COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8, 23 November 1861, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

No alteration of moment has taken place in the state of our market since our last review. The uncertainty existing respecting the bona fide character of the various new rushes lias caused the storekeepers on the diggings to hold off purchasing, except for immediate use. Ale in bulk is still .scarce, and sales are effected at full rates. Flour cannot maintain its present price—large stocks are in the warehouses, and in the face of the recent fall in the Adelaide market, prices here must follow the' downward tendency. Candles also are in excess of demand, and exhibit a depreciation. In butter the market is affected by the' quantity of inferior samples sent by the Melbourne shippers, most of which, if not entirely unsaleable, can only be moved at a nominal price. There is still a scarcity of spirits—brandy more particularly. Sugars are Very low, and several cargoes are expected from the Mauritius.

Messrs. Turnbull, Bing & Co. held a sale at their auction rooms yesterday, on account of Messrs. Clcvc & Co., of tea, sugar, spirits, &c. The sale was only thinly attended, on account of the merchants being-engaged with the mail from Melbourne, so little time being afforded them for getting their letters ready for the " Aldinga," the mail for Melbourne closing to-day. The following arc the prices obtained for the principal items : — Case whisk}1-, 14s. 9d. ; bulk do., ss. 6d. ; sherry, qr.-casks, 12s. ; geneva, IBs. and 19s/; tea, in 13----lb. boxes, 30s. per box ; port wine, qr. cask, lls. ; half-chests tea, "Great Britain," £4 10s. ; wax vestas, 17s. to 20s. ; Cossiporo sugar, T^cl. ; Cork butter, lOd. and lid. per lb.

House, Cattle, and Sheep Market.— M. M'Caw, Maclean, and Co. report the Horse Market very fully supplied this week, and consequently prices did not range so high as they have done for some time formerly,.. The shipments ex Omco, Jsihella, and India, Irave all been sold at very satisfactory prices. Very first-class heavy draught, from £70 to £100; medium do., from £40 to £65 ; good saddle and harness, from £50 to £80 ;. medium, from £'M) to £15 ; ordinary hacks,'from £'20 to £35. Really good horses of either class are still mush enquired for, and are likely to sell well for some time to come. The horses ex Versailles will be sold this day. They are very good. Working Bullocks —Really good, £50 per pair. Sheep—The market fully supplied, and prices a shade down. We are informed lhat the Aldinga takes to-day 35,000 ozs. of gold, viz., lu.OOOozs.. from the Bank of New South Wales, and 20,000 ozs. from the Union Bank of Australia. .. ■ -

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. BULK ALE (scarce)— £ s. d. £• ,s. v. Bass's No. 3 10 10 0 toll 0 0 Stout (Taylor's) 9 0 0 „ 0 0 0 Bottled Ale, good 0 11 0 „ 0 13 0 Porter, ditto 012 0 „ 013 0 .FLOUR— Adelaide, finest brands 20 0 0 „' 0 0 0 Other good Flour 13 0 0 „ 19 0 0 OATS— Californiaii 0 6 0 „ 0 0 0 V. D. Land 0 6 6 „ 0 0 0 CANDLES (duty, 3s. rer cwt.)— Belmont Sperm. ...... 0 T 5 ~ 0 0 0 Lightweights 0 1 2 „ 0 1 4 FISH— Salmon lib tins per dcZ. 018 0 „ 0 0 0

Lobsters ditto ditto 0 11 0 „ 0 0 0 Oysters ditto ditto 016 0,, 000 Red Herrings 1 10 0 „ 0 0 0 FRUITS— Duty 4s. per cubic foot. Currants 0 0 6£ „ 0 0 0 Figs 0 0 9 „ 0 0 0 Raisins, Elcine . 0 0 9 „ 0 0 0 Ditto, Cape 0 0 7 „ 0 0 0 Muscatels 0 1 0 „ 0 0 0 Dried Apples 0 0 6 „ 0 0 0 MINING TOOLS— Duty, 3s. 4f y cwt. s. d. s. d. Shovels, Collins' DII 65 0 to 70 0 Ditto ditto LFI 90 0 0 0 Other brands in proportion. American Axes, Sharp's 90 0 0 0 Picks, Collins' (overstocked) 65 0 70 0 OILMEN'S STORES— Duty, 4s. <$ cubic foot. Pickles 12 0 14 0 Sauces, £ pints 11 0 0 0 Bottled Fruits 17 0 0 0 Vinegar 11 0 0 0 Salad Oil, pints 18 0 0 0 Ditto, half'pints 11 6 0 0 Jams, pounds 14 0 16 0 PROVISIONS— Hams, Sinclair's 0 0 10 „ 0 1 0 Bacon 0 0 9 „ 0 1 0 Cheese (scarce) 0 1 4£ „ 0 0 0 Butter, DR cask 0 0 6 „ 0 1 £ Beef, 4P tierce 3 0 0 „ 3 5 0 Pork 3 0 0 ~ 3 5 0 SPIRITS, in BondBrandy, Martell's, Pale 0 15 0 „ 0 0 0 Ditto, „ Dark 0146,, 000 Other brands in proportion. First brands, in case... 11l 0 „ 1130 Whisky, good Scotch, iy J gallon 0 5 9 „ 0 0 0 Good brands, in cases 0 14 0 „ 0 15 0 Rum, W. 1., elf gallon, lOop 0 5 0 „ 0 0 0 Ditto, 30 o.p 0 5 6 „ 0 0 0 Old Tom, cases 0 14 6 ~ 0 0 0 Geneva, red cases 0 18 0 „ 0 19 0 Ditto, green „ 0 10 0 „ 0 0 0 TEAS—Large stocks in the market ; prices ranging about 10s. per cent, advance on Melbourne value.

SUGARS—Good yellow Mauritius, in bond, £44 to £48 ; bright Manila, £42 to £45. TOBACCOS. —Large stocks here, prices have not advanced as far as in Melbourne.