COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8556, 2 May 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, Friday evening. The Customs duties to-day amounted to £1076 103 Id.

The following is a statement showing the amount of Customs duties, after deducting refunds, collected in the port of Auckland during the month of April:—

Total .. .. £33,036 3 6 Gold duty 47 10 0 Mr. T. M. Jackson sold by auction at his mart to-day by order of the liquidator of the New Zealand Stud Company iv parcel of 148 acres land, a portion of the Sylvia Park estate. After brisk competition Mr. A. Austin secured the lot for £2005.

Messrs. Arthur and Buddle's Weekly Report.— Business has been up to the average. In values of produce there is little or no change to report. Several lines of Southern potatoes have come forward during the week, in addition to the locally grown, but the demand has not been correspondingly active. We quote : £3 for Southern (sacks in), and for prime local £3 to £3 10s (sacks extra). Onions of first quality are scarce, and in demand. Canterbury hams and bacon have been in good supply, and sales effected at 7<l to 7Jd, and Sd to BJd in small quantities; by the case, ejd, for even numbers. Fresh butter has been short of demand, at full values; corned has sold freely during the week ; there is a good inquiry for Sr.-.t-clas3. There lias be--1) an active demand for good cheese, and best dairies have realised up to 4d. Fresh eggs continue very scarce. Grain of all kinds has sola well. The supply i.i fruit has been smaller, owing to the large quantities that are being exported, average prices have shown a considerable iiapiovement on previous quotations. Poultry his bean in good supply, at about lust week's prices. Auction sales for the week have been six in number, all at the Mart: Poultry, produce, and fruit, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, drapery on Wednesday. On Thursday a »ale of property, being a dwellinghouse and allotment in Collingwoocf-street, the bidding was languid, and did not come up to the owner's reserve. Household urn it on the same day sold well. We quote the following prices at which we have sold during the week, privately and by auction, viz.: Good /owls, Is 3d to Is lOd; in poor condition, 6d to Is; roosters in condition. Is 9d to 2s 9d ; poor sorts, Is to In 4d; young cockerels, Sd to Is Id ; ducks. Is 5d to Is ; turkey gobblers, 3s 9d to 5s ; hens, Is 9d to 3s; chicks, 8d to llid ; geese, 2a (Id; pigeons, Is Id to Is 3d ; canaries, 2s to 3s 9d ; young pigs, 4s to 12s 8d ; pumpkins, Is Id to Is 8d ; kutneraa. Is 6d to 4s ; carrots. Is 6d to 2s and 4d to 7d ierdoz; piemelons, Is 3d to IsSd ; parsnips, 3d to 6d per doz ; celery, lOd ; mangold*, 9d ; swedes, 6d ; citrons, Is 3d to 2s ; cabbages, 9d to Is 2d per doz and Is 5d per sack : onions, jd to J<l ; potatoes, local, 2* 9d to 3.sod, inferior Is 6d to 2s 6d, southern and East Coast 3<, inferior 2s 3d ; fresh butter, 7d to £*d ; cheese, 3d to 4d, inferior Jd to 2d ; corned butter, 3d to 6d ; fresh eggs, Is 6d to Is 0d ; Canterbury bacon, 7d to 7id ; hams, 8d to BJd ; equal numbers by the case, 6i[d—no l"C«il entered ; bran, 2s 8d to 3;i 6d ; sharps, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; oats, Is 0d to 2s 2d ; chaff, 2s 7d to 4s ; chick wheat, Is lOd to 3s 4d; maize. 3s to 3s 3d ; smoked mullet, Od to 8d ; apples, dessert, Jd to IJd cookers jd to IJd ; figs, lid to 2d ; tomatoes, Jd to Id ; lemons, sid to 9Jd ; Cape gooseberries, od ; pe. j-3, ljd to 3jd ; grapes, 7Jd to9d ; passion fruit, 2ld ; Island oranges, 3s Id to 3s 4d ; peanuts, ljd ; bananas, 4d to Is 4d per bunch.

