COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8585, 5 June 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

• New Zealahd Herald Office, Thursday evening. The Australasian banking returns to the 31st of last March, taken from the Insurance and Banking Record of Ist May, are interesting to" New Zealand readers, inasmuch that they exhibit at a glance the ctrong recovery in the financial position of the colony. One or two of the statistical returns evidence this clearly. For instance, " the decrease in bank advances in New Zealand wiihiri the last three years, up to the 31st of March last, ia £2,208,099, while the deposits within the same period have increased by £592,768." Again, "the excess of "advances over deposits on 31st March, 1890, was £2,268,387, which was reduced to £1,098,779 by the 31st March, 1891." These figures give, in a figurative nutshell the solid results of the last two or three years steady application to the real downright colonising work of a mere handful of enterprising people, and without the aid of any fictitious prosperity in the shape of new loans, which are tantamount to new mortgages on the resources of these favoured islands. Not alone do the figrires in themselves justify the faith of New Zealanders in their magnificent country undergoing the suffering of a recovery, but we have the- unquestion* able fact that while indebtedness has been reduced heavily, the capital value of the country has been enormously increased. New areas have been enclosed and graseed, new mineral discoveries have been made, the wilderness in many acres has been converted into farms and gardens, although per contra the gum and coal deposits have been worked and the forests cut down. Still the balance is in favour of a largo increase of capital value, which is as much a tavour in credit as the reduction in financial indebtedness. The import market keeps rather quiet, and there aro no changes of importance. There is more business doing in salt. Van Houten cocoa is getting somewhat scarce through wholesale orders from the South practically clearing the market. The price, however, is without alteration. Whiting is scarce. Dβ Eubaix Jenar candles have advanced in Australian markets id under cable advice from Antwerp. , Preserved milk is selling freely. Nestles, Anglo-Scandinavian, and Milkmaid all claim, ing strong attention, with stocks low in every

case. ... - :., .■ •■ : - ■ •' •' iSplit peas and lentils are in good request. The South Island is now producing; an excellent sample of the former, whioh iu comparison with cost of imported, is favourable; The demand for jam is quiet, but for Golden Syrup the inquiry is growing stronger every week as the price of the butter is advancing. • The local kerosene market is all to pieces, and low test is "wiped out" by the extraordinary drop in 150-test under the anxiety of holders to move stocks into second hands. There is no settled market, and quantity buyers can avail themedveg of an exceptionally "sick" market. A recovery is, however, "on the cards." The opportunity to make a "corner" in oil is, however, wanting in the matter of season, for the oil wells of Pennsylvania are pumped winter and summer alike, and nature is an immense'force for the bigirest ring of speculators to fight against. The Standard Oil Company control the world's markets, and Mr. jßockfeller controls the Oil Company, In these circumstances anything like u combination does not look promising, especially at a time of extreme freight competition. Still the possibility has to be looked for, and our inquiries elicit the premonitory symptoms of a likely upward move. .We understand a new line of steamers from Glasgow and Liverpool for Australia has been started, and the first monthly steamer from tho latter port dispatched. Now Zealand is now, happily, such a big name in shipping circles, by reason of the growing character of the imports to the old country, that it can hardly escape recognition as a big exporting country. The recent reductions of freight, and the fixture of rates on meat for several years, looks rather a matter of shrewd policy thun generosity, but it is none the less acceptable and appreciated. . Quietness rulea in tho produce market. Oats are unahanged, and run from 2s to 2s 2d. Maize, ofF the wharf, has been sold at 2s 8d for fairly largo lots. Potatoes are in heavy glut, and the advices of shipments to come are puzzling, for there is practically no market. Nominally, Southern are worth 42s Cd to 47b Gd cer ton. Owing to greater difficulty in securing milling samples of oats in the South, oatmeal hasbeenudvauced-lOe per ton in Dunedin, but the corresponding actvance hero has had no time to take effect. > . Milling wheat, local and Southern t There have been large arrivals of both this week. We have not heard of many fresh sales, notwithstanding the very sensational reports that are daily published of "corners in wheat" being formed in Europe and America. Fowl wheat is etill wanted. Seed wheat: Farmers are now buying. Bran and sharps are selling freely. Flour: Heavy deliveries. Bakers and storekeepers are again in the market. In tho local produce market a, number of changes arc recorded this week. Butter has advanced Id per lb ail round, and is now quoted as follows :~Best cl'iiry bnttffer, 10d; second quality, 8d ; and third quality, 7d per lb wholesale. Eggs'have-receded, and aro uow quoted at la Od per dozoa wholesale, and Iβ 9d per dozen retail.

