COMMERCAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16, 1 June 1868, Page 2

COMMERCAL.

* . Star Offloo, a'liln Day, TltoUml frtk'i fof Uwttwntli <m<U««W«y : ai, Amounted to soon Acrcn, rcnJlfllng jcoo)2

Mcnnrß WiUnn ivndAlport noti! Nt ttu;ir Cailiol Htrcct Yiirtlo, on Mbtnrdny, Roodj qwftHty dftlry co.\r«, ftt per Itcudi flprldkJng lioir«r«, ut rf'7 (to <^j or<H»(iry «l«, vCfl 54 to flflj «lx inunOiaolil mccru, xs 7h oi}{ iilws, ! 85a } lilnolc wool, in #ronno, 4j>il pnr II) | Bhcopnkinn, a^d pcrlbj aqnunilty of fruit ; and f«rc«t trccn and QYorgrccn ohrubtii n( fuir

„ There wnn a flllglitinoroano In tho numbor of onmplen of whont offering In tho grnln mnrki-t on . haturduy,! but vory lltilo IxisimiHn wuh tttinmotcd, Tho hlgliOHt prloe given for wheat vrrm QnM,tm\ flerornl holilorn rofutod to qultheenuflo they oould not obfilit tho higher into of 7a. Ono parcol of '2000 bunholH vrnu oficrcil at this jirlco, hut did not proouro a purobnnor. Onto continue dull of nulo< , i

"," By out* lulcflt flluA f rom Melbourne— Jo May 2 1 —we learn that tlia lircndntuflti marktit wnn compurntlvoly noelootod. A jmnt'l of 2000 hinlioln of New Zuulund vrhont waH Hold on Muy 19 for Bfi Od} and tlioro hnd licua litr^o MtUfth of Now Zftftlnnd oftt«, for wlilch 3« lod to 4* wan fuikad, Tliu breudittuffu . markot In Adolnido wim stagnant. A pnruol of flour wnn offered at nuation on May tfi, and wna lioMßlit in for £18 I On, By n Now Houth Wftlcfl itapcr of May 10, w« Icurn Hint Adelaide wlmui waa quoted at 9a lo ion per 1)ubIio1 In Sydney. i

, .Oamaiut.— The Times ofMny 3ft roportst-f Tho market contlnuon quiet. In kchU) wv .jmXo tliat wheat hat 'oiiiftircil a c.amlU\rAb\u jiJleoHuo iu.vutuo. Bollora.aro wiUiiig tomtoopt .Cp for Bond, ordinary nnn>plo« but buyoro »m dlikndlacd to, operate, Bmlo/i ftnd oftte Xumnltt&t l(»nt huol Attorn). ':

OTAOffi&Tho Dattu, Tirjiikf of May 29 reports if*Vory llttlo Jia^ibttVn dolnfl In tlio lm|)oH:^«flt«t<l(|rliig th<t liwt two or threo daynj bu'tftirtoarty demand for general trado In 1 maintained, 'mid' buHinona bas not boun de»tituto of ! lifo v 'Mnrk6t'Yftlno» aro gonorally mntntnlnoilii Tfdnfmctiohi^ Iri'iMdinff urn(criulfl hftvo^ooGuVrfl^i* «nd"thd parcoto of Bftltlo timber, lately In flrafc handn, aro re- j pnrtod an quitted At prices OYhibiting nn improvemont on lato vuluca. Corntiackfl havo olmiiffod hands at Ifiu Oil to Ifin Oil. In the produco marlwtfi no dmng« hwQ taken p<tt<W. j IVnvu m<«do flour r<mmin» at JJI9 io«j Chilian, £21 to jC2Q{ wheat, 7<« O'l to fla{ Oiltß, 38 Oil t6 Qo 8/1 1 Imrloy, 4u to 44 Oil \ potatooa, imported, .£oj provinoinl, X7. J3y auotlon t tho Imnincno dono Im« been light, and without <uiythlng oil! Intercut oc<!<trrluf{, I AumaAim.—Tiro SoufAtrn Cron of tha 2flrd May miya t— TUo improvement which wo noticed Id our last woolc'rt commercial roporfc 1«, wo aro happy to nay, still oonilnuod, and gradually but fluroly, on the Increase A hcnitbior tonu Jfl Hpringlng up in bunlnoßS iiononilly, owing to thu impotun to trado Imparted by tlio proucnoo of a largo population at tlio Tlittm«tj» and tho dhwrnry <if iv frcflli fjoldflold at ftannodyM Biy. T^ift Inoronning proiluotivonoßß and rapid dovolop. Mont of tlio goldflolds luvvo impartid a tono of confidence to iho commercial community) and ovory epcutca of property k Increasing in value, riouuohold and landed- property, wiiloh li/ifl boon rapidly and nlarmingly docllnlng In vaiuo, aro now bold for bo t tor prlooß, iiml rory tow proportiun aro brouglu untlor tbo hivmmor. Agrluulturo has also rcoulvod ft Btlnmluß, and tho ftottlora wsq overywlioro turning tliolr attomiou to ralfllng crops for homo consumption, and tho Introduction of froßb produuilonß. hottlora' proilnuo ban now a prospoob of roalisinu bettor prices, ami «ovoral artloloa of dairy produoo aro much in demand, and (toll at «xtr<3(noly lilgh nrkson, iQvory kind of drlakublo Jfl In demand, anil, nn n ourioui tnal, wo nwy iitnto t)mt not a hljirlo onno of tfonova i» f» tbo mnrkot, Bov»rai now branohi'B of induntvy and manufnoturohaYO laioly recoived «. fttiwuUw, yftttUwkvly miwWucry «wlftp/((iwnw r«4<»r«d for mlnltWi KuraUura. ]\t local mahutaature, U Imjeovlaft la va\uo t out is llitlo in domund. ;