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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6003, 12 February 1881, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Z«*lahi> Hbbald Office. _ Fiiday evenine. The Customs receipts to-day amounted to £860 19a. The Beatiice Havener takes the following carco f'-r New Y">k:-4GOB csses,_contaimng 411 tons kauii gaio, valued at £20,550. Mr. K. Arihur reports for the week : — Vnother week lias passed away without much chan-e in tlie produce market. Potatoes, still overstocked, and only Itrst-class sell at any'hing but a !ow figure : the demand is very limited- At auction today onlv a few lines could be cleared out at -s to 3s per cut. Cheese has not come to hanil so freely this week, but the place is much overstocked and a ntuintitv is verv inferior. A few lines cleared out at auction }"!l to S\A per lb. The demand for salt butter is sj.ill very limited but little Good largtquaSs^pearTpartTcWriy so Al tk sale Sr%\ts O Lav o e^ile°a^d n ?ops furniture' at outdoor sales has realised high prices. balance of a Mondays sale at mart -clciring out bjjance «h 1 to_ 6y marmalade, 8s 6d to 9s, J . . fruit, lis: tomato -"honev, 9s Oil; lobsters, 8s 0d; herrings, 7s M ; salmon, 8s 9d; bakmf: powder ilb, Ss; Jib, 3s6d; Taylors cocoa, Is 8d , fry s, is 4ju , nafnkiller 13s : knife powder, Cs Gd , chutney, js , c^SlTld;'tea, is V; white pepper Is Id, carraway, lOd; pearl barley, pickles. 9s 00, 23d ; piums, 2M to «d; Pcaches ld to Hd : pears, 2d ; Xclson plums, blue, 2id , Orlcan, of turret*. was fairly attended; bidding was languid still a fa_ir quantity of stuff changed hands; u suite sold ati-5 sale at Grey-street, on the premises of Mre. Sayers! clearing out "her stoclk of secon,ldiand clothing, etc., was weU attended, and good prices "ll'hiirsday's" sale of fruit, ex ateamer Rinprooma, from Sydney, and local-grown was well a^^ fliiH flip urines were <»btained. The Svdne> iruit fn bad order. Grapes sold at 3d to 'i'l •Is 9d per case ; oranges, Gs 4d to Cs 9 » . to to *"d iier lb < aj>ples, id to 2|d ; P lu ™ s '* a ™ l\l- per lb; lemons. Is 4d per out. It continued to a late hour. /11 sold at lugn sale was largely attended. A fair competition for fruit but the bidding was very languid for all other other produce ; nothing b „t cleared off. There was a fair supply of poulto, but manv were out of condition, therefore sola at low fli FoS is Id to 2s sd; ducks, Is Oil to 2s 5d ; pigs, 7s to 10s': potatoes, 2s to 3s Od; oniom id to Jf; oats, is lOd to 2s 3d ; wheat, : 3s 4d, ; flour, £S to £13 ; cheese, 2d to od; ]f" s ° • butter, butter, 2d to 7Jd ; beef, ljd to -id , r.d; rice, 3d ; tea. half-chests, Is Od to 2s. sa rdnies. 5s Id • su"ar, 4]d : box tea, 18s to 20s , coffee, Is 3U , raw oil, 4s (id ; boiled, i« Od; "Ja : pears, ljd to 2Jd; plums, jd to 4jd , bi.cmts, C , oatmeal, U.d, Messrs. Carbines and Lusher hol.Uhcir usual Friday's sale, which was largely attended and a good amount of business done. i oultry Fowls, from 2s 5J to 2s 3d ; ducks, h M o 1 Prni'itCP Maizo x oits, 2s 2d , flour, £11 ; Oan.nsc.i flnir, £5 to £5 10s ; oatmeal, Id tolAd per lb.; fowl wheat, 3s od ; barley, Id per "lb.; rice, 2H; candles, ; soap, is per box; salt beel, from 5a to 10s per keg; salt, oa Gd per cwt.; bacon, 4d to Gd ; corn beef, od , potatoes, £3 to £4; onions, id ; -s.per hap ; sugar, to 4J.1; bran, £4 10s ; paint, hematite, 23s per cwt.; kerosene, 2s per gallon. F.uit: Nelson apples, Id ; local, from lid to 15« l * peaches, 2d to 2M per dozen. Tlio funnturo department was ratlidr quiot : the clothing and books sold freely. .it Mr. W. Dowden's* was quite op to the average, a considerable business ** 0,,e VI small parcels. Potatoes realized £2 10s to 10.-, according to quality. Sydney maize, a prime s tmple. fetched 3* 6d per bushel. Mr. G. Lewis sold at his mart 1200 sacks feed oats, at an average price of Is 10$.I per Mr. G. Sibhin's sale was well attended, and a good business was done. He quotes Apples, withdrawn; bran, £3 15s; cheese, 4d to obi; lard, od; bacon, 51 to Gd ; onions, td ; potatoes £3 10s ; maize, 3s Gd ; butter, fad ; sugar, 41s ; tea, 2a Id ; tea (boxes), lSs ; jam, bs Gd.