COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume XLII, Issue 6247, 26 September 1885, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs duties collected at Chrieteoarch on Thursday, September 24th, were •a follows:—Spirits. £90 la 3d} tobacco, £731te; ogam, £118 4s j iriae, £il Wβ; tear, £144 j sugar, £15 16a sdt tea, £301 Qs 4d , goods by weight, £608 12s; ad ■wflorem, £745 lfc; other duties, £83. Total, .£2146 1&. - Daring the past week business in .the inmost market has continued quiet, and ao improvement ifl looked for until the, feeftJDsing of the sew month. The ship Plendee has pot is her appearance from liOßdas with a large and varied cargo of general merohandLee, many lines of which hare changed hands to arrive. ThestoamshipWhampoa has arrived from Foo Chow ■mThmedin, Melbourne, asd Sydney, with fae eecond direct cargo of new season's tea* for the Hew Zealand markets. Low State of teas are scarce and in demand, bo fast-a good portion of this steamer'a chipBsent comes to a good market. Sugars are &ttrlfie firmer, and Mauritius snowdrops fetch £24 to £i 4 10a, I.B.; yellow crystskG, A amall lot of fine white crystals &omQaeen»lsad are also offering at prices wi&ob. should tempt purchasers. Currants c£ best quality, are eojoce. In general groceries tnere is so change to note, the purchases of the trade being of a eorting•hj» nature only. Woalpaeke will shorter saeet with the usual demand experienced «i thia time of the year. The enquiry ** imported clover seeds is alackening. Fencing wire slow of sale. Boiled and raw BHtfnfewn their price. Galvanised iron cc stent am slightly easier on account recent arrivals. ■