THE MARKETS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 2253, 15 April 1871, Page 2

THE MARKETS.

\ FAJJM AXD DAtRV PRODUCE. ' WHOLESALE I'I'.ICKS. » s. (I. S. cl. j S. (1. S. d. ■ Butter, fsh, 11). 10 -0 0 | Lard, psr lb 05to 0 0 I Butter, salt. It 0 (j'.to 07 , U<ii»n, Colonl. 0S — 0 9 , Chee-e 0 o'— 0V | Ham „ o'J—o 11 ' Eggs dozen 20— 00 j • I'otatocs, ,e- 10sto.£3: onions, dry, Ijd to ljd per lb. 3 KETAIIj I'KICES. . Milk, quart 05toU li I Fowls, pnr pair f. oto 0 0 ' Psh β-attcr, lb 10— 0 0 Ducks, pair 4 o—oo i I'.uttcr (Salt) 07— 00 I Geese, each 50— 00 - Chcece (Col.) 08— 00 Turkeys, each 40-50 LVgs dozen 2:)— 0 0 Bacon, per 11) 10 —1 0 ,' Lard, per lb 0 10—10 Ham, per 1U 10 - 1.1 ' Potatoes, per cwt. 45.; Bread, 3Jil to 4(1 per 21b. s loaf ; onions, dry, 2d to 2Jd per Ib--3 HAY AXD COKN* MARKET. , WHOLESALE. a s. d. sa. s. d. s. d. : " Maze, Sydny fl oto o' 0 Barley, malt :S (i — 3 "J II Do . Proviu. 5 0— 0 0 , Dais (seed) 30 —40 £s. £, s. ' Oats (feed) 3 0— 33 Hay, per ton 310 to 510 1 Itrun.. 0 10— 1 0 .Straw, ditto 2 o—2 10 Barley (feed) 3 o—oo Chr.ll'. ditto 7 o — 0 0 KEIAIL. ' s. cl. s. cl. S. cl. s.d. bush. 5 9toll 0 flay, cwt 1 10 to C 1U , ditto 3 0 — 40 Straw, ditto 3 10 — 4 0 r ran, ditto 13 —00 Chaff, ditto 7 0— S 0 Barley (feed) 3 0 — 0 0 | 1 BUTCHERS' MEAT. 3 eef, per lb (I itoo 7 I Pork, ditto 00to 0 0 Mutton, ditto 0 3 — 0 5 | Veal 0 5 — 00 I BUILDING MATERIALS. Timber.—The prices are: Boards and scantling, 1 per 100 feet, Ss to lls : boards, tonguect and grooved, S 12s to 13s ; Pelorous Sound red pine, delivered on 1 boanl vessel, 7s ; white pine, Us 0d : rails, Ilobart Town, £3 ns to £3 103 ; flobart Town palings, 5 feet, > ltis ;(> feet, ISs. 1 TosTs (N.Z.), per 100, £4 10s ; rails, £2 ">s to £210s ; » New Zealand palings, 5 feet. 10s ; 0 feet, 12s. 1 Bricks, per 1000, £3 to £3 10s, delivered. 1 Lime, per bushel, Is to Is (id. 1 Suinc;i.es(N.Z.), per 1000, Ss to 12s. foot ; 4-inch, 9d per foot. 9 LEATHER MARKET. 3 Sole leather, 9d to Is Id lb. ; kips, Is 4d to 2s 0d ; j calf, 2s 3d to 4s lb. ; basils, 10s to 18s,doz. ; closed uppers, 4s 0d to Ss (ill per pair ; all fullv stocked. Hides.—Best selected, l>o lb. to 05 lb., 17s 0d ; ditto , medium light weights, 14s each: calf skins, 3s to 5s t each. _ Bone Dust, with bags, best imported, £S 10s; 8 Provincial, .£7 10s per ton (wholesale). 2 Guano.—Peruvian, £IS, with bags; Bolivian, r none. Rock Salt, .£", per ton. FLO UP- MARKET. WHOLESALE. , S. d. Bags 10s. per ton extra . Saperiine Flour, silk dressed, per ton .. 15 0 0 ' Fine Flour, ditto, household 13 0 3 Seconds, per ton .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Sharps, per ten U 0 0 Adelaide, per ton (with bags).. .. £15 to 10 0 0 Camaru, ditto 14 0 0 Duneiiiu, ditto 14 0 0 Canterbury, ditto £12 to 13 0 0 ' Bran, per bushel 0 10 ' Colonial wheat, per bushel (best) .. .. 0 5 0 : Adelaide wheat OUO Auckland wheat Cs Gd to 0 7 0 Oats, per bushel 3s (id to u 3 3 I 1 Maize (whole or crushed;, per bushel Ss 3d to 0 5 9 : COAI- AXD FIIIEWOOD MARKET Coal.