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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8862, 21 July 1890, Page 2

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Dally Times Oiiico, Saturday evening. The amount of ciis'.-.rru revenue collected to-day ongoeds c.1,.k«1 for ronnimpUon was £r>SB 3s Sd; primaßO. £11 «Vs « -,-toinl £W9 16s. Tliep-'H.nslwnn veryduil week in the import market "i he im-i.Mu <'f •*•'=« anu Jul? nre «•»»''? the oW c.l of iho vi ; tills j ear they Imve been duller SusuJaml ro doubt, -this is largely attributable to I he reaction alter the busMe of the exhibition season. Stwks of goods seuornlly, however, are low and prlcej are firm. Stocks of sugars have been increased by the .»■ rival of the liio !.oge frum Mauritlus ami of further shipments o[ China and European btwtroot sugar by way of Australia. The Rio Loi'a'a e»ri;o is bei»|: dbposed of Drlvately; the shipment of besr-ro.it soxnr is to be off»:ed at auction by Messrs \i. C Reynolds and Co. on Wednesday, 23rd iost. An inspection of the samples shows the latter to b=s the finest aj regards quality, colour, and condit on tbat has yet been offered in this market. Valuei of sugar a-c n sh»de easier this ■weok. Trade lots of Mauritius move off at £W 10s to £23 por ton in bond for (luest whites. Company s No. Ilb selling at £H to £« 10s per ton. In tea there is next to nothing doing. Dried fruits are also dull, and quotations lire unchanged. Currants teoure SJ-1 p?r Ib, sultanas 7|J per lb, arid elemes (ljd per lb. Ul:e continue* to harden In price, and stocks are low. Dressed Japan is selling at £33 to £23 10i per ton. and Patna at £35 per ton Stock* of keco.ene have been increased by thenmvnl of the William Phillips, from Hew York, with »750 crsw, chiefly Light of the Ago. Domestic, and White Eo-e brandl A cojd portion of these has been quitted for shipment to the Ncrth, and sales are passini; of spot lots at Is 8d per gallon for trade parcels, and at Is Bid per ijallon for small lines. Baw and boiled Iluscad oil mire off .teaUily at 3s Id to 3s 2d per g-illon. Colzi oil is very scarce, especially burning the p'inclpal stocks of which have been cleaied at ÜBd per gallon. Lubricating has since been sold at the iime finure, and is to-day firmly quoted thorent. Castor oil Ib also low in stock, and commanda 3j Sd to 3s 9ii per Ration. Turpentine we quote 3j 7d to 3j 3d per callon. Cement Is very dull, nud is quoted nomlualiy 16s 6d to 17s per barrtl. There is better inquiry for woolpacks, and holders have advanced their prices to 2s 3d to is 4d per pack. Oornsicka nre q lite neglected. Business in the motal market ta;s beon very slack during the •week, and prices are unaltered from our last quotations. Millers' line 3 have ruled during the week as follows:—Flour, £3 53 to £8 153 per ton; oatmeal, £•) 10a per ton; chaff. 42s 6d to 47b 6d per tou; Dran. £3 per tou; polUrd, £1 par ton; pearl barley, £16 lOsptrton. Messrs H. C. Reynolds and Co. report having Bold by auction, on Saturday, part section 64, block XXXV, Howe street, Dunedin, together with the two tH-o-slor-yed houses thereon, to Mr James Uatlra; for the sum of £300.