COMMERCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 7541, 19 April 1886, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

Daily Times Office, Saturday evening. The amount of customs revenue received to-day oiiKOOils Bleared for consumption was £916 14b.

The revenue received at the Dunedin Customhouse during the past week on goods cleared for consumption amounted to £5991 10s 3d. The beer duty amounted to £166 15s 3d. '

... Transactions iv the import market during the past .-■ week have been chiefly confined to small parcels for ' ordinary trade requirements, and there is little of importance to refer to. Arrivals have been : the s.s. Coptic, from Plymouth, and Thomas A. Goddard, from' New ■ York. The latter vessel brings, besides other American goods, some 6000 cases of kerosene, which comes to a good market, the winter demand having now fairly set in. Sales of the various brands of 150deg. test oils are reported at up to Is 10d duty paid, and Noonday is quoted at Is 6d in bond. Sugars have not had much attention, and there is no alteration in price. Corneacks are selling freely at 4s 9d to ss, according to size of parcel, ami a fair business is reported. Cement is firm and stocks moderate. Candles are moving off at up to 8d for paraffin and imported sperm; local manufactured are selling freely at current prices. Dried fruits are very firm. Currants.ojd to h\&; Sultanas, 6d to 6Jd; ilemes, 63d. For fish the demand is quiet, considering the season. Stocks of salmon are becoming low, and cocktail is firm at 7s 9d ; sardines, 8s 6d and 5s for halves and quarters respectively. Herrings, ling, and nearly all other descriptions of fish are very dull. In hops we only hear of a few small lots of new Nelsons having been placed with the brewers at up to 7d, a price which must leave a serious loss to the grower. Galvanised iron is quiet, and there is very little demand for fencing wire.as yet. Linseed oils are unchanged. Coarse castor oil moves off at 3s 2d. Patna rice is saleable in small lots at up to £20. Salt is firm at last week's quotations. Bottled ale is dull, but a rather better demand is beginning to be experienced for stout. Wines and spirits are very quiet. On "Wednesday we shrill publish our usual Summary for transmission by San Francisco mail.