COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 38, 27 August 1864, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times Office, Wednesday Evening. The revenue collected at the Custom-House for the past two days, for articles cleared for homo consumption, was as follows :- — Yesterday, £52 Bs. 4d. ; to-day, £61 Os. 4d., together £113 6s. Sd., being duties levied as follows : —

The Wakaiip Mail, of 20th inst., has the following commercial report : — " Notwithstanding the very fine weather which we have enjoyed during the week, business has been unaccountably dull, both wholesale and retail houses complaining of the sudden change. Generally there is some article or other in demand ; but this week has been devoid of any activity whatsoever. Our market, considering that the season is approaching when cartage must fall, is fully supplied, and there is not a rise to report in any single article. Flour to arrive could be purchased as low as £50 per ton ; though, on stocks, no great reduction has as yet been made on last week's quotation. Our principal dealers in this article are anxiously awaiting advices by the Aldinga regarding the state of the flour market in Melbourne ; which, no doubt, will materially affect the Dunedin and Invercargill markets. In Duneedin holders are at present unwilling to sell below £28, and in Invercargill the price for beat Adelaide is still quoted at £32. WHOLESALE PRICES CTTKRENT. Flour, £55 to £57 per ton ; butter (Cork) double rose, Is. 2d. to Is. 4d. ; Do. (old)—nominal prices; bacon and hams, Is. 3d. to Is. 6d., light demand ; bags, 255. per dozen, no demand ; chaff", 3£d., full supply ; cheese, Is. 3d. to Is. id., small demand ; eggs, -is. to 4s. Gd. per dozen, overstocked; jams, 15s. to 18s. ; kerosene, 12s. to 12s. 6d., firm; oats (imported) 13s. to 145., full supply; do., (Colonial) 145., full supply; potatoes, '3 id- to 3fd. ; tea, £3 15s. to £4* ss. halfchest, market heavy ; do., (superior) £5 10s., light ; tobacco, aromatic, Gs. 6d. per lb., stocks heavy ; sugar (brown) 6d. to 7d., full supply ; d«. white, 7M-, moderate stock; brandy, bulk, 20s. to 245. ; case, 50s. to 60s. ; geneva, 655., full aontents ; whisky, per gal., 18s. to 205. ; case, 40a. to 455.; wines, per gal., ISs to 225. ; case, 40s. to 50s. ■■ ■- -8>We have nothing of note to remark on the state of our markets. Business still continues dull. An -unfavorable change in the weather has set in. Our Melbourne advices are now several days over-due, and, as regards the flour market, are anxiously looked for. *c—

Brandy 27 gals £12 3 0 Wine, 57 gals 8 11 0 Geneva, 32£ gals 14 15 4 Eum 33 gals 14. 17 0 Beer in bulk, 150 gals 3 15 0 Tobacco, 4611bs 31.11 6 Sugar, 2,84-Olbs 11 1G 8 Drapery 0 13 0 Sundries 12 1 2 £113 3 8