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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1306, 23 January 1868, Page 2

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AUCKLAND. jSbw Zealand Hebaij> Office. Wednesday afternoon. The c.rero of pineapples, ex Kenilworth from Ntw' Caledonia, was sold by Mr. S. Jones, yesterday, at 6s per dozen. WELLINGTON. We are independent to Messrs. J. M. Taylor & < o. for the following report:— Xriide continues dull, and the transactions of the pa»t month have been limited to the smallest compass of ">ere ordinary consumption. With '.he tingle exception of flour, which has followed the corresponding rise in the other colonics, there is hardly an article that may not be quoted ac similar or lower rates ih.n those of six week* back. 'J here is an ttlmoßt total absence of all speculation, and in spite of leaaened stocks, prices hare not advanced io a corresponding degree, and sales are difficult and unprofitable. Wool has been coming in plentifully, but. tlie prices offered for tliid cur main staple are so muc below the anticipations of the growers thut it will be mo?tly shipped on station account, and the estimate.! difference to this province may be set down at 3d to 4d per lb, or £30,000 to £40,000 reductihi of income—estimating the probable quantity Bhipped ihis season at 2,400.000 lbe. Spirits — Martell's and Hennessy's brandy in bulk may be quoted at 63 9d to 7e per gallon, in fair Kiipply. Other brauda nominal. Cane brandy, 27«. B. P. Rum. no salas. Genera- JDXZ, saleable at 14s 3d for small contents. Port mid Sherry—Usual sale. S Ut , a , —.\t quotations that barely cover freight and charges on Melbourne rates. l»a Uroo'i stocks —There had been some anqiirv for hox i , , l)ut recent importationa have fairly sup"plied 'ho market. U' if.-e— Little inquiry for raw coffee; sales of J >t:i at toil, duty paid. To'-aceo and Cigars—Stocks ; prices nominal. Flour hus advanced to £19 per ton forcoloniil an(i (or delaide, and judging from accounts of the Biock in (lie other provinces there seems every proi-prct lh.it this article will reach a high r rate thim it hue lione for gome years past. The suupb. in thi.i iiov.noc is very far from being large. '1 here is not M'uch mu.e to come up from tho Southern ports, which liHV'i hitherto had a surplus, which the ' ncklai.d Bii|j H li < are evidently running ehort. as aeverul shipments have been made from 1 liis place at extreme rates Uata unil maize are in excess of demand—the former at 3s. the latter at 3s 9d. Thare aro still l-ir«e stock-, cf I<ißi year's oats in Otago »nd Canleibu'y "j"" V «O' 'it le prospeotof consumption, and piices will hard \ improve for some time to oome. Kice— a .rc-e and in demand—we quote Java rise at 33s to 40a per cwt, duty paid.— lndependent, January 16