COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 35, 27 January 1864, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

TASMANIA N 0 iMMKRGIAL. LACN'CESTOX. AlMioujjlj iso«ra.f. MellHmrneis(jrntc:l!it£l3 10.? to 4>li per ton, and Adelaide wheat Uas J*eeu sold there at Gs per bushel, we have not heard of any ; orders to purchase here, having been receive) by the- City of Liuueestun, which arrived from Melbourne yesterday. Consequently business in the grain .ami .flour market remains station irv except for parcels Tor lunrio consumption. Fiour at' £11 10s per ton. and wheat afc os por bushol. TUCircassi ' ti is hourly- . ex jiccU-d to arrive hen? from HnbartTovvn. on arrival ami discharge of her '■"jrjjp. she will load up with wboat ( or Hohart T^n-n; and (he Agnes Jessie on arrival lu-re in balbii^ from Mi-liMmrnc, \vitt al^o take a cargo of wheat toTlohart. Town. froi« whence she will pro- . cee'l l" Adelaitle wit-h limber, &cThe t'oilowrincr is 801 l a.tid Weethr'x&'s Weekly Stock liepnrt : — " Wo have no material change to report. Our qun!a(,i«iis r-cni.iin the s.une. The inquiries for gooil brecfltug ewes tram two i* six tooth continue. . For horsee there is no demand. Pig:s are dull i f sale; fat pi^s, unless small, 40 to 5 Jibs,' command no attention, t.-he Uot weather 'affecCin>i their sale. SfKire pi s areashaile lower; ' and but li'tie doing. On Monday, at Newstead, we sold P. P. withers, Us- to 14s 3:1 ; fivt cows. £5 to £7 ss ; working bullocks, old and poor, £10 per -pair: store, c >*s, £2 10s to £4; milcli cow, £i 10s to £6 o*. On Tuesday at Longlord— F-it lambs, 8s lo Us; do wethers, itte to 11s 6d ; ewes, 8s 9d to' 9s 3d- store ewes, 8-s 3>i ; three pairs bullocks iindi drays, £60; fa; bullgcks, £6 10s to £13 ss ; do cows, £5 5s lo £9 ; bullocks nearly fat, £7 ss ; cart marc, £rlij. On Saturday, at niart^A large number "of pigs— -Fat porkers, 4d per ]b ; stores, 12s to 325, according lo.size ; out of seventeen horses, offered only four said at low rates. — JExammp: 14th Jauuaiy.

xre msidei'up iUreet:)-r-Not OKCt'.ndiHj? half an mince, Ud ;'-. ' iixcuu'diug; ' half stu oiinec »md nut pxceediiifr one oiineo. Is ; .'oscucdii'is'oiie ounce and not' .exceeding 1 two iiuncrs, 'is; mid'^ii mi, inurensiniy ; one shilling tor every itdilitii>n«J omice or traction ' of an ounce. 5. To the*C<mtiiieiit of 'Kiirojic yin Trieste : -_>Jo> excoediujr null un ounce, Is; excendinji 1 listlt'iin ounce :iiid not oscei-dmy «>«e ounce, -is; excccuiiir? one oiincivunu' not t?xcise(Uiig f\yo ounces, -Is ; ami '«o' on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. 0. To Syria iiad , Tiuv«v-— LcttiMs will be t'orwarded vja Alexamlriu and j'aßii (uiili^sj us:irkcU.2'ur tr:iurt:iii.-u>iu>i yin the United Kiu^rtiiiii), iiinl will bi/cliiirs'-d us follows :-- Not exci.'odiuy: halt un oiiuci!, lid; cvceeding; hull' an oinic.i: anil nut excccitinjroiii! ounce, is Kid ; and so on, increasing one shiliiiiK awl ton pw«'« tor ov«srv inlditional oiimcr or tVHcrinu of -mm «hh<:«. •?. "I'll t hina and the lisistcru Arehijinlngo. — Letters addressed to Hoii{rk.o]i;r, Pcnaujr. Singapore, any j part of China, or Japan, the t'liillippiuß Islands, } Java, Sinua.tr:), Borneo. Labiian, iiie Moluccas, and ' Siaui, arc .-cliurgmblo ns fcillo.ws :— Not cxc.eeuinjiI half an ounce, Is; excoedin^: hall" an ounce and ' not cxcet-iUns ono ounce, ; nnd so on, iu- > creasing two shillings for every additional ounct! or fraction of an ounce. U. To Naval ■■■(Ulicui-B on " Forcijrn Stations :--JjCttcrs addressed to otticors serving: on l<ourcl tiny of Her M:iics(y's ships un a lor»;i>ni station, whi:n sent tlivou.uh the United Kin^dbiu, are chargeable us follows:— Not. exueediny half tin ounce, Is; exceed.' h>«c li-jlf an ounc;; and not exceeding one ounce, % 2s; excctulinjr one ounce and not. exceeding two oin»;i:s, . 4s;. »ntl so ."!>, iocui'iisiiifr two Khtlling's for ovcry sidtiitinnul 'uuuee <t fraction of an ounce.. S>. To Ntival Se:iuu;n and Soldier*. — Letters sent to or by Suanie'n anil " Soldiers ■ in Her -Majesty's Service will be trtuisinittcd within the colony, and between the colony and any J'ost Olßee in the British dominions, at a charge of one penny, provided that the folio wmsr regulations are observed :— (I) liaoh letter must not exceed hulf an ounce in wnijjlit. (I) It. must hi: su))Crscribcd with tin; name of the writer his nc-scriptidu or .'class in tin; vessel or reghnunt, :uid signed by the Officer at the time in command. (3) The jiosftijrt! must -be itrpptii<L Every letter. of. • this dcs'u'ription, pnxtcd or rncewed in this colony, not in iiccn'rdiiiicc with the i'oretroinjy rogu hit inns, will be trcntcd :i» :.n ordinary Vetter. Tlio iiostugi: up:in these lt'ttt'l-a must in sill -discs b« jmul in iidvance. 