COMMERCIAL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1535, 5 July 1873, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

. : CHRisxcHUiiCH.— The Lyltelton Times of the 30th ult., reports :— ' ;.-; The principal • item of news in. the grain market 'is that the millers have established an advance on £l6ur of 103 : per tonv'and that tnere is an advance in the value- of wheat to correspond with; the ;enhanced ; Value of flour. Good quantities are in demand at 4s 6d, and. we heard of 4s 7d being offered 1 at Kaiapoi. Oats, in consequence of thtir reduction in value in the Melbourne market by nearly a shilling a bushel, as per latest advices, are somewhat easier in the local market, and exportation to, Melbourne has ceased for the time beings We stiirquote at 4s 3d to .4s, 6d, the latter being for extra, fine millingqualities. In locally grown : barley there have been no transactions. In the yahie of bacon and hams there is no change, and the demand still' continues good; Prices, 8d to 9d, according to size, and to whether it is packed in cloth or not. ■ S&lt butter fetches readily IB per lb ; and at that figure Btooks continue

low. Cheese ranges, according to quality, from 7|d to B£d per lb.. f In the price of cattle there is no improvement^ note; and,l contrary jto, expectation,;; the^est CQast mticket,- which, to,> great^exyten'Oiiles?burmatket,asffi&as beeef is concerned, I6on.ti&u'es depressed : so much so that we hear of several mobs being sent to the preserving establishments in preference i tor.risMng-the--ppen.:marketr- At;tihe:yards-,r oh Wednesday, there was a good supply of excellent b:&|i fficlufling MftJohft Ferguson's sho\f cattle. "* Prices Vn the average did not -^ee.e4;p]Mc;quptetipn^pf..^l7B^6d-,-perd-001b l «. although in. som^ .instances over 20s was given for fancy animals: ;