SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1439, 22 July 1865, Page 2

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. July 20—Rangatira, s.s., 174 tons, Mundle, from Wellington. Passengers — Cabin: Mr. mittem, Mr. Marks, and Mr. Simpson; 8 in July 21—Edward and Christopher, ketch, 28 tons, J. Eckhoff, from Dunedin, for Christchuroh. No passengsrs. CLEARED. July 21—Rangatira, s.s., 174 tons, Mundle, for Dunedin. Passengers —Mr. and Mrs. Campbell; 4 in steerage. IMPOSTS. In the Rangitira, J. D. Macpherson, agent: 1 case, Cook and Ross. , _ . In the Edward and Christopher, master, agent. 100 cases apples, Aikman aDd Wilson; 6 Vtg nails, 1 case sundries, 2 bdls spades, 1 do shmels, Ido forks, 1 piece steel, 64 "wh l iron. J. Johnston; 7 pkgs hardware, R. Sm'th ,1 pumps, 1 bdl spouting, 1 block tin, W. R. » Hp urn, .rnd Co., U G: Holmes and Co; 13 bare iron, J. «illiams, pkgs hardware, HWag,staff; ,I ,d '%J sDOUtinc, 1 do sundries, R. J. Stanley, o stoves 8 boilers, 16 pots, 2 cases iron, 6 axle arms, I'keß' powder, 1 cask horso-shoes, E. Reece and Co- I cases bedsteads. 1 matted pkjJ.Baldwm; B casessaddlery, J. T. Peacock; 6 bullock poles, 6 dray shafts, 1 cask, G. Booth; 1 weighing ma/.hinp' 11 cases lamp glares, 11 pkgs, hardware, T. Mason and Co; 5 pkgs hardware, 1 wil lead pipe, Order; 70 bars iron, J. Anderson; oO cases candles, Order. Expkctbd Arrivam. July 22—Lord Ashlev, from the South. July 25—Wellington, from the North. July 25 —Phcebe, from Sydney and the North. New Zealand, from South, in a few days. Gazelle, s.s., ditto. Indian Empire, ship, from London, flue. Otago, from Boston, U.S. Hero, s.s., from Dunedin, on or about tho 23rd inst. Projected Departures. j u ] t 22 Lord Ashley, for the North, via East July 26—'Wellington, for the South. July 26—Phoebe, for the South. July 26—Hero, s.s., for Melbourne, via Otago, July 30—Phoebe, s.s., for Wellington, Nelson, and Sydney. Vessels in Harbour. ships. Canterbury, Fentie, from London. Greyhound, Wright* from London. barques. Indus, from Newcastle, N.S.W. BEIGS AND BCHOONBRB. Shamrock, Hayes, from Fiji Islands. Stranger, from Newcastle. Royal Exchange, from Newcastle, cleared tor Guam. Th E p.s. New Zealand may be looked for every day, route for Hokitika and Northern B.s. Gazelle is expected to arrive from Dunedin in a few days. . The schooner Shamrock, Captain Hayes, will probably clear at the Customs this day, tor Auckland and the Fiji Islands. The Lord Ashley will most probably arrive with the English mail about noon, this day. bhe is expected to leave again for Northern Ports during the afternoon. . , . . m A square-rigged vessel was noticed in the offingyesterday, about noon. At the time of our express leaving Port our reporter had not ascertained her name. The barque Otago, Capt. Lunt, and ship T"di«m Empire, Captain Black, are bothoverSteamer Rang* tira arrived on Thursday evening, at 7.10, from Wellington and Northern ports. We are obliged to Captain Mundeli for Ml files from Auckland, Napier, and Wellington, left Wellington at eight a.m., Wednesday; h&a stiong breeze from S.S.W. till daylight on Thursday morning, afterwards fine weather. Lett tor Dunedin yesterday, at 12.30. _ , . The Fine Ship Greyhound, Captain Wnght, •will clear at the Customs, for Callao, this morning. She leaves this port in ballast, with six or seven passengers, en- route to England.

