Commercial.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1985, 15 September 1869, Page 2

Commercial.

Evening Star Office, Wednesday evening. The total amount of revenue collected at the Customs to-day, was £7OO 4s 3d. The Press of the 11th, alluding to the state of trade in Christchurch, says : Trade docs not revive, although an early improvement is looked for, as the spring is now ra. idly advancing. The 4th passed off again extremely well, engagements being punctually met at matmity. The English mail has brought scarcely any intelligence of commercial interest to New Zealand, if we except the account sales of flax, which are so far satisfactory that a good price can be depended upon for a well got up article. The non-arrival of the Annie Scott is causing considerable apprehension, as she is several weeks overdue. Wheat is decidedly firmer. Early in the week sales could scarcely be effected, but the recent sudden advance in Melbourne has given a material stimulus to this market. The last advices quote sales of Adelaide wheat at 6s 9d to <s in Melbourne, but New Zealand is not worth so much by 6d to 9d per bushel. Largo parcels are preparing for shipment, so that considerable activity will, no doubt, shortly be noticeable. Holders are now asking 4s to 4s 3d. Oats arc also improving from the same encouraging influence, and are being shipped to Australia in large parcels. Several lines have been quitted at 3s 3d to J3s Bd, and in some instances a shade higher has been given. Very little barley is in the market, quotations being firm at 5s 3d. Australian files by the Omeo are to the 7th inst. The Argus of that date reports : In the import markets business throughout the day has not been marked by much animation, and sales generally have been of a limited nature. In breadstuff's there has been nothing doing in the way of sales. There has been some inquiry for flour, but at the higher rates now required buyers are not so anxious to operate. Holders, however, are very firm. We hear of no flour offering under Lls to Lls 10s for country brands, and the town millers refuse to sell under Ll6. Trifling parcels of wheat have been disposed of at 7s. In feeding grains there is a large business doing, maize having been run after to a considerable extent. Fully 2000 bags, including the cargo of the James, which arrived on Saturday, have been cleared off, in parcels rising to 500 bags in a line, at 4s 8d to 4s 9d. A report is also current that a cargo to arrive has changed hands at 4s 9d. Oats are very firm at 4s Cd, but we do not hear of much doing. We learn, however, that the Ashburton’s cargo of Californian, amounting to 11,279 bags, will be offered for sale on Thursday. Small parcels of malt have found their way into the hands of the trade at 9s 6d. We moreover learn of the sale of an entire bin about 2000 bushels—at a concession on the rate named. Sugars have not been much looked after, and little activity is to be observed in the market; but wo understand that some 8000 bags will be offered by public sale on Wednesday. In liquids we notice sales of Blood’s stout at 9a 6d. The sale of a line of 100 hhds. Bass’s bulk ale, on private terms, has likewise been made public. Common young port wine has been inquired for, and sales are mentioned at L 25.