COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1282, 17 May 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTIONEER'S REPORT. Mr. A. H. Maude reports having held a on Saturday, at the Northern Hotel, of the old buildings, for removal, and the furniture. The bidding for the bnilding not being ttp to the vendor's idea of value was J -withdrawn. The furniture sold at remarkable prices, the attendance being very large and the bidding brisk.

AUCKLAXD. (BT telegraph.) May 14. A general improvement in business is reported for the week and numeron3 sales of all descriptions of merchandise have been «£Eected. Breadstuffe ar& to haiut heavily, and the result is the local millers have re- «- duced their prices of Hour 20s per ton. Household is worth Ll2; superfine, LIS; Southern from Lll 10s to lil3. Atlelaiile ■old, to arrive, at Ll4. Oats.—Several transactions at Is lid to 2s. The market is overstocked. Oatmeal, Xill 10s to Ll2; Canterbury potatoes, X.3 13a to TA ; local, J,3, TgnjTTfah hams and bacon in cloth sold -«t 12Jd and 9Jd respectively. Sydney bacon, 9d to lOd.

WELLINGTON. [BT TELEGRAPH- f May 15. Messrs. Laery and Campbell report sales : —Fruit of all kinds, no improvement; fowls, 3b 9d ; ducks, 4s 6d ; eggs, 3s ; onions, 4s ; pototoes, 4s; bacon, lid ; hams, Is; cheese, s£d to <fd ; batter, no improvement; Hobart Tbro jams, 6s 6d ; chaff, L 5 ; oatmeal, L 1 0; pollard, Lo to L 5 10s; bran, L 3 10s to L 4; fiour, Ll2 ; maize, 3s 6d j oats, Is lid to 2s; ■ohffk feed, 3s to 3s 6d; cocksfoot, 3id to 4d ; rye, 4s; peas, 4s 3d.