DRIED FRUITS. (Duty: 2dperlb.)

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8756, 19 March 1890, Page 6

DRIED FRUITS. (Duty: 2dperlb.)

I Tho atock of diicil fruits in tho "market, is not fo Urgi", and holJvM aro licm iv theit.di'niiindl for (j'lotntious.-. tiidtan.ia and elemes hiivi received the bulk of j.ttontion, and arciuoa liruily h'.lil for OAd per Hi. .Currants aro pjac'ec" at <\:{A to 5d per ii>, according to quantity. | I'ISH. j i ' '■■■ (Duty: Dried, pickled, or salted, 10s pcrjcwfej potted or preserved, 2d per lb; pasto,;2G per cent, ad valorem.) : The Lenten season hai brought with it nu incruased dtmand for lisb, but the agßrecate of the business is not very large and the market is not very strong. American salmon goesj into sumption at 8i GA to 9a per dozen; oysters move oIF at 03 and lobsters at 10s per (lomi. Sardines ura without change, valuoa i,t.uuli(i c at B.h per dozen for halves and <ls Gd to <ls 9)1 pi-r dozen for quarters. Ling ll.tli changes hiincls ut 5d pec lb; all duty paid. !_,... Hops. j ;., , ','■"■■', • (Dutyj'OJperlb.) ■"■'' ; i <•; '■_'' Since bur laet'report the new crop of Nfclsen'1 hop^'has"coma into' thcinatket/'liut' sales Jlmvo not'jet befln mido'in BDflloiu'ut quantity tp«sy.e']fa6t]y how tho Values will'run1. Most bua'inets' is done' fr6m Nelsou direct; wheroa'fewj lines1 ' have'betn'placed atuptolOJ per lb.' ( On (/pot; Vfuw bales hayo'ebangeu. hands at lid' In im'pbrtedhops there is' Very little doing,-and prices are merely nominal:'"' ';'' ' ''''■'■"■1 i ,«..-, ':;' '■ '•■' '■ ' MKTAIIs. ' '■'• "-, | • ■■•■■■ (Duty:'GMvanised iron, £2 per ton;; fencingwire,'£l per ton1, barbeil wire, £2''pcr ; ton;' „. pig iron, t'rbrj.) " ' ' ' '"'""'' I '.'.-•'•' ■' Tho.atUj&ncfis in thevaluo of metals repbrtod. in ourlast have somewhat checlterlsales during ;ttio month, .biib'-'holders havestooil firm to their quotations,'anil biiyers are recognising that Ijh'^' liriccS asked jnu'st' ba paid, stf that th'ejj miy;;bq. lookeifupoii "as cstaWisheel.'"'Only"-a 'moilbrato amount of business has been done,'buf, there^is; good prospect of an improving trade. Oufrent quotations for leaning lines run as follows:— (ialvnnised iron, £24 per ton (usual extras); fencing wire, £13 10s to. £14 per ton (Usual extras); barbed wire, £25 per ton ; sheet lead is a shade weaker, at £22t0 £23 per ton ; there is a littlo more business doing in 1 o, coke ,t:nv plates, at 2is per box ; blasting powder is in fair derrand, and sslls at : frora GX.to Td per lb, according to quantity. - . , ■ • .- ... j . 01L5... --~. : ...".| (Duty:. Gd per gallon.) • Business, in- oils-ducuig--U:e_iiionthJis3 tiecn slmo3t confined tp the supply of actual requirements, and'prices have" undergone very slight alteration. R.w'aiirl boiled linseed oil sells at ii to 3<i2il' p'er'gallon; col?? oil at 3i 9J per.. ;alloD,.and castor oil at 3.9. Gil per gallon. ■ Turjeutirio has improved slightly, and secures 3) U)d'per gallon. '.'Kerosene" has,' if anything, mprovedin vahie, and stocks on'hand are light. Sigh test oils'iii trade lots'a're securing up to lj i.il per gallon, all, duty paid,' ' -. .- ■', . rick. ' ' I •";''■'' . ~ '(Duty: Gi per cwt.) ' ' . 'During tho ,la*t week sliiuments of the how :rop' of Tatna rice have readied ..the market via iMbourne, and s-iles..ar,e'reported of parcels at !l3<lp.i to £13 }5i per ton;'ex wharf, in bond, imall^r .lots, i^rc .1/eing c-ispose(l''of to lha trade, t.yp'.'.'to, i2r,pet.lp:i, i3uty { paid. 'Japan rico'is cry scarce, anil 'fcb the"raoment'iV held for £"i tr ton, duty paid. .. ...spirits. ; ,(X)u,ty :,B^ulk i , 15,s par.fiaUpnjlJrppf.j.bottldd,, . V-.-".'•-. «'-v '■■■ ffii'w^'&i >;■ U.-V' .'