COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6099, 4 June 1881, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zbaland Hbrat-ti offic\p. • •.',-." ,* Friday, evening.. The Customs duties to : day amounted to £091 lojiia.; • r:--: \•- • v .■' '' :; ' ■■■"-■■■ ■.: - : • ' Mr.' G. Sibbin's i weeklysale of produce passed off satisfactorily; ■' Maize brought S< 9J ; oats, 2s7d, 2s9d,and 3s ; 'tea,in boxes,- 27s 6d ; tea, in othnr packages; Is 8d per lb.; sugar, 40a ; 'cheese,-sd'; butter, 7Jd; : bacon, 9d; bran, 6*; flour, 12s ; potatoes, M ; apples, 7s 6d' an J 8s per case. ■-■ '.. . ■-.;] :-.-■- =■■'■) r - •:.,-;•■. ..; Mr. W. Dowdce'a sale,of produce, was well .Attended, and a. considerable quantity of goods" were sold. The following are a few of the prices realised :.— Auckland and Canterbury/ potatoes, 3s 6d; bacon; Sd; aDples, 3d; Canterbury and Wairoa cheese; sd-;-butter, 7sd. Mr. R. Arthur.reports for the week :'—-[ There has betn a fair demand for general produce. .Potatoes have told at low prices, but have Bono off' pretty freely. - Onionsh&ve cleared out at good prices. Chceso is heavy in stock; to clear off-lines a low price ha 3to be taken. Butter o£ really good quality moves off slowly at good prices; the bulk of what is coming to hand is not first-class. Oranges have sold at low prices.' / Apples have brought fair prices.' Furniture at private house sales lias sold well. Saturday's sale at the Whau, of household furniture, cattle, Ac-, was well attended, and all sold at exceedingly good figures.'- - Monday's sale of fruit, ex Myrtle, from the Islands, was largely .attended by the trade and others, and, considerhiß the condition of the fruit, fair prices were realised. Bananas sold at |d to 2Jd per lb.; oranges, ssd to "d per dozen; cocoanuts, 4s 9d to 6s per 100. The sale of unredeemed pledges from Mt. J. Hart, of the London Loan Office, Victoria-street, was well attended throughout. Competition was -fairly brisk, and fair prices were realised. A large nuniber of watches' were sold at prices varying from 8s to £4 each. The clothing brought very good prices. The sale of furniture at Mr. Carlow's, O'Connell-street, Campbellville, Ponsonby, was also well attended, smart com T petition, first-class prices were obtained. Tues'iiy's sale at the mart—sugar, more or less dr>magoa, sold at 3Jd per lb. The sale of drapery stock was well attended throughout; it continued to a late hour, and prices were satisfactory. Wednesday's sale at Mart- of Canterbury potatoes and onions, on account of whom it may concern, more or less damaged. Potatoes with the sacks sold at 42s 0(1 to 45s per ton ; onions, |d per lb. Thursday.—Sale of Sydney fruit ex s.s. Arawata. Oranges sold at 8s to 83 3d; mandarines, 7s 6d per case; sundry lots of apples brought ljd to 2id per lb; carrots, 3s 6d per cwt. ■, Friday.—Sale of poultry, produce, &c, at mart. Tiio attendance was not large as usual, or the entries so numerous, still a fair, amount of business was done. Cheese and butter could not be cleared out. Some lines of bacon had to be passed, the bidding not coming up to the prices expected by owners. Potatoes and onions were pretty well cleared out. Poultry .were entered in fair quantity, but a large number were out of condition, all in good sold -well. Fowls, Is Id to 2a 3d; clucks, 9d : turkeys, 2s 2d to 3s Id; ducks. 2s; Spanish fowls, 23 0d to 3s 4d ; dorkings, 2s 6d; dressed turkeys, 3s 0d to 3s 9d; pigs, 10s 0d to 123 0d; beef, Id to 2id lb; potatoes, Is 7d to 3s 0d cwt; pumpkins, 3s to 3s 5d ; carrots, 3s to 3s ed; onions, Id to ljd; barley, 2s; maize, 4s; oats, 2s 5d to 2s Gd : flour, £9 to £12; cheese, 3}d to 5d ; bacon, 5d t-j t)d; butter, 3d to 10d ; apples. Id to 3d; oranges, 7s 10d per case; lemons, Is 9d per dozen ; sugar, 3£d to 4}d; toap;.lGs ; rico, 3d; candles, 10d to IOJd ; salt, 5s to 5s 0d; tea (box), 22s to 24s ; peanuts, 2d; biscuits, sd"to C}d ; boiled oil, 4s 9d ; white lead, 4id; chaff, Is 3d to 2s 6d per sack ; honey, s*dlb.

