Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3195, 17 May 1873, Page 2

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Cus-tom-house on goods cleared for consumption this day, was L 326 9s 4d,

The sale of booths, grand stand, &c., in connection with the forthcoming race meeting, took place to-day, with the following results:— Gates, Hart, £59 ; grand stand, D. Stewart, £37 ; saddling paddock, O’Rorke, £9: stabling, Powell, £1; race cards, Langley and Dnscoll, £l2; grand stand booth, Haydou, £lB ; booth No. 1, Armstrong, £5; booth No 2, Eliott, £3; sole right to sell fruit, W. M‘Donald, £2. Total, £146. For flour there exists a first-rate demand. The bakers have been buying supplies to extend over the next few months, and orders from the towns on the coast have been much in excess of what they usually are at this time of the year. The increased demand from Auckland, Wellington, and several of the other ports in the North Island Is chiefly owing to the superior quality of the Otago flour this year; the Canterbury wheat was greatly damaged by wet weather at harvest time, and this has caused Christchurch flour to be in less favor. There is no change in the price ; sacks are at Lll 10s, and bags Ll2 per ton. The demand for second class flour is small, and unless it is offered at about L 9 10s, there is no sale for it. In wheat there is a steady business being done. The town and the country mills are well stocked, and the millers are at present only replacing what they manufacture. For prime sorts grown in the Taien or in the Oam am district, 4s 8d to 4s lOd is the value ; Clutha and Molyneux wheats are saleable only in limited lots, at 4s 6d to 4s Bd. The wheat from these districts is generally soft, and is wanting in strength. Oatmeal is selling in small quantities at Ll9. 1 here is too great a difference between the price of this staple and that of flour for the sale to be large. For oats the inquiry continues brisk. Large lots are in request at 3s 6d to 3s 7d, and the belief is that fuller rates will shortly be obtained. There, however, may be a check to this upward tendency on the arrival of several shipments of maize which have been ordered. Pearl barley is in moderate sale at L 3 2; malting barley is offered in small parcels at 7s 6d; dark and inferior sorts have buyers at 5s Cd to 6s. Bran is dull at L 3 ss. Pollard, L 5. Barley dust, L 4. Hay, L 3 ss. Straw, L2. Chaff, L 3 ss. Potatoes are at L 3 per ton, but likely to be firmer, as the crops are turning out much below of what was expected. A. Mercer reports for the week ending May 17, retail prices only : —-Fresh butter, in 1 and lib prints, best quality, Is 3d to Is 4d per lb. ; second quality, Is 2d to Is 3d per lb ; fresh butter, in lumps, Is to Is 2d; powdered and salt butter, Is 2d per IN The market at present is very well supplied with fresh butter, considering the season of the year. Salt butter, in keg, good quality, lid to Is per lb. Really good cheese is scarce, and prices still advancing; for good quality, lOd per lb. Side and rolled bacon, 9d to lOd per lb. Good Colonial hams are in good request, but scarce at Is to Is 2d per lb. Eggs is still very scarce, and selling at 2s 9d per doz.