PUNCH'S POETIC TRADE INTELLIGENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 315, 12 January 1871, Page 2

PUNCH'S POETIC TRADE INTELLIGENCE.

Inspired by telegraphic skill, Or tardier postal aid, The bard his usual space may fill With news of foreign trade. No tale of sentimental love, His mission is to tell; But to record how prices move, Where merchants buy and sell. First, then, of India he will speak; Late imports there have shown, That MadapoUams are less weak, While mulls have firmer grown. And since per candy shipped to us A higher rate's received, In Dhollerah lessj, dolorous The trade may be believed. American advices state Petroleum is firm ; While breadstuff's that were dull of late, More lively we may term. In cotton Middling Upland's sought At twenty-four 'ts true, But Middling Bowed may still be bought As low as twenty-two. In Norway timber, deals, and tails done a brisker trade, And Swedish pigs of iron are More buoyant by a shade. From Russia have the tidings come That tallow is depressed, But both in hides and hemp is some Activity confessed. Colonial markets have displayed A slightly better tone ; Molasses an advance hath made, And spice hath vigour shown. Fine Colory Plantation too (Of coffee now we speak), More strength exhibits, but 'tis true That rums are rather weak. In China black-leaf Congou still Is found in fair demand, Enriching those who plant with skill In that Celestial Land. Shanghai reports affirm in sooth Rice hith to thirty ranged, And, what seems an unpleasant truth, Grey shirtings are unchanged.