COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4802, 12 August 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

- The Customs duties received at this port on Thursday were £36« 10 sd. The Customs duties received at this port yesterday were as under: — £ s d Spirits .. 73 15 11 Sugar • ■ 1« W Jj Wine.. .. 41 010 Goods by wgt. 72 14 0 Ale (bottled) 28 00 Ad valorem.. 310 15 - Tobacco .. 66 7 0 Other duties 21 1- 0 Cigars .. 135 011 ____ __ Coffee!; !! 8 7 0 0 Total .. £993 13 0 The Customs duties received at this port for the week ending August 10 wore as under: £ s d. Snirits .. 1 0 Goods by wght M 9 12 0 IS; :: 5.? S 53.?=.:: S-! ! W‘ - ■: »• « Tea .. .. 304 8 9 Sugar " 314 18 C Total £3l SO 0 9 The''import trade lias been dull during the past week, and goods, owing to heavy stocks, continue without any material change in quotations, while at auction lower rates havebeen obtained. Colonial produce has been marked by the same degree of dullness. Keg butter remains at Is 2d. to is 3d. per lb. for prime samples, with but little coming forward; old stock is difficult to quit at Bd. to 9d per lb. Cheese is in fair supply, prime Canterbury being worth lOd. to lOJcl. per lb. Bacon and hams have gone down in price, and Southern cure cannot be quoted higher than 9d. to lOd. per lb. ; cloth packed beln* Id. per lb higher. Oats met with the ordinary demand, with little or no variation in price. Light feeding sorts are worth 2s, 2d. to 2s. 4d. per bushel, prime milling oats 2s. 6d, to 2s. Bd. Stocks ample. Wheat for fowls feed is worth 4s, 3d. to 4s. od.; milling ditto, ss. 3d.. Stocks light. Maize from the North is worth 4s. 10jd. to ss. per bushel, but as the new crop is now coming in, the price is likely to go down. Flour continues at last week’s rates of £lllss. to £l2 ss. for Canterbury mills; £l2 to £l2 10s. tor Oamaru mills, in bakers lots. Stocks in importers hands moderate.

BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Buckland reportsFallin cattle; 30a. per 100 lbs.; sheep, 3£d. , Mr Blnney report ;—Flour, Star brand, £l4 to £U ; Anderson aud Co.'s flour, £l2 10s.; oats, 2s. 9d. to 35.; barley, 3s. 6d. to 45,; pollard, £8; bran, £7 10s.; hams and bacon, lOd. to Is. T „ Mr. Saunders reportsßuyers; Bank of New Zealand £lB 65.; South British, 645,; National Insurance, ■245.; Standard, 12s. Sellers: New Zealand Shipping Company, 80s.; Now Zealand Insurance, 80s.