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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5757, 30 April 1880, Page 4

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CHRISTCHURCH. April 29.—Inactivity is the chief commercial feature at the moment, while the tone of the market has not been improved by the lateßt cablegrams from home. Sellers are slow to recognise the drop, and rather than accept they continue to ship. The scarcity of tonnage has once more to the surface, and large quantities of wheat being sent into store at Lyttelton and elsewhere. Wheat: Prices hare steadily dropped, and transactions during the week have not been of an extensive character. Sellers are quoting at the rates ruling, while buyers are equally guarded in purchasing. Whoat ranges from 3s 7d to 3s 9J. Oats are without alteration, and are quoted at Is 2d to Is 5d for feed, and Is 6d for milling. Barley : The feeling is one of great depression. First-class is quoted at 3s Gd to 3s 9d; other kinds range between 2s 6d to 3a. Flour is quoted at £9 10s to £11. Potatoes : Sales are being made at 25s to 30s, but growers are not pushing at these prices. Dairy produce : Cheese, 4d to 5d ; butter, in good demand, B£d to 9d : mutton, ljd, and IJd to 2d per lb.; beef, 17s 6d to 20s per lOOlbs. There were some good lines of pigs at the market this week, the bulk of which were taken up by Dunedin buyers from 4£u to sd.

THE AUCKLAND MARKETS.

Garden a>*d Orchard Produce. Wholesale. Retail* s. d. s. d. a- d. s. d. Medlar*, lb ..0 lj — 0 2 J Medlars lb .. 0 3— 0 4 Quinces, do 0 2— 0 3 Quinces, do 0 3— 0 4 Apples, lb.. 0 0— 0 0 Apples, lb .. 0 4— 0 6 Colonial 0 3— 0 4 Colonial 0 4— 0 6 Hobart Tn, 02J— 04J Hobart Tn- 0 0— 0 0 Pears, lb ..0 2— 0 '& Pears, do ..0 4— 0 6 Leuons, doz. 0 0— 1 C Lemons, doz. 2 0— 2 0 Onions, lb.. 0 0 -0 1 Onions, lb.. 0 1J — 0 2 Frnh. Bos. IbO O— 0 3 Frnh. Bns. lb 0 4— O 0 Rhubrb, bdl. 0 4— 0 0 Rhubrb, bdl. 0 6— 0 0 Pine Apples, 0 C — 0 9 Pino Apples, 0 6 — 10 Fies, doz. Figs, doz., „ local, 0 2— 0 31 „ local, 0 3— 04 Walnuts, lb. 1 0— 0 0} Walnuts 0 o—l6 Sydney Oranges, 10s to 12s 6d per casa ; Island, Is 3.1 per doz.

Farm and Dairy Produce. Wholesale. Retail. s. d. 8. d. b. d. s. d Butter, fa, lb 0 otoo 10 Milk, quart 0 4to 0 5 Best Dairies, 1 0— 1 1 Butter, fs, lb 1 0— 1 3 Buuer, sit, lb 0 S—o 11 Butter, salt 1 0— 1 1 Choese(localJ 0 0— 0 7 Cheese, col. 0 10 — 1 0 Do.. Ct'bury 064 — 0 7 l£ggß» dozen 2 O— o O Fggs, dozen 1 0— 0 0 Lard, lb .. 0 8— 0 0 Lard, lb .. 0 4— 0 C Fowls, each ?. 6— 3 0 Bacon and Hams. Ducks, each 2 6— 3 6 Provincial 0 7— 0 11 Geese, each 5 o—7 0 Ct'bury hams S Turkeys, do. 5 0— 7 0 & bacon new >I—l 1 Bacon, lb ~ 010 — 1 0 cure, bare ) Hams, lb ..1 o—l 3 Salt butter, Canterbury and W&nganui, 9d to lid. Bread, 4d to 4jd per 21b loaf. Jams, per case, 5 doz., 27s Od to 32s 6d.