Messrs. Esam and ARTHUR'S WEEKLY REPORT. The produce market is not distinguished by any marked alterations during the week, except in potatoes, which have receded in value by about 10s per ton. We quote: Prices nominal at £3 for first quality; Southern shipments have glutted the market, and the supply from all sources is far in excess of requirements. Fowl wheat is scarce and in good demand at 3s 3d to 3s 4d wholesale. Maize is firmer, although we think only temporarily—value 3s to 3s 2d. Oats: Some little activity has t.ken place, but prices iemain about the same; quality shows no improvement. We have sold during the week at Is (Jd to 2s 3d, the latter figure for very prime heavy short. Bacon : The demand for Southern continues good; no local submitted to auction. Onions: For really prime we quota £6 IDs, and have orders yet to complete at this figure. Eggs continue scarce; pickled, at 9d to Is; guaranteed fresh, Is 7d to Is Sd, Bran and sharps are in steady demand at £3 16s to £4 5s respectively. Cheese: Several large consignments to band, and cleared at an average of 3d. Vegetable.-! were staged in abundance. Fruit: 'the supply has been good and prices show an improvement, particularly in apples. Detailed auction rates aro as follow Potatoes, 23 2d to 2s 3d according to quality, one special line sold at 3s Oil ; kumeras, 6s; pumpkins, Is Cd to 2s; pie melons, la to 2s; carrots, Is Cd to 2a, and 4d to 7d per doz. ; parsnips, 4idtoßd; cabbages, ?d to Is per doz., and 7d to Is Sd per sack ; Swedes, Is Id ; oats, Is tid to 2s 3d ; maize, 33 to 3s 2d ; bran. 3s 9d ; wheat, 3s 3d to 33 4d ; chaff, Is (id to Is 9d ; ryegrass, 5s 3d; onions, gd to Jd, and £2 6s to £5 per ton ; cheese, 3d to 3}d ; fresh butter, 7id to 9Jd ; salt butter, 5d to s£d ; bacon in cloth, ti£d ; hams, 8d ; shoulders, 3Jil ; biscuits, 4d ; coffee, Is Id ; oil, 2s 8d ; whitelead, 7d ; box tea, 15s 6d ; honey. 3Jd ; apples, 2<t to lfd; tomatoes,ld; quinces, Id ; medlars, id ; figs, ljd ; Cape gooseberries, 6id to 6jd ; lemons, 74d to 8d ; limes, 6s per case.

Mr. Alexander aitken's Market Report for the week ending 2nd May: Business generally active, and the output for the week was considerably beyond the average. The demand for fruit has be«n unlimited at further advanced rates. All lines sold at auction under very k?en competition. The supply for the week lias been fully 1000 cases of all kinds, and every case his been; disposed of. Firstclass cocking apples, in lines from lid to lid; medium lots, Id to ljd ; inferior and niothed, jjd to' Id. Dessert: Cox's Orange, lsd ; Adams' Pearmain, l|d to ljd ; Simmon's Winter, lfd to ljd ; Stone's Pippin, lid to ljd ; Ohinemuii, ljd to ljd; Pear's Beurre lsi*l, 2jd to 3Jd; other dessert, 24d to 3d ; Napoleon, ljd to 2d other second-class, ljd to ljd. On Wednesday 1084 bunches bananas, ex Wainui, were disposed of, prices ruling very low, owing to the market being overstocked. . Prices were 9d to 2s 3d bunch. 250 bunches, ex s.s. Little Agnes, from Norfolk Island, realised from 6cl to is la per bunch. Oranpss, 3s <5d to 4s 6d per case; passion fruit, 2d to 2Jd ; grapes, fid to lOd per lb; tomatoes, Jd to Id; quinces, poor, jd to Id ; lemons, Cd to Is ljd; walnuts, 9d; cape gooseberries, sjd to 6Jd. In dairy produce supplies have been heavy. Eggs: New laid, Is 6d to Is 9d; pickled, 6tl to Is. Butter: Prime fresh, 3d tolOd ; poor, 6d to7d ; factory, lOd to Is ; tinned. Is 2d. Keg butter has moved freely ; prime lots, 4Jd to 0d ; poor, 4d. Roll butter in pickle in good demand at 7d. Cheese dull at 2d to 4d. Bacon : new cure in good supply at 4d to 7d ; hams, 6d to 8d ; Canterbury, 3id to 7d. Lard, 2d to 3d. Honey in strong demand—firstclass, in bulk, 3Jd ; other, tins, 3Jd to 4d ; section, 4d. Potatoes continue plentiful and rather dull at £2 5s to £3 10s sacks included. Onions of prime quality in demand beyond supply at £«, and flu to jd for small lots. Garlic, no demand. Wheat, very scarce; fowl feed,, 33 3d to 3s 6d ; milling, 3s 8d to 4s; carrots, Is 6d to Is 9d ; pumpkins, Is to 2s 2d ; mangolds, 0d to Is ; chaff, £2 10s; cabbages, 6d to Is tid per sack ; bran, very scarce at 4s ; sharps, 5s ; potato seed onions, jd to Id. In the poultry department the supply has been heavy at lower values -first-class table fowls, Is 4d to Is 8d ; others, lOd to Is 3d ;.ducks, Is 8d 'to 2s <5d ; Pekins, 7s 6d ; roosters in condition, Is 6d to 2s 6d ; special lots up to 3s sd; turkeys, short of demand, gobblers, 4s to 6s 6d ; hens, 3s to 4s 3d ; geese, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; pigeons, Sd to Is; canaries, 2a to is. Figs were

