Commercial News.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 237, 25 March 1876, Page 11

Commercial News.

The Customs duties received at this port for the •week ending March 23, were as under:—

In the import markets there is no change of sufficient importance to call for comment. Generally trade is rather dull, and owing to heavy stocks prices have a declining tendency, but to so trifling an extent that although at auction sales lower rates have been taken, imjjorters are holding for moderately full rates. In colonial produce butter in kegs is scarce, and the price has advanced to 13d and 14d per lb for prime cured in kegs. Cheese is worth lOd to IOJd per lb for

Canterbury make. Hams and bacon, no stocks, quotations at 13d and 14d per lb for cloth packed. Flour, stocks of Canterbury and Oamaru mills are scarce, but prices remain unaltered, we quote Canterbury £ll 5s to £ll 10s per ton ; and Oamaru, £ll 15s to £l2, for sacks in trade parcels. Oats meet with fair enquiry at 2s 4d to 2s 6d per bushel; stocks light. In the share market there is no change in quotations from last week’s report, nor do we hear of any transactions. THE WELLINGTONS MARKETS. Wholesale Prices.

Timber,—Boards and Scantling, 100 ft., 9s. to 155.; 11s. 6d. at mill; planed, tonguedand grooved, 11s. 6d. to 12s. sd. Red pine palings, 12s. per 100 ; red pine timber, 16s. per 100 feet ; kauri timber, 18s. per 100 feet ; red pine, tongue groved, 225. per 100 feet; totara posts, Is. 4d. each ; birch rails, Bd. each ; white pine shingles, 16s. to 18s. per 1000. lIOBARTON TIMBER AND FENCING MATERIAL Shingles, £1 per 1000 ; palings, from 20s. to 255. per 100 ; rough spokes, 255. per 100 ; felloes, from 100 s. to 200 s. per 100 ; timber, 235. to 255. per 100 feet, superior; posts, £5 10s. per 100; rails, £4 3s. 4d. per 100. Coal and Firewood Market. Coal.—Newcastle, £2 ss. per ton. Firewood.—2 foot rata, 365. to 40s per cord : 1 wood, 455. per cord ; 4 foot wood, 365. per cord ; 6 foot wood, 365. per cord. BONE DUST. Bone dust, No. 1, £8 to £lO ; bone dust, No. 2, £7 10s. to £8 10s.; bone dust, No. 3, £6 to £6 10s. CHRISTCHURCH. (From Saturday’s Lyttelton Times,J Grain and Produce.—The grain market during the week has been rather dull, first hand transactions being rather limited. Wheat still continues 3s. 9d. at Christchurch, and in some instances 3s. lOd. has been paid for very prime lots. Oats are in fair demand for speculative purposes, but there are very few orders for this cereal in the market at present. Barley is very depressed, and sales are difficult ts effect at our quotations, which are nominal. A fair amount of business is doing in dairy produce. Cheese is in a little better supply, but butter is still coming to hand slowly. Manufacturers of hams and bacon report large sales during the week, and stocks are now almost exhausted. Buyers’ quotations for delivery at Christchurch railway station Wheat, 3s. 9d. to 3s. lOd.; oats, Is. 7d. to Is. 7£d.; barley, 3s. (nominal); butter, 9d. to 9&d.: cheese, 7Jd. to Bd.; grass seed, 4s. 6d. A correspondent informs us that a sale of wheat was made during the week at Kaiapoi at 4s. per bushel. Stock and Stations.