COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Issue 1003, 14 August 1868, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Times Office, Thursday Evening. The following are the Customs Returns for— Wednesday, August 12. Brandy, 150 gals £90 1 4 Whisky, 66 gala 39 15 7 Geneva, 13 gals 8 5 0 "Wine, 27 gals 5 7 2 Tobacco, 123 lbs 77.~ ... 15 7 6 Cigars, 20 lbs ... ... 5 0 0 Tea, 492 lbs 12 6 0 Drapery ... ... 0 14 7 £176 17 2 Thursday, August 13. "Whisky, 35 gals 21 1 2 Wine, 28 gals 5 12 0 Drapery ... ... 68 13 2 ■ £95 6 4 The.' Argus ' (Melbourne) of the 7th August, reports :-— The import markets continue to maintain an aspect of extreme dulness. The sales effected partake more or less of a retail character, and not the slightest pro3pect of an improvement is presented. Ther* is nothing whatever doing in breadstuff. The smaller buyers of flour still pay LlB, though there are no purchasers of quantities at over Ll7. No sales of wheat have come under our notice, but we understand that there are purchasers ready to operate at a price equivalent to the value of flour. Make is very firm, Belling freely at 3s 6d. Hops are inquired for ; we hear of a parcel of Bavarian having changed hands at Is 4Jd, while for a very superior shipment of 1867 Kents as much as Is 8d in bond was realised. There is not much actual business to report in teas, though we learn of inquiries being experienced, and sales are pending. In tobaccoes, which do not command much notice, we are informed of the sale of a shipment of Two Seas, dark half-pouuds, at an extreme figure. The brand is very scarce, and much wanted. Bather a large parcel of tartaric acid, in cask, has been placed at Is 6d. Trade parcels of salt are quitted at £7. In liquids, sales of Bass's bulk ale, No 3 have been made at £7 108. Trade parcels of Hennessj's case brandy countinue to be taken up at 235. We understand that at the first ordinary general meeting of the London and Anstralian Agency Corporation (Limited), held in London on the 11th June last, a dividend at the rate of ten per cent, was declared." The 'Hobart Town Mercury* of the 4th inst., reports that ' Business for the week has opened with inactivity, and prices remain generally as last reported. The news from the colonies has not affected this market in any way. Quotations are as under : — Flour, £17 ; wheat, 6s 6d to 7s ; English barley, 5s ; Cape do, 3s 6d ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 9d. Wheat and flonr are firm at above quotations. For butter, bacon, cheese, &c, quotations are merely nominal, and sellers are glad to accept reasonable rates. We may quote butter at from 6d to 9d per lb, and cheese at from 6d to 8d per lb. In potatoes there is a little improvement, L 4 10s being now given for good samples for shipment." Our Launceston files are to the sth instant. The ' Chronicle ' of that date says : — • The recent news from California is of a very undecided character as to the extent of future shipments of breadstuffs thence to the Australian colonies. Holders here assert that the tenor of the news justifies an advance in prices. That, however, is matter of opinion. If we are to read the future by the light of the past, holders of breadstuffs in these colonies should dread the arrival of a few cargoes from California as they would the advance guard of an enemy. Should prices rule high enough here to encourage Californian speculators to swamp the Australian markets with breadstuffs after their harvest, now ready for shipment, the result will be very disastrous to the Australian growers of cereals this season. These are considerations which, however, do not affect holders, who are seldom growers of grain, and prices remain without much change from hist week. First-class brands of flour, £17 per ton ; country brands, £15 to £16 ; wheat, 6s 6d; oats, 2s lOd to 3s per bushel. Potatoes are in demand at £3 5s per ton.'

