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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12281, 27 May 1903, Page 3 (Supplement)

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New Zealand llerai,d Office. Tuesday evening. One of the most important events to New Zealand since the last mail loft is the steady improvement in wool values that has been shown at the London wool sales this month. creased prices at Home are quickly reflected here, and it is now seven that the temporary slackness in the second series of sales held in March has been fully recovered, and that the market closes firm The prospects of our agriculturists and pastoralists are very bright now, and it is almost unique in the History of this country that the farmers are all happy, and there is no growling. Things must lie very good for this feature to be so general. The drought in Australia is still slaving its natural effect on the products of this country, one of the most noticeable being the advanced values of hides. Ifc is not many years since hides were freely imported from Australia, but now, on account of the scarcity of cattle there, we are able to export oven to Brisbane. Wo have seen, however, that Australia is gradually meeting us again in competition with meat for the Island trade, after leaving it entirely to New Zealand for some time, while values there were so excessively high. We are still exporting large quantities, and there is no reduction in local prices of preserved meats, although the live stock market has gone clown considerably. Young stock are at very high prices compared to vfclues a few years ago, and this is in a great measure attributed to the largo numbers that have lately been and are still in demand for putting upon now country that ha;s lately been opened. A large area has been put under permanent pasture this autumn, and will require to be stocked. The grain market is keeping much firmer than was onco expected. **• Oats are rather a puzzle just now. With the large quantity that aro known to have been grown, lower prices were expected long before this, but a late harvest and the delay from bad _ weather has kept back supplies. Australia is buying regularly, and a few vessels for South Africa have taken rather largo quantities, finishing with the Essex, so that available supplies are kept short. There have been heavy sales to Auckland at Is lOd to la lid, and the market is now firm in the South at the latter figure for B grade. Tasmanian oats will shortly be shipping to Sydney, so that the present firmness is in some quarters regarded as temporary. It seems inevitable that a fall must come in the spring, unless something in the nature of a miracle comes over the outside demand. The quantities exported so far are quite insignificant compared to the huge crop that lias been grown. A good deal of the crop lias been badly damaged, so that there will again this year be the trouble over inferior cheap samples pulling the price down, but- in the meantime the only effect has been to firm the price of grade oats, especially milling quality, and the oatmeal market shows no sign of weakness.

Milling: wheat is firm in the South at 4s Id to 4s 2d f.o b. There have been no sales reported for Sydney, but it is expected that they will have to come to New Zealand for wheat for mixing with the large quantities of inferior quality that they have imported. When that takes place there should be a slightly better market here, as Manitoba wheat is wortli 5s Sd in Sydney, and it takes only about Is Id to pay freight and duty. A good deal of wheat in the South is of poor quality, and in bad condition. There is little offering now, the weather having been unfavourable for threshing. Flour is selling very freely. There is still keen competition amongst the mills in the South, and this has kept the price low, but the local mills report heavy sales, and are evidently holding their own. Malting barley is scarce at 4s 4d to 4s 5d f.0.b., Dunedin. _ Feed barley has sold at 2s lOd f.0.b., and is none too plentiful. Maize is now almost out of the market. None of the new crop has yet arrived, but should be offering next month. Peas are very scarce, and growers appear to have neglected them this season. They are offering at about twice the price of some seasons.

