COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1298, 13 January 1868, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NKLSON. EETAII. MARKETS. Bread.-Od to lid per 4lb. loaf Q. IU ; n . OaK 3s to 3s 6d per bushel; barley, as per buehol ; maizo, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bushel. Meat.—Beef and mutton, 5d to 8d per lb,; Teal end pork, 8d ; bacon and ham, is per lb. Dairy Produce. —Butter, per lb., Is 3d; salt butter,'lid to Iβ ; eggs, Iβ 8d per dozen. Poultry.—Ducks, Cs. ; fowls, 6s per pair ; geese, Hod and Eounnoll quote fino flour at £22 per ton. — Colonist, Jan. 10. CANTERBURY. Wheat, that at one time could hardly find a purcha?er at 3s per bushel, is now in great demand at os to 53 6d. This sudden rise has been caused by roports of a short crop throughout Au-ftralia,_ which reports have received authentication by latest intelligence. In imports, beer in wood is difficult to quit except for best brands. Base E. 1. and No 2is quoted from £10 to £10 10b per hlid. Ale in bottle is only in limited enquiry. Porter goce off heavily. Spirits of all torts uro not much sought after. Light wines, as is usual at this season, uro in better demand, and cnsiderable imports of Australian have taken place. These wi-.-ea are very pitlnteuble, and liiely to come into great r.quest. The market is fairly supplied with tens. Sugars were at one time low in stock, but a portion of direct shipment from Mauritius'to Luncdin was tent forward to this market, and met witb. n ready sale at full rates. Dried fruits as usual during Christmne time, have sold well. tVoolpacks imd cornsacia are both in large supply, j and prices rule low. | OTAGO. Since the departure of the home mails on the 20th, a fair degree of activity has been ob>eiTable; and notwithstanding the holidays arid occasional intervals of bud weather, a good demand for country and coastwise requirements has been felt, ond altogether on improved business done. No important chbngee have occurred In tho markets, and except an increused firmness : "i some articles, there is, in the value of? staples, but little alteration to note. The transacts ne during tlio past week in breadetiiffs lwve oeen only foe current requirements, prices remnining stationnry. 'Jhe disyoeition to speculative purchases noticeuUo while tho market had an improving tone, has subsided. Closing rates are—frr Adelaide, £21 ; and for provincial, £17 10s to £18. Wheats are quoted a«. 6s 6d, and op.ts at 2s 9d. Malt liquors continue quiet, not a transaction in bulk ales worth recording has occurred, and but a few B mall parcels of bottled beers havo been sc!l ; ng. — Times, January 4th. SYDNEY. In bank shares there havo been Bales of Commereinlsat SUJ, and Kew South Wales at 455. For Citvs last weok's quotations h:ivo been maintained. Npw Ze.'ilnnd: have advanced 5s per Bharo; sales at 17A. Joint. Stocks are weaker, and have been quitted at'from 5b premium down to par. In steam and Insurance shares there was nothing done. The following table will show tho closing quotations of the Stock and >hure market, and the rates at which buxiniwa hue been <l»no during tho week :—

£"2 Closino Business Capital. Comtanies. :|jj i> U icks. Done. 000,000 Aiisf.aln.iin ■»" to G4 ... 1,000.(100 Ixradoi Churtorod... -" -f '" -; 1 , 2;oon,n(O Oriental 2" 40 to 42 l.asn.oon Union • J; •'- , r . — 1.000.000 N-c.'South Wales f>*ii }£ SjW.OUii New Zealand !j ['I 2uo yrjo CUy Bank 10 I<>s 10 * Slcmn. 320.00" Australasian • SO 02 000 Clarence & Richmond l< 3bs tc ,s 83 000 Hiiutor Hivor 10 « to ?i 5(1,000 Illawarra 5- 4 toa 60 000 Quooiisliind lu Insnrnnce. «00 000 «er.ernl Murine 30«iStoli lafi'ono N. S. W. Miinno " V,, ~ 2S(.:oOO SydneyPire*Marino 2)5 to 15 SOU 000 I'acillc I'iro*:Marine J. - 000,000 United Firo nud lliir j vine i :, 1 000000 Southern * '» lS J?* to" 50,000 Sydney Exchangn... I ,1 :,-, 50,<100 Pyrmort IJri'lgor 5 -i IOO.IXin Walkend Coul 1«| '» 00,000 Warntuli Coal " "> 20,000 Moruya "i 100,000 Peak So'wnVcoppcr 1 25s 25. -25a 6d 00,000 Cadiiuigullong 1 Ditto ••.; 1 30 000 Hartley Kcrcseno Oil and PavaiUno 1 40 000 Oluniniro « oUI MininK ; 00,000 Fitzroy Iron ■■•• •> SO 000 WesteriiKeroseneOil 1 Ditto Prof- ie« 23,050 liulli Con! Company 10 S> Currawaug Cupper r.M> DelientureH"Tßffi"!^. {«» IT 05 OuL'cnsliuul Clovernincn I°° ■'■i 9 's City of Sydney ...... 1W - 18 Pymont Bridge 00., duo m 100:00,010 a N rpc^"nV faO ". rn ™. O ".»} 100 100 to 104 Wellinifton.N.Z.. 10 per, cent loo; ...