Flour Ma&kkt. Wholesale. £ a. d. 3aporflne Flour, riUi dressed, per ten .. 14 0 0 Pine Floor, ditto, household 13 0 0 Sharps, per ton .. 6 0 0 Adelaide, per ton •• .» .. none. Oamaru .. .. .. do. .. .. 13 0 0 Dunedin . •» do. .. £12 —13 0 0 Canterbury .« .. do. .. £12—13 0 0 Bran, er ton (sacks Included) £i ICS — 5 0 0 Cabin Bread 18 o 0 Oatmeal £12 10 13 10 0 Pearl Barley .. .. .. £25 —26 0 0 Butcekrs* Meat. Retail. s. d. s. d. Roasting Beef 0 sto 0 7 Boiling Beef 0 4--0 5 Mutton, hind-quarter 0 0— 0 4 „ fore-quarter 0 O— 0 4 Lamb, fore-quarter 0 S£ — 0 4 hind-Quarter 0 4— 0 6 Pork and Veal 0 6— 0 0 eaks 0 6—o 0 hops and Sausages 0 6— o 0 Tallow wholesale, mutton 275, mixod, 20s to 253. Hay and Cork Alaiiket. Wholesale. b. d. s. d. £ s. £ b Maize (Syd.)- 4 3— 0 0 Hay, me'dow ~ (Cal.) nono ton press'd 5 oto 5 10 ~ (Fijian) none Luccrne, do 6 o—6 10 „ (Coast) 3 0— 3 9 Straw (load) OIS— 110 Oats.. ..2 0— 2 3 Chaff .. 4 0— 50 Wheat (fowl) 3 0— 4 0 Hay (oaten) 6 0— 5 10 Wheat (local) 4 3— 4 9 | Potatoes : Local, £2 10a to £3 per tOD ; Cintcrbury, £3 15s to £4, bags or s mall lots. Ketail. s. d. s. d. 8. d. 9. d. Make, bushel 3 6to 4 6 1 Lucerne, cwt. 7 6to 8 u Oats, ditto 2 0— 2 61 Oaten, ditto 6 0— 70 Bran, lOOlbs 6 0 —7 01 Straw, ditto 80 —40 Wheat (few!} 4 0— 4 6 Chaff, ditto 5 6— 60 Hay cwt. - 0 0— 6 6 I Potatoes,diUo3 6— 4 0 Kerosene, from Is lOd to 2s, ordinary brands, and 3s duty paid, tho latter in 1 gallon tins. Woolpacks in quantity, 3s 3d to 3a 6>l each ; Cornsacks, 8s to 9i Cd dozen. Fencing wire, No. 6,7, and 8, assorted, £10 10s to £17 per ton. Seeds.—Retail. Ryegrass, 5 oto 0 0 Cocksfoot, b1.6 oto 0 0 Italian do 8 0— 0 0 Trefoil, lb. 0 8— 9 0 RedClover.lb 0 9— 0 0 Ratstail, lb. 1 6— 0 0 White Clovor 1 I—o 0 Timothy, lb. 0 6— 0 0 Alsyke,lb... 1 3— 0 0 Lucerne, lb. 1 0— 0 0 Cowgrass, lb 1 0— 0 0 Rape, lb. .. 0 5— 0 0 New Zealand Flax Rope. £ a. d. Roj.e of all sixes— .. 42 10 0 per too Tarred yarn .. .. .. 40 0 0 ~ Wool lashing ,» .. 38 10 0 ~ Clothes lines 0 per lb. Manila Hemp Rops FIRST QUALITY. £ 8. d. Rope of all sizes .. 60 0 0 per ton Whale and lance lines .. 70 0 0 ~ | Cutting-in falls .. „ 68 0 0 ~ ' Clothes line .. .. 00 00 8 per lb. Subject to trade di count. Building Materials. Tih3sb..—Boards and Scantling, 100 ft., beat, lis 6d to 14s ; second class, 7s 6d best planed, tongued and grooved, 13s Cd to 14s. Mills : Cargo, teat, lOs'to lis second class, Cs to 7s. Baulk, 6s. B&JOK3 (at Whau), 35s to 40s per 1000 ; Town Yards £2 53 to £2 10s. Drain pipes per 100 (6 inches bore). 30s; 4 inches, lis; 3 inches, 9*; 2 inch, £2 5s per 1000; socket glazed pipe?, 18 inches, 3s per foot; 15 inches, 2* 6d per foot; 12 inches, 2s per foot; 9 inches, Is 3d per foot; 6 inches, 8d oerfoot; 4 inches, 0d por foot. Limb, slacked. Is per bushel quicklime in stone Is 6d to 2s. Now Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 10s; 6ft., 13s ; Ti-tree Rails, £2 103 to £3 10s per 100: Purlri Posts, £, to £7; Shingles, 13s to Ws per 1,000; Hobart Town Palings. sft.. 16s to IS''; Gft.. 18s to 20s; Hobart Town Rails, 72b 6d to 90s. Buying and selling quotations. Kauri Gum and fL,ax; Market. Gum continues v ryJdepresßed, and the market is ffradually weakening. Keceipts for the month of April will foot up about 500 tous. Following: sales have been effected since Jant Thursday Good ordinary Kaipara and Wliangarel, at £36 to £38 ; Waikato, £83 to £35 ; JSast Coast, £42 to £45. Flaj.—Finest quality ## £20 to 21 per ton. Flax.—Medium .. .. 17 — 18 Tow 12 — 14 ~ Fungus 3jd per lb. Mamurxs. Bonedust, £7 10a to £9; Peruvian £18, Haon Guano, small lqjs, £6, bags included.

