COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5491, 23 June 1879, Page 7

COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

1 SALES BY AUCTION. May 27. Mr. Greenwood, this morning, held a sale of j properties situated in Symonds-street and City § Eoad. A good attendance of speculators was 1 apparent and considering the dull times, the i lots sold well. Allotment No. 1, £4 12s 6d per j foot, buyer Mr. J. K. Jones; No. 2, £4 12* 6d, Uγ. Eix: Noa. 3, 4, and 5, £4 12s 6d, Mr. Belcher ; No. 6, £31C.', Mrs. Crickett; Nos. 7 and 8, with residence, recently occupied by the late Mra. Ridings, £800, Mr. Albert Walker; No. 0, £3 15a per foot, Mr. Holland ; No. 10, with house formerly occupied by Mrs. Connell, £525, Mr. James Dickey. j May 29. ! Mr. R. Arthur sold, at his mart, today, a 1 mall consignment of Hobart Town fruit, ex 8.8. a Kotorua. There was a fair attendance of the ! trade. French crabs Bold at 23d to ; stone t pippins, 3d to 3Jd ; crown pippins, 3d; crow's J «3Se, 2d to 34d; New York pippins. 3J.1; lemon ! pippins, 3M ; Dutch magnon, 4J-1; Adams a pirmains, 3d; Malchal, 2id to 2£d ; Searle's ptarmains, 2}d to 3d; "golden Harvey, 2Jd; ! pears, ljd to 2*d. I June 13. I Mr. G. W. Binney sold, yesterday, the ole l ■ topper that has been stripped from H.I.G.M. I sun vessel Albatross, at per lb., to Messrs. i Join Keid and Co. The sails realised about i £17 j June 18. j Mes3r3. Tonks and Co. sold at au tion to-day I the salvage from the late fire at Mr. H. B. I Morton's, comprising teas, sugars, candles, and I general groceries—valued at over £5000. The I stock had been well sorted and arranged, and a I large portion of the caee goods were comparatively uninjured, except by water. The sale wis crowded from 11 o'clock until 4 o'clock, and Mme keen competition took place. The result, we understand, is very satisfactory. ! • Mr. R. Arthur's sales of produce, groceries, fruit, furniture, tc, to-day were well atl tended, and passed off very satisfactorily. I Poultry of all kinds sold high. But little demand at auction for potatoes ; a fair business taa been done through the week. Bacon is in I good deroauu, but most of that coming to hand E i» too green to keep; a few small parcels of I local-cm ed, of good quality, have been sold at ?iu to Did per lb. Butter is in better demand ; I"* , bnt little of good quality on hand. Fowls »I<l at Is 5d to 3s 9d; turkeys, 3a; ducks, 23 « ; gr-'se, 3s to 4s; game fowls, 3s 6d; Potatoes, us to 6a 6d; pumpkins, 2s 2d to *»; Swede turnips, 1j 9d to 2a Cd ; onions, 2d i to 2Jd ; oat«, 3s to 3s 6d ; New Zealand Baize, Ja ; bran, 6a 6d ; cheese, 24(1 to 9d ; Won, 2d to Old ; lurd, 8d; pigs' feet, 5Jd Perdoz.; ears'l2d perdoz.; butter, 5d to 10d ; oatuira], 2J-1 to 2Jd ; damage''. Id to IJ.I ; sugar, 4id to 41d • salmon, Ga 10d to 7a (id ; nJsins, yd ; almonds (shell), 8d to BJd ; tea (fcox), 245; pork, 3d ; beef, 2id ; oranges, 9d to 10d ; wheatinestl, 8s; confectionery, lid; liscttits, 6d; apples, 3Jd. The furniture dePMtment sale was largely attended ; all second i»nd sold welL A good business has been done innew furniture during the week. The five ««es of stuffed birds sold at £30. PUBLIC SALE OF WASTE LANDS. Hr. D. A. Tole, Chief Commissioner of Waste lands for this Provincial District, held a sale of toirn and suburban lands on June 17, at the Lands Officn, Parliament-street. There *■»! a fair attendance, but the bidding was by to means spirited, and a great many of the lots offered did not find purchasers. The sections offered were in the town of Tauranga, town of T«upiri, and suburbs of Opotiki. The sales •ffected were as follows :— Town of Taubaxga.—Lot 225, 20p; upset ?riee, £125; bought by Mr. Grace for £215. ■«t 300, 25p : bought by Mr. Grace, at the upset "Me, £50. Lot 310, lr; upset price, £70; ■ongat by Mr. Commins at £86. Lot 311, lr; i>Bet price, £70; bought by Mr. Commins at £75. « 312, lr; bought by Mr. Kelly, at the upset £«. £60. Lot 313, lr; upset price, £60; by Mr. Kelly at £65. Lot 314,1r;

