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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7645, 24 May 1886, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, Saturday afternoon. The Customs duties to-day were £95 0s Sd. The duties collected at the Customs for the weekending May 22 were as follows : — Duties - MM 7 11 Beer duty ™ 171 6 9 Light dues 29 16 S Forms and lees .- . . .. 8 5 3 Port charges (Onehunga) .. "12 C Other roceipta .. — -• 39 2 9 £4.492 11 10 Mr. R. Arthur's Weekly Report.— Ths report for last week was not given en account of press of business. A good steady bu»iuess has boon done during the past fortnight in all departments. Auction sales hava been well attended, and fair prices obtained. Potatoes of gocd quality are in fair demand, hut few of the local grown are such, and bate to bo sold s.t very low prices. Bat few now on hand. Tho Canterbury ones ar» not of first-class quality ; a good sample is worth £4 103 to £5. Carrots and pumpkins are aellinp at low prices. Onions, but few to hand Chceac in fair demand, and all cleared out. Bjccn: But little to hand. Keally good is wanted iiecond-clais will only sell at low prices. Butter: No goad to hand ; second-class and inferior difficult to ■ell at any piice. Fruit: Local supply greatly decreased, but pries have Eot advanced much on accopnt of the .shipuisnts from Qotmrt, which have sold at low prices, being inferior. Furniture has boon in good tleoiaud, both privately and at .auction, Monday: Salo of witches, jewollery, etc., at mart. There was a good attendance, and a fair amount of business was none. A cottage of four rooms with scullery, with freehold allotmont, situated in Haslett-street near New North Road, sold for £160 cash. Tramway shares were not sold. the reserve was 10s. Tuesday: sale of pianos, household furniture, etc., at mart. It was wall attended, fair competition, and a large quantity sold at satisfactory prices. Wednesday: Sale of produce, local and Hobart fruit, etc. A good number were present, but bldaing was languid, Ilcbart fruit was not in good condition. Prices ruled low. Hobart apples sold at 3s to 6s3d per case; local apples brought ljd to 2d per lb, pears 1 Jrl to 2d. Thursday: Sale of household furniture, etc., at a house in Grey-street. A fair attendance, and satisfactory price: wore outlined. Sale of jewellery, etc., at mart was fairly well attended, but bidding was very languid ; but little sold, at low prices. The bulbs from Hobart also sold at very low prices. Friday : Market-day sale of poultry, produce, fru.t, and groceries, at mart. A lair supply, large attendance, and large quantity of stuff changed hands at fair prices. Poultry was entered in good quantity, and in better condition than of late, but prices wore not much higher. Pigs; continue at a very low price, and difficult to sftll at that. Fowls Is Id to2s 3d, Erahmas Is lid to 5s 9J, Spanish 2s 9d to 7s 6d, turkeys 2* to 3s f>d, ducks Is lOd, geese 3s 34 to 4a. pigeons Is, 3inall p ; ;s 3s to lis, potatoes Is 3d to 4i Od par cwt. pumpkins 23 (!d to 33 4J, mangolds lid to Is, carrots 2s 6d, onions |d to ljd per lb, local apples ljd to 2}d per lb, pears ljd to 2}d, lemons 8d per dozen, Island oranges t>d per dozen, wheat 3s 9d per bushel, cats 2s Sd, chaff 2s per sack, Dran 61 6d per sack, sharps 7s 61 per 100, flour £9 10s to £10 10s, biscuits 4jd to 6(i, butter (pastry) 2d to Sd, cheese 3 1 to ad, bacon and hams 6d to Bid. tea 22s to 24s per box, half-chests Is 2d per lb, sugar 3d to 3jjd. confectionery bid, boiled lollies 4}d, salt sd, honey 2jd to 4Jd. AUCKLAND STOCK AND SHAKE MARKET The stringency of the money market has affected stocks for some time past; transactions have been of the most limited character, and prices continue very low, still there i 3 not much disposition to force sales ; in most cases shares are held for baiter times. It is difficult to get mora than six to seven per cent, for lar*B sums on good freehold socuritiis. 6m»ll sums have been invested at eight per cut. The population of Auckland shows a very largo increase during the last five year* placing, this city in the position of being the Dremier city (if New Zealand ; and all things considered, though trade is restricted, business i* in a fairly sound condition. The Bank of New Zealand have paid the usual dividend, and shares are now quoted at £20. Sales havo been made at lower rates. but the market appears to he hardening somewhat. Gas shires maintain the quoted rales, auout £11, and New Zealand Insurance shirts have been dealt in at £3 103. All other stocks ar.) dull of sa'e. The following will show the course of quotations for the month :— Company. Eu >' ors - Scllers - effected. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of N. Zealand 19 15 0 20 0 0 £19/10 to £20 National do. .. 1 16 0 — - Colonial do. .. — 22 0 42/ N. Z. Insurance .. — 3 10 0 71,70/ South British do. .. 112 6 115 o National do. .. — 0 14 0 — Union do — 110 21/ Colonial do. .. — 0 5 0 — Auckland Gas, old — — £11 Do., new issue — 5 12 6 — Thames (i;is Co. .. — 114 6 — V. Sash & Door Co. — 1 10 0 — Auckland Timber.. -■ 3 10 0 — KZ. do. .. — 5 0 0 — Mercury Bay do. .. — 0 14 0 — Loan is Mercantile — 4 2 0 — N Z. Land Mortgage — 110 cum — laupiriCoa! Co. ..166 — — National Mortgage — 10 0 — Gold Mining Shares : Cambria .. ..090 010 C 14/3 to 9/6 Darwin .. .. — 0 9 0 12/ to 10/ Moanataiari .. - 0 11 0 11/3 Do. Extended .. — 0 1 0 6d to 1/1 Old Caledonian .. — 0 7 6 4/ to b/6 New Manukau .. 0 011 0 11 — .doline .. ..018 020 1/7 Stlverton .. „ 0 3 6 0 4 0 3/, 3/10,3,7 Telephone .. ..010 — — Ross United .. 0 8 0 010 0 - Humphrey's Gully — 0 7 0 — Alex. Saunders, Stock and Sharebroker. Auckland, May 22, 1850. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. call*. £ I. d. Date. North N.Z. Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association .. ..010 — May 2G Old Caledonian G.M. Co. ..010 — May 31 N.Z. Sugar Co 5 0 0 — June 18 DIVIDENDS. N.Z. Land Mortgage Co. .. 7p. c. — Now ;