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West Coast Times, Issue 42, 9 September 1865, Page 2

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West Coast Timbs Office, Friday evening. "We haro the gratifying intelligence to communicate that the channel at loncjth has bocome navigable, thoro beintj ncirly 10 feet of water on tho bnr at high tido, tho happy result of which has been that (he wholo fleet of sailing vessels lately outsido aro now safely alongside our wharf, and busily enga -ed in discharging thoir cargoes. Daring tho lnst few days btoreko pers havo been so busily occupied in receiving their goods, unpacking, find exumining their invoices, some of which bear dates of Juno and July, tint general business has boon comparatively at a stand F.till- Tho market may now bo considered fairly stocked, and most* of the shipments just come to hand consist of a class sf goods selected ■with a particular view to tho requiwmentu of the place Prices, a-» fur ns wo can leurn, arc fully maintained. Tho actual and probable scarcity of staple goods— as bacon, hams, sugir, brandy, and tha liko in Duuedin and Melbourne, together with the excessive importing charges, warrant, hojdora in demanding an advance, which seerqs high only when compared with prices a {Month ago, which wo imy ndd were to importers at least runiously low. The incoming woek will determine tho marker, and ouable ua to furniik quotations which,

ivnid the present hustle in tho principal houses, ' wo aro unable to ascertain with sufficient accuracy. On a few staple articles which have more particularly como under our notice, we have a few remarks to make. Oats, which nrovory light in stock, still continue in active demand, and likely to advance on the present rates, which arc—for good samples 8s to 8s 3d per bush. A cargo we hear of a-, being afbat, consigned to this market may on arrival lower prices, but cost, charges and risk included does not, even at that fiirure, lcavo much margin for tho shipper. Brandy, contrary to expectations, is not heavy in tho import 5 ! ; former prices nro f-till quoted, that is, it) bulk favorite brands 13s 0:1 to 15s in bond ; and in case, duty V "d. 6^ to G.ss. Hums and bacon, which in Dunedin nnd Melbourne aro scarce. i\ held for good prices. Sinclair'sisquotediit isO-l to Is7d, Coey's, Is 4Uo Is G4 ; outside kinds a shndo lower according to condition and quality. Sugar, of which tho stocks are modomtp, have slightly advanced on our last, when tho market was utterly baro, showing thnt a repetition of that state^ of matters which existed on tho lust occasion when the bur wns good, is not likely to take place again. Mauritius light color is saleable at 7d to 74 ; Company's whito, Ist, has been quitted as high as 9} 5 a good crystal Mauritius is also in considerable demani. Flcur continues unaltered. The heavy parcel per Dancing Wavo is likely to depress the market yet further. Chilian is rather dull at £tto to £31. Adelaide more saleable at £34.