COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8384, 11 October 1890, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office. Friday evening. The Customs duties to-day amounted to £790 8s 4d.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.

Auckland. October 10, is»o.

Messrs. Arthur and Buddlk's Weekly RePort.—A busy week in all departments, more especially in produce. We have had a large supply and a Rood steady demand. Potatoes remain at about last week's values for sound lots, and la*ge quantities have been quitted. Good onions are much wanted, the market being quite bare. Fanners make of new cheese has come forward pretty freely, and has met with ready sale at from 4Jd to fid. Fresh butter has been entered in very large quantity during the week (over a ton), and has exceeded the demand. A lot had t.i be cleared at low prices. Sail butter practically unsaleable. Several lines of good dairy fed bacon and hams have come to hand and find ft steady sale at from 5d to 7d and 6d to Sd iespectively. A good supply of fresh eggs, which sold at full market value, Poultry were entered iu larger numbs* and realised high prices. A fair supply of pins, which wore in good demand and sold well. There has been a fine market for lemons during the week, and these, with several cases of local oranges, havo realised a considerable average advance on previous pi ices. During the week we have held five sales by auction. On Monday a clearing sale of tobacconist's stock, and on Tuesday a saleo: household furniture and effects at Surrey HilU. Both were well attended and fair business resulted. At the mart on Wednesday a sale of furniture aud effects, all of which sold well. On Thursday an assigned stock of drapery, hardware, etc., at the mart. A fine attendance of buyers, with good competition. Friday's market sale was largely attended throughout, and lasted over six hours. Notwithstanding the largo quantity of produ.e entered, the splendid space at our disposal in our new mart enabled us to display it all to the best advantage, and then left room for more. The following are the prices St which we have sold during the week :—Fowls, lsßd to 2s 2d ; dorkings, 2s to 2s 2d ;-Andalusians, 2s 2d Leghorns, 2s 2d; Spanish, 3s; ducks, 2s Id to 2s 7d■; ducklings, 9d ; turkeys, 4s 2d to 7s 3d ; geese. 4s; canaries, 2s Od to ss; young pigs, 8s to J lisCd;Carrots, Is to Is Id; cabbages, 4d to Is 2d per sack, lid per ; celery, 7d to lod ; parsnips. 9d per dozen, 2s per cwt.; new potatoes, round, id to }d ; kidneys, lid to lid ; turnips, 7d ber dozen ; rhubarb, 6d to lOd per bundle ; cauliflowers, per sack .3s 9d, per dozen, 2s Cd ; old potatoes, £2 to £3; sweated, Is 2d to Is Od ; onions, 2Jd ; inferior, id to jd; o-ttmeal, in 71b bags, 8d; cheese, 4Jd to sd; wheat, 3s 6cl; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; damaged, Is 5d ; sharps, 3s 3d to 4s 3d ; bran, 3s to 4s; hams, 4d to to fed ; bacon, 6d to 7d ; inferior, 2d to 2Jd ; fresh butter, ljd to 4sd ; orgs, 03d to 7sd ; cape gooseberries, (id ; loquats, Cd to OJd ; lemons, Bid to Is Id; citron lemons, 3Jd ; local oranges, IDs per case; tomato sauce, Is 8d to 6s Cd ; blue, 2Jd ; saltpetre, lid ; pickles, 3s 3d ; pastiles, 4id ; biscuits, id. MR. ALEX. AITKK.N'B MARKET JiKPORT for the week ending October 11:—During the week produce generally has been quitted in good quantities. The usual produce sales have been largely attended, that of Friday being one of the best sales I have yet held, being well supplied, and closed after 6J hours selling with an unsatisfied demand for most kinds. Poultry was entered in large numbers, and sold at high prices. First-class table fowl* realised from 2s to 2s lid each; others Is 9d to Is lid; roosters iu condition. 2s Cd to I* 8d ; others 2s to 2s 4d ; well-bred fowls, sis 9d to Bs 3d ; ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; ducklings, lid to Is 7d ; geese, 4s Od to 6s ; turkey hens, 4s to 6s, gobblers 6» to 7s 3d; canaries, 2s to 4s 3d. Pigs: 83 were entered ; best lots fetched 10s to 16s 3d each, others Os fld to 9» 9d ; very small suckers and poor lots, 8s Od to 6s 9d : dressed pork, Ud to 2Jd. Rabbits, Is ; bares, 2s Od to 2s lOd. Potatoes Sound lota, £2 10s to £3; Oamaru seed, £3 to £4 ; potatoes in bad order, 12s to 16s per ton ; new, Shepherds, Jd to Id ; kidneys, Id to .Jd. Onions have been scarce, and short of demand at 2d to 2id ; carrots plentiful, at 15s to 26s per ton ; wheat is rather scarce at 3s 6d to 3b 9d ; maize, 3s 6d ; bran, £4; sharps£3lss to£4; cabbages, Cd to 3s 9d per sack and Cd to Is 3d per dozen; table turnips, carrots, and parsnips scarce at good prices: cucumbers, 5s to Ss per dozen. Baon and bams of good quality could have been quitted in larger quantities, and all to hand sold readily. Prime bacon, Od t« o}d, poor 4d to fid ; hams, prime, 7d, poor 4d to sd. Cheese has come to hand in good quantities and met with good demand. One ton of Alcaroa loaf cheese realised 4d to 4}d ; Poverty 'ay new loaf size, 6jd ; Taranaki large, 4d ; local new make, id to 4id. Butter, fresh, has been plentiful, and quality, in many cases, very poor. Prices have ruled from 3d to 6*l, one lot «{d. Kgg supplies still on the increase, but yet far short of demand. Hen eggs, 7d to BJd, average 7|d ; duct eggs, BJd to OJd, average 9d. Honey : A good quantity of new season's (section) fetched Sja, tin honey 3d. Lard, 3d. In fruit there baa been a good supply of lemons.

