COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8372, 27 September 1890, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Hekald Office. Friday evening. Thr Customs du£la> to-day amounted to £674 5s 2d.

Messrs. ARTHUR and At'DOLE'S Weekly REPORT. —Produce has been in fair demand, with an inadequate supply in some lines, such m good bacon and hams, cheese, and honey. Potatoes have moved off steadily a"t from £1 to £* 15s in lines, And £2 I'M to £3 10s in small lot*, according to quality. Onions, in good supply, ranged from A.7 to £13. New potatoes are beginning to come Inward freely ; prices cn Friday were from Jd to lja per lb. Fresh butter was entered in considerable quantity, and has further fallen in value. A fair supply of vegetables, all of which sold well. Fruit has been very aaaca during the week ; only a few ca-esof local apples to hand; these realised 4d per .1). A shipment of Hobart brought high figures. A fair supply of lemons. We have held six auction sales since last report. On Monday, potatoes at Hull» Bond, when we sold SOO sacks at from £1 to £2 8s ; produce, etc., at the mart. Tuesday and Thursday, drapery at the mart. Good attendance each day, and fair business done. Wednesday, banana* ex Wainui. Friday, market day sale; full attanouice of buyers, and a lot of stuff quitted, lhe following arc the prices at which wd have sold during the weuk, vi/. :—Fowls, Is fid to .'* 3d ; ducks, 2fl to is Cd : game fowls, 3s 2d; dresswi pork, poor, 14; now potatoes, 3d to lid: carrots, <5d to Is and Sid to id per dozen ; mangolds, 6d; cabb.VJ es > J® }*£$*. doj; and lid to Is 2d per sack ; bOetroot, 8a to 8d , celery, 4d to lOd; leeks, Id to *d ; etCalUlowwa, 9d to 4s per dozen and Is 6d to 3s 4d per s*ck ; rhubarb, Cd ; pumpkins, Ss ; onions, |d to ljd ; potatoes, £1 to £3 10s ; bacon, inferior, si"; cheese, 4Jd ; eggs, Od to 7jd ; fresh butter, 3Jd to eld; oats, 2» to 2s 3d; maize, Ss 2d to as 4d ; bran, 4s; sharps, 4s to 4s Sil ; wheat, 3s to 3s lid; lemons, 6d to lOjd; oranges, 7Jd ; local apples, 4d ; Hobart. Sturmers, 7s to llfc'M; French crabs. 12s 3d; Nonpareil russets, lis frJ ; biscuits, 4d Having decided to remove our business to the City Market, we shall hold our first produce sale there on Friday nextproduce, fruit, and groceries in the Agricultural Hall, and poultry in tlw western wing of the Market, Mr. Alexander aitkkn's Market Report to. the week ending September 27 Large quantities of most lines of produce quitted at faw prices. Potatoes : All consignments to hand up to n ednesday were quitted at £3 to £3 but by Friday stocks were iga'n large, and with difficulty prime Southern And S'apier lots were quitted in moderate quantities, at from iO# to 60s per ton. Onions of first-class quality were in active demand f>r Island orders, but none arrived in time: Prime nave fetched 2d; poor, Id to lid. GArlic: No sale. j Vegetables of all kinds in full supply, at low prices. Wheat, prime fowl, Ss fld: poor, Ss; milling, a | parcel to hand quitted at 3s 7d, sacks extra; maize, 3s to ss 4d ; bran, £4 10s ; sharps, £4 t>s; flour, £10 to £11: oat«, 2s to 2s 3d; riots, Ski to Is Cd; pumpkins, 4s to 4s 3d. Bacon and hams: Heavy supply, principally of r , Or >' P® or quality —this was sold at 2)4 to Sjd .* or bacon, and 3d to s<l for hams; prune, 6d to 6d ; hams, Cd to 7d. Cheese isf very scarce, all lots to hand quitted at 3d to 4jd. : Increased quantity to hand, but there was a I ,ein. , *nd for any quantity at o}d to 8d for hen eggs, avid BJd to did for duck eggs ; consignors should (.ViC*[in bojses ot not more than 15 dozen, to ensure Richest rates. Butter: Fresh, very plentiful; pn® e > M ™ 7d; pjor, 4d to 6d; Lang's separ»> °":> l jW > honey, none (there is a demand); l.Wv '• P..,'", 3d, poor ljii. Fruit (island) has been ji "*nuiul. Two sales were held, at which 1300 bui.**- ®f 01 bananas, ex Wainui, realised from Is to 2s 1 J*, P 8 * bunch ; 440 cases oranges, ex same steamer, re.vh.sea from Sd to Did per dozen, and 8s to 4s 6d per srttfc 11 case: ci>coanuts, 7s ; pines, 4s fid. Local apples : A few cases to hand in prime condition realised 3Jd to 4<l Lemons hare been more plentiful at Bjd to Is; small, (xl to OJd. Local oranges, 4s to 5» per case ; mandarins, 4s 3d per case. Tomatoes. Sjd per lb. In the poultry department the supply was large. Upward* of 1500 head penned. Competition was keen, and high pric*-*! ruled throughout the sale. The same might be said ot pigs, of which about CO were entered, and sold well. First-class tabic fowls, Is 9d to 2s 6d; poor to medium, fls 9kl to is 3d; roosters in condition, 2s 2d to 2s Od each ; sm;ti.' and old, Is Cd to Is lOd ; pure variety fowls, 2s Cd tk. l Ss each ; ducks, Is to 2k 9d ; young ducks, Is 8d to is lid ; ducklings, very small, 7d to Is ; geese, 4s Oil to 5s ; turkeys, 5s to 7s ; canaries, 2s to 4s ttil. Pigs : Best young, 10s tid to 13s ; medium, 7s to 9s; poor, 4s 6(1 to 6s 9d ; white Yorkshire, seven weeks old, 14s Cd to 18s each ; dressed pork, 2d to 2|d ; wares, 2s 6d each. New kidney potatoes: Best, ljd to lid ; small, is Cd to 3s, and Jd to }d per lb ; Shepherds, Jd to Id.

