COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9039, 27 April 1888, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, Thursday evening. THE trade position is unchanged, and there is a dearth of matter for public comment. Orders conic forward in the usual hand to mouth manner, and in the aggregate make up enough business to keep complaints of dullness away. We have been asked to state which country, Great Britain or the United States, was the first to adopt the roller mill principle of grinding wheat. While we have our opinion on the point, we confess that it is not based oil such accurate knowledge of the matter as to entitle us to give the decision. Perhaps our friends engaged i.i the business locally will meet the request for exact information. The import market remains nearly in all respects as last reported. A small supply of " Derby" tobacco has arrived to about naif satisfy tho immediate demand. Sugar keeps at previous rates. Brewers' crystals are again very scarce. Mauritius and China sugars havo suffered a relapse in Australia, and large parcels of the former have been bought for the New Zealand Southern markets. Locally the arrival of the Fiji boat without the usual sugar freight has somewhat stiffened tho feeling in yellows, but the ruling rates are at a point that debars any further advance. A fair distributing trade is being done in teas. Good and medium boxes, and common teas, in half-chests, are well inquired for. The near approach of the shipment of kerosene oil per Elinor Vernon is affecting the market, and slightly lower prices are now accopted for lines. Table fruits are recovering demand, after a long dullness. Salt continues scarce. Rice is in fuller stock, but there is no change in market price. There is strong competition in soap, and local makes arc being displaced by coastal imports. Quicksilver is in good demand, with the markat bare. The incoming mail steamer will probably fill up the gap. Cornsacks are beginning to show inactivity, the requirements of fanners being mainly supplied. Stocks of liquids are not so heavy, and there is not that readiness to accept marginal advances as hitherto. The arrival of the Oamaru is looked for with interest, as many lines which will not bear transhipment freights are wanted. Substitution of brands to fill orders for country distributors is necessary in many instances.

Maize is in better demand, but the price is still low, not more than 3s for parcels on the wharf. Oats remain at the recent advance, and we quote from 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Milling wheat, 3a Id ; potatoes, £2 15e to £3 per ton. In the local produce market prices remain the same as last week. The best dairy butter is 7d per lb wholesale, and 9d per lb retail, while the "shell" brand is lOd per lb wholesale, and Is per lb retail. Eggs remain scarce at Is 3d per dozen wholesale, and Is 6d per dozen retail. KAURI GUM MARKET. Owing to the impossibility of checking supplies through there being most unfortunately no work but gumdigging, all qualities are dull, and scllcrß have to submit to low prices owing to the supply being so much in excess of the demand. The Mathilde Hennings will sail early next week with about 500 tons for New York, her cargo being all ready. The Elinor Vernon, now in Wellington, will probably not sail before the 15th June, and as a , good deal of her cargo is already bought, the

' continued heavy arrivals will find no better I market on her account, while the Essex, now I in Sydney, will, on arrival in Auckland, be I anchored in thestream until her cargo is ready. For the three first months of ISSS, supplies ' amount to 2426 tons. For the twenty-five ■ \ davs of current month the supplies are about ' ! 483 tons, and when we allow for the Norj thorn and other supplies which come forward ] i on Fridays we may average supplies for the first four months of this year at the rate of no less than 9078 tons per annum. As above remarked, we can rind no means to check supplies, which, when other employment was plentiful, were easily decreased by lowered prices, and with London stocks beginning at last to grow we can foresee nothing but dull ; times ahead, unless or until some other industry can relieve the strain of want of employment which, owing to the action of the gum merchants in 185.5 and ISSG, gum has so gallantly borne for the last eighteen months. We quote: Poor ordinary, 28s to 32s ; fair ordinary, .'tfs to oMs ; best ordinary (still scarce), 36s to 375; East Coast (nominal), j 44s to 475. LIVE STOCK & PRODUCE MARKETS. AUCKLAND