—At the saleyards on Wednesday 7000 sheep and 320 head of cattle were yarded. The sheep consisted chiefly of fat cross-bred ewes and wethers. For this class prices ranged from Bs. to 12s. 6d. for best quality, making an average of a little under lid. per lb. Several pens of fat merino wethers changed hands at from 6s. 9d. to 7s. per head, but the supply of this class of sheep was not goodi A very superior line of three-quarter bred Leicester lambs sold in pens at from 6s. 3d. to Cs. 9d. per head. Several lots of inferior cross-bred lambs sold at prices varying from 3s. to 4s. per head. For old broken mouth merino ewes several lots were got rid of at from Is. 4d. to Is. 6d. per head. THE WOOL TRADE. Tlie following is a return from England of New Zealand wool importers for 1875. Of course, as read in the colony the word should in several instances more properly be exporter;—26,B67 bales, N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (Limited) ; 12,037, Dalgetty, Du Cro z, and Co.; 10,916, Miles Brothers and Co.; 6774, Redfern, Alexandra, and Co., 6439, Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company ; 5868, Russell, Le Cren, and Co.; 5841, Robert Campbell; 5626, Matheson and Co.; 4577, Armitage, Sanderson, and Co.; 4548, Potter, Wilson, and Co. ; 4464, A. L. Elder ; 4142, N. Edwards and Co. ; 4032, Canterbury and Otago Association ; 3294, J. Morrison and Co.; 2788, N.Z. and Australian Land Co.; 2712, Johnson and Allsup ; 2521, Richardson, Brothers, and Co. ; 2365, R. Brooks and Co.; 2175, Bank of Australasia ; 1860, Bank of New South Wales ; 1788. Tlios. Anderson ; 1630, F. Huth and Co. ; 1344, Southern, Quilty, and Co.; 1254, Edwards, Bennett, and Co.; 1251, G. F. Dickinson; 1201, T. McComas and Co.; 1149, Alex. Sclanders and Co.; 1026, Cargills, Joachim, and Co.; 972. Scales and Rogers ; 850, Johnson and Archer ; 848, Otago and Southland Investment Company; 834, Sinclair, Hamilton, and Co. ; 757, Brown, Shipley, and Co. ; 694, Atkins and Co. ; 607, Fenwick and Co. ; 591, E. Elworthy ; 571, F. H. and A. Collier; 493, Anderson, Anderson, and Co.; 450, R. Gray ; 430, W. Bateman and Sons ; 413, Owen and Graham ; 400, J. and G. Harris ; 394, Lumb, Warklyn, and Co. ; 349, S. Kennard and Co.; 299, D. P. McEwen ; 284, J. Clinch and Sons ; 271, Manning and Co.; 247, A. Denson; 247, Stuart. Snell, and Co.; 246, J. McEwan and Co.; 220, Donaldson, Lambert, and Co.; 204, J. Terry and Co.; 183, R. Gibbs; 178, L. Joseph; 166, Bligh, Harbottle, and Co.; 166, N.Z. Meat preserving Co.; 161, Bowes, Game, and Co.; 156, G. Claridge; 153, Frith, Sands, and Co,; 139, J. Cruckshank and Co.; 135, H. E. and M. Moses; 113, B. S. Lloyd and Co.; 97, R. Philpott: 86, R. Richardson ; 80, Leaf, Sons, and Co.: 75, R. Whittingham and Co.; 72, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 71, W. Grice and Co.; 69, Paton and Grant; 64, Keep Bros.; 52, Brooker, Dore, and Co.; 491, quantities below 50 bales. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Thursday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports :—Buyers : Bank of New Zealand, 3555. ; National Insurance, 245.; Sash and Door, 1765. ; Shipping Company, 765.; Cure, 55.; City of London, 21s. Sellers: South British, 555.; National Bank, 755.; New Zealand Insurance, 78s. HOKITIKA, Thursday. Beef at the yards averaged 375. 6d. to 40s. per 1001 b ; mutton, 13s. to 15s. each.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 960 11 0 Goods by wght .58 11 8 Cigars 70 13 6 Ad valorem .. 402 15 0 Tobacco .. 137 7 8 Other duties.. 309 10 0 Wine 60 4 6 Light dues. Beer .. .. 133 13 9 shipping, &c. 45 1 3 Tea .. .. 140 10 0 Sugar .. 151 2 7 i Total £2470 1 4

