COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 267, 25 May 1866, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times Office, Thursday Evening. This day being observed a3 the Queen's Birthday, the Custom-house was closed. Business has been rather dull during the laßt week, but prices remain without alteration since -our last quotations. Best Adelaide flour remains at £25 per ton. Oats are scarce at 5 s per bushel, scarcely sufficient coming into the market for present demand. Bran — none in the market. Hay, £6 per ton. Oaten chaff, £8 per ton. Hams and bacon are still very scarce, none but colonial to be had in small lots at Is 4d to Is 6d. Colonial cheese is more plentiful at Is .6d_per lb. Potatoes £7 to £8 per ton. By last hdvices from Melbourne, kerosene and candles had advanced. Cartage to the Lake, £13 to £14 per ton. The following are the Customs returns for — Wednesday, 23rd May.

Wright Eobertson and Co., in their Stock and Station Eeport, 18 th May lias the following : — Station Property. — Few, if any, desirable properties are offering for sale, except at very high figures ; money being plentiful, and wool realizing high prices in the home market, make holders indifferent about parting with their runs. We hear of the sale of Messrs Wilkin and Thomson's run on the Wanaka, to Mr M. Holmes, for £50,500, and which fully bears out the above remarks. The run consists of 170,000 acres, with 28,500 mixed sheep, 800 head cattle, and 60 horses. We beg to call attention to our next sale of pure bred sheep on the 16th instant, consisting of Lincold rams and Leicester ewes and rams. We sold the balance of Mr M'Leish'u lot, the Lincoln rams, at £12 j Leicesters at from £4 to £6. We have received a prospectus of a company to be called the " Grey River Coal Mining aud Gas Company (Limited) Capital £50,000 in 5000 shares of £10 each with power to power to increase to £100,000. Deposit on application 10s, and £2 on allotment." The name of Mr Morehouse, the probable new Superintendent of Canterbury heads the list of the Provisional Committee. The professed objects of the Conicuny are to mine coal on the block of land specified in a lease which we understand was granted by the Government of this Province to two applicants at a spot on the Grey Eiver a short; distance below the mine lately worked by 13atty and now in the possession of the Company styling itself the Bailarat Association. This mine is s fill being worked in a manner similar to that followed by Mr Batty.— Colonist 10 May.

Wine, 27 gab ' ... ... £5 8 0 Brandy, 47 gals ... ... 27 16 6 Whisky, 32 gals ... ... 19 4 0 Ale, 154 gals ... ... 11 11 0 Geneva, 40 gals ... ... 24 5 8 Sundries ... ... 110 Total ... £89 6 2