Messrs. Esam and Arthur's Weekly Report. —Produce Potatoes : The depression referred to in our last report regarding potatoes has not only been maintained, but considerably _ increased. Values are nominal, say £2 to £2 ha, being average -price. We have sold at £2 to £3 10s, and th» tandeticy is downward rather than upward. Cbeoae is in greater demand than the tupply, at 4d to 4id for good, mild quality. Butter is plentiful; value, 4jd to Od for fresh. ; salt In excess of demand, values according to quality. Cereals continue low : Oats, 2s Id to 2s 3d ; bran, £4 ; chaff, £3 to £3 15s. Bacon haa come forward in good quantity, and sold readily. We have cleared nearly every line at auction, from 4}d to 7d ; hams, 6d to Sd. Two outdoor sales have been held daring the week, vendors being satistied with results. We obtained the following prices at Friday's sale :—Potatoes, £2 10s to £3 10s ; inferior, £1 10s to £1 15s ; white carrots, Is to Is Id ; red carrots, Is 3d ; pumpkins, 3s to 3» 6d ; new kidneys, ljd. Large quantity vegetables entered, and all sold at good prices. Wheat, 3s Sd to 3s (xl ; inferior wheat, 2s to 2s 6d ; oats. 2s 2d to 2s .3d ; rye, 3s tid; bran, 4s to 4s (Id; chaff, 2s ; oatraea.', £12 ; flour, £11 to £12 ; bacon, 4jd to "d . hams, 4jd to Sd ; cheeses 4d to 4Jd ; fresh butter, 4d to 6d ; egg*, "d ; cocoanuts, 4s 9d to as ; lemons, 9sd to Is ; apples, 4»6d to 7s6d ; tea, half-chests, Is tid ; box, 15s ; mixed biscuits, 4d : ginger nuts, 4d; jams, 4s 3d U' 4s fid ; salt butter, 2Jd to 3jd. *•

CALL AND DIVIDKND LIST. CALLS. £«.<!. Owera G.M.Co 0 0 1 „ Sept.3o Kuaotunu Bonanza G.M.Co.. 0 0 1.. Oct. 1 Kuaotunu Quartz-crushing Co 0 2 0 .. Oct. 1 Norfolk G.M.Co 0 0 2 .. Oct. 6 Trenton G.M.Co 0 0 3 .. Oct. 7 Sylvia G.M.Co M 0 0 6 « Oct. 8 DIVIDENDS. Standard Insurance .. „ — « Now. Bank of Australasia .. .. 14 % .. Oct. 3

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. Auckland. September 20, 1890. Company. Business. Closing Prices. Buyers. |.Seller*. ( Banks : & » tlx a d. New Zealand,old.. 6/2/6 5 0 0 5 6 0 Insuhanck: ) South British .. 22/6, 23/ 12 6 — . Colonial .. .. — 0 C 9,— \ Miscellaneous: , Auckland Gas, old 10/ 10/7/6 — 10 10 0 Kauri Timber .. — 0 10 0 0 IS 0 N.Z.&Ii.P.UndM. — 0 12 6 0 14 C MINI SO : Try Mufce .. .. — 089093 Red Mercury .. 3/3 — 0 3 4 Bonanza .. .. 1/4 — 0 14 Otama .... — — 0 18 Mariposa .. .. 1/6 — 0 17 Waitaia .. .. — — 0 18 Lady Carrington .. — — 0 14 John Bull .... — —009 Stanley .... — — 0 0 7 Ku?.0tunu .. .. — — 0 18 Golden Gate — — — 0 0 10 May Queen.. .. 12/, 1*/, 13/9 0 13 0 0 13 6 sjJn'bw Moanataiari.. — 0 7 8 0 7 6 Saxon .. .. — — 0 0 3 New Alburnia .. — — 0 4 3 Lone Hand .. .. — — 0 0 0 Magnolia .. .. 6/3 — 0 0 0 Caledonian.. .. - 0 2 9 0 3 3Dives .. .. — — 0 2 0 Cambria .. .. 3/6,3/10,3/7 — 0 3 8 Norfolk .. .. Hi, 2/3 0 2 2 — Orlando .. .. — — 0 10 City of Dunedin .. — — 0 10 Victoria (T.) .. 1/6,1/5 0 1 4 0 1 (5 Manukau .. ,. — 0 0 0 — Golden Age .. — 0 0 10 0 1 1 Hazel Bank .. — —021 Vizards .. .. — 0 2 6 — Junction .. .. — — 0 10 Royal Oak .. .. — —040 Oriental .. .. — 00800 10 Prosperity .. ..j — — 007 Leopold .. _( — — 0 0 6 Adeline .. ..[ — 10 0 4 0 0 6 Joseph Newman. S. Viekers, J. P. Clarke, It. Prater, J. M. Lennox, B. McDonald, D. G. MacDonnell, Aitken Carries, R. Spratt, Francis Hull, James Reid, ft. G. Macky, T. A. Menzies. C. Alexander, Chairman.