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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8063, 26 September 1887, Page 4

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New Zealand Herald Office, Saturday evening. The Customs duties to«day amounted to £167 Os lOd. The Customs receipts for the week ending September 24 were: Duties ,i £4493 10 3 Bser duty .. .. .. .. 16114 4 S.S. Aet, '77 23 6 3 Gold duty .. 2 10 Other receipts .. .. „ 23 7 0 £4.713 18 10 Messrs. Arthcr and Buddl*'s Wehkly Refort. —An unusually quiet week in all department) ; both city and country appear to be absorbed in politics. The supply of local produce and fruit has been very small; there his bsen a Kood demand for all kinds at fair prices. Potatoes: Oniy Sjuthern ones in the market; low prices havis to be taken to clear out. Onions are very scarce. Good cheese, bacon, and butter are in good demtnd; none on band. Poultry have sold well, a good demand, a small supply. Pigs have brought a good price. Furniture: Very quiet, but little demand at auction or nrlfately. Monday: Suleof household furniture at Portland House, Hobson-stree:. There wan a fair attendance; prices riled 1 ,w. The sale of drapery at mart was well attended, and fairly good prices were obtalnsd. Tuesday, sale of piano, household furniture, at mart: A very small number present, but few buyers, and little business done. Wednesday, sale of produce, fruit, .etc., at mart: The attendance was small, but little business done. Thursday, sale of household furniture, at mart: It was fa rly well attended, but bidding was very languid ; no buyers for large articles. Friday, m.rket-day sale of poultry, fruit, produce, groceries, etc., at mart: A largo attendauco, good demand, fair competition; ibnt the supply was small—not at all equal to the demand in either department. Common fowls, Is Sd to Is 10:1 ; Cochins, 2s 3d to 24 6d ; silver spanned Hamburg, 3s Id; ducks, Is 8d to 2s 3d ; turkeys, 2s 91 to 3i 6d ; piss, 12s 6d to 16a; dressed porkers, 2d to 2id. Produce, Ac. : Potatoes, 2a 3d to 3s; onions, jd to 2d; cheese, 2Jd to 4d ; bacon, Sidtofid; hams, 4Jd to fljd; .atmeal, £10 sharps, 6-; oats. '8 3d; bra", 4s 6d per sack ; ti_>ur, £6 to £12; chaff, 2i to2s 6d per sack ; wheat, 3s lid to 4s ; butter, fresh, 4ld to lljti; butter, salt, J<l to 4Jd; honey, 2d to 3d ; raisins, 3d; tea, tin, 16s 61; tea, half-chest. Is Id to Is 3d < apples, 2jd to 2} i ; orange?, local, 3JI to 3Jd per dozin; lemon;, 3d So Sd per dozen ; mixed biscuits, 4jd ; lemon peel, 10d; egg/, 6d ; coffee, Is 2d. Mbbssis. Paokt and Ralston report as follows:— Our Friday's sale was well attended, and fair business resulted. oultry : But ve.y little came to hand, fowls fetching Is 5d to 2s each; ducks, Is 91 ; turkeys, 2« 9d to ss; small pigs of good b'eed are selling well at from 6s 61 to lis 3d ; pigeons. Is ; wild rabbits, is 2d per couple ; Brahma fowls, 2s 6d to 3a 9d. Produce: Print) send potatoes, lapstones, £7 per ton ; table potatoes, £2 10s to £2 153 ; onions, id to ljd: roll bacon, 3d per lb : hams, 4d to 6d per lb ; beef, fresh killed and dressed, Id to 4d per lb ; bacon, inferior sorts, ljd to 4d : bacon, prime, 5d to 6d ; cheese, lid to 3 1 per lb; sat butter, 2d to 4d; lard, 2d; wheat, 3s lid per bushel; oats, 2s 3d ; bran, £4 10s per ton; sharps, £4 16s; chaff, 2s 6d per sack; flour, £11 per ton ; oatmeal, £10 10s; sugar, 2|d; biscuits, 3d to 4d ; corned beef, Ijdper lb; Unions, 3d per dozen ; apples, 7s per case.

