COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4820, 2 September 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs duties received at this port yesterday were as under: — s <j- £a d Spirits.. ..149 7 1 Sugar .. .. 95 18 6 Wine .. .. 17 19 5 Weight .. 24 17 1 Ale (bottled) .. 3G 1 3 Ad valorem .. 92 711 Tobacco .. 64 7 G Other duties .. 05 6 S";; :: ill S. tow .««»« « Tlie Customs duties received at this port for the week ending September 2, were as under;— . - Spirits .. 475 12 7 Goods by wght 401 011 Cigars .. 68 9 2 Ad valorem .. 2476 18 9 Tobacco .. 201 2 6 Other duties... 50 9 4 Wine.. .. 46 6 8 Light dues, , Ale .. 67 2 6 slapping, &c. 66 811 Tea !. •• 148 4 S ' m" 0 Total ■ .. £4159 -7; 6 Tho Customs duties collected for the month, of August were as under . £ s. u. * Spirits .. 3708 18 1 Coffee, cocoa. Cigars & snuff 346 8 6 chicory, and Tobacco .. 1142 18 0 chocolate ..142 210 Do (sheepwash) 22 6 Sugar.. •• 164 ? 6 9 Wine ~ .. 453 0 9 Weight .. 787 1 4 Ale and beer Ad valorem.. 4509 2 7 (bottled) .. 445 12 6 Other duties.. 3e4 4 6 Do (in bulk).. 61 15 0 o » Tea .. .. 866 15 C Total £14,4d2 8 7 In the import trade business continues Ant, and during the past week no sales beyond, the actual re ouirements of the retail trade are reported. Prices remain at our last quotations, with a disposition on the part of importers to submit to ?’ 'A 1 ' 0 goth 0 th mfder to lessen their stocks. Oa August the 30tn Mr. R. L Duncan cleared about 120 cases American chairs under the hammer at, for 34s.|to 76s,* New York. 925.; office, 78s. to 925.; Windsor, 325.* Flora.wood. 355.; Washington, 335, per dozen , drawing room suites, £45; mahogany wardrobe, £25; marble-topped washstands £7105.; and toilet glasses, 325. to 655. each, etc., etc. At Mr. O. Thomas s sale of teas on the 31st. half-chests, ex Annie Mabel, fetched IS. 4d. to Is. «d.: ex Wm. Turner Is. Id.; and ex Fanghaballagb, 9d. to lid. per lb., in bond , boxes, ex Mandarin, 225., d.p., tile biddings being verv languid. At the same sale 6 cases Canterbury bacon were cleared at 7|d. per lb.; hams, Bd.; and cheese, Bd. per lb. ..... . .* aii The colonial produce trade exhibits similar dullness Butter In kegs, of undoubted quality, is saleable at Is. to la. 2d. per lb.; but the market is flooded with the lots that have been held back by the makers until spoiled, and 6d. to 7d. per lb. is gladly accepted to avoid further loss. Bacon and hams, if prime and cloth packed, are worth lOd. to Hd, ; cheese, dull at9d ; flour continues firm at last week s rates, £l2 10s. to £l3 for sacks; m full supply at £3'l9s. per ton; oats move off. in small trade parcels at 2s. 6d. to 2s. Bd. per bushel, for milling sorts, light feeding oats being worth 2s. to 2s. 2d. per bushel; maize (New Zealand), in fair supply, sales at 4s; 4d. to 4s. Cd. per bushel. * ’

BY TELEGRAPH. , CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. Wheat (scarce), bs.; oats, 2s. 2d. ; barley. 3s. 9d. to 4s • flour, £ll-to £l2; bran, £5; cheese, 9id..; butter. Hid.; potatoes, £3, stocks low in consequence of heavy export; market hardening. Hams and bacon, 9d. to 9Ad. , • ' AUCKLAND, Friday. Bnckland reports:—Fat sheep, 3d. to per lb., shorn weathers, 2d. per lb.; fat cattle, 245. to 325. per .100 lbs. Fat cattle showed a slight advance Binney reports;—Dunedin and Oamaru flour, £1- 10s, ; Christchurch, £l2; oatmeal, £l3 10s.; wheat, 6s Gd.; barley, 4s. Cd.; oats. 2s.:Bd:; maize, 4s. 7(1.: potatoes, £4 10s,; hams and bacon, lOd. ; cheese, 9id. Saunders reports:—Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, £lB 65.: South British,'66s.; National; 25s Cd.; New Zealand Insurance, 78s. '' '