COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9990, 29 November 1895, Page 4 (Supplement)

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office. Thursday evening. No\jf.mber as a whole has not been up to business expectations in regard to demand, but during the last week the flow of orders has been good, and much of the three weeks' disappointment lias been rectified, with the volume of business not seriously under the average.| The month has been a very rainy one. Shearing has been delayed, work suspended, fields sodden, and a general delay in almost every kind of outdoor work. Tho bright particular feature, however, is that the hulk of our producing industries are progressive. The better value of wool and good ordinary gum, and the strong demand for timber and maize, are all so many feeders towards tho general prosperity, and although distribution has been rather slow, there are few doubts that the province stands well under the smile of fortune.

As will be seen from our other columns, the mining industry lias not kept up to the high-pressure pace of the last few months, and share values are mostly lower. This, however, has not influenced trade to tlio extent generally supposed, as although there has been a shrinkage in the value of scrip, there has been little or no reduction in the employment of labour on the goldfields, and as many companies are committed to considerable prospecting work, we do not look for much restriction in the goldfield general demand. This is becoming such a strong factor in regard to trade that we have to put it in the foreground, The tourist trado has been bad, but is recovering; the after effects of the Australian great financial collapse of a few years ago are not quite over, and there are less passages booked for New Zealand for en lour than in the halcyon days before the boom. The yields of gold from the several mines that have crushing power hare been good, but the speculative section have been hard hit by tho heavy fall in share values. Island trade has been steady, and has materially helped the general turnover for the month. The building trade is good, carpenters and bricklayers are in full employment, and the general confidence in the position is unquestionable. Property commands attention, and many transactions, publicly and privately, have taken place during the month at a considerable advance on values a year ago. The event of the month has been tho closing up of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, by the sale of the business and assets to the Bank of Now Zealand. Investment money is plentiful, and firstclass securities are not offering freely, In the timber trade, the Allonby has been chartered for a load of kauri pino to Liverpool. This is practically a new departure, and may possibly open out a good trade in the north of England. Merchants have been well supplied in Homo and American goods, and it is evidont that the hopes of a tew months ago of an active trade revival induced free ordering. The continual rain, however, has to some extent disappointed all distributors. TheHoineadvance iu iron and iron manufactured goods has been followed locally, and a general advance has been established. The month has been an active one in the produce division, and stiff advances in maize, oats, and wheat, with considerable speculative transactions have resulted from the Australian advices of a scarcity through the disastrous drought in the Island Continent, but in the latter cereal tho news of large shipments from California' to Sydney and Brisbane has checked the intercolonial market. As far as it is necessary we review the leading lines in the market, with the remark that until the last week the course of trado for the month has been exceptionally dull, and orders not shown any vitality until the weather cleared up. In hotel liquids, orders have been free, with, however, little change in the regular ruu of business in tho principal market lines. In groceries and oilmen's stores, retail distributors have been only making hand to mouth purchases, and trado it) what is known as "lines" is conspicuous by its absence. Van Houten's cocoa and Nestle'a milk have been scarce. ' The preserving season for early fruits has led to a fuller enquiry for crystal sugars. Building materials and fencing wire have been in good request; . the same remark apblying to boiled and raw oils; — •

■\Owing to tho unseasonable character of the weather, the demand for tinned and dried fish has been very, slow. -V ' \ , 1 Californian tinned fruits 1 have been in excellent'demand. There is every likelihood of a larger put up of locally tinned and dried fruits, as the character of last season's local preservation has induced greater confidence of consumers than used to be the case. The Christmas onquiry for dried fruits is beginning. . , In bulk and blended teas enquiry has been good, with a scarcity of flav.oury Darjeelings and low to medium Ceylons. Rice has remained steady. It is understood that the new crop in Japan is of equal quality to last year's. > • .In tobacco, the business has been mainly in Derby, Ascot, New Venus, and Golden Eagle, with the bulk of the demand running, as usual, on the former. Fair business is reported in Black Horse brand salt, but the uncertainty regarding the South Australian acceptance of the altered nature of the reciprocity proposal made by the New Zealand Parliament is stopping trausactions in the Adelaide output.

