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West Coast Times, Issue 232, 16 June 1866, Page 5

Messrs. Richd. Reeves & Co. report but few transactions during the past month, although the aspect of trade generally is healthy. Stocks are light, and very little has been submitted to public auction in consequence. Recent advices from the adjacent colonies of advances on goods, have also had a corresponding effect upon this market. We make the following quotations, viz., Coey's, Waring's, and Sinclair's hams and bacon, Is lOd to 2s. Prime butter, 28 6d to 2s Bd— stocks low. ' Candles in good demand; Neva's and Price's, Is 6d to Is 7d. Cheese, colonial, viz., Canterbury, Is 4d. Teas, common unsaleable ; good congous, from Lsss to L 6 per half chest. , Sugars, in good demand at paying rates. Mauritius crystals' we quote at L6O. Flour Adelaide L 24 to L 25 10s; Chilian Lls to Ll7. Bran, in active demand ;' but scarce. Oats; 68 3d to 6s 6d: stocks coming forward sufficient for present requirements. Hay and chaff scarce ; in good request at paying rates. Wines, steady consumption of good quality. Hennessy's brandy 10s 6d to 11s per gallon; Kartell's do, 10s to 10s 3d per gallon ; Otard's do, 10s to 10s 3d per gallon ; C. V. P. do, 8s 6d to 8s 9d per gallon; JDKZ geneva, 16s per gallon; Lemon Hart's rum, 15 0.0., 4s 6d to 4s 9d per gallon. Bass' No. 4, and Carlisle ales, LlO to Lll ; Artillery Company's porter, L 9 15s to L 10; Byass' stout, 16s; Guiness', Machon's, and Blood's stout, 16s ; bottled ale, good brands alone saleable ; but enquiries limited. Oilmen's stores — A steady business is doing, at good profits to importers. Hokitika, June 14, 1866.