Commercial Report.

Colonist, Issue 15, 11 December 1857, Page 2

Commercial Report.

Colonist Office, Thursday Evening. ~ We cannot report any improvement in trade since our last. The weather still remains unsettled.

j The arrival of a vessel from England, and others ;from the colonies, with"large, quantities of goods, i greatly increases our present overstocked market. j Our population is daily increasing, and with some j jbetter prospect of fine weather, we may expect to hear ; shortly better accbuhts'ffoihbur gold-fields:" at present" jthey are rather gloomy; It is to be hoped thai; our commercial friends in the neighbouring colonieswiil see the.necessity of keeping stheir goods at home for awhile, or until we can report ; more favourably of our market. ' \ , Boots and'Shoes.— -Market full. ._ .. , ...,. ... •--. ! " Drapery Goods—Ditto glutted.'-; "■■'/-'? ,-: •- '; Slops— Ditto ditto."] --. -.•;.!■,'.•-; '^ :.'.•.•:•:: i;: I Liquids.— Brandy, geneva, and ..old, torn—market. ""' ; " full.' Rum—little or' no sale for. ' Coffee— is improving - ''; Tobacco find .Cigars— market well supplied. ; / * : Teas afe quiet—retailers holding large stocks Sugars—ditto ditto - :! : , -Oilmen's Store's—Market well supplied' Soap and Candles, (Colonial)— Market-full , Belmont .Candles—enquired for. . . " . j Our quotations are as follows, although in many instances .prices merely nominal.- . :: ::;,.. "Spirits iv Bond:—' ". . ,: Brandy, Martell's, per gallon— ll toll 3s. ' Ditto He'nnessy's ditto— ll to 1Z 2s ; ' ' i - Ditto.W. V.C. Ditto—Us tolZ Is :■' : ( .-» •. : ; .. Ditto other brands ditto—l2s. to. 15s. ~ Rum ditto—4s6dtoßs6d '-.'" " Whisky :ditto—7s to 10s 6d"- ' Old Tom, Pidgeons, per doz.—lZ Is 6d to 11 3d Ditto ditto Booth's ditto-r-lZ Is to If 3s , Ditto ditto'per. gallon—6s to 8s Wines,! in bond, per dozen cases— :-; ..' Port— lk 10s to 13.; 18s I Sherry ditto— ll. 4s. to ll. 15s. ! . Port per' gallon—l'ls. 6d." to 15s. 6d. ' ■■ ■ > ; Sherry difctoM3s. to 14s.'6d: ':;."'.•■ Claret per case—nominal Champagne per dozen-— 2l. to .31. ■..- -- ; Bottled Beer—little demand,'market full.' Ale and Porter—bottled, per doz., quarts, : iostoi3s ■;.:•. . Ale per hdd., goodl brands— Bl los '..' Stout ditto— 7/ IQ:' Tobacco and Cigars in bond—* • -• ' > r, ".■ ■ Negroheadper Id. Is.tols. 6d. , '..":" .-. / Manila, No. -2, per 1000,, 31, to 3k ss. Teas— Congous' per" chest, 81. Bs. to '101. ditto perboxVlZ. 17s. 6d. to 2k ' Sugars—Loaf: per ton 73H0 83/ ' .-...-•' . : Cossipore ditto 68/ to 721 . Mauritius' Crystals ditto £&& to £70 Compariy's'prices 62/ to 66f Coffee per pound—ls to Is 2Jd 1 Rice, Patna, per cwt—iiß3 :,■■... ■■■• Ditto' English dressed ditto— ll l6s to 21 . ' Salt, Liverpool; per ton U to U 10s • -'• Ditto coarse dittOr-3/5s to 4Z '.*..- Gold, per 0z.,—3/lis to 3U4s Wooi,Bdtois6d v'";;."';; Zealand Wool; —5290 bales.:' Fleeces Is. 3d, to;2s..3_d;, lambs' Is. 3d. to 2s. Id., scoured and Handwashed, Is. sd. to 2s. 6£d., 5 bales at 2s. Bd., lat 2s. 9d.', unwashed :Bd.'- to' Is. -7'd.—^ Extracted''front Hazard and Sons' Report of '22nd August. -