KAURI GUM. The market during the past month has been steady, with an improvement in the better, grades of ordinary during the latter half of that period. The reason for this is probably the shortness of supplies, which are below the average. The poorer grades still remain neglected. There is a scarcity of, East Coast, which consequently is in good demand, but there is no inclination to iucreaso the rates for this (lass of gum. Bush gums of the better quality have been in demand, and a fair business in that class of gum has been done. Re-scraped gum has also been in fair demand at steady prices. Black gum is still a drug in the market. Tho quotations are as follow :— Poor ordinary, which comprises weak and rough-coated pieces, pickings, and washed nuts, £30 to £34. Ordinary, meaning hard, rough-scraped gum, varying in price according to the quantity of washed nuts, ranges from £38 to £42, Good ordinary, meaning hard, unpicked rango gum, price varying according to size, scraping, aud freedom from weal; pieces, from £45 and upwards. East Coast, £68 to £70. Tho supplies from mail to mail amount to 481 tons, the exports 181 tons, and the stock held locally for sale at date amounts to 284 tons. The exports are as follow: —Per s.s. Riinutaka. for London, via the South, 22 tons ; per R.M.S. Monowai, for San Francisco, 5 tens: per s.s. Aotea, for Loudon, via the South, 26 tons; per s.s, Otarama, for London, via tho South, 29 tons; per s.s. Indramayo, for London, via tho South, 99 tons: total, 181 tons. The ship Crusader, for London, is loading, and the barquentine, Albertina, for New York. The'latter vessel will sail next week, and the Crusader about the middle of December. The ship Borrowdale will commence loading for London next week, and the barque Alice will follow the Albertina on the New York berth in about a fortnight. AUCTIONEERS REPORTS, Ac. ' November 8. At Messes. S. Vaile and Sons' land auction to-day there was a large attendance, but the bidding was slack. The following properties were sold Cottage at Lake Takapuna Road, £105; cottage aud stables at Newmarket, £177. November 19. Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son sold by auction yesterday an allotment in Edinburghstreet, Newton, 33 feet by 107 feet, with six-roomed house, for £280, the property being bought in by the mortgagee; 2 acres 3 perches, Titirangi, £4 os; 13 acres, Awitu, £3 8s; four lots at. Kingston, Coromandel, £3 6s 6d. Several other properties were passed in. Mr. Thokxes reports the sale of two acres at Howick, lots 238 and 239, for £70; building allotments Nos. 42,43, aud 44, of lot 59, Benfield estate, Mount Albert, for £120; also a cottage and 23 acres at Tanpaki, being eastern part of lot 92, Waipareira parish, for £60; part lot 4 of allotments 22 and others of section 10 suburbs, fronting the Avenue, Mount Eden, with cottage thereon erected for £110.

Messrs. Baker Bros, report the sale of three sections in Victoria Park, Devonport for £28; and of the two cottages fronting Newtou Road and Devon-street for £24 offered by them at auction on Wednesday last ; and the sale of lots 8, 9, and 10, Moaland.?, Mount Eden, to Mr. Kneeboim. A four-roomed cottage in Newton Road for £160, H. J. Lodge and Mrs. Redshaw being the vendor and purchaser respectively. Two cottages in Willow-street, sold for Mr. A. Eagleton to Mr. Burchell, for £120. Bellwood Avenue, vacant laud 70 feet by 110 feet, sold for Mr. E. Hood to Mr. Shearer, price £80; section 14, Moalands, Mount Eden, to Mr. L. Bennett, for £100. The cottage recently given with the first prize in the Eight Hours Demonstration Art Union sold for £57 lUs.

November 27. Messrs. Cochrane & Son sold by auction yesterday the following country lands, by order of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, for non-payment of rates and expenses:— North part lot 134, parish of Wairau, 40 acres, owner James Reid, 2s 4d per acre; middle part lot 60, parish of Onwru, 40 acres, owner R. Harper, 4s per acre; 151 and north part lot 152, parish of Puptike, 80 acres, owner R. T. Wainhouse, Is Gd per acre; 56, parish of Kirikiriroa, 50 acres, owner James Kiddle, 5s per acre; 58, parish of Komokorau, 50 acres, owner N. Anderson, 23 4d per acre; 239, parish of Pakuranga, 20 acres, owners Maclarlane and Machattio, Gs Gd per acre; south-east part lot 61, parish of Okahu, 60 acres, owner G. Davis, 4s per acre: south-west part lot 25, parish of Tokatoka, 100 acres, owner J. Murphy, Is 6d per acre; middle part lot 137, parish of Kahu, 50 acres, owner N. Baker, 4s per acre; 68, parish of Maraetui, 77 acres, owner T. Thompson, 5s 3d per acre; 34 ami north part of lot 3S, parish of Ahuroa, 2-10 acres, owner T. Tuinbull, 6s 3d per acre. Within the last day or two, Messrs. Ewington and Baker have effected a sale of the premises in Queen-street known as Coombes' Arcade, for £8000. Mr. Neville Lester bought it on behalf of the Melbourne Rainbow Company, and it is his intention we are informed, to make considerable alterations.