KAURI GUM MARKET. The following is v the report of the ;- gum market and ; ruling quotations, as furnished to us by the committee of gum merchants:~ Good ordinary .. „ „ .. .. £-17 to £38 Poor ordinary ~ ' •• -• .•* .. 30 to 3 East Coast .. • • .. .. ~ 67 Supplies for the month of May. .. .. 550 tons." Supplies from the let to Brd of Juno ~. -Oβ ton*. There has been a better demand at higher prices: during the past week, and for suporior well scraped lots, there U stlU good inquiry.

LIVE STOCK & PRODUCE MARKETS.* ... AUCKLAND. Messrs. Hunteh AND Nolan's Weekly RIUPOIIT. —Hone feed, grain, seeds, &c : The supply has been ample whfoli wet a fair demand , without note-: worthy alteration in value. We quote : Feed, oats, Is Oil to 2s 3d per bushel; - maize, 2s 8d to 2s lid per bushel ; bran, «* 7e Od per ton ; vhaff, £210s to £2 17s 0d per ton; carrots, 208 to 22s per ton. Horses: The supply lias tieen an ordinary one, and a good demand has existed at the previous week's value. At the auction sale at the Durham yards there were a good many submitted; bidding was brisk at the opening of the sale, but languished as the sale proceeded, but all those of a good stamp changed hands.; We quote: Hacks, at ironi £4 to £9 6s ; medium draught, at from £5 .to" £11 6s ; Hunt harness, £(> 6» to £10 17s Od. f Wool, hides, skins, bones, 'tallow, Ac.: Increased quantities were brought for- " ward; and the demand was brisker at tho imrliam Yard* on Tuesday. ■ Wβ quote: Stout ox hides,; from 4Jd to 6Jd per ib ; • medium, 3d ■to 32d ; cow and steor, from J.f dto 3Jd per lt>, 3d to i Jα p«r Ib ; (beep skins, from Is 8d to 4s 4d each ; lamb skins, 1.1 iod to 3s Od; , tallow, 10s Cd to 17s Oil per Cattle: Tim demand has «been good and tho number has been sufficient for requirements, with little or no alteration in . value. The ■ respective saleyards at Newmarket on Tuesday, and Papakura on Wednesday,: were fairly : filled. -The competition was good. Dairy . store k stock -, fully maintained their value, and except i'or top soits there was the slightest downward tendency lit fat beasts. Some averages of steers were £7 7s Od; £7, £6lO«, £0 Bd, £6, £5 13s (ill, £5 10s; cowe, £.'. 15a, £i 10s (kl, £4, £3, £2 103. ;Wβ quote: Store calve»,:l&», to 26s ; year ling, 80s to 27s Cd; two-year-old steers, £112s 0d to £2 8s; grown steers, £310s to £5 (Is • dry cows, 36s to 80s each. ,■ Sheep: There was -a good muster at Newmarket ton - Tneßday, , and .competition ; was brisk. There was little or no ■ alteration in value. Wethers sold at from 18s 9d to 19s; ewes, Us 0d to 14s 6d ; lambs, IDs 0d to 18s Cd. Pigs : Moderate supply and steady demand, prices ranging from 2d to 3d per Ib live weight. . , ; • -'-"-■ Messrs. Alfred Buckiand and Sons' Weekly Report.