COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9369, 20 May 1889, Page 12

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office. Saturday afternoon. Business during the past four ■weeks has been of the usual character, except that a few large transactions have taken place in lines which have been imported from the other side on account of stocks hero running low through non-arrival of expected parcels from home. Generally speaking a fair volume of business has been done at satisfactory rates, some lines being scarce advanced prices have been asked for and obtained. ( , The Centennial litis made her first trip under the Ellis Hag, and on account of the competition in freights importers have received some concessions in rates which will help intercolonial trade. '1 he 'lax industry still claims considerable attention, wild we hear of new mills starting in various places. It is to be hoped millers will pay careful attention to quality, and not allow a desire for increased production to spoil the opportunity they now have of making this industry one of great benefit to the colony. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand has been held during the month, and on the whole the balance-sheet must be considered satisfactory. With the improved prospects of the colony the directors will be enabled more readily to realise the lauded securities which have fallen into the hands of the Bank. The increase in the export trade of the colonv is remarkable. The exports from Auckland during the quarter ended .'Hat March exceed those of the corresponding quarter of ISSS by £70,073 ; and, if the average value of the first quarter is sustained so far as the entire exports of the colony are concerned, the total value for the year ending 1880 will be nearly £14,000,000. The Kauri Timber Company has during the month despatched from one of its Kaipara mills a shipment of kauri to Glasgow, an entirely new outlet. Upon the success of this venture further shipments will no doubt largely depend. But, as the timber has been carefully selected, it is almost sure to meet with a favourable reception, seeing that the qualities of our kauri are eminently suitable for this market. For mullet a strong demand continues, which canners are unable to overtake owiug to the present scarcity of the fish. During the month only comparatively few have been caught. Wire nails selling slowly. The market is well supplied. Sugar : Business has been large. Prices are likely to continue high. A large parcel of low-value China whites was sold in s.s. Tarawera's hold for delivery South at a price withheld. The Colonial Sugar Company have advanced their price 10s per ton. Tea : The usual sorting-tip lines have been wanted, with good inquiry for cheap boxes. Oatmeal is in good demand, and the price is firm. Tobacco : The market is almost bare of Derby. Venus and Mazcppa are, however, selling freely, and are considered fairly satisfactory substitutes. Column's starch continues scarce. We understand that a parcel has been placed to arrival in a few days. Berber's in 51b packets is being offered from the South. Candles are selling freely, the enquiry being chiefly due to the approach of winter. A considerable quantity of kerosene is being placed, on account of winter trade. The high freights from New York will have the effect of keeping prices up. The Elinor Vernon has arrived at Wellington with supplies, and will come on to this port on discharge of Southern portion of cargo. Of coffee a good deal is selling. The legitimate value of rice is at least 30s to 40s per ton more titan we understand parcels from Sydney have been offered at. Outside importers have brought large shipments down to that market, and merchants there being fully supplied, low offers have been made to New Zealand buyers to induce business.

Sago and tapioca are firm at our last quotations.

Of orb iron, a good parcel has been quitted ex Centennial, at a price in buyer's favour.

Arrivals of coarse and fine salt just to band per Centennial will meet present wants. This article is firm, and likely to remain so for a time.

The market bare of stocks in castor oil and turpentine. A line of the latter has been placed during the week. fencing wire and cement arc scarce at the moment, with fair quantities to arrive early. Maize, .Ss to 3s 2d. All parcels arriving are sold freely, ex wharf, at these prices. The local market is barely supplied. Of wheat, the local farmers are still shipping rather than accept prices offered locally, and Auckland samples, if prime, are selling freely in Australia. Southern Tuscan landed here is worth 4s Cd, and other varieties 4s 3d.

Fowl wheat is 3s 9d. The demand is limited.

Oats, locals 2s Gd to 3s, according to sample; Southern, bright heavy feed, 3s 2d; discoloured, 3s to 3s Id. The market is firm. Potatoes, locals, £4 2s Gd ; Southern £4 15s.

