COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IX, Issue 2556, 4 April 1872, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand FTbhald Office, Wednesday afternoon. Mr. S. Jones held a trade sale of groceries this (lay, :il lit!" anci-ion mart. The attendance was gojd, and various lines passed under the. hummer a< follows : • Companies No. 1 I.C. su-jur, 5 5-16il to 5J.1 per lb., <i.p. ; fine dressed rife, 2! 1 to 2Jd per lb., d.p. ; Uill and Ledger's assorted pickles, lOs (id per doz, d.p. ; Wliybrow's pickles, assorted, " eagie brand," 10-. Id per doz., d.p. ; new currants, •12 1 per lb., d.p.; kerosene, diamond brand, 2s 7d eal , d.p.; ditto Dcvoc's, 2s 8 I gal ; jar salt, 3s Od doz; Price's Belmont candles, passed in; crushed loaf sugar, G3-10J lb., d.p.; Brandon's Neva Stearine candles, IOJd lb., d.p. ; Young'* parrafin ditto, lljil lb., d.p. ; Oscar Moover half-chesU tea. Is 3d lb., in bind; ditto'boxes (131b.), 24s (id, d.p.; half-chests Tekli, passed ; orange pekoe, passed ; Brown's cornflour, Cjd lb., d.p.; K.lt. 1 lb. (in jams, 7s 6d doz., d.p. ; halfpints salad oil, Cn 10 1 doz. ; Horn's castor oil, pints, 10s, half-])ints, 5s 8d doz., dp.; bottled fruits, lis 9d doz., d.p. THE SHAKE MARKET. Messrs. llauue Smitu and Walkiu report tho share market tolerably active today. Our sales have been : —Caledonian, £VJ ; Bismarck, 37s Gd, 335, 38s 6d, 3'Ji; Argo, Gd ; Goh-oiida, 305,355; Siege of Paris, 13sGd ; Monti'iUiri, 77s C<l, 80s; Tokutca, G7s GJ ; l'rido of ! okatca, 8a 6d, 9* ; Ballarat and Rising Sun, ss. Buyers : All Nations, 80s; Thames, £ 3 10s. Sellers : Thames, £5 15s ; Olago, 20s. Mr. Saunders reports sales this day :— Italian, 5s Gd, 5s 9d; Thames Gas, 12s Gd ; Siege of Paris, 12» 6J, 13s ; Van, 4s ; Bismarck, 335, 3<Jd ; Moanatairi, 80s, 82s 6d ; Caledonian, £19. Buyers: Moanatairi, All Nations, Bismarck, Bicgo of Paris, Tokatca. Mu. K. B. Robinson reports a quiet market today. Coromandcl stock in fair demand. Moanatairi also enquired for. I sold— Bismarck, 38s to 395; John Bull, 5s 6d to 6s ; Itnlinn, Os 9d ; Cure, 21s. Market closed with sellers of Caledonian at £19 ; Bismarck, 40s. Buyers : Bismarck, 38s; Moanatairi, 80s ; Siege of Paris, 12s. Ms. Okas. Buhton reports tho market not so active, Caledonian closing at £19 ; Thames, £5 15s, buyers at £5 12s Gd ; Bismarck, 40s ; Cure, 21s Gd, with buyers at 21s Gd ; Wheel of Fortune, 4s Gd ; Red Queen, 5s Gd ; Siege of Paris, 12s Gd to 13s ; Moanatairi, 77s Cd to 80s, closing buyers 80s. Some inquiry for Multum in Parvo at low prices. Mb. J. Mowdkat reports : —I havo this day sold Bismarck, 40s; Prido of Tokatea, 8s Gd; Golconda, 30s; Pacific, 6s; Coromandel Harp, 2s ; Red Queen, 5a ; Cure, 21s. CußiflTcnirficn.—Tlio Times of the 23rd reports:—Wool has again advanced, while, tho market appears to be cleared out of flax and all descriptions of hempen Roods aro dearer, lii the grain market values are somewhat weaker, and we cannot quote wheat over 4s to 4s Id. On Saturday last a few sales were eifected at 4s 2d for futuro dclive ry, and

•Is 3.1 oi store ; but the dialers m a rule, loft oil" buying ns soon ns quotations rose over 4s, mid the result is, tint, values have subsided. Out* evince no disposition to improve, prime millinc parcels being quitted at Is 9d to ls3jd for cnrlv lie iverv, while B'ored samples have hern placed at Is 10.1 to Is 10\d for com pletum of orders. In provisions, baiter is quitted freely nt 7|d to 7\<', and cheese 4d. Hums and bacon are scarce at 7d to 7Jd. Potatoes can scarcely be quoted us there are very few in the macket. In our quotation for mutton tve have no change to make. It remains from HI to 2d for very superior qualitv. J)i-"ni:di>-.—The 7"'«" of " t' l<! 