Commercial News.

Southland Times, Issue 1105, 6 August 1869, Page 4

Commercial News.

TiMEa Oppicb, Thursday Evening. It cannot be said that the paßt month has been marked by any perceptible improvement in mercantile 'affairs. Trade in all brunches continues quiet, neither are there auy indications of increased demands for some time to come. Public credit, however, appeirs to be sound, and business generally to be conducted on safe principles, at least nothing has occuired for a long time to create apprehension or cause uneasiness. Importers, likewise, continue to keep their stock B full, with a tendency rather to increase than reduce them, -which shows they look forward to the operations of the approaching summer with confidence. Breadstuff's have lately been imported in considerable parcels, which has had the effect of slightly reducing quotations for the higher brands. Colonial and provincial flour remains at its former figure, and the latter is rising in the estimation of the trade. As tho'conaumption is purely local the dtmandcan be easily anticipated, consequently, it is not likely that much alteration in prices will take place for some time. The proposed import duty on grain, if carried, will give an impetus £to colonial milling, and. most likely ultimately put a stop to the importation of foreign flour. Oats have advanced considerably since last month and are now in brisk demand. Several large parcels are still in the hands of the growers, who do not manifest any great anxiety to take advantage of the rise, in expectation of a further advance being obtained. The favor with which the ales of local brewers have recently been laceived lias greatly limited the importation of that article, and, by creating a demand for malt, is causirj our farmers to turn their attention largely to the growth of good barley. Other liquor 3, both in wood and glass, are in full supply at v laltered quotations, excepting geneva, of which stocks are rather low* Sugar still maitains a high valu e, although about £2 per ton overhead easier than at our last quotations. The decline mentioned, however, is slight, compared with the praviou* rise of *b out £10, and shows that the markets are still low, neither can much reduction be looked for until at least another crop comes forward. The demand for staple provisions, hams bacon, butter, cheese, &c, is now almost ' entirely supplied by local producers. In addition to the manufacture of flour, several naw industries are receiving a fair trial, and promise to be successful, while strenuous efforts are at the same time being made to develop other resources. Hope, leather, soap, and candles, are now produced in large quantities by local manufacturers, and threaten soon to exclude the foreign article. A prospecting association has also been formed under most favorable auspices, for the purpose of searching the province for minerals, while more recently it has been rumored that the Australian and New Zealand Lund Company are ready to resume their extensive farming operations in the Eastern district, if any hope is held out that th« means of communication with the port will be improved, and they further propose to add a boiling-down establishment to their already extensive premises. Prices current will be found in detail below : —

CTT3TOM3 BETTJIIN3 ¥0B TKK qtTABTBB EXDIN& 30TH JTTNB, 1869. Spirits £643 12 5 Cigars 5 10 0 Tobacco 139 2 6 Wine 26 19 11 Ale and Beer in bottle ... 12 10 0 Tea 60 1 0 Sugar 118 18 8 Goods by measurement... 26 13 6 Goods by weight ... 11 11 0 Other goods 11 8 0 £1056 7 0

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Wednesday, August 4. Spirits, 38 gals £22 14 11 Sugar, 1338 lbs 5 11 6 Tobacco, 83 lbs 10 7 6 £38 13 11 Thursday, August 5. Wine, 56 gals £11 7 2 Brandy, 28 gals 16 18 5 Whisky, 41 gals 24 12 0 Tobacco, 126 lbs 15 15 0 Sundries ... ... ... 8 3 9 £76 16 4

