Commercial Record.

New Zealander, Volume 10, Issue 891, 28 October 1854, Page 3

Commercial Record.

New-Ze.a i andeh Office, Auckland, 27th Octolier, 1854. In our genetal commerce we have no alteration to note. There have been a few arrivals during the week both from England and Australia, and by these, considerable additions have been made to a maiket ah early more than suftici nily sucked. Wh'a f . maize, and other produce continue to arrive in small quantities co s’wi e, but, as will be seen by the manifests of the Elizabeth and Moa, wheat is being exported. The cattle market continues to exhibit a great degree of activity' and firmness. At Mr. Newman’s last sale, at Newmarket, on the ‘Nidi, prices ruled a shade higher than at his previous sale oi the 10th ins'. Fat, and young female stock are still in great demand. ' l>e cause of this, as we have formerly shown, is abundantly obvious. The colonization of ibis Province, — long ira peledby the hostile manaouvivs of the New Zealand Company, and, afterwards, partly extinguished by the ri(/ s to the Californian and Australian gold fields,—is no v proceeding in a steady and satisfactory manner. Population is (lithe increase ; a growing and a p;olitahle demand for the agricultural p rod nets of a fertile soil, encourages cur yeomanry to redoubl cl efforts : hence the iwi.de lands are disappearing with a truly wonderful celerity and in the Auckland district, cultivation of every description is extending with rapid strides; so much so that they whostuck tty the Province in its days of trial, oie now reaping a rich and merited reward; whilst those who went further and fared worse, are returning to aid us in the race of industrial prosperity. It is consequently owing to the state d abeyance in which ibis Province has been held, that cattle ami sheep are still so limited in numbers. Tire colonization of Auckland has been the work of a comparative handful, —of men sensibly impressed of its vast inherent agricultural and maritime resources, —men who felt that the misrepresentations ot the New Zealand Company, its paid agents, and its hired (outers, could not prevail for ever, but that wi b the detection of those systematic frauds, and the subsidence of gold fevers, the intrinsic worth of this Province, as a field of genuine colonisation and settlement, would eventually become known and appreciated. Impressed with ibis conviction, Auckland’s original handful of colonists have manfully sped thejplougb, and are at length largely imparting their own convictions to the minds of others ; bo that, as we have just said, the tide of colonisation begins to set in steadily and sensibly. Cultivation is on the increase on every side ; population augment-', and is likelv much more largely to augment ; animal food, as a necessary consequence, grow( scarce and dear,— whilst female stock is not less eagerly sought after to occupy the grazing grounds which successful industry is so constantly and so energetically redeeming from a naturally luxuriant wilderness. These are the causes of the activity of our cattle markets, and ns tbs cause (the extension of cultivate n) is still spreading far and wide, the etiect is likely, for a considerable period, to continue. Mr. Newman’s last sale was a tolerably extensive one, as will be seen from the following part cu lars : Eigbty-two Lend of cattle were sold. Nineteen oxen averaged 13 1 per bral, the highest price being 18/, and the lowest 9/10a.—Ten cows averaged 12/ 4s per bead, the highest fetching 19/, and the lowest 91 10r. —Nine steers averaged (J/ lOs per head, the highest fetching 10/ 15s, and the lowest 4/ 10s.—Three young bulls averaged 5/ 13s 4d.—A cow and cal' fetched 10/.—Seven heifers averaged 10/ 17s ifd per head, the highest fetching 17/ 10, and the lowest 61 Besides these, there were a lot of 33 young heifers, just imported from Sydney by the Wanderer—these realist d a very high figure, selling at the extraordinary price of 5/ 7s. Cl. per head. The gross proceeds of the cattle sale of tko day amounted to 709/ 17s. 6d. Three horses wore likewise sold, realising 25/, 30/ and 661. 'The former were saddle, the last a draught horse.

AUCKLAND MARKET TRICE. Friday Evening, Ocxodek 27th, 1854. The Mn. is. —Mr. Fletcher’s Steam Mill: —! lour first quality, £3.3, seconds, £3O per ton. Wheat, may be quoted at from I Is. to 12s. per bushel ; oats (a limited supply), Bs. to 10s. per bushel; barley, very scarce — in Let none; maize, Bs. per bushel; hi an, 2s. (id. per busb> I, Messrs Low and Wotii n : Flour, first quality, £-,■>, seconds, £3O per ton; wheat, 10s. to 12s. petbushel; maize, 8->. per bushel ; bran, 3s. per bushel. Mr. Partington’s; Hour, first quality, £33, seconds, £3O per ton; wheat, 1 Os, to 12s. per bushel; bran, 3s. per bin-In 1. Aciucol-iuiial Produce. —Potatoes, J'\ I to £l(s per ton ; wheat, IDs. to 12s. (id. per bushel; oats (scarce) Os. to IDs, per bushel ; maize, Its. per bushel ; barley none ; i lover seed (while), veiy scarce red, 112s. per cwt.; grass seeds—rye, (scarce), 1,55.; mixed, Bs. to 1 Os. per bushel; straw, £o to £ ;> it's, per ton; hay (pressed Cor shipment), £l2 to £l4 per tun. Daiiiv I’hocuce. liutur (fresh J Is.(id., salt 15.3 1. per ib,; cheese (colonial). Is. to Is. 3,1. per lb.; hams, is. ; bacon, lOd. |>er lb.; fowls, os. (id. to 6s. 6d. per couple; ducks (scarce), 7s. per couple; geese 7s. to Os. each ; Tut keys (scarce), 12s. to 11s. each; lard,

