COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XI, Issue 6929, 1 February 1884, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

o Nbw Zbaland Hebald Office. Thursday eveninsr. The Customs receipts to-day were £506 12s 6d. Business during the past week has been somewhat interfered with by the holiday on Regatta Day, but still a fair amount of business ia reported. In butter we have no alterations to report, but in eggs we have to note a rise of 3d per doz. Batter we <*uote at 3d per lb. wholesale, aDd lOd per lb. retail. Eggs are now la 3d per doz. wholesale, and Is 6d per doz. retail. The kauri gum market still continues brisk, several eood sales being reported for the week. Prices remain unchanged, but are firm. The Antares takes a part cargo for the London market, and already shipments are waiting for the barque Lutterworth, which is also to be placed on the berth for the same port. The receipts for the month amount to 453 tons. In other lines we have no alterations to note. 'With the return of flue weather outdoor trades have increased in briskness, and the various new buildings now in course of erection are rapidly being pushed on towards completion. Messrs. Vaile and Douglas held a sale of land and houses at their rooms, Shortland-street, yesterday. There was a large attendance, and the bidding for several lots was spirited. The following were sold :—Subdivision of Woodhouse Farm —Lot 1, 33 acres, 31s per acre; 2, 107J acres, 42s 6d per acre; 5, 43a 3r 32p, 50s per acre ; 12, 76J acres, 21s per acre ; 13, 84J acres, 21s per acre; 14, 77 acres, 20s per acre ; 15, 83J acres, 21s per acre ; 16, S3J aores, 21s per acre; 17, 57 acres, 25s per acre ; 18, 69 acres, 47s 6d per acre. Cottage aud stables, West-street, Newton, £310.

THE AUCKLAND MARKETS.

