COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4772, 8 July 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs duties received at this port yesterday were as under: — £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 124 16 8 Ad val. goods 515 6 Wine .. .. 15 16 3 Other duties 10 0 Tobacco .. 21 0 0 Cigars .. 39 12 G Tea .. .. 53 0 0 Total £261 011 The Customs duties received at thi3 port for the week ending July 6 were as under : £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 1257 9 2 Sugar .. .. 94 0 0 Cigars .. 45 8 2 Goods by wght 22 19 8 Tobacco .. 452 1 0 Ad valorem .. 157 7 3 Wine .. C 3 14 1 Light dues. Beer .. 31 10 1 shipping, &e 516 4 Tea .. .. 134 1 6 Coffee.. .. 31 10 0 Total ..£2295 17 3 In the import trade business has been remarkably slack, and prices, notwithstanding the absence of English shippinz and the consequent diminution of sto Iks, show a rather depressed tendency. Several lines in groceries are wanted, notably fine salt, now quoted at £7 per ton, vestas, &c; but generally stocks are heavy. <U Mr. G. Thomas' auction sale on the sth inst. the following prices were realised:—Figs, Bd.; De Eoubaix candles, 9id.; rice, 2d. per lb.; box tea, 15s. to 18s.; hf-chests, is. sd. to Is. 7d. per lb. Sugars— C, £35; 1.C., £39 to £4O; Y., £2B per ton. Window glass, 9s. to 12s. per 100 ft.; Arrol's ale, 3s. Gd. per bacon, 9id.; hams, 10jd-; butter, 10Jd.; lard, C : Jd.; spiced bacon, 10id. per lb. At Mr. G. H Vennell's sale on the 6th—Tea, in half-chests, Is. 7d. to Is. 9Jd.; fencing wire, £l4 per ton; Ind Coope's ale and Youngers' do, 10s. Gd. per doz. qts.; pints. 7s. Cd. per doz.; De Eoubaix candles, 93d. per lb.; Eleme raisins, s£d.; figs, 81d. per lb.; household soap, £lB per ton; L. H. rum, 3s. lid. pergal.; sard es, ss. od.; Morton's salmon, 9s. 3d. per doz.; paperhangings, 40 per cent, advance; wax vestas, ">sos 215.; American chairs (Baltimore, &c.l 3is. to 38s. per doz.; crushed loaf, English, £sl per ton; I.C. sugar, £43 per ton, kc, &c; New Zealand produce remains unaltered from last week's report.—Butter, Is. Id. to Is. 2d. for prime; cheese, lOd. to 10id.; bacon and hams, lOd. to lid. per lb.; oats, 2s. 7d. to 2s. 9d., stocks still heavy, milling wheat, ss. 3d.; chicken do, 3s. 9d. to 4s. Gd.; malting barley, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 3d. per bushel; do discolored, 2s. 9d. to 3s. per bushel; flour, £ll 10s. to £l2 per ton, for sacks. BY IELEOIIAFB. AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Buckland reports:—Fat cattle, 275. to 355.; sheep, 2Jd. to 3Jd. . „ . . , Mr Saunders reports:—Sales: South British, 525. 6d Buyers: Colonial Bank, 315.; National Insurance, 23a. Gd.; Bank of New Zealand, £lB 2s. 6d. Sellers: Standard, 12b. NAPIEK, Friday. At Lyndon's auction mart, 14 years' lease, with purchasing clause, subdivision No. 67, lr. 20p. (upset price, £300), sold at 7 per cent, increase: subdivision No 50, lr. 38p., next to reservoir (upset price, £390), sold at 7 per cent, increase; subdivision No. 58, 2r. 3p. (upset price. £200), sold at 11 per cent. Increase; subdivision No. 69, 2r. sp. (upset price, £300), sold at 10.} per cent. Increase. CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. Wheat market firm at 4s. 7d. to 4s. Bd.; oats, 2s. Id. to 2s. 2d.; barley in request at up to 4s. Gd. for prime malting; flour, £lO 10s. to £ll 10s.; bran, £5 10s.; sharps, £8 10s., very scarce: cheese, 9Jd.; butter, ls._ 3d ; hams and bacon, 9Jd-I potatoes, £3. Millers stocks are light, and there i 3 but little wheat unthreshedin farmers' hands. DtTNEDIN, Friday. Wheat continues steady at last quotations. Good to prime quality being saleaMe at 4s. 6d. to 4s M.; medium, 4s. 3d. to 4s. 5d.; fowls' feed, 3s. Gd. to 3s. Bd.; barley of best quality commands up to 4s. 9d., but inferior and ordinary sorts continue unsaleable, quotations nominal; oats are inquired for at Is. Bd. to Is. 9d. for ordinary to good feed, but holders ask Is. 10d.; milling, Is. lid. SYDNEY, Friday. Brandy and kerosene are unaltered; candles'a farthing lower: New Zealand oats no change; New Zealand wheat, 4s. lOd. to 55.; Adelaide, 63. 5d.; flour, £ll 10s. to £l2 10s.