COMMERCIAL.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 147, 20 December 1866, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

JGuev Rivkk A i:gvs Office, Wednesday evening. The amount of revenue received at 4jie 1 Customs on goods cleared for home consumption on Tuesday and Wenosday, was as follows :— Tuesday, December IS, £42 15s 7d ; Wednesday, December 19; £11 Go's 9d. Dunedix— The Du'tbi Time* of the 10th instant reports as follows : — Importers' and houses engaged in the general trade, have experienced throughout the week a fair demand for most kinds of stock, j notwithstanding that the weather has interferred with the despatch of goods to a distance. The .shipments to the Wegfc .Coast have "been heavier than usual, and thcru are still a fair amount of orders coming forward from various parts. In the market — breadstuffs continue without any animation, and no large sales of imported have taken pjace ; prices nevertheless are firm at last reported rates. There is said to be no South Australian in first hands. Teas have been placed at maintained prices, and there has been a fair enquiry tor good and fine desc.iiiiti.yns ; but the parcels of low congous on hand are very difficult to be placed, and appear oujfy to sell for shipment. In sugars, there is no stir ; small lots only have been placed, second houses having in general scarcely got 'through purchases at late auctiQU sales. Spirits and wines have been in fair enquiry, but prices have not improved in any degree. The announced sale of the Claymore's' cargo has prevented purchases of genevas and light wines, though the demand for the latter would othersvise have been good ; malt liquors have, with the exception pf s,tout iv glass, been yevy dull, a fe'sy hogsheads of ales being the only bulk goods placed. Stouts maintain their value, and continue in good demand. The intelligence from Melbourne and from the West Coast has been favorable to holders of provisions, who have been able to quit some considerable parcels for shipment; the prices accepted have scarcely ex- 1 hibited any improvement, but there is a ten- ' dency to an advance. Cheese — good samples of English are wanted, and will perhaps mand higher value. "Butter, on the contain', is heavy in stock ; aud sales of imported have been made at a loss. A considerable amount of general merchan<pse is still selling by auction. ul Mklboumxk.— The Aryusol the l-2fchinst., reports as follows : — In the inipprt markets to-day a fair amount of business has been transacted, though operations have been conducted with extreme caution, no sales of a speculative nature having transpired. In the market for breadstuff's, business is in a mcasuie at a standstill. The auction sale of the Woodlands.', cargo of Califoniian produce attracted considerable attention, tjhis. ']}.cing the first cargo of tlie fleet lately anived offered 1 y. public sale. Only a. very small portion of the wheat, however, was disposed of, .at ss, the balanje .being withdrawn for a better price. The whole of the oats, amounting to 2,328 sacks, found "buyers, according to quality, at prices ranging* from 3s oil to 3s Sd; jyul a considerable portion of the barley was 'disposed of p.t 3s. At the .same time j Adelaide Jjoiir .'(Butterworth's)' realised 'Ll2 10s. A shipment of line salt, to hind, was placed at L 4 15s. CiUTaijts are in'fequest, though sales arc liniited, in anticipation' of the demand slackening very shortly. Sales continue to be reported at 4d. Cornsaeks meet with increased favour, though business as yet is wholly confined to supplying'tiuwl'e wants. Of Dundees, sales to the extent of about iif ly bales have been effected at. up to 13s 6d. ; : / A parcel of thirty bales of Calc^ttas have also been placed on private. terms... Dundee woolpacks are quite neglected ; we hea,r, however, of a parcel of Calcutta packs having changed hands at 3s. (id, a preference, being given to this description by such as have had an opportunity of thoroughly testing, them. Muscatel raisins are freely disposed of, "and as a parcel of 100 bales, equal to 400 boxes, iv a line, was quitted at 7£d • we understand holders have siuco raised their fjgiifc .8.1, and sales of small lots are reported at even higher prices. In provisions, trade sales of new small cheese, in fine condition, are me'ntjpnedat. 13d to 13£ d. A linp of about 150 chests of fine congou teas, cx'Pcru,' has been .placed -at 2s 3d in bond, andonVor two other transactions arc said to be ])eiu}iny. Vivian's yellow lt^e'tal has been sold at H>a, ai'ul nails at Is." "A small shipment of eleven pockets, new season (lSjiG) hops, just arrived per Roysif^'tandariTi has been ]jlaced, to land, at 2s 9d. Sales of crushed loaf sugar- have been made at L 45; 6,300 bags of-' Mauritius sugars, the balances of -various cargoes, will be offered to-morvo.w by piildjc gale." We understand that the cargo of the Kit Desperaudum, repcrted this morning, is intended for Sydney, to which port the vessel has been ordered to proceed. Oilmen's stores arc in good request for the supply' of conutry orders. Lobsters have been quittcd'.af 7s 9d. At auction, about 1000 boxes of candles were sold at 10 id! -'In liquids," sales of Miiclien's stout are reported at 9s 6'd. A shipment of 'Tcnhent's bottled ale lias bben placed, to arrive, at 9s Gd. Preston wJjiskcy has been .quitted rif 105..-; Ifenriessy's braiuly, in case, J has found, .buyers at 265, and key geneva has bceii sold atllCr.; : -; ' .. ■ ■ y-S l y''T'::- --„s#^-'