COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 75, 21 November 1864, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

: Sothchlaio) Times Office. Saturday Evening. The revenue collected at the Custom House for the past two days, for articles cleared for homo consumption, is as follows : — Yesterday, £73 14s. Id. j to-day, £27 Bs. Bd. ; in ali 3 £101 2s. 9d. ; being duties levied as follows -. — Brandy, 57f galls £25 18 8 "Whiskey, 70 galls 3110 0 Geneva, 30 galls... 13 10 0 Wine, 2 galls 0 6 0 Ale, in wood, 100 galls. 2 10 0 Sugar, 4105 lbs 17 2 1 , Tobacco, 124 lbs 9 6 0 Drapery... 1 O O £101 2 9 ;■■ - ■■■■:. -.- : • ' ■ ♦ "We hare no alterations to note in quotations since our last report. Business generally is quiet, *nd markets without "animation. The weather continues favorable for agricultural operations. We have Otago files to tho 19th by the iR.M.S;S. Aldinga, and e.s. Airedale. The paily Times, in summarising 'the month's business, reports as follows : — -•' - ■-.- - "Business; during, the pasfc, month, 'has- .been moderately good, notwithstanding that the unsettled j state of the weather has prevented country .traders from as yet laying in spring stocks to any great extent. Imports, with one or two exceptions, have been light, ' and our stocks of merchandise, in many articles, though adequate to the demand, are now; somewhat reduced as compared with the generally oversupplied state.of the market wo have usually had to record, consequently importers, have - been . better , able to 'maintain remunerative prices for most descriptions of goods. '' Money rates remain unaltered ; the usual period of the year for a favorable change is, however,, close at hand, confidence is generally felt, and credit fully sustained. No commercial failures have taken place. Gold mining operations are moro vigorously carried on. The yield of the precious metal shows the improvement which the genial weather induces in allowing more extended '.operations on the part of the digging community. Kow' payable aariferous country is reported' m several directions, bufc the information /rom- these' 'finds is' too recent to allow 'of 'our speaking , of either of the localities as a new permanent field. The wool season ha» fairly. coKummcodj some of thia year's clip lim already arrived in town,

Ub public tales have as yet taken place, but directly after the departure of the English mail, the sales by auction, which hid fair to become the prevailing mode of disposal, will begin.