HEATHCOTE. SAILED. July 21—Mullogh, s.s., for Port, with 6 bp.lea wool,"Miles and Co.; 2 sacks wheat, Hevwoodand Co.; 1 hhd ale, Cameron; 3 cases, 2 sacks oats, 20 trusses hay, Holmes and Co. July 21—Barge Florence, in ballast. AKABOA. AEEIVED. July 19—Geelong, p.s., from Danedin, via intermediate ports. Passengers—Master and Miss Cargill, Master and Miss Beswick. IMPOSTS. In the Geelong": 3 ovens, 1 pkg, J". D. Garwood ; 25 sacks malt, 1 pocket hops, 12 bars iron, 2 qr-casks vinegar, 8 coils rope, 2 boxes raisins, 2 cases oilmen's stores, E. C. Latter; 1 bag, 1 bale, 1 truss, 1 case merchandize, 6 kegs, Armstrong and Paly. BAILED. July 19—Geelong, p.s., for Lyttelton, 1 passenger. July 19—Mary Louisa, ketch for Lyttelton, July 19—ChnBtina, cutter, for Timara, with spars. EXPORTS. In the Geelong: original cargo, and 2 bags bacon, 1 box fruit, Wiggins and Ward. In the Mary Louis: 14,0u0ft timber, Piper and Co.. The ketch Mabgaeet, from Altar oa for Timaru, put back to the former port, on the 18th inst., through stress of weather. HOKITIKA SHIPPING. (feom our owk bkpobtee.) AEBIVED. July 10—Wallaby, from Nelson. July 13—Dancing Wave, from Nelson. July 13—Jane Lockhart, from Danedin. July 13—Cymraes, from Dunedin. [Got ashore on bar; will be recovered]. July 16—William Miskin, coastwise, July 16— * Tiger, from Nelson. [Got ashore; total wreck.] SAILED. July 11—Steamer Nelson, for Nelson. July 12—Steamer Wallaby, for Nelson. July 12—Steamer Brace, for Dunedin. July 12—Schooner lona, for Grey Biver. July 14—Schooner Rifleman, for Lyttelton. July 15 —Brig Craigievor, for Melbourne. * The schooner Tiger, 70 days out from Nelson, ' sailed on shore with all sail set, in spite of the signals made to her from the flagstaff here.

f COMMERCIAL. Lyltelton Times Office, Friday Evening, July 21. The trade of the province has been in a very unsettled state during the past week, and business transactions have been limited to the narrowest compass. There are several reasons for this state of affairs; the principal being the depressed state of the market for stock, which, limiting the expenditure of the settlers, reacts upon our traders. The winter season is also now at its height, when ft dulness of trade is generally looked for, and this is increased by the action of the Customs authorities. These things, combined with one or two important failures, have tended to render the past week one of the dullest and most unsatisfactory that we have ever experienced. The news from *he West Coa3t goldfields has, however, begun to excite a more cheerful feeling, and we look forward to a decided improvement generally in business matters. Upon the whole, we think the check which has been placed upon business operations is likely to prove more beneScial than injurious, as there can be no doubt that our commercial operations were becoming far in advance of our actual requirements. Ale and Porter.—The stocks of bulk No. 3 ale are light, and the demand, good. Light ales are not inquired for, the season being over. Bottled ales are heavily in stock, and slow of sale. Bottled stout and porter is in active demand at good prices, and the stock by no means heavy. Coffee.—Ceylon plantation, blue bean, is in a rather better demand, but at prices scarcely remunerative. Bacon and hams are scai ce, especially the latter, of which the market continues very bare. Hops are in better demand. Eice continues doll of sale; de-

mand only for actual consumption. Spirits.— Hennessy's pale brandy in bulk is low in stock, and inquired for. There is a good demand for Martell's ani other good brands, both in bulk and, caso. Geneva is dull. Old Tom is more inquired for Bum.—Good West India, 10 0.p., is scarce, an d saleable at good rates. Whiskey is in fair in. auiry. Sugar.-There is a fair trade demand, but tho late rise,in prico limits trade. Tcaa in ™ ry good demand, especially for good middling flavoured congous. Tobacco.—Negrohead twist is firmer, and demand tolerably active. Cake tobaccos are negloeted. Sheepwaah has met with a very active demand at good rates. Candles arc rather better, and stocks light. Buttcr.-Thero is a demand for imported salt, as fresh is becoming scarce. Flour shows but little change; demand quiet, Oilmen's stores arc dull, and prices low, being most unfavourably affected by the new interpretation of the tariff. Salt.—Fine continues very scarce and high; coarse is more abundant.

