COMMERCIAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 98, 9 August 1873, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Bxx of Plenty Times Office, Friday Evening. Mr James Bobell, auctioneer, reports for the mouth of July:—-“Early in the past month medium hacks realised from £4 to £9 each. Cattle sold at fair prices ; fat stock scarce. Sheep (good stores) : Several small lots sold at good prices. During the month I have sold several consignments of fruit, ornamental trees, and shrubs at satisfactory prices. A consignment of Newcastle eo.al (22 tons) realised from £3 to £3 3s. Two er. -’goes of potatoes from Opotiki were quitted at £4 10s to £5 per ton ; Derwent potatoes (seed), rood sample, realised £lO. During July, I disposed of several town allotments of land and two

■ irm sections ot 150 acres each. Several buyers ot large blocks from the Southern provinces and elsewhere arrived requiring|propertie& from 1,000 = o -0,000 acres. At present several gentlemen a c inquiring for farms of 300 to 500 acres.’’

The following are the latest quotations of the Auckland markets obtained from telegraphic and other sources :

COLONIAL PRODUCE. s. d. s. d. e. d. s. d. Butter, per lb. 1 6-0 0 j Ducts 4 6-5 0 Cheese ... 0 7}-0 0 Gees© ... 4 6-5 0 Eggs, per doz. 1 0-0 0 Turkeys 4 0-5 0 Lard, per lb. 0 7-0 0 Bacon 0 9-0 0 £ owls, pair ■ 4 o—4 6 Haras ... 1 2-0 0 Good Salt Butter, is. BREAD3TUFF3. PLOT'S. Mi Hers 5 Price, per ton—lst quality- ... £l7 line jblour—household ... ... ... £l4 Seconds, £l3 ; Sharps, £7 10s Bakers’ XXice, per lb, ... ... ... 3d Is 6d per bushel, Bksais, per 2*Lb. loaf, 4 ,i to 4-jd, Cabin Biscuit, per 1001 b. ... ... Eetail, 225. MAIZE, OATS, POTATOES, ETC. WHOLESALE Maize, 5s 6d per bushel Oats, 5s 94 per bushel Potatoes, £5 to £7 10s per ton Hay, £3 10s ro £4 10s per ton Straw, £3 5s to £3 10s per ton Chaff, £6 per ton KAURI GUM AND FLAX. Gum.—Ordinary 20s to 22s per cwt Good lots ... ... 22s to 24s per cwt Superior 24s to 26s per cwt Flax.—Finest quality ... £22 per ton Second quality ... £lB to £2O per ton Tow ... ... ... ... £7 to £8 per ton BUILDING MATERIALS. Timber: Boards and scantling, 100 ft, 8s fid to 14s } planed, tongued, and grooved, I.la to 15s fid New Zealand palings, sft, 10s ; 6ft, I3s ; teatree rails, £3 10s per 100 ; puriri posts, £3 per 100 ; shingles, 8s to 14s per 1,000 ; Hobart Town palings, sft, 16s ; Gfr, 18s ; Hobart Town rails, 70s.