Commercial News.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 387, 12 July 1879, Page 13

Commercial News.

The amounts of Customs duties collected at this port for the week ending July 11, 1879, were as under :

We report an exceedingly dull state of trade during the past week, which leaves nothing to report either in prices or trans actions.

In colonial produce the same state of affairs are reported, although in some few cases, owing- to exceptional causes, and improvement in quotations may be noted. Butter in kegs, if of undoubted quality, is in moderate demand for local supply, at lOd to lid for parcels. Cheese has slightly advanced, owing to stocks being low, and best Canterbury make is worth 7J-d to Sd. Hams and bacon scarce, and in fair demand, Bid to 9d per lb. Oats are in full supply at last week's rates, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel, according to parcel and quality. Southern flour, £9 to JB9 10s per ton. Potatoes, 110 s per ton.

BY JELEGHAPH. CHRISTCH CRCH, Thursday.

The Canterbury Corn Exchange reports for the week:—Business in the grain trade has been but a counterpart of the preceding week. Sales are almost entirely local and of a very unimportant description. Wheat, first-class milling samples, 3s 9d to 3s lOd; seed parcels, 4s, with fairly good demand; chicken wheat, 3s to 3s 2d. Oats, feed qualities, 2s 6d to 2s 7d: milling samples, 2s Brt to 2s 9d; inferior feed, 2s 4d to 2s sd. Bailey is in pretiy fair demand; prime maltingsamedes readily command 5s 9d to 6s; medium; 4s 6d to 6s; feed, 3s to 4s. Potatoes: Several orders executed during the week at £3 10s ; at country sta-

THE WELLINGTON" MARKETS Wholesale Prices. Farm and Datry Produce.

tions in some instances an advance on this rate has been obtained. Grass-seed is still in largo supply, with no demand. Cheese, very little demand, 6d to 6}-d. Butter: Almost a glut, no remunerative prices obtainable, holders looking for lOd to lid, while sellers are offering 7d to 9d.

Messrs. Tickle and Co-'s "Colonial Export Prices Current and Trade Review" for May reports : " Colonial Loans. —Tenders for the 6 per cent. Water Works Loan for Port Elizabeth, £IOO,OOO. were opened on Ist May, at tho Standard Bank of British South Africa. The total applied for was £330,000, at prices varyiug from par to £lO7 3s : tho loan was put off at rates from £lO7 3s down to £lO2 12s 6d, and it mav be considered a very successful operation. A New South Wales Government loan for £3,249,500, in 4 per cent, debentures, was brought out under the auspices of the Bank of New South Weles, on 25th April, tenders to be in on 2nd May, with a minimum of £97 subscriptions, to be all paid up by September next. The tenders on the said date amounted to no less than £7,860,900. all tenders at £9S 8s receive about two-thirds of the amount applied for, and those above that price receive in full. Tho confidence shown by the investing public in this loan will bo very gratifying to the colonists of New South Wales. The Cape of Good Hope Government advertised, on the 2th April, for a loan of £2,615,000, in 4A- per cent, debentures, through the agents to tho Crown colonies, tenders to be delivered by 6th May. Minimum £96 10s. This loan was also very successful, the total amount tendered for being £5,053,300. The debentures were allotted at £9S 2s Gd to £99.

J. M. TAYLOR'S SHARE REPORT. Wellington, July 11, 1879.

We report no movement in shares, and quotations remain nominal. There are buyers of Union and Colonial Insurance, but at prices below sellers' quotations.

Building Materials. Timber, —Boards and Scantling, 100 ft., 9s. to 15s.' lis. Od. at mill; planed, tonguedand grooved, lis. 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 foot; totara posts, is. 4d. each ; birch rails, Bd. each ; white pine shingles, 16s. to ISs. per 1000. HOKARTON TIMJJER AND FENCING MATERIAL Shingles, lGs.per 1000 ; palings, from 10s. to ISs. pet 100 ; rough spokes, 255. per 100 ; felloes, from 100 s. to 200 s. per 100 timber, 14s. to 16s. per 100 feet, superior; posts, ;£4 10s. per 100: rails £3 3s. 4d. per 100 Coal and Firewood Market. FiREWOon. —2 foot rata, 365. to 40s per cord ; 1 foot wood, 455. per cord ; 4 foot wood, 365. per cord; 6 Got wood, 365. per cord.

