COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4541, 9 October 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

, The Customs , revenue collected, at the port of Tyellington yesterday was as follows: _ _.'.'.iiXll £. s. d. <r Spirits .■ ..; 121,12 7I Ad vaL goods 2714 4 * Wine.." .." 9 8 0 Goods by weight 0 7 9 Cigars .. 22 15 0 ... Sugar'.'. . .'.' "66 5'4 -.. ..-,•.. .■■:■';. ■■_ ■-■■■ ,; Total ,;.i£24B 3 0 The Customs duties received at this port for the ; week - ending October 6,1575, were as under: - .... '■' ■£, a., d. '■••■" £■ s. d. Spirits .. .. JB2B 15 4 Goods by weight 82.10 10 ' -""Cigars .. 16 4 1 Do.advalorem 194 13 0 Tobacco.. ..'372 5 0 Do.otheiduties 10 0 Wine .. .. 104 1-10 Light • dues. Ale .... 54 12 6 shipping, &c. 27 611 Tea .. .. 1714 G Coffee .. ..' 714 4 _ _ £1990 15 8 """Sugar '.. .."130 17 4 -/■ We report a moderate amount of business during the past week in imported goods, with no change in quotations. Stocks continue heavy, and as over 1200 tons have come into port per Kinfauns Castle, there must be some time elapse, with increasing consumption, before any improvement in quotations can be looked for. Eecent advices announce a considerable rise in the value of sperm candles in Melbourne, but this market has not as yet'been affected by it. In colonial butter, stocks of' cured are becoming low;

prices for export are unaltered, the demand being . mostly for local consumption; quotations for prime ''-" cure in kegs rule from lid. to 13d. per lb. Cheese is In fair demand at lid. for good Canterbury maker Flour, owing to large_stocks, moves off slowly at £llss. to £lllos. per ton for. sacks,of Canterbury . and .Oamaru mills,' with some slight'lndications of improved value. In feeding grains, oats are firm at 3s. ScL to Bs. BdAper bushel for good feeding sorts; naize dull at 4s. 9d..t0 ss. per bushel. * "-..- : • -■ ■ BY TELEORAPm - ' • •■■ CHBISTCHTJBCH.'Friday. Produce prices f.o.b. at Lyttelton: Wheat, 4s. 6d.; oats, 2s lid. to 35.; barley, no demand; flour, £lO to £11; bran, £5. 55.; sharps, is. 10d.; potatoes, £5. There are several owners of large lines of potatoes woo are anxious to force sales. ' AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Alexander .Saunders reports;—Sales: Caledonian, 07s. Cd.; Beach, 755. Buyers; National , Bank, 70s. 6d.: City of London, 31s. Sellers: South British, 525.; Boy al Oak, Bs.; Bismarck, 10s. 6d.; Tairua, 525. 6d. Mr Binney reports: Oamaru flour £l2, Christchurch £ll;bran, £5: pollard, £6 10s.: oatmeal, 165.; pearl barley, 265.: wheat, 4s. Sd.; oats, 2s. 10d.; barley, 4s. 6d. Potatoes: Sold two cargoes ex Tamar, at £2 12s Cd to £3 155.; cheese, lOd.; bacon hams, lid.: market completely glutted, nothing selling except in retail. Large cargo Adelaide wheat just arrived. Make, Fiji. 4s. 6d. „,„..„, . A ■ \ Mr. Buckland reports : Beef 355. to 37». Cd.; sheep, moderate supply, steady demand at 3d. .