COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10601, 9 March 1895, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

; Lyttelton Times Office, V , Friday Evening. Only a moderate business has been , ciixrent during the’pasfc week. In view of the dulness prevailing, buyers confine purchases to actual wants, even the j temptation of a cutting quotation being , insufficient in many cases to elicit an | order. The only item out of stock at the | moment is soda crystals. The trade foru | long time past has taken nothing but the j locally-made -article, and through soma I failure in the manufacture, the factories | have not for days past bean able to supply | orders. Sales of kerosene, ex ship, have | been made at a eligbt concession on I current rates for lots er store. Ever ,] since the opening of the railways a collector has been sent for the weekly 5 carriage accounts, but within last few j weeks the authorities have altered ihß jj arrangement, aud those who have accounts { are now compelled to make payment at the office at the railway station. The late svofcem has been in operation for about twoafcy-fiva years, has worked well, and the mercantile community are unable to understand why th® change has been made. . . English lYail news is not of a very important character. Shipments to the various New Zealand p'orts continued on much rhe same level as tute of the previous four W< New York advices to Feb. 1. Orders I from New Zealand ate V e P? rt !"® s and charterers experienbV d ! filling up. The - Kate Troop,; or BuaG .and’ Lyttelton, sailed on JaJ 1 * 23 « Lyttelton cargo embraced SSv’O eases of kerosene and' ICO cases of turpem \ ho only other clearance reported. the j Trinidad, iot Wellington. Kerosene had advanced slightly, and a private \cabla recently received here reports a furvuer j slight advance. In the other gonej^ 1 -1 American.lines usually imported there 'j no appreciable change in prices. Calcutta ) dates by mail are to Feb. 2. Since the | sales of woolpacks already tor June-July shipment, no further transactions had transpired. Prices, on the whole, had declined a half-penny per pack. Exchange on London six months’ drafts was quoted atla o|d per rupee, and sixty dsys Bight on ; New Zealand at Is l|d. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. i! Threshing has- made good progress [| ■during the week, and deliveries of grain | have been more frequent. The returns | furnished display a much hotter yisla jv than was anticipated. Business in Wheat, | though firm, has not increased to any { extent, farmers still showing a disinclina- I .tion to accept current quotations. Since I the opening of the season prices have I improved Id to 2d per bushel. The aspect | of the market at present ic certainly | stronger, We quote Tuscan and Pearl | 2s to 2o 4d, Hunter’s 2a Id to 2s 3d. i Oats. Market quotations display l scarcely any variation, while the inquiry | has not increased. The southern crop has | not yet affected the market, but it will | very shortly be available. Prices stand at | Is 3d to Is 4d for boat milling; stout feed | at Is 2d to la 3d; Duns, IB Id to la 2sd; | other sorts. Is to la Id. | Barley.— The market has gone back. | Maltsters have bought freely and are not so anxious to secure samples. Prices have declined; all round'. Best malting, nominal at 3s 6d; medium to good, 2s lOd to 3a 3d; Capa barley, la 6d to la 9d; Eye corn, la 9d to 2a. | Beans and Peas.— New crop peas are ] now on the market. Prussian Bines 2s 2d | to 2a 3d. Beans 2s to 2s 2d. Flour. —Millers’ quotations remain at ,£7 for roller, £G 10s for stone. Grass Seed.— Not much has transpired in ryegrass, and prices for ail grade’s ate unchanged. Cocksfoot is easier, buyers nob giving up to opening rates. Prices range from 3£d to for farmers 8 lota, and 3fd for better quality. Dairy Produce.— Butter 6d to 7d; factory 8d; cheese 3sd to 4d.