Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 2915, 22 June 1872, Page 2

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Cus-om-house on goods cleared for consumption to-day. was £533 10s lOd. There is no alteration to report in the prices of grain or breadstuffs. Good samples of milling wheat are enquired for at 5s 3d ; sales have been limited, as holders are requiring higher rates. Milling oats are still dull at Is lOd, and feeding at Is 9d. For malting barley there is an active demand at 5s 6d ; inferior lots are quitted at 4s. Potatoes meet with only a trade enquiry at L 4 103. Flour is moving in larger quantities. We hear of several parcels of thirty tons each having been bought at Ll2 15s and L 13 —chiefly for bakers. Ten ton lots are firm at Ll3, and small bags at Ll3 10s. Oatmeal quiet at LI2. Pearl barley scarce, L2O. Bran in good trade demand, L2 10s. Pollard, L 6. Straw, L2 10s. Hay, L 3 15s. Chaff, L 3 15s. Carrots, L2 10s. A, Mercer reports for the week ending 22nd June :—Retail prices only—Fresh butter, in Jib and 11b prints, best quality, Is 3d to Is 4d per lb, ; second quality, Is 2d to ls3d ; fresh butter in lumps, Is to Is Id; powdered and salt butter, best quality,- Is ; second 10d to lid.| Fresh butter continues very scarce, and is still advancing in price, the limited supply being barely sufficient to meet the requirements of the trade. For good samples of salt butter in kegs 10d per lb is being given. Cheese still keeps in good request, and a slight advance in price is perceptible, Best quality is worth 6d to 9tl ; second quality, 6d per lb. Side and rolled bacon is very plentiful and fetching 9cl to 10d. Eggs continue to be more plentiful, and prices have declined this week to 2s per dozen.