although far short of demand, at 10J to Is 8d per dozen ; (.ranges, owing to the scarcity of Island lata, local mown have made Is to Is Id per down; tomatoes, 7d; Cape gooseberries, is Id pec lb; loquats, 8 per lb ; local apples, 6d to Cd ; walnut*:, od ; cocoanuta, 7s per sack; desiccated, 7Ad per lb ; beehives, 8s to 16« eaaß ; new TaranaM machine-made butter-kegs. 8s 6d each ; flour, 4* la £11 ; lollies, boiled, «d, others *}d ; raisins, 4d.

Mkssus. ESAM and ARTHUR'S WEEKLY Bkport. —Produce: Business in this department has not been so active during the week. Potatoes continue low in price; we quote £1 to £8 IBs as ruling rates ; for very prime quality 6s higher. New potatoes are. coming in more freely ; kidneys, lid ; Shepherds, |d to id. Bacon: The supply has bees abort of demand ; active inquiry for first quality at SJ4 to ejd. Butter : Fresh is very plentiful: our rates at auction we>e SJd to Cjd; the quality is very varied. Cheese has been in better supply, and all quitted at 4jd. Flour : ▲ shipment of 10 tons, sold on account of whom it may concern, realised an average of £7 17s M per ton. Oats in small demand at 2s Id to 2s Sd ; bran and sharps, £3 IBs. We obtained the following prices at auction yesterday :— Potatoes, £1 0* to £2 ; small lines, £2 6s to £3 : new kidneys, ljd ; Shepherds, |d to Id ; onions, 3d; inferior," id to id : cabbages, 7id to Is Id per dozen and Is Cd per sack ; rhubarb, 6s Cd to fls ; cauliflower, Is Id to S» 6d ; turnips, M ; lettuce, 8d to lOd ; carrots, 7d and Is to Is 3d per cwt ; oats, 3e 2d to 2a 3d ; wheat, 3s 4d toSs 6d: sharp*. SaM ; ohafl, 2* ; bran, Ss tkl to 4s ; oatmeal £12 ; bacon, Sd to 6jd ; hams, 4d to 7d ; fresh butter, 8d to «id ; new cheese, 4jd to 4jd ; egg farriers, 2» 6d ; biscuits, 4d ; box tea, 15s Ud; half- jhests, Is Cd ; salt butter,, 2d to yd ; coffee,' Is.

