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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10300, 27 November 1896, Page 4 (Supplement)

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New Zealand llkrai.d Office. "... November J.' Tub principal feature of the month under review lias been the advance in breadstuff)! and feeding'groin* caused by/the failure of the South Australian and Victorian harvest. The advance, however. has been largely checked by arrivals of California'n wheat, and the Australian heavy purchases in San Francisco reported by cable. ■■■■. - The produce divisions have/had an uotivo and profitable month, at time ol writing there are signs of some shckchjiig off in business'. It is too soon to forewst'tlie likely yield of the Now Zealand liarvcstj but with the largely increased 'acreage' under wheat cultivation, .andthe general reliance: ofa fair raitifnll.. in this, latitude, the ' belief exists that farmers will have a most 'profitable year,, especially seeing the excellent market prospects. ' , '' w 'h ; ' . While our other columns ileal fully with mining matters, we must refer to. the considerable effect they are having tyi 'mercantile business, for during the year new outlets have been given to traders, and the trade expansion causcd by the work 011 the great goldfield has wonderfully helped, all.goris-of city business. ' The fact that out of the total increase of £270,(H0, in the, imports of the colony for the quarter ending last September over the corresponding quarter ol..'llfflj,. no less a sum tha,n £114,000 c*me /is ah increase in this port, is the best evi'dehce 'of,..progress that we can give. - ' ' i Capital is being steadily, attracted.to this centre, and mining enterprise is bei, n B, P ro ' tainted on a very largo stale. ' There is for the present ii restricted flow oMioine capital, due a good d»:al to the too'frequent of mineral properties in Londonii.UufcJarge sums have been remitted to, the ■ colony, and miniug. machinery is beiug erected in various directions, so that wo an confidently kwkiiig forward to the possesion of mope jliyiderid- ' paying inlues in the near future'when all the work preparatory to'crushing has been done. i'•The- shearing -.season ,is nearly, over, and , some ,3000 bales aw in : »tor« fdrtho ret wool ■

«ale fixed tor the 2nd proximo;! Growers are jubilant at the good prospect of a substantial, rise over last season's priccs. pjhe season has been a good one for stock, and the'.lambing has been an excellent, one. ; • s We are now! going, through our ; triennial general election, but long ere this reaches our home readers they will have learned by cable the state of parties in; the 5 ' new Parliament. With manhood suffrage and tho female franchise, he would be a bold prophet who would attempt to forecast; the result, especially since prohibition has come the front as a great side issue. The trade is concentrating its eilort to carry, the canvass that .present licenses shall not be reduced, and,are -otherwise indifferent about genial' politics; the temperance. party • are ' exceedingly, earnest and will from all appearances (tall heavily. During the month arrivals nave well : supplied wholesale distributors, and the shortages ace unimportant, 1 and are 'likely to.' be quickly rectified, as the needed goods are all handy. . , t. - •iim ,■ ■ ■ There is considerable , buildiufj-activity in both city and country. Timber is in demand from all quarters, and the, many mills running full time have.difficulty in; keeping pace with orders for export, 1 and for coastal and local requirements. It is needless to remark that this means a corresponding activity in roofing iron, spouting, nails, paint, pill, lead, etc., with, carpenters,' bricklayers,, 'painters, etc., in- full employment. I ; ■ ;* The result of the Presidential .eleotion . excited much interest, as oar market.for .kauri gum depends largely upon the state of trade, in the United States. An immediate rise in' price has followed the election of McKinley. Supplies of range gum are lessening, as with the approaching summer digging in many, places is too hard. . . The tourist season has, so tar, scarcely set j in, but doubtless we shall. find the usual influx of visitors to our oolcbrated Lake district as the season gets'mor6' advanced. The various local industries are all going on very satisfactorily, and -the factories are turning out largely in- fulfillment of Pacific Island, provincial, and export orders. At the existing rate of , progess,. Auckland bids fair to become a groat manufacturing centre. Financial matters have not been so