Commercial Report. Nelson, September 11.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 88, 12 September 1863, Page 3

Commercial Report. Nelson, September 11.

The exceedingly wet weather we have experienced during the past month has, to a very considerable extent, influenced business operations unfavourably, and transactions in consequence have been very limited. Stocks are heavy, and the large cargo brought by the Bard of Avon has added very considerably to the already large stocks in importers' bands. At the present time, there are few articles which are not io excess of demand. ' The arrivals since our last Summary, in addition to the usual inter-colonial and inter-provincial •teamen, have been as follow :— August 19, Bard of Avon, from London, with general cargo and passengers. 27, Crest of the Wave, from Lyttelton, for Hobart Town (leaky). 31, Scotia, from Wanganui, with cattle, Ac. September 2, Willing Lass, from Melbourne, with general cargo. 4, Mountain Maid, from Newcastle, N.S.W., with coals. — Bonnie Lass, from Wanganui, with cattle. 8, Sjlpb, from Lyttelton, for the Buller rirer. The departures have been as follow : — August 12, Triton, for Newcastle, N. S. W., in ballast. • 16, Mina, for New Plymouth, with part of original cargo from London. 22, Esperanza, for Wellington. 25, Hebe, for Newcastle, N. S. W., in ballast. 28, Santiago, for San Francisco, in ballast. September 3, Delaware, for Napier, with put of original cargo from London. The next vessel from London will be the Cashmere which sailed from the Downs on the 16th Jane. She will be followed by the Magna Bona. We are sorry to have to record the total lost of the brigantine Delaware, about twelve miles from hero, during the furious gale which we experienced on the 3rd and 4th instant. Unfortunately, this wreck was attended with the loss of the mate, who had beeu most active in his endeavours to save the lives of those on board. The vessel was driven ashore and broke up in a very short time, only a very small portion of her cargo being saved, which was brought on here and sold ou the 9th, together with the wreck and the right to any farther cargo which might be recovered— the wreck brought £50, the cargo on board £35 4 the other goods 'saved brought fair price*. The insurance on the vessel is not known, but it is believed she is insured in London, as well v her cargo. The alteration in the rates of postage on letters, rift Marseilles, has been Ga jotted since our last, the rates on correspondence homewcrds being the same as out* wards. The General Government Gazette of 15th ultimo, contains a notification that "in addition to ordinary warlike stores, the following are declared contraband of war; lead, zinc, and copper, manufactured or otherwise, marblet, saltpetre, hayforks, teythea, tomahawks, adzes, all edged tools capable of bong UMd m wMpont, and iron of »11 tin* o»f«bfe «f

being converted into weapons." A general license to deal in many of these articles is granted on certain conditions, whilst, as regards arms, powfler, saltpetre, and tome others, a special license has to be obtained prior to the goods being ordered. Particular attention is requisite to this as the law U very stringent on the subject and, in one or two instances, heavy fines have been enforced against shippers who had not complied with the requirements of the Arms Act. Our last mail from England was again late to 'band, having only arrived per Prince Alfred, from Sydney, on 81st ultimo, instead of on 26th. We hope, before long, to see some more perfect arrangements made with regard to the arrivals and departures of mails. The settlements of Wellington, Maryborough, and Nelson, have certainly Mine right to complain of the present services, and •re, to our thinkiug, entitled to a direct mail steamer either from Melbourne or Sydney. In consequence of the recent votej of the Provincial Council, the importation of cattle and sheep from South Australia, Tasmania, and the district of Twofold Bay, will in future be permitted, subject to certain regulations. This was a very necessary step, as stocks ittre bad been almost entirely exhausted. We have, during the month, bad two importations of cattle from Wanganui, and the Scotia is chartered t& go there again from Pioton to load a oargo; whilst the Sturt, steamer, is also chartered to go over on the 20th to load » full cargo of fat cattle and sheep. There is no doubt that • very considerable trade will be done in fat stook during the summer, especially if the large influx of diggers, which we hear will take place from Otago, should prove, as we have every reason to be- . lieve it will, a reality. The rates of exohanges on England have been increased by the Banks, and drafts are now issued as follows: — At 8 days 1 sight, 2} per cent, premium. i, 80 „ „ 2 „ „ I) vO || }| If ,1 I, The Government wharf, whioh last year was let for 4&10, has this month been let for £860. There were •even tenders for it. The Nelson steamer, ordered from England by the Trustees of the Trust Fund for local service, wa6, at date of last adrioe», launched, and in a few days would go on »trial trip, after whioh she would be fitted with all speed for her voyage to Nelson. We expect by next mail to hear of her having sailed, and hope to see her added to the steam fleet of the colony before the end of November. ' Owing to the exceedingly wet weather but little has been done on the gold-fields. We, however, heard List week of a party of men finding 103 ounces under ft boulder stone, and another similar party washing out seveuty ounces in a fortnight at the Buller fields. The receipts reported at the Customs since our last have been but small, and amounted to only 115 ounces, but a considerable quantity came in by private hands. The Bank of New Zealand will ship 1,000 ounces to Sydney by the outgoing mail. We have been shown a sample of shop twine, made from New Zealand flax by Mr. Lockhart, of Fife, which appears the best product from this article we have yet seen. We believe that Mr. Lockbart has sent out orders for some few tons of the raw material, in order to make a more extensive trial of it, and we wish him every success. It seems a great pity that a fibre so strong as this is, should not be turned to better aocount than it has been. The following are our quotations: — j

