MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross office, Monday evening.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5671, 16 November 1875, Page 2

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross office, Monday evening.

The (. ustoms dutios loiened to day .1 mounted to 171J Oi lid. Mi. Ueoige Sibbm sold to d.iy, .it his Coiner mait, in the estiteof tlic lute Mi. 1?. Mackay, tluee sh.uc-. m the bu urn 1 ' Uibufeidh,' .it l"">0 jte» sh.110, '210 acies of land at Waiju, county of M.umIoii, foi i.T)7 10> ; the hou»c of nine 100ms in P.unell, which w.is moitgagcd, The houte and leasehold allotments in Cook-stiect weie withdiawn.

CALL LIST. Amount. Date. Calls: £ «<• d. liemliyo Independent .. - 0 0 U..Deo. 8 Du\ T i:niX.— The Otaoo Dad if I'mics of the 8th hist, lepoits :— Business has been quiet since om last, especially considering that it has been the beginning °f t' 10 month, and that >eiy genei.al expectations of inipiovement had been entcit.iined. Ifr.uidy m case, Hennes«ij\ is becoming moie plentiful, and is now otfeied .it model ate iates. Thes>e luve been lulmg at fiom Si's lid to 3,!s. In wliisky, a fail ti.ule continues to I»o done Hum lemains veiy dull. In ale, impoited bottle, a good deal of business has been done. In tea, the business of the newly ai lived new season's uop his opened with little demonstiation of eigeiness. In *-ugai, the hist mo\e ot the sea son was made on Tuesday, Messis. McLandiess, Hepburn, and Co., onenng at theii looms the c.u^o of sugar. e\ ' Lochiel,' fiom Mauritius, nnpoited by McsMi. W. and (J. Tuuibull and Co the fust of the new seison. 11ii>pi>» con tilled then puiehasrs tojellows; thf following •ne the quantities sold with puce's icillsed ■ hspeianev, K, 7 ( T nuts finest jellow nj-tiK, to 5 ">-, ; ttspei line, (), "J'.t'J ni its finest jellow eiystds, I S3 Id.; LibtA.iidonu.iis, L, 1,07'luut-. finest jellow t.iyst.\ls; lie-lie Vuc, 1,(^7 in its illicit yellow "cij.stals, £$i UK; N, ')()0 nuts yellow crystals, v t'31. In l»io visions the same nnsatisfactonncss pie \ ails that lias been complained of foi so long. Hams and bacon aie left to hang, the pi ices obtained, though full, being unequal to the cost, and still less to the tedious delay which occuis in closing even a small consignment. Local cuied, of prime quality, is sc<nce as ever. Cheese, leally good, indeed all kinds, aio very scaice. Keiosene is dull. Large sales aie taking place in Melbourne. Devoe'i, Is 3d ; diamond, Is 2d. Flour has at last advanced, aud is quoted at £10 10s in sacks, ill in small bags — the demand for trade purposes audexpoit being fail 1 . Wheat is quoted at from 4s 3d to 4s 6d for milling ; common, fiom 33 (id to 3s 9d — quantity offering equal to demand. Oata are exceedingly dull, and quotations extremely \ 0Vf — s0 low as fiom 2s to 2s .id, sales having been made actually .it the foimei liguie. Hal ley is almost equally as bad, and is now quoted at fioin .is <»d to 4s tid. Biau lemains at £4, an' 1 poll.ud at £(J. Mel.bol.knk. — The Ax/im of the 30tn > 'dob 1" repoits : — "In the impoit maiket^uftY.. ~"tr> j, j cons'deiable extent hav£jL><>^7~ repoi t ', i <>~ i '''-'■ ' 'ing that^r -r^r., ,„■■» »f ;,w. ....,>/ - ' • " v -i'i^^jHnation has been the pif vailing '^,'it il'ioughout the day. Biculstuffs me tn in i .. sales of flour aie making at £13 .Is to Liv . . ud. Wheat is wanted, and for prime Noithein Ga 7d to (is 8d can be got, but theia is still little offoiing. In the absence of $>up jilios of fine, other and infeiioi desciiptioni are coming into notice. We Ieam of the quittance of 700 bags of Tasmaniau Coast wheat at 5s 9d to 3s lOd. Oats aie not active. We hear, howevei, that business is pending^ though no sales can yet be lepoited. Quotations, according to quality', lange fiom 3s 4d to 3s Od. Maize is latliei bettei ; an impioved liiqiuiy is experienced, and 4s >Sd to 4s !)d is demanded. Sugais aie quiet, and no spccul business lias i cached us. Under the h uinnei, 300 ba^s in faulty condition weie quitted at £J"» "is to £"i<> 10-.. The ' Andamin, which has just .mixed fioml'oit Louis, has bi ought the fust of the new sugan The assoitinent appeals most suitable