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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4291, 14 August 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Xrvt Zealand Herald Office, Friday evening. The Customs duties collected to-day amounted to £587 5s 4d. At. 11. S. Meyers And Co.'s sale of Tasmanian produce ex Freetrader, there was a largo attendance of the ttade. The biddings for 'ruit were alack, and the most of it was consequently withdrawn. Jams : Knight's celebrated K.l*, brand in tins and jars, sold At 7* 4y\ to 7s Cxi per dozen and ?d |*»r lb. respectively. The whole of the lines were placed. The larfiu demand for thcsejAms shews they arc thoroughly appreciated. Tasmanian new season imp# realised 2s perlb., about IS bales were sold. The other goods advertised wee mostly all disposed of privately bfter the Rale at reasonable rates. Mr. £. Arthur reports having sold at his mart, this day: Fowls, Is 6d to 3s Id: turkeys, 4s to 4s 3d; ducks, 2s: pigeons, 10*1 each: potatoes, 4s to Cs per cwt : onions, Id to ljd per lb.; butter, Cd to 14d: 'etired), Sd to Sjl; Canterbury bacon (in cloth}, 13d: enrrots, 4s per cwt.: sugar (dark), 3jd to 34 1 per lb.; «ngar (light), 4jd: JCew Zealand maize, fx to 5s «5d per bushel; and household furniture and effects at fair prices. At Mr Greenwood's poultry sale. Market-house, at 11 o'clock this day, the following prices were realised : —Common fowls, is Od to 2s 9d each; Dorking fowls. 3s 3d each: Keen**, 4s Cd each: turkeys, 4s to 5s Gd each: potatoes, £7 per ton; pumpkins, BsOd per cwt.; lj to 2d per lb. At Mr. Sibbin'fi saleio-day, cheese sold at Ojdtols; sugir. 3d to 4jd; butter, inferior, 9d; potatoes, 6s. Good attendance. Messrs. Tonks and Co. offered to-day a number of Fij'an curlositirs, consisting of war clubs, &c., which realised satisfactory prices. Cantehrurv Gkais and Produce Market — The Lyttelton Times reports:—Business, even for the present time of the year, is exceptionally dull, and scarcely any transactions of importance nave taken place. The most important has been ore in wheat at 4s, at which a large line for export has changed hands. Oats are exceedingly slack at is lid: no sales are reported, and merchants shew no anxiety to act at those tates ltarley remains almost unsaleable. A Urge line ha* been sold at 4s Od, f.o.b. at Lyttelton. For flour, millers* prices aro unaltered. Potatoes are in moderate request at £3 15s in Christchurch. Hams and bucon are unaltered. Quotations: Wheat. 4s; oats, 2s 6d; barley, 4s 6i to 4s 9J; potatoes, £3 15s; cheese, to Sid; flour, in sacks, £10, in 100's, £10 7s Od. in 50's, £10 15s; bran, £4 10s; sharps, £5 10s— ICs extra f.o.b. Hams and bacon, bare, lOjd per lb., in cloth, lid: bacon (only), bare, 9jd per lb.,in cloth, 10d; hams (ouly), bare, 12d, in cloth, 12$ d.