Bran and pollard are firmer. In the local produce market the price of the best dairy butter remains at Is per lb wholesale and Is 3d per lb retail. Eggs have fallen to la 9d per dozen wholesale and 2s per dozen retail. This price is for full weight; small eggs will command less. Messrs. Nelson Brothers (Limited), Hastings, telegraphed on Thursday :—Our London house cables : The frozen mutton market is firm at 4£d to 4|d per lb. 'The beef market is depressed. Hindquarters, 'Id per lb, and forequarters, 3id. The most noticeable feature in our local kauri gum market is the continuous diminution of supplies. For first four months of this year supplies were 700 tons less than for corresponding period last year. For current month there is no appearance of supplies reaching within ISO tons of May, 1888, and it is anticipated that first half of 1889 there will be a shortage of from 900 tons to JOOO tons as compared with last year, and not improbably 1500 tons difference in the year's supply as compared with last year. Some of the buyers are holding back for winter gum, now due, but this market is at present pretty bare, and prices fully maintained for anything offered, and there are signs of a tendency upward. The Abie! Abbott will sail about 'Jlst mat., with about 450 tons, for New

York, to be followed by the Essex; and for London the Pleiades has cleared with about 300 lons. Supplies from mail to mail are about 427 tons. We quote :—Poor ordinary, 30s; fair ordinary, 31s to 325; best ordinary, 33s ; East Coa,'t,*42s to 435. SALES BY AUCTION. May 6. At Messrs. Arthur and Buddie's mart a number of suburban properties were offered for sale. An allotment 120 by 33, in Har-greaves-street, Ponsonby, realised £185, two similar lots not being disposed of. An Onehunga property was also put up, but was bought in. A cottage in Lincoln-street, with allotment 33 by 100. was sold by Messrs. Wilson and Clayton tor £130. A villa residence of seven rooms in Nelson-street was passed in at £350, and a cottage in John-street was withdrawn below the reserve. A number of sections in country districts were sold at Messrs. Cochrane and Son's mart as follows —Karangahape, south-west Dart of lot 48, containing 100 acres, £15; Karangahape, north-east part of lot 48, containing 30 acres, £6 ; three lota at Marsden, 10s each ; lot 4, section 4, llavelock, 1 acre If) perches, 15s ; I'upttke (Mangonui), lot 131, ana north-west part of lot 132, containing 80 acres, £40 ; Opaheke (Drury), lots 13 to 17, and sub-lot, No. 22, 13s each. The mining property known as the Colonist licensed holding, situated at Coromandel, 28 acres in extent, was sold by Messrs. D. F. Evans and Co. for £11. PROPERTY SALE. One of the most successful property sales held in the city for some time took place at uoou on May Ist, when, by order of the Official Assignee, Messrs. Tonics and Co. offered at their mart a number of city, suburban, and country properties belonging to the estate of Mr. J. Buchanan. There was a crowded attendance and bidding was brisk, occasioning spirited competition for several of the lots. The particulars of the properties sold are appended —Ixit 1, section in Napier and Sheridan-streets, with shop, dwelling, and other buildings, £433, | Mr. J. B. Whyte; lot 4, I'onsonby Road and Vermont-street, 114 links by 18$, with cot- j tage, £398, Mr. .). B. Why to : lot G, Surrey Hills, frontages to Rose Load, Mackelvie, and Murdoch streets, 7-roomed house, £300, Mr. .1. B. Whyte; lot 8, 8 allotments in township of Port Albert, £1 10s, Mr, John Burdett; lot 0, Raketu Island, near Great Barrier, 626 acres, 3s Gd per acre, Mr. Archibald Buchanan; lot 10, township of Kingstone, Coromaudel, 100 allotments, £12, Mr. Archibald Buchanan; lot 11, Takapu block, Thames, 409 acres, 13s per acre, Mr. J. B. Rigg ; lot 12, 3 allotments, Paeroa, Ohincmuri, £17, Bradley and Co. ; lot 13, part interest in 207 acres, Tipatipa block, Bay of Islands, £120, Mr. J. Russell; lot 14, 100 acres at Oruru, £7 10s, Mr. Archibald Buchanan; lot 15, Huruhuru block, Ohinenuiri, 102 acres, and lease of adjacent agricultural sections, 136 acres, £1055, Mr. K. Buchanan ; lot 16, allotment and store at Kawakawa, £200, Mr. Ring ; lot 17, Hastings, Tapu, township sections 30 and 31, £2; 10a, Mr. J. B. Steedman; lot 18, 100 acres, Tauhoa township, 4s per acre, Mr. J. Burdett; lot 10, 50 acres at Ohiwa, 4s per acre, Mr. C. Ardern ; lot 20, 50 acres at Te Puna, 2s Od per acre, Mr. D. N. Watson ; lot 21, Taurangn, allotment 437, £2. Mr. G. M. Johnston ; lot 22, Tiakapara block, Bay of Islands, 71 acres, 7s Oil per acre, Mr. W. Coughlau ; lot 23, half shave, Te Papa block, 10 acres, 29s per acre, Mr. W. Coughlan ; lot 24, and lease of allotment, Waiorongomai, 17s Gd, Mr. Archibald Buchanan ; lot 25, 20 acres, Avondale, fronting river, £13 10s per acre, Air. W. H. Martin ; lot 28, I acre, Kaiwaka, £1 10s, Mr. E. Buchanan; lot 29, 1 acre, Mangonui, £1 9s, Mr. E. Buchanan.

