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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6830, 8 October 1883, Page 4

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Nitw Zealand Hiibald Office. Saturday afternoon. The duties collected at the Customs during the week amounted* to :— Duties _ £7,065 2 4 Light dues.. — 51X1 8 Forms and fees „ .. .. 2 10 9 Beer duty 212 18 5 Other receipts 6 15 0 £7,342 19 2 Since our last summary business has not exhibited any features of interest, but has only been noticeable for the evenness of transactions, having maintained a fair amount of activity during the period named. Stocks are still heavy, particularly of hnrdware and drapery goods. The stocks on hand at the time of our last summary have buen added to by the arrival of the steamship Doric and ship Otaki, which both brought large and assorted cargoes.. The result has been thai, buyers are not inclined to do more than a hand to mouth business. Two other veaseln, the Asterion and Laira, are also both dua from London, so that stocks generally will, with these arrivals be amply filled for some time to come. Prices consequent upon this state of affairs of many lines are not so firm this month, and in many instances can only he accepted as nominal.

The quarter ended on t;he 30th alt. baa been a very satisfactory one, business activity being well maintained, and engagements being generally well and promptly mßt. From the Customß returns for the quarter named we find that the snm of £82,688 has been collected as against £88,246, thus showing a deficiency of some £5558. This may to a large extent be accounted for from the fact of receipts out of bond having been restricted <;o the Bapplying, as we have already said, of actual requirements, there being an evident desire not to do more. The building trade still continues brisk, and the large number of new buildings, principally warehouses, now in course of erection in the city can, we think, be accepted as a sure indication of the healthiness of our trade, and the'belief in our future advancement. The large influx of passengers and immigrants into Auckland may also be pointed to an a favourable sign of our stability, especially when we find that there is still a demand for Bkilled labour and domestic help which even this large inflow of population has been unablo to satisfy. In alen and porters there has beon a fair amount of business transacted. Prices, however, remain unchanged at previous quotations. There are full stocks, almost all leading brands. Building material is still well Btooked, particularly slates. Several linea of cement are reported as {having changed hands at fail' rates. Plaster of Paris in in but small demand, and is fully stocked, la bags and bagging, business haa been somewhat quiet, although several tales of woolpacks at fair rates are named. In breadstuff's and grain there haß been a very fair business doing. Make has freely changed hands at from 2i lOd to 3a for local growth, there being none of either Sydney or Fiji in the market. Oats; have been moved off at 2s 4d to 2s 6d, and (luring the past week they have been in good supply from Southern ports, snveral cargoes having reached here daring the time named. Oatmeal wo now quote