LATE INTER-PROVINCIAL MARKETS.

Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1244, 27 August 1869, Page 2

LATE INTER-PROVINCIAL MARKETS.

Westpoet.—The Times of August 21b(;, reports: —"Business has been more lively during the week thaw it has been for some time. We quote Hart's Adelaido at £18 10s., and inter-provincial at £1610s.

Oats are still Bc.arce j some sold by auction at 4s. 6d. and 4s. (3d,; chaff brought £13 j bran, £8 55.; potatoes were withdrawn at £5 10s. Good butter is in demand; for prime samples, Is. 4d. may be quoted as the selling price; inferior, unsaleable. We quote Hennessy's brandy at 9s. 6d.; 0.V.P., Bs. 3d. to Bs. 6d.; Hennessy's case D.P., 565.; J.D.K.Z. geneva, 565.,t0 585.; Tennant's ale may be quoted at 155.; Blood's stout at 14s. 3d. to 14s. 6d. Condensed milk is fully Is. per doz., and scarce. Kerosene, plentiful, at 3s. 6d." Candles, prices unaltered. In oilmen's stores the market is well supplied, and little business doing." Hokitika.—-^The Times of August 16th, says:— " Oats are firmer, ,4s. 9d. to ss. being now asked and obtained; chaff may fairly be quoted at £18 to £19-, the latter rate ruling; potatoes are still scarce, but supplies are to hand, and may bring down the rater a little ; the laßt quotations were —Otago, £8; Nelson, £6 10s. to £7. Bran, Is. lOd. to Is. lid.; butter, very scarce, Is. 4d. main quote, but Is. 6d. very prime. There is no colonial cheese in the market, and Is. 3|d. is asked for good English. Flouf —Hart's, £18, holders refusing to sell under ; provincial, £15 to £15 10s. Kerosene may be quoted at 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. Mr. Todd reports the following eales: —On Wednesday, 4th, ex Jupiter, from Lyttelton—Potatoes, £6 7s. 6d,; bran, Is. lid.; carrots, £8 55.; oats, 4s. sd. to 4s. 6d. Saturday, 7th, ex Jane, from Nelson —Entire cargo of potatoes, £6 55.; Miners' Arms Hotel, Waimea, £45. Monday, 9th, ex Banshe—Oats, 4s. 6d.; Otago flour, £14 10s. to £15. At sheds—Oranges, 155.; onions, £27 to £30 per ton. Saturday, 14th—Horses, £17 10s. to £35 each; tip drays, £17 10s. to £17 155.; pigs, harness, &c, good prices. Sales in mart—Cheese, inferior, B£d.; bacon, 9d.; jams, 95.; onions, 3|d.; raisins, 5d.; oats, 4s. 6d.; kerosene, 3s. 6d.; biscuit, 7£d.; furniture and groceries brought advanced rates."