MELBOURNE COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 4, 9 June 1864, Page 2

MELBOURNE COMMERCIAL.

(From the Argus ofi2M Jhvhe.} j JSusinesß in the import marke.ts has been inactive, and confined to orders' for merely local demand. Shipping orders rare lights, and for the country trade there, lias been scarcely any inquiry. The floiw market has been dull, but pices' are steady. ".Millers' quotations of £2& per ton- may. be fairly taken as tho market value of good silkdressed flour. In- -wheat, no transactions are reported. . Sugar maintains its price, but ft is not in active- inquiry. Rico- is in less demand, but holders are firm. Useful sorts at congou teas are readily saleable, at well sustained rates. - The Mills. — A steady trade demand is reported at £26 per 2, 0001 b. of illour of best silk-dressed sorts; bran, Is. 4d. per bushel; pollard, Is. Bd. to Is. lOd. per bushel. Retail Matjkbts.—^Butchers' Meat. — Beef, 4d. to Get. per lb.; mutton, 3 id. to sd. do. (according to quality) ; veal, 7d. to Bd. do-. ; pork, Bd. to 9d. do. Poultry. — Turkeys, 6s. to 10». cnehj geese, 12s, t>o> 14s. per pair; ducks, 7s. to Bs. per pair; fowls, 6s. to 7s. do. ; rabbits, 35.. tc ss. pvr brace ; butter, fresh, Is. to Is. 3d. per lb. ; clieope, lOd. fo Is. dp.r eggs, 2s. 9d. to 3s. pordozen-; bread, lOil to lid., tho 41b. loaf;, milk, fid. to 7d. per quart. Hat Market.— The few prime lots of old hay are readily saleable at- fully sustained prices, but the large supplies of second-class and stained sorts pouring into tliw market by rrcrhvay, in addition to tlte TocaT supplies, render- snTcs almost impossible, and afford no- quotations. Best sorts are worth and obtain- £7 155. to £8 per ton ; but for other descriptions no roliablo price can bo quoted. _____________