COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Issue 971, 19 June 1868, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Times Office, Thursday Evening; . The following are the Customs returns for — • ■-.■■•----;- -We^neaday; !7tE June. ' Kerosene,- 160 gals- - ... £4 0 0 . . Saddlery. ... ... 7 10; 3 .Sundries „.. .... ... . 416 0 ... . -. ... ...:; ;...... g g Thursday, 18th June. • • Sundries-,..... ..„ .. -... £5 10 10

;-. : . V.' i■■ :' :. I ■. - — -♦— . .- ' .- .. .- \ Mr H. E. Osboeite, Auctioneer, reports that his sale of general merchandise at the 'stores of ■Messrs M'Ph'erson and Co., on Wednesday and was well attended, and fair prices ■were realised. For oilmen's Btores- especially there was good competition. Quarter casks of port ;in ; bond, ,£7j. ,&*& : octaves of sherry £4. Messrs Eussbili & M'Coiax)UGH report that! their sale at Wallacetown was but poorly attended, but the cattle were about the best lot. which have come into, the ma' ket lately, and con- ; seqnently the entire lot found buyers and realised good prices, as high as £16 15s per head being .obtained for fat stock. ■

By the arrival of the steamer Otago, at Bluff Harbor, .■we are placed.in possession of six days later news^irom Melbourne, j The " Argus " of the JL2th inst., states that :■ — ; . » , Business, in the import . markets torday,. has not been characterised by much activity. Breadstuffs hare, commanded very little attention. The v trailsacttons reported in flour have been confin d< to bakers' parcels, which hare been taken up at „£22,. and a, , trifle under. The large buyers continue to offer £21, terms, without, however, leading to business, £21 105., terms, being asked by most holders, who show, no disposition to quit "stock at 'anything under. "Wh'nat "Is very firm at 93 6d for best samples. Of ordinary qualities, Bales have 'been ; made : at 9s 3d-. ' Oats ' are still dull, notwithstanding sales to a moderate extent -are mentioned^ a parcel -of 2,000 bushels was placed. at 3s 9d, and as much as 4s was realised for a superior sample of New Zealand. Maize is ■*. freely disposed of at 3s 7d to 3s 7ad for parcels. ||| Amongst the sales mentioned is a shipment of |P 1100 bags, ex Storiribirdj and some 300 bags have also been quitted, all at about ■■ our quotations. The speculative feeling in kerosene still continues. Sales of Devoe's, to arrive, ex Hellespont, have been made as high a Is lOd. For best brands, on the spot, 2s is required. Private telegrams from Sydney mention large speculative purchases -in i that market likewise. > For - quick■fiUver. we quote up to 2s Id. Sales have been jjajaido without the price, haying been made public. UPS. considerable parcel of Muntz metal has been disposed of, at 9d. Malt finds buyers in trade lots at 9s ; we also hear of a bin of " about 2,000 bushels having changed hands. at close up to the quotation named." Teas meet' wifh 'ordinary attention from the trane. A few lots of half-cheats have been quitted at Is 7d to Is 9d for good com- .. mon IL to medium ..congous. .Jffle .observe .that a portion ot the. Alb.ejt!sj cargo o£ JFooichow ( t*as, sent round from SydriSy, will be offered for public sale on Tuesday. In liquids, we note bottles of stout, of brands in fair reputation, afc 9s. A small shipment of Martell's dark brandy, to arrive, was sold at 8s 3d.