COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4786, 4 December 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

__a Customs duties collected at Christohnrch 4m _3_graday, December 2nd, were as foliews :—Spirits, __259 7s 2d; tobacco, J8193 lis lid; wine, J-181256d; tea, .£312 18s4d; ■goods by weight, £3 2s lOd; ad valorem, ,£3B ts j ether dafiee, £32 Is 3d; total, -5884155.

Aw the usual sitting of the Waste Lands JSo&rd -held at Christchurch on Thursday, December Sad, sales were made as folows i— Selwyn, S2a Or 18p; Akaroa, 72 acres. Total acreage sold, 15-. Or ISp, pro* . dssmg -3GS 4_ 6cf. Befonds en account of fennor.purchase;i were made in the sot- of £Si -Ss. - '■ ■ „

Tea opening of tho month has net been of the —Stsst eaecuragiEg nature. The business transhas been meagre and not up to what is usa-ly expected at thia period. Theso-th-west w_at_ar lately nret ailing has brocght into Fort tka leug looked for barcae Oeesa Banger from -fewXerk. We -ndarsfcsad a &___. portion.of __g cargo, badly c-mased by sea water,, and tmftfc for resMpuust at MauriMoa, has been sold by soetioQ at the latter pert. Tha -elivery of the cargo most likely w-i be subject to an average _e__vnd. With a «o—tinnanes ot the preeasfi weather the Bangi-ki and West Biding aha-ML v_sy sosa. pat ia an -cpesranee. The _jscgo «E sseaax fro-t tha Mam-iss by tbe Loia was triad ai auction on Thursday _ffcer_ooß:_i tha prs«_ea'.of & fatrasteadasee, hut the utmost | .eS-eta of the a-etioaeer failed to enlist ihr, aites-on of buyers. With the e_eepfc_n of one esfcw&E-ia-kteef whites at i&ilOa andiSSS, __3sa*lat of brewers* crystals, tha _at_* lot was p_a_3' in. The ___veris_ cf tea have e~j_ f_sr, axuS some it-sineas baa beau __oe _a v_k_s at Is to Is Si _M<__k ..3C&H9 $33 _m» kb, iwjairy again Sop Yaa

Houte-'s cocoa at 4s 6d to 4s 7d. Candles are firm at 9fd tolOd. Tobaccos have been quitted at Is to Is 2d, according to brand, but sales have not been extensive. Bennetts have lately had more frequent sales, and as lines of approved quality are not so easily cot, prices are sustained. Vestas, 1009's. are selling at 75s to 77s for Bell and Black's. Boiled oil maintains its late value of 4s Ba. Colza has been sold at 4b 9d to ss. Castor on the spot has been placed at Sa 6d to 3s 8d in bond, but parcels to arrivo are offering at a concession on the above quotations. Any day may now tee ike first of the Calcutta vessels with comsacks and woolpacks. There have been a few enquiries for parcels to arrive, but no business baa as yet passed under notice. Owing to the weather lately the demand for turnip seed has been pretty extensive, and has consequently folly kept up prices. Galvanised iron is quoted at late rates. "There are no Bpot parcels offering, bnt a few sales to come to hand are reported. Yard rates range from £28103 to iS3O, according to brand. Nine feet lengths are not in over supply. Plain galvanised iron is asked for, at _328 to £29. In spirits not much can be noted—a Eale of 20qrs Hennesey's brandy ia reported at 10s 6d, and a line of Geneva at 13s 9d. Ale and stout are without change.