COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9942, 4 October 1895, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office. Thursday evening. The principal commercial matter during the month has been the new tariff, which has been passed after a fcw® months' intermittent debate, during which time business has been checked by uncertainty; and orders have been restricted to the narrowest basis of quantity, consistent with absolute requirements for the time being. .Even now that the matter is decided, the time is too short to admit of a complete grasp of the order that has been evolved out of chaos, and we can scarcely report the month as a very satisfactory distributing one; yet the strength of the demand has been good, due to the great development of activity on our goldfields, which ha& to some extent eclipsed all other business. The tariff, as published in our other columns, is considered a curious compound of freetrade and protection, and exhibits our Parliamentary system as somewhat of a failure in dealing with economics. However, it is infinitely better to have at last some basis of calculation for traders to know what they are about. Resolutions affecting par* ticular goods have been changed from day to day according to the disposition of Ministers and their followers, who have been pulled by strings from behind the scenes according to the different interests. The greatest blot on the Bill is, we think, rightly considered the tax on fruit at a time when the Hew South Wales Government are holding out the olive branch for. free interchange of natural commodities, and the defence that the tax is for revenue purposes is the clearest sham. Even if true, there could be no greater mistake than inviting retaliation by a tax on oats, potatoes, butter, cheese, hams, uud bacon, and the many other products which can be so well exported from this colony to the Australian colonies. Liberal land legislation appears almost comical when accompanied by fiscal legislation thai stops the profitable cultivation of the land by closing neighbourly markets, to say nothing about the greater employment of labour on our coalfields, the great employment of our steam marine, and the manifold land wages resulting from it. However, Parliament has decided, and it is useless to lament mistakes.

Coming more immediately to the particular points that have affected the month outside' of the tariff tangle, we gladly report _ that. there are features big with potentialities. The chief is the great mineral discoveries, and the rush to " peg out" claims, very nearly from Te Aroha to Cape Col ville. The returns published in another column of gold from the various districts wide apart, is the clearest evidence of the auriferous wealth of this part of the province, and outside capital is coming in for investment. It would be idle to hold out expectations that these " peg outs" are to be future Waihis, Waitekauris, Silvertons, Crowns, Woodstocks, or Haurakis, which are the premier properties. Our other columns, however, deal more fully with these matters, but under this column we only refer to them as affecting commercial business. SljSxfc in order of merit is the 10 to 20 per cent, rise in wool in the London market, lifting the growing importance of this export out of years of long depression, and into financial daylight. Timber again is in good demand, and the various mills are full handed, with large export, Southern, and local trade. The season has been propitious, fine rains falling all over the province, which is covered in an emerald mantle of rich feed for stock. Grain growers are justified in their expectation of payable prices for wheat, and although this is a comparatively small matter in the world's markets, the extra shilling a bushel is no inconsiderable trifle to our provincial farmers, who on the faith of expectation employ greater labour, and so assist trade. .distributing business has not shown many wholesale transactions, and orders have been for trade lots. Supplies have been ample, and there have been few changes in market,, values due to causes outside of the tariff. Salmon has advanced, but the variety of quality, and the preference, or indifference to brands makes the market an uncertain one to quote. Ceylon teas have followed the rise in Colombo. Rice has been steady, with the trend of the market in favour of holders. _ The critical flowering season in Japan will decide the future course of the market, which, however, is always largely governed by the exchange rates of silver into sterling. Jute goods have been fairly dealt in, more particularly woolpacks, now that shearing is handy. Chemicals have so far scarcely responded to the Home advance.