25,1 > »ltimo reports: —" Ihe srrain market, has not shown any pre.it amount of briskness, and though we heir of good-sized transactions taking place along the cna-t generally, the town operations iiavc"heen slow, ami the deliveries light. A rather better supply of wheats has come to iiand, chietly from tho North ; the sales transpiring show a nearly stationary value, -Is Gd. is the ruling tigu.ro for new samples ; for some old parcels on hand, Is i»d. is asked, but the excellence of the new samples is against, this liu'ure being obtained, and generally tho millers are operating little upon the spot. In oats, -ales have been miking—bot.il of new and of last season's—at 2s. ; the demand is not, howe.er, brisk. I'.arlov (malting) is quoted at is (id. to -Is l>d. the quantity coming in light, and .-ales are made wi: limit .difficulty. Town-made ll'.ur stands at £12, the demand conlined to immediate-requirements. Further shipments t if potatoes lroin Victoria are to hand, and sales are reported at 8l»s. and upwards. In Colonial provisions there is no improvement upon the late quotations observable. JJoku'lKa.— The H\it foul Times of March 25 reports: —Trade during the past week has been exceedingly dull. Jn some measure tins is attributable to the attention of buyers Icing occupied by the sittings of the Supremo Court, and also by the Greymouth races, but the exodus of a considerable number o:' the population to the Inang hua reefs is being keenly felt, though it is generally expected th it ii reaction will very soon set in. The followiog are the present quotations :—OatM, 2s lOd ; bran, Is Id ; chatl, i'lo to JUI2 ; potatoes, JCC> ; onions, Id; wheat (scarce),-Is; barley, unsaleable; cheese, 41d ; prime butter, !'d to lOd ; hams and bacon, lid all round. The demand for produce is very slack, but for provisions it. is good, and stocks are light. TlM\i:C —The Ifenil'f of March 25 repor.'s : —The price of wheat has receded to 3< Sd, which is now the highest quotation for prime samples, a considerable iimotiut of business having during the week been done at tint rate, an t nt 3« 7.1. There are enormous quantities in store awaiting shipment, one buver a'.one holding about 100,000 bushels. In" oat*, scarcely nnvttiing is doing at former rates, Is 7.1 to Is IU. We heard ofulotof Tartarian which chmged hands at It Gd, and of an oil'r from a Chri-tchuroh linn to purchase -t'l.OO ' b.ishels free on board in Lyltelton, the oder, however, being so low ♦hat at current rates, with payment of freight, shipping and other charge.-, no margin would have been left to the local buyer. There is no barley ottering. 'Meluoi'hxf:.--The .Irgtu of tho 25th reports : —Flour is still in very slow sale. Quotations are steady at JL'l2 12a 0.1 to .€l2 15s for town brands, but only trilling sales for trade requirements are reported, there being no inquiry whatever for parcels. There is, likewise, little to refer to regarding wheat. \Vc quote os 2!to 5s sd. We understand that under the hammer somo 700 bushels Victorian wheat werr quitted at 5s to 5s 2d. In oats nothing has transpired beyond the btuiness which Ims eiino to in through the auction mart, where about 1500 bushels New Zealand —a very line simple—were placed at 3s 2d to 3s 3d. The balance of the parcel was withdrawn. Maiz'< is extremely dull, and though we retain late quotations at 3-< 5d to 3s til,yet in theab'cnce of sales it is difficult to pive a price that can be relied on. In sugar u large business was done this forenoon. The entire shipment of Java per Alma, comprising G5Bl mats, was cleared oil" at .t'37 12s fil for middling whites-, while C 35 10s for ordinary grey was accepted. 13S0 bags Mauritius and Natal sugars were sold at panic time, when Sl'S'.i was realised lor low counters, .CXI to £31 for medium, and £3(5 for fine counters. On vestas a rise of 7'. per ecu', is reported in the homo murke', and this lias led to higher rates here. A line of 100 cases has changed bauds on private term-, and up to 5s 7A I will in future be demanded. A shipment of malt, about 2000 bushels, has been quilted at !»s t > Os 3 1. Pevoe's kerosene oil, brilliant, is selling at Is OJd.