COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6422, 17 June 1882, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

• ' N*w Zealand Hkbald Offioe, \ ; t . • ... Friday evening. "" THE duties collected to-day were £448 8* IV*» . A sale of seeds, garden and farming tools, £cc. t 'took place.,at 'Mr, • Gabriel Lewis's auction i ' mart this fbrenoon. All the goods offered were - disposed of at very satisfactory prices. • At' Messrs .; Tonka and Co.'a auction mart to-day, 150 bags of local maize were sold at currentrates.• r. • . • • u ' '' MbL : K. Art htjr's Wesklt Report.—A. busy week in ftU departments. Oheese and butter In'good de-all-cleared off on ar.ivaL. Good bacon moved treely. Poultry in lair demand at ss to 3s Cd. ~ Furniture,* irt private house sale at mart, has realised good jrjdces. Tuesday: Sale of furnituro; piano, «c.,1-at •" iuart. There was a fair attendance and a good buM- • don®. .Piano sold at £32, American .organ j' £28." The sale of Nelson fruit was largely attended, npples sold at 4jd to 5d per 3b. Wednesday : Sale of - - • leasehold properties. The one in Symonds*street was aot sold. A house of five-rooms and shop, at the corner of.Ponsonby-road and Picton-s>treet,' having about 20 years to run, at a yearly rental of £5, ■ was sold' by orders of the Trustee -in the bank-, rapt; estate of Arthur C. Bettany, realised £405. Thursday: Salo of household furnituro and effects, • platedware, &Cv, at Mr. F. Hora3by*s residence, ' 1 Ponsonby-road.' 'The attendance was : Very/largo throughout, competition - brisk, and prices -good. . v •..! Everything .was -.in] first-class order, and of superior . : quality. :i Leather suite, sold at = £31; dining table, - r - £10' 10s; mahogany 'side-board, £12'10s; bent-wood chairs..loa 6d to £17s each; verandah chairs, £13s to £3_7s 6d;> dinner service, i'slss; tea service, £*2 ss; < • -? dfessert, £3; plated cruets,£2-7s 6d fco £4 ; luncheons, '' V £1 Jss; pickle, £2 ss; ; dinner forks, 4s 6d each; ' dessert, 3s; dessert spoons.-8s 3d; table. 4s; gravey, . •-. rios; ladles, 75,9 d; dinner knive3, •2s Id; dessert, 2s ..:L'7d> .set of, covers, £3 6s; tumblers, Is 5d ; wines, 9d T- .to la 3d; iron bedstead, £12 10s; marble washstand, . ■£& fis; mahogany toilet table, £0 10s; chest of towers, £6 -15s; - chest of tools, £3 ss; ,:i £5;. lawn-mower, £2 ss, Ac. Friday's 'sale of-poultry, produce,.&c., at the mart was well •/ ;attehded, and fair prices were realised. Fowls flold ,r - : l -atgo6d prices. • Fowls, Is Id to 2s 9d: turkejs, 2s 6d .u ; to2s lOd; ducks, 2s to 2s 6A; geese, 3a ad; pigeons, is • Id; pigs, 3s 3d to 7s; potatoes, Is9dto 3s 6d; seedpotatoes, 7s 9d to 83 61; new potatoes, lid to IJperlb.;kumeras,- 4s ; pumpkins, Is 7d to 3s; mangels/ 2s; : ;: ''carrots, 2s'7d to 2s 8d; onions, £d to Id; fowl wheat, 4s6d;-oats, 3s 8d; flour, £71;> £1310s; apples, 3d to . , . 4jd; pineapples, 4s 3d; lemons, Is Id to Is 3d ; • "oranges, 8s; honey, sid ; baconi. 3d to' B}d; butter, .* 7 ; 4d to 10jd; cheese, SJd; oatmeal, 14s; rice, 255; • :i*sugarj 3id to 4jd : tea (box), 18s to 24s ; soap, 145.t0 2Ss: white lead, 4±d. .n*iniTitM AVT> Tavt.ow- held their usual Friday's sale'of poultry, produce, trees, Arc., which was well attended; and good business done. They , report*:—Poultry: Fowls, Is to 4s each; turkeys, 3s to ' • 35,9 d; jpigs,3s to 158 each; ducks, Is lid. The trees, plants, &c.', were- all' cleared at satisfactory ptfcetv Prodnce: Hams and bacon, 4d to Bid; Wai. jj^roa-cheese, 6d« all old Canterbury, id to 2d; v '"sa3fcbult&r. lOd";'laVd, 4d; potatoes, 2s 9d to 3s 6d; onions, 4d to |d; oats. 4s; bran, 7s 6d ; sharps, 8s; JowLwheat/^a9d;*oatmeal, 18s;to 20s; lQOlba flour. chaff, 2sper. bag; carrots. 3s; pumpkins. 2s 9d * T'per c?rt..' Groceries : Tea, half-chests. Is 2d to Is 9d ; . boxes, 15s to 245; rice, 2jd per lb; cornflour, BJd ; •'starch,4d; sugar, 4£d; cindles, 8d ; mustard, 9d per dozen ; salt, 6s per bag;, kerosene. Is lOd. Thefurni--f cure, clothing, jewellery, and sundries were all cleared at satisfactory prices. Mx. -AtTßim Wkbtt.y K"bpobt.—At *■'■'?- the."Haymarket; yesterday (FWday)rfodder was < ; i abandap.t, and brought from 2s to 5s per cwt.» and straw, 23s to .37s 6d per load. Tho yards were again " filledTvith horses, which consisted principally of con. signments from- Canterbury and Wanganul. The * — rf.-fdraught stock from attracted considerable . attention, and elicited keen competition. The lot 'were cleared at fr«m £27.10s to £48 ; averaging £30 7s ;;'«d each all round. Active medium draughts brought .from £22 10sito £34; harness.horses, and. weightcarrying hacks, £12 to £16; light unbroken horses, /-'* £510sto £12; draught colts (unbroken), £10 to £17.

