COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5504, 16 November 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The following are tha duties collected at the Customs yesterday :

The following are the Customs duties received at this norfc for tho week ending November 14,1878

The import trade for the past week has been only moderate, with no changes in recent quotations. There a- e complaints that money is becoming rathertight—owing doubtless to the amount hat is being continually absorbed in land speculation, otherwlsotrado is healthy. Colonial produce is also without any change in prices., Canterbury and Oamaru flour of best brands moves off slowly at £ll per ton for sacks. Oats are showing symptoms of lower rates, and cannot be qnoted higher than 4a to 4s Cd for prime sample in trade lots. Bran in moderate supply at Is Cd per bushel. Wheat for fowls, 4s to 4s 3d. Hams and bacon, 84 Cheese, 7d; and keg buttor, 9d to lOd per lb. Yesterday, at the Arcade Buildings, Messrs. Dwan and Kirton sold Colonial Bank shares at 66s od, National Bank, 77s 6d ; National Insurance, 20s; South British Insurance, 74s ; Haider Gas Company, £0 17s Cd ; D'Urville Island Copper Company, 10s; and allotments in Fe thorston and Wnoilvllle brought frir prices. Vogoltown sections realised from £ls to £2O each. There was a large attendance.

BY TELKQRAPB. AUCKLAND SFIA REMARKET. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) AUCKLAND. Friday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports :—Sellers : South British Insurance, 67s ; New Zealand Insurance, 85s : Union Insurauce, 16s: Colon'al Insurance, 6s; National Insurance. 27* Od : liuthrio and Larnach. 935: Sash and Donr, £lofis; Loau and Mercantile, £5 17s «dj • ank of Mew Zealand. £23 10s: Colonial Bank. s(is: National Bank, 78; Alburnia, 25s : Kurunui Hill, 8a 6d.

(per press aoenoy). CHRISTCHURCn. Friday. Thero is not much alteration to note in the grain and produce market. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; flour, alO £11; oats, 4s 3d for feed ; barley. r.it; hams and bacon in cloth, 8d ; potatoes, £4. Other produce unchanged.

AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Binney reports general trade satisfactory, stocks with the exception of flour not helm: in excess of demand. Flour has declined fully 10s per ton on last qnn-ta-.ions. C\o 10s to £ll beinj now the selling price for rude'lots. Wheat, none in the market, but not wan'ed. millers being fully supplied ; oats in fai- request at 4s Od for pi-ols: maize scaica at 5s Od to 5s 9 i; oatmeal, 225; pearl barley, 245; sharps. £6 to i 6 10s ; cheese, owing to local make coming forward easier, sales are slow at 7d to 7Jd ; hams and bacon in c oth, Sd to 8} : ditto bare, 7d to 7!d. inferior, 4d to 6d Potatoes, Canterbury, what few are in the mark it fetch *.B 10) to £6, .and are bought for only, actual consumption : new lncal ones are coming forward pleutitul y, and sell at £9 10) to £lO. J. M. TAVLIWS SHAKE RKPOTIT. Wellington. Nnvemb»r 15. IP'S.

The share market continues inactive, and prices lower in almost all case 3. Thero is an evident wish on tho part of many holders of bank and insurance shares to realise, arising.doubtless from the existing pressure in the money market, with little disposition to invest. Sell rs by auction of Colonial B ink, 56s ; National Bank, 75s and 77s 6d ; National Insurance, 265; South British, 745: D'Urville Island Copper, (7s 6d paid) 10s; Napier Gas, £6 17s 6d : West Wanganui Coal (15s paid) 3d. "

SjpjriW .. .. 102 .. 5 10 2 7 4 Tobacco .. 53 15 0 f%ars .. 22 13 0 Tea .. 4 15 0 Sugar .. .. 73 10 s

Ale (bottled). .00 0 " eight . . 0 14 8 A fl vfttorem . GO 7 0 Other duties , .. 20 4 1 Total £409 19 1

Spirits .. 015 17 1 Cigars.. .. 106 4 Tobacco 170 11 0 Win©., .. 105 ll 10 Beer .. .. 35 10 0 Tea .. .. 100 10 0 Coffoo.. .. 47 2 8 Sugar.. .. 224 14 6

"Weight” ISO 7 1 Ad valorem . 354 18 3 Other duties. 237 18 U Light dues, shipping, dc. 117 11 i Total £2071 10 10

- ■ 1 Company. Capital. { Shares < Q. a o» 2 £ £ £ £ % 725,000 10 10 4“5/ 15 Union Bank of Australia 1.500,000 25 61 i 16 1,000.000 /// 2.000,000 6 50/ 1,000.000 85/ 15 . 1,000,000 1.000.000 i.ooo.ooo 10 15/ 21/ 134 2,000,000 20 1.000.000 1C 6/ 6/ 2.000 000 SI 15 New Zealand Shipping 100.000 10 82/6 200,000 5* Do. (2nd issue) 30,000 10 •22 /C 28/6 — Wellington Gas .. 15 20.00C K 28/ 9.00C 30 30/ 10 10,000 IC 61 West Wanganui Coal 10A _ “