Messrs. Hunter and Nolans Weekly Retort. —Horse feed, grain, seeds, &c: There has been a steady supply and fair demand, with little change in value. We quote:—norses : There has not been a great deal doing, ami very few outsiders have been brought forward. An average number were entered for disposal under the hammer on Friday at the Durham Yards, but bidding was slow, and -sales hard to effect at the prices that vendors would submit but sales were effected at the previous week's values. Wool, hides, ami skins : Rather limited quantity were pitched at the Durham Ya&J* on Tuesday. Competition was brisk, and a much larger number of heavy ox hides would have found purchasers at 4id per lb.; cow, 3d to 3id ; calfskins, from 4id to 5d per lb ; sheepskins, from 2s 3d to 3s 'Hi Cattle : There has been increased activity in the market. The supply has been an average one. There was a slight advance in the value of fat beasts but there was no noteworthy change in other ' descriptions. The Newmarket Yards were well filled on Tuesday, and a great many stores were yarded, bur there was no demand except at verv low figures, and several lots were withdrawn. Dairy cows i.i a shade better demand than on the previous week, but there was no noteworthy alteration in value. Prime fit bullocks advanced in price fullv 10s per head, but green steers and cows sold relatively lower. Sheep: There was a fairly good supply on Tuesday at Newmarket. Fat ewes sold at a shade higher values than on the previous week but there was no alteration in wethers. Very few lambs offered, and there remained an unsatisfied demand. i'igs were in moderate demand, and fluctuated much in value, ranging from ljd to 3Jd per lb, live weight. Mil. ALFRED BUCKLANP'S WEEKLY REPORT.— At the Ha\ market during tho pa.st week oaten sheaves have been better worth, prices for hay and oaten sheaves have ranged from Is 9d to 2s 3d the cwt : good chaff, 37 0,1 to 60s the ton ; oats, Is lid to 2s 2d ; rye crass, 2s 0d to 3s Od ; maize, Ss the bushel; Svd'ney bonedust, £0 10s ; superphosphates, £;> ; potatoes, £2 5s per ton. On Friday, April 20th, horse slock was brought forward plentifully, and prices were firm : good riding horses brought up to £1.1; medium draft unbroken, £0 l'»s; good working farm horses, JW to ill; small and inferior, from oi>s each : dray, £10; spring carts. £5 and £6; low-wheeled buggy, £12; double-seated buggies, £15 and £25, respectively. At the hide and skin sale an average supply met with a steady enquiry at late values, the only exception being a parcel"of cowhides, which reached id per lb. Tallow, 12s to 14s the cwt; sheepskins. Is 4.1 to Ss t'xl each ; wool, 4jd to 7jd the lb. At Remuer.i. on Thursday, dairy cattle were dull of sale Store cattle in average, number were at late values. Fat cattle plentiful, and sold freely at last weeks values, from lis for cows to 15s the loOlb for best bullocks. Calves in moderate number, obtained no improvement on last week's values. Sheep in short supply, ware dull of sale, but lost week's values, lj<'. for ewes, to \\d for wethers, were obtained. Shorn lambs plentiful, sold from Cs 6d to Ss t«! each. Store pips lower in price; porkers in demand, and large pigs, suitable for curing, were better worth. MESSRS. O. W. Binnet and Sons' REPORT.— Tuesday last we submitted a large catalogue of hides, sheepskins, and tallow. Prime stout ox sold at 4?d per lb ; heavv stout ox, 4id to 4jd ; medium, :>» '. to id: cow hides. 601b and over, 3Jd to 4>d ; medium. 3Jd to 3hl; heavy kip, Sid to 3}d ; light, f! 1 to 4 1; calf, 4d to 4jd ; stairs. Ss to 13s 6*l each ; green ox, 24s to »>s each; cows, 12s 6d to 17s. Sheepskins : The demand continues brisk, and all lines cleared. Country salted, 2s 3d to 2s Cd ; medium. Is 9d to is ; shearlings. to Is 3d ; dry. Is 9d to 2s -id ; well woolled, is t'Vl to 3* 9d ; lambs, Is Gil to 2s CI each. Tallow ; Medium, 13s to lis M per cwt; rough fat. Id to lid per lb. Bones, £4 IDs per ton. THAMES CATTLE MARKET Messrs. Hanks and Co.'s Weekly Retort (by telegraph).—At V'arawai, on Thursday, the yard* were well filled with fat cattle, and the improvement noticed in last week's market was fully maintained. A lot of 14 prime steers from Maketu averaged close upon £7 each, while heifers from the same "place sold up to £4 10s. Steers of lifter weights made from £3 to £4 lis Cd. Sheep were in average supply, and sold readily at fully last week's rates." Longwool wethers made 10s to 13s 3d each; Merinos, 9s to v»s ad: ewes. Us 3d to 10s. Lambs were more plentiful, and sold at from 5s to 7s each.