Dried fruits from the Mediterranean hold their own, with a slight rising tendency in currants due to the export tax in Greece raising the London coat. Californian dried apricots and canned fruits have been in good request. Candles and cocoa continue generally unsatisfactory lines to importers, due to competition more than anything else. Kerosene has somewhat dulled in demand, and the price has eased, but is firm at our subjoined quotations. Sugars hare been reduced £1 per ton, with Queensland competition coming in, mere particularly in whites. There is little doing in other grades. Salt: Considerable business resulted from arrival of cargo direct from Sharpness. In preserved milk the inquiry runs principally on Neatle'a and Milkmaid; the extra duty will, however, assist a growing loci-1 enterprise. Ironmongery generally shows an advance. Wire nails are a point better. The home advance of 10s per ton on galvanised iron has been neutralised by the reduction in duty, and prices are locally unchanged. Wines and spirits have been ordered freely, but there is no change in demand for particular brands, and the only alteration is one of duty on latter. There is a strong and increasing inquiry for Island limejuice, with supplies bare. ' Tobacco: In dark the trade has been mostly in Derby, Ascot, and Venus, and in aromatic in Golden Eagle and Capstan. The many varieties of W. D. and H. 0. Wills' goods are however _ getting better known, with the corresponding increase in business. In produce, the usual scarcity of onions at this season lias not been felt. Victoria keeping the usual importing from Californian; very moderate in comparison to previous seasons. Oats and maize looked capital property before the fine rains in New South Wales which put an end to the disastrous drought. Both are rather easy at our quotations. Oatmeal has advanced £1 10s during the month. KAUKI GUM MARKET. The market during the past month has improved, and prices for all the better grades of gum are firmer, and more business doing. The improvement is general, and a feeling of being anxious to do business is now apparent throughout the trade. The following ate the quotations:— Poor ordinary, which comprises weak and rough-coated pieces, pickings, and washed nuts, £28 to £33. . Ordinary, meaning hard, rough - scraped gum, varying in price, according to the quantity of washed nuts, ranges from £36 to £42. Good ordinary, meaning hard, unpicked range gum, price varying according to size, scraping, and freedom from weak pieces, from £45 and upwards. East Coast, £68 to £70. The supplies from mail to mail amount to 584 tons; and the stock held locally for sale at date amounts to 333 tons.

The exports have been as follows: Per s.s. Manapouri, for London, via Sydney, 8 tons; per s.s. Tasmania, for London, via Sydney, 8 tons; per barque Callao, for London, 160 tons; per s.s. 'larawera, for London, via Sydney, 8. tons ; per s.s. Tongariro, for London, via the South, 47 tons; per barque Mary Hasbrouck, for New York, 648 tons; per s,s. Banffshire, for London, via the South (to sail) 35 tons; per s.s. Otarama, for London, via the South (to sail) 20 tons: total, 934 tons. The American barque Grace Deering is on the berth for New York, and will commence loading shortly. AUCTIONEERS REPORTS, &C. September 11. Messrs. G. Lewis and Co. sold to-day by auction ten acres at Kapanga, for £120. September 20. Messrs. Samuel Vaile and Sons' land auction to-day was fairly well attended. Two cottages in West-street, with allotment 34 feet by 100 feet, were sold for £225, and 80 teres of land at Puhoi for 5s per acre. The other lots were passed in. The bidding was fairly brisk. September 24. Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son sold by auction to-day an allotment at Kapanga, 33 feet frontage to Ring's Road, for £16 10s. Lots 12 to 18 at Kingston, Coromandel, realised £1 each, An allotment with 33 feet frontage to Jervois Road, brought £3 15s per foot. An allotment in Swanson-street, and 60 acres of bush land at Hunua, were passed in. Messrs. Gabriel Lewis & Co. to-day sold by auction a property and buildings at Kingston, Coromandel, known a3 Bridaon's, for the sum of £260.

Mr. Thornes reports the sale of building allotment iNo. 12 of allotment 3, section 10, with a frontage of 36 feet to Mount Eden Road, for £110; part allotment 13, section 10, East Avenue, Mount Eden, with house of seven rooms, for £345; cottage and allotment off Brighton Road, Parnell, part lota 8, 9, and 10, for £125; also cottage in George-street, Mount Roskill, lot 5 of lot 11, for £130. Lot 4 of lot 70, section 13, with one acre and a-half of land and cottage, for £120; also building allotment in Upper Queen-street, corner of West-street, lot 72, 33 feet by 100 feet, for £100; also the sale of the goodwill and furniture of the Wharf Temperance Hotel for £370.

