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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6611, 26 June 1882, Page 2

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New Zeah.nd Times Office, Monday morning.

The Customs' duties collected at this port, for the week ending Saturday, 24th inst,; were as follows : Spirits, LTOIAk 3d; tea, 1.07 Cs 4d ; wine, Lll3 4s 7d : coffee, L 9.; ale and stout, L 276 18s (id ; drapery, boots. &c.,' L 403 ; hardware, &C-, L2CI Ss 7d; sugar. Llsl 3s 7(1; drugs, 137 0s 2d ; tobacco ■ and cigars, 1,28017 s ; candles, L 7 Kis 3d; rice. Lloll4s 5d ; other duties, LI47G 7s 7d: total, L 1177 Is 3d, Lftcry and Campbell report that, there,, was more spirit at their market sale on Saturday for fruit, but dairy produce is declining fast. Eggs; guaranteed fresh, brought only Is (id, and that price was obtained with difficulty. Fresh butter met with no attention ; a beautiful sample was passed, 9d being tho best bid : pastry butler was unsalable, the hnk being passed for want of bidders, a small quantity only selling at 5Jd to Cd ; few's were in great abundance; tho bulk brought 2s (id, one or' two lines only going as high as 2s 9d per pair; ducks sold fur 4s per pair; turkeys, 3s 9d to 4s each. Potatoes, oats, and other produce, arc quite unquotable, as there is no business doing except for immediate consumption. George Thomas reports Flour, Ll2 to Ll2 10s : oatmeal. Ll 7 lOd; bran, LG to LG ICs; pollard, L 7 10s; milling oats. 3s 9d : feed do, 3s Sd; wheat, 4s 3d to 4s (id : barley, 4s 3d ; maize, (is; peas, 4s 9d; potatoes, L2 16s to L 3; cheese, 9d : salt butter. Is ; fresh. Is 3d : hams, 10(1; bacon, Sjd ; eggs, 2s to 2s 3d; fowls, 3s per pair: turkeys, 4s (id each; ducks, 4s yd ; cooking apples, 9s ; eating, 9s to 10s ; oranges, Ss 9d to 9s ; bananas (a lot of inf-rior bunches), Is 6d each. There was not much spirit displayed at tho fruit and produce sale this morning, occasioned no doubt by the late iue’ement weather and consequent dullness r f trade. Hasell and Co. report prices for past week as under : Flour, Lll 10s to Ll2; oatmeal, Ll 7 ; pollard, L 7; bran.-L5.10i ;-potatoes, L2 lOsto L2 15s ! : onions, LG ; chaff, L 3 IDs per ton : oats, 3s Gd to 3s Sd ; wheat,, 4s to fiCd ; barley, 4s ; peas, 5s ; beans, 5s Cd : maize, 6s Cd per bushel: bacon and hams (new cure). 9d ; salt butter, in good demand. Is to Is id; fresh do, Is 3d : •heese, CJd per lh. Fruit—(Oranges, 10s; lemons. 13s ; mandarines,.lCs : apples, 8s to 12s per easo. Eggs, 2s 3d per doz. Poultry, in very' little demand—Fowls, 3s ; ducks, 4s Cd ; turkeys, Us Gd per pair. The Wellington Sharebrokers* Association report: (24th) Sales for week—Colonial Bank, 49s 3d to 49s CdColonial Insurance, 10s 3d ; National Insurance (new issue, 5s paid), 7s ; Union, 22s ; New Zealand Shipping (parcels), L 5 Is 3d ; Welcome Gold (iveefton), LI 18s Cd. Sellers—Bank of New Zealand, L 23 15s ; Colonial, 49s 9d; Colonial Insurance, Ids 3d : National, (new) 7s 4d, (old) 30s 9d ; Standard, 17s; Union, 22s O.i ; New Zealand Loan and Mere .ntile. !.G is ; KoranuiCoal, 90ri; Wellington Trust and Loan, L 5 18s Cd ; Wellington Gas (issue LlO paid), Ll 3 2s Gd, (L 5) LG 11- 3d ; Wellington and Manawatu Railway, Is premium ; Homeward Bound (Iteefcon), Bs. Buyers—Bank of New Zealand. L 23 10<: Colonial Bank, 4953 d tolOsGd; Colonial Insurance, 10s; National (new issue) Ts, (old) ;!0s 3d : N.Z.. sis; Sou h British, 69s Gd; Standard, 1G( Cd ; Union,-22s ; N.Z. Accident, 4s: N.Z, Shipping, Is* Is; N.Z. Ding, 25s ; Equitable of Wellington. L 5 17s GJ : Wel ington Trust and Loan, L 5 17s G.l; Homeward Bound (lleeftou), 7s Gd. Quotations—Rational B ink. 75s to Sis; Union Steam, Ll2 5s to Ll2 V- : '■) a ’ional Mortgage, 34s ; Mosgiel Woollen, sis to c : : Northern Land and Loan of Wellington, HGs V. dcume (iteefton), L 4 IGJ Cd to L 4 ISs Gd ; Kecp-it-Dark, 4Ss Gd to 50s: Imperial, 11s Cd ; Wealth of Nations," 10s Od to 11s ; Golden Fleece, 10s to 10i Gd Orientals, 6s 9d to Od. Deacon and Martin, James Kirton, John W, Stevenson, F. W. Telford, D. T. Stuart (Chaiinian). Mr James Kirton has received the following telegram “ Koofton, June ‘.M The return of the, Keep-it-Dark for .the week was OlGoz of amalgam; the fortnight’s gold was 3490 z, and for the month Goooz. The return from tho Welcome for the week is 6030 Z Of *—- t—.« .