9d. to 10k per lb.; milk, 8(1, per quart; eggs, Is. 9d. to 2s, per dozen. Provisions, —Beef (fresh), Bd.—retail —98. to lOd per lb.; Irish (wholesale), 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Sydney £6 10s. per tierce ; mutton, Bd. to yd. per lb.; veal (scarce), lOd. to lid, per lb. ; pork, (fresh), Vd. ; 9(1, ; New Zealand salt ditto, 6)d. to 7d. per lb. lamb, per quarter, (is. to 7s:; bread 9d. per 2lb. loaf biscuit cabin, 425. ; ship, 38s. ; pilot 40s. per cwt. Stock.— Working Bullocks from 30/. to 45/. per pair. Calves 40s, to 60s. ; ewes 255. ; wetblers 22n. ; llois'S f r the plough 50 /. to 60/. ; curt 70/. to 90/. ; Hacks 2 51. to 30/. (J iiociniiES. —Tea Congou, .£8 per chest; hyson - skin (little used), £6 IDs. to f,7 per chest ; sugar, raw 3Jd. to 4.', 1. per lb, ; loaf, 6d. io (i.)d. per lb.; per refined, Cossipofe, s. pi. per lb.; sugars of the common qualities of biown, are deficient. Of other qua--1 nes, there is a fair supply. Coffee, lOd. peril). ; soap, 40a to 45s per cwt. candles, (Sydney mould), 1 Id. Belmont sperm, per lb. Is. 6d’ to Is. Bd, per lb.; sperm, 2s. to 2s. 3d. per lb.; salt ( Liverpool) £G to £6 10s, per ton; dairy salt, £8 per ton ; pickles, pints, (f.ir sale), 12s. to las, (id. per dozen ; salad oil. scarce ; tobacco, a lair supply, Is. to Is. 3d. in bond ; duty, Is. per lb.; soda, crystals, 2is, per cwt’; sperm oil, none; black oil, none; 3-busbcl bags 245. to 275. per dozen. Wines, —Champagne, Claret, and Madeira very dull Fort, £7 io £8 per quarter cask; in cases, dull; sherry nominal. Spirits in Bond, Duty Gs.—Biandy, (full supply) Murtell’s dark, 1 s. to 15s, per gallon; Geneva, (full stocks) 20s. to 21s. per case; rum, (very bare) 7a. to 10a. per gallon ; whiskey, 10s. to 12s. per gallon. Beer.— Ale, Bass’s Burton, (barely supplied) £9 to £,O 10s. perhbd; colonial 4/. per bbd. London buttled 15s. to 16s. per dozen ; porter, Truman’s, XX, (heavy stocks) £7 10a. to £8 per hbd.; colonial, £*4 10a. per bbd.; Loudon, bottled, 14s. to 15s. per dozen. Boots and Shoes.— Both men’s and women’s (Inavy) are in demand; Napoleon’s 355. to 40s. per pair; Wellington’s EnglEli, 3"s. to 32s ; colonial, 355. to 40s. per pair; Blucher’s ami Oxford, English, 12s. colonial, 14s. per pair ; Women’s cloth boots, Bs. to 1 Us. per pair ; shoes, 4s. 6(1. to 6s. per pair. Building Materials.— Timber, 255. to 275. per 100 feet ; shingles, 15s. to 20s. per 1000 ; palings, lßs. to 20s. per 100; bricks, £lo per 1000. Sundries. —Firewood (on the decline), c Js. to 10s. per ton ; coals, £4 10s. to £5 per ton ; posts, £6 ; rails, £ 1 per 100 ; flax (very scarce and in demand), £3O lo £4O per ion, ac ordmgly to quality ; kauri gum (on the decline and quotations nominal), £l7 to £2O per ton. Labour.— Masons (per diVin), 12s. to 155.; bricklayers (perdiem), 12s, lo 155.; carpenters (per diem), 125.; cabinet makers (perdiem), 12s. to 135.; faim servants (with rations), from £35 to £SO per annum ; female servants, Bs. to 12s. per week ; day labourers, 7s. io Bs. per diem. Cart and dray hire (in town), from 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d

SYDNEY COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Owing (o tin- departure of tlie Willi im Denny, from tlio Por! Jackson Heads at G a. in. of the gist, we are unable to furnish the Market reports of that day. We have been informed that no alteration in the flour and grain Markets Iml taken place, but that unless there was an early fall of rain, which was greatly wanted, the crops were likely to be materially affected, and prices forced up. On this head they write from Windsor thus :—We are sorry to say that the prevailing dryness of the weather, accompanied will hot winds, is having a mo-t prejudicial effect upon our agricultural affairs, and causing aerious apprehensions to be felt respecting hay and harvest prospects next season. The Market i rices current of the 14tb being almost exactly the same «s those quoted in our last issue, it would be superfluous to reproduce them here.