AUCKLAND MARKETS. [Corrected to noon of Thursday.]

CHIEF POST OFFICE, AUCKLAND Mails will close as under : This Day. For Owes and Coromandel, per Coromandel, at

11.30 a. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 2.30 p.m. For Opotiki, per Douglas at 4 p.m For Whitiangi, Gum Town, and Upper Mill, pej lona, at 5 p.m. For Tauranga and Opotiki, per Clansman, at 5 p.m. For Whangarei Heads, Parua, Waipu, Whangarei, ICamo, and Mangapai, per Wellington or Storm bird, at 6 p.m. For Russell, Kawakawa, Fiji, and Friendly Islands per Wainui, at 4 p.m. (if San Francisco mail ar rives). For New Plymouth and Southern Ports, per Wanaka at 0 a.m. (if San Francisco mail arrives). Saturday. For Waiwera, Te Kapa, and Warkworth, per Rose Casey, at 10 a-m. For Katikati, Aonpteto, Tauranga, and Opotiki, via Thames, per Rotomahana, at 2.30 p.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 3 p.m . Monday. For New Plymouth and Southern Ports, per Gair loch, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May l. For United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, Ac., vij Rio do Janeiro and Plymouth (per Ruapehu, fron Wellington May 3), per Hawea, at 10.30 a.m. Foi money orders, registered letters, and newspapers at 10 a.m. Mail will be due in Loudon, Juno 14. For Australian Colonics, India, China, Moditer ranean Ports, Continent of Europe, and Unitei Kingdom, via Suez, for correspondence speciall; so prepaid and addressed, per Mariposa, inline diately after her arrival from Honolulu. S. B. Biss, Chiof Postmaster.

FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE. Wholesale. Retail. s. d. s. d. p. d. s. d. Butter, fresh, lb .. 0 7 to 0 10 0 9 to 1 0 Do., salt .. ..05 — 0 C 0 6J—0 7 Do., inferior salt .. .. 0 3 — 00 Milk, quart .. .. .- 0 3J— 0 4 Cheese, local, lb „ 0 S§- 0 4 0 0-08 Do., best factory _ 0 — 0 5 E"gs, dozen .. ..13 — 00 10 — 00 La.-d, bladder, lb .. 0 f.J— 0 6} 0 0 — 00 Hams and Bacon, Pro. 0 6 — 0 8 « Do., bare .. -.0 7*— 0 0 „ Cant. Bacon, new ..0 7 — 0 0 Hams .. .. 0 6j—0 Si 0 8 — 13 Bacon .._ 00 — 10 Jams, case Sdoz .. 25 0—27 0 Fowls, each .. -.00 — 10 10 — 20 Ducks, do. .. - - 2 0-30 Geese, do. „ - ... 5 0-7 0 Turfcevs, do -• 6 0 — 70 Feathers, lb .. ..16 — 19 - FLOUR. £ £ Flour, Auric.roller, ton :0 .5 - 10 10 Do., household .. 0 10—10 0 Do., Southern, roller 10 5 —10 10 . «, Do-, Southern, stone 0 5 — 9 10 Bran 4 0 — 00 Sharps 4 10 — 0 10 Cabin Bread .. .. 15 0 — 0 0 Oa.meal .. .. 11 0-11 10 Pearl Barley .. .. 20 0 —22 0 . _ Patent Porridge Meal, 71b bags .. ..0 0 —15 0 nAY AND CORN". Per cwfc. Hav. ton .. ..40 — 50 60 — 70 Lucerne, do 6 0 — 6 10 7 6 — 80 Oaten, do 8 10 — 5 0 C 0 — 70 Chaff, mixed .. .. 2 0 —2 10 0 0 — 0 0 Oaten Chaff .. ..2 10 — 2 15 Straw, load .. .. 