Commercial.

Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 837, 11 January 1866, Page 2

Commercial.

“Evening Star” Office, 4.30 pm. The total amount of revenue collected at the Customs to-day was .£953 17s.

We take the following from thfe private gram •circular issued, by Messrs Falkner, Bell, and Co., of San Francisco, and dated the 28tli of October: —“ We have to report an active business in wheat, flour and barley, with large transactions ; but oats remain neglected. The demand for wheat has been chiefly from China. One ship—the Nonpariel—is loading for Liverpool, for account of owners ; but this will probably be the only vessel that will be despatched to that quarter during the present year. The Australian demand for wheat has ceased ; but, as we have noted above, that for China still continues. How much will be exported to that country we are at a loss to conjecture ; hut it is not unlikely that, with low freights, say 3 dol to 4dol per ton, shipments may continue to he made. Wheat. —The demand has been good for the past thirty days, with sales for export of 90.000 sacks, at 2c. Our millers have been eager buyers at Idol 90c for inferior, to 2dol per 1001b for choice qualities. The amount taken will not fall short of 60,000 sacks, but there have been no speculative purchases. Our farmers continue very firm in their demands, and until the rainy season has fairly set in, we hardly look for any reaction in prices. Barley has been in good request, with 30,000 sacks taken for export to Iquiqne, at 1c per lb, and 10.000 sacks for New York, at the same figure. Stocks are large, and prices not likely to improve. Oats remain neglected ;we quote the price still at Idol 40c for fair, and Idol 50c for choice quality, per 1001b, Flour is still in good demand, at former rates. We quote: — Superfine, in half-sacks, 6dol 25c ; do., in quar-ter-sacks, 6dol 50c ; extra, in half-sacks, 6dol 50c ; do., in quarter-sacks, 6dol 75c ; superfine, in barrels, 6dol 75c ; extra, in bands, 7dol. Wheat. —The exports to Australia since July 1 amount to 75,894 sacks. In addition, there were shipped of Chili wheat to Australia 1,941 1001bsacks.”