BANK BATES. BUYING. SELLING. Demand i % Demand .. 1} % } SO days — J% l Dis. 30 days ... ' Pre--60 days „ *% f count 00 days _ I% I mium #8 days .. 1J I 90 days .. J% ) Telegraphic Transfers to London.—2| %, plus cable charges Deposits.— Bank of New Zealand: Fixed for 3 months, 2 % per annum ; 0 months. 3 % per annum: 12 months, 4 '/. per annum; 24 months, 4£ '/, per annum. By National Bank: Fixed for 3 months, 2 % per annum ; 6 months, 3 % per annum ; 12 months, 1 % per annum; 24 months, 4J % per, annum. By Colonial Bank: Fixed for 3 months 2 % per annum; 6 months, 3 */. per annum; 12 months, ■ 4 */. per annum. By Australian Banks : Fixed for # months, 2 % per annum; 12 months, 3} 7, per annum. Ales and Porter.— in bulk: None now imported to warrant market quotations. Ale (in bond); Bass's Dogshead brand (Read's bottling): pints, 6s 3d; quarts, 8a 6d (in bond); Foster's Bugle ale, quarts 8s 9d, pints 6s 3d; Foster's Bugle stout, quarts, 8s 9cl, pints 6a 3d; Bulldog (R. Porter and Co, 's bottling), 6s 9d and 8s 9d ; Allsopp's, quarts, ale and stout, 8s 6d; pints, ale and stout, 6s 3d ; Bernard's ale, quarts (in bond i, 6s 6d; W. Younger's, 5s and 7s 3d; Ashby*s, 6s 3d to 8s 9d; Bass's (Blood bottlers), ■ pints, 4s quarts 6s 6d. AngloBavarian: pints 5s 6d and 8s; Boar's Head Stout: quarts, 8s 9d; pints, 6s 6d. Guinness's Harp brand by Foster: pints, 6s; quarts, Bs. Foster's Bugle stout: quarts, 9s; pints, 6s 3d. Blood's: pints, 6s; quarts, 7s. Dogshead Guinness's (Read's bottling): pints. 6a 3d; quarts, 8s 6d. R. Porter and Co.'s bottling: pints, 6s; quarts, 8s; Burke's : 6s, and 9s. Other brands : 5s and 7s (id Duty: pints, Is 6d; quarts, 3s per dozen. Building Materials.—Cement, K.B. and White's 12s. Slates: English Countesses are worth £11 to £12; Plaster of Paris, 14s to 16s. All these quotations nominal. BREADSTUFF'S and Grain. —Best roller flour, in sacks, £10; 100's and 50's in proportion to extra bagging. Southern wheat, milling,' 4s sacks extra; fowl wheat, 3s 9d, sacks Included. Bran, £5. Sharps. £4 15s. Maize, 2s 2d. Oatmeal, £13 per 20001b in 26' a. Barley (for malting), 3s 6d; feed, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Oats, 2s (bags given in); f.0.b., Southern ports, Is 10* d (bags in) Pearl barley, £14. A C»bin bread, £16 per ton, sacks included,

BAGS ! and Bagging.—Calcutta full weight woolpacks, l'ljin., Is Od, d.p. Corn-sacks, 44m. by *2ti§iu., 4s 9d; 48in., 6s 3d, wholesale lots.™ , ► Newcastle, ship's side,, 22s ed; delivered, ' £110s, isquoted; Whangaroi coal, lis at mine ; ditto, , Waikato, steam, 10s ; household, 20s. Cordage, d.p. (Subject to trade discounts).— 'hemp rope, all sizes, ; Auckland-made, £53 for • best, £52 for next best; r whale and lance lines, 1 £80: New Zealand flax rope, all sizes, £29; wool lashings, ' £34; clothes ■ lines, ■5d per lb, subject to trade discount; Manila clothes line,' , 8d; .. oakum, free, ditto, £40; point spun yarn, £03; twine, shop, d.p., per lb, 9d'to Is 2d; sewing twine, Is Id per lb.. Coffee , and Spices (in bond), per lb.