at £13 par ton, and barley for malting from 3s lOd to ss. The flour market has been very brisk during the last fortnight, a good consumptive tradu having been experienced, and the mills have in consequence been fully employed in executing orderaon hand; We quote localmade silk-dressed at £14; household, £13 ; ! Southern, brands, from £11 to £12. Adelaide flour: There is none in the market. In confectionery a rapidly increasing businesii is noticeable for local made, and this may be attributed to the excellence and purity of the make. Stockß on hand of home-made goods are still very heavy, and somewhat dull of sale for the reason just i named. The kauri gum niarketis still very unsettled,with a most.noticeable disinclination on I the part; of buyers to do any business except for the very Ibest sorts. Prices still remain undisturbed ali for poor ordinary £32 to £36, for good ordinary £38 to £41., and for Bast Coast £50 to ££12. The receipt:! for the past four weeks wore 470 tons, Mie barque Glance,

rfiich sailed for London on September 22, waa he bearer o! 2132 cases, J if2 tons ; the cargo icing valued at £22,912., A.t present there is 10 indication o£ any alteration in this stagnant itate of this market, %s advices from tlie home ind American hays not been very encouraging, ironmongery Btocks are fall of almost all lines, ind business in consequence has been exceedingly quiet. A few lines of Muntz metal are juoted as having changed hands at 7sd to Bd. We now qnote hops (Nelson) at Is 6d._ There has been a large export business done in hides daring the past month, it having been found that higher prices are obtainable in Sydney for good salted hides than when sold locally. Io jams a good trade is reported, Hobart brands being quoted at from 6a Gd to 7s per dozen. ! Nelson brand is somewhat in favour, several lines having been sold at 63 6d. Manures have been moving off somewhat more freely, it being now the time the farmers are in want of this assistant. In candles stocks being very large a somewhat easier price is now being accepted. De Ro'abaix Jenar have been sold at 9£d. Price's BelmontlarequotedatlOJd.andßrandon'sNeva'sand Gouda'a D.R.O. at 9d. Matcheaare fully Btooked, and business does not show much activity. R. Bell and Co.'a 250's we now quote at 14s; plaids, 4s to 4s 6d; Bryant and May's 25Q's, per gross, 16a 9d ; plaids, 4s 6d to 4s 9d. In soaps a good demand has been experienced for local manufactured — their general excellence of make giving such satisfaction as to be found sufficient for all requirements. Iu consequence, foreign brands are not much sought after. In spirits there has been a fair amount of business transacted daring the past four weeks. For Teacher's we notice 28s 6d is quoted. Stocks of this brand are not -heavy. In other brands there, has been a good trade, but at previoußly-quoted priceß. The timber market continues brisk for both local and export demand ; the various mills all being kept hard at work executing orders to hand. In consequence of this briskness, there has been ft good demand for smallsized sailing crafts, to load at' the mills for Southern and Australian ports, and at* fair rates. Several shipments of teas have come to hand from the Sydney and Melbourne markets during the month, and the trade has been looked upon as very satisfactory. The. samples received are all named as being of excellent quality, quite equal to any received here. Tobaccos are fLilly stocked, all brands and prices remain at our last quoting. A fair amount of business has been done.

