COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume XXIII, Issue 2971, 27 February 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

? '■■ ■■;•■ Press Office, Friday. L The Customs' revenue collected yesterday was as follows:— T"'" ' .7- "•-.■ £ s. d. ' Drapery .. ... ..... 305 3 0 Spirits ... ... 21113 10 Tea F... ... * ... 55 15 3 Wine ... ... ... ... ... 41 6 5 Sundries ... ... 13 110 £627 0 S

- Large sales of wheat have been made during the week at 3a, and as no orders of any importance come forward from outside markets, buyers do not appear very anxious to operate extensively even at 3s. The yield, is turningjout exceedingly well throughout the province, very few deliveries being under 30 bushels the acre, while many are 50 to 60 bushels, .and eveu as much as 70 bushels the acre has been'obtained in some cases. Oats are selling freely at 2s 6d, as a moderate export demand exists, but ■. with the heavy, crops In Otago, which ..will .shortly- be in the market, buyers do not 'appear disposed" to advance prices. Inferior wheat Is selling ar. 2s 3d, and 23 6d, and can be used for horse feed. Flour has. been sold at £9 in 1001b sacks, f.0.b., but prices must ere long give way. Brati is jselling at £3 10s, f.o.b. Barley is in excellent deinandat 4s (3d for reully prime samples, and although higher prices are reported to have been paid, we, .cannot bear of any leading buyer operating at oyer thisjirice. Butter is worth lOd, and cheeseOfd. "Amoderafe business •has-been-done ia the import markets during the past week. The W. W, Smith, xJtomJLiondon, arrived on- the 25th inst, withfiilt cargo of general merchandise. The Mallard cleared tor London on the ii2ud test "with cargo of wool, skins, tallow.. Teas-rSeveral sales have .been made in these lines at our last quotations. We understand. tbe.s.s. Otago is bringing the* cargo of tea transhipped' from the W. G. Patton at Melbourne. Thiscargoought to sell well, as the market is >cry * l&irely stocked with good to best lines. Sugars " liaye-been disposed of freely. Whites realised £35 to £;« lOd; yellowe, £33 10s to £&1, 1.8. v;k few parcels of Hennessy's case have been placed .-at 20s to 29s 6d ,• .bulk with usual tradd sale at9s6d. TBfartell's dark 9s 3d to 9s 6d. Geneva, JDKZ—The demand for this line has-been vfiry good; sales have .been effected at 15s to 18s 6d, 1.8. We bave nothing new to report in the : other lines of. ....spirits, beyond the usual good trade sale. 1 s Bass's Ijnlk-ade—The demand for this is increasing; sales Jiave been made at £0 to 10s. In bottled ales and stonts:the business transactions has hot been great jsalfii are pushed at lis 6d to 12s 6d, for the -^iest.brands. Price's candles find purchasers inlarge parcels at lo|d. Kerosene is offering freely atr 1s 3d, 1.8. A few sales have been effected at this figure. For cl&aring- a large line holders would make a considerable concession this quotation .' A few pofekets ot English hops have been quitted at 2s lid, J>,P.';stocks very small;-. Cornsaeks have been sold s freely at 12s per dozen.* Tobaccoes— Sales haTfeibeeh very few.: The prices quoted areIs D£d for best'easfe twist, Is B|d to is 9d for |- ! tierces, in bond. :s>'"- - A-iA-A;-*. '

Mr C. C. Aikman held a sale of land at hia. rooms yesterday, situate at the Ashburton,- comprisingx . forty sections of the South Ashburton township. ' Thi-rewas a yood attendance, and'the bfddidg*were '. "spirited, the whole number of sections beingquitted -■" - as-prices ranging from. £51 per section for, tiie' highest, and £25 average. The sections faried in' . , -size from 32 perches to quarter of an acre. ■•'-'-■

Mr H. K. Alport reports the following business, at auction during the week:—On Tuesday, at the Hereford street sale, sold a parcel of furniture, men a' and boys' clothing, aud other merchandise, •at fair rates. On Wednesday, at the Canterbury - f Sale Yards, Addington, sold 57 head steers and heifers, 18 monthslo » years old, at £3 Jls to _E3l3s "•per bead; ditto, 21 head 2-year old steers, ~£* -16s iSper head; ditto,, a head yearlings,- 36s per .head? ditto superior springing "cows," £9 Tss ; fair quality j dairy cows, £6 10s; 3to 4 year old fat steert, £7 155. 'Fat stdck continue an altered in -1 price. Prime"