—Ceylon, ■ coffee plantation, No. 1, Is 2d; ditto, Island, JOd ; chicory, Has per cwt. in tins; cocoa, d.p., Taylor's, Is 3d; Fry's, Is 3d; Van Houten s, :3s 3d; Epps's, Is tid; chocolate, Taylor's, Is 4d; Fry's, la 3d. Spices, d.p.: Cloves, 7d; bleached ginger, lOd; nutmegs, 2s 3d to 2s 9d; black pepper, whole, in bond, 4d to 4jd ; white ditto, 6id to lid, , Confectionery.—Local manufacturers are producing good articles, and consumption is chiefly in their goods. Mennie and Dey's boiled, 4d, lass trade discount; Keiller's -assorted confections, 9Jd; Gray's, 9jd ; candied lemon peel, d.p,, (duty, 5d per lb), Is; orange, Is; citron, Is 8d ; local, from (id for lemon to Is 3d (or citron ; Keillor's jujubes, Is 4d; Gray's jujubes. Is Id to Is 3d. Gum, Flax, & c.-We quote: Gum: Poor ordinary, £28 to £33; ordinary, £36 to £42 ; good ordinary, £40 and upwards ; Bast Coast, £6S to £7'i. Flax: Best clean Auckland, £15, nominal; fair average quality, £11; tow, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Cocoanut fibre, £15 to £17; cocoanut oil (fine white), per ton, £24. Copra, per ton, £9 5s to £10. Fungus, 3Jd. Ironmongery, <sc.—Galvanised corrugated iron, duty paid (duty £2 per ton), 5 to 8 feet, £16; 9 feet, £17; 10 feet, £is; English bar iron, per ton, £8 10s; fencing wire, assorted sizes, £8 ; Barbed wire £13 10s to £14 10s, according to, brand ; English pig iron, £4 ; pig lead, £11 10s ; zinc, £24; I.C. coke tin plates, 14s to 14s (id; charcoal ditto, 17s, nominal; powder, Curtis, Harvey, sd. Muntz metal, 6jd. Quicksilver, 2s 2d. Jams, Dried Fruits, etc.—Duty, 2d per lb. Keiller's marmalade, lib., d.p., 7? 3d: Gray's, 7s; Moir's, 7s ; Phoenix, Dunedin, 4s to 4s (id; Nelson (New Zealand), 4s Od; Smyrna sultanas, sjd (d.p.); Malaga muscatels, Is 6d; Californian, 9d; elemes, 4jd ; currants, IJd in bond ; figs (140z.), 6s 6d per dozen, d.p.; Cal. prunes, 7d; dried apples (duty, 2d per lb), ordinary, in kegs and cases, 6Jil; evaporated, 8a; dried apricots, Bjd ; dates, 4jd. Leather and Hides.—Sole leather, 8d to Is 3d per lb; kips, Is 2d to Is 6d ; runners, Is 6d to Is 8d ; calf, colonial, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; basils, 8s to 18s per dozen; closed uppers, 4s 6d to 8s 6d per pair; hides, Id to 4d; calf skins, 3d to 4id per lb; sheepskins, 6d to 6s. Manures.— bonedust, £5 to £0; Auckland, £5 15s; superphosphate of lime, £6 ; boneflour, £6 ; Peruvian guano, £14 to £17 per ton ; animal manure, none; cocoanut oil cake, none ; linseed cake, £9 ; Coral Queen Island guano, £4 7s (id ; New Zealand Drug Co.'s manures : A superphosphate, £5 10s per ton; A A mineral superphosphate, £5 15s; bonedust, steamed, £5 15s, bonedust, green, £5 15s ; bonedust and blood, £4 15s; root manure, £6 ss; A grass manure, £6 ss; JB grass manure, £6 Ss ; potato manure, £6 15s ; turnip manure, £6 ss; corn manure, £6 5s ; maize manure, £6 ss; orchard manure, £7 ss; onion manure, £7 ss; hop manure, £7 10s; clover manure, £t> ss; snlph. of ammonia, £18 ; guano, 60"57 per cent., £5 ss.

