WELLINGTON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 281, 13 November 1862, Page 4

WELLINGTON.

(From the Independent, Nov. 8.) The past week has been a particularly dull one, in great part owing no doubt to th'j absence of arrivals from either North or South, or the colonies, in this interval.

A large quantity of poods landing ex Asterope, has however been quitted to retailers at a fair advance,

At this season, just previous to the shr-aring, business generally is invariably quiet, but the remark is almost universally made that this year the town seems quieter than customary. No doubt much of this is attributable to the number who have loft us for a time for tie gold fields at the South. Nothing would so likely induce a permanent improvement fn trade as some well deyi-ed scheme of adding to our numbers in this part of New Zealand.

Tiie various public and private building now erecting in Wellington, whilst adding to "the improvement and convenience of the city, hns given considerable employment to a large number of persons ia Wellington, but in a few months these will be completed. We shcuM like to see some means taken _by the Government, ov by private eilbrts to induce the workmen-employed"on these werks to remf.jn in the Province," and also measures adopted to add to their numbers. Although those remarks may-appear somewhat foreign to a commercial record, \et in the absence or actual transactions to ehromeie, we thought without impropriety we might drop these hints to all interested in the increase of trade and business in this town.

A hu-gor quantity of store cattle are now in Wellington than huvo been for months before, which the want of vessels and intelligence for both North and South has created.

'Xheru has boc-n very ftw auction sales during: the week, and none which would give any indication of ruling rates. Messis Duncan and Vennell on Monday, the 3rd instant, sold the 5-tock, furniture, and fittings of the Ship Hotel, in Manners-street, in virtue of a bill n^j^e> tue amount realised being in the aggregate L 230.

Oil Wednesday, a quantity of damaged goods, ex Princes?, were sold at the scores of Messrs A.' P. Stuart and Co, the rates realised being very low.