COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 4953, 17 January 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The amount «f revenue received at the Custom House on woods cleared this day for consumption was Wright, Stephenson, and Co. held their opeuing wool sale for the season yesterday. There was a full attendance of buyers, both local and foreign. Competition wasi brisk, aim nearly every lot offered waisold at prices winch, considering the very low rates rulinir in. the Home markets, may be considered very satisfactory. The catalogue consisted for the most part of small clips. The only lot unsold wag a large clip for which the bidding did not reach the owner's reserve Greasy half-bred brought from.Cid to S)Jd; and merino from 6Jd to 9£d; washed cross-bred, 12$ dto 13d The number of bales and bags catilogued was 821 and 7ft respectively, ef which 510 bales and 70 bags wore The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Acencv Company have received the following cahlegrani from their London office, dated Jamiarv fi :—" Wool —Trade in the manufacturing districts is slightlv better There has been a little private inquiry. till eat—Market quiet. Adelaide description is worth 49s tier 4961b • do New Zoaland, 445. Tallow.-Market firm. Best mutton is quoted at 38s per cwt; do beef-85s Leather.- Firm; 7,400 Australian hides are adve*. tised for sale on the 10th." , " itfV TMiKORAPH-J : January 17—Broadshiffs unchanged Flour, 10s lOd for trade parcels. Brail,. L 6 : pollard L 5 15s : oatmeal, LlO at the mill', wheat, superior 4s fid ; Towl's feed, Ss 3d. Oats—milling, 4s 4d; feed' 3s 7d and scarce.- Barley very scarce, and is worth ss' 6d Brandies, rising : Bennessy's case, 86s; bulk, 10s 9d" in bond: ale, 235, in case ;:ttritish ale and Btout lis and 10s 9d respectively; sperms, lOJd; kerosene 17b per case. \\ oolpacks arc in demand at 4s.