opiates 7H He0e EPPER—Biack 4 1180 "12 Eeprae™ Tw ab883 ES [parma re x " 5.. P—] " 1.8.0 @ 12. NAILROD RON ala S Good to fin 2 3.8.0.0 40: 37.5.0 RA' =A. " 26040 22)
vty Balan! 3.0.0 a 3.1.0 SAPAN WOOD-3 pieces tothe picul... 3.0.0.a 3.1)
Dawe's Best. 3.5.00 3.6.0 Best... " 4200 4.
Bar—Dawes i 3.6.0 a 3.85 SANDALWOOD—South Sea. Hy 35.00 3.
M. Crown. la 3300 33.5 5 y " " 25.04 2 Round Lis 3200 37.5 Timor. 9.0.0 @ 10. UEAD—L B 5. 5.55 MANGROVE Banke es One a LB. ay 450 5.5.5 Japanese and Common Brands a 5.3.04 5.4.0 FLINT STONES,. Q 0.4.0 a COALS.—The receipts have again been considerable, and being nearly all from Nagasaki, that import has fallen from 5 @7 mace por ton.
Yhis decline took place before the news of the rising tendency in the value of Coal at home came to hand. sities then, there as more firmness on the part of owners, and there is now a speculative enquiry for the home and Colonial products springing up. Quotations as yet are nominally the same as those ruling last week.
FREIGHTS.—Thore is no change to note in the freight market. Tonnage continues abundant with little employment offering.
COTTON.—At present there is scarcely any market. There has been nothing doing in old staple, and the new has not yet arrived. The country people are too busy with the gathering, and labor is wanted to bring it to market.
EXCHANGE.—The business done for this Mail is comparatively limited, but in the absence of any demand for Bank paper, rates have advanced slightly, a fow transactions in Mercantile bills having been effected at 5s. 103d. The quotation for Bank drafts being nominally only been a small business transacted, and quotations are firm at 264 a 368, and 26] for Bank and Mercantile bills respectively.
5s, 10}. On India rates have declined to 906 a 304 at which, however, the demand for remittance i triting. On Hongkong there hat
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