COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4505, 28 August 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday vras as follows: £ 8. <L £ s. d. Spirits .. 125 610 Goods by wght. Sl3 2 Sugar. .. 10 IS 5 Other duties.. 23 9 4 Tea .. .. 1G 7 6 —- Ad valorem Total .. £244 0 0 goods .. 59 4 9 The Customs duties received at this port for the week ending August 2G were as under : £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. .. 520 11 5 Goodsby weight 150 1G 0 Cigars .... 0 0 Do. ad valorem 543 18 7 Tobacco.. .. 363 2 G Do. other duties 56 19 0 ■Wine .. .. 100 7 2 Light dues. Ale .. .. 41 10 0 shipping, &c. 43 G 6 Tea .. .. 73 10 C

Coffee .. .. 14 12 6 Sugar .. .. 122 13 101 £2036 8 0 The import trade of the past week has been excessively doll, and no sales of any importance are reported. Prices continue low for most descriptions of imported goods, stocks being above the average, but it is almost impossible to give quotations, as buyers limit their purchases to actual wants and to small parcels, while no doubt a considerable concession would be made for a heavy line. Brandies continue In fair demand at 30s. for Martell's case and 255. for Bisquit Dubonche, there being no stock of Hennessy'a case in this market. Corrugated iron is in inquiry, the stock on hand not being beyond the increasing emadnd for this staple. [Best brands are quoted at £34 to £35 per ton. Generally, stocks of imported goods are heavy, and the arrival yesterday of the Teviotdale with "a full cargo, and the expected arrival of the Bodney and other English ships now due or overdue will not tend to improve matters, although a fair and active trade may be looked for, both in town and with the ontports. In produce prices rule much the same as last week's rates. Keg butter, lid. to 12d per lb, with no demand ; Port Cooper cheese, very scarce, and worth lid. per lb.; bacon and hams, lid to 16d.; Canterbury flour dull, sales at £llss. for sacks in bakers", parcels ; Oatnaru flour is quoted at 20a. per ton higher; maize, N.Z., in fair demand at 63 per bushel; oats, heavy stocks, sales at 3s. od. per bushel; potatoes, scarce and wanted, worth £6 to £Blos. per ton. BY TELEGRAPH. 'AUCKLAND, Friday, Mr Alexander Saunders reports:—Sales : South British. 485.; Auckland Gas, 2005.: Bismarck, 12s. 6d.: Beach, OOs.; Tokatea. 15s. Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, 3555.: Colonial, 275.: Standard, 14s. Sellers: National Bank, 745.; Colonial, 205.; Caledonian, 925. 6d kr Binney reports :—Flour, Oamaru and Dunedin, £l2 • Christchurch, £11: wheat, 4s. 6d.; oats, 3s. 3d.; oatmeal, £18; pearl barley, £27; potatoes, £7; cheese, 10d.- butter, Is. 2d.; hams and bacon, Is.; bran, £o—market fully stocked and trade very quiet; pollard, Mr. Buckland reports:—Fat cattle have advanced 2s. fid. per lOOlbs., 375. Cd. to 425. Od. NAPIEE, Friday. Messrs. Kontledge, Kennedy, and Co. sold to-day 41 head of cattle at the following prices:—Two year old heifers, £5 ss. to £7 10s.; two year old steers, £4 to £5 55.; two and three year old heifers, £4 to £lO 10s.; two year old steers, £3 7s. Cd. to £5 ss. CHKISTCHURCH, Friday. Market quotations—Free on board at Lyttelton— Oats 3i: wheat, 4s. Cd'; flour, £lO to £11; bran, £5 ; sharps. £6 10s.; hams and bacon, Hid to 12}d.; grass seed; os. 3d.; potatoes, £5. Wheat market firm; grass seed scarce and in demand.^ m