COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 46, 15 September 1864, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times Office, Wedxesdat Etjskiws-. Tho rerenuo collected at tho Custom-house for tho past two day's for articled cleared for home consumption was as follows : — Yesterday, £130 8«. 9d. ; to-day, £37 7«. 3d. ; together, £167 165., being dutiea leried as follovra ■. — Brandy, 44 gallons £2117 9 Genera, 85 „ 52 13 11 Whisky, 79 „ 26 1 0 Stout, 400 „ 10 0 0 Wine, 77 „ 11 17 0 Sugar, 3,378 lb» 14 1 6 Tea, 220 „ 7 13 4 Tobacco, 271 „ 20 6 6 £167 16 0 We have Dunedin fil<?B, per tho s.s. Gothenburg, to the 13th. The Daily Times reports : — Business has opened rather quietly this week, aad wo hear of no transactions of any interest, except in the article of ilour. We understand the cargo of flour by the Rona. just arrived from Adelaide, consisting of 75 tons Hart's, and 75 tons Margarey's, was to-day placed in one line at a price which has not been allowed to transpire ; and immediately on this sale becoming known, several other smaller parcels changed hands at £21 10s. to £25 for Adelaide brands, and £22 10s. for Chilian.

Via Dunodin wo have advices by tho Jane from Hobart Town to the 31st August," The Mercury of that date says — " We have still no change to record in the produce market. Prices remain unaltered as under : — Flour, £2-1 per ton. Wheat, 11s. to 11s. 6d. per bushel. Potatoes, £5 to £5 10s. per ton; without bags. Onions, £9 to £11 per ton, according to quality." Laun i-eston. — We tako tho following from the Examiner of the 30th ultimo : — " The intelligence of a still upward j tendency in breadstuil's at both Adelaide and Melbourne gives a greater degree af firmness to tho market here, but wo believe no transactions have taken place. Millers quote flour at £22, though there would be no great difficulty in purchasing at a lower figure. The market is still without wheat ottering ; the price obtainable is about. Bs. 6d. vo 'Js. Oats are excessively dull, only a few sales at 3s. 6:1. being recorded. Potatooa £o 5«. bags in. Trussed hay, £3 to £3 10s. '

•» [57 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] \ (From ovr own Correspondent.) Bluff, 8 p.m. The Argus, of 9th September, reports : — Speculative demand for tobacco active. Considerable parcels changed hands at 2d. and 3d. per lb. advance. The flour market is weaker, and prices indicate less firmness ; by auction Adelaido brands realising tho following rateii — £20 10«. t o £20 17i. 6,1. (From the Herald, of 9th inst.) The Potor has arrived at Sydney from Yalpaj raiso, -with dates to 11th June, and brings 2,-1-89 I bags Of flour and 2,350 bags wheat. The Peter reports a ship chartered for the colonies. The Domingo and Chilian barque, loading for the coloniei. From California the news is to tho 13th July. Flour, 8 dollars ; wheat, 3 dollars. , No shipments for Australia. j From Stables and Straker's circular we gather /olloTring shipments : — Breadstuff's haTO been j | shipped in June and July as folows — 127 tons ' fkur, 8,915 quarters; 20 SS3 bags wheat for Melbourne ; 35 tons flour, 3,213 quarters wheat, for Sydney ; 158 tons flour for Auckland. _ _&.

The National Debts of the World. — The fol- j lowing table, shows the national debts accumulated by the various nations of the "world, together with their respective populations, and the amount of taxation per head, is highly interesting and suggestive •. —

Forming a grand total of £2,673,600,000 raised in advance of what the nations of the world will produca for year 3 and years to come.

~ _ . \ National : Popula- „ , , Countries. J Deb£ ( Perhead _ _ United Kingdom. 790,000,000 29.000 000 ,27 5 0 United States ... 600.000,000!23,000,000'26 14 0 ' Netherlands ..J 83,000,0001 3.500,000 ! 26 11 3 Hamburg i 4,000,000! 222,000 J2O 18 7 I France ;400,000.000!36.500,000jll o*o i Portugal ! 30.000.000J 4.000.000 1 7 10 0 I Spain '107,000.00016,000,000 6 13 0 i Austria 122 J.,000,000'35,000.000 6 8 0 Belgium 26,200,000! 4,000,000 5 15 9 Ba-raria 26,000,000! 4.600,000 5 14 0 Hanorer 7,000.000; 1,300,000 3 15 0 Brunswick ... 1,500,000 273,000 5 5 8 Saionv 9,500,000 2,100,000 4 10 0 Denmark 12,000,000 2,600,000 4 9 0 Greece 4,000,000 1,000,000 3 1-1 0 Russia 231,000,000 76,000,000 3 10 Prussia 42,900,000:18,000,000 2 7 3 Wurtembarg ... 5,000,000 ! 1,700,000 219 0 Oldenburg ... 600,000; 294,000 2 0 0 BrazU 15,500,000; 7,700,000 1 19 2 Chili 18,500,000' 1,400,000 12 2 Norway ' 1,500,000' 1,500,000 19 9 Sweden } 1,700,000' 3,700,000 0 9 2