COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5540, 30 December 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The following are the duties collected at the Cus*

toms on Saturday s— £ e d Spirits .. 48 0 31 Ad valorem .. Bg 10 11 °Vino .. .. 13 11 0 Other duties .. 0 15 0 Cigars ~ .. 0 7 101 - Wright" :: gill Total £l7B 4 0 BY TKLEOIIAPn CHKISTGHUECn, Saturday. The dry weather continues, hut recent rains have placed the crops beyond danger, Breadstuffs market dull, partly owing to holidays and partly to near approach of harvest. Wheat, la 34 to la 6d: Hour, £9 10s to £10: leed oats are freely■ pure! 44 Mbutter, 9{d to lOd: hams and bacUhin cloth, Bid. DUNEDIN, Saturday. Business has been quiet during the week ■“«» 1 brisk, and stock not up to demand : quotatlons aro as wrick and firm, woolsacks are slack. Stocks ol coriisaeks are light: aalea to arrive have been made at ;,I yd to Ss 9d. Cement is very aiarcc-rciy littlo on hand, and not much in the bay: <»•*“ *“5 were effected at 17e 8d to 18» 6d. Dried fruits are ouiet For season's sugar there is little doing beyond trade requirements : there are more tlian five cargoes on hand: operations with the trade are delayed pending redaction of duty; two or three lines, principally (if wlilte, have passed out of importers hands, but not for I consumption. Quotations—l or first whito to snowdrops. £3 to £0; second do. £3l to £3l 10s. Nothing New Engliah by steamer taken up by brewers, Quotations—New English, l» 7d to l»ad , New California, Is Id to Is 2d. Kish In fair demand, lobsters out of market; salmon. 8a 9d; J'jrdlnes, 3a M and 5s Bd, Kerosene dull, la 3d to Is 3Jd, brilliant. Is 14 to la lid; shipment oi Nonpareil e* Helen Maguire taken up at la 94. Good c aretsandEoederet’s ciiampagno acaree. Brandy quiet— Hcnncssy, case 33S to 33s 04, bulk 9s 9d to 10s; market well sup.

plied with secondary brands, at usual rates; very good enquiry for rum. Whisky dull except for trade requirements. Castor oil scarce; eagerly bought to arrive. Grain market dull; same quotations os last week.