COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2808, 2 May 1872, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

DrjKEDUfjßlftet IMfM of. April 2.9: reports:—The contused. of the weather jfc#s o his} £_ dgpressing: .ejffect ,np on business, which has during the month shown much life." In the import markets tions, but without much otlimportance coming under o^erfgt|o4r f ,*;ln.'spirits y continued quiet feeding is reported.. Supplies these goois?*nWS : *co_ie forward in sufficient quantityTb-preveht any. Improvement,"Jleni nessy's b**_dy •is' 27s 6d; but neither . i iu,„this nor any .other item has dbire. exceeding tl__e^*?arcels'. v '-Imported - _les'. : and stouts maintain steady prices, •but thb new supplies, are not typfking off very readil/." i *'H I su^ai*S i; the market? °keeps a firm look, 3: la^. to : hahd;;remains: in imporfe^^r|imds,'. v 'but __' the "meantime . fill rates,.and stocks -fjf 3 -arPtoe Better' description - are light. In teas there is no change to report ; the better descriptions of congous have moved more freely, buk-wAtlKiut.. anything, -of improvement in values. Sbmelines ot medium kinds as quitted at rates varying from Is 4Jd to Is 7di ;; Common -Jmbst" -neglected. Dundee goods have-had but - little attention: We hear of a few small .sales :_f cornsacks at and about 15s 6d, but grain dealers and shippers _ee_olsupplied i for present reqaifements. iron we. note a barer ness Gbbrl English brands are* worth £m J.Q. $$$, _ Some, .sniall shipments to at i,T?finc^g. r iviTeß Y axc : enquired" Lf ox, 'jthotfgh . r wlth"out .much actual business "^uig^plac^l.The late shipments "bjL malt as quitted at prices snowing ah"'improvement upon last quotations. In hops the market is quiet, 187 l's are without alteration,' Some lots bleared- off, ahd for these fMr-inth* have been maintained.- In the auefckwwnwsfeM*^

siderable parcels of goods offering, but the dull feeling prevailing 1 prevented any great amoTrntrof;business. MessrsM'Landress, HepbuM,^'ißd- €o! qtatted at their- rooms, some fs_£!Sn*as,"fcmbhg_6 which were—Page's port, a& ; common mm, 2s 6d; Tenn-SfsX _le: v all-" faults, 9s 9d quarts, and 4s 6d pin%B : *. colonial jams, lat 7a 3d ; currants, to 26s -per half-bsctsL*-Old _s 9d per firkin ; salad oil, half-pnatSy-fe 9d ; chocolate, la 3d : cocoa. Is 4-Jd ; mustards, BJd ; sultanas, ; figs, 6|d. Eor:___nnessy 5 s brandy, 6s was offered^frbntiaiofcilaccep-ed. . In the grain market Uitle real alteration can be noted. Wheats~TTO~TTTTre^trest;'but holders' prices not befajg conceded.- transactions have been very are worth 4s 9<L P*__*e barley also continues in demand. Some parcels of Provincial grown have been offering? samples have not been eitlier. in condition or compt-siba, and little business has resulted. Pine malting is worth 4s 9d; feeding parq?l£Tflrj£ quoted, at 3s. In oats sales of have been made at Is lOd, sotnei-PJime "lots quitting;-at Is lid to 2s ; thp. average of business has. however, been small. The recent Australian advices, though _. fa vorabiy' "affecting otlier items, have not^mch-i_Suenced.this. Town milled flour is quoted at £11 15s to iS 12. with a good demand. ..Shipments of really good Northern _butter., are again worth 8d to 9d, and parcels T4 of"'good Colonial hams arid bacou nTre"que6.t at; fid to Sid;. Akaroa cheese dull at^Jd/.;^ 1 u --"'- ; - '-'■.■ : * r.gi""- _-s ■■—