COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10418, 22 July 1895, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Office, Saturday evening. , The amount of customs revenue received to-day on goods cleared for consumption was £24175. Business in the import market during the week has not been active, and values of goods have undergone but little change. Dried fruits aie steaay, and keep film, in price. Currants are selling at 3Jd per lb; denies and sultanas at fid perlb; new valencias, recently arrived, aro offering at 4-id per lb. li'ish of all iie_criptious is quiet. The prospect of next season's salmon Doing dearer than last makes holders less anxious to jjuit prasent stocks. Theso are selling at 7s 6d to is9dper dozen for first-class brands, tall tins; fiat tins secure 6d per dozen .more mouey. Sardines have been scarce of late, and valuer have hardened. Best brands command Gs fld to ,s.par dozen for halves, and 3s 9d to 4s per dozen for quarters. Ling fish is disposed of at 4sd to.firt per lb, and -boneless cod al, 4d per lb. Candles are in fair demand, but, as usual, the bulk of the business is done by the local manu- • facturers. Bs3t brands of imported secure 7id perlb. .Hops are quiet. Nelsons aro offering at Sd per lb net (f.o.b. Nelson) for prime lots, and at Id per lb less for parcels just off prime. A small business is passing in Ciliforliian hops at laid per lb.. The market is rather bare of sugar, new Queensland being later of coming forward than was expected. Einest whites are £22 per ton, . Colonial Sugar Company's Mo.-I.'-.sells' at equal to £22 10s per ton in ordinary quantities. The bagging market is dull. Cornsacks are in little demand; the current quotations for small lots is maintained at 4s 3d perdo_en. In iron and hardware lines trade has been quiet during the Weok. No changus are reported in heavy lines. Kerosene is selling freely atls4idper gallon in trjde lots up to lo 5d per gallon for small lots—high-test oils. Castor oil is low in stock, and values have advanced. Yet ordinary lots 2s 8d per gallon has been paid during the week. Turpentine is also firm at 2s lld to 3s per gallon. Raw and boiled linsceu oils . are steady at 3s 2d to 3s 3d per gallon respectively.