COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9468, 12 September 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Hkbald OIEoe, Wednesday evening. 3'hr Custom.", duties to-day amounted to £ Vi 9 7s. The second shipment of. new seasons teas and other Kastoru merchandise is now shortly due, being on board the China .S.N. Co.'3 Hangchow, which is expected to reach Auckland from Hongkong direct about the end of this week. LIVE STOCK Ac PRODUCE MARKETS. TAGUANOA Mil. IX LUNDO.N reports for tha month of Aujjaist: .-All tha .salm hold at the llayniarket during the mouth were well attended ; binding was spirited, and all lota sold at prices in faTour of vendors. I quote : llMki, 26.i to £3 ; li«ht draughts. Hi to £10 ; heavy dninglit.i, £7 to £14 ; skirLS, Iα ed u> os 3d ; hides, Udj pigs, 6a to "&a; bacon, dairy fed, 6d ; hiiius, 7(1 ; butter, frosli, fi) to Is Id ; butter, corned, 3d to Sil ; tg? , ", 7(1 k> Hti; honey, 4rl ; maize, 2n Gd ; wheat, 3.i 2ii ; p-AMoti, £.4 (sicks extra); carrots, 3h Cd per sack; bra.ii, Cx; chaff, £•(; /owls, lOd to la 4<\: ducks, Is id ; turkeys, 2s Cd. Brisk inquiries are boiJiß inado for cnctl(!, though little business i.i );eing doiio, at. the nnunra arc holding hack for the annual sales in October. A large trade is being ■ lone in maizu. - InqniriM aro being wade for land. a few sections have changed hands during tho mouth. mastkr'l'un; JdESsas, lowksanii loaNS' REPORT,—The stock market for the month quiet, erct>pt for fat sheep, the ilcnuiinl for wliicn ha» bern jtctiTo both for wethers and ewes. Jt?e(, .vltboiiKh eborrrng an ad»»nce, ha.i not been in actite ilonwnrt. 'lliere )iAve boen no litrge sales of store sheep,' which is uxii&l at thin time of the >'»a.r, o-nneis act canng to disturb their ilockn in the middle of Umbiuj. Cattle, which ouiiht to have been coming fortraixl in ooaiider:tblo nnmberti for tho spnliic trade, bare not begun to move. This no doubt is owing to the irant of spring gram. Atr.h'/Ufli the wnaWier lifts been «x----copt.iomilly line, thorn ha-* b*«n no grmrlii, owinn to the dryness of Uio .seajioo, which Iβ akwwly cAuaing Borne aJajriii, both to farmers aod stock owners I ■\Vbe;i,6 lias t»etm dull of saJo. with x decline of 3d por btwhol. Oats Imve bt<on to rood «l«inanrl, mood sorts 3s, ordin*ry tfid 'is 9d. We quote tho JoUowiiiß priofte for snick : —Deef, ox, 14ete 19s ; cow, Us to l;l« per 1001b ; fat wethera, 12« 6d to 15s, or 2id per lb ; i*t owes, Sβ oil tu Us M, or 2d per lb ; shore vrothorn, 10a to 12a ; onipty ewes, 8s to to ; 6WOS in lainls, V* to Via; 'hoggete, 7s to 10e; store cattle, eteo.-», 50» to 70a ; dairy catile, s(hi to 1006 ; •.vhoat, Si (A ; nut*, '■'•' ; potntoe*. iwi.s. JUitNMJNVIU.K. MKSsns. i«'Bt;wi4.i H. Jiumo>i a.nu (jo. report (by telegraph) f>l their stock s*le :—Fat cattle were in fewer uurnbora tha.fi anticipated, caused through an entry betriß \rithdratni at the last moment, the quail*.y'fcenetally beina medium, and including some very lijfht weights. A fer,- prime bullocks, however, were penned, An improved demand set in from the betiinnlug, maintaining itself throughout, the prices realised bainj: the beat we have had this year. There was also a siaallor supply of sheep in the

pens, consisting of medium wethors, for : which there was Rood competition. A smnll consignment of shorn wethers appeared for the first timu this season, and were a good lot. Ijvinbs were in full supply at late rates. No pigs came forward. Bullocks brought £6 10s to £7 7« Od, ayeragine; £6 &> Cd and ££> 15.i 3d respectively. Sheep: Wethers in wool, Us 4d to IS* ; shorn do,, lls Til to lls M ; liunbs, ft* (Sβ to Us 3fl. Ox beef iimdr 17s the 1001b ; wether mutton in wool, 2jd ; shorn do., Sd per lb.

STOCK AND AIININO ASSOCIATION.

Auckland, Sl'.PTKMURR 11, is&). Company. Business. Closing Prices. Btiyer<i.| Stifler*. Bamcs— £ s. d. £. s. d. New Zealand, old — — 7 12 0 Colonial .... — — •! 6 0 Insurance: New Zealand _ OS/ — 3 0 0 South British .. — — 1 18 0 National .. ». — — 0 19 0 Colonial .. ... — 0 0 0 — Accident .... — — 0 7 C MISCELLANEOUS : Auckland (las, new — — is 2 fi Knuri limber .. — Oil 8 0 li (1 >'.'/. I..A Mercantile — 3 9 0 3 11 0 National Mortgage — — 0 12 0 IS.'A. Shipping '.. — 3 10 — Coroniiuulol steam — — j 0 7 0 Taupiri Kxt«iuW — 10 0 110 Mining : Cambria ..„ — — 023 ■Saxon .... — 078070 New P. Imperial .. . — — 0 1 C Trenton .. .. — — 0 3 1 New Moanataiari 3/4, S/8 0 3*037 New Allmrnla .. 2/, 2/2 — | 0 X 2 Royal 0:ik.. .. - 0 1 9 0 « 1 May Queen .. — 0 1 4 0 15 C. Alexander, 8. Vickers, .1. P. Clarke, R. Fratov, J. M. U-nnox, D. 1$. McDonald, r>. O. Mncl">ormoll, Ailkeu Ciirrirk, H. Spralt, Francis Mull, James IU'id, K. G. Macky, Samuel Turtle, T. A. Monzies. Joskp)i Newman, Chairman. CALL AND mVIDKND LIST. DIVIDENDS. £ s. d. Standard Kiro and Marine Insurance Co. .. ., 7J 7, — Now.