OTAGO.

Press, Volume XI, Issue 1380, 10 April 1867, Page 2

OTAGO.

The "Witness," of the 6th inst., reports as fol'ows:— Trade remains without much change since last week. Butter still continues scarce, and good samples are not procurable under tlie price quoted. Ale, in bulk, is in. demand at from £10 to'£ll, the first of the new brew having just come to hand. In bottle, there is a large enquiry for Tennant's ; 13s to 13s 6d is the nominal price, but the greater portion to hand has been bespoke. Adelaide flour has slightly declined in price, owing to a parrel hating heen forced on the market during the week. This has all been disposed of however, and no doubt prices will again rule a little firmer. Adelaide flour, £15 10s ; Chilian and Californian, £13 10s - T Otago, £12 10s. Tea (in bond) duty, 6d. ~Low to medium, Is 3d to Is 8d ; good, Is lOd to 2s; superior kinds, 2s Id to 2s 3d. Sugar (in bond) —Mauritius, Ist white, £44; 2nd do, £42 ; Ist counter, £38 ; 2nd do, £32 to £34; Company's Ist white, £44; 2nd do, £41; crushed loaf, 6d. Soap—Liverpool, no demand ; colonial or provincial, 37s to 395. Coey's and Sinclair's hams and bacon, duty paid, 1b 3Jd ; equally proportioned. Spirits (in bond) —Brandy, Marten's or Hennessy's 7s 9d per gallon; MarteU's. in case, full contents, 28s ; Hennessy's, do, 28s. Bum, 4s to 4s 6d, according to proof. Geneva, J.D.K.Z., per case, 12s to 12s 6d. Whiskey, per gallon, Scotch, 4s 6d to 5s ; Irish, 6s 6d; do, case, Kirkliston, lis ; Saucel, 10s 6d, per dozen. Old torn, per case, 15s to 16s.

Ale, in bulk, £10 to £11, for new brew, duty paid; in bottle, Tennant's, 13s 3d ; other brands in small demand, lis to 12s 6d; stout, 11b 6d to 13s.

Aromatic tobacco may be quoted at 2s to 3s; dark at Is 6d to 2s ; tens _at lb 6d to 2s 3d ; Barrett's twist, 2s 9d.

Butter —Cork, none; colonial, Is 4d to Is sd. : ..-,c

Pickles, pints, 12s 6d; salad oils, pints, 16s 6d ; half-pints, lis; jams, lib, colonial, 10s 6d; English, 12s 6d; sauces, half-pints, 'lOa 6d to 12s; castor oil, pints, 12s 6d; halfpints, 9s. Candles—JFull weights, Is sd. s Meat—Beef,' roaßting and steaks, lOd to Is per lb ; boiling, 7d ; mutton, 6d to lOd ; pork and veal, lOd to Is. To hotels, 8d all round. "Dairy Produce—Bacon, la 6d to Is lOd; butter, fresh; Is 6d ; do, salt, Is 4d ; cheese, colonial, Is 6d ; do, English, Is 9d ;. eggs, freßh, 2s 9d to 3s ; do, imported, none; ham, Is 6d to 2s ; milk, 6d per quart. Poultry—Fowls, 8s to 9s per couple ; ducks, 10s to 12s per pair; geese, 15s to 17s 6d each; turkeys, 15s to 25s ;*rabbits, 4s to 10s per pair; pigeons, 4s to 6s per pair.

Fish—Baracouta, 6d to Is each; groper, 4d per lb ; 2s to 6s per dozen j rock cod, 4a to 6s per dozen ; trevallas, 2s 6d per dozen; soles, 12s per dozen; eels, 9d to Is per lb; crayfish, 4s to 12s per dozen.

Mr C. W. Lorenzen, produce salesman, Jetty street, Dunedin, reports as follows ? —

The market has been well supplied' with oats during the week at 2s 9d to 2s lOd per bushel. .Wheat is now freely offered Tat 4s. Potatoes'are in better demand, at. £3 to £3 10s per ton.

The following are the" latest quotations :■ — Wheat—4s 'to 4s 6d ; inferior, 3s 9d per bushel.

Flour—Best; town, dull of sale, £10 10s per ton.

Sharps—£B 10s per ton. Bran—ls 6d per Dushel. Barley—Cape", none j English, 5s to 5s 6d per bushel.

Oats—3b' per ; bushel. per bushel. .Chaff—£4 10s per ton, dull. . Straw—Oat and wheat, £2 per ton. Hay—New oaten, loose, £4 j pressed, £4 10s to £4 15s per ton.

Rye Grass, Hay,'and Clover—£3 10a to £4 per ton. ._. _ . "Rye Grass Seed—New, from 3s 6d to 6s per bushel.

■ Potatoes—Derwent, £3 per ton. Pig pot* toes, £2 10a per ton.

Corn sacks, 16s 6d per dozen, in bales. The "Daily Times," of the Bth instant, reports as follows :—

The business of the last few days has been affected by the continued delay in the arrival of the home mails, expected via Panama, and by the occurrence in the early part of the week df a severe fire in Princes street ; there has been, therefore, a dearth of transactions in ' the l import market, and hardly anything of. interest to notice. A fair town and country trade, is, however, maintained; and for despatch coastwise a modeamount of orders has been received. Flour, both imported and Provincial, are at tho values' of the last week, the business doing being limited to trade parcels. , The operations in sugars have been trifling ; and of teas we only'hear of inconsiderable sales. Both articles are.at sustained rates. In . provisions" little enquiry except for butter, which is'scarce,rat the current value, Is 4d. Malt liquors in glass continue very languid, the stocks both ,of stouts and ales being very heavy. The trade in stouts has been checked by t&e number of parcels upon the market, the condition of which is very bad; whilst for bottled alei enquiry seenis to ; have died away. Thenncrw r brew bulk ales have been selling fairly. Spirits have commanded scarcely any attention. The words "allowance of five per cent," feferririgfo sugars in bur issue of the sth, should have read of five per cent."