COMMERCIAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5968, 3 January 1881, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

Nbw Zealand Herald Office. Saturday evening. Tho early portion of the p<*st month business was pretty active, principally owing to tho demand for Christmas commodities, but tue wholesale trade has been slow during the last fortnight; in fnct, business has been stagnant owing to tho holidays. At present the sharebrokors' oflicos are closed, so there ure no transactions to record. Prior to Christmas, sterling stocks—such as bank and insurance shares —were in favour, and firmly held. Mining sharc'3 wore slow, thore being little doing in any of them. At Te Aroha no fresh discoveries of importance have been made, but several nice reefs have been opened, nearly all showing gold, and aome iiro roughly estimated to be payable. Business is generally considered satisfactory, bills being promptly met. Money is very plentiful for investment at 7 to 9 per cent, according to the security offered. Kauri gum has cember, about GSO tons, oeing almost unprecedented. The recoipts since last mail are about SSO tons. Sum ran up as high as 41s. and even tonchod 4'in for ordinary, but within the last fortnight it is copst-.ieiably easier, two or three small parcels having been sold an low as 35s to 38d. The only reason assigned for the drop is that the principal buyers had not storage spice available, aud did not euro to engage other spaco at the prices ruling. Still very little has lately come in for sale, nearly all being a consignment, and tho markers so sens!tire that but slight action on the part of purchasers would render it as firn; as ever. The btinantine Oceola is expected to sail for New York about a week hence, bearing 220 tons net. The ship Wanganui, which leaves for London about tho 10th inst., takes above 350, perhaps 400, tons. Several schooners have arrived from the Islands within the past week, each having a quantity of copra, and aggregating to nearly 300 tons. Flax is being delivered pretty froely at £19 to £22 for 6rst-cl:is 3 quality. Cement is overstocked, GOO casks of Knight Bevan's brand having been sold at auction at only 143 on board ship. Ales and porter are slow, there being the usual demand for consumption ; and the same holds good of wines and spirits. Brandiee are firm, but the stock of bulk is very heavy. Flour rules low, as do maize and oats, the demand for the litter two commodities being very much diminished at this season, nwing to tho pleatifulness of green feed. Ironmongery is steady, but without marked improvement, and prices rule low. English malt cannot be sold for more than Gs or 7.-*, and is not in favour even afc those prices. There is not much doing in hops. New Kents are quoted at 2s Gd; Nelson, 2s ; and Tasmanian, la 10J to 2s. Hobart Town jams are bocoming scarce, and are almost out of wholesale bands. Holders will not sell at lass than 8$ 6d, and the tendency is upward. Sardines are advancing, but the consumption decreases proportionately. There is little or no sale for American bacon and hams. Blasting powder is almost unsaleable. Twenty-five tons WestallV salt realised at auction, fine, JSt; coarse, £3 13s 6d. As business is almost at a standstill, owing to the holidays, there is very little worthy of note. The Pacific mail stoamer Australia arrived on the 13th ultimo, boiriug London advices up to November 4th.

