MELBOUENE.

Southland Times, Issue 1681, 27 December 1872, Page 2

MELBOURNE.

The Argus of th"s 19th ins*, reports :— .In. the import market basinets throughout the day has beea very quiet, and little of special importance Has come under our notice, transactions in every description of merchandise having been confined to executing trade orders. Flour is moving off in .moderate parcels at unaltered rates, say £15 10s to £15 15s, and a fair inquiry is experienced. Under the hammer some 35 tons Were quitted at £14 7f 6d to £14 15s. For wheat there is i better demand, but sales are ' . more rircumscribedj as only a limited quantity is offering. Adelaide is becoming very scarce, but no improvement can be expected in price. We hear, however, of 6s 4d having been refused for . a fine sample. Northern was disposed of by auction at 66 6d, and a parcel of Tasmanian was placed at 5s 9d. Oats command a fair amount of attention at 3s 2d to 3s 4d for good to fine feeding. A line of about 2000 bags is. stated to have changed hands at a full price. Maize is moving off at 2s lid -to 3s, but the market still continues to present a heavy aspect. Cornsacks .still meet 'with favor. We hear of a parcel of 50 bales Calcutta, having been sold to arrive, on ,'i J.terms withheld* Owe quotations of 16s to 16a 3d for spot parcels are still maintained. Hops ought to benefit by the advices to hand this maiL Mr W. H. Fenton, under date London, October 80, .reports that fully, two thirds of the entire English' crop had already been sold by the growers, and what remained ? consisted chiefly of secoad "class and inferior qualities ; and for finest samples 5s to 7s! per cwt. Advance could be got. The crop was found to. turn out much lesa than the estimate made by even moderate men. The Qennan' cropi had also* proved one-fourth less than was generally supposed ; and from America advices spoke of d sappointment in the general character of : thej growth, v ■ Tdbaccoes maintain a ■teaciy aspect., -We notice that about 350 , packages will be sold paWicly on Friday. In ' 1 qLids we are informed that 13s is now asked for '.kivfennentfs bottled "ale. ' Case brandies are most .-.-, i^K^Slnprijce.salesibeißg reported at a range of 26s Jto2sa \^id'tor, Ilennessy's. The usual -wool sale was held at Messrs B. Goldsbrough and Co.'s warehouses to-day, and the catalogue included- 3,695 bales, but owing to the o£jw»bn»berof email lots, to offer t»morrow, the actual quantity brought forward was aboutß3W bales. The biddings were scarcely so brisk as last week, and the proportion of lots -boughtin. was.^ larger than usual. Those sold ■„'.. y^ere^^ac£i^^'\^6ui]Lm£^' ■week's rates. Greasy :-; : v'v.xiealVjß<i.>9d;|u 1| -inferior scoured, Is .5(1 to l«7d ; to good scoured, Is 8d to 2s 10; andjflee(MrlßSJito2B 2idperlb. , I