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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 99, 9 October 1863, Page 6

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TRADE .RBTURitgl (From the "Eastern Province jj^l The custom's returns fo r J ending 31st March liave atyl appearance ' in the OopcmJ We cannot compliment the J time, for any smartness in geltj returns^ -Upwards of ljve wed a long <lime For the prep&raj quarterly statements, and wel to know that thedocuraentsfJ of' 1 the colony were sent ds3 Town more than a month ago,l better late than' never. &jl found tabular statements shol glance the quantity entered (9 tion and also of exports of J together with the respecting decrease. .'• 1 The total value of articles itJ the colony during 1 the qt^jl 3 1st March, 1863, was L6I2J L 719,569, showing a decrease o(| The articles entered for C J which constitute the true \M (rade) show a still .greater deJ the quaiter ending 31st Mas|l amount is L 533&15 agaiustjl the corresponding quarter of <m year, showing a decrease m last quarter of £143,709 ; stocM cliandise, therefore, have bee&l rather tlian augmented during! three months, a matter for coj and not for. regret..' Looking at« entered for consumption, We M items showing the greatest im cotton manufactures, hardware,! dashery , tobacco (not manufactn J and wood. In most of .these tH is about equal at each end of M but in tea and cigars we £nl thl increase at Port Elizabeth, whw whole colony, a considerable « exhibited. An inciewe is J chiefly in the following atlil cereals and their pvdduction^ M flouv, wheat, and maize, and« coffee, and manufactured tob» sugar thefe has been a decrease.tl of the colony, so that the incrcasl Town is considerable, about dl amount that appears in favor of W Turning to the Export Tm satisfac'ory to find that there! marked increase in most of lh« exported. Wool, copper, on goatskins, Bheepskins, and « show an advance, while the ■ which a decrease is observaWeß following : — Beans and paas, : ]M (cured), iruit, hides, and horees.l gret to see a decline in our tndtl but this article, exported chiefly m tius, is constantly liable to ilufl The total value of. exports for thfl ending 31st March, 1863, was fl against L 397,721 in the contM qu; r er of 186-2, showing an afl favor of the last quarter of L 68,,™ advance in exports, when taken M siduration in connection with tliel of imports, is encoura<.iig. If til i tinues for a short thus, the cotfl ! soon recover from its temp jraryemß [ ment. Our importations forAa four or five yeare ; haye, b^gl in excess of our legitimated ments, and stocks of generiß cliandise, and especially of uB tured goods, are very heavy. AVeiH to se<2 an evident desire on the paitl mercantile community to trade il locked-up capital, and if the busi» be fora while rather less than ithl it will probably not show less .ptl I icsults. . ,1 I The shipping returns show akm 1 cvease both in number of vessels afl nage, both inwards and outwardfl ' wards we have for the quarter enJfl March, 1863—233 vessels of an aM tonnage of 71,680 tons, against 28LB and 107,054 tons in the coirespß ' quarter of J 862. Outwards the H stand for 1863—245 ships, 76,H against 301 ships and 115,457 tons! corresponding quarter of the pfl year. ; l

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