Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1035, 9 March 1867, Page 4

Commercial.

AUCKLAND. New Zealand Herald Office, Friday afternoon. The Customs Receipts for to-day amounted to £517 Os. -Id. To-day Mr. Eaton sold apples Bt from 2£d to 3d per lb. ; quinces, 2d; cheese, Gd ; and potatoes, £3 108 per ton. LAND SALE. To-day Mr. S. Cochrano sold at auction two allotments in Custom House-street, with the buildings crocted thereon, for £200 ; also 4 allotments at Para-, romj, and one at Ararirnu, together with tho valuable plant and machinery, known as the Waikoukou Saw Mills, near liiverliead, for £500. Tli'i first salo of Native lands took placo this day at Mr. S Cochrane'.-; auctiun mart, Fort straot, the fist lots brought 18s and l is per acre, but when the audience learnt o f the duty payable to tho Uovernment the bidding fell oft", and not more tliun onofourth was sold. The remainder is now open for salo at Mr. S. Cochravc's rooms, Fort-streot, and comprise some of tho best lots. AUCKLAND CATTTjK MARKET. 1!K. ALFRED BUOKLAND's WEEKLY HEPOBT. At the Haymarket on Saturday Inst fodder was offered in greater quantities than of late. Hay brought from 2s to G 1 the cwt; maize, an inferior sample, 4s ; out.?, 3a 9d ; perennial rye grass, 10s 6d the bushel. For tho buggies advertised there were numerous enquiries, they brought £48 and £16 »espectively. No alteration in price of horse stock ; •51 head were yarded, and 82 head sold. ' n Tuesday last not many were penned; the prices realised were in advance of previous week. At Papakur.i on Wednesday last about GO head were yarded, principally young stock ; all sold freely at full rates. At Newmarket on Thursday there were very few store cat.tlo penned. Dairy cows were in average ■ muster, but of medium quality 01 ly. Prices were lower for this description of stock than have lately ruled, i'at cat;la of prirno quality wero not so plentiful and piiccs showed a little improvement on previous week. Medium quility fit cattle, dull of sale A full muster of store theop; prices fir ewes wore lower from 3s to 4? each ; nged half-bred swes brought 20s ; merino ewes, 13s fid. Half-bred lamb?, 12s C,i; meriro lambs, 9s ; 1 alf-bred Wtthern, 18s; merino wethers 13s and 14s each. For squareframed three parts l.sicster ewes 24s was ofi'ered; they were withdrawn at 27s each. '1 here was -i full j market of,choice 'fat, lambs, they were freely . 1.1 rchased, and brought from 18s to 25s each. * ;

MESSRS. HUNTER AND CO.'B WEEKLY REPORT. We have to report that at our yards on Mond y we had a large muster of store and fat cattle, best qualities fat brought baT6ly 4b. the 100 lbs.; Btoreß we consider are also down in price, about from 15s to 20s a head less then they were a month ago, all to hand worn sold. Dairy Cows : There was a good.show of dairy cows prices are considerably down for this class of stock. Shbep ifAßKiir.—We had a large market of fat sheep, half-breds from brought 235; merino provincial fattened, from 17s to 21b b head. Otahuhu PUt.h.—A.t the mirfeet there wai a Rood show of store cattle, young heifer* in good condition abont £7 10a to £8 a head ; yearlings about £4 to £5 a head. Papakuiia Sale.—At this market there was a fair show of young store stock, priccs are a shade lower than at I'tahuhn. House Sale Yabd3.—At our yards_ we had but a small show of horses, and mostly inferior ; prices continue low, excepting for sound young stock, which brings a good price. Best Sydney maize 63 to 6s 3d: best oats 5s to 5s 6d. W. J. HUBST & CO.'S PRODUCE. PaiCES CUBRENT FOR WEEK ENDING MaBOK 8. Oats. —Best feed oats, 5s 6d ; seed, 6s to 6s 6d. Maize. —Full stocks; retail, 5s 6d ; crushed, 5s 9d. Bran.—From Mills, Is 6d per bußhel ; retail Is 9d per bushel. Bam, .it —4s Gd j seed, 6s 6d per bushel. Potatoes—£3 10s to £A per ton ; 4s per cwt. Hat—£6 to £6 10i. Oaten £7 10s to £8. Fi.oub —Town brands, £17 ; seconds, £13 j sharps, £10. Adelaide, £17 ; Chilian, £16. Bone-dust.—£9 per ton; ,10s per cwt. Yiiriolised bone manure, £12 per ton; 13s 6d per cwt. Bags.—New, 16s 6d ; second-hand, 14s. Guano.—£lo per ton; 12b the cwt. Coax.B.—New South Wales, 45s to 50s ; Wangarai, alongside, per cargo 20s j per load at wharf, 255; store, 30s. W. J. Hubst & Co., Produce Brokers, Queen-street. AUCKLAND STOCK AND BHA.EE MARKET MR. H. P. STARK'S WEEKLY REPORT. No improvement in price* or aotivity has transpired in the share nurket since my last report. Bank of New Zealands have passed at £16 5s ; Bank of Auckiands at £5 10s; and Auckland Gas at £5 ; other securities are without alteration.

