COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 11 June 1864, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

....-.- SOUTHLAKD TXJtES OPFICH, „!....,.■■ Friday Evonlng. r The business doneat*tho Gustoin-hduso for the past two days, has v been unwontodly hght. The total amount of -Revenue collected yesterday was £-12 Is. Sd-.^and, tofday £26 17b. 1d.,; making in . all £68 18s. 9di, being duty paid on as follows : —

We haye nothing to report as to any chango for tho better in the state pf our markets. ' Business during tho week has beon very dull. Wo givo tho following quotations :— - Flo'uH. — In fair demand for town consumption ' at £35. : 'Up-country' trade very trilling, as there Us. still a good stock, which has been laid down at low cartage. SuaABS command good rates, Coy's No. 1, 58b. ; do., No, 2, 525. ; do. *_*/ C, "lSs. ; first counter, 465, Bd. ; second do., 375. to 40s. • Teas.— Very fine, £11 to £12 ; modium, £9 to £10; inferior,' £7 to £8. , A-VJ3S. — Bulk has been in limited demand. Bass's No. 3wo quote at £8. "Allsopp's, £8 108. Joules' £9. - BUTT.BB. — -Very slow of-salo. Colonial Is, 3d. ; prime Cork, Is. Id. Candle.— Consiimption very small. Full weights, Is. Id. ; light woights, lO.Vd. Chem.ic.vls.— Soda chryatals, lOs. to 17b. per cwt. Carbonate of soda, 255. per cwt. Wines and Spibits, — Brandies, if first brand*,, in good demand, inferior, unsaleable. Martell's, 10s. 6cl. to lis. fid: ; Hennessy's, 10s. to lis. ; Otard's, 9s. Gd. to 10s. During tho week a parcel of Martell's and Hennessey's brandy passed tho hammer at alow rate, viz., Bs. od., but this is no criterion of the trade value of thoso goods. Messrs. Taylor and Marchant held a sale of the extensive stock-in-trade of Mr. John Hamilton, general njorchant, . Ciydqrstrectj . on Thursday last. Tho following. are a few of the prices obtained : — Teas — Congou, 130'sY to i'4oa. ; do., half-chests, 755. j do., quarteE-cliesta, 28s. to 305. ; do-., hysonskin, . in chests, -. 70s; - Sugab.** — Crushed loaf, English,. 6d. to-6id. per. lb. j Java, 413.' to sd. Manilla, 4d. to 4£d, Buttee— Tasmanian; l2id. tq 14d. per lb. Raisins, 7£ por lb. Soap, 335. 6d. Jams,' per dozen, 12s. to 12s. Gd. Hams, 11 Jd. per lb. Green Bacon, Old. to lid. .-Vinegar, Is. 3d. to ls. 9d. ToDaccOj.m lb. plugs, 3s. sd. to Bs. Bd. Brandies — Martell's, jn hhds. and . quarter-casks, 78. 3d. to Ss^' 3d. ;' Hennessy's, ' in case, 265. to 285. ; Cognac, Bs. to 9a. ; Imperial, ss. to 6s. Gd. ; Otard's, in quarter-casks, Bs. 9d. Kirkliston whisky, in bpo, 103. t» 10s; 3d.

Brandy, 105 gallpna , ... £16 9 0 Qpnova, 15 „ ... 6 15 0 Wino, 27 „ ... 4 10 Tobacco, 7G.lbv „-...- ,6110 ; ;SugaV, 802i;lbei. : : / ... , ; %3 8 5 Drapery, 2 10 4 . ' £63 17 9