H-'-n i,6 l 'r' ,SCd HCtiVi,y noti ™ lin O’"- last report, has been still inorc apparent in the transactions of the nns, m'r k ,',„ 1°"“ ° f ‘, hC M' K<>Bt S,l ' eS U 11,18 »'■ J lot to i < port, or probably the largest was held on Wednes(layby Messrs. 11. J. Duncan K- Co , at the stores and danre'of ">n? f Al<, ' SBrs j W ’ B'okson & Co. The atten□n.l is eve,, s;li d [„ 0,) £3/ toZ'.itl; Java do to £'3G •T.nw'i KU^‘ lr ’ X-W to £52, according toquafitnkXW'i
Pieces, XTiO to £'sl ; do. No 2 -I'd „ Treacle, 275.;-JUL cTes’ !(>£'«; do. half-chests, £3; Coffee, lIM V Cigars No. 2, 555.; Negrohead £> b ucc ’ ° Is. Jd.; Patna Rice, 335. and 345.; Cairn’„. 18 *» lb. ; Sydney Soap, 425.; Sydney Mould Candi Bd ' per Belmont Candles, Is. 4 Jd. to Is. 6d • x r B ' 9 >L While the above sale manifests the «i stenc moderate wages have made ahno^^ncceTJ?'* 5 " hi, -' ! i □ sale of books commenced by MeiaT^c^ 1 ‘ ife > Hunter yesterday, evinced an equal disnositi le * chase supplies of intellectual food and euiovm? !’ pur ’ the books offered were sold, and that at I. > ’ All than could have been anticipated, although tT'd PflCe! tion of book was not such as to present man. t ‘"‘l l ’ lions to ciiculating libraries or mere novel r/i pt '’ we must be pardoned if old predilections mat anil that we think a demand for books a more gr S a"ifica"o*Z "“ oUllt ° f l ,urchases ° f mere mat( , ri y The state of the Grain and Flour markets 1 peculiar and exceptional at present. Owing continuance of dry weather the mills are quitp Q ductive, and thus Flour is worth fully An „ pro ’ while a large purchase of Wheat (2090 bushed J”’ beea effected.at 6s 6d„ One holder of Wheat tw we know of is not disposed to submit lo this Te „ , rate, and a very short time may make a mairri.i ( o '’ atioa, as a few days rain would set tl c mills ' Cr ,' again, and at the same time reduce the price of Pl and cause the Wheat to look up. llont There lias been no arrivals of importance dur’ week, excepting the Alma, which anchored wfi , evening, after a passage of 92 days. ° la,t
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 1230, 16 May 1857, Page 2
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