Commercial Intilligence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 12, 9 December 1863, Page 3

Commercial Intilligence.

r V 6t c , rcln - T lres9ra - hidings and Dowden sold the , freehold property of Mr. S. S. Forsaith, situate in I '' 1; ' went for £710, after verv keen coin- , petition. MELBOURNE. The markets have been more active than is usual ■ at or near the departure of a mail. Several verv large parcels of goods were offered at auction. The ' sale of the cargo ol teas ex 'Charlotte' was postponed to I riday, the attention of the trade being taken up bv the sugars and other grocery goods which were offered. In Hour a full trade demand has existed. Wheat has beeu in inquiry, especially for good samples, which are scarce. Colonial oats have been dea.t in, but have not come forward freely. Messrs. i rusrr and ( ohen offered, at their rooms, portions of the cargoes of the 'Despatch,' ' Formosa,' and Ivojcrt Passenger,' to a large attendance of fhe trade, and sold upwards of 7,C00 hags, at. full prices. \ cry Huddling white crystals, £'3S per ton ; low to middling yellow do., £33 to £"31; good counters, X' 33 lus. ; low do., .CHS 13s. to £20 is. (id. The same lirm sold for cash, ex ' Kingfisher,'a sample of scented orange pekoe, damaged by sea water, at Is. Sd. per lb. Messrs. tireig and Murray held an extensive sale to-ihu, at their rooms, and sold 0,500 boxes candles at the following prices Full-weights, (sound), 10id. per lb.; full-weights, (all faults), O.UI. to 9Jd. per lb., net cash ; light-weights, (all faults), 7id. to 7Jd. per packet, net cash ; also, Elcmo raisins, 7d. (o 73d. per lb. : gunpowder lea, 2s. 2|cl. to 2s. 3Jd. per lb. ; jams, lib. tins, 10s. t)d. per dozen ; marmalade, lib. tins, Ss. (id. per dozen -, red herrings, in tins, 3 Is. per dozen ; Lea aud Pcrrin's Worcester sause, lis. (id. per dozen ; loaf sugar, aid. per lb. : Irish oats (all faults), 3s. Sd. to 3s. lOd. per bushel; French plums, S*d- per lb. Also, at the. Hobsou's Lay Railway, 150 pockets Kent and Sussex hops (various growths), at sid. to Is. id. per lb., &e. Messrs, Lyons, Harris, and Co. report sales this day, at their rooms :—GOO cases American furniture— Baltimore chairs, 2s. t)i|. to 3s. ; Washington clmirs, j 3s. Id. to 3s. 2d. ; Uav tState oak ofliee chairs, 7s. Gd. ; j rocking-chairs, Ss. to' Ss. 9d. ; bureau, three, four, I and live drawers, 20s. to 3tls. ; bedsteads, 225. : coffee j tables. I ts. Gd. Also, fifteen cases superior English j furniture, at fair prices on invoice.—Argits, A"om:i- ---| bar 25. I I MAILS. For Taranaki and the Southern Provinces, the Australian Colonics aud the United Kingdom, per s.s. ' Rangatira,' this day, at 1 o'clock. For San Irauciseo, per 'Constance,' to-morrow, at -t p.m. • W. Coi!Bi:TT, Chief Postmaster. NOTICES OF SALES, MEETINGS, Ac. Tins Day. Sale of Boots, &e., by Messrs. Ridings & Dowden, at II o'clock. Sale of Wharf Due, Turnpike Tolls, &c., by Mr. S. Cochrane, at 12 o'clock. Side of Cattle, Sheep, <fcc., by Messrs. Styak & Hunter, at Newmarket, at 12 o'clock. Bazaar in aid of St. Matthew's Church 'Building Fund at the Brunswick Hall, at 11 o'clock. ° Tenders for Firewood, Rations, t te., will be reeicved at the Superintendent's Oiliee until noon.