Commercial News.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 243, 15 July 1876, Page 11

Commercial News.

The Customs duties received at this port for the week ending July 13 were as under :

The import trade during the past week has been only moderate and restricted to ordinary requirements, no sales to any extent having come under notice. Quotations show little or no variation, but as the large amount of goods now landing ex the three English ships are brought into market, we may look for lower rates in several leading lines. In New Zealand produce, salt butter, owing to the high price of fresh, is in improved demand for local consumption, prime cured in kegs being worth Is. 3d. per lb.; kegs, 6s. There is no enquiry for shipment. Bacon and hams are now fully stocked, at 9d. to Is. per lb. Cheese firm, at lOd. to IO.Jd. Flour has advanced 10s. per ton during the week, owing to telegrams from Oamaru that the mills had increased their quotation to that extent; but it is hardly probable that the rise will be sustained in the face of the large stocks in Canterbury and Otago. In grain, oats are unaltered in value, being still quoted at 2s. 6d. to 2s. Bd. per bushel—stocks ample. Maize is scarce, and worth ss. 3d. to ss. 6d. Good malting barley, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. AVheat —Good milling is in demand at ss. 3d.; chick wheat, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 6d. per bushel. THE AVELLINGTON MARKETS. AVholesale Prices. Farm and Dairy Produce.

Coal and Firewood Market. Coal. —Newcastle, £2 f>s. per ton. Firewood.—2 foot rata, 365. to 40s per cord : 1 foot wood, 455. per cord ; 4 foot wood, 365. per cord; () foot wood, 3Gs. per cord. Building Materials. Timber, —Boards and ScantMng, 100 ft., 9s. to 155.; lis. 6d. at mill; planed, tongued and grooved, lis. 6d. to 12s. sd. . * . , Red pine palings, 12s. per 100 ; red pine timber, 16s. per 100 feet ; kauri timber, ISs. per 100 feet ; red pine, tongue groved, 225. per 100 feet ; totara posts, Is. 4d. each ; birch rails, Bd. each ; white pine shingles, 10s. to 18s. per 1000. Hobarton timber and fencing materialShingles, £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, 23 to 255. per 100 feet, superior; posts, £5 10s. per rails & 3s. 4d. per 100 bone dust. Bone dust, No. 1, £8 to £lO ; bone dust, No. 2, £7 10s. to £3 10s.; bone dust, No. 3, £0 to £6 10s. BY TELEGRAPH. DUNEDIN, Thursday. Mr. Bradshaw reports—Sales: Bank of New Zealand, £lB 2s. 6d. ; Colonial Bank, £1 125.; National In" surance, £1 45,; Standard, 125.; South British, £2 135.; New Zealand Insurance, 7Ss. Buyers : Bank of New Zealand, £l7 17s. 6d.; Colonial Bank, £1 lis. and £1 125.; National Insurance, £1 3s. 6d.: Standard Insurance, 12s. Sellers : Bank of New Zealand, £lB 55.; National Insurance, £1 45.; New Zealand Insurance, 80s.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 9S1 15 9 Goods by wght 712 15 11 Cigars 39 12 6 Other duties 182 1 9 Tobacco .. 372 7 6 Ad valorem .. 1554 14 6 Wine .. 103 1 4 Light dues, Beer .. 394 12 C shipping, &c 5 Tea .. .. 107 15 C Coffee.. .. 116 18 0 Sugar.. .. 403 9 9 Total .. £5053 19 5

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Butter, fs, lb 1 6 to 1 8 Lard, lb 0 OtoO a Butter sit, lb 0 8—12 Bacon, Pro.. 0 10—1 0 Cheese .. 0 0 — 0 11 Hams, Pro.. 1 0 — 1 3 Do., Ct'oury. 0 10 — 0 11 McConnell's 1 0 — 1 2 Eggs, dozen 2 6 — 2 6 Ct'bury hams 1 0 — 1 2 Retail Price. Milk, quart.. 0 4to0 G Fowls, pair.. 6 0to7 0 Butter, fs., lb 2 0 — 2 3 Ducks, pair.. 7 0 — 8 0 Butter, salt.. 1 2 —• 1 6 Geese, each.. a 0—7 0 Cheese, Col.. 1 0 — 1 2 Turkeys, do. 6 0—10 0 Eggs, dozen 0 0 — 3 0 Bacon, lb .. 0 0 — 1 2 Lard, lb .. 0 0 — 0 10 Ham, lb 0 0—1 4 Babbits, pair 2 6 — 3 0 Carrots 4 6 — 5 0 Cabbages, dz 2 6 — 3 0 Potatoes 5 0—e 0 Turnips, doz 2 6 — 3 0 Bread, 3d. to 4d. 21b. loaf. A'd veg'bl, dz 2 0 — 2 6 Flour Market. "Wholesale. & s. d. Superfine Flour, silk dressed, per ton £12 to 12 10 0 Fine Flour, ditto, household 11 0 0 Seconds, per ton 0 0 0 Sharps, per ton 8 0 0 Adelaide, per ton 14 0 0 Oamaru, ditto 11 15 0 Dunedin, ditto .. — .. ,.. 11 0 0 Canterbury, ditto 11 10 0 Bran, per bushel — 0 1 3 Hay and Corn Market. Wholesale. s. d. s. d. £ 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 — 5 10 Oats (South). .4 0 — 4 3 Lucerne, ditto 0 0 — 6 10 Wheat (fowl) 4 0 — 4 3 Straw, ditto 2 10 —3 0 Potatoes ..0 0 — 5 0 Chaff, ditto 7 0 — 0 0 Retail, 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 6 Do. crushed 4 9 — 5 2 Lucerne, cwt. 0 0 — 6 6 Bran, ditto 1 4—1 6 | 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'sdo. 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 Rape, do. ..0 i 6—0 0 AVt. clover, lb. 1 2—0 0 Lucerne, do. ..1 6—0 0 Red do., do... 1 0—0 0 | Timothy, do. ..1 . 0—0 0