MELBOURNE COMMERCIAL:

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 44, 10 April 1863, Page 2

MELBOURNE COMMERCIAL:

(From the Age.) Melbourne, April 1. The import market fo-day, presented rather a languid appearance. Butter, however, continues a favorite article; upwards of 600 firkins are reported as having been sold to arrive, at 13^ on the spot. We heir of none ofA-ring at less. Flour, thnunrh nut active, is firm at £13 net for ordinary silk dressed Adelaide; on terms it has been placed ■it «13 lOs. Com snolcs kav(t been quitted at. 225, anil are now hold for 24 \ No 8a!. .» have, however, been mildest the latter fisrure. Rice tins been disposed of in trade lots, at £27. A great jorion of the hams and bacon known to be on the way hive V' -n sold to arrive, at 141 to 14£ d tor bacon, and 15$ Ito 16d for hams. Byass's stout finds buyers at 9s Oil. We understand the Neva Stearine 0 -mpanj hava reduced their price of candle* to Is Id. Messrs. Greig and Murray sold to-day at their rooms : — Light weight candles. lOd per picket; colonial oats, 5? od to os per bushel; b:rriey, 4s o<! per bushel ; low con ;o i tea, Is 3d per lb,(in bond) sardines, half tins. 9s Gd i>er doz ; do quarter tins, 6's 5 1 : salmon. 2 lh (ins, 22s 6d per dozen . currants (duly pnid),4Vd per lb ; 0 & B quart salad oil. "27s per dozen : half-pint sauces, 7s per dozen ; W. I. a'-rouroof . 7d per 1b ; C'osens' sherry (duty paH ), L 57 to L7O | er butt; Liverpool salt (all faults) L 3 2s (id per ton &c.