MAURITIUS

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3887, 5 February 1870, Page 4

MAURITIUS

Messrs. Blyth Brothers report, under date November 19, as follows : — Exports : Dining the first fortnight of the month a fair business was done in sngais of all kinds at fully previous rates but during the past few days there has been an abserce of animation, due paitly to the non-ariiv.il of a considerable poition of the English letter^ pel last mail, but chiefly to the scarcity of shipping in haibour We may notice «s a fact of s >mo mteiest that sales of gioceiy kinds have been effected foi the ling ish mai kef, which h is tended to maintain the vilue of jellow connteis. Our shipments to 'late aie as follow . — Tinted Kingdom, l'2,800 tons , France, 4,2,">0 , Australian colonies and Now Zaaland, 15,900 , Cape 255 , Bombay, 14,0 0 Total, 47,475 tons For Bombay it will be obseived that the <iuanhty shipped to date exceeds the total shipments to that port last ciop Buyers seem indisposed toopeiate fmther foi that maiket except at a leduction in price The followingquotations aie to some eti.ent nominal White crystals, fine to finest fi dollars 85 cents to 7 ctoll<u« 25 cents. No 20 6 doll us 50 cents to 6 dollars GO cents , No 18-19 6 dallaia 40 cents , yellow crystals, finest, 6 dollais 25 cents to 6 dollar; 30 cents; yellow cmnteis, good, 5 dollais 80 cents to 0 dnllais , ration, good to fine, 4 dollars 50 cents to 4 dolltrs 75 cents ; grey l eft in ng, 12-14, 5 iio'lar-i 65 cen»s to 5 dollars S5 cents , grey syrups, 9-10, 4 dollari (io cents to 4 dallais 90 cents.