Malt and Hops.— malt is not imported ; Colonial, 5s to 5a 6d. Hops : Nelson, brewers, Is; grocers' hops, bulk, 9d. Oilmen's Stokes, <fcc. — Atlas Paraffins, 8Jtl; Price's National 7id; Price's Belmont, 71d; Young's; British Wax, . 7 Jet: Price's London Wax, TJil; D. it. Jdiur's, 7Jd, scarco; Price's self-tittiug, 9d; local blue mottled soap, £21 per ton; carbolic, £30; best yellow, £26; No. 1 household, £15; Ist Crown, £26; double Crown, £20; soft soap, in tins, 4Jd per lb; toilet, 9d to lOd per —all subject to trade, discount. Salt, 10s per ton duty: Coarse, W. & W., £3 10s ex store, d.p.; ex ship, 5s per ton lower ; fine Black Horse, £4 ; ex store, d.p., ex ship, 5s per ton lower ; rock salt, £3 10s bagged, or £3 laose; Jordan almonds, 2s 3d; Blacking paste, Day and Martin's, 4s 3d ; Column's starch, No 1 (duty, 2d per lb): white, 48s ; blue, 48s; Heumana's, 46a; Hoffmann's, 455. Mustard, d.p.: Champion's genuine 1-lb book-shaped tins, 19s to 19s 6d; j-lb tins, 9s 3d to 9s 6d; Column's 1-lb tins (red), lis 6d; half ditto, 9s; 7-lb tins (red to green) 7Jd to Is; 1-lb tins (green), 13s; i-lb dittos, 7s 6d; DSF J -lb tins, 9s, lib, 18s. Blue, Reckitt's Paris, in circle, 7d; Colman's Azure, BJd. Matches: Vestas, d.p., Bryant and May's 250, per gross, ISs 6a ; ditto, plaid, 4s .6d ; ditto, fancy oral, 24s 6d; R. Bell and Co. 250's, 13s 6d in large parcels; plaids, 3s 4d for wholesale lines only. Oil: Castor, in pints, 8s 9d; half-pints, 5s ; quarter-pints, 3s 6d. Salad : C. and 8., pints, 143; half-ditto, 6s 6d ; Morton's pints, 12s ; half - pints, 6s 3d; Pickles: Stephens' pints, 7s 9d; Crosse and Blaukwell's, pints, 13s ; Morton's, 10s ; McConnochie's, Suffolk, 8s 6d. Rice (ground), in tins, 4id. Sauces : Lea and Perrin's, halfpints, 13s 6d; C. and 8., half-pints, 9s 6d; Mellor's, 7s 6d, pints 153; Stephens', • 6s 6d ; Goodall's Yorkshire Relish, Us 9d; Vinegar, d.p.: Champion's,- per gallon, "2s 3d; Holdbrook's, Is lOd; Burnett's, Is lid; Potts', is lOd; local, Is Id. Vinegar, casj: * Champion's, 7s 6d; Burnett's, 7s; Morton's, 7s 3d. Treacle, 2d; Golden Syrup, bulk, 24d. Sago, 12s per cwt ; tapioca, 13s per cwt. Cornflour ; Brown's, 3d, d.p.; Clements', 3d ; Brown and Poison's, 6}d ; Preserved milk; Nestle's, 7s to 7s 3d according to parcel; Milkmaid, 7s to 7s 3d ; local brands, 5s Sd. . Tartaric acid, in jars, Is 8d ; in keg, is 4d ; cream of tartar, in jars, Is 4d, in bulk. Is 2d; bicarb, soda. £12 lO.s : English soda crystals (duty £2), £7 ids, nominal; local, £5 lf.s ; Whiting, £4 ss. Oils and Paints.—Duty, 6d a gallon. Colza, in drums, 3s 3d; bulk, 3s; linseed, boiled drums, 3s Id ; bulk, 2s lid ; raw, drums, 3s ; bulk, 2s 9d ; castor, in drums, 2s 9d; half-cases, d.p., 2s 7d; kerosene, in bond, White Rose, 150 test, 9d; other high test brands from 8d; these prices are for targe lots. White lead, ground, per cwt, 561 and 1121b; genuine, 265; No. 1 white lead, 23s in 56's, smaller packages more, according to size; red lead, dry, 225. Zinc white, £2 per ton more. Oil colours, assorted, £1 103 to £1 18s per cwt. Turps; American, 2s 6d ; resin, £6 15s to £7 10s according to grade. Varnish, oak, 9s 6d to 12s 6d; copal, 12s 6d to 16s. (Quotations regulated by quantities and qualities:. Provisions.