entirely, satisfactory, as few have escaped the fever of mining speculation. Much ha9'bceu invested in ventures more or less hazardous,, and unloading is being found not so easy as expected. The cyanide process of gold extraction has been instrumental in giving a high value to a great bolt of auriferous country, and when it is remembered that thousand* of Wajhjs were sold at from 5s 'to. (is, andTWaitekahris at lis, now respectively : worth, in London £6 15s and! £4 10) per share, with similar country in an enormous block, there is full excuse for much (if tho speculation that has existed, but which at present looks to have been somewhat overdone. Real property in aud near the city has been in active inquiry .''.with values all considerably enhanced. Rents have risen proportionately, the rise in rentals causing more building. The position, as a whole, may be regarded as eminently satisfactory. Much will, ot course, depend upon the character of the next Parliament, for it is widely felt'by all who have anything to lose, that a stop must be put to all further borrowing, and that notwithstanding the exceeding richness of the colony in all natural endowment; a course of legislation condemned by nil thoughtful colonists, if likely to continue for another throe years, must laud the colony .in,difficulties, which will be a drag on its progress that' not all the energy of its people, the wealth of its resources, and the fineness of its climate, can contend successfully against. The movements of tho import market have been unimportant. All Eastern goods are firmer This applies particularly to Indian teas, Japan rice, jute goods, Ceylon coffee, and castor oil.

There is also a alight advance in sago, and tapioca, but the demand is slight. Metal goods have, moved un.in sympathy with home advances.

Chemicals are without, olnnge • There is a fair enquiry for cornsacks, which in this market are almost misnamed, as the hulk of the demand is lor otlip,r purposes than holding grain. The rise in Calcutta is neutralised .by the desire of Australian holders to accept lower figures for export owing to the poor harvest. During the month kerosene has been in short supply, bub this is now a thina of tlio past, while the Clan McLeod off die const is nearly due, with the Motley bringing 10,000 cases following. Boiled and raw linseed oil is firmer under London advices of a strong rise iu all vegetable oils. There are full local stocks. With ft fall of £1 per ton in |*id down cost, white lead is temporarily scarce. In hotel liquids - matters are without much, alteration. A better demand for Usher's and Walker's whisky is reported. Considerable supplies ot limejuice are held with the Australian summer enquiry commencing. The demand for tinned fish has been on tile whole slow, the exception being Kaipara mullet, which lias advanced, and is in demand for (shipment. Californian canned fruits have been iu short supply. , A lower range of prices are being accepted for imported candles. Stock;) of Black Horse coarse salt are low. In the export trade over 100 tons of factory huttor haire'- been 'shipped during the month. THE KAURI GUM MARKET. There has been a steady and increasing demand for 'nearly all classes of gum during the past mouth, orders from the centres of consumption boing .apparently, larger than they have been for several months., One result of this has been the absorption of a larxe part of the heavy stocks that have been so long hanging in the hands of sellers. Prices have also been appreciably raised, and this has attracted to'town a good deal of gum that was being held in the country. Arrivals have thus been increased beyond recent fibres, At. the timo of writing tlio market is very firm for all erades but East Coast, which is neglected. We quote : • Poor Ordinary ... £25 to £27 Ordinary ... ... £15 .to £37 (iooii Ordinary ... , £42 aud upwards East Cdast ... ... £70 to'£7- ,

Supplies since Inst mail. have been 480 tons; and the stock now here in hands of sellers and shippers is about 880 tons. Shipments have been 1 :—

For London direot, per Himalaya... 138 tons Do., via the South per Tougariro 57 „ Do.. dn, Star of England 105 „ Do., Rangatira, J. ' ... 113 „ . Do., via Sydney, per' Anglian ... 5 „ Do,, • do., Rotoh'ialiana ... 39 ~. Ik, ; .'do.', Tasmania ... 9 ~' Do., ' do., Waihora ... 17 „ For San Francisco, per Alameda ... ' 5 „

Total ... 488 „ The American barque Spartan is now loading for New York, and will sail next week, and will be followed by the Clan Macl.'wl in about a fortnight. • The barque .Silverstream is now on .her way frohl Otrigo to go on the berth for London.