Kates of ExonANOB OS ix>sno»—Buying ; 120 days, 1£ par cent, discount; 90 days, lj percent, discount; 60 days, & per cent, discount; 30 days, §; per cent. Sight, J per cent. Selling: 120 days, £ per cent, premium; 90 days, 5 por cent, premium ; CO days, 3 per cent, premium; 30 days, lj per cent, premium; on demand 2 por cent, premium. Discount: 95 days, 7i per cent.; 125 days, 8J per cent. Fixed deposits : 3 months, 4 per cent.; 6 months, 5 percent.; 12 months, 6 per cent.

FRBiairra.—The following are the rates of freight quoted at this port for London -.—Wool, greasy, Jd per lb.; ditto, washed, Jd per lb.; leather, 60s per ton; oil, 80s per tun of 252 gals.; tallow, 60s per ton; copra, GOs per ton; whalebone, 80s per ton; kauri gum, GOs per ton; shells, 65s per ton; dead weight, 80s per ton; cotton, pressed, fd-per lb.; sheepskins 3d per lb.; measurement, 60s per ton

Ales and Porter.—Marshall's. Dunedin Ale (duty paid), in bulk (pale), £5; xxxx, £6. Alo, in bulk (duty paid) per barrel, Bass's, £7; Ashby's, £S. Ale (in bond), Tennent's, pints, Gs 6d; quarts, 8s 9d; Bass's Bogs-head brand (Bead's bottling), pints, 6s 6d; quarts, 9s 3d ; Bulldog (R. Porter and Co's bottling), 6s and 9s; GriitLn brand, 6s, 6s 3d. and 9s 3d; ditto sparkling pale ale, 6s 9d and 9s 3d; W. Younger's, 5s and 7s 3d ; Ashby's, 6s 3d to 9s Gd and 83 0d; Ind Coope, pints, 6s 6d; quarts, 8s 9d; Bass's (Blood bottlers), pints, 4s; quarts 6s Gd, An^lo-Bavarian: pints 6s 6d, quarts 9s. Boar's Head: 8s 9d; pints, Gs Gd. Gainneßs' Harp brand by Foster: plat*. 6s; quarts, Bb. Norway ales, pints 6s 4d, quarts 52 6d. Bass' Buglo brand, quarts 9s Od, pints 6s 6a, Stouts in bond: Foster's Bagle stout, quarts 9s, pl£t.s 6s 3d* Blood's, pints, 53; quarts, 7s; Dogshead, Guinness's (Bead's bottling), pints, 6s 3d; quarts, 9s 3d; R. Porter & Co.'s bottling, 6s 6d and 8s 6d; Spark's Mollne bottling, 6s to 9s 3d; Griffin brand, 6s 9d and 9s 3d; Burke's, 6s and 9s; Cameron and Saunders's, 7a and 9s 6d ; other brands, Gs and 7s 6d ; Combe's, quarts, 7s ; pints, 5s 6d Duty: Pints, Is 6d; quarts, 3s per dozen Building Materials.—Cement may be quoted atK.B. 15s. Market fairly supplied. Slates: Supply beyond requirements. English. Countesses aro worth £11 to £12, American, £8 to £10. Plaster of Paris, lis, demand alight Bags and Bagging, d.p.—Market stocked. Woolpacks, full lOlbs., 27 x 64, Calcutta, 3s 3d; Dundeo, 3s Gd ; cornsacks, 4-bush., 2§dlb., 8s to 8s 3d. and Grain.—Local best silk-drfessed flour, £14; household, £13; Southern brands, £11 to £12: Adelaide (none). Wheat (Auckland). 4s Gd to 4s 9d. Oats: Feed. 2s 4d to 2s Gd. Bran (Southern), £5 to £5 10s; local millers' quotatiens £6 por ton. Sharps, £6; Southern sharps. £510 ato £0. Mairo; Local, 2s lOd to 3s: Fiji, none; Sydney, none. Oatmeal, £13. Barley (for malting). 