In addition to the large lot of properties in Mr. J. Buchanan's estate, Messrs. .13. Tonks and Co. on the same day disposed of the large mining property at Coromandel known as Dacre's I*reenold, containing 284 acres, at the rate of 31s per acre, Air. H. Green being the purchaser.

Rates ok Kxchangk on London.—Buying: 90 days, 1 per cent, discount; GO days, J per cent. discount; 30 days, .1 per cent. Demand, par. Helling: 90 days, J per cent, premium ; GO days, if per cent, premium ; 30 days, lj per cent. Demand, 1} percent, premium. Fixed deposit: 3 months, 3 per cent. ; 0 months, 4 per cent.; 12 months, 5 per cent.

Ales and Poktkk.—Ale in bulk (duty paid) per barrel: Bass's, £7 ; Ashby's, £8. Ale (in bond) Tennent's, quarts, 4s to 5s ; Bass's Hogshead brand (Read's bottling): pints, 0s 3d ; quarts, Ss (id (in bond); Bulldog (It. Porter and Co. bottling), 0s and Ss ; W. Younger's, 5s and 7s 3d ; Ashby's, Os 3d to Ss 9d ; Bass's (Blood bottlers), pints, ; quarts Gs Od. Anglo-Bavarian : pints 5s Oil and Ss ; Boar's Head Stout : quarts, Ss 0d ; pints, Gs Gd. Guinness's Harp brand by Foster: pints, 0s; quarts, Ss. Norway ales: pints, Os Id; quarts, Ss. Poster's Bugle stout: quarts, 9s; pints, Os 3d. Blood's: pints, ss; quarts, 7s. Hogshead Ouhiness's (Read's bottling): pints, os3d ; quarts, 8s Od. It. Porter and Co.'s bottling : pints, 0s ; quarts, 8s; Spark's Murine bottling: os, and 9s 3d; Burke's : os, and 9s. Other brands : os and 7s Gd. Duty : pints, Is Od : quarts, 3s per dozen. Building Materials.—Cement very scarce. K.U. and White's, worth 17s. Slates : English Countosses'are worth £11 to £12 ; American, £8 to £10, scarce. Plaster of Paris, lis. Bags and Bagging.—Calcutta full weight woolpacks, is Cd ; eornsacks, 7s to 7s 3d per dozen. BKKADS'twrs and GRAIN.—LocaI best silk-dressed Hour, £13 to £13 10s ; household, £12 ; Southern brands,£l2 to £12 10s. Wheat, milling, 3s 9d for Tuscan, 3s lid to -Is for winter ; fowl wheat, 3s 9d. Bran, £4 10s. Sharps, £4 10s to £5. Maize : Local, 3s 3d. Oatmeal, £10 per 20001b. Barley (for malting), very scarce. Oats, 2s lOd to 3s 3d (bags given in). Pearl barley, 21s. Potatoes, £1 15s to £5. Cabin bread, £18 per ton. CORDAGE, D.P. (Subject to trade discounts).—Manila hemp rope, all sizes, Sydney, £-10 to £53 ; Aucklandmade, £04 to £00 ; whale and lance lines, £80 ; New Zealand flax rope, all sizes, £37 to £39 ; Auck-land-made, £37; wool lashings, £38; clothes lines, 5d per lb, subject to trade discount; Manila,, clothes line, 8d ; oakum, free, ditto, £10; spun' yarn two-yarn ditto, £48 to £55 ; twine, shop, d.p., per lb, 9d to Is 2d ; sewing twine, Is Id per lb ; local-make, Is to is 3d. Coau —Newcastle 30s at shin's side, 32s in yards, and 35s delivered, may be taken as a fair quotation. Bay of Islands, 13s at the mines, and 27s Oil to 30s at yard, is quoted ; Whangarei coal, 9s Od at mine ; ditto, Waikato, steam, Ss ; house-

