PORT OF RIVERTON

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 274, 5 June 1866, Page 2

PORT OF RIVERTON

■» We are in receipt of our West Coast files to the 23rd ult. We take the following items of Commercial intelligence from Hokitika Chronicle, of that date : — " The export trade coastwise continues very good, and though no large parcels of flours,: sugars, or any other heavy commodity, are shipping, a considerable amount of misceUaneou-t Htoc* is despatching. Many kinds of imports are tig-.;n low in stock, and pi ices are firmly main-, lauie-j. The flour market remains dt.ll. In tens and fcUgnTs the xuurkct had not yet felt the iutiucu. v of the advanced rates iv Melbourne and rydiiey, though l lit re is no doubt ti.at ac soon us a uciA.ai'd'is u^ain made for any good parcel*. iiicrtased rate** wilt be asked. Colonial butter and cliche havo been in _gtM»d inquiry, and the con-; sidcrabitt lots despatched during the laat few days

are almost unheard of.. Spirits hayebam looking bctiex*, so far as p'riees go, though tiviusact'OTis have beea brt small in extent. Mali; Uquors are by no moims neglected ■ boi tied stouts contiuue io be asked for, and the supply cf any brands is smal'. There is but little do'ng in ales iv glass, but e\pecced sYpmcdts are small, and prices for fevovits brands are scarcely litely to alter. Bulk beers v have not been much dealt- in. Kerosene has been ih enquiry. Ho-se-feed of all kinds remain noinhia- ,, y the same, chaff excepted."

KETEXHE.rOB THE SIOX^H OF 3IAT, 1866. Spirits, 702 galls. ... £421 14 4 Cigars,.73 lbs 16 8 6 ■ Tobacco, 44 lbs 5 10 0 Wine, nil 0 0 0 Ale and beer in wood, 300 galls 11 5 0 Do, ... in bottle, 72 galls 5 8 0 Tea 2502 lbs 62 11 0 Cocoa, 112 lbs 18 0 Sugar, 6171 lbs 25 14 3 Goods, at 5b per foot ... 22 211 Do £4 per cwt. ... ... 6 18 0 £578 15 o Month of May, 1865; £119 14 6