COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

West Coast Times, Issue 306, 15 September 1866, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

West Coast Times Office,

Friday Evening.

The amount of import duty collected at the Custom House to-day was £130 19s 3d The following list of merchandise cleared shews its distribution :—^

Dcty ox Exports. . Gold.— Nil. ' Business for the current week has fully met anticipations, orders from the upcountry districts 'having come to hand freely, and have kept our wholesale houses well employed. We have no material change to note in value of leading articles beyond a decided fh m tone in quotations for everyday staples. This feeling has been rather increased than otherwise by later news froih Victoria, per Alhambra. Our stocks ore light, and, with an'increasing population, .prices must still nearer assimilate to those ruling in neighboring markets, to allow, after charges, a trade profit. There has been a better feeling in the flour market, stocks being light, holders have been firmer^-L22» for Adelaide, and L2l for Chilian, are now the prices wanted and obtained since late Victorian quotations (on a firm market) — say, for Adelaide, Ll6; Californiau, Ll5 15s. Holders here have shown no di»| osition to sell, anticipating better prices. Oats are scaice, and command a high figure, say 10s to lls per bushel. Supplies, supposed to be close at hand, may case the market ; but in the absence of arrivals -higher figures may be anticipated. . . Bran is in good supply, at 2s 8d to 3b. Chaff has been freely offered, and rea-* ljsed L2O. Provisions and oilmen's stores are pot so ta, At ft sale bald &t one oi ow

principal auction marts, this week,- the .following prices were tcaliscd, giving a fair reflex of our market: — Neva candles, "Is 3jd; other brands, Is ; crushed loaf sugnr T 7d; bottled fruits, 15s 9d to 18s; jams, English, llsGd; colonial, lls ; salmon, «llb, '21s; ditto, 'Jibs, 30s ; hams*, York, Is 4id ; Bacon, colonial, Is Id ; Raisins, Cape, 9.} d ; mu&catels, in quarter boxes, Is Ud ; currants, 8d ; carraway seeds, 8d per lb ; pearl barley, 38s Cd per cwt ; split peas, 335;, green peas, 58s 5 oatmeal (Bencraft), 355 ; castor oil, half pints, 10s per doz ; salad oil, 12s 6d ; sardines', halves, 14s 6d, and sundry other goods, which w<re freely- taken at good prices. There cannot now, we think, be any* doubt that a centinuance of .judicious shipments to this market will result otherwise than profitable to importers.

Brandy : * £16 4 0 Wine in wood ; f 17 0 0 Wine in bottle 9#9 # 7 6 Beer in bottle 5 14 0 Sugar 12 11 8 Tobacco .....x 62 0 0 Hardware ....• 7 4 1 " Soap 0 18 0 lM £130 19 3