hold, 12*. C'OKI'KE and SPICKS (in bond), per 11).—Ceylon, coffee plantation, Is 3d ; ditto, Island, none in the market; chicory, colonial, 463 perewt; cocoa, d.]>., Taylor's, Is 3id; Fry's, Is aid ; Van Iloiiten's, 3s 5(1 ; Epps's, Is 7d ; Maravilla, la 0d; chocolate, Taylor's, Is 5d ; Fry's, Is 4d. Spices, d.p. : Cloves, 2s; bleached ginger, Is; unbleached ditto, lOd ; nutmegs, 3s Ud ; black pepper, whole, Is 2d ; White ditto, Is (id. CONi'KCTiONKiiv.—Local manufacturers are producing good articles, and consumption is chiefly in their goods. Waters's colonial boiled, i Jd ; dry, 7d ; jujubes, Is Id ; Mennie and Dey's boiled, 4jd ; Keiller's assorted confections, aid; Gray's, 9jd ; candied lemon peel, d.p. (duty, fid per lb), lid; orange, Is ; citron, Is Sd ; Keiller's jujubes, Is Jd ; Gray's jujubes, Is Id to Is 3d ; Compagnic li'mn'jai.s' gums, Is 2d. Gum, Flax, &C—We quote: Gum: Fair ordinary, £31 to £32; poor ordinary, £30 ; best ordinary, well cleaned and free from swamp, £32 ; East Coast, £42 to £43. Flax : First quality, £25 to £20 ; second, £22; tow, £2 to £3 per ton. Cocoanut fibre, £lf> to £17; cocoanut oil (line white), per ton, £21. Copra, per ton, £0 to £12. Fungus, 3<d to 4d. IRONMONGERY.-^Galvanised corrugated iron, 0 to 8 feet, £22 ; 0 feet, £23 ; 10 feet, £24 ; English bar iron, per ton, £9 10a to £10; Ouehunga (N.<5.) iron,

