THE GREY.

West Coast Times, Issue 128, 14 February 1866, Page 2

THE GREY.

Tho Argus of Saturday reports :— "Sinco tho commencement of the week, tho amount of trade done has been but limited, and tho prices realised continue to show a doclino • the fact is that tho markob i 3 in imminent danger of boing completely ovordoue, and if consignments continue to flow in, a very heavy loss mutit accrue to shippers. In small trado lots, tho following prices may bo quoted : — Flour, Adelaide, £32 j Chilian, £28. Sugar, good crystal, COs ; Ist white, 655. Tea, good Congou, £5 10» pev hnlf-eheßt. Cofl'ee, Is 6d in Ib tins. Hums nnd "Racon, English, 2s to 2s 3d. Butter, prime Colonial, 2s 6d. Chceso, English or Port Cooper, Is 9d. Brandy, 24s per gal., duty puid ; whiskey, 22s > goneva, 65s pev case, lavgo contents : ale, in glass, 17s to 178 Gd ; stout, dp, 18s 611, do. Woro anything like a parcel of any of the above articles sold, a very considerable deduction on tho prices quoted would havo to bo submitted to. By the " Gothenburg" wo havo later advices from Melbourno. There are no vory noticoablo features transpiring in commercial mat* ters there. Flour is steady, and provisions aro commanding still larger value. One parcel Sinclair's hams ami bacon, consisting of 60 cusps, wo obsorvo, wus placed at the extreme price of Is 6£d all round.