COMMERCIAL.
TELEGEAPHIC. Melbourne, Dec. 5. A China telegram states that the tea season is ended, The colonial shipments of tea are 1750,000 lbs. short of last season. Advices have been received of an advance of thirty per cent on freights upon England. Sydney, Dec. 5. Hennesy’s brandy in case, 34s 9d to 355; ditto in bulk, quarters, 9s 6d: kerosene, Devoe’s, Is 10d per gallon ; Patna rice, £22 per ton; New Zealand wheat, 3s per bushel; New Zealand oats, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel; maize, 2s 3d per bushel; sugar, Company’s No. 1 prices, £4O. Adelaide, Dec. 5. Adelaide wheat, 4s 4d per bushel; flour, £lllss to £l2 5s per ton. Frieghts are advancing. The harvest everywhere is beyond anticipations. In the north the yield is thirteen bushels.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2093, 6 December 1879, Page 2
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129COMMERCIAL. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2093, 6 December 1879, Page 2
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