£9 to £9 10s; pig iron, £4 10s to £4 12s Cd; plate iron, £10 to £11 ; fencing wire, assorted sizes, £11 10s to £12. Barbed wire, £'2-1 to £25. Sheet lead, £22 ; nig lead, £18; sheet zinc, £27 to £23; powder, Curtis, Harvey, and Hall's, lid to 7d ; sporting (in canister), -2s ; yellow metal, Sd to £Kl; Muntz, Sid to Did Jams, Dried Fruits, etc.—Duty, 2d per lb. English marmalade, 111)., d.p., 7s 3d: Gray's, 7s; Aloir's. 7s lid ; Hobart jams, Knight and Johnson, :">s (id; Peacock's, os; Murray's, Dunedin, 4s Oil to os; jars, Old to 7Jd; Nelson (New Zealand), is yd to 5s 3d ; new sultanas, 5Ad to (id ; French muscatels, is 5d to Is 8d; Californian, none, nominally Is 2d ; elemes, Cd ; currants, cjd ; tigs, 7Jd; Turkish prunes, 7d to ad ; dried apples (duty, 2d per lb), ordinary, in kegs and cases, 7d ; evaporated, 7J<i ; dates, Sd. d.p. Leatiikr and Hides.— leather, 9£d to is 3d per lb ; kips, Is 2d to Is lOd ; runners, Is 7d to Is 3d ; calf, colonial, 2s Cd to 3s Od ; basils, 8s to ISs per dozen : closed uppers, 4s (3d to Ss Od per pair ; hides, 2}d to nil'; calf skins, 3d to 5d per lb; sheepskins, Od to 4s Bd. ManUßKS.— Australian bonedust, £0 10s to £8; Auckland, £8 10; superphosphate of lime, £0 to £3 10s ; bonoflour, £8 ; .Peruvian guano, £14 to £17 per tun ; animal manure, none ; cocoanut oil cake, none ; linseed cake, £12 ; Maiden Island guano, £3 ; Huon Island guano, £5 to £6 ; Freezing Company's superphosphate, 32 per cent, £3 ; 25 per cent, £0 ; corn manure, £3 ; root manure, £8 10s; grass manure, £7 10s ; bonedust, £8 10s ; Chesterfield guano, £3 10s. Malt and Hops.—Knglish malt, no inquiry is experienced; Colonial, Gs. Hops: Nelson, new season, Is 8d; old, Sd to 9d; glucose, £26, d.p., pelivered to brewery. Oilmen's Stores.—Price's Belmont Candles, new duty, 2d, Sd, d.p., per lb ; McLeod's Dunedin of various brands, 4d to sjd ; Orient Candles, ~M (Dunedin make); Atlas Paraffins, 9d ; Panther fluted and plain, 'Ml ; Price's National, S-Jd ; Price's Battersea, BJd; Young's British Wax, B{d ; Price's London Wax, 7jd ; local blue mottled soap, £20 per ton ; carbolic, £27 ; best yellow, £20 ; No. 1 household, £15; Ist Crown, £20; 2nd Crown, £17; soft soap, in tins, 4jd per lb; toilet, Od to Hid per lb ; mould candles, 5d per lball subject to trade discount. Salt, 10s per ton duty: Coarse, W. & W., £5 15s. d.p.; tine Black Horse, £0, d.p.; Jordan almonds, 2a Gd; Valencias, Is; Blacking paste, Day and Martin's, 4s Od ; Column's starch, No. 1 (duty, 2d perlb): white, 19s; blue, 495; Orlando Jones' starch, 455; Gill and Tucker's starch, 41s; Heumann's, 4Gs. Mustard, d.p. : Champion's genuine 1-lb book-shaped tins, 19s to 19s Od; i-lb tins, 9s 3d to 9s Od ; Column's 1-lb tins (red), Is Oil; half ditto, 9s ; 7-lb tins (red to green), 7Jd to Is ; 1-lb tins (green), 13s ; *--]!» dittos, Ts Od ; DSP J-lb tins, (scarce), lib, 19s ; Keen's,9s. Blue : Ueckitt's Thumb, SJd ; Paris, in circle, new make, 7d ; Keen's, Sid. Matches: Vestas, d.p., Bryant and Mav's 250, per gross, ISs ; ditto, plaid. 4s Od ; ditto, fancy oval, 24s Od ; Bell and Black's, 17s ; plaids, 4s Id ; K. Bell and Co. 250's, 17s od ; plaids, 4s 3d. All match quotations regulated by quantity of parcel. Oil : Castor, in pints, 8s 3d ; halfpints, 4s Oil ; quarter-pints, 3s Od. Salad : C. and 8., pints, 13s to 14s ; half-ditto, 0» ; Morton's pints, lis Od ; half - pints, 5s Od. Pickles : Stephens' pints, 7s 9d ; Crosse and Blackwell's, pints, 13s; Pool's, 9s; Morton's and others, from 9s ; McConnochie's, none. Rice (ground), in tins, 4jd. Sauces : Lea and Perrin's, half-pints, 13s 9d ; C. ana 8., half-pints, 9s Od ; Mellor's, 7s Gd, pints 15s ; Stephens', Os Od ; Ooodall's Yorkshire Relish, 7s ; Vinegar, d.p.: Champion's, per gallon, 2s 4d ; Pew's, Is 9d to is ; Evans", 2s 2d ; Burnett's, Is lid ; Potts', Is lid ; local malt. Is 7d. Vinegar, case : Champion's, Ss Gil ; Burnett's, 7s to 7s 3d ; Morton's, 7s Gd. Treacle, 2d ; Golden Syrup, bulk, 2d to 2Jd. American honey, 21b-tins, lis od., d-p. Sago, 3d ; tapioca, 3d. Cornflour : Brown's, 3-Jd, d.p. : Brown and Poison's, 7d ; Johnston's, GJd ; Wade's, ad ; Munn's, Od. Preserved milk : Nestle's, 7s to 7s 9d, according to parcel ; Milkmaid, 7s to 7s 3d. Tartaric acid, 2s 3d; cream of tartar, Is Sd; bicarb, soda, £11 10s ; soda crystals, £7 15s. Whiting, £4 IDs, scarce. Oils and Paints.