' ; •' AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION. Juki 16, 1882.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. - OALXB. X a d Date. "VTaihl Gold Mining Co. o 0 6 — June 24 Arch Hill Brlclc and Tile Co. 0 1 0 — July 3 : TUnuin'g G-.M. Co. .. .. 0 0 6 — July 12 . :B Y TeLEG RAP H. . , ' . WELLINGTON. - Jun« 16.—Me*sra. Lidbettor and Cooper report the - somewhat more animated. Banks : Newr *'• ' :rJ !& l J£ ud 's ta ' en £2* 6t, sellers £23 10s; National,' £317s 6d to £4; Colonial, 49s to 49a Cd. Insurances: : : New Zealand, 80s to 82s: National. 30a to 31s; South British, 59a to 60a; Standard, 16s to 15s 6d: Union, 21s Od to 10s 3d; Accident, . 4a 3d to 4s Cd. Now Zealand Shipping, 100s to 102s " Gd;-union S.S. Company, £12 10s to *12 15s; New -ZealandDrug,2ss to 25a 3d; Wellington Trust and . Loan, 117 a6d to 118 a Od; Welcome, 01s to 00s ; Kccp- ; it-Dark, 46s 6d to 48s. ' a Mr. James O'Shca reports Flour : AdoUldo, £10 'V> £16 10s; Canterbury, £11 15s to £12; Oamwu, 55fc'7?' 13ys <oHO 3 ; bran. 105s to 110s; . wis, 3s lo£d to 4s; potatoes, 05s to 703; hams and •'•*£«# ®*i ; gutter. Wd to la; cheese, sjd to Cd ; nopa, fair supply, 1# to 2s.

>.'! v rr -i.Company,. : Business. Closing Prices. Basks—; ~ - Bayers. 'Sailers. J New Zealand ?:! — — • 28 12 6 Jkstjbanors— New Zealand' .. 82/ 4 2 0 — - South British ... — 2 19 0 — Accident — J) 4 0 ~ Misckllankodb— , , r - N.Z. X* and M. — 6 3 0 . ' Auckland Gas .. — 10 5 0 10 7 6 ' XTzilcm Sash & Door 8/10/0 — — . •'! ' Bay ol Islands Coal. . — —- i 2 6 . Northern Steam .. 10/3 —' —' , fisher and Co.' ..T . — — 0 12 0 ' ! "Deronport Ferry;.. ' —- ' — 0 12 6 •j'i.'ttX ?•;: r Caledonian. - — — 0 12 0 v-VY*..7North Devon .. .. 2/ 0 1 6 0 2 6 Golden Crown " ~ — 0 12 0 : ' Tokateia :i .i - .. — — 0 9 0 •;n ; Success • . 4/3 "" I — ,v- • Joscru Nkwxan, Uhalnnas.