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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4667, 28 October 1876, Page 4

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■ - ::.rNEW-ZetCAKD -Herald Office.- - """-'■ -■•-'- ~, . , , Friday evening. . The duties collected at the Caatoma to-d»y amounted to £403 0s 7d. .> ~ • In oar yesterday's issue, in the paragraph relating to .the price of currants, a typographical mistake occurred. Instead of now being worth'ss 2d to 5s 6d it should read ••sid to 6d per lb." The mistake most have been obvious to all. - - Mr. R. Arthur reports but little produce entered for sale, the attendance was good ; a fair demandfor produce of goodquality. New potatoes, Of d per lb.; Canterbury potatoes, 6s to 7s per cwt.; onions, Id to 2Jd per lb.; carrots, 2s 3d to 23_6d per cwt.; new cheese, to 6d per lb.; inferior cheese, ljd to. 3d per lb.; maize, 3s lOd to 4s per bushel; oats, 2s lOd per bushel; Canterbury hams and bacon (bare), 9d to 10d per lb.; Auckland bacon, 4£d to 9d per lb.; salmon, 9s per dozen; Johnston's jams, 1-lbs., 7s 9d per dozen; Wilson's jama, 1-lbs, 7s 3d per dozen ; chocolate, Iβ Id per lb.; oatmeal, ljd to 2d per lb.; beef, Id to 2d per lb. The furniture department was not 80 full as usual; not much business done in furniture. Harmonium sold at £15; a quantity of fancy goods sold at fair prices. Messrs. M. Jones and Co. held their usual weekly sale. A quantity of produce, furniture, and a number of fowls were disposed J of at reasonable prices. Messrs. Cochrane and Son's sale of furniture, &c, was well attended, and satisfactory prices were realised. Mr. George Sibbin held a well-attended sale to-day at his Corner Mart: Sugar, 455; tea, Is lid to 2s 4d (duty paid) ;■ flour, £15 10s ; potatoes, 2s to 7s; cheese, 7d ; hams, IOJd. ; bacon, 10d; maize, 4s ; currants, the whole line cleared out, 4|d.

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WELLINGTON. October 27.—Mr. O'Shea reports produce prices as follows : —Flour, firm, £14 10s to £15 ; oats, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; wheat, milling, no sale; chick, 3s 6d to 4s; pollard, 8s to Ss 10d ; bran, Is 3d to Iβ 4d ; maize, 3s 9d to 4s; cheese, SJd to Is 2d; hams and bacon, overstocked, unsaleable; potatoes, 70s to SOs, old overstocked. DUNEDLN. October 27. —Wheat still scarce. Best Northern samples demand, readily, 6s; inferior and medium, 5a 3d, 5s 9d. Oats freely dealt in at 2a 2d, 2s 3d, for fair to fine ; good np to 2s 4d for milling. Stocks on hand of wheat and oats very slight. Barley without change; quotations nominal: 4s for fine malting, and 2s and 2s 6d for feed.

Bojldino Materials. Timber.—Board* and Scantling, 100 ft., 9* to 15s! lls 6d at mill; planed, tongned and grooved, 11s 6d. New Zealand Palings, 6ft.. 12s e<l; eft., 13s; Ti-tree Rail*, £3 per 100: Pnriri Posts, £6 10s to £7; Shingles, 1 s to Uβ per 1,000; Hobsrt Town Palings, 6ft., 17s; ft., IBs; Hobart Town Rails. 80e. Manila Hemp Rope first quality. £ s. d. 1-inch and upwards .. 60 0 0 per ton. i-inch »nd undi-r .. . 68 10 0 „ Whale and lance lines .. 73 10 0 Cutting In falls .. .. 71 10 0 „ RtOOND QUALITY. AUsizes f>6 0 0 New Zealand Vlaz k<.re. £ s. d. and upwards .. 4110% per ton. 1-inch to 21-inch .. .. 43 10 0 „ 3-inch and under .. .. 47 10 0 „ Woollafching 40 0 0 „ Clotheslines 0 0 6J per lb. Coal and Pimwoon Market. Coal.—Newcastle. 40a to 45s per ton; Bay of Islands, at yardß, 25s per ton; ditto, at the mine, 12s per ton. KißEwooD.—Uncut, 12s per ton, delivered; Cut, lesiper ton, delivered. Kau&i Gum and Flax Market. We quote the following prices on the Auckland market delivered nett caxh:— 30M.—Ordinary (scraped) £23 to £24 per ton Flax—Finest quality .. ~ 22 to —per ton Flax.—Native dressed, nnecntched 14 to — „ Tow 12 to — „ Manures. Bons Dnsr, with hairs, best imported, £8 to £8 10s; Bone flour, £9 to £10 : Vitriolized BoDes, £10; Provincial, £9 per ton wholesale). Guano. Peruvian, £18 to i<2o. Leaxukh. Sole Leather, lid to lsd'