Kates op iicii-unw ov LoN-Dox.-I!uj-in ? : 120 days, \i per cent, discount; 90 days, li percent discount; CO days, J per cent, discount; 30 days, 1 on demand, par. Selling: 90 days, } pir cent, premium ; 00 days, 1 per cent, premium; 30 davs, 1} per cent, premium; demand 2J per cent, premium Discount: 95 days, S per cent.; 125 days, 9 per cent. Frf.iqhts.— The followir.jr are the rates of frei-ht quoted at this port for London :—Wool, greasv M per lb.; ditto, wished, i<l per lb.; leather, 7os'i,Jr ton; oil SOs per tun of p ? g ,.l 3 . : tallow, 05s per ton; copra, /Os per ton; whalebone, SOs per ton kauri gum, Gss per ton ; shells, 70s per ton ; dead weirfit 30s per ton ; cotton, pressed, |d per lb.; sheepskin?' =d per lb.: measurement, SOs per ton. Ai.Ks xkd ToRTER. — Stocks are ample Dunedm ale, in bulk (rale), £5- xxxxi A; }?>-. Ale .; il \ ,Y nlk Wuty paid) per terret Bass a, £S; Ashbys, £8. Ale (in bond) Ten- ?. ent . 3 ' P' nts . 0s 0.1; quarts, Ss 9d (nominal)' liass s Dogshcad brand (Head's bottlins) pints is ft: quarts, 9 S ; Bulldog (It. Porter andJo", bot tliiiß), (is Ud and 9s ; Griffin brand, Cs 9d and Ps M • and Ss Cd; Ind Coope, pints, G-i ISA • nuartx a,\ ■ ' Bass's (Ulood bottleri), pints Os ft?- miart ?7•' CByas, bottling), (is odi'an, 9s Sto.'.U ntond '• Woods, Ss 3d tossfrl; pints, Cs 3d ; Cs 6d to ,s; quarts, &i M ■ Dogihead Ouinne-s"? (Read s bottlins), pints. 0, 0d; quarts, Ss o<1; It I'orterand Co. s bottling, (is 0d ami 9s (none)- GHifin brand, 6s M and <UM; liurkes, 0s ami OsTcamcroS and&aunderss ,sand 9s(id ; other bran.U, 5s and V?,? fl . : T> ?°. mb f s ;. 1 1" : ' rt3 . Ss 0-1; pints, as Cd. Duty: Tints, Is Od; quarts, 3s i«r dozen. .'Ct-iLDiso Matbriam.— Cement is hcavUy'stocked, and may be quoted at Us to 15s, delivered from slap Slates: Very plentifully 5U1 ,. plied. English Countcsse are worth £V> t n .«4; American, £11 to KU ° AmS, $Lt£ a little inquiry, but there is none in the market.' Baos A.\-r> Baociin-o, D.r.—Woolpacks almost out of season. Woolpacks, full lOlbs., 27 x il Calcutta, 3s jid to 3s Cd : Dundee, 3s &! to 3s Mcomsacks, 4-bush., 2»d lb., 9s to9s 3d E..SEDU S T.-Th e busy season is now over, and any transactions are of small character, unless at low I cocoanut oil cake, £.7 per ton ; linseed cake «l->' U'icked), £2 to £3 ; new l oca l, £-1 to r5 per ton Cordage, d.i-._ManUla hemp rone all liziU c—' Manila clothes lines, 8d : oakum free ditto £ J* : KS. local make, la to Is 3d. Perlb.,

Coal.—Newcastle is in supply equal to requirements. The locally produced coal is cncroacliipg on the demand ; 31s to 32s at ship's sido ; 35s U> 353 in yards, may bo taken as a fair quotation. Biy of Islands, 13s, f.0.b., at Uio rninea, and ■VVliangareicoal.Os to 133, ditto, Waikato; team, 8s; household, 103. Cofkke AMD Spices (in bond), per lb.—Ceylon, coffee plantation. Is ; do., Fiji, 8d ; chicorj, colonial, 7M • cocoa, d.r>., Taylors Is 4W; i'rys 13 4}d; Kpps's, Is Old; Ma'ravilla, Is 0d; chocolate, Tavi'jrs, Is 2d to Is 3d; Spico3, il.r>.; Cloves, Is ll'i- bleached singer, Is; unbleached do., 10(1; nuli'iiCfd, 33 Cd; black pepper, whole, 7<l; white do.. Jkt'. CosPKCTiojfKßV.—Local manufacturers are producing good articles, and the consumption Is K™J?aU>lncrcasin-* Waterss colonial boiled, "{d; Keillor's assorted, 10d ; Gray's, 10.> d ; candied temon jubes, lsld. GUM, Fj-Ai,<tc—Gum has declined owins to heavy receipts. Ordinary, £35 to JS33 ; superior .East Coast, £44 to £43. "Flax; Coming in freely. First qnality, £21 to ; tow, £10 to i:\l per ton. Cocoamit fibre, £14 to £16; Cocoiumt oil (fine white), per ton, £35. Copra, per ton, £12 103 to £13. Whalooil, £30. iKOSMONiiKHY.