AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VI, Issue 21, 15 October 1859, Page 6

AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

From the Ist to the 15th October. Her Majesty's ship Niger, Captain Cracroft, a fine steam vessel of 1013 tons, 400 horse power, 13 guns, and a crew of nearly 200/oflicers and men, arrived in Auckland on/the Istinst. SJie is last from Sydney ans-Norfolk Island, and will remain for some' time here having been appointed for service in New Zealand. She is a very fine ship, and powerfully armed. • §he brings intelligence TronvAtistralia to the I,7th. September. In all the Markets, floyr-and wheat < had considerably advanced in price. In "Sydney flour was selling at £3O for fine and £2B, for second quality. Wheat at lis. to 13s.' At Melbourne flour

fetched from £52 to £53 for best kinds, «G27:to £2B.for seconds. : Wheat 15s. Cd.to. 'io-jK. 'At! Adelaide, ;H.obart Jqwn, and Launceston a.corresponding rise had taken ' place; and an immediate advance was the consequence in the Auckland market, where (lour jumped up to £SO for first, £22 for second qualiiy. Bread mount ng to 7id per Sib loaf. •:'..,■: :';lt is reported that the.stocks of wheat are light* but whether ihe present prices are likely to be maintained for . any length of time'appears to be a difficult question to determine. : ■:•': With the .exception of the Niger, there have been no arrivals, either from England or Australia, since our last; the only other vessels to report are the steam ship White Swan, 198 tons, Captain Cellem, from Wellington and Napier, with sundry packages, 6 passengers jr—the schooner Eliezer, 50 tons, Capiuin Kean. from Napier, with 3|.ions of flax, 6 cwt. tallow, 28 bushels wheat,' 6 bushels barley, sundries; —the schooner Zillab, 68 tons, Captain Fernandez, from Napier in ballast, and from the East Coast, with oil and grain. The departures were the schooner Fantome, 26 tons, Captain Toohig, on a trading royage to the Fijii and other islands, with sundry cargo, 62 sheep, 2 passengers ; ; ithe. brigantine Spray, 106 tons, Captain Mc I)onaId, for Sydney, with 555 ibs wool, 181 hides, 23 bundles sheep skins, sundries, 5 passengers;—the clipper ship Spray of the Ocean, 805 tons, Captain. Slaughter, for Shanghai, in ballast;—the cutter Surprise, 50 tons, Captain Braund," for Napier, with 10 tons flour, 10,000 feet limber, and general cargo of merchandise; —the brig Gil Bias, 175 tons, Captain Butt, for Newcastle, with 55,000 feet sawn limber, 20 pairs window sashes, 24 doors, 15 passengers ;—the schooner Zephyr, 56 tons, Captain Clarke, for Napier, with 10 tons potatoes, 4000 feel boards, 10 tons firewood, J2O bags flour, 20 bags bran, 1000 palings, sundries, 50 pas-' sengers ;—the steam ship White Swari,l9B tons, Captain Cellem, (or Napier and Wellington, with 10 tons flour. 150 tons goods, from the Tornado, 5 passengers;—ihe ship Mary Ann, 725 ions, Captain Asliby, for Kaipara lo load with limber for England;— ihe schooner Ann, 57 lons, Captain Wallace lor Napier, with 1000 feet timber, 24,000 shingles, 500 posts and rails, 2 passengers ; ihe schooner Eliezer, 56 tons Captain Kean,; >or N;tpier, wiiU 20,000 shingles, 700 palings, HO pysva 1507 pieces Umber, and sundry

r ijo<#s;4-the &H(itirier ; Zillah; 68 tons 5 , Capl Hobairt Town, With 26 * liinS tiuropbatkoil, 3 tons flax, 3 passengers. .••& There- arrived, coastwise; 53..vesselsof ; *258 taiMwtfc i8!8 bushels wheat, 493 bushels maize, 17 tons potatoes, .63 cwt. salt ; p^rk,;:S-cwt. ; bacon, H2lbs lard, 3 boxes fowls, 28 pigs, 34 head; cattle,. i 44£ lons kauri gum, 43 tuns humpback, oil, 714 1 tons firewood, ■■'■*&■ cwt. flax, .49,100. feet -wwn timber, 16,000 shingtes,. 1700 feet house blocks, 2000 laths, 760 posts and raits, 4 bundles onions. v; r ::;£;!. ; .;ii :.:i--j.\--<L .■■■■:•:) ;•.:■'.•-. .•■::•.... '...■:■: .• ; :; The departiirei, 'coastwise, were 57 vessels •of 4 279 tons*' , with 172 passengers, and the customary trading cargoes. = : -:■;? .v/ayl-.l )■■., : ■ ... ' ..: ,;-:;, :.-. v.: ,-. - ; j'j !rhe ilie Market Prices' Cur rehi corrected to date. '\i]\il . : y;; i: : ;: ..j .;: ; ~.■•'.;:::■•;: X'Ci c l ■::■.'.] : Flour,* fineV :.,,.,.::. ....:•• ;:24{,;per!ton« Flour,.second quality, ~.-., -20k:per;ton.. flour, of native manufacture, froml4£ to46J. Biscuit at from...» . 225. to 265.: per cwt : Bread per loaf of 21bs. . . . .' . . : 6d. 'Bran ■■';.■ .; ♦ . . . Is 3d. per tail. . : . .Groceries. Tea: ;. . . „ 9f. 10s. to lOJ.pr chest Sugar .: . . 4d. to 6d. per lb. .'Coffee,-. . . . lOd.perlb. Ricel - . •:.' .. . 2d. to per lb. Soap-- '. . . . 35s per cwt. Candles. . . . iOd. peril). ,'fieef and Mutton fioin .. Gd. lo7d.per lb. V'Pork "(fresh and salt) . . sd. to 6d. ditto '.l-'i'.') I-»ve Stock. ' Uaiiy'Co'.vs . . SI. (o 12/. each. Calves from ♦ * 225, io 403* each*