COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4446, 19 June 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs' revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday was as follows: £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 17 10 3 Goods by Wine.. .. 37 4 0 weight .. 150 0 0 Sugar .. .. 4S 10 5 Ad valorem goods .. 10 14 0 Total .. £270 4 8 The Customs duties received at this port for the week ending June 17th, 1875, were as under; - £ s. a. £ s. d. Spirits .. ..1148 011 I Goods by weight 20 911 Cigars .. .. 17 1G 7 Do. ad valorem 69 6 4 Tobacco.. .. 234 0 0 Do. other duties 710 0 Wine .. .. 207 11 3 Light clues. Ale .. .. 21 15 0 . shipping &c. 22 0 1 Tea .. .. 39 5 0 Sugar .. .. 84 15 1 £IS73 15 8 The import trade of the week has been dull in the extreme, and transactions have been of so limited a character as to call for no comment. The arrival of the Hannibal from London will servo to further increase our already over accumulation of stocks in almost every branch of imported goods, and prices consequently remain at the low rates at which they have been for some time past. The Mary Miller arrived this morning from Adelaide, with 300 tons of flour; 150 tons for Messrs. Wm. Bannatyne and Co., and 150 tons for Messrs. W and G. Turnbull and Co., and as several other shipments are expected, the market is rather unsettled. We believe holders are asking £l4 to £l4 10s. per ton to-day, and probably may have to submit to a further decline. In colonial produce, Canterbury flour is dull at £ll 10s. per ton ; Oamaru do, £l2 55.; quotations, owing to the arrival of several cargoes from the South, and the anticipated influx of large stocks of Adelaide flour, being rather depressed. In feeding grains, oats continue at a low figure, and cannot be quoted higher than 3s. sd. to 3s. 7d. per bushel, according to parcel. Market bare of maize, which is worth os. per bushel. Keg butter is in no demand, except for .local consumption, first-class cure being worth Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. per lb., for retail parcels ; no inquiry for export. Cheese is in a fair supply at lid. per lb. Bacon and hams in moderate demand at 10d., and Is. 4d. for prime cure in cloth. BY TELEGRAPH AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr, Alexander Saunders reports : —Sales : Cure, lis. Buyers: National Bank, 705.; National Insurance, 225"; Standard, 12s. 6d.; Tararu, 405.; Bright Smile, 30s. Sellers: Bank of New Zealand, 3555.; South British, 495.; Colonial, 2Ss. 6d.; City of London, 485.; Beach, -20 s. Mr. Binney reports :—Oats, 3s. Od. per bushel; wheat, 4s. 6d.; barley, os.; flour, £l2 10s. per ton ; oatmeal, £l9 ; pearl barley, 285.; cheese, lOjd. per lb.; butter, Is. 4d.; hams and bacon, Is. 4d.; hops., 2s. per lb. Mx. Buckland reports:—Prime fat cattle, 325. 6d.; inferior, 20s. to 255. per lOOlbs.; fat sheep, 4d. to 4Jd. per lb.; shorn lambs, 7s. to 95.; dairy cows, £l4 to £ls; Nelson fresh butter auctioned to-day at Is. 9d. NAPIER, Friday. Messr3. Routledge, Kennedy, and Co., sold yesterday : —Cows, springing, £6 155.; cows, with calves, £7 to £7 155.; heifers, two years old, £0 to £8 155.; heifer calves, £3 to £4 55.; steer calves, £3 15s. to £4 2s. Cd.; steers, two years old, £7. Total number of cattle sold, 136. CHRISTCnURCH. Friday. Market quotations, f .o.b. at Lyttelton—Wheat, 45.; oats, 35.; flour, £lO to £11; bran, £5 10s.; sharps, £6; cheese, lOd.; butter, Is. 5d,; potatoes, £5. "