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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 183, 16 March 1867, Page 2

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■ ■ ■ ._ - . .. Grey Piiver Argvs Office, Friday evening, The amount of revenue received at the Customs on goods oleared for home consump^ tion on Thursday and Friday was as follows : — Thursday, March 14, £331 v os 7d j Friday, March 15, £94 Ss 6d, The weeks transactions have been of an average extent. Tho only intercolonial arrival has .been .the Uoklseeker from Melbonrne, v/ith over 200 tons of goods assorted to meet the wants of the market. The Isabella Jackson arrived to-day fi'om Christchurch, w-ith flour, cats, fee, a portion of which hail been sold to arrive. In horse feed both chaff and oats have advancedj the former having been disposed of at Lls to LIC 10s per ton, aud the latter at 6s to Cs (id. These rates, however, can scarcely be expected to be maintained in face of shipments now due. Flour, Adelaide, remains stationery at about Ll6 10s. In. malt liquors and spirits a fair business has been done at previous rate 3. D.. Maclean and Co., report having sold at auction during th*> week 50 bales Victorian chaff at Lls 15s to Ll6 10s; a quantity of Victorian oaton hay at i£l7 per ton; 30 sheep, ex Nelson from Nelson, 31s each ; 13 pigs, ex Nelson from Nelson, 47s 6d each ; 50 pigs, ex Emma Eliza from Wahganui, were placed at prices varying from L3to L 6 ; 200 sheep ex Goldseeker from Melbourne were placed at pric.es leaving only a small margin for the importer, The booths on the race course, ten in number, were disposed of at an average of L 55 each, rates clearly indicating th;t the purchasers anticipated doing a large business. At their weekly sale of horses at the Cosmopolitan yards a fair number was olarad, but the demand was limited, and only a few hacks changed hands. DutfjEDiN,— The Daily Times, of the 11th instant, reports as follows :— The: transactions in tho import market during the week have been very light in extent, possessing so little interest as scarcely | to furnish occasiun for notice. Howeyei-, the demand for miscellaneous stock for upcountry requirements and for despatch coast- j •wise, has imparted a -little appearance of ' auiraatjqn. to trade. In the market for imported flours the sales have been confined to trade parcels, with the exception of the quitting previously noticed of a parcel of about SO tons South Australian; Chilian and Calif ornian, of which the stock is mode-rate,-'realizes,',, ih small lots, Ll3 10stoL14 10s; South Australian, Lls 103 to Ll6; Provincial Lll to Ll2. Teas and sngar3 have not been dealt in to any extent, the coming auction snles opera,: i ig in retarding private transactions. Prices remain firm. Inbuilt ales, the smallness of the. business done ia •attributable to the non -arrival of the new brew, for v/hich the trade are waiting. Some clearing-out sales have occurred ; but the quantity left on hand is small as compared to the stocks of old beers of previous seasons, while the same unw illingness to buj r olJ sound beers is manifested. Bottled ales are in very slack demand, and bottled stouts less ia request than previously. Nothing of importance is doing in spirits, and notwithstanding that recent advices are favorable, buyers have not beon inclined to operations larger than foi-mere requirements. Good provisions (bacon and haras) are gradually lightenihgv in stocks, and are mainly held by one house, the asking" rate is Is 4d for both, or Is 6d for hams only, duty paid. Cheese remains as last noticed. i ßutter ; slightly improving ; a parcel of Cork, "to arrive^ has been offered at a shade of -reduction on current rates ; but for lots for prompt delivery, full prices are demanded; The value of staples not referred to are .unaffected by late arrivals or advices, and close as nearly as possible as last given.