Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 4102, 20 April 1876, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revenue"; received at the Custom, uouse on goods cleared for consumption this day was Messrs M’Laudresa, Hepburn, and Co. held a sale tms afternoon of twenty-one years’ lease of pro- ,? n ,*l ie , • BlanSo Keaerve, Princes street. Allotmer.c 2, lately occupied by Mr D. M. Spedding, was - ,- Blr Speeding, at the upset price, sjS 10s per foot frontage (20ft) per annum ; allotmont 3, lately occupied by Mrs Davis, was knocked down to the original leaseholder also at L 3 10s per foot frontage (20ft); and allotment 9. lately occupied by Mr Bielfleld, was bought by Mr W E touzens for L2 15b pot foot frontage (20ft). Severn! allotments fronting Bond street were also offered, nut were withdrawn, biddings not coming up to the upset prices, Henry Driver, on behalf of the N.ZL. and i ’ w ,olls for 'week ending April 19,1870; have not received any telegrams from our Loudon office since the 10th iust., reported by ns last week. A private telegram of the Tlili rcnons a rise of a halfpenny to a penny. Reuter's irroas telegram reports the market still weak, which is rather oonflie! lug. We are Inclined to give cieci., to vho report that the market was firmer, and a f ‘° r <vnrcl to the lowest point havingbeea reached. At o\n- weekly and ion, this afternoon, we snbt? IT -ted a few odd lots, which we sold at compnrat'Vely full rates. Sheepskins were iu good competition, and realised Uuly equal to last week’s rates. Cross-hm! butchers’ bringing Is 9d to 2s Id each; merino p -Its, lid to 13d. Hides.—Market steady at late rates. We sold butchers greou slaughters at 20s to 21s Gd; wetsa m • n “ 4 id per lb; calf-skins, 2s to 4s. fallow. —A few country lots sold at 28s Gd to 295. Grain.—Wheat is iu steady demand, without any alteration in value, 4s 5d to In 7d for good to prime milling. Oats hare been actively sought after, to supply shipping orders, at In Pd to 1c lOd for bright good feed; ‘milling, Is lid to 2s. Barley, unions very h':e, bangs very heavy. Brewers, having supplied immediate wants, are difficult to treat wit" I excepting for choicest samples. We quote g rtnf i choice,4sM to sb, *