Messrs. Gabkibi, Lewis'- Co. sold by auction yesterday .the property at Devonport known us ' Malvern, containing 10 acres 2 roods 3 perches, the. price obtained, being £700, .Mr,,. Peter Olipbant ■ f was the purchaser.. An allotment, '45 feet by '154.feet, .with a , dwcllingh'oiisr. in, Flagijtafl' Road, Deyonport, reliseq £170., ' ." . *' . At; Missus.. Bakkh Bro,s.' auction, on Wednesday there was,'a large ' attendance. The cottago property at Devonport changed hands for £312 10s, and the.Onslow Road (Epnom) property was sold for £o7'loi, The Franklin-Road shop was. passed in at £$00, and tho best offer'' for ' Maniikau 'Road shop and cottage was £400.'. h t< V.!' \ L. T. •' ' . November 11. Miastts T. C, Beale and Co. sqld by an tion, to-day, a house and allotment, 33 feet frontage to Seafield VieW Road, 'for £100. . ■ i ■ <,J I - :r November 12. Messrs. Sambkfj Vajle.and,, Sons sold by auction, to-day, six allotments in Idqck 13, township of Kapa'nga, l At) ranging from £3 to £15 each; alepj Oil acres' at till) Great Barrier at Is per apre,, . £|iq, other })roperties were passed in. .'. >- •' "' '' v ". NoVeniber 23. .' Messrs. . Arthur Tooman an,d Co. dield • a .sale of properties, at {their: jjwrt,*.to.-dffyv, ■ A fonr-roomed house ,ai)(L allotment, ftoin^pt Place, ( brought >E2oo>f Oi .acres,. lit Orawn,*-' .£l7. :' There was gpod, i^ttepdanee,, with it . fair amount '"competition. and must of 'tho other properties 'are most certain ' to find buyers at the reserved,'', l ) 1 •'« .. r. - . , i . IiANIC RA^'fiS.. ; , v... I ,V aiIVINIi. ' ''[iffA ' .Slil.UNO.v; / Demand .. .y%\ Demand '..,13 JM' HOdiys ~ J % I • Dls'» MO'drfyti : li % T^re--00 days ■.. i % f po'iiiitr (today* i : r 3 '/, mium 90day* .. tyjpl :.00,dny»'A?/. ). ' ; TBf.KOIUP»te TkANfPtms' JO»fiONDON,—2 '/„ plus cable clmrges f , : - ])i!l'OSii'S.-By Bink of New Zealand: Fixed for 3 months, H/i'iierannum; (J inqntlw, porammm! 12 months, 3} % per annum; 24 mouths; m per itimain. By Nation*!-' Bank : Kixud .fur 3 months, 1 j/i per auiinpi; ; 0 ino|itlH, ; ;!} % par iipimra ; 12 months, '/ per .'annum 5 •'•'24 nionth-*, :ij % per annum. By Australia)) Baiiks:'Fixed for (J months, H%'pot; annum; 12 month*, ! 3 % perTiniuim,' :•;!« r, Amis ANn' VoaTKH.—Ale ih hulk: 'None now imi ported to-warrant quotations.: Ale (In ;: bond); . Bass's J)o(j.i|icail ' ui-jvnil , (Rpajl's . bot- i; : tling): pints,' fla SU(/tiiuts, , > Oil,(iu bond)! • Foster's . lSugle ale,' 'quarts 1 84 'Bilj- pints - 0s !i;' 3d; 1 Foster's BuKlft ,»toi)t, quarts, 8s fid, .pints (Is 3d; Bulldog (R. Porter,ami Co.'*,bottling), (is lid f and 8s 8.1; Allsopp's, quarts, alo and stout, 8? Cd; f,- pints, ale and stout, lis M", BdriianVs l ale,' quarts ri (in ft bond", ! 6s;ifM; t '; W. Yoimier's,'. fsiraud ~; 7 s.' 3d;, AsliUy's,'6s ,34 to Bs. Oil;. Baal's (Wood -;• bottlers),V. pints,? '4s'?'quarts, (is «d.„." AngloIf Bavarian: pints, Wfld and >Ss;..B6ar'n' , Hiad • Stout: quarts, 8s Od; -pints,' 6s Oil.- aujnues?'s 1 -