i pints per doz. 014 6 015 Salt, Liverpool, coarse or dairy, per toti 6 0 0 610 0 " fine, ditto 7 0 0 710 0 Soap, Melbourne cwt... 2 4 0 0 0 0 « Hobson's Bay 114 0 2 0 0 11 Liverpool 114 0 116 0 Paints, Oils, &c. — White Lead, per ton... 40 0 0 45 0 0 Linseed Oil, per gallon 5 9 06 3 Turps, ditto... 012 0 00 0 Whiting, per cwt 010 0 011 0 Spibitb (in bond) — large stock on hand — Brandy, Martell's pale, pergallon 0 8 0 08 0 „ flennessy's 0 8 3 0 8 6 „ Champagne Vine yard, gal 0 7 9 0 8 0 „ Martell's pale ... 1 8 0 0 0 0 „ Hennessy'sp.do. 110 0 0 0 0 „ Incase, andOtarda 15 0 Bum, 10 — 120.p., pergallon 0 4 6 0 4 9 Supplied. Geneva, JDKZ, or Key, per case 015 6 016 0 Whisky, Scotch, bulk, per^allon 0 5 3 0 5 6 Whiaky, Case 012 0 012 6 SUGAR (duty paid)— Loaf, per lb 00 8 0 0 8 Crushed Lump, ditto... 00 7 0 0 0 Company's Crystals per ton 56 0 0 57 0 i Pieces, No. 1, ditto 55 0 0 56 0 9 No. 2, ditto 53 0 0 54 0 0 Mauritius Crystals white (dufcvpoid) 56 0 0 0 0 0 do do yellow 52 0 0 0 0 0 • Friday, July 9. Wine, 22 gals £5 12 0 Sundries 26 18 9 £32 10 9 Saturday, July 10. Sundries £4 12 11 Monday, July 12. Brandy, 37 gals £22 6 5 Whisky, 27 gals 16 8 10 £38 15 3 Tuesday, July 13. Sugar, 4520Lbs £18 16 8 Tea, 3161bs ... ... 717 6 Brandy, 27 gals 16 14 10 Sundries 8 4 4 £51 13 4 Wednesday, July 14 . Tobacco, 114lbs £14 6 0 Kerosene, 738 gals ... 18 9 0 Beer, 154 gaU 912 6 Tea, 4411ba ... ... 11 0 6 Sugar. 80491bs 33 10 9 Sundries » 3 4 0 | £90 1 9 Thursday, July 15. Brandy, 62 gals £37 14 6 Kerosene, 400 gals ... 10 0 0 Sundries 1 12 3 £49 6 9 Friday, July 16. Brandy, 56 gals £33 12 0 Whisky, 82 gals 49 8 10 Geneva, 14 gals 8 10 8 Tobacco, 1741bs 21 15 0 Sundries 14 7 £114 11 1 Satpsday, July 17. Brandy, 55 gals £33 12 0 Geneva, 13 gals £8 6 11 Sherry, 20 gals 5 8 0 Tea, 2001bs 5 0 0 Tobacco, 227 lbs 28 7 6 I Sundries ... ... ... 18 4 £82 2 9 Monday, July 19. Sugar, 27511bs £11 9 3 Brandy, 53 gals 32 1 11 Whiaky, 35 gale 24 16 11 Drapery 8 17 11 £77 6 0 Titbsday, July 20. Sugar, 12961 lbs 54 0 1 Candles, 3500 lbs 14 11 8 Kerosene, 560 gals ... 14 0 0 Tea, 325 lbs 8 2 6 Beer, 24 gals 1 10 0 Sundries 14 17 4 £107 1 7 Wednesday, July 21. Brandy, 30 gals £17 18 2 Whisky, 84 gals 50 8 0 Ale, 1431 gals 89 8 9 Keroaeue, 200 gals ... 5 0 0 Sundries 18 8 9 £181 3 8 Thursday, July 22. Whisky, 54 gals £34 14 2 Sugar, '4480 lbs 18 13 4 Tea, 156 lbs 3 18 0 Sundries 9 4 11 £66 1O 5 Fjjiday, July 23. Tea, 705 lbs £17 12 6 Sugar, 29521bs 12 6 0 - £28 18 6 Saturday, July 24. Cigars, 71 lbs £17 15 0 Sundries 9 13 1 £27 8 1 Mootjay, July 26. Whisky, 36 gals £21 16 10 Brandy, 53 gals 33 5 3 Sundries ... ... 6 4 8 £61 6 10 Tuesday, July 27. Rum, 29 gals £19 10 0 Brandy, 28 gals 16 16 0 Geneva, 27 gals ... ... 16 13 9 Tobacco, 386 lbs 48 5 0 Tea, 163 lbs 4 16 Drapery 5 3 7 Sundries 5 11 4 £118 1 2 WEDKE3DAY, July 28. Whisky, 42 gala £25 12 5 Sundries 27 6 9 £52 19 2 TaxrasDAY, July 29. Brandy, 9 gals £5 14 6 Whisky, 32 gala 21 9 7 Sugar, 1400 lbs 5 16 8 Sundries 8 8 6 £41 9 2 Friday, July 30. Sundries £5 15 3 Monday, August 2. Wine, 27 gala £5 12 0 Kerosene, 240 gals ... 6 0 0 Sugar, 4400 lbs 18 6 8 Tea, 560 lbs 14 O 0 Sundries ... ... „. 8 10 0 £52 8 8 Wedr eaday, August 3. Wine, 78 gals £15 15 3 Brandy, 35 gals ... 22 1 0 Bum, 31 gals 19 1 7 Geneva, 14 gals 814 5 " Tobacco, 222 lbs ... 27 15 0 Sundries ... "" , 16 16 9 £100 4 0

