MELBOURNE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 158, 19 May 1862, Page 4

MELBOURNE.

The Argus Office, Thursday Evening. Export entries for gold were passed at the Customs: to-day for 19 ounces only, for shipment perSwiftsure to London.: The escort returns for the ■week amount to 85,3470z., against 34,675A0z,'f0r-the'corresponding

"week "of; last*"*yeiir.' The" following are the separate itoind :— .'.•:■•'.■" ■ ' - -'.-"'

The constant fall of rain throughput the whole day has materially interfered with business-. Considerable sales of tea-are reported as having been .privately made, prices not having transpired. By auction, Messrs. Fraser and Cohen placed Kartell's dark brandy at 11s 9d per gallon, in bond ; Hale's candles, in Gib. packets, at Is. Id. per lb ; old Cork butter, at from 4id to 6d, and with all- faults, at 3,\<_l per lb ; and 710"bags'dates at 2jjd per lb for,net cash. Messrs. Greig and Murray disposed of a shipment'of salt, at ■ the Victorian llailway Platform, at the following prices : —70 tons Liverpool coarse, at ftoui L37s 6d to L 3 10s; 40 tons do lino, at L 3 sj. and 20 tons rock salt, at L 2 15s per ton. Messrs. Beauehamp' and Byrne sold at their rooms about 500 cases of American chairs at the following rates:—Winchester's and Kiinbell's make—Extra Bal. wood; 34s to 36s per dozen; Californian. 31s do; Quiucy wood, 37s do; .oak office,. 0s each; Prescott flat arm, 10s do; floral wood, 40s per dozen; aster Grecian K.W., 6s 3d each; maple spindle, 0s (3d do ; ladies oak dining, 9,-j to Oi Gd do ; floral cottage, 12s do ; nurse rockers, - lOci to 15s Cd do; cane back rockers, 15. (3d to 20s do ; harp cottage, 7s do; children's office hole, 3s Id do; peg arm hole, 2s 7d to 2s Sd do ; peg arm dining, 2s (Jd do ; .high office, 3s 3d do ; oak bay state dining, <w do; Prescott high, Cs 6d do; settee cradles, ss. do ; wood rockers, 7s 9d to 10s do ; cvne back library, 15s to lps do. Heywood's chain Baltimore' cane; -Is 3d each; Lafayette, 4s 3d to 4s (id do ; Filiimorelight,ss3d to 5s M do; Lafayette rockins;, 18s; children's low cane, 3s 3d do; children's low wood, 3s do ; high oak, 5s "do; children's office R.W., 4s do ; oak Everette, 7s do: It.W. Everette, 5s 9d do; oak Florence, Gs 9d do ; It. W. Florence, 5s Gd do ; round post, 3s 4d and 3s 5;1 do ; cane stools, 17s per dozen ; Baltimore woed, 365. do ; extra Baltimore, 38s do ; Washington, 40s. do; wood rockers, SsGddo. . . . ■ . • ' . In the Share Market sales are reported of Colonial Bank of Australasia at £6 to £Q Is., and of Victoria Life and General Jnsurauco Company at £1 12s. Gd. POST OFFICE NOTICE. MAILS CLOSE For Lyttlefor. and Wellington, per Wonga Wonga, this day atlO a.m. For Melbourne and. Australian' Colonies per s. s. City of Hobart, on Tuesday, 20(h inst., at noon, Registered Letters and Newspapers one hour pre r , ; vious. . ;.; For Auckland, per Albatross on Tuesday, 20 th inst.j* at 3 p.m. . . . . ARCHIBALD BARR, ■ ' ' Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office, ' . , Dunedin, 19th May, 1862. ■■■'~■ ' ABSTRACT, OJ? SALES BY AUCTION. THIS DAY. Edward Caspek & Co., corner of Stuart and Gaol-streets. —Timber. W. Watts, on the Ground, High-street.—Land, J. Daniels, on the Beach.- —Cargo of Timber*

Name of. Gold Field. .Quantity, r Last Number of Receipt.. I (/'asUeruaine Malilon .. Sandhurst.. Hcathuote..... H-ush worth ICihuoi'c .. .. Maryborough .. .. Talbot (Buck Creek) .. JJunoJIy .. .. .. luglewood .. .. Tariiiigulla (Sandy Creek) Ballarat .«. .. .. Crcswiok .. .. , .. Climes .. .. ' | Beach worth • Vackamlanaah .. Ohilteru (liuligo) Morse's Creek' .. ... 07.. Ct«'t. 3718 0 18S4 0 5384 10 1179 10 ■549 0 78 10 G155 0 982 0 2110 10 1627 0 780 10 5741 0 1424 10 : 1019 0 2435 O 1247 • 0 1859 10 1302 10 ■ 27,857' 1.281 40,200 4,824 769 I ; • '388 : 8,344 - 3,701 1,190 . 240 20,717 3,G51 649 .12,858 ' 021 1,589 412 35,347 0