Commercial News.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 376, 26 April 1879, Page 13

Commercial News.

The amount of Customs duties collected at this port for the week ending April 24 were as follows :

Wo report a continued dull state of trade in tho import market. With the exception of some few of the leading articles, it is almost needless to attempt to give quotations, so little business having been done, aud-that of an entirely retail character. Hennessy's case brandy remains at 33s Gd to 345, with a fairly active demand; bulk do, 9s Oil to 9s 9d per gallon ; other brands be ng comparatively neglected. Sugars are unaltered, anil are quoted £4l 10s to £42 for No. 2 white, and £4l to £42 per ton, duty paid, for lirst counter. Tobaccos are easier, there being heavy stocks, but holders keep up prices, as the demand is limited to the current retail supply. In colonial produce, butter in kegs has improved in value owing to the dryness of the season and the comparatively short supply, but as the demand is now entirely local it is not probable that values will go much higher. We quote present rate for prime sample at 12d per lb. Bacon and hams have been rather low in stock, and worth 9d to 9jd per lb ; the new euro coming forward will probably come in at a lower rate. Cheese dull, atßil to BJd, with light stocks in dealers’ hands.

Flour.—Best brands lof Oamaru and Canterbury (lour remain nominally at £9 to £9 10s per ton ; but in the present state of the market it is difiicult to give ft quotation, as first quality samples of flour have been unavailinglv offered at much lower rates.

Grain. —Oats are in full supply at 3s to 3s 3d per bushel, anil as stocks on hand in the South arc excessive, prices are not likely to be higher this season. Wheat for fowls is in moderate enquiry at 3s Gd to 3s 9d, maize dull, at 5s to 5s 3d; pollard, £5 10s per ton; malting barley, none. l’otatoes.—Fair demand, at £5 to £5 10.3 per ton. Timber.—Several auction sale 3 b&ve taken place lately for largo quantities of kauri arfft red pine boards anil scantlings, anil exceedingly low pric s have been accepted under the hammer, hut holders still endeavor to keep up recent current rates of 10s Od to lls Gd per 100 ft for red pine. BY TELEGRAPH. (per press agency.) CHRISTCHUKCH, Thursday. The Press reports considerable business in the grain and produce market during the week. Wheat is in active demand, and late prices are maintained for really prime. For milling ami seed samples 3s 5d to 3s (Id have been respectively obtained ; good average quality wheat commands 3s 4d. Oats continue depressed, very few sales being effected during the week; as farmers prefer holding to accepting rales offered ; buyers offer 2s Oil for feed, and 2s 7d for milling, but farmers generally expect at least 2d per bushel more. Barley continues in good demand, although not so much eagerness is shown by buyers s some little time ago; plime samples are r adily saleable at os 0(1, and other qualities at rates corresponding with quality. In Hour very fair business is reported by the millers ; quotations are unaltered at £8 to £9 ss, according to the brand. Bran and sharps in less request, and quoted at £4 to £4 10s respectively. Gross seed •still hangs heavily, and no improvement. otatoes are selling at 50s. Butter is olfering more freely ; some sales are reported at 9d. Cheese is in moderate demand, at 7lil. Hams and bacon are out of stock, nominally Bd. In the import market, since tbe resumption of business after Easter we have little or. no change to report. A moderate amount of trade can he noted, but not much of a special character. The strain at present felt in the money market is so severe that purchases made are never beyond actual requirements, anil buyers hesitate before accepting line-, even at tempting prices. AUC'KL \ND, Thursday. Alessrs. Binney and Alasoii report ; Business Is confined to trade parcels, and quotations show no material

change. Adelaide flour, £l4, dull of sale ; Sant hern do, £lO to £11; whoat, -is to 4s 3d, nominally uwheat, fowls’, 2s 3d. Sales : Bran and pollard, £6 53 to £0 15s, market bare ; oats, 3s to 3s Gd ; maize. Is 3d ; oatmeal, £IS to £l9; hams and bacon, in cloth, scarce, Sid to butter, is to Is Id ; good do, Oil to 9d ; inferior potatatoos, £5 15s to £6.

