COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5167, 13 October 1877, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs, duties received at this port for the week ending October 11, were as under : £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 918 0 3 Goods by wght 77 17 2 Tobacco .. 480 6 3 Ad valorem.. 343 10 3 Cigars.. .. 22 111 Other duties.. 4 8 0 ■Wine.: .. 110 10 C Light dues, Beer .. .. 2<l 7 9 shipping, etc. 72 4 5 Tea .. .. 100 8 0 Coffee.. .. 8 15 0 Sugar.. .. 240 1 5 Total £2404 17 5 Trade daring the pist week has been dull in the extreme and restricted to the supply of current wants, while na stocks generally continue heavy quotations remain low. The Scfaiehallion from London and the Silas Fish from New York, with cargoes for this port, have arrived, and will add considerably to our already large stocks. There has beep no change in value with the exception of oement, which, owing to the loss of the Queen Bee and other causes, has become low, and as high as 24s per bushel is quoted for small lots. This figure is only nominal, as sales of shipments ailoit have been made at a much lower figure. There is a fair trade doing in spirits, but wo report no change in values.

In colonial produco there U tho usual trade doing, with little or no variation in prices. Keg butter la only saleable for local consumption; Canterbury cheese overstocked at Gi<l per lb. Bacon and hams have been selling as low as 4d per lb for rough samples, but prime Canterbury cure is still worth 8d to Od per lb for small lota, JHour remains at £l7 10s per ton for sacks of Oamara and Canterbury mills, Adelaide being quoted at £22 psr ton; but the ruarkot is evidently weaker, and we anticipate a fnrthor reduction in values, Oats meet with tho customarydemand, and are worth from 8s lOd to its per bushel for prime milling sorts; chlckwheat, 4s Od; potatoes overstocked and selling at 4C« per ton.

Mr. G. Thomas reports produce prices as follows : Flour, £l7 10s to £lB 18s; Adelaide, £22 10s; oats,. 3s lOd to 4s:.bran. Is; wheat, 4s 4d; hams, 0d; pollard, 7s 6d; maize, 4s 6d., v BY TSLEORAPB. '- AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (prom our" own correspondent.) AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports;—Sales : National Bank, 70s; Union Fire Insurance, 12s: Loan and Mercantile, 755; Moanatalrl, 100 s ; Alburnia, '80s; Harbor A'iew, 10s. Buyers : Colonial Bank, 46s 6d: Tokatea, 7s 6d. Sellers : Bank «f New Zealand, £22 7s 6d; National, 70s; AVaitokauri, 10s. (per press aoency.) AUCKLAND, Friday. Sharemarket.—Buyers : Colonial Bank, 46s 6d; Moanataiari, £5 2s Cd : Alburnia, 90s. Sales : Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile, £5 5s : Union Insurance, 12s. Sellers: Bank of New Zealand, £22 Mr. Buckland reports :—Store ewes and lambs, lis to 17s per couple ; beef, 35s per lOOlbs; fat sheep, slightly lower. OAMARU, Friday. The grain market still lacks animation. The only feature worth noting this week is the downward tendency in the price of oats. The other cereals are llrm. AVheat, best milling, 6s to 7d. oats, 3s to 3s 3d ; barley, nominal; flour, £l7 to £l7 10s; oatmeal, £l7 ; pollard, £5 6s; bran £3 10, all f.o;b. NEW PLYMOUTH, Frid iv. At the cattle sale yesterday there was a large muster. Dairy cows wont at £7 10s to £9 ss; 3-year old steers, £slos to £6 ; 2-year old steers, £5 ss; yearlings, £3 3s to £1 Is; ewes and lambs, Ss 6d. SYDNEY. Friday. The markets are depressed and prices are unchanged.