COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5366, 8 June 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The following aro the UiUki collected at iho Cuatoma ycatorda/ . - V u .1 i . V a .t

The amounts of Customs duties received at the port of Wellington for the week ending the 6th of June; were a* under j

Tbo badweather which has prevailed during’ the 1 - past week has to a great extent interfered with busl~ ness, both wholesale and retail, and we report few transaction* of any' moment. Price* remain comjmrafclroly stationary. Jiranrllcs arc firm at Os Od to 10s per gallon for quarters, and 00s Od to 0 Is for case for ifennesKy's and Martcll's, and at these,figures but a very unsatisfactory profit can bo realised on London quotations, Adelaide Hour is firm at £l7 Ids. per tou ;

Victorian dull. Wo report the sale of 100 tons of Bamsden's mills at £12155. per ton. ■■■■■■. ’ In the produce market prices are unaltered,, »»Bt little trade doing. Flour, Canterbury and, Oamarn brands, quoted at £IU; uats, 4s 8d to 4s fid Ijer builiolJ , maize In full supply at 6s Cd to 0s per bnshel i potatoes very scarce and wanted ; sales at 70s, per, ton. Mr. George . Thomas reports,produce prices as fph low,Adelaide flo«r, £lti; colonial, £l3 : pats,,4s : Sd: In demand: bran, 1s 2d : wheat, 4s; hams, Ud , bacon, 85d j maize, (Is Od : cheese, 7d to 8d; pollard, £7los; potatoes, £3 15s; butter, IQd to IsBY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (FROM OUR OWN COItnESrONDENT.) ' AUCKLAND. Friday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reiwrts:— Buyerar'National Bank, 775: Colonial Bank, B 3»: AueklandOas, i6IOIOB, Union Insurance. 15s Cd; Alburnla, Sls. Mosnatala , 05s; Corby,32s: Thames, 30s; Kuruunl, 13s; Cure,Os 6d. (FEB rnEsa AGENCY.) INVERCARGILL, Friday. Inthe grain market good wl f “JJ 5 . ’ n . l ff“^ n s ' i from 4s (Jd to 45 Sd : medium, 4s to f s ' wanted for shipment, and get ready sale at 3sSd for feed, and 3s 4d to 4 s (or stoat inillng.f.o.b.good samples of malting barley are enquired for. but very lew are olfering. ___ NAPIER, Friday. ■, Mr. M. R. Miller reports the sale of Mr. Nathan s Ahnura leasehold property, 8300 acres In the l o oga Bay district, with 3500 sheep and e for £4BOO, to Mr. Charles Clark, of Kaikoura, The lease has seventeen years to rim, '■ ■ TIIdAKU. Friday, i Nothing Is doing, and tho grain market Is very dull for the lime of year. Farmers are busy ploughing; though the recent heavy rains will retard operations for a few days. Wheat, 3s lOd; bats, 3s; barley, 3s 3d to 4s Od. ' ■ j CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. { Farmers are now bmy with seed sowing, and there is but little grain offering at first hand., _ Wheat is slightly easier. Best mliltng rs worth 4s 9d to 4s lOd fob. Miller's.stocks being light,,no material decline Is anticipated. Flour is firm at £l2 to £l3. Stocks are low. Bran and sharps £5 to £O, respectively, and there are no stocks on hand: Oats, 3s 3d toSsOd. Barley, 5s Gtl to 0», ami scarce : good samples are 'in demand. Cheese, (!}d. Butter, 10d, Ham, and bacon, 7Jd. AUCKLAND, Friday. Tho Lorraine’s homeward cargo Is valued at £OO,OOO. Wool, £12,019: gum. £13,364; gold. £14,660; silver, £5764; leather, £4022; the remainder mtsccllaneona. Mr. Buckland quotes Fat cattle, 28s to 355, and averaging 82, per luolbs: sheep, id lower, prices from 2,1 d to33d: pigs, dull of sale. ; Mr. Binney quotes:—Canterbury flour, £l3; oatmeal. £2O; bran, £6los; oats, 4s to 4s Od; maize, 0s ; potatoes, £3lO, to £4 ; bacon, English, lOd ; Cantetr b< Sharo market—Bink of New Zealand, sellers, £23 10s; National, buyers 78s; Colonial, buyers, 635; South British, Insurance, sellers 72s ; Union, sellers 10s; do., new Issue, sellers £3 7s 6d: New Zealand Loan and Mercantilo., old issue, sellers £0 2s 6d; Guthrie and Lamaoh, call paid, sellers 67s 6d: Moanatalari, 655; Tookey; Tribute, 12s: Alburnla,! buyers, 52s Od, sellers 66s ex. dlv.: Corby, sellers 345: Cute, sellers 7s Sd; Caledonia, sellers 655. 1 " I

. iu 0. d. .. 200 U Wine .. 18 12 .6 Totecco 57 12 0 Tea i. 38 5 0 Coffee a .a 6

£ «. u. Hugar .. .. m 0 8 WciKht ., .. 45 18 8 Ad valorem i. '42 2 0 Total - , £004 i) 11

■ £ «. <], Spirits *,• y 1088 6 5 Ci gan«. ' • 124 7 8 Tobacco 891 J 8 9 Wino „ r . 121 0 7 Beer ,.,/i.... - 08 13 9 Tea 181 12 0 Coffee/*’* 'H' * 35 ‘ 0 0 Suffftr.. 151 ‘3 8

a, n. d. Goods brwjtt* n u A Ad valorem .. 111 15 Other duties.. Litflit dues. 01 8 11 .nipping, 4c. 13 13 10 - Total .. £ZioO 8