0 IS — 110 40 — 50 Clover, ton .. ..50 — 00 Bye Grass per bush.. .. 3 0 — 4 6 Cocksfoot .. .. .. 5 0 — 66 Potatoes .. .. 2 15 - 3 0 3 0 - 3 10 s. d. p. d. Maize, bushel.. _ 3 0 — 0 0 30 — 00 Barlev, feed .. ..30 33 33-40 Do., malting .. .. 3 9 — 3 10 Oats, feed .. ..23 — 24 20 — 00 Oats, seed, Tartarian 23 — 0 0 00 — 00 Wheat 31 — 00 0 0 — 00 Do., fowl .. ..29 — 00 33 — 36 Per pound. White Clover .. - 0 0 — 0 0 fi 104- 1 I Red ,, .. ..00 — 0 0 0 8 — 09 Cow Grass .. ..00 — 00 0 0 —011 Alsyke .. .. 0 0 — 00 0 10* — 1 0 Timothy .. ..00 — 00 05 — 00 Trefoil .. ..00 — 00 06 — 00 Rape 00 — 00 0 4 — 00 GARDEN AND ORCHARD PRODUCE. Apples, case .. ..4 0 — 5 6 Do., lb 0 1 — 01} 03 — 04 Lemons, doz .. .. 1 C — 19 16 — 20 Oranges 00 — 09 10 — 13 Do., caso .. ..80 — 00 Bananas,lb .. ..0 — 0 ij 0 4-00 Cocoanuts, each . . .. 0 2 — 0 3 Do., sack .. .. 10 0 — 0 0 Onions, lb .. ..01 — 00 0 1£— 0 0 Garlic 03 — 00 06 — 00 Celery, bundle .. .. 0 3 — 00 Grapes 10 — 00 14 — 10 Plums 0 2}— 0 2i 0 0 — 00 PRESERVED AND DRIED FRUITS. Dried Prunes, lb .. 0 64—0 7 0 8 — 0 10 Preserved Ginger ..0 7 — 0 0 Shelled Nuts .. .. 0 9 — 0 10 10 — 10 Barcelona do 0 64—0 0 Brazil do 06 — 09 09 — 10 Pciinnts . . .. 0 2 — 0 24 0 6 — 00 KAURI GUM AND FLAX. Supplies for twenty-five days of April, 483 tons. £ e. d. £ h. d. Poor Ordinary, ton .. .. M 0 0—32 0 0 East Coast 44 0 0—47 0 0 Fair Ordinary 33 0 0—34 0 0 Rest Ordinary .. „ .. SO 0 0—37 0 0 Flax IS 0 0 —19 0 0 Tow 5 0 0 — 600 Fungus, lb 0 0 3}— 0 0 0 Cocoanut Fibre, cut, cwt.. .. 0 15 0 — 0 17 0 Beeswax, lb 000 — 009 N.Z. FLAX ROPE. Prices subject to trado terms. Rope in all sizes, ton .. .. 36 0 0-40 0 0 Tarred Yarn, do 36 0 0 —40 0 0 Wool Tailings, do 35 0 0 —38 0 0 BUILDING MATERIALS. Boards and Scantling, 100ft . . 0 12 0-000 Do., best dressed 0 13 6 — 0 14 0 Do., second-class 0 0 0 — 090 Rustic weatherboards .. .. 0 9 0 — 0140 Mills, cargo, best .. .. 0 10 0 — 0 0 0 Flitches 086 — 000 Balk 050 — 070 Bricks, What! 1 10 0 — 2 0 0 Do., town vards, 1000 .. .. 1 15 0 — 2 0 0 Lime bushel 010 — 016 Drain Pipes, 6m bores, 1000 .. 15 0 0 — 0 0 0 Do., 4in « 10 0 — 0 0 0 Do., Sin .. .. « . 4 10 0-000 D,,., 2!n .. .. — .. 800 — 000 Do,, 2 10 0 — 0 0 0 English Slates, 1000 .. .. 10 10 0 — 0 0 0 Socket Glazed Pipes, foot: 24 inches 060 — 000 21 inches 0 4 C — 0 0 0 IS inches 0 3-000 15 inches 0 1 11 — 0 0 0 12 inches 11 14 — 0 0 0 9 inches 0 0 10 — 0 0 0 flinches 0 0 44— 0 0 0 4 inches 0 0 3J—0 0 0 3 inches 003-000 MISCELLANEOUS. Kerosene, 130- test, duty paid 0 1 7 — 0 0 0 Do., 150- test 020 — 000 Fencing wire, No. 6, ton .. 10 10 0 — 0 0 0 Do., No. 7 .. .. .. 10 10 0 — 0 0 0 Do., No. 8 10 0 0 — 000 Barb Fencing AVire .. 2110 0—22 10 0 Lime, slacked, bushel .. .. 0 10-000 Quick-lime, in stone .. .. 0 16-000 New Zealand Failings, 5ft .. 0 7 6 — 0 10 0 Do., 6ft 0 14 0 — 0 0 0 Teatree Rails, 100 .. ~ 2 10 0 — 3 10 0 Puriri Posts 6 0 0 — 700 Shingles, 1000 .. .. .. 0 12 0 — 0 13 0 Hob-art Failings, 5ft ... ~ 0 17 0 — 1 0 0 Do., Oft 0 18 0 — 1 1 0 Hobart Rails „ „ „ * 0 o — * 10 o

