Commercial.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 621, 14 December 1863, Page 4

Commercial.

Daily Times Office, Saturday evening. Export entries were passed this day for 215 oz 10 rhvts gold, duty L 26 18s 9d. I The amount of customs revenue upon articles for home ■ was L 865 Bs, viz. :— Brandy, 47 pals, L2l 6s Id; rum, 114 gals, Lsl 6s; geneva, 157 gals, L7O 12; whiskey, 65 gals, L 27 18s; wine, 398 gals, L 59 14s; cigars, 925 lbs, LISB 15s; tobacco, 912 lbs; LGB 83; tea, 1406Hb L 23 8s 8d; sugar, 31,149 lbs, L 129 15s 9d ; beer bottled, 576 gals. L2B 16, do in bulk 500 gals. Ll2 10s; sundries, L 203 13s Gi.

Immigration and Emigration. _ Return shewing the Immigration and Emigration in and : from this port, for the week ending, Decemer 12th.: — Immigration (foreign.) Adults.' Children. Male. Female. Male. Female. 123 .50 14 15 do do ■ (coastwise) 59 5 — — 182 55- 14 15 Total:—266 Emigration (foreign.) Adults. CMldren. Male. Female. Male. Female. 269 ,21 1 4 do do . (coastwise) 162 IT 5 6 431 38 6 10 Total:—4Bs Balance against Immigration this week :—219. By the Omeo, we have Melbourne advices to the sth inst. The Argus of that date gives the following report. -- "The fine weather and the promise of the summer season setting in at last, have imparted to the market some little activity. Orders for New Zealand have increased, and purchases on Ihis account have, been numerous. There has been some, speculation in candles, the low rates ruling having led to some large transactions. Foreign full-weietbts are held for lOd to lO^d. Salt has been dealt in to some extent, the advance in the prices for both coarse and fine'being fully maintained. . Some 9,000 bushels of Californian wheat have changed hands, for delivery. The price has not been named, but is said to be at or about ss; 6d per -bushel, delivered -in Melbourne. Messrs Fraser and Cohm offered the cargo of the Meander, from Foo Chow, and succeeded in .placing 738 chests 480 half-chests 1911 boxes congou, at from Is 6%d to 2s 4d per lb, duty paid. They also sold 100 boxes H. O. pekoe and caper, at 2s 9i per lb, duty paid. : Messrs Cunninghams and Macredie's sale of wool passed off with considerable animation and at full rates- a clip of 254 bales of fleece realizing, immediately after the auction sale, 2s per lb, being the highest rate as yet procured this season. 1970 bales were catalogued, of which 834 were disposed of, the residue being withdrawn, owing to the high reserves of the growers. Detailed particulars are given in our market report. Messrs R. Goldsborough and Co supply the subjoined report:—" Wool.—At our. sale, held 'on Wednesday^ 4778 bales wcro catalogued, and so brisk was the competition, that we are confident the whole,of-'the lots would have been sold had it not been for the high reserves placed by the owners on several of the larger and better clips. Indeed, buyers came out' with such spirit that we could not help regretting the necessity for buying any ;lot in on owners' account, a^Js^ging from our latest reports from, the home market, the prices offered were really most satisfactory, and quite as high as could reasonably be expected. In consequence, as before noted, of the reserves on the larger clips,, we were only able to sell 1182 bales at auction; after the sale however very slight mutual concessions on the part of buyers-and sellers resulted in over 1000 ; beiDg placed by private contract, whilst there is every probability of selling several other lots also as we have submitted prices to the owners that we do not think they will feel justified in refusing. We sold greasy at from 6| to Is o£d: fleece, at from Is 3d to Is 9d; and scoured, Is '. 7|d to lslljdperlb. Up to this date not more than one or two of the choipe clips from the westward "have been offered at our warehouses, the very unfavorable weather having so protracted shearing operations that they are fully one month later than usual this season. They are now commencing to arrive, and we hope shortly to have several first class lots/open for the inspection of the .buyers. In another column we give our priced catalogue. SheepskinsV^-We have sold' several lots at.aueiion and by private contract, at from 4^d to 7d per pound. Hides.- The Mediator is now loading for London, and will take a fair quantity—all, we believe,.on curers' account. Our sales are—dried, at from 4s 3d to 6s, and wet salted at from 83 3d to 9s 9d each. Tallow.