COMMERCIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2644, 28 September 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

► rtus Customs Katies collected at Christchurch en Tuesday, September 26th, were as follows i—Spirits, .£95 ; tobacco, £3l 6s ; wine, JEB3 15s ; sugar, £llß 18a Ed ; tea, £l4 4a 8d ; goods by weight, £3; ad valorem, £73 1b ; other duties, £ll6s, Total, £450 11s Id, COMMERCIAL TELEOEAMS. Dun*din, September 27. Stock and Qra n Market —There was a moderate supply of fat stock brought forward to-day, and last week’s prices were fully maintained, the demand being active. Bullocks brougil up to £lllsa, am cows to £ll 12s 6d, Pfit equal to 27s 6d, and in some cases 30s & prime -beef. The supply of fat sheep was 'small, an cl prices improved as much as ls6d per liead. Crossbreds brought no to ißs, merinos to 18a, c* nearly 2£d per lb for prime mutton. Grain—Wheat —Holders continue firm, but millers evince no greater disposition than of late to give the limits affixed. Transactions in prime and medium are, therefore, nearly at a standstill. Fowl feed continues in good demand. Prime milling, 5s nominally, bnt not more than 4a 9d is obtainable ; medium, 4s 3d to 4a 6d ; fowl feed up to 4a. Cats are in moderate demand, bnt as holders ore not inclined to reduce their limits, business continues restricted. We quote prime milling at 3s 2d; feed, 2s lid to 3s Id. Barley—We-cnote np to 5s for prime malting, bnt there is none offering at present; medium is quite unsaleable-