—Newcastle, wholesale, 22s fid per ton per carjo : delivered 32s lid to 3".5. Bay of Islands, on board hulks in port, 22s per ton : at the yard, screened, 2Us per ton ; unscreened, 24s ; slack, 17» ; coal, at the mines, 14s • slack, "s per ton. Fiiiewoop.—l3so'dperton, delivered; at the wharf 103 to lls. KAURI GUM AND FLAX MARKET We quote the following prices on the Auckland market delivered nett cash :— £ £ Gum. —Well scraped, first quality .. -2:5 to 27 per ton Flax —Finest quality .. 17 to 20 „ „ Second ditto 11 to l<; „ „ Wool, greasy, 4kl to 5.U1 per lb. ; washed, SJd to lOjd. per lb. Tallow, £35, casks included. AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET. Alfbed Bbckiaxd's Report.—On Saturday last fodder was in better request than for some weeks, prices were liiglier from 6d to Is the cwt.. Best hay brought 4s 9d to ss; inferior hay, from 2s 3d the cwt. Horse stock were of medium quality only, and dull of sale. Three-year-old unbroken draught colts brought from £12 to £20; riding stock, from £4, 10s to £7 5s each. At Kemuera, on Thursday, good dairy cows, at calvinjj, were in fair enquiry ; they brought from £9 to £11 15s each; medium animals, from £4, 10s each ; dry cows were dull of sale, even at low values, from £2 5s to £5 each ; calves were in moderate supply; they brought from 25s to 35s each ; 12 months old, from 45s to 62s Gd ,-13 months to 2 year olds, £4 10s to £4 15s ; two year olds and upwards, £5 10s to £6 7s 6d. Fab cattle were in lull supply, 103 head sold j prices rallied from last week. Best animals brought from 26s to 28s ; medium, 22s to 25s the 100 lbs. The sheep market was very fully supplied at opening of the sale ; 3d tho lb. waa freely given, but prices fell as the sale proceeded to less than 2id, when the balance were withdrawn. Pigs were plentiful, and maintained their previous values, averaging about 2Jd the lb. ° Hunter and Noxan's Repoht.—Tho horse market has not been characterised bv any relnarkable activity. The class offered being generally of inferior description. Sales were limited, but late ratea fully sustained. Cattlo in fair supply and moderate demand with, little alteration in value. Fat beaats being a shade lower than last week's quotations. At the sale of Messrs. Abraham's and Smith's stock at Papakura, there was a large attendance of buyers, and prices in advance of those ruling at the Junction were obtained. We quote : Dairy cows at calving, from £9 12s. 6d. to £11 12s. 6d.; 2-year-old steers, from £4, 2s. 6d. to £4 12s. 6d.; calv&s, from £113s. to £2; beef, from 225. to 2(35. per 100 lbs. Sheep were penned in moderate numbers and met with good domand, and prices fully confirmed the rise that we have reported during the last fortnight; best quality, from 17s. to 19s. 9d. ; second quality, from lls. 3d. to 135.; lambs, from Bs. to lls.; store lambs, from 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. each. Pigs were in short supply, and prices receded a little. |

