COMMERCIAL.

West Coast Times, Issue 125, 10 February 1866, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

West Coast Timks Office, Friday evening. The amount collected at the Custom House, to-day, as duty on imports, was^LlCi 13a 6d. No gold wi.s olenrod.

We havo very liltlo alterations to make in our current prices sinco our last summary. Tho articles wo mentioned as in demand wero hams, bacon, choose, and pickles; they still remain scarco at the following pricos :— Is 9d to Is lOd por lb for first brands of bacon, and 2s' per lb for hams. A good sample of English oheeso would soil at la lOd por lb, good colonial at Is Od por lb.

Thoro has not been any arrivals of flour worthy of note. Best Adolaido is hold and sold for £31 por ton; thoro has boon somo sold by auotion (outsidb brands) at £28 10s por ton ; Chiliun.best guaranteed, isworth £24 to £20 por ton. Oats havo improved, largo parcols having bcou sold at fa 8d por bushol, but fow pawols ooming to hand.

Buttor is dull of solo, best Wollington and Nelson bringing 1b 9d per lb— it has boon sold by auotion at Is ?4d.

Wines and spirits are in bettor domand. Thoro is moro inquiry for flrst-cluss caso brandies*

Teas and sugars two in good supply, Dnrk Ittjjarsavonoglipted,

A oovroob list of pvioes Qiirwnt will bo found

Messrs. M'Landrkss, Hepburn & Co. report : — For tho lost month wo havo to roport very few arrivals, and in consequenco a much firmer tone in business. Prices are, howover, without any material alteration. The auction sales held by us havo been few ; wo give particulars of same underneath : —

January 10— Bernard's ginger wino 9s 6d, in bond, Batgers's jams 12s 6d per dozen, Byass's porter 17s Gd per dozen, first counter Afauritius, L 54, English fire bricks, LlB per 1000, buttor Is lOd per lb.

January 11— Allsopps' ale lfis, Barclay's stout 17s, Mauritius, second counter, 44sporowt., boxes tea, Jessio Beasloy, 2s, J B Gouda candles Is Ojjd, sardines, quartors, 7s, Sinclair's luuna Is 9f fl, Californian flour L 24, bran 3s, Capo raisins Bd, tobacco (Prince of Wales) Is sd, in bond, quarters, port wine, L 9, in bond, No 2 Moselle (D.P.) 62s Gd, olavet (D.P.) 80s, Otard's brandy (quarters) L 7 10s in bond, geneva (JDKZ) 16s, Sydnoy soap 368, onions Sid, pain killer 13s Gd. January 17— Butter Is lid, cyder 16s, colonial bacon Is sd, Prestonpans alo 17s 6d, Chilian flour L 23 ss, second counter (Mauritius) L 47 ss.

January 23 — London and Colonial Company's ale, 15s, bran 3s, oaton hay LlB, Sinclair's hams Is lOd, spiced beef 84d, Chilian flour L 23 10s, first counter Mauritius sugar L 55 10s, second do do LSO 10s, boxes tea (Helen) 325, Batgor's jams 12a 6d, .lobsters 13s 9d, candles Hid, Allsopp's ale 10s.

January 25— Cargo ex Elfin, oaten hay LIG lucorno Lls 10s, onions 3d— 3jd, maize 6s Gd, Nowcastlo coal L 3 7s 6d to L 3 15s.

January 27— Several invoices of earthenware and glassware at invoice to 10 per cent discount. January3o— Oats 7s Id, butter Is lid, Chilian flour L 23, maize 0s Gd, Sinclair's hams and bacon Is lid, bottled fruits 15s Gd to 18s, soap 34s to 368, onions4i<l» cider 13s, Saucel whisky, D.P., 325, boxes toa (Helon) 325. February 6— Honnessy's brandy (in bond) 355, jams 13s, now potatoes LlO to Ll7 per ton, onions 3id, piokles- 10s, Hoatctter's bitters 60s, also an invoice of American goods at about cost. February 8- Butter Is 8d to Is lid, onions 4d, ohainpagno 455, Collins short handled shovels 455, do^ picks 60s, pork 6Jd to 7d, spiced beef 7d, colonial cheese Is 6jd, ground coffee Is 2d, boxes (Taillco) v tea Ll 10s, half-chests (Meander) tea Li 10s, aromatic tobacco Is 9d (in bond), cabin biscuits 45s per 100 lbs.

G. W. Binney and Co Report that business during the present month hus boon dull. Sovoral sections with buildings liavo boon ofl'orcd, but in few instances woro they Bold, tho uncertainty of tonuro owing to ignoranco of tho intention of thp Ohristchuroh Govorninont in roforonco to the disposal of tho land slopping Speculation. Their usual weekly sales havo boon well attended,and goods havo roalised fair prices. Ham and bupon command good raWs if first class, as also prime Wellington and Nelson buttor. GOLD in the HOKITIKA BANKS awaiting Shipment. OZ9. Bank of New Zealand .. 5,650 Union Bank 2,300 Bank of New South Wales . . 10,500 ' Total 9,350 There is also, now at iho Groy 11,000 ozs. awaiting shipment, belonging to tho Bank of Now Zcalaud. DUTY on GOLD Cleaved at tho PORT of HOltt- . TIKA, from January 1 to February 9. January £1,849 3 6 Fobruary (to 9th inclusive) 1,027 9 C Total £3,470 13 0 Representing 27,818 ozs of gold exported. DUTY on IMPORTS, Paid at tho PORT of HOKITIKA, from January 1 to February 9. January £9,950 8 8 - Fobruary (to 9th inclusive) 1,729 9 2 Total £11,679 17 10 The strict accuracy of the above figures is not guaranteed, m a slight error occurs in tho account, the source of which has not been discovered.