COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5314, 6 April 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The following are tlio duties collected at the Customs yesterday. '

The amount ol Customs duties collected at this 1 port for the week ending April i was ns under;—

Large quantities of imported goods have been received into stock during the past week out of! the English ships now discharging, and from the colonial. steamers. This has caused an appearance of business activity in every department of trade, Iwrdly justified by actual results. Trade, on the contrary. ’ H e l, c ' L ‘ a " sively dull, and heavy stocks keep down quotations, to a limit. thtft-caiTbardly prov# satisfactory to lm.porteiS. Prices stow a downward it-n6cncy oU OVI dast month’s; rates, and;, transactions atp limited ’o actual wanrs.? ; 1.. ’ - , In colonial produce there is little or no change, to report. Butter continues dull of sale at.7d to Bd fo jirinie euro, ;. Cheese, if prime, sells at 7jd, inferior quality being hardly saleable at Od Bacon and hams are in moderate demand, as stocks of the Infeiior sorts that have.encumbered the market are 'disappearing'. Prime Canterbury cure is selling a”,' to Sd per ib, and is in fair ■ demand. ' The flour market is qniet just now. and prices of best Gamer-, bury and Oamaru mills rule from £l2 10s to £l3per ton. with an improving aspect, as prices have gone up in Adelaide. Oats continue in moderate supply, with fair inquiry, at 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel. l ' toes iu low stocks at: flos per ton. 3laize scarce at ss 6d to 6s. bp rmKGRArn. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. {FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ...... AUCKLAND, Thursday. 3lr Alexander Saunders reports;—Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, £24 9s; National Bank, ,74s to 75s ; Colonial Bank, 51s 6d to 62s (id; National Insurance, 78s: Auckland Gas Company, £10; Thames. 295; Union, 15s t0,15s 3d New Zealand Insurance. 945; Guthrie and Larnach, 47s Od; Moanataian. 62a Gd to 65a ; Albumin, 515., sellers 53s : Tokatea, 4s to 4s 6d; Union Beach. 15s, sellers 20s. . ; : - (PKR PRESS AOENCY.) AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Binney reports;—Flour, new. £l4, old £l2; oatmeal, £22: pearl barley, £22 ; oats, 4s 9d; bran, £6; podard, £G 10s; maize, 6s; potatoes, 8s 6d; cheese, 7a; bU Mr, r ßo < ckland reports .-—Hides, Ijd to Sid per Ib; pelts.-Id to Sd; sheepskins. Is 9d to 3s fld: lambskins, o s Gd to 2s 9d; wool locks. 6id to 7id; fleece, in grease Bdtosjd: lambswool, 81d; wshert fleece, Isl-Jd; fat cattle, 24s to 2Ss per hundred pounds; fat sheep, 2Jd to 2jd; good conditioned pigs, 2Jd, live weight. CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The grain market is very Inactive, buyers showing no disposition to meet the farmers demands. Wheat, 4s3d-oats, 3s Sd to 3s 6d; barley, 4s to 4s Od; flour, £l2; bran, £4 10s; sharps. £5 10s. Statistics show a large acreage of potatoes, and low rates are expected to rule. The amount of tonnage on the berth for London is large. OAMAEU, Friday. Grain isnow coming in in large quantities, but farmers ask more than buyers are willing to give, owing to crops turning out better than expected. Wheat shows a downward tendency, and has recoded to 4s. Best samples of oats in good demaud at Ss. 4s, to 4s Cd. Breadstuffs quoted, f.o.b.—Flour, £lllos to £l2; oatmeal, £18; pearl barley, £2O; pollard, £5 10s; bran, £3 ss; potatoes, 45s to 50s. TIMAEU. Friday. The grain quotations are about the same as last week. Wheat shows a somewhat downward tendency. Oats are scarce, and in better demand/ In barley there are but few transactions to quote.

.. 387 0 5 Ale, bottled .. 2 7 c .. 20 4 0 Goods by wght 0 2 3 .. 24 6 0 Ad valorem .. 174 0 Tei .. ..142 8 0 Other duties .. 10 15 0 Coffee ., 8 17 0 Sugar .. .. fi7 0 i ; Total .. £827 5' 0

.. 1192 7 8 Goods by wght. 780 0 0 .. CO 4 & Ad valorem .. 2899 5 0 . 867 16 0 Other duties.. 201 5 0 "Wine .. .. 217 19 9 Light dues. .. 496 13 0 shipping, &e. 280 14 0 Tea .. .. 248 13 0 Coffee.. .. 7 0 0 Sugar .. .. 001 2 11 Total ..£7734 10 11