4 THE NEW ZEALAND HERAI '"*' ' __-=—-- ! ' vww-. * continued heavy arrivals will find no better ' MANURES. | 0 „ rDnrw At the Breastwork the barque IS orinun i mM tet on her account, while the Essex, now Bonedustj Sydney, ton .. . • 7 10 0-8 0 0 SHIPPING. Chief is loading timber up to her luting , Svdney will on ' riva l in Auckland, be , go., inferior .. .. •• 6 10 0-700 ♦— requirements preparatory to wiling for aneh J ol . ed V nthestreamunt ilher cargo is ready. "™'-; d " " \\ 8 0 0-000 tt,.»xv r, u„vw »««.».-flam Whangaroa to fill with sawn timber for For the three"first - months 0 18&, supplies o' '. *•'• 14 o 0-17 0 o aon Water at A™iland-7.wa ; a,.5ij i a g J> amount to 2426 tons. For the twenty-five ! & QueenX ;.* ■■ ..500-000 Scv.-Eisw, C.43£_.?£_, 5.17 .nT ' P Yesterday evening, about 1J^f * ! days of current month the supplies are about ; ,„,-&_ d do., bagsuncludod 4 10 0-0 0 0 Moos.-LaVt quarter, 3rd May, 11.27 a.m. o'clock, the Jubilee S.S. Companis Storm- . 453 ton and when we allow for the Nor Superphosphate of Lime, 26 to *™ q bird arrived from Whangarei with a large t m « d th ersup plies which come forward 28 percent.. .. •• ' g " - ' ' 0 ARRIVALS ™» of passengers *"< f n S rg 6 canrotug ; onVridays ma •!average supplies for the | &k* JaPhEptaaSS; Fis0 „,' 10 10 0 = 0 " 0 ARRIVALS, of 110 sacks gum,!»cases fnirt,b boxes but- first four montha of this year at the rate of A p *3\VtataFertilbieY ,, "00-000 Egeria, H.M.8., 940 tons, 1010 h.p., Captain ter, 3 crates pigs. 15 sacks oysters, - cases no i ess than 9073 tons per annum. As above j superphosphate.. .. ,. 800-000 Pelham Aldrich, from Svdney. fowls, 1 horse, and 1 ton sundries. remarked, we can find no means to check \ Freezing Company'sSuporphosStormbird, s.s., 217, Chambers, from Wha- — 77; «niM»T* supplies, which, when other employment was phate, 82 per cent. .. .. ° ° 2 ~ ° °° ngarei. Passengers : Mesdamea Madden and ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. EbERIA. plentiful, were easily decreased by lowered Do 25 per cent. .. _ •."Ioo-ooo Norman, Misses Buckley, McCrae. Hart, ast night at about 10 o'clock H.M. screw prices, and with London stocksi beginning at J£™ Manure "' - '■'■ 8 10 0-000 anil Mabin, Messrs. Norman, McDonald, survev ing ship Egeria, commanded by Cap- last to grow we can foresee nothing but dull p otato Manure '.'