Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1054, 1 April 1867, Page 8

Commercial.

AUCKLAND STOCK AST) SHARE MARKET. MR. HEADER WOOD'S MONTHLY BKPO'.CT. A SUUfIT improvement in the Share Market; litis been perceptible this month, and a full average amount of business has been done. 'J. he principal investments have been in New Zealand Bank, New Zealand Insurance Company, and C!as Shares. ])atik of New Zealand This .stock was sold freely in the early part of the mouth,ut £lt> ->s., lately I have effected no transactions under ,i'l(i'iOs. The London ipioted price id £1!), and the Sydney price £10 10s., which is a considerable improvement on the Sydney quotation ot the previous mouth. The half-year ends on the 31st insi., and, notwithstanding the commercial depression which has prevailed in Auckland during the last few months, it is understood that tlie business done by the Bank is equal to that af any former half-year.

Bank of Auckland This stock id very dull of sale : shares are selling at 20s. discount. New Zealand Insurance Company:—l have effected various transfers of this stock at.£2(). The half-year so l'ar is generally understood to have been of a very favourable nature, and holders are unwilling to part with their stock below par. Auckland Insurance Company :—At the halfyearly meeting held on the 2(ith iust., the 'Directors proposed that the Company should be wound up : to this there was not a single dissentient voice. It is understood that the a/fairs of the Company will be wound up without delay, either by reassurance or by the disposal of the business to some other company. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company:—l have no transaction to report in this stock. The London quoted price is par. The directors in their report published about the time the January mail left_ London, recommended the payment of a dividend at the rate of ten per cent, per anmnn. Steam continues depressed and neglected as an investment. There arc no transfers to report. Gas :—These shares are linn at par, ami are regarded as a safe investment. In Cold Mining Shares there is little doing. The returns from Coromandel have, of late, been below the average. The Waihau Company is about to wind up. Money :—Bank rate ol discount, three months eight per cent., four months nine per cent. Loans, negotiable on freehold security, ten per cent, and upwards.

lti-:.u>;-:!: Wuoo. Auckland, March, 1 Su7. AUCKLAND CORN AND FLOUK MABKET. In the above [ have to report that a little moro animation has been manifested during the month. The arrivals of vessels laden with Breadstuti's have been numerous. The market is, therefore, completely overstocked, and when the lessened consumption, occasioned by the departure of the troops, and the great number of colonists leaving at present

is taken "into consideration, the market is likely to continue depressed for some months to come. The lieavy wliarragu dues, landing charges (lately imposed), cartage, storage ie.. will seriously ali'eet importations of Breadsti'.lls, if not prevent them altogether. These charges of necessity must seriously afiecfc c;u\u"e:; ;ni consignment, all the millers being kept Constantly sup;ilied by houses which import grain for them, which is generally taken to it destination in boats from the ship's side, the mills being fully supplied, therefore consignments coming upon an overstocked market, must incur considerable additional pur centage cm invoice, and consequently outsiders have very little chance of making prolitable sales. I have to report that the market is so overstocked, that the greater portion of two cargoes of wheat, have been transhipped or forwarded for the Kiu-opoau market. Gkoiick OI'CIiTON", Flour and Corn Factor. ■11 Queen-street March SO ISG7. AUCTION SALES. Messrs. Xurrell and Tonks held a sale of groceries to-day at their mart, Queen-street. The sale was well attended, and the following quotations wc-re realised: —Tea. from Is G.UI to Is 7d ; sardines (quarters), Gs per doz ; sperm candles, Is per lb. ; salad oil (pints), lis Gd per doz; red herrings (ill cases), 20s od per doz ; Champion's vinegar, from 2s !Ud to "2s 10 per gallon ; Cozzeu's kerosine, -Is Gil j>er gallon. Messrs. C. Arthur and Son held a sale of drapery at their mart, Queen-street, anil realised the following prices :—Blue serge shirts, 2s Gd each ; pilot cloth jackets, Ss each ; cloth caps, 2s each ; men's wliite shirts, 2s 2d each; children's boots, from Is I.UI to 2s 3d per pair. Mr. C. Stichbury held a sale of drapery, clothing, &c, at his stores, Queen-street, anil obtained the following quotations :—Long shawls, 15s cacli ; blue Dungaree magenta rugs, 7s each ; black and white prints, 7d per yard ; fancy check ginghams, 7.', d per yard ; dark fancy brunetta, 7d per yard ; Holland, Sd per yard ; sheets, 5s Gd each ; fancy shirts, 72s per dozen ; printed union shirts, I:3s per dozen ; handkerchiefs, 4s Gd per dozen ; Scotch, twill shirts, 3-ls per dozen ; counterpanes, Os Gel each ; white llaimel, Is G.UI per yard ; grey and white calico, 4.U1 per yard ; moleskin trousers, 7s per pair. Messrs. C. Arthur and Son held a sale of groceries, &c., at their mart, Queen-street, and obtained the following prices :— Raisins, 2.1 d ; blacklead, 7 .',d ; congou tea, 2s to 2s 7d ; currants, I!,Ul; onions, Id ; walauts, 3:'jd ; Lea and Perrin's sauce, 12s Gd; currypowder, 7s Oil; sago, 51(1; .pearl barley, 2;|d ; whiting, 7s Gd the ewt. ; washing soda, 10s to 10s 3d ; sardines, Gs Gd to 0s ; lobster, Ss ; salmon, 13s 9d ; C. and B.'s pickles, 12s ; paper bags, 4d ; salad oil, 7s Gd ; butter, TAd.

