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Grey River Argus, Volume V, Issue 360, 5 May 1868, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Melbourne. — The Arc/us of the 21st ult, reports as follows ; — Little of very special importance has transpired in the import markets to-day, operations generally having been of ton limited a character to attract notice, or in any way influence prices. In breadstuff's we have ' little business to refer to, ami the reports regarding flour have been somewhat conflicting. In one quarter we hear of a good inquiry having been experienced, while in another the story is that no sales can be «*fT« > ('* i cd. Prices, however, tare unaltered ; we hear of no sellers under our quotations of L2l net and L2l 10s. One parcel was stated to have realised L 22, but we now understand that this transaction was not earned through . Small lots of wheat have been quitted nfc np | to 9s 3d, though none of the larger millers care to offer much over 9s. Oats p f ill meet with little favor. A mixed parcel of New Zealand, about 4000 bushels, changed hsmds at 3a lid. Maize ia selling freely at 3a 5d to 3s 6d. The cargo of Mauritius sugar, per Alexandra, was offered hy auction this forenoon, and some 2060 bags found huvers. at 29s for good browns, 30s fid to 31s for fine brown to low yellow. 32s 3d to 33s for middling yellow, and 35s Cd to 37s for low to middr'ng white — 7 r'ces fully anstiininj? late sale rates. Some 4000 mats of Bi ur»bo 1 srg ir will be offered to-morrow. Teas nr<? moving off in fair quantifies, at prices ranging from Is 6d to 2s. A line of 150 half-chests and 100 chests were disposed of privately, while under the hammer 281 chests, 283 half-chests, and 73 boxes congous, were quitted at Js H<l to la 2cl for low, Is 5d to Is s|d for medium, and 2s for good. We note a fair trade demand for Patna rice, at L 26 to L2G 10s. Ahont 1400 bags of Java me advertised for auction sale to-morrow. Kerosene <>il is very firm. We hear of offers for Downer's at Is 9£d having been turned away. Fine tens tobacco are wanted. We learn of some 300 boxes and 46 cases Two Seas having changed hands on private terms. In liquids, sales of good medium port wine are mentioned at L4O, in bond ; and sales of red wines have been made at Ll4. Hennessy's brandy is inquired for, and sales can be made at 295. Our HobartTown files are to the 17tli inst. The Mercury says: — "The business in thfi wheat and flour markets to-day was eon fined to the execution of orders to meet the usnnl trade requirements, the arrival of theEnslish and intercolonial news preventing any large operations. On the publication of the Mercury's Extra to-da}', containing the quotations of the produce markets in the other colonies, prices of wheat and nViir showed a disposition to harden, and extended operations are expected to take place to-morrow."