COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5450, 14 September 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Tho following are the duties collected at the Cusyester lav £ a. d. £ s. d. Sp’rita ~ ..183 17 2 Weight ' .. 5110 O VYine .. .. 11 13 10 Ad valorem .. 12 19 7 Tobacco .. 28 15 0 Other duties .. 10 O 0 Cigars .. .. 31 10 9 Ale (bottled) .*.* 18 12 G Total ..£333 IS 10 The following are the Custom duties received at this port for the week ending September 12,1878, was as under: Spirits ..1350 0 8 Sugar., .. 490 19 S Cigars.. .. 41 17 G Goods by wgt. 280 1!> S Tobacco .. 15) 0 3 Ad valorem ~ 43J 0 0 Wine.. .. 153 'G 3 Other duties.. 100 13 9 Beer .. .. 43 7 0 Light dues, Toa .. .. 278 8 G Shipping, &c 137 1 8 Coffee . .. 41 2 G Total.. £35X3 13 5 The inclement weather that existed during the early pirb of the week was not without its effects on the trade, and complaintr of prevailed. Beyond the ordinary wants of the ratal! trade there his been nothing doing, andprlc of all descriptions of imported goods remain unaltered Sugars, owing to the strong competition among the importers, arc lower, and are now quoted at No 2 W. £ls; 1.C., £43: C., £4l to £4l 10i. A cirgo pf Adelaide flour has been received |>;r Pioneer, for wbic'i holders are asking £l7 per ton—prices being firm in South Australia. In other descrij>tious of goods we note no change calling for in colonial produce, last week’s quotations may be accepted as a guide to j reseat rates. Batter, h’ piimo, in wanted at lOd to lid, but there is a quantity of iuferiorjcorc in the market which lias the effect of keeping down p'ices. Cheese dull, at 7d to 7Ad : bacon and hams, little doing at 7-Vd to 8:1; oaU, full supplies arc coining forward, ami prf-es i*ave given way slightly, we quote 4s 3d to 4s 9d according to quality; maize dull, at 4s 9d to4s lOd ; barley. Is to 4s Id; bran. Is Gil to Is lOd ; pdlard. £G 15s to £7 per ton; potatoes, full stock, sales at G ! psr ton. Mr. George Thomas reports Produce prie s: Flour, Adelaide, £l7: colonial, £U to £ll 10s; oats, 4s Sd; bran. Is 8d: whsat, 4s 31; hams. 8i 1; bacon, 8d; cheese. 711: potatoes, £4 15s; pollard, £7 10s; maize, 3s Gd; butter, lid.

BY IKLEOTiAPJI.

' AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (fttOJI OUR OWN CORR«SPONOBM'C.*> AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reportsßuyers : Bank of New Zealand, £24 ss; Colonial Bank, 535; National Bank, 78s; New Zealand Insurance, 90s; Sonth British, 70s; National Insurance. 27s : Union Insurance, I4s 3d; New Zialand Shipping, Ss.s; Auckland Gas Cmipany, £lO s*; Albumin, 40s; Maanatalarl, 43i; Tokatsa, 3s. Sjlbrs; Colonial Insurance, Us 31. (CCR PRESS AHBNOY.) AUCKLAND, Friday. •Mr. Backhand reports a farther advance in cattle, which realised from 4}.s toZOi ])2V hundred pounds ; &lieep4jd t > 5.1. Sharemarket.—Banks—New Zealand, £24; Colonial, £SB. Jnanrances--NSW Zealand, 90s; National, 27* 0.1 ; fikitith BritUh, 72s Gd ; Union, 140 Od, New Z saland Shipping Company (buyers). 85s: Union Sishand Door, £lO ss; Loan and Mercantile, £5 17s Gd. Mining market very quiet— Albumin 4Gs:Mo»nataiari. 47s(Id; Kurunnl, 13<; Cure, 3s. Solleri-Caledonlan, 32s Cl; i’ismarck, 13aGd. * O’IMARU. Friday. Very little business is doing in tho grain market, and prices generally remain unaltered. Oats are still hardening, and will probably continue to do so till tho new crop comes in. From 4a to 4s 3 I are the quotations to-dav. Whaat i.tatajnant at;»< IDJ; prime mail-ing-barley is in good demand at Is 3d. Tho weather is very favomble to. the-young crops. DUNEDIN, Friday. fu. the produce market the prices arc as follows; Whcit, 3i 9d to 4s G I; barlev. 5s Gd to Cs Gd; pdJ.ard, jy»\ bra •, t'» itts; il'/ur, £lO IPs to£ll; oaJmeal, £2O; potatoes, £G. slr. J. B. Bradshaw reports:- - Bank of New Zealand [shares, £24 ss; Colonial Bank. £2 18; National Bank, £4; National insurance. £l 17s; New Zealand Insurjjjrce. £t lOs: Mosglul NVoollcti Factory, £3 19; National Mortgage, £1 ss; Scottish amt New Zealand I>ive;fiucnt. 17-sGd; Gutinicsuid f/irmic’j, ,C." i),