Mr. Edward Levdob reports Business (or the week satisfactory. The price obtained for batter has bnen good, although the market is well stocked. Hams and bacon have sold well; second-class was hard to quit at any price. There has been a steady improvement in furnllure. Drapery sold well. There wis not much demand for fancy goods., Tnesday'd sale of furniture and effects was well attended. The piano fetched £16 10'; suite, £10 lOi; cheat of drawers, 30s to £3 17s fid; doable iron bedstead, 35b to £3 3»; duchess pair, £4 10s; bedroom ware, lis to 225; spring mattresses, 30s to £2 : waibstand and dressinc-lable, £1 Is; coil scuttle, lis. Wednesday's sale of drapery and lancy goods: The attendance was large; the whole of the goods offered were sold at very fair prices. Thursday's 8 le, in Grey-street of groceries, was well attended : bidding was.brisk, the goods realising first-class prices. Friday's sale of produce, furniture, &c* : Ihe attendance was large. The following are few of the prices obtained : Potatoes, £2 15s per ton ; onions, ljd pnr.lb; fowls, is 7d to 2a; duck*, 2s to 2s 4d ; hams, 5d to 7id; bacon, 4d to Aid : butter, 3Jd to 6d ; fresh pat butter, 6d to7Jd; biscuits, 3Jd to 4d ; tea, 15s par box. There was also a large quantity of furniture sold. Mr. A. Aitken report* sales for the past week at the City Market Auction Rooms and Agricultural Hall as follows Hides and skins: For tie few lots offered satisfactory prices were obtained. Fridaj's stile .of poultry, produce, &c.. was largely attended, and satisfactory prices wore obtained throughout. In the poultr* department espoclally. although all the pens were filled, the demand was unsatisflad at the close of the sale. Poultry : Fowls, ordinary, la 3d to Is 7d each ; well-bred birds In condition, Is 8d to 2s 2d each ; cockerels, 1< 8d to 3», according to condition; Cochin China fowls, 3» each; game roosters, 4si 6a each; one pen Brahma hens, 2s 4<i each; white Spanish fowls, 2s each ; pen bantams, Is each ; ducks, ordinary, from 2s to 2« 0d each; Rouen ducks. Os the pair; turkeys, 3s 91 to 5s each, large numbers offering ; Canaries, 4s 6d to lis each ; hen and chickens, 4s the lot; sucking pigs, 6s 6d to 6» 6d each ; well-bred young pigs, 10s each; dressed pork. 3jd to 3jd the lb; rabbits, in lots of twelve pairs, Is Id the pair. Fiuit: Apples, ljd to 2d per lb; cocoanuts, 6s the sack ; banana', lid the lb ; peanuts, 2Jd the lb. Produce: Canterbury Swede turnips, 25s per ton : local turnips, per sac*. 2s 6d ; cabbage, par sack, Is 7d ; potttoes, Oamaru, £2 15s per ton ; Can. terbury, £2 per ton, picked seed potatoes, £4 per ton; onions, lid to 2d per lb; pumpkins. Ss per cwt; carrots. 28 6d to 3i fid per cwt; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 6 per bushel; fowl wheat, 4s per bushel; maize, 3s 6d per bushel; bran, £3 15s to £4 per ton; sharps, £5 per ton ; chaff, 2a to 2s 9d par sack, according to quality, no lines offering. Butter : Prima fresh butter, lOd per lb; silt butter, 5d to 7d per lb ; ordinary keg butter, 2d to 2J;I per lb; bacon, prime Canterbury, 7d to 8d per lb ; local, well cured, from 6§d to 7d per lb ; hams, 6id to 8d per lb ; corned pork in kegs, 2d per lb ; beef hams, 2d per lb ; roll bacon, last year's cure, 4d per lb ; cheese, prime factory, 3Jd to 4d per lb: all other sorts from 2d to 3d per lb ; honey, 61b tins, 3jd per lb ; in bulk, 2Jd per lb. Ginger ale : some fifteen cases at 10s per case ; sugar, tea, flour, etc. Small lines at current rates; business for the week very satisfactory. AU. AND DIVIDKNU LIST. DIVIDENDS. Bank of Austialasia ... 13} per cent ... Oct. 7