COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7923, 15 April 1887, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, j Thursday evening. Business generally is rather better, and a more active enquiry for Imports is being ex. perlenced. Stooks are not heavy, and many lines are absolutely short. This fact is giving a better tone to the market, and the law of supply and demand is regulating prices rather in favor of holders. There are few items in market movements worthy of special mention. Pepper is slightly easier. Hudson's Extract of Soap is being quoted at a trifling advance, the overstook being largely oleared by shipments South. The spot demand is not quite so good, owing to the greater cheapness of the one or two local preparations of similar character which appear to be gaining in favour. Sugars are unaltered. Brown crystals are scarce, and yellows are generally in "low stock, Company's No. 3 having the bulk of the demand. , The inquiry for n»h is Slackening now that Lent is over. There has been a better demand for ling and herring this season than has been known for years. Case vinegar and second brand starch may be referred to as short lines. The inquiry for jam and dried fruit remains very quiet. Currants, however, command full prices. We learn that the Union S.S. Company have given the contract for the supply of j»m to all their boats to Kirkpatrick and Co., of Nelson, the selection being made from allcomers, either New ZeaUnd or Victoria, and based upon quality without regard to price. In the grain and produce market, maize is slightly firmer, as also potatoes. We quote: Maize, 3s lOd ; oats, 2» to 2s 3d ; milling wheat, 3s 9d to 4s ; fowl wheat, none ; potatoes, £4 ss. In the local produce market tho prices remain unchanged. Eggs are Is 6d per dozen wholesale, and Is 9d per dozen retail; while butter varies from Sd to lOd per lb wholesale, and lOd to Is per lb retail. The supply of butter appears to be dropping off somewhat in quantity, and the quality of some it shows an improvement as compared with what it was a few weeks ago. This is probably due to the fact that the nights are beginning to get a little cooler than they were. KAURI GUM MARKET. This market is steadier, although we have not so far heard of any advance in price. One large line of East Coast gum has changed hands at a price which has not transpired. Supplies for the 13 days of April amount to 141 tons. We quote : Poor ordinary, 30s ; fair ordinary, 3Gs to 40s ; best ordinary, 44s ; and East Coast, 53s to 57 b. THE AUCKLAND MARKETS. (Corrected up to noon of Thursday.) Farm asd Dairy Produos.— Wholetale : Butter fresh, Sd to lOd per lb, according to quality ; salt, 5Jd, nominal, not being in demand; Cheese, good local. 6i to 6Ad: Canterbury, do., none; Eggs, uer doz., Is 6d ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., 6}d to 7d; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, 6d to 8d ; Hams, did to Sid; Canterbury Bacon 7d (new cure); equal numbers Hamsand Bacon, bare, 7id ; Hams, SJd ; Jams, per case, 5 dor., 27s 6dto3os; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s 66d ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is 6d to Is 3d per lb. Retail; Milk, per quart, id : Butter, fresh, lOd and Is per lb. ; salt do., prime, 6id to 7Jd ; inferior salt, 3d to 6d ; Cheese, per lb. 6d to Is; Eggs, per doz., Is 9d ; Lard, per lb, 6d to 9d; fowls, each, 2s to Ss; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s: Geese, do., os to 7s; Turkeys, each, Ga to 7s 6d Bacon, per lb., 7id to is : Hams, do., Sd to Is 3d. Flour Muikjst.— Wkoletali: Roller Flour, per ton, £12 5s ; Superfine ifloar. sili dressed, £12; do., household, £11 (sacks free); Southern, do., £9 Ids to £10 10s; Bran, pet ton (sacis included), £5; Sharps. £5 10s to £6; Cabin Bread, do., £15 Oatmeal £13; Pearl Bxrley do., £17 10s to £18 ; Patent Porridge Meal, £13 15s la sacks to £15 in 71b bags. Garden asd Orchard Prodoob.