MELBOURNE COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 738, 11 May 1853, Page 2

MELBOURNE COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(Fiom the “ Melbourne Herald,” April 16.) Onr retrospect of local trade llii* week is not an agreeable one. High prices, with a tendency to a further tut v nc.e, is the general characteristic of mercantile affairs: while the stocks are in most cases, so far inadequate to the demand, that much of the usual course nf trade is rverrupted. Onr price current will show a considerable advance m many articles in tbe grocery and provision trade; horse provender lias also advanced to an extravagant figure ; ami ironmomjerv and other ar tides ot utility and steady demand, all partake of the upward tendency. With the large increase to onr population which is taking place every week, and with the awkward fact staling us iu the face drat all are consumers, and, none producers, I here is little chance of lower rates prevailing until after the winter months. We have nothing to add to our notices of the Hour trade during die week. In the Beer trade, bottled porter is almost out of the wholesale market, and 255. per dozen is readily paid for it. Gnmess’s stout is held for JI 1 per hoghshead, hut £ Id is all that is offered. Adelaide and Van Diemen’s Land hay is held for £ 10 per ton ; and large saies ol hran have been effected at ,ss. per bushel ; :ss. 2d. and os. Id. having been obtained in some ins'a net's. In the grocery and provision trade, butter has advanced (hTper lb.; English cheese and bacon are al*o dearer, tkipper is very scarce ; and molasses difficult to he met with in any quant,ty. John T. Charlton sold, on the Queen’s Wharf, on Wednesday, Fort Fairy potatoes, nr £2O to .£-'1 petton ; laths, ar 47s per thousand ; \. L>. L. pressed hav in small hales at £37 per ton. E. Gilbert & Co. sold yesterday nr the \ ictoria Mart ; Earthenware ,50 per c* tit on invoice; men's coats, los to 60s each ; brandy 2.5s per Ballon; ham-, Is od to Is 7d per Ih ; tea, 25s to 2?s per box ; pipes, 2s 9tl per jrross : hu liock drays, £44 each ; harness, £S to ,£8 lOs per set ; potatoes, L l‘J per ton ; onion-, ;j’d to -Id. Mr. J. Dobson, auctioneer, sold yesterday on toe Queen’s Wharf, bran os to os 2d per hu-he! ; V. D. E. flour, (fine.) iX3S per ion; oats, from 1 Is to ;0- per bushel; potatoes, £l6to £2O per ton; V. D. L. Itay, fn m £37 10s to £3B per ton. At an Auction sale yesterday, on Queen W hnrf \ . D. L. hay of snpeiior quality, in largo bales, soM from (3.5 to £36 per ton ; ditto in small hales, £35 per tun ; V. D. L. cats, from 18s to Ills. od. \ er bu-hel. PRICES OF FLOUR, &c.. AT TOWN MILLS. Friday, loth Abril. B; nn

The above purchasers of wheat at 10s (id to 11s (id per bushel.

Fine floui P‘T per ton Sec. bush £ .p S. (I. Alison & Knight ... 61 o 1 4 6 Diglit 6c Rucker ... 6 > 32 ij 0 Fulton A; Smith 32 5 0 Lie Graves 6c. Co. .. 35 3 2 5 0