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Thames Advertiser, Volume XII, Issue 3347, 21 June 1879, Page 2

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The continued firmness at the series of wool sales now progressing in London must provfl welcome news to Auckland wool growers and remove in a great measure the dpspondencv which, for months past, our settlers have struggled against. Breadstuff's have undergone little or no change, the advance heine well sustained, and likely to he so in the face of advices received from other markets. The arrivals are almost nil, although several cargoes are overdue. Grain of all kinds is on the decline, and, notwithstanding the strong efforts made to sustain quotations in oats, several sales from 2s Sd up to 2s lid 're reported, Maize continues to keep about the same price. Small lines are changing hands at 4' 4£d to 4s 6d for Sydney, and 4s for local. Potatoes arc rather easier. Bacon and hams are now coming for ward more freely from the South, but good cure is tbe exception. Kauri gum is a little easier, being worth about £1 lower, especially in low grades, MR ALFRED JinCK'AtfD'S WEEKLY REPORT: On Friday, June 13, horse stock were- in less number than of late, and generally of indifferent quality; sales were limited, but without alteration in values. Oo Tuesday hide' were at lower values, best quality 2f d and 3d the lb; skins at previous valups. 2s Id to 2s 8d each for best quality. At Drury, ou Wednesday, less stock were yarded than at any time since the sale was first started, the late flood having placed the district in a state of isolation, and it will remain so until the bridges are made passable. Those yarded sold freely at full values, At Remuera this day (Thursday) dairy cattle were easier in price. The few store cattle offered were freely competed for at full values. Fat cattle yarded in larger than average numbers, IGI head sold to the trade. Pricea were steady throughout the sale at 27s 6d for ship-borne, to 30s the lOOlbs for homefatted cattle. Fnt'saeep in usual numbers; GOO yarded. Prices regular, and varied from 2|d for middling quality ewes to 2f d for good wethers, Few pigs yarded, and tho-e at moderate values. MESSRS HUNTER AND NOLAN'S WEEKLY REPORT. Horses: Hacks from £4 10s to £13; light harness horses, from £13 10s to £21; medium draught, from £26 to £S5. - Cattle: We quote dairy cows from £9 7« 6d to £13; dry cows, £4 7s 6d to £6 ss; calves, from 35s to 555; yearlings, £2 17s Gd to £4; two-year-old steers from £4 5s to £5 15s; three-year-olds, £5 10s to £7. Beef, 26s to 32s per lOOlbs. Sheep: Local sheep sold at from Is 8d to 2s, while ship-borne sold at from Is 2d to Is 8d per 81bs. Pigs were scarce, and In good demand. OiMAW, Friday, Business in Oatnaru is very quiet. The grain market is inactive. Wheat, 3s lOd to 4s Id for prirao milling; inferior, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; oats (milling), Is lOd to 2s; barley, none. The following are the quotations for breadstuff* :— Flour, £10 10s to £11; bran, £4; pollard, £5 3s; pearl barley, £26; potatoes, £315s to £4. Invhroar<hHj, Friday. There is a better feeling in commercial circles and it is felt that tbe worst of the money crisis is over. Business is improving a little. Quantities of grain contiuue to come forward, Best samples of wheat arc—3s 6d to 3s 9d: inferior, 3s to 3s 3d; feed, 2s 4d to 2s Gd; oats (best milling), 2s to 2s 3d; feed, Is lOd to Is lid; barley (scarce), 5s to 5s Cd. PRICES CURRENT. BUILDING MATERIALS. Timber.—Boards and scantling, kauri, 9s 6d to 18s per 100 ft, tongued and grooved, 18s; kahikatea, 10s per 100 ft; planed, tongued, and grooved, 12s Od ; New Zealand palings, 5 feet, lis to 12s; ti-trce rails, £3 5s per 100 ft shingles, 12s to 17s per 1,000; ffobart Town palings, 5 feet, 20s; 6 feet, 225; Hobart Town rails, £4 ss, COAL AM) FIREWOOD MARKET. Coal,—Newcastle, none in market; Bay of Islands, 25s per ton on board the vessel. Fiituwooi),—Best wood, 13s per ton at the yard. ISREADSTOT3, PRODUCE, &c. Adelaide Flour, £15'10s per ton; Southern do. £11, £1110s; Auckland do., £1310; 2nds, £11; maize, 6s; oats, 4s to 4s Od; barley, none; bran, 7s ; sharps, 7s: oatmeal, 20s; pearl barley, 245; chaff, £7 per ton; hay, £8; butter, Is 4d'per lb; cheese (Canterbury), !1J; Wairoa, 6Jd; potatoes, £610s per ton. seed do., £5; fowl wheat, 4s 6d. Provisions.-Hams aud bacou, 9d cloth, bare Sd; cheese, English, none in market; provincial, 6Jd to 7d, Canterbury, 8d; rice, Java, and Patna, 27s to 30s; salt, fine and coarse, £5 per ton; tea, common, Is 9d to 2s 3d; medium to fine, 2s Gd to 2s 9d; orange Pekoe, 2s 9d to 3s; hvsou skiu, 2s lOu to 3s 2d sugar, No. l,4Ad; dark, &

Fruits.—Currants, sd; raisins, Elcme, 7d; sultanas, 7Ad. Oilmen's Stores, &o.—Fruits, Crosse and Blackwell's. and Morton's, 13s ; pickles, Morton's, 8s 6d; ditto, Whybrow's, 9s Gd; salad oil, pints, lis to Us 6d; half-pints, 7s. 6d; castoi pints, 10s, half-pints 6s; mustard, lib, 19s; Ps, 10s Id; starch, white, 4d; vinegar, bulk, 2s 4d to 2s 6d, bottles, quarts, 10s; fruit, Colonial, 10s to 10s 6d, Hobar. Town Jam, 7s 6d; sauce, Lea and renins', 14s. WINES AND SPIRITS. Spirits in Bond .-Brandy, Maxell's, pale, 10s; Hennessy's, dark, 10s; pale, 10s. In case: Hennessy's, 365; Geneva, 12s6d to 20s; Schnapps, 22s 6d; old torn, 17s; whisky, Dunville's bulk, 7s to 7s Cd; case, 15s; rum, 30 0.p,, 5s 3d. Wines, Duty Paid.—Port, froral2s upwards; sherry, from 12s upwards; champagne, from 50s upwards; claret, from 25s upwards. GIIOCKRIES, OILMEN'S STORES, &<j. Candles.—JDe Roubaix's, Price's Belmont's, lOd. Fiau.—Sardines, halves, 8s 6d; salmon, Morton's, 9s to 10s; sardines, qrs, 5s to 5s Od; lobsters 10s Cd,