Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3844, 19 June 1875, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Customhouse on goods cleared for consumption this day was L 315 11s 6d.

A fair amount of business has been done during the week. Hennessy’s case brandy and currants ™ve been sought after, and transactions in both articles have taken place at an advance on last quotations. Henuessy’s case may be quoted at 335; bulk, 8s 9d. Currants, 4^d... Our stock of sugar has been further increased during the week by I the alTlval 01 the Elliotts from Mauritius, but tho news of tho destruction by fire of the Victoria Company’s Sugar Works at Sandridge will tend to prevent any decline in price. Candles and kerosene remain at last quotations.. JDKZ Geneva commands IGn 6d. In oilmen’s stores, pickles and starch have become scarce, and sell at full prices. Tobaccoes maintain the late advance in prices, Signet 10’s being held for Is 9d, and ordinary qualities Is 4d to Is 6d in bond. Hams, bacon, and cheese continue scarce, and prices ore unusually high, THE SHARE MARKET. W hitelaw and Co. report sales of shares during the week ns follows National Insurance, 22s 6d; South £. nns -S’ x- 5, stalKl ard, 13s; Colonial Bank, 26s 9d; National, 77s 6d; Sbotovers (20s paid), ss; Lucknows, 60s. Sellers; National Insurance, 25s • standards 13s3d; South British, 17s; New Zealand Insurance (30s paid), 555: National Banks, 80s; Colonial, -/s; New Zealand, L 1 8; Lucknows, 65s ; Sbotovers, paid up, 5s 6d.