongnus are quoted at £5 15> to £ti 5s ; medium £6 15s to £7 los; good, £8 to £9; and very fine, £10 t.i £12. Migars are unaltered. A telegram lias been received fr >ni Melbourne stating that an advance has ta en pi ice, but the market tie e h-is not yet been atfeetod by it. Mauritiu -sugars are q aotecl as f .1lows : —K.tions, £-9 to £33 ; counters, £37 to £;i9 ; ery-tals, £11 to £43 10s. like i- not much enquired for. New Patna, £-0 10s to £21 In Ca .dies, salt, and Oilmen's stores, there has .not been much doing, and prices rule about the same as la-t week Tallow. —Th" tallow market was much firmer today, and prices show an improvement of 30s to 40s per ton. The eau-e of this sudden rise was owing to o ders for c hili b'.-ing "teeuled, and the demand £>r the neighbouring colonies -jbout 190 casks were offered to-day, and s>,id at from £30 10s to £33 15s for beef, and £35 for mutton. Hides were very duil of sale, and most of the lots offered were passed. Over 1700 wtre catalogued, but only about GOO were sold at from os 9d to lis each.

SYDXEi'MA.RKKT PTCES. Fl^cr.—Fine silk-dressed flour £23, beconds £21, per toil of 20 0 llis. Bran 1/'!) per cushel. Biscl'i d. — Mr. Wilkie quotes cabin at 30/ and navy at 22/ pr 100 lbs. Mr. Hamilton ; Cabin 30/', navy Breah. —o-J-d per 2 lb loaf. POCLTRY, IrAME, ANI) DAISY PkODVCE.—FowIs, 3/ to 3/iS; ducks, 4/6 to o/; geese, 7/to 9/; turkeys, 8/ to 11/> pigeons, 1/3 to 1/6 ; wild ducks, 2/to 2/6 teal, 1/; rabbits, 2/6 to 3' per pair : roasting pigs, 3/6 to 4/ each; butter, 1/9 ; cheese,/5 to /6; bacon /'4 to /5; lard, /4 to /o per lb. ; eggs, 9/ to 1/ per dozen. Butchers' Meat.—Beef, /1£ to /2£ ; mutton, /2.V to /3i; pork, /-Hto/o; veal,/4 per lb. ; lamb, 4/ to 5/ per quart, r. Vegetables.—Potatoes, 7/ to 8/; onions 35/ to 40/ per cwt. ; cabbages, 1/ to 4/ ; cauliflowers 1/ to 6/; lettuces, 1/'; pumpkins, 4/ to 6/ per dozen; turnips, 1/ to 1/6; carrots, 1/ to 1/6; parsnips, 1/ to 1/6 beetroot, 4/ to 6/; celery 6/ to 9/ ; leeks, 4/ to G/ per dozen bunches ; green peas 7/ to 9/ per bushel. Fruit. —Oranges, /3 to ,/6 ; lemons /'6 to /S; bananas, /9 to 1/2; pine apples, 8/ ta 14/; passion fruit /3 to /4 per dozen ; apples, 8/ to 12/ per case. Honey, /'5 to /6 per lb. Forage—Straw, 3/6 to 4/6 ; whoaten hay 4/ ; lucerne, 4/6 to a/; oaten, 5/to 6/per cwt.; maize, 3/ to 3/3; oats, 4/ to 4/3 ; barley, 3/ per bushel; green food, /10 to i/ per doz. bundles. Bark, 3/9 to 4/ per cwt.—Mail, August 12.

IIOBA.RT TOWN. Wo have again to report a dull sale in our markets, and transactions have been of the moat limbed extent In flour there has been nothing done execept for local con umption, and the price continues At £21 per tonA sm ill quantity or' wheat changed hands this morninc at 9s 9d per bushel, at which rate the market remains firm. Barley is in small demand at former quotations, viz., oa to Sa 6d per bushel for English, and 3s 9d to 4s 3d per bushel for Capo. The latter is in very fair demand for feed and other purp ises, Oats are not much sought after, but the price is fully maintained, and if anything, the demand is now greater th m for some time past. Prices for rood feed samples range from 3- 3d to 3s 9.1; but interior samples hive to su'imit to reduction. Hay and straw lire very slow ot" sale, and the prices are completely nominal. Oo<>d hay (country pressed) brings from t'4 Ills to £5 10s per ton, and h\ilraul ; c-pa ked a proportion:)le i> c-oa e .Mraw £3 per t in. With cheese the market is Tery well supplied anil the qiiility gener lly is very good. Piices are from 7d to 11 d per lb. Bu ter continue') to maintain i s price, and the stocks on hand are not v ry heavj. As the season advances, however, we thall no doubt see a fall in prices. At present quotations are from Is 'id to la lid per lb. Si ice the arrival of the Cit}' of liobart potatoes have been inquired for, but the demand has not bonanythi g approaching to that whici existed a 17 •< k 1 r two ag ■, and the pi ice has e.'iisidmabh' f-ill-n. fine Hum potatoes beiinj noiv 1 procurable at from 15 0s to £6 per ton, in j ba<<s A'tOfieth-r the late rise wis too fictiiions to I la-t, and fear th it • xporters hav* made but small I profits on their consignments —Mercury, August f. I

LAUNi IS On. The produce market has been a little brisker todav, l.ut prices havd receded. F1 mr ieoains v.*:y dill at £21. Wheat ha* gone d >wii, 8; Gd and hi, SM being now asked ; but there are no buyers. Bran, « as a dowi.-wird ie denov an 1 may bo quoted at 1 s td. l'ota : <"e ,£6 los la;- a. Prnss'u hny,£i i;;g 1 • £4; trusßod ditto, £6 tie to £G i Oi).—Ex, ftti/ur, August R.