COMMERCIAL.
The following are the duties collected at the Customs yesterday _ ,
THE LONDON WOOL MARKET. Messrs. Dalgety, DuCroz, and Co. report, under date London, March 27, as follows• Tho following quantities have now passed the hammer at the present series of colonial wool sales:— Bales.
Now South Wales and Queensland .. 86,151 Victorian .. «. .. •• 78,622 Tasmanian .. P 54 South Australian - 33,260 West Australian.. .. •• •• 12 Now Zealand .. .. •• •• 13,539 Cape of .Good Hope .. .. .. 24,974
Total bales . . .* .. 130,812 1 and the total withdrawals amount to about 12,000 bales. . . , _ During the past fortnight the market has remained fairly steady, though with some slight fluctuation in the demand from day to day; but South Australian greasy fleeces have suffered a decline, owing, it is said, to their "render” being found unsatisfactory and "waste” greater than was estimated. New South Wales and Riverina clips also suffer somewhat from similar causes, though no actual decline can be quoted. Fine Victorian fleeco continues to elicit strong com* petition, and there is little if any alteration in the value of crossbred, • • Tho series will probably close on the sth proximo. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND. Thursday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports:—Sales; South British, 73s ; Union Insurance, 14s. 6d; Moanataiari, ; Css.: Corby, 80s.; Queen of Beauty. Bs. Gd. Buyers: National Bank, 755: Colonial, 62s Od ; Moanataiari, 65a; Alburnla, 60s; Kurunui, 12s 6d, Sellers ; Bank of New Zealand, £23 10s ; Colonial, 53s Cd. DUNEDIN, Thursday. Mr. J. B. Bradshaw reports;—Bank of New Zealand. £24 ss; Colonial Bank. £2 12s; National Bank, £3 16s; Union Insurance, 14s 9d ; Atlantic Insurance, £1 3;; New Zealand Insurance, £4 10s; National Insurance, £1 9s; Guthrie and Larnach’s Factories, £2 10s.
Spirits .. .. & 8. 101 10 d. 3 Tobacco . • 60 0 0 Wine .. 26 11 2 65 8 9 10 0 0 19 10 0 Tea 141 U 0
& fl. d. 5 Sugar .. 477 14 8 ■ Goods by vrght. 144 7 S 2 Ad valorem .. 163 10 ) Other duties .. Cl 11 6 J Total 1270 10 2
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5341, 10 May 1878, Page 2
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