Markets.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 360, 16 April 1856, Page 6

Markets.

COLONIAL MARKETS. From the " Sydney Empire " March 21

Stdxky.—The prices for flour and wheat were the same as {liven in our paper of Saturday last.

We have Tasma.man Journals to the 13th instant. We quote from the Cornwall Chronicle of that date:—Lar^e quantities of wheat }i:sve arrived in town this week, but those who can afford to do so prefer storing it to seliinc: ai7s. per bushel, while purchasers are determine.; lo ghe no fflvie, and do not appear a sxious to do much business at that figure. Very little change has taken piaee in the flour iiiarket sinef 1 "last issne. Our quotations conli'sue as high as those for thf same article in Melbourne. There is a brisk demand here for Enjr'iisb b^vlev, at S«. to 9s- per bushel. A{ H»bart Town, March 14.—Wheat, per bushel, 9«. to 9s. 6fi.; Gape Barley, os. to 65.; Kiiglish uiuu, 7s. to Bs.: oats, ss. 6d. to 65.; flmr, per ton, £27 fo £'28; hay, loose, £6 to £6 10-. ; ditto pressed, £6 to £? ;, straw, £3 U*. to £\ ss. ; potatoes, £6 to £7 per ion.

The same journal uius reported on the 12th : —it will ba seen by she alteration in the q-m-.iivct* of the price of flour at the mills, as given above, that there is a reduction in some case.* <>i i's per ton on this article since hut week, «imi it can i>e b-mjrlit in quantities for one or two pounds per ton less. We under, stn'id I'mt the fall has been accelerated by the fuel of k fivm in town being in daily expectation of l!ie :>ni'.-al of a consignment of flour fr<nn equal in quantity to j 2,000 bushels <i\ wiiei'.t. 1 lii- is une of the results of the laic amvariaiit'iitie hign quoiaiions which were kept ujj Ijeie ior a iong time above the real nii'-vkti!. price. Muny parcels of v\heat have be ;u j'-.tn:!tui-."i il«is week for 7-. p.-v bushel, but tv:- tiiiilTs «fil! ■()"-'■ fmm 7<. i 0 7s. 6d.

The Colonial Ti.nca stau-s :—We ui-dem.-md mat in c-.ni'-'-qiifcncc of the scarcity of sii"nr in th« market, it is the intention of the '"retail grocers to raise the pric- Id. p«,-r 11». The eann) of' lue Ac-is, from u<e iiaurniuh, is still under off.-r ai £42 per ton cusit, 01 45 at six months' o.'dit.

Fftin Adei.ilde v,-,- have p'per.? to the 1! h The ioV.'.tv/ui<r is Messrs. liali and CiiwU-s report of the (s;h : —The q^in maiket to-day passed over without a transa'ctwij in wheat. The huciiieii Weciiue from B*. Ud. liy Bs^jio doubt ]<-■! u» ilii-, and ai the Litter figure it is "oiian-j----h:g huudh out of" doors. Business in fiuur has heeu very inactive liiis weei, niiiler.s &lioivin(r liv dit>[)Ohiliuii in general to wiy in price since tlic aniva! o!' ike :a^i Mt-lbutnne advices ot-a decline ihere. S-uae fey.- sm!■-■* have been tn.-i.ifr at X'"22 1a.,, i-. i.l>;3, Aiu^t ulhcib hold i'uj'i'2 hi^ntr. .Shi|>meu!s (;'.» forward slowk ; vt'favte on ihe berth fvr Melbourne filling with

difficulty at reduced freights, and decreasing our exports this week to one half the usual quantity. In oats, barley, and bran, there is no change to report. Sy«NiiV—The flour and grain market remains without any alteration, and there is at present an entire absence of speculation. Wheat us coining- in very freely from the country districts, and the supply has been so plentiful that prices have decrep^e'd in consequence. An excellent sample will barely realize an advance on 9s. per bushel. — Empire.