15ANK RATES. BUYING. SELLING. Demand .. J JO Demand .. 13% 1 30 days „ i % I Pis- 30 days « 1J % [ PreSfldays .. } ;/ 1 count GO days .. ] % I Ulium 60 days ..U/.I 90 days .. 5 X J Telegraphic transfers to London.—23 %, plus cable charges) DEPOSiTS.-By Bank of New Zealand: Fixed for 3 months, U % per annum; (i months, '2 % per annum! 12 months, 3} / per annum; 24 months, 3i % pur annum. By National Bank: Fixed for 3 months, J '/, per annum; (i months, 3 % per annum; 12 months, 1 % per annum; 24 months, 4 % per annum. By Australian Banks: Fixed ford months, 2 % per annum; 12 months, 3} % per annum. \ " Alks and Pouter.—Ale in bulk: None now imported to warrant market quotations.. Ale (in bond); Mass's Dogshead brand (Read's bottling) : pints, 6s 3d; quarts, 8s Gil (in bond); Foster's Bugle ale, quarts 8s Oil, pints lis 3d; Foster's Bugle stout, quarts, its 9d, pints Us 3d; Bulldog (R. Porter and Co.'s bottling), Gs 9d and Ss 9d; AUsopp's, quarts, ale and stout, 8s (id; pints, ale and stout, 6s 3d ; Bernard's ale, quarts (in bond', Cs (hi; W. Younger's, 5s and 7s 3d; Ashby's, Ca 3d to 8s 9d; Bass's (Blood bottlers), pints, 4s quarts 6s Gd. AngloBavarian: pints 5s Gd and 8s; Boar's Head Stout: quarts, Ss 9d; piuts, Cs (id. Guinness's Harp brand by Foster: pints, Gs; quarts, Bs. Foster's Bugle stout: quarts, 9s; pints, Gs 3d. Blood's: pints, 6s; quarts, 7s. Hogshead Guinnoss's (Bead's bottling): pints, Gs 3d; quarts, 8s (id. R. Porter and Co.'s bottling: pints, 6s; quarts, Ss; Burke's: Gs, and 9s. Other brands: as and 7s Gd Duty: pints, Is Gd: quarts, 3s per dozen. Building Material.—Cement, K.B. and White's 12s. Slates: English Countesses are worth £11 to £12 -, Plaster of Paris, 14s to llis. All these quotations nominal. Breadstuffs and Grain.-Best roller flour, in sacks, £10 10s; 100's and &o's in proportion to extra bagging. Southern wheat, milling, 4s 3d, sacks extra; fowl wheat, 49, sacks included. Bran, £4 15s. Sharps, £4 ss. Maize, Bs. Oatmeal, £12 10s per 20001b in 2j's. Barley (for malting), 3s Gd {feed, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Oats, 2s 8d (bags given in); f.0.b., Southern ports, 2s 5d (bags in). Pearl barley, £14. Cabin bread, £15 per ton, sacks included. Bags and Bagging.— full weight wool- . packs, lUhi., Is Bd, d.p. Corn-sacks, 44in. by 2<J}in., 4s 7(1; 48in., 3d, wholesale lots. COAL.—Newcastle, ship's side, 22s Gd; delivered, £llOs,isquoted; Whangarei coal, lis at mine; ditto, M'aikato, steam, 10s; household, 20s, ConnAGE, D.P. (Subject to trade discounts).— hemp rope, all sizes, Auckland-made, £58 for best, £52 for next best; whalo and lance lines, £S0; New Zealand flax rope, all sizes, £29; wool lashings. £3-1; clothes lines, 6d per lb, subject to trar.t discount; Manila clothes line, 8d; oakum, free, ditto, £49; point spun yarn, £63; twine, shop, d.p., per lb, 9d to Is 2d; sewing twine, Is Id por lb. Coffee and Spices (in bond), per Ib.-Ceylon, coffee plantation, No. 1, Is lid; ditto, Island, 9(1 to 30d: chicory, 35s per cwt. in tins; cocoa, d.p., Taylors, Is 3d; Fry's, Is 3d; Van Houten s, 3s 3d; Bpps's, Is Gd; chocolate, Taylor's, Is 4d; Fry's, Is 3d. Spices, d.p.: Cloves, 7d; bleached ginger, lOd; nutmegs, 2s Id to 2s Cd; black pepper, whole, in bond, 4d to 4Jd; white ditto, sjd to lid. Confectionery.