COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1192, 7 January 1870, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

OTAGO. The Daily Times of the 3rd inst. reports : — Daring the past week but little business has been done, either in the import markets or otherwise, the holiday season exercising the usual adverse influence. Nothing worth special mention has occurred in general trade, nor in advices received has there been anything to stimulate enquiry for pariicttiar good 3. Teas and sugars have remained very quiet, the coming auction sales keeping transactions down to a minimum. Spirits have been in but moderate request, at rates about maintained, ■with, however, die probabilily ot bett<& sales almost immediately. Hemp goods nrove a* about our la3t quotations — viz., 13s 6d for full weight sacks, and 4s 6d for wool-

| v.-..^, !-.,t r- lfi Gc-iii^.d for the Litter h no* fr'.limc oir. iJjiov.ai provisions avc quiet, and the j for uric--.! fruits and 'li'mmr.'? stores arc j fil'.ifi;; oil. No pj-rtiouWr m'oinor.? hag been dono | in Loio-cno or rw,.lies, but for the formsr article tU'.-:v ar:> symjitnrns o: a hotter enquiry. Bi'oadstaffs and grain are eTeeodinglv dull; millers riperienrin* no demand for Hour. In grain, barley alone can be reported a* firm at quotations. Closing values are : — Fin-? Hour, town made, £12 to £12" 10s; oatmeal, £20; psarl barley, £28; bran, £5 ; wheats, 4; 9d to 5s ; oats, 3s to 33 3d ; barley, 5s 3d to 5s Cd. , -Mv John Brook, Man.so street, reports : — Wheat, flour, oats, and butter, continue in very J light demand, and values are indifferently rasj^ined. . One of our milling and produce deal. ing firms has had to succumb, in consequence chiefly, it is reported, of the depreciation in tho value of pVodnr'eT" 'Fiour, £12 to €13 per ton; oatmeal, £2CM:Q3 doypearl barley, £2-3 do ; -wheat, : 03 por busliol ; ; :bSxsJ 3s 3.1 do; barley, 5s 63 (noininal) do ; rtiaize; 5* S.i do ; bran, So per ton ; pollard, £5 tOs do',- hay, o>7, £5 10s do ; hay, new, £4 to £4 10s do ;" chaff, £4 10s do ; straw, £2 103 do ; potatoes, old, £3 5s do ; potatoes, now, £4 do ; onions, £20 do ; butter, B^l per lb ; cheese, SJd do ; bacon and hams, lOd do ; bags, 14s per dozen. The bamarw Times of the 31st ulfc. report 9: — The crops being in a very forward state, prices for grain are receding. Nominal quotations are — vrheat, 5s ; oats, 33 ; barley, 4s. New barley is expected to be in the market in a week from date. Trade generally is very dull.