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Southland Times, Issue 1144, 19 April 1869, Page 2

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MBiiBOtTBNE. — By the Omeo we are in receipt of our Victorian files to the 9th inst. We take the following commercial intelligence .from the Daily Telegraph of that date ':— A fair amount of trade has been transacted in the import markets to-day w ajid T a, slight tendency .has, begn.exbibited. towards speculation in one or two articles. Sales of kerosene have been _made to the extent of nearly 30Oft .cases of various brands ; 10.00 cases Comet brand* . were, sold at 2b. Id. Cozzen's pla ; D,.'soQ cases', 2s.' lid.; Devoe's 2s. lid; Downer's at the same, figure. In spirits, some activity has . been .displayed. Hennessey's, case : brandy., to arrive has been placed at ?7s. 6d., and a parcel of 1,000, cases has been sold on the sppt at the, same, price. U.'V. case brandy has been in .demand, and sales affected at 265. Geneva,, Y-H^and-Co. .andjjey brands of the old strehgtti,, Has"- realised; 43?^ duty. paid. A; parcel o( SOb'boxesdfjßrandoq^s, yellow labelled candles, /were 3 ,p'laced!, ,at f jlii3.,,,and; .cornsacks -were jit.l'ls.; pOf.in^ \ond«. .The breo4--stuffß jnajrKet re mains |olu)ll, n /JChejStoc^S; of flQur, on Laniarfi'no^'. larger, a* compareii ;^vith ycap, Qn^e^Ojiud j^he, present; efcocV^not he adde^,, to byTore-gn /arrivals Itis^not improbable that the price of flour ■will Bhow an improvement. Maize is reported to be scarce in Sidney, and the consequence is that holders in th'» colony are

asking an advance of2d. a bushel on their stock? The present quotation is 4a. Stl.j sales in small parcels have boen made of New Zealand oats nt 3s. B<l., and. Tasmanian 4s. Mesara.; Greig and Murray offered 'at their rooms, this day, under instructions frjom tlio importers, Messrs. Joshua Brotliei 8, the cargo of thtii Mahela, from Mauritius, consisting ' 61 6,432 bags Mauritius sugar, and sdliatl the exception of 1,700 bags white crystals, realizing for rations, £30 per ton ; good brown, £34 ss. to £36 ; low counters, £36 ss. to £37; good yellow counters, . £33 j yellow brewing"" crystals, £40 sb. to £<£f IOs. ; white grocery sorts, £41 10s. ; middling white crystals, £42 *o £12 10s. per ton.

Customs Revenue for quarter ending 31st March, 1869— Spinta ... ... £499 15 10 Cigars and Snuffs , 510 0 Tobacco 118 12 6 Wine ... ... 51 12 0 Ale and Beer in wood ... 20 0 0 Ale and Beer in bottle ... 13 12 6 Tea .'--' ... .;. 92 19 6 Sugar and Molasßes" ... 167 2 0 Goodsby "measurement. .;, 26 3 6j Goods by weight ... ..... 44 311 Sundries •-, ... < ... 2.12 0 £1042 3 9 Corresponding quarter 1868- ...£1032 19 3