The following are the Customs returns for — £ 8. d. £ b. d. Alb — Beeb (duty paid) Ale, Baas' No.,4perhhd. (new brew) 10 10 11 10 „ AJ'sopp'a No. 3, do. (rewbrew) none 10 0 10 16 „ Te:>Tje-us' Bottle 1 12 6 13 0 „ Bjass' bottled, qt«., perdozen 0 11 0 0 11 6 AJlsopp'o ditto, do. 0 12 O 0 12 6 „ Jeffrey's 0 II 6 012 6 Poeteb — Byass' (green label) Stout... 012 0 0 12 6 / „ Bottled, qts., per doz., Blood's 012 0 012 0 „ Byass 1 011 6 012 0 Flottb — Adelaide 17 10 0 18 0 0 Provincial 14 10 0 15 0 0 Oats, per bushel 0 2 0 0 2 6 Bran, ditto 0 16 0 0 0 Maize, ditto 0 5 6 0 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 3 0 0 3 5 0 Bricke, per 1000 2 0 0 3 0 0 Flax, native, prepared... 25 0 0 35 0 0 Manvfactttbbs — Boots and Shoes 25 per cent, advance on genuine invoice. Candles, mould, per Ib. 0 0 6 0 0 7 Metaxs — Iron,barand'rod,perton 18 0 0 0 0 0 " hoop, d'iio 2a 0 0 " galvanised corrugated, diifco 35 0 0 40 0 0 according to gaage and maker. Hardware, ironmongery 40 to 60 per ct. adv. Nails, Ewbank'a 18 0 2 0 0 American Cut Nails 18 0 110 0 Pitch, English, per barrel 310 0 40 0 Rosin, ditto, per cwi. ... 2"5 0 210 0 Tar, Siockboan, per brl 3 5 0 315 0 „ coal, ditto, 210 0 3 0 0 Coals, English, lon None. „ A. A. Company's ditio 2 10 0 0 0 0 Grey Eiver 3 0 0 3 5 0 Ghinpowdor blasting, perlb , 0 16 0 19 Cordage, Europe, assorted, per cwt 3 5 0 3 10 0 Manilla, s>>.es, ditto 310 0 315 0 Twine, seam'iDg and roping, peclD 0 14 0 16 Canvas, pei" yard 0 16 0 2 0 Oilmen's Stobes and G-BOCEBIBB. I/t'J.e demand, stocks rather heavy — Candles, Price's patent sperm, 0 li 0 Oil Other brands, fall weights 0 1J 0 Oil „ Light weights 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fruits, apples, dried, do. 0 0 7 0 071 CurrajJs, do 0 0 4} 0 04$ Kaisius, do. 0 0 6J 0 0 7 Boiled Fruits, assorted, 014 0 00 0 Oatmeal, per ten 16 0 0 17 0 0 E?ce,Jaea 110 18 0 " Patna, 18 0 110 0 Hams, colonial 0 0 10 0 0 0 Bacon Do 00 8 0 0 0 Beef, per tierce (Melbourne cured) 4 0 0 410 0 Cheese, English per lb, 0 1 0 0 2 0 „ Colonial, „ 0 0 8 0 0 9 Herrings, in J"i as, per doz 110 0 112 0 Sardines, i-tin »,per doz. 0 11 6 0 12 6 " i-tins, ditto 0 7 0 0 8 0 Lobsters, lb. tins per do. 0 9 6 0 10 0 Salmon, ditto 017 0 0 17 6 Matches, per gross (250) Bell and Black's 16 0 t 8 0 Blacking, paste, per gross 0 9 0 0 0 0 Pickles, quarts, per doz. 10 0 0 0 0 " pints, ditto 0 12 0 0 13 0 Salad Oil, pints, ditto 0 14 6 0 15 0 ' i-pints, ditto... 0 9 0 Q 9 6 Sauces, assorted, i-pints per doz 011 0 Oil Lea and Perrins Sauces, ' '