::: Harp brand by v Foster: ; pints, 8s; ' quarts, . Bs. Foster's Bugle stout; quarts, 9sj pints, 0s 3d. Blood's: pints, ssquarts, 7s. • Dogshead ?? Guinness's (Bead's bottling): pints, 0s 3d;,quarts,; 8s Oil. R. Porter and Co.'S ruling: pints, Bs; S ''' quarts, 8s; Burke's: os, and 9s. > Other brands: 7 53 and 7s 6d n; Duty; pints, Is 6d: quarts, Ss per; : dozen. - ' ': v: BlliWJlfiO Materials.—Cement, K.B.and White's' - I2i' to 13s' Slates: English Countesses are-worth £1.1 to £12 ; Plaster of Paris. 14s to 16s. - All these': quotations nominal. , Firebricks, 2Jin. £3,3 in. £4, less trade discount. ' • ■ BitEADSTOFFS and GRAIN. Best roller . flour, an: sacks, £14; 1 100's and 50's in proportion to extra ' liajtging. Southern wheat, milling, 4s 6d, sacks oxtra ; : local wheat, 4s 3d, sacks extra. -, Bran, £312s fid. Sharps. £3155. Maize, 2a?<l. Oatmeal, £12 per 20001H in 25's.Barley (for malting 3s 6d; feed, 2s 9d to 2s ltfd. ■ Oats, 2s 6d (bags given in); f.0.b., Southern ports, 2s ; 3d) bags in. Pearl 1 barley.£l3. ' Cabin bread, £16 per ton, sacks Ineluded,i ' r " < I'.-- - Bags and Bagqinq.— full weight wool.: pack 11 Jib, Is 8d (season over); Cornsaclcs, 44in. by 2Ujiu.', 4s fld, 48in., 6s, wholesale iota. _.-i COAL.—Newcastle, ship's side, 22s fid; delivered £1 10.1. is quoted; Hikurangi coal, . 9.1 at mine ;, Waikato, Steam, 7s; household, 20s 9 mine. Cordage, d.p. (Subject to trade discounts).—Manila' hemp rope, all sizes," Auckland-made, £4!l for best, £42 for -best; whale and lance lines, £52; - New Zealand flax rope, all sizes, £20; wool lashings, £31; clothes lines, sil . per. lb, subject to trade discount; Manila clothes line, ' Sd; oakum, free, ditto, £10; point spun yarn, £:>!; twine, shop, d.p., per lb, 9d to Is 2d;, sewing twine, Is Id per lb, .1 <: Cofvek and Spicks (in bond), per lb.—Ceylon, coffee . plantation,' No. 1; is ljdtols 2Jil; ditto, . Island, ; Oil to lud; ' chicory, 36s' per cwt, in tins *, cocoa,, d.p., Taylor's. Is 3d; Fry's, Is 3d; Van ' liouten's, 3s 4d; lipps's, Is Gd;• chocolate, Taylor' Is : 4d; Fry's, Is 3d. Spices, d.p.:' Cloves, 7d; bleached ginger, lid; nutmegs, 2s 2d to ,2s 6d; black pepper, whole, 111 bond, 4}d to fid; white ditto, sjdto(Jd. ;-, , Coni'ectionkry.—Local manufacturers are producing good articles, aud consumption is chiefly lu. their goods. Mennie and DeyV boiled, 3Jd, dry goods, 4jd loss trade discount; gum jujubes, 'Is; jelly ditto, 7d, Keillor's assorted confections, 9Jd; Gray's, 9Jd; candled lemon peel, d.p. - (duty, 6d per lb), Is; orange, Is; citron, Is8d; local, from fid for lemon to Is (or . citron; Gray's jujubes, Is Id to Is 3d. , ' - ~ Gum, Rax, itc.