TASMANIAN MARKETS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 18, 9 January 1863, Page 2

TASMANIAN MARKETS.

"We take the following from the Hobart Town Jilrcrtiscr of December 18th : — We have no commercial news of con sequence to report. Several parcels of wool have arrived in town, and oil her have been directly shipped, stored, or quitted at once. There is an active demand for all horse foods, consequent upon the 1;m-£l> exportation of horses to New Zealand. Wheat is in fair demand, and several sales are reported at 5s to 5s 3d per bushel. For Hour there is n mini j local demand, and aiio a small inquiry for shipmen! at Tl4 to Lli. Oats beincr still exceedingly scarce, prices have advanced to fc's 6d to !_>.-■ lid per bushel, but there are none to be obtained. Old, loose hay is worth from L 6 to LG 10s. but to-day there was hardly so much inquiry, New potatoes are in demand at LlO per ton. Dairy produce is scarce, and rates have somewhat advanced. We are in receipt of Launceston paper.3 to the 23rd u!t. We take the following from the Lmoi--ccston Examine)' : — We have no improvement to report in the produce market. No transactions of a':-y importance have taken place since our last, nnd quotntimis are unaltered. Flour, Lll to Lll 1.35; wheat, •1-: 91 to os ; hay, new trussed, LI : old do. L 7 to L 8 ; bran, Is -Id to Is sd. Bei.i. and Wkstkrook's Stock RnrouT. — A very large quantity of stuck has been brought forward during the week; our sales have been well attended, and nearly all the lots changed, hands. Pat cattle were dull of sale, owinjj to the lar^e number on hand, which arc now all cleaned ofF. Fat sheep were in better demand, and really crime sold well. Our sales were as under : — Port i'hil'.ip wethers. 13s 9d, 14s 6d, and 15-j ; hiillo.-ks, T.i; („ Ll<>. At Deloraine, on Tuesday— Cart lmrses. Ll fi. L2O, L2l, L 22, and L3O; plough do. Ll2 t.. 1.1 I ; hirht plough col K (unbroken). L 9 L> Lll : \vvUiu^ bnllock" (poor), LlO; milch cows, L 3 lo? to [,•".'>■;; fat cattle, ho to L7 — an average of 21-s per iuu lbs. '