CHRISTCHURCH.

West Coast Times, Issue 110, 24 January 1866, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH.

The Pi'css of the l/Jlh instant reports : — Theio h.u- boon no sudden ri.--o in Iho market for any staple commodity dn in>; the c urso of tho week, nor can wo note any f.dl in piici-, The nbM'iice of sp-*citl.'H.inn. cou|il(*d with medium stoi-1.-.s hclil, but which are siillicient for our wants, iiiaiuiain jiriccf at a fair .standing A few sunplp.s of eatr. and barley arc in lh" n-a 1--kct,.and aro of fair quality. Oats are offered at •1-j per bushel, bu 1 buyeis aro shy in Fpecula ing at this price until I lio bulk of the grain is cut. As iimul, nfter b.-irve^t, home groneifi musl 111 h (hi 111 into (ho r.r.r.ket. and prices may go down for a time ; l>ut, looking at the general appear.we of the fields, 0:1 .<«• will Im lewi ban an average crop, and will pay for keeping. Old oa« me still ntlerfd at v.4 to 5.s (id jier bushel. Barley i-» sold to d"liver at 4-? (id for tine Minipies. No new wheat i? offered, and old is nuiiiiiKi'. DDKBDI.V. The fi»llowin«y in p::lracled from 1 lie Daihj Times of (ho 18th instant : — 'J he. tolerably lni»k business doing at the data of our la^t suinmiMy wn«*, «non after (ho deparluie of the mail, succeeded by the indisposition lo buy !>p,\ond actiiid Kqnircuibjils, which is grneially characteristic of tlio operations of the end of December, and particularly amongst importers. A fwrtnight't! dullness prevailed, dining which but few engngonu'iits of any importance were entered into ; hnwvver, muco Ihe opening of thu new year, (r.ule.bas regaiiiPil itn j)iovious activity, and in all its branches has now every indication of remaining jjond f.ir Ihn piesrnt Wilh some (rifling cxeeptionp, the ruling jjiiccs for nil staple iiaporlx have, during (ho mouth, been wi'iM'uylory, and uioie dtgj-Oi-ilioii to imjiiovcincut tliiiti nlluu'ui.-io hi«h i« been exhibited in the sales of meiehaiKlisc. Ctii.lidence has bpen uiidMurbed by Iho oecurronce of merc.inlilo di'-a^tcis ; and. on iho whole, our commercial relations in this and olhor pinviupcn havo not. al any (imp prc.senlcd a more steady or assuring aspect than nt p:c.*<>ut. Tho same journal of the 10th suy» :—: — Ueing moil day. nearly all the cniumcn-i.d conimuniiy have Ikcii occiqiipil wilh coirespondpiipp, 10 tho pxclu.sion of oilier business. We have, Ihercfoie, nothing of any in'ciest to leport. Thf! ovPiduo home mails, and intelligence from .Melbourne, me both an.\iou.'.|-- looked for.