COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 1, 5 March 1866, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

•MR ROBERT LEVIEN'S WEEKLY r REPORT. The Port, Nelson, March 5. ? 9v during the past week has largely ';. partaken of the dulness which has characterised it . since^he commencement of the '^cpresjent year. - The overcrowded state of the :*' l ;yarJQua;West Coast markets, by henv^ajaum - . jinients^irom Australia, has, to a. : grean^H^H| |s|idl^rii^ ; ?us : .of: r that 'outlet for our JB^B y^£^ediHfM^]iaß ) :' : how^veTf ' been douq|HH|

I may quote the following prices as now ruling : — j. , Vv Butter, Wbllorigbng, per lb, Is 4d * „ New Zealand, Is 5d to Is 6d Bacon, Australian, Is 3d j, New Zealand, Is 5d Cheese, New Zealand, Is 2d Potatoes, per ton, £7 10s Onions, £20 0s Oats, per bushel, 4s 9d to 5s Od Apples, 6sOd to 8s Od HOKITIKA. There has been a marked improvement in business doing in town this week. The auctiou marts have been better attended, and more than an average quantity of goods been placed, principally for shipment coastwise. Flour shows no improvement, it being difficult to realise over £28 to .£3O per ton for Adelaide; Chilian and Californian, £24 to £26. Oats, best colonial, 7s to 7s 6d per bushel ; bran, 3s to 3s 2d ; maize, cracked, 6s to 6s 6d ; chaff £22 per ton. Provisions are yet scarce ; first-class haras and bacon, 2s per lb, in equal proportions. Cheese. English. Is lOd ; colonial, good, Is 6d to Is 7d. Colonial butter is getting scarce, and held for Is lOd Oilmen's stores in good demand, and continue scarce. There has been more inquiry for brandy, Hennessy's in bulk has changed hands at 9s to 9s Sd per gallon, in bond ; Kartell's and Otard's at 8s 6d to 9s ; Hennessy's case 35s to 365, with improved demand; 1 geneva, lfis to 17s; old torn (Burnett's) 17s to 18s Ale and porter remain unaltered, but with prospect of improvement. Sugars maintain their price, with limited demand. Keally good teas are scarce, and wanted. Belmont and Neva candles, F.W., Is l£d to J s 2d- New potatoes are scarce, and have realised £24, but good supplies are expected. The balance of supply and demand in our market is now pretty well adjusted, and we think we may confidently look forward to a sound and healthy trade. — West Coast Times, February 28. ||| ; \ AUCKLAND.' Owing to the advices received of a considerable fall in the prices of breadstnfiTs in all the Australian colonies, flour has here been reduced to £1 per ton. There is no Adelaide in the market, and stocks are running low ; but the ' Trieste,' belonging to Thornton, Smith, and Firth, is daily expected with a cargo from California. The fall in the Australian market has of course been caused by the larg^ arrivals from San Francisco, and the coming in of me new season's crop. "We understand tliat during a month .from last advices 4,000 tons of flour from. San Francisco, and 1,000 from Chili, had arrived at Sydney. The .new crop has also turned out better than was expected.' In wines and spirits we may note that JMartell's brandy is in rather short supply, the price at wr"ch we quoted it last, Bs. 6d., being fully maintained. There is no bulk ale in the market except London and Colonial Company's, which is not in favor here. The new season's brew is later than usual this year, but may now be shortly expected. A considerable quantity has been shipped per the ' Silver Eagle.' • * In general groceries a pretty good business has been done. Sugar is not plentiful, and prices are well maintained ; tea is in good supply. Rice is very scarce. Candles are scarce, but with no alteration in prices, there being but little demand at this season. It will be seen from the report of Messrs. Robertson and Co's sale of groceries ou Tuesday that very fair prices were realised, a good many of the articles being in short supply. Messrs. E. andli. Isaacs sold about £2,000 worth of win— and groceries on Wednesday at satisfactory prices. Mr. BuckJand reports : — At the Newmarket yards, on Thursday, there was a full muster of stock. A large number of store cattle changed hands at full rates. Dry quiet cows were in request at advanced prices. Fat cattle of choice quality were plentiful, but the price was well sustained ; the inferior fatted animals being purchased by the graziers, and the highest rates obtained at the conclusion of the sale. Well-bred and youn-j dairy cows bring high prices — from £16 to £21 each. The sheep pens were all filled, and inquiry for good breeding ewes and store sheep is on the increase. The best ewes brought 455. each ; inferior culls, 14s. 6d. ; Leicester wethers, 28s. to 335. Cd. ; fat merino wctlievs, 21s. to 275. Fat lambs ■were in usual supply, and full prices were obtained for them, bringing from 21s. to 30s. each; store lambs from 14s. to 17s. Pigs of good quality were plentiful, and sold freely at late high rates.— Weekly News, February 24.