Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 941, 19 November 1866, Page 4

Commercial.

AUCKLAND. New Zealand Hebald Oißee, _ Saturday afternoon. Customs receipts for to-day amounted to 8d ' m!tk ' nS th ° totul for the we ek OKARiri. The arrival of the Bchooner Phoenix, from Dunedin •will fully supply the market with sevoral articles not over plentiful during the la,t fortuight. The Bruce also brought down a good general cargo durin<r the week. Demand continues limited, as purchase! are only made for immediate requirements, Mho Bruce u understood to take down 15 tons of goods from Hokitika to Bruce Bay on hsr next trip southwards' and it ie most likely a lew additional tona will bu sent frotn this port. We leamof smull quantitieß of good 3 having "been taken to Bruce Bay on pack-h,rses during the past few days, in addition to a few tons *Bken away by boat, the ketch Volunteer has been loading up with flour, provisions, &c., and is understood to sail for Pakihi on the first favourable opportunity. Prices for th« time are reported to be high on that new field—Adelaide /lour, £45 per ton; butter 33 61 per lb. The consumption of flour in thi-i district has been, as a matter of course, with a decreasing population, iallmg off considerably. Prices remain unaltere I ;lut, TOth the probability of little coming foiward from the larger ports, we may expect to see no further fall in price. Adelaide (Duffield's) has been sold in town during the week at £26 per ton ; prime Wei lington and Woolong. ng buiter is quotab'e now at ai %• , ' ld , p , er lb ": h ims and bacon, 1= 8d to 1b ad. Sinclair b hams of this j-ear's cuie aro not equal to some of the othor brands, having been cured green, and they are bdeg sold in Hokitika , ■without guarantee bb to sound mm. Oats anl chaff remain at the same pri'Oi; potatoes, 14s to 15s p- r per cwt.; onions are not to ba had at any price. |

la 3d ia obtainable for them of indifferent quality in Hokitika, honce thero have been none imported for several weeks. "Wo havo hud a better supply of other vegetables during tho past week than we seen for months. Cabbages (retailing at 2a Gd), carrots, turnips, &c., have been in 'i-Uo fruit trade, only recently attended to in town, is, notice, now kept up with regular small supping, Grey River Argus, November 10.