COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5408, 27 July 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The following aro tho duties collected at tho Cos* toms yesterday:— £ a. d. £ 8 . d; Spirits .. .. lit 13 11 Coffee . „ .. 51 5 S wlno .. .. 25 15 9 Weight .. 710 4 Tobacco 10 11 3 Ad valorem .. 232 18 7 Cigars .. .. 21 13 0 Other duties .. 010 0 Tea .. .. 170 10 0 Sugar .. .. 172 0 3 Alo (bottled) .. 2112 6 Total.. £BO3 12 7 Tho amount of Customs duties received at this port for tho week ending July 25 was £3300 30s Od, Thoro has been continued dulnoss In the Import trade during tho past webk. and no changes In quotations have occurred worth referring to. • In colonial produce wo also report no change in prices, and but little improvement In tho demand. Cured butter for local consumption meets with moderate Inquiry. owing to tho high price of fresh; but orders for shipment arq unfrequent. As holders aro hanging back for higher prices, it is not unlikely that the stocks on hand will spoil as usual. 'W’o quote Od per lb for prime guaranteed samples. Cheese Js in fair Inquiry at 7id to 8d per lb for best Canterbury make. Bacon and hams dull at 2d to 8d per lb. Flour inactive and overstocked, Oamamand Canterbury brands being difficult to move, except in small Jots, at £H 10s to £l2 per ton. Grain: Oats aro in fair demand, and as'stocks are light prices continue linn: wo quote best milling sorts at ,4s Od. ordinary food at 4s 5d to -Is Cd per bushel. Chlckwheat in moderate supply at 4s 3d ta 4s 4d per bushel. Bran scarce, and worth Is Cd to Is 8d per bushel. Maize— Full stocks at 5» Od to 5s 7d per bushel. Potatoes— Market bare ; worth 100* per ton. ' BY TELI6ORAVU. AUCKLAND, Frida* Mr, KucWand reports ; Fat cattle, 2s 0d per cvtU higher; medium, 30s to 3Ss; superior, superior. 37s Cd ; fat sheet), 2?d to 3s<l per lb. ‘ Share market.—Buyers.: Jimk of Now Zealand, £23 12q National, 78s: Colonial, 50a; South British, 71s; , In in and Mercantile, 07s Od. Sellers ; New Zealand iiicuranco. 02s ; Union. 10s ; National Mortgage, £lO l.Vt. Mining shares.—Sellers : .Moanatalarl, 00s ; Album a, 40,t; Thames, 32s Od; Kurunui, 12s; Union Beach, sales to-day at 12« Od. jla T , , , UUNUDIN. Friday. T roduco market. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4.s Od ; oats. 4a, to 4* Oil; bailey, 5s to 5s Od. , fopotts of New Zealand p.uki? 1 r<‘i^ £ *w N ® ( i 0D f l lul >’ ira nco, £1 7»; Swth LrUlsh, ;Ulos ; New Zealand Insurance, £4 12s* Standard. £l ga M; Mmglol Factory, £310.1; Scottish 11ml fiow/oiiliimUrivcfitmcntComiiaDy, laj; NationalMoitgugo untl Agency Company, bnyora£t Os. •

CnEISTCIIURCII, Friday. A lino of 40,000 bushels of wheat has boon placed for Homo shipment at 4s Od, and a similar quantity for speculation, but the price is withheld. Some largo purchases are ponding between millers, whoso, grinding stocks are limited. Flour Is quoted at £l2 In sacks ; bran, £3 ; sharps, £G, and the supply is not cqnil to the demand. Oats are scarce, and* the demand heavy—feed, 4s; milling, 4s 3d. Barieylsmucj wanted-best samples are worth from sakl toJJs, and ordinary 4s Od. Potatoes arc hold Jor higher rates stocks In second hands are heavy, but there is “ttle or jie provincial demand, and prices are likely to recode as the season advances— nominal value, £4. Hams and bacon, 7jd; choose dull at Ojd; buttcr.-lOd.