H. P. Stake, Share Broker. Auckland, Maroh 8, 1867. j. t. garlick'b weekly bepobt. Tho following table will shew the olosing; prices of our securities: —

J. Tonboh Gaklick, Share Broker. Auckland, March 8, 1867. ItU. READEB WOOD'S WEEKLY BEPOBT. There is a steady demand in the share market for good stock; the transactions this week hare been above the aTerage, both in number and magnitude of transactions I have sold Bank of New Zealand shares this week in large parcels at £16 oa, and in small parcels at £16 10s, being an advance of ss. per share on last week's quotation!. I have also sold Gas shares at par ex div. Bank of Auckland shares are very difficult of sale. Now Zealand Insurance Company are enquired for ac £20, but at that price at present there are none in the market. In Gold Mining shares there is little or nothing doing. Kapanga's are firm at £10. Reader Wood. Auckland, March 1867. 1 a-. SAN FH ANCISCO. Flour—There exists a fair demand for export, and for round lota prices rule as follow: — Kxtra bukera, in bbls., in G dols. 50c.; ditto, in half saoks, at 6 dole, to 6 dols. 25c.; extra family, both city and country, in half sacks, at 6 dols.; ditto, in qr.-sacks, at 6 dols. 25c.; superfine in half sacks, at 6 dols. 25c., and in qr. sackß at 5 dols. to 5 dols. 250. j fine in half sacks at 4 dols., and in qr. jacks at 4 dols. 25c. per bbl. Oregon superfine and extra in qr sacks at 4 dols. 75c. to 5 dols. 50c., as to quality and quantity. Sale of 500 half sacks Genessee extra at 6 dols. per bbl. Wheat—Sales! of 1537 sacks prime Santa Clara milling at 1 dol. 80c.; 700 ditto choice at Idol. 76c.; *nd 560 ditto pinched for milling purposes, at 1 dol. 50c. per lOOlbs. Barlby—Sale of 1000 sacks choice feed at 80c. per lOOlbs. Oats—Salfs of 150 sacks seedy at 1 dol. per 1001b. —Alta California, Feb. 2.

Laat Capital. A™*- A ™J- <l aotm - prjbr. paid. pr. Bank of New Zealand £500,000 £10 £10 £16 5 0 Bank of Auckland 100,000 10 Q 0 5 10 0 New Zealand Insurance ... 260,000 100 £22 — Auckland Insurance Company 150,000 100 — — N. Z. Steam Nav. Co., limited.,.. 250,000 10 10 — Auckland Gas Company 20,000 6 6 6 0 0 Auckland 8sw Mill Company... 10,000 60 0 — Vinion Sash & Door Company. 25,000 6 6 — N. Z. Loan & Mercantile Co... 500.000 25 2J — GOLD MINES. ranital Am%t Amt - Last capital. pr Bhr paid quoKapanga Gold Mining Comp. £10,000 £10 £S 10 10 0 0 Waihau Ditto — 5 £5 0 —

n §* M a Capital 2 Public Cokpax™. 3-a •§ 2 * - op 53 * R OP* _ £ £ £ 8. Banks— Out; £ 8. &. 600,000 io 10 t Bank of New Zealand .. 17 !• 7 « 100,000 10 CO Bank of Auckland .. I Insurance— 250,000 100 22 0 N.Z. Insurance Company 10 20 0 • 150,000 100 4 10 Auckland ditto .. 10 — Miseella ruous— 500,000 25 2 10 N.Z. Loan & Mer. Co. ... 20.000 5 6 0 Auckland Gaa Company. 10 5 0 0 10.000J 50 5 0 Auckland Saw Mill Co... 7J — 25,000 5 6 0 L'uionSash&DoorCo. .. 10 — Mining Companies— Shar« 10,000 10 8 10 Kapaziga Gold Mining Co. £3 0 0 10 0 0 13,750 25 15 0 Coromandel do. do. — 7,500 6 5 0 Waihau do. do. — —