Onions and potatoes are now imported regularly from the South. Chaff is also being freely imported, as it is likely to be very scarce locally before long. We have heard that some of the heaviest suppliers are now cleared right out. Details of the values and fluctuations of many items will be found in our weekly Article in another column. Butter has not shown any advance so far, stocks being much heavier than usual for this time of the year* Cheese, On the other hand, is very scarce, and the market is firm, both hero_ and in the South. All factories are holding out for full' prices, and it has been most noticeable this season that there have been none of the consignments of dairy cheese that often keep down the market. The flax market keens steady with export demand holding the price. In oils the general move is for Weakness. Linseed and castor are both low, turpentine has declined considerably, and kerosene is offering lower arrive. Corn sacks are very firm, stocks being light until arrival of cargo by tlio Fazilka, which lias now discharged. The local timber trade continues just as brisk as ever, and there is the same demand for houses the moment they are' finished. Probably, even more timber tvtiuld be used if logs were available, but some of the mills have been kept short for want of freshes to bring down their logs. Those who depend on road carting are working at full pressure, and will soon put on night shifts also, There have, also been several substantial orders for the Islands. Australian trade is rather amet: both Victoria and South Australia being dull, but New South Wales is a little brighter. It is too early to Know what tile Australian requirements will be for the coming butter season, but it is feared that rather heavy stocks are already held 011 the other side. The English market is better than usual, and there is a strong demand for our kauri timber. The Concordia is now loading for Londoii with flitches, and will take about 600,000 ft. KAURI GUM MARKET. Owing probably to the break-up of fine weather and the shifting of diggers to their inter quarters, we have to report smaller arrivals of gum than for any similar period 'since January. There is 110 reason to suppose that during the coming winter tho production of gum will be materially larger than it was through last winter. There i* very little change to report as regards demand and prices. The heaviest demand is for th§ lower grades, but good kinds also find purchasers soon after arrival. East Coast gum is the only quality that is really difficult to quit. Arrivals since last mail have been about 510 tons. We quote as follows:— gum: Poor ordinary, £2 2s and upwards- 'air ordinary, £3 2s and upwards; bold 2-scraped, free'from nuts, £4 5s and upwards; East Coast, £4 10s and upwards; rescraped, £6 10s and upwards. Black gum: Nuts, £1 and upwards; medium, free from sugar, £1 10s and upwards; good, £3 2s and upwards. j AUCKLAND STOCK AND SHAREMARKET. Since last Summary there has been good, all-round business on the Stock Exchange. Tho National Insurance Company has paid an interim dividend of 9d per share, equal to 15 per cent, per annum. Tho Northern Steamship Company has also paid the usual interim dividend at the rate of 7 per cont. per annum. « Banks: There has been a much better demand for this class of stock. Nationals have so id at £4- 9s and £4 10s, and close with buyers at £4 10s. New Zealands have been inquired after, sales at £3 13s 6d and £3 14s, closing with buyers at £3 13s Gd. Insurances: A good business in these. New Zealands sold at £4 7s, £4 7s 6d, £4 6s 6d, £4 5s 9d and £4 6s, closing with buyers at £4 5s 6d and sellers at £4 6s 6d. South British ar< weaker, with hellers at £5 Bs. Nationals have sold at £1 2s 6d cum. div., and £1 2s ex dir. Standards are offered at 19s_6d. New Zealand Accidents are a shade easier, with sellers at £2 2s 6d and buyers at £2. Gas: A better business in these. Aucklands aro firmer, with sales at £14 12s 6d and £14 15s, closing with buyers at £14 12s 6d and sellers at £14 173 6d. Thames sold at £1 9s. Shipping: Northern Steams have been sought after. Paid-up sold at 15s 3d and 15s 6d ex div. just paid, and contributing at 7s, 6s 9d and 7s. Devonport Ferry are wanted at £1 17s 6d. j Coal?: A moderate in these, llikurangi3 are quiol, with sellers at 12s 3d. Taupiris sold at 19s 3d, 19s and 19s 3d, and more are offered at 19s od. Westports are wanted at £6 3s. Timber Kauri Timber have been in demand. Paid-up sold at lis, lis 6d and lis lOd, but close with buyers at 12s and 110 declared sellers; contributing sold at 2s, 23 Id, 2; 2d, .2s 3d, 2s 6d and 2s 7d, closing prices sellers 2s Bd, and buyers 2s scl. Leyland and O'Briens sold at £2. Mountain Rimus are offered at £1 Is. Mitchelsons, owing to passing of dividend, are dull of sale. Miscellaneous: New Zealand and River I Plato Land Mortgages have boon neglected. D.S.C.'s have been in good request, and sold at 12s, 12s 3d, 12s 4d, and 12s 6d. Milne and Choyoe, preference, sold at £1 Is 6d. Tonson Garlicks sold at 19s. Wiseman and Sons, preference, sold at £1 Is 6d and £1 Is 9d. Union Oils sold at £1 '2. 3 . Riverhead Paper Mills sold at £1 9s, £1 9s Gd and £1 ,10s. ' j

Mining: The market for mining stocks is still quiet, although there has been a rather larger volume of business the last three weeks. AVaihis sold at £5 7s 6d, £5 Bs, £s'9s 6d and £5 lis. Waihi Grand Junctions sold at £1 Is and £1 Is 6d; Waihi Extendeds at Is 2d, la Id and Is: Waihi Souths at 7d and 6jd. Komata Beefs sold at lOd and 10|d; Crowns at lis, lis 6d, lis 9d and 12s; Talismans at 12s and lis; Tairua Broken Hills at 6s 3d, 6s 2d, 6s and 5s 9d. Bunker's Hill sold from 4s to 5s 7d to 3s 6d to 4s 3d; Hauraki Freeholds from HAd to Is to f£d to Bd.

