COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5396, 13 July 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The following are the duties collected at the Ciistoms yesterday £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits.. ~ 73 7 1 Ad valorem .. 413 3 Wine .. .. 13 J 4 10 Other duties .. 12 10 0 Ale and beer.. 154 13 Tea .. .. 605 0 6 , Weight .. 10 13 5 Total .. £373 15 4 The amounts of Customs duties received at the port of Wellington for the week ending the 11th of July, were as under; — £ a. d. £ s. d. Spirits ■ 1003 17 8 Goods by wgt. 036 010 Cigars.. 0 7 6, Ad valorem .. 1833 16 9 Tobacco .. 235 17 6 Other duties., ’ 165 17 0 Wine .. .. 145 18 1 Light duos, Beer .. .. 274 9 1 shipping, &c. 250 14 C Tea .. .. 213 18 0 Coffee.. .. 25 13 0 Sugar.. .. 594 22 Total.. £5450 12 1 A moderate amount of business has been clone during the past week in imported goods, and although sopio few lines may have become low in stock, owing to the long passages of some of our London ships, generally speaking stocks continue more than ample for aU requirements- Hennery's case brandy is still scarce, but not worth more than 345, owing to the quantity of other brands that now compete with it. Sperm candles have slightly advanced, and are quoted at 9Jd per. lb. Owing to the uneasy feeling existing in the mind of the public respecting kerosene, the price of quality guaranteed up to standard, test lias gone up to Is lid to 2s per gallon. In colonial produce there is no change. Butter, if prime, is in better demand, but we note no rise in valu*, and quote 9d to lOd per lb for good samples ; questionable cure ranks from 2d to 5d per lb. Hams and bacon continue dull, new cure being in small demand, at 04d toSd per lb. Cheese overstocked, and quoted at Old to 7d. Flour unchanged from last week’s rates, stocks of Canterbury and Oamaru being ample, prices apparently tending somewhat downward. Oats are in fair demand, and firm for prime milling sorts at 4< Gd per bushel. At auction yesterday a shipment was sold for Mr. E. Pearce at 4s 3d for oats and 4s Id for chickwheat. Potatoes are in moderate supply at 70s per ton. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. ’ (from our own correspondent.) AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports:—Buyers: National Insurance, 26s Od : National Bank. 80s; New Zealand Insurance, 90s (ex div.); Union Insurance, 15s Od; Bank of New Zealand, £23 10s; Colonial Bank, 54s : Caledonia", 70s; Moanataiari, C4s; Alburnla, 50s; Corby, 30s ; Thames, 325.

(PER - PRESS AGENCY.) SYDNEY. Friday. Hcnnessy's quarters, 9s 3d; candles, 9Jd. Other quotations unchanged. ADELAIDE, Friday. Wheat, ss. . . .. . . - ' AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Bnckland reports:—Dairy cows, £lolos to £l3; medium, £0 to £3; yearling steers, £*2 2s Od to £3 15s; eighteen months to two-year-olds, £4 5s to £5 10s ; two years .and a half, £0 17s od. Fat stock of all kinds have considerably advanced in price, from 25s to 32s per’lOOlbs. Sheep for stores are dull of sale, particularly ewes ; fat sheep are better in value to the extent of about a halfpenny per lb, and prices range from 3d to 34d. Mr. Blnney states that the flour market is unsettled, owing to a Christchurch firm having representatives here offering flour to bakers at £l2, three months’ credit. The bran and pollard market is very bare at £6 IDs ; oatmeal is in demand at £2l; barley, £32; oats, 4s Gd ; Fiji maize, 4s 7d ; good butter, lOd; cheese, 7<l; potatoes, £4.

Share Market.—Bank of New Zealand, £ National, 81s to 83s; New Zealand Insurer 92s Gel; South British. 6SsGd to C9s ; Colon] Caledonian, 70s; National Mortgage. 75s ;

123 7s Oil; ice. 90s to ial, 92s Od ; Albnrnia,

51s to 63s Cd ’ r Moanataiarl, 64s to Gss ; New North dunes, 4s 3d ; Queen of Beauty, 3s 3d ; Thames, 32s Gd; Kurunul Hill, 13s; Tokatca, 2s Od to 3s.

CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The produce market has been very dull during the past week, and prices have steadily declined. Wheat is still held heavily by many who bought speculating on a war value, and they are now anxious to push sales at prices which leavea great loss. Wiieatis stagnant at 3slid to 4s 2d: oats are quiet at 2s 7d to 3s lid : barley, 5s to 5s 3d; very superior, 5s Gd; ryegrass seed, good, 6s; potatoes, 50s to 655. ; These are Christchurch prices, not f.o.b. '

DUNEDIN, Friday. Oats, 3s lOd to 4s;, wheat, 4s ; barley, 6s to 6s 6d ; pollard, £5 IDs; bran, £5 10s; flour, £ll. ' Mr. Bradshaw reports:—Bank shares—New Zealand, £25105: Colonial; 555; National, 80s. 1 Insurance— New Zealand, 90s; Union, 16s 6d ; Standard, 225; Mosgicl, CBs; Guthrie and Larnach, 67s 6d,

NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. At Mr. Courtenay’s cattle sale good prices were realised, as follows Cows, with calf at foot, £9; cows in calf, £0 10s to £8; cows, £4 15s to £5 10s; 18montha’ old stores, £4 ss; yearlings, £3 10s; ealvea. £ll6s Od to £2 12s Gd.