Commercial News.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 245, 29 July 1876, Page 11

Commercial News.

Wellington, July 2S, 1876. The Customs duties received at this port for the week ending July 27 were as under :

There is little to report in tho import trade of the past week. Comparatively few sales to any extent are reported, and trade generally as might be expected at tho latter portion of the month has been extremely dull. The Horsa has arrived via Dun-Klin, with cargo from London, thus adding to our already ample stocks of imported goods. Prices are unaltered from former quotations, and generally show a downward tendency. In colonial produce, butter remains firm at Is. 3d. per lb. for prime cure in kegs ; cheese, dull at lOd. per lb. ; hams and bacon are in fair supply, and cloth-co-vered Canterbury cure is worth IOJd. to 12-kl. per lb. Flour remains at last week's rates ; moderate trade doing. Grain.—Oats in full supply at 2s. 3d. to 2s. 7d. per bushel. THE WELLINGTON" MARKETS. Wholesale Prices. Farm and DaiPvY Produce.

Coal and Firewood Market. Coal.—Newcastle, £2 ss. per ton. Firewood.—2 foot rata, 365. to 40s per cord ; 1 foot wood, 455. per cord ; 4 foot wood, 365. per cord; G foot wood, 365. per cord. Building Materials. Timber, —Boards and Scantling, 100 ft., 9s. to 155.; lis. 6d. at mill; planed, tonguedand grooved, lis. Od. 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, Sd. each ; white pine shingles, 16s. to ISs. 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 £8 10s.; bone dust, No. 3, £6 to £6 10s. CHRISTCHURCH. (From Saturday's Lyttelton Times.) grain and produce. There is next to nothing doing in the grain and produce market, and in the absence of any special transactions we merely quote last week's rates as buyers' quotations for delivery at Christ'church railway station : —Wheat, 4s. to 4s. 3d.; oats. Is. Bd. to Is. 9d. for good short quality; barley, 2s. to 45.; potatoes, 375. 6d. to £2; butter, Is. to Is. Id.; cheese, Sd. to Sid.; hams and bacon, 9M. in cloth. STOCK AND STATIONS. At the Addington saleyards on Wednesday 3732 sheep were yarded. Owing to the overcrowded state of the market, prices ranged even lower than last week, l|d. per lb. being our quotation for best quality fat mutton, of which there was a very large supply, a great proportion being turnip fed. Several drafts of merino ewes, principally full mouth and in lamb to longwool rams, were got rid of at from 3s. to 3s. Gd. per head. 183 head of cattle were penned, and with the exception of one really prime stall-fed bullock of great weight, there was a scarcity of first quality beef. We quote for best quality 275. 6d. perlOOlbs. TIMARU. We have little to report in the grain market, hardly any grain offering. Oats and barley very difficult to quit, except at very low prices. We quote buyers prices, delivered in Timaru : —Wheat, 4s. : barley, prime samples, 3s. 6d. : inferior, 2s. to 2s. 3d.; oats, Is. 6d. to Is. 7d.; flour, £11; sharps, £5; bran, £4 ; potatoes, £2. THE MELBOURNE WOOL MARKET. (From" Goldsbrough's Monthly Circular.) Melbourne, July 10. The sales during the month have been unimportant, the total disposed of being about 200 bales, consisting chiefly of oddments and country scoured. The fellmongers have experienced great difficulty in drying their wool, and receipts at the warehouses, whether for sale or shipment, have, in consequence, been smaller than is usual even at this time of the year. The arrival of the China on the 24th ult. placed us in possession of our English advices to May 10th, and of priced catalogues of the second series of colonial wool sales held in London, terminating May 6th, from perusal of which we gather that the fall from the rate 3 current in February of 10 to 15 per cent, continued throughout the series ; and, {with some fluctuations, this decline may be said to represent the average depreciation in the value of all classes of Australian wools, although during the last fortnight there was a little more animation when some of our finer wools were submitted. The third series are now progressing, but owing to the interruption to direct telegraphic communications with Europe, we are without any information as to the course of prices. So far the market has this year been without any support of a merely speculative character, the trade having shown no disposition to extend their orders beyond the supply for immediate requirements ; but in the face of such heavy arrivals (350,000 bales beingexpocted) we fear it would be vain to expect any advance in rates, unless the manufacturing trade lias materially improved. Attention is already being directed to the new clip, but shearing operations at the early sheds on the Upper Darling will be considerably delayed tiiis year, as owing to the almost entire suspension of river navigation, many of the stations have not yet received the necessary supplies to enable them to commence, and the rising of the river is now anxiously looked for. Although the apprehensions of a severe drought which prevailed some time ago have, happily, been allayed by a timely fall of rain, the quantity received has not been equal to requirements, and we fear that the want of feed for the young stock will bo severely felt in many places. Lambing is progressing satisfactorily in some districts, while in others severe frosts and insufficiency of suitable feed have told very disastrously on the result. On the whole we are inclined to think the increase this year will he under the average. The following vessels are on the berth, and will probably clear during the week, viz., Agamemnon, with about 1200 bales ; W. G. Russell, 900 bales ; Essex, SOO bales; and Amyone, 700 bales.

