COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Issue 702, 26 July 1867, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

» •W« -take -the subjoined from the "Daily•Times" (Bunedih), of ; the 20th instant; :-r- 7 •'•^'rher'staie. of . commerce since; the, despatch of: the last Suez mtul necessitates, in referring, to its ; amount, -an unfavorable report, a dulness unusual ev^^7i^r_lihe77tiiue _of_the—year, prevailing th^ughout the month, which has advanced ahd closed- without. presenting any matter of other, thanitriviai -interest.-..;* No descriptions of . goods'; h^Bfromipandedvmucjla attention, .and;- transac- ; tioiui . of Provmcial exceeding sales of BmaU parcels for sorting up stocks have been rare. However, a fair •rmount of orders for inißce]lwaeoiis,good3_f gil despatch. coastwise,, havebeen to hand, sufficing to prevent trade from ttanding still, and forming a redeeming feature in the.jnonthV-husiness. have been- subjeettoiap i. fluctuations, and the chajnges in. values been u'mmportant ; taking place only within narrow; limits, .prices; retaihmg^.notw^thstanding „the. •H-^llH-e^s'ofbperations, a considerable.^ggree .of firmness^ 1 lii ' imported flour," ealeVhave scarcely exeffeded a fewbagfl i_at ft_time. Thejleman'djfbr.. finTSouth73uußtr*plian or for.CMlian, does not now extend beyond a" very" small ; per-cehtage of the consumption,. and only, for mixing or any special purpose, -^Naadditipii hai 'bee'n.inade to stocks are, therefore- small.. , Holders! prices ''afof for "j^'elaide," £14 ;. and for.Chihan, wMhlriaittirde, £12, Prbvihcial is qu'qted' by tH.e, millers 0 St.£lb t;'o giOlOs. A The fact of .extensive ■HpinSntstakihg place to Great Britain from the . Australian Cjxlojnes ? J^B_^akened the"att»ntibn of speculative .traders to^the ppssibihty of some reaction in^aMe*?' v '7.7. Our 'files of C»n^BrJ)ury^pftpers are to the; 18th instanji.; ~We extract the. following.item* of commercial intelligence from the " Lyttelton li^^yvyy /'....-.- --"The farmers seem . to : be taking heart from the brightening? prospect of being able to export their grain,. and; those who can afford to; dp soj keep a tighWr..handbh.the'b?. produce ; but j^yst prices renunn the same," though Bomewhat fif njer t ;We •tilJLquate_oatß afc-2s 6d per bushel r and-wheat at 2s ; and flour goes off pretty, .freely at from £10 to £12 per ton ; bran and sharps rule at about £4 10s and £5 -10s respectively per ton, and good hxyW^Vit.,;. .7 7 ; ."'■■', •■„--.

y '■' '■ ' Times Opfice, _ _ -Thursday Evening. Tha are the Custom Returns for — — " Tuesday, 23. " 7 . : \"~~" '" Wine,;2o, galls. . ... ... 06^ WHisky, 43 galls ... ... 25 17 6 "Tobacco, 84 ibs" 10 10 0 Tea, 1,212 lbs ... ... 81 6 0 ■ Sundries — ..: — vr. n.~ &"S 9 ' .. v V "£76 17 3 -. '•.,. Wednesday, 24;. ..' '. " Brandy,. Italia: £78 4 6 . ■*" Whwkj, 67 galls ... ... 41 4 3.';,. Wine r ioß galls ... 21-12 0 ;SttgM,:2,loo lbs . ... ... 815 0 .-,- „ "Sundries, ... y^, J..; 0 0 3 • -„- -.■:. ,r. . .£14916jk 0 : r; ?^ I: ;.V .-.•■■' ' Thursday, 25. '!•",.'• „ .=, '<'. '.;',- I ' ! TBrandy,32,galls > .. ]. : .^ £19 3 : r . QeneTa, 23 "galls' ."i, " ..". 14 11 5 Tri&tiiSztfJtiia^P ..;- 44 12 6 ■ Drapery, ... „. _ »._ 47_13_^ 9 .aJi.AV7'-''/ : (^27 011