-\Ve quote: Gum: Poor ordinary £25 to £27; ordinary, £35 to £37; Rood, ordinary, £12 and upwards; East Coast, £70 to£72 Flax: Best clean Auckland, £12 10s. to £13 nominal; good fair average quality,. £11 ; tow,, Ki 10s to Hi per ton. Cocoanut oil (fine white), per ton, £23. Copra, per ton, £9 to £9 103. Fungus, 3d. . • j Ironmongery, Ac.—Galvanised corrugated iron, duty paid (duty £2 per ton), sto S feet, £1716s ; 9 feet, £1815s; 10 leet, £19,155,; English bar iron, per toil, £8 10s; galvanised fencing wire assorted, sizes, £10 ; llariied wire, £13 to £14 according 10 brand 1 ; Englinh pig iron, £115s; pig lead, £1110s zinc, £24; I.C. coke tin plates,' 14s 6d; powder, Curtis, Harvey, 6d. Muntz metal, CJd. (inicksilver, 2s 2d. ' Jams, Dried Fruits, etc.—Duty, 2d per lb. Kail, ler's marmalade, lib., d.p., 7s 3d Gray's, 7s; Moir's, 7s ; Phoenix and St. George, Dunedin, 4s to 4s (id; Nelson (New Zealand), 4s fid; Auckland made jam*, 3s ud to 4s 3d; Smyrna sultanas, fid (d.p.); Malaga muscatels, is 6d; Californian Oil; elemes, Id in bond; currants, 2(1 ill bond; lies; (140z.), Os Od per dozen, d.p.: Cal. prunes, 7(1; dried apples (duty, 2d per lb), ordinary, in kegs anil cases, 6jd; evaporated, 7d; sun dried, fid; dried apricots, B{d; dates, 41(1. Leather AM) Hints.-Solo leather, Bd. to. Is 3d per lb; kips, Is2dtolsod; runners, Is Oil 1 0 Is 8d; calf, colonial, 2s lid to 3s Bil; basils, Ss to lto per dozen; closed uppers, 4s (id to Ss (id pur pair; hides, 2Jd to 4il;calf skins, 3d to 4Jd per lb; sheepskins, Is to Us. ■ Manures.—Australian bonednst, £5 to £0: Auok-laud,'£6-16s; superphosphate of lime, £0; bone . Hour, £(!; Peruvian guano,none. Superphosphates: Antilo Company, £.) 10s; i,awes', £5 1a Ud. Animal manure, £:) l.Vs; cocoanut oil cake, £5; • linseed cake, £3 f>s; kaiult, £4 6s ; New Zealand Drug Company's manures : A superphosphate, £5 -is (id per ton; bonednst, steamed, £«: b-medust, green. £(i; bonedust and blood, £6 is (id; root manure, £0 toy A grass manure, £0 6s ; ){grass manure, £0 ss; potato manure, £010s ; turnip -manure, £0 ss; corn manure, £0 is ; inaiz.i manure, £6 ss; orchard manure, £7 fis; onion manure, £7 ss; clover manure, £'J 5s

sulph. of ititnii'iniit, £lf>. Mai.t and Hoi's.—English malt is not imported; Colonial, lis to ils Oil. Hops: Nolsou, brewers, Is ; grocers' hops, bulk, Oil to lOd. Oii.MUN's Slows, Ac. — Price's National, 6}(1; Price's Belmont, f'Jil; Price's lioiulon Wax, •ijil; Prion's self-tltting, Sjd; local bine mottled soap, £21 per ton: carbolic, £30; best yelli-w, £20; No, i household, £15; Ist Crown, £26 ; double Grown. £20; soft snap, in tins, 4Jd per lb; toilet, ltd to Khl per lb—all subject to trails discount. Sail, 10s per ton duty; Coarse, W. A \V,, £3 IDs «x sum:, d.p.; ox ship, lis par ton lower lino Black llorse, lcwfr. bags, £4; Standard .md line salt, l.'.wt bags, £•'! 10 ; rock salt, £3 : Jordan almonds, it 3d; Blacking paste. Day and Martin'", ft* (Id ; Column's starch. No. 1 (duty, 2d per lb): white, 48-»: blue, IBs; Henmini's, •iti.