PRODUCE. Gold, £8 Bs. 6d. to £3 13s. per ounce. Wool, in grease, 9d. j clean, Is. 2d. to Is. 4d. Whiat, Bs. Oats, 6s. 9d. to 7s. per bushel of 401bs. Babliy, 7s. 6d. to Bs. Flotjb, first, £21 per 2,0001b5. Pollard, Bs. per lOOlbs. Shabpb, 10s. per lOOlbs. Bran, Is. 3d. per bushel. Potatom, £10 to £11 per ton. Sawn Tiubkb— Red Pine, 20s. per 100 feet. Totara, 19s. per 100 feet. White Pine, 15s. to 16s. Shinqlbs, 16s. 6d. per 1,000. Laths, 2«. per bundle. Batoxs, £4 to £4 10s. per 1,000 (delivered). . Ghhii, Nelson, Is. 2d. per lb. An— . Hooper k Co.'s XXX, £6 per hhd.,2s. 6d. per gal. „ prime Bottled, Bs. per'dozen. „ beßtPorter,£6prhhd.,2s.6d.prgal „ „ bottled, Bs. per doz. H»rley*s XXX, £6 per hhd. „ best XXX., 2s. 6d. per gal. „ Do., bottled, Bs. per dozen. „ Harvest Ale, 2s. per gallon. Field's XXX, £6 per hhd. „ XX, 2s. per gallon j Table, Is. 6d. „ best Porter, 2s. per gallon. Blytbe's Windsor Ale, £o per hhd., 2s. 3d. per gal. Banks'* XXX, £6 per hhd., 2*. 6d. per gallon. Tidd's XXX., £6 per hhd., 2s. 6d. per gallon. n Bottled Alo and Porter, Bs. per doaeo.

*.ua.cv/.nj.a« Aliß AKS POETEB — £ S. d. Bottled, per dozen, quarts . lie. to 0 12 0 „ „ pints . Bb. to 0 8 6 Salt'i.perhhd. . . . £8 6a. to 810 0 Allwpp's,No.lll. . . £8 Bs. to 810 0 London k Colonial Oo.'s No. 111. . 815 0 Taylor,Walker,andCo. l ßStout£7 7s. to 8 8 0 Truman 1 * and Wbitbread's Stout £7 to 7 7 0 GISDLBB— Belmout, No. 1, per ft. . la. 4d. to 0 15 Stearine 0 14 Sydney Moulds . . 9}d. to 00 10 Melbourne Moulds . . . 9*d. to 0 0 10 OoAia— English, per ton . . £2 10s. to 215 0 New South Wales, par ton £2 4a. to 2 8 0 Oomß— (Saw), per ft. . Is. 4d. to 0 16 Bid— Patnn, per cwt. . .£1 10s. to 112 0 English dress sd . . £1 10s. to 114 0 Sam— Lirerpool, fine, per ton . £5 10s. to 6 0 0 „ coarse . . .500 Svcum— Loaf, per ton . . £70 to 72 0 0 Cossipore 63 0 0 Sydney Crystals . . . . 68 0 0 Sydney Oo.'s pieces, No. 1 . . 52 0 0 Sydney Company's Yellows . . 60 0 0 Sydney Company's No. 8 Pieces . 48 0 0 Mauritius Crystals . . £56 to 58 0 0 Light Mauritius . . . . 54 0 0 Dark „ . . . .47 10 0 OVIBITS (in bond) — Brandy, Martell's, per gallon, 14s. 6d. to 0 15 0 „ Hennessy's, per gall. 14b. Od. to 014 6 „ U.V.0., per gallon 14s. to 014 6 „ Central Vineyard Proprietors'. . . . 12s. to 013 0 Other Brands . 10s. to 0 12 0 Bum (W.1.) per gallon . . .049 Whisky, per gallon . . . 6s. to 0 6 6 Genera, per four-gallon ease 18s. 9d. to 1 0 0 Old Tom, Pigeon's, per doz. . , 019 0 Booth's, per doz. . . 019 0 per gal. 4s. 9d. to 0 6 0 Other brands, per gal. 4s. 9d. to 0 5 0 Txa. (duty paid)— Congou, per chest . . £9 Os. to 10 10 0 per box . . £2 2s. to 2 6 0 Tobacco jjtd Chubs (in bond)— Negrobead, per lb. . . 4s. 6d«to 0 5 0 Manilla No. 2, per 1,000, £3 3s. to 4 0 0 Wins (in bond)— gberry, good, per gal. . Bs. 6d. to 011 6 per dor. . . 80s. to 2 2 0 Port, per gal. . . . 12s. to 014 0 per do*. . . . 345. to 22 0 Claret, per doz. (nominal) £2 2s. to 210 0 Champagne, per doz. (do.) £2 10s. to 3 10 0