Commercial.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2642, 5 August 1871, Page 2

Commercial.

, The amount of revenue received at the Cus ' tom-house on good* cleared for consumption to-day, was £391 Is 3d; Although flour is easier at present and the price has been reduced by 10s pet ton, a corresponding change has not been made in the price of Jvheat. The fe_w_jparcel s of wheat to those who are able to hold, and unless buyers are- prepared to give the full market fate of 5s 9d the samples will not be quitted. With the exception of a few very small lots 'there have been no sales reported, and as the millers generally have as much purchased as will keep them going for the next month or six weeks, there is little likelihood of transactions becoming very extensive until ■ they are nearly out. Oats, on account of Vic lowness in price hare not been well supplied, the market is bare of milling qualities. Uood feed is coming forward in sufficient quantity. Discoloured samples are overstocked ahd sales are wtih difficulty made at {prices over 2s. First-class brands of flour have—as abovo mentioned—been redacted to Ll‘4 10b, but bakers are uot willing to operate beyond small lots. There has been; a good country and coast demand which has helped to keep stocks low. Wheat 5s 9d , oats, 2s. 3d to- Ss'-M; barley feeding 2s, malting3s9d ; flOmvLld 10a ; oatmeal, Ll4 IQs; pearl barley, L2O. Bran and pollard, L4lft:; patatoes, L 3. : Straw, L2 Jfts ; hay, •!L4 9s ; chaff, L 3 15s ; onions, Llo. A. Mercer reports for the week ending today t—Retail prices—Fresh butter, in lump* and prints,-la 2d to Is 4d per lb, new parcels salt butter Is 2d per lb’ ; salt butter in kega for up-C6untry trade very unsaleable owmg to so much imported and offering at Sd to 9d, Colonial cheese, best quality, ,6d to Bdy;and very plentiful. Rolled and side bacon lOd per lb. Colonial hams Is per lb. English bams Is 4dto Is 6d. English cheese Is 4d per lb, but vgry little sold,- Eggs getting morc plentiful and selling at Is 9d per dozen.