nought by Mr. Ching at the upset price, £60. Lot 317, lr lip; upset price, £80; bought by Mr. Gleeson at £85. Lot 318,27 p ; upset price, E55; bought by Mr. Grace at £83. Lot 319, J7p ; bought by Mr. Lemon at the upset price, E45. Lot 332, 23p ; bought by Mr. Lally at the upset price, £40. Lot 333, 23p; bought by Mr. Lally at the upset price,. £40. Lot 340, J9p ; bought by Mr. Turner at the upset price; £55. Lot 347, lr lip ; upset price, £9 10s; bought by Mr. Martin at £18. Lot 348, lr lop ; upset price, £10; bought by Mr. Ching at £IG. Lot 349, lr 20p ; upset price, £11 5s ; bought by Mr. Ching for £16. Lot 350, lr 24p ; upset price, £12; bought by Mr.Ching at£l6. Lot 851,12 28p ; bought by Mr. Grace, at the upset price.JEl, 15s. Lot 352, lr 32p, upset price, £13 11s; bought by Mr. Grace, at £29. Lot 353, lr 6p, upset price, £8 13s; bought by Mr. Gleeson at £15. Lot 354, Ir6p; upset price, £8 13s. bought by Mr. King, at £11. Lot 355, lr 12p '. upeet price, £9 15s; bought by Mr. Ching, at t'l4. Lot 356, lr 22p; upset prico. £11 13 • bought by Mr. King, at £12. Lut 357, lr 15p : upset price, £10 7s; bought by Mr. Smart at £14. Lot 358, lr 8p ; upset price, £9 ; bought by Mr. Gleeson, at £13. Lot 359, lr lp : upset puce, £7 14s ; bought by Mr. Chiag, at £11. rwenty-uiue other lota in this town were passed ihere being no bid. Town of Taupiri.—Lot 52, 36p ; bouirht by Mr. Lovell, at the upset price, £6 15s. Nine Jther lots found no bidders. Suburbs op Opotiki.—Lot 11, 25a; bought by Mr. Geary, at the upset price, £75. The Sotal proceeds of the sale aie £1229155. The barque Elinor Vernon cleared at the Customs on 4th June for New York, with 463 tons gum, valued at £20,000 ; manganese, £6 ; iud 13 bundles of whalebone, £800: total ralue, £20,806. The Bank of New Zealand shipped, by the R.M.S.S. Australia, to Sydney, 21040z5. of gold, )f the value of £8730. Statement shewing the amount of Customs iuties collected at the port of Auckland, in the :olony of New Zealand (according to the several heads of revenue undermentioned), from the Ist to the 31th May, 1579, both lays inclusive :— Heads of Receipts. Total. Spirits, 12s yer gallon £5,261 1 5 Cigars and snuff, 6s per lb 38i 7 4 robacco, 2s 6d per lb 2,26*10 8 Wine. 6», 4s, and 2a p»r gallon .. 401 0 11 &Je and beer, in bottle. Is 3d per gallon 253 2 0 Ee». 4d per 1b... 862 IS 6 3offee, cocoa, chicory, anil chocolate, 34perlb 207 Iβ G 3ugar, raw, refined, s.cd molasses, Jd perlb 1,035 7 11 Soods by weight 1,165 16 3 A.d valorem 3,990 0 0 Other duties not specified above .. 1,178 13 1 Total £17,010 14 6