COMMERCIAL.

West Coast Times, Issue 1007, 14 December 1868, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

West Coast Times and Oi*sebvi'.b Op'iCE. Saturday Evening. The Duties collected at the Customs today amounted to £409 18?. Bd.

The import market during the week has been extremely dull, aud prices, in the majority of articles, have not altered. In sugars and candles, however, there has been a little activity, and both are held for a higher figure than that quoted previously. Coy's No. 2 is now worth £5-1 10s, and yellow crystals, £50. Neva stearine we quote at Is 2,Jd; Brandon's and other brands, Is 2d. The rise in these articles is owing to telegrams re. ceived ex Omeo, from Melbourne. Flour remains steady at former quotations. Hart's Adelaide we quote at £20 in store. A line was quoted alongside the ship at £19 10sProvincial is worth £1 per ton less. Horsefeed is firm, previous quotattons being still demanded. Chaff we quote, in store, at £15 to £15 10s ; towards the latter end of the week the latter figure was paid. Oats, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; the former price was realised at auction during the week. Bran is firm at former quotations. Potatoes have fluctuated rauch in price ; good samples, if old, are worth from £8 to £9 ; inferior, £5 10s to £G 10s, according to quality. A line of prime provincials was sold under the hammer for £8. New potatoes we quote at £12. We have not much change to notice in butter ; prime colonial is worth lOd to lid, and provincial we quote at Is. Groceries, with the exception of sugars, remain at last quotetions. Teas are steady, and the market is Well supplied with good quality. Spirits and wines remains unchanged, at former quotatioue. We append Mr. G. W. Binney's report :—: —

G. W. Biuuey, auctioneer, reports for the week — On the wharf, ex Waterman, prime Melbourne chaff, £14 10s per ton ; Hart's flour (200 lb bags), £19 10s per ton ; new potatoes, £11 15s per ton. Ex Mary Cumming : Chaff, £14 10s per ton ; old potatoes, £5 17s 6d per ton ; maize, 5s 6d per bushel (bags Is) ; 801 l aud Black's vestas, in tins, 27s per gross ; kerosene, 2s lod per gallon ; JDKZ geneva, in bond, 18s Cd per case. Ex Alma: Chaff, £14 10s per ton ; fine salt, £7 10s per ton ; coarse do, £7 10s per ton. In Rooms : Eggs, Is 5d per dozen ; oate, 4s 3d per bushel ; Hart's flour, £19 10s ; new potatoes, £11 10s per ton ; grey peas, 5s 6d per bushel (bags Is) ; Canterbury cheese, lOd per lb ; colonial ham and bacon, 9d per lb ; onions, 6td per lb ; vinegar, 9s per doz.: quinine champagne, 34s per doz. ; assorted essences, 10s per doz. ; claret, 28b per case ; Allaopp'a silc, Ss per doz. ; Company's No. 2 sugar, £51 10s to £52 per ton. "Sales of general merchandise held in rooms this day ' realised excellent prices.

Sugar ... Jewellery Drapery Drugs I'uniiture Oilmen's stores Coffee Whiskey " ... Geneva Brandy Wine ... Tobacco Sweetened gin fc s. v. 73 11 I 2 0 0 0 16 6 2 6 6 4 10 4 8 13 6 8 2 9 11 8 9 84 61 11 84 9 7 61 10 5 56 10 7 10 IS «J Total £409 16 8 S T o gold.