Commercial.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 158, 13 November 1868, Page 2

Commercial.

The,. Star Office, This Day. { \ A comnv.-tce meeting of the Chamber of Commerce *vas held yesterday afternoon. Mr Aynsley y -".sided, ■' *the other members f present p;f.r . Messrs Hassal,, Palmer, Nathan, ' Inglis, Cob W. H. Hargreaves, Richardson, WT MontLv ,:ery, •^Ws''Coster. Some ordiT nary rouii. . business-^was. gone through, aad a number of accounts were passed f and ordered to be v paid. Mr Nathan inbved, "That \i#ss^- Garrick and Cowli,shaw be revested, to, furnish the Chamber with a list of the bills of sale given monthly, aud that a file be kept of all bills of sale givrvi m the province." He said that .<aome time ,'r.go ,he believed- the Dunedin Chamber communicated with this body, with a view to the institution of this kind of thing, ft was a custom that had prevailed .in Dunedin fora long; time .past, to file a bill of .sale, and those, interested, .could at any time refer W'this list, wtfieh, as'-a matter of course, K .\ was .v^ry useful, it would be ah - advantage to hayejphj opportunity, even.of t referring "to, .the .Dunedfa-Jist occasionally. \t lus resolution were adopted, a means >rpuld _ , thereby; b$ afforded., of .opening up communi_,,cation -with, the Dyipediji Chamber on the sub- , jecf. .'; Th Yresolutiopjrasnotsecondedjbut the „C hairman, on ref erenca jsp the rules, decided .-. that it w'a,s quite competent, to. put the resolution t» the committee,;. "Bbc resolution, was put accordingly, andnegatived on the voices. On the motion of Mr. Cobb, », seconded by Mr Montgomery, Thursday, the 26th Nov.', was fixed- for holding '-'the' quarterly meeting. The committee then.adjpu,rned_.

Company. Considermj^the unfavourable news fromTSngland, tliS*pnces Obtained were good, and therfe was a la\ge attendance. Daily Times of yesterday revppr'tsy- ■•"-:.* ;-'• Ai ■ '7i;-Business js .not at present without some of briskness, but what is doing is Jmbsjily in miscfellahebus parcels for town and country requirements; the export trade remaining light, and importers still experiencing a difficulty in making sales of any considerable extent. In breadstuffs we note sales for trade purposes at maintained rates, but nothing beyond. Liquids are still dull, and parcels quitted very small. Machin's stout, quarts, has been placed at lis, duty paid; and pints at an equivalent rate. Some few packages of bottled ales (second rate brands) moved, exhibited very low figures. Spirits are at the moment almost; -without attention. In general goods, we hear of moderate parcels of English make galvanised corrugated iron, at prices withheld. , English cheese, at lld; a pale sample of hops, at 2s ; ; Cape raisins, at sfd; American turpentine, at .4s, .duty paid; tartaric acid, at Is 9d; and Sinclair's hams and bacon, at 12£ d. In sugars, small sales at very full prices, are taking place; stocks forbidding any greater amount of business. L