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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1832, 5 June 1874, Page 2

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' """ "" " Ad'VBRIISBR bffi(!o,' 1 k •Thursday Evening. Basiness daring the month'dm been steaJy,' with no very great supplies cumiug to hand, or any demand beyond what is required to-meet present requirements. An unusual number of shipments of settlers' produce have.come t'> hand from Canterbury,-but the- supplies-from other places have slightly decreased, owing to ewe eaSou'a/pro j a qe, whicli -ia to hahd'froa'. 1 the la tVer place, a rid the' inquiiy for' the same,'' The brigantine 'Prince Alfred,'of'this'place,'' has :brought;a" large cargo for Auckland and [ Thames', and e others are' on the passage.-The 1 barqiie'i' Lkdy ■ Emma- has 1 brought l a- cargo o coals from Newcastle, N.S.W., to order, and i? at present loading timber for Canterbury at GibbonS's : Saw -Mills.- Canterbury with a cargo of produce' for'' Auckland' merchants. The supp'y of coal from • of Islands is not .equal, demand, although the out-put has been steady lately, and there is every prospect of a large increase in the supply shortly, the result of improve! drainage-ma-chinery in course of erection at the mines,; During the-month a discovery of'coil has'tieen ' made within .fifteen or-twenty miles of this place, on'tlie niairilaiidp which is likely to prove ' of immense value to the place if it only comes up to the estimate given of its quality by the discoverer. . A trial sample has, been placed.on b&ard one of our coisting steam:r3 for testing, and the result will be looked forward to with interest. The inaction of tha English Company formed some months ago to work the Whare Kawa field, on; the .opposite, shore to this goldfield, is the subject' of general regret. The demand for fuel is const mt at the batteries, and" if the company in question had not'stepped: in and looked up,the.lands, mouey,would hav, been found 'on the spot to take up arid' develope, this block of land. The demand foj timber, at the Thames mills continues as great as ever. We append pir. ususal pirices currentj i•BUIIDINft IIATBRIALS. Timber.—Boards and scantling, kauri, 15s per 100. feet, tongued, and grooved, 175'61; kahikatea, 9s per 100f| planed,, tongue l, and grooved, lUw;" New feet, !! ,11s to 12s; tea-tree .rails, £3 5s per 100: slxibgles, 14s to 21s'per r ( 000; iHobart-Town pilings, 5 feet, 18s; 6 feet, 21s; Hobart Town.; rails, £45f. ■• ,;■■■■'] •>' '■■■' J ' ■!' : /t COAL,,MD FIRB\TO6p ..MARKET, / ; . . Coal.—Newcastle, wholesale, none..offering.; Bay of Islands,. - 30s.^per,.ton'.on'boari-the vessel; do'., delivered,'" 34a'per ton; no slack., r Firewood_r-Best tea-tree wood, 13s per ton at the yard.'" 1 " n: '» 11 ' ''' ! BBE\DSTUJ?F J , PRODUCE,. &e. . , Adelaide Flour, £17 lOs 'to £18 per' toil V Southern do ,1 £15 • Auckland do., £16; sharps, £10 ; bran, 12s per bag; maize, Bs6d per bushel; oats, very scarce, 6s 9d to 7s; barley, n'ooe; pearl barley, £4 10s; chaff, t'B. 10s per ton; hay, £8; Is 9J per lb ; salt do., ls J 4d;' Bacon, scarce, lid'to'ls; cheese, 8d; potatoes, £610s to £7 10s per ton. Provisions.—Hams and bacon, English," none; Colonial, lid; cheese, English, none; provincip.'., 8d; Canterbury, 10,1; rice, Java and Patna, 28s; salt, fine,£s 10a; tea, com-: mon, Is 9d to 2* 3d; medium to'fine, ; 23 6d to 2s 9J; orange pekoe, 2s 9d to 33; hvson skin, 2s lOd :to-3s-2d;, sugar,' No, 1, 5Jd; dark,, 4|d. ' GROCERIES, OILMAN'S STORES, &c. Candms.—De Roubaix's, Price's Belmont's ll{d; Couda, lid. Fish.—Sardines, halves, 13s; salmon, Morton's, 153; sardines, qrs, 7s; lobsters, 13s to 143.

.Eruits.—Currants, SJ; raisins, Eleme, 6d; sultfenas,; 1: ■ ;vf * Oilmen's Stores, &o.—Fruits, Batty's and Morton's, 15a 6d to 16s 6d; pickles, Morton's, lis Gd to 12s; do., Wbybrow's, lis to'lls'6d salad oij, pints, 13? to 14s, ha'f-pints, 7s 6d, castor pints, 12s half-pmts,- 7s j mustard/, lib,; ]5a to 17s; J 4 lbs, 8s 6d to 9j 6d; starch, white, 5d,,d0.. bue, 51; vinegar, bulk, 2s 6d to 3s, bottles, quarts, Ids; fruit, Colonial, 10s to 10s 6d, Hobart-.Towiy jam, ,Bsj sauce, lea and Perrins 1 ,14s to 14s 6d. WINES AND SPIRITS. Spirits in Bond.—Brandy, Kartell's, pale, 9s 6d; Hennes3y's,' d'irk|7 s .6d to 8s; pale, 9s' 6d. In case: Hennessy'; 325; Geneva, lis 6'l to 18s; Schmpps, 2ls; old torn, 12s to 15s; whisky, Donville's bulk, 7s to 7s Gd; c.\se. 15s; rum, 30 0.p., 4s 9d to 5s 6d. Wines, Duty Paid.—Port, froml2s upwards;' sherry, from '12s upwards; champagne, from 503 upwards; claret,from,26s upwards. iTHAMES? STOCK =' MARKET. _ Thursday, ' 6,45 p.m. Sams/-—Old WhauJ £5 103, £5145, £5 10s, .£5 7s 6d, £5 ss,'fs : 2s 6d;' Alburnia (new 'issue), 40s; Golden' Calf '(double issue), 10j ; Queen of the May, 15s; : Queen of Thames, Gs 9d; Vanguard, 2s Gd; Una, 2i; Crown Prince, 195.. / :!■; r..y - : Sellers.—Caledonian, £10; Old Whau, £5 53; Sods of Freedom, £5; - Black Angel, 15s 61; Cure, 15s; Golden. Calf (double issue), los6d; Otago, 13s; Bnght Smile, £5 IO3; City of London, 255; . Queen, of. the May,. 14s 9d; Crown Prince, 18s; City of York, 3s6d. Buyers,—Caledonian, ,'£9 '15s; Alburnia (new issue), 395, 6d; Otigo, ,12s; City of London,' 245; Bird-in-1 and, 31s; Vanguard, 2s 31; Una, 2s; National Bank, 665. ... R. R. McGregor, Hon. Se:. CUSTOMS DUTIES. Customs Duties for the 4th of June:— Dutio3 : '■ ' ■■ ' - ''■ ■ f'33 17 1