— The tallow^market continues dull, there being but a very limited inquiry either for colonial use or shipment. We quote beef—Beef. £30 to £32: mixed, L3l to L 34; and mutton, L 34 to L3B per ton." Live Stock. — Messrs Dalmahoy Campbell and Co report:— " Fat Cattle, — The number yarded was 1100 head, being equal to the supply of last week; and nearly the whole of the above was of good useful quality, but none of a superior description. At the commencement the demand was very dull, and the prices realized were scarcely equal to last week. A decided improvement,, however, was obtained a3 the sales progressed, the last of the week being about the best We quote best/quality bullocks at L 5 to L 6 • second quality, L 3 10s to L 4 10s; inferior, from' 40s upwards j. best quality cows,:from hi 10s to L 5 12s 6J; second do, L 3 to L 4; inferior, from 35s upwards. We. sold for Mr J. B. Sutter, Lachlan; River, 350 head, medium quality, the bullocks at an average of L 3 18s, the cows at L 2 18s 6d. Fat Calves.—The supply was 82 head. Although the demand is limited, the above number was not in excess of requirements, and good prices were obtained. Best Sn al? yo]?rought from 35s t0 50s J seconcl do, from 20s to 30s. We sold 33 head, from Mr William Bell, jun, at an average of 30s per head, and several small lots at quotations. Fat Sheep.—A full suddly—viz, 9224 came forward, a considerable portion of which were of a superior quality and weight At the opening of the market there was a large attendance of. buyers, who were nearly all bare of stock; but we noticed a most decided disinclination on the part of the butchers to operate to any extent at the rates asked, and in order to effect a clearance, Is per head lower had to be accepted We quote superior extra weight shorn wethers at from Ids to Ids 6d; do in the wool, from 17s to 17s 64 ■ prime ordinary weight, do, from Is to Us do • second quality do, from 10s 6d to 11s 6d. We sold 561 wethers, from Exford, at from 11s Sd to lls 6a ;• also 219 ewes, at from 9^ to 93 6d. Fat Lambs. .Amoderate supply (viz, 1,380) came forward. There being still a very good demand, and the above number being much under what has lately been offered, a considerable improvement took place. We quote prime quality at from lls. to 12s 7d.; good do. 103 to 10s 6d; second quality do, from 8s to 9a.. We sold, 160 for Messrs Ritchie Brothers, prime quality, at from lls 7d to 12s 7d: also 12 second quality, at 95." .. - A telegram from Sydney in the Argus, of the 4th mat, says:— T^ c T ll r,easurer lias made his financial statement. The proposed expenditure tor the ensuing year is X 2,377,584; revenue, L 1.142.67 1; deficit to the end of the present year, L 534,000. He inK S fl^ 10?'.^ loan ' L 451,127. He estimates the deficit at the end of next year at L9l 866. He proposes imposing the following new duties :- .bank notes, two per cent"; stamps of bills of exchange, promissory notes, conveyances,mortgages, transfers, liens on wool and crops, from one shilhng to three per cent. He intends equalizing Sfllff* dutl^ Char^n« all spirits ten shillings per gallon; ports and sherries, three shillings ; other wines, eighteen pence ; fn^ c + SpmtSj five sWll">gs. Ad valorem duties, ten per cent., on apparel, Blops, arms, ammunition, baskets, toys, fancy.goods, blankets, counterpanes, blacking, boats, oars, boots/shoes (manutactured), brass, copper, bricks, butter, cneese, candles, canvas, carpets, rugs, matting, florrcloths, oilcloths, carriages, carriage materials, cards, drays, '.waggons, coals, confectionery, preserves, cotton manufactures, cutlery, chinaware, porcelain, earthenware, fireworks, nshj irurfc, furniture, bedding, cabinetwaiv, galvanized iron, hats, caps, bonnets, hosiery, haberdashery, millinery, musical surgical and scientific instruments; iron, steel, lead, jewellery, and ornaments, leather, linen, matches, machinery, marble, yellow metal, oils, oilmen's stores, pepper, spices, pickes, eatices, perfumery, pictures, pipes, paintings, plate, plated-ware, pottery, provisions, saddlery^ harness, ship-chandlery, silks, soap, timber, tinwara, turpentine, watches, clocks, wood, manufactured woollens; and five percent on all other imports, except living animals. Baggage, books, bullion, coin, raw cotton, flax, hemp, fibre, meal, bread, gold, grain, manures, hides, skins, military stores, ores, plants, roots, salt,_ specimens natural history, tallow and wool, lie intends imposing a postage on newspapers. and obtaining a loan to cover the balance of deficiency. , r, . Thursday. Great dissatisfaction is expressed at two firms, evidently in the secret of the proposed new tariff, having taken a large quantity of spirits out of bond. The new duties imposed to-day have caused great excitement. The merchants have

held, a meeting, and resolved to protcst'.against the new duties. . In the Assembly, the debate on the budget continues, and will most probably end in a defeat ot the Ministry, or abandonment of the proposed scheme.