—Cheese : Southern factory, 4}d to sd. Corned butter, prime Bd, second quality scarce. Taranaki, 9d. Rice i.b., Hunter's Standard. Japan, £13 to £14. Canterbury bacon and hams (in cloth), sides only, 6d; equal numbers hams and bacon, bid ; hams only, 7J<l. Fish : Ling, skl; boneless cod, 4d ; preserved red herrings, in tins, 36s per dozen (2-lb tins); white, 33s per barrel; Marshall's white, 3s per tin; Macconochie's fresh herrings, 6s to 6s 3d ; Findon haddocks, 8s; lobsters, American libs, 12s ; salmon, lib Columbia River, d.p., 9s 6d; Alaska, 7s 3d to 7s 6d, d.p. ; British Columbia, 7s 9d to 8s 3d ; salt salmon, 6d; sardines, quarters, 4s to 4s 6d ; halves, 6s fed to 7s 6d, according to brand ; oysters, 7s; mullet (Kaipaxa), os Sugars.-— brewers' crystals, £32 duty paid (duty id per lb); Colonial Sugar Company's Auckland refinery, d.p., No. 1, £21 ; No. 2, £20; No. 3, £18 10s ; Queensland whites, £20 ; English crushed loaf, 3Jd, d.p., nominal; French cube, 4Jd; Queensland yellows, i.b., £11: browns. £9 10s, in bond, nominal. V Spirits . — Duty, 15s per gallon of proof spirits in bulk, 16s per gallon in case. Brandy Rouyer, Gouillet anil Co., 25s and 8s; Marcellain's, case, 22s 6d, i.b.; flask, 28s 6d ; half-flask, 35s 6d; quarter-flask, 53s 6d; Hennessy's; case, 36s 6a; Martell, 365; Bisquit, Dubouche, and Co.'s pale, in hhds. and qr.-casks, 7s ; Dennis Mounie 345; Courvoisier's, case, 34s ; Otard's, case, 29s (nominal); Bisquit, Dubouche and Co.'s, 255; Boomerang, Australian bulk, 7s 6d ; case, 21s ; Muller Frere's, 20s. Whisky, bulk : Walker's WW, 10s ; Distillers old, 5s ; very old, 7s ; VOS, 8s ; case, Old Scotch, 15s ; very old, 19s ; VOS, 22s ; Gaelic, Old Smuggler, 21s ; Buchanan's House of Commons, 21s; Robertson's One Star, 225; Dunville's, 5s Cd; case, 18s; Royal Blend, 245; Teacher's old, 265, Encore, 19s; Walker's WW, 2'is; LL, 22s 6d to 235; all ill bond. Geneva, proof, 3 gallons, JDKZ, 15 bottles, 14s6d; 20 bottles, 17s 6d ; key, Geneva, proof, 10s; Schnapps, Wolfe's, 21s 6d. Gilbey's dry gin, 15s ; Distillers' Company, 14s ; Burnett's Old Tom, 13s. Lowndes' rum, SO 0.p., 3s 8d ; in hhds., 4s per octave ; Red Heart, case, 265. Key, 225. Table Waters. —Apollinaris water, 6s ed per dozen. Timber.—Quotations are as follows :—Kauri timber f.0.b., coastal and Auckland mills : Ordinary building timber, undressed, 100 feet, first-class 12s 6d; medium-class, 9s 6d; second-claws, 7s 6d; flitches, . all heart, lis 6d; flitches, with sap and cores, lis, flooring boards, dressed, p.t.g., first-class, 14s 6d; medium-class lis 6d; second-class, 9s 6d ; lining boards, p.t.g., beaded and V-jointed, first-class, 14s; mediumclass, lis; second-class, 9s ; rusticated weatherboarding, first-class, 14s 6d; medium-class, lis ; second-class, 9s 6d; boat boards, planed twosides, jths-inch, 13s 6d; §-inch, 14s. For widths over 12 inches 6d extra per inch per 100 feet is charged, and for lengths over 24 feet extra prices are charged. Tobacco.—Duty, Ss 6d. Ruby Aromatic, 2s 2d; Victory, Is lOd to 2s ; Juno, black, all shapes, Is 3d to Is 4}d; Unique, Is 4d to Is 6d; low, 10's, lOd; Cameron's Fancy Aromatic, Is 8d ; Derby, ten cases, Is 7id; single case, Is Bid; Venus, Is 7Jd; Nailrod, lOd to Is Id. Teas.—Prices range as follows (in bond). — Congous, common, 5d to 5Jd ; middling to fine kinds, 7d to Sd; Saryunes , and : Panyongs, 8d U 10d; Souchongs and Kaisows. 9d to lid; Darjeelings, Pekoes, Is 3d to is Bd. Pekoe Souchongs, 7id to 9jd. Good broken, 7d to 7id; semi-broken and fine Souchong kinds, 9d to Is Id. ' Ceylon teas from Is ?d to Is 6d, d.p. duty, 6d per lb. Fine China teas are neglected. Indians are in good demand in-nearly all descriptions, for blending purposes with Ceylons having a continually increased sale. Wines.—Max Greger's (Carlowitz) : Kulon, 24s ■ finest selected, 34s (in bond). '