■": : 'Tlie flcrriatidTor spirits has'Been'.Jaiily 'active uring tho month, as also has/been that for iiisruiabJe-iyit .KUie.i r ..J<'Ay.on;;ite. brands ofl randy and. whisky, inijet with a ready sale :it gents' list prices,''waich range soxc.vh-it its' )lloivs:—BranifiSj: TTeunessy's, SGsOd [itrcaso; lenis Mounib'»*''-I'K! pur gallona.ia bulk id 32s Gd per case; Bistjuic, Duboiiche," i per gallon T>nd 22s Gd per case; Asso"-ated-Vineyards Company's;l' 7sJ per gallon id 21stfo:22sper case! Champagne Vineyard,' i per-gallon-arid'Sls to 22s'per case; Dnssanor'e,:Gs to Grf 9d per gallon-a'nd 20s to 225; per ise. Whiskies:' Old Highland (Thorn and Canic-iri),'7s--3d to 8s per gallon; Ijoehiel, doi 73, sr gallon'; ' Dunville's Old Shamrock, 5a 6d;. rdbeg, ss'6d; ■ Longjohn'c, 5s 6iK Of !case' iiiskies,;Grr;eiiiees' Old Highland commands s; Dunville's, '16s' to 17s; BurkeV 15s 16s; 'Loch'T)hu,I'IGsrJDKZ geneva, 12s tp s' 6d per ease; -Burnett'sOld Tom, 12s; Wolfed Imapps, 21s Gd; Lemon Hart's rum, 3s 0d per lion;; "..'".■■"■" " ."' '..".."■ .. '.' j (Duty: idporlb.) | ;.,. •Stocks of eugi\r h.^vo run down prettyllowi d prices have advanced considerably during c month.- The Auriga his only just arrived >m aiid wa understand her cargo s not yet been'placed' bnfc is held for a rise. ir Bmftll trade lots £24 to £24 10s is askedi for owdrops and finest whites, whilo good whites d greys are quoted £23 to £23 10s per tori, all bond. • ■ ']'.". ■'■ ' ■•' ■ TEA. ' '■ i '.. (Duty: 6d por Ib.l \ There is a marked improvement in thfijdeind for Indian and Ceylon tea.". The quajity these in the market h good, and priceslaro isonable. ■ Tho increased business in these ects the sale of Chiua teas, and in the latter .can only report a very'moderate business ring the month: ;■••■■- '•' ■ ' ' ' ' WOOL SALE. j riie fifth wool Bale""For tlic season was held. l)j:tlic r.l brokera oh I lie Bfch lint.- There was n cond1 iresentation. of .■ huycra.' and ■ tnlun'K the ; un-' tnin state of tha Iljma marked into account very iafactoij' pricea wore obtained, njore especially, for .ssbretls. Tub flcrasniV for croßsbreilß was keen, ijJieduj/n..ariil h»v. qiialty iacrinoa.wcre.not very :';rly compctud, fur. ; Tlla .q■ nlity of tlw woo!? trtd w/is'fiir'rlio moat prirt not lifst-c'a'ss," ii ijreat nyof the loti consisMng of strnKKler's wnol and Imout.a. Tiikinn l.liis into account, crossbred. aU- solil at about tlie nimi! prices as at last s.ileft, , ; rafrincs wero about fl; per Ib easier.- . ; ;/;' ""..THE CUSTOMS RKVRYUfi. ' j ;'; Wkm.u-hto'?', March ,1. ?ho cuitoms ref-iirns for the past month are as, f,>(--,':—Aiic!cliinrl.£in.oSO ltisll.l; Wellinßton,£3l'.a»S| SdVClinstnlifircli,3e2,.),'2.'gos 8il; Punedm.^.rSOl >d; slioivliiz a'total for tinreolony of CWfrli I3s aa ablins!, £i::2.SS3 Is 10:1 for fche'previons mn(itli,, 1 £127,22!) 2a lid for tho corn-spimdTnj! monUi oi f-.ye.ir.. Total bear duty-colteoM- liist: month. IBS 10s —tuckUnrt.£ll.ls !b -Id ; \yolliiiKtmi', dBU'-lh d; Chrlst»liureli,£3sl2S'lilj Dunfdin.£ll79 7s 0d . \V ojiromint for tho. iirev.iom.inontl).vfas-£l8i)«; 1 tie D. and for tho corresponding mouth last year: £iI3S6 Ir id. ' . .. i .... /fi ." ,■ (i 'lie IVrpfttiil Trustees, V'stnte; aiul Airency Com- U ly oft'ereil for twle by auction' on tho 20th liltl, ?.t X )irjqo;ins,t'hefreelioiii|>ropei-tlosiiitliOßatataoft!iß, .-.'.> j John C-lllle, There w«,a a very la^-a attondaSici-. , 1^ : auction room beinj; crowduil." The first, lot1 put for saleMvas section BlD,'block Vrr,"fiiine<ii n , X it-,ili\iri(( 6no:«Klitli of 'mi iicru tOKOtlii-r wit.H the I! Idiuf: crccteiltliPi'eon.idi'dwn' as Watson's Hotel. ,t, o bidding started "t £3000. £100 bids were then' B f n, and Mie property w us qnii-kly run up to £'(20J. en the bidding hrcamq very cautious, and: ad- . iced by iiiO bids until the Bum ol £7500 was r' died, iit which price llio property was knoriked' 'Si vn to the nrapery Importing Oompauv. Scutinu T''' Wouk XXII. Jjliht'diti.-aH.'.int.'uil'ln I,'eitli strje<;t, P «thi;r with Ihfi c!of.!a|{H crccr.fil tlier'obh, v,-,is SJb- O ue!itlysoldtoMrH«ysfor£34o. ■-'• ! ""