COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4482, 25 March 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, . " • ; : Friday evening. The Customs duties for to-day amounted tol £955 9s lid. . • The ship Brodick Castle brings over 2000 tons general cargo from London. It is to be regretted that' owing to the mishap occasioned to this vessel at the early part :of her voyage some her cargo will arrive out of season, and must be'either stored or sold at a sacrifice. The particulars of her cargo appear below. The ship Merwanjee Framjee has made a smart rim from London, so much so that she has. arrived in advance of the information usually afforded through the medium of Stable's circular of her cargo. There is little change in the markets since the issne of our- last report. Quotations for sugar remain the .same. .The .shipment of Fiji sugar previously mentioned, has been sampled,and found to be quite equal in quality to the last. The parcel, consisting of 15 tons, will be offered on Tuesday next, by auction, by Messrs. Tonka and Co. Teas continue fully stocked, in fact, the market is almost glutted. Southern flour is scarce, and very little Adelaide is in tho market, but there. .are - no' inducing prices. Maize is, if anything, a shade firmer, 3s 6d to 3s 9d being quoted, but there is little business to report. The prices of oats remain the same. A shipment from Oamaru is shortly ; expected :by the Elibank Caatle. Candles are already fully stocked, and more are to hand by the Brodick Castle. With recent shipments arrived, every description of oilman's: stores are now in fully supply, and but slow . sales, can. at present be reported. There are considerable additions to bonded stocks' in beers, wines, and spirits with only a limited demand. Mr. B. Arthur's sale of produce, groceries, &c., was largely attended, and for some lines there was smart competition. Good butter was in demand, but none "entered for sale. Potatoes sold at 3s Gd to 4s j onions, Jd to id; pumpkins, 5s to 5s 6d; marrows, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; carrots, 2s Gd; apples, 3d to 3Jd per lb. ; cheese, 3d to 6Jd; bacon (sundry), 2d to 7d per lb.; Canterbury hams and bacon, lOd to lid; beef, Jd to 2d; soap (household), 15s ; maize, 2s 3d to 3s lOd; oats, 3s 2d per bushel; salt (coarse), 70s to 75s per ton. Household furniture, &c., at fair prices. Microscope, 60s ; magic lantern, 22s 6d. The sale of Mr. B. Greenwood, at the Market-house to-day was well attended. The following prices were obtained :—Turkeys, 2s 3d to 4s' Gd each ; geese, 2s 3d to 2s lOd ; fowls, Is Gd to 2s Gd ; chickens, Is to Is 3d; ducks, Is 2d to 2s; rabbits, 8s per pair; pigeons (fancy), Is to 2s 6d; canaries, ss; sucking pigs, 10s to Us; milch goats, 10s. The furniture brought good prices. Air. L. W. Eaton sold a large consignment of apples and. pears to-day. Pears brought from 3Jd to 4Jd per lb.; and apples, 3d to 4Jd.

THE BRODICK CASTLE. [ The following is the analysis of cargo on board the ship Brodick Castle, from London : —Plain cottons, £1,355; colored ditto, £497; printed ditto, £849; woollens and worsteds, £1,552 ; ■ flannels, £365; linens, £121; cottons and woollens, £268; waterproof and indiarubber goods, £71; millinery, £219; hosiery, £42 ; sewing thread, £121; haberdashery, £724; umbrellas, £221; apparel, £5,571; blankets, £1,908.; carpets and rugs, £959 ; straw hats,. &70; felt hats and- caps, £6G7 ; • dressed leather, £290; wrought leather, ' £224'; saddlery, £628; table baize, £20 ; sesving machines, £267 ; agricultural implements., £134; agricultural machinery, £223; rails andgerieral machinery, £7,723; books, £246; paper, 188 cwt.; -stationery, £11; upholstery, £310 ; tinware, £24; brush ware, £109; turnery, £300; plated and papier mache goods, £70; toys, €20; pianos, £130 ; corks, £34; clocks and etches, £14 ; perfumery, £45; agricultural aoi-garden seed, £1,255 ; iron tanks, £13 ; chain and anchors, 3 tons; hardware and cutlery, £4,525; har and rod iron, 23 tons ; hoop iron, 2 tons ; sheet' iron, 7 tons; plate iron, 4 tons ; galvanized iron, 43 tons; sheet lead, 2 tons ; yellow, metal, 4 tons; tin plates 12 boxes-; iron nails, 1 ton; -wire and wire rope, 11 tons; steel, 2 tons ; linseed oil, 450 gallons; varnish, £95 ;. whiting, 5 tons ; paint colour, £207; flint glass, £102; window glass, 164 cases ; plate glass, 3 cases ; china and earthenware, £253 ; glass bottles, £23S ; covn sacks, £219 ; cordage, £40 ; lines and twine, £91; slates, 16 tons; cement, 620 barrels; brandy in bulk, 1,79S galls.; ditto in," caje, 2,000 galls. ; rum, 1,958 galls.; geneva, 1.507 galls. ; cordial, 31 galls.; British spirits in bulk, 356 galls. ; ditto in case, 13S galls,; perfumed spirits, 4S galls.; red wine, 2GS galls.; white wine, 53S galls.; beer in glass, 65 barrels; malt 140 qrs.; hops, 31 cwt.; bacon and hams, 6 cwt.; preserved fish, £94; salt fish, £S4; sardines, £220; assorted oilmen's stores,- £672-; vinegar, 125 gallons; foreign salad oil, 450 gallons ; cocoa, 16 cwt.; chocolate, 2 cwt.; nuts, 20 bushels ; mustard, £54; starch, £93 ; blue, £00; split peas, 20 cwt. ; white salt, 100 tons ; crystals, 14 tons ; bi-carbonate of soda, S tons; candles, 134 cwt.; soap, 10 cwt. ■ raisins, 4 cwt. ; currants, 215 cwt.; figs, 14 cn-t.'; sugar, 41 cwt. ; not described, £276 ■ ipothecary stores, £22; saltpetre, 10 cwt. • tartaric acid, 10 cwt.; corn-flour, £9S. Late entries : Paper, 151 cwt.; hardware, £290; iheet lead, 3 tons; tin plates, 44 boxes; :anary-seed, £S; candles, 110 boxes • iquorice, £10 ; lines, £25; oilmen's stores, ;550 ; nails, 10 tons ; yellow metal, 2 tons ; pothecaries' wares, £60; earthenware, £90; ocoa, £10; confectionery, £2; white salt, ! 0 tons; zinc,' 1 ton; musical instruments, 551 soap, 2 cirt; canvas. £50 ; paperhang- ? lgs, £S4; rails, £70; agricultural imple- 1 tents, £9 : total, £46,200. V 1