AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VI, Issue 24, 30 November 1859, Page 7

AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

From the 15th to the 50th November. There has been no alteration in the grain markets of Australia since our last. Wheat and flour continued to be difficult of sale at the prices quoted. The season of the year ~twhich we have arrived is not only a dull ':&.. ' f e,f > oul > as far as grain is concerned, i-.y : "V s cred more so by the prospects of the aj harvest, as well as by the coufli ting estimates of the supplies in store to nifiet the demands until the harvest shall have been secured. In our own markets, a like depression continues to exist, and as we are coqipletely regulated by those of Australia, we can foresee no signs of improvement for some time to come. Fair prices and a good demand for the inconii: g crops we feel confident will, however, be obtained, in consequence of the current of immigration which has set in and is flowing in upon us with undiminished vigour. The arrivals <!unug the past fortnight have been few: Harwood, ship. 462 tons, Captain Forsyth, from London, with merchandise, 48 . passengers;—-Gazelle, schooner, 212 tons, Captain Cunningham, from Melbourne, with sundry goods, 40 passengers; Airedale, steam ship, 286 tons, Captain Johns, from Sydney, with merchandise, 28 passengers;—H. M. steam ship Niger, 15 guns, Captain Cracroft, at the Manukau from Auckland. The departures were: Eaglet, barque, 592 tons. Captain Butcher, for Shanghai, with coals and lead from London, 250,000 feel kauri Umber from Auckland ;—H. M. steam ship Niger, 15 guns. Captain Cracroft, for liie .\iauukau ;—Ann >a;iderson, brig, 250 tons, Captain Lartou, for Newcastle with sundries, 4 3 passengers;—Eliezer.

schooner, 36 tons, Captain Kean, for Napier, with 4 4,000 feet kauri timber, 42,000 shingles, various merchandise; —Lord Ashley, steam ship, 296 tons, Captain Kennedy, for New Plymouth and Nelson, with sundries, 21 passengers;— White Swan, steamship, 498 tons, Captain Cellem, for Wellington and Napier, with 250 bags flour, 500 posts, 25,000 feet kauri timber, 400 blocks, sundry merchandise, 6 passengers;—Mimrnie Dike, schooner, 97 tons, Captain Kensett, for Olago, with sundries, 70 bags flour, 88,000 feel sawn timber, 6 passengers;— Maori, ship, 799 tons, Captain Petherbridge, for Guam, in ballast;— Airedale, steam ship, 286 tons, Caplain Johns, for Sydney, with 59 bags kauri gum, 40 bales wool, 4580 feet kauri boards, 4 boxes, 61 tins, cheese, 26 passengers;—H M. steam ship Niger, 15 guns, Captain Cracroft, from the Manukau for Nelson, with his Excellency the Governor. There arrived from the coast 74 vessels of 1607 tons, with 206 passengers, 5495 bushels wheat, 4464 bushels maize, 25 tons potatoes, 40cwt. onions, 460 quarts gooseberries, 5 cwt. salt fish, 52 cwt. bacon, 4 48 cwt. salt pork, 530 lbs. lard, 50 lbs. honey, 8294 lbs. wool, 77 tons kauri gum, 4 tons tanners' bark, 82 cwt. flax, 40 cwt. leather, 700 bushels shells, 4000 feet boats' timbers, 3000 feet house blocks, 2220 posts and rails, 10,000 laths, 8500 palings, 4 77,500 shingles, 534 tons firewood, 458,800 feet sawn timber, 4 4 horses, 49 pigs, 28 head cattle, 200 sheep. The departures for the coast were 65 vessels of 4452 tons, with 245 passengers, and the usual trading cargoes. Tne following are the Market Prices Current corrected to date: — Bread Stuffs. Flour, fine, 24£. per ton Flour, second quality, . . 20J. per ton Flour, of native manufacture, from44J to 46J. Biscuit at from . . 225. to 265. per cwt. Bread per loaf of 2lbs 6d. Bran Is sd. per bl. Groceries. Tea .... 9J.105.t0 40f.prchest Sugar .... 4d. to 6d. per lb.