COMMERCIAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 52, 1 March 1873, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Say OJF PiESXY Times Office, , Friday Evening, xiIUKE has been unusual activity in general basincts during the last lew days:. A large number of Maoris from the outlying districts, have visited Tauranga aud the storekeepers must have quitted a considerable ttUiou.iL Oi 51.0c.-i'. Altogether, things appear to bo joojimg up. line Southern Cross took a wav last night auc-tner consignment of wheat from this district. A very large quantity was shipped, and the sample will be found of the usual excellent quality iur which Tauranga has become so noted. The principle shippers were Messrs Chadwick and Sou, Samuels Jacobsohn, and Ellis Brothers, ki e perceive taut Air 1;, McDonald has commenced the cattle trade,having shipped five head by the iccihi lor \< UKena, A flour mill will shortly be erected in the uiArict. Ollier local industries are &iso spoken oi, and matters generally throughout tuo Buy 01 ihenij took encouraging.

AUCKLAND MARKETS. Quotations by telegram and other sources ; COLONIAL PKODtJOE. T , s * c ’* s - f L s. d. s. d. mutter, per lb. 0 10-0 0 Ducks 4 6-5 0 Cm*eso ... 0 5.V-0 0 Geese ... 4 6-5 0 Eg£rs, per doz. 1 3-0 0 Turkeys 4 0-5 0 Lard, per lb. 0 7-0 0 Bacon 0 10-0 0 I owls, pair 4 o—4 6 Hams ... 1 2-0 0 Good Suit Butler, Bd. BLIEADST UL'FS. xxotb. Millers’ Price, per ton—lst quality ... £l6 f Lino Flour—household ... "... ... £l4 Seconds, £l2 ; Sharps, £7. Bakers’Brice, per lb. ... ... ... 3d 13ii.vs, Is 3d per bushel, Bk.ead, per 2lb. loaf, 41 to 4|L BISCUIT. Cabin Biscuit, per lOOib. ... ... Eatail, 225. MAIZE, OATS, POTATOES, ETC. ■vniomsAi/a. Maize, 3s Od per bushel Oats. 3g to 3s 3d per bushel New Potatoes, £1 to £5 per ton Bran, none Hay, £5 to £0 per ton Straw, £4 per ton ■ Chaff, £7 per tor.

GRASS SEED, s. d. White Clover, 1 4 Trefoil a - d. Red Clover ... I 1 Lu C e r no" - ? * Cow Grass ... 1 3 R apo - t 6 4 5sjk t 14 Coeksfooi, p, bu j ,o S Trmotby ... O 9 Rye Grass 1 "2 0 Cocksfoot and fiyo Grass according to samp’. 0 KAURI GUM AND FLAX. Gum, well scraped, best quality, £iq + *_p, Flax, finest quality, £22 to £2*l : second ' r £lB to £22 j Tow, £6. quallt T> BUILDING MATERIALS. Timber : Boards and scantling, ion ft o~ f planed, tongued, and grooved, U 8 to~l6» “ t 0 New Zealand palings, sft, 10s; 6ft IV . tree rads, £3 10s per 100: nuriH ’ ?a * £5 per 100; shingles, 8s to I*! pe , Hobart Town palings, sft, 17s • 6ft in x/? I’l 1 ’ 1 Town rails, 70s. ’ ’