WESTLAND.
The "West Coast Times," of the 29th instant, reports as follows : The import market for the past week has been extremely quiet; arrivals from intercolonial ports have been, until the close of the week, all but " nil," business being limited to local trade requirements, which have not by any means been extensive. Easterweek, as usual, has not been exclusively devoted to business. The protracted arrival of overdue cargoes hod commenced to tell upon the market, and an advance on cereals and produce generally has been established. Several vessels having put in an appearance at the close of the week, considerable activity is looked forward to for the current week, and a fair index of values will be arrived at. Stocks of several leading articles are running low, and the prospects for importers is better than we have had occasion to note for some time.
This month's exportation of gold promises to be somewhat above the average, nearly every steamer which left for Melbourne and Sydney having taken away a greater or lesser quantity of the staple article. The last shipment by the s.B. Egmontis one of the heaviest that ever left the coast in a single bottom, and may be accepted as a proof of what the West Coast goldfields are yet capable of producing. The total quantity shipped by her at Hokitika and Grey mouth was 24,00-1 ounceß. Of this amount Hokitika contributed 14,704 ounces, viz., Bank of New Zealand, 5000 ounceß; Bank of New South Wales, 7004 ounces; and Union Bank, 2700 ounces. Greymouth's share was 7309, whilst 2000 ounces, the produce of the Buller goldfields, waß shipped at Nelson. We are surprised at the querulous complaining of our Greymouth contemporary concerning the preference shown to Hokitika aa a port of shipment. No wonder it should be bo when the head-quarters of each bank are situated here, and moreover Hokitika being the most central is the natural and more convenient outlet for the district, and we may add, needs no adventitious aid to keep its gold exports to a respectable figure.
WESTLAND.
Press, Volume XI, Issue 1398, 2 May 1867, Page 2
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