The i llowing is the report of the sale held by Messrs E. and H. Isaacs, at the stores of j\)r. W. J. Young, Queen-street :—Claret vino, -5s per dozen ; ginger vuw, 22s ; Marzetti's stout, 7s Gd in bond ; Bernard's old toiu, 12s 3d in bond ; ration sugar, 2}Jd in bond ; Champion's vinegar, No. 24, 2s lid per gallon ; North Wilts cheese, Is 3d per lb. ; Cheddar cheese. Is 2,', d ; ISleme raisins, 5d ; maccaroni, Is ; ginger, 13.U1 ; candied peel, Is 3d ; Compton's iMiglisli hams, Is Id; tartaric acid, Is 4.U1 ; Taylor's homeopathic cocoa, Is 4.U1 ; Taylor's soluble chocolate, Is 4M ; salad oil, 7s 7d per dozen ; "Whybrow's pickles, Os ; Crosse and Blackwell's pickles, 12s (5d ; Ml weight candles, Is. 2,1 d per lb ; lobsters, 7s Od ; per dozen ; bottled fruit, 13s (3d ; English ; jams, 9s lid ; Colman's mustard, (is 3d; muscatel raisins, O.UI per lb. ; colonial butter, Is ; figs, Gd ; whiting, from f>s Od to Gs per cwt. ; soda 10s. •Messrs. C. Arthur and Son held a sale of groceries, oilmen's stores, &c , at their mart, Queenstreet, and obtained the following quotations :— J?ine salt, 3s Sd to 4s per cwt. ; coarse, 3s Id to 3s 4.U1; Champion's vinegar. 2s Od per gallon ; pines, 2s per gross ; homeopathic cocoa, Fry and Co.'s, Is 2d per lb. ; Durham mustard, Column's, S.UI per lb. ; superior mustard, Column's, lOd per lb. ; No. 1 starch, Column's 4.U1 per lb. ; half-dozens Windsor blue, Column's, Sd to S.[, ; lialf-pints salad oil, 7s 3d to 7s 9d. per dozen ; lialf-pints hair oil, 7s 4d to 7s 5d per dozen ; half-pints castor oil, 5s Od per dozen ; crushed sugar, 4.Jd per lb., in bond ; iewt. sugar, 4.\dto 4.U1 per lb. ; loaf sugar, 4.Jd per lb. bond; Itangoon rice, 2.] d per lb. ; soda crystals, Os 3d to Os Gd per cwt. ; cream of tartar, Is I.UI to Is 2d per lb. ; biscuits. Huntly and Palmer's, Os Gd to Gs 3d per tin; liolloway's pills, small Os 3d to lis 3d, large 24s Gd per dozen ; soluble chocolate, Is 2£d per lb. ; i sardines, Morton's, Ss KKI per dozen ; \ sardines, Morton's, 5s 7d. to 5s lUd per dozen ; pickles, Morton's. Ss Id per dozen; peels, tins, Morton's, Is Id to Is 2d per Jb. ; peels, bottles,

Morton's, Is lOd per bottle; salted herrings; Morton's, 2s Sd per keg ; sugar, 3}d per lb. bond ; gents' saddles, 30a to 40s each ; gents' bridles, 2s Id to Os !)d each ; ladies', saddles, 30s to Site each; ladies' bridles, 5s to Gs 9d each ; girths, 3s Gd to 4s ■hi ; spurs, Is lid. to 5s 3d ; 3-inch patent rose nails, 2jd per lb. ; 3A-i:icli patent rose nails, 2jd per lb. ; 4-inch patent rose nails, -■ 11 per lb. ; 5-incli patent rose nails, id per lb.; 0-inch patent rose nails, 2d per lb.; 2-inch patent rose nails, 2 Ail per lb. ; 2.j,-inch patent rose nails, 2d per lb. ; assorted knives, 2s :!d to Lis Od pur dozen ; assorted butchers' knives, 2s lid to us 3d per dozen ; sheaths and belts, 3s Gil to 'Is per dozen ; coloured twine, assorted, Ss to 10s per dozen lb. ; Dutch twine, Ss Gd per dozen lb. ; 3-threaded seaming twiue, Ss Od per dozen lb. ; white seaming twine, !)s .'M per dozen lb. ; middle thread, Ss Oil per dozen lb. ; pack thread, Ss per dozen lb. ; scarlet blankets, 13s !Kl per pair; sealskin rugs, Ss Od each ; regatta shirts, 21s per dosen ; Byzantine shirts, 20s to 30s. per dozen. Messrs. Jones aud Co. sold the following property at the mart, Queen-street : —Lot 1, the hull of a vessel designed as a steamer, now- on the stocks ill tho yard of -Mr. (!. Jieddoes, North Shore, for £400 • lot 2, all the timber and otlier materials on the premises, £20; lot 3, the boiler now lying alongside the hull, for £200 ; lot f>, the cutter 'Willie Winkie.' for £130 10s. Mr. Ct. Sihbiii sold timber in Customhouse-street at from 3s. to 7s.

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