COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4629, 16 December 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Office, Friday (ironing. Tho amount of Customs Revenue received to-day oi> g loin entered for consumption waa &* followi :— £ s. d. £ «. d. Brandy .. •• 85 15 2 Tobacco .. 162 11 7 Whisky.. .. 94 0 5 Tea .. .. 59 12 7 Colonial do .. 32 9 3 Sugar.. .. 169 iO 0 Geneva.. .. 75 13 (i Drapery ..107 10 6 Wifle .. .. 26 8 9 Sundries .. 044 8 7 Total £1458 12 i

COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, December 15th. Mr Buckland reports: Fat cattle, 27s to 30s per 10J b; sheep, 21d to 2jd ; pigs, scarce, no increased value ; lambi, 500 sold, prices fell slightly. Mr liinney reports: Adelaide Hour, £18 ; star, £17 ; superflne, £1C ; sharps, £8 10j ; bran, £7 ; barley, 3s 6d ; cheese, 8d to 9d ; bacon, lOd; hams, none iv the market. Wellington, December 15th. ■Mr O'Shea reports produce prices: Flour, £1010s to £17—easing iv price ; oats, 2a lOd to 3s; bran, Is to Is 2d ; wheit, milling, none ; oats, 2s 10tl to 33 ; pollard, 7s 6d ; hams and bacon, 9|d to lOd ; maize, 4s 6d]; cheese, SJd to9d; potatoes, new, 7s tul 8s;

WOOL REPORT.

Mesßra Cakou-liS, Joachim, akd Co. report :— The enquiry for wools reported in our circular of the 29ih ult. has, if anything, improved - m:;ny transactions during the month, especially "li f jrei^'i account, being at priced frequently jd j.erJb. allure those current at the conclusion of the lust Loij J in i-.iaa. Our next Bales, opening on the 31st inst, will continue, according lo the piasciit programme, until the 6th December, and the arrivata to date are—104,385 bales Austntla.ian, 03,89;} b.i'.es Cape, tot.l, IGS.27S bale?. UultM 'iffaii-j in tho East interfere, as far aa can be j,id.;ed iini if not better prices may be anticipated ; ftr, whilst inure is still room for improvement in the ttMie, yut the consumption 13 enlarging, and supplies, I'arUcu'iarly in foreign hands, arc low, go that the wools to be offered should meet with good competition. Ths Wellington arrived from Dunedin on the 23rd inst.