COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4254, 2 July 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Hphald Office, Thursday evening. Iho Customs Duties collected to-d*y amounted to £75 7«.

THE MAIIKXTS. Farm isn Paijiy Produce. "\VI: ilcsale Prices. b. d. «. d. a. d. «. <L Butter, fs, lb 0 oto 2 0 Lard lb ..00 —06 Butter,«lt.lb 1 3-1 0 Bacon, Pro. 0 0— 00 Cheese Wra. 0 0— 0 8 Ham*, Pro. 00 —00 Do.,Ct'bury 0 0 Oil Ct'bury bicot 0U — 0 O Eggs, (loxeil t 0— 0 0 -Ct'tury hams 1 2— 00 Retail PriW no Milk, quart 0 oto 0 (! Fowls, pair.. S «-» .« Butter. fs. lb 2 S- 0 0 IHnki, pair f »t0 ® " Butter, call 10-10 Geoso, each f ?"» J Chefs., col. 0 10-1 1 Turkeys-fo. 3 6 5 0 Ejks. iloien 0 0— £ 3 llacoiv 'b --J «— 0 0 Lard. lb. .. 0 8-0 U 10 —00 Bread Jjd to 4(1 21b. 10.-.f. Ktocii Market. Wholesale. £ ». d. S-iucrflae Flow, silk dressed, per ton .. 12 10 0 Fine Flour, «MtJ, household 10 10 0 Seconds, r* x ton J 9 b'lArp'. perton.. .. .. .. .. 610 0 Affetaide, P 0*1 ton 14 0 0 3a*naru, ditto «, ~ .. .. ~ 12 0 0 Dunedin dittc .« .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 Canterbury, ditto .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 Bran, per bushel .. .. .. .. 0 12 Auckland wbeat per bushel (beat) .. .. 0 5 0 Adelaide wheat 053 llay asp Cons Market. Wholesale. , I n d. s. d. £ s. £a. Malic, Bydreys G—s 9 llay, ton .. 510— 610 Do., Pro. ..0 o—o 0 Oaten, ditto 0 0— 6 10 Po., Fiji ..5 3— 5 C Lucemo.dittoo 0 — 610 Oats (South) 3 0— 4 0 Straw, ditto 210 — 3 0 Wheat (fowl) 4 0— 4 3 Chaff, ditto 70 —00 Potatoes .. 6 0— 0 0 Retail. a. d. 8. d. s. d. «. d. Maiie .. ..6 0— 6 0 Lucerne, cwt. 0 0— 6 0 Dats, ditto 4 3— 0 0 Oaten, ditto 510 — 6 0 Bi an, ditto 1 G— 0 0 Straw, ditto 4 0— 6 0 , \iYheat (fowl) 4 0— 00 Chaff, ditto 60 —80 Uay, cwt. ..5 oto 0 0 BUILDING MATERIAL*. TtMuru.—Boards and Scantlius, 100' i., 9stolss; lis Cd at mill; planed, tongned and grooved, lis 6d to >*ew Zealand Paliujfs, sft., lis: Cft., 13s; Ti-tre« Rails, £2 10s per 100; Puriri Posts, £5: Shingles, 0s to 16s per 1,000; Hobart Town Palings, 6ft., 17s;Cft 19s; Hob Art Town Kails, SOs. Coal and Firewood Market. Coal.—Newcastle. 40s to 45s per ton; Bay of Islands, at yards, 2Cs per ton; ditto, at the mine, 12s per ton. Firewood. —Uncut, 14s per ton, delivered; Cut, 17s 6d per ton, delivered. Kauri Gum and Flax Market. We Quote the following prices on the Auckland market delivered nett cash:— 3UM.—Ordinary (scrAped) .. £35 per ton Flax—Finest quality .. .. IS to —perton Flax.—Fair to good .. .. 15 to 16 ~ Flax.—Native dressed, nuscutched 14 to — ~ To\r 7to 8 „

LCATUER. Bole Leather, lid to 15d. Masff.ko. Bone Dust, with bags, best Imported, £0; Bone Flour, £10: Vltriolixcd Bonea, £10; Provincial, £3 per ton (wholesale). Guano. Peruvian. £19 to £20. Mrs. Colls reports:—Good General Sen-ants, from £25 to £30 per year: Laundresses, from £25 to £35; Femalo Cooks, from £40 to £50. Good Servants in overy capacity in great demand.