penned in large numbers; owing to scarcity of feed Tdluos for this line are lower, namely, first-class young lots, 6a to 9s 6d ; medium small and large rough, 2s 6d to 6s Bd.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.

Auckland, May 1, 1801.

Joseph Newman, S. Tickers, 3. Friar Clarke, K. later, J. M. Lennox, D. B. McDonald, 1). Q. MacDounell, Aitkin Carrick, It. Spratt, Francis Hull, James Reid. K. O. Macky. T. A. Mousies, James Frater, Q. F. Brimblocombe. C. Alexander, Chairman,

CAT.L AND DIVIDEND LIST. CALLS. > A *. rt. Due. Victory G.M.Co. .. - 000} „ May 4 Success Q.M.Co. .. — 0 0 1 „ May 11 New Manukau G.M.Co. ..003.. May 13 Souvenir G.M.Co. — —001.. May IS Hongkong G.M.Co. .. -.001 .. May 18 Crack-hot G.M.Co. .. » 0 0 0} .. May is Wheal Prosper G.M.Co. -. 0 0 o}.. May 18 Puhipuhi Prospectors' Co. ..002.. May 29

Spirits, bulk, 15s gal. .. „ .. £2,950 7 6 Spirits, ease, lfe gal „ 2,404 7 0 Spirits, perfumed, 219 gal 12 0 5 Cijrars, cicarettes, ami snuff, 7s lb. .. 1,29111 1 Tobacco, manufactured, Ss 6(1 lb. .. 4,619 13 6 Tobacco, raw for manufacture, 2s lb. 250 0 0 Wine, sparkling, 9s gal .. .. .. 62 5 6 Wine, Australian, Ss gal. _ _ 150 IS e Wine, other kinds, 6s gal. .. „ 344 19 • 0 Ala and beer, etc, Is (id gal 240 3 0 Tea, tk? lb 1,371 10 0 Coffee, chicory, cocoa, and chocolate, 3d lb 167 12 11 Sugar, molasses, and treacle, £cl lb. .. 4,925 9 11 Goods by weighs .. 2,640 5 7 G»ods, ad valorem 10,179 8 0 Other duties not specified above .. 1,439 11 6

Company. Business. Closing Prices. 1 r • ————— B,iyer«. Seller*. Banks : £ » d & s d. Now Zealand », ~ 5 10 0 6 15 0 Colonial .. .. — 220230 Insurance: South British .. — 1 10 0 — National .. .. — ... — 0 17 8 Accident .. .. — 080080 Miscellaneous: Auckland! Gas .. — 10 10 010 15 0 N.Z.L. & Mercantile , — 3 2 6 — Union Oil .... — — 0 11 9 Northern Steam .. — 0 6 3 0 5 0 MINING : May Queen.. .. 6/3 — OAS New Moanataiari.. — — 0 8 0 Saxon .. .. 4/3,4/2 0 4 10 4 3 Magnolia .. .. — — 0 4 (5 Tr«n Son .. .. — — 0 17 Cambria .. .. — ■, — 0 8 0 Orlando .. .. 1/1, X! 0 10 0 11 Victoria (T.) .. 1/3,1/2 0 110 18 Calliope .. .. — — 0 0 5 Consols .. .. — _ — 0 1 I H&iolbank, 2/ pd.up — 0 * 4 0 3 9 „ 1/3 pd.up — 0 2 9 0 3 1 Waihi .. .. — 1 0 0 — „ Silverton «... — — 0 2 6 Try i*'luke .. .. — —• 076 Red Mercury .. — . — 0 2 9 Carbine .... — ""222 Ot&iua .... — — 0 6 0 Mariposa — ' — -—010 Kapai — — — 0 11 Sylvia «... — « "I n 0 7 0 Puhipulii .. .. — 070074 Oweni .. .. 110,1/9 0 16 0 19 Flying Cloud .. I*,/3 0 0 Si 0 0 4