Commercial Intelligence.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Volume I, Issue 6, 20 May 1863, Page 4

Commercial Intelligence.

QUEENSTOWN PRICES CURRENT. Flour—Lßs to L9O Jp 1 ton—L92 to L 95 retail. Sugar—ls 2d to Is 3d lb—ls 3d to Is 5d do. Tobacco—7s W ft>—Bs to 10s do. Butter—3s to 3s 5d ty lb —3s 6d to 4s do. Tea—L6 5s to L 7 —L4 do. Coffee—2s 4d lb—2s 6d do. Brandy—3os to 36s gallon. Gin—9os to 95s case. Whiskey—27s to 30s gallon. Oats—34s bushel —Is Id lb retail. Chaff—ls tb retail. Maize—ls 4d lb do.

Tiie Arrow. Flour— W ton, L 100; sugar— W ft, Is 4d; Tobacco, do., 8s; tartaric acid, wanted; carb. soda, ty lb, Is 8d ; butter, scarce ; tea, ordinary conffou, W lb, 3s 6d; brandv, W gal-, 41s; gin (JDKZ), L 4 15s toLS; whiskey, #*gal., 355; port wine, 31s 6d do.

HORSE AND CATTLE MARKET. (lnvercargill Times, May 8.) Dunedin. —Cattle : store, LIS, and in good request; fat, LI7 to L 2 7; working bullocks, LSO to L6O per pair; cows, Lls to L2o.—Sheep: Ewes, 28s 6d to 31s; wethers, 26s to 275. Horses: First-class heavy draught, LBO to LI20; second class, LSO to L 75; third do., L 25 to LIS ; first-class light harness, LSO to L7O ; second do., L2O to Lls ; first-class weight carriers, L6O to to L7O; second-class hacks, L 25 to Lls ; ordinary sorts, Lls to L2O; inferior to middling, LlO and upwards. Invercargill.—Horses: Heavy draught, L 75 to L9O ; superior h>ht do., LSO to L6O; good hacks and gig do., L3sto L 5 5; inferior do., L2O to L 25 ; unbroken, Ll6 to L2O, with little demand.—Cattle: Very few offering—store, Lll 10s to Ll3, with calves at foot; fat are very scarce. Beef, from 60s to 65s per 100 lbs. Sheep: Good store, 25s to 265; acclimatised ewes, 30s to 32s ; fat wethers, 35s to 38s.