—Wholtta.lt: Apples, 6s 6d to 9s per case; 2d to 3d per lb.; Lemons, per dot., up to Is 4d ; Onions, per lb., lid; Celery, per doz., 2^ : Garlic, 3d per lb. Pumpkin. 61 6d per cwt; Cocoannts, 5s to 10a per sack; Oranges, 9d per doz., 9.1 (id por case ; Bananas, 2d to 3d ; Grapes, Is to Is 9.1 ; Figs, 2d doz. Retail: lemons, up to is per doz: Onions, per lb., 2d; Apples, per lb., 3d to 5d ; Oranges, la to Is 3d per doz.; .Celery, per bundle, 2d co 3d; Pumpkin, per lb, 2d ; Bananas, 3d to 4d: Garlic, 6d uer lb.; Cocoanuts. 2d to 3d each : Grapes, Is to 2s 6d; Figs, 5d and 4d doz. Hay asd Corn Market.—Wholetale (currant sellin? rates) : Maize, local, to 3s 10; Oats, 2s to 2s 3d ; Barley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barlej, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 3s 9d to 4s ; fowl, none ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed £4 to £5 ; Luccme, do., £6 to £6 10s (nominal) : Straw, per load, ISs to £1 10s; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s; Oaten Chaff, £4; Hay, oaten, £4 to £4 10s : Clover. £6 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 5s to £410s per ton. Retail: Chaff, us to 6s; Potatoes, 5s 6d to 6s per cwt.: Maize, 3i 9d to 4s ; Oats, feed, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; seed, 3s 3d to 3s (3d; Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 6d do. fowl, per bushel, none. Barley, feed do., 33 3d to 3s 6d; Hay, per cwt., 6s Cd to 7s; Lucerne, do., 7s 6d to Ss ; Oaten, do., 6s to 7s: Straw, do., 3s to 4t. Kattbi Gum and Fiajc Marret.Supplies for the 14 days in March, 162 toes. We quote prices: Poor Ordinary, £30 ICa'r Ordinary, £36 to £40 ; East Coast. £53 to £57 ; Superior Ordinary (free from swamp), £44. Flax per ton, 614 to £17 ; Tow, do., £5 to £.7 ; Fungus, per lb., 2ijd to Sid: Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt.. 16s to 17s ; Beeswax 7d to 9d per lb. Miscellaneous.—Kerosene. 130' test (duty paid) from Is 5d to Is 6; 150' test (duty paid), ls9d to la lOd; Fencing Wire, No. 6, 7, and 6, assorted, £13, £13 10s, and £12 respectively per ton ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick Lime, in atone, Is 6d to 2s. New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s 6d to 13s; 6ft., 14s; Ti-tree Kails, £2 10s to £4 per 100 ; Puriri Posts, £6 to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to 16s 6d per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s; 6ft., ISa to 21s; Hobart Rails, 803 to 90s ; Wire, 6in., £12; 7in., £12 10s ; Bin , £13; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying and selling quotations. Manures.— Sydney, prime, £510s to £9; inferior, £715s to £8; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland £8; Peruvian guano, £14 14s to £17; Coral Queen do., £5; Long Island do.. £4 10s, bags included; Superphosphate of Lime, 26 per cent, to 28 per cent. £6 to £6 10s ; do., do., 36 per cent, to 33 per cent. £8 to £8 10s ; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8 ; do. do., 25 percent., £6; Corn Manure, £8 ; Koot Manure £8 10s; Potato Manure, £8 10s per ton; Bone Manure £8; Grass Manure, £7 15s ; Bonedust. £810s. Butchers' Meat.—lietail: .Roasting Beat, per I'd. 3d to 5d ; Boiling Beef, do., lid to 3d ; Mutton, hindquarter, do., 3d ; do., fore-quarter, do., 1 Jd to 2d ; Pork and Veal, per lb., 3d to sd; Steaks do., 4d to 8d; Mutton Chops, 3d to 4d; Sausages, 2d to 6d. Wholesale: Tallow, mutton, per cwt., 18s to 21s ; Beef and mixed, do., 14s to 16s. Building Materials.