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Marlborough Express, Volume I, Issue 66, 20 March 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. By Special Wire. v ' ■ Auckland, March 19. Country trade a little brisker but local business dull* salt commends 1 igh sales coatse LG, fine L 6 10s ; blast’ng powder arrived, sold at IJd; cement all in one hand and spot lots selling at 20s ; salad oil scarce half pint 6s ; galvanised iron still bare and ex-recent an val L4O to L3l; candles upward tendency, Eoubaix 9d, Belmont 10Jd, currants sound, fruit scarce worth 6s 6Jd; flax firm superior Ll 9 to L2l, gum higher, good ordi-nr-y L 45 per ton ; breadstulls no alteration tendency weak, oats over-stocked with heavy arrivals offered Is 9d to Is 10d, m.'lze out of first hands sound, Fijian 3s to 3s 2d ; American bacon hams sold at 9dto Is, potatoes 60s. butter sold at lOd to lid; bone dust Sydney over-stocked sold at L 7. . Dunedin, March 19. Prime fat beef 24s per 1001 b, mutton l|d per lb, wheat 4s to 4s 4d, fowls’ wheat 3s to 3s 6d, oats Is 4d to Is 7d, barley 4s to 4s 6d, feed 2s 6d to 3s, potatoes £3 £3 v to ss, old hay £4, new ioaten hay £3 15s, chaff £3 10s, straw £2, bran £4, pollard £5, flour (large sacks) £ll to £ll 10s, Oatmeal £lO 10s, pe-l barley £22, onions 7s, new cheese 5d to 6d, bacon (rolled) lOd, hams Is Id, sides of bacon lid; hams and bacon are just now scarce in the market. Mr J. B. Bradshaw reports :—Bank of New Zealand £l9 10s to £2O, Colonial Banks 41s 6d, Nationrl I anks 60s, Nationr 1 Insurance 20s, Standard Insurance 9s to 10s, Union Insurance 14s 6d to 15s, Scottish and New Zealand Investment 21s, Nation? 1 Mortgage and Investment 21s, Colonir 1 Investment Agency, 20s, Mosgiel Factory 60s, Union Steamship Company £8 15s, cum div.