AUCTION SALES, ETC. May 6. Messrs. Baker Brothers held a sale of city and country properties at their auction mart this afternoon. There was a good attendance, and fivo out of seven properties offered were sold. An allotment in Karangabape Road, opposite tho Jewish cemetery, 30ft by 123 ft, with a dwellinghousc of five rooms, realised £600. An allotment in Vernonstreet, Freeman's Bay, 27ft by 80ft, with sixroomed house, brought £357 10s. A section at Mount Albert, 3 roods and 12 perches, sold for £70. One acre at Avondale brought £60. Nine sections in Brighton Road, Kemuera, sold for £190.

Messrs. Hall and-Perkins offered by auction to-day the lease for 50 years of lots 10 and 11, Ilopetoun-street, near Ponsonby Road, the upset price being £7 per annum. No. 10, nearest to Ponsonby Road, was sold to Messrs. Buttle Brothers, at £14 15s per annum; lot 11 was sold to Mr. A. L. Watson at the upset price.

. May 8. Messrs. Samuel Vaile and Sons held a successful sale of landed property to-day. The bidding was brisk throughout and all the lot 3 but one found purchasers. The following were the sales: House, Wellesley-streot, £800; cottage, Collingwood-street, £335; cottage, Lincoln-street, £280; land, Waiau, £65. For the farm at Wairoa South the best bid was £4 10s per acre. Mr. C. J. Hutchinson, land agent, reports tho sale of a property of 45 acres and house, etc., at Papakura for £900.

_ , May 16. Mr. J. 1 homes offered a number of properties for sale at his auction rooms to-day. there being a good attendance. Tho block of buildings known as Kemp's Buildings. Parnell, was passed in, tho highest bid being £2800. Two building allotments in Mar-mion-street, with a frontage of 40ft, were sold for £50. Lot 4 of the Grand View Estate, Epsom, with a frontage of 170 ft to Empire Road, realised £1 5s per foot, and lot 5, with 165 ft frontage, brought £1 5s per foot. Messrs. Yates and Co. have purchased through Mr. Neville Newcomb the fine property owned by Mr. Gregory, adjoining the Buckland railway station, containing 217 acres.