-;; Hoffmann's, 45 <. Mustard, d.p*., Column's Mb tins (red), Us (Id; half ditto: '.is; Mb tins (green) lid; l-l)» tins (green), 13s; J-lb dittos, 7s till; J)SP J-lb tins, 9s, lib, 18s. Bine, Keckitt-'s Paris, In circle, ,7d; Column's Azure, BJd. Matches: Vestas, d.p., Bryant and May's 250, per gross, . lift Oil; ditto, plaid, 4s (Id; ditto, fancy oval, •24s (Id; R. Bell and Co. 250's, 13s ft! in large parcels; plaids, 3s 4d for wholesale lines only. Oil: Castor, in pints, Ss 9il; half-pints, 6s; quarter-pints, 8s (id.. Salad : C. and J)., pints, 14s; half-ditto, Gs Oil; Morton's pints, lis ; half • pints,, (is 3d; Pickles: Stephens' pints, 7s. 9il; Crosse anil lilaekwell's, pints, 14s; Morton's, lis; MeCoiinoi'lile's, Suffolk, Ss Oil. Itico (ground), in tins, 4Jd. Sauces: I,ea and I'errin's, half pints, 14s ; Mellor's, pints Ills ; Ooodall'.s Yorkshire Relish, 7s (id; Vinegar, d.p.: Champion'?, per gallon, is .til; lloldhrook's, Is Hid ; Burnett's. Is lid; l'otts', Is lOd; local, Is id. Vinegar, case: Champion's, 7s lid; - Burnett's, 7s; Morton's, 7s 3d. Treacle, 2d; Golden Syrup, bulk, 2Jd, Sago, ilsdil nerewt; tapioca, 13s per cwt Oornlloiu-: Brown's, 3d, d.p.; Clements', ■id; Brown and Poison's, Old ; Preserved milk: Nestle's, 7n to 7s 3d according to parcel; Milkmaid, 7s to 7.s 3d; local brands, us (id. Tartaric acid, ill jars, Is lOil; in keg, Is 7d.; cream of tartar, in jars, Is 7d, in bulk, Is '2d; bicarb, soda, £13; Hnglish soda crystals (duty £2), £7 Ills nominal; local, £> lis ; Whiting, £4 6s. Oils and Paints.—Duly, Gd a gallon. . .Colza, in drums, :)s ; bulk, '2s lOrl; linseed, boiled,drums, 3s Id:; bulk, 2s lid; raw, drums, 2s lid; bulk, 2s 9d; castor, in drums, 3s'id; half-cases, d.p., 2s lid to 3s Id ; kerosene, in bond, White Rose, ISO test, lid. White lead, ground, per cwt, 50lb and 11211); genuine, SsOd; No. 1 white Je;td, 23s Odin no's, smaller packages more,accordnil! '<> size; red lead, dry, '223. Zinc white,' £2 per ton more Oil colours, assorted, £110 st» £1 18s per cwt. Turps: American,. 2s lid; resin, £0 15s to £7 10s according to grade. Varnish, oak, 9s Od to 12s Gil; copal, 12s Od to 16». Quotations regulated by quantities and qualities. Provisions. — Cheese : Southern , factory, 4d to 4jd Corned bnttor, prime Bil, second quality, Oil. Taranakl factory, Id tolled. Bice i.b, Hunter's Standard, Japan, £14, ex store, or £13 I'.i.f. Canterbury bacon and hams (in cloth), sides only, Old; equal numbers hams and bacon, 7d; hams only, Bd. Fish : Ling, SJd; boneless cod, 4Jd d.p.; duty 2d, preserved red herrings, in tins, 3G.1 per dozen (2-lbtins); white, 339 per barrel; Marshall's white, 3s per tin; JUcconochie's fresh herrings, Gs to lis 3d'; Findon haildocks, 8s; lobsters, American libs. 12s ; salmon, lib Columbia Jlivur, d,p,, Oh Od; Alaska, 7» Od to 7s Od, d.p.; British Columbia, 7s ltd to 8s 3d ; salt salmon, fid; sardines, quarters, 4s to ss; halves, 7s Oil to Bs, according to brand; oysters, la; mullet (Kaipara), 4s 9d wholesale. SUGAlts.