for tiade pui poses. The shipment will be sold on an eai'y day. The advices to hand by this \essel leach to 30th Jsoptembei, and though we have d.itcs by telegiam to 14th Octobei, yet the following details will be found of some mteiest. Fiom piivate coininunitations we le.un tli.it sug'u was in actne demand dining the month foi the coloni il maiket, and 10 vessels, hid been loaded, including foul foi Xew Zealand. The ' Loid Atacdutt' was fo bling a poition of the 'Cinada'-.' cii o <>, n\!iic1i vessel 1 id been condemned tin il The niaikct w is fuily supplied with diy white sug.'is, and lneweis' ciyst.ds weie . liming a little moie fieely, but yellows \\ r ie \eiy suiice; theiiiauu factuie of sucli suyais hut only comment d lecentl). Wliite and gn yisli whites had been lngely bought foi iioinbay, and tlie demand continued busk. (Quotations l uled at 7.3")dol. for finest white ciystals, and low to fine white ciystild langed fiom <J.2"idoI. to 7.2">dol. ; low to finest white counteis, at I>.21do1. to 7.2."idol. Theie weie no finest yellow ciystals in the m.ukct. (.'ood to hue In ought ti.'J'xlol. to (> lOdol.; low to finest yellow countei s, ">.7">dol. to d.OOdol. ; breweis' ciystals, It.DOdol. to 7dol.; latioim weie veiy sc.ucc, and mled :it i.2~>dol. to r > ">0dol. The clc.uanccs weie —on September 15, the 'Helen,' foi Poit Phillip (.u lived), and the ' Canon,' for Lyttelton ; on the 10th, the 'Sarah ]iuinyent,'foi Adelaide, and the ' Lochiel ' and 'Mayflowei,' foi New Zealand ; on the 2.'Jid, the ' Pioneei,' foi Hob.ut Town; on tlie 27th, the 'Jolrnn Iveidiup,' foi Nca Zealand; and on the 30th, the 'Andaman,' for Melbourne (.uihed). The 'Eunice' Wai about to load foi Adelaide for ouleis. The 'St. Mai c ' h id ai lived fiom Melbourne with pio duce. Shipments to date of the new ciop weie ■nniller than any for je.vis proviom. Fi eights weie quoted at 4 jh to 17s <id and "> pei ( ent. to New Zealand ; 30s and 5 per cent, to Hob.ut Town; and 20s to 22s (id and ."> per cent, to Adelaide. Exchange on Austiali.i was ."i pei cent, picmiuiu, and on New Zealand 4 pei cent, pieuuuni. The advices ieg.ii<liug candles liavc linjiaited a furthei 1 lmjietus to that maiket, i, '100 boxes altogethei h.ning clunged hands in p.ucelb i tinging fiom 1,000 to l,(iOO bo\cs in a line. IJundon's, Do Koubaix's, ic, have been amongst the paicela disposed of. Keiosienu oil continues to obtain notice. We hear of 2,000 c ises Devoe's having been placed at 1h Id, and fo. .i ji.uccl of ."iOO cases diamond Is 'id w is leahsed. We lesun that the b.il.iuct of the ' Sti.ithodenV Hlnpuieni of Columbian I'.ivti salmon, in cask, to the extent of 1,i>00 packages, li.is changed hands on pnvatt: turns. A veiy full puce is stated to have been paid, but the quality in veiy supeuoi. We an- iufoiinedth.it ie Hales to* eonsidei.ible extent hue <dso been made at a. satnfactoiy advance In te is we note sales of fine to extra fine congous at Is lid to 2s ."id.- In liquids we note i biNk demand foi HenneHsy'sctise biandy, and sales have been made at 30s to 30k lid on the wh u f. -The second hale of wool this seanon wan held at the stores of Mchhi-s. H.istingn, Cunningham and Co , this afternoon. Ruling l.ites showed a decline of -fiom Id to 2d pei 1b. upon in ices cunent ftt coiiesponihng ]>miod list yeai. In all about 2,000 b.ilcn weie disl.nsed of, gieasy fetching from M to l.'id pei lb. ; scouied, fiom 20d to 22d per 1b. ; fleece, 39d to 28d per lb " IiouwiT Town. — Tlie Mirctny of the 27th Oeiobei leports that marketa exhibited no cliange, and that paces aie stationery. The issue of the pievious day lepoits : Business was a little biisker to day, though prices show veiy little change. Wheat is selling at 4s 9d to fin, and fioui at £11. Bian is steady at Is Id to Is 3d, and sharps £'7. Oats show no improve ment ; a few have changed hands at 2s lOd. PoUtoea aie lapidly going Jout of the maiket ;

they aie now woi tli about ±M L">s. Loose hny lias been coming iu in latliei laige quantities, and lias fallen to t'4 l">s foi best : piessed is ■selling at t4 10m to L'4 1 "is. Foi dairy pi oduoc we quote selling pi ices • Cheese, Sd to ldd ; bacon, 8d to Od ham, <Jd to lOd.