5s to ss3d: Southern, feed, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; peirl barley, £23 to £24. Cabin bread, £18 per ton. Potatoes, £310s to £4. CoitDAQh, d.p. (Subject to trade discounts)— Manila hemp rope, all sizes, Sydney, £60 to £70; Auckland made, £70 to £78; wl tie and lance lines, £80; cutting in falls, £ 0 • New Zealand flax *ope, all sizes, £40 Auckland made, £38 to £40; wool lashii s, £38; clothes lines, 5d per lb., subject trade, discount; - Manila clothes lines, 8d; oakum, free, ditto, £40; spun yarn two-yarn ditto. £48 to £55; twine, shop, d.p., per lb., 9a to Is 2d; sewing twine, Is Id per lb.; local make, Is to Is 3d. Coffee and Spices (in bond), per lb.—Ceylon, coffee plantation, Is; do., Fiji, Cd to 9d; chicory, colonial, 4jd ; cocoa, d.p., Taylor's Is 4Jd; Fry's Is 4d; Van Houten'a, 4.3 lid to 4a 2d ; Epps's, Is fild; Maravilla, Is 6d; chocolate, Taylor's, Is 3d; Biy's, la 3d. Spices, d.p.; Cloves, Is lid; bleached ganger, lid ; unbleadhed.do., 9d; nutmegs, 3s Cdl black popper, whole, 9d.; whito do.. Is to Is Id. Coal.—Newcastle is sufficient for requirements, 30s to 33s at ship's side; 30s to Jl3s in yards; may bo taken as a fair quotation. Bay of Islands is very scarce, and 13s, at the mines, is quoted; "Whangarei

coal, 93 6d, ditto, Waikato; steam, 8s; housohold, 10s. Confectionery.—Local manufacturers are producing good articles, and tho consumption is gradually increasing. "Waters's colonial boiled, 6Jd; dry, Old; jujubes, Is Id; Keillor's assorted confections, 9Jd; Gray's, 9Jd; candied lemon and orange peel, dp., 10jd to Is; citron, Is 3d; jujubes, Is Id to Is 2d. Gum, Flax, &c.—Gum market is very quiet. Poor ordinary. £32 to £36 ; good ordinary, £38 to £42f; East Coast. £50 to £52. Flax : First quality, £20; second, £17 to £19; tow, £710s per ton. Cocoa* nnt fibre, £15 to £17 ; Cocoarmt oil (fine white), per ton, £35. Copra, per ton, £9 10s to £10. Fangus, 3d. Ironmongery.—Ewbank's nails, invoice, 10 per cont. off list galvanized corrugated iron, duty now 40s per ton, O, 7, 8 feet, £23 10s ; 9 feet, £25 ; 10 feet, £26 12s 6d; English bar iron, per ton, £9 to £10; pig iron, £4 10s to £5 58; plate iron, £12 to £13; fencing wire is overstocked, duty 20s per ton : assorted sizes, £1310s. Sheet-lead, £1910s to £2010s; pig-lead £18 (very scarce); sheet-zinc, £26 to £27. Powder, Kaimes', Curtis and Harvey's, 6d per lb.; Hall s Gd to 6jd; sporting (in canister), 2s; for 20 and 24, d.p. canister, No. 2, d.p., 3s Gd. Yellow metal, 7£d; Muntz, 7£d to Bd. Jamb, Dried Fruits, &c.—The duty under th new .tariff on dried fruit is 2d, and on pre* serves, I£<L English marmalade, llb.-tins, 7b Gd to 8s 6d; Moir's, 7s 3d ; Hobart jams, Knight and Johnson, Gs Gd; Peacock's, 7s; jars, 7d to 8d; Nelson (New Zealand), 6s 6d; Spink, Gs 6d; sultanas, 7£d to 8d; muscatels, Is 6d; elemes, 7d to 7M; currants, Sid to 5Jd; figs, Gjd to Bid; Turkish prunes. 3d to sd. Dried apples, ordinary, in kegs and • cases, o£d to 7d ; Alden's process, 7jd to Bd, d.p. i Leather and Hides.—Sole leather, 10d to Is 3d per lb.; kips, Is Gd to 2s ; runners, 2s Gd to 2s 9d; calf, colonial, 3s to 4s 3d; basils, 12s to 28s :