—Duty, Od a gallon. Colza, in drums, 3s. ,J d; bulk, 3s Gd ; linseed, boiled drums, 3s 4d ; bulk, 3s ; raw, drums, 3s 2d ; bulk, 2s lOd ; castor, in drums, 4s ; half-cases, 3s 9d ; kerosene, d.p., 130 test, Is 7d ; kerosene, in bond, 130 test, Is; 150 test, Is 3d. White lead., ground, per cwt, genuine, 30s; No. 1 white load, 28s in 50's, smaller packages more, according to size; red lead, dry, 225. Oil colours, assorted, £1 10s to £1 18s. Turps, duty paid: drums, 4s 3d ; American, 4s ; resin, £S. American carriage varnish, 7s Cd to lis per gallon. Provisions. — Cheese : provincial, od ; Canterbury, nominal, DJii. Salt butter, lid. llice, i.b., Japan dressed, £12. Canterbury bacon and hams (in cloth), sides only, 7d ; equal numbers hams anil bacon, 7Ad ; bains only, 9d. Pish : Ling, 6d; boneless cod, 4d ; preserved red herrings, in tins, 30s per dozen (2-lb tins); white, 40s per barrel ; Kindon haddocks, Ss ; lobsters, American, libs, lis Gd ; 2lbs, 18s; salmon, lib cocktail, d.p., 10s Gd to lis ; other brands, 9s Gil, d.p. ; pickled salmon, Od ; sardines, quarters, 4s Od to ss, halves, Ss Gil ; oysters, Os ; mullet (Kaipara), 5s 9(1. Sugars.—Brewers' crystals, £32 duty paid (duty Ad per lb); Colonial Sugar Company's Auckland refinery,'d.p., No. 1, £2010s; No. 2, £25 10s; No. 3, £23 ; Millaquin, none ; Fiji, crystal, none. China, crystal, £20 in bond; soft, £18 10s ; Kiiglish crushed loaf, 3Ad to 4d ; French cube, 4d ; yellows, i.b., Fiji, £10 10s; browns, £17. Sri HITS.— Duty, 15s per gallon of proof spirits in bulk, 10s per gallon in case. Brandy: Rouyer, Gouillet and Co., 25s and Ss; Marcellain's, case, 22s Od, i.b. ; flask, 28s fkl ; half-flask, 35s Gd; quarter-flask, 53s (3d, and in bulk, 7s Od ; Hennessy's brandy, bulks 13s Gdto 14s; case, 37s Od ; Bisquit, Dubouche, and Co.'s pale, in bhds. and qr.-casks, 7s ; Beehive, bulk, 8s; Courvoisier's, case, 345; Otard's, case, 29s (nominal); bulk, 10s Gil; Beehive, case, 245; Bisquit, Dubouche and Co.'s, 255; nine's, 2Ss ; bulk, 8s ; Gautier's, 32s and 10s 6d ; Bin-gaud's, 7s 3d to 7s 9d; Mullet' Frere's, 20s; Cavalier Frere's, 245; J. B. Rene's, case, 225; Meukow, 30s and 10s; Senimaud, 0s ; Dessandier's, 22s and 7s Gil. Whisky, bulk: Walker's WW, 10s; Greenless and Colville's, 5s Gd to Os 3d, and Greenless and Colville's VO, 8s Cd ; case, Rob Hoy, 18s ; case, Beith, Boss and Co.'s, 0s; Teacher's, 10s ; Yint's bulk, Gs Gd; Yint's case, 20s 0d; Danville's, 5s 0<l; case, 18s ; Lome Highland, 21s ; Speyside, 21s ; Red Deer, 0s (id to 7s ; case, 19s; Craig, Gs 0d and 24s ; Royal Blend, 24s ; Teacher's old, 26s ; Kneore, 19s; Bauagher, 19s; Walker's WW, 225; Jeroboam, 28s ; LL, 22s 0d to 23s ; all in bond. Geneva, proof, 3 gallons, JDK/-, 15 bottles, 14s Gd ; 20 bottles, 18s; key, Geneva, proof, 13s; Schnapps, Wolfe's, 21s Gd. Gin, Booth's, 10s; Burnett's, 13s. Lownde's ruin, 30 0.p., 4s; Red Heart, case, 25s Od ; Burnett's case, 225. Key, 225. Teacher's white rum, 32s 0d in bulk, d.p. Quotations are as follows :— Kauri boards and scantling cargoes, 100 feet, at mill, f.0.b., Fast Coast, 10s Od to lis first-class ; 7s Od second-class ; at yards, Auckland, 14s 6d to 16s first-class; 7s Od to 10s second-class. Flooring, 13s6d to 10s first-class ; 9s Od second-class , rusticated, 16s 6d to 17s. West Coast, sawn kauri, 10s ; square baulk, 0s to 8s ; white pine (kahikatea), 5s Gd ; T. and G., 12s, f.o.b. at mills; at yard, first-class, 13s; secondclass, 8s ; Hobart palings, 5 feet, 13a Od ; 0 feet, las ; Hobart rails, £3 15s. Tobacco.Duty, 3s Od. Venus, 14s ; three-quarter boxes, Is 2d; Venus, Navy Hat work, Is 3d ; double-thick ditto, Is 2d ; Ruby Aromatic, 2s 4(1; Victory, Is lid; Juno, black, all shapes, Is 3Jd to Is 4.Jd; Unique, Is 3d; low, 10's, lid ; Cameron's Fancy Aromatic, Is 8d ; Derby, case, Is Od ; boxes, Is 7d ; Nail rod, Is 2d ; Signet, Is lid ; Gem of the Sea, Is 3d ; Josephine, Is 3d; Columbia, Is 5d ; Watson and McGill's twist, 26's, Is 2d. Teas.— Prices range as follows (in bond). — Congous, common, Oil to 7d; middling to line kinds, 10d to Is Id ; Saryunes and Panyongs, Is 4d to Is 7d ; Souchongs and Kaisows.ls 4d to Is 6d; Orange Pekoes, Is 3d to Is 7d. Indian teas are now largely used for mixing. Good brokeu, Is 3d; semi-broken and fine Souchong kinds, Is 5d to Is lid, duty paid. Ceylon teas are coming forward more freely, and are in considerable favour. Wines.— Champagne, duty paid Potior Jouet and Co., first quality, quarts, 105s; pints, 110s ; halfpints, 120s ; second quality, quarts, 85s ; pints, 90s. Montebello, quarts, 84s; Moet, quarts, 90s; pints. 90s; Roedorer, quarts, 110s; pints, 110s; Heidsick, same; Pol. Roger and Co., 100s and 105s; Adolphe Collins, 90s and 95s ditto; extra superior, 70s, 80s ; St. Hubert's Australian, 32s per dozen ; Peufold's, 32s per dozen.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND SHARE LIST. Business during the past month has been quiet, but a slightly better tone has prevailed. There is plenty of money for investment, but capitalists are showing hesitation in the investment of money ; insurance and bank stocks are the most favoured. Copious rains have fallen throughout the colony,