The following an the I&reroargiU Priosa Our* , rent : — £ a. a. £ 9, a. Ale — Bsxr (duty paid) Ale, Bass' No.,4perhhd, (new brew) 10 10 11 10 „ Alliopp'sNo. 8, do. (new brew) none 10 0 10 10 „ Marshall & Copeland's 7 10 810 „ Tennents* Bottled 18 6 13 9 „ Byass' bottled, qts., per dozen 012 8 0 ">3 0 AJlßopp 1 * ditto, do. 012 8 4 , 013 0 „ Jeffrey's 018 0 s 013 3 Pobtbb— Byass 1 (green . iabel) Stout.., 0 12^ 018 6 „ Bottled, qts,, per doz., Bloods 012 0 012 6 „ Byasa' 012 0 012 6 Flora— Adelaide ......... 26 0 0 2? 0 0 Provincial 22 0 0 0 0 0 Oats, per bu5he1......... 0 2 9 03 0 Bran, ditto 0 19 0 2 0 Maiae, ditto 0 5 0 0 5 3 Potatoes, per ton, 610 0 7 0 0 Bricks, per 1000 2 0 0 3 0 0 Flax, native, prepared... 25 0 0 35 0 0 Manotactobes — Boots and Shoes ......... 25 per cent, advance on genuine invoice. Candles, mould, per lb. 0 0 6 0 0 7 Metais — Iron,barandrod,perton 18 0 0 0 0 0 " hoop, ditto 22 0 0 " galvanised corrugated, ditto 35 0 0 40 0 0 i according to gaage and maker. Hardware, ironmongery 40 to 60 per ct. adv. Nails, Ewbank's 18 0 2 0 0 American Cut Nails 1 15 0 2 0 0 : Navai Stobes (delivered on board) — market overstocked Pitcb,English,perbarrel 310 0 4 0 0 Eosin, ditto, per cwt. ... 25 0 210 0 » Tar, Stockholm, per brl 3 5 0 315 0 ! „ coal, ditto, 210 0 3 0 0 Coals, English, per ton None. > „ A. A. Company's *' ditto 2 10 0 0 0 0 Grey Paver 3 0 0 3 5 0 » Gunpowder blasting, * 'perlb 0 16 0 19 Cordage, Europe, assorted, per cwt 8 5 0 310 0 , Manilla, sizes, ditto 310 0 315 0 Twine, seaming and roping, perlb 0 16 0 2 0 Canvas, per yard......... 0 16 0 2 0 Oilmen's Stobes and Gbocebies. — Little demand, stocks rathe? heavy — Candles, Price's patent sperm, 011 0 0 0 Other brands, full weights Oil 000 „ Light weights 0 0 0 00 0 I Fruits, apples, dried, do. 00 7 00 8 Currants, do 0 0 4$ 0 0 5 Sawhis, do 00 7 0 0 8 Bottled Fruits, assorted, 016 0 018 6 Oatmeal, per lb 0 0 2 0 0 2 f Eice,Java 112 0 114 0 I " Patna, ....; .". 114 0 116 0 I Hams 014 014 ? Bacon 010 010 a Beef, per tierce (Mclv bourne cured) 4 0 0 410 0 Cheese, English per lb. 0 1 2 0 12£ " „ Colonial, „ 0 0 9 00 10 > Herrings, in tins, per doz 114 0 116 0 . Sardines, i-tins, per doz. 011 6 012 6 " i-tins, ditto 0 7 0 0 8 0 Lobsters, lb. tins per do. 9 6 010 0 ■ Salmon, ditto 017 0 018 6 Matches, per gross (250) Bell and Black's 1 14 0 1 16 0 Blacking, paste, per gross 0 8 6 0 9 0 Pickles, quarts, per doz. 10 0 0 0 0 " pints, ditto 0 12 0 0 13 0 Salad Oil, pints, ditto 014 6 015 0 i-pints, ditto... 0 9 0 0 9 6 Sauceß, assorted, fc-pints per doz 011 0 011 6 Lea and Perrins Sauces, £ pints per doz. 014 6 0 15__0 Salt, Liverpool, - warap— or dairy, per ton 510 0 610 0 " fine, ditto 6 10 0 7 0.0 Soap, Melbourne cwt... 114 0 2 0 0 " Hobson's 8ay...... 116 0 2 5 0 " Liverp001......... 114 0 116 0 Pahtts, Ona, &c. — White Lead, per ton... 40 0 0 45 0 0 . Linseed Oil, per gallon 5 9 0 6 3 Turpsjditto 012 0 0 o 0 Whiting, per cwt 010 0 011 0 Spieits (in bond) — large stock on hand — Brandy, MartelPs pale, pergallon 0 8 0 0 8 0 „ fiennessy'B 0 8 6 0 9 0 « „ Champagne Vine yard, gal 0 7 9 0 8 0 „ Martell's pale ... 1 9 0 110 0 „ Hennessy'sp.do. 111 0 112 0 „ Incase, M.H.W.V. andOtards 1 10 0 B-ym, 10— 120.p., pergallon 0 4 4 0 5 0 Supplied. Geneva, JDKZ, or Key, per case 10 0 110 Whisky, Scotch, bulk, pergallon 0 5 3 0 5 0 Whisky, Case 0 12 6 0-13 6 SUGAR (duty paid)— Loaf, perlb 00 8 0 080 Crushed Lump, ditto...- 00 7 0 0 0 Company's Crystalsper ton 57 0 0 58 0 $ Pieces, No. 1, ditto 55 0 0 56 0 9 No. 2, ditto 53 0 0 54 0 0 Mauritius Crystals, ditto 46 0 0 53 0 0