COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
- Times Office, j Saturday Evening. The following are the Customs [Returns for —
■ ♦- The "Ofcago Daily Times" of the 4th inst., has the following commercial summary : — The aggregate of business since the date of laat report has been moderated Slackness has been a characteristic of the major part of the month, and np. features of interest can be referred to. A tolerably steady trade has gone forward for local •wants, while importers' operations have, of necessity, through few goods coming forward, been light. Orders for extra Provincial requirements have also been below the average. However, the 'setting in of a better demand, is apparent, and traders are looking forward to an improved coastwise trade during the coming yrintev4JKH&: Markets, though not active, have been steady, lessening stocks, with advices of scanty shipments from all parts, have caused some slight improvement in the values of one or two staples, and imparted additional firmness to the values of most goods. The only arrivals from povts outside the Colonies have been the Gelestial Queen, from London ; and Prospector, from Valparaiso — the latter with flour. 4 - The last-ships loading wool are "nearly full, and the seasion all but ended j the total amount of the clip .will realise anticipations. Last Home advices, thongh of a more favorable nature, came to hand too late to allow of any business of moment being done on the spot. During the month a firm, doing local business only, found it necessary to call a meeting bf creditors. The amount of liabilities proved less than was at first supposed, and no diminution of confidence in commercial circles has been thereby occasioned. General credit has not at any time been better maintained than at present. The money market is easy ; Bank rates of discount are unaltered, and exchanges close, viz : — lssue on London at three days' sight 1£ per cent premium ; at 33 days, 1 per cent premium ; at 60 daya, i per cent premium ; Melbourne, i per cent premium; ai.d on Sydney and the other Australian Colonies, 1 per cent premium.
Friday, May 8. • Brandy, 29 g£ls £17 12.10 . Gkaiera, 26-gals ... ... 11 10 11 Ale, 4/7 gals 218 9 Tobacco, 115 lbs .... ... 14 7 6 . .. : . £46 18 0 Saturday, May 9. "Whisky 33 gals ... ..." £20 5 7
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Southland Times, Issue 949, 11 May 1868, Page 2
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379COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Southland Times, Issue 949, 11 May 1868, Page 2
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