COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC E.
SorraxASD Tihes Ofpicb. ; Wednesday Evening. The Custom-iiouae was open yesterday till 1 p.m but, on account of the general holiday, no busincsa was transacted! To-day there was but little 1 doing, the total amount collected being only £26 2a. 2d., being duties levied aB follows :— ■'- Stout, 140 gals. .............. £7 0 0 Tobacco, 221 lbs. /.;;..!:.. 'M. X I6 11 6 r Sundries .V.... 210 8 ' ' ■•■ - y ;i ' ' : Total 26 2? 2 - ■••:■ : - ,:■■'/■ .:—:■;-.„♦, . ; — :..■,•..'■;■ --•■ -■;' .! We.haTe later > intelligence,; per ; the overland Danedin mail, from the Province of Marlborou^h. The Marlboroitgh Times (Picton) of the 18th m■tant, xeporfcs as follows :— ' r I * Svl' " Business is very dull and quiet, and no perceptible difference of prices." Meat is not to be hid, and unless the "Wanganni ' arrives soon we "Will hare to -fell hack on our own *6HourcPß. A cattle i gale yard, we believe, is about to be opened, which Trill materially benefit the', Town -fr they keep, a. regular Bupply." ""' ' . ' '■' ■ Vat HavtloeJe Mail of the 15th in»t. says :— " Stair *• rather sewx* ia tho market, and hw
>chailge^d 'hands at a slight advance on v the- last quoted' rates ; it may now be said to realise £30 'a' ton and upwards, -according to quality, and is eagerly looked "after. Good butter^ is inquired for in the market, but little is coining to hand. Potatoes have a downward tendency, large stocks having recently. - arrived. : ... .Wines^ spirits,, beer in bulk and bottle, remain firm at; usual rates. ' Cash^ transactions are limited, but do nbt com-; plain of difficulty in moving stocks. s The follow-' *•.■Tii•-' . ?EET Alt ; FBICES. ;-,.;;- Flour r £2B to £30 per ton ; buttei*, Is.- 9d. to 2s. per lb. ; .tea, 3s;. 6d. dp. ; BUgar, 7 9dv; to f ? Bd. ; rice, 4d. to 6d! ; bacon arid hams, Is. ' to' Is. 6d. ; candles, 15., 3 d. .to ,Is. 6d: ] "oats, .6s. ..to; 6s. 6d. .per, busher;. : branV 25.6 d. tp'3s : : ;' '"potatoes, 12s. pfer ' cwt. ; ;!'brea^,;isr6d.' : 4lb.-l6af ; ; meat, Is. per lb., arid upwards."., '/ . :', ,/ " ' ,
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 64, 27 October 1864, Page 2
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328COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 64, 27 October 1864, Page 2
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