COMMERCIAL.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 336, 10 July 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

* The Customs revenue collected yesterday was as follows i— „

Business in the grain market continues dull, few or no deliveries from farmers having taken place during the week, and, with the exception of a slight spurt, which we may expect when the railway is open to Southbridge, the grain season may now be considered to be virtually over. Prices remain here the same as last week’s quotations, but we are glad to observe from latest telegrams a slightly firmer feeling in the English market. Potatoes are being freely offered, but buyers are shy in purchasing at present prices, less damage having been done to the crop than was expected. Hams and bacon have advanced one penny, stocks being considerably lighter, and supplies scarcer than at this time last season. Buyers’ quotations are:— Prime milling wheat 3s id to 3s 6d, do' oats, 2s 9>l, bailey 4s 6d. Flour in sacks, £9 10s; i(X)lbs bags £9 17s 6d ; 501 b bags, £lO ss, Bran £!■ los. Sharps £5 10s, and 10s f.o.b. Potatoes £3 ss, butter Is 2d.cheese Bsd, ham and bacon bare cloth Is. Business has been very dull in the import markets during the past week; very few large sales have been recorded. The ship Lanarkshire arrived from London on the Bth instant, bringing full cargo of general merchandise. Lines that were getting low in stock will now be amply replenished. The ship Eangitiki is fast filling up for the London market, and it is expected will sail punctual to her advertised date, viz, July 15th. Only moderate business has been done in spirits at full rates. Case and bulk old tbm have met with considerable enquiry; the former has been placed in large lines at Hs ad; and bulk meets with steady sale at ssi.b. Henn. ssy’s case brandy is very low in stock; little lots have been disposed of at 32s 6d to 335; bulk commands 9s to 9s 3d; second brands work off very slowly. Trade parcels of Mauritius sugars have been sold freely ; white crystals commanding £35 10s to £36; white counters, £35 to £35 10s; yellow crystals, £33 10s to £34 10s i.h. Several small Queensland yellow counters have moved off at £36 to £36 10s, d.p. Tobaocoes have met with attention at our last quotations. Bottled ales and •tout—We have no sales to report. Market very dull in these lines. Bass’s bulk ale—We understand a large parcel now in port has been placed under offer at £9 15s per hhd; £lO 10s is the price obtained - for small lots. Dried fruits—Currants have been sold to arrive, ex Lanarkshire and White Bose, at 4|d to ssd. Cement is in very good demand; 20s 6d is the price obtained for large parcels, Mr Alkman reports on Mr E. Wilkin’s weekly wool, skin, and tallow sale as follows :—Orer 3000 •kins of all sorts, and 21 packages tallow, were catalogued, for all of which there was spirited competition, at an improvement on last week’s prices. Mr Alkman quotes values as underßest sheepskins, 5s to 6s lOd each; second do, 3s 3d to 4» lOd each; Inferior and short-wooled do, $d to 3d each; hides, salted, under 40lbs, 4fd per lb; hides, green, under4olbs, 4Jdper lb; salted, over 401bs, per lb; green, over 401bs, 4dper lb; calfskins, 6d per lb; tallow, 26s per cwt; rough fat, 2jd to 2Jd per lb; do Inferior, IJd per lb.

Spirits Sugar Wine... Tobacco •• Watches Sundries ••• 1 £ s. d. . ... 282 16 11 . ... 63 4 J 48 9 2 73 17 6 . ... 28 1 9 . ... 28 10 0 . ... 94 8 5 £619 8 4