COMMERCIAL.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1417, 30 August 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs duties collected here on Wednesday, August 28th, amounted to £505 15s 3d. The item* were Wines, £4O 9s 7d i spirits, £40(5 Os 9d; alo in bottle, £3 12s (id; tobacco, £B4 15s; tea, £ '0 Is ; goods by weight, £9 12s Sd: »d valorem. £2O 8s; other duties. 16s. The receipts from brewers, &c , for beer lax stamps for the week ending Wednesuay, 26th August, was £lB7 12s Ibid. At the sittings of the W ste Lauds Board ou Thursday, 29t.ii August, 5808 acres were disposed of, realising £11,730. The land is situated as under—-Ashley, 19(8 acres; Akaroa, 1121 acresj Ashburton, 2000 acres ; Waimste, 170 acres. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. MEUiOtniNE.—The "Argus” of August 21st report* In the import market a moderate amount of business only continues to be done, and less of a special character has reached us than wo have been noticing of lute. 3 he auction sale, however, was characterised b.) much animation, and the most of what was ottered was freely and readily disposed of. Hr. ad.-tuffs are fpiiet. Wheat has scarcely been so firm, and to effect sales in quantity 5s 3d has had to be aeci pted where business was meant. At auction this forenoon a small lot of 50 baira mate 5s 3Jd, but privately ns 3d was accepted for 600 bags, while in another instance a line of KOO bags was disposed of at 5s 3d likewise; 200 bags sold on terms brought 5s 4d. I lour has had considerable attention, and full rates have een realised. At anc ion 20 tons found buyers at £lO 17s (id to £ll. A parcel of 30 tens was sold for export at £lO 15s, and one of 20 tons for £lO 17s Od. Trade sales generally have also been made at £lO 15s to £lO 17s (id. Oats arc scarce, and lit tle is in consequence allowed to transpire in the way of sales. Feeding have been sold privately at 4s lid. Under the hammer, 200 u bushels were quitted at (is 3 Ad for New Zealand milling, and 4s lOd to 5s 2d for “Victor an. Interior were cleared oil at 4s Gd. Maize is selling at 4s lOd to 4s lid. Sugars are very firm. At the auction sale the yellows, being in request, went off rapidly at very full rates, and for medium whites the prices realised sustained the market. 4848 bags uud pockets Mauritius were cleared oil, when browns sold at £27, low counters at £29 10s, middling yellows at £3l to £3l 10s, good yellows at £32, grainy yellow counters at £32 Ids to £32 15s, yellow brewing crystals £33, fine brewing crystals £3G to £3O 10s, good to line white counters £OS to £35 15s, flue white crystals £3O to £37. Teas have had a moderate demand for trade purposes, and about 350 half-chests have been quitted at lljcl to Is. Currants are still noticed, and sales are making some fair lines have besides been under treaty. Publicly eighty barrels faulty were quitted at 4jd. Raisins are likewise in good demanduTrade sales of Eleracs are making at Od. Snltanas arc not now quoted under s£d. The glimpse of fine weather has brought out buyers of hops. About 120 pockets Tasmanian have changed hands at and close iiii Is 2d, according to sample, but we understand that 2d more is r. quired for superior descriptions. Ko ts are also enquired for. but holders at present do not care to quote. The timber sales comprise the cargo of Baltic denis, per Merraerus, when 15,142 pieces sold at Od to Id White beaded T and G lining, weatherboards, &c., were also disposed of. Trade sales of Otard’s brandy are making at 20s Od. Adelaide.— 1 he "Observer” reports for the week ending August 16th : —There have been indications of improvement in the produce market during he past week. News Las been received that the Eng. fish market has taken an upward turn owing to the Rite heavy rams, and this has had a corresponding cil'ect here. Several good sales of wheat and ilour have boon reported during the week. On Monday there "as a sale of a parcel of wheat at Port Adelaide at 5s z,(il i.o.h. ; on Tuesday two good parcels of wheat chai g( (I hands binh«l dcliv. rtd at Port Adelaide ; and on Wednesday bevcr.il fair-bized pare Is of countly Hour changed hands at £ll. Town brands uro quoted at £ 1 1 ins to 4.1.2. lb - exports for the week ending August 10i.h are— Wheat 210 tuns, flour 000 tons, making the total export for the year to date— Vvheat 73,942 lons, Hour -44.167 tons. COM.MEROIAL TELEGEAM3, AUCKLAND, August 20. Mr A Saunders reports ontuo Share market sJU*o*s—Colonial bairn, 58s; Bank of New Zealand, fc2(- National, 78s; South British, 70s ; National, IBs •’ New Zealand, 89a; Shipping, 85s; Auckland Gur/, •■***• fcoliora—Colon.ai luaurauco, 0s Da; bouth British, 725; Standard, 21s. Welukuton, August 29. George Thomas reports:—Flour Adelaide, £l7 10s to £18; Colonial, £ll ss, overstocked; oats, ;. a oq. i JIU n, la 8d; wbeat, 4s 3d; bums, Od ; bac o'8(1 ■ cheese, 7d, overstocked ; pollard, £7 10a, K ui d demand; butter, Ad and lid - prime maize, ft* 3d ; potatoes, Ids to £llss, with upward ton. Auckland, August 80, Mr Alfrid Bnekl >)d reports i—Fat c (tie, 35s to 40« ■ *- 1. via- - .at i-ltcU-, 4d to 5d poflbj'lr/

cowh, £3 IDs to £5 10s, Share market-Bank of Now Now Zealand, £-5; National, 8-s; Colonial, 60s ; Loan and Mercantile. l-0s : New Zealand Insurance 92s fid; South British, 725; National, 28s; Standard, 235; Union, l- r >s; Auckland 'limber Company, 115 a ; Gnthrie and Larnach, 5. r )S. Air Biuney reports no animation in the market. Flour is stagnant, and it is impossible to move it, excepting in sma.l parcels. (Quotations—.fill to to £ll 10s; wheat, Is 9(1, Millers’ well supplied jiran aud sharps are out of themnrkct. 0 its have shown a downward tendency in the face of large shipments afloat, Is (id are the present quotations. Oatmeal 22s : pearl barley, 21s ; Canterbury potatoes, Ui to £G 10s; local do, £6 10s to £G; butter is in demand at Is to Is Id; cheese 75 d to 7ld ; bacon, in cloth, Is 2d; do bare, 7d to Bd. At the sale by auction this day, maize ex Gaul, 1000 bags realised 4s 3d per bushel.