Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 712, 24 February 1866, Page 4

Commercial.

AUCKLAND. New Zealand Herald Office, Friday nftornoon. Tho Customs' roceipts for to-day amounted to £493 IBs. 6d. AUCKLAND RETAIL PROVISION MARKETS. Friday, February 23. Pi KM AND DATnY PUODUCK. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Butter lb. fr. 2 oto 0 0 Geese, each 6 0— 7 0 Jlillc, quart 0 5— 0 0 Turkeys, eh. 4 6— 50 Cheese (col.) 10—13 Bacon, lb. 00 —19 E"-cf3, dozen 2 0— 0 0 Ham (Eng) 1 9— 2 0 Li"r;l, por lb. 10 —13 Potatoes, ct. n. G 0— 0 0 Fowls, pair 50— 5 6 Ditto old, 30— 6 0 Ducks, puii'fr. 5 0 to 5 0 iu;tchi:!'.s' meat.

Beef, per lb. 0 5— 0 7 1 Pork, per lb. 0 0— 0 S Mutton, lb. 0 6— 0 S ' FLOUR, &c. The Mills (Wholesale). —Fine flour (silk dressed), per ton, £24 ; seconds, jCI'J ; sharps, £10. Bran, Is. 9(1Ketail.—l'inc /lour, per lOOlbs., 2Gs.; seconds, 20?.; sharps, 10s. Bran, per bushel, 2s. Miisses. Hexdehson & i\facfaulane quote Adoluide Flour (Hurls and Beeby) at £27 Chilian, £21Biscuit. —Partington's—Wliolesalo and Hetail, cabin, 27s per 100 ; i-iiip, per 100 ; fancy, Sd. 11). Canning's.—Wholesale, cabin, 225. per 100 ; ship, 20a. per 100 ; funny, fid. per lb. Retail 275. per 100 ; ship, 21a. per 'OO ; fancy, 10d. por lb. UItKAD, per 21b. loaf, Od to7d. BUILDING MATKRIATj. Timhek. —Boards and scantling, per 100 feet, 10s to lis; boards, tonejued and grooved, 17s to 20s Oil shingles, pel- 1000. 9s to I ts ; palings, per 100, 13s. Povrs and Rails, per 100, .fit ss. Beicks per 1000, Wholesale oil tl.e Wharf £3 ; £'■'> ID-, drivers 1. Limk, p>*r bushel, la 3d to Is 6d, delivered. SYDNEY. There hns been some activity in the thare market this week, but transactions liavo not been to any very ; largo amount. 'J )io fluctuations that have taken place are as follows:—Hank shares continue, in request, and sales of the shires of our colonial bankfi have taken place at top rates Bank of New Zealand shar**s are inquired for, and liavo improved ss. per share. In titeaui shores there is a decline of £2 per share on the lust price quoted, aud at this rate they are dull of sale. lilawarru Steam Navigation pharos are lirmer, and luvo improved ss. per share; Insurance shares are in rather better favour, but prices rule about the nunc us last week; Wallsenl 0»ul shares have been sold at a decline of os. per share on iho l.ist sale, and Peak Downs Copper Jliue shares have improved 5s por share. The following are the prices at which sales have taken place during the week —Bank of Nnvv South Wales, £411 10s per share ; Commercial Bank, £52 per share ; Australian Joint, dt'ick Bank, £16 and 53 per j-hare : City Bank, £10 15s, £10 13s Od, and £10 14s 6d por share; Bank of New Zealand, £15 03 and £15 10s per share ; Australasian Steam Navigation Company, £3 17s fid and .£± per eh are; General Assurance Company, £2 10s per share ; United, 20s and 20s Od per share ; Sydney, .Si! and £2s 2s Gd per share ; New South Wales llaune, £3 10a per share ; Wallsend Coal Company, £6 per share ; Peak lDowns Copper Mine, 18s per siare. Debentures. —Government debentures are steady. Small sales of tcnninablcs nro reported at 95 and intere-it. New Zealand Government debentures at. 100?, and interest. r l r ho following table will show the closing prices of our securities aa well as the rate at which sales have been made during the week.—Herald, February 10. Closing Bdsiness Capital. | Comtaniks. S 2 VniuKS. Bonk. £ > Banks. £ en i.oon Australasia -10 75 to 77 •trai.noo Commercial 2', 52 fiIIO.OOO Kuk. Si- !. ami Aust. 20 21 to 22 i;o. ,000 John • 10 11} hi, to lfij Ditto -New Shares.. !) 12} to J2J 12$ l.wo.non London Chartered.. 20 25 to 2li •J.OO'V ' 0 Oriental 25 1,230,000 Union. 25 ">1 l.flftO/100 .Vow South Wales 2» 43J 13J--500,0 0: New Zealand 10 15£ to 15g I'iJ; 2,000,000 Agra and Master-J sg 12010 123 10 10f .£10130,103 j Steam. 320,000 Australasian 20 1" 10' 62,000 Clarence ft ltielnnoud 10 4to 6 r.5,00!) Hunter Rtvor 10 11} 10J to 11 50,000 Iliawarra 5 t 4 GO,OOO Queensland 10 o | Insurance. IiOO.OOO fier.eml M u'ine 30s -i 2J 1n(.,00n,N. s. IV Marine 2 3j 3£ 2*.o,ooo'Sydney Fire & Marine 2 2to 24 2-2, 2 500,000,'l'aeillc Fire & Marine 2 -IJ 500,00<1 United Fire and Jla- ] rine 1 Ito 1} 1, 20 0 1,000,000 Southern 1 1} I 3 T .iseellaneous. 300,000 Gas J,i : ,-Ut 0 11 13 I Ditto Xew 5 10 to 11 50,000jsyduey TKcHanqo ... 10 to ;> 50,000! Pvrmont, Bridge 5 -i 100,0 lolWallsendCoai 10 « 0 00,01)0 Wurataii Coal 0 31 20,000 Mornya 3 Ditto 5 100,000 Peak Downs Cupper 12to 1 18 (10,000 CiKliaiejiillong... 10s Ditto 1 :;0,000 Hartley Kerosene Oil and l'aratflne 1 2 10,000 Glanmire «ol(l Minins,' 10s 00,000 Fitzroy Iron S Debentures. Government, due in 1S00,") 1871, 187IJ, 187*1, 1876, > 100 93 to 05 35 ISSS, 1891, and 1592 Interminable 100 90 Queensland Oovernraent... 100 101 to 105 A.S.N. Co., due 1868, and 1800 100 100 City of Sydney 100 05 Pyrmont Bridge Co. due in 1 ,nn ,„„ 18G9 / IUU ' Col. Sugar-Reflning Co., duo \ lan ln ., from 18G3 to 1868 / luo 100

