Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1131, 29 June 1867, Page 4

Commercial.

AUCKLAND. New Zealand Hseald Office, Friday afternoon. To-day Messrs. Samuel Cochrane and Son, sold at auction,'.by order of Mr. Mackay, Civil Commissioner, the following goods:—Bottled beer, 6s per dozen; ditto, £1 12s 6dperhhd. ; spirits, lis per gallon ; whiskey, 33s per case; old torn, 15s dozen; rum, lis Od per keg. The same firm also sold Sydney maize, at from 4s id to 4s 6d per bushel; colonial butter, lljd and ll.Jd per lb.

AXjOKLAND provision markets. RETAIL PRICES. The following are tho selling prices by the Auckand dealers :— VAIIM AND DATRY PRODUCE. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Milk, quart, 0 6to 0 0 Ducks, pair 5 oto 6 0 Butter lb. fr. 1 6— 0 0 Geeso, cach 6 0— 7 o Cheeso (col.) 10—00 Turkeys, eh. 6 0— 80 Eggs, dozen 2 3— 2 6 Bacon, ib. 13 —16 Lard, per lb, 1 0— 1 3 Ham 1 6— 1 9 Fowls, pair 5 0— 6 0 Potatoes, cwt. 5 0— 6 0 HUTCHERS' MEAT. Beef, per lb. 0 5— 0 7 I Pork, per lb, 0 6—o 8 Mutton, lb. 0 6— 0 7 Bread, 4d to 4gd per 21b. loaf.

COLONIAL PRODUCE.

Buying prices as corrected by the Auckland dealers, June 28, 1867. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Butter, per lb. 1 3—o 0 Ducks 4 0— 4 6 Cheese 0 7— 0 9 Geeso 5 0— 6 0 Eggs, per doz. 2 0— 2 3 Turkeys 5 o—6o Lard, per Ib. 0 0— 1 3 Bacon (col.) 0 o—l 6 Fowls per pr. 3 6— 4 6 Hams 1 3— 1 6 Potatoes, £4 to £4 ss.

FLOUR MARKET.

The Mills. —Fine flour (wholesale), £14 per ton ; seconds, £10 ; bran, Is Od. (Retail) fine flour, 15s per 100 lbs.; seconds, lis do.; sharps, £9 per ton ; bran, Is 3d per bushel; fresh California flour, wholesale, £13; do. Chilian do., £13.

HAY MARKET.

A. Buckland. —Best oaten hay (pressed), £6 ; loose, £3 to £3 10s ; clover hay, £3 10s to £4; straw, 50s the ton ; maize, 5s 6d ; bran, Is 3d per bushel; oats, 4b. M. SoiTEEVILIE. —Wholesale — Maize, 5s ; Oats (seed), 4s 3d per bushel ; ditto (feed), 3s 6d to 4s ; bran, Is 0d; hay, £4 10s per ton; straw, £3 ditto, Retail—Oats (seed), 5s per bushel ; ditto (feed), 4s to 4s 3d; maize, 5s to 6s ; bran. Is 3d; hay, 5s 6d per cwt; straw, 4s ditto. D. K. CLAnKEOK.—Wholesale — Maize, 4s 6d; feed oats, 4s ; Tasmanian seed oats, 4s 6d; barley, 5s 6d ; bran, 1b per bushel; hay, 4s 6d; straw, 3s ; chaff, Gs to 8s per cwt. Retail—Maize, 5s Od ; oats, 4s 6d ; Tasmanian seed oats, 6s ; barley, 6s; bran, la 3d per bushel; hay,. 5s 6d; straw, 4s ; chaff, 6s to 3s 6d ; flour, Auckland brands, 15s per 100 lb.

AUCKLAND COAL MARKET.

Receipts this week, from Wangarei—4o tons. Price—2ss per ton, delivered. _o __ Receipts from N.5.W.—387 tons, Price—sos per ton, delivered (limited supply).

BUILDING MATERIALS.

Timber. Boards and scantling, per 100 feet, 9s to 10s; boards, tongued and grooved, lis to 13s ; broad timber, 12s to 15s. Posts, £4 10s; Rails, £2 10s; 6-feet palings, 16s; 6-feet palings, 12s; shingles, 10s; New Zealand palings, lis; do. shingles, 10s to 12s. Beicks per 1000, wholesale, £2 15s delivered, retail, £3 5s to £4 (warranted) delivered. Lime, per bushel, Is 3d to Is 6d, delivered; Btone me, in roach, 2s per bushel 5 wholesale, Is Id. KAURI GUM MARKET. Quantity received this week, 36 tons. .We quote the following prices on the Ancand market:— Well scraped, and bold 35s to 38s Medium scraped, in kits 25s to 27s Inferior quality 18b to 20a I'apaknra, well scraped ... ... 22s to 245.

W. J. HUKST & CO.'S PRODUCE Pbices Cttembt sor Week ending Juke 28. Oats. —Feed, 4s 6d ; seed, 4s 6d to 5s per bushel. Maize.—The market is supplied per s.s. Auckland ; quoted at 4s 6d to 4s 9d wholesale, and retail 5s 6d per bushel ; large quantities on the way hither—per Alice Cameron, 1500 bags; per Moa, 665 bt.gs—and as the consumption is not more than 500 bags monthly the market may be said to be supplied for some time to come. Brah.—Wholesale, Is ; retail, Is 3d; scarce. BaeXißY—4s 6d to ss; seed, G. ; to 6s 6d per bueliel. Potatoes—£4 per ton, 4s 6d per cwt; still very dull and with little prospect of improvement. A shipment sent to Bydnoy by last mail brought returns nott £2 10s. Southern markets low. Cheese—Has, owing to in Australian Colonies, been enquired for; it is also in demand at r l aranabi and Southern provinces: Yery fine quality brings 9d to lOd per lb. Hat—£3 10s to £4. Oaten, £4 to £5. Bone-dust.—£B 10s to £9 per ton; 10s per cwt. Vitriolised bone manure, £12 per ton; 13s 6d per cwt. Bags.—New, 16e Gd; seccnd-hand, 12s. Guano.—£lo per ton; 12s the cwt. Phospho guano, £8 per ton. Seeds.—Red clover, Is 3d per lb. ; white, Is 6i; perennial rye grass, 14a per bushel : alsyke, 2s 6'd per lb. Coals.—New South Wales, 45s at store; 50s per ton, delivered ; 2s 6d per cwt.; Wangarei coal, 30s per ton, delivered. W. J. Eubßt & Co., Produce Brokers, Queen-street.