SETTLERS' WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 681, 23 October 1852, Page 2

SETTLERS' WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.

Wheat— Good samples, ard woith, Australian, 10s., Van Diemen's L<)nd, 11s. Flour.— The tnaiket i> in a yen' unsettled state; the Mills quote fine £35, teconds i? 3 ). Maize— Saleable and in de nand at 2s. 6«l pei bushel. English B.rley— ln demand, if free horn wevil. Cape ditto— ls woith 2s. 3d. to '2s. CJ. per bushel. Hay— ls selling at from £b to £6 per ton. Butter— Firm at I6d. per lb. Cheese— Saleable, at from 7d to Bd. per lb. Bacon and Hams— Very salea Ip, at 6d, to Bd., scarce. Eggs— Plentiful, at Bd. per dozen. Fat Pigs— Sixty to eighty pom d< weight, veiy saleable. Calves— Scarce, and in demand. Sheep— Market very bare; good ones in demand. Bullocks— Sell readily, at from 405,. to 60s. each. Tallow— For shipment; £28 10s. to £29 10s. Hides — Fiom 5s to 6&. 6d. e»ch. Tobacco— Sales few, and prices still with a downward tendency. Henhy Ferris, Commibsion AgentStores, 291, Pitt-street, Oct. 1, 1852.

SYDNEY MARKETS. Wheat and Flour.— T. Barker and Co.'s Mills, October Ist: Scaicely any wheat is arriving for shlj. Flour has again advanced in price, owing to the shortness of stock on hand, and the expected incieasnd demand. Bran, Is. 3d. to is. 4d. \m bushel.— Sydney Flour Mills, Octobei lot : little wheat has been offered for sale during the week; a parcel from Van Diemen's Land was sold at 11s. Gil. per bushel. The increased demand for flour has caused a further rise; it is now quoted at these Mills at £.« per tou fine, and £30 for seconds. 13) an, Is. 3d. ppr bubhel. Bread— 7d. the 21b. loaf. Biscuit.— T. Barker and Co.'s cabin, 465. per cwt. ; second, 375. Wilkie's cabin, 4 65. ; pilot, 405. ; ships, 37s per cwt. Forage and Grain.— Campbell-street Market. Oct 1. Hay,°6/. to 71. 10s. per ton; straw, tl. as. to 3/ ; wheat, Bs. to 10s. per bushel ; maize, 3s. to 3s. 6d ; oats, 2s. 9d. to 3s. fid. Meat Market.— Wholesale prices. Beef 1 \a. to l^d. per Ib. ; mutton, 2|d. to 2|d. The scarcity of sheep, calves, lambs, and pigs, continue without signs of improvement.

GOLD CIRCULAR. The great volume of population beginning to pour into the sister colony of Victoria is more a matter of rejoicino- for Sydney then ior Melbourne. The want of shelter and the want of food will force a considerable portion, and the best portion, of the new strearab upon our diggings; and in the course of the next three months, our receipts of gold dust may be calculated to be equal to any from Mount Alexander. Late intelligence does not lead to the conclusion that the production of dust in Victoiia is on the increase, notwithstanding the vast accessions to her population, while some returned diggers give lamentable accounts of failure.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Turongold 3 7 3 to 3 7 6 per oz. Braidwood 3 6 9 3 7 0 „ Mount Alexander 3 9 6 310 0 „ Nugsyetty Gully 3 7 1 0 0 0,, California 3 2 0 0 0 0,, Nuggets 110 3 3 8 0,, John Godfrey Cohen, Auctioneer and Bullion Broker. 190, George-street, Sydney. Oct. 1, 1852.

During the week, the gold received in bydney lias been limited in quantity ; and business has been much depressed 'i here will not, probably, be any reanimation till some of the steamers, which may soon be expected, shall arrive. The prices realised at ray sale this day I annex :—: —