— At the Haymnrket during the past week' prices lor hay and oaten sheaves have ranged from is 6d to 3s the owt, varying in price with quality. Maize has arrived from the Kast Coast in increased quantity : • New maize has sold at 2s 0d ; old maize, 2s 9Jd ; bats, Is 8d to 2s 2d thw bushel ; Canterbury potatoes, £2 108; bonedust. £(i;7s 6d to £7; chaff, £210s: carrots, £16s; preened hay, £316s the ton. On Friday horse stock, in full numbers, kept late values: Useful horses ranging from £7 to £12; horses of a better class, from £15 to £18 ; and a thoroughbred colt, 56 guineas. -it On Tuesday hide* were in full numbers, and required * ciood heavy ox hides ranged from 20s to 32* Cd, and in one instance a choice hide brought £2 I 4»; cow hides,- 8d to 11s each; calfskins. 4£d to 4Jd the Ib; tallow, to 14s Od ; bones, 4s od the cwt; sheepskins, from la 8d to 4s lid each. ■ At. the special horse sale, held at the Drury cattle yards on Saturday last, there was a very numerous ■' attendance, •>'■■ all •. parts ■of the country being represented. The horses sold were mostly• young . and unbroken, and the prices , obtained satisfactory to the sellers. At llemuom, on Thursday, dairy. cows were in short supply. s Those offered sold freely. '■ Prices realised were from £4 to £5 17s. Od each ; dry cows, • 30s, to 40s each ; ■■• fat calves, many short of . usual number and mostly yearling ralves advanced in price fully one-third over usual markets, 30 sold. Fat cattlein average supply; 260 sold, were steady at last week quotations. Steers ranged from 15s to 17s, averaging ICe the 1001b, but cows - of second-class quality were slightly lower price than at last week's market. Sheep plentiful ; 1140 yarded were lower about 0d each, - but -more noticeable in the inferior than the better qualities.:.-,? Pigs in less than usual number ; 00 yarded were a very mixed lot and sold irregularly. .' ' , _ Messrs. G. W. BinSey and Son's Report.— On f Tuesday, hides, . sheepskins, and tallow sold freely at late quotation*. ■ Heavy stout ox were briskly competed for and sold from 6}d to 5Jd ; heavy, 4d to 4jd; medium, 3d to 3}d; co average lines, 2id to 2§d; medium quality, 2d ; heavy kip, 2Jd to 2Jd; light, 3d to 3Jd; calf, 4jd. At each local green ox averaged 23s '3d,'and cow 10s. At al>ove quotations we cleared a large number. Sheep, skins: Prices were firm. Local green (picked) sold up to 4s 6d: ordinary, 4s; small, 3* to 3s 0d each; country dry, equal to 4jd per lb. Tallow: Medium sold from 10s to 17s 6d; best, 19s per cwt. Bones, £4 to per ton. : -v, i i /.:::.:- :v n;'.;::-':s^ : . >;V > '-,::

THE AUCKLAND MARKETS. [Corrected to noon of Thursday.)

FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. AUCKLAND, JUNE i. 1801.

Joseph Newman, S. Victors, J. Friar Clarke, K. Frater, J. M. Lennox, D. B. McDonald, D. G. Mac. DonnelK Aitken Carrick, R. Spratt, Francis Hull, .Tames Reid, JC. G. Mncky, T. A. Menzies, James Frater, G. F. Brimblecombe, A. Brodio. C. Ai.hx'andkk, Chairman. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. calls. * «. a. Due. Pride of Karaka G.M.Co. .. 0 0 S .. June 8 Flying Cloud G.M.Co. ...0 0 1 - June (J Great Mercury Proprietary G.M.Co. .. .. .. 0 0 C .. .Tune 10 Victoria G.M.Co. „ ..001.. June 10 Alfred G.M.C0... «... 0 0 2 .. June 13 Saxon G.M.C0... ~ M fl 0 0 .. .Tune 15 Hazelbank G.M.Co. _ ..003.. June Iβ KapaiG.M. Co. _ ,« 00 1 ~ June 10. John Bull G.M.Co. _ „ 0 0 1 _ June 22 DIVIDENDS. ■ - 1 Civil Service Supply Associa- . j tion .. .. .. .. 6l<lin£ — June C

■>■' ~ ■ Wholesale. Retail. ■.- : //■ '■v. ■•;'■.:.• ;?v,::.;. " a,' d. '* s. d. ». d. s. d Butter, fresh, dairy, lb 0 10 - 0 0 i 10 — 0 0 | Do.,, second quality . i) 8 — 0 0 • 0 10 — 0 0 Do., third quality .-J-.0 7 — 00 00—0 0 Do., Waifcato " Anchor""■'■ : , " ■ > brand ... 'I,.'-: 1' 0 —•;■ 0 00 — 00 Do., New Zealand Dairy : .; Association „ 10 — 00 00— 0 0 Pritnesalt .. M 0 6 — 06 00 — 0 T) Do., inferior salt :' ..03 — 04 0 — 0 0 Milk, quarD ../-'■' ? .. ' ; 0 3J- 0 0 Cheese, local, ..0 4 — 06 0 6 — 00 Do., best factory <.. 0 5 — 00 » .. ■-■■•;■> • Eggs, dozen -"■■.. 16—00 19 — 00 Lard, bladder, lb ■"■ .. 0 6 — 08 Oβ — nil Huns and Bacon, Pro. 0 53— 0 ej 0 0 — 00 Cant. Bacon, new / /...-*;.. -- • ■■■■-.;; .,/ : - '■■ ' %■% (in cloth) .. a , - ■ / — ' 7J : . ■ - ■, " Hams (in cloth) •-.;/;: 0 9 — 0 10i Jams, case 6doss - '• .'. 23 '• 9 —20 : 3 \., \:,M Fowls, each 5?.. -..06 — 10 14 — 20 Diick's, do. • „- ..' ...-,}'■■'■. .. 1 r 0 — 1 0 . Geese, do. -„;.:.. . «. ., 2 6 — 38 Turkeys, do. ..... .. 6 0 — 80 Feathers, lb .. .'. : ::'i.-'.l,'fi — 1 9 '/•.<' ; J';- -; : .' ■ • ■"' .FLOUR. ///// _ : ; :' -- £ 8. Auckland Roller Flour, sacks -:^: .-.:--.»■■; ,-'v- per ton ,-,,:::,...-,./,. 1210 ; ;r:;?:;'. — ; Household do. do. , do. .. 12 0 »' ». Roller Flour, Southern do. .. 12 10 ' .; Stone Make do. do. • do. V; 1110 • «.-•• : Wheatmeol ....... 12 10 :;<■&; .;■•-.-«■-;.;.'.- Bran ; ; .. . J - ... ,-.. '- : ■••"••■.., * <> ;: . :: — ■::■ ■[. Sharps .. V. .... 5 0 - Cabin Bread .. .. 15 0 — 0 0 ... Oatmeal, 25's .. ' ; .. 11 0 — 0 0; _ - - t Oatmeal,. 7's .. .. 13 0 —0 0 ,,--. Pearl Barley .. ..WO 0 r v .. - " ' " ' BAY AND CORN. ' Per cwt. : Hay, ton '*.: .. so — 4 0 ' 5 0 — 00 Lucerne, do. .. .. 6 0 — 6 10 7. — 80 Oaten, do ..... 2 0 — 3 0 40 — 50 Chaff, threshed " .. 'i 0 — 2 10 0 0 — 00 Oaten Chaff .. .". 