Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 684, 23 January 1866, Page 4

Commercial.

AUCKLAND. New Zealand Heuald Offico, Monday evening. Tho Customs Receipts for to-day amounts 1 to £552 Ss 2d. Mr. G- Sibbin reports tho clearing out salo of drapery, clothing, &c., held to-day at the store of Mr. Robcrtshaw, Shortland-street, was well attended and fair prices realised. The leaso of tho premises sold at a bonus. Mr. Sibbin announces that he wi'l continue tho salo this morning, at the usual hour. To-day Mr. S. Cochrano sold the yaclit Flirt, 5 tons, with all gear belonging thereto, forjtho sum of ;t29. Owing to the inclemency of the wcathor, tho other racing boats were not offered. Tho Stllo was postponed ti'l Saturday next. VICTORIA. (From tho Adelaide Telegraph.) January 4. To-morrow will be hold as a general fast day. Tho Custom Houso will bo closed. Sugars havo au improved tono. The advance which has taken place in tho value of the staple at Mauritius, together with tho moderate shipments, have induced buyers to oporato with more confidence. At. auction tho cargo of the Sarah, consisting of 4378 bags, and tho balance of tho cargoes of tho Elizabeth and Laughing Water, consisting of 1078 bags, havo been disposed of at an advanco of almost 20s. on every description over llio last, public salo. Ono thousand bags havo been disposed of privately, comprising browns, counter;-, aud crystals, at prices ranjiing from £31 to .£l2. There liuvo not been any transactions of importance in brcadstulTs. Parcels of Adelaide flour havo b'Cii sold at from £23 15s. to 1 10s., i.ccording to brand. Tasmanian flour has been quitted at £22. For Chilian and Calii'ornian wheat thero is a fair enquiry, from 9s. Cd. to Us. 7'.d. per bushel. ADELAIDE. (From the Adelaide Chronicle, Jan. 2.) C en Market.—Wheat is still enquirod for, but vory liUlo is coming forward. Buyers offer 8s 9d. Flour is firm at from £21 to £22 ss, according to brand. Capo barley is 5s Cd per bushel; English do, 5s 9d ; Capo oats, 4s (3d ; and English do, 5s 9d. Hay.—Hind marsh-square, January 2nd. —Price of liuy to-day—Best whenten hay, per ton, £8 10s; good mixed do, £7 15s; do oaton do, £7. TASMANIA. Flour and wheat command most attention to-day, and for tho former millers aro demanding and getting £27 to £2S, for firsts. Tho only stocks of wheat offering were those imported by the Derwcnt, for all of which lis was readily obtained in tho early part of tho day- Excepting to parcels still in tho interior which aro held for 13s, this sido of tho island is now positively bare of further supplies. For sha'-ps tho demand continues in excess jiof the supply, and tho price is firm at £10. Bran is quoted at tho mills at Is 3d to Is 4d. Thero was a fair trade doing in wool at prices ranging from Is 2d to Is 4d for superior fleeco. Tho arrival and shipment now are proceeding with all despatch, and in a very few days the Wagoola will be ready for sea. Butter owing to tho recent rains is scarcoly so firm, and somo small sales for shipment per Derwent, were made to-day at Is sd. Cheeso continues scarce, and in demand at lOd io Is Id. A better feeling has shown itself for timbor and palings, but tho market is only of very limited extent, and scarcely sufficient to render the improvement pormanent. Of. hay, new loose, there was a fair supply this morning at £4 5s to £i 16s. Of old hay thoro was none brought forward.—Mercury, Dec. 28. MAURITIUS. Wo (Adelaidc[Adverli,ner) have boon favoured with tho following trade circular by Messrs. W. Morgan and Co.:— "Mauritius, 17 th November, 18C5. " During the last few days wo havo had the following arrivals from Australia—Maid of Honor, from Syduo3 r ; Revenge, from Adelaido ; and Planter and Sarah, from Melbourne. " Although our last London mail of the 7th October, which arrived on the Bth instant, brought advices of a further ri.o of about 5s per cwt. in the homo sugar market, groy rofining sugars havo barely maintained their value hero, large sales having been mado during the last few days at prices which show a fall of a few cents on our last quotations. " While crystalised and yellow grocery sugars Cannot, however, bo said to havo undergone any alteration, aud although tho demand for Australia is notvery active, the quotations given in our printed circular of the 6th inst iiit are still maintained. " Tho Water Lily liaß just been chartered by Joshua Bros to carry 250 tons to Adelaide at a freight of 40s per ton, besides which tho following vessels aro now loading—Paoific, 346 tons, for Sydney, chartered there to return; Hadleys, 348 tons, for Sydney, chartered thoro to return; Sarah, 233 tons, for Melbourne, owners' account; Planter No. 1, 231 tons, for Melbourno, eharterod thoro to return. " Our import market continues bare of Australian produce. A small parcol of flour receivod per Revenge from Adelaido has been sold at G dol. 50c., and 2000 bags from Valparaiso have brought G dols. 7oc. per 100 lbs. Wheat is in demand at 4 dol. 50c. per 100 lbs. The coals per Maid of Honor havo been sold at 8 dols. per ton alongside. Beof is in demand at 20 dol. to 23 dol. per tierco. " Wo remain, &c., •' Ikeland, Fhakkr & Co." Clearances for Australia sineo Ist November: (November 3)— Crown, for Sydney, with 5382 bags ; (4)— Fairy Rock, for Sydney, with 4217 bags ; (5) — St. Anno, for Port Phillip Heads, for orders, with SGIB bags(B)—Elizabeth, for Melbourne, with j 5419 bags; Norman, for Launceston, with462Bbags ; (13) —Ayr, for Adelaido, with 2016 bags ; Ayr, for Auckland, with 4930 bags ; Pactole, for Melbourne, I with 7745 bags; (17)— Falcon, for Dunedin, with 5288.