COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 67, 2 November 1864, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Bqvxkllvi> Tihss Omo». Tuesday Eveninj. The rerenue collected at Custom for the past two days, for 'articled cle'Sred for- home oonßUtoption ii as follows :— Yesterday, £24 75. ; to-day, £733 16s. lid. £758 3s. lid., being dutierar follows-:— • ~ ' i Brandy, 2377ga11s £106 11 4 . " Geneva, 60 gals - 27 0 0 Wine, 227 gals 34 1 0 „. ißeor, in bujk," 2QO; g a15. :.„..; J J^Oj .o ■ -; t Beer, in bot, 1,194 gals 69 14 0 i Tea, 4,505 1b5..., ;-75 1 8 Sug»T, 116,088 185...*.-..':..*.'.: J 3ie 16 0 Tobacco. 997 lbs 74 15 6 Cigars, 124 lbs 18 12 0 Drapery -..-..:.: 26 6 8 Sundries 14 8 9 . .'i% x x-ka £ T/T0ta1.0..^£75& i• > \ The revenue collected at the Custom-House lyesterday exhibited a gratifying contrast to the 'aiaounts which have been received for many months past. Duty was paid for fifty tons of i sugar cleared for' home consumption. Amongst 'the other articles, the duty paid on the whole of which amounted- to upwards" of-£?3O/-w6^observe the following : — Over two tons of tea, l,OOOlbs. of tobacco, over 300 gallons of spirits, 220 odd igaJlouß of wine, and about 1,400 gallons of ale, , beer r <fcc~ '_ 1 l.' : -~, _ '„-..%. I JL--_ _ | The following extracts are from Messrs. Ireland, j Eraser and'oo:VMauritiuß <3ircular,-of- date Sep- , tember 6th : — " Our new crop is unusually late, having been retarded by a continuance of rainy weather ; but as the estates, with few exceptions, are now all at work,' it ought soon to begin to arrive at market in aburidance; -The general' opinion .seems, sjall to be that it will amount to about 120.000 tons, but at this early stage of the season it is difficult to form a precise estimate of it." £.!_.' Sugar. — " Our market was well maintained, and prices evjen. j», shade higher than those quoted our last circular, were paid for refining sorts prior to the arrival of the last mail on the 24th ultimo, but the unsatisfactory advices of the London market which it conveyed has -cooled the ardour of buyers, and a fall of from 2s. to 3s. per cwt. has since been established, outmost descriptions of sugar." . . "Tb.er& having beeji^no^trajisactions in grocery sugars since last mail arriveH, ~the following quotations merely represent those prices at which we think business" n»ay hereafter be done, say : — " Finest white crystal (per 100 lbs. Fch,) 6 do?, to 7 dol. 50 c. ! ; goo'd'and middh*ng?do., 6 dol 50 c. to 7 dol. ; finest yellow cpuntdr, 6 dol. to 6 dol. 50 c. ; good do., 5 dol. 75 c. to 6 dol. ; finest yellow syrup, 6 dol. to 6 dol. 25 c. ; good do., 5 dol. 50 c.,ip.6.dol.ljjßiLdaling dp., 5 dol._to 5 dol. 50 o. ; brown do., 4 dol. 75 c. to 5 do." Our exports to the Australian colonies have been on a moderate scale for some: months past. , On the 31st July, on which date we consider the "seaßb"n"lß63 : -64 to have" closed, they were 's,o7l' tons under those of the preceding season, and the only clearances during the past month liave been Oryx, for Adelaide.; Kestrel, for_Sw_an Eiver ; and Mary Agnes, for Sydney, carrying together onlyj 742 tons, whereas* in -August last year, theyj amounted to 3,000 tons. The Sarah, reported for; Melbourne, is the only vessel now loading for' Australia, but the Adeja, 179. tons, has just beeni chartered for "Otago/^NW Zealand,-at 75s per ton,; and we believe that the Clara Sayers, Lord Nelson/ • and'E6bert^Passenger,irecentlyi arrived, ; will all return with, cargoes. . Taking freight to the~TJnited Kingdom at 655. per ton and exchanges at Jtiper c?nt. discount, we estimate the cost of a good grey refining sugar equaU tolNdV 12 D v utch: atandard,\at about 27?. Bd.; per cwt. free on board. . ; Taking freight to tihe Australian Colonies at 55si per ton and exchange at" six per cent, discount,; j we estimate the cost of a fine fii-st counter yellow grocery _sugar,. at C.303.^6dj _per -jsvrbA'jJg? 6 onboard. -'-■ - '.