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Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 399, 4 August 1868, Page 2

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Grey Eiyer Argus Office, Monday evening. The amount of revenue received at the Custom House on goods passed for home cpnßumption on Saturday and Monday, Aug. 1 and 3, was £354 11s 7d. The items were as follows : — August 1. Geneva • - - £9 0 0 Tobacco r r • 39 12 6 Sundries r - - 10 0 £49 12 6 August 3. Brandy - - - £73 11 1 Whisky r - - 21 19 0 Hum . - - - 17 12 JO Porfcep - - - 5 17 6 Sugar r r - 171 3 4 Cigars - - - 910 0 Sundrjes - - - 5 410 £304 19 1 Dunbdi.v.— The Daily Thqes, of July 27, reports :- An exceedingly quiet week has been passed. With import bouses transactions have been of tho most restricted character, ami no disposition to enter upon operations extending beyond current requirements has been perceptible. The quietude usually prevailing at this season of the year is felt more at the present time, in consequence of the unwillingness of up-cour.try storekeepers to order to any extent, while the cost qf carriage stands at the present high rates, and difficulty exists \n the getting supplies promptly forwarded. Iv breadstuff's, only a limited business has been done, The demand for wheat kaa been slack, and for flour nothing beyond current wants. Recent advices ii otn San Francisco and Valparaiso have tended to confirm the tqne of the market. Quotations at the mills, tl9 10s, lar-re bags, to L2O for small do ; bran, Is. Grain has not been coining forward plentifully, and probably au improved inquiry would fail to find a large supply of wheat. Oats ami barley are, however, plentiful, the former at 2s 6d and tho latter at 4s to 43 2d, with no special demand for either. Sugars remain very firm, and small lots of better descriptions command full prices. The actual stocks are ascertained to be very low, and 110 certainty exists of any speedy augmentation. A few lines offered hy auction in the early part of the week were held back for high limits, aud privately a parcel of yellow counters was placed at JL34. Some sales of congous, chiefly Pfeil brand, took place some days since. The precise prices were not allowed to transpire, but, particularly for the finer descriptions, the rates paid were understood to exceed lasij quotations. The whole stock in hand of good teas is reduced to narrow limits, and until the new season gradnally improving rates may be anticipated. The consumption of imported provisions is checked by an increasing supply of Provincial, consequently English bacon is difficult to quit at lOd to lid for best brands; and English cheese is not only heavy in stock, but almost unsaleable. Hams alone are moderately saleable, at 14d to 14£ d for prime in small parcels. Colonial butter is quoted at ll^d to 12^(1, and colonial cheese at 7^d. Hemp goods are not meeting with any attention. Importers ask 14s Id for cornsacks ; but are unable to, place any considerable parcels at the figure. Woolpacks are not yet sought for. Imported malts have been dealt in. One or two moderate parcels of pale prime arc reported as placed at lls. to Us 3d. Kerosene, in the fope of expected arrivals, keeps up in value. The best brands cannot be quoted at under 2s. 9d, though only small lots are selling.