STABLES, STRAKER AND CO.'S AUSTRALIAN CIRCULAR.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 23, 23 July 1864, Page 2

STABLES, STRAKER AND CO.'S AUSTRALIAN CIRCULAR.

The following is Messrs. ' Stables, Straker and Co.' a Circular for the month ending 10th May, '1864-:— : A>\ A [ ■ ;.. 'i./ [ ( . The extreme moderation ; in shipments which has characterised the Australian trade generally from the commencement of the present year, and which it has hitherto been our gratifying province to record: month by month* continues to , be observed with regard to.most items of interest. The present month usually brings a considerable augmentation. in- the various articles of fine season goods ; and although we now ' show no exception ' to;the general rule, the gross returns, as^a whole, -are of very -encouraging nature. , During the^ ;past month- the total declared <va}ue_ of goods,, exported amounts ta,, £681,149, whilst for, .thelpreceding month of March-April they were 1 £678,898," being a "present; /decrease* of £2;251?/ For,the,co*rxesppnding I mpnth ,6,^lß63 (see "-Ca-. fCiilar'^No/123), ourgross Return's were £Bß3,o4Cl, a considerable*;; comparative' reduction !in the present -year/ dn] addition r to^he; which we previously recorded ''for 'the first ,tliree months. r Sub joined, , w;c ( give, the, constituent '-'elements 'ooxf x the "aoove f aggregiSted figure's/premising that in nearlyralliinstanQes season goods are at a moderate advance upon last month, most other items being/ lower, namely :— Melbourne

J^MAi £oho§Mm^fiiiM^J Ms\.J ai&Moretoi%Bay iA£rH-Ma# £263,266 .-MarchApwli £265695 ;*debrease, I! d^^^ •■ IWMay, 1&?0*653 • NMarcfc.App 7 :#2,9Q3 ; increase, £37,880. It is, however,' proper,,?^) remark, that several vessels included in ouvfHrcular cleared very. closely upon our date of pubUcatioii; and'fthali in- -these "instances, -presents -figures i are liable, to be swelled by additional . 'entries yet to be received. Sufficient;; evidence, is, nevertheless, afforded of a continued'whble-' 1 ifale^cautiott*in" s^ fact may be, in somesdegree,: attributable .to the stringency. of_the. ; money . market, /the^relief to be ultimately imparted to the colonial markets will" be none the less effectual.: y^So Vessels have cleared for Hobart Tovipi or Launceston within our stetis-: tical month. .'" The 'large entry' of fire-arms,' per Eoyah Albert, for Sydney, is dve 7 to a shipment, of ■1000 rifles on Governiftent 'accotint. Th» liverpooL Black 'Ball Packet Eoyal Dane, cleared for 'Melbourne on the 7th inst., witha General cargo. Amongst goods' she had. about Ti.dOi.tom galvanised iron; 126 tons 1 slates'; cheese, 160 I cwt. ; Imalt, 360 qr. ; -bacon and hams, 250 owt. ; !. pearl barley, 80 cwfc ; salt, 150 tons ; - and currants, J 324 cwt;? :*r Advices .>, from f . Botterdam. -report ; the sailing of the Cornelia, iMatilda for' Melbourne and Sydney, with 3,680 red-cases, geneva. 15,i15 boxes-candles and 280 quarters/oats;; The Hebe is on the berth ''there , for despatch' during the month. From Charente WeTearii the cargo of Ithe Cher Aimee,hvlncli sailedbhthe 16tKult.*yiZr( —587? hhd:rls4s-qrs., 3204 cases brandy ;- 30 casks pork ; and 25 ..easeV iwiheiJl i The>:St;i Louis .was named for the,* middle of the month. The -St. Marc for 15th June, and,Ozanan for loth August. \ The Lady, Ahcia .has 'been chartered to load at Cadiz for Melbourne, and is expected tosail" early in June. New Zealand : iTwelve"departures „are recofded~in/otir tables for ?this s colony, (With; cargoes valued, collectively, at .; £169,336. Our corrected totals for March -April stand at £152294; we have, therefore, a ; present , increase of £17,045. -Two-vessels cleared -for- Auckland,,, valued at £30,390, and five for Otago valued at £65,089,. The Ahuriri cleared oh the 19th; from the Clyde, in ballast/ : ; * AY ..'.,.' .Ayy The depatures for the Australian colonies since the close of our- statistical month have b.een more numerous than it is usually our province to record in the Supplementary < : Circular,, being in number 23," of which~7 -are for-Melborirhe, 7 for Sidney and Queensland; 3 for Otago, and 1 for Nelson. •• Of. this number the . Essex,, frpm London, and the Blue Jacket; .from liverpp'ol, for Melbourne, cleared to closely upon bur date of publication'to enable us to obtain any portion of their manifestsr^thel holiday at *the;Custom;Hpuse on the Queen's Birthday (24th) havmg, furthar, further cohtributedtotho delay in obtauiihg recordflj but we learn she has on board, in addition to a general cargo, about 1,300 gallons British spirit, 45 loads sawn wood, and about £3,000 railway material aud machinery.. : Since! Our issue of 6th inst., we have made;, inquiry, of the shippers respecting the large item (176 tons) of sheet iron, entered out per Southern- Empire, for .'Melbourne, 1 which, from its yalue,. v?e; presumed to be. galvanised, and have been informed in reply that such was the ease, with the exception of about 10 tons. A notice to this effect appears in the usual column devoted to late entries, and subscribers will.please take due note of the same, as also the array of j additional entries per Monarch, for Melbourne. | The Caroline Coventry (London to Sydney) took, I in addition to the cargo enumerated in the tables, 1876 barrels flour, each about 196 lb.