Mr. Iluckland rep .rts:—At Rcmuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle in request, prices from £lO to £l2 each. Store cattle in large numbers. Four hundred head were sold, and are in good demand. Throe year old steers brought from £6 15s to £3 15s; two year olds, £5 5s to £6 10s ; yearlings, £3 19s to £4 2s Gd; two year old heifers, £4 5s to £5 5s ; yearlings, £2 10s to .63 15s : calves, mixed sizes. 25s to 45s ea li. Fat cattle arc in full supply, 135 head yarded last week prices varying from 27s (id to 32s Od the 1091 b, were sustained. Store sheep at low values: aged ewes. 2s Gd to 3s Gd; lambs, 3s to 4s each. Fat sheep are in full numbers, above 1000 were sold to a butcher. They were generally of small size, and brought from 2ld to 3d per lb. Well bred pigs were also penned in larger numbers than usual, anil brought 3d to 3Vd tlio lb, live weight.

TIIE WELLINGTON AIARKETS Wholesale Prices.

Building Alaterials. Timber, —Boards and Scantling, 100 ft., 9s. to 15s.' lls. 6il. at mill; planed, tongueil and grooved, lls. Oil. to 12s. sd. Red pine palings, 12s. per 100 ; rcil pine timber, 16s. per 100 feet ; kauri timber, ISs. per 100 feet ; red pine, tongue groved, 225. per 100 feet; totara pests. Is. 4(1. each ; birch rails, Sd. each ; white pine shingles, 10s. to 18s. per 1000. HoVAItTON TIMBER AND FENCING MATERIAL Shingles, lCs.per 1000 ; palings, from 16s. to 18s. per 100 ; rough spokes, 255. per 100 ; felloes, from 100 s. to 200 s. per 100 timber, 14s. to 10s. per 100 feet, superior; posts,; £4 10s. per 100; rails £3 3s. 4d. per 10* Coal and Firewood Alarkht. Firewood.—2 foot rata, 3Gs. to 40s per cord ; 1 foot wood, 455. per cord ; 4 foot wood, 30s. per cord; 6 oot wood, 365. per cord. BONE DUST. Bone dust, No. 1, £7 to £8 : bone dust. No. 2, £7 10s. to £8 10s.; bone dust. No. 3. £0 to £0 103. Coal. —Newcastle, £2 5 0 per toil. J. M. TAYLOR’S SHARE REPORT. Wellington, April 25, 1879.

§j| We report no transactions in shares during the past week worth calling attention to. Several sales have come under notice at a much lower rate than quoted, hut they are exceptional, and due to money pressure. There are buyers of bank and insurance shares, but holders are not yet forced to accept lower quotations.

£ s. d. £ a. dSpirits .. 2054 14 1 Weight 240 i 4 Cigars.. 02 3 1 Ad valorem .. 190S 13 0 Tobacco .. 240 9 0 Other duties.. 1G1 10 0 Wino .. .. m 2 5 L i g h t dues. Beer .. .. 3213 1 3 shipping. &c 232 13 9 Tea .. 4 9 10 Coffee.. 0 10 G Sugar.. .. 152 11 10 Total .. £5501 0 1

