Commercial Intelligence.
Timaru Herald Office, Saturday evening. Mr David Stuart, shipping agent, reports r»tea of freight per sailing vessels from and to this port as follows :— To Dnnedin, 8s ; Port Chalmers, 8s ; Lyttelton, 8s ; Bluff, 10a ; Wellington, 10s ; Invcrcar<rill, 15a ; Nelson, los ; Westport, 153 ; Greymouth, 15s ; Hekitika, 253 ; Napier, 208 ; Auckland, 16s ; Manukau, 16s ; Wanganui, 17a 6d ; Thames, 20s ; Foxton, 17s 6d ; New Plymouth, 203 ; Sydney, 13s ; Melbourne, 15s ; Adelaide, IGa Sd ; Brisbane, 20s ; United Kingdom ports (firat-olass iron), 40a to 42a 6d. Coal freights from Newcastle, IGa ; Greymonth, lGs to 18a ; Weatport, lls. Timber freights from Bluff, 3s 3d ; Stewart's Island, 3s 3d ; Catlins, 3a j Pioton,3a 3d; Hokitika,4s; Kaipara, Hokianga, Meronry Bay and Manukan, 3s Gd ; Hobart, sa. Coal merchants have experienced some diffionlty m obtaining suitable bottoms from Newcastle at current rates during the past winter. About a dozen of the New Zealand coasteri, formerly engaged m tho Greymouth coal trade, have been sold to Queensland merchants dnring the past twelve months at satisfactory prices, and m consequence of their withdrawal, the new steam colliera have had their work cut out to overtake the fast increasing demand for West Coast coal.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2773, 13 August 1883, Page 2
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194Commercial Intelligence. Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2773, 13 August 1883, Page 2
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