AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VII, Issue 9, 31 May 1860, Page 12

AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

From the Ist to the 31st May. By the arrival of the Kate from Sydney, which port she left on the Ist instant, we have advices from all the Australian colonies to a late date; and from these we learn that flour and wheat were not only firm at the prices quoted, but that an advance was likely to take place, and that, too, in the face of a large importation of barrel flour from America. The prices quoted are fine flour 231. seconds 20J. per ton:—Wheat Bs. to Bs. 6d.—Bran is. sd. -per bushel:— Potatoes 11. to lol.~Onions2o.l to T6l. per ton. These are the Sydney and Melbourne prices:—At Adelaide, flour was from 2U. to 211.10s.—Wheat 9s. per bushel. At Hobart Town, flour was selling at from 24J. to 25Z. per ion; Wheat 10s. per bushel*—Potatoes 61. 10s. to 11.—Onions 16£. to 201, per ton. These are encouraging rales, and fully bear us out in our constant and earnest advices to our New Zealand farmers to speed their ploughs in the most energetic and extensive manner. Goods from Europe of all descriptions continue to ke poured i in upon us, and it behoves us to use every endeavour to profit by the markets open to receive the fruits of our industry. i By the latest intelligence from Sydney, dated the 10th of the present month, it appears that not only there, but throughout all the Australian markets, wheal and flour are on the rise.

The following are the quotations at the different ports Sydney : Flour 211, to 23f. Whea 18s. to 8s 6d. Bran 1 s 3d. Potatoes 7*. to 91. Onions 281, to 351. Adelaide : Flour 201, to 211. 40s. Wheat 9s. 40d. Hobart Town Wheat 10s. 3d. to 10s 6d. Flour 24J to 25J. Bran Is 8d to Is lOd. Potatoes 6;. 10s to 7/. Onions 201. The arrivals during the past month have been as follow:—Emily Allison, brigantine, 99 tons, Captain Taylor, in the Manukau, from Wanganui, with 3 casks pork, 1 keg lard, 2 tons potatoes, 20 bullocks, 5 passengers:—Avalanche, ship, 753 tons, Capt. Stott, from London, with a cargo of merchandise, 113 passengers:—Kate, barque, 342 tons, Captain Philip Jones, from Sydney, with merchandise, 8 passengers;— Avon, ship, 645 tons, Captain Richardson, from London, with goods, 64 passengers:—Ellen Lewis, barque, 336 tons, Captain Ross, from Nova Scotia, with goods, 235 passengers:—Victoria, steam sloop of war, 3 guns, 600 tons, Captain Norman, in the Manukau from Taranaki, having landed 450 soldiers of the 40th regiment, and a quantity of military stores:—Her Majestv's steam sloop, Cordelia, 41 guns, 580 tons,'Capt. Vernon, in the Manukau, from Taranaki; —While Swan, steam ship, 498 tons, Capt. Cellem, from Wellington and Napier, with 35 head cattle, sundry merchandise, 6 passengers;— Zillah, schooner, 68 tons, Captain Williams, from Nelson, with 400 bushels barley;— Saltelile, cutler, 30 tons, Captain Short, from Napier, with 300 bushels wheat, 220 bushels grass seeds; Henry, schooner, 42 tons, Capt. Wallace, from Wellington, with 70 lbs. tobacco, 4 case gin; Victoria, steam sloop, 3 guns, 600 tons, Capt. Norman, in the Manukau from New Plymouth ; Eliezer, schooner, 58 tons, Captain Kean, from Napier, with 454 bushels wheat,;4o bushels maize, 88packages goods; Zephyr, schooner, 58 tons, Captain Clarke, from Napier, with 433 packages goods, 44,200 slales, 4 horse, 2 passengers; Shamrock, cutler, 35 tons, Captaiß Mc

