COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. West Coast Times Office,

West Coast Times, Issue 653, 28 October 1867, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. West Coast Times Office,

Saturday Eveuing. Tho amount of import duty collected at the Custom House to-day was L 192 0s Bd. The following list of merchandise cleared shows its distribution : — Brandy £16 16 0 Spirits of Wine 23 16 0 Bitters 7 15 3 Beer in bottle 15 3 9 Tea ; 10 10 0 Sugar 18 13 4 Tobacco 15 2 6 Provisions 14 2 0 Oilman's Stores 58 i 4 4 Hardware 3 5 2 GlttS3\vavc 8 2 4 £192 0 8 Duty on Exroßxs. Gold £281 5 0 representing 2250 ozs cleared at tho Custom House.

The improved activity in the import market, noted in our last report, has not been lnaiutained during this week. The severe weather generally prevalent on tho West Coaat at this season lias now for some time been unusually unpropitious to the shipping and mercantile interests. The cargo of produce, ox Dart, from the Molyneux, and the contributions of tho Keera, Phoebo and Kenuedy, which were limited, are all that havo come to hand for the week. The fleet being still in tha roadstead business has been duli : tho demand for all classes of goods very light. Scarcely any alteration can be quoted in values. Flour is without improvement ; Dufficld's has sold at Ll6 10s ; Hart's, Ll7. This figure is present value. Brandies in bulk aro more enquired for at, for OVP,j7s ; Hennessy's and Martell's 7s 9d to Bs. Beer in bulk and glass move off slowly. Sinclair's hams have changed hands at Is 4id; bacon, Is 3d to Is 4d ; first-class butter is scarce, and would .realise Is 5d to Is fid. Provisions generally are working low in stock. Potatoes, ex Dart, were placed at L-1 5s to L 6, and oats at 3s 7d. There is no prsspeet of either of the items improving. Tho amount of import duties collected during the woek was LI66S 8s 6d. Mr G. W. BIKZTC7 reports the following sales for the week: — Ex Dancing Wave and Huon Belle — butter, Is to Is sd ; potatoes, L42s6d to LL 10s ; apples, 14s. Ex Glencoe — lot of pigs, averaging L 3 3s each. Es John Bullock— chaff, all faults, L 3 15s to L 4 10s. Ex Dart— potatoes, L-t 5s to L 6; oats, 3s 7d. At Mart — Sinclair's hams, all faults, 9d to Ll 2d. Dutch cheese, Is ; butter, inferior, 6d to 9d ; Guiness's stout, 12s ; large assortment of books at full rates; drapery stock of Burke aud M'Hugh's (value L 2000) at good prices ; and privately, cluret, 15s ; Guiness's stout, 13s ; BvassV do, 12s 6d to 12s 9J j Duflield's flour,' I#l6 103 ; Belmonfc candlos, 13 Id ; Sinclair's hams, Is 4£d ; Cheshire and double Gloucester cheese, Is Id j also tho store of Messrs Morison and Law, Wharf street, for LSOO.