10. free Letters.— Letters on the Public 'Service of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Farces a.ro exempted from the payment of posta;:e, if bearin-r the words "On Her iVfa.jestv's .Service," and the signature of- tlif Otiiccr in raiaiiwnil of tliu force on the service of which the liriti-r is <.leN]jittclied Hut such' letters cannot be trmismitted ty any irrcjrular route, or one eutiiiliusr additional cxpfnsion.tli«; Colonial Government, i.ntturs o:i the I'uOlie Service of the General Government of the Colony »ire tiitiiriinittril fr«u l-y post, if hciiriny the words 'O.u the. I'fblic .Service" only," anil tho signature of 'sniii-.! officer -of the Uenerni Giivnrwiiwiit aiithorisfd lo trunk. oiiiciUl letterx. 11. Isejristcre-I Letters.— ' Ki-;i-istrat;on fetj, Is, in aduition to the ordinary postage chur^eable on any letter— except iv special cu.<i»k. v Nkwsi'M-ers — I. 'fo any part of the. colony, if imblis'ied in th« polony, and posted within seven days troin nublienrimi, free; ifjuit ]iiil)lisliL-d ill the cu>ony, or not posteil witliin n-vca d:iy« t'roru publication, each, Id. -i. To the United Kingdom, via Kmit.li:iuipfoii,or by direct ship, tree; to the United Kingdom, via .Marsi-iJIo.s, each, 3il. 3. To the Contimvit. of Kiiropc, via Trieste, each, -id. 4. To -Syria and Turkey (not through 'the ' United Kinjrrtom;, not oxijcedmstwo ounces. Id; and so on, :it the rate of one penny for nverv additionul two ounces. fioiiK JVcKK-i-s.— t. To any part of the colony, the x\ust.raliah colonies, or lo the Uniti-d Kingdom via Soutlisitnptun : — Not oxceKdinir four ounces, 4d ; oxeeedinp: four ounces uad not exceeding eight ounces, 8(1 ; cxeeeilmjr (jijrht ounces and not excecdiiip: sixteen ounces, I* -1(1 : and so on, inwusinir eijrbt pence for every jidditional hiilf-pound or fraction of half a -pomia. -2. l'o the following British colonies: — Ascension, Bermuda, ISritish Wi-st. Indies, »':mada, Capn of Gnod llopo, Falkland Islands, Gambia, (iolil Oaust, llcli^ohmd,- lonian Islands, Niital, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, 'I'rinen KRwnrd Island, St. Helena, Sierra Lnnnn. and Vanciuvor's Ulaud: — Not exceeding four tnmces,' 7d ; e&ucediug four iiiiihts and not isxcccdiiiir ei^rht. ominfs, Is 2d; cxccßiliujr eijrht oiiucck and not pxenedinjrsixtcen ounces, "is -Id; and so on, increasing: one shilling and t.v/o jvince for tsvery h«.Jr-p»mi'«l or tVa-tion of half a pound. lUnu.kr"s Parcels containing only Bank Notes, Orders, Bills, and Promissory Notes, Cheques, Pass Books, or Bank. Huturns, sent by. or to any bank or banker witliin tire colony (provided such puree s are securely clestMl and Kualcd, anil coutuin no lettrr or commnnication in 'the nature of a Icttci . and bear. .along with ih« tuldrcsit of such pared, the words" .Banker's Parcel, without letter," subscribed by the spndcr of such parcel, with his name and address), shall be received as bonk packets, and shall be transmitted, within the colony, at the same rate as book packets. Kiwi.vTioN* — Prepayment by Stamps. — MI letters, p:icki-t«, and. newspapers, if liable to postage, postpd in New 'Zealand, must Ik- prepaid by ailixinsj posta^i; labels of thn colony of suilicicnt value. Loose I^e'tfcrs. — AH letters received from beyond seas at any Post Office in thi* colon}', which have n.»t been refcularly posted at the place Of despa'te.h (loose letters), art; charjrcable with full postage, according to tlie rates pstsiblishrd by the forejroin>; tables, unlpss they are letters which it is not compulsory by law to' scud by post, in which case tlmy are chfirg-'.-nbln with tho inlund rate of postajro only. Insufficient Payment.