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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 258, 7 September 1867, Page 2

The business of the past week has not been marked by much animation; but there are not wanting some signs of an early improvement in the up-river trade; that coastwise has been very limited for some weeks past. Stocks of most descriptions of goods are moderate. Ihe Hilander and Northern Light both arrived yesterday from Melbourne with assorted cargoes of general merchandise, The following quotations may be given as the ruling rates of the more prominent articles of consumption :—Flour, Wood's, Ll6 10s — Adelaide, Ll9 ; bacon, Sinclair's, Is sd; hams, Sinclair's, Is 6d; cheese, Englislr Cheddar, Is 6d—colonial, Is 2d; butter, colonial, Is 4d to Is 6d ; ale and porter, best brands, 16s to 17s; brandy, Hennessy's bulk, 8s 6d to 9s -case, 60s; geneva, JDKZ 60s; whisky, 455; old torn, 455; Potatoes' L 8 to LS 10s; oats, 4s <Jd to 5s ; chaff, L2O per ton. .

CnrJSTcnußCH.— The Press, of the 2nd inst, reports as follow^ : — The operations of the past week have been a little brisker than the preceding week, trade generally being in a stagnant state, and considerable difficulty experienced in meeting current engagements. The fourth of the month is loqk.ed forward to with much anxiety, as during the past week several retail dealers have been obliged to call their creditors together. It has been an assumed fact that, many insolvents have shown au extremely reckless system of trading ; but there' are numbers of others who have been .obliged to succumb to the pressure of the times through no fault of their own. It is, therefore, to be hoped that the new Bankruptcy Act now before tlie General Assembly will, to a greater extent than at present, be the means of preventing fraudulent insolvency, i protecting the creditors, and assisting the unfortunate. The arrival of the Red llover and Blue Jacket, from London, will completely oyerdo this .. market, already sufficiently over-stocked ; importers, therefore, need not look for .any advance in values for some tjnie L In colonial produce wheat^.-is^ stitvMin. request at 3s 9d to 4s per bushel for, : ;{iood milling. Fine clean seed fetches 6si s Bran and sharps are shipped to ' order inlarge parcels at L 4 10s per ton for the former and Ls* 15s for the latter. Little is doing in oats ; buyers offer 2s to 2s 3d, but sellers are not thrusting stocks on the market. Barley is not in demand. Potatoes continue at L 2 10s to L 2.155, with light inqniry. Hay is changing hands freely at L 4 10s for best meadow. At Saturday's sales horses ruled very low, few buyers being in attendance. For milch stock the demand continues good at the average of late sales; fat cattle, fit for the butcher, are getting scarce, and have consequently advanced 5s per lOOlbs. Fat sheep are even scarcer than fat cattle, the. past severe winter having spoiled the feed very much. Melbourne. 4-The Argus, of the 24th ult, reports as follows : — In the import markets an exceedingly dull and uninteresting day has been passed, the early departure of tlie mail, aud more especially the excitement caused by the existing political crisis, have for the moment succeeded in making business matters a secondary consideration altogether. In breadstuffs, transactions in iiour are on a very limited scale, and the market consequently is far from strong. No actual sales having been reported we make no alteration in quotations; but we hear of country flour being offered as low as Lll and LlO 15s, without inducing buyers to operate. There are <i few parcels of Victorian wheat in the market, for which oa is nsked, but there are no purchasers over 4s 9d. In maize there is little doing; quotations remain at "3s 2d. Barley and oats are neglected. We note a good inquiry for teas. Half-chests, being very scarce, sire much wanted, and several moderate-sized lines of .fine inediura congous have been placed in consequence at up to Is 9d. A shipment of Gail Borden's condensed mlk has been quitted at 15s. The extremely low prices ruling for kerosene oil having attracted attention, a holder of Downer's has succeeded in; placing a line of 4000 cases of that brand on terms withheld ; there is, how-, ever, no change to report on late rates of 2s 3d to 2s 4d for trade parcels. Sales of sugars arc mentioned at LS4 15s for light counters. The auction sale of tobaccoes resulted more satisfactorily. The samples offered consisted mostly of light aromatics, and the quality was superior. About eighty packages found buyers ; faulty brought Is 4d to Is 64(1, while fancy sorts in sound condition realised Is 9£dto^ 2s ,3£d. In liquids, sales of Byass's stout have been made at 8s ; outside brands, with less character, have 'been disposed of at 7s 9d, and even lower rates. (Jf the finer descriptions no sales have come under our notice. A shipment of Hennessy's pale brandy, in qr-casks, has changed hands at a concession on 6s 3d, the rate ruling for small parcels.