COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 541, 15 August 1866, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times Office, Tuesday Evening. The following are the Custom Returns for —

. «■ By the arrival of the Queen, we are in receipt of our. Dunedin files to the 13th Angust. We extract the following commercial article, from the " Daily Times" of that date : — During the week just closed the import market has been quiet, and there has not been much business done, except in the execution of country orders and despatch of goods coastwise. Breadstuffs remain quiet ; no large transactions have taken place in imported flour, and for small sales for current requirements unaltered prices have ruled. Provisions have been sold by auction, but privately there has been very little disposition to operate. By the hammer, prices nearly equivalent to Is 4d for bacon and hams have been taken, and the market value may be considered as about that reduced figure. Butter and cheese are in rather better supply, the former worth 2s 3d for Colonial ; the latter, \s 5d for English, and Is 2d for Colonial. A small business stil continues to be done in sugars at sustained prices, the stock in bond is trifling, although some accessions have been made by shipments from Melbourne. A brisker trade has ■ been done in teas, both for home consumption and for ■::•;-,• ;-t. The market has been relieved of «■■.-■:.:■ considerable parcels of low congous, for *••■'. ; :h there being a light demand, prices had not i^-D'-oved in a corresponding ratio to better teas, ■ :■■■■,.-, the same qualities in the Melbourne market, ~:: :c; the shipments referred to have been sent. •Ti: ■:■:?■ has been nothing to notice in malt liquors ■: ■■•■■ -rpirits, transactions not exceeding small parcels for urrent wants. The building iron and timber „.•■:. ;t is active and i ates firm. r.f. Canterbury Press, of the 6th inst., says : — 'j. ";:•■>. arrival of the Talbot, from London, will h:r- the effect of replenishing stock of several •r~ -:s which were becon ing very bare, and also >r .^ '2. prices in some things which have naturally :.--.. . in value of late from scarcity of stocks. 3,>.t •r;lay last, the fourth of the month, passed >":■/ quietly, and bills were generally well met. A ■-f.'hyof money, however, still exists, and no -; i ative tendency has, as a matter of course, : c; ;xhibited, although such articles as sugars r- ■ :,ked forward to as subject to a further ad- ■:■ i- Coals are very bare ; the Cantero and r.':i!i;n Age have arrived from Newcastle with '■'■'■ .os, and the King of Italy is also daily cxi. ,-;■.-:( with another consignment. Flour stands : --„\- per ton for first quality; second do, £14 o= . 3ran and sharps maintain the rise of the r ;•- is week, with ready sale at those prices. V:.;s: is steady at 5s to 5s 6d per bushel for c purposes ; clear Talavera, for seed, 6s 6d :7- Id. according to sample. Oats are in fair •:■,•! at 63; fine seed oats command 7s 6d. i i ;. is enquired for also for seed purposes, and ? :• uiven for best colonial ; a sample of im:or .••■. 1 Chevalier is in the market at 12s 6d. 2fo .;•:.' :■• of peas are in the market ; small lots are :".•:;,■ '_■•" quitted at 7s 6d. Beans are also scarce at .[ -re price. A: Mr vV. Wilson's cattle sale on Saturday a .. .0 a mob was offered, and readily quitted at late ■:'n n-ices. One milch cow of fair quality was for £21, and others for little less. Stores d iom £9 to £12, and every lot effered was ■ KrxrEA: — The "Leader" of August 3, Jr. .ronsequence of the paucity of arrivals iri.iii me past ten days, the markets have been : bare of many leading articles, and ■v ■■- :u;ve d'splaved a dcci ied upward tendency. 'iii ii<i? been esp-cially the case with oats, bran, . d ■,'. -':cviial produce generally, and with wines >i r^.rifcs of good brands. As trading transacn? h?.re, however, ceased altogether to be of a - Liia-i^e chara^-ter, and as the present dearth jr.-.-;-;:? is expected to be only temporary, pend- ; exjjeoted arrivals, the effect haß not gone ~: .id rendering rates firm at a slight advance, '■. r.j ditficuty has been experienced in .11:. 2 such orders as have to come to hand ■'iOti : c week. It would be of little use to ">te .'jl:ng prices, as doubtless during the next ' :i:v - rhe markets will be abundantly supplied iirri^ais of produce, ■ now on their way from D'-igLboring colonies. -^oT'ifOTTTH. —^The Argus of August 4, re- \. •■■■- r-T:ount of revenue received at the Customs 'j- XL.-: cleared for home cousumption on Thurs- - nr.d Friday was as follows : — Thursday, ;■■ •?."■> £\Vi 15s ; Friday, August 3, £151 5s x 0?: fn'rie3 for gold were passed as ' '.-•.- " -i-.-OOoz, Bank of New 8-->uth Wales; • oil '■'■:. Union Bank of Australia. The tone b -?■ ; - . iurl/ig the week has beenmuch firmer, < .: a ; :l Wr.irzble business has been done in Sia e7:rr-day consumption at improved i. ';. ..riLace been active purchasers for the .rui t, iai-fv/ater, and a fair business has likeL *,•;■ rlozi*: 'firh the up-river storekeepers. .:■-■■■:■ •};r.;: improved somewhatin value, with v--; ■ fi-ulec'jy. Adelaide flour may be quoted "' p.:? ton; Christchurch and Dunedin, " .'■'.'. Of Californian and Chilian the mar- •; Ir. horsefeed, s fair busin«s» ba»

been done. The stock of oats is light, and Ss per buahel has been obtained by auction, with a still upward tendency. The market is well supplied with chaff, wnich may be quoted at £23 to £24 per ton. Bran has been disposed of at auction at 2s 7d to 2s 9d per bushel. In provisions, hams and bacon maintain their value, and and the late disposition to force sales is not now discernible. Sinclair's and Coey's are valued at Is 8d to Is 9d per Ib. Good butter brings full rates, and for prime samples 2s 6d to 2s 7d per 1b is demanded. Candles arc rather more plentiful, and are value Is 8d to Is 9d per lb. Good medium teas are saleable at £5 10s to £6 per half-chest. Sugars are unaltered in value. Mauritius brown crystals, £50 to £52 per ton, duty paid ; white do. £53 to £SS, as in quality. Wines and spirits are in fair request. The stocks of pale brandies in bulk being very light, fair prices are obtainable MarteU's and Hennessy's cannot be bought under 10s 6d to lls per gallon in bond ; second brands, 9s 6d to 10s. Geneva is likewise light in stock, and is saleable at 62s 5d per case, duty paid. Good port wines are in fair request at £8 to £10 per qr. in bond. Case ale and porter are still in slow sale, and cannot be quoted over 16s to 17s per doz, duty paid, for the best brands of the former, and 17s to 18s for the latter. •

Monday, 13th July. Whisky, 44 gals '£26 11 0 Brandy, 83 gals 49 16 0 Drapery ... 7 9 2 £83 16 2 Tuesday, 14th August. Brandy, 79 gals £47 8 0 Tea, 1141 lbs 28 10 6 Tobacco, 152 Ihi 19 0 ; 0 Sugar, 4480 lbs 18 13 4 £113 11 10