Messrp. Carbines and Taylor held their usual Friday's sale, which was well attended, and a quantity of goodo were cleared. They report:

Poultry: Fowls, from 6d to 2s Cd; ducks. 2s ; turkeys, from 2s 6d to 3310 d; young pigs, 7s. Fruit: Apples, 5s 6d to. 12s per case; peanuts, ljd per lb. Produce: Bacon, 7d; salt butter, 7Jd; Wairoa cheese, from 4Jd to 5Jd; onions, ljrt; pumpkins, 3s 6d ; melons, 3s; carrots, 33 6d; potatoes, 3s to 3s Cd ; tomatoes. Id; Picton bloaters, Cs to <s per case; salt beef, 2d ; mutton, 2d; oats, 2s 6d to 3s; maize, 3s to Js 3d; barley, 2s 6d ; wheat, 3s; oatmeal. Id to l}d ; bran, £5 ; sharps, £5 2s 0d ; flour, £12 per ton; pearl barley, lA to 2d per lb; chaff, 2s per bag; tea. in boxes, is! to 275; half-chests, 2s Id ; candle 3, 0d to 9Jd per lb ; sugar, 3d to 4id per lb; rico, 2sd; mus.ard, Mb tins, Os per dozen ; salt, 5s per,'cwt: kerosene, Jjs Id ; hematite paint, 23s per cwt. MR. ALFRED BTJCKLA.ND'S REPORT. ■ At the Greyhound yards today, fodder was in full supply, oaten hay bringing from 3s to 4s; meadow, 23 6d to 43 3d per cwt. Tho Hayms»rket yards were well filled with horses, nearly 100 being disposed of. A draft of Mr...Walter Paul's stock brought fair prices, considering' they were in very low condition, and consisting principally of foals and twoyeiroldsV The foals sold at from £2 to £7 10a ; two years, £7 to £14 10s; three-year-olds, £10 to £16. Mr. Carruth had five draught fillies, which brought from £19 to £27. Heavy draught sold from £22 to £39, and a number of light harness horses and hacks, from £6 to £12. The carriage advertised brought £120, and the harness £22. Eight horses (hen vy draught) which arrived ex Samson, were not offered, and will be,sold next Friday. B Y T E L E G Jt A P H. DUNEDIN. June 3.—Mr. J. B. Bradsbaw reports :— Bapk of New Zealand shares, £2210s ; Colonial Bank, 463 8d; National Bank, 60s Cd; National Insurance, 28s; Standard Insurance, 14s Gl; South British, 52s 6d ; Union Insurance, 225; Otago and Southland Investment, 303 8rl; New Zealand Loan and : Mercantile Co., 112 a Cd ;- New Zealand Shipping, 100 a; money secured on freehold, 6J to 7 por cent. ■

AUCKLAND STOOK AND MINING ASSOCIATION. . ■'.'" ' Juue 3, 1881.

A. Saunuers, C. Alexander, S. Vickors, J F Clarke R. Frator, Jofc.i Mewbray, R. Home, j. 15. J. AT. Lennox, W. Hood. Joseph Newman, Chairman.

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