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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2174, 12 February 1881, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Tfao Cnatomn duties oollooted at Christchurch an Thursday. February 10th, wore as follows: Spirits, ,£403 3s Id; tobacco, £169 4a 6d; wine, .£ls 3s 2d ; tea, £5 5a ; goods by weight, £74 12s 4d; ad valorem, £403 9a. Total, £ll3B 17« Id. At the usual sitting of the Waste Lands Board, held at Christchurch on Thursday, February 10th, sales were made as follows : Ordinary: Ashley, 3a 3r; Selwyn, 16p ; Ashburton, 23ia lr 31p; Geraldine, 7a 3r lip. Village Settlements, deferred payments: 2a. Total acreage sold, 246 a Or 28p. Total value, £503 4s 6d. Refunds on account of former purchases were made in the amount of £426 10s 9d. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS. Auckland, February 11. Tho Auckland millers decline to purchase any wheat until it has been stacked several weeks, to allow sufficient seasoning. They allege that for some years back they have bought too early, and a considerable quantity bciug damp, it has heated, tho result being loss to them. This year's crop has been excellent, and there are indications of an extended wheat acreage, specially in tho Waikato. Tt is not improbable that tho market will open at ss. SHARE MARKET. Mr E. J. T. Ford reports for the past week as followsßank of New Zealand, £2O 15s to £3l ss; Colonial Bank, 42s 6d to 43s Gd; National Insurance, 27s to 28s; Standard Insurance, 11s Gd to 12s; Union Insurance, 19s Gd to 20a ; South British Insurance, sla to 55a ; Colonial Insurance, 10s 3d to 10s Gd ; New Zealand Shipping, 87s Gd to 90s, PBBH3 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM. Dunedin, February 11. Mr J. B. Bradshaw reports :—Bank of New Zealand. £32 10s ; Colonial Bank, 44s cam div.; National Bank, 65s ; South British Insurance, -'46s Gd; National Insurance, 29s to 30a; Standard Insurance, 11s Gd; Colonial Insurance, 10s to Us; Union Insurance, 19s Gd ; New Zealand loan and Mercantile Agency. 105 s; National Mortgage and Agency, 28s to 29s cum div. ENGLISH GRAIN MARKET. Messrs Roysk, Stead and Co.'s weekly telegram from their broker is as follows: London, 10th February—Present price for New Zealand wheat at Mark Lane, per quarter of 43Gibs, ex granary, sacks extra, is 48s to 48s Gd for Jong berried, and 45a to 46s 6d for fair average quality. Present value, ex ship, is 43s to 44s per 4801bs sacks as wheat. Market declined slightly. New Zealand ordinary oats, 21s to 23b per 31Glbs, and 28a to 30s 6d per 3841bs for extra fine oats, ex granary, sacks extra. Now Zealand barley, 28s to 36a per quarter of 4001bs, packs extra.