BANK RATES. buying selling. Demand .. § %\ Demand .. H % } SO days .. g£ I Di*. 80 days ..1 v ( Preen days .. ?% J count fit) days .. 3 % (niiimi 90day.s .. ljj % J 00 days .. A% ) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFERS TO LONDON.— 1$ per cent., plus cable charges. DEPOSITS—By Bank of New Zealand and National Bank: Fixed for three months, 1 per cent, per annum; 6 months, 2 per cent, per annum; 12 months, 3 per cent, per annum; 24 months, 3* per cent, per annum. By Australian Banks: Fixed for 6 months, li per cent, per annum: 12 months, 3 per cent, per annum. PRICES CHARGED' BY THE WHOLESALE TO DISTRIBUTING HOUSES: ALES AND PORTER, duty 2s per gallon.— (in bond): Bass' Dogshead brand (Bead's bottling, quarts, 9s; pints, 7s; Foster's Bugle quarts, 78 6d; pints, 5s 6d. Bulldog (It. Porter and Co.'s bottling), quarts, 9s; pints, 7s. Franz Joseph's lager, quarts, 9s ; pints, 7s. Local (duty paid), quarts, 8s: pints, 4s 6d. Ward's {Christ-church bottling), quarts, 10s; pints, ss; Stout (in bond) ; Guinness' Dog's head brand (Read's bottling), quarts, 9s; pints, 7s; Foster's BUgle, quarts, 7s 6d ; pints, 5s 6d. Bulldog (R. Porter and Co.'s bottling), quarts, 9s; pints, 7s. Johnson's, quarts. 8s 6d; pints, 6s 6d. Ashby's, 63 3d to 8s 9d. Anglo-Bavarian, quarts, 8s 9d ; pints, 5s ,6d. Local (duty paid), quarts, 8s; pints, 4s 6d. BUILDING materials.—Cement, k.b. and White's, 13s. Slates: English Countesses are worth £12 to £13. Plaster of Paris, 14s to 16s. Alt these quotations nominal. Firebricks, 2sin £8, 3in £9, less trade discount. Bags . and Bagging.—Calcutta full weight woolpaclcs, llilb. bale 2s, less 2s 3d; cornsacks, 48in, 6s; 44in, 5s 9d; Hessian bags, 2s 3d to 4s 6d. BREAPSTUFFS AND GRAIN.— roller flour, in sacks, £10 7s 6d to £11 15s, less usual discounts; 100's, 50's, and 25's, in proportion to extra baggings. Milling wheat, 4s Id to 4s 3d, f.0.b., Southern ports, according to qtiality. sacks extra. Fowl wheat, ex store, 4s 4(1 to 4s sd. Bran, £5,' ex store. Sharps, £6 15s. Maize, ex wharf, 4s 2d; oatmeal, 25's, £10 15? ; 7's, £12 ss. Barley for malting. 4s 54 to 4s 6d; feed, 3s 6d. Oats, ex wharf, 2s Id to 23 3|d. Pearl barley, £17; split peas, £15. Cabin bread, £18 per ton. Settlers' bread, £20. Potatoes, £4 5s ; onions, £4 15s. COAL.—Newcastle, ship's side, 24s Cd; delivered, £1 12s; Hikurangi Coal Co., 8s 6d f.o.b. Whangarei: Taupiri Steaih, at mine, 93 6d; do., household, delivered, £1 7s. CORDAGE — Manila hemp rope, all sizes, Auckland-made, best, £74 10s; New .Zealand flax rope, all sizes, £49; flax clothes lines, per lb, 5d ; twine, shop. d.p. per lb, iOd to is 2<J ; sewing twine, lid to Is 6d per lb. COFFEE AND SPICES, per Ib.-Ceylon coffee plantation. No. 0, Is 7(1; No. 1, Is 6d; No. 2, Is sd; No. 3, is 4d; Mocha, la 7d; ditto, Island, Is 2d; chicory, 353 per cwt in tins; Symington's Essence of Coffee, 12a 6d; local, 9s 6d to 10s. Cocoa: Fry's, Is 3d; Van Houten's. 3s 2). d; Epps's t Is 4Jd; Cadbury's, Jib, 9s 6d, |lb 183 6d, lib 36s 6d; Rowntree's, 3s 3d. Chocolate: Fry's, Is 3d: A'i-Cocoa, 3oz 7s 6d; 4?.0z, lis; 9loz, 22s per dozen. pices: Cloves, lOd; bleached ginger, lid; nutmegs, Is 6d to Is 9d; cinnamon, 2s 3d; black pepper, whole, lid; white do., Is 3d; do., ground, Is 4d; chilies. Is. CONFECTIONERY. — Local boiled, 3d; dry goods, 4d, less trade discount; gum jujubes, lOd ; jelly ditto, 7id : Keiller's assorted confections, 7ad; Gray's, 8d; candied peel, locai, lemon, 4ld. to 5(1; orange, sid; citron. Is; Terry's jujubes. Is Id; Denholm's, Is 2d; Keiller's fruit jujubes. Is 4d ; Mb chocolate creams, 4s 6d; cream sticks, Is 3d; chocolate sticks. Is 4d. GUJT, flax. ETC.—'White Gum: Poor ordinary, £42 and upwards; fair ordinary, £62 and upwards. Bold, three-quarter-scraped, free from nuts, £85 and upwards; East Coast, best quality, £90 and upwards; re-scraped, £130 and upwards. Dark gum: Nuts, sifted. £20 and upwards; medium, free from sugar, £30 and upwards; good, £62 and upwards. Flax: Fine, clean, Auckland, f.0.b., £28 10s; good, fair average quality, f.0.b., £26; tow, £4 10s ton. Cocoanut fibre, per ton, £20. Fungus, 3Jd. JAMS. DRIED FRUITS, ETC.—Moir's - Marmalade. lib, d.p., 6a 6d; Keiller's marmalade, lib, d.p.. 7s 3d; Phcenix and St. George, Dunedin. 5s 6d; Nelson (New Zealand). 5s 9d; Auckland made, lib tins, 4s 8d to ss; lib glass 6s Cd; Jam, English, 6s 6d; local, 3s 3d to 4s 9d; Smyrna sultanas, 5Sd; American,. 6?. d; American muscatels, in trays, 9d; loose, 5Jd; Malaga ditto. Is 3d; elemes. 5Jd; currants, half-cases, 3Jd; in lib packets, cleaned, 4Jd; Lalifornian prunes. 6d; dried apples, American 7d, local 6d: dried apricoits, 8d ; seeded raisins, lib packets, 6Jd. I,titer. Hides, Etc.-Sole leather, 103 d to Is 6d per lb; kips, la 5d to Is 6d; runners. Is 6d to Is lOd lb; black harness. Is 2d to Is sd; brown harness, Is sd; calf, colonial, 2s 6d; basils. 18s to 26s doz.; skirt, 18s to 22s per side; hides, ox, 5d to 6]>d per lb; st.out ox, 6Jrt to 7Jd; extra stout, to Qd; coy?, 4gd in 5Jd; calfskins, 5d to sid per lb; sheepskins. pelts, shearlings, 10"d to Is 2d; quar-ter-wool led, to 2s 9d. Tallow: Best mixed, 25s 6d to 26s 6d; in broken packages, 25s to 265.

