Commercial Record.

New Zealander, Volume 10, Issue 883, 30 September 1854, Page 2

Commercial Record.

New-Zka lander Office, Auckland, September 29th, 1854. We are so dependent upon the Commercial action of the sister Colonies, that our trade must, almost invariably, experience a sympathetic ebb and flow largely ia accordance with theirs. Business being languid in Australia, it cannot well be expected, without some unwonted predisposing cause, to bo otherwise here. At the p'resent moment, our Markets are fully stocked, and matters are correspondingly dull; and as large importations both from England and the Colonies are expected, we see no reason for anticipating any great or sudden re-action. Our Provision Market is still in statu quo ; prices the same as at our last, wavering for a rise or fall, just as the advices from without may dictate. There have been 1000 bushels of wheat, and about 400 bushels of maize, received by small craft, cosistwise, during the week. Larger vessels are loading on both the East and West Coasts. The bng Yarrow is about to sail with the same object in view; and we learn that the Queen of Perth, schooner, is also about to be employed in the same trade. Under such circumstances, with our own supplies of wheat unexhausted : with flour and bread pushed into out Market from Sydney and Melbourne; and with importations of Chilian flour arriving and to arrive in the Australian Markets, we can discover no probability of an immediate rise, unless, indeed, the etocks on che other side be unusually bare. Cattle continue to maintain good average prices. At his fortnightly sale, at Newmarket, on Tuesday, Mr. Newman disposed of a mixed lot at the following figures:—Four Calves at an average of £2 12s. 6d. each. Two Cows with calves, for £2l JOs. the two. Six Cows at an average of £ll 3s. Gd. Two Heifers, £l4 ss. A fat Cow, £2O 10s. A lot of 11 Steers and Heifers at £9 each, and two 2 year old Steers at £8 each. AUCKLAND MARKET PRICES. Friday Evening, 2*.r i Sept.. J854. The Mills.—Mr. Fletcher's Steam Mill:—Flour first quality, £35, seconds, £32 per ton. Wheat, may be quoted at from 1 Is. to 12s. per bushel ; oat<* (a limited supply), Bs. to 10s. per bushel; barley, very scarce—in fact none; maize, Sa. to 9s. per bushel; bran, 3s. per bushr], Messrs low and Motion:—Flour, first quality, £35. seconds, £32 per ton, Imported Flour £3O per ton; wheat, lis. to 12s. per bushel ; maize, 9a. to 10s. per bu»hel; bran, 3s. per bushel; .Mr. Partington's : —Hour, first quality, £35, seconds, £32 per ton; wheat, Us. to 12e. per bushel; bran, 3s. per bushel. Agricultural Produce.—Potatoes, to £ll- - ton ; wheat, 10s. to 12s. fid. per bushel ; oats (scarce) 9s. to 10s, per bushel ; maize, new 10s., old 12s. per bushel ; barley none ; clover seed (white), very scarce red, 112s. per cwt.; grass seeds—rye, ('scarce), 155.; raised, fcs. to 10s. per bushel ; straw, £8 to J_ 10 per ten ; hay (pressed for shipment), £l2 to £l4 per ton. Dairy Produce.—Butter (fresh), 2s. 3d., salt 2s. per lb.; cheese (colonial), Is. to Is. 3d. per lb,; bams, Is. ; bacon, lOd. per lb. ; fowls, ss. to 6s. per couple; ducks (scarce), ?s. per couple; 7s. to Bs. each ; Turkeys (scarce), 10s. to 12s. each; lard, 9d, to lOd. per lb.; mdk. Bu. per quart; eggs, Is. 9d. to 2s. per dozen. Provisions.—Beef (fresh), Bd.—retail—9d. to lOd per lb.; Irish (wholesale), 7d. to Bd, per lb. ; Sydney £6 10s. per tierce ; mutton, Bd. to 9d. per lb.;' veal (scarce), iOd. to lid. per lb. ; pork, (fresh), 7d. ; yd, ; New Zealand salt ditto, 6\d. to ?d. per lb. lamb, per quarter, 6s. to 7s:; bread Pd. per 'iib. lo»f biscuit cabin, 455. to 19s. ; slip, 40s. to 425.; pilot 335. to 3ss. per cwt. Stock. —Working Bullocks from 30/. to 45/. per pair. Calves 40s. to 60s. ; ewes 255. ; wedders 225. ; Horses for the plough 50/. to 60/.; cart 70/. to 90/. ; Hacks 2-3/. to 001. Groceries.—Tea Congou, £8 per chest; bysons!;in (little used), £6 10s. to £7 per chest ; sugar, raw 3i(l. to 4} 1. per lb, ; loaf, 6d. to 6} 2 <\. per lb.; per refined. Cossipore, s|d. perls.; sugars of the common qualities of bio.vn, are deficient. Of other qua--1 ties, there is a lair supply. Coffee, lOd. per lb. ; sap, 40s to 45s per cwt. candies, (Sydney mould), lid. Belmont sperm, per lb. Is. 6d" to ls.'sd, per lb.; sperm, 2s. to 2s. 3d per lb.; salt (Liverpool) £6 to £6 10s, per ton; dairy salt, £8 per ton ; pickles, pints, (far sale), 12s. to 12s. 6d. per dozen ; salad oil. scarce ; tobacco, a fair supply, Is. to Is. 3d. in bond ; duty, Is. per lb.; soda, crystals, 21s, per cwt'; sperm oil, none; black oil, none ; 3-bushel bags 245. to 275. per dozen. Wines.—Champagne, Claret, and Madeira very dull Port, £7 to £3 per quarter cask; in cases, dull;. sherry nominal. Si-huts in Bund, Duty 6s.—Brandy, (full supply) Maxell's dark, 13s. to 15s, per gallon; Geneva, Stocks) 20s, to 21s. per case; rum, (very bare"> 7g. to 10s. per gallon; whiskey, 10s, to 12s. per gallon. Beer.—Ale, Bass's Burton, (barely supplied) £9 to £\o 10s. perhhd; colonial 4/. per hhd. London bottled los. to 16s. per dozen ; porter, Truman's, XX, (heavy stocks) £7 10s. to £8 } er hhd.; colonial, £4 10s. per hhd.; London, bottled, 14s, to 15s. per dozen. Boots and Shoes.—lL.tb men's and women's (heavy) are in demand ; X'spoleon s 355. to 40s. per pair ; Wellington's English, 3 s. to 32s ; colonial, 355. to 40s. per pair; Blucher's and Oxford, English, 12s. colonial, 14s. per pair ; Women's cloth boots, Bs. to 10s. per pair; shoes, 4s. 6d. to 6s. per pair. Building Materials.—Timber, 235. to 255. per 100 feet; shingles 15s. to 20*. per 1000 ; palings, 18s. to 20 per 100 ; bricks £5 10s. to £6 per 1000 ; slatea (countess), none in the market. Sundries.—Firewood, (on the decline), 10s. to Us. per ton; coals, £4 10s. to £5 per ton; posts, £6; raijs, £4 per 100 : Flax, (very scarce, and in demaud) £3O to £4O per ton, according to quality ; kauri, gum, (on the decline), £l7 to £2O per ton. Labour.—Masou's, (per diem), lis. t0155.; brick, layers, (per diem), 1 _s. to 155.; carpenters, (per diem), 125.; cabinet makers, (per diem,) 12s. to 13s. (arm servants, (with rations,) from £35 to £SO, per annum ; female servants. Bs. to 12s. per week ; day labourers, 7s. to Bs. per ditm. Cart and Dray Hire, (in town), from 3s. 6d. to 4s, 6d. per load.