DUNEDIN.

Press, Volume XIV, Issue 1828, 20 February 1869, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

The " Otago Daily Times" of the 18th in its commercial article states— . The state of the markets have not been perceptibly affected by Melbourne advices, and we have nothing to alter in quotations for staple : gOode. For breadstuffs' the demand continues quiet, and neither in flour nor grain have transactions extended beyond current ■trade requirements, prices in the meantime being unchanged and without any immediate prospect of alteration. At the sale of general merchandise at Messrs M'Landress, Hepburn, and Co.'s Booms, there was but little business done, but the biddings were generally without spirit. Amongst prices we noted:—Black lead, at 375; loaf sugar, all faults, at sfd j orange bitters, 7s 6d i. b. ; Renault's brandy, at 23s ; soda crystals, £1110s ; chocolate (no brand), 9d ; and champagnes (no brand), 40a. The bulk beers, offered failed to attract any attention. In private transactions, there have transpired one or two parcels of bacon and hams at, for Sinclair's and Coey's, Is to Is o£d, a small line of an outside brand moving at a lower rate. Barclay's stout (a guaranteed parcel), at 8s j Jeffrey's ale, at 7s 6d to 7s 9d j and Hennessy's brandy, at Bs. Sugars are in brisk inquiry, but sales are entirely among second houses. Teas are not ! neglected ; altogether. Some better- sized trade parcels moved off, witnessing fair prices. Holders of kerosene are now firm lat 2s 3d, at which figure, however, sales have not yet been reported.