—Local manufacturers are producing good articles, and consumption is chiefly in their goads. Mennio and Day's boiled, 4d, less trado discount; Keillor's assorted confections, 9Jd; Gray's, 9Jd; candied lemon peel, d.p. (duty, (id per lb), Is; orange, Is; citron. Is Sd; local, from Od for lemon to is 3d for citron; Keiller's jujubes, Is 4d; Gray's jujubes, la id to is 3d Gum, Flax, &c.— quote: Gum: Poor ordinary £30 to £34; ordinary, £38 to £42; . good, ordinary, £45 and upwards; Hast Coast, '£08 to £70. Flax: Best clean Auckland, £15, nominal; lair average quality, £11; tow, £5 to £017s per ton,

f. -Cocoanut fibre, • £15 to £17; cocoanut oil (fine ;' white), per ton, £24, Copra, per ton, £9 58 to £10. '' Fungus, 3Jd. Ironmongery. Ac.—Galvanised corrugated iron, duty paid (duty £2 per .ton), 5 to 8 feet, £16 ' lbs to - £17 lGs; 9 feet, £18 10s; 10 feofc, £19 103; English bar iron, per ton, £3 10s; T fencing wiro, assorted sizes,' £8 5s to £S 10s; Barbed wire £13 10s :to £14, according to brand; English pig iron, £5; pig lead, £11 10s; zinc,-£24; I.C. cokfl tin plates, 14s to lis Oil; powder," Curtis, Harvey, 61 Muutz metal, GJd. . Quicksilver, 2s 2d. Jams, Dried Fruits, etc.—Duty, 2d per lb. Kelt* ler's marmalade, lib., d.p., 7? 3d; Gray's, 7s; Moif's, 7s ; Phoenix, Dunedin, 4s to 4s Cd; Nelson (New Zealand), 4s Gd; Smyrna sultanas, (d.p.); Malaga muscatels, Is Oil: Californian, 9d; elemes, 4Jd; currants, lja in bond ; figs (140z.), Gs 6<l per dozen, d.p.; Oil. prunes, id; dried apples (duty, 2d per lb), ordinary, in kegs and cases, Ojd; evaporated, 7d; dried apricots, BJd; dates, 4jd. Leather and HiDES.-Sole leather, 8d to is 3d per lb; kips, Is 2d to Is Gd; runners, Is Gd to Is 8d; calf, colonial, 2s 6d to3sod; basils, Ss to ISs per dozen; closed uppers, Is Od to 8s Od per pair ; hides, Id to 4d; calf skins, 3d to 4Jtl per lb; sheepskins, Cd to os.

Manures.— bonedust, £5 to £0; Auckland, £5 15s; superphosphate of lime, £0 ; boneflour, £0; Peruvian guano, £14 to £17 per ton ; animal manure, none; cocoanut oil cake, none; linseed cake, £9; Coral Queen Island guano, £4 7s fid; New Zealand Drug Co.'s manures : A superphosphate, £510s per ton; bonedust, steamed, £5 15s, bonedust, green, £5165; bonedust ami blood, £4 15s; root manure, £/) 5s ; A grass manure, £0 5.5; 11 grass manure, £8 as; potato manure, £015s; turnip manure, £6 ss; corn manure, £0 ss; maize manure, £0 ss; orchard manure, £7 ss; onion manure, £7 f«; clover manure, £0 ss; fiulph. of ammonia, £16; Coral Queen guano, 04 per cent., £4 7s Od. Malt and Hops.— malt is not imported ; Colonial, 5s to 5s Gil. Hops: Nelson, brewers, Is; grocers' hops, bulk, Od to Bd, Oilmen's Stores, lie. — Atlas Paraffins, B}d; Price's National 7ld; Price's Belmont, 71d; Young's British Wax, 7Jd: Prico's London Wax, 7}d; 1). 