per dozen; closed uppers, 4s 6d to 9s 3d per pair. Hides, 3d to 3fd; calf skins, 3jd to3saperlb.; sheepskins, Gd to 6s. Manures.—Australian bonedust, £810s; £G 15s; Auckland, £7 to £6 10s; superphosphate of lime. £8 16s to £0 10s; boneflour, £8 to £9; Peruvian guano, £17 to £18 per ton; Jarvis Island, £4 per ton; animal manure, none; cocoanut oil cake (none); linseed cake, £12; Maiden Island guano, £7 10s; Huon Island guano, £<3; Hurst's chemical manuro, £1410^ Malt akd Hoph.—English malt is scarce, and no inquiry. is experienced. Colonial, 6s 3d. Hops: Nelson, Is 6d; glucose, £27 16s to £3110s, d.p.. delivered to brewery. Oilmen s Stores.—Price's Belmont d. ljd; 10$ d, d.p., per lb.; Doßoubaii Jenar, ojd. Brandon's Novas, and Gouda's Schiedam, D.R.0., Od; McLeod's Dunedin sperm, Bd, Local blue* mottled soap, £28 per ton; carbolic, £20; best yellow, £28; household, £15; first Crown£26; second Crown, £17; soft soap, in tins, 4jd per lb.; toilet, 9d to lOdper lb.; mould candles, 5d Ser lb.; all subject to trade discount. Salt: oarse,£3l2sGd;fino,£3l7sGd; Jordan almonds, 2s to 2s 6d. Blacking paste, Day and Martin's, 4s 9d. Colman's starch, No. 1: white, 4jd; blue, 4jd; Orlando Jones' starch, 4d. Gill and Tucker's starch, 4d. Mustard, d.p. : Champion's genuine 1-lb. book-shaped tins, 19s to 19s 6d; £-lb. tins, 9s 3d to 9s 9d; Colman's 1-lb. tins (rod), 10, 6d half ditto, 5s 9d; 7-lb. (tins (red to green), 7jd to Is; 1-lb. tins (green), 13s ; Hb. dittos 7s 6d; DSF £-lb. tins, 93 Gd; Keen's, 9s. Blue* Keckitt's Thumb, BJd; Paris, in squares, lOd" Keen's, Bjd. Matches : Vestas, d.p., Bryant and May's 250, per gross, 16s 9d; ditto, plaid, 4s 6d to 4s 9d; ditto, fancy oval, 22s Cd; Letchford's, 17s; Bell and Black's, 16s to 16s Gd; plaids. 4s 3d to4sod; R. Bel] and Co. 250's. 14s ; plaids. 4s to 4s 6d; Crown plaids, 4s 3d to 4s Cd; 250's, 16s. Oil: Castor in pints, 8s 3d; half-pints, 4s 9dtoss; quarter, pints, 4s 3d. Salad : C. and 8., pints, 13s to 14s; half-ditto, 7s Gd to 8s; Morton's pints, 10s ; half-pints, 5s 9d. Pickles : Stephens' pints, 7s; Crosse and Blackwell's, pints, 12s 9d * Pool's, 98; Morton's and others, from 8s to aos Gd. ' Rice (ground), in tins, 4Jd. Sauces: Lea and Perrin's, half-pints, 12s 9d • C and 8., half-pints, 9s; Miller's, 7sGd; Stephens'! 6s 6d; GoodhalTs Yorkshire Relish, Gs fid Vinegar, d.p.: Champion's, per gallon, 2s 4d* Pew's, 2s to 2s 2d ; Evans', 2s 2d; Burnett's, 2s 2s Id; Potts, Is lid. Treacle ! golden syrup 3Jd per lb. American honey, 2-lb. tins' 12s od, d.p. T Sago, 3d; tapioca, 3d. Coraflour: Brown's, 4fd, d.p.: Brown and Poison's 6jd; Johnston's. 6Jd: Wade's, 6a; Munns Gd Preserved milk : Nestle's, 3s 93 ; Milkmaid 8s 9dMilkman, 7s 6d. Tartaric acid, 2s 3d; croarn of tartar, la 8d; bicarb, soda, 16s to 17s: soda crytals, £710s to £8. Oils and Paints.—Duty 6d a gallon. Colza, In drams, 4a 3d; bulk, Ss lOd; linseed, boiled drums, 3s fid ; bulk, 3s ,6d ?*raw drums, 3b fld • bulk, 3s 3d; castor, in bulk, is 0d; kerosene, d.p.. Is 6d to Is 7Jd; kerosene, in bond, Is to Is Id. White lead, ground, nor cwt., genuine, 28s; No. 1 white lead, 245; "red lead dry, £1 10a. Oil colours, assorted, £1 10s to £1 18s. Turps, duty paid ; drums, 4s to 4s Od • American, 3s 9d; whiting,per ton, £4 los : reßin,' £9 to £9 10s (overstocked); American carriage varnish, 7s 6d to lis por gallon. PBOViaiOKa.—Cheese -Provincial, 8d to 9d: Canterbury, s}d to od. Salt'butter, lOd to Is for good sound. .Rice, d.p,, Eangoon, £22; Saigon, £23 • Japan dressed, £17, for parcels. Hams and bacon (duty, 2d per lb.); Canterbury hams , . and bacon, BJd- Hams and bacon, in cloth, 9Jd • bare, 9d ; bacon, bare, B}d; hams, bare, 10Jd • In doth, lid to Is. Fish : ling, 6£d; preserved red herrings, in tins, 30s to 32a per dozen (2-lb

