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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1168, 26 April 1872, Page 2

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.. Ji-. r ARous.gffice, ? - ""'• ; ' 'evening. The amount. v ofl?re>enue received at the Customs on goods passed for homo consumpr .Uon,torday...was J1 £260 35 Cd.,,,^ ...... ».-,.

Melbourne.— The Argus of the 18th inst. reports :— ■^firthe intport'inftrkets- business has mainiained a quiet aapeot throughout the day No sales of importance have come before us, transactions as a rule having been limited, and circumscribed. In breadstuff's, the value; of flour is well supported, with a fair demand for trade purposes. Sales are effected at Lip in 10-ton lots, while for quantities Ll4 10s could readily bo got We hear of one line , havinj? been quitted at the twice. Under the hammer LH 10s waa obbAined for Wangaratta flour, and inferior was quitted at pricss rising to Ll3 10s. For prime samples of wheat 6s Gd is still asked, but not at all readily paid, and outside the auction mart no business has been made . known. Publicly, however, some 300 hags fine wheat sold at 6s 3d to 6s 4d, and about 200 bags fair at 63 to 6s 2d. "Inferior to good was cleared off at all prices, rising from 4s to 5s 9d. Oats'are without much activity. A parcel of New Zealand, stout quality, was submitted to competition, but only 3s 2^d being bid, the shipment was withdrawn. Some 2000lbushels Victorian, inferior to good feeding sorts, were cleared off at from 2s 6d to 3s. Cape barley, about 300 bags, brought 3a 6d to 3s Bd, and inferior malting sold at 5s Id. Sugars are quiet, pending the sale of the Thomas Brown's cargo of Mauritius, advertised to come off to-morrow. Holders have as yet been, disappointed of the advance legitimately expected in this staple, but with a stock on hand fully 3600 tons jess than at the corresponding period last year, atid s4 little, comparatively, to come from the producing districts, it will indeed be a matter for surprise should no . improvement take place ere long. Kerosene oil has been a good deal run after, but as few are inclined to accept- the price now offered — Is lOJd for DeVoe's— little progress has been made in sales, For boiler plates a good' deal of inquiry has been experienced. We hear of one largo holder having been cleared out at L2O, and we also learn of 70 tons to arrive having changed hands at L2l. Salt still continues in 'favor : inquiries are brisk: and numerous ; trade parcels are disposed ot at :L4 5s for coarse, and L 4 lOato L 4 Isa for Liverpool fine suit. In dried fruits 1 a demand for currants has led to sales at sd. A parcel of Gipps Land thrown hops, about 28 bales, has been 'disposed of at ls-7d in one line ; the quality of t!>is parcel ia really superior, in appearance quite equal to Tasmanian. In tobacco we hoterthe quittance of a parcel of 80 boxes medium tens at a full price. A very much improved inquiry for Hennessy's case brandy is (reported, but* the stiffness of holders checks business.; ;We- quote 25s 0d? A large public sale of various sorts of bran -lies is ; to come off-to-msrrow forenoon.