Dunedin Commercial Report.

Otago Witness, Issue 1297, 7 October 1876, Page 11

Dunedin Commercial Report.

Witness Offioi, Thursday Morning.,

Having reported fully the condition of the markets in our usual commercial mail summary, we havo now , but little to mention either in the way of additional business or change in values, that little being rendered all the leas by the few days that havo since intoi venod, having been the closing days of the last and the first of the prosent month. September a 1 together bore, as Usual, the character of being a dull month. But it usually, too, soei the dull season out, and welcomes the first indications before it closes of a busier and brisker time, as it, in fact, actually has on this occasion done in weeks preceding the last few days. Next week, the fourth well over, will afford, -wo hope, some evidence to that effect. As we have just said, thero have been no occurrences to note since the 27th, if wo except a sale ot white pine timber from Southland, ci Wanganui and Beautiful Star, held on that day, at the Rattray street Wharf. The attendance upon tho occasion was good, contractors and the trade mustering in force, and the lots moved • off briskly at satisfactory rates. Brandy exhibits no change for the better ; there is scarcely anything doing iv either Hennessy or second brands. Quotations continue unaltered. In whisky, there is nothing additional to report, nor is thero in spirits of any kind. Alo and porter are precisely as they were — quiet prevails. Tea steadily pro-, gresses, in a limited way; that is, the last seasonV teas, and slightly influenced for the better, as tho prospect of ' a deficiency of supply this year becomes more evident. In sugar, the market i 8 healthy. The advance in cost is maintained, but sales .inconsequence are m«antime re?trict'ed->-buyerg not caring t6 give iv until absolutely compiled. There is little or none in the market— save tho balance of the Emma's, and somelittle, it may be, of the Abcona's. Currants are scarce, and very firm, at sd. Raisins are the very reverse. In. provisions, hams and bacon — local cure — aro in good supply, and prices, if anything, rather eaMor. Buttor is difficult to dispose of.' The current price of cheo>e is 9Jd. Corn sacks are dull, and likely to bo cheap ihis year. In woolpacks— although it is too early to affirm with certainty— the information existing seems to indicate 'that supplies are [ not likely to be full. Kerosene is now quoted ' at 2* Id, Levoe's ; candles, De Roubaix's, lOd. Flour, it is rumoured, is likely to advance this week to £13 10s. There it a good demand for town trade and oxport. Wheat is scarce «Dd out of the ! hands of tho farmers ; quotations vary for prime milling from 5s to 5s 6d, the latter being a very extreme quotation. In oats there is no change; prices a,re from 2» Id to 2s 2d. The present causa of scarcity — farmers bcin» busy sowing — will, when over, make them more plentiful. Messrs M. and J. Mebnan, George streot, repdrt the following as the latest quotrtions :—: — > Flour — Large bags, Ll3 ; small do, Ll3 10a per ton. Oatmeal— Lll ocr ton. Pearl Barley— L22 per ton Bran— Ls 15s, including bags. Pollard— L6 lo3 per ton. ( , Chad — L 4 per ton. • ' Hay— L3 15s to L 4 por.ton. ' Potatoes— L3 15s to L 4 ptt ton. ' Carrots — L2<los per ton. Wheat — 4s Cd to 4s,s)d per bu shel , to 53 6d for milling Barley — 2s 9d"to 3s 6d per 'bushel. Oats — 2s to 2s 2d per bushel. 1 Butter — Fresh, Is 2d ; salt do, Is to Is Id per lb. Cheese— 9d to lOd per lb. • • Eggs— lod to lid per doz. . .