SYDNEY COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 725, 26 March 1853, Page 2

SYDNEY COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

V\ E E KEY IRA D E If EP O RT.

Empire Office, Friday Evening, March 11. We have but little to report ibis week. Business transactions hive been limited, and almost exclusively bv sales at public auction. We are without any am vkls and goods of ail descriptions have reached ex trava-eant prices. Buyers are numerous, but totally unable to purchase, although prepared to operate at present extreme ruling rales. Orders from the neighbouring colonies continue to pour in upon us, and cannot be executed by reason ot tin- great scarcity. Immediate arrivals will command high rates for some time to come. . Tea—Remains firm in price at 675. 6d. to 90s. for hysonskin, and 80s. to 8 Is. for congou. At public sale a portion of ibe cargo, ex Alert, *as taken at, p a y_boxes congou at 225. 3d. per box ; ditto sou- - hong congou, nt 235. (id, ditto; dit'o orange pekoe, at 255. ditto; ditto scented ditto, a- 375. ditto; line hyson, in chests, at 2s. per lb.; caper souchong, in 54 lb chests, at 63-. to bos. each. Sugars- Are held at .£2O to £2 1 for P.impanga ; fine Java and Mauritius are in demand for counter trade. The cessation of the Australasian Sugar Refining Company’s operations Las caused a brisk enquiry for good samples. Coffee No arrivals, and none in importers hands; the trade are but scantily supplied. Cigars - Sales at 80s. to 82s. 6d. for No. 2’s. There is still a large demand for exportation, and holders ask advanced rates. Oilman’s Stores—Extremely scarce, and readily bought at extreme rates. Cured Fish —Sell readily at high rates. Recent arrivals have all passed imo consumption. Belmont Sperm Candles— Sales at 14.yd. to lod. per lb. Starch— Colman’s No. 1, sales at 4|d. Hams and Cheese —English are again becoming scarce, and are readily purchased at loid. to 14d. per lb. E„ uns Sales of raisins at 5Jd. ; currants at 10d.; fios at 1 Id.; Barcelona nuts at 13£ d. g AL l r Liverpool, coarse, fine, ami rock, extremely scarce, and held for advanced rates. Spirits From some unexplained cause (probably the low rate at Melbourne), holders have evinc d an anxiety to sell. Marlell’s brandy at 14s. to 14s. 6d. per gallon. Sales have been made at 14s. (id., and there is no disposition to operate fur her. Hum, B. P. held at 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d. for 10 O.P. Case gin at, 225. 6d. to 255, per case. [3 ei , r Bottled, sales at auction at 16 s. 9d. per dozen, and by private sale at ]6s. to 17s. per dozen. Ditto in wood, Bass’s and Alsopp’s ale at £lO to £lO 10s. per hbd. Taylor’s porter at £9 10s. to £lO per hhd. Woolsacks —Sales at 3a. 6d. Three-bushel Bags —ln demand. Sales at 13s. to 13s. 6d. per dozen, and held for higher rates. Canvas— Held at lid. to Is. per yard, for all numbers. SETTLERS’ WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Wheat—Sales are brisker this week, ami prices have a tendency upwards. Flour—At’the Mills is still quoted, fine at£ J 23, seconds £2O per ton. Maize—ls in demand realising from 6s. to 6s. 6d. per bu-hel. Barley, English—Very saleable for malting, varying from 4s. (id. to ss. per bushel. Cape ditto —In demand for shipment and home consumpti n, prices varying as to sample. Hay —('he compressed hay Irom the Hunter has realised about £lO 10s. per ton, and very little has arrived this day in the market which was readily pur* chased at from £l2 to £ls per ton. Butter—ln demand and on the advance. Cheese—Varies as to sample, from 6d.to Bd, per lb. 13 a con and Hums—Will realise from 6d. to Bd. per lb. Eggs—are scarce. Fat Pigs—ln gone! condition, scarce, and in demand. Fat Calves—ln great demand. Fat Sheep —The market well supplied and quality very good. Fat Bullocks—Are plentiful and a good supply. Tallow—Very little offering for sale, and in demand. Hides—Meet with ready sale at good prices. Tobacco—No improvement in prices, and sales dull. Henry Ferris, 291, Pitt-street, Sydney, March 11, 1803. SYDNEY MARKETS. Wheat and Flour.—T. Barker and Co’b Mills: The same as last week, viz., £23 fine, £2O seconds: wheat and bran at the same figure as lasi week ; biscuit ditto ; markets fitm. Victoria Mills; Wheat remains at last week’s quotations, viz., Bs. 6d. for best samples ; fine flour at £23, seconds £'2l per 2(100 lbs; bran, 2s. per bushel. Sydney Flour Mills : Wheat and Flour. A moderate supply of wheafhas been nceiv'ed during the week, and prices are fully maintained at Bs. to Bs. 6d. per bushel for good samples. Flour remains without alteration, fine £23 per ton, and seconds £2l ; bran, 2s. per bushel. Furlong and Kennedy quote about the same prices. Remarks —The supply of wheat overland lias been but small; still prices maintain the same average. Bread.—6d. the 2lb loaf.

Biscuit.— T. Barker and Co.’s, and Mr. Wilki’esrun at 31s. cabin, 295. j ilot, and 265. ship; Wilkie's meal biscuits have been much looked for, and a new hatch will he run off in the eou;B‘ of the ensuing week. Forage and Chain. — UayMarket: Hay, from £ls to <£2o per ton ; straw, from 3s. to 4s. per cwt.; wheat, from Bs. to Bs. 6d. per bushel ; oats, ss. 9d. to 6s. (id.; maize, 6s. to 6s, 6d. •, green stuff, is.; bark, from £6 to per ton. Remarki —But little hay came into the market, and that little was eagerly purchased. Straw was also very scarce. Wheat purchased at the same figure as given by the mills. All seem to be on the rise. Of bark only three loads were brought in. Speaking generally of the whole, the supply was quite inadequate to the demand. Butchers’ M eat. —Wholesale prices.— Beef to Id, per lb. ; mutton, i|d. to 2£d.; pork 6d, per *ib. per cm case.

