COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1418, 25 January 1879, Page 13

COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Aucki/And, Jdiiua y J9tli. Mr A Saundera rf-ports : — sa'es : B^nk cf New Zealand (new ksuc), £ !) ; National U-ink 67d (3d ; Colonial Bink, 50s; Allmniia. 203, Kurunui llili, 13b. .wollc-s. w ollc-s : N< nth Unttsti, (ids; Union, 13'0'd; ffationur, •255; Auckland Gis, £0 15a; Loan an<i Mercantile Auoticy Compjinv, £5 10s ; tidbh and Door d mpatiy, £10 2s 6d (cum div). Oamaru, January 19th. At this period ol the year transactions in wheat are of course at a compute stand.-til). Simll lines of new oats Imvh changed hands for forward delivery at from 212 1 9il to 3j SJ. Crops generally throughout tlio di-,-trict aic lookintf well, and promising an al>u - <liut h trves-t. Wheat will probably open at frem 3i 9J to 41,4 1, though recent al'.ices from Viet"ria luvo «, toudency to clv ek sp cuUtion. Other quotations remain as last given. WELii'NoroN, January 17th. Mr Jamfs O'ohea sports : Fiour (Adelaide), no st"ck, nominally £16 to £17 ; Canterbury, nominal, £10 to £10 103. Simps, 6j to 7s. Bran, Is tola 2d. vats (old). 43 ti 4s <id. Potatoes, (H lOd to 7s; Barley : Malting, none ; feed, 3s 9d to 4s. Christciiukch, January 17th. Tho business transacted has been satisfactory. In the import markois during the week, t j aa have been largely operated upon. Pricen remain at Is 3d to la 11U half- clu bis, and Is 41 to 2s 2ii for boxes in hoiul. The arrival < f the hbenezer from Mauritius, with 327 tous of eugir, h-is not improved ihe marktt. Siles are letorried at, la>itraieß Ale and Stout : 'Ihe f u-mer restricted to Miort stocks ; the latter sufferii k from excussivo puppies; small sa'e.-<, makint; 10s 9d to 11b 9d, accorriius to brand. For case's bulk there Ins D3on more inquiry; sale 3, £9 303. Spirits of all descriptions are neglected. Kerosene ia ffferintr freely at 3s for Pevot's and Dimond, and la 811 to Is lid for Nonpareil, Litrht of the Age, and It yal. Cornsaoks are very unsettled, owing to the ac inn of Dunedin importers, who ( ffor to del'ver at Lyttelton f.ir lOIS th*n current rales here, o older* a week auo asViiiig Si 9d are now offering at 8< Gl ; 800 b-Uts were told at 8h to fes 3<K Cement : very baiisfuctory business at lSito 18a (id. Invkkcargill/, 17th January. The valvo of breadstuffs is unchanged. Hour stands at £10 10s for tiade parc«la. Br-n £5, und pollard £5 16s per ton. Oatmeal H £19 at ihe mills. Trausa^tio >k in jiraiu reveal that the bfst samples of wheat are worth 4=t 6d and 3s 3d for fowi'd feed. Fine milling- oats cmimaivi 4s 4d ; feed, 3i 7J. Birley scar c. and is worth 6* b'd A good buiiuoai has been got th r otigh in builclitu in itprial. A lmo of English iron, i:6 gango. Ins realmed £20 10j, ai il sates (Oounlesb) arc buuging £16 per thousand, (lir Cablk) tYDNBY, Janva I}'1 }' 17th Ilenncps) 'd ca«o, 31s; quarters, 9s 6il ; konseno, Diamond, Is 8.1; UevoeV, Is 9I ; Patna liao, 2Bs ; Adelfiiilo 11 nir (here), £.Vi to £13 10s ; wn« at, 5< 2d li> 5< 31; Adelaide wheat tumo ; oats, Ss 61 to 4a ; lUven tobacco, is (id to Is 7d ; candles, 9il.