. -• -• 8 10 0 — 0.0.0 Cowperthwait, Bolton, Davis, Butler. Mas- j fliu p eam Aldrich, arrived in port from times ahead, unless or until some other in- , Bone Manure .. • - ••*no~~n° 0 ters Norman (2), Stewart, Casey, Smith, v( j nev after a fair-weather passage of seven dust'rv can relieve the strain of want of em- Grass Manure .. - •• I 10 ft _ 0 0 9. Jersup, Shaw, Lorrigan, Donaldson, Wesley, days' duration. The Egeria is a composite ployment which, owing to the action of the Bonedust b iu u u u 0 Ranney.—Jubilee S.S. Co., agents. vessel of 940 tons displacement and 1010 gum merchants in 18S.5 and 1886, gum BUTCHERS'MEAT. lona. s.s., 150, Amodeo, from Tauranga horse-power, and was commissioned, at has so gallantly borne for the last eighteen j^^Beef, lb .. •• 0 3 — 06 and Mercury Bay. — Northern S.S. Co., D evon porton October 14th, 1886. She is at months. We quote: Poor ordinary, 2Ss to jtojiingdo. '.. .. .. 0 1&—0 3 agents. ... present engaged in fie survey service in the 32s; fair ordinary, .'*3s to 34s: best ordinary Mutton, hindquartor .. 0 3 — 0 i Douglas, s.s.. 59, Austin, from Opotiki.— |> ac itic, and will, after a ten days' stay in (still scarce), 36sto37s; East Coast (nominal), j »o., foroquarter .. -■ » 3-0 Northern S.S. Co., agents. . . this port, proceed BO take soundings and 44s to 47s. . Pork and veal - -• 0 4 — 0 Wellington, s.s., 279. from Whangarei. bearings between New Zealand and Tonga- r; ',.„„__ Mutton Chops** " " 0 3-0 Passengers : Messrs. Wintle, Beart, Blither- tebu * Captain Aldrich expects that this LIVE STOCK & PRODUCE MARKETS. g a ™ e s P .'." .. .. 0 2-0 ford, Pinlayson, Campbell, McLeod, Cant, ( j utv av jjj CU p V about a month, and he AUCKLAND Mutton Tallow, cxrt... 18 0—21 0 — Andrews, Lenham, Aparo, Howe. *»«*» purposes to return to Auckland in about M „_ SR „ HuvrER AXD Nolan's Weekly Report. Beef and Mixed do. is 0 -29 0 Howie. Johnstone. Rollerston, Clarke, A.an- June next He wiU thjs mormng consult _Horse Yeed 'grain, seeds. Ac.: There has been a COAL AND FIREWOOD adas, Forsyth, McDonald, Mr. ana Airs. wt ij the Harbour Ifeard authorities concern- stol j y SU iv and fair demand, with little change Coal, Newcastle, ship's side, Walrood, Mr. and Mrs. Rowlands. Mr. ana . n , T t he joking of the Egeria some day next m value. We quote:—norses: There has not been a cargo, ton 12 176 Mrs. MeMastcr, Mr. Peters, Mr. Dickenson, », The following are the names of the great,deal doing, and very few outsiders have been Do., yard • •• 1 5 <> — J; 10 ° Mesdames Cobbald, Fenton, Tregay Miller, officers on board the vessel :-First lieuten- brought forward. An average number-wen entered d 0 ., fcay of Islands, yard .. 12 6-000 \l„\i.,„ ( ,„. mi„J Pakv Hay, Fenton, "'' ,™, B w ,,,:„,;„„ Imitamuit T for disposal under the hammer on Friday at the Do., delivered 16 0-000 McMaster, * «»". Sutherland SSKQ J : Baker; naviptxng lieuten ant, l. -* urham Yards, but bidding was slow, and sales Do. mine .. - - - 0130-000 Aley, Hilford, boult, couham auttienana, H . Homing; lieutenants, G.C. A. Mares- J^ to effect a t the prices that vendors would sub- Do. ship's side .. - ..100-000 Mckenzie.