tins): white, S£a per barrel; Findon haddocks, " 10s; lobsters, American)' libs., Bs9d to 93 6a; 21bs. f 18s; salmon, lib., 83 3d; pickled palmon, 3d; sardines (Albert's), quarters, 5s 9d; halves, 10s 9d; oysters, 6s 6d to 7s. > Suoab3, d.p—Sydney, No. 1, £37; Yarraville, 10, £37; IW, £41 to £42; brewers' crystals, £37 to-£4O; Mauritius whit© crystals, £37 to £38; bright, £35; yellow, £32 to £32 10a; English crushed loaf, sd; crushed, 4jd (very bare); Califorfiian cube, 4jd; Fijian rations, £24 to £23; yellow crystals and counters, £29 to £33; Penang Estate, Fiji, d.p., bright yellows, £31 to £33; white crystals, £37. SFi&nrs. —Urandy: Bouyer, Gouillet and Co., 25s ana 8s: Marcellaln's, case, S£2s 6d, IB; flask, 28s 6d; I half-flask, 35s 6d; quarter-flask, 53 6d, and in bulk i 7s 9d; Hermessy's brandy, bulks 13s 6d to 14s; case, 39s to 40s; Bisquit Dubouche and Co.'s pale, in hhds. and qr.-casks* 7s to 7s 6d; Beehive, - bnlk,Bs; Courvoisier's, case, 345; Otard's, case, 29s(nominal); bulk, 10s 6d; Beehive, case, 245; Bisqnit, Bubouche and Co.'s, 25s ; nine's, 28s; bulk, 8s ; Gautier's, 32s and 10s 6d; Bnrgaud's, 7s 3d to 7s 9d • Muller Frere's, 20s i Cavalier Frere's, 245; J. B. Rene's case, 225; Meukow, 30s and 103; Senimaud, 6s to 6s 6d; Dessandier's, 22s and 7s 6d. "SVhisky, bulk : Walker's WW, 10s; Greenless and Colville's 5s 6d to 6s 3d ; case, Xlob Roy, 18s ;• case, Eeith, Ross and Co.'s, 6s; Teacher's, 10s ; Yint's bulk, 7s 6d to 8s; Vint's case* 203 6d; Dunville's, 5s 6d; case, 18s; Lome Highland, 21s; Red Deer 6s 6d to 7s; case, 19s; Craig, 63 6d and 245; Heddle's old case, 16s 6d; Royal Blend, 245; Teacher's old, 28s 6d; Encore, 19s; Banagner, 19s; Walker's WW, 235; Jeraboam, 2Ss; LL, 22s 6d to 235; all in bond. Geneva, proof, 3 gallons, JDKZ, 15 bottles, 16s; 20 bottles, 19s; key, geneva, proof, 13s Schnapps, Wolfe's, 21s I 6d; Dew of the Alps, ;275. Gin. Booth's, 16s ; j Burnett's, 15s. Lownde' rum, 30 op, 4s 9dtoss; J Red Heart, case, 25ssd; Burnett's case, 225. j Key, 225. Teacher's white rum, 32s 6d in bulk, I d.p. Duty, 14s.- > ' I Timber. — Quotations arc as follows; — Kauri 1 boards and scantling cargoes, 100 feet, at mill, f.0.b., East Coast, 13s to 14s 6d, first- 1 class; Bs, second-class; at yards, Auckland, 15s to 16s first-class; 10s second-class. Flooring, 16s 6d to 17s 6d first-class; 12s second class; rusticated, 17s to 18s. West Coast, sawn kauri 10s; square baulk, 6s; white pine (kahikatea), 7s; T and G, 9s f.0.b., at mills; at yard, first-class. 14; second-class, lis; Hobart palings, 5 feet, 15a ; G feet, 17s; Hobart rails, £3 15s. Tobacco.—Duty, 3s 6d. Venus, 10s; three-quarter boxes, Is 3d; cases, Is 4d; Venus, Navy flat work, Is 6d; double-thick ditto, Is 8d; Over the Water, 10s; case Is 2d; Barrott's Crown, lid; Two Seas, Is Id to Is 4id ; Victory Twist, Is 4id; and cases, Is 6d; low, 10s, 9d to lid; Derby 13's, Is Id; Derby O's, Is 4d; Orion 14's, 13 3d; Cameron's Fancy' Aromatic, Is 711(1; Royato Is ; Standard, Is Id Old Virginia, and flat, twist Is 4d. Teas.