—Timber: Boards and Scantling, 100 ft., 10s to 12s, best dressed, 15s to 16s; second class, 7s to 10s; rustic weathe: boards, 15e to 16s. Mills: Cargo, best, Qs to 12s; second class, Ca to Bs. Balk, 5a to 6s. Bricks (at Whau), 303 to 40s; Town Yards, 35s to £2 per 1000. Lime, Is to Is 6d per bushel Drain Pipes, per 1000, 6 Inches bore, £15; 4 inches, £7 lOd; 8 inches, £5 ; 2 inches, £2 10s per 1000; Socket Glazed Pipes, IS inches, 4s ; 15 inches, 4s 8d; 12 inches, 3s; & inches, 2; 6 inches, Is; 4 inches, 9d ; 3 inches, 7d per foot; English slates, £1 1 per 1000. New Zealand Flax Rope.— subject to trade terms. Rope of all sizes, per ton, £36 to £40; Tarro Yarn do., £36 to £40 ; Wool Lashing, do., £35 to £38. Preserved and Dried Fruits. — Wholetale; Dried Prunes, 6Jd to 7d; Preserved Giugor, Sd; Peanuts, 2d to 3id ; Barcelona, per lb.; Shelled Nuts, 9d to Is; Brazil, 6d to 9d. Retail: Dried Prunes, 8d to lOd; Shellod Nuts, Is to la 6d: Brazil. 3d to Is. . Coal and Firewood Market—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), cargo, 22s tid to 25s per ton ; yard, 28s 31? ; Bay of Islands, at yards, 22s 6d ; screened, 28s; ditto at tho mine, 13s; ship's side, 20s; Waikato, steam Ss, household, 12s; in Auckland, 18s to 22a. Kamo, 10a per ton at loading ground. Taupiri at mine, 8s to 12s; at yard (steam), 17s 6d, household, 225. Whangarei. at mine, 9a 6d; yard (steam), 17s; housohold, 20s. Firewood: Uncut at wharf (cargo), 9s to 10s per ton; delivored, 10sto 12s cut. 13s to 16s > Butter and Eaas— Auckland Grocers' Association quote) the wholss&le price of fresh butter lOd per lb, and fresh eges Is 6d per dozen delivered, for the week ending April 21, 1887. The above quotation refers to prime quality only. LIVE AND STOCK PRODUCE MARKETS. AUCKLAND. Mr. Alfred Buckland's Weekly Report.—At the Llaymarket on Saturday, April 9, loose fodder brought from 2s to the cwt; cliaff, £3 to £4 53 tho ton; oats, Jslodto2s2d the bushel, consequent on the irregular day. Horse stock wore in less than usual number, but sold fairly at late values. On account of the holiday, the usu.l sale of hides aud skins was held on the Wednesday. Prices were without alteration. At the private sale of farming stock, held at Papatoecoe, there was goodjeompetition for fodder of all kinds, and the stock and implements commanded fair values. At Kemuera on Thursday dairy cows were plentiful and did not maintain' late valnes. Store cattle, in limited numbers, wore ' without alteration In price. Fit cattle in average supply, sold irregularly, but on the whole at improved values, and were better worth at end than beginning of salo. Fat sheep in full numbers, principally ewes fully maintained late values, and a draft of 200 wethers averaged lis Bd. Calves, abundant, sold tftlcly well. Fat lambs required, Os to 103 each ob.

tallied for those brought forward. Pigs unusually plentiful, but were required, and dully maintained late values. Messrs. llostsh and Nolan's Report,—Horses : The holidays caused a very small supply to _ho brought' forward, but quite sufficient for requirements. No noteworthy alteration in value. Below an average number were entered for disposal by auction at the Durham Yards on Saturday. Bidding was slow, and many lots remained uncleared. Prices nominal.. Wool, hides, and skins : Small supply, and steady demand. We quote: Ox hide, from 3fcd to 4sd per lb ; caw hides, 2Jd to 3}d ; skins, la 7d to Ss lid each ; wool, OJd to 7A<l ; tallow, lis to 14s cwt. Cattle: The spurt in the previous week's prices of fat beasts was not sustained, but for well fatted oxen there vras but a very slight decline in value; in other descriptions it was more marked. Dairy aud stores are unaltered. The butchers' pens at Newmarket were well filled on Wednesday, on which day tlio market was held, ou account o' the holidays, hut dairy and store