JJARM AND UAIRY PRODUCE. s. d. s. d. « d. s. d. Butter, fs, lb 1 2 to 0 0 Lard, lb .. 0 . OtoO 5 Butter, sit, lb 0 8 — 1 0 Bacon, Pro.. 0 11 — 1 Cheese .. 0 0 — Oil Hams, Pro.. 1 0 — 1 Do.. Ct'bury. 0 10 — 0 11 McConnell's 1 0 — 1 2 Eggs, dozen 1 4 — 1 6 Ct'bury hams 1 0 — 1 2 Retail Price. Milk, quart.. 0 4 to 0 6 [ Fowls, pair.. 6 0to7 0 Butter, fs., lb 1 4 — 1 6 1 Ducks, mir.. 7 0 — 8 0 Butter, salt.. 1 2— 1 4 Geese,'each.. 6 0 — 7 0 Cheese, Col.. 1 2 — 1 4 Turkeys, do. 6 0—10 0 Eggs, dozen 2 0 — 2 6 Bacon, lb .. 0 0 — 1 4 Lard, lb .. 0 0 — 0 10 Ham, lb .. 0 0—1 6 Rabbits, pair 2 G — 3 0 Potatoes, newO 1—0 1J Cabbages, dz 2 6 — 3 0 Carrots .. 2 6 — 3 0 Turnips, doz 2 6 — 3 0 Potatoes .. 0 0 —7 0 A'd veg'bl, dz 2 0 — 2 6 Bread, 3d. to 4d. 21b. loaf. Flour Market.

Wholesale. £ s. d Superfine Flour, silk dressed, per ton £12 to 12 10 6 Fine Flour, ditto, household 11 0 0 Seconds, per ton.. .. .. .. .' 000 Sharps, per ton j. 800 Adelaide, per ton . 15 0 0 Oamaru, ditto .. .. .. ., ..12100 Dunedin, ditto .. — ! 12 0 0 Canterbury, ditto .. 12 0 0 Bran, per bushel .. .. .. — 0 14 Hay and Corn Market. Wholesale. ■ s. d. s. d. 1 £ s. £ s Maize, Sydney 4 6 to 5 0 Hay, ton .. 6 10 to 7 10 Do. Crushed 4 9 — 5 0 Oaten, ditto 0 0 — 6 10 Oats (South). .4 0 — 4 3 i Lucerne, ditto 0 0 — 6 10 Wheat (fowl) 4 0 — 4 8 ' Straw, ditto 2 10 — 3 0 Potatoes .. 0 0 — 5 0 | Chaff, ditto 7 0 — 0 0 Ret ail. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Maize ..5 6 to 6 0 Peas .. 6 6 to 7 0 Oats, ditto .. 3 6 — 4 0 Do. crushed 7 3 — 7 8 Do. crushed 4 9 — 5 2 Lucerne, cwt. 0 0 — 6 6 Bran, ditto 1 9—2 0 Oaten, ditto 5 10 — 6 0 Wheat (fowl) 4 6—5 6 Straw, ditto 5 10 — 6 10 Hay, cwt. .. 5 10 — 6 10 Chaff, ditto 7 0 — 8 0 Beans .. 6 0 — 7 0 O'Sheath's do. 6 0—7 0 Do. crushed 7 3 — 7 6 Brocolo from 0 3 — 1 6 Seeds, Ryegrass, bsh. 7 0to8 0 Alsyke lb. ..1 2to0 0 Do. Pov. B., do.8 0—0 0 Cow grass, do...1 3—0 0 Cocksfoot, do. 10 0—0 0 Bape, do. ..0 6 —0 0 Wt. clover, lb. 1 2—0 0 Lucerne, do. ..1 6—0 0 Bed do., do... 1 0—0 0 | Timothy, do. .. 1 0—0 0 Building Materials.