— Letters and packets liable to more than one rate of postape. nnd addressed to places witliin the colony, oi;tothe United Kingdom, if bearing- at leas' a sin^lp rate, will be fovwavilt-d and chanred with the .postajro deficient, and' nnothcrr simrlu rate un :i Jim 1 . Letters and pnc.knts so lul'lresKcd, unil boariiiir less than v single rate of piistas:e, ami all letters and packets otherwise addressed, not bearing: tho fall postage chargeable, will bn detained and returnoil to tho. sondor in all cases where practicable. Newspapers, if 'posted without pi-ppayment of the full amount of postage clisinreable, can '-n«ithiT bo forwarded t" th<iir dnstimrtinn .nor returned to thu sender ; but will bo U'-livornd or fnrwardi-d to the pi'i-son addressed on application within six mouths at the office where fh«; same were posted, anfl payment of the deficient, postage in stamps. This rule 'applies also to letters for the colony of Victoria. llc-tistraiion. — Any person can have h letter vi'jri.stf'red' by affixing on it by means of tTie proper lubels the amount of thu retrisiration fer:, in uildition to the proper postage, anil presfiutiny: it u.t :i I'o.st DiTice during lifiicu hours, and at least oni; lmur before the closing; of the mail by which it is desired to be transmitted. Kvrry prfifisuiion -will be adopted to ensure the sale delivery of a registered letter by rntcriujr it on the Iptter bills, and obtaining a receipt for the same on delivery. As the Post Office, hownyer, is not responsible for the loss of any letter, whether rojristwed or otherwise, pnrKOUK sendina- Hank Notes or Drafts arc advised to take the numbers anil particulars, and to cut the Notes or Drafts iv balvoK, and to send them by different posts. Rp-direction.--lj<'tffrs, Newspapers, sinrl P:u;kcts will be re-directed from one I'owf. Office to another on the written instructions of the person addressed, but on rc-rtireetio'n are chargeablo with a, new and distinct rate of postage, to be paid on delivery. Penalties. — Any jtoi-Kon" sondinfr as exempt from nosfxiSC! letters "not Jiable to e\«mpti<m. or ejiolosinjr a coinmuiiication in the nature of :i letter in any Newspaper or Book Packet. i« liable to a penalty of £'29. Size and Weight. — No bi««k packet or packet of newspapers will be received, nor will any Postmaster be required to rnci-ive any letter if it. exceed ♦two fc«;t iv length, one foot, iv width or depth, or three pounds in weight. Hook Packets to bo Open for inspection. — Every O'iok packet shall he sent open at. the ends or sirtei, and there shall b« no enclosure sealed or nthnrwise closed imairist inspection sent in or with such packet, nor anything: printed or written in tin? nature of a lottur. C<>:i'eiif.s. — With the above limitations, si book packet liuiy contain any number of separate books, maps, prints, or ph-itnirraphs, and any quantity of paper, viilliiin, or pnrclmient, either printed, written on, or plain (exclusive, of anyfhinp in the nature of a. letter, whether, sealed or open), with the bindinjr, eoverinir, or mouiitin-v attached to or beloujrimr t.n such honk, print, map. or pliotog-faph, and all thinirH lppitimatcly apiiertainiii!; or necessary for the transmission of any enclosed literary or artistic matter,- but exclusive of srlass in any form. Tim names ami address of the sender mr-.y appear on tlie covpr. Overland Oarrinare. — No Postmaster will be required to ff<««ive any book packet for transmission by an overland mail, if from its weijrht or any other cause the pitckct Appear calculated to retard tlie carrier. Money Ordkks. — Slonoy Orders maybe obtained wild made payable at the 'following odlces in the colony of New Zealand: — Province of Auckland — Auckland, Qtitliuhu, Wsmgaroi, and Russell ; pro-" vince of Taranaki — New Plymouth; province of Ifawke's Bay —^Napier; province of Wellington— Wellinp-ton find Wan^-anui; province of Nelson — Nelson mvi Oolliiipr«'«ort ; province of Mnvlboi-ou-h - Picton and Blcnhoini : province of Osintcrbury — Christchurc.h, l<ytfaltoii, Kaiapoi, and Thnnrn; province of Ota^o — Dimcilin, Manuhfintkia Junction, Oamaru, Diinstan, Arrow River, Waitahnna,, Tmipekii. Qncenstown, and Tokomairiro ; province of Southland— Tnvercai-[rill and Kiverton.' Tho commission charjrert nn Money- Orders' lk as follows. — On the United Ivinjrdom. — I'ov sums not. nxceedin^ £2, Is; £5, 2.< od ; £\n, ss. On the Australian colonioß and within New Zealand.— For sums not exceeding £5. is: friO, 2s. UtiADKR GILSON WOOD, Kor the Pnstraastr'r-np.neral. General Post OiHce, Auckland, 10th September, ISO-'..