Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3445, 7 March 1874, Page 2

Commercial.

iThe-atooant:’ot teyenue received at. the Ou» lftaarhoumribn K goods .clearad for consumption ‘..s' Business m {He; import, market, has been ycry t ,There s'Ome transactions;*in ihat'oi^hand and fofatiWil. to £rnve by the next ship was sold ap Is 8q at the railway shed, and Is J 9d freely ottered. ■ CatidTe# awT held for lOjd. Dried fruits are in demand.; -. .Currants - BrafldystiU the toteddfancei:? There is no change in oilmen’s, .stores. Ling fish is scarce,,and-4^d T to fid can be obtained for.it. Own sacks are offered at l3s 9d. Saltj landing, fetches 80s. Tennant’s ale has for some time been out of*h4 market, butJtlie. arrival of the "Wild Deer will most probably supply the demand ior thsrnrticle. Other brands am in good snpply. A. Mercer repbrfs'lor the week ending 7th March-{retail _prices only) .'—Fresh butter, in prints, ls’ 2d to ls:.3d per. lb ; do, second quality. Is Id to Is 2d per lb; do, in lumps, Is Id to Is 2d per lb; prime salt butter, Is Id to Is 2d per lb. Cheese, lOd to la per lb. Side and rolled bacon, lOd to Is pet lb. Colonial hamsVls t6 Is <2(l permtf EhglipK. hkms,Ts'3!tjr Ser lb. Eggs, very scarce, Is 6d to Is 8d pef bytter if increasing, and prices are not likely to decline. ;:,The£o£nrn* t of on.the Southland rail : ways, during 4 tne montn of February, bWws compared With 1;723 oaring the month of last. year. To this number the Woodland ’fine^oontributed i 22tf. '- ! The goods carried last month was 6,073 tens, as against 4,143 tons during February’ of lastly car..Tolastmohth’i goods, .traffic..tne_ Woodlands contributed 142 tons, .^he ; receipt? forest month amounted to L 1,959 Ys 9d, of which’ sum L6l 4s 6d w^, received ifdm the Woodlands line. ! For the'chwetpohdihg -mciiith of last'year the cash receipts were L 1,336' 19s lid, so that de- ; dupting. the. amount received-from the: ‘Mataura ; there*, fc. an T. Increase'. of ‘ L 564 3s 4d, ,whi<!h,:leayeß a, satisfactory balance, after ' Iff? $*W. f apparent’ deficiency of L 276 : l?a 6a in the retuiM;for'ds;hiifiry.■