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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14629, 15 March 1911, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

?0..: .. ——T- > SustKSS 8 on the Stock Exchige yesterday, with <" 10 exception, was \confined to jninioK linos - Wnihis changedWids at 63s fcl, and more wore available that figure, ' .buyers offering &3s. Talismans Wd) sold at 483 9d, with later buyers at 4, 6d, and sellers 495. Sales were made i n Waihi Grand Junctions at from 27s 9d U27s 6d to 27s 3d to 275. The closing quotafbrm were sellers 27s 3d, and buyers 27s.'W coal itocks Taupiris sold at 2.1s 9d. \. ■ The general tone of business in Ve city ■ Hod throughout the province is decidedly . good. Country orders are continuW to come to hand well up to tho averages The retail shops aro displaying tho new scion's cods, and tho prospects .all point \> a favourable winter trade. V • ■ The wharves have not presented any un ue activity for tho last week, and at preset the only Homo steamer handling cargoes the New Zealand Shipping Compants ■' Orari at tho Railway Wharf. There lit however, been a decided briskness in m oversea passenger trade, and all steamed leaving of late have had very heavy book\ ings. , m i Cream of Tartar: The market has de-\ dined a. fraction, and wo would not be sur-l prised to see it back still further. Candles aro good, buying at price now quoted. Cocoanut keeps firm at ruling prices. Stocks on hand are very light. Infants' Foods: The popular brands are in good inquiry, with sales increasing. Resin: Prices have still further idvaneed, and cable advices to hand indicatt a very firm market. Canned Fruits: The position is unaltered. ; . Turpentine is quoted at very higl rates, ' and there is considerable room for a drop. • Tinplittes: Forward market is weal. Pig lion Price is down considerably and -. the present time should be good for btying. Evaporated Fruits: Prices keep firm, with an upward tendency. Sardines: There is good inquiry for Oeap brands. Stocks of same- locally, how«*er, are very light. Currants : Market firm. Prices seem nsre likely to advance than to decline. \ Hides: Market continues firm, with god inquiry from local and shipping buyers. Skins: Market advanced with good competition for all classes. Tallow: Market remains firm at latt prices. Potatoes: The arrivals of potatoes this. *. week have been small, both locally and from the South, and stocks are light. Prices have ' ■. firmed, and to-day £5 5s is obtainable for locals, and £5 10s for Southern. Larger shipments of the latter are expected later ' on in the month, as they aro at present rather unripe to carry well. Onions: Small quantities are arriving from the South by every boat, and are meet- ;? ;■ ing with good demand.. Locals have eased I off slightly. Trite, £4 10s. Pickling onions are scarce this year, as owing to the good crop most of tho onions are' large. Price for picklers, 10s per cwt. Oats: This market is again bare, and only • small shipments are arriving by the bi-week- . Iy boat. There will be no direct produce ' steamer from the South until about the • 25th inst., and until then stocks will be light. Price remains at 2s lid. Chaff: Local is coming in a little more . freely, the quality of which is giving: satis-1 faction. Supply of local is small, but at present there is little or no difference in the - quality of this and local. Stocks of Australian compressed are still held hero, and meet with a fair demand. Price for local • and Australian compressed is £5 10s, Southern£6. Flour: Price of Northern Roller flour is £10 10s, and for Southern £9 5s locally. Fowl Wheat: Demand still keeps tip. Stocks in Auckland are not heavy. Small , quantities are coming up from Canterbury and Dunedin, but prices are high.. There Will "be good shipments to hand by the Wai- .;..';. ton*, due about the 25th inst. Price, ex store, 3s 9d. Bran: There is no change to report. Price. £4 10s. . Pollard: Local stocks are still umall, and It i\ hard to get. in any quantity in the South. Any small lots coming forward are meeting with a good demand. Price, £6 17s fid. ■ . " Maize: The arrivals since our last report • do not total 400 sacks. Store stocks in Auckland are somewhat light. Demand t keeps good, and price is 2s 9d_ ex store. '.. Funsnis continues to arrive in only small , ■ .Hi. Nominal price, 4Jd for dry lots. '"■-'-■ - Flax: This market remains without 1 Change. There is still an 'absence of any inquiry from London. Tho arrivals to date , 'are 256 bales, equal to about 52 tons. Prices $:%' remain at £23 for fine, if procurable, £15 v- 15=? for g.f.a.q., £15 10s for f.a.q., and £13 ?s 10* for common. ' " _ ' , '*! Tow: Arrivals for 13 days of March are . : 5* baks, equal to about five tons There is still a good demand for this. Price is steady at £6. , Ceylon Tea: 1,679.3031b was tho total quantity catalogued