— b.t>. Co., agents. caux, W. Richardson, Charles L. Monro; mit but sales were effected at the previous week's Waikato, mine .. _ ..080 — 000 sfff-surceon T Dunlop, M.D.; paymaster, values. Wool, hides, and skins: Rather limited Do., housohold .. - .. 0 12 0 — 000 CLEARED OUTWARDS D j Thomson; sub-lieutenant, E. B. quantity were pitched at the Durham Yaw* on n 0 ., in Auckland.. .. .. 0 IS 0 -1 2 0 ,„ . , , „ tD . ir"-,ii" "SI t \Y Rpnnincton • boat- Tuesday. Competition was brisk, and a much larger Kamo, loading ground, ton .. 0 10 0 . 0 0 lona, s.s., 159, Amodeo, for Great Barrier. Kiddle; engineer, . W. Uenmngton , coat ]l(01 : of heftv ' y ox hides wolU( { have found pur- Taupiri, mine 0 8 0 - 0 12 0 —Northern S.S. Co., agents. swain, r. U. Grant. chasers at 4 \d per lb.; cow, 3d to Sjd ; calfskins, Do., yard, steam .. - .. 0 17 — 000 Waihora, s.s., 2003, Popham, for South and from 4i<l to 5d per lb ; sheepskins, from 2s 3d to Do., household 140 — 160 Melbourne. Passengers : — Misses A. E. PORT OF ONEHUNGA. 3s M. Cattle: There has been increased activity in Whangarel, mine .- .. 0" ft — 0 0 0 Smith Home Niccoll and Bowman (3) • the market. The supply has been an average one. Do., yard, steam .. ~ .. 0 17 0-000 .smith, Hoi nt, wwcollI. ana iJowrnM \6), _____ There was a slight advance in the value of fat Do. household 130 — 150 Masters Bowman (2), Fnedlander: Mesdames ARRIVAL. ™g* bnt there was no noteworthy change in Hr wood, uncut, wharf, cargo, Lipscombe, Nicholson. Martin, .Nott, Wanaka, s.s.. Grant, from the Soutli. ot j ier aescriptions. The Newmarket Yards wore ton .. 0 7 0 — 076 ford and familv, Bowman and five children, Passengers :—Mr. and Mrs. Blaikie, Mr. and we n fined on 'IMesdav, and a great many stores Do., delivered 0 10 0 — 0 12 0 Good; Messrs.* Martin, Bowman, Ford, A. Mrs F R.Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Turley and were warded, but there was no demand except at Do., cut 0 13 0 — 0 15 0

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A. Saunders, C. Alexander, S. Vickor?, J. F. Clarko, K. Frater. J. B. Morpeth, .7. M. Lennox, D. B. McDonald, 1). (J. McDonnell, Aitkon Carrick, R. Sj.ratt, Francis Hull, James Raid, R. It. Macky. Joseph Newman, Chairman. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. CALL: £ s. d. Duo. Golden Drop G.M. Co. .. 0 0 8 .. May 0 Te Awamutu Cheese and Bacon Factory Co 0 1 0 «. May 1 Colonist A.M. Co 0 0 S ... May 0 Askham-Molloy Gold and Silver Extraction Co. .. ...0 0 8.. Mav 10 dividend: Cambria G.M. Co 0 0 6.. May 1 THE MAILS.