\ COAX. *A272>"]?ZKKWOOD'UAJIXKT. I Coal.—Newcastle (ship's ride), cargo 33s per ton ; 'yard, 40» to 15s. Bay ot Inlands, at yards, 255; screened, 28s ; ditto at the mine, l3i: ship's side, 253. iWaikato, at mine, ss; In Auckland, 15s 6d to 20s; Tanpiri, at mines, 6i Gd to 103; at yard 18s to 24>; . Wangarei, at mine. 83 6d; fard (steam), 17s. household, 225. Miranda, at yard Ibonsebald), 18s; steam, IBs. Kamo (household), 28s, 30s delivered, steam, 235. Kmkwoon.—Uncut, at wharf (cargo), Ss&l.toOs 6d per ton; delivered, IS3; cut. Hi to 17*. MR. VICKERS'B WEEKLY STOCK AND BHAKB LIST AND INVESTORS' GUIDE. 3 ► ! Arnt. Ami 2 £ Company Capital, of paid —an Sb. up. | " » Bank of If. Zealand £ £ £ ' % 1,000,000 10 10 19J* 15 7i National Bank N. 2 2,030,000 10 3J 60 68$ Colonial Bank N.Z. 2,003,000 5 2 44 87J N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency .. 3,000,000 25 2j 95/ 15 7J N. Z. Insurance .. 1,000,000 10 40/ 51/ 64J 8. British do., e.d. 1,000,000 20 42/ 10 0J Nat. Insurance Co. 1,000,000 10 2)/ 21/ 20 10 Standard Ins. C 0... 1.000,000 10 15/ 12.6 Colonial Ins. Co. .. 1.000,000 10 10/ 6/3 Union Ins. Co. .. 2,000,000 20 15/ 16,'6 10 — Auckland Gas C 0... 60,000 5 6 8J 15 9Thames Gas Co. .. 25,000 21 88/ 22/6 8 13i Union 3.& D. C 0... 63,475 5 5 97/6 10 — Ditto, new issue .. 2} 47/6 1013' Auckland & North 10 Snore Ferry Co. .. 5,000 1 1 — —10 Bay of Is. Coal Co 29,000 10 10 6 — Waikato Steam 5 and C. M. Co. . 10,000 10 8 —13 Auckland Timber Co. 120,000 6 89/ 01 10 — Guthrie & Larnach (Limited) .. .. 250,000 6 100/ 45/ —0 1 Auckland, April w. lsao. Dividend. CAL.L3 AND DIVIDEND'; LIST. The followlog are the carreot calls and dividends in the compinies named below, as certified in our advertising columns „. . CALM. £ s d Date. Bismarck 0 2 6 — May 1 BendffiO United .. ..0 06 — May 1 n"". . _ 0 1 0 — May 8 Bright Smile 0 0 6 — May 15

THE MAILS. Mails will close as under This Day. For Lon Jon direct, per atOm For Waiheke ana CoronaindeJ, per Cecoman iel at 2.30 p.m. For Rnsse'land R"»waka*a,per Waitaki, at 3 p.m. For Whitiangi, Tairua, Tauranga, and Opotiki Der Glenelg, at 4 p no.. For Wbacgarei Heads and Whangarei, per Waitaki, at 4 p.m For Thames, per Rotomahasa, at 4-30 p.m. For Thames, par Enterprise, at 6.00 p.m. Saturday. tI.M. s. Comorau*, at 7 a.m. For Waiwdra, Alahurangi, Mattkana, .Vfamrawai, Wainu, Whangarei and Mangapai, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Australian Colonic, Batavla, Singapore, China and Jap n, via Tarres Strtit*, par a.-*. Austral a imiuediatey after her arrival from Honolulu. ' Bupplenrentarp Malls for lDd'9, Continent of iSu:ope, and United Kingdom, via Briodisi, per a.e. Australia, imme iately after hsr arrival from Hono' lulo. For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per Taiaroa immediately after arrival of s.s. Aust alia. ' S. B. BIS'S, Chief Postmaster.

SALES AILY mkmokanjja -—APKIL 30. Mr. A. Buckland—Horaes, &e., at Iho Haymarket 11 ».tO. Messrs. Hanter & Xclan—Horses, &0.. at the Durham Yards, 11 a.m. Messrs. S.imuel Cochrane & Bon—Household Furniture, &c., IX a.m. Mr. G. Sibbin — ProJnoe, Groceries, Sundries. &c f 11 a.m. Air. it. Arthur—Poultry, Prod«:c3, Groceries, Docs, &c., noon. LECTURE: Mw. C«ayton's Boarding School—Popular Lecture by Mr. Swallow, 7.30 p.m. EXHIBITION : VVild Bsas; Show, "Wellesley street, 10 a m to 10 p.m.