NELSON TRADE REPORT.

West Coast Times, Issue 103, 16 January 1866, Page 2

NELSON TRADE REPORT.

(From tho Examiner.) Nelson, Jan. 11, 18GG. On tbo ovo of tho publication of Our last summary, tlio, ship Wator Nymph arrived from London, with a largo and woll-assortod J cargo of morclinndiso, which fully replaced stocks of nil kinds, and thoso remain aduquntoly supplied in nil leading nvticlos, oxcept bottled porter, for which thoro is a demand. Tho trade with tho West Coast during the lnst month lins sulFored, in consoquonco of tho heavy shipments mado thoro from Melbourno and Sydnoy, which havo overstocked tho market with most imports. For nil kinds of liomoproduco the demand has oxcooded tho supply, and our country friondsneed bo undor no npprebcusion of finding a remunerative market for tlio produce of thoir fields and dairies. Of the homo trade thoro is nothing special to remark. Tho harvest, which bns just commenced, will provo far better than, it promised a fow weoks ago. Tho rain that foil at tho end of Novombor, and at intervals since, has givon us an nvorago crop, whereas a week or two moro of dry weather would have causod tho crops generally to havo been a sad failure Tho price of Hour bna undorgono no change sinco our lnst. Thoro is nn ample stock on hand for present requiromonts, nnd prices havo not been affected by tho fluctuations in tho neighbouring colonies, oausod by advices of tlio bloi'kado of tlio Chilian ports by a Spanish fleet, nnd tho partial failure of crops in Australia through drought. It is known that tho harvest has beon abundant in California, and that supplies may bo obtained from that Stato, should political troubles intorfero with tho trado of Chilian ports. Tho prosont extreme price of flour is not likely thoroforo to advance, but wo rather oxpect to sco a fall tako place, as largo shipments of both grain and Hour havo boon arranged for to supply tho Australian markets. Taking the gold obtained at the West Coast as the test of the value of the district of Wcstlaud as a gold iield, it must be allowed to bo highly satisfactory. The quantity of gold raised thero has steadily increased, month after month, since tho rush set in, now twelve mouths ago, and tho shipments have advanced steadily, as tho following figuros exhibit t — Ozs. January ... ... 4,645 February ... .. 7,525 Maroh 10,380 April .„• 10,395 May ... : 18,591 Juue 19,987 July i.. „. ... 19,639 August ' . ... ... 22,549 September ... ... 39,568 October ... »... 39,624 Novomber ... ... 45,205 December" ... ... 56,742 Total ounces for tho year 293,800 Thus giving a total shipment of gold for the year of 293,800 ozs, tho greater part of which was the produce of Westland, but a small portion was procured at other diggings in this province, Besides whut hns passed through the Custom* House, thero is no doubt that a considerable quantity has left us \»y private hands, and wo may thereforo fairly estimate the gold obtained in Nelfcon and Canterbury during the last twelve monibs to have beon of tlio vnlnoof U. 200,000. Tho valuo of tlio gold obtained hbb month w^ pf