—Prices range as follows (in bond):—Congous, common to good, 7Ad to Is Id; middling to fine kinds, Is ljd to "Is 4d ; Soryunes and Panyongs, la 4d to 2s; Souchongs and Chingwo Kaisows, la fldto 2s 3d, Indian was are now coming into the market regularly.' • Prices may be quoted far Semi-broken and fine Souchong kinds, Is 5d to 2s Id. ' Wines—Champagne, duty paid: Perier Jouetand Co/, first quality, quarts, 80s; pints, 84s; halfpints,, 945; second quality, quarts, 6Js; pints, 68s; half-pints, 78s. Ingleheim, quarts, EOs: 84s; Moet, quarts, 88s; pints, 90s; Roederer quarts, 100s; pints, 105 a; Pol. Roger and Co., 100s and 105s; Adolphe Collins, 60s and 70s; ditto extra superior, 70s, 80s. St. Huberts Australian, 22s per dozen. Messrs. Carbines and Taylor's Weekly Re* port.—Messrs. Carbines and Taylor held their usual Friday's sale of poultry, produce, etc. They report: Poultry fetched good prices. Ordinary fowls fetched Is 6d to 3s 3d ; Spanish, 3s 3d to 4s; brahmas, 3s 6d; ducks, 2s to 3s sd; geese, 4s 3d; turkeys, 4s to ss; young pigs, 5s 6d, 7s 9d. 17s 6d each. Produced Hams and bacon, 2d to Bid; Wairoa cheese, 6Jd per lb; potatoes, 3s to 4s 6d; onions, 2£d to 3Jd per lb ; carrots. 4s; butter, 2d to 4Jd inferior—good salt butter scarce; salt beef, lid to 2d per lb; oats, 2s 9d: maize, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; bran, 5s 6d, 6s j pig meal, ss; sharps, 6s 6d; oatmeal, 2d per lb ; flour, 9s to 14s. Groceries: Tea, 123 to 15s 6d per box; sugar, 3jd to 4jd ; biecaits, 5d per ib; i sax dine, 4s ; b.ue, Gd ; barley, 2d per lb; rice, 14s; candles, 9d per lb; kerosene, Is lOd per gallon. The clothing and sun* ! dries were cleared at good prlees. Messrs. John a>*d E. Leydon report sales for the week as being better than the week previous, bidding being spirited in every article offered. Oamaru potatoes biought £4 10s; tea, ex Hoihow, Is 8d per lb in 121b boxes ; Canterbury cheese, 4Jd to 5d ; bacon and ham, 9d tolOjd ; dairy fed bacon, 6d to 7d; onions, 3d; biscuits, in tins, 5d lb; flour, oatmeal, and soap at makers' prices. Household furniture, new, still in demand, and the follswing articles were disposed of. Couches. 35s to 455; oval and round tables, 22s 6d to 27s 6d ; stuffed bottom chairs, 7s to 8s; cane-bottomed, 4s 9d to ss; mirrors, 10s 6d 12s 6d ; hearthrug 3, Ga to 93 each; and carpets, 2s to 2s 3d per yard. __________ ; AUCKLANDI3TOCKBAND3SHARE2MARKET. We have had another quiet month in the stock market. ; hares arej in most cases, held firmly for higher prices,' with the necessary resalt of very limited sales, and until we get an easier money market, we cannot expect to see much alteration in this respect. There has been a fair demand for bank shares. Bank of New Zealand are quotod, sellers £22 12a 6d; Colonial 455, and National 72s 6d, and we have had a considerable enquiry for New Zealand Insurance at 765, and South British at 575, Colonial at 8s 3d. Timber shares nave alio been in request at low rates. There has been a decided improvement in the demand for gold mining shares, more particularly for Te Aroha stocks. This district bids fair, at no distant date, to become a large gold producer. It