stock wore poorly represented ; but there was a good muster of the latter at Pukekohe on the saino day, for which the prices rulim; *t the central market w»re given. We quote:—Calves, from 10s to 20s; yearlings, from 15s to '27s ; grown steers, from £2 to £S 10s; dry cows, from 20s to £.2 17s 6J ; springers, from £4 to £6 15s; strippers, £2 to £3 ss. Sheep: A good many were penned at Newmarket on Wednesday. The competition was steady throughout the sale, but values receded as compared with the previous weak. Wethers sold at from Ss 6d to 14s ; ewes, from 7.i Cd to 10s 9d ; stores, 4s to (is 9d ; lambs (very scarce and inferior) sold at Irom Ss to 10s. Ptgs : Sc«rjtf, demand steady at from 2d to 3d per lb, liveweight, for good sorts ; inferior, 1 Jd. Messrs. G. W. Bikniy and Sons' Report.— At our weekly sale, hold on Wednesday last, we offered a very large cat.logue of hides, e'c. The demand for all classes < f sound hides continues brisk, ana ast week's quotations have been fully maintained. Cow hides, ready brisk sale ; heavy prime ox, 4sd to 4jd - 27s to 32s each ; heavy ox, 4d to 4J' l —2ls to 23s (3d : med'uin weights, 3Jd to 4d - ISs to -0s ; cow hides, 3d to 3j 1; kip, 3Jd ; calf, 4d to 4jd ; damaged, lid to 2d per lb ; stag, as to 12s fid each. Sheep skins : Bidding throughout very tirisk, and salted pelts advanced up to 2a S i each ; dry, 9d to 2s ; lambs, Is to 2s 7d; tallow, 14s to 15s p>r cwt; rough fat, Id; bouos, 4s 9d per cwt ; shanks, t>s fid to Ss per cwt. THAMES CATTLE MARKET. Messrs. Banks and Co.'s Weekly Übport (by telegraph).—At Parawai, on Thursday, there was but a small supplj ot fat cattle, part of the oxpocted supply having failed to arrive. Competition was good, and the prices realUau were decidedly in advance of last week, steers selling at from £5 5s to £6 10s each ; heifers, from £3 5s to £4 10s lOd, being from 17s to 19s per 1001b. sheep were in moderate supply and dull of sale, wethers making Ss fid to 10s each ; ewes. 5s 9d to 7s 3d. Lambs, though of good quality, soldi at from 5s to 5s 9d. MESSRS. VIOK.KR3 AND HULL S WEEKLY STOCK [ AND SHARE LIST AND INVESTORS' QPIDB. c -e rtf* •*% I *• S Sjr* 00 N-aT 35 it-o ao o jiOOOJ CO |® J HWnH rt I rtNN I J , a.g "2 R >s*G? vastcu) I ONOOIONKW 110 -4n>Q I a [t> < « °^-, HH I n HrtINHW I Of. I I o 000 CO CO I 0© M ©■£ |fH I 2 JS —* QjNnNOOWrtOOOOOOHOHHH r-l O ] £? i - >3 OO 000 oo og-o 00000005 eg" 5 § 2, n,OOOOOOOiaOO£M-jt~OMOOOOOo Ci!2 r-i IH r-i r-« »-< r-< 1-1 * OOINOINCINOOOHOOHIOO^NOHOO J2, ~ T-H O • c> -CJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO t-1 © Jj £ »000000000000000000000 C «a . g22 cJOOOOOOOOOOHiOWfIHIfIOHOiON < *""** *"* ■ __ - I * 111 I! !iil: I" It;i 1 1111 lis 4 0000 SO O ©_© o^r-« <N r* 04 ® i-T ci <N CO r-T f-T »-T r-T f-T 04 r-T i„.o£ : li I i : i i i I : i « : o ; : 5 S & • «, .r.-a< 5 ..... . I - J! : 8 ,, .' c: 31|?= : £ "g S 1 11§3^ d | Bgg Sgg | •S- Itjss Sgs 2 S> .-a|® C =n® ao O .Jji-ogS? J «S^-S!gSgS^ J^-5^CD'3, a' 3 £;=£ § S!S- 5 b =2° S-S 3 s - 5§ § 5-S-3 S cSr S*2l Si ■* § 1 3.2"1 B<: 3 a otj JNNN n Jz 5 s 5J2 — fcC £ £ cj e& o► '* © 5o A ■3- a fl3oOotc) . «<iiO<ggiM a CO OB2<hPH<li!;aagZ Auckland, April 13, ISS7. HALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. CALL*. tad. Pate. Trenton Gold Mining Co. .. 0 0 3 — April 25 j Ddnedik Grain* and Flour Markets, for week ending, April 13, ISS7.— Hubert Anderson reports:— Wheat: feari or valvet, 3s 5d to 3s Sd per bushel; Tuscan. 3s 5d to 3s Sd ; Hunter's white, 3s 4d to 3< 70. Oais : Heavy milling, li lOd; best bright short feed. I Is 9a; fair short lead, Is Sil ; Daaiaii, Is 7d. Tar--1 tarian soeci, Is 'Jd to is; superfine patent flour, £9 per I ton ; braD, £3 15s; poliard, £4. All f.0.b., ana sacks | included.—Francis A. Twin a me, Auckland agent. :