COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 1966, 8 April 1867, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Lyitelton, times Orice, ..., . ...... Saturday Evening. .. ■ The Customs revenue collected at Christ-: Chijrcii; this day was £34 2s 6d, aud atLyt*; .teltoh-Ml6s3di.;:,; '■;.,:'. \; The Customs revenue for the week ending .April 5, is ■ ai; followsi-Cliristchurcli, J673-4aJi;-Lytteltori,j£llo3 8s 3d;.total, The week past ppened with some : signsof; an improved demand- : fpr. goods, and some little"acHvity-was displayed in. our markets.; .The'trade, however, .buy very cautiously and; sparingly;' ,;: and appear inclined .to sort up-their.-winter stocks witli the-smallest .quan-: ; tities possible. Thefdllowing articleshave been): : more;in request;7i^.:; ; oopd. ; medium congoui;; in cbests,^■ half-oh'eafs; and boxes,; good flight : grainy sugars and Company's pieces (the latter. :' saying : adTahcebl\iii' , -'rAußti , aiia, crushedlbaf sugar; brandies...l)ave..beeiialßo:; more inquired for, as also,rum and whiskey iii bulk, Kerosine' is in; more .demand ;: bottled. ;stout is getting... scarce and-wantea 1 ,; especially Guinness', Confectionary. (Keil- : lor's)) currants, salmon, and sardines have: a!Bo'met with a;fair sale.,- Our. stocks...of.; general merclmndisejare too'large.to hope for: any improyement in prices for. some we hope to see more bus|ne»s. doing and a Better feeling existing'during;the winter months., Thefourtliof, the month passe.l over very fairly;',,arid weliaye heard of :nofresh failures;; The Mail, via so that; the ;cburse of post has been lost;. ,"' The money market is ;hpt" quite: so easy, and some, little pressure is being; felt; but a : very ; fairamountof discountabcpmriipdatioh is beirig afforded by the banks. There is an abundance of capital-seeking first-class in-; vestments.- The rates]of discount and ex- ■ ..change remain as before.

To-day the corn market was glutted with produce, though. the quality of the samples; exhibited will not compare favourably with: .the ; .quantities, represented by them.. The .sellers "cannot afford'". to hold, and coriser quently prices still tetid downwards. Wheat of fair quality may he quoted at last week's 1 prices, pf from 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel; some damaged samples, sold at 2s 3d. MalU ihg'barley was pffered'at an averageiof ,4« 3d: per bushel/ : Good feeding oats may be quoted at 2s 6d per biisheL : Flpur : was adrugin the market, and ranged from i? -to £lO per ton. Sharps, were worth £4 4s, and bran about a, pound less. On Saturday, Wilson and Alport yarded and sold several head of milch; cows, at from ill 15s: t0,£14; 5.0 pigs, chiefly good:.sized. : stores, brought from : 145,t0 32s.each. Tiny keys,:4s to.6s 6d eachi; fowls; 3s,ahd;';3s; ;6d; per cp'upie; ducks, 4s 6d and ss. per.couple. Inferior cheese,. 4d to per lb j, fair quality hamsi.6§ to' 8d per lb.;, dp bacon,.6d : to. 6£d per.lb; ; wheat for,fowls,, 2s 6d to 2s ?d ■per.bushel..;;flour, £B,los to £9 ids perton ; onions, 3 jd'perlh. Mr;G. J\HubbardjCif therCprh Exchange, New Town Hall,. 'reports on April.^6th.:-- : Samples of all kinds ■ of/grain ;: were brought forward,., and large, bulks of cerealsieither thrashed or expected.sopntb be ■ ready""" for 'deliyeryi-' 'With\,ah/almoßt :Btaghant'' trade therein.' The --fact.- that vessels fre-> quently leave pur.,pprt and riyersiwithout oh-: : taln'ing.their, desked.cargoes, of grain, in-; . duces the thought, that in order to; dispose. of our surplus unil:ed;actipu;; .amongstthe merchants, millers, maltsters, and' "dealers, : is: necessary to bring the corn system, and. customs into a better state, particularly .loan: of sacks and stpreag&at and'Tyharf,: ; ; Fine descriptions :of ; .wheat .'at'- from h 10d : tb ; 3e 3d;"

