Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3065, 14 December 1872, Page 2

Commercial.

The ummut ol revenue received at the Dun ► <i>n>uoe <>n i-ornU Heared for cousumplaoi this d v L 264 15s, No change has taken place in grain or in broadstuffs The supply of wheat appears to have quite run out. and the millers in town have almost ground up all their stocks. Prime lots are worth 5s 9d ; second class, 4s 3d. In oats little is doing; there is uo disposition to ship, and the demand is confined to town trade wants; milling are worth 2s 2d ; feeding, 2s No barley. Potatoes can scarcely be quoted, as there is not a market for them ; sales of old crop are made from L2 to L 3 10s. T* e demand for flour is brisk. Millers are not pushing sales, as their stocks are light, and possibly an advance may be obtained in the course of a fortnight. The value at present remains at Ll4 to 1.14 10s. For second class the inquiry is fair at LI I. Bran is not overstocked, and the market will soon bo clear altogether —L 4; pollard, L 5 10s ; oatmeal, dull. LU 10s ; pearl barley, L 24; hay, L 4; straw, L2los. A. Mercer reports, for the week emHrg December 14 : Retail prices only—Fresh butter, in and 11b lumps, best quality, 8d to 9d per lb ; prints, best quality, 8d to 9d per lb ; second quality, 7d per lb; fresh butter in lumps, 6d to 7d ; powdered and salt butter, Bd. The market is still overstocked with fresh butter, although many of the dairy farmers are salting it down, with the expectation of getting better prices at the fall of the season. There is no demand for salt butter in kegs, and a great quantity in the market. For good samples 7]d to 7Ad is asked. Jheese is getting more plentiful, but really good samples are scarce. Best quality, 9d; second quality, vd to Bd. English hams,'ls 4d to Is 6d per lb ; Colonial hams, Is per lb. Side and rolled bacon, 8(1 to 9d per lb. The market is well supplied with evgs, which meet with a ready sale at Is 2d per dozen.