SHARE MARKET. J. Newxan's Repoet.—The share market has been unusually brisk to day, and prices are advancing. I have sold Thames, £19 15s to £20, closing firm at £20 ; Caledonian, £107 ; Alburnia, £2 5s ; Belfast, £2 ; Inverness, 143 6d ; Tookey, £8 5s ; and Kelly, 17s. I have buyers for Belfast, Alburniu, and Kuranui. J. Tonson Gabiick's Eei-oet. — I have sold to-day Thames G-old Mining Company, at £19 15s and £20 ; Alburnia, £2 5s ; Cures, 8s 9d to 93 ; Tookey, £8 5s ; Nonpareil, £2 17s 6d ; Inverness, 15s ; Caledonian, £107 10s. In deuiaud Belfast, at £2: Tookev £8 ss. ,

i Mr. Sat/NDEHS report sales thia day : — Caledonian dull all day ; buyers in the market this afternoon have sold at £107 to £108 ; Thames sold at £20; All Nations sold at £5 17a 6d ; Tookey in demand, sold at £8 ss, J few sellers ; Alburnia sold at £2 ss, buyers £2 ss; Nonpareil sold at £2 17s 6d ; Golden Calf sold at 10a ; Whau sold at 25s ; Belfast sold at, £2 ; Vulcan sold at £12 10s ; Inverness, sellers at 14s ; Junction, sellers at £1 17s Gd; Kelly, sellei-3 at 20s; Nonpareil, sellers at £3 ; Shotovcr, buyers at 4s 6d ; Una, sellers iit 21s; Cure, sellers at Sd; Ot.ngo, sellers at 15s ; Poverty and Charleston, sellers at 255. Buyers lor Belfast, Kuramii, Dixon's Xo. 1, 'I'okatea, Califoriiian, Gas, and Bank share?. Mr. Stevens reports sales —Thames, £19 10s. £10 lus, £20; Loin; Drives, £13 ; Inverness, 143, 15s ; Otago, 15s ; Belfast, £2 ; Kiiranui, buyers, £3 ss, sellers, £3 10s ; Long Drive, sellers, £13 10s ; Thames, buyers, £20 ; Bel as!, buyers, £2; All Nations, buyers, £5 10s ; Waitemata, buyers, 2s Gd, sellers, -Is ; Nonpareil, sellers, £3. Mit. S. Tickers' Kepout. —The business during Iliis week has been much of the usunl character as of late, but on the wholo with perhaps somewhat less animation. Bank shares have been (lone at £16, and are now held for £16 2s GJ, at which price I am a buyer. lam al=o a buyer of New Zealand Insurance shares, Gas, and Union Sash and Door Companies' shares. In gold-mining shares considerable business has been done, and prices general!)' have been well maintained. Caledonians I have done at £105 to £107 10s ; Thames, £10 10s and £20; Inverness, 12s Gd to Us Gd ; Uelfasts, 355, 37s GJ, and 40s ; Cures, Ss ; Lon-j Drives, £14; Junctions, 37s Gd ; Otagos, lus ; Wailcmatas, 3s 6.1 ; Sholovers may be quoted at us; Kelly's, lls to 15s; Kuranuis, at £3 2s Gd.

I ' Anil. I Names of r-,,,if,l l' cr Amt " Last Companies. Capital. slmre , p . xi± quo tatn. I t< share. Bank of New Zld. £1,000,000 10 10 10 to 16J >'. Z. Insurance .. i>0.000 100 1 25 25 Auckland Gas Co. 30,000 5 : - . SI to S\ N. Z. L ,fc M. Co. 500,000 23 5 3 to 3J Bay of Islands Coal — — — 0 U.'S. and D. Co. .. — — .1 Sj to 3jr 61, Queen-street, April 14, 1871.