COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5308, 30 March 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL .

The following are the duties collected at the Customs yesterday;—

The ameunt of Customs duties collected at this port for the week ending March 28 was as under;—

The import trade continues active, but we report no improvement in prices, owing to the large importations recently received and now landing from the London ships, which render stocks on hand far beyond our requirements. In Colonial produce prices are depressed. Butter in kegs is in little demand, and first quality cure is difficult to place at 7M to 8d per lb; cheese, dull at 6Jd to 7d per lb, for prime Canterbury ; bacon and hams, full stocks at nominal rates : cloth-packed Canterbury cure is selling at 7£d to 8d for trade lots. Southern flour is lower, and sales of best brands have been made at £l2 10s per ton for sacks, nor does there seem to be any prospect of higher rates. Oats are unchanged from last week’s rates of 4s to 4s 3d, for prime milling sorts. The new crop has not yet come forward in sufficient quantities to affect this market, but we do not think prices can be sustained. Potatoes in fair supply at 70s to 75s per ton; maize difficult to quit at 4s ; sales at 3s lOd. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (from our own correspondent.) AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports:—Sales; Sash and Door Company, £lO 10s; Alburnia, 575, Buyers: Loan and Mercantile (new issue), 60s; Colonial, 50s Cd; Bank of New Zealand. £24; Standard. 235; National Bank, 72s Cd; Auckland Gas Company, £10; Tookeys, 4s 6d. (per press aoencv.) AUCKLAND. Friday. Mr. Buckland quotes;—Beef, 22s to 275; fat sheep, lower than last week. Share Market. —Bank of New Zealand, £24 ss; National, 72s Cd to 755; Colonial, 51s 6il; Moanataiari, C2s 6d to 05s; Alburnia, 60s to 575; Kurunui Hill, 9s 6d ; Cure, 5s Sd to 5s Cd ; Auckland Gas Company, £lO OAMARU, Friday. The grain market is quiet, and grain is now beginning to be delivered in considerable quantities. Wheat, 4s to 4s 4d; oats, 3s; bright milling. 3s 3d; prime malting bailey, 4s 6d to ss; flour, £ll 10s to £l2; oatmeal, £IS; pearl barley, £2O; pollard, £5 16s; bran, £3 10s ; all f.o.b.

...... & s. d. Spirits 112 14 9 Wine.. 7 4 0 Tobacco 51 15 0 Cigars 21 1 7 Tei .. 33 10 0 Sugar 85 G 10 Ale, bottled .. 4 1C 3

£ a. a. Ale, bulk 1.. 7 10 0 Goods by wgt. 20.15 U Ad valorem .. 14 16 7 Other duties 11 4 9 Total .. £370 15 8

£ s. d. Spirits .. 1040 0 10 Cigars.. .. 83 5 IV Tobacco . 408 17 10 Wine .. .. 123 2 0 Beer .. .. 281 8 9 Tea .. ., 129 18 6 Sugar.. .. 307 6 10

& 8. d. Goods by widit. 378 1) G Ad valorem .. 2016 9 6 Other duties.. 70 G 0 Light dues, shipping, &c. 114 11 11 Total .. £4953 17 6