MANURES.—Australian bonedust, £4 to £4 ss; Auckland, £7; superphosphate, £4 15 s: hone flour, £7 15s; superphosphates, Anglo Company. £4 159; cocoanut oil cake. £6; kainit, £4 2s fid; New Zealand Drug Company's manures: A superphosphate, £5 12s 6d per ton: bonedust, steamed, £5 17s 6d: bonerlusfc. green, £7 7s 6d; bonedust and blood, £5 10s: root manure, £7; grass manure, £6 17s fid; potato manure. £7; turnip manure. £6 17s 6d; com manure, £6 17s 6d: maize manure, £7; orchard manure, £7 10s; onion manure, £7 10s; clover manure, £6 15s; sulph. of ammonia, £17; Coral Queen guano, £4 15s.

IRONMONGERY.—GaIvanised corrugated iron, basis. £18 10s; English bar i-on, per ton, £10 basis: galvanised fencing wire, 6 to 8 gauge, £10 10s to £11 10s: English barb wire, £15; American, £14; English pig iron, £5; pig lead; £17; sheet load, £22; zinc. £33; I.C. coke tin plates, 20 ! n by 14in. 16s fid: blasting powder, 8d; muntz metal, bars, Is, plates, 9d; quicksilver, 3s.

MALT AND Colonial. 4s 9d to ss. Hops: Kelson, brewers', Is to 18 2d; grocers' hops, packets, lid.

Oilmen's STORES, Etc.—Price's National, 6Jd; Battcrsea Was, 6id: Prlco's London Was, 6id; Price's self-fitting, 7Jd : Price's carriage, 7Jd; local sperm, 4Jd to 5d ; wax, s>fl to 53d; mining. 7Jd; local blue mottled soap, £22 to £24 per ton: carbolic,. £23; best yellow, £27; Peerless, £22 to £26; National, £24; double Crown, £20; Golden Crown, £18; household, £12 to £14; soft soap, in tins, 5d per lb; toilet. 7d per lb; —all subject to trade discount. Salt: Black Horse, fine, £3 15s, coarse, £3 ss: other brands, fino £3. coarse £2 10s; rock salt, £5; Jordan almonds, 2s 8cl; Blacking Paste, 3s fid; Colman'B starch. No. 1 (duty, 2d per lb), white, 46s 6d; lib pictorial, 535; local, 37s ;■ 50 case lots, 35a. Mustard,

d.p.: Colman'jj* lib tins (DSF), 17s 6d; hal ditto, 9a; Jib tins, sa; Keen's DSP, same price; Column's, 71b tins (green), llja; Blue: Eeckitt's Circular, 7s 6d per gross ; Bag. S3 3d ; Colmaii 8 Azure, Bid per lb ; Reckitt's Square, Bid; Keen's square, Bid. Black lead: jSixey s, 69 to 7a oil; Keckitt'g, 7s. Matches: Vestas, E. ' Bell and Co.'s, ~?P . s ' 14s 6d by the case; .plaids, 39 (1; other brands, 3s to 3s 3d ; . cardboard trays, 3a 6d. Oil: Castor, in pints, 7s; half-pints, 4s. Salad: C. and B. f quarts. 275; nints, 14s 6d; half-pints, as otl, Morton's, pints, 83 6d; half-pints, ss; local, pints, 7s 6d; half-pints, 4s. Pickles: Crosse and Blackwell'a. pints. 17s od; Hard's 17s 6d ; Capt. White's. 14s 6d and 243; Morton's, 13s; local, 73 6d; Flag Brand, Ss, 5 cases 7s Gd. BiCe, No. 1, Polished Japan, £17 ; ditto, ground, 2sd. Sauces: Lea and Perrin's. halfpints, 13s 6d; pints, 23a; Gillard's half-