AUCKLAND OATI-OE MARKET.

messhb. nnnTHii and oo."s weekly beport. . U"BWiiAKKET S'aliE—Wh have to report that fatcattle havo remained about the same price as lastweek's quotations; from forty to fifty shillings the hundred pounds. The market was barely supplied with good qualities. The demand for store cattle; still continues groator than the supply. Thero was a fair number in tho market, which sold readil yat high rates. Springing heifers were also much inquired for, and sell at high prices. We sold some dairy cows as high as eighteen pounds each. There was a fair number which brought considerably advanced prices. But tho supply was not equal to the demand.

Shef.p Market. —There was a large market of fafc sheep. It was one of the larges twe have had for some time ; fully three hundred -were sold. Sheep were higher this weok than last. Xambswero in lair supply and sold at high prices. Part of the cargo of sheop, ex Beautiful Star, brought nineteen shillings and sixpence each, and twenty shillings each. Otatiuitu. —There was a large market of store and half-fat sheep at Otahuhu. Mores brought 10s Gd ; half-fat, th"D have been grazing in the'p.royincc for I some time, 21s fid car;h ; store cattle and dairy cows ranged at Newmarket prices. Duurv Sale.—The only description of stock offered at this market was dairy cows, young store cattle, and springing heifers, which sold freely and realised about the s:inie prices as at Olahuhu. House Market.—There was not a large mariet of ' horses on Saturday, but we consider staunch draught horses a:lvanci"K in price. Thero was a considerable demnnd for gftod bores that can be warranted. Good sound hacks and light harness horses sell well; but the market whs very indifferently supplied with good animals. Tho following rates have ruled during tho week :—Provincial-fattened cattle, 40n to 45s tho 100 lbs.; store cattle, half-fat, £8 to £10 per head ; dairy cows, £12 to £17 ; merino wethers, best quality, 27s each; medium ditto, 22$ to 24s each; half-bred ditto, 34s and 35s each; some fino qualities of lambs brought 34s each ; medium draught horses, £25 to £35. There wero no ex'ra heavy draught in the market. Hanks, £12 to £20; light harness horses, £lo to £25.

