CANTERBURY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1306, 23 January 1868, Page 2

CANTERBURY.

Thu am ui.t of business transacted during the Duet week .loe nr>s point to any implement in t matters, t,..lders of stocke etill complainiua of sirall saies Die '-apacity of our market is so limit* d and the stocks held by all our wholesale houses no luge tnat i- is impossible to work off any appreciube quantity m a limited time. It w only b> ca eful shipmi-ntß of small quantities of imports that a buosan'. tone can again be imparted to- out present overtaxed m-rket.

Potatoes aro only offering in 8 £ weather has spoiled the, buXK °V u _ p 13> j higher piices are expected to rule. Jrrca,

OTAGO. . !rs s^H:KKo^^rt n :: anV Co.'s Bocms, morning but ittle •?o«e Whit° crystals were placed et*J» l/s bd, 11 w -other whites passed at £40; grey and reach limits.-7V>««r, January 11.

SYDNEY. The week, as a whole, has not been a bris*. one tlJimport markets, but during the la t two days there has been a fair inquiry for goods, and a on'hand -eems to be the only reason for keeping prices eo much higher than they are at Melbourne, Lnecklly as latest telesra.ns from Adelaide warrant 111 he ief that the failure of the crops m bouth has been somewhat exaggerated. SaaU skies of plantation coffee continue to be made at !Ofd to lid; quotations for Jara and Manilla are D L.o unaltered- fruits are m. a'tlvo csncoiallv currants, a=l it is understood that a" lar-e portion of the Star Queen's cargo cornea on hpre from Melbourne. In liquors wo hara to report a firm market for Martell'e and Fennessj'a brands, particularly for dark, small sales of which, have been made at 7s 9d to 8s; pale ,s offered at lower figures; second-class brands have improved, and fully 6d per gallon more than the rates rulin" before Christinas ; but case brandies have not advvneed in a corre.-ponding degree. Bum is firm at about 9i lor parcels of best 30 0.p.; small lots are quoted at 3s 10;'. to 4s. Me in v.-ood and glass is steady at la-it weed's quotations. Kerosene oil has been selli-.t; from second hands ft 2s 6d to 2s 9d, parcels just to hand per Xulla are likely to render the market lest firm. In teas the chief demand has been for inferior congous, of which there were none in first hands until th.s Western St»»e came in ; her cargo is to be offered at auction in the eirly part of next week. Suaars are weaker, owing to recent heavy arrivals and auction sales, the prices realised afc which .-how a decline of 10j to 203 per ton on previous public aales. Salt has been veiy firm, and for rock extraordinary prices have been paid. The Mary and Edith brings a considerable shipment of all linds. The following table -will show the closing quotations of the Stock and Share market, and the rates at which business has been done dnring the week :—

MELBOURNE. At the c'oee of a business week so unsettled as this has beeD, no disposition was evinced in the markets to-day to entertain any new engagement-. The prospects for the incoming .wejk, however, are of » more promising character, two cargoes heing advertised for sale on Mommy. Bread'tuffa show no im« provement. Flour i q ■Hβ neglected at £15 10s for trado pircelj, au<l £15 for quantities. Wheat ia in like mannsr les. firm, th»u«h still quoted at 6s 6d. aia : ze is sleady «t 4- 2d to 4< 2d 'Ihe aspect of the sugar market. ;s decidedly ot a more assuring nature, as the circumstance of the c»rg eg recently arrived. not having been put on the market haR attracted some notice, and this appeals now to be attr btTable to telegrams h-ivin-f b«cn received by the leading import bO'iaes, t> th.' miidle of Sorember, reporting an advance o £4 per to i from tho lowest point, and. prices still ten id U'warde; iind as these telegrinu wnld lead to th ■ i fe t-nce that 'he mail now nearly du9 must erive a uiflVrent t ne to tho m:rket we 1 that ii has bnen res >!ved to Withdraw the 'jarao aoverti-f-d iV.r M n ay's tale, to bent fit, if possible, by any *!ieh favourable advice- as may -'ome to hand, .-a'es xf new hops are inentioned at" 3* 3d for am til lots. A nonsiderablu demand for prepared opium has betn ieneed at 24s 6d. In liqui !g, we hear of a line of iJniness.v's c;iee brandy having changed hai.d~ at ißf fi.i. A briss inqii-ry is etill maint.ii'led fo. duty paiu geneva, and f ellers lately of JHKZ at 37s ed.. have now raised price one or two p-r case A pnrcA of V. H. and Co.'a was cpitied ni 35s - Argus, January 6

1?° Closing Bosiuksi Capital. Companies. :gj pjuces. Doxz. Si 33 £ Banks. £ 900,000 Australasia. 40 62 to 64 ... 400,000 Commercial 25 S6J 56$ 500,000 Eng. Scot, and Aust 20 16J 600,000 Joint Stock 10 10 to 10* 10 J, 10}, 1,000,000 Iiondon Chartered... 20 22 to 23 2,000,000 Oriental 25 40 to 42 1,250,000 Union 25 50 50 1.000,000 New Soutli "Wales 20 45J 4oJ 500,00c New Zealand 10 17f 200,000 City Bank 10 10| Steam. 320,000 Australasian 20 0J to 10 .„ 62,000 Clarence ABichmond 10 36s to 3 65,000 Hunter Biver 10 8 to 8* 50,000 rilawarra 5 2J to 3 .. oo,oo 0 Queensland 10 Insurance. 600,000 General Marine 30s If to 1J 150,000 N. S. W. Marine -z o. - - ._*... 250,000 SydneyFireSMarine 2 Iftolj 500,000 Pacific Fire &llarine 2 2 _ 500,000 United Fire and Ha- ,„ rine 1 20s 20s 1,000,000 Southern 1 If - Miscellaneous. 300,000 Gas Ugut G 10J to 11 50,000 Sydney Exchange... 10 2 50,000 Pyrmont Bridge 5 2f 100,000 Wallsend Coal 10 ?i n 60,000 VTaratah Coal 6 6i 20,000 Moruya 3 Ditto 5 100,000 Peak Downs Copper 1 25s to 27s 6d 25, 37g £d 60,000 Cadiangullong 1 ... Ditto 1 30,000 Hartley Kerosene Oil aud Paradlne I 15a 40,000 Glanmire Gold Mining 2 60,000 Pitzroy Iron 5 50,000 WesternKeroseneOil J Ditto Pref. 15s 28,050 Bulli Coal Company lo 9 ~ CurrawaoK Copper 12s6 Debentures. Goveniment.due from 1871,) to 1896 J 100 89to95 95 Interminable 100 90 Treasury Bills, 6p.c... 100 103J '" Queensland Government... 100 9" J 971 Do. Treasury Bill-. 10 p.c ... 100 107 1075 10? A.S.N.Co.,duoin'69,and'71... 100 98 to 100 City of Sydney 100 98 Ditto 8 per Cent*, due in S 1870 r 100 102J Pyrmont Bridge Co., due in \ 18G9 f 100 100 loo Col. Sugar Refining Co., due > from 1863 to 1868 | ion 100 to 103 101 New Zealand Government, \ 8 per cent f 100 lOOtolM WeUimrton.N.Z., 10 per. cent 100 — Herald, January 4^