pints, 7s Cd; Mellor's. half-pint 3, 8s; pints, 14s ; Holbrook's, quarterpints, 7s; half - pints, lis ; pints, 225; Goodall's Yorkshire Relish, 7s. Vinegar, d.p : bulk. Champion's, per gallon. 2a 3d; Sarson's, 13 10d; Holbrook's, ts 10d; Burnett's, Is lid; Potts', Is lOd; local, Is to Is 3d. Vinegar: Case, C. and 8., 9s; Champion's, 8s 9d ; Morton's, 8s 6d ; Morton's Crystal, 9s 6d : local, 4s to 5s ; Hill's and Underwood, bulk. Is lid; case, 7s. Tapioca, £12; sago, £11 10s. Cornflour : Maize, 2gd d.p.; Clement's. H<i\ Brown and Polsou's patent, fijd; Indian. 5Sd. Proserved milk: Nestle's, 6s 6d; Milkmaid, 63 3d; local brands, 5s 3d. Tartaric acid, in jars, Is 6d; in kegs, Is 3d; cream cf tartar, in jars, Is 2d; in kegs, lid; bicarb, soda, 10s 6d; local soda crystals, £5 ss; whiting, £5.

OILS AND PAINTS. 6d a gallon. ColKa, in drums, 4s 3d: bulk. 4s: linseed. boiled, drum?. 4s 2d; bulk, 3s Sd: raw, drums, 4s; bulk, 3s 7d; castor, in drums, 3s 4d; half-cases, 3a 2d. Kerosene. 150 test, gal., 9Jd to 30d. Genuine white lead, ground, per cwt, 661b and 231b, 30s to 325; red lead, dry, 28s; zinc, white, 42s to 443. Oil colours, assorted, £2 to £2 5s per cwt. American turps, 3s 9d; resin, £6 15s to £9, according to grade. Varnish, oak, S3 to 15s; copal, 12s 6d to 255. Benzine, Is 6d. Naphtha, 2s 3d. Gasoline, 3s 6d. Quotations regulated by quantities and qualities. » Provisions.—Cheese : • Factory, 6Jd to 6Jd ; dairy, sd. Good keg butter, 9jd; second quality, 7sd; milled, 9d; factory, lid. Eggs, Is lOd. Bacon, sides only, BJd to 9d; hams, only, 9d to lOd; Fish (duty, 10s per cwt); Ling, bid; boneless cod, 6Jd ; preserved red herrings, in tins, lis 6d per tin (100 fish), 33a per dozen tins (each 24 fish); preserved salt herrings. in tins, 42s per dozen tins 'each 24 fish); 24s per dozen (each 12 fish); kippered herrings, 8s; herrings in sauce. 7s 6(1 to 9s; fresh herrings, 6s; Findon haddocks, 10s; lobsters, New Zealand, 108 6d,. American 13s; Digby chicks, 9a 6d; salmon, lib, .Cocktail. 10a 6d. Alaska. 7a to 8a; British Columbia, 8s 6d to 9s 6d : salt salmon, ssd; | sardines, quarters, 3s 6d to 6a 6d; halves, 6s to 10s, according to brand; oysters, 8s; mullet, 5s 3d, 25 cases. ss; boiled rabbit, 9s 6d: corned beef. 13s 6d to 14s; sheep tongues, lib tins. 12s 6d to 13s 6d, according to brand; 21b, 235.

Sugars.—Duty, id per lb. Colonial Sugar Company's Auckland Refinery d.p., No. l, £20 ss; No. 2, ,£l9 15s; No. 3, £18 5«; Cubes, £22 15s. Treacle, bulk, 12s 6d; Golden Syrup, bulk, 16s; molasses, in quantities not less ni an kaH ton. duty remitted by Customs, £4 10s; m drums, 5s cwt.