t MR. ALFRED lIUCKLAXD'S WJCEKLY EEPORT. At the Newmarket, on Saturday, hay was in less 1 than übuul supply, hut there was no improvement in j price, best meadow hay bringing 3s the cwt. Maize was sold in quantity at 6a 9d the bushel. 3?or liorse Htock there -was not much inquiry, the sale at Penrose on previous day having satisfied present requirements. At the Triangle, on Tuesday last, there waß a good muster of young cattle, for which, particularly heifers, | there is a steady inquiry at full rates Several pens of store pigs wore also sold, and higher prices obtained for them. At tho NewmarkctTarrls, on Thursday, there waa a full muster of stock. A large number of store cattle changed hands at full rates. Dry quiet cows were in request at advanced prices. Fat cattle of choice qua'ity were plentiful, hut tho price was well sustained ; the inferiorly l'atted animals being purchased by the graziers, and the highest rates obtained at the conclusion of tho sale. Well-bred and young dairy cows bring high prices—from £16 to £21 each. The sheep pens were all filled, and tho inquiry for good breeding ewes and storo sheep is on tho increase. Xhj heat owes brought 4os each; infer:"'? culls, 14a 6d ; Leicester wethers, 2Ss to 33s Gd ; fat. merino wethers, 21 s to 275. Fat lambs were in usual supply, and full prices were obtained for them, bringing from 2-ts to 30s each ; storo lambs, from 1-is to 17s. Pigs of good quality were plentiful, and sold freely at lata high rates. At Penrose, on Friday, the clearing sale of that donot was as well attended as any of tho preceding sales, 103 horses were sold, and tho prices ruled rather higher than on previous occasions. Best draught brought from. £30 to £iS; medium draught, £14 to £-'5 ; hivks, £6 10s to £15, tho whole averaging £21 5s each ; tho highest prices, as on previous occasions, being given for mares. AUCKLAND STOCK AND SHARE MARKF/TSMR. 31. I*. STAIUV'S RETORT. The sliaremarket this week exhibited considerable firmness ; Bank of New Zealand shares have commanded oilers at a considerable advance, hut sellers a™ out of the market; Bank of Auckland are in good enquiry. There are enquiries after New Zealand shares; Auckland Insurance Company ; Auckland Gus Company call attention. Tho following are correct quotations. | Last Capital. A ""- Am H quotas pr.shr. paid. pr. sin*. ttitvilv of Xcw Zealand £500,000 <£10 £10 | — \\ Z. UanVinff Corporation ... 000,000, 10 I o£l 0 nank oV Auckland 100,000 10 £4 O iMpr.sh. Xow Zealand Insurance ... 250,000 100 *J0 j.£'.i6 p.s. Awkland Insurance Company 150.0A0 200 .> ( — N*. Z. Steam >»av.Co., limited... 250,chx) lo 10 ' — Auckland Gtt* Company 2«\00"» 5 5 J — Wtdiiolboi Coal Company ... 10,000 5 ft i — I Auckland S./tv Mill Company... 10,000 r>o 50 J — Auckl. SjisU & Door Company. 115,000 5 5 | ; | GOLD MIKES. ' rwf-i Amt - Capital. Pr shr pilid quoi TCsiptinca Gold Minins Comp. JC 10,000 4510 £S 10 £11 p. sli. C'Toinandcl Ditto 5120 lniiiio — Wailiau Ditto £12,500 100 £20 oj£i>o prsll. H. P. STAUK, Sliare BrokerAuckland, 18G6. CrENBJRAIi POST OFFICE. 