Company. Business. Closing Prices. —— Buyers. [Sellers. Banks : * « <1£ ■ d. New Zealand, old.. 6101, 5/8/9 — 6*0 Insurance: I , „ „ New Zealand » — _ |6 0 0 South British -. — 15 8; — National .. - — 0 14 « — MisctLLAXfious: I ._ „ Auckland Gas, old — — HO 10 5 Kauri Timber — 0 10 6 0 18 0 N.Z.&B.P.LandM. - 0 12 & 0 14 8 N./..L. 4 Mercantile -- _ I 2 18 0 Union Oil _ .. — 0 10 6; 0 12 0 Mining: [ Try Malta _ - 7/, 6,8 0 6 8 0 7 0 Red Mercury _ — — ! 0 2 9 Carbine - «. — _ I 0 2 6 Bonanza - - - 012013 Otama „ .. — Oil 014 Mariposa .... — '—014 Waitaia _ — — 0 1 8 Kapai .... /9 - 0 0 10 Lady Carrington .. — ■ — 0 13 John Bull „ - -006 Stanley _ - —000 Owera - „ — 029080 Kuaotuna - .. — _ I ° 1 6 May Queen.. .. 6/9,8/ 0 5 10,0 0 » N*e» Moanataiarl.. — 0 0 0, 0 « 9 Saxon .. .. - 0 5 0, 0 6 0 New Alburnia .. 4/9, 4/11, 4/9 — I 0 4 10 Lone Hand.. .. — —040 Magnolia _j .. 4/ — — „ Dives.. m .. 1/5,1/6 0 17 0 18 Cambria „ .. 4,9,4/10 0 4 0 0 6 0 Norfolk „ .. 2/2,2/3,2/2 0 2 2 0 2 4 Orlando „ .. 1/ 0 0 11' 0 11 Freedom „ .. — 0 0 0; - „ Victoria (T.) .. - 0 18 f 0 16 Prince Imperial „ — 0 2 9' — Manukau .. .. — 0 0 9 — Fearnought .. — — ° £ » Blanche » — — 0 0 4 Little N«D «... — —008 Golden Age ., — —010 Hazel Bank .. — 0 10 — Vizards .. .. — — 0-9 * Oriental .... - _ 0 0 10 Mountain Flower.. — —000 Prosperity ~ .. .— _ - 0 0 0 Leopold .... - - 0 5 0 Adeline .... — —000 Flying Clond .. — ) — 0 0 8 Joaeph Newman, 6. Vickers, J. F. Clarke, K. Frater, .1 M. Leunex, D. B. McDonald, D. O. MacDonnell, Aitken Carrick, It. Sprat?, Francis Hull, James Keid, B. Q. Alacky, T. A. Meaeies. 0. Alexander, Chairman,

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. CALLS. £ 8. d. Consols U.M.C0. - _ 0 0 2 - Oct. 13 Hazel bank O.M.Co. _ - 0 0 3 _ Oct. 20 Success G.M.Co. .. „ 0 0 1 „ Oct. 20 Puhl»uhl Prospectors' 0*. . 9 111 . Oct. l!0 Lone Hand O.M.Co. - - 0 0 8 - Oct. 22 Secret Co... - - 0 0 1 « Oct. 25 Bed Mercury O.M.Co... . 0 0 3 - Nov.20 DIVIDENDS. Try Fluke.. - - .000. Oct. 16