£ s. (1. & s. a. Spirits .. 1229 19 11 Goods by wglit 27 16 1 Cigars .. 12S 0 11 Ad valorem .. 1018 13 9 Tobacco .. 128 s e Other duties.. 30 1 G Wine .. 140 11 6 Light dues, Ale .. 17 0 0 shipping, &c. 2G 4 11 Tea .. .. 117 C 11 C'effec.. 16 1 C Sugar.. .. 213 3 9 Total £3099 9 3

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Butter, fs, lb 2 0 to 2 2 Lard, lb .. . 0 OtoO ,'j Butter sit, lb 1 0 — 1 2 Bacon, Pro. . 0 10—1 0 Cheese .. 0 0--0 11 Hams, Pro.. 1 0 — 1 3 Pjo., Ct/Dury. 0 10--0 11 McConnell's 1 0—1 2 Eggs, dozen 2 G--2 6 Ct'bury hams 1 0 — 1 2 Betail Price. Milk, quart.. 0 4 toO G Fowls, pair. . c 0to7 0 Butter, fs., lb 2 0--2 4 Ducks, pair.. . 7 0 —S 0 Butter, salt.. 1 2--16 Geese, each.. , G 0—7 0 Cheese, Col.. 1 0--1 2 Turkeys, do. G 0—10 0 Eggs, dozen 2 G--0 0 Bacon, lb .. 1 1 — 1 2 Lard, lb .. 0 0--0 10 Ham, lb 0 0- 1 4 Babbits, pair 2 0--3 0 Carrots 4 6 — 5 0 Cabbages, dz 2 6--3 0 Potatoes 5 0—6 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, rjer ton £12 to 12 10 0 Fine Flour, ditto, household .. 11 0 0 Seconds, per ton 0 0 0 Sharps, per ton S 0 0 Adelaide, per ton .. 14 0 0 Oamaru, ditto .. 11 15 0 Duncdin, ditto .. .. 11 0 0 Canterbury, ditto .. 11 io 0 Bran, per bushel — 010 Hay axd Corn Market. "Wholesale. s. d. s. d. £ s. £ s Maize, Sydney 4 G to 5 0 [ Hay, ton G 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 — 0 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 G to 0 0 Peas G C to 7 0 Oats, ditto .. 3 G — 4 0 Do. crushed 7 3 — 7 6 Do. crushed 4 9 — 5 2 1 Lucerne, cwt. 0 0 —G G Bran, ditto 1 4 —1 G Oaten, ditto 5 10 —G 0 Wheat (fowl) 4 G — 5 G Straw, ditto 5 10 — G 10 Hay, cwt. .. 5 10— G 10 Chaff, ditto 7 0— S 0 Beans . . G 0 — 7 0 O'Sheath's do. 6 0— 7 0 Do. crushed 7 3 — 7 G Brocolo from 0 3 — 1 e Seeds Ryegrass, bsh. 7 OtoS 0 Alsyko, lb. ..1 2to0 0 Do. Pov. B., do.S 0—0 0 Cow grass, do ...1 3—0 0 Cocksfoot, do.10 0—0 0 Rape, do. ..0 6—0 0 Wt. clover, lb. 12—00 Lucerne, do. . .1 G—0 0 Red do., do... 1 0—0 0 | Timothy, do. ..1 0—0 0