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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 433, 31 May 1871, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

[SPECIAL TET.EG-RAM TO THE " NW#W*&W >' ,;■' WO'j '■'.;" !■'" '.^psiD."] i \i 3,—Austrairanv .fi^'g|»t| coutmue dully aadJthere are newi 6kgagQa.en& of freight to annouuce. The bri^LßoUe i ic* Dunedin, will be fall by the 10th inst, anU willliiiye'i,ooo"bases 6f kerosene.-;-': l» •f, i The: markets a^e-dbtnilaratively quiefc.;i kerfisene is more active at 29^-for'DaYoes; wifcft "fair" deinancly-spiTits oftttrpetttintsj-27i- fco-4£|; resin dull; dried apples;stedier; ha^dw^o

active; nails advanced ten cents, per keg for" all sizes; tobacco quiet and drices easier* Foreign wools are in small supply and com-' inand full prices. Tie current sales are ninety cases of gum kowrie private. Gold is firmer and sold at 11J, closing at ll£. Foreign exchange is firm, owing to want of double eagles for shipment. London dates to April 22 say the tranßae* tions in the • conirnerqial market have been considerably aiFectedi by the Easte*ft. holiday*. At the auctions most articles have been scanty < and business limited, though, at the close a better feeling prevailed. The second series of colonial wool sales commenced on the 13th. There was a large attendance of home buyers, the foreign trade C being also well represented. Competition jjras animated, and prices compared witoT&osjrig rates of the last series, ruled for Australia "at from half to one penny higher. The advance was most marked on greasy desoriptions.-S The amounts; iv, time for sales comprise 17,481 bales Sydney, 952 Swan Kiver, 93,065 PortJ Phillip 15,991 New Zealand, 1,664 Van Dieman's Land, 35,459 Adelaide. The series as at present arranged ii to last till May 15, to be followed as usual by sales of low wools. The third series will commence June 22. Cotton is dull, and £d lower, x Sydney nut oil is in moderate request, i In tallow hardly anything is doing. At the public sale, j better qualifies of Australian sheep sold at lower, add middling Id higher, and fine beef B@6d decline*.