Commercial.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 357, 20 May 1874, Page 2

Commercial.

Mr. BradshA'W reports the following transactions for to-day : — Sales of National Insurance Company shares at from£l 11s 6d. to £1 125.; South British Insui-ance Company, £2 Bs. ; National Bank of New ZealancL £3 4s. Sellers : National Insurance Company, £1 12s. to £1 135. ; Standard Insurance Company, 16s. to 16s. 6d. ; Fiji Bank, £2 16s. ; Waterworks Company, £16 ss. : Forbury Park, £25 ; Shotover Mining Company, £1, fully paid up £1 35.; Bank of Now Zealand, £17 12s. 6d. Me. A. Mercer reports for the week ending May 16, retail prices only : — Fresh butter, in £lb and lib prints, best quality, Is. 6d. per lb.; do., second quality, Is 4d. to Is. 5d.; do., in lumps, 15.4 d.; salt butter, best, Is. 4d. per lb.; salt butter, in kegs, ,best quality, Is 2d. to Is gd. per lb. Cheese, best quality, lOd to Is. perlb.; second quality quite unsaleable. Side and rolled bacon, lid. to Is per lb.; colonial hams, new cure coming in, Is. to Is. 2d. per lb.; English hams not much in demand at Is. 6d. to Is Bd. per lb. Eggs are scarce, aiu^ selling at 3s. per dozen. Capstick, Duthie, & Capstick report having sold by auction, nt their yards, Milton, on Tuesday, 12th May, 187-i :— Sheep. — 100 merino wef hers, at 4s. 6cl each. Sold privately, since last week's report, 320 merino ewes, at 4s 6cl each. Land. — Sections 5 and 86, Milton, fronting Main SDuth Road, for the sum of £395. Horses. — At Messrs. A. M'Lareu and Co.'s sale, on Friday and Saturday, the 15 th and 16th instant, as follows : — Draught Stock — Farmers' Favorite, £35 ; yearling colt, by Champion, £12 15s ; yearling colt, by Champion, £15 10s ; yearling filly, by Champion, £13 10 ; three year old fflly. £17 10s ; chesnut gelding, £17 ; chesnut gelding, £18 ; two ' year old colt, £10 ; bay colt, two year old, £26 : bay filly, two year old, £23 ; gray colt, two year old, £19 ; roan filly, two year old, £26 10s ; bay colt, two year old, £15 10s; black filly, two year old, £40 10s; chesnut mare, four year old, £23 ; filly, £9 ;"~ sis year old mare, £30 ; yearling, by Champion, £18 ; yearling, by Champion, £31 ; black filly, by Marquis, two year old, £45 10s ; yearling colt, £13 10s ; bay filly, two \%fr old, £30 10s ; black filly, two year old, £20 ; bay foal, £12 ss ; black colt, twe year old, £36 ; bay filly, two year old, £30 10s ; bay colt, by Emperor, two. year old, £31 ; bay fdly, by Emperor, £40 10s ; black yeai-ling filly, £16 15s ; bay yearling colt. £19 ; bay filly, by Champion, two year old, £79; -bay filly, by Emperor, two year old, £69 ; bay filly, by Champion, tw« year old, £53 10s : Say" filly, two year old, £45 ; bay mare, £4± ; bay mare, £49 ; black mare, £31 10s ; chesnut mare, *£31 10s ; chesnut mare, £33 ; bay mare, £36 ; bay mare, £20 ; bay mare, £3*6 ; gray filly, £19 10s ; chesnut mare, £75 10s ; foal out of same mare by Marquis, to John Hislop, £46. Hack and coaching stock— Gray mare, £5 10s ; foal, £12 15s ; foal, £7 ; chesnut mare, £17 ; bay filly, £23 ; bay mare, £19 10s ; bay mare, £5 10s ; bay colt, £16 ; bay colt, £15 10s ; chesnut filly, £17 15s ; brown mare, £7 10s ; bay filly and chesnut filly (2), £29; black filly, £16; bay colt, £6 10s ; bay filly, £18 10s; bay "colt, £16 10s ; bay colt, £12 10s ; gray filly, £10 10s ; brown gelding, £7 10s ; bay gelding, £12 ; black colt. £8 ; gray mare, £6 ; black gelding, £11 ; Tommy, £30 ; Virago, £25 ; black mare, £8 10s ; gray mare, £22 10s ; Dandy, £16 10s ; roan mare, £11 10s ; bay mare, £9 5s ; bay colt, £14 ; bay colt, £15 ; ehesnut maro, £13 -, bay maTe, £16 15s ; bay gelding, £12 ss ; foal, £4 ; black gelding, £45 ; chesnut fflly, £6 15s Tblack filly, £4 15s ; chesnut filly, £5 ; brown colt, £5 5s ; gray gelding, £6 ; chesnut colt, £9 10s ; bay colt, £7 10s. ; chesnut filly, £5 155. ; bay mare, £10 ; bay filly, £10 55. ; Bobby, £2 55. ; yearling filly, £6 10s. ; cream-colored mare, £10 ; black mare, £13 10s. ; chesnut mare, £13 ; bay mare, £12 ; bay gelding, £9 10s. ; bay mare, £11 155. ; bay gelding, £11 10s. ; blark gelding, £12 155. ; pony (Shetland), £10 ; bay gelding, £15 ; roan mare, £14 58. ; black gelding, £6 ss. The bidding throughout was spirited ; the only horses withdrawn from sale were Young Watty, bid up to £230, withdraw at £350, and carriage pair of mares, bid up to £60, withdrawn at £100. The auctioneers may here remark that the vendors only bid twice throughout the sale — viz., for Young Watty and carriage mares ;" a case unprecedented at such a large and important sale, ■which, the public will justly appreciate.

Grain. — At our sale by auction on Monday, we sold 309 bags barley, at 45. ; 48 bags wheat, at 4s, 3£d. ; '40 bags old wheat, 3s. 6d. ; and 8 bags of seed wheat at 4s. 6d. per bushel, delivered at our stores, Milton, and 150 bags wheat, afc 4s. Id. ; and 80 bags oats, at 3s. Bd. per bushel, purchaser taking delivery at Waihola. Hew bags, Is. 3d., old bags at Is. each.