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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5358, 18 January 1879, Page 4

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_ WELLINGTON. January 17.—Mr. Jiunes O'Shea reports ■ •lour, Adelaide, no stock, nominal, V,., to 17s • Junterbury and Oarnaru, £10 to £10 10s ; sharps, i.i to 7s ; bran. Is to Is 2d ; oats, old, 4h to 4s 2d • lotatoes, (is lOd to 7s ; maize, Is Cd to 4s 9d : tarns and bacon, 7Ad to ; country, euro lominal, yd to GUI; barley, maltiug, none : feed 5# 0d to 4s. ' CHRISTC HUIiC H. January 17.—A satisfactory business has been ransacted in the import market during the reek. Teas have been largely operated upon Vices remain at Is 3d to la lid for half-chests' .nd 1b 4d to 2s 2d for boxes in bond ; and' ugars, ex Kbenezer, from Mauritius, with 327 ons, has not improved the market. Sale are ecordcd at last rates. In ale and stout, the ormer is restricted, owing to short stocks ; the utter is suffering from excessive supplies,— mall sales making 10s 9d to lis 9d, according o brand. B&hs, in bulk, more inquiry; sales, J 10s. Spirits : All descriptions neglected, kerosene is offering freely at la ; Devoe's and )iamond, Is 8d to Is lid. Cornsacks very unsttled, owing to the action of the Dunedin imorters, who offer to deliver at Lyttelton at less fian current rates here. Holders a week ago ' e^ e asking 8s 9d, and are now offering at *Gd ; 300 bales sold at 8s to 8s 3d. Cement ery satisfactory business, 18s to 18s Gd. ' DUNEDIN. January 17.—The value of broadstuffs is unlanged. Flour stands at £10 10b for trade Lrcels ; bran, £5 ; pollard, £4 15s per ton : itmeal, £13 at the mills. Transaction® in am.reveal that best samples of wheat are 4s 6d os 3d; milling oats command 4s 4d f feed 3s 7d* ■arl barley, scarce, and worth 5a 6d. A good'

business has been got through in building % material. A line of English iron, 26 gauge, has e realiehed £2010.5, and slates (Countess) £10 per e 1000. A rise in brandies has been established during the week, Hennessy'a case being saleh able at 30s. and bulk, 10* 9d (in bond). Fifty 7 case? of A.V.C. brought 23s ; other descriptions o of spirits continue at last week's figure. r > Best brands of Brit'sh ales and stout being lis for the former, and 10s Id for the latter, Sperm candles are going into consumption at '* 10kd, and kerosene at 17s. Woolpacks are S selling freely at 4s. 0 Mr. C. K. A- Brown reports the state of the ■J share market, for the week ending Friday, » January 7, as follows: —B=ink of New Zealand - (with right to new issue), £24, (without right e to new issue) £23 premium; National, £3 17s ; 2 Colonial, £2 10s to £2 lis. Insurance : New » Zealaad, £4 ; National, 25s Gd ; Colonial, 4s m r - Union, 13s Gd to 14s; South British, £3 Sa. I 1 National Mortgage, Agency, and New Zealand ! 1 Investment Company, ISs ; Union Steam Ship- ! f ping Company, £5; Naw Zealand Shipping t Company, £4 5s ; Mosgiel Woollen Factory, £3 Ss ; Guthrie and Larnach's Wood ware Factory, 1 £"»; Otago and Southland Investment Com- • pany, 30s.