Cattle Salks. —Miller, 40 head, averaging 700 lbs.; at 4dd., Neale; llodd, 40, 730 lbs., m 5Cs., Neale ,

Dangnr, 99, 700 lbs., at «•'. b !lit|n,' dolin'; lbs., at 42a., by Hamilton lor ", " - s| lilaleacy, 60,700 1b.., at 55s .**" Kingborn Sheep.—Boo, 45 lbs., at s *» . / .cp.o 34,1b5.* 650, 30 lbs,, at Bs. 6d., Peisley ; Cobcra , • > at 95,, Sullivan. _ TLo conHo». Stock. —Stowart's Horae B war, The CMi . m.t.0.1 bigb ,trice of bay (no» from >o £ F ton) is operating very seriously aga list a y 7 len.ivo operations in the borse tra e. . front Melbourne of an advance ttl price of well >1 res. anti .be anticipated arrival of pressed bay trom .be Hunter dis.r.c.a to a 1 pro h'llulitv tend to raise prices next w ‘ e / - power Ail dray horses are as usual very much in demand non- the draymen, who will read.ly give large prices for °war ran ted animals. Steady gig horses are «n«eh wanted- lidit iiacks are unsaleable. Oils. Flo s ' lierht phaetons, and Clarence carriages, sel! readily ,L|, prices. Some heavy shipments of saddlery an J Ke laze restocked .be m.rk«, and prices .re now more reasonable. Tb, (oMowt.tg » . «' nrices obt.in-d since last report ;-Gigs, from STe cb dog-carts, £47 .0 £6O; phaetons, £6C o * _ ’ n „, tJ J?o() to 4*30- fT i£ harness, £o to « bits sold at tite Horse and Carriage Hazaar. oft), I ttl* 1“.. iL beatlof borse .took a. price. ex ti. Ell) viz —Heavy draught horses. Irom £2O^ to £3O • ii.rbt ditto’, 15 to 25; saddle horses, £4 to £la.; also as- cond hand omnibus, pair of horses, harness sold for 267/. 10s. Good gig and carnage horses, and well broken hacks, up :o 14 hands are ,l > d ™J" d -‘ beinu- none in the market. Good heavy draught horses. S Ibr brewers and draymen sell well, andm from mto 59/ The stock sold tins week has been of ITrnferior quality, the high price of fodder causing .he market to rule so low. . t Coals remain us at former quotations— ol os. to °V.MBE(i, Australian Steam Saw .Mills.— Cedar 1 inch, (id. ; | inch. s|d.; \ mob, 4j£; IJ inch. 7sd. U inch B,\d. ; 2 inches lOd.; and all above ->d. superhc.al. Kauri. \ inch, 4‘d. ; * «"ch, 5*4.; 1 inch Aid.; U mch, 6|d ; 1* inch 7*d.; 2 inches 10d., all above 2 inches to be char—d od superficial Kaur. Sc.ntlmg for building purposes, 40s. per 100 feet. Weatherboards, 465. superficial ; prepare l * l flooring boards. 6 Is. per 100 feet. Battens 40s. per 100 (vet; Shingles 2/. 5s per thousand. . _ . Leather.— Thomas Hall and Company e prices ; Sol., leather, heavy, 10d. per lb.; kip ditto, 2s. 6d., per lb., harness leather, Is. 6d., per !b.; ca.tskms, 120s , per doz. ; kangaroo, 555. to 605., per doz. ; basils, 10s. to 125., ditto, 'I bis merk-t Is very steady, the quotations being the same; in fact, superior goods will always command their full valu *.

PRODUCE CIRCULAR. Melbourne, 2nd March, 1853. g IR —The improvement in business which we reported* in our last circular has been maintained and there Inis been a very active demand this month for ad kinds of produce. The immigration has only reached 3302 sou s, and the cargoes have been smaller and of le.-s importance th .n for many months past, Breadstuffs have been offering freely, and there has b- en some movement in Flour during the last few f ja\ 3. Best Adelaide samples are now worth £25 per ton. Wheat and Barley are hardly in the market has yet] but Oais are in gieat demand at advancing prices. Maize is sought for with great eagemtss, as also Bran ; and our top quotations can easily be realised for good samples of all these articles. Potatoes are snlTin short supply, and worth £23 to £24 per ton. Fruit comes m better, but still unequal to the demand. Jams and Jellies are in fair supply. B a con, Hams, Cheese, and Butte* are all in great demand, and have every appearance of rising, the irnporrid stocks being considerably diminished. - Wines and Spirits have come very freely to hand, but the consumption is great, and quotations are freely obtainable. Sugar is in large supply, and many vessels are exp cted. Prices are about the same as last quoted, and market very quh t. Loaf Sugar is very scarce. Tea is also very quiet, and stocks large. Building Materials continue in great demand, and supplies come forward but slowly. Wooden Houses meet re.idy sale. In the early part of last month the Banks reduced the exchange on London to par, and gold immediately heo-an t ) advance, and has risen from 735. 3d., to 765. dd?, even 775. per ounce. There has been a decided react on as regards the diggings, and the news of the large nuggeis have recalled many diggers from the other colonies, and caused a kind of tush to the different fields. The escort brought down 222,329 ounces last month. Wo-l has risen Id. to 1 Jd. per lb., and large quantities have been shipped. Freights i to g per lb. to Loudon. We remain, Sir, yours respectfully, Coffey, Hill, and Co.