Breadstuff*.— Mention was made in our Summary for laet Panama mail of the receipt of telegrams from South Australia reporting extensive injury from met to the growing crope ; subsequent advices have confirmed these reports, and. instead of an anticipated

snrplne of IOO.OOOtons, the wheat according to reliable calculations, wiU *»•£ e mssg nal Victorian is woith 7s 6d to 7b Mpa ?"»" Tnferio-Tasmaninn was sold last week at 7s, but for forward freely next month much higher rates are looted for. Maize has advanced to 3s for ■best t empire, with a firm market; oats, 3s to 3s 3d j barley doll, at 2s 9d'to 3s. ■ Liquors.-H01.3er3 of bulk ales are more flsposed to meet the market, as shipments of the new brew are shortly expected. Marrian's has been selling at £8 10e to £8 12s 6d, ond small lots of Bass s *.o. 3 at £8. Allsopp'B is quoted at £8 to £8 5s for small quantities. Bottled ales are in fair demand, and prices well sustained. Tennent's, Basse t™" 3^' 6 ' and Wortliington's command 9e 9d to 10s 3a; oecond brands, 8s 6d to 9s 3d. Pint ales are scarce, and worth fis 9d to Tβ. Porter in wood and glasß cont : iues inactive, and prices low; Stewart s wuißKy was receatly placed by auction at 10a 6d per case, bulk sells at 4s 6d to 4s 9cl. The recent advance in MarteH's and Henneesy's dark brandy has been supported, end Eome holders decline Belling at 7s 6d, tvhich Jβ the present quotation ; pale is not in bo much request and can be had at 7b to 7s 3d; bottled of the same brande sells at 24s to 28a. Gin continues Bcarce. Kum very firm, at 3s 9d to 3a 10d.

Metals, -with the exception of bar, rod, and sheet iron, and sweating copper, stocks ere ample and prices unaltered. Oils. —The market has recently improved for_ all descriptions, but as soon ns the package duty expires a slight decline is looked for. Colza is quoted at os 6d to 6s, linseed 4a 9d to 5s 3d. O ;, men's Store'.—The market is dull, ind stocks increasing. A few small sales have been made privately at fair rates, but auction rates are unsatisfactory to importers. Kice.—Further email ehipment3 from Melbourne have supplied the market for the present; amallsales of patna have been made at £32 10s to £33.

Salt.—All descriptions are held for an advance. Coarse liyerpool has been eeliinsr at 90s to 92s 6d ; Gne, 95a. Speculators cleared the market of rock, and for small lots, in second hand, £10 has been paid. Sugars.—The expected improvements has been checked by the arrival, during the last few days, of three cargoes from Mauritius and one from Java. Pending public sales, it is impossible to give present irarket values.

Teas.—Kxcept for ration co~gons the demand is trifling. Teas langing at from £6 5h to £G 10 per chest etc inquired for, hut aro ulmOßt out of first hand o .— Herald, I'ec. 31. SYDNEY StAEKSTS. ■Wholesale. Beta 5, . Flour —Fine, ton of 20001b5... £19 0 0 Seconds, do., do 17 0 0 Bran, per bushel 0 1 t> Biscuit, cibin, per 100 lbs 15 0 Navy, ditto 110 Bread, per 21b. loaf - ... 4d to 5d Butcher's Meat—Beef, per lb. l£d to 2d ljd to 5d Mutton, per do to 2d Hd to 5d Pork, per do to od 5d to 7d Veal, per do 4d dd to 6d Lamb, per quarter 3s 6d to 4s Rabbits, per pair 3s 4a Koßßting Pigs, each 4s 6d to 6s 6d 6a to 10s Cheese, per lb 5d to 7<l 7d to la Bacon, per do fi d to 7d 9d to Is per do 6d to 7d 9d to Iβ Eggs, per dozen 13 Is 3d to Is 6d Vegetables—Potatoes, pr. cwfc. 6s to 7a 8s to 10s Cabbages, per dozen 4s to 10a 9d to Is Gd Forage—Straw, per cwt !?s 6d Grass hay, per do 3s Lucerne, per do 4s 10d Oaten, per do 03 Maize, per bushel 2s 6d Oats, per do. 3s Barley, per do 3s 6d •»* The prices quoted above are as neat as can be ascertained. The market is ruled by tbo supply, consequently a few hours may materially affect the pilces.— Herald, Deeember 28. MELBOD3NEIn breadstuffa there are no sales whatever to report ; and though we retain former quotations of Victorian flour—say"-£l6 10s to £17—the market is scarcely so firm. Good samples of wheat realise 6a 9d to 7s, but there nr« few pavcela offering. The high pricos realised of late for oats have had some effect in indneiDg holders to offer more freely at •■Js to 4s 3d, though we have not heaTd of any transactions taking place. Maize is exceedingly firm. Sales of parcels are made at 4e to 4s lid, and up to 4s 3d is obtained for smaller parcels. The damaged and faulty portion of the "Vfoocl bine's cn-go of le;ie was disposed of by auction, and realised satisfactory prices. The quantity sold comprised 299 chests, 521 half-chests, and 2G5 boxe?. There is very little doing in sugars; we understand, however, that 6,000 bags aro advertised for public snle on Monday. A parcel of candles was quitted for shipment at lljd in bond. Tobaccos are inquired for, and business is pending. Trado parcels of Java rice are placed at £30, the advanced figure now required by holders. We hear of a line of 20C0 cners of kerosene oil having changed hands at a price fully sustaining late sales. Jn liquids we learn of a parcel of twenty Imtls of common sherry in assorted casks, having met with a purchaser at £21. Sn.les of Henneasy's pale brandy in. bulk ate mentioned at 7s. Base's Mo. 4 nle has been sold nt £8 ss, snd small parcels of Marrian's have realised a B'lrilar figure.— Argus, December 28. HO BART TOWS. Since the departure of tlio last mail a rise in hae taken place. Wh«s«t ha 3 risen from 4s Gd to 7s per bu-.hel; and as there has been a large demand heavy etocks are cleared out.— Mercury, December 24.