COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6694, 30 September 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

N«W ZXALIDD TIKRS OS0«, Saturday morning. As usual, the last we-k In the month has been tot/ . : dull; town trade is particular [/complained of; values * - are without any material alteration. -oThere has been »'good demand for wdolpacks, and sales of iparceli of . .‘do (nil"sise have been effected tat 3s -d ; there hae not beah any business in cornsaofta . Fencing win la ’ - wall supplied and quoted at-TjU.LH XOs, obd Ll 5 for - 1 Wo. 1,7, anilS respectively; Barb" Wired* inlshort sup-ply,-had 4-barb galvanised Is' worth L 54 toi L 55 : galp van Is art iron Is reported as -being a shade lower; we “V heard tales to arrive at less than L23-10*. Me-srs Jamas McEwan and Co., Intheir London Market report of 14 th July, rei>ort as followsGalvanised •>'; Iron is decidedly firmer, with a fairs inquiry. The -s f principal makers are booked with orders, and, owing -/ to the advance in black sheets, prices' generally have an upward tendency. At a' meeting'of manufae- - : - turers yesterday, it was decided to advance prices 1C« I par ton.” And In .the‘samefirm's circular of 11th • i August they report:—V The advance noted in our ' : )ast report has been "Weil maintained! add theten- ■ '*■ denay of the market still seems upwards.’ l j Sales from atoeks ate'still made ’ at'L2-l pec ton tor 8f sto Sft 26U;. ■ ' It is reported that».reduction on this quotation ha* • - been accepted, but the report: reqhlrei- coofirmatioa. ' Kerosene sells slowly''at laid, iir bond, tor teat oil; [ - o wo observe a fail equal to about '4d per gallon is ce- -' ■ ported in America. 'Caudles draw ell supplied, and in - most cases firmly held for SI& . Price's Balmonts ara ; quoted at Old toOJd. Currants'are' quoted at 6d -, -Memo raisins. 6Jd to 7d, and 'sulunas 7J<l to 7Jd : - ■ muscatels and figs are scarce.! Salmon-Is. quiet, and - quoted at Ss 9d to 9s; I lobsters,: Ss 6d to' Ss 9d : sardines, halves, 10s' 9d "to lie, quartan • .gs -Od" to fia.’ Sugars -are -unaltered; a large, ‘ quantity of glucose' had ' lately been landed from Melbourne; we beard of a sale of 25 to 30 tons, some noma few weeks ago, at Ll 9 10s f.o.b. at (Melbourne. ' Jams (Peacock’s and Johnston’s) are quoted at T«. t. Colonial Produce.—Potatoes have, quiet sale at L3loa . to LS 16a;. ,we observe the prices continue high la' Melbourne aud-Bydney; l In-the “ Austmiaslan,’’ of ■ ’the XSth inatant; Wew Zealand potatoes are quotad,at '‘ IA par ton in bond. Butter—No now is yet to hand • ■riosa have' ‘fallen during the week; from South wo Can that butter la: still scares ; a good supply la ax■oolml hare in about a fortnight’s time. Flour la uualtered at Lll 10s. Oats us quoted at 8a 6s to Si M