MELBOURNE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 154, 14 May 1862, Page 4

MELBOURNE.

The Argus of May Bth, says business has been somewhat inactive to-day. Beyond tho ordinory town , trade there has been.nothingdomg to callibr.remark •Thecargo of Mauritius sugar, ex Cko, has changed " hands privately at full rates. -: -as ViUers'reDOrt a steady trade demand, at last week s S CjSL are f-Fine flour £1115 ato £12; oatmeal, %5 per ton; bran, Is 3d to Is 4d per bushel; wheat, 4s Cd to 4s 9d per bushel. The same paper of the 7th May, says:— • Business can hardly be said to have bean brisk to-

nearly all descriptions of poods of general consumption. The auction sales have shown more activity. Messrs. Greig and Murvay held an extensive sale of fUKars, groceries, &c, at tlicir rooms, and sold as follows :~6,00'J bags Java sugars, No. IG, L 35 5s per tou ; No. 17, L3ts os per ton ; No, 18, LS7 5a per Urn ; No. 19. LS3lOs do. About 2000 boxes candles, at the following prices :—Bale's pure sperm, Is. 4i}d. par Ib. ; foreign full weight Randies (all faults.) 12d. to 12Jd per lb ; lijj-ht-weight do., do., 103 d per lb ; Whybrow's half-pint salad oil, 7s. lOd per dozen ; do. pint do, 12s. lOd do. ; Crosse and Blackwell's quarter pint do., 7jr do. : half-pint' cm tor oil, (is 6d per dozen : quarter pint do., 4s 6d do. ; three-ei?lits-pint do., 4:) lid do; Thin's half-pint sauces. 5a 7d ditto; coarse and fine Liverpool salt, .t'3 10s to t:3 I 5» per ton ; i-urranti, 6il per lb.; muscatel raisins, 9d do. ; tig*, Oja to ej'l (In. ; Black Diamond twist tobacco 2s fid do. : Quran's Own, ,*lb. lii'.nps, 1« 7d do.: whUinp, £4 17s Oil per ton ; 'lean's lib. salmon, lli-i C', per dozen; carbonate so-lu, JiiU 10s per ton ; 1). R. Cork butler, old, 4i|d lo 6u ptr Ib.; Champagne Vineyard's pale brandy, Us 3d pcrji'nllon; Martell's do., lls 9d do. ; Tiiiu's and Irish whiskey, lis 91 ])er case; bulk do., 4s 2d p.;r gallon. Messrs. Fraser and Cohen disposi d of the damaged portion of the cargo of Mauritius sugar ex Olive Branch, consisting of about 1000 bags, for cash, at .full prices, condition and terms considered. Grey crystals brought £40 12i (id; good counters, £38 i 10s; ration kind, £27 per ton. The Argus of May 7, says : — " The affairs -of the National Bank appear to be prosperous enough, if the balance sheet submitted to the general annual meeting held yesterday may be a criterion.. According to the report, the adoption of which was moved by the chairman of the meeting, the Hon. Cr. Kolfe, the net profits of the half-year amount to £20,995 Bs. 4d., £0,935 of which was devoted to the payment of a dividend at the rate of C per cent, per annum, while £12,000 was passed over to the reserve fund. The business transacted simply consisted of the confirmation of the report, and thereelection of the directors and auditors. The dividend will be payable this morningl at the bank offices."