much needed by farmers. The timber mills also benefit by a supply of kauri logs, brought down the creeks by freshes. The future prospects of business are very encouraging, as the prices of our produce—such as Stain, flax, etc.—seem likely to be maintained. BANKS.—New Zealand Banks have improved In price since the declaration of the dividend of seven per cent. The chairman's report to the shareholders gave great satisfaction, and augurs well for the future prosperity of the Bank. Colonial and National Banks are firm, and And ready buyers at market rates. Insurance. Business has been good. Advanced prices have been paid in many cases, notably in the New Zealand and Union Co.'s shares. Gas.There is very little change to record in these stocks. The market for Auckland gas is steady. Miscellaneous.— Parcels of Loan and Mercantile have changed hands at market rates. A slight improvement has taken place in Land Mortgage shares on last month's prices. National Mortgage remain (inn. Mosgiel Woollen and Wosiport Coal shares are inquired for. Kauri Timber shares find more favour with the public; buyers are coming into the market at low rates. Mining.—A brisk business has been done in several stocks, the Saxon being the lion of the hour. It may be opportune to mention that this mine was offered for sale in London some two years ago, and, luckily for shareholders, the sale was not completed. The Saxon paid another dividend of fid this month. All other mines at the Thames. Coromandel, and Upper Thames gold fields are engaged in steady, useful work, and may be rewarded at any timo by discoveries of gold. The following list shows the rise and fall of the market in the different stocks :—