—Ewbanks nails, invoice, b per cent. off list; galvanized corrugated iron, duty now 40* l>er ton Walker's, Stork, Orh brands and others, from £24 to £25: 0 and 10 foot lengths, £26 to £27; Goipel Oak, none; English bar iron, per tor., £11 to £12; pig iron, .64 2s 6(1 to £-1 ss; plate iron, £11 to £12; fencing wire, duty 20s per ton, £15 to £10; sheet-lead, £23 U> £24; nix-lead, £20; sheetzinc, £20 to £27. l'ow'ilor, Kaimea , , CurUs and Harvey's, Od per lb.; Hall's, CM; sporting (in canister), 2s ; for 2O aiitl 24, ti.p. canister, No. 2, d.p., 3s Od. Yellow meUl. Hd, ilunU, Bd. Jams, Duied Fruits, &<.'.—The duty ou dried fruit under the new tariif, is 2d. i-ng-lish marmalade, llb.-tini, 7s (i<l to 7s Od; iiobart Tov.-n jams, 6s to 0s Gd; jars, ojd to Old - sulUmas, 7d; muscatels, lid ; elemes 7d to 7id; cumnts, 6d; fi?>, 7d to 10d., Juried apjilcs, ordinary, in ko;rs »nd cases, s!d; Alden's process, Old to 7id, d.p. Le.vtkkp. and llitiEs.—Sole leather, 9J to Is 3d per lb.; kips, Is 0d to 1$ : runners, 2s Id to 2s f<d ; calf, colonial, 3s to 43 3d; basils, 103 to l&i per doz»n • closer! uppers, 4s (id to 9.) 3d per pair. IIM»s, 3d to 3i'd ; calf skins, 3d to 4d per IL-.; Uiccpskin3, Bd to 3s Bd. Malt and Hors.—English malt is unsaleable, except at low rates. English, «s to 7s d.p., and tanks, £4; colonial, Us to 0s Od. Hops : English, 2s (id; >'eison, 2s; Tasmnnian, Is 10d to 2s. Oilmhn's STonni.—Price's Belmont candles, duty lid, to 10d, d.p., per II).; Do Roubaix Jennr, ISnimlon's Nevas, and c.ouda's Schiedam, SJd. Loral blue-mottled soap, £27 per ton; carbolic, £2S- best yellow, £27 ; household, £11; first Crown, £25; second t'rpivn, £13 : soft soap, in tins, ljd per !b.; toilet. Sd to 9d per lb.; mould candles, fld ,ier lb.; all subject to trade discount. Salt is overstocked : coarse, £1 ; fine, £4 10s per ton ; manure salt, £3 10s to £4. Jordan almonds, 3s 9d; blue, Sd to 0d ; blacking paste, 5s ; Column's starch, Xo. 1: white, 4ld;bluo, 4Jd; Orlando Jones' starch, 4d. Mustard, d.p.: Colman's 1-lb. tins (red), 10s 0d ; half ditto, fls 3d ; 711). tins (red to green), 7Jd to Is; 1-lb. tins, ferecn), 13s ; £-lb. ditto, 7s 0d; USF }-lb. tins, 9s <Jd lieckefs blue, Sid. Matches : Vestas, d.p., liryant and May's 2DO, per gross, 21s ; ditto, plaid, ■Is &d to us ; ditto, fancy oval, 22s to 24s Oii; Letchford's, ISs ; lieU and Black's, 20s ; plaids, 5s 1 3: Hell and Co. : plaids, 4s Cd to ss; Crown plaids, 4s iid ; iaO's, IC3 od. Oil: Castor, in pints, Ks «d; half - pints, ss; quarter - pints, is 3d. Salad : C. and 11.. pints, l:is to 14s ; lialf ditto, 7s 0d to 8s; M:orton's pints, 10s; half-pints, Us. Pickles : Crosse and lilackwell's, pints, 12s 0d to 12s !)d : Morton's and others, from Ss to 10s od. Iticc (ground), in tins, 4.U1. Sauces: Lea and Perrin's, lialf-piuts, 12s 9d ; C. and 1!., half-pints, 3s; Miller's. 7s 0d; Stephens', (is 0(1. Vinegar, d.p.: Champion's, per gallon, 2s Id; [fill, i'ew's, 2s 2.1; J-.vans', 2s :'.d ; Burnett's, 2s :M ; fotts', 2s od. Tro:;;le, golden syrup, 3id per lb.; American honey, 5:-lh. tins, 12s Od, d.p.: sago, 3[rl ; tapioca, 4d". Cornflour: Brown's, 4W, d.p.; Brown and I'olson's, Old ; .lohnaton's, (id ; Wade's, 5J.d; Munn's, sd; Anglo Swiss milk, 0s 3d to OSCd; Borden's eaglu, 12s 0d to 13s; tartaricacid, is 4(1 • cream of tartar, Is 7d to Is 9d ; bicarb, soda, ICs 0d to 17s (Id ; soda crystals, £S fls. Oil* asu Paints.—Duty Od a gallou. Colza, in drums 4s 0d • bulk, 4s 3d ; linseed, in bulk, raw, 3s Sd ; in drums, 4s to Is 3d ; castor, in bulk, 4s 3d ; kerosene, d.p.. Is 10d to Is lid. White lead, CTGunil per cwt trcnuiiie -10s ■ 1 white lead, S2s to 355; red lead, dry, £1 15s. Oil colours, assorted, £1 10s to £1 ISs. Tnrps, duty paid : drams, is fld ; American, 23 (Id to 3s : whiting, per ton, £f> 10s to CO ; resin, £11 to £12 ; American carriage varnisli, 10s to 20s per gallon. Pkovwions.