COMMERCIAL.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 306, 5 June 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs revenue collected yesterday was s follows; I? a A

The land sold at the Waste Lands Board yesterday amounted to 1062 acres, realising £2124 It is situated in the following districts :

I —— Tiie produce market lias settled down to a quiet state of inactivity. Wheat is held with extreme firmness, but orders do not come forward with any great degree of freedom. Choice milling would probably fetch from 3s 5d to 3s 6d, but none is oflering in first hands. Flour maintains a linn aspect, sales being reported at £lO f.o.b. Bran is in excellent request at £4 10s f.o.b. With regard to oats, the southern districts are now shipping freely, and consequently the demand here is much quieter. Prime milling still command 2s 9d. Barley appears neglected for the time, but an enquiry is springing up for Melbourne shipments. Butter is offered in some freedom, as a few large holders are anxious to sell, and the slightest check at present high prices must bring the market down. Cheese is selling readily at Bid to Bfd. A moderate business has been done in the import markets during the past week, sales in leading lines being numerous. The Mystery arrived from London on the 30th ult, after a long passage; she brings a full and well-assorted cargo for this market. Stocks are now fully ample for some time to come. On Tuesday the shipment of Queensland sugars, ex Cleopatra, was offered by public auction, when the whole of the shipment cnauged hands at prices that leave a serious loss to importers. All the whites (a few tons) realised £33 10s to £34 10s, the balance, being yellow and grey counters, fetched from £2l 10s to £29, l.b. The trade was fairly represented during the early part of the sale. In Mauritius sugars the business done has been merely for trade requirements; white crystals command £34 10s to £36, yellows £33 15s to £34. Very little has been done in teas at onr last prices. Hennessy’s pale brandy, in buik, finds purchasers at 9s 6d; case, very scarce, at 325. The demand for case and hulk Dunville’s whisky is very good; sales have been effected at 17s 6d to 18s for tne former, and 5s 9d to 6s 6d for the latter. Swaiue Bord’s case and bulk Old Tom meets with very good sale in small parcels at 14s 6d and 5s 3d, i.b. Ales and stout have met with a fair amount of attention at current rates. Bass’s bulk ale meets with sale at £9. Price’s Belmont candles are scarce, and therefore quoted at tljd. Comer t-A few sales have been made at 31s to 22s for small lots. Champion’s Vinegar—We hear of a shipment taken up to arrive at 2s sd; trade sales are effected at 2s Id to 2s Bd.

Tea £ 8. ... 103 15 d. 6 Spirits ... 165 11 8 Sugar 51 18 11 Wine 71 10 0 Hardware ... ... 15 16 0 Drapery 87 14 0 Fencing wire .. 45 15 0 Sundries ... 201 12 5 £806 13 6

A. R. p. Ashley ' 20 0 0 Tim'iru 60 0 0 Banks Peninsula ... 570 0 0 Oxford .. 205 0 0 Ashburton ... 207 0 0