Christchurch, June 24. The New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency | Company Limited, report on the prodace markets for the week ending Juno 22. as follows WooL—The local market is now virtually closed until the new clip comes In. Homo advices ore not quite so favorable during the p-ist few day*, a Blight cessation in demandbeing manifestat the London sales Our latest cable reports, under date June 20, state 4 The market Is unchanged. Coarse greasy crossbred market easier. The Homo and German demand is good, but from other quarters the demand is poor. Up to date 245,000 bales have been sold. The sale programme lias been curtailed by four days. Sheepskins.—At Thursday’s sale there was o good attendance and keen competition. Wo submitted 703 skins, which made up to 5s Ocl for crossbreds, 5s 8d for merinos. Wo deem it necessary to again urge upon our constituents the importance of giving more attention to the sadng of th-lr skins. {Several excellent lines have been appreciated to the extent of 50 per cent, for the want of a little care in this resp?ct. Tallow and fat.— t here is a good demand for all coming forward, and prices hardened slightly at Thursday’s sale. We placed our consignment at 21(1 all round. Hides.—Tanners have bought more freely during the week, and p.iccs have touched 4d 3-lOth for heavies. This was after it became known that a large line had been taken off the market for export at an all-round figure of 4d X-IGth. Buyers have recently drawn comparison between the prices ruling here and in other parts of New Zealand, but they overlook the fact that in no other market are hides so fairly trimmed as in Christchurch. Wheat. —A steady trade continues to pass between n *® r ®” an ' s and shippers at late quotations—namely, 4s lOd to os f.0.b., up to ssfid for small parcels of prune Tuscan seed, Chickwheat is in more plentiful supply, and sells at 3s 3d to 3s Od. Oats.-The expected demand from* Australia has not yet developed itself, but a fair coastwise trade is passing supporting rates at the level of 3s od to 3s 0d f.o.b. Barley. Prime malting samples are scarce. A la ge line has passed into the hands ot a shipper at 4s (id delivered at Rakaia, which supports our quotations of 4s 6d to 4s 8d for good malting ; 4s to 4s 4d for second quality; and 3s Od to 3s fid for feed parcels. Grass Seed.—There has been some inquiry for well-dressed parcels, thus denoting that preparations for spring sowing are being made unusually early, owing, probably, to the spring-like weather lately enjoyed. Clean samples of rye grass are offering at 6s to 5s Od ; farmers' lots at 4s 3d to 4s Od. Cocksfoot is quoted at sd, f.o.b. Potatoes.—A very quiet week has to be noted in this tuber; but, as before reported,' the cj;'aP is almost entirely in the hands of merchants, :who command the market, and will not quote under paying rates. Dairy Produce,—Continued shipments to Australia have produced a very firm market for both cheese and butter, with a decided enhancement in the value of the former. Prime ripe, cheese ia now worth 7d f.0.b.; and good butter com-mands-Is 2d to Is 3d. ~ , . . t Meuro Matron, Buss and Co. held a clearing sale of stock nl Rangiora on Friday, and realised the following prices Two hundred crossbred lambs realised 10s 3i per head. Dairy cows sold well, and the draught horses sold at prices ranging from LlO to Ll 7. They also sold on Friday 25 head Ayrshire cattle on behalf of Mr David Warnock, of Broomlands. Southland. The following lots were quittedCows : Duchess, by Ivy 11., dam Lily of the Valley, Gigs; Blossom, by ‘•cottie, dim Favorite, figs ; Ruby, by Scottio, dam Favorite, Bgs; Empress 11., byScoitio, dam Empress, llgs. Two-yeai-old Heifers: Ida 11., by Tevlot, dam Ida, 10gs ; Nellie 11., by Tevlot, dam Nelly, Ggs; Princess Alice, by Tevlot. dam Lady Whitefoot, 7jgs ; Princess Ihyra, by Teviot, dam Bessie, 12gs; Comely, by Teviot, dam Queen of the Meadow, I2gs; Cherry, by Teviot, dam Lily of the Valley, Bgs ; Blanche, by Teviot, dam Annie Laurie, figs; Blooming Heather, by Teviot, dam Duchess, Jeannie, by Arthur, dam Pearl, sgs. Bulls—Duke, two-year-old bull, by Teviot, dam Clemantlne, 4gs; Prince, two-year-old bull by Teviot, dam Marchioness, 3gs; General, two-year-old bull, by Teviot, dam Freckle, 4gs; Champion, one-year-old bull, by Teviot, dam Eva, 6gs; Magpie, one-year-old bull, by Teviot, dam Jessie, Ugs; Brigham, one-year-old bull, by Arthur, dam Flower 2nd, sgs. Yearling Heifers—Peeress, by Artbur, dam Lady Olive, 4Jgs; Mirley, by Arthur, dam Daisy, 4jgs; Bell, by Arthur, dam Flora 2nd, 7gs; Mary, by Arthur, dam Annie Laurie, 4gs; Nancy, by Teviot, dam Empress 2nd, BJg*. ______