COMMERCIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2694, 25 November 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs duties collected at Christ church on Thursday, November 23rd, were as follows:—Spirits, .£164 14s lOd; toTmcco, .£B2 8s 6d; wine, .£2l Is ; sugar, .£231 6s 2d; goods by weight, .£lO3 6s 4d; ad valorem, .£l5O 15s ; other duties, .£9l Hs7d. Total, £845 3s sd.

Mr Charles Clark reports for the week ■ending Thursday, November 23rd —He held an auction sale at his rooms on Tuesday last of various properties. The rfirst lot on the list was a section on the Whateley road, on which Messrs Allen and Son formerly carried on business as sawmillers. Owing to a legal question the premises were not submitted to auction, nor was the saw-milling plant for the like Teason. A very small section of land and ■cottage at Knightstown were then offered and sold at .£122 10s. Following this was a «ottage in George street, which was quitted at .£175. Next came a small section on the Edgeware road, St. Albans, sold for £B3 10s. A cottage in St. Asaph street East ~was then offered, which also found a purchaser at .£260. A section and cottage at Bingsland was offered, and withdrawn, but an offer is now under consideration.

Mr Clark reports the sale privately, and on Saturday last, of a property near the Racecourse sold for .£I4OO cash. Also, of a property near Wilson's bridge, Opawa, for .£2OOO. Total sales for the week, .£4041.

Yesterday, at his rooms, Hereford street, lie sold all the sporting effects, linen, and hooks belonging to the late Colonel Packe. There was a capital attendance and good -quick bidding continued throughout the sale. COEN EXCHANGE. The following is the report for the week ■ending Friday evening, the 24th inst. : Business in the grain trade during the week has been only of a nominal character, with little or no alteration to record in values. Wheat —Prime milling quality, holders are asking from 4s 4d to 4s Gd per bushel, -with but few inquiries; second quality, 3s lOd to 4s ; screenings and chick wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 7d. Oats Local demand continues fairly Rood, with no change to report in values. For good short milling a slight advance may be recorded,: feed quality, 3s 3d to 3s 44. Barley—There is no inquiry at present for malting; feed quality, 3s 4d to 3s Cd per hushel. Potatoes —No business doing, prices Jiominal. Cheese and Butter—The former, old Bd, :new Gd ; the latter 8d to Sid per lb. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS. Wellington, November 24. Messrs Lidbetter and Cooper report closing prices as follows: —Bank of New Zealand, £23 10s; Colonial Bank, 48s; New Zealand Insurance, 775; National Insurance, 27s 9d; South British Insurance, 58s <!d; Standard Insurance, 15s to 15s 3d; Union Insurance, 19s Gd to 19s 9d ; Colonial Insurance, 9s 8d; Accident Insurance, 5s Gd; Wellington Trust and Loan Company, 114 s ; Equitable Buildings Company, 114 s- Drug Company, 23s 9d to 245; New Zealand Native Lands Company, 21s to 21s 3d; Welcome Gold Mining Companv, 112 s; Darks, 64s to 655; Fleece, 12s 6d; Humphrey, 30s to 35s (nominal); Picton Coal, 3d dis.; Westport Coal, 10s dis. (50s paid). Mr James O'Shea reports :—Adelaide ■flour, none; Canterbury, £lO 15s to .£ll ; best brands, Oamaru, .£lO 15s to .£11; very inferior brands Southern flour overstocked and unsaleable; sharps, 100 sto 110 s; bran, 90s to 100 s; oats, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ,- potatoes, old, easier, IGOs to 180 s; new, "2i'l per lb ; maize, 4s to4s Gd; barley, none; hams and bacon, 7Jd to Sd; salt butter, Sd to Sid, firm ; cheese, 7d to Bd.