Metals : Latest sales of Con-gated galvanised iron have been made at £21 10s; fencing wire £14. The last four ships named bring only .30 tous galvanised iron, fencing wire 70 tons. We may just as well state that the ships named bring 133 empty tanks, 14 tons auchors and chains, £7570 hardware, 131 tons bar iron, -15 tons hoop iron, 14 tons sheet iron. 46 tons plate iron, and 40 tons pig iron ; pig lead, 5 tons; yellow metal, 3 tons ; tin plates, 290 boxes ; iron nails, 70 tons; steel do. 9 tons. Since writing, the Langstone has arrived. The rainfall during the last two months has been greater than for many years past, and has interfered with agricultural and other pursuits. European and Australian advices tend to enhance the value of llonr and wheat. At present the mills with one exception have not advanced their prices, and we quote £13 10s for silk-dressed ; household, £11 10s; Southern brands, £10 to £12 ; Ade laide, £14 to £14 10s. Horse feed is com pletely overstocked, and prices of oats are simply nominal. The California- maize realscd 3s 4Ad ; ditto Cape barley, 2s Sd to 3s

Gum (kauri), ordinary quality, £32 to £34. The barque Thames sailed for New York with 372 ton 3, on the 14th July. In oils wc quote : Linseed (raw), in wood, 3s Gd to 3s Od ; in drums, 3s 9d to 4s ; colza, 4s sd, in wood, 4s lOd in drums, drums included ; castor oil, 4s 3d; kerosene. Is Gd to Is 9d. The ships named bring 1,521 gallons linseed oil, 656 gallons rape oil. Malt: Really prime English is worth lis 9d ; tanks, £4, extra. Color, ial has heen received of inferior quality ; we quote 9s. Hops: Really line qualities are out of stock, and those offering vary in price accord ing to quality, from lid to Li 7d. 2SS quarters of malt and 27 pockets of hops arc about due. Jams are worth from 6s 3d to 7s, and fully stocked. 370 cwt currants are afloat. Sugars : The latest advices from the Mauritius announce a rise in prices, with decreased stocks available for export This newsi will have the effect of improving the present low quotations, which declined recently from one to two pounds per ton. 