—Very little alteration. Salmon, SstoSs 3d; 2Mb. tins. 12s to 13s. Knglish cheese, 7d to 7Jd; provincial, 5d to Oil; Canterbury, Sid ; Dutch, lOJil to 1 Id ; salt butter, art to lid, for good sound ; rice, d.p., £25 to £2j ; English hams, 13>d to Is 3d ; ditto, bacon, Old ; American breakfast bacon, 7id to Sd ; lams, 10d; Canterbury hams lid; and bacon. 10d. Fish: Ling, 4ld; preserved red herrings, in tins, 30s to 32a per dozen (2-lb. tins): white, 34s per barrel; Finnon haddocks 10s; lobsters, American, libs., 8s M to 03 0d; 21bs., ISs; pickled salmon,*3d; American tinned Kilmon, Sa ; sardines (Albert's) : quarters, as 0d to Os ; halves, !)s to 10s ; oysters, Os to 7s. ' SL-OA.RS.— Sydney Xo.l, C3Sto £39; Yarravillc, IC, £33 lOsto.fcii); HV, £42 10s, d.p.; brewers' crystals £33 to £4.0; Mauritius white crystals, £37 to £39 ; yellow, £33 to £32 10s; English crashed loaf is in good supply at £40 to£il; Fijian rations, £20 to £29; yellow crystals and counters, £2S to .£3O. Svieits. -- Henncssy's brandy, bulk, 11s nd; Courvoisier'.i, bulk, fts 0d; case, 345; Bisquit lubouclie and Co.'s pale, in hhhds and qr.-cisks S3 to 8s M; Beehive, bulk, 7s; Hennessy's case, 40s : Otarf's, none ; Beehive, case, 24s ; Bisquit Dubouche and Co.'s, 245; Iline's, 28s; bulk, Ss ; Marccllaiii's, 24s and 7s: Kouycr, (iouillct and Co, 25s and 7s Gd : Cioutier's.'sSn and 8s; Burgund's, 0s 9(1; Muller Fro.e's, 20s; Cavalier Frere's, VAs ; J. ]!. Iteue's case, 225. Whisky, bulk : Creenless and Colvillc's 6s 3d to 0s Oil; case, Kol) Roy, ISs ; case, licith, Ross and Co.'s, 0s; Teacher's' 10s ; JDunvillo's, as 0d : case, 17s Cd ; Lome Highland, 21s ; Bed Deer, 0s 0d to 7s ; case, 17s; Craig, (is 0d and 'J4s: Itedle's old, 10s 0<l; "Royal Blend, 225; Teacher's olri, 245; Encore, 193; Banagher. 19s; Walker's Kilmarnock, 20s; nil in I>ontl. Clencva, j>roof, three gallops, JDKZ, 15 bottles, n»«>» • -" "'"yv , ; ***• "»> -eneva proof 13s ; Schnapps, Wolfe's, 21s Crl ; ilow of "•» •»'■"' 27s - Gin > Booth's, 10s; juuriett's, Ins. rum, 30 op, 43 3d, in bulk; Ked Ifuart, case, 25s Od; Burnett's, case, 225; Duty, Ms. Tobacco.—Duty, 3s (id. Venus, 10s ; three-quarter boxes, Is 3d; cases, Is 4d; Venus, Navy flat work, Is Urt ; double-thick ditto, Is 7d ; Over the Water, 10s ; cose, Is 3jd ; Barrett's Crown. 10d ; Two Seas, Is to Is 3'.d ; Victory Twist, Is 3',d, and cases, Is Sd ; low, 10s, Sd to 10d; Cameron's Fancy Aromatic, Is Cd to Is Sd. boards and scantling cargoes, loo' feet, at mill, f.0.b., East Coast, 9s Gd to 10s Cd; at yard, 11s ; as (A to tis Cd for second class- . at yard, 7s: W,;st Coast, 7s 6d to 9s; baulk, 5s to 0s Cd; ai. yard, first-class, 14s; secondclass, 10s; white pine (kaliikatea), 0s ; T and O, Ss, f.0.b., at lr.llls; at yard, first-class, 13s; second class, Hs ; Hobxrt Town palings, 5 feet, 15s ; 0 feet, 17s ; Jlobart Town rails, £3 15s. Teas.—-Prices range as follows (in bond):—Low congous, lid to Is Id: medium, Is 2d to Is Crt ; tine qualities. Is Sd to 2s -id ; Assams, Is 9(1 to 2s 3d. Wises.—Champagne, duty μ^irl: Perier Jouct and Co., first quality, quarts, SOs ; pints, Sis; halfpints, 945: second quality, quarts, 643 : pints, OSs; half-pints, 735. Ini'leheim, quarts, SOs to Sis; Moot, quarts, SSs; pints, 90s; Roederer, quarts, 100s ; pints, 100s ; Col. Rover and Co., 100-i and 10,-is ; Adolpho Collins, 00s to Cos ; ditto, extra superior, 70s, SOs.

