COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6433, 25 September 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Otiice, Saturday evening. Tl.e amount of Customs Revenue received to-day on Roods entered for consumption was £382 9i lid. Saturday evening. _

I'jnsiderinf; the period o) the month, a very fair amount of business has been transacted in the import market durim: the past week, and values of «oods have been well maintained. There is a trade demand for ale and stout, and orders are pretty evenly distribnted over tho favourite brands in tho market. In tho ba^'inf; market t'^cre is no alteration to report. Woolsacks are selling at 3i 1 W to 33 3d per pack, and the principal importers report l heir stocks jrunniii): low. Cornsacks bein^' out of aeasin, are not inquired for, but can be bought at Ss to 8s 3d per dozen. Candles Y:\vc not responded to the advance in tho II; nio market, and are freely obtainable at Sd per lb-con-fiderably less than cist. Cement is at jreient in m rv lull supply, and meets with but little inquiry ; bi-st brands are offering at 15s Od jier barrel, and others at less money. Dried fruits arc dull, currants mllinc in trade lots only at 5d per lb, Sultanas at 7d nor ib and Elcincs at'(ld to 7d per lb. Of fish, ling is'iu.iuired for, but the market is almost cleared of tea's Sardines an, taken up at, -for Alberts, tOs Sd per dozen for l.ahe., mid Cs per dozen for quarters ; oth'-r brands Eelliny at lid to Od per dozen less. In tho metal market there is not much bu-iness passim,'. "IT I>f'.4,l£ll''los, a:d £10 per ton fcr numbersii, 7, son of 10i per ton on (hew rates. Galvanised iron is rlillieult tn quit at r2l per ton for standard fiiiurcs! A mederato business is pas-iii;.' in oil? and prices show a tendency to harden. Raw and boiled linsfo-l together, in drums, wo quote 3s (id to oi Od per t-allon, and colz* ii to Is 3d per gallon. Kerosene is in «oc<l supply, and ordiniirv lSOdes test oils are p.ncmrablo at Is (id per "alien, duty paid, and upwards, according to quantity. Su-am are a shade tinner. Very lino snowdrops arc

r*Wi £32 61 to £32 103 per tc:> Uwi «liitos urc •olliii" fioely at £3110s I'er ton. Greys wo quote ZM, and vcllowi £29 to £:M per ton, ai-coxliii^ to «m|.]i!. Company's first wnitc sell in trails lots at £1] 10, per ton, duty paid. A fair a-ntm-it of tea h.« l«n taken up during- the week, mostly of lnmlmin Wis andu'ood halfene-t,; cheap lines do not meet with In thn Brain market, milling wheat is almost at a standstill m 'I^th sho^iii" no dspositi'^i toupuiateat holders' rates. We quote values, nominally. 4s Sd to .1? lOd per bushel for fine samples. ri.wi» feed is in [rod rci'Jeat and readily placed at, Us to ;>a (id |.er bushel, nccordin- to fample Oats are in moderate fluiflMid a*- Situ ::s Id per hushed for l,r:i;ht fstil^ to |IdiJr>™1"Jnoio ■'-oktmX'£l«'V|'i'r ton ""fl °«r, 'So 15s to .(ill ;■* per ton ; ptarl barley, K,a per ton ; ai.d vailard, £tl lOiprr tos.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. offered several Clvilesdales and rjeehoises at auction on Saturday in tho ProvincUl Yard.-. Tlic following were disp..so!i of :--The cart Hlallien You..; Hero, to Mr T. Leary, £43 10j; tho Chdesdalo T^karahi Jock, to .Jr \V. M'Hwan f.-> •'uincas ■ a:-d lbs r.ic horse Don Jose, to Mr lluiiijeif.inl, £35 Scotland Yet, Southland Champ-.on, and u everal draught horses and hacks were pa3;Cd 11!.

Messrs Baiting, Lear.v, and O report having sold the f.jlloivi,ii; iiisurance and mini^' slurex on ba.ur-day--Insurance: «50 National (in^v issue), 11s .VI , 260 Colonial, liR Mining : 100 United Alpine, 13s; 100 S-icoimoD Hill, Ms til: :M Globe, 6i f>d ; Sj» Premier, 0s 0.1 ; 500 Union Intended, 2* lOd ; ICO Great Western, 2-i (id ; 20 i lfomeward-Boimd, 5s 0(1.

Mr Stophcnson, of Steplienaon and Co., re ports the b:ilc of tlio celebrattal carriage entire horse Bryan O'f.ynn n 11.- Scully for tho sum of 150 "uincw.'Mr Scully purpose tiMVulliii-4 him in the I aieri district.