at the Colombo sale of the 15th ult. The selection was very useful, while quality showed a great improvement. All grades met with strong competition, and prices generally, with tho exception of common, were in sellers'- favour. The lower I . classes were very with strong competition, and prices generally, with tho exception of common, were in sellers'- favour. The lower classes were very steady at last rates, although some invoices were fractionally ' dearer, on account of the slight improvement noticeable, and also to the limited ■ quantity offered. Medium leaf teas remained steady, and showed no change, but 1 ',"tlw brokens were from one to two cents • -fearer. The finer descriptions were mostly [ " if* 1 request, and all grades sold readily at enhanced rates, leaf teas being fully id ; ■ dearer, while the broken Pekoes and I 8.0.P.'s fetched from id to Id more than, last side. Dusts and fannings were also in : more inquiry, and in consequence were two t-j three cents dearer. It*, . -r» 1 Tin, r< rriT .\ ; ' KAURI GUM. ' 1, . '■; - , The arrivals for 14 days of March aro : • 557 tons, as against 399 tons for tho samo • period of February, showing an increase of , 163 tons this month. "Supplies from mail to mail, viz., February I:':*■'•''ls!to March 13, 1911, 927 tons. I > ' ~'..■■ ; 1 ,' , " ' EXPOSTS. •'J.'! tons this month. Am'r'a. Eti'o'e. To'al. " Supplies from mail to mail, viz., February 15 to March 13, 1911, 927 tons. V ' EXPOSTS. Am'r'a. Eti'o'e. To'al. Tons. Tons. Tons. Per B.s. Roseric, for Lon- . „ ■ ■ . . don, February 16 ... 115 49 164 Per 8.8. Clan Shaw, for Lonw don. February 19 ... 21 .125 146 Per -s.s. Malieno, for Syd- „ 1" ney. February 27 ... - 29 29 Pel" s.s. Mamari. for Lonv, don, March 4 183 66 249 Per s.s. Kaipara, for Lon- ■..* . lion, March 6 17 36 53 Per s.s. Victoria, for Sydney,' March 6 — 58 53 IVicrls to America and' Europe since Feb. 15 ... 336 303 699 imports to America and ■ Europe, for February ... 174 290 464 I Per Victoria, for Syd- — — 763 ney, March 6 — _J8 58 Ejiwrts to America and Europe since Feb. 15 ... 336 303 699 Sports to America and ' Europe, for February ... 174 290 464 Production for Feb. ... — — 763 ". 1' ," ', STATISTICS. Exports. Production. ! h ', •• - Jan. 1 to Feb-28 Jan. 1 to &%??&&■<.■*. -: ■ ' Jan. 28. Mar. America. Europe. Total Tons. ~.„ Tons Tons. Tons. . ' »i 524 685 1209 1416 ; WIS ' 563 551 1124 1354 •> - 1909 816 ' 460 1235 1354 ! The market is anything out brisk. Tho i milk of the stores in Auckland, however, are fairly busy preparing shipments. The demand for most classes of chips and dust still remains unchanged, but the better grades of gum aro practically neglected for the time ,; : .-. .Rising. Pal© Select: Very little arriving. Demand \ ' hoi at all active. I' Ordinary: What little is arriving of good Pale Select: Very little arriving. Demand ■"> »Pt at all active. Ordinary: What little is arriving of good , resoraped is easily quitted at late rates, Poorer lots aro not readily sold. Superior ordinary is practically unasked for, and ttlea only take place when price asked is ; i extremely low. Medium ordinary is selling, as are also well-cleaned washed nuts. The demand is not keen at the moment for swamp gum. , .East Coast: Still remains without much inquiry. ■ ■ -Black: Good rescraped can bo placed, 1 weld lumps, sound and well-cleaned, . meet with buyers, as does also sorted three-quarter-scraped steel. Unsorted blacks are jot in favour, while medium black and hard black nut* are somewhat slow of'sale. . Bush. Rescraoed is selling. Dark sorts ( l «d pickings are very slow of sale. Bled , hush, if bold and well sorted, is selling, but green lots are passed over. ' '. Chips and Dust: Bright chips and dust . are meeting 'with a demand. Good ordinary I : '■ ■ 'P, 8 ' diggers' ordinary chips (sifted),_ dig- | >*"■ ordinary chips and dust;, and ordinary 1 ,** «f good colour, free from earth, are jluly placed, whilst there are steady buyers I .-Y** black riddlings, black seeds, and coarse j: ~ Mack dust, if: in dry condition. '»!,'« , J PROPERTY SALES. I ', ■'-'- - T Mundeno Jackson will offer the 1 .2* nul Estate, 011 the Oreiit South and Portage ,; : ■" ' i", Otahuhu, close to the saleyardu, abattoirs, * J'-'iirf't *mch hua been gubdivided into 37 building j ■ **<'Uonii ( 0r , a i o ))y ~u l)]lo ftuc ti o n at their I 1 '-C, Vf"J" I '' Cu «i°ms-»treet Kant, at two o'clock toI "if ," * oil u tn,G v »l('»nic, free from stone; illwlS^" 0 ' 1 * has been (undivided into good view*, ««»n», for «ale by public auction at their .J?V}MiCu«inni»-(treet East, at two o'clock toMi* i * oil is ,ni " vol ''»nie, free from stone; * " aml h 'S h ttr »d command K<x>d view*, 1 - SlS,Mj* term* are very easy, namely, 10 per cent, i* „l 0 , m l ' e,lt - >" slx months, 10 per cent, in I ; :■ months and balance in. three years at 5 per |. ««. lull particulars are advertised. . •