COMMERCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 897, 10 May 1889, Page 13

COMMERCIAL NEWS

Now that the holidays ape oyer matters b»4e setV}e'<l flq%n $q tfiejr riormgi coriqitipn; A bettey tone iij ifi all' branches. ‘ In consequence of the brighte?fiuanciai progpepts of the Oqloqy, ft more hopeful expression is manifested, and when the fourth pf the month U pftsaed local business is expected to advance rapidly. Sugars are still firm, Dried fruits are dull of sale, and tinned fish is in little demand Tnere are very few ultcrftL'XVs in general prices. Laeiy and Go. report sales for the past week:—Potatoes, 75a to 80a ; onions, £8 to £S 14s j oats, 2s lOd ; pollard, £5 10a to £5 15s ; bran, 90s to 955; oaton sheaf chaff, 80s to 90s;; straw chaffy -55 a} oatmeal, j£l4 10s : ; maize 3s 9d; nominal 4 j wheat, 1 4a * to/4s ;4d ;* tSwW wheat, 3s 6d, nominal f malting barley, 3s to 4s : ; Brians, 3s 6d ; peas,- 8 s 3d to 3s 6d pearl barley, £lB ; flour, £ll to £ll 10s; bacon, 6£d to 744 ; hams, 8d to 9Jd ; cheese, 5Jd to 5Jd fer I‘atge size ; loaf cheese, 6d to 7d; fresh butter, lOd to lid ; salt butter, BJd to 9J-d ; eggs, 2s ; turkeys, in deman ; 9s ; geßse, 6s ; duokk, 3s 6d ; fowls, 2s 9d to 3s ; figs, 7« 3d ; dates, 5d ; inferior sorts, 4d ; Barcelona nuts, fid ; almond nuts, 9d; peanuts, 2Jd to 3d; apples, 5s to 9s ; pears, 9s to 14s ; oranges, 8d to 9d ; lemons, 20a to 24s ; quinces, 14d ; cocksfoot grass seed, 24d to 3d; rye grass seed, 2a 6d to 3a 6d ; rape seed, 2d ; flax, £36 to £37 C,i,f,

The Customs duties cblleoted at the port of Wellington for the week ending Saturday amounted to £3949 13a 9d. Beer duty, £79 19s 9d. George Thomas and Co. report produoe prices as follows : There have been no variations to note in any line since last week's report, if we except the stock-feeding lines of pollard and bran, which are scarce, in fact almost unobtainable, and prices rule at £5 15s and £5 per ton respectively. Flour, with perhaps an inclination to recede slightly in value, iB still quoted at £lO 5s to £lO 10s for stone, and £ll 10s to £ll 15s for roller process. Fowls’ wheat, best whole, 3s lld'to 4s; broken, 3s 6d; for milling samples there is no local demand. Oats are firm at 2s 9d to 3s for the various clasces ; black do, 2s lOd. Oatmeal, firm at £l4 10s to £l4 15s; chaff, £3 to £4 15s ; baled straw, £4 ; feed barley, ; 3s ; pearl barley, £2O; feed peas, 3s 9d ; split peas, £ls ; beans, 3s lid; potatoes, £4 to £4 10s; onions, £ll to £l2; bams arid bacon, 8d to BJd ; cheese, 4£d to s£d ; honey, to 4^d; fresh butter, 9d ; salt do, 8d to eggs, scarce, Is 9d to 2s per doz ; fowl?, 2s . 6d ; duoks, 3s ;turkeys, 6s 6d ; geeße, 5a 6d per pair. The fruit market is fully stocked with apples, pears, and Island oranges, but trade is a trifle restricted, and prices oa a lower basis ; apples rule 5s to 7s 6d; pears, 5s 6d to 10s ; oranges, 7s to 9s , Nelson walnuts, 7d ; chestnuts, Is ■; Auckland lemons, 11a to 12s. Small local shipments of Hobart fruits, ex Rotomahana, will-not leave a satisfactory return to the shipper. Messrs Arthur Warburton and Co. report on the share market for the week ;—Banks—New Zealand (old issue), £8 4s, oum div; National, 37s ; Colonial, 435. Insurance —New Zealand, 765; South British, 40s ; National, 18s6dtol9s ; Union, 25s 6d to 26s ; Standard, 13s 6d to 14s ; Colonial, 4s; Accident, 7s 6d. Miscellaneons—Loan and Mercantile, 66s to 68s ;’ Land Mortgage, 15s 6d ; National Mortgage, 12s 6d; New Zealand Shipping, 60s to 655; Mosgiel Woollen, 795; Kaiapoi Woollen, sales 57a 6d, cum div,; New Zealand Drug, 20s ; Wellington Gas, £l7, £8 10a, and £2 ; Wellington Trust and Loan,, £6 9s to £6 10s; Equitable Building, £6 17s 6d; Wei* lington Building and Investment, £6 ; Gear Meat, sales 80s. Messrs Arthur Warburton and Co. report the following returns of amalgam from the Reefton mines for the week Keep-it-Dark, 8920 z from 315 tons ; Globe, 2300 z from 175 tons. Messrs Edwards and Mcßeath report on the labour market The market is very dull.

