THE WEEK'S BUSINESS.
Saturday evenintj.
J/arkcts are pretty firm, however, and there is a growing 1 coi fldence of improved jates being obtained for good'- btfoie loug. Suifurd are s arce, and for first Mauritius whites £36 10 £36 10s is freely psid. Yellows are also growing scsiriie, ri d commiml £32 per ton. The brandy market is firm, although prices are v charged Hennessy'd casts Bel's at 355, and bulk at 9" 9d to 10a.
jsles aro qjiet, but stout ia in fsir demand; Burke'n Gninuesb' is in short supply and commands 11r 6d to lls 9d.
There is a report of a considerable advance in the price of galvanised iror,, but we have not heard of any sales ; meanwhile ho'ders quote up to £25. fencing wire is neglected. Bf>me business is doing in woolpacks at 2s 6d to 2p 9 1. Cornsacks aro little inquired for, but prices are firmer.
Wheat continues to advance, and good business has been deae durine the week up to 5s for prima Northern milling samples. Oats are quiet at 2s to 2s Id for feed, and 2s 2d for milling. Arrived during the week, the Forfaishire, from London.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1456, 11 October 1879, Page 13
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196THE WEEK'S BUSINESS. Otago Witness, Issue 1456, 11 October 1879, Page 13
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