Garden and Orchard Produce.— WhoieiaU: Apples, 8s to 12s Gd per cue; Pears, none; Lemons, ner doi., 6d to Is; Onions, per lb., 3id to 4d ; Celery, per doz., 2s to 4s; Garlic, 3d to 6d per lb ; Pumpkin, 8s 6d to 10s per cwt; Cocoanuts, Ss to 10s per 100: Oranges, lOd to Is 3d per doa. ; Bananas, ljd to 2d • Pine Apples, Ss to 9s 6d ; Oranges, 7s 6d to 9s ou per case ; Mandarins, Ss 6d to lis 6d. Bttail: Oranges, Is 3d to 2s per dos.; Lemons, 2d to 3d each; Onions, per lb., 6d to 7d Apples, per lb.2d to 6d; Pears, none; Celery, pel bundle, 2d to 6d: Pumpkin, per lb, ljd to 2d; Bananas, 3d to Sd ; Garlic, Sd to 9d per lb; New Potatoes, Id to 2d per lb. Preserved and Dried Fruits. — Wholttale: Dried Prunes, 6Jd to 7d; Crystalized Pine Apples Is to Is 3d per lb: Preserved Ginger, Is to Is 2d: Peanuts, ljd to 2d; Barcelona, 6Jd to 7d per lb.; Shelled Nuts. 9d to Is; Brazil. 6d to 9d. Bttail: Dried Prunes. Sd to lOd; Crystallsed Pine Apples, Is 9d to 2s per lb,; Preserved Ginger, Is 9d to 2s; Peanuts, Sd to Is; Barcelona Is te Is 6d; Shelled Nuts Is to Is 6d: Brazil. 9d to Is. Farx axd Dairy Produce.— WholttaU : Butter, fresh, Sd ; Butter, salt, Sd to 7d; Cheese, good local sdto6d: Canterbury, do., Sd to 7d; Eggs, per doz.. Is 3d ; Lard, per bladder, 7Jd ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, 6d to 8d; Hams, 8d to 9d: Canterbury Ham and Bacon, 9d, in cloth ; Hams only, lid; Jams, per case, 5 doz., £1 17s 6d to £118s 3d: Fowls, per pair, 2s 6d to 4s ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected. Is 6d to Is 9d per lb. Retail: Milk, per quart, 4d: Butter, fresh. lOd; salt do., Sd to lOd; Cheese, colonial, do., 9d to lOd ; Eggs, per doz.. Is 6d; Lard, per lb, 6d to 9d; Fowls, each. 2s to 3s ; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s: Geese, do., 5s to 7s; Turkeys, do., each. 5s to Ss 6d; Bacon, per lb., lOd to Is ; Hams, do., Is to Is 4d. Ha; ast Cork Markjet.—JFfcolsiats .* Malie, local, 2s lOd to 3s; Oats, 2s 5d ts 2s 7d ; Wheat. 4s 6d to 4s 9d; fowl, 3s 3d; Barley, 2s 9d to 3s 3d; Malting Barlej; Ss to 5s 3d (no demind); Hay, meadow, per ton. pressed, £6 to £6 6s; Lucerne, do., £6 to £6 10s (nominal): Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s; Chaff, mixed, £5; Oaten Chaff £8; Hay. oaten. £5 to £6 : Clover. £5 10s to £7: Potatoes, per ton, £4 10s to £8. Retail: Maize, 3s 6 1 to 4s: Oats, do., 2s 9d to 3s 3d; Bran, per lOOlbs., 8s; Sharps, per lOOlbs., 6s; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s 6d to 4s: Barley, feed do., 3s 6d to 4s; Hay, per cwt., 6s Cd'to 7s; Lucerne, do., 7s 6d to 3s; Oaten.do., 6s to 7s; Straw, do., Ss to 4i; Chaff, do., 7s to Ss 6dKauri Gum and Flax Marb.it. — The gum market is firm at prices quoted below. Receipts for month to date, about 4S i tons. The following quotations approximate to present rates :—Poor ordinary, £38 to £40; fair to good ordinary £40 to £42; superior do., £43 to £14; East Coast, £57 to £58. Flax, per ton, £18 to £21; Tow, do., £7 to £9; Fungus, per lb., 2jd to 3d; Cccoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax. 9d to lOd lb. Coal and Firewood Market—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), cargo, 30s to 33s per ton ; yard, 32s to 355. Bay of Islands, at yards, 275, scarce ; screened, 30s; ditto atthe mine, 13s; ship's side, 26s to 265. Waikato, 8s to 12s; in Auckland, 18s to 225. Kamo, 12s per ton at loading ground. Taupirl at mine, Ss 6d to 12s; at yard, 18s 6d to 225. whangarei. at mine, 9s 6d; yard (steam), 17s; household, 21s delivered 235. Firewood: Uncut at wharf (cargo), 9s to 10s per ton; delivered. 14s: cut. 17s to 18a. Manures.—Bonedust, Sydney, £810s to £9 according to quality; Boneflour, £9 10s; Auckland, £7 to £810s ; Peruvian guano, £18 ; Maiden Island, £8 Huon Guano, small lots, £5 to £6, bags included; Hurst's Chemical Manure. £14 10s. ■i nt M * ""— WhnhunU • Superfine FloHr, silk bagsfree: Southern, d 0.,£10 10sto £1110s ; BrSuSSSS-• ton (sacks included), local, £5: Southern, do., £5; Sharps, £5 10s: Cabin Bread, do., £18; Oatmeal, do., £12 10s to £13; Pearl Barley, do., £23 to £24 ; Bread, per 21b loaf. 3JdSeeds.—Lucerne, Is 3d ; White Clover, per lb., Is to Is Id ; Red Clover, per lb., 9d to lOd; Cowgrass, per lb.. Is to la 2d ; Alsyke, per lb.. Is to Is 2d ; Trefoil, uer lb., 7d to 8d; Timothy, per lb., 7d ; Rape, per lb., id to 5d ; Purple-top Abor. Turnip, per lb., Is 3d; Green-top AVer. Turnip, per lb., Is 3d; Green Globe Turnip, per lb., Is; i*r.iirie Grass, per bushel, 7s to Ss; Ryegrass, per bushel, 5s to 6s; Cocksfoot per bushel, about Ss, Buii-DrNO Materials.—Timber: Boards and Scantling, 100 ft., 10s to 15s, best dressed, 18s to 19s 6d: second class, 93 to 12s 6d; rustic weather boards, 17s to 18s. Mills : Cargo, best, 12s to 14s 6d ; second class, 6s to Ss. Balk, 6s 6d to 7s. Bricks (at Whau), 35a to 40s; Town Yards, £2 6s to £2 10s per 1000. Drain Pipes, per 1000, 6 Inches bore, 30s; 4 inches, 14s; 3 inches, 9s; 22 inches, £2 5b per 1000; Socket Glazed Pipes, 18 inches, Ss; 15 inches, 2s 6d; 12 inches, 2s; 19 inches. Is Sd: 0 inches. 8d: 4 inches, 6d per foot MiHOKLLANEpus.—Kerosene, from Is 7d to Is 8d ordinary brands ; Fencing Wire, No. 6, 7, and 8, assorted, £14 10s to £15 10s per ton ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick Lime, in stone ls6d to 2s. New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s 6d to 10s ; 6ft., 13s; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100; Puriri Posts £6 to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to 16a 6d per 1,000 ; Hobart Palings, 6ft., 15s to 19s; 6ft., 17s to 21s; Hobart Rails, 75s to 85s. Buying and selling quotations. Butchers' Meat.—Rsfat't: Roasting Beef, per lb.. 4d to 6d; Boiling Beef, do., 3d to 6d ; Mutton, hindquarter, do., 4d; do., fore-quarter, do., 3d; Lamb, 3s to 4s quarter; Pork and Veal, per lb., do., 6Jd to 7d; Steaks do., 6d to 8d; Chops and Sausages, 4d to 6d. WTwltiah: Tallow, mutton, per cwt., 48s to 50s mixed, do., 25s to 35*. New Zealand Flax Rope.—Prices subject to trade terms. Rope of all sizes, per ton, £40; Tarred Yarn, do., £40; Wool Lashing, do., £38.

LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS. AUCKLAND.

Mr. Altred Buckland's Weekly Report.—At the Haymarket, on Friday, January 25, fodder was plentiful. Oaten hay brought from 4s to 4s 6d; meadow hay, 3s 3d per cwt. Horse stock were in visual number, aDd without alteration in values. A strong riding horse brouirht £28. At Papaknra, on Wednesday, a larger than usual muster of stocx of all kinds met with a steady demand at full values, and there was an improved enquiry for dairy cattle. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle near their profit were in demand. Store cattle at low values. Fat cattle were yarded in full number, and with no improvement in value: The trade have bought in excess of their immediate wanti, and unless small markets for a week or two, the prices will be permanently low. Fat sheep were in fall supply, but maintained their price, ranging from 2d to 2Jd the lb. Store sheep were -dull of sale. Lambs were in moderate number, and late values ; best quality brought from 10s to 14s each. Pigs continue in good demand at satisfactory prices. Tho averages were: 60 Hawera oxen. £7 1"S ; 18 steers, J. L. Tole, £6 ; 8 steers, P. K. Fraser, £5 lis ; 23 steers, J S Grahame, £7 2s ; 12 cows, N. Hunt, £4 ; 7 head, J. M. M»rtin, £5 7s 6d; 200 Shropshire Down wethers, J. C. Firth, 14s 8d ; 240 wethers, Auckland Agricultural Company, 14s 6d; 22 lambs. Lindsay, 14s; 25 lambs, Sturges, 10s 9d ; Gano, 10s ; 65 lambs, J. and C. Gould, 10s 6d. Messrs. Hunter an"d Nolan's Report.—Horses: The supply has beon up to tho average. Tho Durham Yards were well filled on Friday, and horses of all classes met a fair market, the draft from Hawera selling at satisfactory prices to the vendor. There still remains a good demand for sound heavy draught and coach horses. There was not -ny noteworthy alteration in late quotations. On Satusday we held a privato sale at Mr. Hay's farm, at Hetcnsville. The dairy cows, wh'.ch were really first-class, elicited keen competition, and sold at high rates ; young stock also sold welL The farm mare fetched £35, and the implements at their value ; the Hereford bull (threoquarter bred), £7 15*. Hides, skins, and wool: Consequent on the holidays we held our usual Tuesday's weekly sale on Monday, and prices were as followß :— Hides, 2}d to 33d; skies, from Is to 2s lOd ; bags of wool, 2jd to 5Jd par lb. Cattle : Notwithstanding wo bold our Junction sale on Wednesday, tbera was a large muster of all classes. Dairy cattle were in Improved demand, and, with few exceptions, all in were disposed of at an advance on late prices, store cattle especially ; steers were in good demand at late quotations. Sheep: The yards were well filled. The draft of Shropshire downs from Matamata were first-class mutton, and met keen competition ; lambs in modern to supply, and sold at from 6* 6d to 15s. Pigs in average supply and improved demand. THAMES CATTLE MARKET. Messrs. Banks and Co.'* Weekly Report (by Telegraph).—At Parawai. on Thursday, fat cattle were In full supply, a " °' choice quality. Prices were barely sustained at last week': quotations, 22s to 23s per lOOlbs. being the average obtained. Sheep were tn very large numbers. Cross-bred ewes, of good quality, brought 9s 3d to 13s 9d. Merino wethers were withdrawn. Lambs were in usual supply, and sold at Ss to 9s 6d each.