3 5 — 10 * - V; Straw.load .... 0 18 —.1.10--. Clover, ton .... fi 0 — o 0 . M Potatoes .. ,. 40 : 0 — 0 0 . „ - - Do., Oamaru.. - '.. 42 0— C ■-'«.:- ,x. A c. <f. Maize, bushel.. ... 28.—0 0 • 0 0 — 0 0 Barley, feed ., ..20 — 30 00 — 00 Do., wilting .. .. 8 0-3 10 Oats, .. . ..2 .0 — 22 00 — 00 Oats, seed . .. ..23 — 26 00 — 00 Oat3, millinK ... ..22 — 24 no —0 0 Wheat, local.. ..30 — 80 0 0 — 00 (Sacks extra.) ' Wheat, Southern.*..U : 3 .0 — 46 00 — 00 /••:; (Sacks extra.) , . • ■ i Do,, do., seed .. 50 — & 0 00 — 00 - (Sacks'included.)-'..■ : ' •" Do., do., local ..4 0 — 4 6 0 0 — 0 0 Sacks included.) . Do,, locffl, seed ..00 — 00 00 — 00 Dp., fowl .. ' .. 3 4 — 3 8 00 — 00 (Sacks included • GARDEN AND ORCHARD PRODUCE Apples, local ,v ,. o.l —o ; 2i ti 0 0 — 00 Lenions.doz .. ..10 — 00 13 — 0 (i Orange«, doz .. - ..06 — 10 00 — 00 Bananas, lb .. ..- 0 -2 — 03 00 — 0 0 Cocoonuts, each •-..•"■ .. .0 2 — 0.4 Do., sack '.: ■•?,, .. to 0 — 0 0 : .. >: Onions, lb. ,- ,/ . ... 0.3 —0 0 0 0 — 0 0 Garlic,lb ..',.' 0 0 — 0 0 .0 — 0 0 ' ■ ' ' SEEDS."- ". . ' Clover, white .. .. 0 04— 1 2 0 0 — 00 Dα, red.. .. , .. 0 75—0 10 ; 0 0 — 00 Cowgrass ;..;v.. 0 8}—1 J 0 00 — 00 Alyske ;. .. 0 11- 1 10 0-0 0 Timothy .. . .'.'- 0 5 — 0.0 * 0 0 — 0 0 Trefoil .. .. \. 6••— 0 0 '00 — 00 Rape ...... 0 3i—0 5 0 0 — 00 Ryegrass, Poverty Bay 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 Do., Southern.. .. 50 — 60/ 0 0 — 0.0 Do., Italian ... ..60 — 60 00 —00 Cocksfoots .. .. 8 0 — 00 00 — 00 PRESERVED AND DRIKD FRUITS Dried Prunes, lb .. 0 0}— 0 7/ 0 8 — 0 10 i Preserved Ginger ' '■'.. 0 7 — 00 : . .. v :. I Shelled Nut.i .. .. 09 —0 10 1 0 — 1C Barcelonado. .. . ) .. 0 7 — 0..0. ; _ .. ! Brazil do. .. 06 — 0900 — 10 I Peanuts • .. • .. 0 "3 — .3 00 — 00 BUTCHERS'MEAT. - Per pound. ■ Roasting Beef, lb.. .- 0 4 — 0 fi Boiling do. ../.. ,'—.'. 0 .2}— 0 4 Mutton, hindquarter „ .:'• 0 4 — 0,0 ■■■■'•-„ legs.. .. " -. 0 4i— 0 0 j Do., forequartor .. .. 0 2}— 0 o j Pork .. .. .. ..: 0 4-0 (i | Veal ...... .. .03 — 01) Mutton Tallow, cirt... 20 0 — 0 0 ' — ■ ! Beef and Mixed do. 25 0 — 0 0 Steaks .. .. ' . 0 C — 0 7 Mutton Chops.. ,. .. .05 — 00 Sausages .... ..00 — 04 k!auri gum, flax, f.tc . Supplies for the thirty-one days of May, 550 ton* ; . •;. for three days of June, Ct) tons. .r , . ■/■;; : A ■■ :..--■ . ■ /■■ . • -.-"■■ *■' £ S. d, £ s. d Poor Ordinary, ton nominal .,30 0 0—34 0 0 EastCoast .. .. .. 57 O 0 — 0 0 0 Best Ordinary range gum .. 37 0 0 —33 0 0 Mix, best clean Auckland ..18 0 0 —19 0 0 Good medium /., ., ' ..15 10 0—16 10 o poor, ordinary .. '.. .. 13 0 0—14.0 0 Tow ... - =; .. .. / .. .. 2 0 0 — 2 10 0 Fungus,lb .. .; .. ..'.; v 0; 0 2J— 0 0 0 Cocoanut Fibre, cut, cwt .. 