COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 79, 7 August 1863, Page 2

COMME RCI AL INTELLIGENCE.

STATE OF THE DUNEDIN MARKET. (From the Evening Star.) Ala and Porter. — Large supplies of Bass' No_3, Dawson's and Jeffrey's all have come to hand, nnd sales of tho first-named have been difficult at L9. This depression moy be traced to the existing extremely low rates in Melbourne, whore snlt-s of first brands, Allsopp's &c, are reported as having been made at L5 10s. in bond. However, no heavy shipments ore on tho way, nnd a marked improvement may very shortly be expected in this article. Porter is unsaleable; Taylor and Wnlker's, 18 10s, nominal. Bottled beors (especially ale) ore not in. demand. Byass' 6tout, 12s Gd ; ale, 11s 6d. Bacon and Hams. — Prices have remained firm at the low rates to which they lately so rapidly doclined. Sinclair's middles, Is 3d ; hams, Is 4d ; colonial, Is Id. Butter is gointr steadily into consumption, the ' absence of prime Colonial from the mnrket having caused a slight reaction in favor of Cork, which may bo quoted at la 4id against Is 9d for the former. Bran. 2< per bushel — demand moderate. Candles — Bclmont sperm, 16 ozs,ls 2d; Nova, Stearing, Is 2J 2 d. Higher rates should obtain, as stocks are rapidly decreasing. . Cheese. — Good qualities are quilo scarce, and prime Cheddar, Cheshire, or North Wilts, com- , znand Is 3d. Coffee. — The greater part of our small stock of . Plantation coffee is held by one firm — the demand for it is Black at Is 2<l. ■••- Flour.— Our market iB quite overstocked, the Precursor and Isabella from Adelaide baring brought about 600 tons, in addition to several large shipments of Tasmanian by the Mariposo, Benjamin Heape, and Clutbu. , Transactions are limited to small .trade parcels, and the markets remain very inanimate, with a slightly downward tendency. Adelaide, best brands, have been sold at Ll7 10s; Tasmanian, Llsa 10s: California, Lls. Several small parcels of Harts have been hawked about the market and eventually sold, deliverpd at the Port, afc a shade over Ll6 per ton. The favor with

which this brand is always rpceived in Otago can . .hardly justify the consignees in forcing sales of ,gina!l parcels of — say 20 rons, at prices below market value, "and which, apart from' the immediate -, ,16ss entailed upon the shippers, must tend to a permanent depreciation iu value of the brand referred to. ' Sugars. — The sale by auction, proviovsly alluded • to, has not lnatariully interfered with previous . quotations > the -bulk of the cargo having been i taken by merchants unlikely to permit the price given by them to effect the real value of the commodity. Crvstals may be quoted — white, L36; grey, *L:jl; yellow, L29 ; Ist counter, .L29 ; 2nd i counter, L27 per ton (i a bond) j dark brown and ration almost unsaleable. '< Tea.— -Tho market is barely supplied with medium qualities of congou ; chests, 70s to 80s in bond. Advices from Sydney report an improvement of 10s to los per chest on the Btock of fine teas in that market. Timber. — There lias been little enquiry for T. ■ nnd G.; 1J inch have boon sold at 32s per 100 feet super. ; 1 inch, L3O ; J, 28s ; -£ inch, 265. Wines and spirits.— Tho value of wines and spirits hns been slightly disturbed by recent large importations, but stocks are likely to bo mateu'ally diminished during the ensuing two months, so iafc no serious decline mav bo anticipated. Marlell's or Hennessey's brandy (pale), 12s (sd ; Carapbelton whisky, us 3d; ruin, 10 o.p. 3s Oil; Geneva, JDKZ, 14s; Kirkliston whisky, 13s 3d j sherry of superior quality (especially In ease) is very scarce, and the market is glutted with inferior descriptions of both port and sherrj — Amontillado, L35; superior, L25; medium, L2O; port, superior, L33 ; medium, L2O per qr-cask, duty paid.