COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4850, 7 October 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Trade has been exceedingly dull during the past week, and there are consequently few flange report in the values of imported goods. Kerosene! low in stock, and is firm at 2s. Cd. per gallon. Tobacco is held for the advanced rates last week c °“" tinue heavy and quotations are all in favor of buyers. Colonial produce is fairly stocked, and prices continue low, with the exception of flour winch ninow firm at £l4 per ton for sacks , C “ l ". b fee( f Oamaru brands. Oats arc quoted at -s. Gd for feed and 2s. Bd. to 2s. 9d. for milling sorts. Keg butter dull at 9d. to Oid. per lb Cheese m full supply at 10d. per lb. Bacon and hams overstocked at Bia. to JJ Mi- e j'*!! Wallace held his regular monthly sale of stock at the llutt Market on Wednesday last. There was a large attendance, attracted no doubt by the show of entires. Young Lofty was withdrawn at £l6o* a pen of cattle sold at £4 2s. 6d. to £6 per head for cows; a bull, £5 10s.; and several useful horses at £8 to £22105. The market requires more encouragement from the breeders of stock, and hotter pens should bo erected and accommodation afforded for conducting the market. BY TELEGRAPH. NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. At Courtney’s cattle sale 63 head of provincial cattle were yarded. Cows with calf at foot fetched from £8 to £10; two-year-olds, £5 7s. Cd.; yearlings, £2 7s. 6d. to £3 12s. 6d. 87 head of Auckland cattle were sold. Bulls realised £2l; cows, £l3 to £l4 7s. 6d.: heifers, £5 7s. 6d. to £l2 10s.; inferior cattle from £4 2s. 6d. to £7 155.; fat sheep from 15s. to 15s. 3d. AUCKLAND, Friday. Canterbury bacon realised at auction to-day from 9d. to lOd. Canterbury potatoes, ss. 6d. Mr. Blnney reports:—Flour, £13105.; bran. £6; pollard. £C; oatmeal, £l3 10s.; barley, 2s. 6d.; oats, 2s. 7d.; bacon and hams, 10d.; cheese, 9id,; butter, Is.; maize. 4s. 6d Mr Buckland reports;—Fat cattle 30s. to 355. 6d. per lOOlbs.; fat sheep in wool, 3d. to 3&d.; shorn, 2Jd.; lambs, 6s. to 15s. Mr, Saunders quotes Buyers : Bank of New Zealand. £llß 12. 6d.; South British, £2l7s. 6d.; New Zealand Insurance, £3 ISs. 6d.; sellers, 80s. DUNEDIN, Friday: Wheat continues scarce and firm at from ss. to Cs. according to sample. Oats freely saleable, 2s. to 2s. 2d. for inferior to ordinary, and up to 2s, 3d. for good heavy feed; milling and seed samples may bo quoted; at 2s. 4d. Barley is in very limited demand at 4s. to 4s. 6d. for good to prime malting; inferior almost unsaleable ; quotations nominal. Mr. Bradshaw reports Sales: Colonial Bank, £1 11s. 6d.; National Insurance. £1 ss. 6d.; Standard Insurance, 12s. 6d. Buyers: Colonial Bank, £111s.; National Insurance, £1 55.; Standard, 12s.

Tbe Customs duties received at this port yesterday were as under £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 134 ,14 11 Tea . 45 13 0 20 1C 0 Goods by wg'c 53 2 6 Ad val. . 139 18 4 Cigars .. 0 1 15 0 6 Other duties .. 9 5 3 £516 1 0 Sugar .. 23 10 8 Total The Customs duties received at this port for tue week ending October 5, were as under: — £ s. d. Spirits 830 13 9 Goods by wgt 32 19 11 63 6 3 Ad valorem . 193 5 1 437 10 0 Other duties Wine .. 92 13 8 Light dues Beer .. 93 8 9 shipping &c, so » u Tea Sugar.. 1S1 10 143 5 0 9 Total _ £2054 8 10