015 0-0 17 0 Beeswax, lb ., .. ..009 — 0-09 N.Z. FLAX ROPE. ■ ; -■ ' : Prices subject to , trade terms. ■■■■.' • Rope in all sizes, ton _ . ...wo 0—40 0*0 Tarred Yarn, do... /../ ;.; 30 0 0—40 0 0 Wool Tailings, do. .. ,. 35 0 0—38 0 (I . . - ./: MANURES ' , ■ , . ■ • Bonedust, Sydney, ton.. .. 7 10 0 ' 8 10 0 Do., inferior .. .... 0 10 0 — 7 0 0 Bonotiour ..: .. .. ... 8 a .0 — 900 Do., Auckland ...... .. 7 10 0-810 0 Peruvian Guano ,-.; '.. .. 14 0 0 — 0 0 Coral Queen do ..•;■,'■.. : .. 6*00 — 000 Long Island do., bairn included 4 10 0 — 0 0 0 Superphosphate of Lime, 20 to , v>; 28 per cent. ... .. ..... 6 0 0 — 0 10 0 Do., 30 to 38 per cent. .'. "■;.■'- 8 0 0 — 8 10 0 Potato Fertiliser If toon's *: .. 11 0 0—. 0 0 0 Wheat „ „ ... 10 10 0-0 0 0 Grass „ „ .. 10 10 0 — 0 0 0 Turnip Fertilisers - .. :• ... 8 10 0-0 0 0 Superphosphate „ V i • .. 7 10 0 — 0 0 0 j NEW ZEALAND DRUG CO.'S MANURES. „ . . , _ . lTon. 5'lonx. Superphosphate, C 25 . „ ' 5 17 0 — 5 14' 0 ■■■< Do. A 32 „ : 7 ft 0 — 7 0 0 Bonedustj, pure ,. .. .. 7 10 0 — 7 5 0 Do. and Blood .. .. ., 0 15 0 — c 10 0 Animal Manure 6 2 0—600 Root Manure -..'.... 7 10 0 — 7 0 n Corn Manure ' .. ;. .. 7 & 0 — 7 tf 0 Grass Mannra 0 15 0 — 10 0 Potato Manure .. ... ..7 10 0—750 Maize Manure ,,,.'.. 7 fi 0 — 7 0 0 Turnip > Manure ' .. .. .. -7 10 0 — 7 5 0 Orchard and Tobacco Manure '8 is 0 — 8 1ft a Coral Queen Guano, 60iJ£ ., 0 0 0 — 5 17 0 Sulphate of Ammonia ,.,. 17 0 0 —0 0 0 , Terms 2J per cent, discount for ca»b within 0110 ' month,

. BUILDING MATERIALS. Board* anil Scnntllnir, nn. - dressed, iirstda*U00{$ ..0 13 6 — 0 0 0 Do., do., medium .- -• 0 '*" « — 0 0,0 Do., do., second-class .. .. 0 7 8- 00 0 Flooring boards, P.T.G., firstclass .. •• OH n — o 0 o Do., do., medium " .. .. 0 12 0 — 0 0 0 Do., do., second-claa» .. .. 0 9 6 — 0 0 o Itustio weatherboard*, beat ... 0 9 0 —■ 0 IB o Milla, cargo, best .. .. on o — o ic o . Flitches,,.. .. •- ~ 0 11 0 — 0 o ; 6 Balk., .. 000 — 080 Bricks, Whan .. .. ..110 0 — 200 Do., town yards, 1000 .. .. 200 — 960 Do., delivered .. .. .. 3 10 0 — 0 0 0 Hydraulic Lime, bushel ,, 0 l 0 — 0 0 0 Shell Lime., - .. ..010 — 020 Craig's Stone do., ... ..,. 0 10 — 000 Drain Pipof), flln bores, 100O ., 16 0 0 — 000 Do., tin ......*. 010 0-0 0 0 Do., Sin .. .. - . 4 10 0 — 0 0 0 Do., 2Jn .... — ;' . ! 300 — 000 Do,, 3in ■,.-,. 5 ■•»:.: 3 10 0 — Qoo .English Slates, 1000 . ,. ... Ill 10 . 0 — 0 0 0 Socket Glased Pipes, foot ;-., ':; ' : j ■ ■ 24 inches .,-'■• .. V, 0 7 0 — 0 0 I) i 31 inches .. .•..■"■ .", ; 0 0 U — () q p. 18 inches: .. ..'* ..' 0 3 0 —. (J 0 0 : ; IB Inches .- - _ u v. ; 020 "- 000 i , 12 inches!,»;;«». 5 , *,* 020 — 000 0 inchea . ., „ 016 —• 000 , Cinches „; .. „ 00 0 — 0 0 0 - finches ... .. ., 0 0 4 — 0 0 0 3 inches : ■■;,■■..;'.