COMMERCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 44, 20 August 1892, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

KVEHIXO I'OST OFKICK Saturday Aftoruoou Tin- Ciihtnnis duties collected at tbo port of 'U'ellnifrron for tlio vreok ondmtr to-duy aiuouulcd to £i)lst 16a 3d. Beer, £51 3s 4d CiEOitnE Thomas A Co. report -wholesale pro<hwo pneoi ns folloivs .— AVo havo httlo to mill to tho information contained in onr last report, the toiio of tho market for oati ;s decidedly firm, whilo foi Hour and potatoes indications of weakness iv nicßont vn'.urs are appnrout. Stocks of prnno f ictory cheese aro almost oxhaustcd. and we look lor onremp rates li'itil October. Good keeping onions scorn unontniimblc ; there are qnautitios of ndifferont samploi offering. A sonons reduction in tbo valii(> of butt or may be noted ; it is, howvver, only temporary, as the demand for the Lou'l'iu market will continence to absorb supplies '.mm the first week in September. AYe quote— Vnino o-tts. 2i ,S}.l to Cs t,l ; lo»s fred, 2s IJ.I to -'¦i .M ; ontinoal, £10 103 to £11 ; oaten shoaf chifi, 75 sto 90s ; lollcr (lour, £10 10s to £11 ; stone do, A ! 10a to £10 ; whole fowls' wheat, 29 9d to 3s ; brau, 7.1s toSOj ; pollard, 85s to 90s j maize, 2s 9d; lv-ins, 3. Oil • poixs, 3s 9.1 ; pearl barley. £16 10s ; split peas. CU.; potatoes, T)erweut."Sos to 40s; reed samples GOs to 100s ; ouious, prime, £3 10s ; ¦--ecoml.ehss swinplat 50s. The market has bpou l.i ro of supplies of fruit, and shipments from Hol nrt mil Sycluey. now tine, should command sitis1 irtory rates Toultiy is m request, aud fowls n'eatJi ; tin keys, Cs ; ducks, 4s; s ee so, 53 per i> iir Coax Exchanqk leport, Chnstohuvch, 20th An-ust, 1892 (per V. Denh.ini, secretary) — Wlu'iit— Markot dr-igs; millers holding oft for the indent, md shippers cannot givs tvilluh jneasuriiM* distjvioo prices asked for prime milling:, li.irley— No cooil in-ilhup; offemur, pml other kinds li-vlected. Oats— A number of enquiries during thi> week, but holders hnTo followed their usual <.iotics. aud, as soon as raiukct showed a little iinmios-i, piled'on tho asouy to such a degree, that operations have, been few, and iv somo instances orders havo beon driven away to other places, thouch they could have been filled hero at renuincnktivo prices. Potatoes— AVo are almost nfriud to write it, but we must record operations that came nndor our notice— several spot lines sold this week Rfc 10s per ton. Grass seed decidedly easier. The following arc prices paid to farmers f.o.b Lyttelton, pickaxes extra (potatoes' exceptctl)—Wheat, pnmo milling, 3s"Sd: barley, «c«m<l mte, 2s 9d to3s; oats, prims milling, 2s; seed Tartars, 2s ; potatoes 10s to 15s ; rye grass, unebmcvl. 3s to A 3.1 ; cheese, 3sd to ,M ; "fresh factory Imttfr, Is . blue pens, 3s oil : field peas, 2s (M : beans. 3s to. ls 3d Messrs Edwtrdu ,t M'Bcath report for tviii;cs 'Ins week .is follows •— M.irrietl eonp'es, £70 to t'V> : carpc.itcis, 10s ; lineklajers, 12s; blnck-i-Miitlw, !>s t> 10s; pamteis liml glariers, 10s; nhimbcr* and srisfllters, fls to 10< ; .s(oromcn.42.s t.> 6rs ; draymen, 42s to 50s ; coachineu, :10s to •"""-; crooms, 2is to ."os ; ganlenors, Cs to 8s; firm Imuds, 15s to 2-is ; niillcmon, 25s to 275; liotol men, 20s to 40s ; barmaids, 25s to 30s ¦ waitresses, 15s to 20s; cooks, 25s to 40s; female do, 25s to Sss ; housemaids, 12s to 20s ; general <t>n ants, 10s to 1 Is ; uursecrirls and boys, 7s to 15s. Thero is no alteration sinco last report SHARE MARKET. Saturday, 20th August, 10.30 a.m. The undermentioned sharebrokers report ou the share msrket as follows :— Last Tinyeis. Pellers. Sales. Local— £ s. d. £ s . A. £ s. d. VV.'t AA*ooll»n . 2 18 fi 3 0 0 — Wellington <;rs 11 10 0 15 0 0 — Trfjst.tJ.oiii .. — ii II 0 _ r-)\rt. BuiKKi"; <i U 0 — — Wcl** HnJiame r. U i) _ _ V, &2F Railway (1 1(1 <; — 10 0 Unr Meat ' . . 5 0 n _ Jliut Exp't, «mi — i 10 0 — I!\NES — N.Z. (old), emu . 4 1.1 ri — — Colonial .. 20 0 — "'i a r TXSURVXCF.— Xciv Zealand .. — 311 0 310 0 Nations! 0 It? 4 016 S 01G 4 South British . . 1 10 0 — — Pt.iuJard 0 15 D 0 16 0 — y.Z. Accident 0 7 9 0 S 0 — I.oau ft Mercantile — 216 6 216 6 Kai'i;>oi AA*ool!eu ... 4 10 0 — — yZ. Druir Co. ... 018 9 019 0 — Gss .. 12 10 0 — — Oxs=box-=e Gas. ex 1 1 6 J. Pr-uisfield l\ T. Stuart H.i-<\Mirt A Co. Truebridge, JTillor. & J. n Tniichani A- Co. Eoioh.