Commercial News.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 233, 26 February 1876, Page 11

Commercial News.

The Customs duties received at this port for the week ending February 17, were as under: — £ s. d. £ s. df. Spirits .. 621 6 2 Goods by wght 29 15 6 Cigars.. .. 30 16 11 Ad val. goods 877 12 9 Tobacco .. 294 0 9 Other duties 0 14 10 Wine .. .. 50 16 2 Light dues, Ale and beer 279 9 9 shipping, &c 80 2 7 Tea .. .. 44 0 0 Sugar.. .. 160 12 5 Total £2475 12 10 Trade has been exceedingly quiet during the past week, and stocks, owing to recent arrivals, have accumulated to an extent that has had a tendency to depress prices to some extent, although quotations remain nominally at last week’s rates. In colonial produce a fair amount of business has been done, ancl with the exception of oats prices are well sustained. We quote butter in kegs lOd. to lid. per lb., with little offering for sale, as country makers arp holding back their stocks ; cheese in good demand at lOd. to IOId. for prime Canterbury make ; hams and bacon, is. 4d. and is. perlb.; flour, £ll 10s. to £l2 for Canterbury and Oamaru mills in bakers’ lots ; market rather hare. Mr. Janies Smith yesterday held a produce sale on the wharf. There was a large attendance, and satisfactory prices were realised. Greasy wool brought from 6d. to 9Jd. per lb. ; locks, 2M. to 3jd. ; hides, 3:ld. per lb. ; sheepskins, from sd. to 6Jd. per lb. ; tallow, 20s. per cwt. THE WELLINGTON MARKETS. Wholesale Prices. Farm and Dairy Produce. . s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.

Red do., d 0.,. 1 o—o0 —0 0 | Timothy, do. ..1 o—o © Building Materials. Timber, —Boards and Scantling, 100 ft., 9s. to 155.; 11s. Gd. at mill; planed, tonguedand grooved, 13s. Cd. to 12s. sd. , . ~ . Red pine palings, 12s. per 100 ; red pme timber, 16s. per 100 feet ; kauri timber, ISs. per 100 feet ; red pine, tongue groved, 225. per 100 feet; totara posts, Is. 4d. each ; birch rails, Sd. each ; white pine shingles, 16s. to 18s. per 1000. Hobarton timber and fencing materialShingles, £1 per 1000 ; palings, from 20s. to 255. per 100 : rough spokes, 255. per. 100 ; felloes, from 100 s. to 200 s. per 100 ; timber, 235. to 255. per 100 feet, superior; posts, £5 10s. per 100; rails, £4 3s. 4d. per 100. Coal and Firewood Market. Coal. —Newcastle, £2 ss. per ton. Firewood. —2 foot rata, 365. to 40s per cord : 1 . wood, 455. per cord ; 4 foot wood, 365. per cord ; 6 foot wood, 365. per cord. BONE DUST. Bone dust, No. 1, £8 to £lO ; bone dust, No. 2, £7 10s. to £8 10s.; bone dust, No. 3, £6 to £6 10s. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Thursday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports:—Buyers: South British, 545.; National Bank, 745.; Caledonian, 405 % ; Shipping, 705.; Fiji, 40s. Sellers: Beach, 80s.; Bank of New Zealand, new, 305.; Colonial Bank, 305.; National Insurance, 245.; Long Drive, 20s. DUNEDIN, Thursday. Stock and Share Market.—Bank of New Zealand, new issue, buyers, £1 Ss.; sellers, £1 10s. National Insurance, buyers, £1 4s. 6d.; sellers, £1 os. >. outh British, buyers, £2 145.; Standard Insurance, sellers, 11s. Od. Good samples of wheat scarce at 55.; middling quality worth 4s. 3d. to 4s. 6d.; oats are no better, and are quoted at 2s. for best milling, Is. 10d. for feed.

Butter, fs, lb 1 2 to 0 0 Lard, lb 0 0 to 0 5 Butter, sit, lb 0 8 — 1 0 Bacon, Pro.. 0 11 — 1 Cheese .. 0 0 — 0 11 Hams, Pro.. 1 0—1 Do.. Ct’bury. 0 10 —0 11 McConnell’s 1 0 — 1 2 Eggs, dozen 1 4 — 1 6 Ct’bury hams 1 0 — 1 2 Detail Price. Milk, quart.. 0 4 toO 6 Fowls, pair.. 6 Oto 7 0 Butter, fs., lb 1 4 — 1 6 Ducks, pair.. 7 0 — 8 0 Butter, salt.. 1 0 — 1 2 Geese, each.. 6 0 — 7 0 Cheese, Col.. 1 2 — 1 4 Turkeys, do. 6 0—10 0 Eggs, dozen 2 0 — 2 6 Bacon, lb .. 0 0—1 4 Lard, lb .. 0 0 — 0 10 Ham, lb 0 0 — 1 6 Babbits, pair 2 6—3 0 Potatoes, newO 1—0 14 Cabbages, dz 2 6 — 3 0 Carrots 2 6 — 3 0 Turnips, doz 2 6 — 3 0 Potatoes 9 0 —12 0 A’d veg’bl, dz 2 0 — 2 6 Bread, 3d. to 4d. 21b. lo -if. Fiouit Makicet. Wholesale. £ s.. d. Superfine Flour, silk dressed, per ton £12 to 12 10 0 Fine Flour, ditto , household .. 11 0 0 Seconds, per ton 0 0 0 Sharps, per ton 8 0 0 Adelaide, per ton 15 0 0 Oamaru, ditto 12 10 0 Dunedin, ditto 12 0 0 Canterbury, ditto 12 0 0 Bran, per bushel 0 1 4 Hay asd Cohn Market.

Wholesale. s. d. s. d. & s. £ s Maize, Sydney 4 6 to 5 0 Hay, ton .. 6 10 to 7 10 Do. Crushed 4 9 — 5 0 Oaten, ditto 0 0 — 5 10 Oats (South).. 4 0 — 4 3 Lucerne, ditto 0 0 — 6 10 Wheat (fowl) 4 0 — 4 3 Sti'aw, ditto 2 10 — 3 0 Potatoes .. 0 0 — 5 0 Chaff, ditto 7 0 — 0 0 Retail. s. d; s. d. s. d. s. a. Maize .. 5 6 to 6 0 Peas .. 6 6 to 7 0 Oats, ditto .. 4 0 — 4 6 Do. crushed 7 3 — 7 6 Do. crushed 4 9 — 5 2 Lucerne, cwt. 0 0 —C 6 Bran, ditto 1 9 — 2 0 Oaten, ditto 5 10 — 6 0 Wheat (fowl) 4 6 — 5 6 Straw, dit-o 5 10 —610 Hay, cwt. .. 5 10 — 6 10 Chaff, ditto 7 0— S 0 Beans .. 6 0 — 7 0 O’Sheath’s do. 6 0— 7 0 Do. crushed 7 3—7 6 Brocolo from 0 3—1 6 Seeds, Ryegrass, bsh. 7 OtoS 0 Alsyko lb. .. 1 2to0 0 Do. Pov. B.,do.S 0—0 0 Cow grass, do...l 3—0 0 Cocksfoot, do.10 0—0 0 Rape, do. .. 0 6—0 0 Wt. clover, lb. 1 2—0 0 Lucerne, do. .. 1 6—0 0