Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3232, 30 June 1873, Page 2

Commercial.

Theamaunt .of revenue reoeired at the Cua-tem-housa' on.|°oda cleared lor consumption this ; i ~ j.'. ;•

Tltetevehue received * at the Custom-house for riitlmbUtließMk June 30 was L 21,035 5s 7d. as a^AbUd) : t22,d67 148 4d for last month, inaldngwtotal'of L66,677'Ms 7d forthequar ter just ended. * The revenue for tho corresponding quarter of last year warn 1*55*642 16s 2d, showing an increase in favor of the quarter of the pmenTyeSr 1- 1 :•* 1 :r.iv ; ' * : 'i Tim dumber arrival at tori Chalmersdu^ngthe past Woekw^— from the coast, 74 ; And foreign parts, 36. The departfarte were—for the neighboring Proihff fcrrthbriparts, 7< ‘ ’ "

Saturday, noon. The business of the put 'Week nos t been marked by quietude, though no greater amount of dulneu ka%bqep ) manifested than is usuaj at this t™* of this year. The small' accession to stocks has contributed to the absence of tramMmn* in theimpfittottfetf, while tpoountry orders hare continued light in ,the and ithan grainmatflobthwe harbeeu a steady business cfoinf, ; improvement, in oner or more (items.;. at 5s 3d, at which pricje.saleo ace reported. Holder of .yjery prime we &rhs TtVdamand' for has, for the present partly to maltsters being supplied' udth Good' samples, however, reihain worth 7s to 7s 3d, Oats have found purchasers in light parcels, at 44 3d to 4ft 40, and at ft little under this rate large parcels could be pliced for f )i{pniimt. The town millers report a ste&dy demand for flour. at Ll2 to Ll2los, Oatmeal is quoted at I>24anoXJo;' and bran 655. Afair tnule has. beeavdaner in provisions,, and good parcels find ready buyers; bacon and hams, at Md to lOdj cheese, 9M to XOd ; butter, lid to-Is. In' general goods’ we' n6te the spirit i market as languid, with no disposition to bay except tor immediate requirements. Heurasy’s bulk continues to be quoted at 7s 9d, anqsecond brands at from 6s toys. Whiskeys are heavy in stock,' but the. inquiry has rather improved. Sugars maintain their firmpees. Good pale yellows we in brisk demand, end qf the*o varieties thamarket is very bare.« In taps an average business has been, doing, and! all good varieties are at maintained values. ' In' cornMelft flo'imprtvemeiit can Be noted. Woolpack* art 1 quiet, and bricfes remain as last. Kerdssne bas declined. Parcels offering at 2s, but ita inclination to business at this rate. The Sesent stocks and expected additions will most :ely give an unsettled tone to the mwkets for some little time to come. Linseed oils are firm at laft quotations.' Galvanised iron, best Eng-, lish brands,'has been sold; at L4l: and fencing trirMi‘N<k 0 trf l®, at L 27 to LSI, '- Malt has been Uuiet. also hops: we have not heard of skies nieitner*/

Messrs WfliGHTj STBnpasrsoN ahd 00. report for ending Jv&e 28, 1873, as follows; , Cattle :, Ninety head Were yarded, of which a considerable proportion were good quality. Our sales consisted of 75 head. Prime quality brought fyom 23s to 25s per iflv lbi; 1 middfing do, 184 to 20s. Fat Sheep: 700 were penned, but as the trade had On band which hod been contracted for, only about 100 merinos of medium quality at 8s 6a each were sold, the balance pting turned'Wt, '- We ft?ld pmatoly &OO

merino wethers afc«2M_ per lb. We quote prime lb; do mennos, to 2|aS^HPwCattle; kWe have inquiries i° r jSpAft,. T fuMtjiibullocks. L 3 10s to gift' Store Sheep: We nm to report, but we have pwlbumni fwrhalMrired and merino wethers; gftje (quote Half-bred wether*. 12s to 13s; do Wm in iamb, 104;td 2toji£dflL lambs, 10s; Ifijmno wefheesj • 4K4(iii* .'ft to 7s 6d; Doforinh ewes, in lamb-to Leicester lams, 6s to 6s 6d.- Country Sales: On Monday, 23rd mat., at Waikouaiti, by order of Mr J.Moir, we held a sale of the whole of his live stock and farming implements. The attendant was satisfactory, and everything sold well On Thursday the 26th inst., we held a sale at Keith Hall, East Taieri, on account of Mr Wra. Milne. There was only a moderate muster of buyers, but competition was active, and all the stock sold at good prices. Dairy cows brought young draught colts, L2610s toL43. Horses: Thfere are still inquiries for good draughts. We shall offer at our yards, on Saturday, sth July, kcfcotot of Mr John' TrCatra)!, 2A n®*4 Very superior heavy draught shares and geldings’, ex Tararua, from Melbourne. We quote -first clais draughts, L 46 to L6O l medium ditto, L 25 'to Jj3o; godd hSdcks And light harness horses, L2O to L 2 5; medium ditto, Lll to LU; light and inferiOfyLS *oL6.' : : ■' /? /, i , ’ Wool. —By the Tararua ,we have cable advices that in prices if expected at the operiiagofthehext series of tales, to commehce July 11, which oriust bo vary satisfactory to both growers and shippers. We are also in-: formed that private advices have been'received of the clip (river washed) from Maerewhenua Station havjng been disposed, of at - the May. sales at an average of Is 10id per lb, being a higher price than it fetched ratt year. Grain. —Wheat continues in good demand, and first-class samples are saleable at from 5s 3d to 5s 6d per bushel Oats ; There is a good local demand at from 4s 2d to 4s 3d for feed, and 4s 3d to 4s 4d for milling samples, and as high as 4s fid has been paid for extra quality milling for forward delivery. -