COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume VI, Issue 497, 19 June 1866, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

SOTJIHiASTD TlltES Office, Monday Evening. The following are the Custom returas for — Hoitday, 18th June, Brandy, 52 gals £31 4 0 Sugar, 16UU lbs 6 13 4 "Whisky, 35 gals 21 0 0 £58 17 4 The files of Canterbury pßpers "we have received, are up to the 14th June. The following is from the Lyttelton Times, of .that date : — Another month has passed by without any notable event to record in mercantile circles. There have been one or two failures, but not to any extent, and the fourth of the month passed off very creditably, almost every engagement being met. 'lhe lew failures that have taken place are coniiued to small traders, and, as we now have an Inspector in .Bankruptcy, we hope ere long to see a marked improvement m tiie mode of trading in the Province, as fur many years past no check has been kept on those reckless traders who endeavored to make money under any circumstances. On the whole, business is very steady, and the import market in a healthy condition, ifew more goods have arrived than find ready sale, and tins is borne out by the quotations m our prices current, and tke fact that none of the leading houses have heavy stocks on hand. The alterations in this, as compared with last month's prices current, are few.