STOCK REPORT. No change has token place in the market for stock, but the buyers for the West Coast markets have nearly clcarod the fat now fit to bo driven over, and we anticipate a higher price will begin to rule. Cattle, at this season, ore not weighing well, and all those in paddocks have fallen off so considerably as not to oe saleable tor a long time. Butchers are but ill-supplied with beefior the spring, and tliero is only one prospect before us to keep prices down — importation. Several transactions have taken place, none at an averago price to determine the exact weights, but we should say superior beef was worth fully 4!td per lb. , Fat Wethers, with only a few sales made, are still selling at 4d. . Ewes, from the state they are now in, can seldom change hand; dropping lambs and increase of fleece make owners unwilling to part. Very few have been sold, and those from 20s to 22s od. Store Cattle are not now offered, parties wisely foreseeing that they are really a valuable property, when our communication with the west Coast is ""several stations are in treaty for, and sellers have had to give way in price, there being, no doubt, a distinct fall in that class of property since last year.

HOKITIKA. (From the West Coast Times, July 15.) At our request we have been favoured with the following report 011 the state of the market by Messrs. R. Beeves & Co., auctioneers, and from the well knowir business abilities of these gentlemen, and their long mercantile transactions, we safely lay it before our readers as a reliable summary In reporting on the state of the market for the week we may preface our remarks by stating that a dulness has prevailed generally, owing to few vessels having arrived or being in port, a great scarcity, and in some cases utter absence of, many leading articles, and also from few up-country j buyers visiting town, having taken advantage of the fine weather prevailing at the respective fields, and the want of inducement to leave their business for the reasons assigned above. We held a sale of general merchandise at our rooms on Tuesday last, and although the attendance was not very numerous, yet we found a readyjdisposition to buy most articles of general consumption at fair rates, which enabled us to place a large amount of goods at remunerative prices to importers. For articles not in general demand less prices must be submitted to, and losses are frequently made in such goods, through indiscreet persons at a distance unacquainted with the wants of this market, and in the absence of reliable advice. The rush to the Grey has been the chieffeature for many days past, and a vast quantity of goods have been sent hence by pack-horses, drays and vessels; amongst the latter we mention the lona, whose cargo of timber from Pelorus Sound we placed, cleared out on Tuesday, fully laden, at a freight of £3 per ton. The Flying Squirrel and the Quiver have also been dispatched hence at fully those rates. From reliable information we have good reason for supposing the Grey diggings will turn out a very profitable field, and from the position of this market there will be another outlet for much of our stocks. We personally visited the Kanieri diggings, and from our own observations we can safely assert that there are few diggings equal to them in richness and permanency.! Should the fine weather continue, other new fields will sure to be the result, as the diggings in that quarter are comparatively in their infancy. We had the pleasant duty of convening a meeting for the purpose of forming a company for the purchase of a powerful steam tug, and, we are glad to say, met with the happiest results. A committee of gentlemen was formed, and, from the vital importance of the object, and the readiness displayed by our merchants, we have no doubt a good and suitable steamboat will be placed here in a few weeks. Amongst other articles, too numerous for detail, we placed this week— 12 tons Hart's silk-dressed Adelaide flour, £35105. 6>tons Chilian flour, £32. 5 tons do, all faults, £17. 1 parcel of No. 1 Co.'s sugar, slightly sweated, £54. 8§ tierces tobacco, inferior quality, Is 3d to Is 4d. 300 bushels Tartarian oats, ss. 5 hhds dark brandy, 7s to Bs. 10 qr.-casks Hennessy's and Martell's brandy, 13s 6d to 14s. , 4 qr.-casks Hart's three-diamond port, £20 to £21. 3 qr.-casks inferior, £14 to £18. 2 qr.-casks Offley's four-grape, £27105. 22 cases Dsinhard's No. 2, 80s to 85s. 5 do do pints, 2 doz do, 82s 6d to 879 6<L 12 kegs interior colonial butter, Is Id to j s 3d. 20 cases Blood's stout, 19s to 20s. 30 cases JDKZ, 235, in bond. Good Colonial butter is extremely scarce, 2s 3d can be readily obtained. F.W., candles much in demand, Is 6d to Is 7d, in parcels.

