Commercial.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2594, 10 June 1871, Page 2

Commercial.

. The amount of revenue received at the Cub* tom-houie oA goods cleared for consumption to-day, was £441 5s Odi-

In breadstuff's' the market has been, steady throughout the week, and although last reports show a rather quieter aspect iu Australia, there has been no change with us. Parcels of good milling wheat are become scarce, and the small quantity that has been Offered -within the last week has induced, no competition, sales still being made from 5s 9d to 5s lOd per bushel. We observe that a good proportion of late deliveries have been rejected—not being up to sample. Oats remain as last quoted, with no appearance of improvement. Inferior and discoloured barley is available in large quantities, but there are no purchasers. Malting samples are wanted, and 4s -to 4s 3d is quoted. The trade demand for fiour has been very brisk, especially for country and coast requirements. Sales arc limited to five to ten ton lota, and for which the price is firm at LI 5. Wheat, 5s 9d to 5s lOd. Oats, 2s 3d to 2s sd. Barley, malting, 4a, 4e 3d ; feeding, 2s, 2s 3d. Flour, LIS. Pollard and bran, including bags, L 4 10s. Oatmeal, Ll4 10s. PI. barley, L2O. Potatoes, L 3. Straw, L2 10. Hay,. L 4. Chaff, L 4. Onions, Lll 10s. Turnips and .carrots, L2 10,

A. Mercer reports for the week ending today :—Fresh butter, in lumps .and'print*, Is 2d to Is 3d per lb ; salt butter, Is 2d per lb; butter in kegs, colonial and provincial, lOd to lid per m; bacon, rolled, lOd per lb ; colonial hams, Is to Is '2d per lb; English hams, Is 4d to Is 6d per lb ; colonial cheese," 0d to Bd, and very plentiful; English cheese, ls.4d. Per lb, very unsaleable; eggs, 2s 2d to 2s 6u per dozen, hot so much in demand.