COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

West Coast Times, Issue 331, 15 October 1866, Page 4

COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

In reviewing the commercial events which have transpired since our last summary, we find that more than an ordinary amount of business has been done, tho continued healthy state of trade enabling importers to place the bulk of tho sqmewhat heavy shipments that have come to hand, at satisfactory rates. The increasing population during tho month, with the prospective continuance, affords to importers some guarantee that shipments for

some time to come, if not heavier than during

the past month, will prove satisfactory. Stocks of brandies have accumulated, and prices given wriy. Geneva, somo time ago scarce, is now in good supply, and lower prices have been acoept6d. Beer, in bulk, of recent ■shipments, is scarce ; in glass, several shipments have come forward, and found buyers at fair pricos. Flour has remained very steady, leaving* n 6m all margin. Hams and bacon have not been much enquired for, mid prices have nearer assimilated to those ruling in Victoria. Candles- are placed freely, and, although at a decline on last month's quotations, leave a fair margin to the shipper. The new tariff, .which came '.nto operation on the 29th ultimo, is without perceptible effect on present stocks. Tho, alteration on the whole i£ but small, the more noticcalflte items' being an impost of Id per lb on hams and bacon, id per lb on butter and cheese, all previously free, and a reduction on ■ oilmen's stores 4 from 5s to 2s 6d per foot. .

Brandy has been more freely ofl'ered, and may bo quoted— for Hcnnessy's, 8s Od'to 9s Martell's 8s 6d ; OtarJ's, 8s 3d ; other brands, Bs. Case brandy is in better demand — Ilennessy's, 33s ; Martell's, 265. -

Geneva having come in freely the past week, has been placed at 15s Gel for JDKZ, 3 | gals. ~ > j WniSKY and Old Tom remain unaltered : supply good. Wines have received fair attention, better, classes having the preference. - Beer in bulk sells slowly : fir3t-class English is scarce, Bags' No. 4 having the preference at Lll. Local beer is noAv turned out so -well, that .second-class imported is quite neglected. Beer in glass has been in demand at, for Blood's stout, 16s 6d to 17 ; Byass', 15s 6d ; Tennenl's ale, 16s 3d to 16s 6d. Provisions,, are more plentiful. Sinclair's bacon and hairs, Is 5d to Is 6d ; Coey's, Is 4d to Is 5d per lb ; Colonial, neglected. Butter has fluctuated, having reached over 2s 6d ; is now in good supply at 2s 2d to -2s 3d per lb for prime "Wellington. , Cheese, good parcels scaree 1 ; - prime English, Is 4d to* Is 6d ; Port- Cooper, Is 31l to Is 4d. OiraiEif's Stores are easier, the supply bemg good, and duty 2s 6d per foot lower. Pickles, best brands, 163 ,to 17s per dozen. Bottled fruits, 18s. Half-pints salad oil, 12s. Ilalf sardines, 13s 6d ; quarter do, 8s ; the demand for oilmen's stores as a rule' is limited. ■ Candles have come in freely ; the low price ruling in Melbourne has been fully noted here ; full weights Have been sold at Is 2^d to Is 4d per lb, with good demand. Fruits (dried^ are is short supply. Currants, 7£ to 8d ; Elenie and Cape raisins, 9d to lOd per lb. Tea, the market for this article has been most • satisfactorily' supplied of late as to qualities— the bulk, previously sent here, being very inferior, is' perfectly unsaleable. Fair medium Congous, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; better ' class, 2s lOd to 3s per lb ; orange Pekoe and gunpowders, in limited ' demand at 3s to 4s per lb. The Flour Market has been very steady with scai'cely any alteration in prices 'to note) slocks keeping well up. Adelaide, L2O 103 to L2l ; Chilian, LlB to Ll9 per ton.' Oats have come forward very freely diiring the month, causing a sudden decline from 9s 6d to 6s 6d. A better feeling has been shewn this w,eek. We now quoto 6s 9d to 7s. as present Value. Bran, plentiful •at >2s 6d to 2s 9d per bushel. Maize, whole, 7s 6d to"7s 9d per bushel. Chapf, good, LlB to Ll9 per ton. / Potatos, L 7 to L9. per ton. s

G. W. Bik^ey's Monthly Auction Report — Business has slightly .improved since my last, goods realising much better prices ; the attendance has been tolerably good, and bidding brisk. The following are tho prices realised : —

Potatos (medium quality), L 6 per ton ; Adelaide flour, L2O 10s p<sr ton ; sperm candles, 15d to I7d per lb. ; sugar (countei), 5«l per lb. ; scrim, by the bale (single Aviclfch), 4:1 to 5d per yard 5 Welsh flannel, per yard, 15d 'to 20c!-; calico (double width), per yard, 2s ; plush hats, per dozen, 90s to 108s '; Crimean shirts (all wool), per dozen, 725. to 80s ; felfc hats, per dozem 58s to 725 ; crockery (toilette sets), 22s 6d ; cups and saucers, per dozen, 58 to 7s ; hot wal or glasses, 3s 6d to 4s ; butter (prime Melbourne), 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; butter (Wellington); 2s 2d to 2s Sd j bacon (Compton's), Is 3d per lb ; bacon (colonial), 9d to lid per lb. ; tobacco (Zouave), in bond, 5V.1 to 6d per lb.

Household property „is improving in Value, owing to the influx of population. The following arc a jew of tho proner.ies sold, -and prices, realised: — Tho Shotover Hotel, Rcvell street, LIO7 10s ; four-roomed house in Revell street, Ll3O j ".Chronicle" oflico, L 13 0; freehold section (uorfch end of Revell street), 33 x 165, LlO5 ; store, lfl x2O, LSB ; Charley Napier Hotel, Rovell street, L 35 0; and a variety of others^, all of which realised satisfactory prices.