Commercial.

Dunstan Times, Issue 586, 11 July 1873, Page 2 (Supplement)

Commercial.

The Southland railway returns for the moatl of June are : 1873. 1872. Passengers 1,377—£248 901—£te Goods,&c. (tons) ... 1,088—£333 1,314—£333 Saturday, noon. Business has continued quiet, though then has, perhaps, been as much doing as is custernary at this period of the year. In the in. port market the sizeable transactions have bees few, but values are generally well supported and a tolerably cheerful tone is apparent. Jj breadstuff's we not* the sale of some fine parceli of wheat at 5s 6d, which i 3 somewhat above tt> quotation, for average samples the value beiti more nearly 5s 3d. Oats have been placed a! 4s 3d, and we quote this figure as about tt»' market rate. The inquiry for barley continue light, but it is noted that good malting sanmlej continues worth 7s. Californian is novy | tiful; but owing to the character of th H> I is not in much favor. Tine flour is in dem! I and the town millers have been recently wej occupied. Quotations are made at Ll2 10s ts Ll3 for parcels, moderate shipments going for. war.l. Colonial provisions remain in very gooj demand, and prices slightly improved. Goo! parcels of butter arc worth Is, and cheese 9i{ Bacon and hams, really good, 9.U1 to lOd. Tts late telegraphic advices have imparted a litti' firmness to the spirit market, but since thej receipt no business of any importance has transpired. We report quotations as yet uc. altered, viz., Heunessy's brandies at 7s Gd t to 7s 9d ; case, 2Ss (id to 295. Bum, 10 o.p.', has been placed at 3s 9d, and genevas keep a: 13s 6d. Sugars continue firm at very full rates with a brisk demand for all descriptions. Sales of teas are noted at unchanged rates. A trifling business has been done in cornsacks at 17s. Woolpacks are not yet inquired for. In gal. vanised iron, the sale of a moderate shipment to arrive is reporte<Uat L4l, but buyers do not seem at the moment disposed to large transactions, either in this item or in fencing wires. The last-named goods are also reported ai having been placed to arrive, but without particulars transpiring. Malt liquors in glass havi been in active request, but no parcels in firs hands. Small sales of English bulk ales havbeen making, at L7to L 7 10s. English ma! has scarcely been dealt in ; Colonial is in g<\ J request, prices having become a little easr; In hops no sales are noted, except a few old; low figures. Kerosene is quiet; part of i shipment ex Horatio Sprague is offering s 2s in bond, but dealers rather indifferent. .'ls market, it is understood, will be relievcc hj the shipment Northwards of nearly 2,000 .ses. There has been a good demand for nil grocery goods and oilmen's stores ; im. cf these are commanding full prices. Such i lot, however, the case with dried fruits, the in my for which lias been ve*y trifling. A. Mercer reports for the week ending ily 5, retail prices only :- Fresh butter in Alb i and lib prints, best quality, Is Od per lb; "set! do, Is 53 per lb ; fresh butter, in lumps, hi, to Is 4d ; powdered and salt do, Is 3d pe.b. Fresh butter is still rather scarce, and dakeepers are looking for another advance price. Salt butter, in kegs, Is Id to Is 2< a lb for good samples, but not much in denid. Cheese is scarce, and prices have an ufard tendency; good quality, Is per lb. Siduitl rolled bacon, smoked or otherwise, 9d tlOd per lb ; Colonial hams, Is to Is 2d per lb jKnglish hams, Is Ud per lb. Eggs are nr more plentiful, and retailing at 2s per dozen. Wancanci, July s.—Beef is selling ;re at 15s to 17s per 1001b. Christchukcii, July 4.—Messrs 'oyse, Stead, and Co. quote the grain maiket ;-PJiitf. ' Holders are indisposed to sell large pails at present quotations. Flour firm at Ll2 ,Ll2 10s ; wheat scarce at -Is lOd to ss; oatyeice at -Is 10d to ss—all free on board. ? fin 1 cheese are in excellent demand at . dri I respectively. I Wellington, July 4.—Wellington, ws } meats are succeeding at Home. The 1 bond little altered. Tea and sugar are 1 so' Brandies increased, Exchanges una'.t-'i Discount has been reduced half pc -'- I!t - Kerosene is low ; 1,600 cases are to am? l) ! the Horatio Sprague, aud 2,500 by SkhruXi the Wave. Heunessy's scarce at 30s..,*'' O'Shea quotes : Flour, full stocks, first Oail t ; brands, Ll3 10s to 1,14 ; Dunedin do LI.? Ll3 10s ; Canterbury do, Ll2 10s to Ll3l , in supply at ss. At auction, King's Dm flour realised 1,12 10s, Mauritius.—Tlie Argus of June 21 repoa —By the China and Condor, just arrived f-> Mauritius, advices are to hand to May 0. 1, Alma was the only vessel loading. Mes™ Ireland, Fra/.er, and Co. write in regard .' further supplies:—" The departure of the* vessels will almost close this season's shipment to your Colonies, the only grocery sugar remaking being a few hundred tons in the hands i one firm, waiting the arrival of their ownw sol.'' The general opinion appears to be tli.i the next season's crop will yield 125,000 tons Xo sugars were to be shipped from Nossi-Beb the Colonies, but the Tranquebar wasexpectii to bring a cargo of about 500 tons rations fro: Bourbon,