Inman, ffom Christchurch, with 851 bushels wheat, 9 passengers; Red Jacket, ship, f.597 tons. Captain Reed, front Liverpool, by way of Melbourne, with goods, 149 passengers. This is the largest and most beautiful ship that has ever been in New Zealand; during her stay in Auckland, she was visited by his. Excellency the Governor, Mrs. Gore Browne, and most of the leading members of the Government; Prince Alfred, Royal Mail Steam: Ship, 705.t0n5, Captain Bowden, from Sydney; with goods, 26 passengers; Spray; brig, 148 tons; Captain Scott, from the Friendly Islands, with 5 casks cocoa nut oil, 100 cocoa nuts, 2tonshay,'2passengers; White Swan, steamship, 198 tops, Captain Cellem, from Wellington and Napier, with 35 head cattle* 10; togs oats, 4 cases,-; 15 passengers; Dunedin, schooner, 67 tons, Captain Slewart T from Oiago, .with 1000 bushels of oats, 10 boxes pipes; Airedale, steam 286 tons, Captain Johns, in the Manukau from New Plymouth and the South, with 266 sheep, 240 lbs butter, 17 cwt onions, 80 bushels grass seeds, 10 packages goods, 15 passengers. The following vessels have sailed : Atlantic, schooner, 71 tons, Captain Kelly, for Sydney, with 7000 feet sawn timber, 1 passenger :—Breadalbane, barque, 215 tons, Capt. , Barron, for Sydney, with 48 tons kauri gum, 880 lbs. wool, 2 bales sheepskins, 25 tons potatoes, 400 bushels bran, 5000 lbs. onions,-57 passengers:—Heather Bell, brig; 188 ions, Capt. McEachern, for Newcastle, with 12 tons potatoes John Lawson, barque, 295 tons, Captain Bell, for Valparaiso, in ballast: —George Henderson, brig, 171 tons, Capt. James; for Newcastle, with 6000 feet sawn limber White Swan, steam ship, i9B Captain Cellem, for Napier and Wellington, with sundry merchandise, 7 passengers Mavis, schoonpr, 50 tons, Capt. Henderson, for Nelson, with 10 tons flour, 4000 feet sawn timber, 2000 palings, 2000 shingles, 258 packages merchandise:—Victoria, steam sloop, 5 guns, 600 tons, Capt. Norman, from the Manukau, for New Plymouth•-Her Majesty's steam sloop Gordeliay 11 guns, 580 tons, Captain Vernon, from the Manukau, for New Plymouth and Wellington;— Surprise, cutler, SO tons, Capt. Braund, for Napier, with 6 tons flour; t ton bran, 25,000 feet sawn

timber, 10.000 shingles, 129 packages merchandise ; Kate, bark, 542 tons, Captain Philip Jones, for Sydney, with 51 tons potatoes, 1825 lbs woo!, 2 bales sheep skins, 20 tons sharps, 14b tons flour, 10,000 feet sawn timber, 75 packages goods, 47 passengers ; Sattelite, cutter, 50 tons, Captain Short, for Napier, with 50,000 shingles, sundry merchandise, 5 passengers; White Swan, steam ship, 19S tons, CaptainCellem, for Napier and Wellington, with 20 bags flour, 455 packages goods, 5 passengers; Red Jacket, ship, 1597 tons, Captain Reed, for Melbourne, with 28 bales wool, sundry merchandise, 57 passengers; Prince Alfred, Royal Mail Steam Ship, 705 tons, Captain Bowden, for Sydney, with 100 ions potatoes, 4-5 bales wool, 165 hides, 12cwt bones, 700 horns, 114 bags onions, sundry merchandise, 81 passengers; Zephyr, schooner, 58 tons, Capt. Clarke, for Napier, with 2785 pieces limber, 2 bags Sour, 555 packages merchandise; Airedale, steam ship, 286 tons, Captain Johns, from the Manukau, for New Plymouth, with 10 tons military stores, -15 passengers; Spray, brig, 148 tons, Captain Scott, for Nelson in ballast. The following have been the arrivals from the coast to the 15ih; — 46 vessels of 1047 tons, with 189 passengers, 2866 bushels wheat, 166 bushels maize, 44 bushels barley, 192 bushels apples and pears, 500 lbs/ fruits, grapes and quinces, 42 ions potatoes, 44 cwt. onions, 5 cwt. pumpkins, 5 cwt. bacon, pork, 25 cwt. flax, 1 cwt. honey, 60 gallons sperm, 7£ tuns black oil, 44 tons kauri gum, 26 pigs, 12 fowls, 5 head cattle, 1300 palings, 1420 posts and rails, 58,500 shingles, 55,000 feet sawn timber, 504 tons firewood. The departures for the coast amounted to 45 vessels of 1179 tons, with 126 passengers, and the usual cargoes for trade and supply. There have arrived, coastwise, since that date, 71 vessels of 2458 tons, with 225 passengers, 9755 bushels wheal, 548 bushels maize, 187 bushels apples, 594 bushels lime, 69 tons potatoes, tons kauri gum, 4,\ tuns black oil, 41 cwt bacon, 154 cwt salt pork, 10 cwt lard, 1 cwt honey, 27 cwt smoke ! fish, 15 cwt pumpkins, 9 cwt melons, 5 cwt cheese, 40 cwt kumeras, 40 cwt turnips, 2 cwt carrot-?, 20 cwt bark, 350 lbs jams,

249 sheep, 1 horse, 22 fowls, 65 pigs, 400 feet house blocks, 4500 palings, 109,000 shingles, 96,000 feet sawn and 500 loads junk linber, 572 tons firewood. The departures, coastwise, amounted to 65 vessels of 1495 tons, with 175 passengers, and the usual cargoes.