Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3053, 30 November 1872, Page 2

Commercial.

There is no change to note in the market. Wheat is not offering very freely good sorts are in demand at 5s 4d to i>a Sd ; second class has buyers at 4s. Fowl wheat, scarce, 3s 3d. Oats are dull; there is no export demand, and millers’ requirements are becoming lighter —the value of milling samples is from 2s to 2s 2d ; good feeding are in sale at 2s. No barley. Flour continues in brisk trade; sale at Ll 4 to LI4 I Os; second class meets with a good sale at LI I. Oatmeal, dull, Lll 10s—sale is getting limited ; bran, 1.4 ; j>ollard, Lo .1 Os ; pearl barley, L 24; potatoes, L 3 to L 5 for old crops, LIG for new; hay, LI ; chaff, LI; straw, L2 10s. A. Mercer reports for the week ending November 30 : lietail prices only. Fresh butter in 41b and lib prints, best quality, Sd 5d to per lb; second quality, 7d ; fresh butter m lumps, HAd to 7d ; powdered and salt butter, Sd, The market is completely glutted with fresh butter, and the quality is superior to W’hat has been for some time. There is no demand at present for salt butter in kegs; .stocks arc very heavy in some of the storekeepers’ hands, who are salting down large quantities weekly, and large quantities pouring in from the neighboring Provinces, either to order or consignment, to some of our merchants, destroy what little sale we might have —for good samples 8d per lb. is asked. Cheese is now getting plentiful, owing to the new coming into the market, and a fall in price may be expected for good quality, Pd to lOd per lb ; English ham. Is 4d to Is (id per lb ; Colonial ham, lOd ; side and rolled bacon, Sd to Pd per lb. Eggs are more plentiful this week and selling at Is 2d per dozen.