MELBOURNE.

Southland Times, Issue 1645, 8 October 1872, Page 2

MELBOURNE.

The Argus of the 23th alt. reports ; — In breadstuff's floar is steady at £14 10a to £15 ; bat though small parcels are disposed of at the latter quotation, 3ußicient confidence has not yet been imparted to draw the larger bujers out. vVhea't is -wanted, anrl aales are raaVine at prices fully up to last week's rate*. Fine Victorian has been placed at 6a Bd, and sales of Tasmanian have been made at 6a 3d to 6a 4£d. Feeding grains are very quiet, and nothing of importance has been recorded. Oats are q-ioted at 3s 2d to 3s 4d, for feeding, and up to 3s 6d is obtained for milling. Maize is scarcely so strong a market ; in the absence of any sales at a lower figure, we make no change in our quotations of 3s 3d to 3s Sjd. New teas meet witii very considerable inquiries. Ex Anna Dorothea, 9ome 1,453 halfchests and 270 chests new congous Lave been disposed of at prices rising from Is 4£d to Is 7d, 2s to 2s Id, and up to 2s 6d. An improved demand is reported for sugars, and sales hare been made at £37 10s for yellow brewing crystals to £42 10s lor first whites, while brown grocery was quitted at £32. The Adelaide steamer has brought forward Mauritius advices per Dione to 17th August, the importance of which warrant a fuller notice than could be obtained by telegraph. From a private communication of date referred to, we learn that " owing to the rainy weather, sugar is likely to be scarce for some tinie to come, and for any required for immediate shipment, an advance on quotations will have <o be paid. Yellows and soft whites are almost unproeunble, and held for extreme rates. Some sorts have advanced 15c, and the sugar is coming in so slowlj there is no stock in town. There are purchasers for Bombay, but the sugars cannot be obtained." Best whites wore quoted at 7*50 dol. to 7-50 dol., and yellows at 6'75 dol. The Wodonga was expected to leave about the 26th August, if sufficient sugar could be procured ior her.- The vessels loading were, as formerly given, the Southern Belle for Sydney, Ocean Monarch for Hobart Town, and the Kenaud for New Zealand. Tonnage was exceedingly ecarce and high, not a single available vessel being in port. Orders with high limits from England and France unable to be executed through the s?arcity

of 9Ugar. A resale of 40 tons caustic soda has j been "made at £33, for 60 strength, and £34 is I now asked for the balance remaining on ha, id. Sardines are wanted, and sales are ma'le at 13s 9>i for halves, and 7s 3d for quarters. Kerosene oil, diamond brand, has been quitted at Is 10 1. The timber fales ernbrac. — shelving, sold at £14 43 M to £15 2s 6d, T. and a. flooring at £12 7s 6d to £12 10s, clear pine at £16 to £16 2? 6d, pitch pine flooring at £13 12s 6d, pickets at £9 7a 6;1. laths at 30s to 41s 6d, doors at 11s 3d to 30s sd. and a parcel of American red beach plaster realised as mnch as 255. In liquids ! considerable transactions hare been reported. i We hear of 150 packages quarters and hhds. 1 Henni'sey's 18^9 pale brandy having changed hands at 7s 6J ; a line of 50 quarters 1871 vintage, same brand, was placed at 6s 6d. We ' leirn" that the liquidators of the Warrenheip ' Distillery Company limited, have disposed of the balance of their last season's distillation, consisting of upwards of 20,000 gal. geneva and whisky, at satisfactory prices. Most of this quantity has been taken up by one Melbourne fi'm. BjaSS'S 3tCmt is quitted at 10s, a line of 200 "cases has been placed. Bottled ales are wanted, and sales of Scotch brands could be made at 10s to 10s 6d.