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET. Mru Alfred Bccklakd'* Weekly Report.—• At tho Haymarket, on Friday la«t, fodder waa in full supply, with a steady demand, at slightly Improved values. Horse-stock in usual numbers, with a steady Inquiry for light draught and farm horses, at satisfactory prices : ri-ling horses brought from £S 10s to JC'Jii; light harness and medium draught* £16 to £.'25; heavy draught, £30 to £37 each. At Kemnera, on Thursday, dairy cattle Wfrc indifferently represented, with a good inquiry for those otferod. Store cattle In less than usual numbers, and better worth 5s to 7s Cd eai'h. K.»t cattle in average supply, 130 head ponned, prices advanced ; average cattle brought 355; choice animals, 40s the 100 lbs. Store she«p in limited supply, and at late values. Fat sheep i i usual supply; 700 penned, and met with a sate at 4dtholb. Fat pigs were in short supply, but of good quality, and at last week's values avenges obtained wero : 23 head, J. Rnnciman, jCIO Ss; 9 head, A. Stewart, £10 4s; 10 head, It. f.ud brook, £1- to (kl; ICJ1 C J head, J. i'Uric, £12 4s ;>d; 1 cows, K. and K. McLean, £14 ;»s. W. Medics, n I'nthii and Nolan's Weekly Report. — Horses: There bat been raor«> doing in the market, and, for horses of a good stamp, prices had an upward tendency. Scarcely an uwrage uuinbor were entered for disposal by motion. but ther«» *v:n an improvement in value. Cattle : Good dairy cows and >oung store cattle oireted in very limited numbers. Of other descriptions there was a fair supply. The fat beasts wvre. as a rule, not tfutticicntly up in condition ; wellfatted selling relatively much M.hrr. Th«re remains an unsatisfied demand for re.iliy gnod dairy cows at their profit. Well-bred store steen, in fresh condition. are saleable at satisfactory rutin. Stocks of fat beasts are idiort. We rjuot>» dairv cows, £S 5s to £10 10s; yearling?, A'.'2 l<'s to C 3 ss; two-year-olds, from £4 to £4 three-year-old st« ch, £;*» in* to £6 15s; be*-f, top ?or s, to per l\.v lbs.; inferior, S2s to 25s per 10v) lbs. Shrep : Th* Newmarket pens wero well Oiled on Tuesday, and the demand wui spirited, const <iueutlv the prices obtained wi-re satisfying to vendors. Rest fat wethers ills to 24s Dd; sccond quality, from 15-; to 17s I'd; cw." from Us each. Pgs : Supply short, but in imprn • • demand. CJood porkers ure woith frjui 3jd to 4d .• lb, live weight. MESSRS, Vl<lvi:r.S AND PA VIES' WEEKLY STCH'K AND SHAKE UST AND IKVESTOIt.S*

I ! i - i lAmtJAmt' I-st. J ~ iMMi-A.sv. Cspltal. ; of ;pald sales ~ g I *''" ! up -! s e £ £. £ I £ 7. '/. Bank of N. Zealand 000,000 10 10 ■ 17J 15 SJ National r.ank N. K. 2.00H,(XK) 10 3j 77/ 0 f.} Colonial Bank N.Z. 2,001,000 6 lj 2ti,' — — N.Z. Loan <fc Mcr- I cantile Agency .. 1,000,000 25 : 24 41 121 3 Fiji Banking* Co- j I mercialCo 250,0001 S ! 2} 54' — i — N. Z. Insurance ..[ 1,000,OOo! 101| ] *}_ ~■' ~ 8. liritisli do. ..! 7.V>.n00! 20 |2oSJ 48/ 10 : .11 N. Insurance Co. .., l.:-).i,0(w; 10 * 53/ 10 3J Standard Ins. Co. .. 1,000,000 10 J, 12. — — Auckland Gas C 0... SO.WO r> fi 10J IS 1 J Thames du. .. 2, r i,0O0 ! 2j 3S/ , U 8■ 70 Union S. n. Co. 20,4«ri S 5.0} 20 10J Hanrakl S. Mill Co. lO.uOO 100 Sβ i — 10 — Auckland Steam ! Packet Co. .. 150,000 10 i ; 4 12J r, Auck. and North Sh'.re Ferry Co. .. .'.,000 1 1 IS/ 5 5\ Bay of Is. Coal Co. 20.00."' 10 \lO 0 10 17 D. S. Cross >t II". -V. 10,000 10 ' 10 S 10 12. Waikato Steam N. : \ andC. M. Co. .. 10,000 10 i 8 — —' — " ; ! 22. Insurance Buildings. July 2. 1b75.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS. The following aro the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :— Callh— £ «. d. Date. Otago 010 — July 14 Puketul 0 0 0 — July 14 Una 0 0 0 — July 14 Dividend— <ity of London .. .. 0 2 0 — July 3 New Zealand L<-unaml Mercantile 10 p.c. — Dae