is expected that the tramway connecting the mines with the battery will be completed during thi3 month, and from the appearance of the reefs and tests that have been made, there should be a very large quantity of dirt that will run two ounces and over to the ton. Shares in this locality have advanced in price very considerably, more particularly the stocks of those companies that have made arrangements with the battery to crush at the rate of 10s per ton. The leading mines are the Premier, Colonist, New Find, Werahiko, Waitoki, Vulcan, Eureka, Canadian. The Karan?ah*ke district is also reported to be doing well, "but these shares are not yet much on the market. At Coromandel, mining matters are dull, but the prospects of the Tokatea, Just-in-Time, Corby and others, are very encouraging. At the Thames, the Prince Imperial still continues to pay good dividends, and the Deep Level Cross is -driving on steadily at the 649 feet level, and a few days age cafca ltader. The country is all that could be desired, and It is confidently expected that before long the reef should be in hand, ff rich gold is got at this depth, it will at once give permanency to mining on the flut, and from present prospects we s.iould have a busy summer and a large increase in the out-turn of gold. The following quotations will give a fair idea of the market value of stocks and the course of sales Company. Buyers. Sellers. effected. £- s. d. £ s. d. Bank of N. Zealand' — 22 12 6 £■" 10/ National Bank .. 312 0 .3 13 0 ~72/B Colonial do. .. — ■ 2 5 0 New Zealand Insur. 316 6 — 78/n South British d 0... 217 0 — 50/57/R National do. — 16 0 F. DiO J\ d , 0 ' " " 140 15 0 24/24/6 Standard .. ... — 014 0 Colonial do. .. 0 8 3 0 9 0 8/38/8 Accident do. .. 07 3 — 7/3 Loan & Mercantile — 5 15 0 — National Mortgage — 1 10 0 Auckland Gas .. — 912 6 £910/ Thames do. .. — 1 10 0 — U. Sash & Door Co. — 712 0 £710/ 712/6 Auckland Timber 6 2 6 5 0 0 £5 to £5 3 6 New Zealand do. .. — 517 0 £515/ Mercury Bay do. .. — 0 14 0 — N. Z. Shipping Co. — 410 O 96/ Devonport Ferry — . 0 18 O Coromandel Steam — 0 16 0 — Northern Steam .. — 08 6 8/ Taupiri Coal .. — 018 0 15/0 New Zealand Drtts — 14 6 "4/ Gold Mining Shares. Deep Level Cross .. 0 2 6 0 3 0 3/2/9 Prince Imporial .. 113 o 115 0 33/6 Waiorongemai .. — 016 1/0 Vulcan .. .. _ _ Canadian .. ..0 3 3 03 6 2/3/6 Colonist .. -. 07 9 08 0 5,07/0 Success .. ..0 4 0 — _ Waitoki .. .. 04 2 04 6 3/64/6 Werahiko .. ..0 6 6 07 0 6/9 Premier . .. _ 015 0 14/, 17/, 15/ New Find .. ..0 8 6 09 0 6/9/ Eureka .. .. _ 03 6 3/6 Vermont _ 0 10 vr, Lucky Hit .. _ 03 0 _ ' Ivanhoe .. .. — 02 0 — Victoria ' / fil . Wellington.. — _ ' 2/ Welcome .. .. — J. Moanataiari Hand of Friendship London .... — _ S. Cross Petroleum — South Pacific do. ..0 3 0 0 4 0 v/n Boss United, 3s paid — .1 Alex. Saunders, Auckland, ITew Zealand, St °° k Sh3rotooto r. October 6,1883. GALL AND DIYID3ND LIST. oalln, £ a. d. Date. Coro. Just-in« Time Q.M.Co: .. 0 1 0 — Oct 10 lona G.M.Co. 0 0 6 - Oct.' 10 Darwin G.M.Co. .. .. 0 0 3 Oct 10 Extended G.M. Co 0 0 3 — Oct' 10 Queen of Beauty G.M,Co. ..010— Oct 10 Oriental G.M. Co.V „ .. 00 3 - Oct. 1° Reut'en Tatr G.M.Co 0 0 6 — Oct. 24' St. Heller's and Northcoto L. 0 1 S Not 1 Now Corby G.M.Co O O 3 — Nov.' 14