Company. effected. IBuyers.! Sellers. £ a d ; £ s d Bank X. Zealand .. 8/, 8/2 .. '820 National do. .. ;-,G/ 1 10 0 1 Colonial do 43/0 2 3 o! 2 4 0 N.Z. Insurance .. 76/, 78/ 3 7 6! South British .. .. 40/ .. j 2 0 0 National do 19/3 .. 0 19 6 Union do .. ..1170 Colonial do .. 2 3 0! Auckland Gas., (old) .. ■ 10 5 0 10 7 0 N.Z.L. & M.A. .. 67/68/, 67/9 .. 13 8 0 N.Z. Shipping.. .. 70/ ..370 Bevonport Ferry .. .. .. 1110 Accident Insurance . 7/9 0 7 C; .. Taupiri Coal Extend. .. ,. | 2 5 0 Coromandel S.S. Co.. .. 0 7 6; N.Z. Band Mortgage .. 0 16 6 MINING. Cambria .. .. 3/3,3/0,3/3 .. 0 3 6 Saxon 13/.13/4, 11/ .. 0 11 0 New P. Imperial ..I •• 0 1 0 0 l C Caledonian .. .. 4/6,3/11 .. 0 3 9 Trenton ! 4/, -4/3, 4/6 .. 0 4 6 Mannkau .. .. 1/6,1/7 .. 0 16 Moanataiari .. ..j .. ., 026 Alburnia .. ..3,1,2/11,2/10 .. 0 2 6 Crown (new).. .. .. 0 6 OJ Woodstock .. .. .. 02 6; 029 Kenil worth .. .. 4/6,4/8 0 4 3049 Royal Oak .. .. ..' .. J026 Colonist .. .. .. ,, 030 Aroha 2/4,2/6 .. 0 3 0 May Queen .. .. j 9d, 1/ I 0 0 11 T. A. Menzies, Stock and Sharebroker. Auckland, May IS, 18S9.