COMMERCIAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 36, 30 December 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

-» I;i the import trade there is littl* imVrovemeiit to note beyond the u«u.»l activity that is induced ninong special articles at tills festive season... Quotations remain unaltered except iv tho caso of sugar and one or two small ilems hardly worth mejrtioning. The lisoin tha value of sugar in the Mauritius mul elsewhere Ins been met by a corresponding advance here, as our stocks hit only sufficient for current W3iits. No fJ "W. is quoted at. £4B ;I C , £47; and 0. £ H per ton, d.p., being an advance of 8 )s to 90s per t'm on our November report. . Fair trade has boon done in colonial produce, but gcr.erully at unsatisfactory prices. Salt ' . butter, in kegrs for export coastwise, is in no demand, mid holders will have to submit to Iheir customary penalty at the close of the season ; fresh bnttei, from theCoasr,iu brine, is selling at Sd to BAd pur lb ; Cauterburj cheese in fair demand at 7d to 7£d per lbu sales hy nuotiou at 6.Yd; bacon and han/s, cloth packed, lOd to"lld ; loose, 9d toflOd per lb. Flour £13 to £14 per ton for/W brands of Oamaru and Canterbmy niffls, in sacks ; bran, 8 J to 9 I per bushel, overstocked ■and no sales; pnllard, £5 to £s 8i per ton; fowls' wheat, scarce at 4s 9d to ss ; oats, 2s 41 to 2i Gd ; maize. 4s 6d. New potatoes, £7 to £8 per ton j old do £8 per ton— limited demand.