Commercial.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 68, 1 August 1868, Page 2

Commercial.

Thtt Star (JlTlco, Thiii Day, There In v<sry little movement in trade, and iucrcaMcd ImftlnoHH can hardly be looked for till xprlug. Mont of the utapln arliclcii aro commanding ralcn which Icnvo a fair margin ol' prolit io tho Importer, ami Hlookn on hand aro general ly light, The grain market liiih been at a complete Mtandiitill during Ilio \mM, week, Tho opening of the (.(Kind will enable mercliaritH to clear thcilr iitockH, hut Callfornlan advlceH hayo put a compleld Htoppago Io fiirlhifr Hpcouliition, Not n, Hlngle (.raiiHactlon worthy of note Ih recorded, and thoro In little promlne of. mi improvement, fiampkm havo been more numeroiiM in tho market, Imt huyoi'H do not como forward, Flour hun n^umed a (|tilct I otic, niwl no allocation Ik anticipated, Tim following iii'd pivftuiit quotatlOiiH ! — Ti7(iiii' Ml 1 .) Ut £21 \tav inn ; wheat;, 7» per bu.ihei j oatn, '2u to uh ihl per himhol [ hmn, (Id per huiilicl i hharpis i^O per ton i chad', £',) JOh pur ton } pciw, .'lh per btinhu] j bciliiH, !!;( pel' buslicl, Thorn In nothing worthy of recording in the I'.toctc market dining the pant week, L*clccm remain unaltered, and hut little minimum of any kind him been done, ' There Ih no change- in (he labour market, The Light Urlgade, now 7:1 day« out from London, may be expected to arrive about the middle of the month. Tho CiiHtnniH rovciiuo colloeted at Clii'lhl^ church to-day amounted to iMI IWh 2d, The CiiiiUiniH revenue collected at LyttelI.dii to-day amounted to ltd Mm Hid. Tho (Jiiiiloiidi rovenuo collected at Clnintohiirch and I'/yttclloii for Ihe month ending July !11, amounted to X7IW On 7d, During the pant week there havo been iihlppi'd at Kiilnpui li»!2 hiinhclH wheat, !H)l) In^licln oatn, nnd !ivJI(l hutihclii hmicy, making an itggrcgiite from comuuMicoment of (he year IHfiH, of wlkuil. (M,(S()'j bimhelfi, oa(M, !M,nril bimhelH, barley, 22,(i<1/3 biifilielM 1 total, 1H2,M0/i bimhelM.