COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6937, 11 February 1884, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Niw Zealand jlcbald Office. Saturday afternoon. The Custom* receipts to-day were £254 18s Id. The duties collected at the Customs during the week amounted to :— Duties - £7,722 10 4 dues 87 7 0 Gold duty 627 8 6 Forms and fees M .. 10 19 0 Beer duty 324 8 5 Other receipts 41 10 6 JZS. SH 2 6 . Jlit- R. Arthur's Weekly Report.—The week has been an active one. The supply of fruit of all kinds has bem large, and prices good for large stuff in good condition, except for peaches, the quantity to hand of these has been much greater than the demand, and s large quantity wore small and inforior ; therefore prices have ruled very low, in fact very dilHcult to get off. Only the best samples, carefully packed in small cases, should be sent to this marker. Many are carelessly packed and inferior quality, which brings the price so low that those of better quality And properly packed will uot pay for the trouble. Potatoes have recedcd in price ; could not get more than 3a to 3s 6d for any quantity yesterday. Oniocs moved off more freely at 1:1 to ljri per pound. But little bacon to hand, good is wanted. Cheese has come to hand freely ; the demand is not great, prices rule low. Butter : Demand limited; all to hand sold. Furniture, etc.. in fair demand. Sales of fruit and produce onty have been held thts week. Tnesdar : Sale of produce and fruit, a large attendance, brisk bidding. Oats sola at 2s to 2s 3d ; fowl wheat, os to 3s Id ; damaged, 2s 4d : flour. &S 5s ; chcexe, 1-id to 3d ; onions, Id ; hams, S&d ; box tea,' 10s to lis Gd ; J-chest, Is 3d per lb. ; Nelson apples, 5s 3d to 10s tid per case ; plums 4d to 7d per lb.; apricots, !M to lOd per lb.; Auckland apples, l}d to 2£d ; pears, l}d to 3d ; peaches, l£-d to 3£d per lb., and 2A to 7<l per doz.; nectarines, 3d to 4Jd psr lb. ; plums, 5d to sjd; lemons. Is per doz.; Fiji bananas, Id to l}d per lb.; cocoanuts, (is to Ss per sick; Auckland pcarf, to lid per pock ; potatoes; 3s Gd to 3s 9d per cwt. Thursday : tfato of fruit. The attendance was large, and for good fruit smart competition ; apples sold at li£d to 4Jd per lb. ; pears, l|d to 3d; reaches. Id to2Jd per lb., and lid to 7d per doz.: nectarines, lid per lb. ; plums. Id to 4jd ; lemons, Is id to Is 2n per <1oz.; peas, Is per puck; French beans. lOd. Friday: Market day. sale of poultry, produce, fruit, etc. ; a largo number wure present throughout the wholo of the day. The sale continued until near six o'clock A large quantity of fruit entered; all but peaches brought good prices. A fair number of poultry were entered. Prices ruled » little lower than lately. Fowls, Is 7d to 2s Gd ; chicks, Sd to Is 2d ; turkey?, 4s 3d ; Guinea fowls, 4s ; geese. 3s Sd ; ducks, 2* to ,2s 4d ; pigeons. Is 2s to 33 ; pigs, 12s Gd to 22a; cochins, tis Oil; brahmas, 4s 3d; potatoes. 2s 3d to 4s ,9d ; onions, Id to lid; pickling onions, lid; pumpw..v. . «id to Is Id; beans. 6d to 7d ; oats, 2s sd; maize, 3s 7U ; wueai, on m , os 5d ; bran, ss; flour, £5 to £13 10s ; apples, ljd to ssd ; pears, ljd to 2Jd ; plums, to 63d; peaches, 3d to per lb., $d to 4d pur dozen, and 2s 6d to 3s 7d per case; damsons, lid to 3jfd; nectarine*. 2Ad to 3£d ; lemons, Is lid per dozen ; butter, 61 to 8d; bacon, 3d to 7^d; cheese, 2£d to 5d ; tea (per box?, 345; sugar, 4£d ; confectionery, 8d per lb.; salt, 5s 64; biscuits, 5d to 6d ; honey, l>d.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST.

CALLS. £ s.d. Date. TJnion Oil, Soap, & Candle Co. 0 10 — Fob. 11 Humphrey's Gully G.M. C 0... 0 10 — Feb. 11 Kttraka G.M. Co 0 0 1J- Feb. 13 Kmily G.M. Co 0 0 1 — Feb. J3 Cambria. G.M. Co 0 0 3 — Feb. 13 New Union Beach G.M. Co. .. 0 0 3 — Feb. 13 Crown G.M. Co. .. .. 0 0 0 — Feb. 13 Old Golden Calf G.M. Co. ..010 — Feb. IS Army G.M. Co 0 0 3 — Feb. 13 Magnolia G.M. Co. .. _ 0 0 3 — Feb. 13 .Lucky Hit G.M. Co 0 0 3 — Feb. 13 Southern Cross Petroleum Co. 0 0 3 — Feb. 13 Darwin G.M. Co. .. ..010 — Feb. 13 Vermont C.M. Co 0 0 3 — Feb. 13 Auckland Turkish BalJis C 0... 0 5 0 — Feb. 2G