COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 117, 1 April 1862, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

■ Dbnkdin, Monday Evening. The week has not commenced so briskly as was expected by many, from the number of country buyers in town, who, combining pleasure with business, had come to town for the Races. Still there has been a good demand for some articles especially. We may mention Colonial and good Cork Butter, Hams, Bacon, and Mattel's Brandy in case. In general demand business is very dull; an extreme caution is manifested by cash buyers, and as extreme a caution by sellers when goods are sold on credit,1 neither our Banks nor merchants seeming at all inclined to exceed very safe limits in any transactions. Arrivals of goods are limited, and it will require a very continued diminution of shipments to prevent goods from depreciating in value; however, of this we liave not much fear, fon. whilst so few shipments are advised from Britain, and values' in Melbourne are almost, and in some cases, quite equal to our prices, —it is hardly to be expected that either consignees or importers will be so insane as to venture on increasing their stocks. The fine weather which still continues should enable country buyers to {jet up their winter stocks, but no disposition" on their part to buy other than from ''hand to mouth" is displayed. ■ A meeting of the Provisional. Committee of the proposed Dunedin Fire Insurance Company is called for Wednesday next, at 3 o'clock, when some of the preliminary business will be entered into. ■ Custom House, Dunedin, March, 31, 18C2. The quantity of gold entered to-day amounted to 911 ozs. 10 dwbj., upon which the duty levied is £113 18s 9d. The imports realised £328 lls lid. The reveuue of the quarter ending March 31 ; amounts to— ■ on imports. ! January £15,975 1 10 . February 13/)25 15 0 ' March > 13,550 910 < . : £43,051 6 8 i ON EXPORTS. Janunry £8,183 2 9 February 7,743 6 3 ' 1 March ; 5,419 19 6 -£21,346 8 C < Total ;£64,397 15 2 ! The following is the quantity of 'gold exported ! during the quarter— ozs. dwts. ( January .... 05,404 7 £ February ... 61,946 10 < March 43,350 10 . ] 170,770 13 value £661,736 fl ■i. t