COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5342, 11 May 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The following are the duties collected at the Customs yesterday :

Tho amount or Customs duties collected at this port for tho w:ek ending May i), 187$ was as under:—

Trade has been moderately brisk during the past week, but restricted to current wants, and stocks, as will be seen by the large amount p rid in duties, have increased considerably. There is no change in quota*tions. Adelaide flour remains at £l7 to £l7 10s per ton, according to parcel. Brandies are firm at 0& Od to 10s for Ilennessy’s quarters, 33s to 34s per cast). Cements dull, and fully supplied at 17s fid per barrel. In colonial produce there is little doing. Kf^butter meets with no enquiry except for small retaiS lots, and. is difficult to move at any figure in quantity ; holders are asking 9d for prime samples guaranteed. Cheese remains at 7d‘ to 8d per lb, according to condition. Hams and bacon (Canterbury) were dull at 7d to 8(1. Oats are in fair supply at 4s to -Is. Id. Maize, if free from weevil, is in good demand at 6s to Gs 6(1 per bushel. Flour —Best brands of Canterbury and Oaraaru mills remain at ou-rformer quotations, with moderate demand ; boblw&quote £l3 per ton, qualityguaranteed. Messrs. Beauchamp, Campbell, and Co.jheld a large sale at their stores yesterday morning, when the following price* were realisedHobavtou apples, 12s 6d liar case-; Nelson do, Ito per case; oranges, 12s Od Xier ease: quinces, ‘ 7g Od per case; Swceds. 4.3 jver cwt; cncoauuU, 3s per dozen; peanuts; 3£d per lb; Nelson potatoes, £3; Canterbury do, £3 10s, sacks. 9d; Canterbury cheese, 6jd per lb; Canterbury bacon, 7cl per lb; onions, per lb; feed wheat, 3s lOd per bushel; barley, 3s 31 per bushel; oats, 4s 2d per bushel; fowls (roosters), 4a 9d par pair; ducks, 7s per pair; geese, 4s 3d each. THE LONDON WOOL MARKET. Messrs. EiUmbotfttg'b, Ooxab, and Co. report under date London, 270* March, ns follows :—Since our l»»st circular of the 12th last., the attendance of buyers at our public sales- of colonial wool, though still good, has not bee»qpU* so numerous asat theopenlng, and prices Uftxq. Shown some little irregularity, the depressed atpto of trade and continued political uncertainties,having more than counterbalanced any effect which, might otlxsrsose have been produced by tho telegrams from Australia, the latest received here oa tae 22ml placing tho deficiency in shipments to date at 70,000 bales. The competition for the better classes of Port Phillip wools, more especially when of good length and sound in staple, continues unabated at full rates, but faulty descriptions are at times rather easier to buy. In New South Wales and Queensland wool some high prices hare been made for extra choice flocks; and wools with fair length and soundness of staple have also sold well, but short clothing flotco ana low earthy and seedy greasies are cheaper. The serious drop, however, has been in the medium and lower grades of greasy Adelaides, which have, fallen fully Id per lb from opening rates, owing to the buyers of tbe*e wools at the commencement of the series finding on testing the wool that the waste far exceeded their calculations, and this lias sympathetically, although to a lesser degree, affected the value of the better grades. Owing to a great portion of the stock of Capes being again held over by importers, whilst the shipments from that colony are also below lha average, there has been a somewhat better tone in the market, and snow whites rule slightly over the host prices of the Novcrnber-December series. Onavdes also are firm, but the Eastern Province fleece wool continues neglected, and at most realise average prices of last series. Western ftoeco also (continues depressed. The sales will Qlewe on the 5tU proximo. 7tY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.' AUCKLAND. Friday. Mr Alexander Saunders, reports as follows;—Buyers: C? Nation d Banh, 755; Colonial Bank, 52s 6d; Bmk of New Zealand, £23 ss; Auckland Gas, £lO 7»od ; National Mortgage, 71s ; Alburnia, 51a ; Monataiari, 60s; Kumnul HUh 12s 0d; Tokatea, 2s Od; Corby, 30s; Thames, 40s ; Beauty, 7s Od. AUCKLAND, Friday; Mr Bunny reports : —Chrischurch flour, £l3 11s ; Oamaru do. £l4; bran, £5 10s; pollard, £7; oats,; 4s 3d; maize, 6s; wheat, milling, no sale ; fowl wheat, 4* ; potatoes, £3 10s; butter, Od to lOd; cheese, 7d; bacon and hams, in cloth, Is od, (I*KH PRESS AGENCY.) SYDNEY, Friday. No change in the prices of Hennessy's brandies, kerosene, or rice. Quotations of tobacco, sugar, candles and New Zealand wheat and oats are unaltered. ADELAIDE, Friday. Flour, £l2 15s to-£l3 ss; wheat, £6.

A 3. cl. Spirits .. .. 217 10 9 Tobacco .. 0 10 G Wine .. .. 20 13 7 Tea .. 05 13 0 Sugar .. .. 26 10 s Ale, bottled .. 41 IS 9

£ s. a. Goods by wght 3 12 10 Ad valorem .. 524 19 11 Other duties .. 6 9a Total .. 007 Its 11

& s. a. Spirits .. 1075 5 11 Cigars.. ., 00 10 s Tobacco . 520 IT 6 Wins .. .. IDS 10 3 1>ecr .. .. 331 G 3 Tea .. .. 213 14 0 Coffee.. .. 101 IS 6 Siwar .. .. 1SS5 12 2

£ 8. d. Goods btfirght. 695 9 s Ad valorem .. 2031 10 4t Other duties 4G3 10 11 Light dues. shipping, &c. 443 8 .8 Total .. £S(i(J2 9 10