COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1230, 29 March 1870, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

. • EXPORTS. * The principal exporta to Melboure aTe — Bar and rod iron, 468 tons ; hoop iron, 57 tons ; plate iron, 294 tons; pig iron, 641 tons ; sheet iron; 115 tons ; galvanised iron, 453 tons ; wire and wire rope, *170 tons ; linseed oil, 12,920 gal. ; rape oil, 2,543 gal. ; olive oil, 2,780 gal. ; woolpacks, £454; cornsacks, £2,131 ; gunpowder, 128cwt. ,; tobacco, 65,0001 b .; brandy, 39,322 gal. ; rum, 33,889 gal. ; red wine, 15,13 1 gaL ; white wine, 19,382 gal. ; beer, bulk,, 1,006 barrels ;. beer, glass, 2,007 barrels ; white salt; 438 * tons ; candles; British, 222cwfc. ; do.,foreign, 1,922 cwb. ; currants, 1,977 cwt. ; cheese, 252 cwt. ; bacon and hams, 32^cwt,'; malt, 5;348 quarters; hops, 195 cwt.; fish, salt, £962. ~'"- ! " Export Market.— -Shipments show a decline of £149,428 as compared with those of last month. * The -details are :^— Viotoria, £470,522, decrease £7,609; Sydney, £207;5lO, decrease £64,590 ; South Australia, £ 100,322, decrease £26,938 ; Queensland, decrease £10,443 ; Tasmania, decrease £137 ; New- Zealand, increase £28,771. Money Market.— There isa brisk 'demand for Australian^ stock. The k balance of the Victorian loan was disposed of at about 101. Large salesjhave been made on the Stock Exchange at a premium. Consols, 92|. Dividends.— North British Australasian Company, 6£ pei* cent. ; Port Phillip Colonial Gold Company, 12£. peri cent. ; Peel River Land, Company, 2s ; Australian Company," 8 per cent. ; New Zealand Trust Loan, 10, per cent. ; , ,New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency, 10 per cent. . Colonial Securities. — Victorian Sixes, January- July, 113 ; do. April-October, 113 f; New South Wales Fives,' lß7l-73, January- July,- 101 ; do. Fives, 1887-95, January- July, 101 i; New Zealand Fives, 1891, 96£ ; do. Sixes, 1891, March-Sep-tember,. 108 ; Queensland Sixes, JanuaryJuly, 109 ; do. 1891, 109 ; South Australian G-overnment securities, 1893-1908, llOf ; Hobson's Bay Railway, 57 ; do. Bonds, 1880, 104: - A new Russian loan Of £12,000;000 has been placed in the market. The applications have been large. The British > (Government i hay paid £6,000,000 on behalf of telegraph property. -The manufacture of .the British Australian cable haß been commenced. Several submarine telegraphic' schemes, some of them Australian, have been successfully launched. ' ,; ~ ; A project is again mooted for. steam communication with Australia via Mil-i ford Haven; Portland, and San Francisco, j in 40 days. ... .... ; Money is scarce, and dear.