Spirits (in bond). Duty, 16s per gallon of ; proof spirits in bulk or case. Brandy: Rouver Gouillot. and Co.. 255; Gilbey'e Universal brandy, flasks 28s. J-flasks. 30s; Henriossy s, case, one star, 375: three star, 51s; Bisquit. Dubonche,' and Co.'s. rr.-e. in hhds.. 7s, quarter-casks 7s 63, octaves 8s; Bisnuit. Dnboucho and Co.'s case, 255; Boomerang, Australian, bulk 7s 6d, case 225; ChateauTanunda case. 225. Whisky, bulk: Walker "WW, 8s 6d; Usher's SR, 9d; Usher's 0.V.G., 7s 9d: D.C.L., old, 5s 6d; vety old, 8s 6d; VOS. 10s 6d: case. Old Scotch, 18s; very old. 225; VOS. 265; Gaelic, V2<?: Buchanan's House cf Commons. 223; Robertson's three star. 28s: Dunville's. 20s; Dunville's special liqueur, 32s ; Gilbey's Viceroy (Irish). 20s ; Jamieson's (Irish), one star, 25s : thrpe star. 32s : Teacher's. 255; Walker's WW. 225; Usher's SR., 23s 6d; Usher's OVG, 20s; Usher's OVG, flasks, 28s, half-tin 355: White Horse. 225; Aberfeldy, 15s; Gilbev's Strathmill, 22.3; . Braemar, 18s; BOBS, 20s; T.L. 223 6d to 235; Cambria, 16s; Gordon's, 15s; Dewar's, 21s; Haig and ITnig, 22s : Geneva, proof. 4go lions, .TDKZ, 20 bottles, 18s 6d; under proof. lCs 6d; sohna-ons, Wolfe's quarts, 245; pints, 25s 6d; Gilbey's,. Silverstream, 13s; Gilbey's dry gin. 14s; Dis-' tillers' Company. 14s: Burnett's Old Tom 14s; Gilbey's Old Tom, 13s; Lowndes' rum, 30 0.p., 4s 9d in hhds., 53 in quarter-casks. 5s 3d in octaves ; Key, 22s per case : Gilbey's Governor-Gene-ral rum, 20s per case Champagne, d.p.; Pommery. quart 120s, pint 1255; Heidfiieck. quart, _ 1255. pint. 130s; Ayala. quart 115s, pint 120s; Australian wines, 335.

TlMßEß,—Ordinary building timber, undressed, 100 ft, first-class 15s 6d. medium 13s; second-class 10s; flitches, all heart, 14s 6d; flooring boards, dressed, p.t.g., first-class 17? fid, medium 15s, second-class 12s; lining boards, p.t.g.. beaded, or V-jointed. firstclass 17s. medium 14s Cd, second-class lis 6(1: rusticated weatherboarding, firstclass 17s 6d, medium 15s, second-class 12s; boat, boards, planed two sides, gin 16s. %in 16s Cd. ■' For widths over 12in. 6d extra per inch per 100 ft is charged, and for lengths over 24ft extra prices are charged. Logs, 43 to 6s 3d, according to girth.

TOFACCV- -Duty. 3s fid" Ruhr Aromatic, 2% 7d ; Victory, Is lid to 2s: Juno, black, all shapes. Is 3d to Is a id; Ascot, Is 6(1; Derby, ten cases Is 7d. single case Is Bd, boy Is 9d; Venus. Is 6d; Golden Eagle, red, 2s 4d ; Yellow. 2s 3d ; Welcome Nugget. 2? fid: black twist, 26 to lb. is; Golden Eagle, 4oz tins, 3s: 2oz ting, 3s 3d; Wills' Capstan, full and medium, 4oz tins, 3s; 2oz tins, 3s 3d; mild, 3d more; Melrose ciera.rette tobacco 2oz packets, d.p., 7s; Old Judge, ditto, 7s 9d.

TKAS (in bond).— Pekoes, 13 4d to Is 6d; Pekoe Souchongs, fine, lOd to Is; finest, Is to Is 2d; Dooar. good medium Pekoe Souchongs, 9d to l'jd; Ceylon, fine Broken Orange Pekoe are scarce, medium to fine. Is 3d to Is 43; finest. Is 8d 10 Is 10d; medium Broken Orange Pekoe, lid to Is 2d; Broken Souchong and Pekoe Souchongs, 7d to Bd. Fannings, good medium, say, 9d to lOd.