• .'■,'.■■'-;■' .. ! 004 '«<• 000 CO At AND FIURWOOD. Coal, ; Newcastle, ship's »ide, ■■■' cargo, ton -■■./• ,.':■■-<;. .-.;;-.' .. 12 0 — 000 Do., delivered ; .. s „ ■ .. ■ i 10 0 — 1 15 0 Do., yard .......... I. 0 0 — 0 0 0 mouth yard ., ,., . ..»•: 1 15 0 — 000 no., J Jay of Islands, yard. .. 0 0 0-000 Do., delivered ■ .... ». <O 0 0 — o 0 0 Do.,mine .. .. ■.■«. • m 000-000 Do., ship's aide .. -. ;:#« 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 Miranda, mine ' .... _ ; 000—000 : Do. r household .. .. .. 0 13 0 — 000 Do., in Auckland.. '.. ..0 10; 0— 0 0 0 Kamp, loading ground', ton ..0 11**0 — 0 00 Tavipirj, mine,steam .." .. ' 0 10 0 — 0 0 0 Do., yard, steam .. .. .V - 0 18 0 — 000 Do., household .. — : ..110 — 0 0 0 Do,,.' ;.i do., delivered ..... 150 — 17 0 Firewood, uncut, wliarl, cargo, ton ' .. ,. .. .. O8O — 000 Do., delivered .. ., ,. 0 12 0-018 0 Do., cut L OH 0 — 0 JO 0 ■■>:■ !X VMf. MISCELLANEOUS. i * r Kerosene, ISO* tost, duty paid 0 16 — 0:00 Do., 160-test .... .. 0 18 — 010 Fencing wire, No. 6, ton ■ .. i ; l :'' "i „ v No. 7 * .. .. Vl6 0 0 —io 0 ,o; „ „ No. 8 .. ..J . . Barb FenclnR Wire .. .. 24 0 0—2$ op Pig Wire (close barb) .. ..24 10 0—26 10 0 Galvanised Iron, 5 to 8ft: .. -24 0 0 —25 0 0 Lime, slacked, bushel .. .. 0 10-000 Quick lime, in stone .. .. 016 000 New Zealand Palings, Gft . v. 0 7 — 0 10 0 Teatree lUils, 100 _ • • ■ i. 2 10 0 — 8 10 0 PuririPosts .. _ .. 6 0 0— 0.0 0 Shinslea, 1000 .. «?* ... 0 12 0 — 0 13 0 Hobart Palings, 6fb :*.'■■■ „ 0 17 0 — 1 0 0 Do., «ft ;. • .. t \ .. 0 18 0 — l'l 0 Hobart Bails ..... .. ( 0 0 — 410 0

Company. Business, Closing Prices; ,:■""■■". ...-.-., ' .,:.. : "~~ ~~~. ■ -..;. Buyer*. Seller*. Banks: ' « * d £ »ii, ; New Zealand .. '— ' 5 11 0 6 15 . 0 :,• National- .. ... ■■.{. >'•—• .;■■.■' ■< — •:•-.• i 1,0 Colonial - ... .. :;, — \:h 2 ?27.0 : ;.•—./!;■?; MISCELLANEOUS: ■ •,-,;•.', ... ; . ,. . v N.'/.L.& Mercantile '■ ' '<— /; — ! 3 5 ; 0 i National Mortgage ■ J. — .'' 0 10 C 0 11 0 Northern Boot -.. ' •«*;.<■ f- — - 0 14 3 -MINIMI): May Queen ... v C/ "■ . 050060 New Mo.inatiiiari.. ' 7/6 0 7 3 — Saxon >;.... — 0 3:704,0 Alburnia M .. — 0 14 — s Trenton « ■..—•' . : — 0 1.7; Norfolk .. .. — ; 000011 Orlando .. ... — 0 18 0 1 5 Victoria (T.) .. 1/1,1/2 0 110 12 :•■ Woodstock ■« .. — 0 19 — SHverton , .. .. 3/3 0 8 0 . — ■.■v'iTjr I'lulce ? i. .■:.-.... — 0 0 10 0 7 0 Red Mercury .. — . — 0 .2 0 Carbine .. .. — 0 10 0 2 0 Waitaia .... • — — 0 0 9 . ICapal . .. .. 1/3,1/4 0 12 0 13 Sylvia .... — — 0 C 9 Puhipuhi Prspectrs 7/ 0 7 0 0.7 0 Do. No. 2 •■■.. — —020 Owera .. .. — 0 13 0 1-4 Otarua „ .. — •" ■;" 004000 Bonanza M •• — — 0 0 0