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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 1785, 6 September 1866, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Of the total exports for the quarter colonial manufactures and produce are represented by £1,706,115. Oamaru. The Times of Aug. 31 reppr.ts : We have to report little animation in trade, although fair for the season of the year. Stocks are light and the demand limited; it is considered that the ensuing month will bring an improvement •jn: business Of flour there nre ample stocks; w« hear, £25 quoted for Adelaide, with downward tendency; i>lß for guaranteed Oamaru flour (JHL brand); oats,6s for feed and 7« 6d for Beed;, wheat,. prices nominal. The stocks of sugars are low at present, in consequence of.ex'pectcdiise in duty; in teas, coffees, &c, we have no change of prices to report. Spirits are saleable at former quotations. During the week the wellnkndwnfirinof Messrs. Driver, M'L'eah and Co., ■ \stockandstalion.Balesmen,wool-brokers, &c.,have : opened a branoh in Qamaru, into which Mr. A. E. B. Thompson, late of Canterbury, has been admitted a partner. New premises are being erected in Tyne-street for their offices. ': Writa.—The rime* of Sept. 1 reports:— Tbo want of,any Bteame; from Hokitika, and ~ the,npn/arrival of the expected shipments from - : 'a)'iineamand elsewhere, I 'have caused a considerliable' Scarcity an a 'few articles' •during the week. The stock of horsefced is particularly low*," and'as high as lis to 12s has been given for afew bags during the last, jew days. Bran is not obtainable •Smy 'price, and the stock of chaff is being-ma-terially reduced. The quantity of potatoes also held does not exceed a few bags, in the hands of

one or two, yet the price lias not exceeded 14s to ISsper cwt. Flour, more from its slow sale than heavy supplies, does not maintain so high a price, and sest Adelaide may be quoted at £2B to £3O. Eamos|| ChQian, ''#hich has been a little more sought I after*'bears the quotation of last week—£22;i(js to demand for porter and ale seems/, weekly' on the increase, arid good brands of the' '-former; fetch '2os t0213 per doz, duty paid, and the latter 17s to 18s per doz. The shipment of horsefeed and produce which will haTO tho good luck to arrive first from J)unedin or Invcroargill—from which ports four or five aro daily oxpected—will meet with a fair market, and we learn of a quantity of oats sold, to arrive, at 8s 6d per bushel,

NEW ZEALAND IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. COMPARATIVE TABLB. The following table 9hows the imports and exports for the quarter ending March 31, 1866, from each province, with the excess either way :

From the above it appears that the exports for the whole of New Zealand for the quarter, exceeded the imports by £399.653. There was an excess of imports over exports in the case of Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, and Southland, while the other four provinces had an excess of exports over imports. The following table shows the chief articles of export, their value, and the province whence they are exported, for the quarter ended March 31,1866: —

Provinces. Imports. Exports. Excess. i ' " . £ £ £ Auckland ... 274,685 65,854 208,731 Taranalri ... 14,735 382 14,353 Wellington... 163,548 106,692 66,956 Napier Nelson 16,697 63,616 47,091 97,307 18,445 78,862 Marlborough 2,888 42,986 . 40,098 Canterbury,,. 398,680 919,270 620,690 Otago 335,808 613,372 177,564 Southland ... 45,461 18,724 28,737 Chathams ... 201 262 61 Totals ... 1,349,850 1,749,503 399,653

Articles. Value. Where from. Butt« £ 1245 Canterbury, Wellington, Cliathams Cheese 10 Canterbury, Marlborough Chrome Ore 1315 Nelson Firewood 15 Auckland Gold 803,040 Canterbury, Otago, Nelson, Auckland, and Marlborough Kauri Gum 13,906 Auckland Hides 351)5 All the provinces except Marlborough Horns, hoofs, &c. 126 Otago and Southland Onions 40 Auckland and Chathams Plants and seeds 677 Otago, Wellington, Southland Potatoes 2912 Auckland, and Chatham Islands Sheepskins 2444 All the provinces except Taranaki and Nelson Tallow 754 Canterbury, Wellington, Hawko's Bay, Otago Timber, sawn and hewn 3428 Auckland Whalebone 160 Canterbury Wool 871,145 All the ProTmces. Not classified ... 1314 Do.