Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3463, 28 March 1874, Page 2

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Cus-tom-house- on ,goods cleared T for,. consumption fihin.day, wabTj69olb. 7d. A race week is always a broken week so far as trade is concerned, and consequently during the first three days of that just closed but little business was done. .Since Wednesday demand baa been brisk) chiefly for execution of up•ountry orders, .and such has been- the call for teams that .cartage to Clyde and Cromwell has advanced two per tori; with a r proportionate increase Of fate to other districts. Great ahsiety is felt because of the non-amval of the Trevelyan,; with a; heavy general cargo on board; as she has now heen out 119 days. ; The olflef features.,of . the market, are the gradually stiffening, prices tor brandy and kprpseno. Brandy has b^. : mno]i.>OQgbt l after«. and a few parcels of Hehpessy’s have changed hands at 9s 3d, jtut firmly at. 9s 6d. - This advance is owing to the .'slight stock on hand, and to its commanding "that figure in large parcels in the Melbourne market. Kerosene is in hetter demand, and readily commands Is IOJd. 1 •••'' : ' ■ :.- w .-1 Messrs ■ M’Landress, Hepburn; &:iCo.’s sale of the Mosgiel Junction to-day was fairly, attended, the bidding languid..The townshjpis minutes’ walk.ptrthp/Taieri 3teUW»y)Stati«*p, and. a quarter of aii-hoiir’s Walkfrom 'the, v Saddle H'll Coal Mines arid frtmi the stetidhs 1 Veto 6ffered, ; the Upset price'of each being LIO. ! Thirty-six Wert sold at ah average of LlB each; the lowest i fetching lilO, and the highest lA7. The total ishxri •remised was L 648 16s. The majority of the sections were withdrftVQjihfi resfcrva nriCA nnfc Twiner

(Br Telegraph.) Auckland. March 27.—Mr Binney reports the grain ana provision"market firm. Oats, 5s 6d to 6s; maize, 6s 9d to 7s; wheat, 6s to 6s 3d; barley, 5s 6d; flour, Ll4; Adelaide do, L 18; bran; none In the market; ‘pollard, 7s; Aeew, 9d; bacon, 1M; ryegrass, 5s 6d to 6s. THE SHARE MARKET. ;; r [By Telegraph.] Auckland, March'2B t Saunders reports t —Buyers—National Bank, 64k Sellers—Bank of.Jiew Zealand, Ll7los. t " . ,c. ... ■ f•„ v( • ;1 ~ ii,'!