DRIED FRUITS. (Duty :2d per lb.) Currants are moving off freely atSJd; Sul tanas, 6Jd, and rather scarce; Elemes,6|d Muscatels, Is 2d; figs, Tjd.
FISH. (Duty: Dried, pickled, or salted, 2s per cwt; potted or preserved, Id per lb; paste, 15 per cent, ad valorem.) With the exception of salmon, for which b moderate demand exists at 8s to 8s 6d, most descriptions of fish are very dull. Sardines, 8s 6d for Jib and 5s for Jib tins; ling, 3|d; lobsters, 9s; salt herrings are almost unsaleable.
HOPS. (Duty: 6d per lb.) Hops continue very firm, and holders are not disposed to push business at present prices. » A few sales are reported at up to 9d for choice quality, but from lOd to Is is asked by some holders, and there appears to be every prospect of the latter figure being reached before long if shipments out of the colony continue on the same large scale as hitherto. Last week close on 200 bales were sent to Australia, and it is rumoured further large sales are pending. Stocks in the growing districts are now in one o* two hands. American hops are firm at the advance recently established.