1 flails close as follows :— For roromandcl, per p.s. Tjusmanian Maid, on Monday next,at 0 a.m. For Tarannk i and the Southern Provinces, per s.s. Pllcebe, on next, at t) a.m. For the' Australian Colonies, and the United Kingdom, per a s. l'rmcc Alfred, on next, at 10 a. in. L b MAXLS AUUTTK AT TUB POST OFFICE, AUCKLAND, AS £• FOLLOWS Daily.—Newton, 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.; North Shore, f> a.m. 5 On» hmjga ami ?rew market, U3O a.m. and 3 p.m. 5 llowlek Panmure, and Sr. John's Collcrc, 10 a.m.; Drurv» Pnpakura I'npatoitoi. and Ofaliuhu, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.; Queen's Ke ! doubt and Wairoa, I p.m. Twice a Week—Every Tuesday and Friday.- -Raglan, Port i "Waiknto, Wjiiulcu, and Mauku, 1L a.m.; Ncwcastlc and Coal Mines (Waikato), 4 ptu. Once n Week—Tuesday.—Te Awamutu, Alexandra, and Hamilton, at 4 p.m. Thursday.—Matiikohc. Port Albert, Papnrou, Manfrawberc, M'hakiilmrfl, Anttapu, llclensville, Ivaukapakapa, Aranmu, , Waiteniata Mills, Henderson's Mills, Muddy Creek, and | Whau Dridce, at 4 p.m. Friday.—Manirapui, Mangawai, Paparoa, Port Albert, 'i> Aral, Mani-aruroto, Pakiri, ?datukana, Waiwera, Orewa, the Wade, aud Lucas' Creek, at 5 p.m. MAILS AUG DESPATCHED FItOM THR TOST OFFICE AUCKLAND AS FOLLOWS — Dnily.—For Newton, 7.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.; Newmarket and Onehunga, 7 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.; Otahubu, Papatoitoi, Papakura, and Drury, 7 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.,- Wairoa, and » Queen's itedonbt, 7 a.m.; North Shore, 0 a.m.: St. John's College, Pftnmure, aud Howick. at hulf-past 1) a.m. Twice a Week—Mondays and Thursdays.—Coal .Mines and Newcastle (VVfliknto), «t 7 a.m. Wednesday and Saturday.—For Mauku, W.iuiku, Port Waikato, and Kaplan, at 7 a.m. Once a Week —Monday.—Cambridge, at 7 a.m.; Lucas Creek , the Wade, Orewa, Waiwera, Mahurangi, Matakana, Pakiri, To Arai, Manga turoto, Mangawai, Port Albert, Paparoa and at SI a.m. Thursday.—Hamilton, Alexandra, and Tc Awamutu, at 7 ft "Saturday. Bridge, Creek, Hendersons' Mills, Waitcmata Mills, Ivaukapakapa, Ilelensville Aratapu.Whukaliarji, 3laungawhare. Port Albert, Paparoa* nd at 9 a.m. ' W. CORBETr, Chief Postmaster. NOTICES OF SALES, MEETING'S, &o. . This Dat. Sale of Reef, Pork. Flour, T.laize, Potatoes, Oats, Tea, Su,;ar, Groceries, See., by Messrs. Jonos & Co., at 11 a.m. Sale of Horses, Buggies. Ploughs, Thrashing Machine, Land at Waiuku, &c., at tlic £laymarket, by Mr. Alfred liuckland, fit noon. Sale of Crushed Loaf Sugar, i Wax Vertas, Potatoes, Furniture, &c, by Messrs. TurreU & Tonks, at 11 a.m. Salo of Groceries, Furniture, Potatoes, &c., by A[essrs. C. Sticbbary & Son, at 11 a.m. Sale of Groceries, Bacon, Potatoes, Furniture, Tea Caddies, Ink, Paper, Cigars, &c., by Messrs. C. Arthur & Son, at uuon. Sale of Fashionable Drapery, Groceries, Ironmongery Saddlery, Stationery. Horses, &c., at Mr. B. McLaughlin's* Wangifei, by Mr. John Salo of the boat Harrier, by Mr. Samuel Cochrane, at noon. Sab; of Heavy, Medium, and Lipht Draucht Horses, Hacks, &c.. at the Durham-street Sale Yards, by Messrs. Hunter and Co., at 11 a.m. Sale of Pictures, Glassware, Furniture, Etectro-pkite Tea and Coffee Pots, &c., by Messrs. Kidicgs & Dowdcu, at 11 aJn. Sale of Molasses, by Messrs. Hidings feDowden. at&OOn.