• . mutton, 2d to 2id per lb \ beef* 25s to 27s 6d pet 100 lbs. Stores still in demand. 'On Thursday, at; .! .the Hereford street Sale (Koomt!, sold a consignment of birds, parrot-, fancy fowl's, *c". The attendance _ was good, and prk&g'satisfactory. .A L

* ' - 'Messrs BE. Mat&on.and Co report on the live-stock* market, &c, for theweek ending 27 th February *IS75:—: At the yards, .on, Wednesday there' was a "large" , supply of both sheep and cattle to hand, viz, 1368 head of cattle, and 3780 sheep. In cattle our entries comprised 2j_- head for Messrs Carter Bros, Renny w Davfe, O'Callaghan, Fay. Corr. and biddings Were brisk and sales were effected wfth tase at prices about equal to rates rullno-'at nrevions market, a few lines were turned oat Tt l ein«.too late in the day to oflfer them. We quote beef at 27a 6d per lOOlbs, a few head of esara quality would ivalise UOs and over. In slacp onr entries comprised 24U* head; tor Messrs W B. Andrews H l>avfcs Xcv Cocks, Jackson Wright and others We soUl fat eross-breds. at, it* to Lis Jd; merino ' stores, from is to 5a per head ; !aml»s al <_$ tki. and. old culls, at 2s to 3s per head. We quote-prime* 1..- inatton at 2sd per lb. Country *alo» -\Ye bpld a a* clearing sale at Rangiora on Thursday onacwuiit , of Mr F. IS.. Hickman ot tbe whole of his' RomneT* • Marsh sheep, horses, cattle, and farm implements. There was a fair-attendance, but in consequence ofthe early season of the year, biddings were very dull all, thTousrh the sheep sale, In fact, ia our opinion* tbe sheep were sold at c about one-, tliirdof their real value,:but acting under instruc- r . tions from the owner, we disposed of the whole a&> 27s 6dper head for ewe lambs; ITS and SOsifdrtwoT • "tooth ewes . lis to 25s foribar and sixr tooth ewes, -and rains, from 7s to 5s lOd; cross-breds, from-Ss-to 9s 6dj>er head. - Hordes and cattle sold welL. Sheepskins, hides, tallow, &c— On Thursday last ailarge quantity. came i© Jisnd and jcealised* good prices,. -- mz, -butcher*.* cross-bred skins,. 2& 4dv. merino do, __ Is 6d; lambskins: 2s 3d; woolly skins -from 4s)9d4a 5s Id. Country ">ts—Cross-*breds, v Ts 4fi to Is od ; , merino do, 7d to lid; tallow. to 2Jd pei-lbs. -■' ■ J-.abaii.JS. Campbell report on the live stock , . market for the week .ending the'26th iUBt as follows:—tforseß—The market hasbeen folly supplied" ' 'wit& draught stock, for which at present there is iiot a grist demand. At Tattersall's, on Satarday. ■we quirted a large number of light horses. . Quotations : Kirn-class draught*, £65 to £75; medium do. £43 to £55 { Merit do.-£23 to £30; good haok» aud light harness horses. £25 to £33; use!ill do, £14 to £30 j inferior and weeds, nomintil. Thar*. »'ere 3«s vanM on W«dn«wl»y. «Itrye pj*o« cciUqs. si *te«& w«« w«U &?<., tpoi yai&y, k

of station stores ;brought from £6 10a$ W£2 17s 6d ; |fat cattle sold at prices equal to 2gp &2 s §J? er 1001b. J&om tlie animated competiti<Sts c o£ fftat wilfully n*alafctf» their piloßduii|_fpug e]_iii|ifcr winter,?asihereare lianda of Weedeei; panned Tprlpea: were firm, quite maintaifiitiir.late quotatioiig/f |*irne mutton fetched npto2»a; in stores thersi. is not mu<3)7acsnfj; we qoote cross-hn-ds at Ts 6d; one'good line of thlir description was withdrawn, the price, offered not coming, up to owner's expectations: merinos, good, sound sheep, 5s ; old ewes in good condition, about 3s.