COMMERCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 753, 6 August 1886, Page 19

COMMERCIAL NEWS

The customs duties collected at the port of Wellington for the week ending on Saturday amounted to L 4184 2s 6d. Beer duty, L 47 9s 7d.

Messrs George'Thomas and Co. report produce prices this week as follows : —Complaints of dullness of trade are rife in all quarters, and business in all produce is limited, for various reasons. There is a prevalent doubt as to whether the prssent high market values for staple articles are of a permanent character, and consequently stocks are only lightly held, transactions being quite of a hand-to-mouth nature. Market quotations are the same as they were last week. Flour, _ from Lll to Ll2 10s for stone and roller mills respectively ; bran, L 6 5s ; pollard, L 6 153; whole fowls’ wheat, 3s lOd to 4s ; oats firm at 2s 6d to 2s 8d; oatmeal, Ll 3; Derwent potatoes, L 3 15s ; kidney seed do, L 5 10s to L 6 10s; onions, scarce, Ll2 ; maize 3s 9d to 4s ; barley, 2s 9d ; peas, seed, 4s 6d ; beans, 3s 9d; oaten chaff, L 4 ; pearl barley, Ll 5 ; hams and bacon, 7dto market overstocked; salt butter, no demand, nominal value 8d; fresh do, Is to Is Id ; pastry butter, 6d; cheese, 7d; lard, 4jd; honey, in casks and tins, 3d to 5d respectively; eggs are weaker, and are now selling at Is 3d per doz. Usual shipments of apples from Hobartcame to a bare market, and are selling at full prices—8s for cooking and 10s for samples ; other descriptions of fruit are inquired for at reduced prices. We report a plentiful supply of fowls and turkeys, which have moved off at 2s 9d and 8s per pair respectively. Ducks and geese are inquired for at 3s 6d and 6s 6d per pair. Messrs Arthur Warburton and Co. report for the week —Banks—New Zealand, Ll 9 15s to Ll 9 17s 6d ; National, 36s to 375. Colonial, 41s 6d to 425, ex div. Insurance — New Zealand, 67s ; South British, 30s to 31s ; National, 14s 9d to 15s 3d; Union, 20s. to 21s ; Standard, 10s 6d to 11s ; Colonial, 4s to 4s 6d; Equitable Is; New Zealand Accident, 3s 6d ; Accident Association, 6d. Miscellaneous Loan and Mercantile, 72s 6d to 75s ; Land Mortgage, 21s to 21s 6d ; National Mortgage, 18s to 18s 6d ; New Zealand Shipping, 30s; Union Steam, buyers, Lll 10s; Mosgiel Woollen, 80s; Kaiapoi, 85s to 90s ; New Zealand Drug, 15s ; Napier Gas, Ll 3 10s, cum div ; Wanganui Gas, Ll 3; Westport Coal, 2s 6d to 5s ; Wellington Trust and Loan, L66s ; Equitable Building, L 6 7s 6d ; Wellington Gas, sellers, Ll 95s ; Manawatu Railway, buyers, 16s ; Gear Meat, buyers, 63s 6d. Messrs Arthur Warburton and Co. report the following returns of amalgam from the Reef ton mines for the week Welcome, 814 oz; Keep-it-Dark, 508 oz; Fiery Cross, 2470 z. The Venus Directors have declared a dividend of sixpence per share. Mr D. T. Stuart reports for week to date : Sales —N. Z. Shipping (2Sth July), 34s ; Drug Co., 15s; Wellington Gas" (issue L 5 paid), L 9 12s 6d; National Mortgage, 18s; Ross Gold (paid up), 10s 6d. Quotations —Bank of N.Z., Ll 9 17s 6d to L2O 2s 6d; Colonial Bank, 41s 6d to 41s 9d, ex div. ; Colonial Insurance, buyers 4s, quoted 4s to 4s 6d ; National, 15s ; Union, 20s to 20s 6d ; Standard, 10s 9d ; South British, 30s; National Mortgage, 18s 6d; Loan and Mercantile, 80s; N. Z. Drug, 15s to 15s 3d; Land Mortgage, 20s 9d to 21s 6d; Equitable Building, buyers, L 6 7s 6d ; Wellington Trust and Loan, L 6 6s; Wellington Gas, sellers, L 9 12s fid and Ll 9 5s ; Gear Meat, 67s 6d to 70s. Welcomes, 57s 6d; Dark 3,45 sto 47s ; Alpines, 30s ; Fiery Cross, 10s; Reforms, Is 9d; Venus, Bs. WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Wholesale Prices farm AND DAIRY PRODUCE £ s. d. £ s. d. Milk, quart - . 0 0 4 to 0 0 5 Butter, fresh - - 0 0 9 to 0 0 10 Salt butter - - • 0 0 9 to 0 0 0 Cheese, Col. • 0 0 5 to 0 0 5h Eggs, dozen • - 0 1 2 to 0 1 4 Lard, lb. . - 0 0 5i to 0 0 64 Bacon, lb. - - - 0 0 7 to 0 0 n Ham, lb. - - 0 0 8 to 0 0 St Fowls, pair Ducks, pair . 0 3 0 to 0 3 3 - - 0 3 6 to 0 4 0 Geese, each . . 0 2 6 to 0 o 0 Turkeys, each • 0 3 0 to 0 4 0 Hay and Corn Market. £ S. d. £ S. d. Maize, Poverty Bay . 0 0 0 to 0 4 0 Oats, feed - • 0 2 8 to 0 2 10 Wheat do - . 0 3 9 to 0 4 3 Carrots • 0 2 5 to 0 2 10 Hay, ton . 4 0 0 to 4 10 0 Oaten, ton - - 4 15 0 to 5 0 0 Straw, ton . 3 0 0 to 3 10 0 Chaff, — - - 5 0 0 to 5 10 0 Oaten hay - 4 0 0 to 5 0 0 Wheat straw • 3 0 0 to 3 5 0 Onions per ewt - - 0 11 0 to 0 12 0 Potatoes • . 4 0 0 to 0 0 0 Floor Market. Wholesale. £ s. d. £ s. d. Sharps, per ton . . 7 0 0 to 7 10 0 Adelaide, per ton • 11 15 0 to 12 0 0 Bran, per ton . . 6 0 0 to 6 10 0 Colonial Flour • 11 10 0 to 12 0 0 Oatmeal . • 13 0 0 to 13 10 0 Pearl Barley ~ • 19 0 0 to 0 0 0 Seeds. 3 s d £ s. d. Ryegrass, bushel . 0 4 9 to 0 5 64 Cocksfoot, lb. • 0 0 4J to 0 0 54 Wt. Clover, lb. • 0 0 10 to 0 0 0 Red, do • 0 0 9 to 0 0 10 Alsyke, lb. - - 0 0 10 to 0 0 0 Cow Grass, lb. - 0 0 7 to 0 0 9 Timothy, lb. • 0 0 6 to 0 0 0 Rape, lb. - 0 0 4 to 0 0 0