COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5255, 26 January 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The demand for English imported goods during the week has been about on the average for this time of the year, when holidays and other matters interfere with the regular trade. Stocks continue to be h- avy. and the arrival of the Araby Maid and Rialto will tend td increase them considerably. There are few changes in quotations calling for remark. Bottled and draught be rs of favorite brands are in better demand at 12s 3d to I2s Od per dozen and to £9los. per hhd. Madeira and Hennessy’s brands have gone up slightly, and are now firm at 10s per gallon and 34s per case ; with these exceptions prices remain as per last report, with a slightly downward tendency In colonial produce keg butter is in somewhat better demand, and sains of first quality aro reported at 8d to B£d per lb; inferior, 3d to Od ; cheese, dull at 8d; bacon and hams, new, cure, in fair supply at Pd and Od; flour, Southern brands of flour, quality guaranteed, are quoted at £l3 1 Os to £l4 per ton. in sacks ; sales, £,13 10» ; Adelaide flour, firm at £l7 10s per ton. Oats aro In moderate supply, and meet with good enquiry, at 4s 3d to 4s 4d per bushel; maize firm at os td Os 3d ; bran is readily saleable in trade lots at 12s per bushel; potatoes dull at £0 to £7 per ton. ,i ■ ' Mr. George Thomss reports produce'prices:—Flour, colonial, £l4 to £l4 10s; oats, 4s 2d to 4s 3d per bushel ; bran, Is per bushel; wheat, 4s; hams, per lb; bacon, B£d; cheese, 7d per lb; potatoes (new), Os fid per cwt: pollard, £G 10s per ton; maize, ,4s lOd to ssper bushel; butterTd. - MELBOURNE WOOL MARKET. Messrs. IL Clough and 'Co. report, under date Melbourne, 9(h January : Wool,—-We held our first sale since the termination of the holidays on Monday last, at whicli there was a full attendance of buyers, and the biddings were spirited throughout the sale, .last week’s rates being fully maintained, at which prices the market now appeirs firm. The catalogue comprised 1750 bales,: consisting entirely of inferior to ordinary descriptions, no supurior lots being Offered. Greasy realised 7Ad to 12d ;■ scoured; 14Jd to 10d;-and fleece, to VM per lb. We have since sold 313 bales privately. Sheepskin*.— During the week wo have disposed of a large supply at full current rates as follows, viz. Green pelts, Is to 2s sd; Jamb skins, 2s 3d to 2s Od; dry

skins. 4s to 5s 6(1 each ; and station skins, in bales, 6d to 7£d perlb. * - ... - <l, Hides.—SVohavo had a largo quantity forward of Victorian, New Zealand, and Queensland hides, and have cleared off at the following prices, the market showing an improved demand Green px. lCs to 40s each ; cow, 24d to 21 d ; Victorian salted, 3 5 d to 4icl ; New Zealand, 4sd to fid ; and Queensland, ajd; and calfskins, 3jd to 4d per lb. , \ Tallow.—We have disposed ©f an average I ' supply at —Fo/mixed, £2B to £3110.V and mutton, £32 to £33 per ton.

.. LONDON WOOL. MARKET. . Mcssfs.-'Edenborough, Doxat, and Co.; in their circular dated London, December ,6,..5ay :—sinc© : oun last circular of the 22ml'uUimo the Colonial wool sales have progressed wUHoiibahy serious changes, but witu the..exception of .the.best combing merino wools, which -from- their- scarcity, maintain about opening rides, and Cape wools which had fallen to a comparatively low level compared wich.other descriptions, the tendency has been somewhat easier all round, tno faulty grades of clothing wool suffering most, lue • disturbed state of politics abroad, and the general .dulness of trade, from which no immediate revival seems probable, have- evidently contributed to the present inanimate conditioner the market and have sufficed to counteract any sanguine anticipations based on the short supplies announced for next year.

; 1 BY TELEGRAPH. r AUCKLAND. Friday. iMr. BucklamL reports Hides, best quality, 3jd ; larabswool, Sd to Old. At the sheep fair the following prices were obtained Two. small pairs of stud ewes, £4 15s and £3 respectively; long-woolod ewes, - and 4 tooth, 9s. to 15s ; full mouth, 8s to 12s ; ewe lambs. Ss to 11s; crossbreds, 2to 4 tooth. Ss to 11s ; aged ewes, 3s Gd to Ss ; lambs, 3s 6d to 6s. About 1200 lambs and 300 ewes were withdrawn. 7600 sheep were sold. Good cattle, 2Ss per lOOlbs ; fat sheep, 2d to 2ld per lb. „ _ ~ Mr. Hinny reports:—Adelaide flour £l7 ; Dunedin and Christchurch £l4 ; Oamaru, £l4 10s ; oats, 4s : bran. £5 10s ; pollard, £5 10s ; oatmeal, £l9 ; bacou and hams, Bsd; Auckland wheat, 6s; barley, no demand. _ Share market.—Buyers; Bank of New Zealand, £23 10-? * Union Insurance. 12s Cd. Sellers : National Bank, 72s Gd. Sales: Caledonian, .60s ; Tookey, 5s : Piako, 4s 3d; Albumin, 67s Gd. Buyers ; Queen of Beauty, 9.5; Red Queen, s 4d; Kurunui, ICs. Sellers : Moanataiari, S2s 6d ; Cure, 5s 6d.

The following are the duties collected at the Citstoms yesterday — £ s. (i. £ s. d. Spirits 93 14 5 Ale, bottled , . 144 2 6 Wine .. 10 8 0 Goods by wgfc 204 5 2 Cigars.. 23 12 10 Ad valorem . 1997 11 2 Tobacco 183 15 0 Other duties. . 125 3 0 Tea .. 4 0 0 Coffee 33 15 0 Sugar.. 200 12 10 Total .. £3080 0 5 The Customs duties collected at the port of Weilington i or the week ending January 24. v/ero as follows £ n. d. £ a. d. Spirits 530 0 9 Goods by wgt 254 15 5 Cigars.. 25 10 0 Ad valorem . 767 12 3 Tobacco 207 2 0 Other duties. . 1.74 4 1 Wine ., 73 10 7 Light dues, Jleer .. 193 10 0 shinning, &c. 204 8 i Tea 180 11 1) Coffee.. 53 13 11 Sugar .. 2it; 10 2 Total . ,£2897 15 0