COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 2342, 28 July 1871, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Heiuld Office,

Thursday afternoon. The following is a fair average result of the relative imports into New Zealand and Auckland, from January 1 to June 30,1871, as cornpiled from Messrs. Stables' circular, tuking into consideration the home declared values. The imports into Now Zealand include Auckland :— Totals foe Six Months, Jaw. to June, 1871. Imports Imports into into N\ Z. Auckland. Plain cottons ... £24,400 ,I'7,;«4'J Colored do 3,000 1^270 Printed do 5,873 Woollens and worstc.l 34,100 11,500 Flannels 14,800 3,080 • Linen, in bales ... 4,416 661 Linen, in cases ... 5,340 900 Cottons with woollens 14,170 1,890 Muslins 610 70 Silk and woollens ... 200 Silk and cottons ... 54 Waterproof goods ... 1,567 363 Silk and velvets ... 890 119 Bonnets ;>B2 54 Ribbons 1,100 20 Shaws and mantles ... 2,479 1,754 Millinery 10,161 2,013 Stays 155 _ Hosiery 16,460 3,590 Sewing thread 436 100 Haberdashery 48,000 13,980 Umbrellas 1,192 481 Silk handkerchiefs ... 118 19 Cambric do. ... 31 Cotton do. 127 24 Apparel 71,516 20,051 Cotton and linen shirts 952 129 Blankets 11,739 2,879 Carpets and rugs ... 2,928 185 Toilet covers 167 33 Bed covers 863 55 Straw hats 579 277 Silk hats 644 56 F elt hats 2,341 Wrought leather—boots and shoes 50,000 9,370 Saddlery 9,31! 2 ,820 Sheath felt ... ... 93 21 Floorcloth ... 1,132 50 Table baize 346 152 The foregoing we have every reason to believe to be the bona fide imports from Great Britain and Europe for the fiist six months of 1871, to which will have to be added all other extraneous imports, such as from Australia, in particular. The same result is now shown as respects hardware and metals. Imports Imports into T . , . , IntoN. Z. Auckland. Iron bedsteads ... £852 £244 Tinware 323 no Turnery 96 29 Plated goods 809 263 Saws 110 _ Spades 449 170 Hardware 37,218 7,670 Bar and rod iron ... 682 tons 104 tns Hoop iron 155 „ 23 „ Sheet iron 30 „ 5 Plate iron 70 „ 15 " Pig iron 305 „ 60 „ vtalvamzed irou .... 585 10 Sheet lead 50 „ 5 " Pipe lead 5 ' —" 3 „ In got tin 143 cwt. scwt Iron nails 169 tons 32 tns Tinned plates £13,046 £115 540 tons 15 tns Zinc... ... , it 26 - Steel... 15 " 2 Copper ... ... 29 5 JJ Mr. 8. Jonas [submitted a consignment of Honolulu sugars at his mart to-day. Some 96 kegs were sold at very low rates. Buyers are evidently adverse to operating in the face of t bo cargo now overdue, and the large snipmtnta expected from Australia. We perceive soqm 9000 bags w•» ahipped in one bottom to

Chriatchurch from Sydney; evidently the Australian markets are much, overstocked. The prices realised were, for bright, counters, per lb.; ditto ditto, 2fd per lb.; brown crystal sugar, 2} i d to 2Jd per lb., at which price Hie importers are open to quit the balance ol the shipment.