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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 1288, 5 December 1857, Page 2

Notwithstanding the storm of Tuesday, and generally roueh and unpleasant weather that bus prevailed, the auction sales of the week have ,cc ’ l ? ' iHiinerons and important, although the Hutt Marxe which should have taken place on Wednesday was

Necessarily an entire failure, the [whole of the adjacent district being under water on that day. On Tuesday Messrs. Bethune & Hunter sold a large assortment of newly imported English Furniture Carpets, Paper-hangings, &c., the whole of which realised a very fair advance on Invoice cost. On Wednesday the same firmsold GO tons Chatham .Island Potatoes ex Esther, the bulk of which brought .£lO 10s per ton, a few tons only having been srfld at prices varying from,‘.£9 to TH. At the same time they also sold ex Marchioness, 20 tons Adelaide Flour at £2l, 10 tons bright Counter Sugar, at £56 to £sl/; and 20 boxes “ Double Crown " Soap at £2B per lon ; 10 cases pint Pickles, at ss. Gd. to Gs. per doz.; 5 casks Currants at Gd. to 7i1.; 1 case Figs, nt ltd,, and 2 cases Sago at BJd. per lb.; 50 doz. Sinking Picks, at 375. 6d • 7 doz. long handled cast steel Shovels, at 505.; and (i doz Pick Handles, at ss. to 7s. Gd.per doz.; 3 cases Tacks at 2 Ad. to 3d per 1000 ; 2 cases Cooking Stoves, at £5 to £5 55.; besides a quantity of Druggets and Sundries.

The following day Messrs. Stuart, Kinross, & Co sold a portion of the Surplus Stores ex Gleaner, includl ing 3 casks Split Peas at Ijd , 2 casks Treacle’at s|d.' 2 casks Oatmeal at 3d., 9cases Preserved Potatoes at Id. 3 casks and 1 bag Sugar at 6d. per lb., 52 bugs biscuit at 12s. to 15s. per 100 lbs., 10 casks Flour at 445. per cask, 3 barrels Pork at £5 155., 3 tierces Beefat £5 and 2 half-chests Tea at 82s. 6d. each, 200 tins of Soup and Boulli at 2s. per tin of G lbs., also 1 Sailing Kelch, rigged, which sold for £4O, and 1 Life-boat £22. Mr. Allen sold on-the same day, for Mr. Dransfield, a quantity of Drapery Goods of superior quality, a considerable proportion of which found purchasers' at a reasonable advance on English cost. In the English market Sugars appear to be declining, and do not appear saleable even at a reduction of 3s. to 4s. per cwt.; Sperm Oil has sold from £9O Io £92 and Black Oil at £45 lOs.pertun; Whalebone—none in first hands and prices nominal; Brandy maintains its former price (although declining in the colonies) and other spirits show a slightly upward tendency.