AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealander, Volume XVII, Issue 1567, 24 April 1861, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

[From the "Sydney Herald,” April 6.] Business during the week has not been very active, *hd transactions in most of our markets have been limite , simply to meet present requirements. The holidays a ° weather have, of course, tended to check business, an time it rained so incessantly that it was almost impossl go about. The 4th of the month appears to have p«se pretty well, and we have not heard any rumours whic generally afloat during the first few days of a new room • following is the latest report of the state of our rnarke »• Flour is firmer, and Adelaide is worth from £lB to V . per ton. The millers'quotations are still £l9 fot ® e f and £l7 for seconds. American barrel flour is is very scarce, and would command 45s per barrel, firm, colonial 7s per bushel; Adelaide 7s dd to Bs. ( j roß Liquids. —Brandy is steady, and Martell’s is qtiot neMy ** 11s (id to 12s, and sales have taken place at 11s 9d; He 11s to 11s fid. Hum is rather dull of sale, and 30 o.p. be quoted higher than 4s to 4s 2d. A large parcel was q at a little lower than 4s per cash. Geneva is quiet, an brands of low strengths and small quantities are wor 14s. Ale in bulk is hardly so firm, and first brands are at £7 Ifis fid to £8 per hogshead. The newbrew. there pre now a few low P U or ORI • ■

rr her porter in bulk remain* dull ofiale, and b<V ,he,i ‘ Bottled ale and porter in good condition are price* no® ’ 3d to 9* 6d per dozen. nl*** 1 ** 11 rnnaoui are very dull of sale, and good congous T “ B i7ouofed higher than from £6 to £ 7 10* per chest. c*»« ot ** heavy and if sales are forced, prices will doubtless " stocks arc nr j , |u|e fitmerj and jeYf , ral parceU n*l« lo» er ‘ have been quitted during the week at 0 f a superior 8““" 1 £6 I J * pfr 'j’fLerv fi rro . Mauritiua sugars have again been rates on last sales. A large parcel of MO •°' d Manila refined sugar, has been sold at £3!) per ton. is scarce, and prices range from £32 10s to £34 per

ton- . ;g gn iia i« worth lOd per tb in bond, and C ° old DCr V in bond; Plantation, U per lb in bond. J ‘n* i/a shade firmer, and good Patna i* worth about £lB B Ld sale* of small lot* have taken place at this price. *l>‘ r ‘“"’ I, continue in request. Belmonts are worth from 16id CA Z Neva*l6dto Ibid; light foreign candle*. 13jd to Ud. l c T ’i* firm, and in fair request. Liverpool salt I* quoted ncr ton. and at this price sale* have been made. , oilmen’* Stores there is no movement, with the exception , w hlch are inquired for. of Sio.vs, I’niKD FhUiTB. die.—There has been but little PB ,°ln these articles, and prices are unaltered. of the French brig Edmond Wellfrand, from T * e ‘ 8 was disposed of by Messrs. L. E. Threlkeld and > \action this dav, compiling oilmen’s stores, wines, cordials, &c. ' l ’ he sale attracted a large ni-mbcr of » nd ,he f,,llo ' vins parC£l * were ,),aced at satisfactor y P’l^To„veoil, 14s 7d to 15*; table vinegar, 9s fid; green * re ° d French beans. 11* per dozen; fruits In syrup. 2ti» (>d ; pMS „ brandy, 20s per dozen ; anchovies in oil. 14s per doz.; fif barrel* port. 4fi*«d. Spirits: Jacquet fine case brandy, ■L in bond t Central Vineyard ditto, 23* per case ; Rochelle I dv 10a 6dper gallon, in hogshead*; Renillard pale ditto. 1 Quarter-casks, 9* 9d per gallon; port wine, 3s 9d per gallon ; V luce wines, 25s per dozen. Also a shipment of Allsopp’s I "Lx Hotspur, at 9s 6d per dozen ; Blood Woolf ale, ex Cathcart. damaged by sea water, 11s Id per dozen; do. porter, fid per dozen* M srs W Dean and Co. sold to-d.iy by auction, on account importers, Messrs. Brown and Co., the cargo of the ‘ Uta, from Manila, consisting of sugars, coffee, cigars, T he cargo, being an attractive one, caused a very luae attendance, and the biddings throughout the sale were rv spirited. The whole of the cargo was disposed of at the following rates, viz MO over I. sugar. £4l 3* to £4l 15s ton - 0. £39 19s per ton; C, £36 per lon ; NR. £35 Cs Lton.’ Coffee, «3d per lb. in bond. Rone 50s 10d. The whole parcel of the cigars were sold to the trade at 48s.— Herald general meeting of the Victoria Fire and Marine Insurance Company was held at the offices of the Company, • Melbourne, on the lllth of March. The operations of the Company appear to have been very successful, and must have civen satisfaction to the shareholders. The balance-sheet shows fhat the clear profits for the year ending 18th February. 1861, mounted to £52,814 13* 4d, which the director* proposed to appropriate as follows:—To capital stock. £12.000; to dividend on amount of paid-up capital, at 10 per cetu, £12,000; to bonus of £7 per share, £20,000; to balance to profit and loss, £Bl4 13* 4d.—£52, 814 13s 4d. from Melbourne we have papers to the 2nd of April, The jlrtui says In the money marker there has been nothing doing since the departure of the mail. The rates of discount stand at—For two months’, 8 pet cent; for thee months', 9 per cent; for four months’, 19 per cent. The selling rates of exchange on England are quoted at par for 6« days’ sight for large amounts, and 1 percent premium for 30 days’ sight for bills under £SO. The share market ha* been visited by fewer fluctuations than ordinarily fall to a week’* share. For bank* and insurance companies the rates are well maintained. . In the import market trade ha* been steady, and without change of Importance. By way of Melbourne, we have Adelaide papers to the 28th ultimo. The Rcgiiter of that date report* of the markets Flour i* not very brisk, and there i* no change in prices—£ls 13s to £lfi 108. Wheat has been very quiet, in consequence of buyers declining to give /*• which has generally been asked ; the only sale we know of is at 6* lOd at the Fort. In town, dray-loads hive been bought at 0s 8d in the morning, and 6* 7d in the afternoon, Good supply. ' Sydney Markets. Wheat and Flour—The mills quote fine Hour at £l<J. and second quality at £l7 per ton of 2000 lbs. Wheat is worth 7s per bushel. Bran Is to Is 3d per bushel. Biscuit—Mr Wilkie quotes cabin biscuit at 27* and navy at IJsper 100 lbs. Mr Hamilton: ship 27* and navy 17* per lik) lbs. Bread—sd per 2-lb loaf. Vegetables—Potatoes £4 to £6, onions £7 to £lO per ton.