COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 205, 29 November 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

'he Christchurch Press says: — die Customs revenue collected hereon Wed- ■ lay, 2Cth November, amounted to £206 16s , as follows :—Spirits, £152 12s 3d ; wine, - ' 14s 2d ; tobacco, £4O Os 6d ; cigars; £IU )d ; tea, £l7 7s ; ad valorem, £3l 16s ; glit, £1 11s 3d ; other kinds, £8 9s. nstead of improving during the past week quietness noted in our last report has 1 - ome intensified, and the aggregate transacis of the week in nearly every department ■- r e not fulfilled the hope expressed that a re aetire inquiry would he felt generally, e absence of business may partly be attri- ■ able to the indisposition of traders to •chase under the new duties until absolutely npclled through trade wants. At any rate, ether from the operation cf the above ise helped by the present unseasonable . lather cheeking the demand for many lines lich should be in request just now, the fact pains that things are reported as especially ' ill. Sines the sale of the Jasper’s cargo of gars, the market has maintained the same Sect. No alteration is expected until tlie qdval of the cargoes now due, when lower lues are expected to rule. Brewers’ and ht yellow crystals have seen business at £35 £37, d.p., and a few sales cf good rations a price which only covers cost. Teas during e week have been very quiet, and only v [©derate quittances can be receded. Toicco has seen a little business, but'buyers are jiarded at the moment in only taking for pmediate wants. Venus twist is quoted at ') 4id ;St Andrews, Is 4d; Black Swan, Is Id- No. 1 Dutch crushed loaf is scarce and les of small lots can bo noted up to 525. merican cut loaf has been advanced to £56. he present high prices of sugars haa influenced j-eacle and syrup, and considerable lots have pen quitted at 27s to 365. Candles have readied at 10i- to 10J, and holders are firm jt these fi :ures. Although this season is almost on business in dried fruits has been lily moderate. Eor cm rants 5d to 6id is ranted according to quality. Dried apples re totally neglected. Patna rice, in half-ton jits, has been placed at £l7 to £lB. Oilmen’s tores do not show any feature outside of the Jrdinary demand. There has been an inquiry br colza for an outside market, but as prices vere above buyers limit, nothing transired.

grain and produce

isj The present week has been almost totally tile void of transaction, Wheat is quoted at Is. ■■9 dto ss, but stocks are now so low that shipments are mostly of a retail character. i|i few inquiries have been made for short oats, of which are running down, but tprices are not now likely to be affected. jQuotations remain at Is lOd for feed, and 2s for milling quality. Earley is quite out of stock. Local flour continues at £l3 for bakers’ parcels. Stocks of Adelaide flour have now mostly" been quitted at £l4. Butter and cheese are very quiet at 7d and 51d respectively In hams and bacon a steady trade is maintained at late rates.

LAND SALE.

Land Sale. —On Thursday, several large jand valuable properties were submitted to competition. The attendance was very large but the bidding was slow. The first lot put up was 43 acres of laud, with house and shop, ..at Woodend, which failed to find a purchaser. .The Eavenswood estate followed, for lots 2 and 3 of which, containing 337 acres, £2B per acre was offered, but refused. Lot JS T o. 3, Eavenswood Estate, with mill thereon, and containing 221 acres, sold for £5350 11s 6d. The well-known Broom Farm, containing 99 acres, together with dwelling house thereon, failing to reach the price, was passed in at £37 10s per acre, but the sale of this property is pending, as an.offer of £35 per acre was offered af er this sale. Seafield Farm, at Wakanui, was passed in at £4 per acre, and • 836 acres at Ashburton, failed to find a . bidder; also, a first class house and three acre of land, situate on the Ferry load and Fast Belt, shared the same fate. ' One-and-a half acres, together with house thereon, situate on Hackett’s Land, off Papanui, was also passed in at a bid of £425. and some other small properties shared the same fat e. A sect ion of land,34ft by 147, frontage on Cashel street west, was disposed of privately at £8 per foot.