COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 40, 27 March 1863, Page 2

COM ME RCI AL I N T E LLIG ENCE.

"IXVERCJ.RGILI, Tr.ME3 " OFFICE, Thursday, 20th March. Business was interrupted by the stormy weather in the early part of this week, and the rates for cartage Laving simultaneously advanced about £10 per ton, few purchases have been made for the dig<Ting<?, except by draymen loading on their own account. The schooner Boomerang, from Adelaide, consigned to Messrs. Mnning and Whitton, brings a full cargo of flour, butter, and bran. Flour keeps at £18 ; continued arrivals, and the knowledge that more is on the way, will prevent any advance. Oats may be qnoted afc 8s 6d for small parcels. Ale, in bulk, of the now brew, is worth £12 per hhd. Ale, in case, 15s 6d for first-class brands. Stout, 153 6d to 10s. Geneva, 20s per case. "Whisky, 6s per gallon. Brandies are in fair demand ; Martell's and Hennessy's worth 15s Gd to 16s per gallon. Hams and Bacon still scarce, and a good deal inquired for. Sugars are inquired for, but prices are barely remunerative, on account of the low rates that have ruled in Dunedin. Tea in better inquiry ; low qualities chiefly wanted. Tobacco exceedingly languid. Candles asked for ; Belinonts and Nevas worth Is 4d per lb. Minor articles are meeting with more attention on the part of importers ; and up-country buyers can now procure assortments with facility.