Farm ani> Dairy Produce. s. d. s. d. S. d. s. d. Butter, fs, lb 1 0 to 1 2 Lard, 1!) . . 0 0 to 0 0 Butter sit, lb 0 0 - -0 o Bacon, Pro.. 0 7 — 8 0 Retail Price. Milk, quart.. 0 4 to 0 G Fowls, pair.. G 0 to 7 0 Butter, fs., lb 1 3- - 1 4 Ducks, pair.. 7 0 —S 0 Butter, salt.. 1 0--0 0 Geese, each.. 7 0 — 8 0 Cheese, Col.. 1 0--0 0 Turkeys, do. 0 0—10 0 Eggs. dozen 3 0 - -3 G Bacon, lb ..0 0 — 1 0 Bard, lb .. 0 0--0 10 Ham, lb .. 1 0—1 2 Rabbits, pair 1 G - _2 0 Carrots .. -4 G — 5 0 Cabbages, dz 2 G — -3 0 Potatoes .. 0 0 — s 0 Turnips, doz 2 G — -3 0 Bread, 4d. to 5d. 21b. loaf. A'd veg’bl, dz 2 0 — - 2 G Flour Market. "Wholesale. £ s. d. Superline Flour, sill dressed, per ton £10 0--15 0 0 Flour, dit to. household .. £13 -14 0 0 Seconds, per ton.. 0 0 0 Sharps, per ton .. . . . S 0 0 Adelaide, per ton 17 0 0 Oamaru ditto 12 10 0 Dunedin, dit . 11 0 0 Canterbury, ditto . 10 0 0 Bran, per bushel 1 G — 1 s Hay and Corn Market. s. cl. s. d. s. £ s. Maize, Sydney 0 0 to G 0 Ilay, ton .. 7 OtoO 0 Do. Crushed G G - - 0 0 1 Oaten, ditto 0 0 — 0 10 Oats (South). .4 G--4 0 Lucerne, ditto 0 0 —5 0 Wheat (fowl) 4 G--0 0 | Straw, ditto 5 0 — 0 0 Potatoes .. 100 0 - -0 0 1 Chaff, ditto 9 0—0 0 Seeds Ryegrass, bsli. 7 OtoS 0 Alsylce lb. ..1 2to0 0 Do. l’ov. B.,do.8 0 —0 0 Cow grass, do...l 3—0 0 Cocksfoot, do. 10 0 —0 0 Rape, do. . .0 6—0 0 Wt. clover, lb. 1 2 — 0 0 Lucerne, do. .. 1 G- 0 Red do. do. .. 1 0 -0 0 Timothy, do. .. 1 0—0 0 Re ail. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Maize . . G G to 0 0 Peas .. 5 0 to 0 0 Oats, ditto .. 5 0 - - 0 0 Do. crushed 5 0 — 0 0 Bran, ditto 1 8--0 0 Lucerne, cwt. 0 0 — 7 0 Wheat (fowl) 4 3 - -4 G Oaten, ditto 5 10-0 0 Hay, cwt. ..7 G- - 0 0 Straw, ditro G L0 — 0 0 Beans' ..50- - 0 0 Chaff, ditto 10 — 0 0 Do. crushed 5 G — - 0 0 O’Sheath’s do. — 0 0 Brocolo from — 0 0

Company, Capital. | Shares. Amount paid up. Quotations "a 0> 32 > r- \ £ £ .6 s 7, Bank of New Zealand Do new issue 72f>,000 10 10 375/ 352. 15 Union Bank of Australia 1.500,000 or, 25 £00 IS National Bank of N. Z. 1,000,000 10 31 68/ 6 Colonial Hank of N. Z. 2,000,000 f> 2 14/ 8 New Zealand Insurance Co. 1,000,000 10 2 00/ 15 South British Insurance 1,000,000 20 o 52/ lb National Insurance .. 1,000,000 10 10/ •24/ 20 Standard Insurance .. i.ooo.ooo 10 15/ 15/ 13.J Union Insurance 2.000,000 20 15/ 13/ Colonial Insurance .. 2.000.000 10 7/0 21 4/ — New Zealand L. and jM. A .. 3,000,000 25 43 15 New Zealand Shipping 100.000 10 5 80/ — Wellington Trust and Loan 200,000 10 5 6) 125 Do. (2nd issue) 30,000 10 •22 ''0 28/ 0 Wellington (las 30,000 10 10 300/ 15 Do. (2nd issue) 20,000 10 2 42/ — Wellington Public Ilall Te Aro Theatre 0,000 30 30/ 35/ 10 10.000 10 51 40/ - West Wanganui Coal 50,000 5 15/ — —