Commercial Report.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 21, 13 April 1872, Page 12

Commercial Report.

Nelson, April 13. Immediately after a very indifferent harvest ia not a time to expect any great change for the better in our depressed state of affairs, but the rapid and unlooked for rise in the priceß of wool and flax cannot but have a beneficial effect on trade generally, while the gold discoveries in the basin of the Buller, drawing as they are a large population to the luangahua and other localities, ia making itself felt in the markets from which their requisite supplies have to be drawn. Nearly 4,000 persons are now congregated in the valley of the Inangahua alone, where twelve months ago the population did not reach 600; and afc the Lyell and other spots population is also increasing, although the increased numbers are not wholly due to new arrivals, but are made up to a considerable extent by persons who have removed from other places on the coast. Still an influx of popv!ation is taking place, and those who are considered capable of forming a sound opinion, are sanguine that a very large and rich gold-field, perhaps the largest and richest in New Zeala* d, will be opened in the Buller within a very few months. At present too little has been done to speak confidently of results, but another month will see one if not two claims at work, when the vevl character of the reefs will be better known. The fact of the March mail being due in Auckland to-morrow week and that half the colony has not yet received its January and Februaiy mails, speaks badly for the San Francisco servic The inconvenience and loss to the colony generally ia very great, for although large mercantile houses protect themselves against such contingencies, by having duplicates of their letters by way of Suez, there are thousands of persons to whom letters from Europe are of great and urgent importance, who rely upon the ordinary mail for obtaining them. After a drought, a heavy full of rain may always be looked for, and the present month ia fulfilling this expectation. Last week there was a rainfall of 6£ inches, and this Week the quantity of rain that has fallen is also very great. The

