CANTERBURY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3906, 28 February 1870, Page 2

CANTERBURY.

We have files of the Lyttelton Times to the 2 1st mat. The following ia the latest commercial report : — The slight activity noticeable in the eirly part of the month has entirely subsided, and the retailen ara grumMing very much ..t thi dormant state ef trade. One reason of the present dulneta is the feet that country consumers «re too busy getting in the cropi to have leisure to como to town. Largo sales of kerofine have tnkon place at 3* Comsacki appear to remain stationary at Us Qd. Hops of 1860 havo beon sold freely at Is lOd Sardine*, ilb. and Mb , are meeting with a tr-ide inquiry ; price 1 ! have hardened somewhat, and 61 3d to 10j 6d respectively, if freely given for fresh stocks. The demand for fine salt hat fallen off, and anything lik* a parcel could not be placed unlni at a very low price. Holders are waiting patiently ; small linei are stilt recorded at £4 15s 111 1 £5 Candlei are being placed at 1», M stocks are by no means heavy, and as the season progresses advances will probably remit We not* that 3s 0(1 is to be advanced on wheat for export to Enrland, but if the above figure i* free on b*ard it's only equal to Ss 3d at the Chrlstchurch Railway SU« tion, especially if the Vessels art not lying alongside, the wharf. Few sales of wheat have tiken place during the woek, ai spoculitors aro atill *hy in buying at anything over 3s. Holders are reluctant to accept the price, as they expect values will improve. Oati aro offering very freely. The quality is excriUnt, but quotations are exceedingly low ; good lamplM are being plnced at 2s to 2* IJd, which may be conilderod the fair market value. Barlay is inquired for, and Rood samples fetch 3s 6d to 3a lOd. The demand for cheese is on the increa«a, and exports continue In Hr»;e quantities ; value*, however, have not advanced beyond Ojd to 7d.