THE MARKETS. Farm and Dairy Pkocvok. Wholesale Prices. 9. d. «. d. ». d. s. d. Butter, fe, lb 0 8 to 0 10 Lard lb ..06 — 00 Butter, sit, lb 0 6 — 1 0 Bacon, Pro. 0 6 — 0 8 Cheese Wra. 0 0—07 Hume, Pro. 08 — 09 Do.,Ct'bury 0 9 OU Cfbury bacon 0 9 — 0 9i Eggs, dozen 0 0 — 0 10 Ct'bury hams 0 10 — 0 0 Ketail Price8. Milk,quart 0 OtoO 6 i Fowls,pair.. 16-2 6 Butter, fs, lb 0 10 — 1 0 Ducka, pair 2 0 to 2 6 Butter, salt 0 14 — 1 0 | Geese, each 4 6 — 6 0 Cheese, col. 0 10 —1 0 Turkeys, do. 3 0 — 60 Eggs, dozen 10 — 00 Bacon, lb ..1 0 — 0 0 Lard, lb. ..0 8 — 0 0 Hams, lb. 13 — 00 Bread 3|d to 4d 21b. loaf. Floor Maeot. Wholesale. £ e. d. Superfine Flour, silk dressed, per ton .. Iβ l> 0 Fine Flour, ditto, household 15 10 0 Seconds, per ton 13 0 0 Sharps, per ton,. .« 8 10 9 Adelaide, psr ton 15 11) 0 Damaru, ditto 15 10 0 Dunedln ditto 15 0 0 canterbury, ditto 15 10 0 Bran, per ton (sacks included) .. ., 7 10 0 Hay and Cokn Maakxt. - Wholesale. s. d a. 0. £ a. £ s. Uaixe,SydnevO 0 — 4 6 Hay, ton ,.3 0 — 5 0 Do. Pro. ..4 0 — 4 6 Oaten, ditto 3 10 — 6 0 Do., Mji ..4 S—0 0 Lucerne.dltto 0 0 — 6 10 Oats (South) 2 11 — 3 1 I atraw, ditto 2 10 - 3 0 Wheat(fowl) 6 0 — 5 6 I Chaff, ditto 6 0-00 Do. (milling) 6 10 -- 6 0 | Potateei .. 5 10 — 6 0 .Retail. s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. Haixe ., .. 5 0 — 0 0 Lucerne, cwt. 0 0 — 6 6 OaU, ditto 3 3 — S 6 Oaten, ditto 5 10 — 6 0 Bias, ditto 16 — 00 Straw, ditto 40 — 60 Wheat (fowl) 4 3 — 46 Chuff, ditto 7 0 — 7 10 Bay cwt. ..2 9 to 4 0' Potatoes ,.5 6 — 6 0 Grass Seeds. s. el. s. d. White Clover, lb. .. 1 3 Trefoil, lb 0 9 Bed Clover,. ..12 Cocksfoot,bush. .. 12 6 Alsyke .. ..14 Eye Grass, per bushel, 7s Timothy .. ..10 Cdto8a0d Cowgrass, Is 4d.