COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6936, 9 February 1884, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

. N«w Zialakd Hehald Offioe. ; Tub Customs reoeipts to-day vexe £12lTsa6d. ■ iUa-Ks. Oabbiues and Taylor's Refokt.—Good businesj during the present week and fain amount of general produce and friiit en'-erod. Wednesday's sale: A good attendance and fair prices maintained throughout.all departments,' Fruit market : -But very little entered. Peaches are very small, and sell at from ld:toi}ddoz;; pears small, lid to 3d; nectarines, -id to 6Jd ; apples, ljd to 3Jd; bananas, Id to 3d. Produce : Prime Canterbmy b»con and hams, Bd to 9id, and lid ; inferior ditto, 2d to'ljd ; potatoes, 2s 6A to' 4s 3d, market well anpplfad. A general assortment of drapery soldwell at owners' rate».. .Furniture, jewellery, anfl.fancy goods all cleared. Friday market, sale day : A very larfrq attendance,; biddinc spirited. Pouftryc &ounjrJ chicks. Oil: to Is .Id ;, full grown fowls, Is 3d to2s 9d ; ducks 2s to 2s 9d ; cochin china fowls. 3* to 5s ; young turkojfs, 3s toAs 9d ; bantams, Is to Is 6d pair ; tumbler pigeons, (is' Oil ; young ennv ries, 9s to lfls each ; goldfinches, Is (5d to 7s ; young pigs sell freely: at from' 9s toi7s fcd ; rabbits, Is 6d ; cattle and tax terrier don, 7s to 10s ; hams medium. 4d- to 6d ; -auperior Canterbury, ditto. 7d- to-lid - ; bncon.-fair, id to Od ; keg beef, Id to °2d ; new corned butter,' 4d to Oi<l. The market for potatoes is glutted and move off slowly- good sample 4s 3d, inferior 2s to 8s; .oatmeal, 3a 9d 251b. bag ; sharps, 5s (id ; maize and oats aro rising—maize 4s, and oats 2s 9d to Ss; brin.'oi'fld'; cliaff. 2<" t j 3s bag", p!g me»l, 5s 6d. Groceries : Tea in half-cUes|;>,.ls 3d to Is lOd ; boxes, losto2os ; 121b. ties superior tea,' 21s : keroiene. Is lOd gallon ; sugar, brown, a}d ; white sugar, 4Jd ; coffee li» lib. tin vis 3a : coepu, Is 7d lb.; chocolate, Iβ 6d ; nutmogs. 0^ , .: spice, Is lOd ; sardines. 6s 6d ; salmon, 7s ; vinpjsr, 7s 6il doz pint bottles; an assortment of s*u«e, ; 4s to 6s Cd doz.; indigo blue, Is 2d ; starch. 7d : pickles, assorted, 4s 9d tc 9s doz. bottles. The drapery removed to mart for convenience of S'le realised good prices.' i'urnituro : Sofas, 16s to 30s ; chairs, 5s to 10s ; iron bedsteads, 10s 6d to ! 50s ; wood bedsteads, 9s to 30s ; pallißSses, 9s to 13s ' 64 ; mattrissßS, 10s',p 25s ; lop tables, 12s 6d to 18s od.; rockers, 18s to'iStfs. An as<brtment of new cutlery fetched fair prices,'and all sold. Jewellery : Watches, silver jjene.ya'and levars^realised,good prices : gonts' gold rin'ge.'plns, an.l silver chains, &c, all cUttSd at prices satisfactory. t i IQessrs." J. and ' E." ILuYDOsr report the week has fairly Brisk in all def.arttnents, more eipecially in tho fuVhUhirig—line, "all "articles o{ furniture realising satisfactory Tinreserved s»les;.were held on Tuesday."Tvednesaay, and Thursday, the articles In all cases bringing the amount of reserve that* haa previously been plac&'t on them. Suites of furniture realised from £5 10s to £16165, according to quality; 100 tablet, from-25s upwards; washstunds, from 10s to 15s; dressinj "tablsf., from 8s to 15s; iron bedSteads, double .403. tp.,l7s 6d, single 25s each; spring mattr«se«s,'frorn 30».t0 i)0s : kitchen tabled, 12s ftd to 15s. "We: also ! quitteiil a' large quantity of olotliing, cutlery,'electropLite gijpds, brushwaro, pictures, and bedding at remurieratin n aates.' The demand for produc9 .durfn; the week <v,3.% great, for onions especially, which- we're'scarfce.'" W«' sold large lines at Id andl ljd per lb. Good quality Hobart potatoes brought £i to £4 10s per ton: kidneyn realising as much at £ft per ton. Wheat, 3s 3d .per ■ bushel; Walroa "olieeso brought fr6m-3}d'io li}d per lb ; tea, 20s per box ; flour, 14s per lOOlbs/; asd sugar, 88s per cwt.