15. JSnar's, 7Jd, scarce; Price's Relf-Btting, 9d; local blue mottled soap, £21 per ton; carbolic, £30; best yellow, £20; No. 1 household, £15; Ist Crown, £20; double Crown, £20; soft soap, in tins, 4jd per lb; toilet, 9d to lOd per lb— subject to trade discount. Salt, 10,-i per ton duty: Coarse, W. & W., £310s ,ex store, d.p.; ex ship, 5s per ton lower; fine Black Horse, £4 ; ex store, d.p., ex ship, 6s per ton lower ; rock salt, £3 10s bagged, or £3 loose; Jordan almonds, 2s 3d; Blacking paste, Day and Martin's, 4s 3d ; Colraan's starch, No 1 (duty, 2d pur lb); white, JBs; blue, 4Ss; lieuraann's, 4tis; Hoffmann's, 455. Mustard, d.p.: Champion's genuine 1-lb book-shaped tins, 19s to lps Cd; fib tins, 9s 3d to 9s 6d; Colmau's Mb tins (rod), lis Gd; half ditto, 9s: 7-lb tins (red to green) 7Jd to Is; Mb tins (green), 13s; }-lb dittos, 7s 6d; DSF J-lb tins, 9s, lib, 18s. Blue, Reckitt's Pans, in circle, 7d; Colman's Azure, BJd. Matt lies: Vestas, d.p., Bryant and May's 250, per gross, 18s Od; ditto, plaid, 4s Cd; ditto, fancy oval, 24s Gd; It. Bell and Co. 250's, 13s Oil in large parcels; plaids, 3s 4d for wholesale lines only. Oil: Castor, in pint?, 8s Oil; half-pints, ss; quarter-pints, 3s fid. Salad: C. and 8., pints, 14s; half-ditto, (is Od; Morton's pints, lis ; half • pints, Gs 3d; Pickles: Stephens' pints, 7s 9d; Crosse anil Blackwell's, pints, 14s; Morton's, lis; McConnochio's, .Suffolk, Ss Gd. Rice (ground), in tins, 4Jd. Sauces; Lea and Perrin's, halfpints, 14s; Mellor's, pints lCs; Ooodall's Yorkshire Relish, O.s 9d; Vinegar, d.p.: Champion's, per gallon, is ad ; lloidbrook's, Is lOd ; Burnett's, la lid; Potts', Is lOd; local, Is Id. Vinegar, case: Champion's, 7s Od; Burnett's, 7s; Morton's, 7s 3d. Treacle, 2d ; Golden Syrup, bulk, 2J(i. Sago, 12s per cwt; tapioca, 13s per cwt. Cornflour: Brown's, 3d, d.p.; Clements', '■id; Brown and Poison's, Aid ; Preserved milk: Nestlo's, 7s to 7s 3d according to parcel; Milkmaid, 7s to 7s 3d; local brands, us Gd. Tartaric acid, in jars, Is lOd; in keg. Is 8(1; cream of tartar, in jars, Is 7d, in bulk, Is Od; bicarb, soda, £13 10s ; linglish soda crystals (duty £2), £7 10s, nominal; local, £5 15s ; Whiting, £4 ss. Oils and Paints.—Duty, Cd a gallon. Colza, in drums, 3s 3d; bulk, 3s; linseed, boiled drums, 3s Id; bulk, 2s lid; raw, drums, 3s; bulk, 2s Oil to 'is lOd; castor, in drums, 2s 9d to 2s l"d ; half-cases, d.p., 2s 7d : kerosene, in bond, Wliito Rose, 150 test, 9d; other high test brands from 8d; these prices are for largo lots. White lead, ground, per cwt, 601b and 1121b; genuine, 20s; No. 1 white lead, 23s in 50's, smaller packages more, according to size; red lead, dry, 225. Zinc white, £2 per ton more. Oil colours, assorted, £1 10s to £1 _ 18s per cwt. Turps: American, 2s fid ; resin, £0 15s to £7 10s according to grade. Varnish, oak, 9s Od to 12s Gd; copal, lis Od to 10s. Quotations regulated by quantities and qualities. Provisions.—: Southern factory, 4}d to sd. Corned butter, prime Bd, second quality scarce. 'l'avanaki, 9d. Ricei.b., Hunter's Standard. Japan, £13 to £13 ss. Canterbury bacon and hams (in cloth), .sides only, Od; equal numbers hams and bacon, iijd ; hams only, "W. Fish : Ling, &}<!; boneless cod, 3d d.p.; duty 2d, preserved red herrings, in tins, 3Us per dozen (2-11) tins); white, 33s per bjarrol; Marshall's white, 3s per tin; Macconuchios fresh herrings, Gs to fis 3d ; Findon haddocks, Ss; lobsters, American libs, lis; salmon, lib Columbia Hirer, d.p., 9s Cd; Alaska, 7s 3d to 7s Gd, d.p.; British Columbia, 7s 9d to 8s 3d ; salt salmon, sd; sardines, quarters, 4s lid to ss; halves, 7s fid to Ss, according to brand ; oysters, 7s; mullet (Kaipara), 5s Suiuits.