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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4482, 31 July 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday was as follows: £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 79 0 0 Coffeee . - 13 IS 0 Ale .. .. 12 0 0 Ad valorem ■Wine.. .. 34 6 5 goods .. 544 11 G Tobacco .. 66 IS 9 Other duties 0 6 1 Sugar.. .. 29 610 Tea .. .. 20 9 0 Total ..£BOO 16 7 The Customs duties received at this port for the week ending July 29,1575, were as under ; £ s. £ s. d. Spirits .. .. 920 19 S Goods by weight 400 13 3 Cigars .. .. 63 10 0 Do. ad valorem 692 6 7 Tobacco.. .. 134 3 0 Do. other duties 14 9 6 "Wine .. .. 136 17 4 Light dues. Ale .. .. 123 13 9 shipping, &c. 19 9 0 Tea .. .. 66 IS 6 Coffee .. .. 0 0 0 £2765 11 10 Sugar .. .. 181 11 3 The import trade of the past week has been moderately good, prices remaining to a great extent unaltered. In liquids the usual amount of serniretail transactions have been reported, but we hear of no large fines changing hands. Hennessy's case brandy is in demand, and as high as 40s. per case is said to have been refused. There is absolutely none in first hands, and other less-favored brands are looking up in conseouence. Bulk brandies are unaltered. Adelaide flour is firmer, owing to recent telegrams of bad crops in England, and we report a sale of 50 tons at £l4 per ton. In New Zealand produce there is no variation from last week. Bacon and hams are scarce, and worth I lOd- to Is. 4d. per lb., for prime cure. Butter, dull at ISd. per lb., for prime in kegs; a small parcel of 15 keg 3 has been quitted at 12d. per lb. Cheese scarce, worth lOd. per lb. Flour firm at last week's rates of £ll 10s. to £l2, for Canterbury and Oamaru Mills. Oats in full supply, good samples being worth 3s, 6d. per bushel; inferior, 3s. to 3s. 2d. per bushel. Malting barley, light stocks, quoted at ss. to ss. 6<L per bushel. Wheat, 4s. 9d. to ss. Potatoes, in fair supply at £5 10s. to £6 per ton.

MELBOUBNE. (From the Argus, July 21.) Business has not been marked by much of a special character to-day, and in the open market inquiries have been confined to one or two specialities, though the auction sale this forenoon was of a more varied and extensive nature than any that has been held for a long time; the prices realised were satisfactory, especially for old teas, for which the buyers competed very fairly. Breadstuffs maintain great firmness, and sales are now making at the advanced rates demanded since yesterday. Flour has been disposed of at £ll, and we do not now hear of any sellers under, though in an exceptional instance one parcel was quitted at less money. There has been more doing in wheat, and as dealers are beginning to realise that they must pay the price asked, there is les3 difficulty experienced in making sales. A line of 500 bags Victorian was taken np in the morning at ss. 5d., and a parcel of 600 bag 3 Adelaide was quitted at ss. 6d. A small parcel of Tasmanian sold publicly realised, according to quality, from 4s. 4d. to ss. OJd. Oats are heavy, and we hear of no business being done beyond what is reported at auction ; 3200 bushels W£re disposed of. New Zealand brought 3s. 9Jd. Tasmanian feeding, good to fine, were placed at 3s. sd. to 3s. SJ<l-. while low and discolored were cleared off at 3s. o£d. to 3s. 4d. Maize is still declining, the trade not being inclined to operate in that article while the market is so freely pressed with oats. We quote 4s. 6d. to 4s. 7d., and sales cannot be made with any freedom even at that. Outside the auction mart the only article which commanded much attention was new season's teas. Of the Namoa brand some 1300 packages have been taken at prices ranging from Is. Id. to 2s. Id., while 300 half-chests of the Mandarin brand were placed at 2s. to 2s. Gd. The liquoring and tasting is still going on amongst the trade, and when completed, from the Inquiries experienced, a much larger business is expected to be done. Under the hammer some 150 packages of last season's congous were quitted at Is. 2£d. to Is. 4£d. for common to low medium, and Is. Gd. to Is. Bjd. for medium to good medium, while broken leaf to common brought BJd. to Is. ljd. Assam tea sold at Is. 4sd., and pekoes at 1». OJd. The teas per Brisbane were offered at same lime, but the bidding not proving so satisfactory, only one lot was allowed to go at Is. B£d. Sugars met with a very fair inquiry. A line of about 600 bags Mauritius white crystals was taken up privately at a very full rate: 1680 bags and pockets Mauritius and Javas were disposed of pubUcly. Brewing crystals brought £33 10s.; yellow crystals brought £32 to £32 155.; low to yellow counters, £29 10s. to £32. Browns Tealised £27 10s.. and rations ranged from £2O 15s. to £23 ss. 1000 boxes candies were cleared off, all faults, at prices rising, according to condition, from 9gd. tolOd. A clearance was made of 2100 cases lib. salmon, offered, all faults, at 7s. 9d, to 7s. lid. BY TEZSGWAPB. AUCKLAND, Friday. Me. Alexander Saunders reports:—Sales: Gem, Bs. ; Tokatea, 17s 6d.; Cure, 255. Bapers : Colonial, 265.; Long Drive, 145.; Tairua, 655. Sjßlers: Bank of New Zealand, £l7 17s. Gd.: National Bank, 765. 6d.; Fiji, 625. 6U; South British, 48s.