COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 15, 5 July 1864, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

', X »---•-■ i SoxmnuxD !&soss O^^aaSs V s,• > jMondsr^Evening. Th« TCTennc coUccfoS irf the Custom House for the past two daja has Isocn as foUoTrsi — Satur£l2B 93. 6d., Being' dntr paid as follows : — ) Brandy, 172 i gallons ... . £77 10 10 Wine, 57 „ i JB_ 11 O _ ' WhistyT' 3s'"" : "^ ..' '. _" : T "'-IS 15 "0 Sugar, 3,30811jb. ... 13 15 8 Tobacco, 16SIbs. ... 12 12 0 Sundries, O 5 © £128 9 6 Messrs. Taylor and Marchant held a , sale by auction, yesterday, of tlic extensive stock of timber and general effects belonging to Jolin. Hamilton, Esq. The following are a few of the prices realised : — Fire-feet palings, lls. per 100 feet ; Tasmauian timber, 10s. per 100 superficial feet; posts and mile, 30s. per 100; weatherboards, 4s. i per 100; lime, 31s. per cask; Tasmanian bay, £6 ss. per ton ; Do. chaff, £7 55. ; Mauritius sugar. 3§d. perlb. ; crushed loaf, 6d. ; tea, in half-chests, 555, ; soap, £28 per ton ; Tasmanian butter, 6%d. to 10^d. per lb. The Otctgo Mail of 2nd inst. 5-eports as follows : — "The small failures during the month have been numerous, but the total amount of them has not been very heavy, and in many instances good dividends have been obtained. In this respect, as in the general state of trade, matters nave not been so bad as was expected. We cannot, however, shut our eyes to tho fact tliat the present crisis is not over. We .have the tyro ivorsfc months of the winter before us, and though we do not fear for a moment that we shall be subjected to the -universal panic and Insolvency which our land friends in other colonies have pi-edieled for us, v?e fear that there is no reason to expect any great improvement until these months are past." From the same source, we find that the Cost torus' Revenue, for the quarter ending 30th June, j amounts to ,€51,381 Bs., of which the following is I a detailed statement of the various articles on which that Bum has been obtained : — Spirits 54,404 19-32 gals., £24,482 1 5 Snuff & cigars 6,91)3 10-16 lbs. 1,01-9 1 1 Tobtw-co 47,071 „ 3,530 6 9 Wines 16,185 gals. 2,429 5 1 Ale and beer, in wood ... 50,080 „ 1,252 0 0 Do., in bottle 33,278 „ 1,003 18 0 Tea. ...:.. ...... -114,1214 lbs. 1,902- 0 6 Sugar 858,7!>i „ 3,578 G 2 Cotteo&eocoa 59,757 „ 716 19 3 Firearms 16 4 0 0 Gunpowder... 202 210 6 Measurement goods 9,0-16 <> 0 Goods by weight 797 13 5 £51,381 S 2