— Sugar Company's Auckland refinery, in boud, No. 1, £10; No, 2, £15; No, 3, £13 10s; ■ Queensland yellows, i.b.,, £12; browns, £1010s, In bond, nominal Smirs.—Duty, 10s per gallon of proof spirits in bulk, Ifls per gallon in case. Brandy Rouyer, Oouillet anil. Co., 25a and 8s; Marcellain's. case, 22s Gd, i.b.; flask, 28s Od; lia.lf-llft.sk, 35s Od; miarler-flask, 53s Gd; Hen. newsy's; case, 30s 6(1; Martell, 3Ps; Bisqult, Dit. houche, and Co. pale, in hints. and : casks, 7s; Bisquit, Buboiiche and Co.'s, 255; Boomerang, Australian bulk, 7s (Id; case, 21s; Midler I'rere's, 20s. Whisky, bulk : Walker's WW, ills; Distillers old, OsOd; very old, 7s 9d; VOS, Od; c.ise, Old Scotch, IDs; very old, 19s; VOs, 225; Gaelic, Old Smuggler,'2ls; Buchanan's House of Commons, 21k ; Robertson's 3 Star, 2fis; Danville's, 5s Od; case, 18s; Royal Blend, 245; Teacher's old, 20s , , .Walker's WW, 2is; 1,1,, 22s Od to 235; all In bond, fleneva, proof, 3 gallons, JDK/., 15 bottles, 14s Oil; 20 bottles, 17.s fid; key, Geneva, proof, • -10s; Schnapps, Wolfe's, 21s (id. Gilhey'.s dry gin, 15 s; Distillers' Company, 14s; Burnett's Old Tom, 13s. Lowndes' rum, 30 0.p., 3s 8d: in hhils., 4s per octave; Red Heart, case, 20s. Key, 225. Tabi.k Waters.'Apnllinaris water,- On,fid . per dozen. • i . , ~-,.; .

Timbeh.—(Quotations are as follows Kauri timber id Hast Coast nr/il Auckland mills: ..Ordinary building timber, - undressed,' 100 ,•< feet,' first- . diss- Us ; medium '• class, 10s Oil; second • class, Si Oil; Hitches, all heart, 13s; flitches, with ' sap,' Us Oil, flooring boards, dressed,. u.t.g., first-class, 109; medium-chins 12s Oil; second-class Ills Oil; lining boards, p.t.jr., beaded and V. jointed, first-class, 15s Cd: medium-class, 12s (id; , second-class, IDs ; . rusticated , weatherboarding, first-class, 10s; medium-class, 12s 0d ; second-class, Ifls (Id; boat boards, planed : twosides, JthH-incb, 14s lid; J-incb, 16s. For widths over 12 Inches (id extra pur inch per 100 feet is chared, and for lengths over 24 feet extra prices are charged, Logs, 4s to Cs 3d, according to * cirtli: ; •• . Tobacco,—Duty, 3s (id, Ruby Aromatic,! 2s 2d; Victory, is KM to 2s; Juno, black, ail shapes, Is 3d to Is4jd; Ascot, Is Ud; Derby, ten cases, ls7d; singlo case, Is BJd; Venu.l, Is fid; - Nailrod, Kid to Is Id; Golden Kaglo, aromatic, 2s 3d. Teas,-Prices ranee as follows (in bond). — Con2iius, common, nil to s}il; ; middling to fine kinds, '7d to 8d; Siiryiinos "ami Panyonrs,' M' to fld;- .Souchongs and .'Od- to 8d; .DarjeeliiißS, Is .to Us- Bd. "Pekoe Hnucjiones, iJ7}d to' Did. Good broken, 7d to 7{d;. clielce ■I'ekoo kinds', Is Id to Is 3d. Ceylon teas'/from id to'ls 4d. 1 Ci|ina tons are; neglected, 'Indians are in 1 good demand in nearly all descriptions, for blending purpose,*; * with , Ceylons. having ft continually increased sale ' v / t