Freeman R. Jackson and Co.’s Johnsonville stock reportA moderate entry of beef came forward. The bullocks, though yoang, showed in some instances splendid quality, and attracted favourable comment and spirited bidding. Sheep, were penned in average supply ; light weights, medium in quality. No pigs came forward. We disposed of some milch cows and springing heifers at quotations Bullocks, from £4 10s to £5 7s 6d, averages £5 2s 6d, £5 Is, and £4 17s for the different consignments ; miloh cows, £3 5s to £5 5s ; springing heifers, £2 to £3. Sheep—Ewes, wethers (mixed), 8a to 8s 6d. Beef, made, 13s the 1001 b ; mutton, If d per lb. Mr D. T. Stuart reports on the share market for the week to date : Bank of New Zealand, £8 to £8 Is, ex; Colonial, buyers 42s 6d. Colonial Insurance, sales 4s 3d; National, ISs 9d to 19s ; New Zealand, buyers 755, tellers 75a 6d ; Union, buyers 26s 3d ; South British, 40s to 41b ; National Mortgage, 12s 3d to 12s 6d ; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, 675; New Zealand and River Plate Land Mort* gage, buyers 16s 3d ; Equitable Building of Wellington (new issue, £1 paid), buyers 253 premium; New Zealand Shipping, sellers 66s ; Union Steam, sellers £l2 ss; New Zealand Drug, 19a 6d to 20a ; Kaia* poi, 60s to 635, cum div; Wellington Woollen, sales 2os ; Wanganui Gas, sellers £l2 ss, cum div ; Wellington Gas (issue, £lO paid), sellers £l7 ; Manawatu Railway, buyers 10s 6d, sellers 13s ; Gear Meat, sales 80s and 81s, buyers (£lO full} paid), £105?; Keep-it-Dark, 36s to 37a, ex; Progress, buyers 38s. _______

WELLINGTON MARKETS. Wholesale Prices. , FARM AND DAtEV 1 PRODUCE y t . ‘ - i • " $ E. ■d. ' & a.' 3 Milk, quasi; » ff 0; 4 ; to 0 0 o’ Butter, 1 fresh lb - 0 0 9 to 0 010 Salt butter •* 0 0 8 to norm .ml Cheese, Gil. 0 0 4| to 0 0 Eggs,' dozen 0 1 9; to 0 2 01 Lard, lb.: 0 0 5 to 0 0 6 Bacon, lb. » " 0 0 Ch to 0 0 n Ham, lb." - 0 0 7» to 0 0 9 Fowls, pair 0 2 0 to 0 2 I Ducks, pair 0 3 0 to 0 3 Geese, each 0 3 0 to 0 3 Q Tu>.'<eys, pair 0 7 Q to P § $ ii '.AX AKD Corn ivj V'ket. £ 'IS s. . iV- •" s d Maize, Poverty Bay - 0 4 0 to nournai Oats,, feed ‘ • . 0 3 0 to 0 U 0 Wheat do - . 0 3 10 to 0 4 4 Carrots'" „ * - 1 lo 0 to 0 0 G Ray, ton • 3 0 0 to 0 0 0 Oaten, ton - - - 3 0 0 to 0 0 0 '■ffcraw, ton • * • 2 10 0 to 3 0 0 Chaff, — " - - 3 15 0 to 4 5 0 Oaten bay 7 - 3 10 0 to 6 Q 0 0 Wheat gti-^w 2 -Q Q to 9 Q Onions r - 8 0 0 to a 0 G Potatoes, per ton- * 4 0 0 to 4 5 0 Floor Market. £ s. d £ s. d Sharps, per ton * • 5 0 0 to 5 10 0 Bran por ton, - 4 15 0 to 5 0 0 Colonial Flour - - 10 10 0 to 11 10 0 Oatmeal . 0 0 0 to 14 10 0 Pearl Barley * 15 0 0 to 16 ■0 0 Seeds. » , • ■-£ s. d. £ s. d Ryegrass, bushel Cocksfoot,'lb.*' • - ; 2 0 0 0 to ?! to 6 0 3 0 3 Wt, Clover; lb. - • 0 0 10 f " to 0 0 0 Red, • dfi. * 9 0 0 8 to P 0 e 9 Alsyke, lbi • »' Cow Grass, lb. • • 0 p 10 to 0 6 . 0 0 7 to 0 0 9 Timotbv, lb. 1 . 0 0 6 t: 0 0 0 Rape, lb. 1 - Linseed, per cwt. . 0 0 2-b to nominal - 0 14 or to nominal