Commercial.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2511, 4 March 1871, Page 2

Commercial.

Eiicn in n 'ifar Office, , , Saturday evenihg. Tlio amount of revenue received?.! the Cus-tom-house qn goods cleared for consumption to-day, was- £259 Os 0.1.

' Since onr last fpiofritions in breadstuffs, prices arc slightly easier. New wheat :s corning forward very slowly, and, as miller’s stocks are light, the different lots offered duringtbe week have been dispo-cd of immediately on arrival Oats are in goo 1 snpbly, tod tblre is no inclination to purchase Beyond trade wants. In barley there arc no transactions to note. Potatoes meet with ready sale at quotation. For best brands of town-made flour the demand has been brisk, Although sales are limited to lots of a few tons. Wheat, now, 4s to 4s 3d ; old, 4s Cd per buibel. Oats, new, 2s 3d to 2s Sd ; oi l 2s 9d. Barley, 2s 6d to 3s 3d. Flour, Ll2 per ton; inferior. L 9 to Lll. Pollard and •ran, L 4 15s, including bags. Oatmeal, LI(S. Pearl barley, L2O. Straw, L2 10s. Hay L 4. Chaff, L 4. Potatoes, L 3 10s. Carrots, LB. Onions, Ll4. A, Mercer report for the week : Fresh butter, in prints and lump, 9d to lOd, according to- quality : prime salt butter, 71 d to Bd, but little demand. Provincial cheese, Gd to 8d per lb, anti very plentiful; quality equal to any imported. No demand for English cheese. Colonial hams and bacon, lOd to la per lb, and in good demand ; English hams, Is 6d per lb. Eggs still scarce, and Is fid per doz.