COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Issue 1009, 24 August 1868, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Times Office, Saturday Evening. The following are the Customs Returns for — Friday, August 21. Tobacco, 141bs LI 15 0 Sugar, 24751bs 10 6 3 £12 1 3 The ' Daily Times,' 21st inst., reports : — We hare still to note a languid state of trade. The business doing to-day has been of a miscellaneous and unimportant character. Importers have, pending the receipt of correspondence per Panama mails, been offering very few goods, and "none oi the staples hare been dealt in to any 'extent. The market for breadstuffa is destitute of activity, but there is now some prospect of an improved inquiry. Millers demand £19 and £19 10s, respectively, for large and small bags. Wheats are coming to hand only in small lots, and a comparatively trifling quantity appears to remain in growers' hands. Oats are quiet. The small sales in general goods fnrnish nothing •worthy of remark. By auction, no general merchandise has been offering, or anything of interest occurred. : The ' Lyttelton Times,' of the I7th August reports: — The grain market evinced no signs of improvement on Saturday. Samples of both wheat and oats were more numerous than has been the case for some time past, but few buyers were to be found. The parcels that did change hands were very small, and no alteration in price took place. Barley remains as before, and the other departments of the market offer no room for remark. Messrs Wilson and Alporfc sold cattle at the Oashel street yards, on Saturday, as under : — Fair quality cows, £9 ; inferior do, £6 ; two-year old steers, £5 10s 4 yearling do, £4 j quantity of salted hides, 5s 9d each ; mutton tallow, 28s per cwt ; a lot of forest trees, quicks, and evergreens broujht feir prices ; a spring-cart was withdrawn at £18. •

The following are the Invercargill Prices Current :—.-.■ . £ s. a. £ s. d. Ajss — Beeb (duty paid) Ale, Bass' No.,4perlihcL (new brew) 10 10 11 10 „ Allsopp's No. 3, do. (new brew) none 10 0 10 10 „ Marshall & Copeland's 7 10 810 „ Tennents' Bottled 13 6 13 9 „ Byass' bottled, qts., per dozen 0 12 6 0 13 0 Allsopp's ditto, do. 012 6 013 0 „ Jeffrey's 0 13 0 0 13 3 Pobteb — Byass' (green label) Stout!.. 012 0 012 6 ] „ Bottled, qts., per : : ! " doz., Blood's 012 0 012 6 „ Byass' 012 0 012 6 Fioub— Adelaide 26 0 0 27 0 0 Provincial 22 0 0 0 0 0 Oats, per bushel 0 2 9 0 3 0 Bran, ditto 0 19 0 2 0 Maize, ditto 0 5 0 0 5 3 Potatoes, per ton, 6 10 0 7 0 0 Bricks, per 1000 2 0 0 3 0 0 Flax, native, prepared... 25 0 0 35 0 0 Manufactures — Boots and Shoes ......... 25 per cent. advance on genuine invoice. I Candles, mould, per lb. 0 0 6 0 0 7 Metais — Iron, bar androd,per ton 18 0 0 0 0 0 " Hoop, ditto 22 0 0 " galvanised corrugated, ditto 35 0 0 40 0 0 according to gaagc 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 If aval Stobes (delivered on board) — market overstocked ! Pitcb,English,perbarrel 310 0 4 0 0 Eosin, ditto, per cwt. ... 2 5 0 2 10 0 Tar, Stockholm, per brl 3 5 0 3 15 0 „ coal, ditto, 2 10 0 3 0 0 Coals, English, per ton None. „ A. A. Company's ditto 2 10 0 0 0 0 Grey River 3 0 0 3 5 0 Gunpowder blasting, perlb 0 16 0 1 9 Cordage, Europe, assorted, per cwt 3 5 0 3 10 0 Manilla, sizes, ditt0...... 3 10 0 315 0 Twine, seaming and roping, perlb 0 16 0 2 0 Canvas, per yard 0 16 0 2 0

Oilmen's Stobe9 axd Q-BOOEKIE3. — Little demand, stocks rathe* heavy —

Candles, Price s patent sperm, Oil 000 Oil 000 „ ■'■ light weights 00 0 00 0 , Fruits, apples, dried, do. 0 0 7 0 0 8 ' Currants; do. ...«i 0 0 4* 0 0 5 Raisins, do .; 0 0 7 00 8 BottledJEruifeaasprted, 016 0 018 6 Oatmeal, per lb 0 0 2 0 0 2 Rice, Java" 112 0 114 0 « Patna, 114 0 116 0 Hams 0 1 4 0 1 4 Bacon 0 10 0 10 Beef, per tierce (Melbourne 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. Oil 6 012 6 ; " i-tins, ditto 0 7 0 0 8 0 Lobsters, lb. tins per do. 9 & 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 00 0 pints, ditto 012 0 013 0 Salad Oil, pints, ditto 014 6 015 0 i-pints, ditto... 0 9 0 0 9 6 Sauces, assorted, 3t-pints per doz. 011 0 011 6 Lea and Perrins Sauces, £ pints per doz. 014 6 015 0 Salt, Liverpool, coarse or dairy, per ton 510 0 610 0 " fine, ditto 610 0 7 0 0 Soap, Melbourne cwt... 114 0 2 0 0 " Hobson's Bay 116 0 2 5 0 " Liverpool 114 0 116 0 Paints, Oiis, &c. — White Lead, per ton... 40 0 0 45 0 0 Linseed Oil, per gallon 5 9 0 6 3 Turps, ditto 012 0 0 0 0 Whiting, per cwt 010 0 011 0 SriBlTS (in bond) — large stock on hand — Brandy, MartelTs pale, pergalion 0 8 0 0 8 0 „ flennessy's ...... 0 8 6 0 9 0 „ Champagne Vine yard, gal 0 7 9 0 8 0 „ Kartell's pale ... 1 9 0 110 0 „ Hennessy'sp.do. 111 0 112 0 „ Incase, M.H.W.V. andOtards 1 10 0 Bum, 10— 120.p., pergalion 04 4 0 5 0 V 8 Supplied. Geneva, JDKZ, or Key, per case 10 0 110 Whisky, Scotch, bulk, pergalion 0 5 3 0 5 0 Whisky, Case 012 6 013 6 SUGAR (duty paid)— Loaf, per 1b..:. 00 8 00 80 Crushed Lump, ditto... 00 7 00 0 j Company's Crystalsper ton 57 0 0 58 0 2 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