AUCKLAND STOCK i.ND SlhAIiE M \RKET. The month's business lias been rather limited, the usual Christmas holidays interfering somewhat with show a further advance, which is likely to be maintained with the present cheap money market. Bank of New Zealand shares are in demand at £21, and most of our local stocks are held, the holders Undine it difficult to improve on present investments. There has been a very limited market for golrimininir shares The new goldlicld (Te Aroha) lias yet to be proved tbtStntralimprcssion being that it will be a p.ivablo goldlield with comparatively low srrade dirt. Nearlv all the claims are protected for the Christmas holidays, but after the New Year work should bo resumed vigorously. The Tiki (Coromanclel district) is much in favour, and very rich Hilda are reported Want of roads seems to be the chief drawback here! So soon us mi nvfiiliinic rojul is constnictcci we expect to very Rood sold returns from this quarter.' The Koss Go d-mining Company (limited), a new venture in .tlluM.ii gold-minin;; has been put on the market under very favourable auspices, and promises to be a great success. It is intended to work some verv rich aUuvml ground at Ross, on the West Coast of" Xe.v lmmlr l' J- 1, " «"»;>'»»• I'*™ a special grant of one Hundred acres, and it is proposed to work the claim very economically by water power, the race Having been already secured by the proprietors. \ very rich n'ronertT"yf '1,6,I ,6 ,, 0, ' 5 " ,8 rf;li '" f °™s !«■* oi this R'tk,™ '!* .notations will give a fair values— °' S l ,r "ent market Company. Buyers. Se.lers. J^ Bank of X.Zealand 2? 0(i *t "■ *1 % % Xationalßank .. s5 „ 310 „ "£ ° ° Colonial do. .. ..270 «» 7 n |a^['do hdo -:: w« 2 -° j»s union do 0 IS 0 0 IS 0 Colonial do ...0 9 9 o]o n 0 !) 9 Loan and .Mercantile f> 2 c — ', i ( National-Mortgage.. 17 0 _ "j! ° X/. Shipping ..410 — 4» C Auckland Gas Co. .. 10 5010 19 o 10 7 C J i ° e ~ O 0 110 ° Auckland Timber .. 4 If, o — ■ _ Outhrie .t Larnach .. 110 0 115 0 — Lay of Islands Coal SlO 0 10 0 0 _ I ° 2 « ° 2 C 1 .. :: IM - 0 *» o '» ° Caledonian .. _ olβ 0 _ XorThDe'Jo" " Z °° « n ~ n XewWhau.. :: 07 6 Z. ° ° Tokatea .. ..020 _ _ Queen of Beauty ..050 _ _ a •• •• — 06 0 7.0 to 9/to 0/ Alex. Sawndbiw Auckland. Xew Zealand St °° k S,mrebroker•tannary 3, ISSO. ' ' CALL AXD DIVIDEND LIST. _ Tlie following arc the current calls and dividends adrertisTn^olumns-' 1 :-" " e!OW ' aS ecrUßed S " ° ur Union Beach *? g ?#>• r Bismarck G.M. Co. 01 c> i ' Bright Smile C-.M Co. " o * 0 "" 'i ,"" i? I nrk'i 11 /-• -r r- "' ~ y — Jan. 11 |F§-- :: ::.°« e S = £\s Queen of lieauty Extended ..010 — Jan.' j3