& s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 11*5 16 4 | Goods by Cigars.. 71 IS) 5 1 weight 152 10 0 Tobacco .. 413 10 0 Ad valorem .. 700 9 11 Wine . . .. 127 0 3 1 Other duties.. 207 17 10 Beer .. .. 149 3 3 Light dues, Tea .. .. 210 2 3 shipping, &c. 140 19 3 Coffee.. Sugar .. 40 1 .. 202 IS 3 7 Total ..£3000 0 9

Company, Capital. l S 03 a ft ° —■ < ft a a cS O <y T3 a ■3 > 3 £ !£ £ s "% Bank of New Zeal and 725,000 10 10 360/ 15 Union Bank of Australia 1.500,000 25 25 £60 16 National Bank of N. Z. 1,000,000 10 3A05/ 6 Colonial Hank of N. Z. 2,000,000 5 2" 38/6 8 New Zealand Insurance Co. 1,000,000 10 2 55/ 15 South British Insurance 1,000,000 20 2 49/ 15 National Insurance 1,000,000 10 10/ 19/ 20 Standard Insurance 1.000.000 10 15/ 12/6 13 Union Insurance 2,000,000 20 15/ 13/ —■ Colonial Insurance .. 2,000,000 10 7/64/9 —■ New Zealand L. and M. A.. 3,000,000 25 2* 78/ 15J New Zealand Shipping 100.000 10 5" 75/ 10 Wellington Trust and Loan 200,000 10 5 5 j 12 Do. (2nd issue) 30,000 10 22'6 28/6 — Wellington Gas 30,000 10 10 300/ 15j Do. (2nd issue) 20,000 10 2 42/ — Wellington Public Hall .. 9,000 30 30/ 35/ 10

s. d. s. d. s. o*. s. d. Butter, fs, lb 1 4 to 1 6 ! Lard, lb .. 0 OtoO 0 Butter sit, lb 0 9 — 0 11 | Bacon, Pro... 0 7 —S 0 Retail Price. Milk, quart.. 0 4to0 6 Fowls, pair.. . 6 0to7 0 Butter, fs., lb 1 0 — 1 9 Ducks, pair.. 7 0 — 8 0 Butter, salt.. 1 0 — 0 0 Geese, each.. 7 0 — 8 0 Cheese, Col.. 1 0 — 0 0 Turkeys, do. 6 0 —10 0 Eggs, dozen 2 0 — 2 3 Bacon, lb .. 0 0 — 1 0 Lard, lb .. » 0 — 0 10 | Hani, lb 1 0 — 1 2 Flour Makket. Wholesale. £ s. d. Superfine Flour, silk dressed, per ton 12 0 0 Flour, ditto, household 11 0 0 0 0 0 Sharps, per ton .. .. .. 8 0 0 17 0 0 Oamara ditto 12 10 0 11 0 0 10 0 0 Bran, per bushel i 0 — 1 0 Hay avd Corn Market. s. d. s. d. £ S. & s. Maize, Sydney 0 0 to 5 0 Hay, ton .. 5 OtoO 0 Do. Crushed 5 0 — 00 Oaten, ditto 0 0 — 6 10 Oats (South).. 3 5 — 3 9 Lucerne, ditto 0 0 — 5 0 Wheat (fowl) 4 6 — 0 0 Straw, ditto 5 0 — 0 0 Potatoes ..120 0 — 0 0 Chaff, ditto 6 0—0 0 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 6—0 0 Wt. clover, lb. 1 2—0 0 Lucerne, do. . .1 6- 0 Red do. do... 1 0—0 0 | Timothy, do. ..1 0—0 0 Rabbits, pair 1 6 — 9 0 Carrots 4 6 — 5 0 Cabbages, dz 2 6 — 3 0 Potatoes 0 0 — 8 0 Turnips, doz 2 6 — 3 0 Bread, 4d. to 5d. 21b. loaf. A'd veg'bl, dz 2 0 — 2 6 ] Retail. s. d. s. d. 1 s. d. s. i a. Maize .. 6 0 to 0 0 [ Peas 5 6 toO 0 Oats ditto .. 3 6—0 01 Do. crushed 6 6 — 0 0 Bran, ditto 1 6 — 0 0 | Lucerne, cwt. 0 0 — 7 6 Wheat (fowl) 4 3 — 4 G | Oaten, ditto 5 : 10-0 0 Hay, cwt. .. 7 0 — 0 0 Straw, ditto 0 10 — 0 0 Beans .. 5 6—0 0 Chaff, ditto 6 10 —0 0 Do. crushed 0 0 — 0 '0 O'Sheath's do, 6 0 — 0 0 Brocolo from 0 — 0 0