COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 87, 30 December 1864, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

r . "- > ' . ' Thursday -Evening. As might- be' expected, the -''business at theCustom Hdusb-haa bedn almost "nil" since our last "notice. Tuesday being piictty generally held as "Boxing Day," were passed. Yesterday tho amount reefdived ori goods for home consumption was £5 lls. Od. ; and- to-day,' £8 10s.. lid., making a total of- £14 10s. 11d.,-w!-Mch was nearly all levied on beer. The Christmas holidays have had the effect nearly putting a stop to 'business, very few transactions having tafrcn place. — = —^

Tho Otago Daily Times, of the 2Sfch instant. reports. : — " The transactions of tho day have been limited ; the consequences of the preceding holiday. With the exception of first-class brandies, for which ,there seems an inclination to buy at about Melbourne rates, scarcely any staple goods have been asked for. Chilian flour is selling at £20 to £21 for small lots, recent purchases haying removed alKho parcels from importers' hands'. No transactions in Adelaide arc reported." The Southern Cross, of the 17th instant, reports : — " There is no partiuiar change to note in tho state of business, and the principal trade that is bfcing done is for Christmas supplies, which arc beginning to be inquired for. < now tariff has not yet produced any alteration in wholesale prices, large quantities of goods having been previously released from bond. "What with the additional importations, "stocks remain about the same.* The new tariff will have the effect of increasing the price of many articles of ordinary consumption, and although not felt now, it will be felt, and that seriously, in a few months. Business generally appears to be dull, and prospects not very encouraging. The most of the supplies are purchased just now through the auctioneers, and in this way the retailer has the advantage of buying his goods at ' the same price that was current before the tariff .took effect, and of retailing them at a larger profit. The Ardbeg arrived yesterday from London with a general cargo. Tho Lyttleton Times of the 24th, announces : — "No auction sale took place at Newmarket on Wednesday last ; but a small lot of store cattle was sold privately at>£9 per head, four milch cows at £13 to £16 10s. three springing heifers at £12, calves"at £3 6s. to £3 10s. There is a good demand for, store cattle ; steers aro much inquired after for paddock grazing." — -+■