We annex a list of prices, with remarks attached, which our readers will understand to mean in trade lots, and from the high rates of freight charged by steam vessels, we have no doubt these quotations will be fully maintained. Ale, bottled, 12s to 14s, no demand. Do, draught, English, 7s 4d to 8s; Colonial, 6s lOd to 6s, no demand. Porter, bottled, 18s to 20s, fair demand. Coffee, in lib and 21b tins, Is 6d to Is 9d, scarce. Brandy, 1.8., draught, Martell's, 13s to 13s 6d, in demand. Do, do, Hennessy's, do do, in demand. 1 Do, central V.P, and other equal brands, 8s to 9s, slow sale. Do, case, Hennessy's, Martell's, and Benault's, 40s, demand limited. Do, do, common, 16s to 18s, unsaleable. Whiskey, draught, 6s to 6s 6d, saleable. Do, case, 14a to 16s, no demand. Geneva, J.D.K.Z., large contents, 21s to 225, slow sale. Port wine, duty paid, £15 to £17 per qr, | saleable. Sherry, do, £15 to £18 do, slow sale. Do, do, £10 to £13 octave, do. Old Tom, L.8., 15s to 20s case, do. Hum, LB., 6s 6d to fo, do. Sparkling Moselle, D.P., 75s to 80s, fair demand. Claret, do, 40s to 555, very scarce. Absynthe, do, 95s to 100s, slow sale. Butter, colonial, 2s 3d to 2s Bd, none, very saleable. Do, Cork, Is to Is 3tl, slow sale. Candles, F.W., Is 6d to Is 7d, scarce, saleable. Cheese, prime English, Is 3d to Is 4d, slow sale. Bacon, Sinclair, Is 5d to Is 6d, none, very saleable. Do, Coey'n Is 4 d to Is sd, scarce, saleable. Do, Campbell's, Is 3d to Is 4d, do, do. Do, Robinson's, Is 2d to Is 3d, do, do Ham, Is 8d to Is lOd; none, very salenble. Flour, Adelaide, £34 to £36, scarce, do. Do, Chilian, £30 to £32, fair demand. Do, Canterbury, £30 to £32, slow saie. Chaff, do, £25 to £'27, scarce, fair demand. Oats, ss, improving. Sugar, white, D.P., 6d to 7d per lb, scarce. Do, bright yellow, 6d to 6d, saleable. Galvanized iron, 6 to 8 feet, 20 to 28 gauge, . £44 to £48 do. American lumber, per 100 superficial feet, 45i to 50s; none, very saleable. Quartering and Scantling, do, 23s to 265, fair demand. Salt (fine), £12 per ton, slow sale. Do, coarse, £12 do, slow. Coals, (A.A, Co'b), £9 to £10. Do. (Grey), £7 10s to £8. Potatoes, £8 lO.s to £10. Tobacco, half-pound cavandish, 2s to 2s 6d— fair demand. Do half-pound aromatic, 3s 6d to 4s 6d—fair demand. Cigars, Swiss, D.P., .£4 10s to £s—slow5 —slow sale. Do Havannah regalias (D.P.) £15 to £18— scarce—saleable. Do Havannah Londres, £12 to £11—scarcesaleable. The following are the import and export duties from the Ist to the 14th July - £ s. d. Import duties 1680 15 1 Export (gold) 1690 11 3 Total £3371 6 4'