COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5290, 9 March 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The following areithe duties collected at the Customs yesterday :; ■. ■' ~

The amount of Customs duties collected at this port for the week ending March 7 was as under:— £. « £ a. d.

Quotations for Imported goods have been without hange during the past week, although the large accessions to our stocks which have recently been received have not been without., their effect, in prices, which continue low and [unsatisfactory. Kerosene is dull at Is lOd, withlieavy. stocks. A decrease in tbostockscf Adelaide flour has enabled holders to maintain their quotations at £lB per ton, but we do' act anticipate higher wtea,.'i .

In colonial produce quotations are unaltered, and generally business may be said to be unsatisfactory owing to low prices and heavy stocks. Butter In kegs Is difficult to move off at 8d to Bid for prime samples.; while .questronablft. lots are sold at 2d to 34 per lb under the hammer : bacon and hams, new cure, are In fair demand at B<l to 9d for cloth-packed at Canterbury ; cheese, large stocks, at 7d to Ijdptrlb: dour, few'transactions' have; under notice, but we hear of sales at £l3 for.guaranteed brands of Oamaru mills. Grain—Oats, in fair supply at 4s to 4s Sd per bushel; maize, 5s 3d to 5s 6d; bran and sharps, unaltered ; potatoes, £5 per ton. Mr. Thomas, reports . produce, prices -as - follows: — Flour, £l3 to £l3 10s: oats, old, 4s 2d; bran, Is 2d; wheat, 4s: hams, 9Jd; bacon, 8d;-cheese; 7d; potatoes, :£6 15s; pollard.,7s: maize, ss; butter, Is. Branscarce and difficult to obtain; oats, old, buyers only -purchasing- requirements -in" consequence * of the new ■oats coming forward.

s BY IELEORAPB: 1 AUCKLAND SHAKE MARKET. i (FROM OCR OWN OORRF.SPONDENT.) .. ~ AUCKLAND. Friday. . Mr. A.- Sannders reports:—Salesßank of New Zealand, £23 15s; Colonial Bank, 51s : Thames Gas Co., 29a; Union, 15s; New Zealand Loan, 40s; Guthrie and Larnaoh, -72 s 6d: Moanataiari. 6#s; ;Al- - 655. Sellers: South British, 70s ; Beach, 21s: Kurunui, 12s: Bismarck, 8s 6d. i Mr. Binney quotes Hour, £l3; oats. £4; oatmeal, £2O; bran, £6 : pollard, £5 10s; potatoes, £3, butter.: I0d;' cheese,v fid; i maize,, ffis ; ‘bacon* andj hams. Bd. . ■>'A ; Mr. Buckland quotes beef, 21s to ,28s per cwt; mut. 2Jd to 2Jd. I ... r: ,■ •: i TIMARU, Friday. ! Business in grain Increasing: wheat 4s, prime 4s 3d; oats, 3s to 3s 2d; barley, 3s 6d to 4s; oats are in good demand. ;■ .1 - : ; - 1 • ; .; .-’,' - ■'' ; CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. . I The wheat market here is still unsettled. Quotatlons range from 4s 3d to 4s 8d to farmers; but there is little selling, growers, being of opiniom.that rates must further advance * Oats are held for higher rates than those current. Quotations are 3s 3d to 3s 4d as buyers’ quotations, and barley commands 4s ioinM, according to quality. The demand is brisk. Milters have advanced flour to £l3 in sacks; ryegrass, 7s Cd; bams and bacon are scarce at Bd, in cloth.

£ 8. d. Spirits 93 12 3 Wine-. 17 3 10 Tobacco 31 0 0 Cigar*.. 19 17 6 Ale (bottled) 13 17 0 Tea .. SO 17 6

Sugar . d. 432 15 6 Goods by wgfc. 37 15 1 Ad valorem .. 67 d i Other duties.. 20 12 0 Total£754 19 3

Spirits £. s. .. 1130 10 lie 8 Cigars.. .. £4 38 8 Tobacco M3 7 G Wine .. .. 81 0 b Seer .. .. 267 3 0 Tea .i ' .. 322 18 10 Coffee.. 8 6 0 Sugar .. .. 282 7 2

& 8. Goods by wght. 397 1f> 5 Ad valorem ,. 2374 3 11 Other duties.. 613 0 3 Light does, shipping*Ac. ,.266 12 0 Total ..£6556 7 7