-Mauritius brewers' crystals, £32 duty paid (duty jd per lb); Colonial Sugar Company's Auckland refinery, d.p., No. 1, £21 ; No. 2, £20; No. _ 3, £18 10a ; English crushed loaf, 3}d, d.p., nominal; French cube, 4 jd; Queensland yellows, i.b., £11: browns, £910s, in bond, nominal. Spirits.— Duty, IBs per gallon of proof spirits in bulk, IBs per gallon in case. Brandy Rouycr, Gouillet and Co., 25s and Ss; Marccllain's, case, 22s Cd, i.b.; flask, 28s fid; half-flask, 35s Od; nuarter-flask, 63s Gd; Hennessy's; case, 3(js Gd; Martell, 3Gs; Bisquit, Dubouche, and Co. pale, in lihds. and qr.-casks, 7s; Bisquit, Dubouchi and Co.'s, 265; Boomerang, Australian bulk, 7s Gd; case, 21s; Mulier Frere's, 20s. Whisky, bulk : Walker's WW, 10s; Distillers old, ss; very old, 7s; VOS, 8s; case, Old Scotch, 15»; very old, 19s; VOs, 2is; Gaelic, Old Smuggler, 21s; Buchanan's House of Commons, 21s; Robertson's One Star, 225; 3 Star, 20s; Danville's, 5s Od; case, 18s; Royal Blend, 245; Teacher's old, 28s, Walker's WW, 2is; LL, 22s Gd to 235; all in bond. Geneva, proof, 3 gallons, JDKZ, 15 hott!w,l4sCd; 20 bottles, 17sOd ; key, Genova, proof, 10s; Schnapps, Wolfe's, 21s Od. Gilhey's dry gin, 15s; Distillers' Company, 14s; Burnett's OJd Tom, 13s, Lowndes' rum, 30 0.p., 3s 8d ; in hlids., 4s per octave ; Red Heart, case, 2Gs. Key, 225. Table Watkiis.—Apollinaris water, (is td per dozen. Timber.—Quotations arc as follows Kauri timber f.0.b., coastal and Auckland mills : Ordinary building timber, undressed, 100 feet, first-class lis Gd; medium-class, 9s Gd; second-class, 7s Gd; flitches, all heart, lis Gd; flitches, with sap, lis, flooring boards, dressed, p.t.g., first-class, 14s cd; medium-class lis Gd; second-class, 9s fid; lining boards, p.t.g., beaded and V-jointed, first-class, 14s; mediumclass, lis; second-class, 9s ; rusticated weatherboarding, first-class, 14s Cd; medium-class, lis Gd ; second-class, 9s Od; boat boards, planed twosides, fibs-inch, 13s Od; j-inch, 14s. For widths over 12 inches Od extra per inch per 100 feet is charged, and for lengths over 24 feet extra prices are charged. Logs, (is to 6s 3d. Tobacco.— 3s od. Ruby Aromatic, 2s 2d; Victory, Is lOd to 2s; Juno, black, all shapes, Is" 3d to Is 4Jd; Unique, Is 4(1 to Is fid; low, Ill's, llld; Ascot, Is 74(1; Derby, ten cases, ls7Jd; single case, Is &Jd; Venus, Is 7Jd; Nailrod, lOd to is id. Teas.-Prices range as follows (in bond). - Congous, common, oil to sjd; middling to tine kinds, 7d to Sd; Saryunes and Panyongs, 8d to lOd; Souchongs and Kaisows, Oil to lid; Darjeelings, Pekoes, Is 3d to is Bd. Pekoe Soucljongs, 7Jd to 9Jd. Good broken. 7d to Jd; semi-broken and flue Souchong kinds, 3d to is id. Ceylon teas from Is 2d to Is (id, d.p. duty, 3d per lb. Fine' China teas are neglected. Indians arc in good demand in nearly all descriptions, for blending purposes with Ceylons having a continually increased sale. Wines.— Greger's (Carlowitz); Kulon, 245; finest selected. 34s (in bond).