COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5330, 27 April 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Tho following are tho duties collected at tho Customs yesterday;—

Tho amount of Customs duties collected at this port for the week ending April 25, 1878, was as under:—

Tho Easter holidays have interfered with tho business of the past week, and leave us little to report, no transactions of any importance having come under notice. A fair town and country trade is doing, and although stocks are heavy and prices far from being over remunerative, importers have no reason to complain of dull demand. Orders from the country come in freely, and a large export coastwise is still going on. Adelaide llonr is quoted at £l7 10s per ton, and remains firm at that figure for the present. Brandies have been in bettor inquiry, Hennessy’a case being now worth 335. We know of no other variations.

; Colonial Produce.— Keg batter, which at this season should show signs of improved demand, Is still neglected: and stocks being large the highest price that is obtainable for shipping parcels is 7£(l to 8d per lb for prime cured. Cheese Uln fair demand, and good samples of Southern cheese are worth 7id to Sd per lb. Hams and bacon.—Parcels of hams and bacon move off at 8d toOdper lb for best Canterbury cure ; demand moderate. ' Grain,—Oats show little change in value, ancl ipntinue at our old quotations of 4s to 4s 3d per bushel with fair enquiry. Stocks are moderate. Chickwheat in fair demand at 3s9dto 3s lOd. Maize scarce, and worth 6s 6d to 6s Od. Barley Ss Id. Flour.—First-class brands of Canterbury and Oamaru flour, guaranteed quality, are selling at £l2 10s per ton for sacks In bakers’ lots ; but the market, judging from recent auction sales, lias a downward tendency. Potatoes.—Full supplies at 60s to 70s per ton.

BY TELEGRAPH . AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (from our own correspondent.) AUCKLAND. Friday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports Bayers ; National Bank, 755; Colonial Bank, 52s ; Bank of New Zealand, £23 ss. ex. div.: Loan and Mercantile, new issue, 655; Auckland Gas Co, £lO 2s 6d; South British, 725; Alburnia, 47a; Moanatoiari,6os; Kurunui, 17s 6d; Corby, 455. (per press agency.) SYDNEY, Friday. Hcnnessy’s cose, 31s Od; Hennesay’s quarters, kerosene, rice, sugar, tobacco, and candles unchanged. ADELAIDE, Friday. Flour, £l2 5s to £l3; wheat, 5s 7d to 6s. CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The grain and produce market is very inactive. Wheat is declining, and cannot be quoted over 4s 3c\; oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; barley, 4s 3 to 4s Od; flour, £l2 to £l3, millers contemplate reducing tho . price £t; cheese, C}d; bntter, Bd. The Western Monarch, Cicero, and George Shotton have been chartered by Messrs Cunningham and Co and Royse, Stead, and Co to load wheat for London. .TIMARU, Friday. Tho market Is slightly firmer in ton© for wheat and oats. The threshing season is nearly over, and an advance on former prices is asked. Quotations for net cash, delivered at Timaru, are, wheat, 4s 2d; oats, 3s 4d; barley, 4s 2d. AUCKLAND, Friday. Tho Southern flour auctioned to-day realised from £0 to £l4 per ton; potatoes, £3 4s; provincial hams, ; 63 d to 7(1; butter, 6d to lid. Mr. Buckland reportsßest steers, 20s per lOOlbs: long-woolled ewes, 4s to Cs 6d; wethers, 13s to 18s. ■ Sbaremarket,—Buyers ; National Bank, T&tf; Colonial Bank. 52s Cd; South British, 03s; Banka£ New Zealand, £G 2s 6d.

Spirits £ s; .. 40 15 a. s Tobacco ,. 68 17 6 Cigars ». 80 2 6 Tea .. .45 0 0 Sugar .. .. 21 14 8

£ 8. d. Ale (bottled).. 4 3 u Goods by weight 15 a a valorem . . 301 18 11 Total .. £683 11 8

Spirits £ B. .. 473 7 d. 3 Cigars.. .. 37 12 8 Tobacco 84 IS 0 Wine .. .. 43 17 6 Beer .. .. 23 3 0 Tea .. .. 48 15 6 Coffee.. .. 15 6 0 Sugar .. . .. 116 12 0

s. d. Goods bylwght. 41 12 6 Ad valorem .. 142 7 11 Light duos. shipping,&c. 142 16 e Total ..£1174 10 10