thin and blighted ,is offered at from 2s 3d to .2b :6d.-.'*.' There are but; few. buy era of .tnaltmg; : barley ; or:peas, : ihe price, of .'the former; ruling, at from- 4s ; to : 4s 6d, and thelatter at from 3s 6d ..to ss. Flour, £9 to £lO 10s per ton. Potatoes,, £2 ids to £3 10b, Carrots, £2 to £2.108, Grass, hay;trussed,£4 10sto£5. Melbouene;—The Argus of March 28 This being mail dajj there wasleas activity 1 per-: 'c'eptiblein';the import .markets, &d,.withsome; exceptional. transactions, operations. have not ■ been: of much account, In breadstuffs we note:, sales «f Victorian: .flour, at jEll.lO), Feeding. -grains attract considerable' notice,■ higher 'rates; being paid'for. bata. ■. Aparcel.of 400 bushels:6r\ ;Tasmaniari changed hands in a line af 3s 3d., Inquiries for barley still continue; a lino ofaboiit '10)000 bushels-has been.placed;at a price sustaining ..the :higher .rates now. required.- Maize' 1 is rather firm;,'ahd '■as' the,,- market is>;again... bare of stock,' holders' of sound parcels nak ,3s : Od. .There, is. only '.one;'cargo of Clarence;, river'.: maize anowii.'.''.to-'be on the'way for this: port at present) and'itVia j'io^p6eted. the; curi'enfc ;price will ibe. maintained, : ,' Sales of rice, in.trado; p»rcels.;are.mehtibned at £28105. ; In sugars, we : 'nW'' : 6figaleß : -at-'£3B-..t0'.-'£39 for brown" crystals. .A fair inquiry for .teas for,trade pur-; poses is reported; low -medium congous have! been ;placed;,at Is'6d'te:.ls : 6d j 20Q iialf-cnests of good: mediums were.quitted:at Is 9d, and'Wb-hear of, some 200 chests'-Of. the .Albert Victor's teas haying: . beendisposed of at Is 7sd, all in bond. Provisions, 'are-dealt' in to a moderate, extent; a shipmentbf Varey's bains,':the laatbf''the;!,season, nas been ; placed to arrive at all faults." A shipment of 100 cases- of ling, has .been quitted at clirie oh late rates.. Candles are sqmewhatste'adier; ■; since thiei_ ; pdblicatibn^'of-.tlie'- Jpfdoks .in bond; at-. '■< tendon;; haa : ')been directed; to' the : extent of deliveries for the month) and moreconfidence.h'as, in: consequence; been imparted to holders, 'A demand for dark brandies has .led to'the;sale of equal to: forty hhds, of Hennessey's on private terms. ApEtAiDB,-rA-telegram in the Argus, dated March' 27., contains the latest news:'— . -j, The exports of ;wheat since the Ist {of .January amount to. 56,350 quarters, ;an'd of flour 1,760 tonW. •Th,e,wheatmarket is-yery'firmat'isjdto4s;l£d; thereis.very little offering. Flour'cbntihucs very' dull.at£lo;to£lli : - : ■. :.;.. : :;;.;. STBmT.—ThelateHcommerouilnewflfrom. Sydney is."contained' in a: telegram ;to the riousday : ;--r', ,^ ■...',, . ''■■■'.'' A cargbioj''New ?jpaland "potatoes his been sold' ■by auctioniat£3llsß:per ton. -•Thbgreater portion., of.the, Ea'nny; Nicholson's Mauritius;sugars, was : . sold: as; under);f-vjbite .cry'staW£'4j'6s ; •yelidwi'£36 to j^37lOi; fine,:countarsj £3B'j) Carlisle ale.' new. brew, £7 17s' Bdj. Califo'riiiati jvbeat, all faults'; 4^.'4d:' : 'lt'.is'.rumoured'that.. a'lafe 'softi, goodsfirm hereis about to .assign tbiW e&tato; to; theLoridon /creditors.; r There- is .Very tittle busi-l: ness doing, and prices generally are without lion. !'■/ '■■': '■■"•■'..::' ■ ■' : ,-' i '' i -i'.':: ' ' : V