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West Coast Times, Issue 150, 12 March 1866, Page 2

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jl West Coast Times Office, {] Saturday ovoning. ; The amount collected at Iho Custom Houso (. is duty upon imports to-day was £138 f>s 9d, | livided as follows .—. —

No gold was cloarod. DUNEDIN 1 Tho Daily Times of the 24th ulfc roports :— Transactions havo been rather inoro numerous, but trade continues comparatively sluggish. The demand for goods for export, is but light, and but a limited amount of business is doing for tho interior. In tho flour market, thero is no change. Sugars havo beeu a9kcd for, and valuos for all good sorts aro firm. Tho inquiry for teas has boon trifling, and couflnod to bosfc qualities. Oilmen's stores and provisions aro much in demand, and largo pricos aro paid for tho limited parcels available. Importers have no difficulty in placing fair ordinary ports and sherries, and first-class brandies. Wo hoar of sales of Henncssy's palo at Bs. _ So few goods havo boon' disposed of by auction, thnb the sales call for no special remark. TASMANIA. Wo havo Tasmanian datos to tho 24th ult. Of tho state of tho Launceston markets tho Examiner gives tho following report : — Attracted, no doubt, by tho good prices ruling of lato, Iho farmers havo sent good quantities of hay in during Iho week, and more to-day than previously } though yet tho supply does not como up to tho demand, and £4, 5s is still given. Wheat, too, is being freely sent to town, aud holders aro reluctantly quitting at Gs. Flour is now much lower than for aonio time past, and with a probability of a still further reduction, consequent upon tho expected arrivals in tho other colonies. Today and yesterday £16 10s is all that ha 3 been givon, though in sonic instancos £17 had boen asked. There is a good ilomand for oats, but 3s 9d to 4s is all that is^ being asked. It is vory hard to fix a quotation for bran ; Is Id is tho figuro afe which most transactions havo been effected, but parcels havo beon placed at pricos over and under that. VICTORIA. Tho A'ie "of the 3rd instant reports: — Tho import market lias been ra'hor quiet to-day, although a fair amount of business has been transacted. Many of tho articles most in demand aro soarco, and high prices aro consequently asked, which lends to restrict transactions rnoro than would othorwiso bo tho case. Tho flour inaket, if anything, scorns a shado easier. A parcel of Krugor's Adoluido flour has boon placod at £VJ 10s, and tho balance of tho cargo by tho AngloSaxon, sonio 00 tons, has been quitted at tho saino figure. A small parcel of boxes of congou tea has been sold in bond at Is did 5 and common congou, in boxos, has found a purchaser at Is sd, duty paid. For kerosono there has beon some littlo onquiry, and Portlaud and Brilliant havo beon quitted at 3s Id and 3s l^d respectively. Trado sales of «liops aro reported at 2s ; aud browing crystals at £36 ,10s. In liquids thoro has beon a fair trado doing. A small parcol of medium port wino has beon placod jal £45, and anothor lot of 50 pipes, in hogsheads and quarters, lias boon quilted on ,'privato torms. 20 butts of sherry, medium to fine, havo changed hands, in bond, at from £35 lo £60 j and 25 hogsheads and 50 quarters of O.V. brandy havo boon moved off. An advanco on lato quotations of 4s 6d will now bo required. GREYMOUTIL Tho Argus 6f Saturday states :— Tho market is still Bomowhat overstocked, though Hokitika has to somo extent roliovod us, tho rush to Okarita (however it may turn out ovoututuolly) having induced morchants from tboneo to look to this quurter for supplies in thoir prosont scantiness. Pricoa remain much as last quoted, but wo look for an advance shortly, as importations aro for Iho present checked.

Winos and spirits £61 8 9 Ironmongery 1 2 0 Pickles 7 8 9 !Figs 19 7 Sardines '.. 419 2 r Porter 22 19 0 Tea «... 11 0 0 Tobacco 28 1 G Hardware 0 10 Total v £138 5 9