Commercial.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 671, 5 January 1866, Page 4

Commercial.

New Zealand Herald Office, Thursday afternoon. Tho Customs Receipts for to-day amounted to £319 lis. NELSON. "Wheat and lu.oub Mabkets. Friday, December 22. Mr. Saunders quotes:—Fine Hour, £26 ton. Retail Slaiuceis. 71 head.—ls 4(1 •Ip' 1 lb. loaf. Vegetables.—totatoes, Ga 'IP 1 cwt.; carrots, lid per bunch ; turnips, 3d; radishes, 3d bunch ; onions, 6d lb. ; celery, Cd <\]S bunch; asparagus,' Is t|p' bunch ; new potatoes, 3d ■]// lb. ; groen peas, Is Cd <!p" peck. Fruit. —Apples, Is 4j'' lb.; gooseberries, Cd p er quart; rhubarb, Cd ty>* bunch; plums, Is 4P" lb ; strawberries, 2s quart; cherries, fid lb. Meat.—Beef and mutton, 7d to 9d 4P* lb ; v °al and pork, 9d; bacon and ham, Is lb. to Is 3d lb. Dairy Produce.—Butter, <y? lb., Is 9d; egn- 3 dozen, 2s 3d. Poultry.—Turkeys, each, 7s to 8s; ducks, 6s, fowls, 5s Gd >({.' pair. Miscellaneous.—Candies, spcim, Is to Is 6d : ditto, Melbourne, lid <|p" lb. LYTT ELTON. (From the 7Vc«, Dtcsmlor 26.)

During the past week Ih-j business in ihe lands of retaile'.s lias been more than ordinary busy, owing in a great measure to the laying in of Christmas stores, otherwise transactions cannot be said to have assumed any brisker tendency; considerable caution still exist 3 in credit dealings, merchants preferring small and safe sales to giving unlimited credit This season's wool is coming in very fast, and i> shipped on bo >rd the vessels laid on for London with commendabe activity. The Indian Empire has nearly completed her loading, and will leave as a full ship early in January; her place will be taken up b} the Orloninur .It is a matter of great satisfaction for the woo! trade at li me, to know that thruc is more than an average amount, of can; bestowed in arranging and properly il itßifying the various sorts

this Beason; this, combined with tho preat length of staple on this season's clip, will enable growers to look for the highest prices. The arrival of the Fchoonor Amelia from South America, with a cargo of broadstufts, has affected the market, and prices have gone down £2 per ton. Hor cargo has boon placcd in one line at rates which have not transpired. Canterbury silk-dressed Hour is quoted ofc £2'2 per ton, second quality £19 to £20 ; "brim and sharps are at layt quotations ; wheat and barley arc nominal; oats arc in second hands, with a limited demand ;it 6s Gd pur bushel.

IMorc fat catt!o are otierhv* than suffice for homo requirements, not many NVosfc Coast buyers are in tho market; pricv'3' though nominally the same, may be said to bear a reduction of 5s per 100 lbs.

Horsos iii*o still dull of sale, especially light animals, those offering being mostly bought in.