COMMERCIAL.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 188, 7 March 1868, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Olago Bally Times reports of the Duuedin markets Slackness in all departments has been characteristic of tho business of the week just (dosed. Although line weather has prevailed, very few orders from the interior have been to hand, and difllculty experienced in getting the limited supplies required forward. A fair amount of coastwise trade has been going forward, but in other respects no life has been apparent, and the inconsiderable transactions taking place have been destitute of interest. In breadstuffs no movement has taken place, and with the exception of a small parcel of flour, purchased for shipment to another Province, no sales beyond For immediate requirements are known oF. Wheat is now quoted at Gs fid to Gs 9d. Oats fluctuate at 2s lOd to .'ls. Provisions have been dealt in, but the demand has not been heavy. Sinclaii's hams and bacon, in equal proportions, are held at 14.1(1. The market For spirit * is quiet, but prices aro firm at last quotations; to some little extent t'.e high values o£ brandies may have curtailed s Iv. In mall liquors, the transactions have also been small; ales in bulk are not selling, purchasers waiting for the first shipments of tie new brew, now daily expected. The demand for beers in glass does not show any i nproveincnt. Hemp goods continue exceedingly dull ; the sales for a considerable time have only been trifling, and-there is no probability of speedy iniprov. ment. Kerosene maintains its value- the arrival of the Mary Edsrn from Boston, having made no addition to stocks. The tone of the market for this ar.iclei-r 'h.rbet'er The sugar market ij firm ; stocks are decreasing, and private sales throughout the week have been made to a lair extent. Teas are quiet ; a few small private transactions have been made, but the oiler of the Pfeil's cargo by auction on the 11th was ai leaded with a poor result. Intelligence from Ibe Australian market is anxiously looked. For, an unusual period having (lapsed since receipt of last advices.