land was so dreadfully parched up, that the soaking it has received must prove very serviceable. The arrival of the Tyrol, after a lengthy voyage, has filled up stocks, which were getting bare in several articles. After discharging her inward cargo, it is believed she will proceed to Port Underwood to load with wool, flax, and any other produce that may offer for London. The following is our price list : — IMPOKTS. Bpibits (in bond)— £s. d. £s. d. Brandy, Henneaay'a Pale, per gal. . . 0 7 6 „ „ >, per case , . 17 6 „ Martell'a Dark, per gallon . 07 6 „ „ „ per case . . 17 6 Geneva, J.D.K.Z. (3 gallons contents), per case 0 11 6£ (3i » » „ . 014 0 Old Tom, Booth's, per ca^e . . . 015 0 „ „ per gallon . . . 04 6 Whisky, Dunville's Irish, per gallon . 0 6 6 „ „ „ per case . . 019 0 „ Kinahan's Irian, „ . . 12 0 „ Stewart's Kirkliston, per gallon . 0 5 0 „ „ „ per case . 013 0 Bum, Lemon Harts, per gallon . . 04 0 Wdtbs (in bond)— Sherry, good, per gallon . . 0 8 6too 10 0 „ „ per case . . 110 0 „ 210 0 Port, per gallon . . . 07 0 „ 014 0 „ per case . . . . 110 0 „ 210 0 Moselle, No. 2 Dinhardt's, quarta, per doz. 2 6 0 » » >i pints, „ 14 0 Claret, per eaae . . . . 1100„ 115 0 Alb (duty paid)— Allsopp'a, quurts, per dozen . . . 011 0 Bass's, „ „ ... 0 11 0 Blood's, „ „ ... 0 11 0 Devonian Champagne, quarts, per dozen 0 11 3 Tenneut's, quarts, per dozen . . . 0 12 3 „ pints 0 7 6 Poetbe— Guinness's, quarts, per dozen . . . 011 6 Blood's, „ „ ... 011 6 Hyaas'a, „ „ . . 0..11 .3; Sukdbiks (duty paid)— /• ' ■"■ " ' "-. Bags, Three-Bushel, per dozen . . . 0 16 6 Candles, Belmont Sperms, per lb. . 0 0 11 „ Brandon's Neva Stearine, per lb to 011 " Tarafin, per lb. . . . . O O IOJ Castor Oil, half-pints, per dozen . 07 0 „ pints, „ . . . 010 6 „ quarts, „ . . . 13 0 Chicory, Barry's, per lb 0 0 8} Coffee, Ceylon Plantation, per lb. . . 0 12 „ Canister (ground) „ . 0 1 3 „ 0 1 6 Currants, per lb. ..... 005 Herrings, Kippered, per dozen . . . 010 0 „ Red, „ ... 220 Jams, Adelaide, „ ... 079 „ HobartTown, „ ... 079 „ Scotch, „ ... 010 0 lobsters, lib. tins, „ ... 0 11 6 Pickle's Crosse and Blackwell's, pints, per doz. . . . j . ... 0 14 0 „ Morton's, pints, per dozen . • 012 6 Kaisins, Eleme, per lb 0 0 5} „ Sultanaa, „ . . . . 00 8 „ Muscatel, „ .... 00 11 Bice, Patna, per cwt. . . . . ,110 0 Salad Oil, half-pints, per dozen . . . '0 .7 6 „ pints, „ . . . •014 .0 „ quarts, „ . . . 14 9. Salmon, lib. tins, ' „ . . . 0 ( 14 6 Salt, Fine, per ton 6 0 • 0 ■ tl Coarse, „. , . . . . 410 0 „ Table, per dozen . . . . 0 6 6 Sardines, halves, per dozen _. . . 013 9 „ quarters, „ . '. . . 08 9 SuGABS (in bond)— Crushed Loaf, per ton . . . . 49 0 0 Krat Counter, „ 41 0 0 Yellows, „ 38 0 0 Mauritius Fino Whito Crystals 40 0 0„43 10 0 „ „ Yellow . . 36 00„ 39 0 0 „ Browfl Sugars . . 35 10 0„ 36 0 0 „ Dark , 0 0 0 TaA— Congou, per chest . . .1000 „15 0 0 „ per half-chesfc . . 410 0 „ 60 0 „ per box . . . . 1 40 „ 110 0 Tobacco and Cigars (in bond) — Barretfa Twist, per lb 0 18 Black Swan, „ .... 0 1 7 Manilla Cigars, So. 2, per 1,000 . . 610 0 Woolsacks, 10 lbs., each .... 056 Coais— English, per ton . . , . . a . 260 Newcastle, per ton to ships . . ' . - 1 8 0 Grey, per ton 18 0 Collingwood, per ton 18 0 PRODUCE. GOM), £3 Ba. 6d. to £3 15s. per ounce. Wool, in grease, Gd. to Bd. ; clean, 9d. to Is. Whbat, ss. 3d. to ss. 6d. per bushel. Oats, 2s. 9d. to 3s. 2d. per bushel of 401bs. Baeley, 4s. 6d. to ss. per bushel. !"i,oto— Brightwater Mill, £15 per ton; Redwood's, £15; Adelaide, £IG. Potatoes, £5 10a. to £7 per ton. Poixabd, £6 10s. per ton. Shaeps, £7 10s. per ton. Bban, £5 per ton. Bbicks, £l per 1,000 (delivered). Cheese, Nelson, (id. „ Canterbury, sd. Sawn Timber — Bed Pine, 20s. per 100 feet. Laths, 2s. per bundle. Aib— Hooper and Co.'s XXX, £6 per hhd., 2s. 6d. per gallon. „ „ „ prime Bottled, Ba. per dozen. ' „ „ „ best Porter, £6 per hhd., 2s. 6d. per gallon „ „ „ „ bottled, Bs. per dozen. Harley*s XXX, £6 per hhd. „ best XXX., 2s. 6d. per gallon. „ do., bottled, Bs. per dozen. Harley Brothers' XXX, £(i per hhd. „ XX, 2s. per gallon ; Table, Is. 6d.