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Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 402, 11 August 1868, Page 2

Melbourne.— The Aryus of July 2S, reports :— The week opens out m Ithout any indica* tions of improvement in the import markets, and a day of extreme dnluess in business has been passed. Breadstuffs attract no notice. Xo sales of flour can be effected except for trade purposes. Quotations stand at about Ll9 for small parcels ; for quantities, it is quite impossible to name a price. Considerable parcels will be offered at auction tomorrow. Our Sydney telegram reports the of the Mexican, from California, with 400 tons of flour. Thi3 cargo is said to be one ot" the n'rst of Lloyd's shipments, -to which reference was made a short time since by our Sydney correspondent. There was no alteration in the price of breadstuff:) in San Francisco, 'i h.; Chelsea was expected to return to tl c c Tonics with flour and wheat, Under the dale June 10, Messrs Ireland, Frascr, and Co., write from Mauritius: — " No advices have yet reached us of any shipments of br >a Istuffs to this port ; ancl as our stock is daily diminishing, holders are extremely firm in their demands. There is no flour in first hands, and it may be quoted as worth Gdols. t.> 7dols. per 100 lb.— L 24 to L2S per ton. Wheat ancl oats are in demand at, respectively, 3dols. 25c. to 3dols 58c, ancl 3dols. 25c. to S.lols. 35c. per 100 lbs Bran better supplied, and a\itiuues at 2dols. 30c. to 2doß 35c." In our own market, maize is being disposed of at from 3s. sd. to 3s. Qd. for sound parcels, n the auction sale this fore noon, when s,mie 10,000 bushels were disposed of at prices rising, according to condition, to 3s. and 2£d. In teas a good inquiry exists. We understand that the wholo of the short leaf pekoe in the market — a considerable parcel — changed hands on private terms. Sales of cornsaoks .are .reported at 11s. Gd. duty paid. Tobaccos show little animation. We, however, observe the sale of a large parcel of teas, balf-pi.iuidr, and aromatics, advertised f-'jr Wednesday. Kerosene oil is somewhat slow of sale. For a parcel of damaged Ph-itolite, sold under the hammer, the extemo figure of Is. BJd. was realised. A good feeling is still perceptiblo in malt. We hear of a bin of 2500 bushels having changed hands at fully up to late quotations. Sales of Burkes stout continue to be reported in quantity at 9s. Gd. to 9s. 9il. IJumphy'a is quitted -it Bs. 9d.